A resident of the historic Winters Hotel that burned down one year ago has filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against the City of Vancouver and a non-profit that operated the hotel as low-income housing. The Winters Hotel, which was built in 1907, was gutted by a fire on April 11, 2022. The fire was sparked by unattended candles and led to the displacement of over 70 residents. Two people — Dennis Guay and Mary Ann Garlow — were found dead, and five others had to be taken to hospital in the aftermath of the fire at the hotel, which later had to be demolished. One of the survivors is seeking costs and damages from the city and Atira Property Management, the non-profit that operated the Winters Hotel as a single-room occupancy (SRO) housing building.

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Are Police in Schools Doing More Harm Than Good? | The Amber Ruffin Show [source]

For years, I’ve argued that putting more armed officers in schools is not the magic solution many people think it is. After school shootings, especially high-profile ones, politicians inevitably start calling for more school resource officers, more security, and more police presence. The idea sounds simple enough. If there are more cops in schools, surely schools will be safer. The problem is…

Corsicana, Texas, had one of those mornings where the news release tries very hard to make something sound routine. Around 9:20 a.m. this past Wednesday, inside Bowie Elementary, a Corsicana ISD police officer managed to shoot himself after what the district politely labeled an ‘accidental discharge.’ That’s the official phrasing, anyway. In plain English, a cop’s gun went off at Bowie Elementary…

It’s the kind of story that makes your stomach twist because it could have gone so wrong, so fast. At Fort Dorchester High School in North Charleston, South Carolina, police say a school resource officer pulled his gun on a student after hearing reports the teen might be armed. According to authorities, a staff member told the officer that a student had reportedly claimed to be carrying a…

What is it with school bathrooms and guns lately? This time, a private security guard at Bowen Elementary in Bryan, Texas, allegedly left his gun in a staff restroom. Was he leaving the gun for Michael Corleone? The Bryan ISD tried to assure parents there was never a threat, and thankfully no student found the weapon. A staff member discovered it first, and the guard was promptly fired. The…

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