Illegal Immigrant Charged with Killing TX Girl: A previously deported Mexican immigrant in the country illegally has been charged with capital murder in the death of his 10-year-old cousin whose body was discovered in an east Texas well over the weekend. Fox News Latino reports that Gustavo Zavala-Garcia, 24, was charged Monday with murdering Kayla Gomez-Orozco, his cousin through marriage. Gomez-Orozco was reported missing on Nov. 1 and her body was found Nov. 5 down the well of a rented house. Zavala-Garcia was deported in 2014 for a violent crime, and has been booked on a federal immigration detainer.
Officer Sues BLM Activist over Protest Injuries: A Baton Rouge police officer has filed a lawsuit against a prominent Black Lives Matter activist for injuries he sustained during a July protest that turned violent. The AP reports that the unnamed officer's federal lawsuit, filed against DeRay Mckesson and BLM, states that he was struck in the face with a piece of concrete that was hurled at police during the July 9 protest over the death of Alton Sterling, resulting in lost teeth and injuries to his jaw and brain. While the suit doesn't directly accuse Mckesson of throwing the projectile, it claims he "incited the violence" and "was in charge of the protest," giving orders to other BLM members. Mckesson, a Baltimore resident, was one of 200 protestors arrested during the protest and has sued the city of Baton Rouge over their arrests, claiming police used excessive force and violated their constitutional rights.
LAX Gunman Sentence to Life for 2013 Attack: The man accused of carrying out a deadly rampage at the Los Angeles International Airport three years ago was sentenced Monday to a mandatory term of life in prison plus 60 years. Brian Melley of the AP reports that Paul Ciancia, 26, said before his sentencing that what began as a suicide plan turned into a mission to die in a blaze of glory by "[taking] up arms against my own government." He "wanted to make a statement" by killing government workers, and carried out the Nov. 1, 2013 attack at the airport after his research indicated that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was the most hated agency in the country. The attack claimed the life of TSA officer Gerardo Hernandez and wounded two other officers and a teacher. Prosecutors had sought the death penalty against Ciancia, but it was taken off the table after he pleaded guilty to murder and 10 other charges. But Paula M. Mitchell, professor at Loyola Law School and a co-author of the California initiative to abolish the death penalty, recently told a reporter that there is no data supporting the notion that guilty pleas have dropped where the death penalty has been taken off the table. Really, Professor Mitchell? Here's the data.
Officer Sues BLM Activist over Protest Injuries: A Baton Rouge police officer has filed a lawsuit against a prominent Black Lives Matter activist for injuries he sustained during a July protest that turned violent. The AP reports that the unnamed officer's federal lawsuit, filed against DeRay Mckesson and BLM, states that he was struck in the face with a piece of concrete that was hurled at police during the July 9 protest over the death of Alton Sterling, resulting in lost teeth and injuries to his jaw and brain. While the suit doesn't directly accuse Mckesson of throwing the projectile, it claims he "incited the violence" and "was in charge of the protest," giving orders to other BLM members. Mckesson, a Baltimore resident, was one of 200 protestors arrested during the protest and has sued the city of Baton Rouge over their arrests, claiming police used excessive force and violated their constitutional rights.
LAX Gunman Sentence to Life for 2013 Attack: The man accused of carrying out a deadly rampage at the Los Angeles International Airport three years ago was sentenced Monday to a mandatory term of life in prison plus 60 years. Brian Melley of the AP reports that Paul Ciancia, 26, said before his sentencing that what began as a suicide plan turned into a mission to die in a blaze of glory by "[taking] up arms against my own government." He "wanted to make a statement" by killing government workers, and carried out the Nov. 1, 2013 attack at the airport after his research indicated that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was the most hated agency in the country. The attack claimed the life of TSA officer Gerardo Hernandez and wounded two other officers and a teacher. Prosecutors had sought the death penalty against Ciancia, but it was taken off the table after he pleaded guilty to murder and 10 other charges. But Paula M. Mitchell, professor at Loyola Law School and a co-author of the California initiative to abolish the death penalty, recently told a reporter that there is no data supporting the notion that guilty pleas have dropped where the death penalty has been taken off the table. Really, Professor Mitchell? Here's the data.
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