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The affluent Bay Area city of Atherton, California, which has seen a dramatic rise in home burglaries this year, is using a unique method to catch perpetrators. The Atherton Police Department recently turned about 50 homes into “bait houses,” where they’re embedding tracking devices into items of property they believe burglars will want to take. …
Police union leaders are sounding the alarm, warning the public that the city isn’t safe. Hunt expressed grave concerns, saying he wouldn’t let his wife or kids walk down the streets of Houston at midnight under any circumstances. The safety of the city’s residents is at risk, demanding urgent attention and action to restore a …
The psychology of broken windows is actually fascinating. It's like going to a fancy hotel vs. Holiday Inn. People act differently depending on their surroundings and their perception about how much people care about the place. Except for habitual criminals, they don't care. — Chad West (@Chad_WestReal) May 23, 2024
Two Illinois State Police officers from the Chicago area are suspected of defrauding the federal Paycheck Protection Program that provided loans to businesses struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic. On their loan applications, one said he ran a sports program for kids, listing “babysitting” as the primary purpose of his business. The other said he was …
The House passed a resolution on Friday condemning calls to defund the police. 61 House Democrats voted against it. The resolution also blamed progressive policies for an uptick in violence against cops. The House of Representatives easily passed a resolution by a 337-61 margin on Friday that condemned calls to defund the police and blamed …
The New York Police Department is grappling with its lowest staffing levels in more than three decades, as about 200 officers leave the force each month. This trend, driven by rising retirements and resignations, has prompted concerns about officer workload and public safety, according to data obtained by The New York Post. Key Points Current …
Former President Donald Trump this week made his way to Wisconsin, a battleground state crucial to both his 2016 win and 2020 loss. The stakes, in other words, are high. So he made a few big promises to match. One such promise: “We’re going to give our police their power back,” he told rallygoers in …
Amidst heightened security concerns, the United States Capitol Police (USCP) is launching an investigation into a disturbing discovery within its own headquarters. A one-inch by one-inch zip lock bag containing a small amount of white powdery substance, which field tested positive for cocaine, was found on the floor of a heavily trafficked hallway on the …
Rep. Nadler Omits “the people” From the Second Amendment During a House Judiciary Committee markup hearing earlier today, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) offered a textbook example of willful blindness as he deliberately omitted a crucial part of the text of the Second Amendment. Nadler was speaking in opposition to H.R. 354, which would reform the …
The UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees has voted to divert $2.3 million away from diversity, equity and inclusion programs and into “public safety.” The unanimous vote occurred at a special Board of Trustees meeting Monday morning. It is unclear if the diversion of funds would lead to layoffs. Marty Kotis is vice chair of the …
Now the cops may be charged with crimes. Citizens were locked down for two years! It was absolute insanity down under. https://www.bitchute.com/video/jYIDeckfOqzE/ https://www.heraldsun.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-victoria/judge-rules-victoria-police-violence-unjustified-in-covid-lockdown-protest/news-story/c447aa4f4e903c06a2bbd8b72753b9e1 AC
Don’t worry, they have lots of “combined” experience at this, guys.https://t.co/SnYEfshGAf pic.twitter.com/g1DhyYObgM — Dylan Griffith (@LivingDadJoke) May 7, 2024
One Houston-area woman is speaking out after filing a lawsuit against the Santa Fe Police Department after she claims officers held her face in fire ants.
Hamas supporters hunt Dutch in Amsterdam. It's time to restore order and discipline. We can't go on like this. We need mass deportations. pic.twitter.com/jML1LwJgrW — RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) May 6, 2024 Dutch police use bulldozers to destroy Hamas encampment at the University of Amsterdam. After the violence we saw yesterday, this needed to be done.pic.twitter.com/XHpK1c5zH7 — …
🚨🇬🇧 Meanwhile in the UK….. Man chases Police Officer down the Street with Chainsaw. Just your typical day in 🤡🌎 pic.twitter.com/8BAarFQOjE — Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) May 6, 2024 The moment the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" attacker in Paisley was arrested by the police. He had previously chased police down the road armed with a chainsaw shouting …
After police had routed pro-Palestinian protesters out of Portland State University’s Millar Library Thursday morning, the school’s construction managers with police surveyed the damage, finding paint splattered on floors, walls covered in spray-painted messages and screeds, furniture moved and overturned, cameras disabled and entrances blocked. “We’ve got our work cut out for us,” said one …
The police are instructing paramedics all over the country to inject people with drugs. Sometimes they inject them with an overdose and kill them, sometimes they just keep injecting them until they kill them. It looks like the police don’t like to deal with people unless their dead. I guess it makes their job easier..
Tension flares as riot police breach UCLA protest line. Key Points: Riot troops from LAPD break through first blockade at UCLA. Thousands of protesters gather outside UCLA encampment. Flashbangs deployed amid rising tensions. #BREAKING | Riot troops from the Los Angeles police have broken through a first blockade and are heading to the pro-Palestinian camp …
local police are equipped with more gear, machinery, and firearms than ever before. Under a federal program providing military surplus to local law enforcement, small town police officers now have armed vehicles, M-16s, and grenade launchers. The equipment is intended to help police deal with terrorism and other serious threats. However, critics argue that law …
Police clad in riot gear swarmed Yale University’s Connecticut campus early Monday and arrested dozens of students who refused to clear out from an anti-Israel protest encampment. At least 47 protesters were cuffed and hauled away from the Ivy League’s New Haven campus on shuttle buses, a university spokesperson confirmed to The Post. They were …
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced last week a package of $45.9 million to fully fund programs for “newcomers” for 2024 and avoid worst-case scenarios projected by the city. That’s in addition to $44 million in spending already secured for the program through previous budget moves. Spending on migrants in the city skyrocketed last year from …
Farage at Brussels. The Tunisian man who allowed him to speak at the venue is being threatened, as is his family. Other venues have been cancelled. He’s really telling them about how dystopian and authoritarian the EU is. (I’m watching on GB News, the channel which has had it’s advertising cancelled in an effort to …
WASHINGTON — Rejecting an appeal brought by Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson, the Supreme Court on Monday skipped deciding whether the leader of a demonstration can be sued for an injury to a police officer caused by another protester. Mckesson, who was leading a protest in Baton Rouge in July 2016 following the police …
Six people were killed and several critically injured, including a baby, in stabbings at a shopping center near Bondi Beach in Sydney. The attacker, believed to be a 40-year-old man, acted alone and was shot dead by a police officer. The attack is not believed to be terror-related, and the suspect is known to authorities. …
Just riding around in his car that had tinted windows… wearing a balaclava. Armed. Totally normal stuff. https://t.co/CLD6iBKRc0 — Ian Miles Cheong (@ianmiles) April 11, 2024 The media is fixating solely on the fact that the police fired nearly 100 shots at the suspect. Chicago politicians, led by Mayor Brandon Johnson, are painting the police …
