Vernon authorized officers to use their less-lethal equipment to disperse and arrest noncompliant protesters, he told internal investigators. He said some tactics are not explicitly authorized in department policy, but “may be directed or employed based on the dynamics of...
I don’t particularly think it is right to tell employers they cannot exclude for arrest records, but Pepsi Co. found out otherwise when they were audited under the same circumstances. The EEOC takes the position that an arrest is not a conviction and should not be used as a factor to we...
One of the few times his father has been able to see him came hours after his arrest. Thomas was still in his street clothes in the jail, and the two faced each other through thick glass. "Are you OK?" Robert asked through a telephone. "I'm good," Thomas replied. "I k...