No surprise is how the Columbus Division of Police and its union, the Fraternal Order of Police Capital City Lodge #9, are heavy with MAGA.

The Free Press and the community understand why some of our police, if not a majority, are this way. The Division is mostly white and male, many reside in rural counties outside Columbus, and last, but certainly not least, some harbor anger towards their perceived outlook of America’s future.

The job of a police officer is dangerous and stressful, and we need police to protect are most vulnerable. They deserve good pay and good cops deserve respect.

But what is not okay is Columbus police and its union forcing  extremist political ideology onto the community (especially young people).

One unnerving concern facing this entire nation is, how far will MAGA go to get their way?

Saturday, October 23, 12noon-2pm, Ohio Statehouse

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Join us Saturday, October 23, to help protect victims of domestic violence.

• Ohioans lost 131 lives to domestic violence in the past year, from July 2020 to June 2021.

• 86% of fatalities were from guns.

• There were 2,600 victims in 2020, up 35% since 2019.

• Shelter capacity in Franklin County is up 30%.

• 1 in 3 women and 1 in 9 men experience severe intimate partner physical violence.

• Ohio has 28 domestic violence calls per hour.

• As of December 31, 2020, Ohio had submitted one domestic violence misdemeanor conviction and two protective order records to the NICS [National Instant Criminal Background Check System] Index.

• On a typical day, there are more than 20,000 phone calls placed to domestic violence hotlines nationwide.

The goal of this rally is to bring awareness, provide resources, and to talk about the next steps for victims, survivors, and the public.

Friday, October 22, 12noon-3:30pm, Noor Islamic Cultural Center, 5001 Wilcox Rd.

Facing problems? CAIR-Ohio will be offering free legal help today to community members.

For questions, contact CAIR-Ohio Staff Attorney Lina Abbaoui at 614-982-0879 or at <labbaoui@cair.com>.

If you are unable to make this event and would like to request legal help, feel free to call our office or use this online form.

Hosted by CAIR [Council on American-Islamic Relations] Ohio.

The Pentagon’s offer of “condolence money” to the relatives of the ten people (seven of them children) who were killed in the final U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan — originally declared righteous and necessary — bears a troubling connection to the government’s ongoing efforts to get its hands on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and punish him for exposing the inconvenient truth of war.

You know, the “classified” stuff — like Apache helicopter crewmen laughing after they killed a bunch of men on a street in Baghdad in 2007 (“Oh yeah, look at those dead bastards”) and then smirked some more after killing the ones who started picking up the bodies, in the process also injuring several children who were in the van they just blasted. This is not stuff the American public needs to know about!

Thursday, October 21, 2021, 5:30 - 6:30 PM
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio is thrilled to announce our next Virtual Voices event featuring the co-creator and head writer of “The Daily Show” and co-founder of Abortion Access Front, Lizz Winstead! Lizz will be joined in conversation by our own President and CEO Iris E. Harvey and Mason Hickman, Digital Organizer for Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio. Join us for this virtual discussion on abortion access, activism, and more.  Register here.