Month: May 2015

Emergency Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for Two Grand Canyon Species Threatened by Tusayan Development

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.—(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2015.  The Center for Biological Diversity filed an emergency petition with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today seeking Endangered Species Act protection for a tiger beetle and a flower found in wet seeps in the Grand Canyon and nowhere else on Earth. The Arizona wetsalts tiger[Read More…]

Justice Department Announces $20 Million in Funding to Support Body-Worn Camera Pilot Program

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–Mary 1, 2015. The Department of Justice today announced a $20 million Body-Worn Camera (BWC) Pilot Partnership Program to respond to the immediate needs of local and tribal law enforcement organizations. The investment includes $17 million in competitive grants for the purchase of body-worn cameras, $2 million for training and[Read More…]

Mississippi Man Sentenced for His Role in a Conspiracy to Commit Racially Motivated Assaults, Culminating in the Killing of an African-American Man Run Over by Truck

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015.  The Justice Department announced today that John Louis Blalack, 21, of Brandon, Mississippi, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court of the Southern District of Mississippi in Jackson for his role in a federal hate crime conspiracy involving racially motivated assaults, culminating in the death of[Read More…]

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