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☆ Dense terrain and brutal heat have proven challenging in search for convicted murderer who escaped a Pennsylvania prison
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Aya Elamroussi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Danelo Cavalcante has been on the run since August 31, when he escaped from the Chester County Prison in a rural area some 30 miles west of Philadelphia. Authorities search for Daniel Cavalcante in Pennsylvania's Chester County on Sunday after he escaped from prison on August 31. Kyle Mazza/SOPA Images/Sipa USA/APEscape caught on videoCavalcante, 34, was convicted of first-degree murder August 16 in the 2021 fatal stabbing of his former girlfriend, 33-year-old Deborah Brandão, in Chester County. Prison officials considering security measuresSo far, it has taken authorities more than a week to search for Cavalcante. Earlier this week, Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said prison officials have taken steps to enhance security.

Persons: Cavalcante, who’ve, George Bivens, they’re, ” Bivens, CNN’s Brian Todd, Bivens, Bevins, he’s, ” Bevins, Daniel Cavalcante, Kyle Mazza, Deborah Brandão, Brandão’s, –, she’s, Howard Holland, Holland, Igor Bolte, Bolte, Deb Ryan, ” Ryan, ” Holland Organizations: CNN, Pennsylvania, Police, Authorities, Residents, WPVI, US Marshals Service, Chester Locations: Pennsylvania, Chester, Philadelphia, Pocopson Township, Pennsylvania's Chester County, Chester County, Brazil

Workers assemble a string of buoys, to deter migrants from crossing the Rio Grande river, at the international border with Mexico in Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S. July 27, 2023. REUTERS/Adrees Latif Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 7 (Reuters) - A U.S. Appeals Court on Thursday granted a temporary stay allowing Texas to keep in place floating buoys installed in the middle of the Rio Grande to block migrants from illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border as court proceedings move forward, a court filing showed. A U.S. judge had ordered Texas on Wednesday to move the floating buoys in what was seen as a tentative win for President Joe Biden, whose administration sued the state. Although that order was not meant to take effect until Sept. 15, Thursday's ruling could prevent Texas from having to take immediate steps to start moving the barriers to the embankment. Reporting by Ted Hesson and Kanishka Singh; editing by Mica Rosenberg and Leslie AdlerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Adrees Latif, Joe Biden, Thursday's, Greg Abbott, Ted Hesson, Kanishka Singh, Mica Rosenberg, Leslie Adler Organizations: Workers, REUTERS, Rights, U.S, Appeals, Texas, Thomson Locations: Rio, Mexico, Eagle Pass , Texas, U.S, Texas

Workers install connected buoys, a measure by Texas authorities in an attempt to deter migrants from crossing the border, in the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S. July 24, 2023. The Biden administration argued in a legal challenge that the 1,000-foot (305-meter) barrier illegally disrupts navigation and was installed without permission from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The floating barrier is one of multiple strategies Abbott has launched to deter migrants, including coils of razor wire placed along the riverbank. "Unfortunately for Texas, permission is exactly what federal law requires before installing obstructions in the nation's navigable waters." The Texas Department of Public Safety said the victim appeared to have drifted into the barrier after drowning.

Persons: Go Nakamura, Joe Biden, David Ezra, Biden, Greg Abbott, Abbott, Governor Abbott, Ezra, Biden's, Ezra's, Vanita Gupta, Weeks, Ronald Reagan, Ted Hesson, Aida Pelaez, Fernandez, Bill Berkrot, Stephen Coates Organizations: REUTERS, Go, Rights, U.S . Army Corps of Engineers, Texas, Republican, Democrat, Operation Lone Star, Circuit, Appeals, U.S . Justice, Texas Department of Public Safety, Thomson Locations: Texas, Rio, Eagle Pass , Texas, U.S, Mexico, Austin, Eagle, Washington

Prosecutors allege the defendants are “militant anarchists” who have supported a violent movement that prosecutors trace to the widespread 2020 racial justice protests. Those events preceded the public announcement of the proposed training center by months. The “Stop Cop City” effort has gone on for more than two years and at times has veered into vandalism and violence. The majority of those indicted were already facing charges stemming from their alleged involvement in the movement. Political Cartoons View All 1142 ImagesActivists leading an ongoing referendum effort against the project immediately condemned the charges, calling them “anti-democratic.”

Persons: Chris Carr, ”, George Floyd, Rayshard Brooks, Molotov Organizations: ATLANTA, Republican, Prosecutors, Fulton Locations: Georgia, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Fulton County

☆ Over 100 Connecticut State Troopers Accused of Faking Traffic Stops
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Amelia Nierenberg | More About Amelia Nierenberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

On an unseasonably warm morning in February 2017, a 75-year-old white motorist was making his way north on Interstate 95 in Westbrook, Conn., when he was pulled over by a state trooper and charged with a traffic violation. That is, at least, according to a traffic stop report filed by the officer. But no ticket appears to have been issued. In fact, there may not have been any stop. State officials believe that the trooper was among more than 100 Connecticut state police officers who may have filed false reports of traffic stops in recent years, possibly to boost the internal statistics used to measure their performance.

Persons: ” Locations: Westbrook, Conn, Connecticut

☆ ‘We Are Feeling Overpoliced’: State Troopers Join Patrols in Austin
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( J. David Goodman | More About J. David Goodman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Scores of state highway troopers, usually found on roadways across Texas in their distinctive cowboy hats and black-and-white patrol vehicles, have descended on Austin, the state capital. But in a booming city known for its progressive politics, the partnership between the local police, steeped in the language of reform, and the Texas Department of Public Safety, under the direction of Republican state leaders, soon began to raise concern. Statistics emerged showing that those arrested on misdemeanor charges by state troopers were mostly Black and Hispanic. In May, there was a fatal shooting by troopers after a chase. Days later, two troopers drew their weapons on a father and son during a car stop.

Organizations: Democratic, Austin Police Department, Texas Department of Public Locations: Texas, Austin

☆ Ex-Louisiana Trooper Acquitted of Violating Civil Rights of Black Motorist
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Derrick Bryson Taylor | More About Derrick Bryson Taylor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A former Louisiana state trooper was acquitted on Wednesday of a charge that he violated the civil rights of a Black man when he repeatedly clubbed him with a flashlight after a traffic stop more than four years ago. The case, involving the former trooper Jacob Brown, drew national attention and outrage after police body-camera footage of the beating emerged. The footage showed Mr. Brown striking Aaron Larry Bowman about 18 times in the head and chest with a flashlight, while Mr. Bowman was pinned to the ground after a traffic stop in May 2019. Bowman of his civil rights after a three-day trial in Monroe, La., about 100 miles east of Shreveport.

Persons: Jacob Brown, Brown, Aaron Larry Bowman, Bowman, “ I’m, Mr Organizations: The Associated Press Locations: Louisiana, Monroe, La, Shreveport

CNN —Mexico’s President Andres Manuel López Obrador has condemned Texas’s anti-migrant buoys, calling the border enforcement tactic on the Rio Grande river “inhumane” after bodies were found in the waters that flow along the US-Mexico border. “Abbott shouldn’t act like that; it’s inhumane,” he also said, directly attacking Texas Gov. Two bodies were found in separate incidents by United States and Mexican officials in the Rio Grande river, according to Mexico’s foreign ministry on Wednesday. It is unclear what caused their deaths, though Texas officials have said that they suspect that the person found caught in the floating barrier had died upstream. Texas began installing buoy barriers along portions of the Rio Grande river in July.

Persons: CNN —, Andres Manuel López Obrador, ” Lopez Obrador, “ Abbott, ”, Greg Abbott, Brandon Bell, Alicia Bárcena Ibarra, ” López Obrador, Abbott, “ Organizations: CNN, Texas Gov, Mexico’s National Institute of, US Justice Department, Foreign, Biden, Border Patrol Locations: Rio, Mexico, United States, Texas, Rio Grande, Eagle, Maverick County . Texas

[1/5] A security force trooper rides a vehicle on a highway at Torbung village in Churachandpur district in the northeastern state of Manipur, India, July 24. Modi's first comments on the violence in Manipur came last week, over two months after the trouble started in early May. The data show that in the first week of the violence in early May, 77 Kukis were killed compared to 10 Meiteis. According to government estimates, 2,780 weapons stolen from the state armoury, including assault rifles, sniper guns and pistols, remain with the Meiteis, while the Kukis have 156. Reporting by Krishn Kaushik in Manipur; Editing by YP Rajesh and Raju GopalakrishnanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Adnan Abidi, Modi, Narendra Modi, Ramachandra Guha, Guha, Jangminlun Touthang, Modi's, Biren Singh, Meiteis, Kukis, Haopu Gangte, “, ” Gangte, ” Pramot Singh, Meitei, ”, Krishn Kaushik, YP Rajesh, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, Kuki, YP, Thomson Locations: Torbung, Churachandpur district, Manipur, India, India's Manipur, Kuki, Imphal, Manipur's, Bishnupur, Kangvai, Myanmar, “

☆ Police officer fired after unleashing dog on Black man in Ohio traffic stop
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

July 26 (Reuters) - Police in Circleville, Ohio, on Wednesday fired an officer who unleashed his dog on a Black man during a highway traffic stop and ordered the animal to attack even though the man had his hands raised, according to video of the incident. "Officer (Ryan) Speakman did not meet the standards and expectations we hold for our police officers. Officer Speakman has been terminated from the department, effective immediately," police in a statement. The vehicle was missing a mud flap and it had failed to stop for an inspection, a report from the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) said. Moments later, an officer with the Circleville Police Department unleashed a police dog on Rose even though a state trooper told the local officer not to release the dog.

Persons: Ryan, Speakman, Jadarrius Rose, Rose, Shawn Baer, Daniel Trotta, Jamie Freed Organizations: Police, Wednesday, Ohio Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, Highway Patrol, Circleville Police Department, Circleville Police, Thomson Locations: Circleville , Ohio, Ohio, Columbus, Rose

☆ Black man attacked by Ohio police dog during traffic stop
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Truck driver Jadarrius Rose, 23 is handcuffed by an Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) officer as a police dog is held back after Rose was attacked by the animal during a traffic stop south of Columbus, Ohio, U.S. July 4, 2023 in a still image from police body camera video. Ohio State Highway... Read moreJuly 23 (Reuters) - Police in Ohio unleashed a canine on a Black man who had exited his vehicle with his hands raised after a traffic stop earlier this month, according to officials. The vehicle was missing a mud flap and it had failed to stop for an inspection, a report from the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) said. It came to a halt on a state highway about 40 miles south of Columbus after authorities deployed tire deflation devices, known as "stop sticks," for a second time. The highway patrol said the driver was "immediately" provided first aid and emergency medical personnel were contacted to assist.

Persons: Jadarrius Rose, Rose, Read, Douglas Debord, OSHP, Maria Caspani, Chris Reese Organizations: Ohio, Highway Patrol, Police, Circleville Police Department, Public, K9, Thomson Locations: Columbus , Ohio, U.S, Ohio, Columbus, Rose

CNN —An unarmed Black man was attacked by a police officer’s K-9 as he surrendered to authorities with his hands up, despite an Ohio State Trooper repeatedly urging officers not to release the dog. The video then cuts to what appears to be a state trooper coming out of his vehicle and walking toward the driver. “Do not release the dog with his hands up,” a state trooper warns several times from a distance. Circleville K9 Officer R. Speakman deployed his K9 on the suspect.”Footage shows the dog was released after repeated warnings from the state trooper. “Get the dog off of him,” the same state trooper yells several times.

Persons: Jadarrius Rose, “, ”, Speakman, Rose, Ryan Purpura, ” Purpura, Nana Watson, ” Watson Organizations: CNN, Ohio State, Ohio, Highway Patrol, Patrol, Motor Carrier, Authorities, “ Circleville Police, NAACP, Circleville Police Department, NAACP Columbus, Circleville Police, Columbus NAACP, The Washington Post Locations: Ohio, Jackson County, Rose, Mississippi , Georgia, Alabama, Ross, Grove City , Ohio

☆ Biden administration warns Texas it's breaking the law with anti-migrant barrier in the Rio Grande
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-22 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Department of Justice has warned Texas that its border policies violate federal law. Texas' actions "violate federal law" and "present serious risks to public safety," it said. Of particular concern is a floating barrier that Texas recently placed in the Rio Grande. "This floating barrier poses a risk to navigation, as well as public safety, in the Rio Grande River, and it presents humanitarian concerns," the department said. Texas' actions "violate federal law, raise humanitarian concerns, present serious risks to public safety and the environment, and may interfere with the federal government's ability to carry out its official duties," the department said.

Persons: Biden, Greg Abbot, Abbot, Joe Biden, —, Brett Kavanaugh, Aaron Reichlin Organizations: of Justice, Service, ABC News, US Department of Justice, Harbors, Houston, Rio Grande . Texas Gov, Republican, Twitter, Lone Star, American Immigration Council, Department of Justice Locations: Texas, Rio, Wall, Silicon, Rio Grande, Mexico, Rio Grande ., United States

☆ Kansas Troopers ‘Waged War on Motorists,’ Federal Judge Finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Mitch Smith | More About Mitch Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

They called it the “Kansas two-step.”When a mundane traffic stop was nearing its end, a state trooper would turn to leave. Perhaps the driver would say something the trooper deemed suspicious, or perhaps the driver would just agree to a search. But that two-step, which troopers used often against out-of-state drivers, was part of a “war on motorists” waged by the Kansas Highway Patrol in violation of the Fourth Amendment, a federal judge said in a blistering opinion on Friday. “The war is basically a question of numbers: stop enough cars and you’re bound to discover drugs,” wrote Senior Judge Kathryn H. Vratil of the Federal District Court. Marijuana is illegal in Kansas.

Persons: “, ”, Kathryn H, Vratil, George H.W, George H.W . Bush Organizations: Kansas, Patrol, Federal, Court, Marijuana Locations: Kansas, George H.W ., Colorado and Missouri

☆ Connecticut police issued 26,000 fake traffic tickets that made them appear busier and skewed racial-profiling data, audit says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

It recorded at least 26,000 fake tickets over a five-year period, involving hundreds of officers. The figures skewed racial profiling data to appear like more white people were being stopped. One trooper singlehandedly logged 1,350 fake tickets between 2014 and 2017, the audit, released late last month, revealed. As a result, police skewed racial profiling records, making it appear that more white people had been stopped than was the reality, it said. It was unclear if the fake tickets were deliberately falsified or were the result of human error, it said.

Persons: Alvin W, Ken Barone, Christopher Melanson Organizations: Service, Connecticut State Police, Penn, University of Connecticut, Hearst Connecticut Media, NBC, State Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ A Texas state trooper said Gov. Greg Abbott's border security has 'stepped over a line into the inhumane' with razor wire 'traps' and direction to withhold water from migrants, per reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Several Texas troopers said border security was given orders to push migrants back into the water. The Texas Department of Safety said the allegations are under internal investigation. Migrants crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico walk past large orange buoys deployed by Texas border security. According to the Chronicle, Wingate urged for policy changes to improve safety for the migrants, including removing the order to deny migrants water. A spokesperson for the Texas Department of Safety did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Persons: Greg Abbott, Eric Gay, Nicholas Wingate, Wingate, Travis Considine, Considine, Abbott, Breitbart Organizations: Texas Gov, Texas, Texas Department of Safety, Service, Texas Department of Public Safety, Houston Chronicle, Hearst, Operation Lone Star, National Guard and Department of Public, New York Times, state's Department of Public, The Times, US Border Patrol, Associated Press, Department of Safety, Troopers, Twitter, Times, National Guard Locations: Wall, Silicon, Mexico, Rio Grande, Eagle, Texas, Wingate

The abrupt maneuver caused a young woman to hit her face on a spike, leaving a gash on her forehead, Ms. Escobar recalled. She said several of the agents stood still for several minutes, until an officer wearing what looked like a soldier’s uniform offered help to the wounded woman. State officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the incident. “I was still in the river, about to jump over, when I saw what that agent did and was horrified,” she said of the officer in the cowboy hat. “What I am against is the use of tactics that hurt people.”The tactics by Texas appear to have intensified in the lead-up to the lifting in late May of Title 42, a public health policy imposed during the coronavirus pandemic that allowed federal agents to rapidly expel most arriving migrants.

Persons: “, Escobar, ”, Rolando Salinas Jr Locations: Mexico, Texas, Eagle

☆ Texas Trooper’s Email Describes Migrant Injuries at Southern Border
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Elizabeth Findell | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Title 42, which allowed U.S. authorities to quickly expel migrants on public health grounds, expired on May 11. WSJ’s Alicia A. Caldwell explains what the policy is, its effect on the border and what comes next. Photo: John Moore/Getty ImagesAUSTIN, Texas—Texas state police troopers and National Guard members patrolling the border with Mexico were ordered to deny water to people at a time when temperatures surpassed 100 degrees, to push an exhausted mother with a nursing baby into the Rio Grande and to prevent a preschooler near razor wire from getting to shore, according to an email from a trooper airing his concerns to his superior.

Persons: WSJ’s Alicia A, Caldwell, John Moore Organizations: Getty, AUSTIN , Texas —, National Guard Locations: AUSTIN , Texas, AUSTIN , Texas — Texas, Mexico, Rio

☆ From paycheck-to-paycheck to financially independent: 3 strategies successful real-estate investors who started with nothing used to build wealth
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Real-estate investing, if done correctly, can yield life-changing wealth. However, he was able to point to rental income generated from his home, which increased his total annual earnings and improved his debt-to-income ratio. He earns six-figure profits from rental income each year and was able to walk away from his day job in July 2022. The other unit was already filled with a tenant, meaning he immediately started earning $1,600 a month in rental income, he said. Ashley Hamilton bought foreclosures in cash using her tax returns and then built 7 income streamsHamilton, 36, owns 35 units in Detroit, Michigan and is financially independent from her rental income.

Persons: Dion McNeeley, McNeeley, , Mike Newton, Newton, Mike Newton Newton, you've, Ashley Hamilton, Ashley Hamilton Hamilton, didn't, Hamilton didn't, Hamilton, She's, I've Locations: Detroit, Washington, Seattle, Gary , Indiana, Chicago, Hamilton, Detroit , Michigan, Detroit —

☆ Twitter 2.0 is an empty promise unless it exterminates the bots
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Attempts to improve the quality of Twitter, like Twitter Blue, have fallen flat. A search of ChatGPT on Twitter presents tweets from bots in the top results section. On Monday, she said Twitter was "on a mission to become the world's most accurate real-time information source and a global town square for communication" as it evolved into Twitter 2.0. This all gets in the way of Yaccarino's ambition of making Twitter a real-time information source. If Twitter's future is to be a global town square that trades in accurate, real-time information between real-world people, the bots need to go for good — and fast.

Persons: Linda Yaccarino's, Linda Yaccarino, Twitter, Elon Musk, Adam Feldman, It's, Musk, Cheq, — Musk, Disney Organizations: Twitter, Street Locations: West Virginia

“The attack on books, the attack on teaching, the attack on libraries, in – how can I put this – Florida, has never been more dangerous, never been more important to fight,” he said. Rushdie spoke at the PEN America Gala in New York City, praising the literary and free speech advocacy group for its latest efforts to block politicians and local officials seeking to ban literature concerning race and gender identity. PEN America, along with book publisher Penguin Random House and several parents and authors, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday challenging Florida’s Escambia County school district’s removal of certain books on race and LGBTQ issues from school libraries. “I was really proud to hear yesterday that PEN America, together with my publisher Penguin Random House, has taken this step of bringing a lawsuit in Florida,” Rushdie said. “Tonight, we recognize the courage of an Iranian writer, and we’ve done so over and over (with) writers from all over the world.

☆ Gun-loving Texas, where most households own a firearm, has become an epicenter of mass shootings
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Emma Tucker | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +23 min

CNN and the GVA define a mass shooting as a shooting that injures or kills four or more people, not including the shooter. They argue that more firearms and higher gun ownership increases public safety – a stance that continues to be at odds with gun violence experts and data. The area around the Robb Elementary School signs has become a memorial dedicated to the victims of the May 24 mass shooting. Mass shootings are just a piece of that, and the strategies that we’re laying out will impact mass shootings. They’ll also impact a lot of other types of gun violence and that’s absolutely critical to saving lives,” Horwitz said.

☆ Fuel Tanker Explosion on Connecticut Bridge Kills at Least One Person
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Remy Tumin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Buildings below the Golden Star Memorial Bridge, a pair of steel truss bridges on the Thames River, were also on fire, the Connecticut State Police said on Twitter. “Injuries reported but extent is unknown at this time,” the police wrote, warning people to avoid the area. Officials closed the highway between exits 86 and 88, Trooper Muniz said, and the bridge was closed in both directions for part of the day. Amtrak reported some delays along the Northeast corridor, which has tracks near the accident. Several agencies, including the Coast Guard, are responding.

☆ Kentucky police arrest teenage suspect following $600,000 multiple car heist that took less than 45 seconds
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Kentucky car dealership had four Dodge Challenger Hellcats stolen from its showroom and two from its lot in about 40 seconds, reports say. The dealership manager told local outlets the thieves were gone 20 seconds before the alarm went off. Police arrested one teenage suspect for the $600,000 heist, officials said. Surveillance footage depicting the theft of three of the vehicles inside the dealership's showroom is now going viral online. So far, five of the six stolen vehicles have been recovered in various nearby counties and other states, officials said.

☆ Biden’s Selma visit puts spotlight back on voting rights
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-05 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The visit to Selma also is an opportunity for Biden to speak directly to the current generation of civil rights activists. They urged Washington politicians visiting Selma not to sully the memories of the late civil rights activists John Lewis, Hosea Williams and others with empty platitudes. "When voting rights passed after Selma, it didn't just help Black people. We need the president to reframe this: When you block voting rights, you're not just hurting Black people. As a candidate in 2020, Biden promised to pursue sweeping legislation to bolster protection of voting rights.

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