The majority of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/michigan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michigan</a> voters aren’t too excited to hop on the woke train, even as their <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/whitmer-says-small-businesses-have-her-support-these-small-business-owners-havent-forgotten-her-shutdowns/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">governor</a> climbs aboard.
According to data from the Michigan GOP and Victory Modeling, only around one in five Michiganders fully support woke ideas such as defunding the police, social media <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/big-tech-worked-closely-with-the-fbi-and-dhs-to-police-disinformation/">censorship</a>, transgender athletes in women’s sports, and Critical Race Theory. Of the nearly 20,000 potential voters surveyed by the party from April through the end of September, nearly 40% stood strongly opposed to woke culture. Another 40% stood in the middle, accepting some woke terminology while opposing other woke ideas.
The Michigan Republican Party is hoping to use the data it has collected to create messaging that hits home with voters across the state as the 2022 election season flies into its final week.
“Given the massive cash advantage the Democrats had, we knew we had to invest in a data program early to ensure we were making the best use out of the funds we did have, in large part thanks to Chairman [Ronald] Weiser&#8217;s $5 million investment into the Party,&#8221; Michigan GOP Chief of Staff Paul Cordes said in a statement to The Daily Wire.
Gov. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gretchen-whitmer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gretchen Whitmer</a> (D-MI) has taken heat during her 2022 re-election campaign for comments she made about defunding the police during protests and riots in the summer of 2020. During an Instagram live interview with The Root in June 2020, Whitmer said she supported “the spirit” of the “defund the police” movement.
“It’s really about reprioritizing and rebuilding communities, not just policing. That this is really about where do we, where do we prioritize our resources,&#8221; she said, <a href="https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2020/06/09/michigan-gov-whitmer-supports-spirit-of-defunding-police-open-to-ending-qualified-immunity/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Click on Detroit. “You look at budgets and they’re focused on policing — they should be focused on education, transportation, access to health care, access to skills and leveling the playing field.&#8221;
“I think you do all those other things, you don’t need all the money that’s going to the police departments. So, yeah, I mean, the spirit of it, I do support that spirit of it,” Whitmer added.
The governor attempted to clarify her position on the issue last month, <a href="https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/michigan-gov-whitmer-defunding-police-dangerous-and-foolish?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> that defunding the police is “dangerous and foolish.” In a press release, the governor also highlighted a $1 billion investment to fund police, fire, and first responders in a budget approved by a Republican-majority legislature and signed by Whitmer in July.
Two years later, the Democratic governor was criticized for pushing another woke term; this one about sexuality. In a Zoom interview with the Michigan Democratic Party in July, Whitmer was discussing an amendment to the state’s constitution to protect abortion rights when she <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/michigans-gretchen-whitmer-refers-women-menstruating-people-gop-gov-hopefuls-respond" target="_blank" rel="noopener">referred</a> to women as “menstruating people.” The term has gained popularity on the Left from LGBTQ activists and politicians who seek to avoid offending biological men who identify as female.
After the remark, Whitmer was blasted by her Republican opponent and gubernatorial candidate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tudor-dixon-reveals-massive-plan-to-give-more-funding-to-michigan-police/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tudor Dixon</a> who said it was more evidence of the Democratic Party going “insane.”
Michigan Republicans also came out with an ad Wednesday targeting the governor’s comments about the “defund the police” movement as well as Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel’s record on crime.
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&#8220;Over the last four months, not only have we had a message that is resonating with voters, but we were able to use our modeling to create audiences of voters who needed to hear it and deliver it to them in an extremely effective manner,” Cordes added. “We were able to use these models to influence millions of dollars in spending in our digital, TV, streaming and mail plans.&#8221;

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Data Show Most Michigan Voters Don’t Go Along With Woke Culture. Their Governor Flirts With It.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oregon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oregon</a> Republican gubernatorial candidate Christine Drazan called out her Democratic opponent Tina Kotek in a debate on Wednesday night, as Kotek discussed her alleged support for law enforcement.
When <a href="https://www.kgw.com/article/news/politics/elections/kgw-governor-debate-drazan-johnson-kotek/283-bca6f125-fcaa-4b8b-92e8-4a35d76f6104" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responding</a> to a question about whether the candidates believe more police officers are needed and how to fill the empty spots, Kotek said she thought more were needed.
&#8220;When people call 911, they need to feel safe and have the right response at the right time,” Kotek <a href="https://www.kgw.com/article/news/politics/elections/kgw-governor-debate-drazan-johnson-kotek/283-bca6f125-fcaa-4b8b-92e8-4a35d76f6104" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;And we do need more officers. And one of the things the state can do is increase the number of classes and trainings that are available. … I’ve always supported our state police. It’s important to have state police around the state to particularly serve our rural communities…”
“We also need to have different types of response,” she said.
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Drazan countered, stating, &#8220;Tina Kotek is the original defund-the-police candidate. She did not support police even when rioters were attacking a police station. It&#8217;s stunning to me that she would talk now like she supports law enforcement.”
&#8220;As governor, I will fully fund state police,&#8221; Drazan continued. &#8220;As governor, I will support law enforcement, because we need it in our communities. Our communities are less safe today because we have fewer police on our streets.”
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Unaffiliated candidate Betsy Johnson responded in agreement with Drazan, saying, “I will join Ms. Drazan in saying I’m surprised by Tina’s answer because we’ve got to start by respecting our police.”
&#8220;That doesn&#8217;t mean walking with the rioters or excoriating the police when the riots were happening. Tina wrote a letter to [Democratic Mayor of Portland] Ted Wheeler siding with the rioters. Ted, incidentally, also showed up with the rioters,” she added.
Drazan’s campaign further extrapolated on the Republican candidate’s point in a campaign email, noting that Kotek <a href="https://christinefororegon.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0693e18ac651cec38104bf462&amp;id=82245358d2&amp;e=23e77b982d" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said on Twitter</a> that police &#8220;continued to escalate tense situations&#8221; during riots she called &#8220;large, non-violent assemblies.&#8221; The campaign also pointed out, “[Kotek] also made dismissive comments on riots and vandalism, <a href="https://christinefororegon.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0693e18ac651cec38104bf462&amp;id=0ea07f5c5d&amp;e=23e77b982d" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claiming</a>: ‘What needed to be protected last night? An empty office building?’”
In her tweet, Kotek called out police officers who she said were displaying “physical intimidation” to journalists.
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The physical intimidation of journalists by Portland police officers is a threat to the First Amendment and a free press.
It&#39;s appalling and must stop. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/orpol?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#orpol</a> <a href="https://t.co/Hp2kle66Kl">https://t.co/Hp2kle66Kl</a> <a href="https://t.co/MZVipQ32a0">pic.twitter.com/MZVipQ32a0</a>
&mdash; Tina Kotek (@TinaKotek) <a href="https://twitter.com/TinaKotek/status/1273397543221596161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Drazan’s campaign also stated that Kotek has “welcomed the endorsements of NARAL, which openly <a href="https://christinefororegon.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0693e18ac651cec38104bf462&amp;id=a6f5275ea9&amp;e=23e77b982d" target="_blank" rel="noopener">supported</a> defunding the police, as well as <a href="https://christinefororegon.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0693e18ac651cec38104bf462&amp;id=9ae9edd163&amp;e=23e77b982d" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AFT-Oregon</a>, who published &#8211; and have since deleted” a social media post supporting the abolition of police forces.
&#8220;Tina Kotek is the original defund the police candidate, she can try to rewrite her record, but every Oregonian knows the truth,&#8221; Drazan Communications Director John Burke stated. &#8220;She had a choice between rioters and the men and women who keep us safe. She chose rioters. Oregonians can&#8217;t trust her to protect our communities and they can&#8217;t trust her to support our police.&#8221;

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GOP Oregon Gubernatorial Candidate Calls Out Democratic Opponent: ‘Original Defund-The-Police Candidate’

GOP Oregon Gubernatorial Candidate Christine Drazan Calls Out Democratic Opponent Tina Kotek: ‘Original Defund-The-Police Candidate’

Oregon

Three days after Stockton police officers arrested a “potential serial killer” for allegedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/murder" target="_blank" rel="noopener">murdering</a> six men and wounding a woman over the last 18 months, authorities charged the suspect Tuesday with three counts of murder and firearms offenses.
Stockton Police Department officials took Wesley Brownlee, 43, of Stockton, into custody around 2 a.m. Saturday for allegedly stalking a potential victim near a city park Saturday night, The Los Angeles Times <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-10-18/stockton-serial-killer-suspect-charged-murders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a>.
According to San Joaquin County Superior Court records, authorities charged Brownlee for allegedly murdering Jonathan Hernandez Rodriguez on August 30, Juan Cruz on September 21, and Lawrence Lopez Sr. on September 27.
Authorities did not charge Brownlee for the fatal shooting of Paul Alexander Yaw on July 8 or Salvador Debudey Jr. on August 11, the Times reports. Although, police said those cases and two others in 2021 were linked to the other deaths. Authorities allegedly identified the murders through ballistic evidence.
During a news conference, Stockton Police Chief Stanley McFadden said officers were able to arrest Brownlee due to community tips and “good old-fashioned police work.”
“Based on tips coming to the department’s Stockton Crimestoppers, were we able to zero in on a possible suspect,” McFadden said. “Our surveillance team followed this person while he was driving … watched his pattern and determined early this morning.”
“He was on a mission to kill,” McFadden added. “He was out hunting — we are sure we stopped another killing.”
Authorities suspected Brownlee — who has a “criminal history” — of allegedly murdering six people and wounding a woman as far back as April 2021. While two of the seven homicides happened last year, the remaining shootings happened between July and September. Most of the deadly shootings happened in Stockton within a four-mile radius.
Stockton Mayor Kevin Lincoln said public safety in the city is their number one priority.
“I want to make this very very clear to the people of Stockton, to the United States, and around the world. When the people of Stockton come together and we unite, we can get things done,” Lincoln said. “Stockton will be a place where people can live, raise a family and grow a business.”
ABC 10 <a href="https://www.abc10.com/article/news/crime/stockton-crime-gun-violence/103-08407b6d-d452-498e-9700-84ede3ad2d5f" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> in August that Stockton had seen 34 homicides in 2022 — an increase from the 26 homicides it saw at the same time last year.
Stockton Police Officers Association (SPOA) told the media outlet that the rise in crime is directly connected to fewer uniformed officers on the streets.
“With a shortage of over 100 officers, almost 20% of our staffing not here any longer and leaving more by the day, it’s emboldened the criminal element because they don’t see those uniform patrol officers on the street. They don’t see as many police officers out there,” said Patrick High, president of SPOA.
The Times reported Brownlee was scheduled to appear in court for arraignment Tuesday afternoon.

Stockton Serial Killer Suspect Charged With Three Counts Of Murder Three Days After Arrest: Police

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As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/democrats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Democrats</a> head into an election disavowing their prior claims to &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/defund-the-police" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defund the police</a>,&#8221; major Democrat-run cities have significantly fewer police than they did a few years ago, a Daily Wire analysis of federal data found.
Cities with populations of 500,000 or more had, combined, 2.54 police per 1,000 residents last year, versus 2.8 in 2016 and 2.75 in 2018, according to <a href="https://crime-data-explorer.app.cloud.gov/pages/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> collected from police departments across the country by the FBI. In the year 2000, the rate was 3.31.
Compared to 2018, two years before George Floyd&#8217;s killing and a wave of &#8220;Black Lives Matter&#8221; anti-police activism, New York City, which has the nation&#8217;s largest police force at over 35,000 uniformed officers, was down 1,087 officers in 2021, the most recent year for which data was available. The city slashed its budget for that year by <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/01/us/new-york-budget-nypd-1-billion-cut-trnd/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$1 billion</a>.
Minneapolis, where Floyd was killed by a police officer now serving a 22-year sentence, has a police department that is down 24% in sworn officers. Los Angeles was down 500, from 10,000 to 9,500 officers.
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Seattle, where protesters set up an &#8220;autonomous zone&#8221; off limits to cops—with police <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/his-son-was-killed-after-seattle-police-abandoned-their-precinct-in-the-chop-zone-now-hes-settled-a-wrongful-death-lawsuit-with-the-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fleeing</a> their own precinct station&#8211; saw its police force decline by 248, losing nearly 1 in 5 officers.
The Portland, Oregon, police department was down 15%, leading residents of the famously liberal city to cry on camera as they lamented how gangsters had simply taken over formerly nice residential neighborhoods, even <a href="https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/homeless/se-portland-vacant-homes-squatters-houseless/283-14b7d03c-2031-4ab0-a5c3-ce74eb97f6c0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">moving into</a> their homes when residents went on vacation.
The same decline in sworn officers was seen in liberal cities within red states. In Louisville, Kentucky, a Democrat-controlled area where unrest occurred following the police shooting of Breonna Taylor there, the number of officers was down 17%.
Austin, Texas, lost 238 officers, declining from 1,851 to 1,613. Austin officials reduced the police budget by <a href="https://assets.austintexas.gov/budget/20-21/downloads/2020-21_Approved_Budget.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$31.5 million</a> for the 2020-2021 budget year.
&#8220;This Budget continues to look at public safety holistically by reducing the planned number of police officers by 100 and reallocating just over $11 million in Police Department funding to other community safety needs including: Additional staffing and resources for the Office of Police Oversight and the Equity Office,&#8221; the budget said.
In June 2021, Republican Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill <a href="https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-signs-back-the-blue-legislation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stopping cities</a> from reducing law enforcement funding, forcing Austin to reverse the cut this year.
Even when cities did not decrease police budgets—and some with declining police forces did not&#8211;anti-police policies have led to a wave of retirements, resignations, and difficulty recruiting for jobs in which candidates believe they are being set up to fail.
Austin said it created various other demands on police, such as a resolution calling &#8220;for zero racial disparity in motor vehicle stops, zero racial disparity in citations and arrests resulting from motor vehicle stops by 2023, zero use-of-force incidents per year by 2023, and zero deaths related to an officer-involved incident by 2023.&#8221;
There is a racial disparity in those who commit crime, according to FBI data, so such demands for “equity” could require police to let criminals go, or even be incentivized to entrap others because of their race.
Ian Prior, a former Department of Justice official in the Trump administration, told The Daily Wire the anti-cop rhetoric and enforcement policies have hurt staffing numbers as much as the actual budget cuts.
“The fact that we are seeing police officers quitting is a direct consequence of the far left’s woke agenda to not only cut resources, but smear and demean law enforcement and make those jobs more difficult and dangerous as a result,” Prior said.
He said that soft-on-crime prosecutors who have pledged not to enforce certain laws, including petty theft, make police feel that their work is for naught, with the charges they bring to prosecutors discarded.
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<th style="text-align: center; text-decoration: underline; padding-bottom: 15px;" colspan="2">Decline In Police Force Of Major Cities, 2018-2021</th>
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<div style="background: red; width: 71%; float: right;">-24%</div>
</td>
<td style="width: 30%;">Minneapolis</td>
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<td style="width: 70%;">
<div style="background: red; width: 51%; float: right;">-17%</div>
</td>
<td style="width: 30%;">Seattle</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 70%;">
<div style="background: red; width: 50%; float: right;">-17%</div>
</td>
<td style="width: 30%;">Louisville Metro</td>
</tr>
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<td style="width: 70%;">
<div style="background: red; width: 44%; float: right;">-15%</div>
</td>
<td style="width: 30%;">Lexington</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 70%;">
<div style="background: red; width: 43%; float: right;">-14%</div>
</td>
<td style="width: 30%;">Portland</td>
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<td style="width: 70%;">
<div style="background: red; width: 40%; float: right;">-13%</div>
</td>
<td style="width: 30%;">Durham</td>
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<td style="width: 70%;">
<div style="background: red; width: 39%; float: right;">-13%</div>
</td>
<td style="width: 30%;">Austin</td>
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<td style="width: 70%;">
<div style="background: red; width: 34%; float: right;">-11%</div>
</td>
<td style="width: 30%;">Raleigh</td>
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<td style="width: 70%;">
<div style="background: red; width: 32%; float: right;">-11%</div>
</td>
<td style="width: 30%;">Newark</td>
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<td style="width: 70%;">
<div style="background: red; width: 32%; float: right;">-11%</div>
</td>
<td style="width: 30%;">Milwaukee</td>
</tr>
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<td style="width: 70%;">
<div style="background: red; width: 24%; float: right;">-8%</div>
</td>
<td style="width: 30%;">Buffalo</td>
</tr>
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<td style="width: 70%;">
<div style="background: red; width: 24%; float: right;">-8%</div>
</td>
<td style="width: 30%;">Stockton</td>
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<td style="width: 70%;">
<div style="background: red; width: 23%; float: right;">-8%</div>
</td>
<td style="width: 30%;">San Francisco</td>
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<td style="width: 70%;">
<div style="background: red; width: 21%; float: right;">-7%</div>
</td>
<td style="width: 30%;">Washington</td>
</tr>
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<td style="width: 70%;">
<div style="background: red; width: 21%; float: right;">-7%</div>
</td>
<td style="width: 30%;">Anaheim</td>
</tr>
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<td style="width: 70%;">
<div style="background: red; width: 20%; float: right;">-7%</div>
</td>
<td style="width: 30%;">Oakland</td>
</tr>
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<td style="width: 70%;">
<div style="background: red; width: 19%; float: right;">-6%</div>
</td>
<td style="width: 30%;">Long Beach</td>
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<td style="width: 70%;">
<div style="background: red; width: 18%; float: right;">-6%</div>
</td>
<td style="width: 30%;">St. Louis</td>
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<td style="width: 70%;">
<div style="background: red; width: 17%; float: right;">-6%</div>
</td>
<td style="width: 30%;">Virginia Beach</td>
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<td style="width: 70%;">
<div style="background: red; width: 16%; float: right;">-5%</div>
</td>
<td style="width: 30%;">Fresno</td>
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</table>
In Durham, North Carolina, the number of sworn officers decreased 13%. In 2020, Mayor Pro Tempore Jillian Johnson said &#8220;police were established as a white supremacist institution, that they were created to police black people and protect white property.&#8221;
&#8220;Our best chance for building a safety solution that puts people first, that puts communities first, that takes care of people rather than criminalizes, incarcerates and punishes them is by shifting resources that we use for policing into other systems,&#8221; she told <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/06/06/871520133/durham-mayor-pro-tempore-on-defunding-the-police-in-her-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NPR</a>.
Calls to &#8220;defund the police&#8221; became popular with Democratic politicians in 2020, but became a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-defund-the-police-became-a-suicide-pact" target="_blank" rel="noopener">political liability</a> in the ensuing years after crime became a constant thorn in the side of many residents.
The mayor of San Francisco dramatically <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sf-democrat-mayor-london-breed-after-backing-defunding-police-reverses-need-aggressive-policing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reversed course</a>, condemning lawbreakers and calling for increased policing.
Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC), a top House Democrat, told <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-house-democrat-shuts-down-defund-the-police-movement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a> in June 2020 that &#8220;nobody is going to defund the police.&#8221;

A counterprotester holding a Defund Police sign at the

Blue Vs. Red: Major Cities’ Police Forces Are At Record Lows As Dems Deny Defunding The Police

Urban Police Departments At Record Lows Even As Dems Deny ‘Defunding The Police’

George Floyd

Joe Biden

Law Enforcement

Texas

Police officers in Northern <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california">California</a> believe they prevented another murder after arresting a &#8216;potential serial killer&#8217; Saturday suspected of murdering six men and wounding a woman over the last 18 months in a string of late-night shootings.
Wesley Brownlee, 43, of Stockton, was arrested on homicide allegations, according to Stockton Police Department officials.
During a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhdp8jjQzxo">news conference</a>, Stockton Police Chief Stanley McFadden said officers arrested Brownlee in two parts: community tips and &#8220;good old-fashioned police work.&#8221;
&#8220;Based on tips coming to the department&#8217;s Stockton Crimestoppers, were we able to zero in on a possible suspect,&#8221; McFadden said. &#8220;Our surveillance team followed this person while he was driving &#8230; watched his pattern and determined early this morning.&#8221;
&#8220;He was on a mission to kill,&#8221; McFadden added.
McFadden said officers took the dark-clothed suspect — who was carrying a firearm and wearing a mask draped around his neck — into custody after making contact around 2 a.m. on Saturday. After following the suspect drive around parks and other dark places where he would stop and look around before moving again, authorities &#8220;identified that he&#8217;s posing a threat.&#8221;
&#8220;He was out hunting,&#8221; McFadden said. &#8220;We are sure we stopped another killing.&#8221;
San Joaquin County District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar echoed the police chief&#8217;s sentiments saying, &#8220;the crime was solved because we&#8217;re Stocktonians.&#8221;
&#8220;Because you don&#8217;t come to our house and bring this kind of reign of terror and not mobilize 350,000 people — 780,000, this whole entire county — mobilized, mobilized and captured this individual whose reign of terror is no longer,&#8221; Salazar said.
Authorities suspect Brownlee — who has a &#8216;criminal history — of allegedly murdering six people and wounding a woman as far as April 2021. While two of the seven homicides happened last year, the remaining shootings happened between July and September.
Most of the deadly shootings happened in Stockton within a four-mile radius of one another, according to <a href="https://www.kcra.com/article/suspected-stockton-serial-killer-arrested-while-out-hunting-police-chief-says/41631651#">KCRA</a>.
According to the local media, public records show Brownlee had drug and traffic violations — including a DUI — in Arizona and California.
McFadden told CNN that all seven victims were &#8220;alone, often caught off guard, or maybe relaxing in a vehicle or walking alone in almost pitch darkness&#8221; when attacked in the evening or early morning.
CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/16/us/stockton-serial-killings-suspect-sunday">reports</a> that according to jail records, Brownlee was being held in the county jail on Saturday without bail and that authorities confirmed he would be arraigned in court Tuesday afternoon.
&#8220;Just because an arrest was made does not mean the investigation stops,&#8221; McFadden said, later adding, &#8220;the work is not done, though, as this is still a very active investigation.&#8221;
Stockton Mayor Kevin Lincoln said public safety in the city is their number one priority.
&#8220;I want to make this very very clear, to the people of Stockton, to the United States and around the world. When the people of Stockton come together and we unite we can get things done,&#8221; Lincoln said. Stockton will be a place where people can live, raise a family and grow a business.&#8221;
ABC <a href="https://www.abc10.com/article/news/crime/stockton-crime-gun-violence/103-08407b6d-d452-498e-9700-84ede3ad2d5f">reported</a> in August that Stockton had seen 34 homicides in 2022 — an increase from the 26 homicides it saw last year.
Stockton Police Officers Association (SPOA) told the media outlet that the rise in crime is directly connected to fewer uniformed officers on the streets.
&#8220;With a shortage of over 100 officers, almost 20% of our staffing not here any longer and leaving more by the day, it&#8217;s emboldened the criminal element because they don&#8217;t see those uniform patrol officers on the street. They don&#8217;t see as many police officers out there,&#8221; said Patrick High, president of the SPOA.

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Growing up in Ghana, my imagination of life in America was fueled by the pictures my parents took and the stories they told about their own experiences here.
For my dad, it was the three-month business trip he took to Los Angeles in 1989. In my mom’s case, she spent her senior year of high school as an exchange student in Sherman, New York. Their experiences, coupled with what I saw in movies and TV shows, gave me an impression of America that was equal parts wonder and naïveté.
When I finally <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/for-the-first-time-in-my-life-i-was-a-minority-what-immigrating-to-america-taught-me-about-race-relations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">came to America in 2003</a>, that wonder collided with reality and left me feeling slightly perplexed. Now, don’t get me wrong; Los Angeles was comparatively the most beautiful place I had ever been. However, it was not the utopia my imagination had traveled to for so many years. On the ride from the airport to my first apartment in Downey, California, I was surprised to see litter on the freeway and on some neighborhood streets — but that was just the beginning.
Over the next few days, I was even more astounded to learn that many of the people pushing shopping carts full of clothes and other belongings were homeless. Some slept on park benches, sidewalks, or in tents along the street. Others stayed in shelters for the night and were back on the streets during the day. On various freeway off ramps, it was not uncommon to see a panhandler or two asking for spare change. Some local parks were overrun by vagrants and drug users. Others were left in deplorable conditions, rendering them unusable for their intended purposes. But this was America, the country I believed was the greatest on earth. For a country with such vast resources, how was it possible that poverty, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/los-angeles-officials-challenge-latest-homeless-count-that-found-zero-homeless-in-venice-beach" target="_blank" rel="noopener">homelessness</a>, panhandling, and all their underlying and accompanying issues were not solved here?
Nearly two decades later, many of the problems I encountered when I arrived on these shores continue to persist, not only in Los Angeles, but in cities, towns, and suburbs all around the country. In many instances, they are getting much worse with no end in sight. The profound damage being done to the human condition as a result is irresponsible and tragic to say the least. As an immigrant, it breaks my heart to see this happening with reckless abandon in the place I have come to call my home.
I believe the world needs an America that lives up to its destiny as the shining city on the hill, to which the “tired, poor and huddled masses” can once again “yearn to breathe free.” If we believe our principles, values, and Constitution  provide the best opportunity for human flourishing, we must exemplify those outcomes in our cities and in the lives of our fellow citizens.
Hence, a return to a semblance of sanity must inevitably begin with an acknowledgement of why we are here in the first place. In analyzing this issue for many years, I discovered an unequivocal truth about the state of our civilization, which is that most of America’s quality-of-life problems persist primarily because we allow them to. Whether by statute, apathy, or acquiescence to debauchery, we allow our cities to be littered with the dregs of humanity, often under a misguided appeal to empathy and compassion. Now, I take no issue with compassion as a virtuous ideal. However, I believe adulterating compassion as a short cut to equity is a recipe for societal collapse and is currently leading to the destruction of American civilization right before our eyes.
Over the last decade, I have witnessed a palpable shift in America toward what, at first glance, appeared to be the genuine ideal of tolerance. As with many well-meaning endeavors, this shift was intended to right past wrongs and create a more harmonious, accepting, and equitable society. In limited instances, the new attention brought to issues of societal inequality was long overdue and led to necessary conversations. However, I believe the focus on blanket acceptance erroneously assigned moral equivalence to destructive personal choices while concealing its impact on society under a rubric of embracing one’s, quote, “true identity.”
During this period of transformation, Americans were also emotionally browbeaten by the media and Hollywood through the constant rehashing of our past mistakes and the cherry-picking and distortion of our history (think the 1619 Project). This was intended to push false and derogatory narratives about our country and to turn average citizens into activists for radical and un-American ideas. Details around widely reported police shootings, for example, were deliberately misrepresented, I believe, to psychologically manipulate Americans to acquiesce to the demands of social justice rather than equal justice under the law.
These and many similar developments, including millions of dollars in donations from left-wing billionaires, led to the election of district attorneys like George Gascon, Larry Krasner, and Alvin Bragg, all of whom appear more concerned about protecting criminals than the innocent victims they prey on. It also led to the formation of movements like BLM and the subsequent adoption of policies like “defund the police” and “no-cash bail,” to the detriment of public safety in places like San Francisco, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and New York City.
Under a false umbrella of compassion, homelessness, vagrancy, and open-air drug use thrives unchecked in major cities across the country. Under a distorted rubric of equity, repeat offenders are released within hours, allowing them to reoffend, abuse, and injure even more innocent people. Under a dystopian interpretation of empathy, thousands of people with documented mental health issues are allowed to roam aimlessly in our cities, loiter in alleyways, and sleep in our subways without the help they desperately need for recovery.
So, when I hear people complain about life in America, I point them to the fact that most of the issues they reference are underwritten by politicians and persist at the pleasure of the very people we elected to represent us, under a distorted view of compassion. The adulteration of compassion has even bled into other facets of American life and is leading to policies and actions that would have been verboten just a few years ago.
Compassion is being used today to justify the physical mutilation and chemical transitioning of kids who are prone to manipulation and too young to comprehend the profound ramifications of their choices. Compassion is also being used as a reason to assist people in the ending of their own lives. Where does this end?
I believe it ends when we rise up as patriots and demand the return of true compassion. The kind of compassion that rejects the indulgences of the carnal mind. The kind that embraces immutable truths about human nature and seeks to empower Americans to reach their full potential, even when the road to that end is fraught with difficult sacrifices and uncertainty. I believe we need to open our mouths in every forum on and offline and boldly challenge false narratives about compassion. We cannot be willing passengers on a road to the destruction of our civilization. Hence, we must employ every legal and moral means to stem this generational tide and steer our great American ship back to safe harbor.
Alma Ohene-Opare is an immigrant to the United States who earned American citizenship in 2021. He is an up-and-coming writer, public speaker and political commentator. He lives in Utah and is married with four kids. You can follow him on TikTok, Instagram and Facebook under the handle, @willfulpositivity.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of The Daily Wire.

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Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cori-bush" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cori Bush</a> (D-MO) doubled-down during an interview Tuesday morning on her support for the leftist position of defunding the police.
The remarks come as violent crime has exploded across the U.S. under the Biden administration, with some <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/major-cities-violent-crimes-data-murders-shootings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">estimates</a> indicating that reports of rape, sexual assault, robbery, assault, and murder were up 5% to 40% in major cities.
Bush made the remarks during an interview on ABC News&#8217; &#8220;Good Morning America&#8221; when co-host George Stephanopoulos noted that Bush was one of the Democrats who has &#8220;stuck by&#8221; the position despite it being unpopular with Americans.
&#8220;Are you worried at all that that could hurt some of your colleagues going into the midterm elections?&#8221; Stephanopoulos asked.
&#8220;The thing about &#8216;defund the police&#8217; is we have to tell the entire narrative,&#8221; Bush responded. &#8220;People hear &#8216;defund the police,&#8217; but you know what they&#8217;ll say, say &#8216;reallocate,’ say &#8216;divest,’ say &#8216;move,’ but it&#8217;s still the same thing.&#8221;
&#8220;We can&#8217;t get caught up on the words,&#8221; Bush continued. &#8220;People spend more time focusing on the word &#8216;defund&#8217; than they spend on caring and addressing the problem of police violence in this country.&#8221;
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“Are you worried at all that [saying &quot;Defund the Police&quot;] could hurt some of your colleagues going into the midterm elections?&quot;
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The political Left&#8217;s support for &#8220;defund the police&#8221; exploded during the 2020 election season following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota.
However, following the violence that erupted during the riots that summer and following the surge in crime that has erupted during the Biden administration, more and more Americans want more funding for law enforcement.
The year after the violent left-wing riots, which caused billions of dollars of damage and injured hundreds of law enforcement officers in cities across the country, the share of Americans who wanted more funding for law enforcement <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/10/26/growing-share-of-americans-say-they-want-more-spending-on-police-in-their-area/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">increased</a> to 47%, an spike of 16% from the 31% who wanted it in June of 2020.
Supporting for reducing law enforcement spending also dropped during that time span with only 15% of Americans wanting police budgets decreased, a 10% drop from the 25% who wanted it in 2020.
Bush has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/defund-the-police-congresswoman-drops-another-70k-on-private-security" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spent</a> more than $300,000 for private security over the past election cycle, according to campaign finance records from August, despite her support for “defund the police.”
A list of itemized expenditures from Cori Bush for Congress on the Federal Election Commission website shows that the progressive lawmaker spent $70,489 on “Security Services” — including $50,489 to Peace Security, $15,000 to Cortney Merritts, and $5,000 to Nathaniel Davis. The expenditures — which occurred during the first quarter of 2022 — add to the $233,663 that Bush spent on security services in 2021.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-cori-bush-faces-backlash-for-claiming-judge-jury-rittenhouse-all-white-supremacists" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Democrat Cori Bush Faces Backlash For Claiming Judge, Jury, Rittenhouse All White Supremacists</a>

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Portland, Oregon&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/police" target="_blank" rel="noopener">police force</a> has been anemic since the 2020 racial unrest that led to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/riots" target="_blank" rel="noopener">riots</a>, which partly explains why hoodlums are now running amok — even deploying a flamethrower — as they takeover entire streets in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/portland" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The City of Roses</a>.
Hundreds of individuals took over a Portland intersection at Northeast 72nd and Sandy on Sunday evening for 90 minutes. At least one individual had a flamethrower, and three people were shot, with one person killed.
One neighbor <a href="https://www.koin.com/news/portland/portland-street-takeover-squealing-tires-gunshots/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> KOIN 6 News that she witnessed as many as 500 people in the street as mayhem erupted.
“There were cars parked on the median,” the eye-witnessed recalled. “The entire intersection was completely taken over.”
A video of the chaos can be seen here:
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A group of 100 individuals also held a candlelight vigil for Cameron Tyler, who was shot and killed during the street takeover by an unknown assailant.
According to Portland&#8217;s Police Bureau, authorities are <a href="https://www.portlandoregon.gov/police/news/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investigating</a> the homicide.
Another neighbor explained that the area is home to many young and old people, thus making the incident even more concerning.
“I’m particularly concerned because there’s lots of children in the neighborhood, lots of elders in the neighborhood. Because there’s a median, folks are walking around,” one witness said.
Yet, that same neighbor doesn&#8217;t want to see these individuals thrown into the criminal justice system.
“I don’t want these kids arrested,” the unidentified individual told KOIN 6. “I want there to be alternatives that seem better than doing donuts in the middle of the street.”
Even if Portland police wanted to arrest the thugs involved, the department was simply stretched thin on Sunday due to several emergencies throughout the city, according to the local CBS affiliate.
The Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/gun-violence-covid-health-police-2b1f9d8dce1fe3acbb1c5e3910d39e09" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that since 2020, Portland&#8217;s police force has lost 237 sworn officers. The city defunded the department in 2020 at the request of Black Lives Matter only to refund the police force after crime rates <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-11-17/portland-among-us-cities-looking-to-refund-police" target="_blank" rel="noopener">skyrocketed</a> in 2021.
In early August, Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell expressed concern for the city&#8217;s future, given the inability to attract new officers.
“For me, I wonder, what the profession is going to be 20 years from now if we’re having these challenges on a nationwide scale,” Lovell told the press. “Are we going to be able to recruit enough people to serve our cities?”
It would appear Portland doesn&#8217;t even have enough people to serve its city now.
RELATED: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/families-are-fleeing-portland-because-its-a-hellhole" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Families Are Fleeing Portland Because It’s A Hellhole</a>
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Portland Hoodlums Use Flamethrower During Street Takeover Amidst Police Shortage

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Two <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/atlanta" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Atlanta</a> police officers who shot and killed 27-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rayshard-brooks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rayshard Brooks</a> outside a Wendy&#8217;s restaurant in June 2020 will not face charges for using deadly force, authorities announced Tuesday.
Pete Skandalakis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys&#8217; Council of Georgia, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/rayshard-brooks-shooting-officer-no-charges-910f8d1812fc7775d621242aaccbad9d">said</a> Officer Garret Rolfe, who shot Brooks twice in the back, and Officer Devin Bronson, of the Atlanta Police Department, faced a &#8220;dynamic situation&#8221; that was &#8220;quickly evolving.&#8221; Such factors prompted the special prosecutor to drop the charges against the officers.
On June 12, 2020, Rolfe and Brosnan responded to a call about a man who fell asleep at the wheel while waiting in the drive-thru lane of a Wendy&#8217;s restaurant in South Atlanta. The officers approached Brooks and spoke to him for nearly 40 minutes before concluding that the 27-year-old man had imbibed too much alcohol.
Patrol car and body-cam footage from the officers revealed Brooks admitting that he consumed alcohol before his encounter with law enforcement. He would later consent to a portable field alcohol test that came back above the legal limit of .08 blood alcohol content. As soon as the officers tried to detain Brooks, he resisted arrest and wrestled his way out of the officers’ control, who both fell to the ground during the incident, resulting in Brosnan&#8217;s concussion.
While the officers struggled to apprehend Brooks, he snatched Brosnan&#8217;s Taser and attempted to fire at Rolfe while fleeing the scene.
That&#8217;s when Rolfe fired three bullets at Brooks, and ultimately killed him.
&#8220;Based on the facts and circumstances confronting Officer Rolfe and Officer Brosnan in this case, it is my conclusion the use of deadly force was objectively reasonable and that they did not act with criminal intent,&#8221; Skandalakis said, per <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11139069/Two-Atlanta-police-officers-NOT-face-charges-fatal-shooting-Rayshard-Brooks.html">Daily Mail</a>.
The Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/rayshard-brooks-shooting-officer-no-charges-910f8d1812fc7775d621242aaccbad9d">reports</a> that Skandalakis called it &#8220;a peaceful encounter that all of a sudden becomes a violent encounter.&#8221;
Authorities terminated Rolfe the following day and would later announce warrants against the officer, including felony murder, aggravated assault, and violation charges. However, less than a year later, authorities overturned the decision in May 2021 after a board review determined the city did not follow the proper procedures in disciplining the officer, who had been in the force for six years.
A warrant against Brosnan included charges of aggravated assault and violating his oath.
The Atlanta Police Department said it respects the special prosecutor’s decision in the case and has faith in criminal justice system.
&#8220;Both Officer Garrett Rolfe and Officer Devin Brosnan are still employed with APD,&#8221; the department said, according to <a href="https://www.ajc.com/news/crime/breaking-no-charges-for-apd-officers-in-fatal-shooting-of-rayshard-brooks/KDDYTQKCCNF6HMH2ZRVHFKJEK4/">The Atlanta Journal Constitution</a>. &#8220;They are currently on administrative duty. Both officers will undergo Georgia P.O.S.T. recertification and training.&#8221;
Brooks&#8217; death came amid ongoing violent riots and protests that raged across the United States by Antifa agitators and some Black Lives Matter activists over the death of George Floyd, who was killed a few weeks before by Minneapolis police officers.
Just 24 hours after the two Atlanta policemen killed Brooks, rioters burned down the Wendy&#8217;s restaurant where the incident occurred.
&#8220;Black lives do matter,&#8221; Skandalakis said during a press conference, according to Daily Mail. &#8220;I&#8217;ve spent my entire career representing black victims of crime. I understand that the encounters between police and the African American community at times are very volatile. But I would ask them to look at the facts of this case, and this isn&#8217;t one of those cases.&#8221;
&#8220;This is a case in which the officers were willing to give Mr. Brooks every benefit of the doubt, and unfortunately, by his actions, this is what happened,&#8221; he added.

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A left-wing organization is behind over 4,000 LGBTQ clubs and student groups in K-12 schools, combining the language of radical gender theory, anti-police, and anti-capitalist rhetoric, according to a new report.
The report from writer and activist <a href="https://christopherrufo.com/gender-soldiers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Christopher Rufo</a> cites documents from the left-wing nonprofit activist group GSA Network, an umbrella organization that encompasses more than 4,000 &#8220;gender and sexuality&#8221; alliances in schools in 40 states nationwide. The organization, which has an annual budget of more than $2 million, nonprofit tracker <a href="https://www.guidestar.org/profile/20-5367752">Guidestar</a> notes, espouses the tenets of radical gender theory, but it also promotes defunding law enforcement, &#8220;decolonization and reparations&#8221; for minorities, and anti-capitalism.
&#8220;The individual chapters, which operate in elementary, middle, and high schools, often use the language of &#8216;LGBTQ inclusion&#8217; and &#8216;anti-bullying&#8217; in their public relations, but behind the scenes, the central organization is driven by pure left-wing radicalism that extends far beyond sexuality,&#8221; Rufo reported.
The GSA Network relies on &#8220;programming&#8221; students in order to adequately participate in the group, Rufo notes. One of the documents obtained by Rufo is a toolkit for students to organize their GSA clubs online. The <a href="https://gsanetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/GSA-Virtual-Toolkit-2020.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">toolkit</a> instructs students to engage in &#8220;self work,&#8221; which involves the student engaging in a self-examination of his or her inherent systemic racial or gender privilege, how those privileges contribute to the oppression of LGBTQ people and people of color, and how he or she can combat their privilege in order to more effectively &#8220;commit to dismantling these systems for collective liberation.&#8221;
The toolkit also instructs students to examine their purpose for engaging in self work in order to help them &#8220;stay committed to liberation.&#8221; It also tells students that &#8220;self work happens everywhere—not just in a GSA meeting.&#8221; Included is an appendix with a sample rubric for students to examine their privileges and how they contribute to oppression of minority groups. The rubric is divided into five rows: &#8220;Groups with systemic power (privilege),&#8221; which includes straight people, cisgender people, men, and white people; &#8220;Systems of oppression,&#8221; which includes white supremacy, patriarchy, and imperialism; oppressed groups, which include transgender people, black and indigenous people; prejudice, which is described as &#8220;a preconceived idea about a group with no factual backing&#8221;; and discrimination, or &#8220;the actions and ways folks are affected by the system.&#8221;
Another document obtained by Rufo is a <a href="https://gsanetwork.org/resources/truth-nine-point-platform/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nine-point manifesto</a> the GSA Network borrowed from the National Trans Youth Council, which the GSA Network uses &#8220;to guide our collective vision for gender justice and liberation.&#8221;
The platform explicitly borrows from the manifestos of other radical activist groups, like the Black Panther Party&#8217;s Ten-Point Program, the Young Lord’s 12 Point Program and Platform, and the Third World Gay Revolution. The nine points are:
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<li>We Call for the Right to Self-Determination and Control of Our Destinies</li>
<li>We Call for the Abolition of the Police, ICE, Borders and the Judicial System</li>
<li>We Call for an End to Disposability Politics and a Commitment to Transformative Justice</li>
<li>We Call for an End of the Cisgender Heterosexual Patriarchy</li>
<li>We call for Decolonization and Reparations for all Indigenous and Black Peoples</li>
<li>We Call for Comprehensive Education that Reflects our Histories and Needs</li>
<li>We Call for an End to Global White Supremacy</li>
<li>We Call for Land Justice and Environmental Justice</li>
<li>We Invite our Comrades, Accomplices and Allies to Join Us</li>
</ol>
The GSA Network also engages in radical anti-capitalist programming, Rufo reports. A promotional website for a <a href="https://gsanetwork.org/qylts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">summer camp</a> run by the organization includes a portion dedicated to &#8220;Economic Justice and Capitalism,&#8221; which it describes as &#8220;often the most immersive experience for campers.&#8221;
Campers learn &#8220;to think through the ways that capitalism impacts our communities and greater systems that young folks interact with on a regular basis, including: school, incarceration, and employment.&#8221; Campers also learn &#8220;how capitalism erases parts of our community and therefore erases all of queer and trans community,&#8221; along with &#8220;techniques&#8221; messaging to share with their communities.

Left-Wing Org Combines K-12 Radical Gender Theory With Anti-Cop, Anti-Capitalist Rhetoric

Left-Wing Org Infuses K-12 Gender Acceptance Groups With Anti-Cop, Anti-Capitalist Rhetoric

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes (D) has racked up over half a million dollars in security costs in two years, according to public records. 
According to records <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/wisconsin-dem-senate-candidate-spent-nearly-600k-police-detail-cozying-defund-police-movement">obtained</a> by Fox News, state taxpayers footed a $587,281 security bill for Barnes, who is now running for the Democratic nomination to unseat incumbent Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-johnson">Ron Johnson</a> (R-WI) in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/2022-election">November</a>. Barnes, who says he does not support defunding the police, has received support from groups and leaders critical of law enforcement. 
Barnes was provided with a police detail for 8,868 regular hours, 4,900 of overtime hours, and 203 holiday hours, Fox News reported. The money was spent on security for Barnes over a period of almost two years, from January 7, 2019 until November 6, 2021. 
This hefty price tag for Barnes&#8217; security was larger than his predecessor, Rebecca Kleefisch, who is now running for the Republican nomination for governor. During his first two months in Madison, he had nine times more hours of security protection than Kleefisch did in her last year in office, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/2a8e4fcd97a247de8a501d195e21c5a8">according to</a> the Associated Press. 
State officials at the time said the increase was a decision of the Wisconsin State Patrol, while Wisconsin Republican Party spokesman Charles Nichols accused Barnes of using “the State Patrol as his own personal chauffeur service.”
The Daily Wire reached out to the Barnes campaign for comment. 
The Senate candidate has faced <a href="https://archive.ph/F74Ev">scrutiny</a> over his positions on law enforcement because of the leftist groups backing his campaign and his ties to politicians like Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). 
In 2020, he <a href="https://pbswisconsin.org/news-item/noon-wednesday-communities-chart-course-to-address-racism/">criticized</a> “over bloated budgets in police departments” and was photographed in 2018 holding a “Abolish ICE” shirt. Barnes has said that he does not support defunding the police, but his ties to Left-wing groups remain.
&#8220;Not completely done away with. We need to invest more in neighborhood services and programming for our residents, for our communities on the front end. Where will that money come from? Well, it can come from over bloated budgets in police departments,&#8221; Barnes said during an interview with PBS Wisconsin when asked if he agreed with completely defunding police departments.
Groups <a href="https://www.wispolitics.com/2021/center-for-popular-democracy-action-endorses-mandela-barnes-for-u-s-senate/">backing</a> <a href="https://workingfamilies.org/2021/07/wi-wfp-endorses-mandela-barnes-for-senate/">Barnes</a> that support <a href="https://twitter.com/CPDAction/status/1395019920044396549">defunding</a> the police include the <a href="https://twitter.com/CPDAction/status/1395019920044396549">Center for Popular Democracy</a> and the <a href="https://twitter.com/workingfamilies/status/1267078490945437696?lang=en">Working Families Party</a>. However, a spokeswoman for the Barnes campaign said in February that he had not necessarily endorsed the positions of the groups supporting him. 
&#8220;These groups are endorsing the lieutenant governor, not the other way around,&#8221; said Maddy McDaniel. 
Barnes became the presumptive Democrat nominee last week after his major opponents, including on-leave Milwaukee Bucks executive Alex Lasry and State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski, dropped out. 
The primary is on August 9.
A previous version of this article previous incorrectly said Barnes was pictured with a &#8220;Defund ICE&#8221; t-shirt, he was pictured with an &#8220;Abolish ICE&#8221; t-shirt.

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Senate Candidate Critical Of ‘Over Bloated’ Police Budgets Has Expensive Police Security Bill

Senate Candidate Critical Of 'Over Bloated' Police Budgets Has Expensive Police Security Bill

Ron Johnson

Wisconsin

Black Lives Matter (BLM) activist and New York Times best-selling author Shaun King purchased a $40,000 dog from a California breeder using donor money from his political action committee, according to a report.
Grassroots Law, a non-profit political action committee that King co-founded, paid $40,650 to Potrero Performance Dogs earlier this year, <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?data_type=processed&amp;recipient_name=potrero+dogs&amp;recipient_name=protero+dogs&amp;two_year_transaction_period=2022&amp;min_date=01%2F01%2F2021&amp;max_date=12%2F31%2F2022" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Federal Election Records</a> reveal. The committee elects progressive candidates that would invoke &#8220;systemic change to end oppressive policing, incarceration, and injustice in this country.&#8221;
Payments made to the breeder were labeled as &#8220;contractor services.&#8221; However, The Washington Free Beacon <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://freebeacon.com/democrats/pet-project-blm-activist-shaun-king-used-donor-funds-to-buy-40k-thoroughbred-show-dog/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> King welcomed Marz, a brown and black-spotted mastiff, as &#8220;a new member of the King family&#8221; on his social media days after he finalized the purchase in February.
The announcement said Marz would provide &#8220;alertness and protection&#8221; for his family.
But according to the <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://nypost.com/2022/08/01/activist-shaun-kings-pac-paid-over-40k-for-guard-dog-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Post</a>, King returned the dog to the breeder and has since deleted the post or made it private.
Potrero&#8217;s Instagram page showed a picture of Marz at an American Kennel Club winning &#8220;Best in Show,&#8221; adding, &#8220;he&#8217;s got a little too much energy to be a family dog, so he came back.&#8221;
However, Potrero&#8217;s page has since deleted the post or made it private.
Per the Free Beacon, the Kings’ $40,000 dog cost nearly as much as the contributions made by the committee to political candidates since 2021, which totaled around $56,000.
Scott Walter, the president of Capital Research Center, a think tank investigating left-wing groups, told the Free Beacon that King&#8217;s dog expense might not be considered illegal for the PAC.
&#8220;But it shows little respect for King&#8217;s donors,&#8221; Walter said.
Potrero and Grassroots Law did not respond to the Free Beacon&#8217;s requests for comment.
However, King posted a photo on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgwuyjdrwrh/?hl=en">Instagram</a> of himself with his family on Tuesday responding to the allegations, saying he worked hard for their privacy, safety, and security.
“But I need you to know this so that you understand why our family not only needs a guard dog at home, but 24/7 security wherever we go,” King said.⁣ “White supremacists and people who’ve meant my family harm have now shown up to our last three homes.”
“Multiple times,” he added.
King said that before he defends his reasoning for the way in which he protects his family, he blames the lack of security on the Tri-state area’s restrictive gun laws, news outlets that have allegedly doxxed his home address, and fake police reports from strangers that allege King abused his children. 
He also claimed⁣ he’s received ⁣hundreds of death threats from civilians, police, military snipers, and white supremacist groups.
⁣“This is what my life has become,” he said. &#8220;⁣I spend more time each day now thinking about how to keep my family safe than I do doing the actually work I’m called to do.&#8221;
⁣“So know this, when you see reports about the money it costs to keep me and my family safe, it’s nowhere near enough,” King added. &#8220;Not at all. Not even close.”⁣
In a separate Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/shaunking/?hl=en">post</a>, King explained why his organization paid for Marz and then later decided to return the dog back to the breeder.
&#8220;Marz was purchased to roam our property and roam our home and even protect us on the road,&#8221; King wrote.
He said Grassroots Law helped purchase Marz because the organization covers all of his security costs.
&#8220;Compared to what 24/7 human security costs, Marz was affordable,&#8221; he added. &#8220;We made sure that the purchase was legal and compliant before making it.”
However, soon after Marz began marking his territory at King&#8217;s residence, the family found he was not a perfect fit for them.
King said Marz was brought back to his previous owners months ago.
The latest headline surrounding King’s finances comes after several other fraudulent activities the BLM activist has been accused of in recent years.
Samira Rice, who lost her 12-year-old son Tamir Rice to a police shooting in 2014, accused King of profiting thousands of dollars by exploiting her son&#8217;s name.
&#8220;Personally I don&#8217;t understand how you sleep at night,&#8221; Rice said on her Instagram, according to <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.the-sun.com/news/3145096/blm-activist-shaun-king-tamir-rices-mom/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The U.S. Sun</a>.
&#8220;As a white man acting Black you are a imposter that can not be trusted,&#8221; she added. &#8220;You are a selfish self centered person and God will deal with you White man.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.inquirer.com/politics/philadelphia/district-attorney-larry-krasner-ethics-campaign-finance-real-justice-pac-shaun-king-20211209.html">The Philadelphia Inquirer</a> reported last December that King&#8217;s other political action committee, Real Justice, was ordered to pay $30,000 to the City of Brotherly Love for campaign finance violations during Democrat District Attorney Larry Krasner&#8217;s race.
DeRay Mckesson, a civil rights activist and a former ally of King, has <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://medium.com/@deray/on-shaun-king-351bd812318c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused</a> the BLM activist of fraud dating back to 2014.
King denied the allegations and underwent a 2019 financial review by a &#8220;team of experts,&#8221; who investigated the $34.5 million he has raised since Black Lives Matter took the stage nearly ten years ago.
&#8220;In short, we find absolutely no evidence that Shaun has ever inappropriately accessed any funds that he has raised,&#8221; the Financial Review Board wrote.
&#8220;We searched, and we asked,&#8221; the board added. &#8220;Not one single family, charity, cause or campaign said Shaun was ever compensated, directly, or indirectly, for his online fundraising.&#8221;

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BLM Activist Shaun King Bought $40K Guard Dog Using Donor Funds, Defends Purchase: Report

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New York

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