Police charged with murder in SoCal beating

Huffington Post, Wisdom Quarterly, DA Tony Rackauckas


Kelly Thomas death: Officer Manuel Ramos charged with murder

SANTA ANA, California - Two police officers have been charged in the [murder] of a mentally ill homeless man in Southern California who was beaten and repeatedly shocked with a stun gun during his arrest, authorities said [today].

Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas said Wednesday that Fullerton police Cpl. Jay Cicinelli was charged with one count each of involuntary manslaughter and excessive force.

Punk rock made me a Buddhist

Police Officer Manuel Ramos was charged with one count each of second degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in the death of 37-year-old Kelly Thomas after a violent confrontation on July 5 with officers.

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Regulating (or not) yoga

Yoga at the beach (healthyoga.com)

To regulate or not?

ReligionDispatches.org, Susan Campbell (StillSmallVoice, Courant.com)

A bill that's moving toward Texas Gov. Rick Perry would seek to exempt from regulation the training of the people who teach yoga in the Lone Star State. That has opened a whole can of worms of who -- if anyone -- should regulate yoga, writes Andrea R. Jain, at Religion Dispatches:

"Soul of Yoga" at Stake in Texas Regulation Push
Prof. Andrea R. Jain, Indiana Univ.-Purdue Univ., Indianapolis
A vote away from the desk of Texas Governor (and potential 2012 Republican candidate for president) Rick Perry is a bill that has ignited a debate over the so-called “soul of yoga” and who, if anybody, is entitled to regulate it. SB 1176, which recently passed both the Senate and the House committee on Economic & Small Business Development, would exclude yoga from the definition of “post-secondary education,” thus exempting yoga teacher training programs from career school licensing requirements.