McALLEN — Sandro Garcia Moreno feels trapped in the Rio Grande Valley. He hides in a small, linoleum-floored bedroom with the curtains drawn, his refuge from his former employers, who he says threatened to kill him. He wants to find work to the north but fears he’ll be caught and deported. At night he lies alone in bed, swiping through cellphone photos of his wife and daughter, who fled back to Mexico for their own safety. An undocumented, low-wage worker, Garcia Moreno won a federal labor complaint two years ago against Pollos Medina, a chain of three barbecue restaurants in Mission. Sandro Alejandro Garcia Moreno looks around his room in the Rio Grande Valley, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. He lives with two other Mexican immigrants. He works day jobs to pay rent and support his 11-year-old daughter and wife. (JERRY LARA, San Antonio Express-News | Express News)He and co-worker Jose Arciga Garcia won a $108,000 judgment when the restaurant was found in violation of the Fair … [Read more...] about Immigrant who sued, won back pay – now in hiding for his life
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Rauner proposes reinstating Illinois death penalty in cases of mass killings, police slayings
Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner on Monday proposed reinstating the death penalty in Illinois for mass killers and people who slay law enforcement officers as part of his rewrite of a gun control bill.The death penalty provision would create a new category of homicide called "death penalty murder,” which could apply to adult killers who kill police officers or more than one person. Guilt must be determined "beyond all doubt," rather than the standard "reasonable doubt" requirement, according to the governor's office. Rauner said at a Chicago news conference Monday that people in those cases “deserve to have their life taken.”The measure Rauner rewrote originally was designed to create a 72-hour “cooling off period to buy an assault weapon for those who may have intent to cause harm, and to allow additional time for sellers to complete a background check. Under current law, the waiting period to purchase assault weapons including AR-15s is 24-hours. It’s 72 … [Read more...] about Rauner proposes reinstating Illinois death penalty in cases of mass killings, police slayings
‘We don’t know where he is’: Manhunt expands for troubled Waffle House shooting suspect
Democracy Dies in Darkness Sections Home Subscribe Try 1 month for $1 Username Sign In Account Profile Newsletters & Alerts Gift Subscriptions Contact Us Help Desk Subscribe Account Profile Newsletters & Alerts Gift Subscriptions Contact Us Help Desk Accessibility for screenreader Share on Google Plus Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google Plus Share via Email Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Tumblr Resize Text Print Article Comments Post Nation by Kristine Phillips and Mark Berman by Kristine Phillips and Mark Berman Email the author April 23 at 1:27 PM Email the author Police in Nashville said Monday that there had been “no confirmed sightings” of Travis Reinking, the 29-year-old accused of opening fire in a Waffle House and killing four people before effectively vanishing, prompting a sprawling manhunt across the Tennessee capital. … [Read more...] about ‘We don’t know where he is’: Manhunt expands for troubled Waffle House shooting suspect
‘No credible sightings’ of Waffle House shooting suspect as manhunt continues, police say
Democracy Dies in Darkness Sections Home Subscribe Try 1 month for $1 Username Sign In Account Profile Newsletters & Alerts Gift Subscriptions Contact Us Help Desk Subscribe Account Profile Newsletters & Alerts Gift Subscriptions Contact Us Help Desk Accessibility for screenreader Share on Google Plus Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google Plus Share via Email Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Tumblr Resize Text Print Article Comments Post Nation by Kristine Phillips by Kristine Phillips Email the author April 23 at 8:09 AM Email the author Police continued their intensive search Monday for the 29-year-old suspected of opening fire at a Tennessee Waffle House and killing four people one day earlier. The Metro Nashville Police Department said early Monday that “there have been no credible sightings” of the suspected gunman, Travis … [Read more...] about ‘No credible sightings’ of Waffle House shooting suspect as manhunt continues, police say
Tennessee Senate expected to take up bill today limiting police use of civil asset forfeiture
NASHVILLE — Tennessee representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved legislation proponents say will provide new safeguards on law enforcement's power to confiscate cash, vehicles and other property from suspects or owners never charged with a crime. The vote was 88-0. Senators are expected to take up the bill today. "This is a very significant change in civil asset forfeiture," Rep. Mike Carter, R-Ooltewah, the bill's sponsor, told the House. "The whole purpose is to slow down the seizing authorities to make sure they're willing to put their pocketbook and their wallet behind their action," he added later. "No more willy-nilly seizures." The bill, sponsored by Sen. Todd Gardenhire, R-Chattanooga, in the upper chamber, is intended to address a number of complaints and controversies involving seizures of property. Sen. Todd Gardenhire, right, listens to Sen. Bo Watson Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at the Chattanooga Times Free Press. Sen. Todd Gardenhire, right, listens to … [Read more...] about Tennessee Senate expected to take up bill today limiting police use of civil asset forfeiture