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Mr. Bongino, a former Secret Service agent, noted the stark contrast between reporting on shootings and being an officer who must determine when to use lethal force. “There’s a big difference between reporting on a baseball game and playing it, Geraldo. You’ve never worn a badge, period,” the “Dan Bongino Show” podcast host said. “You brought the race card into it the other night when we had this debate, despite having no facts to back that up.” The segment came against a cultur...

This is an opinion piece. Cable news programming suggestion: Instead of filling every broadcast with the latest presumptive police outrage, try covering the latest drive-by killings. Show us more of what’s really happening on the streets where we live. Newspapers and local TV are already on it. For example, the morning after police released video of the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo by a Chicago cop, the lead headline in the Chicago Sun-Times read, “Girl, 7, fatally shot a...

U of M students call for police changes at rally on Gabels lawn article A group of University of Minnesota students held a protest outside university President Joan Gabels home to call for more police accountability on campus. ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - Student activists took their message straight to University of Minnesota President Joan Gabel’s home in St. Paul to call for more police accountability on campus. "We chose her mansion because it’s harder to ignore us on her front lawn," s...

Former President George W. Bush said in a Friday interview he believed there was "no question" about a need for police reform.

Hennepin County public defenders, joined by a state legislator, rallied in downtown Minneapolis on Friday to condemn the disproportionate number of Black drivers stopped by police for minor infractions compared to white motorists. About 50 people showed up for the rally on the steps of the Hennepin County courthouse to protest these traffic stops, which many say criminalizes "Driving while ...

Nearly two dozen COVID cases traced to Daunte Wright protests State health officials made the announcement Thursday. Author: Both police officers and protesters were stricken with COVID-19 in the demonstrations that followed the Daunte Wright shooting, state officials have revealed.   In a coronavirus press conference on Thursday, Kris Ehresmann of the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) said that the agencys "disease investigators" have linked 22 cases of the virus to the protests. Ehresma...

As police reform advocates searched for answers in the killing of Andrew Brown Jr., others focused on his past arrests and incarcerations.

Law enforcement across the country pull drivers over for alleged, minor traffic infractions with the intent to look for possible criminal activity. Pennsylvania is no exception.

POLITICO Banning menthol cigarettes is silly, probably won’t work, and it targets Black people. Why bother? A Newport cigarettes sticker is seen on a window outside of a grocery store in the Flatbush neighborhood on April 29, 2021 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. | Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Link Copied ’s senior media writer. Mash the right buttons until your fingers bleed, the prohibitionists believe, and you can purge the country of almost any vice. They continue to follo...

After the struggles during the confrontation, Silvester shot Holler Jr in the chest. After this, it was said that Holler Jr had freed himself and run into the parking lot and one of the officers said that he saw Holler Jr "sweeping" his gun at him. However, in contradiction, another officer claimed that Holler Jr had pointed his gun back towards the motel where Silvester and his colleague stood.  Officer Nate Silvester claimed use of excessive force by law enforcement happens very rarely, cont...