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Suspected drunk driver Jessica Beauvais, who allegedly struck and killed a New York City police officer, went on a rant in her podcast hours before the crash and said, “F*** the police.”

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The ReidOut,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) said that he agrees with the International Criminal Court investigating the American criminal justice system and “if we have nothing to hide, we shouldn’t worry about what

MSNBC contributor Eddie Glaude said Tuesday on “Craig Melvin Reports” that there was “a rot at the heart of policing in this country.”

A poll released Monday by Fox News shows the majority of voters oppose reducing any type of funding that goes towards police departments.

Hollywood star Rosanna Arquette is once again attacking U.S. law enforcement as racist, saying that police officers patrolling communities around the country resemble the “Gestapo.” The Desperately Seeking Susan star called on all cops “who aren’t racist and aren’t set

Video footage of fights between people at a terminal inside Miami International Airport on Sunday was recorded and led to at least one person being arrested.

Appearing Monday on the Fox News Channel, former Las Vegas Police Lt. Randy Sutton warned that a “public safety crisis” is coming as police officers leave the force in record numbers across the United States.  

An Oscar winner on Sunday used his acceptance speech to criticize law enforcement, claiming that fatal police shootings happen “disproportionately” to black people.

Hundreds of people participated in a rally Saturday in Hawaii to show support for officers with the Honolulu Police Department (HPD).

Representative Karen Bass (D-Calif.) said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that qualified immunity for individual police officers should be part of a police reform package currently negotiated in Congress.

Political commentator Angela Rye said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that the systemic racism of American policing has caused black people to “carry trauma in our bodies.”

Protesters reportedly blocked traffic and confronted police officers Saturday on the Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge, according to the New York Post.

The Philadelphia Police Department is dealing with a police shortage as they are struggling to attract and retain police officers.

Representative Val Demings (D-FL) said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that she thought the officer who fatally shot Ma’Khia Bryant in Columbus, Ohio “responded as he was trained to do.”

On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Weekends with Alex Witt,” Congressional Black Caucus Chair Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) argued that police officers “could shoot in the air” and that “Teachers go and break up fights with knives every day.” Beatty said, “We

Black-owned businesses trapped in the Minneapolis no-go zone where George Floyd died are pleading for help.

The family of Ma’Khia Bryant, the teenager a policeman shot and killed Tuesday in Ohio, is reportedly considering taking legal action.

On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Congressional Black Caucus Chair Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) stated that “it’s appalling” that police officers are trained to always shoot for the center of the body, and if Ma’Khia Bryant “had a water gun,

Rutgers University associate professor Brittney Cooper said Ma’Khia Bryant, a black teenager whom a police officer fatally shot after the 16-year-old appeared to attack another with a knife, has been “adultified” because “she was a big girl,” making the remarks during a Thursday appearance on MSNBC.

Greek authorities say they have seized more than four tons of cannabis hidden in a shipment of industrial cupcake-making machines.

Teenagers have been involved in fights with knives for a very long time, activist and Black Lives Matter supporter Bree Newsome tweeted Tuesday.

CNN commentator Van Jones said Thursday on CNN’s “Cuomo Prime Time” that aggressive policing tactics in the United States resulted in the killing of Ma’Khia Bryant during a knife fight in Columbus, OH.

A Back the Blue rally of cars driving through Livingston County, New York, on Saturday drew a long parade of cars and a lot of attention to those who witnessed it.

A neighbor of the Ohio teenager fatally shot by police reportedly said video from his security camera made him believe the officer had no other option but to shoot.

During an interview with ABC News released on Wednesday, NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson said that the fatal police shooting of Ma’Khia Bryant in Columbus, OH was a situation “where a taser should have been used, and yet a gun

On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The ReidOut,” host Joy Reid discussed the fatal police shooting of Ma’Khia Bryant in Columbus, OH and remarked that she remembers fights in school where a kid had a knife “and teachers were able to

On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The ReidOut,” San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin said that the conviction of Derek Chauvin “was an anomaly” and we have cases like George Floyd’s “happening all day, every day.” Boudin stated, “[T]he verdict yesterday in

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is considering a new policy requiring police to obtain permission from supervisors to begin foot chases.

Jen Psaki pointed to the racial disparities surrounding “police violence” as part of the White House reaction to the shooting.

A bomb was discovered under a female police officer’s car in County Derry, in Northern Ireland on Tuesday amid increasing tensions.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “11th Hour,” host Brian Williams discussed the fatal police shooting of Ma’Khia Bryant in Columbus, OH and said that while a knife is visible in the body camera footage of the shooting, the officer “fired

“It’s not justice,” said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of the Derek Chauvin trial, saying “systemic institutional racism” continues.

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) had a police escort while traveling to Minnesota, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) said on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow, author of Breaking the News: Exposing the Establishment Media’s Hidden Deals and Secret Corruption. Saturday

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) on Monday described House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA)  potential censure of Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) as “frivolous” and would not say whether he agreed with the California Democrat’s remarks, claiming he was “not that familiar” with what she originally said.

Seventh Generation, a company specializing in household cleaning products, publicized its commitment to supporting efforts to defund the police, citing “deep racial inequity in our society” and the “continued killing of Black and Brown people at the hands of the police.”

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) reportedly asked for a police escort to Minneapolis over the weekend where she urged activists to “stay in the streets” during protests against police.