#Drop in weekly arrests outpaces increase in NYC crime

#Drop in weekly arrests outpaces increase in NYC crime

“#Drop in weekly arrests outpaces increase in NYC crime” Serious crime spiked across most major categories amid another plunge in arrests last week, NYPD statistics showed Monday — and sources said the bloodshed would have been even worse if not for the lousy weekend weather. And amid a doubling of incidents in the transit system…

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#French investigators question fugitive auto titan Carlos Ghosn

#French investigators question fugitive auto titan Carlos Ghosn

“#French investigators question fugitive auto titan Carlos Ghosn” French investigating judges questioned the high-flying auto executive-turned-international fugitive Carlos Ghosn for several hours in Beirut on Monday. Ghosn, who simultaneously led three automakers as part of the Nissan-Renault-Mitsubishi alliance, has been fighting multiple probes since fleeing Japan in late 2019 in a daring escape that allegedly…

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#Four more Oath Keepers charged in Jan. 6 insurrection

#Four more Oath Keepers charged in Jan. 6 insurrection

“#Four more Oath Keepers charged in Jan. 6 insurrection” Four more associates of the extremist Oath Keepers group have been indicted for storming the US Capitol on Jan. 6, court records unsealed Sunday show.  Three Florida men — Joseph Hackett, 51, of Sarasota, Jason Dolan, 44, of Wellington and William Isaacs, 21, of Kissimmee —…

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#Texas neo-Nazi arrested for planning mass shooting at Walmart

#Texas neo-Nazi arrested for planning mass shooting at Walmart

“#Texas neo-Nazi arrested for planning mass shooting at Walmart” An apparent neo-Nazi in Texas has been arrested for planning a mass shooting at a Walmart, police said Sunday.  Coleman Thomas Blevins, 28, was arrested Friday in Kerrville, about 70 miles northwest of San Antonio, after investigators intercepted a message indicating he planned to carry out…

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#Cops looking for man who launched anti-gay attack in NYC

#Cops looking for man who launched anti-gay attack in NYC

“#Cops looking for man who launched anti-gay attack in NYC” The NYPD released a photo and video Sunday night of the man cops say sucker-punched a 24-year-old while hurling homophobic remarks.  The suspect, seen in Midtown near West 34th Street and Ninth Avenue in a white shirt and black shorts, allegedly attacked the male victim…

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#Fallen cops deserve our gratitude on Memorial Day

#Fallen cops deserve our gratitude on Memorial Day

“#Fallen cops deserve our gratitude on Memorial Day” Forty-eight on-duty police officers were shot to death in the United States last year — nearly five times the number of American servicemen who died in Afghanistan in 2020. We’ll remember the military’s fallen today, as we must — but what about those cops? A radical notion,…

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#Letters to the Editor — May 30, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — May 30, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — May 30, 2021” Classroom truthExcellent editorial, “Mulgrew’s New Lies,” which was spot on (May 20). As a substitute teacher at a New Jersey high school, I recently supervised classes approximately two-thirds full while the remaining third was taught virtually via Zoom. This procedure gives the options for parents to decide,…

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#Sealed court docs reveal killer

#Sealed court docs reveal killer

“#Sealed court docs reveal killer” Death Row Records founder Marion “Suge” Knight financed the hit on Brooklyn rapper Notorious B.I.G. — an execution carried out by Nation of Islam convert and hired hitman Amir Muhammad with the help of corrupt Los Angeles cops, according to an FBI agent who worked the case and sources who have…

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#Letters to the Editor — May 29, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — May 29, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — May 29, 2021” The Issue: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s call for a commission to investigate the attack on the Capitol. Kudos to both the recent editorial (“A Dubious ­‘Menace,’ ” May 24) and to Miranda Devine’s terrific commentary, “Truth be Damned,” in the same day’s newspaper. I watched the TV coverage…

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