A Rhode Island judge handed an unnamed driver the nation's first jail sentence for speeding in August 1904, for the reckless act of driving 15 miles per hour. Judge Darius Baker looked at the motorist in front of him and decided the man behind the wheel deserved five days behind bars. The offense: piloting an […] The post Five days in jail for 15 mph: how America's first speeding sentence landed in 1904 appeared first on American Almanac .
A Rhode Island judge handed an unnamed driver the nation's first jail sentence for speeding in August 1904, for the reckless act of driving 15 miles per hour. Judge Darius Baker looked at the motorist in front of him and decided the man behind the wheel deserved five days behind bars. The offense: piloting an early automobile at a speed most joggers can match today. No one was hurt. No property was damaged. The driver simply moved too fast for a country still getting used to the idea that machines could replace horses. The sentence, as documented by The Sun , marked the first time an American court put someone in a cell for driving over the speed limit. The driver's name has been lost to history, and the specific Rhode Island city where…Open
An Arkansas State Trooper pulled a man from a car by his dreadlocks during an arrest in Blytheville, Arkansas, on August 19. In an incident report, the officer said the man failed to respond to his requests to exit the vehicle. The man in the video, Tedrick Washington, later posted part of the incident on Facebook, demanding “justice.”
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said he is “standing firm” in a social media post sharing photographs taken in June. Maduro and his wife have been in custody in New York since January, after being captured by US forces and face gun and cocaine importation conspiracy charges, to which they have pleaded not guilty. #cnn, #news, #maduro
Eighteen Chinatown community leaders warned Mayor Zohran Mamdani that building a 16-story jail on the soft, waterlogged ground of lower Manhattan could cause irreversible damage to homes, businesses, and senior housing nearby. The leaders sent a letter dated August 21 to Mamdani, Deputy Mayor Julia Kerson, City Council Speaker Julie Menin, and Dana Kaplan, the […] The post Chinatown leaders urge Mamdani to reconsider high-rise jail over fears construction could sink surrounding ground appeared first on American Almanac .
Eighteen Chinatown community leaders warned Mayor Zohran Mamdani that building a 16-story jail on the soft, waterlogged ground of lower Manhattan could cause irreversible damage to homes, businesses, and senior housing nearby. The leaders sent a letter dated August 21 to Mamdani, Deputy Mayor Julia Kerson, City Council Speaker Julie Menin, and Dana Kaplan, the administration's "Close Rikers' Czar", urging the city to reconsider its plans for a massive new detention facility at 124, 125 White Street in Chinatown. The site sits on the footprint of the old Collect Pond, and the leaders say the ground beneath it is too unstable for the deepest excavation the location has ever seen, the New York Post reported . The letter lays out a stark…Open
Pakistan’s former leader Imran Khan was taken back to prison after a medical check at a private hospital in the capital Islamabad, according to the government. CNN’s Sophia Saifi reports.
A Georgia attorney is accused of smuggling drugs inside a jail and hiding them on legal documents. The inmates would allegedly pay for the paper using electronic transfers. NEWSMAX's Crime Correspondent Jason Mattera reports.
Elizabeth Siders is in jail facing criminal charges, but she wants to see her kids. NewsNation’s Diana Falzone explains the scenarios of how that would be possible.
Three Houston defendants facing serious charges are on the run after walking away from unsecured residential homes instead of being held in jail. NEWSMAX Crime Correspondent Jason Mattera has more on “Wake Up America.”
