Tag: War on Cops

Oakland coffee shop Hasta Muerte Coffee refuses to serve police due to a concern for the “safety of customers.”

Douglas County Sheriff’s Office reports “multiple deputies down” in the Highlands Ranch area, which is south of Denver.

The FBI’s unified crime report for 2016 shows that 57,180 police officers were assaulted and 118 were killed in the line of duty.

An employee at Pieology was fired after writing “F— the Cops” on the receipt for an officer who stopped in for lunch.

One Sacramento County Sheriff’s deputy and two California Highway Patrol officers were shot “near a motel off Capital City Freeway.

Six police officers were shot Friday night. In one of the incidents, the officers did not have an opportunity to shoot back.

Cell phone video has emerged of an officer pointing a gun at a passenger for over nine minutes after pulling over the vehicle.

A manhunt is underway after a Clinton, Missouri, police officer was shot and killed while exiting his vehicle during a Sunday night traffic stop.

Minneapolis mayoral candidate Raymond Dehn (Democratic Farmer Labor Party) is calling for an overhaul of policies that includes disarming “the majority” of police.

A North Carolina fast food restaurant owner has apologized to the Raleigh Police Department after officers said the store’s employees sang NWA’s anti-law enforcement anthem, “F*ck tha Police,” while they dined on Friday.

After violent leftist “Black Resistance” protests Friday night in North Philadelphia led to the injury of three police officers and the arrest of four people, outspoken Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke appeared on an episode of Fox & Friends Weekend and said “This stuff is disastrous. It’s going to get cops hurt; it’s going to get cops killed.”

A chilling article from one of the over 75 groups that Breitbart News has identified as connected to the #DisruptJ20 events titled Ten Reasons to Go Hard on January 20 makes the case to anarchists, socialist and communist ruffians from across the country about “why would it be worth driving across the country to a city crowded with reactionaries and police.”

On January 10 Representatives Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA-48) and Brian Babin (R-TX-36) removed the anti-cop painting from the walls of the U.S. Capitol complex just hours after Representative Lacy Clay (D-MO-1) and other Democrats had placed it back on the wall.

On Friday, Representative Duncan Hunter (R-CA-50) pulled an anti-cop painting from a wall that Representative Lacy Clay (D-MO-1) had selected for display in the U.S. Capitol complex.

Barring any late additions to the list, the nation saw 135 police officers killed in the line of duty in 2016, a report notes.

Assemblyman Jay Obernolte (R-Big Bear) is sponsoring a bill to make attacks on law enforcement a “hate crime” in the State of California.

A new study by John R. Lott, Jr. and Carlisle E. Moody shows that black crime suspects are more likely to be shot by black cops than by white cops.

Three police officers were wounded and one killed in various attacks on police and exchanges of gunfire in three states on Sunday.

An armed passerby intervened in an attack on a sheriff’s deputy Monday, demanded the alleged attacker stop, then shot him dead when he refused to comply.

Police found graffiti in Detroit that specifically threatened police and the Detroit police chief’s life Thursday.

John Hernandez Felix, the alleged cop-killer that Palm Springs police have in custody after a 12-hour standoff, is a known gang member with a history of violent run-ins with law enforcement and arrests, including a four-year sting in prison after an attempt gangland assassination.

The father of alleged Palm Springs shooter John Felix ran to a neighbor’s house and warned that his son wanted to kill cops just prior to three Palm Springs officers being shot.

On Friday Chicago Police Department officials proposed limiting when officers can use lethal force against suspects, asking officers to focus instead on ways to “de-escalate” the situation.

A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy shot and wounded a man armed with a knife at the Santa Monica Expo Line station on Tuesday.

The shooting was prompted when the man reportedly pulled an object from his pocket and aimed it an officer. El Cajon police chief Jeff Davis said the man “placed both hands together on [the object] and extended it rapidly toward the officer, taking what appeared to be a shooting stance.”

Cornell William Brooks, the president of the NAACP, compared Colin Kaepernick’s decision not to stand during the national anthem at NFL games in 2016 to Rosa Parks’ decision not to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in 1955.

Embattled San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has caused quite the controversy in his protest against police brutality, choosing for the second weekend in a row not to stand during the singing of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

A Tropical Smoothie location in Florida fired one of its employees for refusing to serve a police officer.

Beyoncé brought the mothers of Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner and Oscar Grant with her to the MTV Video Music Awards red carpet Sunday night.

A Huntington Beach police officer survived a gun battle after his badge “deflected” a bullet that may have otherwise struck his heart.

A suspect has been arrested in the shooting death of Eastman Police patrolman Tim Smith on Saturday night.

In more than 600 law enforcement vehicles and on 200 police motorcycles were more than 2,000 police officers from around the country participating in a procession to honor fallen San Diego officer Jonathan “J.D.” De Guzman on Friday.

SAN JUAN, Texas — Police officers in this border city have been preparing for the new reality facing law enforcement: the hunting of police officers.

Ohio concealed permit holder Dylan DeBoard received a commendation July 27 for intervening to save the life of a Mount Vernon Police Officer who was under attack.

Upscale fast food restaurant Noodles & Company is receiving criticism after several police officers said they were denied service at the chain’s Alexandria, Virginia, outlet.