by The Standard | Sep 17, 2019 | Michael Reed
In 1968, Congress passed the first ever federal hate crimes statute. In 2009, President Obama extended the application of hate speech crime laws. Since then, not only federal, but state, county and municipal governments have passed hate crime laws and ordinances, many...
by The Standard | Sep 16, 2019 | Michael Reed
Tuesday evening September 17th at 6:00pm, Columbia City Council will take up two controversial city ordinances. The two ordinances concern two issues getting lots of discussion right now. The Columbia City Council agenda (available online) item #46 concerns a...
by The Standard | Sep 14, 2019 | Michael Reed
Three New York City firefighters spoke candidly of the dangers they experienced and what they heard inside a collapsing building on 9-11. The three firefighters were from the 24th NY Ladder Battalion: Tyrone Johnson, Jimmy Grillo and James Duffy. They spoke to...
by The Standard | Sep 13, 2019 | The Standard
The attacks of September 11, 2001 became the single deadliest terrorist attack in human history, and the deadliest enemy attack ever on US soil, killing nearly 3,000 Americans, injuring over 6,000 others, and causing hundreds of deaths at the hands of cancers...