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SALT LAKE CITY Ken Dudley told a panel of Utah lawmakers on Wednesday that when he was shot twice while driving his car during a protest against police brutality in Provo last year, it was “one of the most terrifying things that’s happened to me.”
Days after Dudley got home from the hospital with wounds from a bullet that went through his elbow and hit his other arm, bullet fragments that hit his eye and shrapnel in his abdomen he said he was horrified to learn the man accused of shooting him was released from jail after having paid $42,000 for bail. (A judge later raised that bail amount to $100,000).
Bishop Robert Deeley elected chairman of National Catholic Risk Retention Group
Illinois-based insurance provider National Catholic Risk Retention Group Inc. has announced that
Bishop Robert Deeley has been elected chairman of the board. Since July 2019, Deeley, bishop of the Diocese of Portland, has served as the company’s episcopal moderator and as a member of the board. Deeley succeeds Father Jay Haskin of the Diocese of Burlington, Vermont, who has been chairman since 2006. Haskin will become chairman emeritus and remain a director and member of the executive committee.
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Katherine Krakowka has been elected a director of the firm and
With jury trials soon set to resume in Miami-Dade County criminal courts, one judge this week ordered what amounted to a dry run of sorts: an in-person probation violation hearing — the first of its kind since the coronavirus pandemic closed most courtrooms.
Two bills born from last summer s protests get approval by senate committee
Committee passes two bills tied to Utah protests
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SALT LAKE CITY â Two bills on Capitol Hill with links to last summer s protests are moving forward to the Senate floor. While one focuses on protesters who incite violence, another targets police deescalation and arrest training.
The latter received overwhelming support during Wednesday s Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee.
However, the former saw opposition from organizations like the ACLU of Utah and Salt Lake County District Attorney s Office, while garnering support from citizen groups.