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I’m willing to throw caution to the wind, live on the wild side, journey into the danger zone. Yes, yes, yes. I’m willing to take my chances living in a country where drivers who hang air fresheners from their rear view mirrors, don’t use their turn signals, toddle around town with a broken taillight, aren’t subject to being stopped and pulled over by the police. Let cops take down their license plate number and mail them a summons. But, please don’t ask them to make a meaningless sto...

Detroit Police Chief James Craig Slams Rashida Tlaib for Self Serving Comments, Says Vulnerable Communities Need Policing On 4/28/21 at 12:52 PM EDT In the continued debate on the future of policing, Detroit Police Chief James Craig slammed "self serving" comments from Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, in which she called for "no more policing." "You know, I got to tell you, and Ive said it so many times," Craig said in an interview with Fox News The Faulkner Focus on Tuesday. "[Tlaib...

Minnesota governor signs $7.8 million police funding bill for Derek Chauvin trial response The funding plan comes a week after a Hennepin County jury handed down a guilty verdict for former police officer Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd. 7:41 pm, Apr. 27, 2021 × Members of the National Guard are seen at the Hennepin County Government Center Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in anticipation of a verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in ...

Mario Gonzalez, 26, stopped breathing after an April 19 scuffle with police at a park in Alameda. A police statement said Gonzalez had a medical emergency after officers tried to handcuff him, but his family contends he was killed by police who used excessive force. READ MORE: In this image taken from Alameda Police Department body camera video, Alameda Police Department officers pin 26-year-old Mario Gonzalez to the ground during an arrest, April 19, 2021.(AP) The nearly hourlong video from tw...

Hennepin County board votes against motion condemning use of tear gas, rubber bullets on protesters Commissioners cited recent events in Brooklyn Center. Author: The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners has rejected a motion that condemned the use of chemical irritants and less lethal projectiles by law enforcement against protesters. Commissioners Irene Fernando and Marion Greene introduced the resolution during a committee meeting Tuesday. The resolution cited recent events in the Twin Cit...

‘I did not mean it that way’: Fire chief in Lancaster County apologizes for racially insensitive social media post Fire chief apologizes for Facebook post By Ron Lee | April 27, 2021 at 10:40 PM EDT - Updated April 28 at 11:27 AM LANCASTER COUNTY, S.C. (WBTV) - A fire chief in South Carolina apologized after posting a racially insensitive comment to Facebook about serving the Black community, while taking a shot at the “fake news” media. Francis “Butch” Ghent,...

An overwhelming majority of voters say the right to protest is important, a new Hill-HarrisX poll finds, following several recent demonstrations against police shootings. Eighty-five percent of registered voters in the April 24-27 survey said the United States guaranteeing citizens the right to protest is important, including 43 percent who said it is "very" important. By contrast, 15 percent of respondents said the right to protest it is unimportant. Republicans were more likely than other g...

View Comments LOUISVILLE — Fans werent allowed inside Churchill Downs during the running of the 2020 Kentucky Derby, but outside, hundreds of people marched. There was a national militia group, the Not F***ing Around Coalition, which brandished heavy firearms while facing a line of fences and police cars. And there were local protesters and church leaders, who joined with the national organization Until Freedom to march from South Central Park to the racetrack. They chanted, "Say her nam...

Drunk driver, 32, who said f**k the police and downed tequila and wine during podcast just HOURS before she killed cop in a hit-and-run boasted about carrying a knife, being pro capital punishment and now faces 13 charges and 15 years in jail Jessica Beauvais posted a 1 hour 51 minute livestream on her Facebook page Monday evening  She spoke about the trial of ex-cop Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd and slammed the police    Beauvais is seen vaping and drinking and, at one point...

Amherst College students seek to abolish campus police Updated Apr 28, 2021; AMHERST – Amherst College students protested the recent killing of Daunte Wright, a 20-year old black Minnesota man, with some calling for the school to abolish the campus police force. Students who took part in a three-hour rally organized by the Black Student Union earlier this month spoke of frightening encounters with law enforcement, experiences with racism and bigotry at home and on campus and feelings of “...