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3 Senate Democrats draft plan to end federal ban on marijuana 07/14/2021 05:30am • Three top Senate Democrats have a draft plan to end the federal ban on cannabis and implement a series of programs to help communities that have been harmed by the war on drugs, which have disproportionately tended to be communities of color. Senators Chuck Schumer, the majority leader; Ron Wyden Federal prisoners released under COVID-19 provisions face an uncertain future 07/08/2021 03:32pm • About 4,000 federal inmates were released to home confinement last year in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the pandemic recedes, they’re living in limbo as they wait to hear whether they’ll have to go back to prison. The CARES Act, passed by Congress last year, carried a provision to Jacob's Ladder bridges gap between underserved youth and financial literacy 07/07/2021 01:23pm • Jacob's Ladder, a nonprofit in Prince George's County, Maryland, is on a mission to keep at-risk youth out of the juvenile justice system and give them a chance to build generational success. Jarriel Jordan Sr. started the nonprofit, and as a former homicide investigator and teacher, he said he w 'Horrific' graffiti on MLK Jr. statue in California investigated as hate crime 07/07/2021 06:26am • A statue of Martin Luther King Jr. in Southern California was vandalized with a swastika and other "horrific" graffiti that police are investigating as a hate crime, officials said. Officers from the Long Beach Police Department were called to King Park on Friday around 3:20 p.m. following report New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo declares gun violence emergency in his state 07/06/2021 11:02pm • New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday he had signed an executive order declaring a gun violence emergency and told an audience in New York City he was going to sign legislation that allows for civil lawsuits against gun manufacturers, distributors and dealers for how they market and sell fire Capitol Police change training, security procedures 6 months after insurrection 07/06/2021 10:44am • Six months after a pro-Trump mob breached the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to prevent Joe Biden from being certified as the 46th president of the United States, U.S. Capitol Police has announced departmental changes to training, communication, security and wellness services. Among the improvements Capitol rioters accused of erasing content from social media, phones 07/03/2021 09:59am • PHOENIX (AP) — They flaunted their participation in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol on social media and then, apparently realizing they were in legal trouble, rushed to delete evidence of it, authorities say. Now their attempts to cover up their role in the deadly siege are likely to come back Judge denies motion to drop assault charges against Fairfax Co. police officer 07/02/2021 12:41pm • Despite harsh criticism of Fairfax County, Virginia, prosecutors, a circuit court judge has denied a defense motion to drop assault and battery charges against police officer Tyler Timberlake, who used a Taser on a disoriented man on June 5, 2020. Timberlake's lawyer, Brandon Shapiro, argued the AG Racine bill would change how juveniles are charged with adult crimes in DC 07/01/2021 08:54am • A new proposal by D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine would change the way some juveniles are charged in adult courts, with the hope of increasing public safety and a young person's chances of being rehabilitated. If passed by D.C. Council, Racine's Redefinition of Child Amendment Act would require Study: Racial disparities in Fairfax County police's use of force 06/30/2021 02:28am • Analyzing three years of data on the use of force by police in Fairfax County, Virginia, researchers found that police used force against Black and white people at rates higher than expected. The study, led by University of Texas researchers, was presented Tuesday to the Fairfax County Board of S Quantico Marine pleads not guilty to Capitol riot charges 06/29/2021 07:27am • An active-duty U.S. Marine stationed at Quantico has pleaded not guilty to nine counts — including assaulting a police officer — in connection to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Maj. Christopher Warnagiris entered the plea during a video arraignment in federal court in D.C. The 40-yea DC police officer, Maryland woman indicted in bribery scheme 06/25/2021 05:27pm • A D.C. police officer and a Maryland woman have been indicted for a scheme in which the officer is accused of giving out identifying information of traffic crash victims in exchange for cash payments. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia said Officer Vincent Forrest, 33, of Sta Chicago police arrest suspect in stabbing death of Md. woman 06/25/2021 04:20pm • A suspect has been arrested in connection to the stabbing death of a University of Maryland student who had been visiting friends in Chicago when she was killed last weekend, Chicago police said Friday. Anat Kimchi was stabbed around 4 p.m. Saturday, June 19 in the city's Loop District at South W Teens wanted for murder at Greencastle Park and Ride in Montgomery Co. 06/25/2021 02:05pm • Two 18-year-old suspects are wanted in the shooting death of a man earlier this week in the area of Fairland, Maryland, Montgomery County police announced in a news conference Friday. On Tuesday night, officers found 18-year-old Kennedy Merrit-Millit, of Rockville, on the ground near the Greencas DOJ announces strike force to tackle gun trafficking in DC and beyond 06/22/2021 03:07pm • The Department of Justice said Tuesday it is launching "strike forces" in D.C. and other large cities to deal with violent crime by cracking down on gun trafficking. The teams are slated to be deployed within the next 30 days. In addition to D.C., key corridors being targeted are those that ch