Crime News

• Police record 172 vegan hate crimes in past five years
  
  Last year, 1.16 per cent of the population, 600,000 people, were vegan according to surveys by Ipsos Mori. It quadrupled from 150,000 in 2014.
  Daily Mail.  Saturday, 8 Aug 2020.
• Amber Guyger appeals murder charge in death of Botham Jean
  
  Guyger has requested to be either acquitted of murder or receive a lesser charge of criminally negligent homicide because "she had the right to act in deadly force."
  Yahoo.  Friday, 7 Aug 2020.
• California Bill Would Make Victims Of Police Violence Eligible For Compensation
  
  The proposed measure would let victims of police violence use documentation other than a police report to verify they were a victim of a crime.
  Forbes.  Friday, 7 Aug 2020.
• Detectives hope new forensic technology will solve murder case 30 years on
  
  Police in Durham have reopened a cold case murder of 30 years, in the hope that new forensic techniques will help solve the crime.
  Sky News.  Friday, 7 Aug 2020.
• Police launch criminal investigation after officer was filmed 'kneeling on teenager's neck'
  
  Footage of the incident, which saw a 17-year-old boy being restrained by officers on ground outside Elland Road stadium, was widely shared on social media last month.
  Daily Mail.  Friday, 7 Aug 2020.
• New York AG seeks to shut down NRA in suit alleging financial crimes
  
  James' lawsuit against the NRA is the culmination of an investigation into the gun rights group that began in early 2019.
  CBS News.  Thursday, 6 Aug 2020.
• Federal Law Enforcement Program Expands Amid Spike in Violent Crime
  
  Agents sent to Memphis, St. Louis, in program unrelated to more controversial deployment to Portland, Oregon.
  Voice of America.  Thursday, 6 Aug 2020.
• ICE detained hundreds of Mississippi chicken plant workers. Now managers are charged
  
  The indictments mark the first criminal action prosecutors have taken against company managers after ICE took close to 700 workers into custody last year during a massive raid on food processing plants.
  Yahoo.  Thursday, 6 Aug 2020.
• This Fan-Made Opening to a Friday the 13th Saturday Morning Cartoon Is Killer
  
  Artist Mike Chiechi envisioned what a Saturday morning animated series starring Jason Voorhees might look like. As you might expect, it looks like a crime scene.
  Mental Floss.  Thursday, 6 Aug 2020.
• Chicago crime: 8-year-old, 14-year-old shot in separate drive-by shootings; 3 others injured
  
  Two children were hurt in two separate shootings about 30 minutes apart Wednesday night, Chicago police say.
  ABC News.  Thursday, 6 Aug 2020.
• Nama: Two men to be charged over NI's biggest property deal
  
  Ian Coulter and Frank Cushnahan deny fraud charges after a National Crime Agency investigation.
  BBC News.  Thursday, 6 Aug 2020.
• Report: New York Prosecutors Subpoenaed Deutsche Bank in Trump Probe
  
  Manhattan district attorney's office suggests its criminal investigation into president's business practices is more wide-ranging than previously known, The New York Times says.
  Voice of America.  Wednesday, 5 Aug 2020.
• Missouri lawmakers advance crime bill
  
  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - A committee on Wednesday advanced a bill aimed at curbing violent crime in Missouri to be debated in the state Senate. Republican Gov. ...
  Washington Times.  Wednesday, 5 Aug 2020.
• De Blasio appears to blame NYC's crime surge on lack of federal stimulus money
  
  "Look, we need help," he said.
  Fox News.  Wednesday, 5 Aug 2020.
• 'Outrageous & politicized': California couple seen defacing BLM mural pleads not guilty to hate crime charge
  
  Nicole Anderson and David Nelson entered not guilty pleas to three misdemeanor charges.
  ABC News.  Wednesday, 5 Aug 2020.

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