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Oklahoma woman wanted for deadly shooting arrested after commenting on police Facebook post<\/h3>\n

An Oklahoma woman is behind bars after posting on a local police department\u2019s Facebook page about warrants for her arrest.<\/p>\n

Each week, the Tulsa Police Department makes a Facebook post about their \u2018Most Wanted\u2019 fugitive of the week.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, authorities posted that Lorraine Graves was wanted in connection to the murder of Eric Graves.<\/p>\n

Eric Graves was shot and killed at the St. Thomas Square Apartments earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Detectives arrested Jayden Hopson and Gabriel Hopson for the murder, but they were still searching for Lorraine Graves, who was charged with accessory to murder.<\/p>\n

After making the Facebook post, Graves responded by commenting, \u201cWhat\u2019s where\u2019s the reward money at,\u201d on the post.<\/p>\n

On Thursday afternoon, detectives arrested Graves in north Tulsa near 36th St. N. and Garrison Ave.<\/p>\n

Her bond has been set at $500,000.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source; KFOR<\/a><\/p>\n

No-show St. Louis prosecutors trigger dismissal of 2020 murder case<\/h3>\n

This isn’t a one-off thing either. Google “St Louis murder charges dropped” and you’ll see a trend.<\/p>\n

A circuit judge dismissed a 2020 murder case last week and said the Circuit Attorney\u2019s Office \u201cabandoned its duty\u201d after St. Louis prosecutors failed three times to show for court hearings or respond to a court order to produce evidence.<\/p>\n

Circuit Judge Jason Sengheiser on Wednesday dismissed first-degree murder, armed criminal action and unlawful gun possession charges against Brandon Campbell, 30, after no one from the Circuit Attorney\u2019s Office showed up for scheduled hearings in May, June and July.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe court does not take this action without significant consideration for the implications it may have for public safety,\u201d Sengheiser wrote in his order. \u201cAlthough presumed innocent, (Campbell) has been charged with the most serious of crimes. While the court has a role to play in protecting public safety, that role must be balanced with adherence to the law and the protection of the rights of the defendant.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sengheiser continued, \u201cThe Circuit Attorney\u2019s Office is ultimately the party responsible for protecting public safety by charging and then prosecuting those it believes commit crimes. In a case like this where the Circuit Attorney\u2019s office has essentially abandoned its duty to prosecute those it charges with crimes, the court must impartially enforce the law and any resultant threat to public safety is the responsibility of the Circuit Attorney\u2019s Office.\u201d<\/p>\n

A spokeswoman for Kimberly M. Gardner provided a statement Monday saying “Upon review of our internal policies and procedures regarding family medical leave, we have determined that corrective measures are needed to further prevent any future repeat occurrence of the incident in question. The suggestion, however, that there have been additional instances that have occurred like the one in question have not been substantiated.”<\/p>\n

Gardner’s statement continued, “Be assured that as the Circuit Attorney of the City of St. Louis, I am accountable to the public for the actions of the office and remain committed as ever to upholding the highest possible standards and practices of accountability at all levels of this office, particularly the public safety of the residents of the city of St. Louis. As a result, the individual in this case is (in) custody.”<\/p>\n

Police said Monday that Campbell was still at large.<\/p>\n

Campbell was charged in December with fatally shooting 30-year-old Randy Moore on April 9, 2020, in the 3700 block of Aldine Avenue. Moore, who lived in the 11000 block of Bellefontaine Road in north St. Louis County, was pronounced dead at a hospital. Charges said surveillance video showed Campbell arrive in a Chrysler 300 and have an argument with Moore before shooting Moore as Moore walked away.<\/p>\n

The judge said Campbell\u2019s public defender filed a motion on May 17 to compel the Circuit Attorney\u2019s Office to produce evidence in the case. At that time, the prosecutor who had Campbell\u2019s case had begun maternity leave, and no one else from the Circuit Attorney\u2019s Office had been assigned to it.<\/p>\n

Campbell\u2019s lawyer moved to dismiss the case June 30 \u201cfor willful violations of the rules of discovery.\u201d A hearing was scheduled for Monday, but again no prosecutor showed despite the court\u2019s confirming that the Circuit Attorney\u2019s Office received notice of the hearing six days earlier.<\/p>\n

Campbell is represented by an assistant public defender, who emailed Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner directly May 28 asking whom to contact about Campbell\u2019s case.<\/p>\n

Campbell\u2019s lawyer said Gardner never replied.<\/p>\n

Matthew Mahaffey, chief public defender in St. Louis, said the way the Circuit Attorney\u2019s Office has handled Campbell\u2019s case \u201cencapsulates a lot of the discovery issues we\u2019re seeing and the challenges we\u2019re seeing in getting cases to proceed with the full amount of information that our clients are deserving of. We\u2019re not getting what we need from the Circuit Attorney\u2019s Office.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Thursday, a day after Sengheiser dismissed Campbell\u2019s case, a prosecutor with the Circuit Attorney\u2019s Office refiled charges. A judge ordered Campbell held without bail on the newly filed charges.<\/p>\n

Campbell fled to Arizona after the shooting and then to Texas, the documents say. He was arrested in Texas by U.S. Marshals.<\/p>\n

He has previous federal and state convictions for illegal gun possession, drug possession and stealing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is the same St Louis County prosecutor who secured convictions on the two rich, white lawyers who armed themselves<\/a> against a mob last year. She’s got priorities and black lives ain’t one of them.<\/p>\n

It looks like the game the St Louis prosecutors are playing that they aren’t ready for trial (mostly due to the insufferable work environment Gardner has created) they dismiss the charges and immediately refile them to start the trial clock anew. I’m no defense lawyer, but that seems like it creates some issues with due process and the right to a speedy trial. I imagine there will be some bad case law coming from this.<\/p>\n

Source; STL Today<\/a><\/p>\n

Firefighters Say \u2018Embarrassed\u2019 Racoon Has Nothing To Be Ashamed Of<\/h3>\n

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Firefighters have assured an embarrassed-looking racoon that it has nothing to be ashamed of after it broke into a house in Georgia.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s never fun getting caught red-handed doing something you shouldn\u2019t, and the racoon in this particular situation knows that all too well after breaking into the home in Dalton, about 90 miles north of Atlanta, presumably in the search of snacks.<\/p>\n

The creature succeeded in its mission to get inside the home, but the City of Dalton Fire Department was called to the scene when the homeowners realised it hadn\u2019t been able to find its way back out.<\/p>\n

In a post shared on Facebook on Wednesday, the fire department explained the situation proved \u2018You never know what the day is going to hold when you show up for your shift as a firefighter.\u2019<\/p>\n

It continued: \u2018Sure, there may be the occasional cat needing to be rescued from a tree, but a raccoon? That\u2019s a new one.\u2019<\/p>\n

After helping the racoon out of the home, the department shared a picture of it with its paw covering its eyes, as if it were too embarrassed to let people see its face after the unfortunate blunder.<\/p>\n

Still, firefighters showed they were on the animal\u2019s side as they wrote: \u2018As you can tell, he was pretty embarrassed about it, but it\u2019s really nothing to be ashamed of. We all need a helping hand every now and then.\u2019<\/p>\n

The racoon has since been safely released back into the wild, hopefully having learned that it needs to plan some escape routes before taking on any more adventures.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source; UNILAD<\/a><\/p>\n

Fish Species Getting New Name to Combat Racism Concerns \u2014 and Make It More Appetizing<\/h3>\n

Minnesota state Sen. Foung Hawj was never a fan of the \u201cAsian carp\u201d label commonly applied to four imported fish species that are wreaking havoc in the U.S. heartland, infesting numerous rivers and bearing down on the Great Lakes.<\/p>\n

But the last straw came when an Asian business delegation arriving at the Minneapolis airport encountered a sign reading \u201cKill Asian Carp.” It was a well-intentioned plea to prevent the spread of the invasive fish. But the message was off-putting to the visitors.<\/p>\n

Hawj and fellow Sen. John Hoffman in 2014 won approval of a measure requiring that Minnesota agencies refer to the fish as \u201cinvasive carp,\u201d despite backlash from the late radio commentator Rush Limbaugh, who ridiculed it as political correctness.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had more hate mail than you could shake a stick at,\u201d Hoffman said.<\/p>\n

Now some other government agencies are taking the same step in the wake of anti-Asian hate crimes that surged during the coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service quietly changed its designation to \u201cinvasive carp\u201d in April.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted to move away from any terms that cast Asian culture and people in a negative light,\u201d said Charlie Wooley, director of its Great Lakes regional office.<\/p>\n

The Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee, representing agencies in the U.S. and Canada that are trying to contain the carp, will do likewise Aug. 2, he said.<\/p>\n

The moves come as other wildlife organizations consider revising names that some consider offensive, including the Entomological Society of America, which this month dropped \u201cgypsy moth\u201d and \u201cgypsy ant\u201d from its insect list.<\/p>\n

Yet the switch to \u201cinvasive carp\u201d might not be the final say. As experts and policymakers have learned in their long struggle against the prolific and wily fish, almost nothing about them is simple. Scientists, technical journals, government agencies, language style guides, restaurants and grocery stores may have ideas about what to call them, based on differing motives \u2014 including getting more people to eat the critters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

More at the source; NBC Chicago<\/a><\/p>\n

I think they should commission Gordon Ramsay to come up with a name. Something more worldly and foodie like the most amazing “Illinois Seabass”. Charge $75 a plate for it and next thing you know, that fish of an Asian persuasion will be extinct.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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