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"Turnstile thugs terrorize Albuquerque".....By Mike Gallagher / Albuquerque Journal Investigative Reporter....November 1st, 2015.....Click on the photo to enlarge.

"The blood:
Albuquerque Police Officer Daniel Webster died from his wounds last week after being shot during a traffic arrest.
Rio Rancho Police Officer Gregg Benner was shot and killed during a traffic stop in Rio Rancho last May.
Albuquerque Officer Lou Golson was seriously wounded from multiple gunshots in early January.
In each case, the suspect had prior violent felony convictions and had served time in state prison.
In another case that outraged the community, the man who allegedly shot and killed 4-year-old Lilly Garcia during a road rage incident once faced a previous road rage charge, but it was dropped.

New Mexico has the second-highest violent crime rate per 100,000 population in the country, according to FBI reports.
Yet New Mexico sends fewer people to prison on a per capita basis than the neighboring states of Texas, Arizona, Colorado and Oklahoma.
And New Mexico’s prison inmates return to prison after release at a higher rate than in those same states.
At the same time, the number of officers on the street in Albuquerque is 865, well below the number city officials believe necessary, while the city works to revamp the department under the oversight of a federal court monitor after the Department of Justice found APD had a culture of using excessive and deadly force."

The article failed to mention that New Mexico is among states with some of the least restrictive firearms laws in the country.

Since New Mexico has no gun laws......"The United States Attorney’s Office has stepped in to try to keep the “Worst of the Worst” off the streets. It has brought charges against the suspects in the shootings of Webster, Benner and Golson, and is canvassing local law enforcement agencies for cases in which tough federal sentencing laws can get repeat offenders off the street......“The death of officer Benner brought to light how overwhelmed the state system is,” U.S. Attorney Damon Martinez said. “We had to do something.”.....For example, Martinez’s office charged Davon Lyman for being a felon in possession of a firearm in connection with the shooting death of APD officer Webster......That was a move to give District Attorney Kari Brandenburg’s office and local police time to gather evidence in Webster’s killing so the state can bring charges......Martinez’s office also charged the suspects in the shootings of Golson and Benner with federal firearms violations and other charges that not only kept them locked up with no bonds, but can also result in long federal prison sentences."....http://www.abqjournal.com/668821/news/turnstile-thugs-terrorize-our-town.html

"In the wake of recent events that have shocked the state, there is a growing chorus demanding changes to protect the public from such predators.
Mayor Richard Berry has proposed a series of changes – ranging from allowing retired officers to come back to the force and keep their pensions to rewriting new speedy trial rules to give prosecutors more time to turn over evidence to criminal defendants and their attorneys.
Political and judicial leaders have also come forward with suggestions.....Some of the changes will require legislative action and appropriation. Others will build off existing law enforcement programs. And still others will require the state Supreme Court to issue new court rules.
“We have to change our laws,” Police Chief Gorden Eden said immediately after Webster was shot and while he was still battling for his life. “The scales of justice are out of balance.”
And not a single comment about:
State permit to purchase a firearm.
Firearm registration?
Assault weapon law?
Magazine Capacity Restriction?
Owner license required?
Carry permits issued?
"Turnstile Thugs Terrorize Albuquerque"...Albuquerque Journal

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