James Blake is coming for that clueless NYPD officer that tackled him to the ground last week. In an interview with the New York Daily News, Blake commented that Officer James Frascatore should no longer be a part of the NYPD due to his incompetence and violent behavior. Blake is quoted as saying: “[I]n my opinion he doesn’t deserve to ever have a badge and a gun again, because he doesn’t know how to handle that responsibility effectively.”
Blake went on to suggest that Frascatore is an embarrassment to others on the force who put produce “good work” in helping their communities and keeping civilians safe. While Blake is pursuing a lawsuit with his legal team on the matter, Frascatore is now subject to an internal investigation and has been stripped of his badge and gun. Read more at the New York Daily News.
Up Next: Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake Makes A Surprising Announcement
Stephanie Rawlings-Blake Says She Won’t Be Running For Re-Election
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Stephanie Rawlings-Blake says she’s opening up a new chapter in her career after having served as the mayor of Baltimore. The 45-year-old politician says she won’t be chasing after re-election, and instead will focus on improving her city that has been torn apart by police violence and racial inequality. A handful of Democrats including Former Mayor Sheila Dixon, state Senator Catherine Pugh, City Councilman Carl Stokes and Calvin Young, a graduate of NYU and Harvard, are currently on the ballot to take over the city’s leadership in the next election cycle. Read more at Newsone.
Up Next: MA Parents Sue Elite Grade School Over Its WiFi System
MA Parents Allege School’s WiFi Is Behind Their Son’s Illness
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The Fay School, a prestigious grade school in Massachusetts, is now being sued by parents who believe their son’s illness, electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS), has been prompted by the school’s WiFi system. The issue began in 2013 after the school installed a stronger, more sophisticated WiFi. The parents say their son immediately began displaying systems like headaches, itchy skin, nosebleeds, dizziness, heart palpitations and nausea after being in class.
Before pursuing the lawsuit, the parents requested that the school switch to using Ethernet to accommodate for the mysterious illness that they considered to be a disability. However, the school refused, arguing that its WiFi emissions have been tested by a tech firm, Isotrope, recommended by the student’s parents. Isotrope released a statement on The Fay School’s WiFi deeming it “substantially less than one ten-thousandth of the applicable safety limits (federal and state).” Read more at The Daily Beast.
Up Next: Obama Joins Arne Duncan For Back To School Bus Tour
Obama Spends The Day In Iowa To Announce Changes In College Financial Aid
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Today, Obama talks his plans to help prospective college students by allowing them to apply for financial aid three months earlier than in years past in Iowa with Education Secretary Arne Duncan. Obama’s presence in Iowa is particularly important, as it is here that he can set the tone for the issues Democrats will have to prioritize in their platforms while running for president in the upcoming election. Obama will be speaking on the details of his plans for financial aid at a town hall in Des Moines; the White House says that moving up the financial aid application process to October from January makes it easier for applicants to determine which colleges they can ultimately afford. Read more at the New York Times.
