Questions about the shooting of Christian Hall by the Pennsylvania State Police have not gone away since the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office ruled the use of force justified.
For activist Treandous T.C Cuthbertson, these questions demand answers: Who gave the order to shoot? When did Hall become a threat to the officers? Why did the statement from the Pennsylvania State Police say that Hall pointed his gun at them “when the video evidence disproves that”?
Hall was carrying what turned out to be a realistic-looking pellet gun when he was shot on a highway overpass on Dec. 30, 2020. His hands were raised when he was shot, and as far as the available video shows, the gun was pointed up and away from police.
Anti-gun-violence groups, lawmakers and people who have lost loved ones in mass shootings were overwhelmingly supportive of Biden’s six-pronged approach to curbing gun violence, saying it was long overdue for a president to take matters into their own hands.
“President Biden’s actions and the agenda that he outlined will tangibly affect gun violence in all of its forms. From updating regulation to stop the proliferation of ghost guns in our communities to directing funds for community violence prevention programs, each of these actions will stop emerging threats to public safety while taking a public health approach to ending this epidemic,” said Kris Brown, president of the gun control advocacy group Brady.
A Centre County heavy construction company stole nearly $21 million from workers over a four-year period through a prevailing wage scheme, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said Thursday.
Glenn O. Hawbaker, based in State College, now faces four criminal charges, Shapiro said, in what he described as a “sophisticated operation that spanned many years.”
Shapiro said the company, which has received $1.7 billion in state funding for road and bridge projects over the years, stole $20.7 million between 2015 and 2018, the only time period covered by the criminal charges because of the statute of limitations.
The charges represent the largest Davis-Bacon (Act) prevailing wage criminal case in history, said Shapiro, referring to the federal law governing prevailing wages for public works projects.
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