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A.M. Links: NYPD Turns Backs on De Blasio, Judge Considers Releasing Eric Garner Grand Jury Record, Jury Selection Begins in Boston Marathon Bombing Trial

Damon Root | 1.5.2015 9:00 AM

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  • During Sunday's memorial service for murdered NYPD officer Wenjian Liu, numerous uniformed police once again turned their backs in protest on Mayor Bill de Blasio.

  • New York Judge William Garnett will hear arguments today on whether or not the grand jury proceedings into the police chokehold death of Eric Garner should be made public.
  • ESPN SportsCenter anchor Stuart Scott has died at age 49 from cancer.
  • Jury selection is set to begin today in the case of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
  • Former Arkansas governor and outspoken social conservative Mike Huckabee has resigned from his Fox News talk show in order to weigh a 2016 presidential run.
  • "Why Republicans are ready for Hillary."

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Damon Root is a senior editor at Reason and the author of three books, including A Glorious Liberty: Frederick Douglass and the Fight for an Antislavery Constitution (Potomac Books). His latest book is Emancipation War: The Fall of Slavery and the Coming of the Thirteenth Amendment (Potomac Books).

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