Richmond City leaders addressed the public after a surge of gun violence hit the city over the last two weeks.
The public is weighing in on the drastic measures Richmond city leaders and police say they’re taking to stop a surging wave of gun violence.
“Now we’re dealing with things like ghost guns and 3D-printed guns, and guns without security numbers, and it’s a lot,” said Lansing Mayor Andy Schor.
GONZALES - Ascension Parish's monthly food distribution event has been moved and rescheduled. The parish government says that due to unforeseen circumstances caused by recent severe weather, the distribution event will now take place Tuesday at Lamar Dixon starting at 8 a.m.Residents who typically receive monthly food distributions from the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank should attend to collect essential supplies. Permalink| Comments
The fundraiser celebrating the life of Amya Monserrat will go from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Pioneer Pavilion on Old Furnace Road.
BATON ROUGE — The Baton Rouge Police Department has integrated an artificial intelligence gun detection and situational awareness software onto existing digital cameras across the capital area in an ongoing effort to curb crime.The announcement was made by the Baton Rouge Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Foundation Tuesday.If the cameras outfitted with AI software, ZeroEyes, identify a gun, images are instantly shared with an operations center the ZeroEyes Operations Center staffed by...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Children fatally shot in their classrooms. Law enforcement gunned down while doing their jobs. Victims of domestic violence. And people killed on American streets. Photos of their faces line the wall as part of a new exhibit inside the federal agency in Washington that’s responsible for enforcing the nation’s gun laws. It’s […]
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new exhibit inside the federal agency that’s responsible for enforcing the nation’s gun laws features photos of the faces of more than 100 victims of gun violence. It’s meant to serve as a powerful reminder to law enforcement of the human toll of gun violence
A new exhibit inside the federal agency that’s responsible for enforcing the nation’s gun laws features photos of the faces of more than 100 victims of gun violence
In the 1930s, the United States government introduced redlining, a discriminatory practice that categorized neighborhoods based on people's race or ethnicity and denied financial services to residents in certain areas—redlining disproportionately affected marginalized communities. While redlining was officially outlawed in 1968, new research from Boston Children's Hospital suggests a relationship between historic redlining and present-day gun violence.
BOGALUSA - A city mayor is pressing charges against one of his councilwomen for reportedly threatening gun violence during a city meeting to discuss budget, according to WWL-TV. "I have a double barrel shotgun, and both barrels are loaded," said councilwoman Penny Douglas during what was supposed to be a meeting to discuss a temporary budget freeze for the city. Douglas was later escorted out of the meeting. Bogalusa Mayor Tyrin Truong said he would be pressing charges, and that he...
Richmond parents are being asked to make sure their children are inside after a certain hour every night following a sharp uptick in shootings in recent weeks.