[CRIME NEWS] Crime App Citizen is Driving a Security Car Around L.A. & Won’t Say Why

By artappraiser on Fri, 05/21/2021 - 11:35pm |

[Previous Crime News thread HERE, covering May 11 thru 21]

Here we go, as many have predicted. You want "defund"? Those with the money will be glad to let you have as much "defund" as you desire, will take the tax savings and put it toward their own "police":

New: crime app Citizen is driving a security vehicle around LA and won't say why. Citizen confirmed to me it's part of a pilot program. The vehicle is linked to a private security company that describes itself as a "subscription law enforcement service" https://t.co/Kywvt1hxB5
— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) May 21, 2021

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https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kv88q/citizen-los-angeles-car-private-security

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Citizen is the neighborhood watch, crime watching, vigilante app. Recently it offered $30,000 for info on a man it believed started a wildfire. Police arrested the man. But Citizen was wrong. Now Citizen is gaining a phyiscal presence in LA https://t.co/Kywvt1hxB5 pic.twitter.com/8d4kUOWfEC
— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) May 21, 2021

The rear of the vehicle reads "Los Angeles Professional Security." That's a private security company in the city that offers patrols, K-9, video surveillance. They wear gear with LAPS on the back; may appear to be cops at a glance. https://t.co/Kywvt1hxB5 pic.twitter.com/yja9V6rSPF
— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) May 21, 2021

Here's what Citizen said about the vehicle: "There is one vehicle in LA (no other cities) and it's a pilot program for our employees." Wouldn't say what it's for (collecting info? verifying reports? etc)https://t.co/Kywvt1hxB5 pic.twitter.com/qgERocjHHf
— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) May 21, 2021

Citizen's original name, before it was removed from the Apple App Store, was Vigilante https://t.co/Kywvt1hxB5 pic.twitter.com/hLzatBl0Ik
— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) May 21, 2021

Major update: Citizen is testing an on-demand private security force, according to leaked emails, documents and sources. https://t.co/hvvdkSOM0V
— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) May 21, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 05/21/2021 - 11:43pm

Thursday May 20th, approx. 6:44 PM, at 1604 Broadway, a male, 29, wearing a yarmulke, was assaulted by a group of males who, knocked him down, punched, kicked and pepper sprayed him and hit him with crutches, while making anti-Semitic statements. Know them? 1-800-577-TIPS pic.twitter.com/NDgmJ79MHt
— NYPD Hate Crimes (@NYPDHateCrimes) May 22, 2021

On May 20th at approx. 6 PM, this individual displayed an explosive device, while riding in the back of a pickup truck, in the vicinity of 37 W. 47th St., and threw the device, which detonated and caused burns to a 55 year-old-female. Do you know him?1-800-577-TIPS. pic.twitter.com/nu8R3GX4RO
— NYPD Hate Crimes (@NYPDHateCrimes) May 22, 2021

Arrested by members of @ATFNewYork Arson and Explosion Task Force, and @NYPDHateCrimes for this Criminal Mischief/Hate Crime, and @NYPD66Pct Arson at a Yeshiva and a separate robbery, and @NYPD72Pct Church Criminal Mischief/Hate Crime. @NYPDShea @NYPDDetectives @NYPDchaplains https://t.co/Cvm6Vd73hX
— NYPD Hate Crimes (@NYPDHateCrimes) May 22, 2021

TOMORROW!
Cash for Guns with @NewYorkStateAG

NO QUESTIONS ASKED.

May 22
Howard Houses, Cornerstone Camba
90 Watkins St Brooklyn, NY 11212
10:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M.

Prepaid card + Ipad’s (first-come basis) if the firearm is operable & prepaid card for inoperable firearms. pic.twitter.com/FDIgnQpfj1
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) May 21, 2021

The NYPD has the ability to move resources based on events in NYC & across the world. Today, @NYPDChiefOfDept Rodney Harrison joined @NYCMayor de Blasio to update Jewish community leaders on anti-Semitic hate crime arrests & our increased police presence at houses of worship. pic.twitter.com/ifAdTmyt8g
— Deputy Commissioner John Miller (@NYPDDCPI) May 21, 2021

During last night’s demonstration in Midtown Manhattan, 23-year-old Waseem Awawdeh was arrested for using a crutch to assault a man in front of 1604 Broadway. He’s been charged with hate crime assault 2, gang assault 2, menacing, and criminal possession of a weapon. pic.twitter.com/48ydYMfGSi
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) May 21, 2021

During the same demonstration in Midtown Manhattan, a woman was injured when professional grade fireworks were thrown toward bystanders on 47th Street. This incident is also being investigated by @NYPDHateCrimes. Anyone with info is asked to call @NYPDTips at #800577TIPS. pic.twitter.com/Z1DdkU4U2Q
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) May 21, 2021

WANTED for HOMICIDE: On 5/9 at 3:48 am, inside of 4555 3 Avenue in the Bronx, a 30-year-old male was shot 1x in the head following a dispute with the below-pictured male. If you have any information, contact @NYPDTips

800-577-TIPS, all calls are anonymous. pic.twitter.com/HDc75ihFdN
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) May 21, 2021

Message: they got "social workers" already-

Every Precinct and Police Service Area has Domestic Violence Prevention Officers and Victim Advocates who are specially trained to help victims of domestic violence.

For emergencies dial 911.

You can also call the 24-hour Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-621-4673. https://t.co/P3RTGEmsPO
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) May 20, 2021

Lastly, just one of several tweets on something which has become a huge problem in the boroughs, building concurrently over the course of the covid pandemic (god only knows why, but the sounds of the Indy 500 have descended upon us, especially late at night, much worse than drag racing of my youth in Milwaukee)-look at this pic of the number of confiscated dirt bikes, it's incredible!

From the streets to the crusher.

Watch the process ATVs and dirt bikes go through once they're confiscated, if no true owner is found. pic.twitter.com/5CCcWqlVF1
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) May 20, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 05/22/2021 - 12:22am

Fire bomb came off the pickup truck with masked people on the back. Why NYPD tolerates people driving around NYC like that is beyond me. pic.twitter.com/R92rqxfQwS
— Yaakov (Jack) Kaplan (@JackKaplanNY) May 21, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 05/22/2021 - 4:14pm

Two Killed, Five Others Shot In Albany Friday

@WAMC.ORG, May 22, with slideshow at link

Albany Police say two men were killed and several others injured in two separate shootings in the city Friday.

The first shooting took place around 2:30 p.m. near the intersection of First and Quail Streets. Police found a 35-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his back. He was later pronounced dead at a hospital. Police Chief Eric Hawkins said the man was an unintended victim of a drive-by shooting.

Shortly after, five other men all in their 20s showed up at three area hospitals with gunshot wounds, according to Hawkins.

Around 6:30 p.m. another shooting was reported near Henry Johnson Boulevard and Central Ave. A 39-year-old man died after being shot in torso.

"It’s been a very bad day for the city of Albany," Hawkins said during a press conference Friday night.

Hawkins said the shootings are not related. No arrests had been made as of Friday night.

The chief said the incidents involve young men who are not resolving conflicts in peaceful ways and who do not value human life.

"They don't care," Hawkins said. "These people are not reflective of the city of Albany. It's a small percentage of the people in this community who are responsible for a large percentage of the violence."

"The proliferation of guns and the fact that people are arming themselves and then behaving in ways that ends in the loss of life, has to stop," Mayor Kathy Sheehan said at the press conference.

"If you know anything, please call the police department and share whatever information you have so we can bring these individuals to justice," Hawkins said [....]

by artappraiser on Sat, 05/22/2021 - 1:08am

14-year-old girl among 2 killed in overnight shooting in Donaldsonville https://t.co/tQKFAJM1Pa
— WAFB (@WAFB) May 20, 2021

At least 4 shot in Thursday incident on South Side, Evansville Police say https://t.co/98pWZPOU6x via ⁦@courierpress⁩
— John Martin (@ECPjohnmartin) May 21, 2021

UPDATE: Three Ohio County shooting victims identified https://t.co/XjAFLypNiS
— ABC 36 News (@ABC36News) May 21, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 05/22/2021 - 1:21am

Police Body Cam Video Shows Officers Shooting, Killing Man Suspected of Murdering Three People and Torching Several Homeshttps://t.co/L4R07I2fkM
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) May 21, 2021

Man Pulled from Fiery Car Wreck Has Emotional Meeting with the Police Officer Who Saved His Lifehttps://t.co/HV20ZsA7JD
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) May 21, 2021

‘Modern Day Version of Bonnie and Clyde’: Husband Found Dead, Wife Arrested After High-Speed Chase With Passenger Wanted in Two Stateshttps://t.co/BaNDZvGfCs
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) May 21, 2021

Incarcerated Mom Already Facing Murder Charges in Death of Her 17-Month-Old Baby Is Now Charged with Her Boyfriend in Separate Murder-for-Hire Plothttps://t.co/iBwpBJnphE
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) May 21, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 05/22/2021 - 1:30am

this just a way awesome anti-crime success story

School Bus Driver Says ‘Precious Cargo’ Kids Who Wouldn’t Stop Questioning Armed Army Hijacker Are the Real ‘Heroes’https://t.co/tUURjiArCK
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) May 21, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 05/22/2021 - 1:31am

"Ransom of Red Chief" x 20. Hijacking a school bus? What was he thinking?

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 05/22/2021 - 7:58am

This horrifying shooting in my neighborhood has gotten a lot of attention because the right kind of people live here now, but the reality is less privileged families experience a much higher volume of this stuff.https://t.co/ijqhxyCCDB
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) May 21, 2021

One of my hottest takes from back in March https://t.co/Ae7kYxQw0d pic.twitter.com/KlkGvlYMYu
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) May 21, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 05/22/2021 - 7:14am

L.A.P.D. Investigates Attack as an Anti-Semitic Hate Crime - The New York Times https://t.co/ASo4IhhlBe
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 21, 2021

edit to add alternate:

Beverly Grove, Los Angeles last night.https://t.co/5fojXTqOJp
— Deborah (@DeborahProudJew) May 20, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 05/22/2021 - 3:58pm

#BREAKING Man arrested days after attack outside Beverly Grove restaurant prompts hate-crime investigation, LAPD sayshttps://t.co/WArNBzWOwx
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) May 22, 2021

with video at link

by artappraiser on Sat, 05/22/2021 - 11:33pm

Report from London to compare:

“For the first time, I told my children not to go out with their skullcaps on. I never thought I would tell my children to hide their Jewish identity."

Anti-Semitic attacks have increased by 500 per cent in two weeks https://t.co/OvYzLzte08
— Evening Standard (@standardnews) May 21, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 05/22/2021 - 5:09pm

oh my, it does look like the NYPD Transit police force is much louder and prouder than the regular NYPD news feed, they are not afraid to appear to be harassing, harassing, harassing

Continued great work by Transit Officers - this time in Queens resulting in the recovery of a loaded revolver from a man (whose court case for another gun possession charge is ongoing by the way). pic.twitter.com/XyJKZvRihB
— NYPD Transit (@NYPDTransit) May 22, 2021

Word to the wise: don’t start urinating next to a MetroCard vending machine in full view of police officers. Also a poor decision to charge at our officer when asked to leave the station. The suspect now faces his THIRD arrest for felony assault within the past 3 weeks. pic.twitter.com/zmRThIX36H
— NYPD Transit (@NYPDTransit) May 22, 2021

Our District 20 team understood the likelihood a wanted felon would return to the scene of the crime & provided the booth clerk with their phone number. Sure enough, the man returned, the @MTA worker rang, and the repeat offender was met moments later by Transit officers. pic.twitter.com/rLrTaaPXxZ
— NYPD Transit (@NYPDTransit) May 21, 2021

Pandemic or not, it’s been a busy 2021 for a 27-year-old man arrested the other day:

2/16: Crack Cocaine Sale
2/25: Petit Larceny
2/28: Grand Larceny
3/20: Stolen Possession
3/25: Grand Larceny
3/26: Robbery
4/1: Obstruction
5/15: Robbery
5/17: Grand Larceny
— NYPD Transit (@NYPDTransit) May 21, 2021

“I didn’t take nobody’s sh-t” said the man when confronted by Transit officers.

Well, the many New Yorkers who fell victim to the repeat offender beg to differ.
— NYPD Transit (@NYPDTransit) May 21, 2021

the twitter account also throws in stuff like this:

Our thoughts tonight are with the family of Officer Chris Oberheim from the Champaign, IL Police Department, who was shot and killed while intervening in a domestic violence incident. pic.twitter.com/8CK8zdRFWD
— NYPD Transit (@NYPDTransit) May 21, 2021

It’s not always about catching criminals, it’s also about standing tall, being present & lending a hand - in this case, with an elderly man having trouble refilling his MetroCard. Even with the - PO Pluviose could make out the man’s smile when he got his card topped-off. pic.twitter.com/xYOFqylK9C
— NYPD Transit (@NYPDTransit) May 21, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 05/22/2021 - 5:55pm

admit that I too wouldn't mind seeing this law enacted everywhere; as the roads were created for movement of automobiles and transport via trucks and emergency vehicles, by taxpayers (and are maintained by gasoline taxes and such). Was not in creator's minds that they would be used for first amendment exercises by pedestrians:

THANK GOD!!!!!!!!! https://t.co/uLuwd5UtNg
— Will. Power - dragon truth bringer (@KIR_bigg50) May 22, 2021

Edit to add: Last few days the NYPD News feed on twitter has been absolutely full of notices warning to avoid this or that area because of protest activity. It's virtually all been on Israel and Palestine. Why should those who care so passionately about this foreign policy topic be able to disrupt the lives of their fellow citizens who don't? To just really shove their interest in others' faces? Which in most cases will be counterproductive! Feels almost like theft of public space and definitely like bullying.

by artappraiser on Sat, 05/22/2021 - 6:14pm

Chicago weekend fun

Bond court —

Two men are accused of having multiple guns, including an assault-style rifle, in an SUV.

Their defense attorney says one of them was in town for a "youth outreach" convention.#Chicago
— CWBChicago (@CWBChicago) May 22, 2021

008:
Person shot I-55 on the Pulaski exit ramp#Chicago #ChicagoScanner
— (@Chicago_Scanner) May 22, 2021

why does everyone keep getting shot while ON the highway
— Chairman Birb Bernanke (@Bonecondor) May 22, 2021

4533 S Wabash: Mr. Reese says his neighbor is at the front door naked. #Chicago #ChicagoScanner
— Spot News (@SPOTNEWSonIG) May 22, 2021

8024 S Stony: a call of a person w/ a gun, an employee at Rodriguez Rims and Tires showed a gun and threatened to shoot the caller. #Chicago #ChicagoScanner
— Spot News (@SPOTNEWSonIG) May 22, 2021

#ChicagoScanner

3900 W Lexington

More cars
— (@WindyCityWxMan) May 22, 2021

#ChicagoScanner

Slow down

3934 W Lexington
One in custody heading in to 11

“We’re clearin off the block”
— (@WindyCityWxMan) May 22, 2021

#ChicagoScanner

This address is across the street from the scene of a homicide of a 15 yo about midnight Friday https://t.co/IedDKmG0dm
— (@WindyCityWxMan) May 22, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 05/22/2021 - 6:27pm

Chicago's keeping on partying

#ChicagoScanner #CPD unit with loud reports -gunshots- about 30 of them

South of Madison and Keeler
— (@WindyCityWxMan) May 23, 2021

#ChicagoScanner

Good citizens also calling it in

4200 W Jackson
Multiple callers

Also Monroe and Kildare#shotspotter quiet
— (@WindyCityWxMan) May 23, 2021

#ChicagoScanner

Witness says male 5’4” in black hoody fled scene of shots fired#CPD has him detained
— (@WindyCityWxMan) May 23, 2021

#ChicagoScanner

Multiple calls

Teens at the Bean

Millennium Park

Fighting
— (@WindyCityWxMan) May 23, 2021

#ChicagoScanner #CPD requesting an ambulance for a battery victim

Just north of the Bean
— (@WindyCityWxMan) May 23, 2021

#ChicagoScanner

Victim says he was attacked by about 8 teens and a female took his phone #MilleniumPark #Chicago
— (@WindyCityWxMan) May 23, 2021

#ChicagoScanner #CPD requesting another ambulance to the Washington St entrance for a male passed out
— (@WindyCityWxMan) May 23, 2021

#ChicagoScanner

More callers

They’re getting ready to fight again at the Bean#MillenniunPark #Chicago
— (@WindyCityWxMan) May 23, 2021

#ChicagoScanner #CPD unit calling in a fight

Teens at the Bean
Two hunnert of them

“Let’s get some bikes over there”#MillenniumPark #Chicago
— (@WindyCityWxMan) May 23, 2021

#ChicagoScanner

Officer safety alert#MilleniumPark #Chicago

Several of the yutes have tasers
— (@WindyCityWxMan) May 23, 2021

#ChicagoScanner #ShitOEMCSays
“Do we need any additional officers at Millenium Park?”

“Wouldn’t hurts there’s about three hunnert of them by the Bean”#MilleniumPark #Chicago
— (@WindyCityWxMan) May 23, 2021

#ChicagoScanner

Teens at the Bean

Another big fight#MillenniumPark #Chicago
— (@WindyCityWxMan) May 23, 2021

#ChicagoScanner #ShitCPDSays

Millennium Park will be closing at 9PM

Downtown detail units be aware more people will be out onto the streets around the park#MillenniumPark #Chicago
— (@WindyCityWxMan) May 23, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 05/22/2021 - 9:50pm

We can't rely on regular citizens to intercede with violence to protect other citizens from attacks.

It is the role of the state to have a monopoly on the use of force. If we depend on "bystander intervention", our society will get much more violent. https://t.co/xzpbLnxT2Z
— Noah Smith (@Noahpinion) May 23, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 05/22/2021 - 9:19pm

much more and way better on same!

Cases like this (in San Francisco) are discussed only on right-wing social media. This is what I'm saying about media fragmentation. Filter bubbles are preventing progressives from even recognizing that crime exists as a social phenomenon and that it's surging. https://t.co/2KFzJlg5f7
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) May 22, 2021

The best you'll get from left-of-center is that we should address crime by tackling "root causes" which is always doing a bunch of stuff they want to do anyway even if no crime existed (social welfare spending for instance).
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) May 22, 2021

Meanwhile, lots of people are getting hurt/killed and obvious solution is better and more expansive policing and a more effective system of prosecution for offenders.
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) May 22, 2021

Well the problem is the left can't admit that one of the root causes is underpolicing of violent crime and failure to clear and arrest many violent criminals.. Until they admit this, they are doing nothing about the problem. https://t.co/A4Ppb85ss4
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) May 22, 2021

Well what's funny is crime is actually much easier to prevent than a heart attack. All the research shows that more policing, higher clearance rates = less crime. That's actually easier than getting people to eat right and exercise! https://t.co/7ecYHtJxvR
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) May 22, 2021

The tension is fundamentally that too many liberals read The New Jim Crow and that's the only thing they ever read about criminal justice. Nonviolent drug crimes are a tiny portion of the system and DAs like Boudin want to tackle the wider population https://t.co/ee7tbZ98xC
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) May 22, 2021

Dem voters tell Boudin to end "mass incarceration," Boudin is like okay I'll do it. Then he starts going easy on serious criminals. Then Dem voters are like wait what?
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) May 22, 2021

In a way, Boudin is more honest with himself than a lot of the activist left is honest about what they want.
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) May 22, 2021

You still see like NYT articles blaming the pandemic for the rise in violence. Well, if that was the case, the whole world had the pandemic. It's a pandemic. And yet even in fairly violent places (El Salvador) murders went down last year! https://t.co/6WT8zxQRIW
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) May 22, 2021

High murder rates are inevitable in poor communities, it's the pandemic, blah blah blah vs. reality: https://t.co/Sj4ggijDMb.
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) May 22, 2021

Government policy can make communities much safer, it did in the 1990s fairly successfully, it can do it again. Increases in murder rates are a failure of the government to act.
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) May 22, 2021

The national discourse/right wing message boards have little affect on local policy but the fact that this stuff leads KPIX, and KRON everynight is already making change happened.

Why present it as though Ezra Klien's tweet thread on crime matters more?
— C (@cwood881) May 22, 2021

Local media is probably doing the best job, but one local media is far smaller than it used to be, and two the politics of everything nationalized so harshly that I would believe many SF voters pay more attention to the NYT than Dion Lim
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) May 22, 2021

Not to mention the prescriptions they enact usually exacerbate crime. Was just reading a thread about how decriminalizing shoplifting in CA led to a rise in drug addiction via pawning stolen goods.
— Jon Sadrgilany (@JonSadrgilany) May 22, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 05/22/2021 - 9:30pm

San Francisco again:

Crime causes some businesses to close and others to raise prices. People who can leave for places with lower crime do. Those who remain have fewer jobs, worse schools, and more risk of being a victim of violence. https://t.co/Psw3e4vDrX
— Conor Friedersdorf (@conor64) May 22, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 05/22/2021 - 10:03pm

It’s the city’s police union pushing for body cameras—and it’s progressive elected officials who remain skeptical.

In a rich irony, the discussion of transparency is happening behind closed doors. @tessriski obtained the proposal. https://t.co/4BszMudE1b
— Aaron Mesh (@AaronMesh) May 20, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 05/22/2021 - 10:06pm

I had posted videos of some serious Waffle House brawling on one previous thread. It seems that this subculture phenomenon has invaded Spirit Airlines?

I cannot with Spirit Airlines. pic.twitter.com/tnQllLrfBi
— greg. (@mistergeezy) May 22, 2021

from a different angle. pic.twitter.com/DqEwy9SnDx
— greg. (@mistergeezy) May 22, 2021

Here's the backstory. https://t.co/i28g3icIE9
— greg. (@mistergeezy) May 23, 2021

I'm just grateful to be raised in a working class and poorer neighborhood where punching, hitting, pulling hair and kicking and the like wasn't seen as a solution to anything, at least not in public.Comes to mind even professional wrestlers didn't do it back then.Though little boys did do it sometimes, it was frowned upon.

by artappraiser on Sat, 05/22/2021 - 11:04pm

A crisis for "the liberal project": the skyrocketing violent crime rate, according to Ezra Klein & Will Saletan:

Important thread. On some issues, e.g. homosexuality and marijuana, public opinion has moved to the left and will probably stay there.

Crime is different. If crime surges, public opinion will move back to the right, fast. If progressives don't rein in crime, conservatives will. https://t.co/eTjXXSGCZo
— Will Saletan (@saletan) May 22, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 05/23/2021 - 4:34pm

read Ezra's whole thread and then check out this first reply to it:

On the night this happened (I am the driver. This is my car) I clearly remember talking to a police officer on the scene who said that the police were getting no support from the city. This is because city government has been anti police especially in this last year. pic.twitter.com/yI6ENaV1vk
— vincent kang (@vincentkangnow) May 22, 2021

and this reply to a challenger is good:

The difference between the number of black homicide victims in 2019 and the number of black homicide victims in 2020 is a greater number of dead black people than the number of black people police kill in a decade. So if the crime wave is insignificant then so is police violence.
— Daniel Friedman (@DanFriedman81) May 23, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 05/23/2021 - 4:52pm

2 killed, 12 wounded in shooting at N.J. house party. Neighbors heard about 15 shots ring out at 11:45 pm.

The house had a BLM flag flying outside https://t.co/RkgSZZxf4H pic.twitter.com/460hajX6DC
— Amy (@RestingTwitFace) May 23, 2021

Teen girl shot dead and 13 other people wounded during what police say was an unauthorized neighborhood concert in North Charleston, #SouthCarolina. https://t.co/2fsu2LrhVw #gunviolence
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) May 23, 2021

3 dead, 5 injured in shooting at bar in Youngstown, Ohio https://t.co/BZBmBQWbKk
— WTAE-TV Pittsburgh (@WTAE) May 23, 2021

Two people are dead and several more injured after an eruption of gunfire in Jersey City late Friday night, Hudson County officials said. https://t.co/SXOSM9edl7
— NBC New York (@NBCNewYork) May 22, 2021

Shooter opens fire at large gathering in Paterson, injuring 5 https://t.co/VJ0HQeGV7r
— PIX11 News (@PIX11News) May 23, 2021

Chicago Gun Violence: 4 Hurt in East Garfield Park Shooting https://t.co/M0IqXTh5AF pic.twitter.com/FUmqqEA3U3
— NBC Chicago (@nbcchicago) May 23, 2021

4 injured in overnight Norfolk shooting, police sayhttps://t.co/OeGS2b3LB0
— The Virginian-Pilot (@virginianpilot) May 23, 2021

Four people were injured in a shooting early Sunday outside a theater in downtown Park Forest where a private party was being held, police said https://t.co/j7uH5XMvDL
— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) May 23, 2021

America's gun psychopathy continues. There have been 259 mass shootings (with 4 or more people shot) in the US so far in 2021. At least 86 involved domestic violence or juvenile victims.

The latest in Columbus, Ohio:https://t.co/igHorUi9Lu
— MassShootingTracker (@massshootingtrk) May 23, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 05/23/2021 - 6:29pm

A Year After George Floyd: Pressure to Add Police Amid Rising Crime

Los Angeles, like other cities across the nation, is facing a rise in gun violence. And the police budget is growing. Murders increased by 36 percent last year in Los Angeles.

By Tim Arango from Los Angeles for NYTimes.com, May 23, 2021Updated 6:38 p.m. ET

A year after the murder of George Floyd, Los Angeles and other American cities are facing a surge in violent crime, forcing cities whose leaders embraced the idea of police reform to reassess how far they are willing to go to reimagine public safety. https://t.co/RMzadl6Pib
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 23, 2021

Beginning excerpt:

Helen Jones grew up in Watts in a time of gang wars and a crack epidemic, when the police used battering rams to knock down the walls of suspected drug houses and Black people were routinely profiled or beaten by street cops.

Then and now, her life has been shaped by violence: Last spring, after the city shut down to contain the coronavirus pandemic, her nephew was shot dead in his home; the year before, her brother was shot in the back on a South Los Angeles street and lived; and in 2009, her son died in a downtown jail in what the authorities called a suicide but she believes was a murder by sheriff’s deputies.

Last year, Ms. Jones’s demands for fewer police officers and more investment in communities like hers became the demands of a movement — after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis shook the country, inspired the largest mass demonstrations for civil rights in generations and pushed police reform to the forefront of the national agenda.

Now, a year after Mr. Floyd’s death, Los Angeles and other American cities face a surge in violent crime amid pandemic despair and a flood of new guns onto the streets. The surge is prompting cities whose leaders embraced the values of the movement last year to reassess how far they are willing to go to reimagine public safety and divert money away from the police and toward social services.

“I don’t care how bad it gets — no one wants more cops,” Ms. Jones, 56, said last week as she met with other activists outside a food hall in South Los Angeles. “We don’t need tougher police, we need more alternatives to help people thrive.”

But more cops is what Los Angeles is getting.

A year after streets echoed with calls to “defund” law enforcement and city leaders embraced the message by agreeing to take $150 million away from the Los Angeles Police Department, or about 8 percent of the department’s budget, the city last week agreed to increase the police budget to allow the department to hire about 250 officers. The increase essentially restores the cuts that followed the protests.

On the streets of South Los Angeles, where residents have historically suffered the most from aggressive policing and gang violence and where much of the current surge in shootings is happening, officers are ramping up patrols and stopping more cars to look for guns.

All of this necessary, some city leaders believe, because violent crime is up sharply — last year murders were up 36 percent in L.A. — and the city is awash in new guns.

“We’ve lost more than a decade of progress,” Chief Michel Moore of the Los Angeles Police Department said in an interview, referring to the significant drops in crime in the years before the pandemic.

“I won’t argue that there is substandard housing, education, broken families, substance abuse, the systems that are racist and have systemic issues that have gone on for generations,” he said, when asked about the demands of protesters. “But the fix of that is not to eliminate policing.” [....]

by artappraiser on Sun, 05/23/2021 - 6:42pm

guess what, sometimes SWAT team peacefully resolves mental health case with guns involved, go figure:

7323 S Stewart: #HBT, he locked himself inside w/ weapons. #SWAT is rolling! Do Not Come In Hot! #Chicago #ChicagoScanner
— Spot News (@SPOTNEWSonIG) May 23, 2021

https://t.co/vzAKHekTbX
— ... (@abluecanary) May 23, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 05/23/2021 - 7:42pm

3 down, thousands more to go:

A street stop conducted by the 15th District Tactical Team in the 4900 blk of W. Rice resulted in the recovery of the pictured weapon. One offender was placed into custody & charged with a felony. Great work by our Officers! pic.twitter.com/rrTgudNvsw
— 15th District – Austin (@ChicagoCAPS15) May 23, 2021

Last night, 15th District Tact Team Officers patrolling the 100 blk of N. Laporte conducted a street stop. Their investigation revealed that two offenders were illegally in possession of the pictured handguns. Both offenders were placed into custody. Felony charges approved! pic.twitter.com/rM0bK4i3GN
— 15th District – Austin (@ChicagoCAPS15) May 23, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 05/23/2021 - 7:54pm

Murders Are Rising the Most in a Few Isolated Precincts of Major Cities

This chart is a bit complicated, but hammers the divergence home. Violent neighborhoods are *beyond* 1990s peak. Safer neighborhoods are safer than ever before.https://t.co/AQtL0kdYNx pic.twitter.com/lslAU9o5uN
— Nathan Taylor (@ntaylor963) May 9, 2021

Murders Are Rising the Most in a Few Isolated Precincts of Major Cities

A handful of neighborhoods with histories of violence are the primary source of a recent surge in killings in Chicago, New York and elsewhere

By Jon Hilsenrath and Joe Barrett @ WSJ.com, May 8, 2021 12:01 am ET

A murder wave in U.S. cities that started last year is carrying forward into 2021, and a growing body of research shows a pattern behind the rise: It has been concentrated in relatively few poor neighborhoods, typically Black and Hispanic, with persistent histories of violence.

As elected officials and communities search for solutions, recognizing this geographical reality is essential, say social scientists and police officials who have studied the murder wave. Police and other city authorities will need to focus their efforts on a few areas that have missed out on the urban renaissance of the past two decades as their middle-class residents have fled. Controversy over policing has complicated matters after the conviction of Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, for the killing of George Floyd, a Black man. “The problem isn’t going away,” said Jens Ludwig, director of the University of Chicago’s Crime Lab. “People in my world are very nervous about the summer of 2021.”

Homicide is up 9.1% in New York so far this year and 22% so far in Chicago, following double-digit increases in both places and in many other cities last year. Mr. Ludwig calculates that nearly three-quarters of Chicago’s homicide increase in 2020 was concentrated in a cluster of eight of the city’s 25 police districts, mostly in the city’s predominantly Black South Side and largely Hispanic West Side.

Similar patterns have shown up elsewhere. New York saw a 47% increase in homicide in 2020 concentrated in a patch of Brooklyn neighborhoods with a long history of violence, including Brownsville, Crown Heights and Bedford Stuyvesant. It also hit the south Bronx and the Harlem section of Manhattan, said Michael LiPetri, the New York Police Department’s chief of crime control strategies.

In St. Louis, six of 76 neighborhoods, representing 7% of the city population, accounted for half of the 2020 homicide increase to 264 from 194, said Richard Rosenfeld, a crime researcher at the University of Missouri, St. Louis. They tended to be minority and poor, he said. In Philadelphia, most of the increases in shootings and homicides were concentrated in areas northeast and southwest of the city center, places long plagued by violence, according to data compiled by David Abrams, a crime researcher at the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Ludwig describes the pattern as a little-noticed new form of inequality—one of public safety. In 1985, he said, the most violent neighborhoods in Chicago had about twice as many murders per capita as safer ones. In recent years that difference stretched in some places to 16 to 1—making the problem an epidemic in some neighborhoods and hardly on the radar in others.

“The rising inequality of safety means that people in the most impacted areas have fewer and fewer allies who also care about this,” he said.

For much of the past 20 years, violent crime receded in American cities. A range of factors led to the decline, including the waning of a national crack cocaine epidemic. Some places gentrified, drawing in business and more affluent residents, but others lost people and became even more isolated, segregated and poor. Many of these areas saw hospitals, schools, churches and businesses—the institutions that tie a place together and create order—shut down. Losing that social and economic infrastructure left them prone to gangs and violence.

When Covid-19 swept through American cities last year—with lockdowns closing schools and courts and constraining policing—these neighborhoods faced a new wave of gun violence, gang activity and murder, researchers and police say.

Distrust of police in many neighborhoods grew after Mr. Floyd’s killing, making it even harder for police to maintain order. Police in some places became reluctant to engage amid a public backlash over their tactics and behavior, and residents became less willing to help with tips and information.

Mr. Rosenfeld and Mr. LiPetri said that the problem may have been made worse because police were drawn away from violent neighborhoods to city centers to monitor protests against policing and, in some cases, to respond to rioting and looting. “That is a sad irony,” said Mr. Rosenfeld.

Researchers have shown the economic and social fabric of neighborhoods is central to crime. Robert Sampson, a Harvard sociologist, describes cities as networks of neighborhoods, like archipelagoes connected to each other by business, transportation and social bonds. The most vulnerable become islands where others rarely venture in or out, leaving them connected mostly to other disadvantaged neighborhoods—a pattern that is, he says, a powerful predictor of the violence that is now resurfacing.

“This argument is being proven,” Mr. Sampson said in an interview. His 2012 book, “The Great American City,” documented a neighborhood effect on crime in Chicago. A second edition, due out next year, shows how “neighborhoods are the nodes of a network,” he said: While some have become centers for concentrated affluence in the modern city, others have become centers for economic and social ills.

Chicago is a case study in these patterns. Last year it led the nation in homicides. It recorded another 195 this year through May 2, up 35 from the same period in 2020.

The nation’s three largest cities—New York, Los Angeles and Chicago—enjoyed a revival of their downtown cores in the past two decades, but redevelopment reached farther and more evenly in New York and L.A. In Chicago, investment flowed largely to the mostly white and more prosperous North Side.

Clarence Glover, owner of Majestic Florist in Chatham on the South Side, said the area was upscale and lined with Black-owned businesses when he opened his shop in 1984. Today, his flower shop and a large funeral home are among the last remaining Black-owned businesses. “We don’t have jobs for young people anymore,” he said. “Young people are just out to rob and steal so they can get something for themselves.”

Many Black families with the means to leave Chicago have done so. The city lost nearly 300,000 Black residents, or about a quarter of its Black population, since 1990. Some mostly Black neighborhoods lost around half their residents. In 1990, the three cities had a similar number of poor and violent neighborhoods, according to Mr. Ludwig’s crime lab. Today, Chicago’s most troubled communities are poorer and more violent than those in the other two cities.

Many of the residents who moved out were the ones most equipped to put brakes on bad behavior, said Lance Williams, a professor of urban community studies at Northeastern Illinois University. “Somebody’s grandmother who could step outside and say, ‘Stop that s---.’ Or somebody’s brother who had a reputation for being tough and could say, ‘Hey, you, go home,’” said Prof. Williams, a former outreach worker. “There’s no, ‘Hey!’ anymore.”

Sheree Tribett, 58, left the South Side neighborhood near Mr. Glover’s flower shop for a nearby suburb in 2013 after two of her sons and a nephew were killed in separate shootings within a few blocks of each other. Her oldest son, Joe Brooks, moved out too, but continued to work at a grocery store on the family’s old block.

Mr. Brooks, 34, was killed by gunfire from a passing SUV last Memorial Day weekend. No arrests have been made in any of the four killings.

Ms. Tribett has moved back into the city but never goes to her old neighborhood. She said it broke her heart that Joe had still worked there. “He loved the neighborhood,” she said. “He loved his friends also. He always said he was good, because he was the big brother.”

by artappraiser on Sun, 05/23/2021 - 11:29pm

Probably best just to say that we should worry about the rising tide of fatal shootings in America because it got thousands of people killed last year ... the specific political consequences are a lot less clear. https://t.co/Okl3VloU3H
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) May 23, 2021

One paper @MWillJr told me about on Friday’s weeds was research he did on a gun deregulation move in Missouri that led to a substantial rise in Black people getting shot in St Louis & Kansas City with no impact on white victimization.

No backlash there!https://t.co/BzVOb9angj
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) May 23, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 05/23/2021 - 11:33pm

1. Here’s an update on how things are going in Minneapolis, one year after the police killing of George Floyd on 5/25/20.https://t.co/vgZ9UuEQ0Y
— Keiko (@keikoinboston) May 23, 2021

2. Sharrie Jennings from north Minneapolis should be going viral. She’s the grandmother of Ladavionne Garrett Jr., a 10-year-old boy who is one of 3 black children between the ages of 6 & 10 who’ve been shot in north Minneapolis in the past month. https://t.co/qxIaKa397x
— Keiko (@keikoinboston) May 23, 2021

3. I really encourage people to watch the full video of Sharrie’s fiery remarks but if you don’t have time, here’s the story:https://t.co/qG72ugItAO
— Keiko (@keikoinboston) May 23, 2021

4. I think she misspoke when she said:

“Why this community not angry? Why do y'all only march when black on black crime happened?”

Because later she says:

"How are y'all not mad? Where's everybody at? We only march when it's against the police, huh. ...
— Keiko (@keikoinboston) May 23, 2021

5.

... We ain't gonna march if it's two kids though gettin' shot. We ain't gonna stand up for their rights though. We ain't gonna do that. That’s too much, like right. We gotta do better Minneapolis. We got to do better. That’s unacceptable here.”
— Keiko (@keikoinboston) May 23, 2021

6. Ladavionne was shot in the head while riding with his parents in their car. He had brain surgery and was put into a medically induced coma. https://t.co/xA48igL6vu
— Keiko (@keikoinboston) May 23, 2021

7. 9-year-old Trinity Ottoson-Smith was also shot in the head while jumping on a trampoline with other kids. Her father last told the media she was in stable condition. https://t.co/FRBbW21O7i https://t.co/IV4O25Gxvk
— Keiko (@keikoinboston) May 23, 2021

8. 6-year-old Aniya Allen, granddaughter of peace activist KG Wilson, was shot in the head — caught in crossfire while eating a Happy Meal in her mom’s car. She died from her injuries 2 days later.
— Keiko (@keikoinboston) May 23, 2021

9.

Reporter: KG “expressed frustration that the community doesn’t seem as outraged as they do following deaths caused by police.”https://t.co/qqTg5QVv0f
— Keiko (@keikoinboston) May 23, 2021

10.

KG: “I respect what Black Lives Matter do as an organization or a movement but when is black lives gonna matter to us? When we do something to us?"https://t.co/26VYT0G7sO
— Keiko (@keikoinboston) May 23, 2021

11. No arrests have been made in the shootings of Ladavionne, Trinity, and Aniya. Today city and community leaders announced a $30,000 reward for information leading to arrests in these cases — up to $10,000 in each case. https://t.co/JsgftfQpg6
— Keiko (@keikoinboston) May 23, 2021

12. Last night 2 people were killed and 8 others wounded in a shooting in downtown Minneapolis, bringing their homicide total to 31 for this year.https://t.co/PgxaTRxxwF
— Keiko (@keikoinboston) May 23, 2021

13.

105 officers left MPD last year.

As of January 2021, MPD’s total number of officers had dropped from 817 to 638, including those on leave.

As of February 2021, 155 officers were on leave.https://t.co/y6KRcNNzUV
— Keiko (@keikoinboston) May 23, 2021

14. The intersection where George Floyd was killed remains closed with no timeline for reopening. That neighborhood has seen an increase in crime in the past year. Business owners and residents are frustrated. https://t.co/a0pZqnNx8m
— Keiko (@keikoinboston) May 23, 2021

15.

“[Activists] want the intersection closed through the trial of the three other former officers involved in Floyd’s killing. That’s set for August.”
— Keiko (@keikoinboston) May 23, 2021

16. Dwight Alexander, the black owner of a BBQ and soul food restaurant called Smoke in the Pit https://t.co/iOIe1ODck9

said in March:

"They made a big, big mistake — the city, shutting it down. I just can't get it out of my head, throwing the businesses to the wolves. …
— Keiko (@keikoinboston) May 23, 2021

17.

… They didn't come down and see what type of support we needed. With people harassing our delivery drivers and turning our people away from the gate, you know, making us suffer. … I'm going to be here, but it is a struggle right now."https://t.co/pvYcDmX48u
— Keiko (@keikoinboston) May 23, 2021

18. Last August, a business owner in this so-called “autonomous zone” was "knocked unconscious during an assault and robbery at his business”.
— Keiko (@keikoinboston) May 23, 2021

19. An internal police report said that they and EMS were blocked from responding in a timely manner and it took 14 minutes to reach the victim.

A local activist called this a “blatant lie”. https://t.co/y9v8zzsy6y
— Keiko (@keikoinboston) May 23, 2021

20. Last fall the city tried to introduce a program called Minneapolis Violence Interrupters but pulled the plug after 4 weeks because it was too dangerous.

People in the neighborhoods hardest hit by shootings and carjackings asked for more police. https://t.co/2NBgMXOjyI
— Keiko (@keikoinboston) May 23, 2021

21. Former Minneapolis City Councilman, Don Samuels said:

“It’s not an either or, it’s both and. We want the cops who come to treat people civilly, but we want them to come.” https://t.co/gQ6nkY8J4B
— Keiko (@keikoinboston) May 23, 2021

22. Minneapolis Violence Interrupters is set to relaunch in June.https://t.co/9an0qK8q8u
— Keiko (@keikoinboston) May 23, 2021

23.

“The interrupters earn $25 an hour, and the city has committed $2.5 million to the program, with plans to expand and refine its operations this year.”https://t.co/D7zxnK9QHG
— Keiko (@keikoinboston) May 23, 2021

24. But community leaders can’t wait for June.

"Faith leaders are launching a new initiative to help curb the growing violence in Minneapolis, called 21 Days of Peace."

Volunteers will patrol in Minneapolis, St. Paul and Brooklyn Park. https://t.co/YwvqgdpDq5
— Keiko (@keikoinboston) May 23, 2021

25. Rev. Jerry McAfee, New Salem Missionary Baptist Church in Minneapolis:

"We want to saturate all of those neighborhoods with people of goodwill. We're also asking the people who live in those neighborhoods to come out and join us.”
— Keiko (@keikoinboston) May 23, 2021

26. Violence interruption programs exist in other US cities. While numbers look promising, it’s unclear how effective they are.https://t.co/RvVLGqY55o
— Keiko (@keikoinboston) May 23, 2021

27. "The findings of the most prominent studies are generally mixed, according to research published in 2015 in the Annual Review of Public Health."https://t.co/8Vb9fOGVwi
— Keiko (@keikoinboston) May 23, 2021

28.

"Each evaluation revealed at least some evidence in support of the approach at the level of jurisdictions or communities, but none of the studies could clearly disentangle the results from national and regional trends in violent crime…"https://t.co/WyOIQBqyYN
— Keiko (@keikoinboston) May 23, 2021

29. It’s possible the violence interrupters will help to reduce violent crime. But this is a lot to put on a group of people that have been training for only a few months and when law enforcement resources are not available to back them up.
— Keiko (@keikoinboston) May 23, 2021

30. The violence interrupters in the city’s program will be “[u]narmed and lacking arrest authority”. https://t.co/D7zxnK9QHG
— Keiko (@keikoinboston) May 23, 2021

thread continues with ten more tweets on interrupters, media coverage preferences, etc.

by artappraiser on Mon, 05/24/2021 - 12:02am

LOUD REPORTS, gunshots heard near 46/Federal. #Chicago #ChicagoScanner
— Spot News (@SPOTNEWSonIG) May 24, 2021

4659 S Federal: Roll EMS, We Got Two Shot! #Chicago #ChicagoScanner
— Spot News (@SPOTNEWSonIG) May 24, 2021

We Need Tape! #Chicago #ChicagoScanner
— Spot News (@SPOTNEWSonIG) May 24, 2021

keep the street clear for EMS. #Chicago #ChicagoScanner
— Spot News (@SPOTNEWSonIG) May 24, 2021

per 4-5-8, both victims are in traumatic arrest. #Chicago #ChicagoScanner
— Spot News (@SPOTNEWSonIG) May 24, 2021

this is now a double homicide. both victims were pronounced at UofC, victim #1 was pronounced at 2106 hours, victim #2 was pronounced at 2108 hours. #Chicago #ChicagoScanner
— Spot News (@SPOTNEWSonIG) May 24, 2021

002:

2 shot, 4659 S Federal

M/56 - DOA

M/49 - DOA#Chicago #ChicagoScanner
— Spot News (@SPOTNEWSonIG) May 24, 2021

https://t.co/VtDLdWfN5I
— Spot News (@SPOTNEWSonIG) May 24, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 05/24/2021 - 12:19am

doesn't end, new tweets while I was posting above:

Shots fired, 23 rounds heard at 9704 S Ave L. #ShotSpotter #ChicagoScanner
— Spot News (@SPOTNEWSonIG) May 24, 2021

a call of a person shot in the alley, caller says it's an 18yo male, he's not moving or breathing. #Chicago #ChicagoScanner
— Spot News (@SPOTNEWSonIG) May 24, 2021

Shots fired, 14 rounds heard at 8706 S Mackinaw. #ShotSpotter #ChicagoScanner
— Spot News (@SPOTNEWSonIG) May 24, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 05/24/2021 - 1:09am

Maserati Driver Caught on Video Emptying Magazine on Fellow Motorist Who Apparently Cut Him Off in D.C.https://t.co/EHVbhXCFZW
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) May 25, 2021

Ohio Woman, 36, Accused of Setting Her 62-Year-Old Husband on Fire During Argument About a Phonehttps://t.co/HSNshQA7vn
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) May 25, 2021

BREAKING: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell Indicted in Alleged Murders of Her Children and His Late Wifehttps://t.co/MU43d8M2q8
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) May 25, 2021

Louisiana Woman Arrested for Allegedly Sending Slew of Threatening and Racist Emails Containing the N-Word to New Orleans TV Stationhttps://t.co/yUYAyzgAS3
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) May 25, 2021

Almost ‘Fully Unclothed’ Woman Leads Troopers on 110 MPH Chase: Authoritieshttps://t.co/j21UpbUP7g
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) May 25, 2021

Pennsylvanian Who Killed a Man with a Crossbow Bolt to the Neck and Fled the Scene Claims He Was Mowing a Lawn at the Time of the Crime: Policehttps://t.co/Xoi87cZj0l
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) May 25, 2021

Sheriff Slams ‘Cowards’ Accused of Leaving Missouri Teen to Die of a Drug Overdose in Wooded Area on Side of a Highwayhttps://t.co/xXxMPGwMPJ
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) May 25, 2021

This last one for the social workers:

Week-Long Manhunt Ends After Suspect Wanted for Murders in Two States ‘Made a Mistake,’ Was Spotted Crossing the Roadhttps://t.co/AmdYqnOjDz
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) May 25, 2021

by artappraiser on Tue, 05/25/2021 - 9:43pm

cross-link some handgun arrests in Chicago the last few days

by artappraiser on Tue, 05/25/2021 - 10:21pm

Update: 19-year-old woman becomes 3rd victim killed in mass shooting at house party, with 11 others wounded (Bridgeton, N.J.): #GunSense https://t.co/QLmfo4HNKo
— MassShootingTracker (@massshootingtrk) May 25, 2021

by artappraiser on Tue, 05/25/2021 - 10:24pm

last hour of stories about dead or injured by shooting gathered by Gun Violence Archive bot

1 killed in a shooting near W Owens Ave and H St in Las Vegas, Nevada https://t.co/dZDIuj5SKd
— Gun Violence Archive updates (@GunVAupdates) May 26, 2021

1 killed and 1 injured in a shooting in Kansas City, Kansas https://t.co/VdQ2xda6Fr
— Gun Violence Archive updates (@GunVAupdates) May 26, 2021

1 injured in a shooting near Rosiere St and Castiglione St in New Orleans, Louisiana https://t.co/KoWf40mrOq
— Gun Violence Archive updates (@GunVAupdates) May 26, 2021

1 injured in a shooting near the 400 block of Reid Dr in Durham, North Carolina https://t.co/1vGQUpxQ3w
— Gun Violence Archive updates (@GunVAupdates) May 26, 2021

1 killed in a shooting near 8015 Lenexa Dr in Lenexa, Kansas https://t.co/Oj0A52SOfF
— Gun Violence Archive updates (@GunVAupdates) May 26, 2021

1 injured in a shooting near 1104 W 81st St in Chicago, Illinois https://t.co/w62gBRcitt
— Gun Violence Archive updates (@GunVAupdates) May 26, 2021

1 injured in a shooting near 1535 E 75th Pl in Chicago, Illinois https://t.co/rq62CEpL88
— Gun Violence Archive updates (@GunVAupdates) May 26, 2021

1 injured in a shooting near 4319 S Hermitage Ave in Chicago, Illinois https://t.co/oLGRXvDqTJ
— Gun Violence Archive updates (@GunVAupdates) May 26, 2021

1 killed in a shooting near I-10 in San Antonio, Texas https://t.co/ppxaSeup51
— Gun Violence Archive updates (@GunVAupdates) May 26, 2021

1 killed in a shooting near the 1200 block of S 41st St in Louisville, Kentucky https://t.co/3ilrNC3HU8
— Gun Violence Archive updates (@GunVAupdates) May 26, 2021

1 injured in a shooting near the 1000 block of E 15th St in Winston Salem (Winston-salem), North Carolina https://t.co/wwWIr5KpAw
— Gun Violence Archive updates (@GunVAupdates) May 26, 2021

1 injured in a shooting near Rosiere St and Castiglione St in New Orleans, Louisiana https://t.co/yC1bO2260I
— Gun Violence Archive updates (@GunVAupdates) May 26, 2021

1 injured in a shooting near Moore St and E Fairchild St in Danville, Illinois https://t.co/K4Z88NQ9Yi
— Gun Violence Archive updates (@GunVAupdates) May 26, 2021

1 injured in a shooting near 802 Hunt Ave NW in Roanoke, Virginia https://t.co/61S1hh6IOy
— Gun Violence Archive updates (@GunVAupdates) May 26, 2021

looks like just as many for next category of "2 hours ago"

by artappraiser on Tue, 05/25/2021 - 10:36pm

from May 11: Police officer shot and killed in line of duty while serving search warrant to suspect

Another officer was also shot but is expected to survive.

ByJon Haworth @ abcnews.go.com, May 11, 2021, 7:36 AM

A California police officer has been killed in the line of duty and another one injured after they were shot while serving a search warrant.

The incident occurred at approximately 5:30 p.m. at an apartment complex in San Luis Obispo, California -- approximately 10 miles north of Pismo beach -- when the two officers arrived at the residence on Camellia Court, off of Margarita Avenue near South Higuera Street in the city, according to a statement issued by the city of San Luis Obispo.

It is unclear how the incident began other than, at some point, the suspect opened fire on the two San Luis Obispo Police Department officers while they were serving a search warrant, according to ABC News’ Los Angeles station KABC.

One San Luis Obispo officer was killed in the shootout. A second officer was injured and transported to an area hospital where the officer is in stable condition and expected to survive [.....]

from March 14 Police officer shot in face and head by shoplifting suspect at department store

The incident began when the suspect tried to steal a package of t-shirts.

ByJon Haworth @ same, March 14, 2021, 8:26 AM

A police officer has been shot in his face and the top of his head after responding to a shoplifting call at a department store.

The incident occurred on Friday, March 12 at approximately 3:27 p.m. at a JC Penney’s department store in Omaha, Nebraska, when Officer Jeffrey Wittstruck was dispatched to a report of a shoplifter who had been detained by security after they allegedly observed him taking a package of t-shirts and placing them in his backpack before attempting to exit the establishment without paying for them, according to the Omaha Police Department.

Authorities say that the suspect, later confirmed to be 21-year-old Kenya Lamont Jenkins Jr., initially gave store security a fake name and was not forthcoming or cooperative after being stopped.

The situation escalated quickly after Officer Wittstruck, who has been with the Omaha Police Department since September 2016, arrived on the scene.

“Officer Wittstruck directed Jenkins to remove his backpack at which time Jenkins stood up and placed his right hand in his sweatshirt pocket,” said Police Chief Todd Schmaderer of the Omaha Police Department said in a statement. “Officer Wittstruck asked Jenkins to show his hands multiple times but Jenkins refused. Officer Wittstruck informed Jenkins he was under arrest and Jenkins remained uncooperative, pushing Officer Wittstruck away while he attempted to place handcuffs on Jenkins.”

According to the Omaha Police Department, Wittstruck and Jenkins got into a brief struggle before Wittstruck drew his taser and Jenkins placed his hand back into his sweatshirt pocket

The police officer then deployed the taser but it was ineffective in stopping the situation with Jenkins.

Wittstruck attempted to arrest Jenkins for a second time in a brief struggle when the suspect pulled a gun out of his sweatshirt pocket and fired four times at Wittstruck, who was hit in his face and the top of his head.

Officer Wittstruck's firearm had not been removed from its holster and was not fired at any point in the altercation with Jenkins [....]

Boy, 12, arrested for series of 4 armed carjackings in just under an hour: Police

Another suspect was caught on surveillance footage but is still on the run.

ByJon Haworth @ same, March 7, 2021, 7:52 AM

A 12-year-old boy from Washington, D.C., has been arrested and charged with a series of four armed carjackings in the city that all took place in under an hour.

The incidents began at approximately 6:29 p.m. on Thursday, March 4, when two suspects reportedly approached a person who was seated in their vehicle, brandished a handgun at them and demanded that they exit the vehicle, according to the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).

“The victim did not comply and fled the scene,” said the MPD in a statement.

The suspects struck again 46 minutes later at approximately 7:15 p.m. just a few blocks away from their initial carjacking attempt when they, again, approached an individual sitting in their car, showed them their firearm and demanded that they get out of their vehicle. This person also did not comply with the suspect’s orders and fled the scene.

Just five minutes later at approximately 7:20 p.m., the suspects made a third approach to a victim, showed them the firearm and subsequently demanded the keys to the victim’s vehicle before the suspects ended up fleeing the scene on foot.

“At approximately 7:24 pm, the suspects approached the [last] victim, who was seated in their vehicle, in the 1000 block of Evarts Street, Northeast,” the MPD said in a statement. “One of the suspects brandished a handgun and demanded the victim exit her vehicle. The victim complied and the suspects fled the scene in the victim’s vehicle. One of the suspects was apprehended a short time later. The victim’s vehicle was recovered.”[.....]

15-year-old girl stabbed to death in grocery store during fight with 4 younger girls

Authorities said they gathered lots of evidence from videos on social media.

ByJon Haworth @ same, January 25, 2021, 5:54 AM

A 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death at a grocery store during an alleged fight with four other girls, all of whom were younger than she was, police said.

The incident occurred at approximately 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 23 at a grocery store in Lake Charles, Louisiana, when a fight took place between a 15-year-old girl and four other females all between the ages of 12 and 14, the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office (CPSO) said in a statement on social media.

The cause and the motive of the altercation is currently unknown and was not disclosed in the CPSO statement but authorities did confirm that, during the incident, the 15-year-old girl was stabbed and the victim was subsequently transported to a local area hospital where she died. Where she was stabbed on her body and her cause of death has not yet been released.

“In last night’s case, they stole knives from the actual store where they were at. It is really heart-breaking when we have to come in and pick up the pieces because so many families are damaged after this,” said Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Tony Mancuso at a press conference on Sunday night.

He also disclosed that much of the evidence that authorities were able to gather came directly from videos posted to social media.

“Our whole case unfolded before us through live Facebook and Instagram … we have videos of everything that took place and it’s very disturbing,” said Mancuso. “The whole murder was played out on [social media] so, again, there appeared to be no remorse. It was very cold to see 12, 13, 14 and 15-year-olds acting this way and we as a society can’t tolerate it. We cannot let this plague and take over our community.”

Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office said that the four females -- aged 14, two girls who are 13 and 12 -- were all booked into the juvenile detention center and one was charged with second degree murder while the other three were charged with principal to second degree murder.

The investigation is currently ongoing and Mancuso indicated that there may be other arrests involved in the case.

Said Mancuso: “This is the third homicide in six months that we’ve had that involved juveniles that range from 11 to 16 years old. They come from all backgrounds, all races. This is just a problem that we are having with kids having access to weapons.”

by artappraiser on Wed, 05/26/2021 - 12:23am

What are they playing on the kiddie channel?

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 05/26/2021 - 8:13am

Kind of shocking to run across all on one site the three examples of situations very similar to ones that made national discussion as examples of racism, but in these cases cops held back and two cops got shot and a girl got knifed to death. This reporter really follows everything going on out there.

I don''t know what they're showing on the kiddie channels but I do know that official BLM depicted another knife- wielding female teen about to stab another as a martyred queen on Twitter. They didn't change that after the body cam came out, they left it up. So I guess that means all children are born warriors and it's parents' jobs to teach them to use weapons judiciously? Or are they envisioning a sort of "Lord of the Flies" situation as the ideal society? Or what?

by artappraiser on Wed, 05/26/2021 - 2:06pm

“Just going to be careful here with some gunshots.” Behold George Floyd Square, and the fruits of what the “racial justice” movement has accomplished. pic.twitter.com/GkAfqfPbXk
— Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania) May 25, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 05/26/2021 - 12:44am

I counted 32 rounds fired. That's got to be a bit scary for British broadcasters. But at least there are no police. https://t.co/QOlwqbZFby
— Peter Moskos (@PeterMoskos) May 25, 2021

One person was shot. In critical condition. Apparently "police responded." https://t.co/zI5siFtyvR
— Peter Moskos (@PeterMoskos) May 25, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 05/26/2021 - 1:16am

The George Floyd Square gunfire report, to me there's like a 19th-century quality to it, as in the olden days illustrated tabloids where "Brit visits wild west in America" to check out one of the worlds of savages for the audience's infotainment.

by artappraiser on Wed, 05/26/2021 - 2:40pm

The community of experts and analysis who insist the pandemic was responsible for the 2020 murder surge are now warning us not to expect it to reverse when the pandemic wanes.

So whatever you make of the causal argument, we need solutions.https://t.co/Kej1AnIxSq pic.twitter.com/5pORZy1Euy
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) May 25, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 05/26/2021 - 12:51am

This surprises me. I would have thought burglaries of all things would be down during the pandemic, with everyone home all the time, unless this is pulling in commercial burglaries as the decisive factor, which would make more intuitive sense given shuttered businesses https://t.co/NOmFIvwE27
— Conor Friedersdorf (@conor64) May 25, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 05/26/2021 - 1:06am

At least nine dead after a shooting at a light rail yard in San Jose, California

Twitter US news feed 3 hours ago

Police and firefighters responded to a shooting at the Valley Transportation Authority light rail yard in San Jose, California, that has left nine dead, including the suspect, according to local authorities. A bomb squad is responding to reports of explosives on the scene.

by artappraiser on Wed, 05/26/2021 - 2:44pm

Update:

- 9 victims in San Jose mass shooting, including 1 suspecthttps://t.co/CkppS5ufyA
— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) May 26, 2021

Update:

- San Jose Fire Department said officials are investigating multiple crime scenes linked to the shooting https://t.co/CkppS5ufyA
— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) May 26, 2021

Update:

- Nine people confirmed dead in mass shooting at VTA light-rail yard, including suspected gunman who was an employee https://t.co/CkppS5ufyA
— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) May 26, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 05/26/2021 - 2:47pm

Interesting details on the San Jose shooting from our A-plus team of reporters: https://t.co/FYpCrpCDuC pic.twitter.com/vKjTnnM36v
— Ben Fritz (@benfritz) May 26, 2021

"What the hell's going on in the United States of America? What the hell's wrong with us? And when are we going to come to grips with this? When are going to put down our arms, literally and figuratively?" California Gov. Newsom says about the San Jose shooting. pic.twitter.com/QMOX45yeF9
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) May 26, 2021

We are still awaiting many of the details of this latest mass shooting in San Jose, but there are some things we know for sure. There are at least eight families who will never be whole again. Every life taken by a bullet pierces the soul of our nation.

We must do more.
— President Biden (@POTUS) May 26, 2021

The San Jose #MassShooting is the 16th in the last week:

Albany
Norfolk
Chicago
San Jose
Evansville
Columbus
Inkster, MI
Jersey City
Charleston
Wilmington
Fort Wayne
Minneapolis
Paterson, NJ
Bridgeton, NJ
Bay Shore, NY
West Jefferson, OH

It's the 231st #MassShooting this year.
— Jake Lobin (@JakeLobin) May 26, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 05/26/2021 - 6:45pm

more details on the San Jose mass shooting rounded up by the BBC:

[....] Law enforcement officials told CBS News, the BBC's partner in the US, that the gunman was 57-year-old Samuel Cassidy.

His ex-wife, Cecilia Nelms, told the Associated Press news agency that Cassidy would tell her that he wanted to kill his colleagues, but she had never believed he would do it.

Doug Suh, a neighbour of Cassidy, told the Mercury News the gunman was "lonely" and "strange".

Deputy Russell Davis, a spokesman for the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department, said "deputies did not exchange gunfire" with the suspect.

"Preliminarily, we're going to go with the assumption it was a self inflicted gunshot."

Just before the shooting, a fire broke out at a home belonging to Cassidy, according to local media.

Authorities say they are looking into whether the suspect may have set his home on fire before embarking on the rampage [....]

by artappraiser on Wed, 05/26/2021 - 10:50pm

Ex-Wife of California Rail Yard Mass Shooter Said He Once Talked About Killing Co-Workers; Ex-Girlfriend Alleged Rape, Abuse: Reportshttps://t.co/hmb8VJxrnW
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) May 27, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 05/27/2021 - 6:20pm

San Jose gunmen had 22,000 rounds of ammunition and explosive devices in his house; MORE-JUST IN GENERAL A SUPER BAD GUY:

The Santa Clara County Sheriff's office said investigators uncovered 22,000 rounds of ammunition at the home of Sam Cassidy, the gunman who opened fire at a VTA rail yard in San Jose. https://t.co/2st0dHyO7T
— KTVU (@KTVU) May 28, 2021

THIS JUST IN: The FBI plans to detonate the explosive devices found in the San Jose VTA gunman's house. They are shutting down the nearby streets. https://t.co/oF2Ow4ub6s
— KRON4 News (@kron4news) May 28, 2021

San Jose gunman Samuel Cassidy caught on video leaving home before shooting https://t.co/Rk9Djn868t pic.twitter.com/FvgueYZL73
— New York Post (@nypost) May 27, 2021

As Samuel Cassidy was in the midst of his deadly rampage at the Valley Transit Authority rail yard, he was recorded on a security camera calmly strolling between the two buildings where nine co-workers were killed in a hail of bullets. https://t.co/V88sn70pHd
— KPIX 5 (@KPIXtv) May 28, 2021

BREAKING: In a sworn court declaration in 2009, the ex-girlfriend of the San Jose gunman alleged he raped her and had violent, alcohol-fueled “mood swings.”

Every nation is home to dangerous men; only America gives them easy access to arsenals. https://t.co/9rQWnvDY3Z
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) May 26, 2021

NEW: The San Jose gunman was under investigation for making racist remarks to coworkers and faced a disciplinary hearing on the day of the attack. Media is also reporting that he shot specific coworkers, walking by others whom he allowed to live. #caleg https://t.co/izOkEOdjNG
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) May 28, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 05/28/2021 - 6:02pm

Their photos:

Victims of San Jose rail yard shooting remembered as loving, kind-hearted and heroic https://t.co/uUB8w2bICO
— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) May 28, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 05/31/2021 - 11:09am

4 teens injured after Englewood shooting

by: Glenn Marshall @ wgntv.com Updated: May 26, 2021 / 08:11 AM CDT

CHICAGO — Four people were shot in the city’s Englewood neighborhood.

Chicago police said the shooting took place on the second floor of an apartment on the 7200 block of South Princeton Avenue around 1 a.m. Wednesday. The incident started with an argument which led to a man firing shots.

A 15-year-old boy was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the head. Police earlier reported that the teen was pronounced dead. However, around 6:30 a.m., police said the teen was resuscitated and listed in critical condition.

A 17-year-old boy male was taken to the University of Chicago Medical in serious condition with a gunshot wound to the neck.

A 19-year-old was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the back.

A 17-year-old boy was transported to Advocate Christ Medical in serious condition with a gunshot wound to the left shoulder.

No one has been taken into custody and Area One detectives are investigating.

13-year-old wounded in South Side shooting

by: WGN Web Desk Updated: May 26, 2021 / 06:21 AM CDT

CHICAGO — A 13-year-old girl was wounded after a shooting on the Far South Side.

Police said the girl was sitting in the back seat of a car on the 300 block of East 131st Place around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday when a man fired shots at the car.

The girl was hit in the arm and leg and was taken to South Shore Hospital in good condition.

Police said the intended target was a male passenger who was sitting next to her in the car. No one else in the vehicle was injured.

No one is in custody and the incident is under investigation.

by artappraiser on Wed, 05/26/2021 - 10:35pm

there's 4 other WGN stories on their Chicago Crime page in addition to the above

Police: 16-year-old boy shot in head, killed on Far South Side

Chicago Crime / 2 mins ago

Police: 3 men injured in West Englewood drive-by shooting (older men than the above Englewood story)

Chicago Crime / 13 mins ago

21-year-old killed in South Shore drive-by shooting, police say

Chicago Crime / 5 hours ago

Man dies after walking into restaurant with gunshot wounds in East Side

Chicago Crime / 9 hours ago

by artappraiser on Wed, 05/26/2021 - 10:42pm

Like denial is a river in Egypt. Disgusting, actually, warped as any criminal mind, prioritizing political warfare over truth, reality and human lives:

This is a very emblematic tweet of the Democratic-leaning blogger side. They really do view all social phenomena through the lens of political warfare, which leads them to downplay thousands of excess deaths, mostly poor people in suffering communities. https://t.co/3yYxTyUnEF
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) May 27, 2021

Of course right wingers do this on all sorts of issues too. It's more partisan brain than it is Democratic Party brain. But its the Democrats who control most places in America seeing a big surge in homicides, and too many of them view it all through politics.
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) May 27, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 05/26/2021 - 11:19pm

When did the leftists get together and decide "IT'S BAD TO CARE ABOUT PEOPLE GETTING MURDERED IF IT ISN'T BY POLICE" was smart politics https://t.co/6NhoPqspeO
— Centrist Stacy (@CentristStacy) May 27, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 05/27/2021 - 7:46pm

The Guardian has created:

Every mass shooting in the US – a visual databasehttps://t.co/kDZWYqkY5b
— Carolina A. Miranda (@cmonstah) May 27, 2021

I think our sorry state regarding gun violence does interest the rest of the world, makes many feel superior...

by artappraiser on Thu, 05/27/2021 - 5:48pm

14-Year-Old Aiden Fucci Will Be Tried as an Adult on First Degree Murder Charges Over Death of 13-Year-Old Tristyn Baileyhttps://t.co/aXum5WVAau
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) May 27, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 05/27/2021 - 6:18pm

Harlem residents happy to turn in their homies tearing around on illegal dirt bikes all hours of the night:

If you want to end illegal motor bikes racing through the city -- and that's a big "if" [cough, Baltimore] -- you can actually police you way out of it. But you have to want to. No "root causes" need be addressed. (Though amazing how $100 reward can work magic.) https://t.co/YqOarUhJuW
— Peter Moskos (@PeterMoskos) May 27, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 05/27/2021 - 7:16pm

a good reminder from busy bee Nicole:

So now we have signs in Times Square reminding us not to attack Jewish people, to add to the signs reminding us not to attack Asian people. How about we just know without being told not to attack anyone, until further notice?
— Nicole (@nicolegelinas) May 28, 2021

that attacking anyone is already against the law

by artappraiser on Fri, 05/28/2021 - 8:19pm

Lockdown procedures were implemented today at Ross Park Mall in Pittsburgh when someone pulled a gun and shots were fired during an altercation between two groups of teenagers. Two people have been arrested. #paleg https://t.co/nLbdKKvLGa
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) May 29, 2021

shooting at ross park mall stay safe pic.twitter.com/eFU8cWm8Y6
— lucy (@ltrust28) May 29, 2021

"That wasn't something you'd expect to see at Ross Park Mall." Witnesses inside of Ross Park Mall recalled the scene moments before a fight broke out and shots were fired. https://t.co/pvtfvt3mWA
— KDKA (@KDKA) May 30, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 05/29/2021 - 9:25pm

2 dead, 2 critically injured after they were gunned down leaving North Side bar https://t.co/86mAZA2qWs
— KSAT 12 (@ksatnews) May 29, 2021

7 people shot in NW Miami on Friday night https://t.co/aLxTtp9Iam
— CBS4 Miami (@CBSMiami) May 29, 2021

Minneapolis is a city turned into a shooting gallery.
Not what the Founders contemplated when they drafted and ratified the 2nd Amendment.
'It weighs on all of law enforcement': Federal agent discusses investigating Minneapolis shootings involving children https://t.co/px95J1Jpfb
— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) May 29, 2021

pic.twitter.com/DDxD4cU6nL
— MN CRIME (@MN_CRIME) May 28, 2021

Since crashing at US-10 & Proctor Ave in Elk River around 1:35 p.m., the suspect has not followed commands and officers believe he may have a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A medical helicopter was requested and officers are waiting to approach the suspect's vehicle. as of 2:25
— MN CRIME (@MN_CRIME) May 29, 2021

Suspect is confirmed deceased.
— MN CRIME (@MN_CRIME) May 29, 2021

https://t.co/kagBBZ0Iko
— MN CRIME (@MN_CRIME) May 29, 2021

NEW FROM ME: As many as six people reportedly shot — two without vital signs — after a serious shooting in Mississauga, near Glen Erin Dr. and The Collegeway https://t.co/zPpO5WwzJa pic.twitter.com/008IRfuVle
— (@BryanPassifiume) May 30, 2021

DRIVE-BY BAR SHOOTING: Two men are recovering after being injured in a drive-by shooting in front of a Downtown Atlanta bar early Friday morning. https://t.co/d1hPr8yn7M
— FOX 5 Atlanta (@FOX5Atlanta) May 29, 2021

Four people were injured in a shooting outside of a Crowley bar Friday night, police say. https://t.co/TXHipdfB0Z
— KATC TV3 (@KATCTV3) May 29, 2021

12-Year-Old Grazed By Bullet In Grand Crossing Shooting – CBS Chicago https://t.co/760CCw5xFv
— NITESH BHARDWAJ (@newsquotesshine) May 29, 2021

Shooting On Dan Ryan Expressway Causes Crash That Briefly Closed All Lanes – CBS Chicago https://t.co/cCcao4pWdx
— News Bht (@news_bht) May 29, 2021

These niggas don’t rest. It’s literally 8 o’clock in the morning and y’all shooting shit up. Like my nigga, literally, FOR FUCKING WHAT? This is why I don’t leave my house. Atp, I’m over Chicago.
— Bri The Teacha✨ (@naturalmintxo) May 29, 2021

@Shermichael_ Last weekend in Chicago, there were forty-five shootings with eleven death. Over the last seven days, the mass shooting in San Jose received more press. That pretty much sums up how much the powers that be care about the lives of black people here in America.
— Eric Brown (@EricBrown1911) May 29, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 05/29/2021 - 9:55pm

Hijack alert - looks like the "string black woman" meme may be dying

Did y’all know that if y’all just want sex from people y’all can enlist the services of a prostitute and not bitch about a date?
— Goddess of Spring Cleaning (@o_keilani) May 28, 2021

Y’all give Black women no space - no space to be vulnerable or emotional or tired or fucking done. Y’all just say we have attitudes and downplay what we’re going through
— Goddess of Spring Cleaning (@o_keilani) May 28, 2021

Also with that, most people from many aspects within our lives (work, dating, family, friends, etc) have bought into this narrative since it has been pushed that we're basically durable. They do not treat us how the same as how other women are treated. Naturally, we have to roll
— Lotus ॐ☥ (@BlackCottonBela) May 29, 2021

And black women are guilty of doing this to each other too.

The whole “she looks mean”, “she thinks she’s better than everybody”, “she always looks mad” blows me.

Like sis, I have crippling anxiety and depression. Leave me tf alone? never judge a book by its cover yo
— jehovahhthickness (@KILLBILLEVOL1) May 29, 2021

Elsewhere there's a humorous thread slamming some white sorority girl calling a black girl her "colored bestie" til a few tweets down someone noted it's "Covid bestie", they just didn't understand her Aussie/South African accent.

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 05/30/2021 - 12:05am

"strong black woman" - not gonna redo the tweets

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 05/30/2021 - 12:06am

apparently there's enough belief that there is a "surge" in violent behavior on air flights by two airlines that they are putting off serving alcohol:

Two major airlines, American and Southwest, have postponed plans to resume serving alcohol on flights in an effort to stop a surge of unruly and sometimes violent behavior by passengers who have shoved, punched and yelled at flight attendants.https://t.co/DTZKaYCfTs
— mlevenson (@mlevenson) May 29, 2021

alcohol sales are high proft for them so they really believe it's bad. Was going to post examples earlier but thought again as it might be playing up outliers too much. But now this.

by artappraiser on Sat, 05/29/2021 - 11:26pm

Enough with the pussy shit - we're ready for *strong* crimes

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_60b25cd4e4b0ead27968fc38

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 05/30/2021 - 12:21am

Well there you go, mentally ill, just perfect for the new social worker units replacing police forces!

Meanwhile wondering: do they get roomies at the Salinas psychiatric inpatient program?

by artappraiser on Sun, 05/30/2021 - 1:04am

Short term stays only - internment vs interment...

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 05/30/2021 - 5:53am

best to always check the Chicago Police Scanner before you decide to get wee hours takeout at that allnight grill:

75/State: he's threatening to shoot the staff at Maxwell's, ppl are running. #Chicago #ChicagoScanner
— Spot News (@SPOTNEWSonIG) May 30, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 05/30/2021 - 2:30am

Viral Mass Shooting Manifesto Puts Lakewood Community on Alert https://t.co/Ecz8825kQV
— Lila (@Lilacate) May 30, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 05/30/2021 - 4:28pm

Two people were killed and up to 25 people wounded in a shooting at a concert early Sunday morning in Miami-Dade. Three unidentified people stepped out of an SUV with assault rifles and handguns and began shooting “indiscriminately” into the crowd. #flapol https://t.co/oRQFyo73j0
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) May 30, 2021

Philanthropist, TV personality and Miami native @marcuslemonis is offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individuals responsible for last night’s deadly banquet hall shooting. My report from @nbc6 at 6PM: https://t.co/iw0bn4Ie57
— Paxton Boyd (@paxton) May 30, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 05/30/2021 - 7:28pm

chilling RAP-RELATED GANG WAR ASSASSINS with 25 injured, 2 killed. Absolutely DISGUSTING! As if life is a game. What is going so wrong the culture associated with rap? They have decided to send undercover cops to similar parties as if they are FBI and these are neo-nazis, but the latter can only dream of such exploits. Excerpt from the first story above:

Three gunmen in ski masks and hoodies ambushed a crowd leaving a rap album release concert at a club in Northwest Miami-Dade early Sunday morning, unleashing a barrage of gunfire that killed two and injured 20 others in what police said was the worst mass shooting in the county in recent memory.

Three of those injured are in critical condition, according to police.

The shooting started shortly after midnight, Miami-Dade Police Director Alfredo “Freddy” Ramirez said, when three shooters armed with handguns and semi-automatic rifles emerged from a white Nissan Pathfinder and fired dozens of bullets “indiscriminately” into a crowd gathered for a rap concert outside the El Mula Banquet Hall near the Country Club of Miami. Ramirez told the Miami Herald that the shooters sat patiently in the vehicle waiting for the target — or targets — to leave the club before exiting the SUV and taking aim.

Some unidentified people in the crowd shot back at the suspects, Ramirez said.

The aftermath was so chaotic — with paramedics, friends and family members driving victims to various hospitals in both Miami-Dade and Broward counties — that police on Sunday afternoon were still trying to identify everyone who was shot. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue took eight of the injured to Miami-Dade and Broward hospitals, said Miami-Dade police spokesman Detective Angel Rodriguez. He said at least 12 other victims went to various hospitals on their own.

The two people killed in the shooting were pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators had not identified any victims, suspects or motives in the shooting by mid-Sunday afternoon. But Ramirez said during an early-morning press conference outside the Country Club Shopping Center, where the shooting took place, that the latest attack was “definitely not random.”

“This type of gun violence has to stop,” Ramirez said, asking anyone with information on the shooting to come forward, and promoting on Twitter a Miami businessman’s offer to give $100,000 to anyone with information leading to an arrest. “Every weekend it is the same thing. This is targeted.”

Police going through the scene Sunday morning found dozens of bullet casings. They scoured social media and planned to staff any other parties around town with off-duty cops [...]

by artappraiser on Sun, 05/30/2021 - 7:48pm

WaPo on Miami shooting:

Another weekend, another mass shooting: Miami shooting: 2 dead, more than 20 injured after gunmen open fire at concert venue - The Washington Post https://t.co/4Z4kzzYk4k
— Frank Figliuzzi (@FrankFigliuzzi1) May 30, 2021

Parkland dad Guttenberg:

This is the 2nd mass shooting this week, IN JUST MIAMI. WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH US We know what we need to do to reduce this violence. Time to stop listening to 2A liars. This is a public safety and public health issue. #TheTimeIsNow https://t.co/QnixNt4Efx
— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) May 30, 2021

The last he mentions was only FRIDAY, A DRIVE-BY WITH 7 INJURED:

At least seven people were wounded during a shooting in Miami late Friday, police sayhttps://t.co/jdHoo1M3Xp
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) May 29, 2021

nobody noticed but the cops who had to handle it, it was just a shrug.

by artappraiser on Sun, 05/30/2021 - 8:01pm

Director of Miami Dade P.D.:

Thank you @ATFMiami for adding $25,000 to the reward, where so many victims and families were sadly affected by senseless gun violence. Your support is genuinely embraced by the MDPD and our community. Call @CrimeStopper305 with any information, you can remain anonymous!
— Alfredo "Freddy" Ramirez III (@MDPD_Director) May 30, 2021

Grateful for this contribution @marcuslemonis! This is our community, we are stronger together. We need our county to step up with information. If you know something, you can remain anonymous by calling @CrimeStopper305. https://t.co/hkxv6sNhjg
— Alfredo "Freddy" Ramirez III (@MDPD_Director) May 30, 2021

14 hrs. ago:

I am at the scene of another targeted and cowardly act of gun violence, where over 20 victims were shot and 2 have sadly died. These are cold blooded murderers that shot indiscriminately into a crowd and we will seek justice. My deepest condolences to the family of the victims.
— Alfredo "Freddy" Ramirez III (@MDPD_Director) May 30, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 05/30/2021 - 8:09pm

HipHopHotSpot, 2 hrs. ago:

XXXTENTACION | I Spoke To The Devil In Miami, He Said Everything Would Be Fine pic.twitter.com/jjXmdiMBiS
— HipHopHotspot (@HipHopxHotspot) May 30, 2021

GOOD! Lock em up

Miami police chief calls for 'serious prison time' for illegal gun possession after latest mass shootinghttps://t.co/bSurX6xIMx
— Jeff Hunter (@Tex1944) May 31, 2021

'Worst phone call of my life': Mother of Miami banquet hall shooting victim speaks out https://t.co/FX5Mgi09g6 via @nypost
— jerry koch (@jerrykoch69) May 31, 2021

#Update #Breaking Family members want answers following deadly mass shooting in Northwest Miami-Dade https://t.co/WLE7INw7UR #MassShooting #Miami #Florida
— CURT (@CCURTGO) May 31, 2021

good for them not ignoring it, not sweeping it under the rug with "but but look over here at police abuse"

We are saddened by yet another act of senseless gun violence in our community.

On behalf of the entire Miami-Dade Branch of the NAACP we grieve the loss of the lives lost and extend heartfelt condolences. #WeAreMoreThanGunViolence
https://t.co/VZutNr7Ji3 via @nypost
— Miami-Dade Branch of the NAACP (@miami_naacp) May 31, 2021

Manhunt Underway For Miami Mass Shooting Assailants https://t.co/LFWUgZsb5M via @YouTube
— Stephan Braun (@StephanBraun81) May 31, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 05/30/2021 - 8:26pm

Damn they tried to get Pooh Shiesty outta here...2 ppl dead n 25 shot at during his concert in Miami..real mfer as he did pull out his gun..being a rapper is too dangerous nowadays
— DP (@dptl00) May 30, 2021

Rapper 'Pooh Shiesty' lets off a shot in KOD Miami after someone stole $40K from his pocket | #ONLYinDADE @nhmoolah pic.twitter.com/hiJxKjYtb0
— ONLY in DADE (@ONLYinDADE) May 30, 2021

hah it's so funny

Remember when we thought 50 being shot 9 times was some Wild interesting Wow ass shit ...

Lol every rapper who come out nowadays been shot 63 times and still gettin shot at
— Bam Bam (@RootDocta) May 30, 2021

100 bullets fired in mass shooting 20 shot & 2 dead at FL rapper's birthday bash. No surprise since 15 shot & 3 killed at chicago hip hop party, 6 hip hop artists killed in a month in LA, & 1 hip hop artist killed in TX. More reason hip hop getting banned!https://t.co/KsXr2IB4cX
— rapture3169 (@rapture3169) May 31, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 05/30/2021 - 10:27pm

Police say rival groups behind fatal Florida shootout https://t.co/6AdpzI0b5n
— J. W. (@wolfjon4) May 31, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 05/31/2021 - 6:56pm

Only 5 in critical condition from shooting overnight in Aliceville, Alabama. No big deal, smalltown stuff, not like Miami, doesn't need much coverage:

FIVE SHOT: Five people are reported in critical condition after suffering wounds in an early Sunday shooting in Aliceville, Alabama. #WTVA9News https://t.co/1kiRTCS3P4
— WTVA 9 News (@wtva9news) May 30, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 05/30/2021 - 8:57pm

Up-and-coming rapper Supa Gates has died nearly seven weeks after he was shot in the passenger seat of a Mercedes in Brooklyn.

His career had just started gaining momentum, with some of his tracks drawing thousands of listeners on YouTube.https://t.co/4CxZ1bPhTR
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) May 30, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 05/30/2021 - 10:06pm

Gunfire erupted yesterday during the filming of a music video for rapper #Boosie in Huntsville, AL. According to reports, Boosie was NOT injured, however, one person was shot and is in critical condition.

Following the shooting, the Baton Rouge rapper … https://t.co/K9Obve5ZPp pic.twitter.com/QOXRdNxd9Q
— YBF CHIC (@TheYBF) May 30, 2021

Gunfire erupts at Boosie Badazz' music video shoot leaving one person in critical condition...six months after rapper was shot in the leg
via https://t.co/pevZ0scAkQ https://t.co/ROrqn6nfBb
— Jodi (@Jodi_Ann_Arias) May 30, 2021

Huntsville is a very dangerous gang affiliated area. So it was pretty stupid to shoot a music video in that area and its not surprising shots got fired one thing for sure it wasnt intended for Boosie but for that new rapper and his entourage
— LegacyofLegendary (@PrinceKev12) May 30, 2021

They shot at Boosie again?
— Not The Rapper (@ArrogantAde) May 30, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 05/30/2021 - 10:38pm

earlier in the month:

Rapper Quando Rondo's entourage reportedly shot at in Georgia months after his brother was charged with his rival's murder, King Von https://t.co/yiNTGw7IXb
— Linda Ikeji (@officiallibtv) May 6, 2021

Houston Crip Claims Mo3 Killed 2 People As New Murder Details Are Uncovered - https://t.co/n2GZKIKYXi
Dallas, TX – BadAzz Music Syndicate rapper Mo3 was gunned down on a Dallas highway last November, just days after King Von was murdered in Atlanta. But it sounds like there’s...
— Dj 1/2 Pint (@djhalfpint401) May 19, 2021

this is good on the King Von killing right after it happened late last year in Atlanta

Rapper King Von shot, killed outside of an Atlanta hookah lounge https://t.co/8Cvq6ZAaOR via @YouTube
— bremont Alfredo (@at2rty) May 28, 2021

Waiting on Patrisse Cullors to make this her new Marxist project along the lines of Black Lives Mattering to prove social workers can do it better. After all, the complex different players sound nearly as complicated as the factions during the Russian Revolution, and that's without all the guys in prison right now who would naturally be released if they are abolished.

by artappraiser on Sun, 05/30/2021 - 10:55pm

"mass shooting" just reported 15 mins. ago on Chicago police scanner, sounds like a driveby, includes a 17 yr. old:

got a #MassShooting at Subway. #Chicago #ChicagoScanner
— Spot News (@SPOTNEWSonIG) May 31, 2021

one of the victims is 17 and will be transferred to Comer. #Chicago #ChicagoScanner
— Spot News (@SPOTNEWSonIG) May 31, 2021

they say someone pulled up in a car and started shooting at them at Subway. #Chicago #ChicagoScanner
— Spot News (@SPOTNEWSonIG) May 31, 2021

per 300-David, a vehicle left the scene w/ two possible ppl shot headed to Jackson Park Hospital. #Chicago #ChicagoScanner
— Spot News (@SPOTNEWSonIG) May 31, 2021

a call of a person shot at Subway. #Chicago #ChicagoScanner
— Spot News (@SPOTNEWSonIG) May 31, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 05/30/2021 - 11:18pm

more on the mass shooting at the Subway restaurant in Chicago Sun Times story downthread

by artappraiser on Mon, 05/31/2021 - 12:59pm

cross link: IOWA WOMAN WHO HIT BLACK 12-YEAR-OLD AND LATINA TEEN WITH HER SUV SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS IN PRISON coverage by The Root.

by artappraiser on Mon, 05/31/2021 - 10:57am

NYPD:

WANTED for ASSAULT: On 5/26 at approx. 2:30 PM, in the vicinity of 97 Place & 57 Ave, the suspect punched a 75-year-old female victim in the face in an unprovoked attack fracturing her nose & right orbital. Any info? DM @NYPDTips or anonymously call them at 800-577-TIPS. pic.twitter.com/ZLncBUS1XA
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) May 28, 2021

WANTED for RAPE! Have you seen Dwayne Gordon? He's wanted in connection to a rape in the Springfield Section in Queens between Oct 2020 to May 2021. This person raped three 13-year-old girls on separate occasions. If you have any info contact @NYPDTips or call 800-577-TIPS. pic.twitter.com/S8bMtF9Vtq
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) May 28, 2021

WANTED for ASSAULT: Recognize him? On 5/11 at approx. 5:02 PM, in front of 2163 Dean St in Brooklyn, the suspect displayed a firearm and shot the 16-year-old male victim in the left leg. Any info call or DM @NYPDTips at 800-577-TIPS. All calls are anonymous. pic.twitter.com/lRvxvOfBZu
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) May 27, 2021

Upon investigating a vehicle collision with a pedestrian struck, Sector D, discovered that the operator of the vehicle, a gang member on parole, was wanted. Following his arrest, a loaded firearm was recovered from his vehicle.
Nothing is routine. Outstanding work officers! pic.twitter.com/wmGG6dpAe8
— NYPD 52nd Precinct (@NYPD52Pct) May 25, 2021

WANTED for ASSAULT: Do you know this guy? On 5/12/21 at approx 10:30 AM, inside the Pennsylvania Ave subway station in Brooklyn, a 21-year-old female was slashed from behind causing lacerations to her back & shoulders. Any info? DM @NYPDTips or anonymously call at 800-577-TIPS. pic.twitter.com/rqcz2e4aPs
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) May 26, 2021

Wanted for a shooting and carrying a gun, what does that say about consequences? https://t.co/T6NSNru2zE
— Commissioner Shea (@NYPDShea) May 27, 2021

Domestic violence calls are some of the most dangerous situations we face. On two separate occasions yesterday, your 46 Cops entered volatile domestic disputes and safely deescalated the conflicts recovering these firearms in the process. pic.twitter.com/Td6YIBKqTk
— NYPD 46th Precinct (@NYPD46Pct) May 26, 2021

This week, @NYPDDetectives sat down with @WallerABC7 to discuss the senseless shooting and killing of a 30-year-old male on May 9th at an illegal nightclub in the Bronx. Anyone with information on this case is asked to contact @nypdtips at #800577TIPS. pic.twitter.com/rl1OU4glYe
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) May 22, 2021

WANTED for ASSAULT: Do you know this guy? On 5/24/21 at approx 1:10 PM, on an eastbound MTA bus at East 170 St & Morris Ave in the Bronx, the suspect threw a drink on the bus driver then punched him in the neck. Any info? DM @NYPDTips, or anonymously call them at 800-577-TIPS. pic.twitter.com/XoTkjHT1gM
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) May 31, 2021

WANTED for ROBBERY PATTERM: Do you know these guys? Between 5/21/21 and 5/23/21, the suspects forcibly robbed multiple individuals in the early morning hours in Manhattan. Any information? DM @NYPDTips or anonymously call them at 800-577-TIPS. pic.twitter.com/sakW3BFOxD
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) May 30, 2021

46 counts! He's addicted to vandalizing cars!

UPDATE: After vandalizing dozens of privately owned cars in Astoria, officers from the Citywide Vandals Task Force identified the 57-year-old repeat offender, arrested & charged him with 46 counts of making graffiti, criminal mischief, & possession of graffiti instruments. https://t.co/Q0oyLa6jgs
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) May 28, 2021

interesting that this is a felony!

Last night, @NYPDSpecialops Aviation was over Manhattan — protecting NYers from above — when they were hit with a green laser from a Brooklyn rooftop, temporarily blinding the pilot.@NYPD76Pct cops were able to locate & arrest the offender, who is now charged with the felony. pic.twitter.com/oiSFXHfO0I
— Commissioner Shea (@NYPDShea) May 26, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 05/31/2021 - 11:46am

NYPD Hate Crimes task force:

New photos of three individuals wanted in connection to the anti-Semitic assault on May 20th at 1604 Broadway in Manhattan. Know them? Or do you have more or better pictures of them? DM us or call @NYPDTips 1-800-577-TIPS. https://t.co/uZAdTdmoUo pic.twitter.com/fn2WdoHxhJ
— NYPD Hate Crimes (@NYPDHateCrimes) May 28, 2021

On 5/26/21 at approx 4:30 PM, an individual who was panhandling on a train approaching the W. 34th St and 6th Ave subway station, asked an Asian male if he was Chinese, made threats, demanded the victim's property and attempted to remove the his and bag. Info?1-800-577-Tips pic.twitter.com/lxFtXtJbiu
— NYPD Hate Crimes (@NYPDHateCrimes) May 29, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 05/31/2021 - 11:50am

a hint of Broken Windows theory returning and I'm all for it in this case because I DON'T WANT MY TAXES TO GO CLEAN UP MESSES LEFT BY FUCKING BRATTY SPOILED PROTESTERS WHOSE PARENTS PAY FOR THEIR CLEANING LADY:

We encourage everyone to exercise their constitutional right to protest and everyone’s right to self-expression but throwing debris into the roadway only creates a dangerous and hazardous condition to the public. pic.twitter.com/lMBtvlvIJH
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) May 26, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 05/31/2021 - 11:56am

More absurdity of the Chicago gun violence problem:

Police are investigating Rogers Park's sixth shooting of the month after a 27-year-old man was shot near Pottawatomie Park on Sunday evening.
The post Another shooting in Rogers Park on Sunday evening — sixth shooting victim of the month appeared... https://t.co/FhncoCvnFS
— ChicagoMusic (@_ChicagoMusic) May 31, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 05/31/2021 - 12:40pm

28 shot, 2 fatally, over Memorial Day weekend in Chicago

In preparation for the historically violent weekend, the Chicago Police Department canceled days off and put officers on 12-hour shifts while community groups fanned out across the city to draw people out of the line of fire.

By Sun-Times Wire with a whole day to go yet Updated May 31, 2021, 9:39am CDT

Two people have been killed and at least 26 others wounded in shootings across Chicago over Memorial Day weekend.

In preparation for the historically violent weekend, the Chicago Police Department canceled days off and put officers on 12-hour shifts. Meanwhile, community groups fanned out across the city to draw people out of the line of fire.

“This is our city that we love, and there is loss of life, and it should make us weep and roll up our sleeves,” said John Fuder of Chicagoland United in Prayer, whose group is sponsoring prayer marches across the city this weekend.

Shootings are up 36% this year compared to the same period in 2020, according to Sun-Times data. Homicides are spiking in areas long afflicted with gun violence.

Last year, Memorial Day weekend was the deadliest period of the year, with 12 killed and 42 others hurt.

Logan Square homicide

In the most recent fatal attack, a 29-year-old man was killed Saturday night in a shooting in Logan Square on the Northwest Side.

Mike Alicea was on the sidewalk about 9 p.m. when someone got out of a vehicle in the 3700 block of West McLean Avenue and began shooting, according to Chicago Police.

He was struck in the arm and leg and taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

caption: A family walks by as Chicago police investigate in the 3700 block of West McLean Avenue in Logan Square, where authorities said a 29-year-old man was shot multiple times Saturday night. Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times

Residents in the block watched investigators work from their porches and windows.

“I can’t say I’m shocked,” a woman who was returning home with her husband said. “As soon as it gets warm the shooters come outside.”

“We usually hear about shootings about a block away from here, or in the alleys a block away; it has never made it to our front yard like this,” her husband added.

Lawndale murder

Hours earlier, a 26-year-old man was fatally shot while driving in Lawndale on the West Side.

Luis Poole was driving east on Ogden Avenue when he was shot in the face and chest, police said. The vehicle he was driving came to a rest after striking a light pole in the 3100 block West Ogden Avenue.

Poole was brought to Mt. Sinai Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.

4 shot in restaurant parking lot in Grand Crossing

Four teens were shot Sunday night as they stood in the parking lot of a restaurant in Grand Crossing on the South Side.

The group was standing in the parking lot of a Subway, 6718 S. Stony Island Ave., when a dark-colored sedan drove by and someone inside fired shots, police said.

Caption: Chicago police investigate in a Subway at 6718 S. Stony Island Ave., where police said four teens were shot Sunday night as they stood in the parking lot of the Grand Crossing restaurant. Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times

Two 19-year-old, struck in the legs and feet, were taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition.

An 18-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy were struck in their legs, police said. They were also in good condition.

Belmont Cragin shooting

In nonfatal attacks, two men were wounded in a shooting early Monday in Belmont Cragin on the Northwest Side.

The pair were standing outside about 3:45 a.m. in the 5700 block of West Grand Avenue when the male suspect approached them and asked what gang they were affiliated with, police said [....]

Man shot in face on Lake Shore Drive [....]

12-year-old grazed [....]

by artappraiser on Mon, 05/31/2021 - 1:01pm

Prosecutors cracking down on juvies, must be systemic racism:

Boy, 14, charged with arson in fire that destroyed McHenry roller rink

Two teens trespassed in the former Just For Fun Roller Rink before it was burned down, police say.

By David Struett @dstru312 @ Chicago Sun Times, May 31, 2021, 11:39am CDT

A 14-year-old boy is charged with arson after burning down an abandoned roller rink last week in northwest suburban McHenry, police said.

The teen was with another 14-year-old boy last Thursday when they trespassed in the former Just For Fun Roller Rink, 914 N. Front St., McHenry police said in a statement.

The one teen “intentionally lit an object on fire which quickly spread out of control,” destroying the building, police said. No one was injured. A passerby witnessed the teens fleeing the scene, police said.

One teen faces a felony count each of arson, burglary and criminal damage to property. The other is charged with misdemeanor criminal trespass to property.

The juveniles were released to their parents and have been petitioned to the 22nd Judicial Circuit’s Juvenile Court system, police said [....]

by artappraiser on Mon, 05/31/2021 - 1:10pm

Prosecutors cracking down on people in "the community" trying to settle differences between themselves, must be systemic racism:

Owner of Maywood barbershop charged with killing customer who refused to pay

Deshon Mcadory was ordered held in lieu of $250,000 bail Sunday.

By Tom Schuba @ Chicago Sun Times, May 30, 2021, 5:55pm CDT

The owner of a suburban barbershop was ordered held in lieu of $250,000 bail Sunday after he allegedly shot and killed a customer who refused to pay.

Deshon Mcadory, 40, of Lombard, was charged with first-degree murder in last Thursday’s shooting at the Studio 914 barbershop, 914 S. 5th Ave. in Maywood, according to Cook County prosecutors and police in the western suburb.

That day, 31-year-old Christian McDougald refused to pay for a haircut and began arguing with the barbers at the shop, Assistant State’s Attorney Kevin Meehan said. After the dispute moved outside, everyone left except for McDougald and Mcadory.

That’s when Mcadory allegedly shot McDougald once in the chest when he followed the shop owner to its back door, Meehan said. Police previously reported that McDougald was discovered by responding officers and taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, where he was pronounced dead [....]

Oh and undoubtedly a racist judge, should have been more lenient with the bail; Deshon doesn't really have a problem handling firearms responsibly...

by artappraiser on Mon, 05/31/2021 - 1:18pm

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Russia plays weak hand in Palestine
Russia plays weak hand in Palestine

submitted by PeraclesPlease 8 months ago

The intra-Palestinian meeting in Moscow has precedent

Russia's hosted such meetings in the past, most recently Feb 2019

Russia has long lamented the US' "monopolization" of the peace process & tried to carve out a niche for itself: mediating among the disunited Palestinians/2
— Hanna Notte (@HannaNotte) February 29, 2024

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Mother Jones is Reaching out to Alternative Party Voters
Mother Jones is Reaching out to Alternative Party Voters

submitted by HSG 9 months ago

Here's what I told them: https://halginsberg.com/vote-for-jill-stein-again/

Read the article at https://halginsberg.com/vote-for-jill-stein-again/

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Controversial Brazil law curbing Indigenous rights comes...
Controversial Brazil law curbing Indigenous rights comes into force

submitted by artappraiser 11 months ago

Controversial Brazil law curbing Indigenous rights comes into force https://t.co/pCoDg05irX
— Gareth Harris (@garethharr) December 28, 2023

Read the article at https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/28/brazil-law-indigenous-land-rights-claim-time-marker?CMP=share_btn_tw

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Security Alert: U.S. Embassy Port-au-Prince, Haiti (...
Security Alert: U.S. Embassy Port-au-Prince, Haiti (December 25, 2023)

submitted by artappraiser 11 months ago

Location: U.S. Embassy and residential compounds

Events: Heavy gunfire is occuring around the area of the U.S. Embassy and residential compounds adjacent to the Trutier area of Tabarre. All Embassy personnel have been instructed to remain indoors and shelter-in-place until further notice. All others should avoid the area.

Actions to take:

Avoid the area;

Avoid demonstrations and any large gatherings of people;

Do not attempt to drive through roadblocks; and

If you encounter a roadblock, turn around and get to a safe area.

Read the article at https://ht.usembassy.gov/security-alert-u-s-embassy-port-au-prince-haiti-december-25-2023/

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Pakistan Is Creating the World’s Next Refugee Crisis
Pakistan Is Creating the World’s Next Refugee Crisis

submitted by artappraiser 11 months ago

By The Editorial Board @ Bloomberg.com, December 8, 2023

A mass expulsion of Afghan migrants could destabilize the region and fuel radicalization. The West should pressure Islamabad to change course.

Read the article at https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-12-08/pakistan-s-expulsion-of-afghan-refugees-risks-another-crisis

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Internet shut down in Chad
Internet shut down in Chad

submitted by artappraiser 11 months ago

All eyes on #Chad right now
Chad has two internet trunks coming into the country: One from the Red Sea via Sudan; the other from Cameroon. Not possible for the totality of the country's internet network to be shut unless done centrally. A lot of rumors swirling; few facts. https://t.co/N6bDJZ2ixO

Read the article at https://x.com/_hudsonc/status/1732891968709992511?s=20

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[Economy] where Joe's success falls short
[Economy] where Joe's success falls short

submitted by PeraclesPlease 11 months ago

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[CRIME News] 3 loss-prevention employees in Macy’s across...
[CRIME News] 3 loss-prevention employees in Macy’s across the street from Philadelphia City Hall stabbed

submitted by artappraiser 11 months ago

BREAKING: Three loss prevention employees in Macy’s across the street from Philadelphia City Hall stabbed, one of them has died from stab wounds, @PhillyPolice sources tell me. Police converged on the store as the three workers were rushed to Jefferson Hospital. pic.twitter.com/4U1eKycL4W

Read the article at https://x.com/KeeleyFox29/status/1731713272942940365?s=20

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Former U.S. Ambassador Arrested, Charged With Working As...
Former U.S. Ambassador Arrested, Charged With Working As Secret Agent For Cuba

submitted by artappraiser 11 months ago

Former US Ambassador Arrested, Charged With Working As Secret Agent For Cuba https://t.co/LDwo4ZJI1K
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) December 4, 2023

Read the article at https://www.huffpost.com/entry/manuel-rocha-ambassador-arrested-cuba_n_656d1e2ae4b028b0f3d07478

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[War in Israel, Chapter II] UNRWA under scrutiny
[War in Israel, Chapter II] UNRWA under scrutiny

submitted by artappraiser 11 months ago

[Chapter I news is HERE, Oct. 7 til today]

You don’t get it.
It’s not about an UNRWA teacher who held an Israeli kid hostage in his house.
It’s all about how for 75 years you have destroyed the future of generations of Palestinians, including my family.
My cousins in Arab countries are still not citizens - not even the… https://t.co/nv6anubGhc
— George Deek (@GeorgeDeek) December 2, 2023

Note 'Community Notes' attached to UNWRA's statement.

Read the article at https://x.com/GeorgeDeek/status/1731020551328579863?s=20

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Maduro, Under Pressure, Holds Vote to Annex Territory From...
Maduro, Under Pressure, Holds Vote to Annex Territory From a Neighbor

submitted by artappraiser 11 months ago

Imperialism for me but not for thee?

It's wild that Venezuela is now holding a vote on whether 2/3 of Guyana actually belongs to them! Analysts suggest that Modoru may want military action to pump up his sinking popularity.

Could we have a war in South America?!?

"The people who live in Essequibo are largely… pic.twitter.com/QvMEjkkgwy

Read the article at https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/03/world/americas/maduro-vote-essequibo-guyana.html

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[Where is the GOP headed?] Divisions leave Florida’s House...
[Where is the GOP headed?] Divisions leave Florida’s House Republicans powerless

submitted by artappraiser 11 months ago

The lack of a cohesive delegation has allowed attention-seeking lawmakers to act on their own.

McCarthy: “You have [Rep. Matt] Gaetz, who belongs in jail…”

Gaetz: “Tough words from a guy who sucker punches people in the back. The only assault I committed was against Kevin’s fragile ego.”https://t.co/LctPuz6Pcf

Read the article at https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/29/divisions-leave-floridas-house-republicans-powerless-00129200

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‘She got so mad at me’: book on the ‘Squad’ details AOC-...
‘She got so mad at me’: book on the ‘Squad’ details AOC-Pelosi clashes

submitted by artappraiser 11 months ago

By Martinn Pengelly in Washington DC for TheGuardian.com, Nov. 30

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tells Ryan Grim life in Congress ‘completely transformed’ after Democratic leader stepped down

Read the article at https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/nov/30/squad-book-aoc-nancy-pelosi?CMP=share_btn_tw

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US health insurers Humana, Cigna in talks to merge -source
US health insurers Humana, Cigna in talks to merge -source

submitted by artappraiser 11 months ago

@ Reuters, Nov. 29

Read the article at https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/us-health-insurers-humana-cigna-talks-merge-wsj-2023-11-29/

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Central Africa’s dinosaur regimes and the art of coup-...
Central Africa’s dinosaur regimes and the art of coup-proofing

submitted by artappraiser 11 months ago

"Both the AU and the intl community place more weight on whether elections are held than whether they are free and fair. Sanctions/expulsions occur when there is a coup but not necessarily when elections are rigged or if an “institutional coup” occurs." https://t.co/m9dNimJP0D
— Cameron Hudson (@_hudsonc) November 28, 2023

Read the article at https://africanarguments.org/2023/11/central-africas-dinosaur-regimes-and-the-art-of-coup-proofing/

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