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The new Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicestershire has banned his staff from communicating with Black Lives Matter UK (BLMUK) activists because the Marxist group “wants to defund the police, has put police officers in hospital, and desecrated the cenotaph in London”.

The Republican Study Committee (RSC), the largest conservative caucus in the House, highlighted calls from radical Democrats to defund the police in a video after the White House and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) claimed Republicans are responsible.

Representative Madeleine Dean (D-PA) claimed Friday on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” that Republicans are the only party that both disrespects and defunds the police.

Vulnerable Democrat Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL), on Thursday, blamed the droves of police officers leaving the force on the low morale and leadership within the department instead of Democrats’ anti-police rhetoric.

George Soros-funded Bard College is featuring a course this fall that aims to teach students how to “sell” abolishing prisons and the police.

Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) and the White House continued to claim Thursday that Republicans are anti-police with their “votes” and “dollars.”

A USA Today/Ipsos poll revealed Thursday that 77 percent of Americans want additional police officers, as Democrats move to defund law enforcement while crime surges nationwide.

Actor James Woods took blasted President Joe Biden meeting with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) amid a surge in violent crimes, theft, and shootings in the city, saying “as long as Democrats continue to defund the police, America’s streets will run

“These are human people that put on a badge to do a job. Let’s not forget that,” activist Melody Jimenez said.

The Washington Post fact-checked claims from President Joe Biden’s White House saying that Republicans are trying to defund the police, not Democrats.

The Washington Post admitted Wednesday that Republicans do not support defunding the police following the White House’s claims the GOP backed such measures.

Republicans may have found the Democrats’ weakness in taking back the House of Representatives and the Senate in the midterm election next year, according to a CNN report.

Former President Donald Trump said Saturday night in Florida Democrats are spreading “disinformation” that Republicans have defunded police.

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Stephanie Ruhle Reports,” host Stephanie Ruhle responded to DNC Chair Jaime Harrison arguing that Republicans are the ones who are really defunding the police by arguing that what defund the police “really does is enhance

The crime wave is not boding well for President Joe Biden, who recently blamed the rise in violent crime on guns and called for more gun control legislation.

Hennepin County District Judge Jamie L. Anderson said Minneapolis needs to have at least 730 police officers by June 30, 2022.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki stuck to the GOP blame game Wednesday when Fox News questioned her about comments she made alleging Republicans support defunding the police.

Just hours after Oakland, California, Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong held a news conference on Monday to slam city officials for cutting the police budget as crimes surge in the municipality, a news crew interviewing the director of the Department of Violence Prevention were the victims of a robbery attempt in broad daylight.

In the left’s ongoing war on the police, their plan to strip cops of qualified immunity is among the most preposterous. The sole objective is to jam up cops and make them more passive.

Pay increases are not necessarily an indicator that departments are in good shape — especially following “reallocation efforts.”

Oakland, California Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong said Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “The Faulkner Focus” that the Democrat-led city council voting to remove $18.5 million from a proposed increase to the Oakland Police Department is “inconsistent” with citizens telling him

The establishment media have begun reporting on violent crime surging on America’s streets as Democrats push to defund police departments nationwide. 

An exclusive video obtained by Breitbart News shows vulnerable Democrat Rep. Kurt Schrader (OR) saying he does not believe there is still an effort to defund the police — not only in Portland but across the country — after the Democrats have made numerous attempts to do so.

Democrat Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) has endorsed Shontel Brown in an Ohio congressional race instead of defunding-police candidate Nina Turner, who previously worked for and is endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).

Tuesday on FNC’s “Hannity,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) slammed Democrats trying to frame the so-called defund the police effort as a Republican push.

The Biden Administration has been attempting to shift crime wave blame onto Republicans by accusing them of “defunding the police.”

While leftists have made “defunding the police” their rallying cry, less than one in five voters think America should spend less on police.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio approved shifting $1 billion away from the New York City Police Department last summer.

Biden did not run on increasing funding for police. He ran on “redirecting” funding, while Trump ran on increasing funding.

The Oakland, California, city council diverted over $17 million from the city’s police department Monday, redirecting the funding to social programs.

Oakland Police Department Chief LeRonne Armstrong slammed the city council on Monday after it decided last week to “redirect” $18 million from the police budget to other priorities in the midst of a crime wave and a spike in murders.

Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) will introduce a bill to replace police officers with “community-led first responders” as crime surges across the nation.

Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) requested additional police protection at his New York home in January while demanding police departments be defunded in America.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) doubled down on defunding police this week, asserting the crime surge is just “hysteria” and that making “responsible decisions about what [funds] to allocate” away from police departments is “important.”

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace had a contentious interview with Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) on this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday” over a vote against the Democrats emergency coronavirus relief bill that included police funds.

During his Saturday night rally in Wellington, Ohio, former President Donald Trump reminded attendees of his warning that Biden and the Democrats would try to take away their guns.