Friday, August 5th, 2022

Morning Announcements

Betches

News, News Commentary, Daily News, Politics

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🗓️ 5 August 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Today's headlines: Alex Jones is charged $4 million in damages to two Sandy Hook parents following his defamation case. Then, the Louisville police officers that killed Breonna Taylor have been federally charged, while Brittney Griner has been found guilty of drug smuggling in Russia and sentenced to 9 years in prison. Finally, the White House has officially declared monkeypox a public health emergency. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: CNN: Jury finds Alex Jones caused $4 million in damages to two Sandy Hook parents CNN: Four current, former Louisville police officers federally charged in Breonna Taylor's death NY Times: Brittney Griner Is Sentenced to 9 Years in a Russian Penal Colony CNBC: Biden administration declares monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency in the U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Friday, August 5, and you're listening to The Morning Announcements presented by
0:06.2	Betches Media.
0:07.2	I'm Sammy Sage, and this episode is brought to you by BetterHelp.
0:11.1	BetterHelp Online Therapy will assess your needs and can match you with your own license
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0:23.7	The jury in the Alex Jones trial awarded the parents of one Sandy Hook victim slightly
0:28.3	over $4 million in compensatory damages yesterday.
0:32.4	This is significantly less than what the families had asked for, which was $150 million in compensatory
0:38.1	damages.
0:39.1	Jones claimed that an award of only $2 million would destroy him financially.
0:43.1	That's despite the fact that he withdrew about $30 million after tax from his company
0:48.2	over the past two years.
0:50.1	On top of about $9 million in cryptocurrency donations that went directly to Jones himself.
0:55.8	To be fair, he probably does deserve a discount on legal fees.
1:05.1	Attorney General Marik Garland gave a press conference yesterday where he announced the
1:08.8	arrest of four current and former Louisville Metro Police Department officers who were involved
1:13.4	in the deadly raid on Breonna Taylor's home.
1:16.2	The four officers, Brett Hankison, Joshua James, Kelly Goodlitt, and Kyle Meeney, quite
1:22.1	an on-point name were charged with civil rights offenses, unlawful conspiracies, unconstitutional
1:27.4	use of force, and obstruction offenses.
1:30.8	Have they been hanging out with Alex Jones?
1:33.4	They were charged with submitting a false affidavit to search Taylor's home and then worked
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