The Crime Report (https://thecrimereport.org/author/jackatme/)
Across the country, police officers are facing increased threats of violence and death while responding to routine calls involving increasingly unruly and illegally armed suspects.
The latest report from the American Bar Association and a consulting firm found that the public defender shortages in New Mexico and Oregon are reaching critical levels. Experts warn that these shortages have been the “norm” for years — and if nothing is done soon, more people will be without adequate counsel, violating their constitutional right.
Defense attorneys in the high-profile case depict their clients as reluctant puppets entrapped by the F.B.I. agents and informants whom they say came up with the kidnapping plot.
GOP candidates are already hammering Democrats for fostering lawlessness, while prominent Black activists are pressing Biden and Harris to follow through on campaign pledges.
Supporters say that the extradition and prosecution will undermine press freedoms in the United States. The Supreme Court has not yet decided whether it will accept the case — a decision that could take weeks.
Since December of 2020, train thieves have been increasingly making their presence known. Union Pacific, America’s largest railroad franchise, has only six officers to patrol between Arizona, and the Pacific coast as criminal rail theft jumps.
Reuters has documented over 850 threats and hostile messages to U.S. election officials and workers, more than 100 of which potentially meeting the federal threshold for criminal prosecution.
It’s been a year since the SolarWinds attack that inspired the board’s creation came to light, but the cyber board hasn’t launched yet despite the multiple high-level attacks that have occurred since.
The International Committee of the Red Cross has revealed that hackers have stolen data on over 515,000 “highly vulnerable people,” recipients of aid and services from at least 60 affiliates of the charitable organization worldwide, forcing the aid organization to temporarily halt a program that reunites families torn apart by violence, migration or other tragedies.
Some of the systemic problems of modern policing in America have more to do with the constraints of unions and public service personnel policies than with so-called police “culture,” says a Northwestern University law professor.