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The injunctions will target 28 people who live outside the downtown Tenderloin district but have been arrested for selling fentanyl, heroin, cocaine or methamphetamine there at least twice over 18 months.
A federal appeals panel rejected a plan by a trial judge aimed at expediting a settlement of 1,300 lawsuits by cities and counties against opioid manufacturers.
Activists attribute the inaction to pushback from powerful police unions and poor timing. When George Floyd was killed on Memorial Day, at least 23 state legislatures had adjourned.
Probability theory may offer an explanation. It holds that the quantity of rare events in huge populations tends to remain stable absent major societal changes.
In Breonna Taylor’s hometown of Louisville, gunfire rang out and wounded two police officers. Hundreds of demonstrators chanted Taylor’s name and marched in many cities.
A Kentucky grand jury indicted a police officer for shooting into neighboring apartments but did not move forward with charges against officers for their role in Breonna Taylor’s death, deciding that they shot in self-defense.
From 2013 through 2017, New Jersey prosecutors charged law enforcement officers with official misconduct at least 118 times. Fewer than one-third of them received time behind bars.
Of about 1,000 deadly shootings by police officers each year, only 121 have been charged in such cases since 2005, and only 44 of those defendants have been convicted.
Federal judiciary proposal comes after judge’s son was killed. “What they’re saying is the First Amendment doesn’t apply to judges, which is just awful,” says a critic.
In an examination of President Donald Trump’s record on racial issues, the Washington Post says he was unhappy when his support of prison reform did not raise his poll numbers among Blacks.