1). The new speaker of the House is Paul Ryan, and he's with the Republican party.
2). According to Texas law, failure to identify becomes an offense if the person "intentionally refuses to give a name, residence address, or date of birth to an officer who has lawfully arrested the person and requested the information."
3). The Mets and the Royals are playing at the World Series.
4). Two Do's are: Do purchase seasonal items in unexpected color combinations; do purchase high quality decor items. Two Don't's are: Don't go overboard with seasonal decor; don't buy seasonal items you don't expect to actually use.
5). I'd like to do the UMLAUF Sculpture Garden and Museum's Haunted Garden. I don't really like Halloween much, but it seems like a peaceful sort of setting.
6). My initial opinion, after finishing this story, is that all of it is just really, really stupid. Everything was started over stupid decisions - not handing over a phone, manhandling a girl because she wouldn't hand over a phone. Honestly, if we were actually civilized people, none of this would have happened.
Police brutality is definitely a problem in this country, and it seems to be getting more attention recently. The number of people committing crimes in the U.S. is probably extremely huge, but the number of people handling the perps in the wrong way are extremely huge, too. There is definitely racism behind these issues - whether they're on the spectator side or not is up to anyone. Assuming a problem is a problem because of racism is just as racist as the problem actually being racism (it makes sense to me).
People film what interest them, or what concern them. For a lot of people, taking out a camera or a phone and filming as one of the first instincts they have when something troubling is about to or is occurring around them. These being exposed on social media are a good thing because it helps get then people caught, or bring attention to the problem in the first place.
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