GOP USA MIDDAY REPORT 05/01/2015

Alveda King: Baltimore mayor invited violence In an open letter to Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Dr. Alveda King lambasted her for inciting rioters to continue their barrage of the city -- in protest of the alleged police-custody murder of an unarmed black man -- asking her how she could give them "free space" to destroy.

Prosecutor charges 6 Baltimore officers in death of Freddie Gray Baltimore's top prosecutor announced criminal charges Friday against all six officers suspended after a man suffered a fatal spinal injury in police custody, saying "no one is above the law." < img src="http://www.gopusa.com/temp/eagle/facebook.jpg">

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Expanding LGBT rights one Indiana city at a time As the U.S. Supreme Court takes up the controversial debate over state bans on same-sex marriages, the fight for gay rights in Indiana has moved on to another battleground, as more cities adopt ordinances to prohibit LGBT discrimination.

Who's to Blame for What's Happening in Baltimore? If a person happens to point out that Baltimore's criminally inept government has been run exclusively by Democrats since 1967 (with one Republican mayor since 1947) and features not a single city councilor who isn't a liberal, he may be called a lazy apparatchik. Because not everything, you see, is reducible to mere party politics.

More Americans use half their income for housing costs More than one in four U.S. renters have to use at least half their family income to pay for housing and utilities.

Americans approve of drone strikes on terrorists Nearly three-quarters of Americans say it's acceptable for the U.S. to use an unmanned aerial drone to kill an American citizen abroad if that person has joined a terror organization, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.

New Black Panther leader: 'Willing to kill' in U.S. 'war' on blacks The leader of the New Black Panther Party says the United States has declared was against the nation's black population -- and that, like American revolutionaries, they are willing to kill if that's what it takes to achieve justice in the aftermath of Freddie Gray's death.

Media Poll: Religious freedom trumps gay rights Most Americans think the government should protect religious liberties over gay rights when the two come into conflict, a new Associated Press-GfK poll finds, though fewer think most businesses should be allowed to turn away gay couples because of religious beliefs.