Month: September 2024

Federal Efforts in Examining Racial and Ethnic Disparities among Victims of Violent Crime | U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

This report aimed to understand federal efforts to evaluate racial disparities in crime victimization. The Commission examined crime data to reveal the disparate impacts of violent victimization on minority communities.
— Read on www.usccr.gov/reports/2024/federal-efforts-examining-racial-and-ethnic-disparities-among-victims-violent-crime

Tyreek Hill’s traffic stop can be a reminder of drivers’ constitutional rights | AP News

Below is a nice discussion about constitutional rights.

The question of one’s responsibility to comply with all instructions given by a law enforcement officer recently came up following a traffic stop involving Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill.
— Read on apnews.com/article/tyreek-hill-constitutional-rights-traffic-stop-6dd2ad077cecd176bea840ba77012d6a

I studied ShotSpotter in Chicago and Kansas City – here’s what people in Detroit and the more than 167 other cities and towns using this technology should know

This is an interesting article about ShotSpotter technology. Check out the original article. Several useful links throughout the article.

Like many large cities in the U.S., Detroit’s gun violence rate has fluctuated since the COVID-19 pandemic and the unrest after the murder of George Floyd in 2020. The city’s murder rate increased nearly 20% that year, meaning the city had the second-highest violent crime rate after Memphis, Tennessee, among cities with more than 100,000 residents.

However, by the end of 2023, nonfatal shootings dropped nearly 16% from the prior year and homicides returned to pre-pandemic levels, with this reduction continuing so far in 2024.

Focusing on citywide crime rates, however, can hide significant local variations. Research shows that in most cities, fewer than 5% of city blocks account for about 50% of all crime. This means a small number of residents are at the highest risk of becoming the victim of crime, even when overall rates decline.

High-profile incidents, like the recent mass shooting that killed two and injured 19 at a Detroit block party in the city’s Mohican Regent neighborhood, highlight that gun violence remains a significant threat to these vulnerable communities.

Read on here: https://theconversation.com/i-studied-shotspotter-in-chicago-and-kansas-city-heres-what-people-in-detroit-and-the-more-than-167-other-cities-and-towns-using-this-technology-should-know-230265

Unprotected: Analyzing Judicial Protection of Constitutional Rights — scrutinize

We introduce a new metric for assessing judges: Suppression reversals. This
metric focuses on one of the judiciary’s most sacred duties: Protecting the
constitutional rights of individuals from police overreach. A suppression
reversal not only indicates that a trial court judge failed to properly
interpret and apply the constitution; it may also signal potential bias in
favor of the police.
— Read on www.scrutinize.org/unprotected