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TexasTowelie's JournalPolice say man was drunk, driving 155 mph on Georgia 400
Police said Dwayne Pope told them he had only three shots of champagne before he was pulled over Sunday after a chase that reached speeds of 155 mph.
But when he stepped out of his car, Alpharetta police saw a man with bloodshot, watery and glassy eyes, according to a police report.
An Alpharetta officer was traveling southbound on Ga. 400 near Mansell Road about 3 a.m. when Pope’s car flew past her at more than 105 mph, according to the report. The speed limit for that highway is 65 mph.
The officer followed Pope past the Mansell Road exit, activated her emergency lights and siren and attempted to pull Pope over.
Read more: http://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/police-say-man-was-drunk-driving-155-mph-400/oWkZPaHOqO5pXzhKIhY55L/
White Supremacists Are Terrorists, Too
After the automotive attack in New York City last week, Donald Trump called for the death penalty for the perpetrator. “Would love to send the NYC terrorist to Guantanamo but statistically that process takes much longer than going through the Federal system…” he tweeted. “There is also something appropriate about keeping him in the home of the horrible crime he committed. Should move fast. DEATH PENALTY!”
It’s hard not to compare this response to his “both sides” response to the automotive attack in Charlottesville. Trump has built his political career on demonizing Islam, but neither he nor his staff have condemned white-nationalist terrorist organizations, whose ideology they continue to openly espouse.
When Trump was asked whether or not James Alex Fields, who police say drove his car into a crowd of counter-protesters, killing Heather Heyer and seriously injuring 12 others, was a terrorist, he dissembled. “And there is a question. Is it murder? Is it terrorism? Then you get into legal semantics. The driver of the car is a murderer, and what he did was a horrible, horrible, inexcusable thing."
By calling Fields a murderer, rather than a terrorist, Trump is able to maintain the myth that white supremacist terrorists are bad actors in a field of otherwise “fine people.”
Read more: http://flagpole.com/news/democracy-in-crisis/2017/11/08/white-supremacists-are-terrorists-too
Penn State frat members gave pledge 18 drinks in less than 90 minutes, video shows
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Beta Theta Pi brothers gave their pledge 18 drinks in an hour and 22 minutes, surveillance video from the basement of the fraternity house shows.
The new tape led Centre County's district attorney, Stacy Parks Miller, to announce additional criminal charges Monday against frat members as a result of the investigation into deleted surveillance video from Feb. 2 when Timothy J. Piazza participated in a hazing ritual.
Twelve more Beta Theta Pi members have been charged, including five facing manslaughter charges. At least two dozen people now face charges in the case.
The uncovered footage sheds fresh light on the events that resulted in the 19-year-old's death, Jim Piazza, Tim Piazza's father, said Monday afternoon.
Read more: http://www.independentmail.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/11/13/penn-state-frat-charges/859524001/
Legislators question why S.C. highway troopers are providing 'valet service' to parties
COLUMBIA — South Carolina legislators are questioning why highway troopers are chauffeuring people to special events and parties — and how often it's happening.
Rep. Gary Clary, R-Central, said Monday he'll start calling culprits out publicly if he doesn't get answers. The retired judge made clear he's not referring to troopers merely doing their jobs by transporting people stranded on the roadside.
"I'm talking about civilians provided valet service to events," he told S.C. Department of Public Safety Director Leroy Smith during a House Oversight Committee meeting.
Agency officials said they have no way of knowing how often troopers transport non-employees in their patrol vehicles, as it's largely left to troopers' discretion.
Read more: http://www.postandcourier.com/politics/legislators-question-why-s-c-highway-troopers-are-providing-valet/article_5609c96e-c8ac-11e7-9c4b-c33525ad9d50.html
Catherine Templeton won't weigh in on Roy Moore controversy: 'We've got enough to deal with'
South Carolina governor candidate Catherine Templeton on Monday would not take a stance on whether Republican Roy Moore should drop out of the Alabama Senate race, saying her attention has been on other issues.
"I think the people of Alabama will make a decision on Roy Moore," Templeton told The Post and Courier following a Charleston County Republican Party meeting, where she was the keynote speaker. "We've got enough to deal with in South Carolina for me to be keeping up with that."
A report in the Washington Post last week published allegations that Moore sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl when he was in his 30s. Four women spoke to The Washington Post on the record, all of them alleging that Moore went out with them when they were teenagers and he was in his 30s.
A fifth woman came forward Monday, claiming Moore groped her after offering to give her a ride home in the 1970s when she was 16 and when Moore was a district attorney in Alabama.
Read more: http://www.postandcourier.com/politics/catherine-templeton-won-t-weigh-in-on-roy-moore-controversy/article_bb87dea2-c8d9-11e7-8b76-8bc0fc072c82.html
Woman sues state Sen. Campbell over crash to 'restore her good name'
A woman involved in a car crash with state Sen. Paul Campbell (R) filed a lawsuit Monday, hoping it will "restore her good name" amid discussion about the disputed facts of the wreck, her lawyer said.
Michaela Caddin, 21, of Summerville, had slowed for traffic Nov. 4 on Interstate 26 near North Charleston when the legislator's Mercedes-Benz rear-ended her SUV.
She said she suffered minor injuries. But what happened since the crash motivated her to sue Campbell, chairman of the S.C. Senate Ethics Committee and chief executive of the Charleston County Aviation Authority.
Caddin alleged that he switched seats after the wreck, making it appear as though his wife was the driver. He was arrested on charges of driving under the influence and giving false information to the police.
Read more: http://www.postandcourier.com/news/woman-sues-state-sen-campbell-over-crash-to-restore-her/article_44b3a2d0-c62b-11e7-be05-cb1d335db4a3.html
Charleston County looks at raising the pay for substitute teachers to address shortage of them
Being a substitute teacher in Charleston County soon could be a lot more lucrative.
Faced with a significant shortage of substitutes this year, the county's school board is looking at raising their pay by about 50 percent.
Uncertified substitute teachers would see their pay rise from $64 a day ($8 an hour) to $96 a day, or $12 an hour. Certified substitutes would receive $112 a day ($14 an hour), up from $80 a day currently.
The proposal was unveiled to the board's Audit and Finance Committee on Monday and would take effect immediately if the board votes to adopt it Nov. 27.
Read more: http://www.postandcourier.com/news/charleston-county-looks-at-raising-the-pay-for-substitute-teachers/article_b3699a6a-c88b-11e7-af32-5732881efbd1.html
SC Sheriff's Association terminates Greenville County Sheriff Will Lewis' membership (for sex)
The South Carolina Sheriff's Association has terminated Greenville County Sheriff Will Lewis' membership citing “conduct detrimental to the interests of the Association and the Office of Sheriff,” the organization said in a release Monday night.
The move comes after Lewis publicly admitted to a "consensual encounter" with a former Sheriff's Office employee last month, according to Jarrod Bruder, executive director of the Sheriff's Association.
The board of directors unanimously voted on the decision at a special called meeting Monday, Bruder said. It was the first time the association has used its ability to remove a sheriff’s membership since its bylaws were changed in 2015, he said.
“We are not, in any way, trying to be the moral police,” Lancaster County Sheriff and Sheriff’s Association President Barry Faile said in a statement.
Read more: http://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2017/11/13/state-sheriffs-association-terminates-sheriff-lewis-membership/860335001/
After nuclear plant failure, bills pre-filed to stem utility influence and stop SCE&G payments
State lawmakers are gearing up for an intense 2018 legislative session following the downfall of plans to build two new reactors at the V.C. Summer nuclear station.
Multiple bills were pre-filed and routed to the Judiciary Committee on Thursday as part of lawmakers' plans to tighten restrictions on the state's public utility companies, according to state records.
Santee Cooper and SCE&G halted work on the planned reactors on July 31 after $9 billion were already spent on trying to make the projects work, according to The Post & Courier.
The Statehouse Report took a look at the "Utility Ratepayer Protection Package" yesterday, a series of six bills that would, among other things, create a utility oversight committee and stop the 18 percent rate payment that SCE&G is currently charging its customers in order to pay for the abandoned reactor plans.
Read more: https://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/TheBattery/archives/2017/11/10/after-nuclear-plant-failure-bills-pre-filed-to-stem-utility-influence-and-stop-sceandg-payments
Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin Endorses James Smith for Governor
In an unsurprising but notable move, Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin has endorsed Democratic state Rep. James Smith for governor.
Smith touted the endorsement in a Monday afternoon news release.
“As mayor, I know real progress is made when you focus less on politics and more on what's right," Benjamin said. "James has always served that way, and I know he will put the people of South Carolina before political games. He will be a governor we can be proud of, and I am honored to endorse him.”
Benjamin and Smith are both Columbia attorneys. In fact, Smith has worked as Benjamin's attorney, most notably following Benjamin's car crash the day after his 2010 election.
Read moer: https://www.free-times.com/news/local-and-state-news/mayor-steve-benjamin-endorses-james-smith-for-governor/article_704e4994-c8a2-11e7-aad7-b7506cb959cd.html
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