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Dear Friend,
First, a huge thank you to all who donated to our Beat Back the Bullies Fund. In just a few days, we more than met our challenge grant. We appreciate your support and vote of confidence.
Second, in a few days, Harrisburg is ending its holiday break. It seems the folks up there need a reminder that they work for us, the people who elected them. As we reported a couple weeks ago, the gun lobby continues to try to finagle a deal to get their legislation to the floor and avoid the normal amendment process. We can’t let that happen.
We need the House leadership to know that we’re watching and won’t let them cut special deals with the gun lobby. A few weeks ago, your calls to the Republican Speaker and Majority Leader got noticed. Please take a few minutes now to call the two Democratic House leaders:
Democratic Leader Frank Dermody- (724) 274-4770
Democratic Whip Mike Hanna- (570) 748-5480
Tell them that you oppose HB 2011, the bill that punishes towns by allowing gun owners to sue about ordinances that don’t even affect them. Let them know that bill should not run, but if it does, there should be a full debate on the amendments that have been proposed to it.
And let them know that HB 1243, which strengthens the background check system, is a good bill that you support, including the Santarsiero Amendment. Tell them to run this bill.
Most of all, let them know you’re watching what happens in Harrisburg and counting on them to represent the people.
Thanks,
Shira Goodman |
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
#CEASEFIRE PA- Oppose HB2011
#GunCrisis: Philadelphia, regional and national updates
Breaking Monday:
Weapons and drugs on display at news conference announcing Main Line drug bust.pic.twitter.com/FIGv92AV1a
— Philly Inquirer (@PhillyInquirer) April 21, 2014
The Philadelphia Inquirer posted this photo on Twitter, after a Montgomery County, Pa., press conference where authorities said Monday that they recovered these weapons during a suburban drug ring bust. The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Morning Call, CBs3, 6ABC,NBC10 and Fox29 have reports.
Philadelphia incidents:
A man was found shot to death inside a van Sunday morning on North 18th Street near West Ontario Street in the Tioga section of Philadelphia. 6ABC reported that neighbors reported hearing gunshots around 2 a.m.
Police say the unidentified man, who appeared to be in his early 30′s, had been shot once in the head, according to CBS3. NBC1o reported that at least six bullet holes were found in the van’s windshield.
Police rushed a 28-year-old man to Temple University Hospital after he suffered a wrist wound in a shooting just before 7:30 p.m. Sundayon North 34th Street near West Clearfield Street in North Philadelphia.
Three men were shot in separate incidents Friday night and earlySaturday in Philadelphia, as we previously reported.
A large amount of money was taken during the robbery of a Target store Saturday night in Northeast Philadelphia, according to reports from CBS3 and the Philadelphia Daily News.
Philadelphia Police have released a surveillance video, asking for help from the public to identify the suspect wanted for the recent robbery of a 20-year-old woman in Wynnefield Heights.
New Jersey news:
Police have identified a 29-year-old man who was slain in his apartment in Gloucester Township, NJ, early Sunday as Kareem Coleman, according to courierpostonline.com. CBS3, NBC10 and theAssociated Press also had reports.
A 31-year-old Trenton man was shot four times with a .40-caliber handgun early Sunday in Trenton, NJ, according to NJ.com, whichpreviously reported that detectives in Trenton were already investigating three shootings on Friday and Saturday that left one person dead and three others wounded.
Police in Pleasantville, NJ, were investigating a shooting incident that may have sent one man to the hospital, according to pressofatlanticcity.com.
Pennsylvania headlines:
Officials said that a suspect with a gun in his hand was killed by police early Monday in western Pennsylvania, according to the Associated Press. Another AP report indicated that jury selection was scheduled to start Monday for the trial of a northwestern Pennsylvania woman charged in the shooting death of her boyfriend last summer.
In Chicago:
Six children were shot Sunday night in Chicago, capping a violent weekend which left at least nine people dead and at least 36 wounded since Friday, according to The Chicago Tribune, which also reportedthat four men and two women were shot early Sunday morning at an Easter party at a house in west suburban Montgomery, Illinois.
U.S. weekend headlines:
Alabama: Highway Patrol officer shot Saturday eveningArkansas: Three shot in home on Easter morningFlorida: Three hospitalized after apartment shootingMinnesota: Shooting leaves one dead, three wounded, three arrestedMissouri: Boy, 4, wounds brother, 3, in accidental shootingMissouri: Man charged in highway shootingsTexas: Shooter wounds three-year-oldTexas: Officer shot, suspect captured after chaseWashington, DC: Three men shot Sunday in Southeast D.C.
ShotSpotter:
The Baltimore Sun and Chicago Sun-Times have reports on a news release from SST, Inc., the maker of ShotSpotter, indicating that gunfire in some American cities is vastly underreported, among other findings.
Posted by Jim MacMillan.
Friday, April 18, 2014
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Sant Singh Chatwal, 70, of New York – a businessman operating several restaurants, hotels and a hotel management company – pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of New York to conspiring to violate the Federal Election Campaign Act.
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Lowe’s Home Centers, one of the nation’s largest home improvement retailers, has agreed to implement a comprehensive, corporate-wide compliance program at its more than 1,700 stores nationwide to ensure its contractors minimize lead dust from home renovation activities.
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Michael Garcia, a former detective with the Las Cruces Police Department who focused on child abuse and sex crimes investigations, pleaded guilty today in federal court to a one count information charging Garcia with violating the civil rights of an LCPD student intern when he sexually abused her while on duty.
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A Georgia real estate investor pleaded guilty today for his role in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Georgia.
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The Justice Department reached an agreement today with Potter Concrete, a company based in Dallas, resolving claims that the company engaged in a pattern or practice of document abuse in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
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William R. “Rusty” Miller, a real estate developer from Fairhope, Ala., was sentenced today in federal district court in Gulfport, Miss., for the unpermitted filling of wetlands near Bay St. Louis, Miss., in violation of the Clean Water Act.
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A fourth U.S. Navy official has been charged in a complaint unsealed today with accepting cash, luxury travel and consumer electronics from a foreign defense contractor in exchange for classified and internal U.S. Navy information.
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Kimberly Banks, Donalene Mosley and Arneshia Austin were sentenced today in Albany, Ga., to serve 192 months, 37 months and 21 months in prison, respectively, for crimes relating to filing fraudulent income tax returns using stolen identities.
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Two leaders of the Armenian Power gang were found guilty today by a federal jury in Los Angeles for their participation in a racketeering conspiracy that included extortion, bank fraud targeting elderly bank customers and a sophisticated credit and debit card skimming scheme.
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