Current Events Activity 5.1

1) The investigation that has now been completed is an internal inquiry into the controversial shooting of an unarmed, naked teen, named David Joseph. Acevedo is not waiting for a criminal investigation to conclude before deciding whether to discipline the officer who shot and killed the teen. Officials could schedule a disciplinary hearing for Freeman, they could also request additional investigation or exonerate him of any policy violations. The investigation findings would only go public if he is suspended for at least a day for his actions related to the shooting.

2) Hortensia Villegas are rushing to become citizens so they can vote against Trump. Applications for citizenships have increased so much that there will be about 1 million in 2016. Obama launched a national campaign to galvanize legal residents to take the step. You can now pay a fee $680 and practice the civics test online.

3) The Texas Railroad Commission is struggling to get more money for the oil industry due to the slump in oil prices. The commission leaders are saying that the agency might not be able to accomplish their mission if they can't get more money.

4) Obama ordered the flags to be at half-staff because the former first lady died. Michelle Obama will attend her funeral on Friday. It's appropriate for her to go because Nancy Reagan was a very kind person to her and Barack Obama. For the past 15 years of her life she had been "the guiding force of the Reagan library".

5) A jury awarded Erin Andrews $55 million in her lawsuit against a stalker who rented a hotel room next to her and secretly recorded a nude video. Her parents described for jurors the terror they and their daughter felt after learning of the video. The stalker was responsible for 51 percent of the verdict and the two companies should share the rest.

6) The Supreme Court ruled that states must honor adoptions by same-sex parents who move across state lines. In Alabama a lesbian was kept from seeing her 3 children she had adopted with her former spouse.