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| Las Vegas Courthouse Shooting Claims Officer, Gunman |
| 2010-01-04 |
| Posted by:Pstanley |
| #2 More: According to court documents, Wicks had filed a lawsuit against the Social Security Administration in April of 2008 alleging racial discrimination. In a handwritten complaint, Wicks said the discrimination had followed him from California to Nevada. Wicks wrote this about one California agent, âDoesnât try to hide the way he feels about black people so he reduced my benefits.â Wicks explained he suffered a stroke some years back. He claimed his benefits dropped from $886 to $445 a month and then to $128 a month. U.S. Magistrate Judge George Foley reviewed the case and determined Wicksâ payments were reduced because Nevada, unlike California, does not provide a state supplement. When Wicks moved to Nevada he was no longer eligible for the supplement. That state supplement is probably why CA has a large budget deficit of $16b, whereas NV has a relatively small deficit of $72m. 13x the population, but 222 times the deficit. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2010-01-04 23:38 |
| #1 [T]he gunman, identified as Johnny Lee Wicks, a 66-year-old retiree disgruntled over cuts in his Social Security benefits. ABC Radio reports he had also lost a 2008 race-discrimination suit against the SSA. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2010-01-04 21:15 |