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My jaw hit the floor listening to this Las Cruces Chief of Police in New Mexico says a man has broken the windows in City Hall multiple times, every time his felonies are dismissed He “has been arrested at least 108 TIMES, with at least 15 of those being felonies” “Mr. Garcia had had several cases dismissed because he was found incompetent, and again, that's being dismissed without consequences or treatment. He was also deemed to be not dangerous by the courts. But let me give you a few of his recent involvements:” - November 2022: Confronted by a GameStop...

America has one of the world’s largest prison populations, with an estimated 1.7 million people in confinement.Going further, America’s incarceration rate is the fourth-highest in the world. Despite being a developed economy, its prison population is more than double that of Russia, India, and Brazil combined.This graphic, via Visual Capitalist's Dorothy Neufeld, shows the countries with the most prisoners, based on data from the Prison Policy Initiative.Breaking Down Countries by Prison PopulationBelow, we show the countries with the highest estimated prison population, with figures extrapolated from their most recent incarceration rates.With nearly two million prisoners, China ranks first globally.In China,...

In Southeast Washington, advocates say a new batch of federal police are making unusual arrestsWhen U.S. President Donald Trump sent thousands of National Guard troops to Washington in early August, they weren't seen in the highest crime sections of the city. Residents mostly encountered them in tourist areas and subway stations. In Southeast Washington, away from the monuments and museums, advocates like Jawanna Hardy have seen a new batch of police making unusual arrests — but it's not the National Guard. Hardy is the founder of Guns Down Friday, an organization that helps youth affected by crime in one of...