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Deputies investigating 2 separate shootings inside Ginnie Springs over Memorial Day weekend
Read full article: Deputies investigating 2 separate shootings inside Ginnie Springs over Memorial Day weekendThe Gilchrist County Sheriff’s Office announced it is investigating two separate shootings that happened over Memorial Day weekend.
After a 12-year-old girl was injured in drive-by shooting, neighbors left asking, ‘Why a kid?’
Read full article: After a 12-year-old girl was injured in drive-by shooting, neighbors left asking, ‘Why a kid?’Neighbors in Panama Park on Jackonville’s Northside are outraged over a 12-year-old being shot in broad daylight on Thursday.
After string of shootings, local organization attempts to prevent future shootings
Read full article: After string of shootings, local organization attempts to prevent future shootingsKeith Oglesby, the co-president of Interfaith Coalition for Action, Reconciliation & Empowerment or ICARE, says that the violence in the city is something they’re working to combat because it’s sad that the residents must deal with this.
Recent shootings in Northeast Florida show alarming pattern: bullets flying on highways and byways in broad daylight
Read full article: Recent shootings in Northeast Florida show alarming pattern: bullets flying on highways and byways in broad daylightDetectives are currently investigating several shootings in Northeast Florida that show an alarming pattern on local roads: bullets flying on highways and byways in broad daylight.
1 killed, 2 others injured in separate shootings Wednesday night in Jacksonville
Read full article: 1 killed, 2 others injured in separate shootings Wednesday night in JacksonvilleOne of the shootings took place on the city’s far Northwest side, along Dunn Avenue, and the second took place in the Woodstock area, along Sophia Street.
At least three dead and five injured at early morning shootings in Kansas City, Missouri
Read full article: At least three dead and five injured at early morning shootings in Kansas City, MissouriPolice in Missouri investigated two shootings with multiple victims in the same area of Kansas City early Sunday morning.
Jacksonville sheriff candidates address gun violence following 5 shootings over weekend
Read full article: Jacksonville sheriff candidates address gun violence following 5 shootings over weekendFrom the Mayport area to Moncrief to the southside, Jacksonville saw five shootings in 10 hours over the weekend that left two dead and five injured.
Anti-crime groups, councilman call for community intervention following Westside violence
Read full article: Anti-crime groups, councilman call for community intervention following Westside violenceResidents living on the Westside near 103rd Street and Interstate 295 are frustrated following a string of recent shootings — one of which was deadly.
Police investigating 2 unrelated Friday shootings in Jacksonville
Read full article: Police investigating 2 unrelated Friday shootings in JacksonvilleOfficers with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office were called to investigate two unrelated shootings that occurred Friday afternoon and evening in city neighborhoods.
2 dead in 4 unrelated shootings in Jacksonville
Read full article: 2 dead in 4 unrelated shootings in JacksonvilleJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Between 4:40 and 9:45 p.m. Wednesday, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was called to four separate shootings in four different parts of town. About four hours later a 33-year-old man was found shot to death in a ditch on Higginbotham Street in Baldwin. (EDITOR’S NOTE: News4Jax previously reported that this incident was a homicide, but we learned from JSO Thursday morning the man survived.) Scene at Volaris West KernanNews4Jax is working to get additional details on all the shootings. According to News4Jax records, the three homicides Wednesday night brings the total in Jacksonville so far this year to 138.
Police contracts can stand in the way of accountability
Read full article: Police contracts can stand in the way of accountabilityA police officer engages with a protester Wednesday, July 1, 2020, in Seattle, where streets had been blocked off in an area demonstrators had occupied for weeks. Seattle police showed up in force earlier in the day at the "occupied" protest zone, tore down demonstrators' tents and used bicycles to herd the protesters after the mayor ordered the area cleared following two fatal shootings in less than two weeks. The "Capitol Hill Occupied Protest" zone was set up near downtown following the death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Police contracts can stand in the way of accountability
Read full article: Police contracts can stand in the way of accountabilityCollective bargaining agreements for officers provide protections that stand in the way of accountability, even when the federal government is overseeing an agency through a consent decree, experts said. Contracts designed to ensure officers receive fair wages and benefits have spilled over into public policy. “These examples bolster the hypothesis that some union contract provisions may impede effective investigations of police misconduct and shield problematic officers from discipline,” Rushin said. The city entered into a settlement agreement, or consent decree, the following year and passed an accountability measure for additional oversight. One Seattle officer who benefited from the union contract in recent years was Cynthia Whitlach.
Jacksonville has deadly weekend with multiple shootings
Read full article: Jacksonville has deadly weekend with multiple shootingsJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – It was a violent Fourth of July weekend for the River City. We now have details about two deadly Jacksonville shootings that happened within 90 minutes of each other on Sunday, and a third that happened Sunday evening. The second happened on Broadway Avenue, where police found a man shot to death in a yard. Sunday’s shootings follow multiple shootings that happened on Friday and Saturday. In total, 10 people in Jacksonville were injured or killed in shootings this weekend.
The Latest: Man shot during protest over New Mexico statue
Read full article: The Latest: Man shot during protest over New Mexico statue(AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)TOP OF THE HOUR:— Man shot as protesters in New Mexico try to tear down statue. — Seattle City Council votes unanimously to bar police from using tear gas and pepper spray. ___ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A man was shot Monday night as protesters in New Mexico’s largest city tried to tear down a bronze statue of a Spanish conquistador outside the Albuquerque Museum. Moments later a few gunshots could be heard down the street and people started yelling that someone had been shot. Gallegos said officers used tear gas and flash bangs to protect officers and detain those involved in the shooting.
Jacksonville mother is desperately pleading for her daughter's killer to come forward
Read full article: Jacksonville mother is desperately pleading for her daughter's killer to come forwardJacksonville mother is desperately pleading for her daughter's killer to come forwardPublished: June 10, 2020, 11:21 pmCook’s family said she was with a group of women when the shooting happened, and they believe someone in the group knows the identity of the shooter.
US nears 100,000 pandemic deaths: Does Trump feel your pain?
Read full article: US nears 100,000 pandemic deaths: Does Trump feel your pain?Now there is another, a still-growing American casualty list that has exceeded deaths from the Vietnam and Korean wars combined. Actual deaths from COVID-19 are almost certainly higher than the numbers show, an undercount to be corrected in time. It is well beyond what he told people to expect even as his public-health authorities started bracing the country in early April for at least 100,000 deaths. Unlike his emotional vice president, Joe Biden, Obama practiced his own kind of social distancing, to the point of aloofness. This, too, is not Trump's way.
Mayor taps ex-Dallas chief to head Chicago police force
Read full article: Mayor taps ex-Dallas chief to head Chicago police forceFormer Dallas Police Chief David Brown, left, speaks to reporters after Mayor Lori Lightfoot, right, nominated him to be Chicago's next police superintendent Thursday, April 2, 2020. The third was Ernest Cato, a deputy chief on the Chicago police force. The mayor said one of the things that most impressed her about Brown was that he implemented many reforms in Dallas that the Chicago department is now trying to introduce. During his tenure in Dallas, Brown took steps that were controversial among officers, including making use-of-force data public. In December, just days after Johnson announced his retirement and Lightfoot named Beck as the interim superintendent, the mayor abruptly fired Johnson.
7 shot in 3-day span in violent weekend in Jacksonville
Read full article: 7 shot in 3-day span in violent weekend in JacksonvilleJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Seven people were shot, two fatally, in a span of three days in Jacksonville. According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, seven separate shootings, including a double shooting, were reported between late Friday morning and Sunday evening across the city. According to the Sheriff’s Office, one man was struck in the lower leg and the other was shot in the upper torso. “One of my priorities is to clean the main streets of Northwest Jacksonville," Pittman said. Anyone with information that could help investigators is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office at 904-630-0500 or email JSOCrimeTips@jaxsheriff.org.
Blast in Syrian town held by Turkey-backed gunmen kills 3
Read full article: Blast in Syrian town held by Turkey-backed gunmen kills 3(AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)ISTANBUL – A car bomb exploded in a Turkey-controlled northern Syrian town on the border Saturday, killing at least three people, Turkey's Defense Ministry said. The ministry blamed Saturday’s car bomb attack on Syrian Kurdish fighters, the third such attack in Tal Abyad this month, leaving at least 24 people dead. On Saturday, the Observatory said the Syrian troops withdrew amid an advance by the Turkey-backed fighters, who have been seeking to capture the town for weeks. It was not clear if the Syrian troops had since withdrawn. The patrols are part of the Russian-brokered ceasefire to ensure the Kurdish fighters withdraw from the border area.
Blast in Syrian town held by Turkey-backed gunmen kills 13
Read full article: Blast in Syrian town held by Turkey-backed gunmen kills 13(AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)ISTANBUL – A car bomb exploded in a northern Syrian town along the border with Turkey on Saturday killing 13 people, Turkey's Defense Ministry said. The ministry said about 20 others were wounded when the bomb exploded in central Tal Abyad, which was captured last month by Turkey-backed opposition gunmen from Kurdish-led fighters. The ministry blamed Syrian Kurdish fighters for the attack, saying it harshly condemns it and called on the international community to take a stance against this "cruel terror organization." Earlier on Saturday, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said Christian fighters will now oversee security in a northern Syrian region that has witnessed fighting between Turkey-backed troops and Kurdish-led militiamen. But the U.S. had partnered with the Syrian Kurdish fighters, their top allies in the war against the Islamic State group.