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Chicago Police: Number of Shootings and Homicides Down From Last Year
According to official reports, Chicago police have seized more than 3,500 illegal guns during the first 6 months of this year. Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy announced on Monday that the...
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Emergency Anti-Violence Summit Convened in Chicago by Congressional Black Caucus
An emergency summit was called in Chicago at Chicago State University by the members of the Congressional Black Caucus, resulting in hundreds gathering to discuss ways to slow and work to halt urban...
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Florida to Hold Hearings On ‘Stand Your Ground’ Law This Fall
Will Weatherford, the Republican speaker of Florida’s House of Representatives, revealed on Friday that the state’s legislature will hold hearings on its infamous “Stand Your Ground” laws sometime...
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Stargazing with Kristen
Carmelo Vallone reflects on losing his first love to homicide and why he can’t talk about the Trayvon Martin verdict. — For a year now, I have not said a more than a few words about the killing, trial...
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Are You The New Serial Killer Target?
And even if so, does it actually matter? Thinking about risk and death. —- The September 2013 issue of The Atlantic features an outstanding piece by Hanna Rosin about a Craigslist killer who lured...
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Stop Making Murderers Famous
Justin Kanew calls for a new plan of action when it comes to homicidal killers: not giving them fame. ___ Much has been said about the 22-year-old UCSB gunman in the wake of his evil deed. He’s not...
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Thirteen, Black & Afraid to End Up Like Ferguson
13yr old Xavier Speaks to How He Feels About Violence Against Black Males – A couple of years ago my mother wanted to enrich my knowledge of black culture. I learned about matters pertaining to many...
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Is a Man Who Kills Still a Good Man?
Is it possible that the brutal attributes we deplore in men define them as “good” in a way that being kind and compassionate cannot? — “It would be both foolish and cumbersome to continue our everyday...
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Yes, Men’s Studies. You Got a Problem with That?
Dr. Andrew Smiler argues that Men’s Studies is necessary and the logical complement to Women’s and LGBTQ Studies. A few weeks ago, the New York Times pondered “A Master’s Degree in…Masculinity?” The...
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Santa Claus Shot and Killed in Home Invasion
Embed from Getty Images Let’s be honest. Santa risks his life every year by delivering presents to the war zone that is the homes of gun owning Americans. — Breaking News: Santa Claus, of unknown...
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Why Are Most Violent People Male?
Andrew Smiler considers several reasons why violent people are more likely to be male than female. — — Ray Rice cold-cocked his then-fiancée and now wife. It’s the latest episode of male violence in...
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Police Commissioner Disturbed by a Homicide Detective’s Letter
A snarky letter written by a 22-year employee of the Philadelphia Police Department who sought to admonish his co-workers has stunned the city’s top cop, who today pledged a careful and proper...
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Blue Lives, Black Lives
I was in Milwaukee recently visiting relatives. The local news was about a recent shooting of a police officer in Racine. On June 17, Officer John Hetland, off-duty at the time, was at Teezers Bar and...
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Who is Responsible When an Inmate Dies by Suicide?
— Who is responsible when an inmate dies by suicide? In jail, suicides occur for 50 deaths per 100,000 inmates. Dan Henson/Shutterstock.com Austin Sarat, Amherst College Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide in...
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Homicide Is Declining Around the World – but Why?
— Mateus Renno Santos, University of South Florida and Alexander Testa, The University of Texas at San Antonio Americans are currently living in one of the lowest crime periods ever – and so are many...
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Local News Covers Murder Victims from White Places More
BY STANFORD The recent deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery added momentum to the Black Lives Matter social movement in the United States. But the new research shows that local...
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Mass Shootings an American Epidemic?
By Lacey Wallace, Penn State The U.S. has suffered yet another mass shooting, with a deadly attack in a FedEx facility in Indianapolis. This was the fifth mass shooting in five weeks, including a...
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3 Reasons Stop-and-Frisk Is Still Wrong, Despite Rising Crime Rates
As homicide rates rise across much of the country — along with those for offenses like burglary — politicians and commentators are sounding the call for a practice that many believed had been...
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Concealed Gun Licenses and Homicides Rise in Tandem
By PATRICE HARLEY-RUTGERS As the right to carry expands in several states, the researchers note acute safety risks with the expansion of legal firearm ownership. The researchers examined the...
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Task Force to Focus on Social Media Algorithms, Gun Storage Education to Help...
By Jennifer Fernandez In 2024, North Carolina’s leading child health and welfare advocates hope to build on some of last year’s successes and tackle other threats to children in the state. The Child...
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