The recent brutal stabbing spree in Manhattan, allegedly committed by Ramon Rivera, 51, is a chilling indictment of our failure to address the intersection of criminality, homelessness, and severe mental illness. Rivera, a career criminal with a well-documented history of violence and mental health issues, was inexplicably released from Rikers Island just a month before Read more »
By Doug Wyllie We’ve seen this story before. It’s a story of bad news, good news, bad news, good news, and news yet to be determined… There’s surely a “prequel” and an “origin story” for each of the main characters, but for our purposes, let’s call this the opening scene. In the middle of the Read more »
By Doug Wyllie In early September 2022, officers responded to a report of shots fired at an apartment complex on the south side of Moorhead, Minnesota. Upon arrival, they discovered a man—later identified as 32-year-old Abdi Mohamed Abdi—dead from multiple gunshot wounds. An initial investigation uncovered a surveillance video in which a gunman was seen Read more »