Monday Afternoon Update: Pro-Life Father Acquitted After Biden Raid, Utah Bans Sex-Change Surgeries For Minors, Ice Storm Threatens South

This article is a companion piece to today’s Morning Wire Afternoon Update. To listen to the podcast version, click here.

Sixth Police Officer Disciplined In Tyre Nichols Beating

Memphis Police say a 6th officer has been disciplined for his involvement in the brutal beating and arrest of Tyre Nichols. The department revealed that officer Preston Hemphill was relieved of duty shortly after the Jan. 7 arrest of Nichols, but Hemphill’s role in Nichols’s arrest was not disclosed.

Pro-Life Father Acquitted

Mark Houck, the pro-life father of seven arrested by the Biden administration last September, was facing two counts of violating the FACE act, after shoving a Planned Parenthood escort in 2021. The escort had reportedly harassed his son. The DOJ’s prosecution came after local authorities opted not to charge the Catholic activist. He faced up to 11 years in prison.

Minnesota Votes To Enshrine Abortion Into State Law

Minnesota’s Democrat-majority Senate voted to enshrine the right…