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Feb 12 2024
News
Trans advocates stage die-ins at Florida DMVs to protest rule erasing their identities
Dozens of trans activists and allies staged “die-ins” at DMVs across Florida on Friday morning, protesting a new rule that criminalizes correcting the gender marker on driver’s licenses in the state. Demonstrators occupied DMV offices in Miami, Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville, Tallahassee, and Gainesville, laying on the floor with “tombstone” epitaphs that read “Killed by Ron DeSantis,” “Killed
LGBTQ NationMar 03 2024
News
Judges Force Court to Give Capitol Rioter Lesser Sentence
Afederal appeals court asked a lower court to re-sentence a January 6 defendant after finding the Capitol rioter had been handed an improperly long sentence for his crimes.
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that Larry Brock's "interference with one stage of the electoral college vote-counting process, while no doubt endangering our democratic processes and temporarily
NewsweekDec 28 2020
News
China Jails Reporter Who Covered Wuhan Outbreak. Her Crime? Journalism.
A Chinese court has sentenced a citizen journalist to four years in prison after she reported independently on the COVID-19 crisis from its first epicenter, illustrating Beijing’s intent to maintain a tight grip on the narrative of the pandemic as it seeks to defend its early response to the emergence of the virus.
A former lawyer, Zhang Zhan had been detained for seven months before
ViceAug 28 2019
Opinion
Mike Huckabee: Our values are collapsing – How can we be shocked by the decline of civility, spread of hate?
There is no doubt that America has become more divided, less cohesive, and a lot less civil over the last few decades.
It’s a phenomenon that commentators on both sides of the political spectrum have noticed and reflected on for years.
Conservatives often point to the proliferation of liberal indoctrination in academia or an increasingly ideological and activist news media. Those
Fox News (Opinion)May 29 2019
News
Mueller: Charging president with a crime was 'not an option we could consider'
Special counsel Robert Mueller said Wednesday that charging President Trump with a crime "was not an option we could consider" due to Department of Justice (DOJ) regulations.
Mueller said that his office interpreted current DOJ guidance that states a sitting president cannot be indicted as meaning his team could not bring a charge against Trump as they investigated him for obstruction
The HillMar 04 2022
News
Republicans running for Pa. governor talk a lot about Philly crime. But who are they talking to?
One leading Republican candidate for Pennsylvania governor wants to impeach Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner. Another wants to abolish the right of Philly voters to elect their own top prosecutor, turning it into a position appointed by the governor instead. A third is pushing for a special prosecutor “to address the wave of violent crime that has overtaken” the city.
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The Philadelphia InquirerNov 21 2020
Data
What the data says (and doesn’t say) about crime in the United States
From the first day of his presidency to his campaign for reelection, Donald Trump has sounded the alarm about crime in the United States. Trump vowed to end “American carnage” in his inaugural address in 2017. This year, he ran for reelection on a platform of “law and order.”
As Trump’s presidency draws to a close, here is a look at what we know – and don’t know – about crime in the U.S
Pew Research CenterFeb 23 2024
News
UGA death: Laken Riley’s family, friends post social media tributes
The post went up several hours before UGA announced the arrest of Jose Antonio Ibarra, 26, charged with murder in Laken Riley’s death. Police called it “a crime of opportunity.” “This isn’t fair and I will never understand it,” the Instagram post read. “I’m not sure how I’m going to do this but it’s all going to be for you from now on.” Laken Riley was a junior and dean’s list student in
Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionJun 04 2015
News
Sudden Spike in Violent Crime Across US Raises Alarm
Major cities across the United States are seeing their crime rates skyrocket, sparking alarm about the causes, particularly given that there had been a two-decade drop in crime.
A city-by-city look shows: In Baltimore, shootings are up 82.5 percent, or nearly double from last year, the Baltimore Brew reported. In Chicago, there have been over 900 shootings this year, a 40 percent
Newsmax (News)May 26 2019
News
Bill de Blasio: 1994 crime bill was a foundation of 'mass incarceration'
Democratic presidential hopeful Bill de Blasio on Sunday said a 1994 crime bill that 2020 rival Joseph R. Biden helped write was “one of the foundations” of “mass incarceration” in the country, describing it as a “huge mistake.” “Look, the vice president and anyone else has to be accountable for every vote they take and what’s on their record, and I think that was a huge mistake,” Mr. de
Washington Times