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Chicago murders are down 21% from horrendous 2021 as summer ends

Police data show murders are continuing to fall, but the numbers through August remain elevated from what was typical just a few years ago.

Chicago Sun-Times

Police in Ohio release video of officer shooting dead a pregnant black mother

Her family have denounced the shooting as a ‘gross misuse of power and authority’

Evening Standard

What we know about Austin shopping centre shooting

Two dead, including the gunman, after violence broke out at the Arboretum outdoor shopping mall

The Independent UK

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One dead, four injured in stabbings at notorious jail in Atlanta that's under federal investigation

Authorities said five people were stabbed, one fatally, during a dispute between men held at a jail in Atlanta that is already under federal investigation

The Independent UK

Bodycam video shows moment Ohio police shot pregnant woman through her windshield

The footage captured the exchange before 21-year-old Ta’Kiya Young was shot by an officer in a Kroger parking lot

The Independent UK

Gun and drug charges filed against Myon Burrell, sent to prison for life as teen but freed in 2020

Prosecutors have filed gun and drug charges against Myon Burrell, who was sent to prison for life as a teen but set free in 2020 after 18 years behind bars after his sentence was commuted in a high-profile murder case

The Independent UK

Man acquitted in nearly 30-year-old West Side murder case tied to ex-detective accused of misconduct

Jurors found Bernard Williams, 44, not guilty after only a few hours of deliberations in his retrial on murder and aggravated battery charges Thursday evening.

Chicago Sun-Times

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US police release footage showing fatal shooting of pregnant Black woman

Ta’Kiya Young and her unborn child were killed by police in Ohio in incident family says could have been avoided.

Al Jazeera

Alabama's new plan for execution

"Nitrogen hypoxia" is the latest brilliant idea in the ugly history of supposedly painless execution methods

Salon

Court Upholds W. Va. Law Requiring Property Owners to Allow Guns Locked in Customer or Employee Cars in Parking Lot

From yesterday's decision by Judge John T. Copenhaver, Jr. (S.D. W. Va.) in W. Va. Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Inc. v. Morrisey; note that the court struck down two other provisions of the law, which I discuss in a separate post: Previously, the BLPA [West Virginia's Business Liability Protection Act]…

Reason

Bryan Kohberger claims media are ‘focusing on his crotch’ as he demands court camera ban

Idaho murders suspect is also asking judge to throw out the case against him on the grounds of a biased grand jury and prosecutorial misconduct

The Independent UK

Huwara Bypass Road To Open Two Months Ahead Of Schedule

The main section of a road that bypasses the Palestinian town of Huwara will open after the High Holidays

Zenger

Manhunt launched for ‘extremely dangerous’ murder convict who escaped Pennsylvania jail

Danelo Cavalcante was sentenced to life for cold-blooded murder of Deborah Brandao in front of her children

The Independent UK

Video of police fatally shooting a pregnant Black woman set to be released, Ohio department says

Authorities in Ohio say they will release body camera footage of a fatal police shooting of a pregnant Black woman

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Texas wanted armed officers at every school after Uvalde. Many can't meet that standard

A vision of putting an armed guard at every school in Texas is crashing into the reality of not enough police or funding

Al Jazeera

White man faces trial in US for shooting Black teen who went to wrong house

Teenager Ralph Yarl was shot without warning through a door after going to the wrong house to collect his brothers.

France 24

Biden administration proposes more extensive background checks on gun sales

The Biden administration is proposing a rule that would require thousands more firearms dealers to run background checks, in an effort to combat rising gun violence nationwide.

The Independent UK

Audio reveals 911 caller in University of North Carolina shooting immediately identified a suspect

A 911 recording indicates police in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, quickly received the name and description of the accused shooter just after a professor was fatally shot this week

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In rare twist, ex-Chicago police officer testifies on behalf of man whose double-murder conviction is then vacated

Francisco Benitez claimed he was wrongfully convicted in the 1989 killings of two boys in Humboldt Park. Former gang investigator Joe Sparks told the court he thought the police got the wrong guy.

The Independent UK

Fresh arrest over mother accused of hiring hitman to kill her own son

Gamaliel Soza, 18, allegedly tried to convince Jazmin Paez, also 18, to kill her own son, telling her ‘the kid is the problem’

Chicago Sun-Times

No bail for man accused of luring firefighters into home doused with gasoline

A defense attorney for Melvin Jordan, 47, of the 7700 block of South Marshfield Avenue, requested a mental health evaluation of his client Friday. Jordan is also accused of pulling a knife on the firefighters Tuesday.

The Independent UK

2 more teens arrested in Baltimore block party mass shooting

Baltimore police have arrested two more teenagers in a mass shooting that left two people dead and 28 others injured during an annual block party earlier this summer

The Independent UK

Delaware judge orders status report on felony gun charge against Hunter Biden

A federal judge in Delaware has ordered prosecutors and defense attorneys to provide a status report regarding a felony gun charge against Hunter Biden

The Independent UK

Uvalde mayor sues district attorney claiming 'cover-up' in school shooting investigation

This is the second time the mayor has taken legal action against the district attorney

The Independent UK

Judge to decide whether white man will stand trial for shooting Black teen who went to wrong house

A Missouri judge is expected to rule on whether an 84-year-old white homeowner will stand trial for shooting a Black teenager who went to the wrong home to pick up his brothers

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