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“You know how it feels to look at the same detectives who couldn’t figure out who killed your children’s father, and now you’re putting your son, the same delicate situation, in their hands?”
These are some of the raw emotions felt by LaToya Jack, mother of Lamar Gibson, who was killed on Monday, July 13 in East Harlem. Lamar’s mother LaToya is referring to the unsolved murder of Lamar’s father on the same block nearly 10 years ago.
This tragic loss of life and of intergenerational and community trauma through gun violence has gained national attention during a summer of blistering heat, racial reckoning, and rising COVID-19 cases.
These complex problems are without a doubt exacerbated with a president advocating for federal law enforcement to enter various cities, which has resulted in recent protest escalations, law enforcement violence, and civil rights abuses recently seen in Portland, Oregon.
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Join us for the IAFN2020 Virtual Conference! Now more than ever, forensic nursing professionals must come together to innovate, collaborate, and focus on the future. Through the new virtual exhibit hall and a variety of educational and networking opportunities, we will create, learn, and connect. Join us for a one-of-kind learning experience! Register now.
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We recognize how important it is for our members to stay connected during these uncertain times and wanted to take this opportunity to provide you with a forum to support one another. IAFN will be hosting open discussions where our members can come together to discuss and brainstorm through current and emerging challenges.
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Star Tribune
Across the United States, police officers are routinely taught that excited delirium is a condition characterized by the abrupt onset of aggression and distress, typically accompanying drug abuse, often resulting in sudden death. One 2014 article from the FBI’s Law Enforcement Bulletin describes “excited delirium syndrome” as “a serious and potentially deadly medical condition involving psychotic behavior, elevated temperature, and an extreme fight-or-flight response by the nervous system.”
How often is excited delirium invoked? It’s unclear, but in Florida at least 53 deaths in police custody were attributed to it over the past 10 years. One study showed that 11 percent of sudden unexplained deaths in police custody in Maryland from 1990 to 2004 were attributed to excited delirium. The American College of Emergency Physicians published a controversial position paper in 2009 stating its consensus that excited delirium is a valid disease, associated with a significant risk of sudden death.
But excited delirium is pseudoscience. It’s not a concept recognized by the American Medical Association or the American Psychiatric Association. It isn’t a valid diagnosis; it’s a misappropriation of medical terminology, and it doesn’t justify police violence.
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TIME Magazine
As millions of American children celebrated July 4 by viewing fireworks and having their imaginations sparked for a brighter future, at least six of our nation’s children were shot and killed by stray bullets, including seven-year-old Natalia Wallace, who was shot in the forehead as she played in her grandmother’s yard. One-year-old Davell Gardner Jr. was shot and killed in New York City while sitting in his stroller at a family cookout. Day in and day out, we justifiably discuss COVID-19 and the risks of reopening schools for our children, but we can’t even seem to guarantee that our children won’t be shot and killed while playing with friends or sleeping soundly in their beds.
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NBC News
In December 2016, law enforcement agents seized computers and hard drives from the home of Tay Christopher Cooper, a retired high school history teacher, in Carlsbad, California. On the devices, digital forensic experts found more than 11,600 photos and videos depicting child sexual abuse, according to court documents.
Among the videos was one showing a man raping a toddler girl, according to a criminal complaint.
"The audio associated with this video is that of a baby crying," the complaint states.
Police were led to Cooper's door by a forensic tool called Child Protection System, which scans file-sharing networks and chatrooms to find computers that are downloading photos and videos depicting the sexual abuse of prepubescent children. The software, developed by the Child Rescue Coalition, a Florida-based nonprofit, can help establish the probable cause needed to get a search warrant.
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Quartz India
With Indians under lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, crimes against women didn’t stop—they just changed.
There was a significant increase in domestic violence complaints and cybercrime complaints in May 2020 in Indian districts that saw the strictest lockdown measures (red zones) relative to districts that saw the least strict measures (green zones), the analysis of complaints received by the National Commission for Women has revealed.
Meanwhile, rape and sexual assault complaints fell, “likely due to decreased mobility in public spaces, public transport, and workplaces,” the study by researchers from University of California Los Angeles noted.
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Times Colonist
Two Somali-Canadian advocates have created an online resource specifically for racialized survivors of sexual assault, saying a centralized guide is necessary to fill gaps in both the health-care and justice systems that leave marginalized women behind.
Habon Ali of Toronto and Edmonton's Asmaa Ali said existing resources are either scarce in nature or scattered across the internet, making it difficult for victims to track down the help they need. The women contend the issues persist both in the immediate aftermath of sexual violence and further down the road when victims need medical rather than legal support.
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BBC News
France's parliament has voted to implement a bill intended to protect victims of domestic violence.
The legislation allows doctors to break patient confidentiality if they believe a life is "in immediate danger."
The bill was approved last week by the National Assembly and was adopted unanimously by the Senate on July 21.
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Rutgers
The Child Trauma Response Team, an innovative police and community-based organization partnership, demonstrated success at screening and treating children for post-traumatic stress disorder immediately following incidents of intimate partner violence, according to a Rutgers-led study published in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
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Huffington Post
Even if you’re not fluent in French, you can probably make out the meaning of the word dénonciations. “Denunciation” is an English word, too, but it sounds archaic and clunky. It’s rarely used. There are a lot of words like that in the French-English divide: words that translate, but not fully.
The French version has been all over the Quebec media in the last few weeks. The country’s second-biggest province is in the middle of a reckoning over allegations of sexual assault in its music industry, but the siloed nature of Quebec’s star system makes it challenging for the rest of Canada to recognize.
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