NEWS OF THE DAY
From Across the Nation
_1 Confederate monument: A judge on Thursday indefinitely extended an injunction preventing the Virginia governor from removing a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee from a famed avenue in the former capital of the Confederacy. Richmond Judge Bradley Cavedo made the decision after hearing from attorneys for the state and for the plaintiff in a lawsuit against Gov. Ralph Northam. Cavedo had earlier issued a 10day injunction barring Northam from removing the bronze equestrian statue of the Confederate hero. Northam ordered the statue’s removal, citing the pain gripping the nation over the killing of George Floyd.
_2 Blue flu: Atlanta police officers called in sick or refused to answer calls Thursday to protest the filing of murder charges against an officer who shot a man in the back, while the interim chief said members of the force feel abandoned amid the protests. Interim Chief Rodney Bryant said the department has sufficient staff to protect the city. Prosecutors brought felony murder and other charges against Garrett Rolfe, a white officer who shot Rayshard Brooks. Another officer, Devin Brosnan, was charged with aggravated assault and violation of his oath. Rolfe and Brosnan turned themselves in Thursday. Brosnan was released on bond, while Rolfe is being held without bond.
_3 L.A. homeless: A U.S. judge has approved an agreement in which the city and county of Los Angeles will provide housing for almost 7,000 homeless people who live near freeways as well as those over 65 or vulnerable to COVID19, officials said Thursday. The city will provide 6,000 new beds within 10 months and another 700 beds over 18 months while the county spends $300 million over five years to fund services for the people, according to the offices of county Supervisor Mark RidleyThomas and City Council President Nury Martinez.
_4 Bar shooting: Federal agents in Florida have arrested a man charged in a shooting outside a Texas bar last week that injured eight people, police said Thursday. U.S. Marshals arrested 37yearold Jenelius Crew on Thursday as he left a hotel in Miami, San Antonio police said. Detectives obtained warrants for his arrest Wednesday on eight counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The charges stem from a shooting last Friday in which a man with a rifle opened fire on people in the parking lot of a venue called Rebar. The man was part of a group turned away from the bar because they were “inebriated,” San Antonio police Chief William McManus said. Police have not provided updates on the health of the wounded.
_5 Classified information: A former counterterrorism analyst who leaked classified information to two journalists, including one he was dating, has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement Thursday. Henry Kyle Frese was employed by the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2018 and 2019. Prosecutors said he shared secret details to a journalist he was dating while she authored articles about “certain foreign countries’ weapons systems.” Frese was sentenced in a federal court in Alexandria, Va.
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