Category: victims

Germans Question Handling of Floods as Hopes of Finding Survivors Fade

BERLIN—A relief official said on Wednesday rescue crews were unlikely to find any more survivors in the rubble of villages devastated by floods in western Germany, and a new poll showed many Germans felt policymakers had not done enough to protect them. At least 170 people died in last week’s flooding, Germany’s worst natural disaster…


‘Completely Betrayed’: Victim of Hospital Sexual Assault Speaks Out

A woman who says she was sexually assaulted while being treated at a Mission Viejo, Calif. hospital is urging other victims to come forward. Zoe Cooksey, 22, said she was violated at Mission Hospital March 31 while receiving treatment for injuries sustained during an earlier car accident. “I was completely betrayed by Mission Hospital,” Cooksey told…


Nurse Accused of Sexually Assaulting Three Patients

SANTA ANA, Calif.–A registered nurse was booked June 30 on suspicion of sexually assaulting three women on separate occasions while he was working in the emergency room of Providence Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo. Paul Alden Miller, 56, of San Clemente was arrested this morning at his residence, said Orange County sheriff’s Sgt. Todd Hylton….


2 Injured in Stabbing in German City, Suspect Arrested

BERLIN—A man attacked and injured two passersby in the eastern German city of Erfurt early Monday, apparently with a knife, before fleeing. Police said the suspect was arrested several hours later. The two victims, German men aged 45 and 68, were taken to nearby hospitals and underwent operations, police said. Meanwhile, authorities used a helicopter…


Victims in Miami Condo Collapse Came From Around the World

MIAMI—A Filipino-American who loved to play the piano and her Chilean husband lived on the 10th floor of the building. One flight down were Cuban immigrant grandparents who had dreamed of retiring at the beach. And just a week ago, a young Paraguayan arrived to work as a nanny. The Champlain Towers South condominium was…


Sweet Home Chicago, or Not so Much

Over this past weekend, there were 65 people shot in Chicago—10 of them were fatal. Some of these shootings happened while the victims were in their car by shooters who were in cars, which you might call a drive-by shooting. According to the Chicago Tribune, 294 people have been killed this year in Chicago. In…


Homicides Have Skyrocketed in These Six Democratic Cities; Black People Are Disproportionately the Victims, Data Shows

The number of homicides in six major cities across the country has increased compared to last year, disproportionately affecting black people, according to crime data. “We are seeing an uptick in violent crime across the country, specifically gun violence,” Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava told The New York Times. In Chicago, black people have…


Why the Politics of Victimhood Is a Dead End—Interview With Maurice Washington

A political idea is being promoted in the United States that paints people as either oppressors or victims based on racial categories they can’t escape. Part of the debate around this is whether victimhood is a healthy or a destructive mindset for people, and whether it’s the role of government to serve a victim segment…


Wife, Mother of Murder Victims Urge Support for Recall of District Attorney

LOS ANGELES—The widow of a sheriff’s sergeant who was shot to death while responding to a call of a burglar and the mother of a murder victim who was dumped off a cliff in Azusa Canyon called on the public May 26 to support a recall effort for Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon….


Victims of San Jose Rail Yard Shooting Identified; Police, FBI Seek Motive

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Police and federal investigators sought on Thursday to determine why a Northern California transit employee opened fire on his co-workers, killing nine people in the latest mass shooting to haunt the United States. The accused gunman shot himself as police closed in on him, minutes after gunfire erupted at about 6:30 a.m. Pacific…