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Apr 14 2024
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2 neighborhoods in Detroit's ShotStopper program tie efforts to drop in crime
It's been less than a year since the ShotStopper initiative began in Detroit and already community groups say they are seeing results. FORCE Detroit has claimed the best results, with a 72% decrease in fatal and non-fatal shooting in its second quarter. The group works in the Warrendale and Franklin Park neighborhoods, also known as the Cody Rogue area, and cites the Detroit Police Department
Detroit NewsApr 18 2024
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Albuquerque Town Hall talks crime, guns, fentanyl — and a measure of optimism
The 1-hour town hall, put on through a partnership between the Journal, KOAT-TV and radio station KKOB, hosted a panel of Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman, Sheriff John Allen and state Attorney General Raúl Torrez. During the invitation-only event, the panelists covered a variety of topics, including children’s access to guns, a spike in shoplifting and the disconnect between
Albuquerque JournalApr 18 2024
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Town Hall talks crime, guns, fentanyl -- and a measure of optimism
Apr. 18—Leaders in law enforcement and criminal justice gathered to answer questions and ponder fixes to public safety Wednesday in an auditorium of the African American Performing Arts Center. The two-hour town hall, put on through a partnership between the Journal, KOAT-TV and radio station KKOB, hosted a panel of Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman, Sheriff John Allen and state
Yahoo NewsApr 24 2024
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Immigration law could deter victims from reporting crime, Tulsa mayor worries
An immigration bill headed to the governor’s desk has seemingly left Mayor G.T. Bynum with more questions than answers. Bynum, who responded to questions from the Tulsa World about House Bill 4156 before it sailed through the Senate late Tuesday afternoon , said the measure does not address the concerns he’s hearing from Tulsa police officers. “The issues I am hearing concern about from police
Tulsa WorldApr 26 2024
Analysis
Gangsters, Money and Murder: How Chinese Organized Crime Is Dominating America’s Illegal Marijuana Market
It seemed an unlikely spot for a showdown between Chinese gangsters: a marijuana farm on the prairie in Kingfisher County, Oklahoma.
On a Sunday evening in late November 2022, a blue Toyota Corolla sped down a dirt-and-gravel road in the twilight, passing hay meadows and columns of giant wind turbines spinning on the horizon. The Corolla braked and turned, headlights sweeping across
ProPublicaApr 17 2024
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Residents near south Minneapolis homeless encampment decry crime and "chaos"
MINNEAPOLIS — For the second time in less than three years, residents near East 29th Street and Fifth Avenue South in Minneapolis are living next to an encampment. "We have so much anger behind the city allowing this to happen. We feel so wronged," said one neighbor. This homeowner says he did not want his face shown for fear of what would happen if the occupants of the encampment knew it was
CBS News (Online)Apr 21 2024
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Real crimes and misdemeanors: New York needs a rethink about ‘minor’ offenses
New York Daily NewsApr 26 2024
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NYPD hate crime cops investigating Israeli flag thefts as Gaza protests grip NYC
The NYPD is investigating two recent Israeli flag thefts in Manhattan as hate crimes amid pro-Palestinian protests over the Gaza conflict continue to grip the city, officials said Friday. In one of the two incidents, a Columbia University protester set the flag on fire after a rock was thrown at its owner, police said. The first incident took place in Midtown on April 12 when two people, one
New York Daily NewsApr 28 2024
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California crime reform gets 'unheard of' support from DAs, small businesses, progressive mayors
A measure to reform California’s crime referendum that downgrades penalties for petty theft and drug possession will be on the ballot in November after garnering an "unheard of" number of signatures. The 2014 law in question, Proposition 47, reclassified several felonies, including retail and property theft, as misdemeanors. Under Prop 47, petty theft of goods valued under $950 is classified
Fox News (Online News)Apr 25 2024
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'Trump admits to another crime': Social media mocks ex-president's latest interview answer
Donald on Thursday was ridiculed on social media after saying in a Newsmax interview that he never incarcerated Hillary Clinton while he was the president simply because he felt it would be "horrible" to do it. Trump, who had a busy day being involved in a criminal hush money cover-up trial as well as a criminal immunity hearing on the same day, later did a phone interview on the right-wing
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