News 8 Evening News Who: News 8 Reporter What: Evening News: Government ends the MRA When: Evening News Thursday, September 16th Where: Broadcast to the greater NYC area In a surprising move, the President cut all funding to the Mutant Registration Act today. This action seems to be spawned by the attempted assassination of Godfrey Pierson, head of the Registration Act, last Friday by a group of mutants calling themselves the Mutant Liberation Front. Authorities report that the majority of MLF agents were dead or incapacitated by the time they arrived on the scene. While the details of the events are still not clear, one security camera managed to capture the video you see on your screen. It seems to show a mutant defending Pierson from MLF agents. While the audio is not completely clear, it is believed that the masked, female mutant says, "I don't like you – but you don't deserve to die just because your views are wrong. I want you to live a long and happy life as an unsuccessful politician."
No official statement was given about this event until earlier this afternoon, when the President announced the end of the Mutant Registration Act. Spokesmen explained that the President was unaware that mutants felt oppressed or offended by the Registration Act. While the United States condemns acts of terrorism, the President now believes that the majority of mutants oppose registering, as this attack clearly shows. The President emphasized that this may not be permanent, but hopes that it will be seen by mutants as a way of extending the olive branch while the situation and other options are reviewed. He also clarified that Project Sentinel would continue to function and grow, but as a peace keeping and law enforcement agency. All previous MRA information will remain available to Sentinel Soldiers to aid in their enforcement of United States laws on mutants.
This has raised strong emotions from both mutant rights activists as well as groups such as the Friends of Humanity. Experts estimate that less than two thirds of the mutant population registered their powers.
In other news, the damages from the attack of the Mutant Liberation Front on the downtown New York building are estimated in the millions...