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Philip Mayo cost himself a law en- $

forcement career the day he helped

shatter a prison inmate’s face and beat

him until his back was broken.

But the fired Maryland corrections

officer wasn’t out of uniform for long.

Within months, G4S, the largest

private security company in the world,

gave him a job 20 minutes up the road

guarding an office building and its

workers.

Coworkers said he raised more red

flags almost immediately. They

claimed he stalked a woman around

the building. He adjusted security

cameras to watch women enter the

locker room. He groped a co-worker’s

breast.

Mayo’s supervisor warned his

bosses: Fire this guy before someone

else gets hurt. They ignored him.

A police report details what hap-

pened next. One night on the graveyard

shift, Mayo watched a cleaning lady

push her cart down a darkened hallway.

He waited until they were alone.

Then he pinned her from behind,

slammed her head against the wall and

ripped at her clothes. “Please don’t do

this,” she begged.

“I do what I want,” he said. “I’m secu-

rity.”

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In marketing materials and contract

bids, G4S sells itself as the world’s pre-

mier security company – a private army

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WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives

adopted rules Thursday for how Democrats will con-

duct the public phase of the impeachment investigation

of President Donald Trump, a process Republicans have

argued was secretive and unfair to this point.

The 232-196 vote almost entirely along party lines

marked only the fourth time the full House authorized

an impeachment inquiry. Two presidents – Andrew

Johnson in 1868 after the Civil War and Bill Clinton in

1998 – were impeached by the House but acquitted by

the Senate. Former President Richard Nixon resigned

in 1974 before he was impeached.

“What is at stake in all of this is nothing less than

our democracy,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.,

said while flanked by a placard of the U.S. flag. “Let us

honor our oath of office. Let us defend our democracy.”

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The resolution sets rules for how committees will

funnel their evidence to the Judiciary Committee.

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CHICAGO – The Chicago teachers’

strikeended Thursday afternoon with

the mayor and the union president

agreeing on one last detail: Teachers

and students will make up five of the 11

days lost to the historic strike.

Students in the nation’s third-larg-

est school district will return to class

Friday.

The strike had idled academics,

sports and college prep for about

350,000 students and their families.

As it wore on, students missed les-

sons, state playoff tournaments and

an ACT exam date.

Classes were canceled during the

strike, but school buildings remained

open and meals were served.

Chicago Teachers Union President

Jesse Sharkey said Wednesday that

while the tentative agreement has not

met all CTU demands, it addresses

many of the group’s largest concerns,

such as limiting class sizes and hiring

more support staff.

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as strike ends

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