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Protesters in Jacksonville, Florida — home of the upcoming GOP convention — placed body bags outside of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) on Thursday, following nationwide Black Lives Matter protests demanding police reform.

Mayor Eric Garcetti said that Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers who felt demoralized by recent protests and budget cuts should take heart and “remember why they became police officers.”

Police responded to a protest that descended into a violent riot in north Portland after demonstrators threw rocks and water bottles at officers, shined lasers in their eyes, and attempted to set fires near the precinct.

Seattle police have released videos of the Capital Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) “autonomous zone” where violent confrontations took place over the course of a three-week occupation before authorities shut it down Wednesday.

During a town hall on MSNBC on Tuesday, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said there must be a “full rethinking and reshaping of the way that our police department does business” and improper behavior should be abolished, but “We don’t need to be abolishing the police.” And cities “including Minneapolis, ne

The Los Angeles City Council passed a motion Tuesday to replace Los Angeles Police Department officers with unarmed “crisis response” personnel to be assigned to “non-violent calls for service” such as “neighbor disputes.”

A majority of voters in New York state did not support reducing funding for police departments, a survey released Tuesday found.

Republicans should prioritize violent crime in large cities rather than “attacking the police,” said Ryan Girdusky, author of They’re Not Listening: How The Elites Created the National Populist Revolution, offering his comments on Monday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow.

Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best said on Monday that “enough is enough” after violence erupted within Seattle’s “Capitol Hill Organized Protest” (CHOP) early Monday, leaving one teenager dead and another critically wounded.

Morale within the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is currently at a “record low,” thanks to the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests and the vilification of police by local politicians.

Video of a police SUV driving through a crowd of protesters near Waterman and Verner Highway in Detroit, Michigan, surfaced online Sunday.

Hungary’s Viktor Orbán has lamented the “firestorm of violence” sweeping Western cities as police are branded “racist” and “humiliated on the streets and in political discourse”.

The sounds of gunfire erupted at Jefferson Square Park Saturday night during a protest over the officer-involved shooting death of Breonna Taylor.

CARACAS – The Venezuelan socialist regime has transformed law enforcement agencies into a many-headed hydra of terror. The global media doesn’t seem to be calling for their defunding or even denouncing their heinous acts with the same fervor as they do to America’s police institutions.

D.C. resident Nestride Yumga, along with fellow community members, delivered food to local police officers on Saturday in a show of support for officers, rejecting the anti-cop narrative touted by Black Lives Matter activists.

A central French police laboratory has found that organised protesters targeted riot police with chemical agents, after testing samples from a recent protest in Paris.

About 170 Atlanta police officers reportedly called in sick last week after two officers were charged in the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks.

Protesters in Washington, DC, taunted a black police officer on Thursday evening in yet another night of demonstrations, calling him a “f*ggot” and “bitch” as he calmly stood among a group of fellow officers.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Friday, while speaking on the Democrat-led police reform bill, bungled George Floyd’s name, telling reporters that Democrats are “very proud” that their measure carries “George Kirby’s” name.

Members of Washington State’s Edmonds School Board voted unanimously to end contracts with law enforcement agencies, thereby removing police presence from three schools in the district, deeming officers a “real risk” to students.

A homeowners association in New Port Richey, Florida, recently told a neighbor that he must remove a flag supporting law enforcement and firefighters.

White liberals in a Minneapolis, Minnesota neighborhood say they are willing to risk a crime wave to avoid ever calling police officers to the scenes of suspicious or illicit activities. 

A police department in Madison, Alabama, got a huge surprise this week from a very generous donor.

Three members of the Wilmington, North Carolina police department were fired when a routine audit revealed violent, openly racist exchanges.

A homeless camp in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is causing problems for neighbors who pledged to avoid calling the police into their community following the death of George Floyd.

Disgruntled protesters took to the streets of Washington, DC, Wednesday night where they harassed and belittled black officers who were on the scene to offer protection.

During a speech on the Senate floor on Wednesday, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) sharply criticized Democrats for blocking his police reform bill and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for accusing Republicans of trying to cover up George Floyd’s murder with

A Black Lives Matter protester stared down an Asian policewoman during Tuesday night’s protests in Washington, DC, leaving after the officer continued to stand her ground.

A Black Lives Matter protester unleashed a slew of expletives in an angry tirade against a group of officers during Tuesday night’s protest in Washington, DC, calling a black officer a “bitch-ass [n-word]” and adding, “keep sucking that white man’s d*ck.”

The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) board failed to agree on a proposal to defund the L.A. School Police on Tuesday evening, defeating an effort by the Black Lives Matter movement and United Teachers L.A. (UTLA).

During a press conference on Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) stated that there “is no way” that the Senate will pass a police reform bill if the Senate Republican police reform bill “is the base bill,” the Senate

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) on Tuesday promised to defend Mount Rushmore from radical leftists, who have been demanding the removal of several historic monuments and statues across the nation and, in some cases, lawlessly destroying the structures themselves.

An Atlanta policeman charged in connection with the death of Rayshard Brooks said Monday he was confident the truth would come out.

“Black people are being murdered and brutalized by police with near impunity,” claims the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on its website as part of a banner message soliciting donations.

Protesters in D.C. on Monday harassed a black female officer, telling her that her ancestors are “upset with her.”

A Black Lives Matter activist at Monday night’s protest in the nation’s capital took a few minutes to scold a line of officers who calmly stood, emotionless, as she likened them to white supremacists, accused them of being “privileged”, and offered sweeping claims on white men, claiming that they “rape us” and “don’t care.”