Public Safety and Justice Update: 2/24/23

So far, 6,278 people have died from gun violence this year in the U.S, as of 2/23, roughly an average of 116 daily deaths…

Community leaders and officials in Omaha, Nebraska have seen a steady drop in reported gun violence over 15 years…

Nationally, homicides rose almost 30 percent in 2020 and remained high in 2021…

The City of Buffalo is suing several gun manufacturers, including Beretta, Smith & Wesson, Glock, Remington and Bushmaster, arguing they fueled gun violence in the city, endangered the safety and health of the public and “must be held accountable”…

Two weeks after a man fatally shot three students at Michigan State University, and wounded five others, flags are scheduled to return to full-staff as students return to campus…

The farmworker accused of killing seven people last month at a pair of mushroom farms in Half Moon Bay, CA pleaded not guilty last week in San Mateo County…

A city council member in Memphis, Tennessee, has proposed legislation that would bar police from pulling drivers over for six minor traffic violations, following the death of Tyre Nichols after a police traffic stop last month…

State Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Gardena) recently released more details about his Senate Bill 50, which would prohibit law enforcement officers from pulling over drivers for minor infractions, such as a broken taillight or tinted windows, unless an “independent basis for a stop exists”…

Stockton Police Chief Stanley McFadden and others this week celebrated the launch of an organizational wellness unit at the Police Department's operations building…

Teen girls across the US are “engulfed in a growing wave of violence and trauma,” according to federal researchers who released data showing increases in rape and sexual violence, and record levels of feeling sad or hopeless…