Stories tagged: "crime"


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Michigan Wants to Use COVID Funds To Get Guns Off the Street

Michigan wants to use COVID relief funds to train police officers as well as to get illegal guns off the street.

President Trump wants to limit funding to cities where protests are ongoing across the United States. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Trump Aims To Prevent Cities With Ongoing Protests From Receiving Federal Funding

While ignoring right-wing violence and rising violent crime in GOP-led cities, President Trump wants to curtail funding to cities where protests are ongoing.

Police officers respond to a crime scene in Brooklyn, New York where a 23-year-old man was discovered with gunshot wounds before being transported to a hospital where he died from his injuries. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Gun Crime Is Up and Trump’s Policies Will Only Exacerbate It

As the GOP fails to act on gun violence, income inequality and inflammatory rhetoric are only making the problem worse across the nation in Republican and Democratic cities alike.

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WATCH: Federal Judge Esther Salas Speaks for the First Time Since Her Son’s Murder

The son and husband of an esteemed Latina federal judge were shot last month by a man who later committed suicide. Her son did not survive the shooting.