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Bill Bratton says defunding the police has led to rising crime and officers ‘leaving in droves’

America's top cop on better policing, race relations, Chauvin, Biden, Rudy and Andrew. 

In this time in our country when everyone is divided in some way or reason, the most renowned athlete in American sports has caused an even greater divide. LeBron James had previously tweeted “You’re next” with an hourglass emoji and a photo of the officer involved in the infamous Ma’Khia Bryant shooting. Social media quickly flocked to James’ tweet and raised much concern.  My concern lies in the message that James was trying to convey. Was he telling the officer that he’s next to...

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise argues that people pushing for police defunding will undermine the work of good cops. Portland was rocked by violent demonstrations Tuesday – even after a Minnesota jury found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of the murder of George Floyd. At least two people were arrested and video first published by The Oregonian and retweeted by police showed a demonstrator dressed in all black punching a bicycle officer in the head before more offic...

Font Size Network television has officially jumped the shark in its desperate efforts to defend the domestic terrorist organization Black Lives Matter. This week on CBSs court drama Bull, an earnest defense attorney actually said with a straight face that BLM is "not opposed to the police." In the episode, Evidence to the Contrary, on Monday, April 19, an innocent young black man is mistakenly accused in the premeditated murder of a police officer. The young man has been ...

a- Its springtime in America. In halcyon days, wed ring in the new season with fresh starts and fragrant flowers. But in 2021, the arrival of April now ushers in yet another cycle of destructive urban riots—stoked and coddled by toxic journalists downplaying left-wing violence and demonizing all who dare call out the ruinous, race-based chaos for what it is. On Monday, as vandals and looters tore apart Minneapolis again in the wake of a cop-involved shooting, a suburban police chief tried to ...

Americas media-poisoned well Michelle Malkin - Guest Columnist Spanish With Americas mainstream media acting as relentless co-prosecutors and character executioners, the well of fair and impartial jurors who can weigh evidence without fear of retribution has been irreversibly poisoned. Its springtime in America. In halcyon days, wed ring in the new season with fresh starts and fragrant flowers. But in 2021, the arrival of April now ushers in yet another cycle of destructive urban riots – stok...

Updated 16/03/2021 07:04 GMT Can Sarah Everard’s Killing Spark A Newly Urgent Consensus On Women’s Safety? Tentative signs of cross-party agreement despite obvious tensions. You’re reading The Waugh Zone, our daily politics briefing. Sign up now to get it by email in the evening. It was on the eve of the first national Covid lockdown, on March 22, and Boris Johnson was still in characteristically flip mode. Asked by a Daily Mail reporter whether he should get tougher a...

This article is more than 1 month old Home secretary’s statement on police handling of Clapham Common vigil suggests she can’t see what the fuss is about ‘Patel was by-and-large coherent even if she didn’t have much to say.’ Photograph: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PA ‘Patel was by-and-large coherent even if she didn’t have much to say.’ Photograph: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PA Mon 15 Mar 2021 16.02 EDT Last modified on Tue 16 Mar 2021 01.12 EDT Police violence against women ...

Waterman, executive director of the Victoria City Police Union, sent out a media release describing how an officer was threatened by a man brandishing a metal pipe as he walked to his car outside the police station. And this was not the first time an officer has been threatened on the way to their car, said Waterman. “It’s part of our role to speak on behalf of the community. If we don’t feel safe, how does the community feel,” said Waterman. “We work in the environment and we see ...