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The Supreme Court declined to take up a case on women & the military draft. Who should have to register with the Selective Service?
Question of the Day In this May 30, 2020, file photo, a protester addresses a line of Tucson Police Officers in riot gear in Tucson, Ariz. Hundreds of officers across the country were fired, sometimes repeatedly, for violating policies but got their jobs back . more > By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times - Wednesday, April 28, 2021
A Delaware police officer died Wednesday after he was viciously beaten this week and became one of the latest victims in a growing wave of violent attacks on police in America.
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The Louisville Police Department lost nearly 190 police officers last year and continues to bleed available resources in an exodus that police leadership is referring to as “dire.” I would say that we’re in dire straits, Louisville police union press secretary Dave Mutchler said. Our manpower is critically low.”
Mutchler said a contributing factor to the loss of available manpower is that “the climate we currently find ourselves in” has negatively affected recruiting and the “the pool of people wanting to become officers is shrinking every day. We can t emphasize enough how critically and dangerously low our manpower is, and interestingly enough, those who would break the law are paying attention to that, Mutchler added. Our homicide rates and our violent crime rates are through the roof.
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Here s why: A renewed push by activists and some lawmakers to halt or rein in the longstanding military transfer program comes in response to a year of protests against police brutality and for racial justice in cities nationwide following the murder of George Floyd.
Black Lives Matter said on Twitter that Biden has ramped up the program to send military equipment into local communities. Biden’s first 100 days are up in 10 days. By then we need him to #End1033, which transfers military equipment into the hands of police across the country including school & campus police. Another example? The military you see out on your streets ahead of the Chauvin verdict.
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