SLC business owners prepare for possible demonstrations
Prior to the verdict being announced in former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin s murder trial, local business owners prepared for possible unrest.
and last updated 2021-04-20 19:37:32-04
SALT LAKE CITY Prior to the verdict being announced in former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin s murder trial, local business owners prepared for possible unrest.
âThe public has the right to do this, we just ask donât tear up your town, donât tear up your city to do this. Be proud, protest peacefully,â Bridget Gordon said.
Last May, some protesters turned violent and caused damage to property. During that time, Gordon said they closed their doors. Now, she is prepared for whatever could come.
Charges filed against man who allegedly lit dog on fire
The dog was euthanized because of her injuries. | Updated: 1:29 a.m.
A Tooele man accused of setting his ex-girlfriend’s daughter’s dog on fire has been charged.
In charges filed Tuesday, Salt Lake District Attorney Sim Gill charged the man with three felony counts all related to what happened to Dixie, a red tick heeler who was stolen, set on fire and left on a roadside on March 1.
Gill charged the man with arson, a second-degree felony; torture of a companion animal and theft, both third-degree felonies; and failing to stop at the command of a law officer, a class A misdemeanor.
KUER
Yes, 2020 was the year of COVID. But here’s a timeline of the other interesting stuff that happened in Utah last year, too.
January: Impeachment, Sundance and Condomgate
Jon Reed
The Sundance Film Festival drew more than 100,000 people to Park City Utah.
The year began with the end of the controversial Southern Red Sands Mine project in Kanab, and by the middle of January there was just one thing at the top of people’s minds: Impeachment.
It was also this month that the Utah Department of Health faced its first crisis of the year: Condomgate. Gov. Gary Herbert quickly blocked the HIV prevention campaign that sent out thousands of condoms with sex-positive, Utah-themed packaging. But his plan to protect Utahns from such tastlessness wasn’t entirely effective full sets of the profalactics with messages like “Greatest Sex on Earth and “Explore Utah’s Caves” appeared on Ebay days later.