The Midtown Community Court was founded 30 years ago as a “problem-solving court” designed to unjam the city’s jails and courtrooms by providing social services and other programming to low-level criminal offenders in lieu of more serious penalties. Since then, courts following similar models have quietly spread to almost every state in the country, and plans for even more are in the works.
Hero or killer? Opinions over subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely has divided NYC kansascity.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kansascity.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
For some in a city divided by Jordan Neely’s videotaped death, his death in a chokehold killing was a homicide and the former Marine seen with his arm wrapped around the man’s neck aboard a Manhattan F train was responsible. For others, the case was more nuanced than slapping handcuffs on Daniel Penny, who was questioned and then released after last Monday’s lethal confrontation with the homeless victim.
Soros behind violent protests in America. Is civil war coming? by Barbara Farmer This year has been a tough one for all of us. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, America is torn apart by BLM and Antifa-led protests. It looks like the pandemic will be wreaking havoc again next year, so will the unrest. The