The Blotter: Wednesday, July 28
The Alameda County District Attorney announced charges against a woman whose boyfriend is accused of killing a Google job applicant from Virginia. The woman will face counts of second degree robbery and murder. . .
One man was killed and another injured in a shooting in Manteca yesterday. . .
A six-year-old boy drowned yesterday at a high school pool in the Castro Valley. Authorities believe it was an accident. . .
A fire raging in Kern County has burned 40 homes. . .
And a protest is planned outside the state fair grounds in the wake of the shooting of a rampaging, pregnant, dairy cow there Tuesday. The cow escaped from a corral, where she was awaiting her turn giving birth in front of fair-goers. When authorities failed to contain the cow, and a tranquilizer gun malfunctioned, they shot and killed her, claiming she presented a public safety risk. There’s some controversy as to this claim–as the fair had yet to open to the public for the day. Vendors were already on the grounds.
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Murder, the First Amendment, and a Black Muslim cult
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