by jpitney | Aug 8, 2021 | Crime, Journalism
At the Committee to Protect Journalists, Katherine Jacobsen interview Rick Hutzell ,former editor of the Capital Gazette, the site of the worst newsroom shooting in U.S. history, With the Capital Gazette’s Annapolis office permanently closed for financial reasons due...
by jpitney | Jul 17, 2021 | Crime, Journalism
CNN: A jury in Maryland on Thursday found that the man who killed five employees of the Capital Gazette newspaper is criminally responsible for the attack, rejecting his plea of insanity. Jarrod Ramos walked into the Capital Gazette offices in June 2018 and opened...
by jpitney | Jul 15, 2021 | Congress, Crime, Insurrection
From GWU: Today’s Numbers The number of federal cases against individuals involved in the Capitol Hill Siege stands at 537. According to our latest analysis of the cases: The average age of individuals was 39-years-old. Individuals came from 43 states and the...
by jpitney | Jul 3, 2021 | Autism, Crime, Insurrection, Journalism
Alex Mann at The Capital Gazette: A neurologist testified Friday afternoon that the man who murdered five Capital Gazette employees has autism spectrum disorder, one of the diagnoses his defense attorneys are basing his insanity claims on. The gunman who fatally shot...
by jpitney | May 25, 2021 | Crime, Police
Michael Javen Fortner, who will soon join the faculty of the Claremont McKenna Department of Government, writes at The Boston Globe: Whether the Chauvin verdict augurs well for Black lives depends on the debate we decide to have over criminal justice reform....
by jpitney | Apr 24, 2021 | Civil Rights, Crime, Public Opinion
Michael Javen Fortner at City Journal: In a 2019 Pew survey, 44 percent of blacks reported being “unfairly stopped by police” because of their race; 54 percent said, “No, has not happened to me.” In a Monmouth poll taken after Floyd’s death, 44 percent of...
