On Saturday, a large group of demonstrators gathered to protest the shooting death of Jayland Walker by Akron Police officers. Despite the beautiful weather, several hundred people marched between Second Baptist Church and the Akron Police Department, calling for accountability and transparency from the city and police department. The group demanded justice, stating that they would rather be at the pool on such a nice day but felt compelled to march because justice demands balance and equality. Signs and chants echoed their call for transparency and accountability.

The 25-year-old was killed in the early hours of Monday morning after a series of events that unfolded in less than five minutes. Officers tried to pull over Walker’s vehicle on Tallmadge Avenue in Akron's North Hill neighborhood around 12:30 a.m. Monday, but the car did not stop and led officers on a short pursuit. Within a few seconds of being on Route 8, officers heard a gunshot or multiple gunshots coming from Walker’s vehicle. Officers chased Walker on Route 8 and I-77, where he exited into the Firestone Park Area, before getting out of the car and running. The vehicle coasted into Firestone Christian Church while Walker ran through a grassy area and into a parking lot at Bridgestone. Officers opened fire, claiming Walker posed a deadly threat to them. The preliminary autopsy report showed more than 60 gunshot wounds on Walker’s body.

According to officials, extreme heat and humidity in southwest Kansas have caused the deaths of thousands of cattle in recent days. The total number of deaths is difficult to determine, as ranchers are not required to report losses. The state Department of Agriculture has been monitoring the situation, with a spokesperson citing several weather factors that led to heat stress for cattle. Temperatures were in the 80s and low 90s until a sudden spike to 100 degrees on June 11, followed by two more days of triple-digit heat. Reuters reported that at least 2,000 animals were lost based on the number of carcasses state officials were asked to help dispose of, but the number could be much higher, up to 10,000 or more according to DTN, an outlet specializing in agriculture industry analysis.

Scarlett Hagins, Vice President of Communications for the Kansas Livestock Association, stated that while heat stress deaths do occur, they typically do not happen on this scale. The problem, in this case, is that temperatures were high during the day but did not drop at night, or at least not far enough, largely due to uncharacteristically high humidity. This worsened with consecutive days of high heat, and as such, the cattle could not get any relief. Hagins explained that normally western and southwestern Kansas is not humid, making this a unique and unfortunate event.

Two twin sisters are facing charges of attempted first-degree intentional homicide after a violent incident at a restaurant in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, in which they allegedly shot a server. The January 30 incident is one of the latest examples of violence targeting food service industry employees during the coronavirus pandemic when there have been reported labor shortages and supply chain interruptions. The sisters, identified as Breanta and Bryanna Johnson in a criminal complaint, were two of four women arrested by Wauwatosa police in connection with the incident.

According to the complaint, the sisters and two others were being "impatient and rude" while sitting in a corner booth inside the restaurant and started arguing with employees because their food wasn't being served quickly enough. When the employees asked them to leave, Breanta Johnson allegedly went outside and brought back a handgun. Bryanna Johnson is accused of trying to "pistol whip" the server while her sister fought with him, and was identified as the one who allegedly shot him in the face.

Police in DeKalb County, Georgia have reported that a 27-year-old man, Christopher Griggs, stabbed and burned a 57-year-old pastor, Rev. Marita Harrell, who was attempting to help him. Griggs has been charged with arson and murder, and homicide detectives have since arrested him.

Harrell was a senior pastor at Connections @ Metropolitan church and had been helping Griggs, who was being mentored by Harrell at the time of the attack. The incident took place on May 19th, and Griggs later abandoned Harrell’s body on the side of a road.

According to warrants, Griggs used a large kitchen knife to stab Harrell before setting her on fire. Harrell had moved to Atlanta over thirty years ago and had been a member of Central United Methodist Church for over twenty-five years before accepting the call to become a senior pastor.

A man from Connecticut was left paralyzed after he was injured while riding in a police van, and his family is claiming that several officers ignored his pleas for help. The man, Randy Cox, was handcuffed and incapacitated when police in New Haven dragged him out of the van. The incident occurred on June 19th, after officers arrived in response to a weapons complaint. Authorities arrested Cox, who was carrying a firearm illegally and were taking him to jail when the officer driving the van suddenly stopped, causing Cox's head to slam against the back of the vehicle. A video of the incident showed Cox repeatedly calling for help while an officer ignored him for almost four minutes before calling for an ambulance to meet him at the station. Several other officers then berated Cox, and he was dragged out of the van before being placed in a holding cell where he was shackled despite being paralyzed from the chest down. The family is pursuing damages against the city, and the five officers involved have been placed on paid leave pending an investigation.

During his Tuesday show, Tucker Carlson insinuated that women who lecture men about male privilege may contribute to mass shootings in the United States. Carlson's comments came after the recent mass shooting at a July 4th parade in Highland Park, Illinois, where seven people were killed, and over two dozen people were injured. The primary suspect, Robert E. Crimo III, was charged with seven counts of first-degree murder.

Carlson claimed that poor mental health is a significant factor in mass shootings and stated that there are many people like Crimo in America. Carlson pointed out that Crimo did not seem like a stable person, yet no one raised the alarm. Carlson suggested that this is because there are many young men in America who look and act like Crimo, living in a solitary fantasy world of social media, porn, and video games.

He then claimed that these men may be angry because they believe their lives will be worse than their parents', and that they are high on drugs. Carlson asserted that these men are prescribed psychotropic drugs, such as SSRIs or antidepressants, and that a shockingly large number of them have been prescribed these drugs by their doctors.