Monday Afternoon Update: Pro-Life Father Acquitted After Biden Raid, Utah Bans Sex-Change Surgeries For Minors, Ice Storm Threatens South

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Sixth Police Officer Disciplined in Tyre Nicks Beating

Memphis Police reports that a 6th officer was disciplined for his role in Tyre Nicks’s brutal beating and arrest. The department revealed that officer Preston Hemphill was relieved of duty shortly after the Jan. 7 arrest of Nichols, but Hemphill’s role in Nichols’s arrest was not disclosed.

Pro-Life Father Acquitted

Mark Houck, the prolifer Police arrest father of seven Biden administration in September. He was charged with two counts of violating FACE. According to reports, the escort had harassed his son. The DOJ’s prosecution came after local authorities opted not to charge the Catholic activist. He was sentenced to up to 11 year imprisonment.

Minnesota Votes to Incorporate Abortion in State Law

Minnesota’s Voted in by Democrat-majority Senate to enshrine abortion rights into state law, without restricting the time of pregnancy. By just one vote, Senators approved the bill 34-33. It is expected that Tim Walz, the Democratic Governor of Massachusetts, will sign the measure into law.

Ice Storm threatens the South

Millions of people in the South could lose power due to a major storm. Americans in Texas and Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Tennessee could see nearly half an inch of ice by Wednesday.

Hero Who Stopped Monterey Park Shooter Honored

This week the city of Alhambra, California, awarded Brandon Tsay — the bystander who disarmed the Monterey Park shooter last weekend— with a medal for courage. The 26-year-old confronted the suspect and took away his gun after he had already killed 10 people and wounded many more.

Utah bans sex-change surgeries for minors

Utah has banned minors from sex-changing surgeries over the weekend following the GOP-led House A bill to ban gender-altering therapies and other forms of therapy that cause hormones to be altered for children under 18 years old was fast tracked. On Saturday, Republican Governor Spencer Cox signed this new law. Here’s one advocate testifying in support of the bill:

Novak Djokovic Wins the Australian Open One Year After Being Banned from Country

After being denied the opportunity to play last year, Novak Djokovic won the Australian Open.

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