by jpitney | Mar 31, 2023 | Crime
Tal Axelrod at ABC: (h/t Jacob Smagula) “There’s nothing even remotely like it in American history. The closest that we come is Richard Nixon back in 1974, after he had left the White House upon resignation in the face of almost certain impeachment by the...
by jpitney | Mar 26, 2023 | Asian American, Crime, Elections
Asian Americans to Democrats: “we want safe streets, good schools and less progressive ideology.” That’s the message and 2024 warning from San Francisco. Footnote about our unfortunate experience at the end. @OutFrontCNN story features @JoelEngardio....
by jpitney | Mar 18, 2023 | Claremont McKenna College, Crime
Anne Bergman at CMC: It wasn’t long after joining the government department at Claremont McKenna in 2021, that Prof. Michael Fortner formed an indelible impression of CMC students. “They’re intellectually curious,” said Fortner, who is teaching “Introduction to...
by jpitney | Feb 23, 2023 | Crime, Journalism, Journalists
David Harris, Amanda Rabines and Jeff Weiner at the Orlando Sentinel: An Orlando TV journalist and a child were shot and killed on Wednesday evening near a crime scene where a woman was found shot to death earlier in the day, in a brutal spate of violence in Pine...
by jpitney | Oct 6, 2022 | Crime, Journalism, Journalists, Nevada
Sarah Ellison at WP: It was after midnight when Las Vegas Review-Journal executive editor Glenn Cook hit send on a short email to the staff. “I’m beyond devastated to be sending you this message,” he wrote. Veteran investigative reporter Jeff German had been found...
by jpitney | Aug 1, 2022 | Congress, Crime, Violence
Andrew Solender at Axios: A series of high-profile security incidents is rattling members of Congress and prompting Capitol security officials to take major steps to shore up lawmakers’ security. Why it matters: Threats against lawmakers have risen...
