Happy Haitian Flag Day: Today marks the anniversary of the day the Haitian flag was created by Jean Jacques Dessalines, the Haitian leader who defeated Napoleon’s armies and tore out the white from the French flag. If you didn’t know, Jefferson was able to buy the Louisiana Purchase from France on the cheap in large part due to Haiti’s victory.
Lakewood Whistleblower Accuses Police of Cover Up: After settling a racial profiling case with the Lakewood police, an attorney says he received an anonymous tip that police destroyed documents in the case.
Hunger Strike Continues At Gulag Guatanamo: Prisoners entered the 100th day of their hunger strike against indefinite detention this week. 30 are being force-fed.
Way to Go, Seattle: Over a hundred LGBT students are receiving $600,000 in scholarships.
LulzSec Hackers Sentenced to Jail in the UK: Remember these braggadocios who took down the websites of the CIA, Sony, and other big-time players? Apparently it was a bunch of British kids, who got busted by a hacker-turned-FBI informant.
C’mon Man! Part I: A third military sexual assault prevention official is being fired. This time it’s the head of sexual assault response program at Fort Campbell in Kentucky, who turned himself in after violating a restraining order. President Obama called the string of incidents “shameful and disgraceful.”
C’mon Man! Part II: Seahawks defensive end Bruce Irvin faces a four game suspension for using “performance-enhancing substances”—is that a euphemism for “steroids” or is there a meaningful distinction? He has apologized and says he won’t appeal the decision.
Here’s some fun reading: GIF-blog When You Live in Seattle.