#9news | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

dontmeantobepoliticalbut · 1 year

Text

The Colorado Springs shooting, in which a gunman killed five people and wounded more than a dozen at a queer nightclub on November 19, has already been framed as a failure of red flag laws, policies designed to allow law enforcement to disarm people considered a clear risk to themselves or others.

But in this case, it appears a red flag order could have been used against the suspect — and local officials may have chosen not to.

Of 64 counties in the state, El Paso County, home to Colorado Springs, is one of at least 37 counties that have declared themselves a “Second Amendment sanctuary” and openly defied the state’s gun laws. El Paso County’s commissioners did so in response to the state’s proposed red flag law in 2019.

“We’re not going to pursue these on our own,” El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder said as the law was being debated in the state Legislature, “meaning the Sheriff’s Office is not going to run over and try to get a court order.” Elder has said that the Sheriff’s Office would enforce court orders, but that it wouldn’t pursue petitions on its own, except in some extreme circumstances.

Data suggests that Elder has been true to his word. In Colorado, red flag petitions can be filed by law enforcement, or a family or household member. An analysis of court records by 9News found that, between January 2020, when the law went into effect, and November 2021, just 39 risk protection order petitions were filed in El Paso County, the most populous county in the state, with more than 737,000 residents. Only eight of those petitions — or 21% — were granted.

None of the approved petitions were filed by law enforcement, the 9News analysis shows. Unlike most counties in the state, they were all initiated by family and household members.

“Oftentimes, law enforcement are the people who are coming into contact with individuals who pose a danger to themselves or others,” said Allison Anderman, senior counsel and director of local policy at the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. “If they’re not using them, they’re going to be less effective.”

In the case of the Club Q shooting, the suspect — who was charged Monday with multiple murder and hate crimes charges — allegedly threatened in June 2021 to detonate a bomb and harm his mother with “multiple weapons.” He was arrested and charged with multiple felonies, although the charges were later dropped.

The suspect’s history made him an ideal candidate for a gun removal order under a red flag law. Yet he was never subject to one, and legally purchased the two guns he allegedly used in the shooting.

Colorado’s Extreme Risk Protection Orders law is not an automatic process and requires cooperation from local law enforcement and from the community members it aims to protect. Unlike other states that have removed guns from thousands of people deemed dangerous, as in Florida, Colorado’s state courts have issued relatively few risk protection orders.

Under Colorado law, for an order to be granted barring someone from possessing or purchasing firearms, a law enforcement official or agency, or a family or household member, must file a petition in court and show that a person is a risk to themselves or others. A judge can then grant a temporary risk protection order lasting up to 14 days, after which point they can grant a final extreme risk protection order lasting up to one year, though the order can be extended further if warranted.

But, according to its website the El Paso Sheriff’s Office will not petition for a red flag order except in some “exigent circumstances,” or if there is probable cause that a crime has been or will be committed. Elder has said that he believes the law violates the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments.

“It is the policy of the Sheriff’s Office to respect and protect the constitutional rights of all those we serve,” reads a post on its website. “The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office will ensure that the rights of people to be free from unreasonable search and seizures, and to receive due process of law, are safeguarded and maintained.”

By contrast, in less populous Denver County to the north, law enforcement and family filed some 63 petitions, and judges issued a risk protection order in 79% of those cases. Of the 50 orders approved, 47 were filed by law enforcement.

Denver County’s statistics, unlike El Paso County’s, reflect a national trend, according to Anderman: Law enforcement officers and agencies are more likely to file and be granted a red flag petition, she said, in part because family members are often intimidated by the process of going to court, and in at least seven states, only law enforcement officials are allowed to petition for a red flag order.

But leaving the implementation of red flag laws to local, elected law enforcement officials like sheriffs allows politics to interfere. Unlike city or state police, county sheriffs are elected and, according to a national survey, many of them believe that gun laws go too far and, in several cases, have refused to implement them.

“There is a pattern of sheriffs trying to step in and proclaim their authority to both set policy, as well as enforce policy,” said Emily Farris, an associate professor of political science at Texas Christian University. Along with Mirya Holman, of Tulane University and the Marshall Project, Farris surveyed more than 500 sheriffs about their views of their authority. “They themselves feel that they get to interpret whether or not something is constitutional, and what their office is or is not going to do.”

Some states have taken steps to train law enforcement officials and residents on how to file red flag petitions. In New York, where a mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo prompted questions about the state’s red flag law, Governor Kathy Hochul ordered State Police to file for red flag orders whenever they have probable cause. The directive, along with a new law passed by the state Legislature requiring all law enforcement agencies to increase their use of red flag orders, led to a substantial increase in red flag petitions.

While Hochul’s order appears to have increased red flag applications among the agencies she can control, it may not affect county sheriffs. Governors can control state police, and city councils can control city police, but sheriffs offices lack that same oversight.

“Sheriffs have really been overlooked in their role in gun control because it’s these kinds of laws, like red flag laws, that either involve law enforcement doing the petition, or rely on law enforcement’s right to enforce the petition,” Farris said. “So you can have this uneven enforcement even within one state because sheriffs are individually asserting themselves. It underscores the importance of paying attention to who your sheriff is. If they choose not to [enforce red flag laws], if they just disagree, there’s very little oversight mechanisms to make them.”

The sheriff in El Paso County is not the only local official who opposed the red flag law. Republican District Attorney Michael Hall, who assumed office in January 2021, took an even tougher stance against the law when campaigning for the office in 2020. “This law is a poor excuse to take people’s guns and is not designed in any way to address real concrete mental health concerns,” he wrote on Facebook in January of that year.

A month later, he went even further, writing that those living in his judicial district “can rest easy” knowing that the District Attorney’s Office “will not participate in ‘red flag’ confiscation.”

17 notes · View notes

29solutions · 2 months

Text

Gender pay gaps from major companies revealed | 9 News Australia

The gender pay gap from almost 5000 companies has been published for the very first time today.

For Full Video Click Here

#9News #BreakingNews #NineNewsAustralia #9NewsAUS

0 notes

harayanvidesidope · 7 months

Text

0 notes

brexiiton · 7 months

Text

Man charged with murder after incident at apartment block

By Mikala Theocharous, 9:55pm Sep 27, 2023

A man has been charged with murder after an alleged alcohol-fuel brawl broke out between two men in South Australia.

Peter Smith, 65, was allegedly beaten to death inside his Bond Street apartment in Mount Gambier, five hours south-east of Adelaide, at 3pm yesterday, according to police.

He was taken to hospital and died a short time later.

Peter Smith, 65, was allegedly beaten to death inside his Bond Street apartment in Mount Gambier, five hours south-eat of Adelaide, at 3pm yesterday, according to police. (9News)

A 65-year-old man who has no fixed address was arrested at the scene.

He has since been charged with murder,

Police believe the two men were known to each other.

Police believe the two men were known to each other. (9News)

Neighbour Johanna Jarrad told 9News Smith a "good guy."

"He always talked to me, said hello, he was just a nice guy," she told 9News.

"It's terrible, I've been living here for 16 years and nothing's ever happened like that."

Neighbours who claim to have overheard the incident say it was an alcohol-fueled argument that spiralled out of control.

#terrorwave #terror #terror wave #wave #news #9news #adelaide #mount gambier #murder #mikala theocharous #manslaughter #australia #crimes #crime

0 notes

tilos-tagebuch · 1 year

Photo

Australische Zeitung, 6.30 Uhr— Die Russen müssen mit Schaufeln kämpfen ! Dieselbe australische Zeitung um 15:31 Uhr — Die Ukrainer müssen sich zurückziehen!

Liebe Leser dieser Zeitung — Wenn die Russen mit Schaufeln eine Armee besiegen, die von der ganzen westlichen Welt bewaffnet wird - was passiert dann, wenn ihnen endlich eine Waffe gegeben wird?!! 😱😂😂😂

#ukraine #war lies #9news #russia #stop the war

1 note · View note

femmetwts · 1 year

Text

I like to watch live tv (like 9now, 7+) because sometimes I need the ads. It gives me a break to grab food or get up, have a chat with my partner; things I probably wouldn’t do if I was watching something continuous on Netflix. I need live tv to pull my back to reality. Thx for not giving up yet live tv

#mine #Australian #high #live tv #9news

0 notes

reportwire · 2 years

Text

9NEWS announces preseason television broadcast team

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – The Broncos’ hometown television partner, 9NEWS, has announced the television broadcast team for the 2022 preseason slate. Steve Levy will return as play-by-play commentator, and he’ll be joined in the booth by color analysts Chad Brown and Ryan Harris. 9NEWS’ own Rod Mackey will serve as the sideline reporter on the broadcasts. Entering their 12th season as the team’s hometown…

View On WordPress

#9news #broadcast team #preseason #television #television broadcast #Television News

0 notes

milf-harrington · 1 year

Note

Hi Theo! I started rewatching The Fellowship of the Ring and I had an idea. A modern Zukka au where Sokka dresses as Legolas for Aang and Katara's costume party while Zuko dresses as Aragorn (Suki invited him and dressed as Éowyn). And that's when they meet then later fall in love and marathon the LOTR trilogy for their fifth date. ^^

i love how specific you were about the fifth date haha

This is really cute though!! Imagining Sokka being one of those people who argues that the boogs never specify what colour legolas' hair is so he leaves his hair natural, but zuko's like "his hair is blond what's wrong with you" and somehow through the course of that debate they reach a point where they're like nose-to-nose and their voices have dropped all quiet and they're like "wait are we flirting over elves right now?"

#zukka #tumblr user milf-harrington zukka posting for the first time in like a year someone call 9news #maliagrayson #hi kit!!

21 notes · View notes

postseasons · 9 months

Text

#9news do not test me.

7 notes · View notes

aussievriska · 3 months

Text

news tonight

Annastacia Palaszczuk got injured in a freak accident!!! WOOOOOOO

Someone wants to ban certain types of bikini bottoms!!!! BOOOOOOO

#auspol #idk i was just half listening to 9news

1 note · View note

abd-appleboxdog · 5 months

Text

I just made a post about how I like being able to write whatever I want cause I enjoy infodumping and I was gonna use the tag “diagnosed autism” but all these strange tags came outta nowhere…

#the walking dead&039;s erik jensen diagnosed with cancer after brain aneurysm #netflix star diagnosed with ‘lemon sized’ brain tumour at age 31 #9news reporter hayley webb gives ‘heartbreaking’ health update after being diagnosed with deadly insomnia #former wwe superstar manu ‘fighting for his life in hospital after being diagnosed with complex heart issue’#ex england star kieron dyer undergoes ‘life changing’ liver transplant after being diagnosed with incurable disease #real housewives of cheshire star diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer #WHAT ARE THESE TAGS?????#WHO IS MAKING THESE?????#WHY ARE THEY ONE OF THE FIRST OPTIONS WHEN YOU TYPE DIAGNOSED #misc post

1 note · View note

sweepstakesdream · 10 months

Text

9News Brisbane Magic Round Competition

Chance to Win A 3 day double pass to the NRL Magic Round. You can add 9News Brisbane Magic Round Competition before the end date

#9News Brisbane Magic Round Competition

1 note · View note

johnnygsanto · 2 years

Text

New data shows Aussies spent billions on video games in 2021 - 9News

New data shows Aussies spent billions on video games in 2021 9News New data shows Aussies spent billions on video games in 2021 - 9News

#Spliced Feed 3 (Johny Santo)#New data shows Aussies spent billions on video games in 2021 - 9News

0 notes

contestshubs · 2 years

Text

9News Brisbane Magic Round Competition

9News Brisbane Magic Round Competition is giving to chance to Win 3 day double pass to the NRL Magic Round to enter the Sweepstakes.

#9News Brisbane Magic Round Competition

1 note · View note

brexiiton · 7 months

Text

Man charged after well-known NSW activist Danny Lim allegedly attacked

By Lucy Slade, 9:23pm Sep 27, 2023

A man has been charged after well-known Sydney activist Danny Lim was allegedly assaulted at a train station last week.

Lim, 79, was taken to hospital with facial injuries after the alleged attack about 4pm on September 22 at Strathfield station, where he was campaigning for the Yes vote ahead of the referendum.

It is now known whether Lim got into a disagreement with someone who did not agree with his views on the Voice.

Elderly Sydney activist Danny Lim has continued campaigning after the alleged attack. (Nine)

"Police will allege in court that a 66-year-old man approached a 79-year-old man before punching and kicking him," NSW Police said in a statement.

"The 79-year-old man was treated on scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics before he was taken to Concord Hospital. He has since been released."

Police arrested the 66-year-old at a Homebush West home about 7am today.

He was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

The man was released on strict bail conditions and is expected to appear at Burwood Local Court on October 5.

Lim has since been spotted continuing to campaign after the alleged assault.

#terrorwave #terror wave #terror #wave #danny lim #sydney #sydney crimes #australia #9 news #9news #lucy slade

0 notes

republicansaredomesticterrorists · 7 months

Text

When RepubliKKKans show you who they are you should pay attention.

61 notes · View notes