Sluggishness of Police Reform Feeds Frustration — Would More Foot Patrol Help?

Sluggishness of Police Reform Feeds Frustration — Would More Foot Patrol Help?

Twenty-five years ago, the Los Angeles Times published a two-part investigative series I wrote about fatal shootings by police in Ventura County.

The first article quoted both grieving relatives and police officers who themselves were traumatized after the shootings. "My son is dead. I want to know why," said the mother of a 23-year-old who was shot by police after he had leveled an empty shotgun at them.

Great White Shark Spotted Off Cape Cod
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Great White Shark Spotted Off Cape Cod

Tom Joyce

Great white sharks are back off Cape Cod.

An eight-foot great white shark circled a boat for about 15 minutes just off the coast of Sandy Neck Beach in Sandwich over the weekend, as Fox News reports.

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