Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Chief Michael Moore ordered an internal review of the department’s SWAT team Tuesday after a member was caught on audio during a confrontation with an armed suspect wishing his colleagues “happy hunting.”
Democratic Party mayors in Los Angeles and San Francisco who backed the “Defund the Police” movement during the Black Lives Matter riots of 2020 are now scrambling to add more cops to the beat as their cities face major crime waves.
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Dr. Lisa Cook, who has a history of Black Lives Matter bullying and radical monetary policy beliefs, to the Federal Reserve board of governors.
New York Democrat Rep. Antonio Delgado strove to reboot his anti-law enforcement record last week during a Facebook Live event where he praised law enforcement and said “stripping” funding “is not the answer,” despite his recent history showing otherwise.
Vulnerable Virginia Democrat Rep. Abigail Spanberger attempted to reboot her anti-law enforcement record this week, saying the Defund the Police slogan pished by her far-left colleagues was “a terrible idea,” despite her record showing otherwise.
Greg Casar, a Democrat candidate for U.S. Congress and hopeful member of “the Squad,” compared defund the police protesters to civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.
Democrat New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin expressed support for defund the police prior to his arrest for alleged bribery conspiracy.
Billionaire Democrat megadonor George Soros and his daughter are reportedly funding 13 radical Democrats running for Congress in 2022.
The White House on Monday previewed President Joe Biden’s annual 2023 budget, which includes a request for spending on police departments.
Nevada Senate Republican candidate Adam Laxalt told Breitbart News exclusively that Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) enabled the left’s efforts to “demonize” law enforcement, backed taxpayer funding for criminals, and is now backing law enforcement because she is up for reelection.
Neighbors in Lakewood, California, are deeply concerned after being targeted by a group of violent vandals, and one person likened the incidents to a horror movie.
Deep Blue Seattle is such a crime-ridden sewer, far-left Amazon has been forced to relocate 1,800 of its employees out of downtown.
Defund the Police sympathizer and so-called “Squad” member Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) reportedly spent tens of thousands of dollars are private security, paid for by the American taxpayer, even as she has repeatedly pushed for defunding the police since being elected to Congress.
President Joe Biden departed from far-left Democrats during his State of the Union address on Tuesday when he dismissed the “defund the police” movement.
President Joe Biden used his State of the Union address on Tuesday night to call on Congress to “FUND the police” and to oppose local efforts by his own party and left-wing activists to “defund the police” in major cities amid a crime wave.
Democrat Reps. Cindy Axne (D-IA) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) reportedly took $5,000 from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) pro-defund the police Super PAC, Courage to Change.
Sen. Rick Scott’s 11-point plan includes ending “soft-on-crime” policies and the “coddling of criminal behavior.”
So-called squad member Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) will deliver a formal response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Tuesday night on behalf of the leftist group Working Families Party and complain about the “moderate” Democrats blocking his agenda, according to a report.
Jagmeet Singh, leader of Canada’s left-wing NDP Party, emerged over the past week as a strident supporter of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s unprecedented invocation of emergency powers against peaceful protests – even though he once postured as a supporter of Black Lives Matter and the “Defund the Police” movement.
Officials in Atlanta are trying to combat crime trends that have spilled over from last year, as well as continuing high numbers of repeat offenders.
Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) on Tuesday morning released an 11-point broad vision for Republicans if and when they retake control in Washington, complete with 128 specific policy promises to voters.
Chairman Bill White said the movement to deannex from Atlanta has gotten so popular because of rising crime rates in the city.
Rep. Val Demings, a former Orlando Police Department chief, is reviving the use of her police title in campaign messaging as she runs for Senate.
Zionist Organization of America head Morton Klein blasted the BLM movement after they posted bond for a Black Lives Matter activist accused of attempting to assassinate a Jewish mayoral candidate.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced this week that the city’s police may receive less or the same amount of funding in the city’s 2022 budget.
The study found that the majority of Americans overwhelmingly reject the “Defund the Police” movement but support police reform.
Some of Democrat Rep. Angie Craig’s (D-MN) top staffers are advocates of the anti-law enforcement “defund the police” agenda, according to posts unveiled by a recent Washington Free Beacon report.
During the “Defund the Police” movement in 2020, school resource officers were pulled from schools and budgets were cut. As crime continues to surge two years later, schools are bringing officers back to boost safety, Fox News reported Monday.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday that the idea of defunding the police, a frequently used slogan during the 2020 elections, is not the direction that the Democratic Party is headed.
A recent report reveals “low morale”within the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) following the 2020 BLM riots and massive budget cuts.
Liberal policies are fueling the rise in crime, declared Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), who blasted the Biden administration for refusing to enforce the law.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of Peacock TV channel The Choice’s “Mehdi Hasan Show,” Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) reacted to Democratic critics of the Defund the Police movement like Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) and New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) by stating
Roughly 75 percent of registered voters believe defunding police departments is either a “major” or “minor” reason for rising violent crime.
Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) said she would not stop using the “defund the police” slogan, despite the movement’s growing unpopularity and other Democrat members pleading with her to stop using the term while spending tens of thousands of dollars on private security.
Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA), who is the current frontrunner to succeed outgoing Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, proposed expanding the size of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) on Tuesday as the city continues to suffer a crime wave.
The crime rate has reportedly increased in congressional districts where vulnerable House Democrats who voted to “defund the police” will be running for reelection.
Tlaib’s campaign paid $170,000 to an “anti-Israel activist” who has “called for defunding the police multiple times.”
Violent crime in Seattle, Washington, reached a 14-year high last year, according to a Seattle Police Department (SPD) year-end crime report.
Bush continues to champion the “Defund the Police” movement, despite its floundering popularity among Democrats before the midterm elections.
Rich Stanek, a former sheriff, police officer, state legislator, and public safety commissioner, who is running as a Republican in the Minnesota gubernatorial race, told Breitbart News Saturday that “it has become increasingly clear that the current governor of Minnesota [Tim Walz] does not care about protecting Minnesotans,” while crime has risen in the state.
