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Baltimore mayor calls for complete overhaul of juvenile justice system, sparking controversy

BALTIMORE (WBFF) — Advocates for juvenile justice reform were turning their heads on Friday when Mayor Brandon Scott called for an overhaul of the state’s juvenile justice system. “We have to build a juvenile justice system that works from the ground up, every portion has to be looked at. I’ve been talking about that for […]

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Fighting violent crime in Baltimore

The swearing in ceremony on Thursday of Richard Worley as Baltimore’s police commissioner comes as the police department faces new scrutiny amid recent violent crimes, including Tuesday’s shooting on the campus of Morgan State University, last week’s killing of a rising tech CEO and an arson and rape in west Baltimore just days prior. 11 […]

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Oklahoma City mayor David Holt gives monthly update

Oklahoma City mayor David Holt addresses violent crime in OKC as well as the push for affordable housing.Click the video player above to watch the full interview. OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City mayor David Holt addresses violent crime in OKC as well as the push for affordable housing. Click the video player above to watch […]

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Alabama

Law enforcement veteran challenging incumbent Alabama attorney general | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) – Alabama’s attorney general faces a challenger in Tuesday’s election from a veteran of law enforcement. Republican Steve Marshall is running against Tarrant Police Chief Wendell Major, a Democrat. Each offers a different perspective on the attorney general’s office and its role in state government. Marshall said pushing back against the federal […]

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Black leaders rebuke Tuberville stance on reparations, crime | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

By COREY WILLIAMS – Associated Press As far as Jeremy Ellis is concerned, Republican Tommy Tuberville should know or learn more about the long history and struggles of the Black Alabama residents he represents in the U.S. Senate. Tuberville told people Saturday at an election rally in Nevada that Democrats support reparations for the descendants […]

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Mayor of Washington, DC, faces formidable primary challenge

WASHINGTON — Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser faced a formidable fight for a third term, challenged in Tuesday’s Democratic primary by two council members in a race dominated by crime and public safety issues. During Bowser’s tumultuous second term, she clashed with former President Donald Trump and walked a public tightrope between her own police […]

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Alaska

Governors diverge on gun control, school security efforts | National Politics | #alaska | #politics

Many Republican governors are emphasizing a different solution: more security at schools. After the massacre Tuesday at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, The Associated Press asked governors across the U.S. whether they believed their states have an obligation to reduce mass shootings and violence committed with guns and, if so, how to do that. […]

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Governor Hogan And Mayor Scott Spar Over Baltimore Crime – CBS Baltimore

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Once again, Gov. Larry Hogan and Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott are sparring about crime in the city and who’s doing enough work to get the problem under control. The back and forth comes after an 83-year-old woman, Marjorie Tyson was shot and injured as she was reading in her bedroom in Northwest […]

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Alabama

Inside the manhunt for an escaped murder suspect and jailer | Elections Ap | #elections | #alabama

WASHINGTON (AP) — It was about three hours after sheriff’s officials in Alabama realized a capital murder suspect and a senior jail official who had taken him for a mental health evaluation had disappeared when Sheriff Rick Singleton called in the U.S. marshals. At first, law enforcement officials believed the suspect, Casey White, might have […]

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Alaska

Alaska Nazi prison gang members convicted in grisly death | Politics | #alaska | #politics

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Five people affiliated with a Nazi prison gang, including one who legally changed his name to Filthy Fuhrer, have been convicted in the grisly death of a member whose gang tattoo was cut off his rib cage with a hot knife before he was shot and his body was burned, a […]

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