NEW YORK — Two NYPD officers patrolling a Queens public housing complex spot a woman outside in a tank top and slippers muttering incoherently to herself. The woman says the street is her home, but the temperature is expected to drop below freezing later that day. How should they respond?

The hypothetical scenario is among five posed to police officers in a 15-minute presentation on situations that may warrant involuntary hospitalization. The training was prepared to brief patrol officers on Mayor Eric Adams’ recent directive that people may be forced to undergo psychiatric evaluation when a mental illness is seemingly preventing them from meeting their own basic needs, putting them at risk of harm.

The presentation slides are also incorporated in a 9-minute video that describes when someone experiencing mental illness should be brought to the hospital against their will and walks officers through a step-by-step protocol.

The records were obtained by the New York Civil Liberties Union in a lawsuit filed in March against the NYPD and shared with POLITICO.

Some People Deserve to Starve: A Biblical View of Work and Welfare

Of course, Christians are supposed to be at the tip of the spear in alleviating poverty, especially when it comes to other believers. That doesn’t mean, however, that we are under any obligation to help indolent bums.

Such people are not entitled to our generosity.

They have chosen the path of poverty, to paraphrase Proverbs 10:4.

https://www.standingforfreedom.com/2023/05/some-people-deserve-to-starve-a-biblical-view-of-work-and-welfare/

Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand will soon be barred from taking state agencies to court to force them to turn over documents and will be blocked from accessing certain types of personal information under a law Gov. Kim Reynolds signed Thursday.

Sand is the only Democrat elected to statewide office in Iowa. Reynolds is a Republican.

The law passed the Iowa Legislature last month with only Republican support. It will take effect July 1 with Reynolds' signature.

Democrats argue Republicans are tying the hands of their political opponent because they don't like the way Sand does his job.

Please tune in at 7:00 PM EST at Whitehouse.gov/live for a live feed of President Biden addressing the nation on averting default and the bipartisan budget agreement.

This will include ASL interpretation for accessibility during the speech and full video, remarks transcript, and highlights after the address.

The only Democrat on New Hampshire's Executive Council is launching a campaign for governor.

Councilor Cinde Warmington is the first Democrat to officially enter the race. Since being elected in 2020, Warmington has been an outspoken defender of reproductive rights, fighting against Republican efforts on the council to reject public health contracts for abortion providers.

Warmington told News 9 that housing and workforce shortages would be top issues in her campaign.

"Fundamentally, this campaign is about freedom. Freedom for women to make their own health care decisions, freedom for workers to earn fair wages, freedom for parents to send their kids to school without fear of gun violence. Freedom for small businesses, freedom for everyone to thrive," Warmington said.

8 years for DeSantis? Trump says he only needs 6 months for rapid change: ‘You should vote against him’

URBANDALE, Iowa. (FLV) – Former President Donald Trump said at a campaign stop Thursday in Iowa that he would only need six months to turn the U.S. around.

Trump, having already served out a full four-year term as president, would only be allowed to serve one more term if he is sworn into office in 2025.

Gov. Ron DeSantis, on the other hand, would have the opportunity to run for reelection in 2028, should he become president, and serve through 2032.

“I’ve been watching DeSanctus go out and say, ‘I’ve got eight years. It’s going to be eight years,'” Trump said. “Let me tell you something right there. You should vote against him.”

“It will take me six months to have it totally the way it was,” the former president said to applause. “We’ll have it fast. It’s drilling, it’s the wall and it’s getting criminals out of our country that have been allowed to come in so freely.”

https://flvoicenews.com/8-years-for-desantis-trump-says-he-only-needs-6-months-to-enact-rapid-change-you-should-vote-against-him/