California Tribe Loses Bid to Halt Border Wall Construction
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Appearing unclear during a court hearing Thursday about tribal rights to access cultural resources on private land, a federal judge found the federal government should not be forced to stop construction on the border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border in California despite claims human remains were bulldozed over.
U.S. District Judge Anthony Battaglia, a Barack Obama appointee, was unclear about Native Americans’ rights to access cultural resources on private and federal lands during the first court hearing Thursday in a challenge brought by the La Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians. The tribe claims President Donald Trump and the federal government have failed to meet tribal consultation requirements regarding border wall construction, which cuts through Kumeyaay land in San Diego.
Attorney Michelle LaPena of Sacramento-based Rosette LLP, representing the tribe, answered affirmatively when asked by Battaglia if the tribe was allowed to access cultural resources even on private property.
“I Hate Brussels Sprouts” - Jacob Blake’s Father Stuns CNN Host With Incoherent Responses
As Jacob Blake Jr. remains handcuffed in a hospital bed, paralyzed from the waist down after he was shot seven times by Kenosha police last week, his father, Jacob Blake Sr., joined CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Friday for an interview.
Cooper asked Blake Sr. a series of questions during the interview about the incident, which involved his son and police officers. Some of Blake Sr.’s responses stunned the liberal-leaning news host.
Cooper asked Blake Sr. about the new narrative the Kenosha police union published late last week, alleging Blake Jr. fought an officer and had a knife before he was shot in the back seven times.
Blake Sr. responded to the question: “Some say Brussels sprouts taste good.” Cooper paused for a few seconds and said, “Umm, I don’t get the reference,” prompting Blake Sr. to say, “I hate Brussels sprouts.”
Cooper asked Blake Sr. another question: “Are you concerned with the police union giving details when authorities aren’t themselves? “
In another incoherent response, he said the union is “like a bunch of dudes that pay dues so they can go someplace and meet and get away from their wives.”
Cooper then throws Blake Sr. a straightforward question: “When you saw your son in the hospital... he asked you why he was shot. Does he remember anything?”
Blake Sr. responds, “no, he didn’t ask me why he was shot - he said dad, why did they shoot me so many times?” Blake Sr. continued, “son, they weren’t supposed to shoot you at all.”