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Liar, thief and hypocrit Moonbeam Brown removes 'lynching' language from state law

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California Governor Jerry Brown on Thursday signed a bill 
striking the word "lynching" from a 1933 law that used the term 
to describe the crime of trying to take someone from police 
custody.

The bill, which passed unanimously in the state legislature last 
week, followed outrage over the arrest of African-American 
activist Maile Hampton on a charge of felony lynching during a 
"Black Lives Matter" demonstration in Sacramento in January.

The bill keeps the same punishment for the crime while only 
removing the term "lynching." It was one of several bills Brown 
signed on Thursday, his office said.

Hampton's attorney, lawmakers and other supporters rallied 
behind her at court and on social media, saying it was ironic 
that she had been charged under a decades-old law originally 
enacted to protect black detainees from white lynch mobs.

Her supporters also called for the removal of the word lynching 
from the penal code, saying its application was not appropriate.

Thousands of African-Americans were victims of lynchings, or 
extrajudicial public execution by hanging, in Southern states in 
the 19th and 20th centuries.

"It's been said that strong words should be reserved for strong 
concepts," Senator Holly Mitchell, a Democrat who authored the 
bill and represents a district including historically African-
American communities in Los Angeles, said in a statement.

"And 'lynching' has such a painful history for African Americans 
that the law should only use it for what it is – murder by mob," 
she added.

Hampton was detained for allegedly trying to pull a friend from 
police custody during a January protest over the killings of 
unarmed black men by police, the Sacramento Bee reported.

Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert has 
since reduced Hampton's charges to resisting arrest, a 
misdemeanor.

Trying to remove someone from police custody by means of a riot 
is a felony punishable by between two and four years behind bars.

(Reporting by Curtis Skinner; Additional reporting by Emmett 
Berg; Editing by Mohammad Zargham)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/03/us-usa-california-
lynching-idUSKCN0PD01X20150703

A court ruled late Friday that California is obligated to return 
$331 million that it took from a fund designated to help 
troubled borrowers but instead used to plug holes in the state’s 
budget.

The ruling, by a state court judge in Sacramento, came in 
response to a lawsuit filed last year against Gov. Jerry Brown 
by three nonprofit groups offering counseling to homeowners. 
They contended that Mr. Brown improperly diverted some of the 
money California received in 2012 as part of a $25 billion 
nationwide settlement with the country’s largest banks over 
mortgage servicing improprieties.

The plaintiffs argued that $350 million of California’s share of 
the settlement was wrongly removed from a special fund dedicated 
to helping troubled homeowners avoid foreclosure through 
counseling and other educational services.

California Sued Over Diversion of Money From National Mortgage 
SettlementMARCH 14, 2014
Judge Timothy M. Frawley agreed with the plaintiffs that $331 
million of that was misused. In his ruling, he enjoined the 
state to return that amount to the special homeowner fund “as 
soon as there is sufficient appropriation ‘reasonably’ and 
‘generally’ available for such purpose.”

H. D. Palmer, a spokesman for the California Department of 
Finance, said that the state was reviewing the ruling and had 
not yet decided on its next step.

When the mortgage settlement was completed, Kamala Harris, the 
California attorney general, was a lead negotiator, pushing hard 
for borrower assistance programs to be covered under its terms.

But California faced financial difficulties at the time, and 
state finance officials used the settlement funds for other 
purposes from 2012 to 2014, such as retiring debt issued by low-
income-housing authorities.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/16/business/california-has-to-
repay-331-million-to-homeowners-fund-court-rules.html
  

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