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The state’s collections since early 2020 now outpace that raised from booze sales. The money has been used on everything from buying an opioid reversal drug to funding a Girl Scouts program to fight human trafficking.
An overview by Ikemba Kuti of the movement that arose in Minneapolis after police killed an unarmed black man named Jamar Clark.
Numerous local and federal law enforcement agencies executed eighteen search warrants resulting in numerous federal indictments.
Officials said that the defendants face various sentences, including life in prison and $10 million in fines. Author: WBIR Staff Updated: 10:30 PM EDT July 23, 2021 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A federal jury convicted eight gang members of drug, firearm and money laundering charges on Friday. Authorities said they face various amounts of prison times, including life in prison, and may face fines of up to $10 million. Alim Turner, 23, Ushery Stewart, 22, Ronald Turner, 25, Kedaris Gilmore, 23, Mahlon Prater Jr., 25 and Trevor Cox, 22, all of Knoxville, were charged wit...
Three of 35 were women Multiple reasons behind the rise in homicides: Drugs, neighborhood turf wars and domestic disputes Vance recalled how during his patrol days with the Jackson Police Department in the 1980s, some shootings in the city were a result of turf wars between two rival gangs, the Vice Lords and Gangster Disciples. The gangs had migrated from Chicago to Mississippi. Some of the current killings are more a result of neighborhood rivalries than organized gangs, Vance said, although there are some similarities to gang activity, including underlying drug activity. In other cases...