Feb 2024. Blues Vol 40 No. 2

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She also denied a motion to prohibit trial attendees from wearing T-shirts in support of French. “I’m not going to tell people what they can or can’t wear in the courtroom,” Walowski said. Jury selection for the trial is scheduled for Feb. 27. LAW WOULD REQUIRE STU- DENTS DRESSED AS FURRIES TO BE REMOVED BY ANIMAL CONTROL Oklahoma City, OK. – Dressing up like animal characters has become quite the rage these days in public schools and Law Officer has heard from more than a few teachers that kids are not only dressing like cats but carrying stuffed animals throughout the day. We say kids lightly because we are talking about highs school kids. You know, the future leaders of our country. Anyway, we refused to believe that fur and whiskers was an actual thing until we saw a new bill proposed in Oklahoma. Oklahoma Representative Justin Humphrey has an idea to end the distracting behavior. He has filed House Bill 3084, which would ban furries from Oklahoma schools. If a kid comes to school or a school event dressed like a furry, then their parents will be contacted to take them home and if the parents or guardians cannot be reached, it gets very weird. “Students who purport to be an imaginary animal or animal species, or who engage in anthropomorphic behavior commonly referred to as furries at school shall not be allowed to participate in school curriculum or activities. The parent or guardian of a student in violation of this section shall pick the student up from the school, or animal control services shall be contacted to remove the student.” From a law enforcement perspective, we are grateful. Animal calls are the worst but the only thing more troubling would be a self identifying animal call. Kudos to Representative Humphrey for filing a bill just as silly as the act itself. N.Y. OFFICER DIES FROM 9/11-RELATED ILLNESS By Joanna Putman, Police1 NEW YORK — A New York State Police officer has died from cancer he developed as a result of working at Ground Zero after the 9/11 terror attacks, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page. Technical Sergeant Christopher Philip Rock, 59, aided in search and recovery efforts after the attacks. He died from cancer on December 3, 2023. Rock had served with New York State Police for 26 years, according to the page. He is survived by his wife, mother, brother, nieces and nephews. ARRESTED MIGRANTS RE- LEASED WITHOUT BAIL AFTER MOB ASSAULT ON NYPD OFFI- CERS A group of eight migrants accused of pummeling a pair of officers in a caught-on-camera Midtown attack are “cowards” who “should be sitting on Rikers Island,” a top NYPD official says. One of the suspects took a defiant posture, flashing two middle fingers after being arraigned in court on Wednesday, the New York Daily News reports. All five young men taken into custody so far for the Saturday night brawl outside a migrant shelter on W. 42nd St. near Seventh Ave. were released without bail — inflaming the already heated debate surrounding the city’s migrant crisis. “You saw the video. Reprehensible,” NYPD Chief of Patrol 52 The Blues - February ‘24

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