De Blasio Abandons Proactive Policing:  Heather MacDonald has this article in the City Journal titled Complete Chaos and Out of Control, a critical response to the violence that unfolded at this year's West Indian American Day Parade in New York City.  The night before the parade is marked by all-night partying in the streets known as J'ouvert.  This year New York Police were ordered to take a hands-off approach.  The instructions as described by a sergeant:

"We are told 'Take glass bottles from people if they are drinking alcohol in public, and break the bottles so they can't be thrown at us later. But if they are drinking from plastic, let it go. If they are smoking weed in public, let it go.' J'ouvert [in particular] is where we are told not to do anything to cause a riot. There is very little enforcement going on, especially compared to the strict enforcement of public drinking at the St. Patrick's Day and Columbus Day parades."

As expected, multiple shootings, stabbings and assaults occurred over J'ouvert and during the parade. MacDonald notes that not enforcing the law for so called low level crimes invites more serious crime. This narrative is playing out in New York right now.

Executions to Resume in Arkansas:  Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson has set execution dates for eight murderers, ending a ten year moratorium caused by lawsuits claiming that the execution drugs used were unconstitutional.  Those lawsuits became moot after the U.S. Supreme Court's July 29 decision in Glossip v. Gross, which upheld the use of midazolam, an anesthetic murderers claimed was not effective.  The decision also requires plaintiffs bringing any future challenges to an execution protocol to present an available alternative protocol they deem complies with the Eighth Amendment.  The Associated Press reports that two Arkansas murderers are scheduled for execution each month from October to January.