Chicago Homicides Keep Breaking Records: Thus far in 2016, homicides and shootings in Chicago have doubled and more than doubled, respectively, over the same period last year. Alexandra Chachkevitch and Megan Crepeau of the Chicago Tribune report that over the weekend, four people were killed, with two more killed Monday morning, and a total of 32 people were shot. The youngest victim was a three-year-old boy who was shot in the leg by a stray bullet fired in a gang fight, but fortunately he survived. Since the first of the year, the city has recorded 95 homicides, compared to 47 last year, and 420 shooting incidents, compared to 193.
Supervised Injection Facility Proposed: The mayor of an upstate New York city has proposed a plan to open up a supervised injection facility that would permit addicts to shoot up heroin and other opioids on government property under the supervision of medical professionals. Cory Derespina of Fox News reports that Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick believes the plan will keep addicts safe and allow them to be directed to addiction services, though opponents find the proposal "tantamount to encouraging drug use" and note that there are bound to be several legal obstacles ahead of obtaining approval. Although drugs would not be sold at the facility, they would be openly carried and used there with staff assisting in use of them, putting them "in the crosshairs of the federal government" and opening themselves up to liability in the event of an overdose or injury. There is only one supervised injection facility operating in North America, in Vancouver, Canada.
Man Released by Prop. 47 Indicted for Attempted Murder: A man released under California's Proposition 47, which reduced some felonies to misdemeanors, was indicted Thursday on felony charges for shooting at police officers during a vehicle chase in November. William Bigelow of Breitbart reports that 28-year-old Jimmy Hoang Truong received two felony drug convictions in 2012 and 2013, resulting in a 16-month jail sentence in Sept. 2013. However, in Dec. 2014, his felonies were termed misdemeanors under Prop. 47 and he was released. Four months later, in April 2015, he was arrested for carrying a switchblade and for possessing a controlled substance in separate incidents, though both actions only triggered misdemeanors charges and he faced no jail time. Truong, a low-level offender under California law, could receive a life sentence for the November 2015 attack, which includes three felony counts of attempted murder on a peace officer.
Supervised Injection Facility Proposed: The mayor of an upstate New York city has proposed a plan to open up a supervised injection facility that would permit addicts to shoot up heroin and other opioids on government property under the supervision of medical professionals. Cory Derespina of Fox News reports that Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick believes the plan will keep addicts safe and allow them to be directed to addiction services, though opponents find the proposal "tantamount to encouraging drug use" and note that there are bound to be several legal obstacles ahead of obtaining approval. Although drugs would not be sold at the facility, they would be openly carried and used there with staff assisting in use of them, putting them "in the crosshairs of the federal government" and opening themselves up to liability in the event of an overdose or injury. There is only one supervised injection facility operating in North America, in Vancouver, Canada.
Man Released by Prop. 47 Indicted for Attempted Murder: A man released under California's Proposition 47, which reduced some felonies to misdemeanors, was indicted Thursday on felony charges for shooting at police officers during a vehicle chase in November. William Bigelow of Breitbart reports that 28-year-old Jimmy Hoang Truong received two felony drug convictions in 2012 and 2013, resulting in a 16-month jail sentence in Sept. 2013. However, in Dec. 2014, his felonies were termed misdemeanors under Prop. 47 and he was released. Four months later, in April 2015, he was arrested for carrying a switchblade and for possessing a controlled substance in separate incidents, though both actions only triggered misdemeanors charges and he faced no jail time. Truong, a low-level offender under California law, could receive a life sentence for the November 2015 attack, which includes three felony counts of attempted murder on a peace officer.
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