Several dozen people, including members of local fire departments, gathered at a vigil Friday night to remember and say goodbye to Columbia firefighter Donald Zink. More information can be found HERE.
Friday, January 15, 2021
TWO FROM LANCASTER COUNTY CHARGED IN LAST WEDNESDAY'S PROTEST/ATTACK IN DC
FROM LNP:
Two Lancaster County residents were among those charged for illegal activities related to the Jan. 6 protests and attack on the Capitol.
According to police, Tara Coleman, 40, was charged with unlawful entry and curfew violation. Dakoda Westfall, 23, was charged with curfew violation.
Coleman, whose Facebook page indicates she’s from Strasburg, and Westfall, a 2016 Solanco graduate, could not be reached for comment. Westfall previously was interviewed for an article about a 2016 Trump “thank you” tour in Hershey.
Two Lancaster County residents were among those charged for illegal activities related to the Jan. 6 protests and attack on the Capitol.
According to police, Tara Coleman, 40, was charged with unlawful entry and curfew violation. Dakoda Westfall, 23, was charged with curfew violation.
Coleman, whose Facebook page indicates she’s from Strasburg, and Westfall, a 2016 Solanco graduate, could not be reached for comment. Westfall previously was interviewed for an article about a 2016 Trump “thank you” tour in Hershey.
FBI: Armed protests planned in all 50 states and DC leading up to Inauguration Day | WJAC
Aaron Katersky, an ABC investigative reporter, says a Monday bulletin from the FBI states: "Armed protests are being planned at all 50 state capitols from 16 January through at least 20 January, and at the US Capitol from 17 January through 20 January."
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Retired Lancaster city cop helping ID locals who went to DC; says it's 'citizen's responsibility'
A retired Lancaster police lieutenant has been sending the FBI photographs of county residents who went to Washington, D.C., last Wednesday to help the federal law enforcement agency determine if any of them broke the law.
Gerald Wilson, 67, of Manheim Township, said he believes anyone who knows a person involved in the attack on the U.S. Capitol should do the same.
"I think it's a citizen's responsibility for people who have evidence about the insurrection to contact the FBI and give them whatever information you can give," he said Monday.
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Republicans in Pa., elsewhere change party affiliation after riot at U.S. Capitol
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — In the 36 hours after last week's deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, 112 Republicans reached out to the election office in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to change their party registration. Ethan Demme was one of them.
"Ever since they started denying the election result, I kind of knew it was heading this way," said Demme, the county's former Republican Party chairman who has opposed President Donald Trump and is now an independent. "If they kept going, I knew there's no way I can keep going. But if you've been a Republican all your life, it's hard to jump out of a big boat and into a little boat."
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Pa. State Police resume tracking racial data during traffic stops in response to Spotlight PA report
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania State Police announced Tuesday that it had resumed collecting racial data during traffic stops, nine years after the department quietly ended the practice and in direct response to a previous investigative report by Spotlight PA.
Many police departments across the nation collect racial data from traffic stops in order to detect potential racial bias in policing. In 2019, Spotlight PA revealed the State Police had ended its collection program in 2012 with no official announcement and for reasons that remain unclear.
In response to the findings, the statewide law enforcement agency pledged to resume the practice.
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