LA County Jail-ICE Partnership To End:  The Los Angeles Board of Supervisors voted this week to end a program that allowed ICE agents to work inside county jails in order to more efficiently conduct their duties, responding to immigrant advocates who say the partnership was "eroding immigrants' trust in police."  Aaron Morrison of the International Business Times reports that groups who oppose the decision are concerned with how it could endanger the community by making it much more likely for illegal immigrants to avoid rightful deportation.  Those who voiced the strongest opposition were the family members of victims murdered by illegal immigrants.

Gang Rivalry Sparks Increase In Gun Crimes:  Police officers in Rockford, Illinois are combating an increase in gun violence brought on by an intense gang rivalry in the city.  Jeff Kilkey of the Rockford Register Star reports that through April of this year, there were a total of 161 incidents involving gunfire, a 92% from last year.  Police also noted that they seized 75 illegal guns through April, a 36% increase compared to 2014, and have responded to 11% more robberies.

Rapper Should Have Been in Prison:  A gang war in Denver that resulted in the deaths of a dozen gang members from four street gangs was triggered by the murder of a rapper, who had two warrants out for his arrest in two different states.  Kirk Mitchell of the Denver Post reports that Kevie "KL Tha General" Durham, who was fatally shot at a nightclub last November, was on the streets due to a "series of failures by authorities" in both North Carolina and Colorado.  Durham was not transferred to North Carolina where he was facing a robbery charge, and after escaping a halfway house in Colorado, the state's Fugitive Apprehension Unit failed to track him down.

Felon Avoids Earlier Murder Conviction Charged In New Killing:  A convicted felon from Birmingham, Alabama, who avoided a murder conviction almost a decade ago, has been charged with murder again.  Carol Robinson of AL reports that Justin Hendrix is charged in the shooting death last Saturday of Vanderick Lavorne Thomas, during an altercation over drugs and gambling.  In 2007, murder charges against Hendrix were dismissed, but he was convicted of attempted murder charges and cocaine possession, but was released early.

Teacher Fired For Assigning Students To Write Cop Killer:  A third grade teacher from New Jersey has been fired for  instructing her students to write "get well" letters to a convicted cop killer serving a life sentence in Pennsylvania.  Fox News reports that Marilyn Zuniga, a first-year teacher, defends the assignment that students write "get well" letters to diabetes-stricken Mumia Abu-Jamal, who killed a Philadelphia police officer during a routine traffic stop in 1981.  While some of her supporters believe the assignment taught the students compassion for others, opponents felt more deserving victims than a murderer should have been selected.