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Developmentally disabled man may lose sight, taste after shooting, says father, who witnessed the Back of the Yards attack

CHICAGO — Panic and fury have taken hold of Philip Rega, the father of a developmentally disabled man wounded in a hail of gunfire in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood on Wednesday while he waited for a school bus.

Chicago Tribune · Jan 21, 2023

Family of man killed in police incident files $50m claim

Los Angeles police had repeatedly Tasered the cousin of a Black Lives Matter co-founder in the hours before his death.

Al Jazeera · Jan 21, 2023

Stoneman Douglas panel readies police policies for stopping mass shooters

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Nearly five years after the Parkland school massacre, some police departments still don’t have policies in place for stopping mass shooters. But a state panel on Friday moved closer to making it a requirement to have such policies in place across Florida.

Tribune News Service · Jan 21, 2023

Attackers shouted name of rival gang before firing nearly 40 shots that critically wounded man with mental disabilities: source

Police believe the attackers were Latin Saints but identified themselves as members of another gang to ambush potential rivals, a source said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 20, 2023

Illinois sheriffs inflamed public for no good reason by refusing to enforce assault weapons law

Law enforcement discretion is a long-accepted policy. But sheriffs issuing written statements flatly declaring they won’t enforce a state law no matter what sure does appear to go well beyond that.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 20, 2023

Girl, 14, dead in apparent murder-suicide involving father, police say

Authorities say they were called to harassment incident involving teenager’s parents just days earlier

The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2023

Gun used by 6-year-old in school shooting was ‘secured’, family lawyer claims

Teacher Abby Zwerner, 25, has now been released from hospital after shocking incident

The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2023

Horror injuries of Alex Murdaugh’s son revealed

‘Brain was severed and exited through the anatomical right side of (his) head,’ forensics report states

The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2023

'She can't be forgotten': Elle Edwards' dad vows to set up anti-gun foundation in her name

Tim Edwards said Christmas 'will never be the same'

Manchester Evening News · Jan 20, 2023

Police training site protest in Atlanta has national reach

ATLANTA — From North Carolina to Seattle, the police shooting of a protester at the site of a planned public safety training center in Atlanta on Wednesday has reverberated across a wide swath of left-wing activist groups.

Tribune News Service · Jan 20, 2023