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Anonymous ID: 422d4d June 29, 2023, 1:38 p.m. No.19095926   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>5961 >>6064 >>6324 >>6559

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https://www.sltrib.com/news/2022/01/26/utah-county-attorney/

Utah County Attorney David Leavitt makes quick exit out of Ukraine, but is now stuck in Amsterdam with COVID-19

David Leavitt, who taught law in Ukraine for more than a decade, went to Kyiv to collect documents from his apartment as news of a possible Russian invasion loomed.

When Utah County Attorney David Leavitt decided to go to Ukraine earlier this week to collect documents from his Kyiv apartment, he’d planned for several contingencies in case the city was invaded by the Russian military.

He had extra cash in case the internet went down and the ATMs didn’t work. He’d also rented a car, deciding it safest to not rely on public transportation in case the trains stopped running.

But something unexpected happened that halted what was supposed to be a quick trip to Ukraine to gather a few personal items: Leavitt is stuck in Amsterdam after he tested positive for COVID-19.

It’s the second time Leavitt has been ill with the coronavirus.

Leavitt, who taught in Ukraine with the American Bar Association for more than a decade, has owned an apartment in Kyiv for several years. With news of a threat of a Russian invasion, Leavitt said in an interview on Wednesday that he’d booked the hasty trip to Ukraine to get paperwork proving ownership of his apartment and to collect some personal effects.

“We flew from Salt Lake to Amsterdam and Amsterdam to Kiev,” he said Wednesday, “and spent 24 hours there and got things taken care of then visited with some close friends of ours.”

The capital city felt different than previous visits, Leavitt said of landing in Kyiv. He added that Ukrainian friends seemed nervous.

“It felt like there was a tension,” he said. “A feeling of foreboding. It’s right at the front of everyone’s minds. It’s a sad feeling.”

“There has been so much troop movement recently,” he said. “[Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s tanks have a far easier time going over frozen ground than muddy ground. That’s not something we think of as Americans.”

The county attorney said he decided to go to Ukraine after seeing news that the American Embassy was evacuating families and personnel and that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had moved its missionaries out of the country. He expedited a previously planned trip because he felt he had a window of time where he could go with his sons to collect what they needed from the Kyiv apartment.

The U.S. Embassy issued an alert on Wednesday urging Americans to leave Ukraine as soon as possible, saying “the security situation in Ukraine continues to be unpredictable due to the increased threat of Russian military action.” It further noted the situation could “deteriorate with little notice.”

Leavitt first left Utah on Sunday, flew back out of Ukraine on Tuesday and received a positive COVID-19 test result early Wednesday while in Amsterdam en route back to Salt Lake City. He’s now quarantining in a hotel room near the airport in Amsterdam, but says he’s not sure how long he will be required to stay there.

“Thankfully they have a bathrobe,” he said Wednesday. “Because I literally went with the clothes on my back. And so now my clothes are drip-drying from my hotel room sink.”

During his years teaching in Ukraine, Leavitt said he instructed law students about the principles of American jury trials. The county attorney said it was the Ukrainian law students’ confusion over how plea deals could work in the United States that made him realize the shortcomings of the criminal justice system. He is now outspoken about wanting reform.

“So much of what I do in the United States, as the Utah County Attorney, is directly tied to years in the Ukraine,” he said. “I’m sad about it, because I not only love the Ukranian people, I have worked hard to help the legal system.”

Anonymous ID: 422d4d June 29, 2023, 1:41 p.m. No.19095939   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>5944 >>6324 >>6559

https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-affirmative-action-college-race-f83d6318017ec9b9029b12ee2256e744

Divided Supreme Court outlaws affirmative action in college admissions, says race can’t be used

The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action in college admissions, declaring race cannot be a factor and forcing institutions of higher education to look for new ways to achieve diverse student bodies.

The court’s conservative majority effectively overturned cases reaching back 45 years in invalidating admissions plans at Harvard and the University of North Carolina, the nation’s oldest private and public colleges, respectively.

The decision, like last year’s momentous abortion ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade, marked the realization of a long-sought conservative legal goal, this time finding that race-conscious admissions plans violate the Constitution and a law that applies to colleges that receive federal funding, as almost all do.

Anonymous ID: 422d4d June 29, 2023, 1:44 p.m. No.19095949   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>6324 >>6559

A Florida sheriff's deputy has been acquitted of child neglect and other charges for failing to act during the Parkland school massacre.

https://apnews.com/article/parkland-florida-school-shooting-deputy-91dfe6054944fa3a8399ee18f05d2171

Deputy acquitted of all charges for failing to act during deadly Parkland school shooting

A Florida sheriff’s deputy was acquitted Thursday of felony child neglect and other charges for failing to act during the 2018 Parkland school massacre, concluding the first trial in U.S. history of a law enforcement officer for conduct during an on-campus shooting.

Former Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson wept as the verdicts were read. The jury had deliberated for 19 hours over four days.

After court adjourned, Peterson, his family and friends rushed into a group hug as they whooped, hollered and cried. One of his supporters chased after lead prosecutor Chris Killoran and said something. Killoran turned and snapped at him, “Way to be a good winner” and slapped him on the shoulder. Members of the prosecution team then nudged Killoran out of the courtroom.

Anonymous ID: 422d4d June 29, 2023, 1:46 p.m. No.19095953   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>6324 >>6551 >>6559 >>6621

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-zelenskyy-greta-thunberg-d72e2ab20a8eacb340e3de74aef8b6a9

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy meets Greta Thunberg and others to address the war’s effect on ecology

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met Thursday with Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg and prominent European figures who are forming a working group to address ecological damage from the 16-month-old Russian invasion.

The meeting in the Ukrainian capital came as fighting continued around the country.

The governor of the Kherson region, Oleksandr Prokudin, said two people were killed in the region’s capital in a Russian strike that hit residences, a medical facility and a school where residents were lined up to receive humanitarian aid. Another person was killed in a morning strike on the village of Bilzoerka, the regional prosecutor’s office said.

Anonymous ID: 422d4d June 29, 2023, 1:46 p.m. No.19095957   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>5977 >>5999 >>6002 >>6324 >>6559

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-grand-jury-weighing-possible-criminal-charges-rapper-travis-scot-rcna91901

A Texas grand jury is considering possible criminal charges against rapper Travis Scott for his alleged involvement in the 2021 crowd crush at a music festival that left 10 people dead and a thousand injured, his attorney says.

Anonymous ID: 422d4d June 29, 2023, 1:47 p.m. No.19095963   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>6324 >>6559

Ex-Republican House Speaker Larry Householder has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for orchestrating a $60M bribery scheme dubbed the largest corruption scandal in Ohio history. Convicted of racketeering in April, he is expected to appeal.

https://apnews.com/article/bribery-investigation-ohio-speaker-householder-sentenced-7ff5163a7d1fdbbfe6570ed34c7a7f67

Anonymous ID: 422d4d June 29, 2023, 3:57 p.m. No.19096477   🗄️.is đź”—kun

https://twitter.com/MyLordBebo/status/1674430829483933697

American citizen is asked why he is fighting with Ukraine.

“I don't want Russia to get a hold of those resources.”