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August 2, 2022

Misleading text urges 'yes' vote in Kansas to 'give women a choice.' Source is unknown

An anonymous group is sending a misleading text to Kansas voters telling them to “vote yes” in order to protect choice.

“Women in KS are losing their choice on reproductive rights. Voting YES on the amendment will give women a choice. Vote YES to protect women’s health.”

The message went to voters across the state, including former Democratic Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.

The state’s main anti-abortion groups— The Value Them Both Coalition, Kansans for Life and Operation Rescue— all said they did not send the message. The Kansas GOP has also said they are not responsible. A spokeswoman for the Value Them Both Coalition said no member of the coalition, which includes Kansas Family Voice, Kansans for Life, and the Kansas Catholic Conference, sent the text.

“There’s a lot of people trying to confuse people on both sides, I guess,” said Troy Newman, president of Operation Rescue.

Kansans for Constitutional Freedom, the main “vote no” campaign called the message an example of “desperate and deceitful tactics.”

https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article264063186.html

August 1, 2022

Man pleads no contest to threatening family in 'Black Lives Matter' T-shirts

A San Francisco man was given 60 days in jail and two years of supervised probation on Friday for a felony hate crime after threatening a family wearing "Black Lives Matter" t-shirts, the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office announced.

Steven L. Cibotti, 56, was eating in a restaurant in Burlingame on June 7, 2020 which was also being patronized by a family of five who had just been in a Black Lives Matter march in San Francisco. The family had three children aged seven, five and two, and they were wearing Black Lives Matter t-shirts, the DA said.


Cibotti was allegedly intoxicated and approached the family's table and yelled "blue lives matter" and pushed their table. The family's father told Cibotti that he could not talk to them like that and then the defendant allegedly yelled, "F-you, if I had a gun, I would shoot all of you."



Cibotti pleaded no contest to a felony hate crime by means of felony threats and was given a suspended sentence of two years' supervised probation, 60 days in jail with one day credit for time served, and 120 hours of public service. Cibotti must also abstain from alcohol and controlled substances including marijuana, be subject to search and seizure, not be in possession of any weapons or ammunition, and has a no contact order with the victims.

https://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/Man-Pleads-No-Contest-To-Threatening-Family-In-17342037.php

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