After protests over police violence, Missouri lawmakers push to protect officers Jeanne Kuang, The Kansas City Star
Mar. 1 JEFFERSON CITY For weeks last summer, hundreds of Kansas City protesters marched around the Plaza, knelt in the streets and chanted for police reform.
They joined a national groundswell of protest against police brutality, galvanized by the image of a Black man in Minneapolis dying with an officer s knee on his neck.
In the Missouri General Assembly, lawmakers have responded. One bill banning police chokeholds, waiting to be heard on the Senate floor, is described by activists as the most promising step forward on statewide police reform in years.
March is Problem Gambling Awareness Month
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) For the 19th year, the Oregon Council on Problem Gambling dedicates March to help increase public awareness of problem gambling and the availability of prevention, treatment and recovery services.
This coincides with the National Problem Gambling Awareness Month, whose campaign theme is “
Awareness + Action.”
“Problem Gambling Awareness Month is always important to us, as we highlight a ‘hidden’ addiction that millions of Americans face, including one in every 38 Oregon adults,” said Executive Director of the Oregon Council on Problem Gambling Julie Hynes.
“This year, we bring special attention to problem gambling, given the stress, isolation and financial uncertainty of so many Oregonians throughout the pandemic,” said Hynes. “Some can be tempted to seek hope through jackpots and escape from everyday problems via other gambling options. More widespread legalized online betting, day trading, and ev
Posted on January 16, 2021
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Source: Sydney Shaw
Stanley Emmet Shaw
Stanley Emmet Shaw passed away on Dec. 30, 2020 from complications of COVID-19. He was born on June 3, 1935 in Los Angeles to Harry Paul Shaw and Margaret Lewis Shaw.
Stan’s lifelong love of flying began at age 22 when he became a licensed pilot and purchased his first plane. Stan graduated from Woodbury University in 1957 and embarked on a successful sales career with Weiser Lock Company. Yet it was his desire to fly full-time that drew him into aircraft sales in San Jose, California, and from there he joined Frontier Airlines as a pilot.
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Originally published on January 12, 2021 4:54 pm
The Kansas City Police Department is still working out details of putting body cameras on its officers, leaving some city officials and anti-violence advocates wondering if the cameras and other reforms will ever happen.
As Chief Rick Smith defended his plan before the Board of Police Commissioners Tuesday, Councilman Eric Bunch joined those already calling for Smith’s job.
The department has been talking about body cameras for years, dating back to former Chief Darryl Forte’s tenure, and tested them in 2016. The department announced in June that a private donor had stepped up to pay the costs. The department promised that the cameras would be in hand at the end of 2020 and ready to go in early 2021.
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A Kansas City Police officer stands watch during the May 30 Black Lives Matter protests at Mill Creek Park on the Country Club Plaza, which later turned violent.
After Chief Rick Smith made his report to the Board of Police Commissioners Tuesday, City Councilmember Eric Bunch called for the chief’s resignation or firing. “Enough is enough,” Bunch wrote on Twitter.
The Kansas City Police Department is still working out details of putting body cameras on its officers, leaving some city officials and anti-violence advocates wondering if the cameras and other reforms will ever happen.
As Chief Rick Smith defended his plan before the Board of Police Commissioners Tuesday, Councilman Eric Bunch joined those already calling for Smith’s job.