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February 05, 2022

Tragic death of Sgt. Jenkins reminder of dangers in law enforcement - WATE 6 On Your Side

LOUDON, Tenn. (WATE) — It’s clear the tragic loss of Loudon County Sheriff’s Sgt. Chris Jenkins has served as a reminder to many just how dangerous a career in law enforcement is for those who put on the uniform each day. Sgt. Jenkins died Thursday while working a call on Interstate 75 in Loudon County. Jenkins was removing a ladder that had come off a vehicle from the roadway. Tennessee law ...
February 05, 2022

Iowa considers Second Amendment Preservation Act gun law - St. Louis Public Radio

Iowa lawmakers are considering a measure similar to one that passed in Missouri that subjects police departments to penalties for enforcing federal gun regulations. A bill under consideration by the Iowa legislature that would penalize local police for enforcing federal gun laws has the backing of a Second Amendment absolutist who thinks the NRA is too soft on gun rights. Aaron Dorr, a lobb...
February 05, 2022

Jan. 6 speaker Madison Cawthorn isn't allowed to be in Congress, challenge says - NPR

North Carolina Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn has developed a national following as one of the most far-right members of Congress. But now his ability to run for reelection in the fall is being challenged, in part because of his actions on the day of the attack on the U.S. Capitol more than a year ago. A team of lawyers says he violated U.S. Constitution. Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, wh...
February 05, 2022

Post-Confederate law bars Jan. 6 speaker Rep. Cawthorn from office, challengers argue - WYPR

Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C., is seen here speaking during the 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas. North Carolina Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn has developed a national following as one of the most far-right members of Congress. But now his ability to run for reelection in the fall is being challenged, in part because of his actions on the day of the attack on the U...
February 05, 2022

Ammo Shortage Hits Law Enforcement in the Midwest - The National Interest

An ammunition shortage has been affecting the United States since the start of the pandemic. Most media coverage has dealt with the effect the shortage has been having on hunters, especially during crucial hunting seasons. However, a new report says that in one part of the country, at least, the shortage is beginning to affect law enforcement. According to WEVV, police and sheriff departments...
February 05, 2022

Buddy's Law: Rescuers advocate bill in Mississippi Legislature that addresses children who abuse animals - Magnolia State Live - Magnolia State Live

Esther Jeffus adopted a white kitten that she named Frazier after a child allegedly tried to drown him and two of his littermates outside of a Natchez apartment complex. Frazier’s littermates did not survive. (Submitted photo) Animal rescue services in southwest Mississippi are advocating a new law that could require children who abuse a dog or cat to undergo mental evaluation. According to t...
February 05, 2022

New Law Will Help Families to Search for Missing Persons | - wkok.com

HARRISBURG – A new law has been passed and signed into law, which will help family’s solve missing person cases. State Representatives Lynda Schlegel Culver (R-108th, Sunbury) and Dave Millard (R-109th, Berwick) say the law requires state police to turnover DNA samples of missing persons and to the database of the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NAMUS). Rep. Millard says fam...
February 05, 2022

Former Senate leader Mike Morgan gets law license back 10 years after bribery conviction - Oklahoman.com

Former state Senate leader Mike Morgan is being reinstated as a lawyer 10 years after he was convicted of accepting bribes disguised as legal fees. The Oklahoma Supreme Court voted 5-3 to allow him to practice law again. Morgan, a Stillwater Democrat, was Senate president pro tem in 2005 and 2006 and co-president pro tem in 2007 and 2008. He was convicted in Oklahoma City federal court in 2...
February 05, 2022

New York City man arrested for felony Leandra's Law DWI - Mid Hudson News Website

NEW PALTZ – A New York City man has been arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated and aggravated DWI both misdemeanors and two counts of driving while intoxicated with a child in the vehicle, a felony. At about 10 p.m. on February 1, State Police discovered a disabled vehicle that had run out of gas on the Thruway in the Town of New Paltz. While interviewing the driver, identified ...
February 05, 2022

Kashmir journalist arrested under India's anti-terror law - Associated Press

1 of 2 FILE- Fahad Shah, right, editor-in-chief of Kashmir Walla, works on his computer inside the newsroom at his office in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir have arrested Shah, a young journalist on accusations of publishing "anti-national content," police said, in a widening crackdown against media in the disputed region. (AP Ph...