Temple University
Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve is an assistant professor at Temple University in the Department of Criminal Justice and the author of Crook County: Racism and Injustice in America's Largest Criminal Court.
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Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve
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FROM Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve
To the Point
President Trump and the 'Chicago problem' The name "Trump" takes up two stories atop a Chicago skyscraper, but the President has singled out the city for concentrated "carnage." As promised, he's "sending in the feds" — 20 more officers of the ATF — to work with local police and the highway patrol—with exclusive focus on shootings.
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One year later, the threat of more mudslides still exists One year ago, torrential rain pelted the hillside community of Montecito, which was scorched a month earlier by the Thomas Fire. It unleashed a flow of mud and boulders the size of cars and killed 23 people.