NJ police department didnât fire single shot in 2020 thanks to de-escalation program
By Kelly Hayes article
A view outside Prudential Center on December 18, 2016 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images)
NEWARK, N.J. - Not a single shot was fired by officers in Newark, New Jersey in 2020, and city officials credit the department’s ongoing de-escalation training for the statistic in a year filled with challenges. This is proof-positive that our de-escalation training is highly effective. Our officers have embraced de-escalation training and are actively employing this resource when engaging with the community, said Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose in a statement.
The books I read in 2020
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Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers by Kwame Anthony Appiah. Thoughtful exposition on universality, differences, cultural patrimony, saving children, changing of perception through affinity with others.
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Snows of Yesteryear: A Family in War and a Sentimental Education by Elmer A. Ordóñez. Life of an academic, activist, a scholar recollecting the context of the choices and commitments he made from World War II to the anti-Marcos dictatorship.
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The Community Press And Its Revolutionary Tradition by Georgina Reyes Encanto. Must-read to understand the radical tradition of the Philippine press. Also, the role of the religious press and the Left’s underground press in the resistance against Martial Law.
Almost a decade after Annie Dookhan and the state drug lab scandal, the fallout is growing
Wronged defendants to receive millions while former prosecutors face discipline
By Andrea Estes Globe Staff,Updated January 1, 2021, 4:41 p.m.
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Annie Dookhan, a former chemist at the Hinton State Laboratory Institute, listened to the judge during her arraignment at Brockton Superior Court in Brockton on Jan. 30, 2013.Reuters
Three former state prosecutors are facing possible disbarment. Thousands of men and women convicted of drug crimes continue to see their convictions overturned. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is on the hook for an estimated $10 million to wrongfully convicted defendants.
Coloradans 70 and older are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, Gov. Jared Polis said Wednesday, adjusting the state’s vaccination plan as parts of Colorado entered a new distribution
Trump pardons security contractors involved in Baghdad massacre By Zoe Christen Jones
December 23, 2020 / 1:30 PM / CBS/AP
President Donald Trump has pardoned four former Blackwater security contractors who were previously convicted in the murders of civilians during the 2007 Baghdad massacre. Nicholas Slatten, Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Dustin Heard, served extensive prison sentences before their pardons.
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany cited the men s service to the nation, as well as what she termed in a statement a lack of evidence presented at Slatten s trial.
The case of the Blackwater contractors has been a part of a heavy legal battle since 2007.