by JimThackerSAFE24 | Oct 24, 2021 | National News
POLK COUNTY, Fla. (CW44 News At 10)–On Tuesday morning, October 19, 2021, deputies from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man on a New Jersey warrant for murder, kidnapping, carjacking, and weapons charges. 51-year old James Lewis was taken into custody at a...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Oct 20, 2021 | National News, Qualified Immunity
The Supreme Court Monday issued two unsigned opinions applying qualified immunity to disputes over alleged excessive use of force by police officers, reversing lower court decisions that allowed the officers to be sued for their on-the-job conduct. There were no...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Oct 19, 2021 | National News
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Did a good deed go too far? An employee at the Hannaford supermarket in Essex says he tried to stop a purse thief at the store but was then fired for his actions. A viral post from Amir Shedyak is grabbing attention. The 20-year-old...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Oct 14, 2021 | National News
Walgreens is closing five more San Francisco locations as drug stores from the Bay Area to the Big Apple are besieged by rampant shoplifting and lax enforcement. San Fran shoplifters have been emboldened by a referendum that lowered the penalty for stealing goods...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Oct 12, 2021 | Crime Statistics, National News
The surge in violent crime over the past year—murders in particular—has been astounding and historic. The numbers back this up and paint a grim picture. Property crime is generally down, but violent crime is way, way up. The murder rate rose by nearly 30% in 2020,...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Oct 12, 2021 | National News, Prosecution of Crime
“Mutual combatants.” I was a prosecutor for nearly 20 years and taught criminal law. But I must admit, I’d missed that one and thus had to be, um, edified by the office of Kim Foxx, state’s attorney for Cook County, Ill., and thus responsible for enforcing the law on...
