Justice Ginsburg dies; Russian election meddling confirmed; NC rejects black voters' mail in ballots

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was nominated by President Bill Clinton on June 14, 1993 and has served since August 10, 1993. Wikipedia Born: March 15, 1933, Brooklyn, New York, NY Died: September 18, 2020, Washington, D.C. Spouse: Martin D. Ginsburg (m. 1954–2010) Nicknames: Kiki, Notorious RBG 15 of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Most Iconic Quotes The Supreme Court Justice has died, but her inspiring words remain. On September 18, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died at the age of 87 due to complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer. And although the Notorious RBG — as she had endearingly become known — is no longer here, her inspiring work and words remain. Below, you'll find 15 of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's most iconic quotes about women's rights, activism and even love that we're sure will continue to impact generations to come. On activism “Fight for the things that you care about. But do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” "Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time." “So often in life, things that you regard as an impediment turn out to be great, good fortune.” "Don't be distracted by emotions like anger, envy, resentment. These just zap energy and waste time." On the fight for equality “I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” “I don’t say women’s rights—I say the constitutional principle of the equal citizenship stature of men and women.” "Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn't be that women are the exception." “Women will have achieved true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.” “People ask me sometimes… ‘When will there be enough women on the court?’ And my answer is: ‘When there are nine.’” “Feminism [is the] notion that we should each be free to develop our own talents and not be held back by manmade barriers.” On her life “My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent." “I remember envying the boys long before I even knew the word feminism, because I liked shop better than cooking or sewing.” "If you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it. I had a life partner who thought my work was as important as his, and I think that made all the difference for me." “Every now and then it helps to be a little deaf...That advice has stood me in good stead. Not simply in dealing with my marriage, but in dealing with my colleagues.” On how she would like to be remembered "I would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability."

NYPD’s Shot Spotter's Gunshot Sensors Lay Out City’s Surging Shooting Problem

 

By Larry Celona and Aaron Feis                                                July 27, 2020 | 1:59pm

A massive surge in activations of the NYPD’s ShotSpotter gunfire detection system shows that the level of gunplay in New York is even more serious than previously thought, according to department data and police sources.

Through July 21, the high-tech system had been set off 4,892 times citywide, according to NYPD figures — a  80.8-percent increase from the 2,705 activations through the same date last year.

When zeroing in on the warm-weather months, the difference becomes even more stark.

ShotSpotter was triggered 2,170 times between June 1 and July 21, a sky-high 141.1-percent hike from the 900 tallied in the period in 2019.

The rise in ShotSpotter detections coincides with a pronounced spike in gun violence that has plagued the five boroughs for most of 2020, but particularly since the mercury started to rise.

Through July 19, 854 people had been struck by gunfire in 698 shooting incidents across the city, yearly increases of 77.5 and 68.6 percent, according to NYPD data.

But the ShotSpotter figures suggest that those incidents are just the tip of the iceberg, with gunplay in which no one was struck increasingly commonplace in the city.

While the system can occasionally return false positives from other loud noises such as cars backfiring or fireworks — complaints of which have also soared since June — it is seen as 90-percent accurate, sources said.

Assuming that even 15-percent of all activations are false positives, that still translates to about 4,150 detected gunshots this year, and 1,850 since June 1.

“This shows a significant increase in shots being fired in the street,” one Brooklyn detective told The Post. “We could easily have many more victims.

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“The people arrested tell us they know cops won’t stop them, so everybody is carrying a gun.”

Shootings have particularly surged since June 15 when NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea disbanded the gun-hunting anti-crime unit over concerns about their involvement in a number of notorious, high-profile incidents.

The move has drawn criticism even from within the department’s upper ranks and, when combined with reform initiatives that restrict cops’ ability to do their jobs, has emboldened criminals to roam the streets armed to the teeth, sources said.

“There are a lot more guns out there than the politicians realize,” said one Brooklyn supervisor. “More importantly, the shooters are not afraid of carrying them because the cops won’t stop them.
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