Tag: Hate Crimes
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Suspect recorded killings of 2 Israeli Embassy staffers on a body camera, prosecutors say
Federal prosecutors say a man accused of fatally shooting two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington was wearing a body camera that captured video of the killings from his perspective
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Texas man arrested for allegedly threatening NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani
NEW YORK — A Texas man has been arrested for leaving multiple expletive-laden threats via voicemail and email to kill New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, authorities said Thursday. Jeremy Fistel, 43, was arraigned in Queens Criminal Supreme Court on charges of threatening Mamdani in three expletive-laden calls in June and July and via…
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25 years later, there is still work to be done | John Moore
October marked the 25th anniversary of a crime that hit close to home in Colorado and shook the world at large. Attention to that anniversary was paid throughout the month in Arvada, in Laramie, around the globe and in this newspaper. And I can’t recall any recent story topic that has drawn as much vitriolic…
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How the El Paso County DA can keep arrest affidavit for Club Q suspect secret
The ability to take away a person’s freedom is one of the most serious powers held by a government. An arrest affidavit is a key document explaining to a judge — and the public — a law enforcement agency’s rationale for doing so. But an open records law in Colorado allows agencies broad discretion to withhold criminal justice records, and…