
Middletown mayor talks about change needed after officer attack – NBC Connecticut
- Google-News-Wire
- August 20, 2023
- Middletown
- violence
It’s the mayors and the police chiefs that are routinely going before cameras to answer questions from their community members about why violence continues to be a problem, and what they’re going to do about it. Middletown was one of those places recently. A police officer was attacked by a man with a hammer and […]
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Bill Kirby Jr.: We could have used the old city manager at City Council’s public safety meeting | #citycouncil
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- August 20, 2023
- City Council
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- crime
- fayetteville
- guns
- Kemberle Braden
- republican
- violence
By Bill Kirby Jr. | Columnist There were those in this community, including some members of the Fayetteville City Council, who never quite warmed to Ted Voorhees, the no-nonsense city manager. He could be pompous. He could be brusque. Downright arrogant, some might say. But when it came to crime in this city, particularly homicides, […]
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Cleveland councilmembers decry mayor’s absence in wake of mass shooting
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- July 13, 2023
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- Cleveland city Council
- mass shooting
- mayor bibb
- tension
- violence
CLEVELAND — Tensions ran high at Wednesday night’s Cleveland City Council meeting, the first since the mass shooting in the downtown Warehouse District, with some councilmembers voicing concern over the absence of Mayor Justin Bibb or anyone from the administration. “In all my time in this body, 13 consecutive terms, I have never ever seen […]
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Tulsa mayor proclaim June 2 as National Gun Violence Awareness Day in Tulsa
TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — Just a day after the One year anniversary of the Saint Francis hospital shooting, Tulsa mayor, G.T. Bynum, has declared June 2nd as National Gun Violence Awareness Day in Tulsa. “For me, its not just a dot on the map, its not just a statistic. We see that number of gun […]
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Lynchburg City Council votes to approve a youth curfew | #citycouncil
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- May 24, 2023
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- curfew
- Lynchburg
- violence
LYNCHBURG, Va. – Lynchburg City leaders are moving forward with a curfew that will start on Friday. The new curfew will be enforced from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. the next day. The idea for the curfew was brought up at a previous council meeting following the shooting of 6-year-old Kingston Campbell. Since Campbell’s tragic […]
Read MoreLarge fight breaks out, police respond to political party’s Minneapolis city council campaign event | #citycouncil
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- May 14, 2023
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- U.S. News
- violence
A brawl broke out at a political party’s campaign event for Minneapolis City Council candidates Saturday, resulting in a call to police and injuries following the fight sparked by loud disagreements over nominations May 14, 2023, 2:48 AM ET • 2 min read MINNEAPOLIS — A brawl broke out at a political party’s campaign event […]
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One Louisville activist hopeful Mayor’s gun violence plan will make real change
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- January 11, 2023
- gun
- Leonard Boyd
- Louisville
- Mayor Craig Greenberg
- Mics Up Guns Down
- violence
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – While Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg pleaded with people Wednesday to put the guns down, several community activists were in the room to listen and show support. Among them was Leonard Boyd, the founder of Mics Up Guns Down, which is an organization designed to encourage children to raise their voices in […]
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Alaska lawmaker takes stand in case over Oath Keepers ties | Politics | #alaska | #politics
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska lawmaker took the stand Wednesday in a case alleging his ties to the far-right group Oath Keepers disqualifies him from holding office. Republican Rep. David Eastman said he believed he remained a member of the group, saying he had not heard anything from the Oath Keepers about his membership […]
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City council’s approval of NAH proposal deemed ‘short-sighted’ | #citycouncil
It is difficult to understand how our members of city council could approve the NAH proposal. This seems short-sighted and narrow-minded. This billion dollar project does not come even close to meeting the city’s plan for carbon neutrality by 2030. Token mentions of some solar panels, a few charging stations for EVs and no LEED […]
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