Ten months ago, Joleen Nez was accused of the crime of improper trash disposal in a southeast Albuquerque neighborhood. The petty charge ultimately cost Nez her life.
Nez, an unhoused Native American woman, was cited, released and issued a criminal summons for the petty misdemeanor of littering on public property by officer Preston Panana of the Albuquerque Police Department on April 16, 2020. The original complaint filed by Panana said that Nez was issued a civil citation for kicking over a cup and bowl at the intersection of Texas Street and&
New Mexico Red-Flag Gun Law Seldom Used To Withdraw Firearms -
By Morgan Lee Associated Press
Records show a red-flag gun law aimed at removing firearms from people who pose a danger to themselves or others has been applied just four times across New Mexico since it went into effect in May.
The Administrative Office of the Courts confirmed Tuesday that petitions for extreme risk firearm protection orders had been filed through January in Eddy, Santa Fe, Taos and San Juan counties.
Three resulted in one-year court orders for the surrender of firearms with one order later rescinded.
A similar law in Florida has been used thousands of times since it was enacted in response to a mass shooting at a high school in 2018.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A man was killed and a woman wounded in a Wednesday morning shooting at an apartment near Carlisle and Montgomery, Albuquerque police say. Gilbert Gallegos, an Albuquerque Police Department spokesman,…