After the Buffalo massacre that left 10 African-Africans dead in a supermarket on May 14, New York State is taking stricter measures on weapons. To buy a semi-automatic rifle, you must now be 21 years old (instead of 18). The acquisition of high-capacity magazines has also been made more difficult. And major digital platforms like Twitter or Facebook will be forced to notify authorities when they see death threats being posted on their social media. It is to be read on the information site Politico which reminds us that the State of New York already has one of the strictest laws in the whole country in terms of access to firearms. According to Politico, state Governor Kathy Hochul takes the issue very seriously because Buffalo, where the shooting took place, is her hometown.
A two-year-old boy kills his father with an accidental shooting
It wasn’t a shooting, but a gun accident that claimed the life of a Florida father when his two-year-old son grabbed his car. a loaded gun left unattended by his parents. According to the New York Times, the mother is prosecuted for manslaughter and risks up to 15 years in prison. The gun was actually in a bag she had left on the floor. The child found her, and shot her father in the back, who was playing a video game on his computer. Authorities said the couple, who have three small children, were not allowed to own guns because they were ” convicted criminals “, Write the New York Times. The newspaper states that last year, 163 people were accidentally killed with a firearm used by a child.
The public hearings of the Commission on January 6, a flop?
This Thursday will begin in the United States Congress, the public hearings of the Commission of Inquiry into the assault on the Capitol, on January 6, 2021. The hearings will be transmitted by all the major television channels, with the exception of that of the conservative channel pro-Trump, Fox News. It will not broadcast the auditions. This is what the chain said in a press release yesterday Monday. On the site of FoxNewsone of its columnists believes that the auditions could turn into a flop.
According to Howard Kurz, the Democrats in the House of Representatives want to create a “television show”. The proof, according to the columnist: it is a former head of the ABC chain who will be in charge of the production of the live broadcast from Congress. The objective of his public hearings, continues Howard Kurz, is to “create buzz”, failing to be able to present new revelations.
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British journalist and expert on missing indigenous peoples in the Amazon
As the country celebrates National Day of Freedom of Expression today, the front pages of the newspapers are dedicated to the disappearance of a British journalist and a Brazilian expert on indigenous peoples. Both were on a mission in the Amazon. According to the news site G1, Dom Philips and Bruno Pereira disappeared last Sunday. Dom Philips, who works among others for The Guardian was researching in the Javari Valley, a very difficult region to access located in the south-west of the Amazon, not far from Peru.
The federal police and the navy have launched searches by boat and helicopter. The organization Human Rights Watch, quoted by O Globeasks the Brazilian government to do everything possible to find the two men. O Globe specifies that Bruno Pereiro had received death threats from miners and farmers. The NGO Greenpeace for its part recalls that ” the disappearance of these two men occurs in a political climate hostile to the interests of indigenous peoples, a climate strongly stimulated by the government of Jair Bolsonaro “.
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New fuel shortage in Haiti
According to the agency AlterpressWe can see ” a new scarcity of fuel at distribution stations “, and this for several days, especially in the capital Port-au-Prince. Who is responsible for this situation? According to a trade unionist interviewed by Alterpresse, it is the state which has taken no steps to prevent the private sector from having a hand in the petroleum products branch “.
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The Haitian community in Miami driven from their homes
This is a report to read in the Miami Herald. The neighborhood of Little Haiti is increasingly popular with real estate speculators, writes the newspaper. Consequence: the inhabitants, often of long standing, are forced to leave their homes, which will be destroyed in order to be able to build new and obviously more expensive residences. According to Miami Heraldthe Haitian neighborhood is also the victim of a new trend, the ” climate gentrification “. Located high up, this district is of interest to investors because it is better protected than others against rising waters.