Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany argues the Biden administration has the end goal of defunding the police whether they say it or not.
The Biden Justice Department s decision to return to the Obama administration s heavy use of consent decrees is being criticized by law enforcement officials and advocates who fear it will handicap police and erode community-police relations.
On Wednesday, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that the Justice Department will be conducting a civil pattern or practice investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department following the death of George Floyd.
Garland s announcement came the day after a jury in Minneapolis convicted Derek Chauvin for second-degree murder in the death of Floyd.
Murders Rose 56 Percent in Major US Cities Amid Defunding Push: Report
Murders spiked in major American cities since the death of George Floyd amid a push to slash police funding, according to a new analysis.
The rise in homicides in 10 major cities last year coincided with police making fewer arrests and stops, the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund found.
In Chicago, for example, arrests and stops dropped by 53 percent while murders rose 65 percent, when comparing June 2019 through February 2020 and June 2020 through February 2021.
In Minneapolis during the same time period, arrests and stops decreased by 42 percent while murders increased 64 percent.
Chicago cut approximately $59 million from police in its 2021 budget, largely by axing vacant positions in the force. Minneapolis, which slashed $7.8 million from its police department in December 2020, approved an infusion of money a month prior and backed away from one proposal to decrease the number of police officers and ano
Nolte: Study Shows Murders Skyrocketing in Anti-Police, Democrat-Run Cities
15 Apr 2021
In 12 American cities run by Democrats, the murder rate is skyrocketing, according to a study by the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund (LELDF).
Nationally, the murder rate has hit a 26-year high.
The LELDF study sees a direct correlation between the Democrat party’s anti-police rhetoric and how Democrat-run cities have turned that rhetoric into action through police budget cuts, mandates that reduce policing efforts such as stops and arrests, a lack of criminal prosecution by far-left prosecutors, and the morale issues that have resulted in a massive number of retirements.
Former Wisconsin congressman Sean Duffy weighs in on rising crime rates in cities that defunded police. He says average citizens, not wealthy politicians, feel the impact of these policies.
Declining police involvement and arrests in the wake of protests that began in the summer of 2020 have been linked to a record number of murders in the country’s major cities, according to a recent analysis.
The Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund, a pro-law enforcement group based in Washington, D.C., examined murder rates in the country’s major cities and found that tangible de-policing, which began in June 2020 amid anti-police protests and policy decisions, has caused murder numbers to soar.