http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...b018c4606af446
No word yet whether anyone is utterly ashamed at their own race or gender over this shooting as of yet, but if there is an update, I'll be sure to update this thread as well.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...b018c4606af446
No word yet whether anyone is utterly ashamed at their own race or gender over this shooting as of yet, but if there is an update, I'll be sure to update this thread as well.
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The Donald honorin' fallen officers...
Fallen Honored at Peace Officers' Memorial
May 15, 2017 - The 36th Annual National Peace Officers' Memorial Service is being held on the West Front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. Monday.
See also:The 36th Annual National Peace Officers' Memorial Service is being held on the West Front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. Monday morning.
President Trump and Vice President Pence are set to give remarks during the annual memorial service, which begins at 11 a.m. and lasts about two hours.
A Wreath Laying Ceremony will be held immediately following the Memorial Service.
http://www.officer.com/news/12334706...morial-service
President Trump to Light White House Blue to Honor Fallen Officers
May 15, 2017 - President Donald Trump announced at a proclamation signing that he'll light the White House blue to honor fallen law enforcement officers as part of Officer Memorial Day Monday.
Related:President Donald Trump announced at a proclamation signing that he'll light the White House blue to honor fallen law enforcement officers as part of Officer Memorial Day Monday night.
President Trump previously lit the White House blue in recognition of World Autism Awareness Day in April.
During the signing, Trump also said he will request that American flags fly at half-mast to memorialize fallen officers, according to The Hill. "During Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week, we honor the men and women of law enforcement who have been killed or disabled in the course of serving our communities. Police officers are the thin blue line whose sacrifices protect and serve us every day, and we pledge to support them as they risk their lives to safeguard ours," Trump said in a statement.
Out of the 118 officers who died on duty last year, 66 were "victims of malicious attacks," which represents an increase of almost 40 percent from the previous year. Trump previously lit the White House blue in recognition of World Autism Awareness Day in April.
http://www.officer.com/news/12334811...allen-officers
AG Sessions Pledges Redoubled War on Drugs
May 12, 2017 - Attorney General Jeff Sessions is promising to renew the federal government’s war on drugs, saying tough new sentencing policies are necessary to combat what he described as a surge of violent crime in cities.
The Justice Department on Friday released a memo from Sessions ordering federal prosecutors to pursue the highest charges possible, including those that carry mandatory minimum sentences, for drug offenders. “If you are a drug trafficker, we will not look the other way,” Sessions said Friday at the Justice Department. “We will not be willfully blind to your conduct.” Sessions is ending Obama administration policies that told federal prosecutors to avoid charging low-level offenders with crimes that carry heavy mandatory sentences.
The new Justice Department policy was met with fierce criticism from sentencing advocates, some former federal prosecutors and even some Republicans in Congress who have been pursuing sentencing-reform measures. “To be tough on crime we have to be smart on crime,” tweeted Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah). “That is why criminal justice reform is a conservative issue.”
Violent crime has increased over the last two years in many of the nation’s cities, though it is still far below rates in the 1990s. Overall, according to the FBI, the nation’s crime rate fell 50 percent between 1993 and 2015. Sessions said the crackdown was “a key part of President Trump’s promise to keep America safe,” linking drug trafficking to increased homicide rates in some cities. “Drug trafficking is an inherently violent business,” he said. “If you want to collect a drug debt, you can’t file a lawsuit in court. You collect it by the barrel of a gun.”
He said heroin is cheaper, more pure and more easily available than ever. Advocates of justice reform say that the nation’s opioid crisis is evidence that tough policies of the past have failed. But Sessions said that tougher enforcement could “reverse that trend.” “So we are returning to the enforcement of the law as passed by Congress – plain and simple,” he said.
http://www.officer.com/news/12334438...d-war-on-drugs
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