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Chicago police officer sidelined in misconduct probe now charged with lying about gun seizure

Daniel Fair is among four Calumet District cops suspected of grabbing weapons without making arrests and filing bogus paperwork. He was indicted this week, accused of giving false information on a police report and in court testimony.

Chicago Sun-Times

Vice President Harris tells young activists in Chicago they can end gun violence: ‘Your generation is critical’

Harris told a gathering activists at McCormick place that gun violence is a public health issue, “and we cannot let them get away with politicizing this or pretending that this is some intellectual, ideological debate when there is literally blood on the streets, without consequence.”

Chicago Sun-Times

5th Circuit Says Prosecuting a Cannabis Consumer for Possessing Guns Violated the Second Amendment

The decision casts further doubt on the constitutionality of a federal law that makes it a felony for illegal drug users to own firearms.

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Family of Utah man shot dead by FBI after threats to Biden say he was ‘frustrated’ at ‘corruption’

‘He was understandably frustrated and distraught by the present and on-going erosions to our constitutionally protected freedoms and the rights of free citizens’

The Independent UK

Lawyer says suspect, charged with hate crime, may argue self-defense in dancer's death

A 17-year-old has pleaded not guilty to hate-motivated murder in a stabbing that followed a clash over men dancing

The Independent UK

Kenosha police arrested a Black man at Applebee's. The actual suspects were in the bathroom

Police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, have launched an internal investigation after a video posted to social media appears to show an officer punching a Black man the officer mistakenly thought was involved in a hit-and-run crash

The Independent UK

Child murderer run out of towns in 1990s faces new charges in 2 Texas killings

Texas prosecutors say a man who was convicted of killing a child in the 1980s and then run of of towns following his early release from prison has been indicted on two new murder charges

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Woman denies involvement in fatal shooting and acid attack on her Tinder date

Rachel Fulstow is accused of being in on the plan to harm Liam Smith, who she had a one-night stand with in 2019.

The Independent UK

Rex Heuermann’s ‘disturbing’ online behaviour days before Gilgo Beach arrest revealed

With no arrests made in connection to the deaths of seven victims, Commissioner Harrison said that he cannot rule out the possibility that there is still another serial killer on the loose

The Independent UK

Illinois Supreme Court narrowly upholds assault weapons ban as opponents vow to continue legal fight

The opinion was handed down in a lawsuit by a central Illinois lawmaker who argued that banning the sale of high-powered rifles and high-capacity magazines violates the state constitution.

Chicago Sun-Times

Four arrested after man shot dead in Warwickshire

The victim, in his late 20s, died in hospital.

The Independent UK

Illinois Supreme Court plans to rule on semiautomatic weapons ban

The Illinois Supreme Court plans to issue an opinion Friday on the state’s ban of the type of semiautomatic weapons used in hundreds of mass killings nationally, including the Independence Day 2022 shooting that killed seven and injured dozens in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park

The Independent UK

Wooing Gen Z: Behind the scenes, how VP Kamala Harris is pushing to turn out the youth vote

When Harris is in Chicago Friday to keynote Everytown for Gun Safety’s conference, she will hold a private meeting with young gun violence prevention activists.

Chicago Sun-Times

Utah man killed after threats against Biden believed government was corrupt and overreaching

Family members of an armed Utah man who was killed by FBI agents after making threats against President Joe Biden are describing him as a gun enthusiast who was worried about “a corrupt and overreaching government.”

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Regulation change means US gun sales to Guatemala have doubled in last three years, increasing instability

Guatemala is struggling with political instability in the buildup to its presidential election run-off

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17-year-old suspect in the New York stabbing of a dancer is indicted on a hate-crime murder charge

A 17-year-old has been indicted on a hate-crime murder charge in a fatal stabbing that followed taunts and confrontation over a group of men dancing shirtless

The Independent UK

Father of missing 13-year-old believes he was ‘coerced’ into leaving home in family van

The teen’s father recently passed a polygraph test regarding his son’s disappearance

The Independent UK

Appeals court rules against longstanding drug user gun ban cited in Hunter Biden case

A federal appeals court has ruled that drug users shouldn’t automatically be banned from having guns, marking the latest sign of upheaval in the nation’s firearm legal landscape and raising questions about a law cited in the case against Hunter Biden

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Civil suit can continue against corrupt former deputy linked to death of Mississippi man

A civil suit can continue against a former Mississippi deputy who pleaded guilty on Aug. 3 to torturing and shooting a Black man in the mouth

The National (Scotland)

Protest to take place at airport against grouse shooting and private flights

A CAMPAIGN group is set to protest against grouse shooting and private flights at a Scottish airport on one of the busiest days in the sport’s…

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Ecuador’s descent into violence reaches new low with candidate’s assassination

Shock and horror after Fernando Villavicencio, who campaigned on tough-on-crime platform, killed in burst of gunfire in Quito

The Independent UK

US suicides hit an all-time high last year

About 49,500 people took their own lives last year in the U.S., the highest number ever

The Independent UK

New bodycam footage shows surprise raid of home in Tupac Shakur murder investigation

Las Vegas SWAT team raided home of Duane Keith Davis, who claims to have witnessed Tupac’s murder, on 17 July

The Independent UK

Tributes to British doctor shot dead in Cape Town in front of wife and son

Renowned British surgeon Kar Hao Teoh was killed after ‘taking wrong turn’ during during violent protests in the South African city

The Independent UK

Murder-accused denies making killer packed lunch and wishing him luck

Rachel Fulstow is accused of being in on the plan to kill Liam Smith, with whom she had a one-night stand in a York hotel.

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