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Crime, immigration enforcement and public-safety accountability

Crime, immigration enforcement and public-safety accountability

Major public-safety coverage includes the fatal Times Square stabbing, the Monterey County newborn-death investigation, Chicago street takeovers and shootings in California, Massachusetts and Texas. Immigration enforcement and asylum litigation continue to disrupt communities, while Florida’s restriction of Flock and other license-plate readers intensifies the national privacy and policing debate.

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Updated Sep 1, 2026