by JimThackerSAFE24 | Jan 21, 2022 | National News, News & Events
A Philadelphia man shot and killed a man who was trying to steal his car from outside his house, according to reports. The licensed gun owner shot at least once early Tuesday after seeing three men trying to tow away his car, possibly just to rip out its catalytic...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Jan 17, 2022 | National News
The scene was a stretch of railroad tracks in Lincoln Heights on Saturday: A blizzard of torn plastic wrappers, cardboard boxes and paper packaging attesting to a wave of rail car thievery that officials say has been on the rise in recent months. Several scavengers...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Jan 10, 2022 | National News
New York City’s new police commissioner has expressed severe dissatisfaction with the policies of the new Manhattan district attorney, sending an email to all officers late on Friday that suggests a potential rupture between City Hall and the prosecutor over their...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Jan 3, 2022 | Library, National News
Olympia, WA – Washington lawmakers are considering a bill that would lessen the penalty for fatal drive-by shootings in order to promote racial equality. House Bill 1692, the brainchild of Rep. David Hackney (D-Tukwila) and Rep. Tarra Simmons (D-Bremerton), seeks to...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Jan 3, 2022 | National News
Across the U.S., 2021 was a bad year for crime. The New York City Police Department reported a 4.1% increase in homicides over 2020. Chicago’s increase was 5% and Los Angeles suffered a 13% rise in killings. The 2021 figures follow a scary 2020, when the nationwide...
by JimThackerSAFE24 | Jan 3, 2022 | National News
With 2021 coming to a close, Minneapolis is approaching a grim milestone. The city recorded its 96th homicide this week, one shy of the record set in 1995. A surge in gun violence in 2021, especially in the city’s most diverse and lowest-income neighborhoods,...
