
Dozens of demonstrators gathered outside the Los Angeles Police Department on Sunday to stage an “All Lives Matter” rally in support of police, who have come under increasing criticism from the “Black Lives Matter” movement in Los Angeles and around the country. A small “Black Lives Matter” counter-demonstration gathered opposite.
by Joel B. Pollak29 Dec 2014, 4:47 AM PST0

In Vallejo, CA, roughly 30 miles north of San Francisco, roughly 60 demonstrators rallied Saturday in support of their police officers, according to the Vallejo Times-Herald. The police supporters met in front of the Vallejo Police Department, holding signs emblazoned with messages such as “police lives matter.”
by William Bigelow28 Dec 2014, 2:34 PM PST0

Only the sound of footsteps were audible as protesters marched down the streets of St. Louis past City Hall with duct tape on their mouths in silent protest over the police-involved shooting deaths of Mike Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner in New York . Activists got loud, however, as they ended up down at the landmark St Louis Arch, flooding the entrance to the Visitor’s Center chanting, “FTP, F**k the Police” and “Hands Up Don’t Shoot.”
by Michelle Moons27 Dec 2014, 3:55 PM PST0

The Oakland Police Officers Association has joined police unions in San Francisco and San Jose in condemning recent violence in anti-police protests across the Bay Area and the nation, singling out “politicians and media pundits” for their “vilification of front-line public servants.”
by Joel B. Pollak26 Dec 2014, 12:29 AM PST0

A sign along Interstate 580 in Oakland honoring four police officers who were killed in the line of duty was taken down and defaced with a large red “X” on Friday. Oakland police are searching for those responsible for the
by Daniel Nussbaum21 Dec 2014, 10:41 PM PST0

It is difficult to imagine that New York City mayor Bill de Blasio can continue governing after he has lost the confidence of the police department in such dramatic fashion. On Saturday, police officers staged a silent protest by turning
by Joel B. Pollak21 Dec 2014, 6:48 AM PST0

Six years ago, Americans elected Barack Obama the first black President of the United States. It was a sign–not that racism had disappeared from our country, but that race was no longer an impediment to the highest possible achievement. Obama had
by Joel B. Pollak21 Dec 2014, 6:16 AM PST0