Alabama marks Crime Victims Week in shadow of upcoming Derek Chauvin verdict in George Floyd trial
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Mobile County District Attorney Ashley Rich speaks during a news conference on Monday, April 19, 2021, about National Crime Victims Rights Week at Government Plaza in downtown, Mobile, Ala. (John Sharp/jsharp@al.com).
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For 40 years, National Crime Victims Rights Week has raised awareness to the victims of crime through vigils and marches.
But the message of this year’s week faces the likelihood of being overshadowed by the forthcoming verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the white former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the May 2020 death of George Floyd, a Black man. The death, captured on cell phone video, drew outrage across the nation and led to widespread and sometimes violent protests in cities including Birmingham and Huntsville.
Judge expresses disgust at 5-yo boy’s shooting
MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) Expressing disgust over the nature of the allegations, a judge on Tuesday denied bail for a man accused of critically wounding a 5-year-old boy in a hail of gunfire on Saturday.
Mobile County District Judge Spiro Cheriogotis noted that bail was “academic,” since Reginald Paul Pryor has a hold on him for a probation revocation. He set the case for arraignment on Monday.
“I’m so sick of watching grandparents and mothers and children being shot over these disputes,” he said.
Cheriogotis added, “It makes this judge wonder just what is going on in this world.”
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