A disbarred New York lawyer pled guilty on Wednesday to stealing nearly $1 million awarded to his former client, a police officer during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, who was awarded the money from the 9/11 Victims Fund several years ago. 
Gustavo Vila, 62, represented a former New York City police officer beginning around 2012. Although he was disbarred for grand larceny in an unrelated case back in 2015, Vila managed to secure $1,030,622.04 from the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund in 2016 — having submitted the paperwork prior to getting disbarred — on behalf of the officer he formerly represented. 
But instead of distributing the money to the officer, says the DOJ, Vila kept $927,559.84 for himself and continued to represent the since-retired officer, telling him that the Fund hadn’t yet released the majority of the money. Vila proceeded to use part of the money to pay off his taxes, while also sending money to his son and then-wife, according to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2-members-of-white-supremacist-group-accused-of-intimidating-michigan-family/2020/10/29/0daad60a-101f-11eb-b1e8-16b59b92b36d_story.html">The Washington Post</a>. 
“I knowingly embezzled from the government &#8230; from the Sept. 11 Victim Compensation Fund,” Vila said in a court hearing, reports <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-ground-zero-nypd-scam-20201029-5sipvptivrgxfmhcf6crvnd7li-story.html">The New York Daily News</a>. “I knowingly did it. I knew it was a crime, and I have no excuse, and I am pleading guilty.”
Audrey Strauss, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, summarized Vila&#8217;s crime in statement: “As he admitted today, Gustavo Vila stole money awarded by the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund to his client, an NYPD officer and 9/11 first responder, and falsely told the client for more than three years that the stolen money had yet to be released by the Fund.  Now Gustavo Vila awaits sentencing for his crime.”
The Washington Post reports that the ex-cop, who worked recovery at ground zero for months after the attack and was diagnosed with cancer in 2005, received only about $100,000 from the fund because of Vila’s refusal to give him the money he was owed. Vila was only entitled to 10% of the victim’s compensation, through the attorney’s fee. 
“The trust I had in Gus, we knew each other so long,” the retired police officer told The New York Daily News. “We broke bread together. I had absolute trust in him&#8230; And then delay after delay, and lies.”
“He was almost happy to be caught,” he said. “He said, ‘I’m surprised it took me this long to be caught.&#8217;”
According to The New York Daily News, the ex-cop subsequently retained a lawyer with experience representing &#8220;thousands of 9/11 victims.&#8221;
Vila, himself a former police officer with the New York City Police Department, was arrested back in September of this year and has pleaded guilty to one count of theft of government funds, which can result in a maximum 10-year prison sentence. However, The New York Daily News reports that Vila’s defense and the prosecutor’s in the case have agreed to seek between a 41-month and 51-month sentence.  
He will be sentenced in February 2021. 
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Family celebrations that break coronavirus restrictions in the United Kingdom may be broken up by police entering their homes.
The Telegraph <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/10/27/family-christmas-gatherings-breach-covid-rules-will-broken-police/">reported</a> that police chiefs in the U.K. are warning residents that their homes could be entered as police enforce coronavirus restrictions. The chiefs focused most of their attention on warning families about Christmas celebrations but also mentioned Hanukkah and Diwali as well.
&#8220;If we think there&#8217;s large groups of people gathering where they shouldn&#8217;t be, then police will have to intervene,&#8221; David Jamieson, West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), told the outlet. &#8220;If, again, there&#8217;s flagrant breaking of the rules, then the police would have to enforce.
&#8220;It&#8217;s not the police&#8217;s job to stop people enjoying their Christmas. However, we are there to enforce the rules that the Government makes, and if the Government makes those rules then the Government has to explain that to the public,” he added. &#8220;The police are there to enforce it and keep people safe – they&#8217;re not there to make judgments about whether people should enjoy themselves or not.&#8221;
Jamieson added that Christmas was not the only holiday that would be targeted. “Remember that you&#8217;ve got Eid and Diwali as well, in which there are similar expectations from families to be mingling together closely, just as for Christmas,&#8221; he said.
Jamieson also said the regulations would “very likely” lead to civil unrest in the region, as people may lose their jobs due to the regulations.
&#8220;We&#8217;re sitting on a time bomb here,&#8221; he told the outlet. &#8220;We&#8217;re getting very near the stage where you could see a considerable explosion of frustration and energy. Things are very on the edge in a lot of communities and it wouldn&#8217;t take very much to spark off unrest, riots, damage.&#8221;
He also criticized the government and suggested it was “making the rules up at the last minute for the next headline.”
&#8220;Because the Government have just announced things through the media, it hasn&#8217;t given any time for preparation of the police forces to get the information out to their officers in time for them to do the enforcement. That has been a constant frustration for the police, that they often know what the rules are after the public seem to know,&#8221; he said.
The rules apply to regions categorized as Tier 2 or Tier 3, meaning they still have high numbers of coronavirus cases. Tier 2 regions cannot allow those outside households to mix indoors. Households in Tier 3 cannot mix indoors or in gardens. Tier 3 regions also prohibit wedding receptions and will close any bars that don’t require patrons to purchase a “substantial” meal with a drink. Restaurants, gyms, libraries, and hair salons must all remain closed in Tier 3 regions as well.
Another PCC, Jane Kennedy of Merseyside, also told the Telegraph that police would break up family gatherings if they violated coronavirus restrictions.
&#8220;If that&#8217;s reported, the police will investigate, yes. If the restrictions remain in place there won&#8217;t be the usual family gatherings, and therefore if a family breaks those rules and has a family gathering they will stand out because the majority of people are complying,&#8221; she told the outlet.
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Rioters tagged a Bank of America with &#8220;Death to America&#8221; graffiti and destroyed numerous other stores during the second night of widespread rioting and looting in the Democrat-controlled city of Philadelphia, video shows.
The city erupted with violence and crime ostensibly in response to the fatal shooting of a black man who allegedly wielded a knife at officers and refused to comply with orders to disarm.
&#8220;A Bank of America’s windows were smashed and tagged with &#8216;death to America&#8217; while a black person was still in it! The fire in the background makes the video look more cinematic,&#8221; captioned independent protest <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTOimflPhFe_NSQsIsak-Lw">reporter</a> Elad Eliyahu.
Similarly, during rioting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, back in August, rioters screamed &#8220;Death to America&#8221; and burned the American flag.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-kenosha-rioters-death-to-america-while-burning-american-flag">The Daily Wire</a> reported at the time: &#8220;In one incident from the demonstration caught on video and circulated online, one protester holding a small American flag screamed &#8216;Kill the f***ing police!&#8217; A second video showed a flag being set on fire as a protester shouted, &#8216;Death to America!'&#8221;
The video from Tuesday night in Philadelphia shows other graffiti that appears to read &#8220;f*** bank&#8221; and &#8220;class war&#8221;; the &#8220;a&#8221; in war is drawn with a circle around it, an apparent nod to violent and destructive left-wing group Antifa, which uses the anarchist symbolism.
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As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rapidly-gone-downhill-violent-riots-with-looting-rock-philadelphia">reported</a> by The Daily Wire, other businesses, including a Footlocker, Chick-fil-A, and T-Mobile, were also damaged and looted by protesters.
The looting was so excessive that one protester, according to Fox News, seemingly brought his own appliance dolly to jack a washing machine.
The rioting was similarly violent on Monday night, when at least 30 police officers were injured, including one hospitalized with serious injuries.
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&#8220;The ostensible reason for this latest bit of barbarity is the shooting of Walter Wallace Jr.,&#8221; penned The Daily Wire&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/walsh-black-lives-matter-isnt-even-pretending-to-care-about-police-brutality-anymore">Matt Walsh</a> on Tuesday, in response to the rioting. &#8220;As a <a href="https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1320873179925995520">video</a> recorded by a bystander shows, Wallace was armed with a knife and approached officers after refusing to comply with their orders.&#8221;
&#8220;This would seem to be about as lawful as police shootings get,&#8221; he argued.
In a statement, the White House called the destruction in Philadelphia &#8220;the most recent consequence of the Liberal Democrats’ war against the police.&#8221;
&#8220;The riots in Philadelphia are the most recent consequence of the Liberal Democrats’ war against the police,&#8221; the statement reads. &#8220;Law enforcement is an incredibly dangerous occupation, and thousands of officers have given their lives in the line of duty. All lethal force incidents must be fully investigated. The facts must be followed wherever they lead to ensure fair and just results.&#8221;
&#8220;In America, we resolve conflicts through the courts and the justice system,&#8221; the White House added. &#8220;We can never allow mob rule. The Trump Administration stands proudly with law enforcement, and stands ready, upon request, to deploy any and all Federal resources to end these riots.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rapidly-gone-downhill-violent-riots-with-looting-rock-philadelphia">‘Rapidly Gone Downhill’: ‘Violent’ Riots ‘With Looting’ Rock Philadelphia</a>
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Philadelphia exploded in violence Tuesday night after the death of Walter Wallace Jr., who was fatally shot by police on Monday.
But there&#8217;s one person vehemently opposed to the rioting and looting in the City of Brotherly Love &#8212; Walter Wallace Sr.
“I don’t condone no violence tearing up the city, looting of the stores,” he told reporters, <a href="https://www.fox29.com/video/864889" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">according</a> to the local Fox affiliate. “I would feel like everybody having respect for my family and my son to stop this violence and chaos that’s going on in this city with people that have businesses.”
He also pleaded for people to stop the violence &#8220;to help my son and help my family.”
“All I’m sending out is an SOS, to help, not to hurt and cause no chaos, violence, looting, firing,” Wallace Sr. said. “I wasn’t brought up like this and I worked 33 years with the city, with the street department picking up trash to try to keep this city clean.”
Rodney Everett, Wallace Jr.&#8217;s uncle, echoed the sentiment. &#8220;I do not want to see my city tore down. We don’t need that. You’re not resolving anything for our family. Don’t do this in the name of my nephew because this is not what he would’ve wanted.&#8221;
Widespread rioting and looting rocked Philadelphia on Tuesday after police shot a man earlier this week who allegedly approached them while carrying a knife and did not obey orders to drop the weapon.
CBS Philadelphia journalist Joe Holden reported that law enforcement officials said the situation that unfolded last week was a “total loss” and had “rapidly gone downhill.”
The City of Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management sent out a warning last night, <a href="https://twitter.com/PhilaOEM/status/1321264919111675906">writing</a>: “The Philadelphia Police Department is requesting that all residents in the 12, 16, 18, 19, 24, 25, and 26th Districts remain indoors except when necessary. These areas are experiencing widespread demonstrations that have turned violent with looting.”
Nearly a dozen people, including a 15-year-old, were shot overnight when looting and rioting raged for a second straight night.
The White House responded to the violence and looting, which included approximately 1,000 participants, <a href="https://twitter.com/PhillyPolice/status/1321252254884745223">according</a> to the Philadelphia Police Department, saying in a Tuesday night statement:
<blockquote>The riots in Philadelphia are the most recent consequence of the Liberal Democrats’ war against the police. Law enforcement is an incredibly dangerous occupation, and thousands of officers have given their lives in the line of duty. All lethal force incidents must be fully investigated. The facts must be followed wherever they lead to ensure fair and just results. In America, we resolve conflicts through the courts and the justice system. We can never allow mob rule. The Trump Administration stands proudly with law enforcement, and stands ready, upon request, to deploy any and all Federal resources to end these riots.</blockquote>
At first, city residents gathered for a protest. But that devolved into violent riots and looting of stores across the city. Dozens of looters were seen ransacking local and big-name stores, including a Walmart and a Foot Locker.
&#8220;Security took us to get a look inside the Walmart. He says looters broke in through the roof and broke the water pipes which have now COMPLETELY flooded the entire store, end to end&amp;front to back. And it is STILL being looted out back &amp; side doors,&#8221; a local TV reporter <a href="https://twitter.com/KeeleyFox29/status/1321394924441522177">posted</a> on Twitter.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rapidly-gone-downhill-violent-riots-with-looting-rock-philadelphia">‘Rapidly Gone Downhill’: ‘Violent’ Riots ‘With Looting’ Rock Philadelphia</a>
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The ugliness that we have recently witnessed including rioting, billions of dollars of property destruction, assaults, murders and grossly stupid claims about our nation has its origins on college campuses. Two websites, College Reform and College Fix, report on the despicable teachings on college campuses across the nation. Let us look at some of it.
In response to Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson&#8217;s tweeting that he supports &#8220;citizen soldiers&#8221; in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Tressie McMillan Cottom, a black professor at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill&#8217;s School of Information and Library Science declared that &#8220;they have deputized all white people to murder us.&#8221;
Jesse A. Goldberg, professor in the English department at Auburn University who teaches classes in African American literature, American literature and composition wrote a now-deleted post on Twitter, &#8220;f—- every cop. Every single one.&#8221; Goldberg added, &#8220;The only ethical choice for any cop to make at this point is to refuse to do their job and quit.&#8221;
Eddie Glaude Jr., a Princeton University professor and chairman of the Department of African American Studies said that when it comes to policing in America &#8220;Black people still live under the slave codes.&#8221; Glaude&#8217;s tweet came in response to news that Jacob Blake was handcuffed to his hospital bed after being shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Glaude added:
&#8220;Placing shackles around the feet of Jacob Blake amounted to a physical reminder that he was still, no matter the protests, a n——r in the eyes of these policemen.&#8221;
New School professor Richard Wolff has called for the abolition of grades. He claims they are not only unfair to students, but also that they are a means of propping up capitalism, and as such, academia would be better off doing away with grading entirely. He went on to say: &#8220;Grading takes up much of my time that could be better spent on teaching or otherwise directly interacting with students.&#8221; Administering grades to students has &#8220;little educational payoff&#8221; and &#8220;disrespects (students) as thinking people.&#8221;
Wichita Falls, Texas, station KFDX-TV reported that Midwestern State University far-left philosophy professor Nathan Jun wrote on Facebook, &#8220;I want the entire world to burn until the last cop is strangled with the intestines of the last capitalist, who is strangled in turn with the intestines of the last politician.&#8221;
Vanderbilt University scientist Heather Caslin Findley says that &#8220;white supremacy, racism, and prejudice&#8221; are perpetuated by the concept of &#8220;academic freedom.&#8221; She added, &#8220;I hope there are a lot of circles in academia having a serious conversation on how &#8216;academic freedom&#8217; upholds white supremacy, racism, and prejudice.&#8221; Findley also addressed past violent riots, writing that she was initially opposed to the 2015 Baltimore riots and was worried for the police officers but changed her mind. She said: &#8220;I was scared for the fires, for the rioting, for the storefronts that would need to be rebuilt. That was my &#8216;protest differently,&#8217; &#8216;all lives matter,&#8217; and &#8216;blue lives matter&#8217; moment. I was wrong and I was called out.&#8221;
In the wake of financial problems, many colleges are crying broke and want government bailouts, but they have enough money to hire costly diversity people. For example, University of Pennsylvania pays its chief diversity officer more than $580,000 a year. University of Michigan pays it vice provost for equity and inclusion and chief diversity officer $385,000 per year. Other universities around the country pay their chief diversity officers annual salaries of $200,000 and up.
Many university professors do not buy into the gross academic deception that has become part and parcel of today&#8217;s college education today. They are too busy with their own research to get involved with campus politics. Rather than being on the committees that run the university, they concede the turf to those who are willing to take the time. Often those who are willing to take the time are not necessarily the most talented people but people with a political agenda to change what has been traditional college education. But all is not lost. Taxpayers, parents and donors who foot the bill can have a significant impact if they would stop being lazy and find out what is going on at our colleges. And, if they do not like what they see, they can snap their pocketbooks shut.
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Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University. To find out more about Walter E. Williams and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators.com.
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Diversity only goes so far in today’s <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/woke-joke-harvey-weinstein/">woke landscape</a>.
Yes, Hollywood and major media platforms like Netflix routinely attempt to bring more people of color into the entertainment industry. The moves come after decades of inadequate representation. In many ways the cultural wave is a worthy one.
There’s a sizable catch, though.
Diversity efforts typically shun right-of-center voices that happen to be black or brown. It’s why the media and film critics mostly ignored Larry Elder’s recent documentary “<a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/uncle-tom-imdb-rotten-tomatoes/">Uncle Tom</a>” focusing on the black conservative experience.
There’s no better example of this diversity blind spot, though, than Amazon’s brief, but telling war against “<a href="https://whatkilledmichaelbrown.com/">What Killed Michael Brown?</a>”
The haunting documentary finds author Shelby Steele examining the 2014 death of the Ferguson resident and the racial firestorm that followed. Those embers blazed anew earlier this year after George Floyd’s death following a fatal police altercation.
Why? What do these events say about American culture, police brutality, and efforts to help the black community?
While most documentaries lean Left, “What Killed Michael Brown?” offers a different perspective. Steele questions the media narratives surrounding high-profile police shootings, suggesting that victimization and white guilt end up hurting, not helping, the black community.
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The team behind the documentary approached Amazon to stream the film as part of its Prime Video Direct service. The movie is already available on Vimeo, but millions of potential consumers tap Amazon to watch new releases.
Amazon declined, saying the film didn’t meet the company’s quality standards. A quick peek at the documentary shreds that argument. A variety of conservative news outlets, including Fox News, National Review, and The Wall Street Journal, covered Amazon’s dubious decision.
“What Killed Michael Brown?” director Eli Steele credits that pressure for changing Amazon’s stance. The film is now available for <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Killed-Michael-Brown-Shelby-Steele/dp/B08L9Q4J9M/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=what+killed+michael+brown&amp;qid=1603297258&amp;sr=8-1">streaming on Amazon</a>.
“We were very fortunate to have the ability to raise the level of publicity that we did because if we had not had that power our film would have been pushed to the margins,” says Eli Steele, the son of the film’s star.
The production got little help, though, from organizations formed to promote people of color in the arts, as well as major news outlets. The former have ignored both the documentary and its battle against Amazon.
Hollywood in Toto reached out to six organizations dedicated to empowering black filmmakers:
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<li>Project Involve (Film Independent)</li>
<li>Array Now</li>
<li>Hue You Know</li>
<li>Blackhouse</li>
<li>The Black Association of Documentary Filmmakers West</li>
<li>The Black TV &amp; Film Collective</li>
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We asked if the groups in question had any comment, or reaction, to Amazon’s initial stance against a film featuring black storytellers.
None responded.
Eli Steele says he hopes his film’s victory will help fellow artists as they fight against potential censorship.
“I am hopeful that this experience created an important data-point going forward in the fight to make big tech media giants more balanced and accountable,” Steele says. “We do know that when Amazon makes policies from here on they will do so with this experience on their minds, and we know that if other filmmakers are similarly rejected like we were, they will have a precedent to refer to.”
“That is the moral victory that we sought,” he adds.
A version of this article can be found at HollywoodInToto.com.
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This week, the Sheriff of Butler County, Ohio, released a video in which he blasted celebrities and other noteworthy citizens who have stated they would leave the country if President Trump is reelected, also stating in a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ButlerCountySO/posts/3127754057347940">post on Facebook</a> that he &#8220;would like to extend an invitation to put money towards a one-way ticket for any celebrity. &#8230; Hell, I’ll even help them pack.&#8221;
Sheriff Richard Jones stated on the video that those people should go ahead and leave, saying, “These are mostly the same people that don’t like the police; they don’t like first responders … I would be willing to throw in ten dollars to a special fund to help get you a flight or whatever it takes.”
Jones began: “How’s everybody doing today. My name is Rick Jones; I’m the Butler County Sheriff here in Ohio. We’ve been asked by many people about the celebrities that are coming out, movie stars, sports figures, people that live in our country that say they’re going to leave if President Trump gets elected.”
“And they’re going to leave this country; they’re embarrassed for the county; they’re ashamed of their country, and I thought I would address these issues today, as your sheriff,” Jones explained.
“These are mostly the same people that don’t like the police; they don’t like first responders; so I feel obligated to make a response to that: “Good for you. I hope you do leave, and if there’s any way that I can help, I’m not a rich person, but I would be willing to throw in ten dollars to a special fund to help get you a flight or whatever it takes, a ship ride to whatever country of your choice, and maybe you can make a better life there in that country,” Jones offered.
“This is the greatest country in the world to live, regardless of who the president is. You don’t always get to choose the winner that you vote for, but it’s the greatest country in the world to live. We have great police; we have great first responders, but these people are trying to tear down our country and talk about it. These other countries look at us as, ‘What’s up?’&#8221; Jones continued.
Jones noted that he had heard the threats about leaving before: “So here’s what I’m doing: Again, the last election, the ones that promised, never left. I think they told us a lie. So this time, the others that are going to leave, the ‘special people,’ I call them; I hope you all the luck, and good for you, but most of you can afford to leave. But if I put in ten dollars to help get you a ticket out of here, the rule is you can’t come back. You have to stay there and make a better life for yourself. And hopefully you get along with that country that you choose.”
He concluded, “So I want to relay that message. Again, greatest country in the world no matter who the president is. This isn’t a presidential issue; this is a United States issue. And I love my country and I put my hand over my heart when they play the national anthem and I stand. Those of you who don’t like it, leave. Pretty simple. And again, I will help fund that trip. You just can’t come back. Thank you and God bless all of you.”
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VIDEO: Ohio Sheriff Blasts Celebrities Who Say They’ll Leave If Trump Wins

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This week, the Sheriff of Butler County, Ohio, released a video in which he blasted celebrities and other noteworthy citizens who have stated they would

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The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday to pass legislation that would allow the target of a racially motivated or otherwise discriminatory 911 call to sue the person who made it.
The Caution Against Racial and Exploitative Non-Emergencies Act, or <a href="https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&amp;ID=8857866&amp;GUID=BAED3CBD-0594-4923-A77E-332588BF5949" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">the CAREN Act</a>, would amend the San Francisco Police Code to &#8220;make it unlawful to cause a peace officer to contact a person with the specific intent to discriminate against that person or otherwise infringe the person’s rights or cause the person specified harms on the basis of the person’s race, color, ancestry, national origin, place of birth, sex, age, religion, creed, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, weight, or height.&#8221;
&#8220;The ordinance creates a civil cause of action for the victim of such discrimination against the person who caused such contact to occur, allowing a successful plaintiff to recover special and general damages of at least $1,000 plus costs and attorney’s fees, and punitive damages in the proper case,&#8221; the proposed amendment continued.
“911 calls are not customer service for people’s racism,” tweeted Supervisor Shamann Walton, who introduced the bill.
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Today the Board of Supervisors unanimously passed the Caution Against Racial and Exploitative Non-Emergencies Act, aka CAREN Act, on first reading (1 more reading next week), 911 calls, are not customer service for people’s racism. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CARENact?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CARENact</a><a href="https://t.co/FWCz95gGFU">https://t.co/FWCz95gGFU</a>
&mdash; Shamann Walton (@shamannwalton) <a href="https://twitter.com/shamannwalton/status/1318685568788623360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 20, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The board must vote on the bill again next week, after which time it will be sent to the desk of Democratic San Francisco Mayor London Breed to sign, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/20/us/caren-act-911-san-francisco-board-passes-first-read-trnd/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CNN reported</a>.
&#8220;Karen&#8221; has become a pejorative term for a middle-aged white woman, often one who complains about many things or makes calls to the police for racist reasons.
The bill has been met with opposition from some San Francisco residents who claim it discriminates against women named Karen. &#8220;I take the name of this Act introduced by Mr. Walton as highly insulting and ignorant,&#8221; wrote Carynn Silva. &#8220;Someone decided to create this racist meaning to the name &#8216;KAREN&#8217; in which has come to symbolize a stereotype of whiteness and continue to use it and spread it around social media without the consideration that this name is of birth names people personally use.&#8221;
Another resident named Shannon Drake slammed the CAREN Act as &#8220;unenforceable and divisive,&#8221; writing in part, &#8220;The proposed CAREN act is a bad idea, in most cases it is nearly impossible to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a call is racially motivated, this creates incredibly dangerous grey area in our legal system that can easily be abused. It will also cause more division in our communities as people will undoubtedly read bias into the rulings.&#8221;
In July, a woman named Amy Cooper was dubbed the &#8220;Central Park Karen&#8221; after she called 911 on a black man in New York City.
As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/central-park-karen-who-called-cops-on-black-birdwatcher-charged-with-filing-false-police-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Daily Wire reported</a>:
<blockquote>Amy Cooper, the “Central Park Karen” who called the New York Police Department to report a black man watching birds in Central Park, was arrested Monday and charged with one count of filing a false police report, the New York Post reports.
Cooper dialed 9-1-1 to report Christian Cooper, a black man who asked Amy Cooper to keep her dog on a leash or move to a part of the park where dogs could be off-leash, according to Christian Cooper, who videoed the incident and posted it on social media.
Amy Cooper told Christian Cooper that she planned to tell police that “there’s an African American man threatening my life,” potentially putting Christopher in danger of police brutality. In the video, Christian responds, “Please tell them whatever you like.”
“There is an African American man. I am in Central Park. He is recording me and threatening myself and my dog,” Amy can be heard reporting to the dispatcher. “I’m sorry, I can’t hear … I’m being threatened by a man in the Ramble, please send the cops immediately.”
The video quickly went viral, and New York City mayor Bill de Blasio labeled Amy Cooper “racist.” “She called the police BECAUSE he was a Black man,” he said on Twitter. “Even though she was the one breaking the rules. She decided he was the criminal and we know why.”
Cooper was eventually fired from her job at investment company Franklin Templeton.</blockquote>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/central-park-karen-who-called-cops-on-black-birdwatcher-charged-with-filing-false-police-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">‘Central Park Karen’ Who Called Cops On Black Birdwatcher Charged With Filing False Police Report</a>
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San Francisco Votes In Favor Of ‘CAREN Act’ To Ban Discriminatory 911 Calls

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The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday to pass legislation that would allow the target of a racially motivated or otherwise

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Northwestern University President Morty Schapiro delivered a strong condemnation of recent anti-police demonstrations from students and alleged agitators in Evanston, Illinois, over the weekend, marking a rare instance of a college president condemning left-wing unrest. 
In a letter published on Monday afternoon, Schapiro said that the university recognized &#8220;the many injustices faced by Black and other marginalized groups&#8221; and explained that he believes concerns about policing and criminal justice reform are valid. But he quickly drew a line in the sand, saying the university would &#8220;continue improving&#8221; the police department but not abolish it, as protesters have suggested. He also said the university would not stand for law-breaking.
“What started as peaceful protests have recently grown into expressions that have been anything but peaceful or productive. Crowds blocked the streets of downtown Evanston and nearby residential areas, disrupting businesses and local families, defacing property and violating laws and University standards. Some of the instigators appear not to be Northwestern students at all, but rather outside activists,&#8221; said Schapiro. 
Dismissing the idea that demonstrators have simply been trying to gain attention from officials to further their own cause, Schapiro suggested organizers in recent days have been trying to provoke a response from the university police department by escalating their tactics, which he called an unacceptable overstep. 
“I condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the overstepping of the protestors. They have no right to menace members of our academic and surrounding communities,” said the university president. “When students and other participants are vandalizing, lighting fires, and spray-painting phrases such as ‘kill the pigs,’ we have moved well past legitimate forms of free speech.”
According to <a href="https://dailynorthwestern.com/2020/10/19/campus/disarm-defund-disband-students-are-marching-every-day-until-northwestern-abolishes-nupd/">The Daily Northwestern</a>, the school’s student newspaper, the local organization “NU Community Not Cops” led about 300 demonstrators to Schapiro’s house on Saturday night to demand he abolish the university police department. 
“Divest from NUPD, disband NUPD, invest in Black lives and get the f*** out of our University,” one student shouted toward a crowd, reported the news agency. 
Schapiro, who had police officers outside his home, condemned the demonstrators for bringing “vile and personal” attacks to him while his family should have been asleep. He also said the crowd chanted other things, such as “f*** you Morty,” and “Piggy Morty,” and explained that &#8220;the latter comes dangerously close to a longstanding trope against observant Jews like myself.&#8221;
“To those protesters and their supporters who justify such actions, I ask you to take a long hard look in the mirror and realize that this isn’t actually ‘speaking truth to power’ or furthering your cause. It is an abomination, and you should be ashamed of yourselves,” said Schapiro. 
The university president also said that any Northwestern students who violated university policy or broke the law would be held accountable for their actions. 
“If you haven’t yet gotten my point, I am disgusted by those who chose to disgrace this University in such a fashion,” added Schapiro. 
He concluded: “I remain as open and willing as ever to speak to any member of the Northwestern family who has concerns about the safety of this campus and everyone who is part of it. But I refuse to engage with individuals who continue to use the tactics of intimidation and violence.”
Northwestern University is about half an hour from Chicago, which was a hotbed for left-wing unrest earlier this summer, including an incident where <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-chicago-police-release-video-of-antifa-using-protest-as-cover-changing-to-all-black-arming-against-cops">black-clad individuals ambushed</a> and injured police officers guarding a statue of Christopher Columbus. 
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‘I Am Disgusted’: Northwestern University President Slams Anti-Police Protesters For Intimidation Tactics

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Northwestern University President Morty Schapiro delivered a strong condemnation of recent anti-police demonstrations from students and alleged agitators

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During his Thursday night town hall on ABC, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden again said law enforcement should just shoot violent suspects in the leg to avoid fatalities.
&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of things we&#8217;ve learned and it takes time, but we can do this,&#8221; Biden said at the event, as transcribed by Fox News. &#8220;You can ban chokeholds &#8230; you have to teach people how to de-escalate circumstances. &#8230; Instead of anybody coming at you and the first thing you do is shoot to kill, you shoot them in the leg.&#8221;
Police officers and heads of law enforcement groups have since blasted the former vice president for his comments, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/police-rip-bidens-advice-to-shoot-suspects-in-the-leg">reported</a>.
The Detectives’ Endowment Association, which represents more than 20,000 active and retired New York City detectives, <a href="https://twitter.com/NYCPDDEA/status/1317093015127838720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1317093015127838720%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3%2Ccontainerclick_1&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fpolitics%2Fpolice-rip-bidens-advice-to-shoot-suspects-in-the-leg">tweeted</a> that Biden’s comments “demonstrates his incompetence &amp; inability to understand the grave dangers cops face as they protect the public and themselves from violent, heartless criminals.”
John Evans, a Trump supporter and president of the Buffalo Police Benevolent Association, called Biden’s suggestion that police shoot violent criminals in the leg “absolutely ridiculous” and “incredibly ignorant.”
&#8220;The guy&#8217;s clueless,&#8221; Evans told Fox. &#8220;And I know he&#8217;s just trying to appease his left-wing base but it&#8217;s a really foolish statement.&#8221;
He also explained that if an officer attempts to shoot someone in the leg and misses, the situation would become dangerous for the officer involved. &#8220;If an individual is coming at you with a knife and you shoot for the leg and you miss, he&#8217;s on you,&#8221; he said.
Joe Gamaldi, vice president of the national Fraternal Order of Police, also had some harsh words for Biden’s suggestion, calling it “&#8221;completely ridiculous, &#8220;unrealistic&#8221; and a &#8220;pandering talking point.&#8221;
&#8220;Shootings are dynamic situations and we shoot to stop the threat,&#8221; Gamaldi told Fox. &#8220;It&#8217;s incredibly difficult to hit a moving target.&#8221;
Gamaldi’s organization has endorsed President Donald Trump, the outlet reported.
Biden’s suggestion is unrealistic given the circumstances that usually lead to police shooting a suspect.
&#8220;By aiming at legs we are much more likely to miss and we already only hit roughly 50% of the time,&#8221; Gamaldi explained. He went on to describe a moment 14 years ago where he had to shoot a suspect. &#8220;Between being terrified I was going to die, someone shooting at me, and then I need to aim at their legs &#8212; it’s not realistic.&#8221;
Further, shooting someone in the leg could still kill them, the officials told Fox, since they could potentially hit the femoral artery.
Dana Schrad, executive director of the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police, called Biden’s suggestion a “myth” that others have fallen for as well.
&#8220;That myth has been around for a long time. And a lot of Democrats and Republicans have fallen for it,&#8221; Schrad told Fox. &#8220;To be honest with you, Joe Biden has actually been fairly supportive of law enforcement and he&#8217;s done a lot over the years in different areas supportive of law enforcement. So it&#8217;s unfortunate that he would not know that that&#8217;s not a [viable] training tactic in law enforcement.&#8221;
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‘Incredibly Ignorant’: Law Enforcement Respond To Biden’s Suggestion They Shoot Dangerous Criminals In The Leg

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During his Thursday night town hall on ABC, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden again said law enforcement should just shoot violent suspects in

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According to Jason Rantz of <a href="https://mynorthwest.com/2236407/rantz-seattle-police-exodus/">KTTH</a>, at least 118 Seattle police officers have left the police department in 2020, with 39 of them leaving in September.
Rantz pointed out, “The typical number for that month is between 5 and 7,” adding, “The mass exodus of officers started in May with 10 separations, followed by 16 in June, 10 in July and 14 in August. … The majority of the resignations and retirements were patrol officers.”
Seattle Police Officer Guild President Mike Solan told Rantz, “Your 911 call for help will go unanswered for a significant amount of time.” He added “This is fixable if our elected leaders start supporting police, instead of pandering to a large activist crowd that’s dividing us when we need unity. False narratives about good people doing policing, pushed by the defund movement, is making our public safety efforts devolve further.”
City documents acknowledged that the median priority 1 response times, which are dangerous crimes that demand an immediate response, were a torpid nine minutes in the North Precinct from July through September.
In July, Rantz made a public disclosure request for separation data from the previous two months but the SPD rejected the request, responding, “Your request seeks information or asks questions and does not identify specific public records. As such it is not a request for identifiable public records.”
Now the Seattle Police Department has been reduced to roughly 1,200 officers, lower than thirty years ago, when the general population was roughly two-thirds of what it is now. Rantz noted, “Crime is surging, with a reportedly 60% year-over-year increase in homicides. … Sources reveal that many officers are using sick time at higher than normal rates.”
The Seattle police remain under assault; as recently as March 5 <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/riots-breakout-again-in-seattle-starbucks-cops-attacked-with-explosives-police-say">The Daily Wire</a> reported:
<blockquote>Riots broke out again in the Democratic-controlled city of Seattle on Saturday night, leading to more than a dozen people being arrested for a litany of alleged crimes.
Photos taken by the Seattle Police Department showed graffiti spray painted on various buildings calling for police officers to be murdered.
Law enforcement officials &#8220;arrested 16 individuals after various acts of property destruction, assault, and vandalism&#8221; that occurred during the riot, according to the police department. &#8220;A group of protestors left Cal Anderson Park shortly after 9 PM Saturday heading North. A few members of the group were seen committing acts of vandalism and property damage along the way. The group slowly made their way to the 1600 block of East Olive Way where they shattered windows and threw explosives into a coffee shop.&#8221;
The police department said that arrests were also made for failure to disperse and rendering criminal assistance after the rioters attacked police officers with what officials said was an &#8220;explosive.&#8221;</blockquote>
In late September, the Seattle City Council voted for reductions to police funding that would cut dozens of officer positions from the force. The initial cuts would amount to about $3 million, less than 1% of the police department’s roughly $400 million annual budget, according to <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/seattle-city-council-votes-to-override-mayor-jenny-durkans-vetoes-of-police-public-safety-2020-budget-changes/">The Seattle Times</a>.
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At Least 118 Officers Left Seattle Police Department in 2020, Report Says

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According to Jason Rantz of KTTH, at least 118 Seattle police officers have left the police department in 2020, with 39 of them leaving in September.

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On Thursday, speaking at a townhall hosted by ABC News, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden posited that if police officers encounter dangerous criminals, they should shoot them in the leg.
Biden stated, “We can do this; you can ban chokeholds. But beyond that you have to teach people how to de-escalate circumstances, de-escalate. So instead of anybody coming at you, and the first thing you do is shoot to kill, you shoot them in the leg.”
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As Robby Soave noted at <a href="https://reason.com/2020/10/15/joe-biden-townhall-cops-shoot-in-the-leg/">Reason</a>, Biden has suggested shooting suspects in the leg before, in <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4878934/user-clip-vice-president-joe-biden-police-shoot-leg-heart">June of this year</a>. Biden stated, “Instead of standing there and teaching a cop when there’s an unarmed person coming at them with a knife or something, shoot them in the leg instead of in the heart.” He then <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/06/02/biden-suggests-officers-shoot-in-the-leg-rather-than-to-kill/">bragged</a>, “We set up, in the Justice Department, the ability for the Civil Rights Division to go in and look at the practices and policies of police departments. That’s why we were able to stop stop-and-frisk.”
Soave explains the problem with Biden&#8217;s idea about aiming for a suspect&#8217;s leg:
<blockquote>Contrary to the former veep&#8217;s repeated assertions, neither the cops nor anyone else — except perhaps James Bond — could plan to shoot people in the leg as a matter of routine practice. It would take an expert marksman to accomplish that feat consistently. Unless a target is at close range, standing perfectly still, it&#8217;s very difficult to hit a specific location on the body. In reality, people are often moving during shootouts, which means that legs and arms can be the hardest part of the body to hit.</blockquote>
Soave quoted Bill Lewinksi in a paper for the Force Science Institute <a href="https://www.ajc.com/news/national/here-why-police-don-shoot-wound-the-case-deadly-force/IV4ohtIm6r8FaEMj78u1bO/">stating</a>, &#8220;An average suspect can move his hand and forearm across his body to a 90-degree angle in 12/100 of a second. He can move his hand from his hip to shoulder height in 18/100 of a second. The average officer pulling the trigger as fast as he can on a Glock, one of the fastest- cycling semi-autos, requires 1/4 second to discharge each round.&#8221;
Soave concluded, “Shooting to wound is not a realistic tactic in the vast majority of cases, and it&#8217;s embarrassing that Biden doesn&#8217;t know this.”
David Klinger, professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, who had served as a Los Angeles Police Department officer, <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/police-trained-shoot-wound-experts/story?id=40402933">told a story</a> of a 1981 incident in which a suspect stabbed Klinger’s partner in the chest with a butcher knife, then jumped on him and and held the knife to his throat. After Klinger shot the suspect, piercing his aorta and left lung, the suspect still fought for another 30 seconds, requiring six officers to subdue him.
Klinger noted, &#8220;Even if an officer shoots with a lethal firearm, it may not stop a person. When there is a threat to life right now, or serious bodily injury, deadly force is the appropriate response.&#8221;
Klinger pointed out that a human body can only be shut down by deadly force by either a loss of blood or a shot hitting the central nervous system. He added that if there were two officers in the incident and one used a taser, the other would provides &#8220;lethal coverage&#8221; if the taser proved ineffective.
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‘It’s Embarrassing That Biden Doesn’t Know This’: Biden Wants Police To Shoot Suspects ‘In The Leg’

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Former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick kicked off his &#8220;Kaepernick Publishing&#8221; essay series Tuesday with a missive describing a change of heart he&#8217;s experienced since holding his kneeling protests in 2017 and explaining that he&#8217;s now opposed to reforming law enforcement and would prefer a total &#8220;abolition&#8221; of police and prisons.
&#8220;Under the subheading title &#8216;F—k Reform,&#8217; he <a href="https://level.medium.com/the-demand-for-abolition-979c759ff6f" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">wrote</a> that his thinking &#8216;was fastened to a reformist framework,'&#8221; according to Fox News. &#8220;He admitted that he &#8216;missed the larger picture,'&#8221; where even major changes to policing would produce similar problems to those that, in Kaepernick&#8217;s mind, currently plague law enforcement.
The focus on individual punishment will never alter the outcome of a system rooted in Black death,&#8221; Kaepernick noted. &#8220;I wanted change. I wanted it to stop. I wanted to reform what I saw. Yet, the reforms often proposed — use-of-force policies, body cameras, more training, and police accountability — were the same recycled police reforms consistently proposed in the past. And in both the past and the present, these reforms have done nothing to stop the actions that force us to #SayTheirNames.&#8221;
The solution, Kaepernick believes, is no longer police reform &#8212; even if that reform is comprehensive and significant. The only way to eliminate institutional and systemic racism in law enforcement, he says, is to eliminate law enforcement.
“Despite the steady cascade of anti-Black violence across this country, I am hopeful we can build a future that imagines justice differently. A future without the terror of policing and prisons. A future that prioritizes harm reduction, redemption, and public well-being in order to create a more just and humane world,” he wrote.
“The ever-present threat of premature death at the hands, knees, chokeholds, tasers, and guns of law enforcement has only further engrained its anti-Black foundation into the institutions of policing. In order to eradicate anti-Blackness, we must also abolish the police. The abolition of one without the other is impossible,” Kaepernick continued.
Such an abolition, Kaepernick believes, will have wide-ranging effects, but he resists the urge to explain how ending law enforcement will somehow result in an end to homelessness and other social ills, other than to speculate that money spent on policing will be redistributed in a way that is not guided by &#8220;white supremacy.&#8221;
“By abolishing policing and prisons, not only can we eliminate white supremacist establishments, but we can create space for budgets to be reinvested directly into communities to address mental health needs, homelessness and houselessness, access to education, and job creation as well as community-based methods of accountability,” he said.
Kaepernick now famously launched his own anti-racism and anti-police brutality protest in 2017, kneeling during the national anthem ahead of NFL games to draw attention to what he called a &#8220;systemic&#8221; problem with policing.
The kneeling protest caught on in the NFL after President Donald Trump openly critiqued Kaepernick, but ended after Kaepernick turned down a one-year contract extension with the 49ers to pursue other opportunities inside the NFL. He never landed on a team and eventually sued the NFL for &#8220;conspiring&#8221; against him to lock him out of professional football.
Kaepernick experienced something of a popular resurgence earlier this year amid national protests following the death of George Floyd while in the custody of the Minneapolis Police Department, but while the NFL seemed more open to embracing social justice messaging, the league reportedly, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-nfl-interest-in-rehiring-colin-kaepernick-was-fake">per earlier Daily Wire coverage</a>, never considered bringing Kaepernick back to play. Kaepernick eventually <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/colin-kaepernick-blasts-newly-woke-nfl-on-opening-day-calls-leagues-social-justice-focus-propaganda">tagged the league&#8217;s social justice focus as &#8220;propaganda</a>&#8221; in a social media message issued on the league&#8217;s opening day.
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Colin Kaepernick Demands ‘Future Without The Terror Of Policing Or Prisons’ In Essay Series Debut

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Former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick kicked off his &quot;Kaepernick Publishing&quot; essay series Tuesday with a missive describing a change of heart he&#039;s

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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden appeared to suggest during an MSNBC town hall event on Monday night that he no longer had the support of law enforcement agencies, who he also said needed &#8220;sensitivity training.&#8221;
Biden was asked by a woman, who described herself as a mother of a police officer and wife of a retired police officer, to address the 
&#8220;troubling&#8221; movement to defund the police and how his policies would promote the safety of officers and communities. &#8220;Biden dodged the question of safety, but pointed out that cops had supported him in the past,&#8221; The Washington Free Beacon <a href="https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/biden-admits-law-enforcement-no-longer-backs-him/">reported</a>.
&#8220;I have had overwhelming support from police my whole career, up until this year,&#8221; Biden told the woman.
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President Donald Trump grilled Biden during the presidential debate over the lack of support that he has received from law enforcement groups, saying, &#8220;He doesn’t have any law support. He has no law enforcement.&#8221;
When Biden countered by claiming that Trump&#8217;s statement was not true, Trump pressed him, &#8220;Oh, really, who do you have? Name one group that supports you. Name one group that came out and supported you. Go ahead. Think we have time.&#8221;
&#8220;We don’t have time to do anything,&#8221; Biden said.
&#8220;No. No. Think right now,&#8221; Trump continued. &#8220;Name one law enforcement group that came out in support of you.&#8221;
While Trump has earned the endorsement of multiple influential law enforcement groups. Biden’s support from law enforcement has come from individual former and current officials, among them “former U.S. attorneys, former state attorneys general, former sheriffs, and former police chiefs,” as well as former Obama administration secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-endorsements-law-enforcement">Fox News</a> reported in early September.
Later during the MSNBC town hall event, Biden called for police officers to receive &#8220;more help,&#8221; more money and &#8220;sensitivity training.&#8221;
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Biden&#8217;s campaign has focused on trying to portray law enforcement in the U.S. as being plagued by systemic racism.
&#8220;Biden has had to confront his record on criminal justice, particularly his role in crafting a sweeping crime bill in 1994 that critics say paved the way for mass incarceration of Black men,&#8221; The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/where-trump-and-biden-stand-on-policing-crime-and-racial-injustice-11600939826">reported</a>. &#8220;The candidate has since called aspects of that bill a mistake and said he would promote policies that would end mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent crimes and eliminate the disparity between crack and powder-cocaine sentences.&#8221;
&#8220;Biden has said his Justice Department would once again use its power to hold entire cities accountable for police misconduct by conducting far-ranging investigations into police departments known as pattern-and-practice probes. Such inquiries were a hallmark of the Obama administration’s efforts to overhaul troubled local police agencies,&#8221; The Journal continued. &#8220;Biden has also said his attorney general would advocate passage of legislation lowering the bar for bringing civil-rights cases against police officers and banning the use of chokeholds.&#8221;
&#8220;Biden is advocating an Obama-era program to employ the broad use of clemency for certain nonviolent and drug crimes and more resources for public defenders’ offices. He has also proposed ending the disparity between crack and powder-cocaine sentences, decriminalizing the use of marijuana and automatically expunging all previous cannabis-use convictions,&#8221; The Journal added. &#8220;Biden denies that he is weak on crime. He has said that crime and violence is systemic due to barriers related to economic opportunity, housing, education and other issues, and that crime rates will fall by improving those areas and making them more equitable.&#8221;
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Biden: Police Supported Me ‘Up Until This Year’; They Need ‘Sensitivity Training’

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden appeared to suggest during an MSNBC town hall event on Monday night that he no longer had the support of law

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Authorities arrested Deonte Lee Murray, a 36-year-old resident of Compton, California, as a suspect in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-suspect-arrested-charged-in-ambush-attack-on-la-sheriffs-deputies">ambush shooting of two Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputies</a> earlier this month, with one official saying in a press conference Wednesday that some members of the public provided “significant information” in the case leading up to the announcement of charges.
Kent Wegener, head of the sheriff’s homicide bureau, said that a weapon later recovered by authorities in an unrelated investigation provided “powerful” evidence that Murray was the alleged shooter of the two deputies.
However, Wegener also pointed to information from the public playing a role in the course of the investigation, which started on September 12 after two deputies, a 24-year-old male and a 31-year-old female, were shot multiple times.
“We had been doing interviews. We had received anonymous information, we had unsubstantiated, unverified information from the public, from the streets, that said, ‘This is your guy, this is the guy you want,’” said Wegener.
As The Daily Wire previously reported, the reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a suspect in the case reached six figures with the help of the Los Angeles City Council, and the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/reward-explodes-to-675k-for-suspected-shooter-of-ambushed-la-county-deputies">size of the reward dramatically increased</a> due to a variety of different funding sources, some of which were private.
Wegener said that some members of the public “will likely have some claim to that reward” if Murray is ultimately found guilty and also indicated that some of the information from the public was “significant.”
District attorney Jackie Lacey filed two attempted murder charges against Deonte Lee Murray, a 36-year-old Compton resident, for the ambush shooting of the two sheriff’s deputies who were sitting in their patrol car. She also called the evidence “strong.”
Murray was arrested two weeks ago in Compton for allegedly stealing a Mercedes Benz after shooting the driver. He faces an attempted murder charge for the incident, in addition to other charges, and up to life in state prison if convicted, said Lacey.
Authorities did not indicate a specific motive for the shooting of the two deputies, but Wegener said the alleged shooter “obviously hates policemen and he wants them dead.” He said Murray has previously been convicted on other charges, including sale and possession of narcotics, felony firearms possession, and making terroristic threats.
Los Angeles Sheriff Alex Villanueva said that both deputies are now home from the hospital but still face a lengthy recovery process, including reconstructive surgery.
He also praised law enforcement officers and bureaus for working to identify a suspect and members of the public and public officials for showing support for the two sheriff’s deputies, saying that the “outpouring of support was across the nation.”
“Sometimes from the worst comes the best, and this is an example of that,” he said.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/police-man-walked-into-los-angeles-police-station-assaulted-officer">Police: Man Walked Into Los Angeles Police Station, Assaulted Officer</a>
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Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva announces an arrest of the suspect in the ambush shooting of two on-duty deputies who were sitting in their marked patrol car at the Metro Blue Line station in Compton September 12, 2020.

Public Provided ‘Significant’ Info In Ambush Shooting Of L.A. Sheriff’s Deputies, Says Official

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Authorities arrested Deonte Lee Murray as a suspect in the ambush shooting of two Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputies earlier this month.

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The Los Angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s Department announced Wednesday that a suspect has been arrested and charged in connection with a horrific ambush attack that left two L.A. Sheriff&#8217;s deputies seriously wounded.
The Sheriff&#8217;s Department announced, at a press conference Wednesday afternoon, that charges were filed against 36-year-old Deonte Lee Murray, and that he was taken into custody following a &#8220;standoff&#8221; in Lynwood, California, more than a week ago. At the time, Murray was a suspect in a carjacking, <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-09-30/suspect-charged-shooting-attack-los-angeles-sheriffs-deputies-compton">the Los Angeles Times reports</a>, and it was only later that the Sheriff&#8217;s office discovered his connection to the September 12th shooting.
<a href="https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/standoff-in-lynwood-may-be-connected-to-manhunt-in-shooting-of-two-deputies-sources-say/2428597/">NBC Los Angeles reported last week</a> that &#8220;multiple law enforcement sources say detectives in Lynwood are increasingly confident that a suspected carjacker, who led Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies on a high-speed chase Tuesday is connected with last weekend&#8217;s attack on two transit patrol deputies who were shot while seated in a patrol car in Compton.&#8221;
&#8220;After an hourslong search [Murray] was arrested after being found inside a trash can with the assistance of a K9 unit, the sheriff&#8217;s department said in a nighttime news conference,&#8221; NBC continued. &#8220;Murray has no known address but is known to frequent the area and is considered a local, the department said, and he was wanted for a carjacking performed on Sept. 1 using a high-powered rifle.&#8221;
&#8220;Murray, who was scheduled to appear in court Wednesday, was charged at the time with one felony count each of carjacking, second-degree robbery, and assault with a semiautomatic firearm,&#8221; the outlet says. &#8220;The charges include allegations of association with a criminal street gang, discharging a rifle inflicting great bodily injury and personal use of an AR-15.&#8221;
The shocking attack, captured on surveillance video, commanded national attention.
The video shows a suspect, now alleged to be Murray, opening fire on two L.A. Sheriff&#8217;s deputies &#8212; one male and one female &#8212; while the pair sat in their squad car outside of a public transportation hub in the city&#8217;s Compton neighborhood.
Both deputies were left severely wounded in the ambush attack. The female, a 31-year-old mother of one, suffered a gunshot wound to her face and arm. Her partner, a 24-year-old man, suffered several shots to his arms. The female deputy could be seen on the surveillance footage giving emergency aid to her partner while the pair waited for help.
As the two deputies were undergoing emergency surgery at a nearby hospital, anti-police protesters stationed themselves at hospital entrances and exits, <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2020/09/13/two-la-county-sheriffs-deputies-shot-gravely-injured-attack-captured-video/114006008/">L.A. Sheriff&#8217;s Department officials said at the time</a>. At one point, the protesters had to be prevented from storming the hospital&#8217;s emergency room, and at least one protester was heard chanting, &#8220;We hope they die.”
Both are now reportedly doing well and have been released from care.
Early on in the investigation, the L.A. Sheriff&#8217;s Department admitted that the surveillance footage did not give them a clear picture of the shooter &#8212; it showed only a taller man in dark clothing. They offered a six-figure reward for information leading to the suspect&#8217;s arrest and conviction.
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Sheriff Alex Villanueva update on the fatal DIS of Andres Guardado on June 18 near Gardena.

BREAKING: Suspect Arrested, Charged In Ambush Attack On L.A. Sheriff’s Deputies

The Los Angeles County Sheriff&#039;s Department announced Wednesday that a suspect has been arrested and charged in connection with a horrific ambush attack

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Police in Tallahassee, Florida, broke up a party near Florida State University (FSU) where approximately 1,000 people were in attendance over the weekend.
According to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TallyPD/posts/3506756399386997" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">a statement posted on Facebook</a>, the Tallahassee Police Department claimed that they received dozens of calls complaining about large gatherings in the area, including one party where there were nearly 700 vehicles, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/28/us/florida-state-party-police-trnd/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">according to CNN</a>, .
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Police officers in Tallahassee, home of Florida State University, responded to more than a dozen calls in reference to large crowds last weekend, including a gathering involving more than 1,000 people gathered outside along with 700 vehicles, police say <a href="https://t.co/p7vJfKiAXR">https://t.co/p7vJfKiAXR</a>
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The police department&#8217;s statement read:
<blockquote>This weekend, the Tallahassee Police Department responded to more than a dozen calls for service in reference to large crowds gathering.
The crowds ranged in size, including one with approximately 700 vehicles and more than 1,000 people gathered outside at the Tenn Street Apartments, located at 600 Dixie Drive, just before midnight. Most of the travel lanes were blocked throughout the complex. Thanks to efforts from TPD’s Patrol Bureau and the Leon County Sheriff’s Office helicopter, officers were able to safely disperse the crowd.
While most of the crowds this weekend dispersed without incident, one ended with gunfire.
On Sunday, Sept. 27, just before 5 a.m., a crowd gathered at the Circle K, located at 2807 S. Monroe St. A dispute broke out, resulting in gunfire. Initial information indicates multiple shots were fired from different weapons. Several cars in and around the parking lot were struck. The shooting continued north on S. Monroe Street. Officers located additional evidence of the shooting on the 2500 block of S. Monroe St. Two people were injured in the shooting. The victims, both adult males, are currently being treated at local hospitals. One victim was treated and released; the other is in serious but stable condition.
Investigators ask anyone who may have witnessed the incident on S. Monroe Street, but did not speak with an officer on scene, or anyone with information about the shooting to please call 850-891-4200. They may also remain anonymous by calling Crime Stoppers at 850-574-TIPS.
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FSU President John Thrasher said in a Sept. 18 letter to students, &#8220;The choices you make don&#8217;t just impact you. They affect your friends, families, professors, FSU staff, and the Tallahassee community at large, as well as our ability to hold in-person classes and future events and provide campus services.&#8221;
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis earlier proposed a &#8220;bill of rights&#8221; for college students that would offer them the leeway to party despite social distancing measures. &#8220;That&#8217;s what college kids do, and they&#8217;re at low risk,&#8221; DeSantis said, according to <a href="https://www.news4jax.com/news/florida/2020/09/25/desantis-proposes-college-bill-of-rights-to-party-in-florida/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CNN affiliate WJXT</a>. &#8220;And I just think that we&#8217;ve got to be reasonable about this and really focus the efforts on where the most significant risk is.&#8221;
“I just think that we’ve got to be reasonable about this and really focus the efforts on where the most significant risk is,” DeSantis added.
<a href="http://www.floridahealth.gov/?_ga=2.82145366.1718718468.1601388514-652025112.1601388514" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">According</a> to the Florida Department of Health, there have been 704,568 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 14,143 deaths in Florida as of Sept. 29.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/purdue-suspends-14-for-holding-party-during-coronavirus-pandemic" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Purdue Suspends 14 For Holding Party During Coronavirus Pandemic</a>
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Police Break Up 1,000-Person Party Near Florida State University

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Police in Tallahassee, Florida, broke up a party near Florida State University (FSU) where approximately 1,000 people were in attendance over the weekend.

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A Los Angeles Police Department officer was attacked late Saturday while in the lobby of the LAPD Harbor Station in San Pedro, California, officials revealed Sunday morning. 
According to the department, the officer was working at the front desk of the station when a man walked in and then proceeded to assault him. 
“The officer’s gun was removed and he was fired upon, but not struck. The Watch Commander heard the commotion and responded to the lobby, at which time an officer-involved shooting occurred. The suspect ran to a white pick-up truck and drove off,” said the department in a statement Sunday morning. 
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The officer’s gun was removed and he was fired upon, but not struck. The Watch Commander heard the commotion and responded to the lobby, at which time an officer involved shooting occured. The suspect ran to a white pick-up truck and drove off.
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Multiple officials have since said that the officer is in stable condition. 
“Spoke with officer at hospital. He is resting and will be ok. Bumps and bruises. He was not shot. Harbor units responding pursued suspect and took him into custody,” said Police Chief Michel Moore. 
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Reports are Officer is in stable condition. Enroute now to hospital <a href="https://t.co/KewqiylCud">https://t.co/KewqiylCud</a>
&mdash; Chief Michel Moore (@LAPDChiefMoore) <a href="https://twitter.com/LAPDChiefMoore/status/1310102423327838210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Sending my best wishes for a quick and full recovery to our <a href="https://twitter.com/LAPDHQ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LAPDHQ</a> officer injured in an incident at the Harbor Station tonight. The officer is in stable condition and we&#39;re closely monitoring the situation.
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Only two weeks ago, two deputies with the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department were ambushed while sitting in their patrol car in Compton, California, each suffering gunshot wounds that required emergency surgery. 
The female deputy, who was shot in both arms and in the jaw, managed to give her <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hero-wounded-la-sheriffs-deputy-gave-emergency-medical-treatment-to-her-partner-before-radioing-for-help?%3Futm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dwtwitter">partner emergency medical treatment</a> and radio for help. The two deputies were taken to a local hospital and have since been released.
A suspect is still at large, and the sheriff’s department has put up a six-figure reward for information leading to the suspect’s arrest and criminal conviction. 
“This is just a somber reminder: It’s a dangerous job,” Los Angeles Sheriff Alex Villanueva said after the ambush shooting. “Actions — words — have consequences, and our job does not get any easier because people don’t like law enforcement.”
“The two deputies were doing their job, minding their own business, watching out for the safety of the people on the train, and seeing somebody just walk up and just start shooting on them — it pisses me off, it dismays me at the same time,” he later added. “There’s no pretty way to say it.”
<a href="https://twitter.com/LASDHQ/status/1304993095725932545">After LASD posted an edited-down video</a> clip of the shooting, President Donald Trump shared it on Twitter, simply saying: “Animals that must be hit hard!”  
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Animals that must be hit hard! <a href="https://t.co/zrOd9ZUl8o">https://t.co/zrOd9ZUl8o</a>
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1305009737386221568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 13, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Police: Man Walked Into Los Angeles Police Station, Assaulted Officer

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The Daily Caller is threatening to sue the Louisville Metropolitan Police Department (LMPD) after two of its reporters were reportedly arrested and charged with misdemeanors while covering the riots roiling Louisville, Kentucky, on Wednesday night.
Reporters Shelby Talcott and Jorge Ventura were part of a mass detention of demonstrators who were instructed to get on the ground shortly before midnight, according to footage Talcott posted to Twitter. Despite identifying herself as press, the two were handcuffed with zip-ties and taken to a detainment cell.
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&mdash; Shelby Talcott (@ShelbyTalcott) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShelbyTalcott/status/1308965986683551745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Daily Caller Editor-in-Chief Geoffrey Ingersoll tweeted late on Wednesday that he had notified LMPD of his reporters&#8217; arrest while in the capacity of press reporting for an accredited media outlet. &#8220;My expectation is that they will be swiftly released,&#8221; he said, but he later learned that Talcott and Ventura &#8220;will be processed and charged like everyone else, despite my best efforts to alert official channels that they were operating in the capacity of press at a live news event.&#8221;
Ingersoll added that the two were to be &#8220;charged with two misdemeanors related to breaking curfew and unlawful assembly for their alleged failure to comply with police orders to disperse and for press to relegate themselves to an ‘observation area.&#8217;”
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I’ve now notified <a href="https://twitter.com/LMPD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LMPD</a> that both <a href="https://twitter.com/ShelbyTalcott?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@shelbytalcott</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/VenturaReport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VenturaReport</a> were reporting for an accredited media outlet and were operating in the capacity of press. My expectation is that they will be swiftly released. <a href="https://t.co/BBa1b8yF1W">https://t.co/BBa1b8yF1W</a>
&mdash; Geoffrey Ingersoll (@GPIngersoll) <a href="https://twitter.com/GPIngersoll/status/1308973875980644352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Another update: <a href="https://twitter.com/LMPD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LMPD</a> tells me <a href="https://twitter.com/ShelbyTalcott?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ShelbyTalcott</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/JorgeVentura05?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JorgeVentura05</a> will be charged with two misdemeanors related to breaking curfew &amp; unlawful assembly for their alleged failure to comply with police orders to disperse and for press to relegate themselves to an “observation area”
&mdash; Geoffrey Ingersoll (@GPIngersoll) <a href="https://twitter.com/GPIngersoll/status/1308987997434585088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2020</a></blockquote>
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According to Richie McGinniss, another Daily Caller reporter, Talcott described her conditions to him as &#8220;absurd,&#8221; adding, &#8220;I am packed in with 28 other people in a 20&#215;20 cell. Not all of us have masks, and there is not enough room so people are sleeping on the floor.&#8221; McGinniss said shortly after noon on Thursday that the two &#8220;have been processed for release, but will not actually be out for another 2-4 hours or more[.]&#8221;
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Corrections now telling me they have been processed for release, but will not actually be out for another 2-4 hours or more&#8230;
&mdash; Richie🎥McG🍿 (@RichieMcGinniss) <a href="https://twitter.com/RichieMcGinniss/status/1309162981083746310?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Attorney Neil Patel, the co-founder and publisher of The Daily Caller, had earlier expressed concern for the reporters&#8217; safety. Patel threatened litigation in a <a href="https://twitter.com/NeilPatelTDC/status/1309134701433626632" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">statement posted to Twitter</a> on Thursday morning:
<blockquote>The Louisville police arrested two of our employees Wednesday night. We have informed the police that these are reporters who were peacefully doing their job, but they are still refusing to release them. They will not even let us speak with them. Given the fact that our reporters have been repeatedly harassed, punched and even shot at during past protests, we fear for their safety in lockup with people who may want to do them harm.
No other news outlet has been on the ground at more protests and riots, and none have done a more balanced job of telling the public what is happening. We appreciate the difficult situation that officers are in trying to balance their own safety while allowing protestors to exercise their First Amendment rights.
Unlike other outlets, we have interviewed police about this and told their side of the story. But this is not China. Those reporters flat out have a constitutionally protected role to play on our streets. The Louisville Police Department is going to find out all about this in the form of a lawsuit unless things start changing fast.</blockquote>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/funny-as-hell-young-reporter-flooded-with-gloating-death-threats-after-claiming-to-have-been-robbed-at-gunpoint-in-minneapolis" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">‘Funny As Hell’: Young Reporter Flooded With Gloating Death Threats After Claiming To Have Been Robbed At Gunpoint In Minneapolis</a>
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‘This Is Not China’: The Daily Caller Threatens To Sue Louisville Police Department For Arresting Its Reporters, Refusing To Let Them Speak To Attorney

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The Daily Caller is threatening to sue the Louisville Metropolitan Police Department (LMPD) after two of its reporters were reportedly arrested and

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In a viral video captured by an independent journalist, anti-police protesters berate a Los Angeles police officer, launching &#8220;slurs&#8221; at the man and cursing him out as the officer stands stoically.
Protests broke out in cities across the country Wednesday night, on the heels of the announcement that no officers were indicted for murder in the Breonna Taylor case. Two officers were cleared, and another was charged with wanton endangerment in the first degree &#8212; which comes with a maximum sentence of five years &#8212; for shooting into a neighboring apartment while returning gunfire sparked by Taylor&#8217;s boyfriend.
&#8220;LOS ANGELES: Agitators yell slurs at black police officer,&#8221; journalist Tomas Morales captioned the post.
As seen in the video, the officer is flicked off, called a &#8220;n****,&#8221; a &#8220;b****,&#8221; and other names. The law enforcement official does not respond, but stands with his hands at his sides and takes the verbal abuse.
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LOS ANGELES: Agitators yell slurs at black police officer. <a href="https://t.co/Eff67JtQk2">pic.twitter.com/Eff67JtQk2</a>
&mdash; Tomas Morales (@TomasMorales_iv) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomasMorales_iv/status/1309007842494603265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Morales, further covering the Los Angeles demonstrations, also captured videos of &#8220;agitators&#8221; pulling away barricades separating Los Angeles police officers and their LAPD precinct from the protesters.
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&mdash; Tomas Morales (@TomasMorales_iv) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomasMorales_iv/status/1309010679857324033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Look at the crowd size &amp; lone agitator pulling down fence at LAPD precinct,&#8221; reported Morales.
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LA: Look at the crowd size &amp; lone agitator pulling down fence at LAPD precinct. <a href="https://t.co/peTOfAXvgj">pic.twitter.com/peTOfAXvgj</a>
&mdash; Tomas Morales (@TomasMorales_iv) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomasMorales_iv/status/1309013427793334273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Los Angeles agitators pull on fencing in front of LAPD,&#8221; he captioned another video.
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Los Angeles agitators pull on fencing in front of LAPD. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BreonnaTaylor?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BreonnaTaylor</a> <a href="https://t.co/uPtIQM6jYc">pic.twitter.com/uPtIQM6jYc</a>
&mdash; Tomas Morales (@TomasMorales_iv) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomasMorales_iv/status/1309026237080383488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Morales also captured video of the graffiti left by Black Lives Matter protesters. &#8220;Kill more cops&#8221; and &#8220;f*** 12&#8221; were among the graffitied messages.
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Los Angeles Protest: Some graffiti left by BLM protesters. 
There was a lot more graffiti than just this tonight. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BreonnaTaylor?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BreonnaTaylor</a> <a href="https://t.co/RAlrzQkybl">pic.twitter.com/RAlrzQkybl</a>
&mdash; Tomas Morales (@TomasMorales_iv) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomasMorales_iv/status/1309029446758928389?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Moreover, during Wednesday night rioting in Louisville, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-multiple-police-officers-shot-in-louisville-as-anti-police-riots-hit-city">two police officers</a> were shot.
“One officer was shot in the abdomen below their bulletproof vest and is in surgery, and a second was shot in the thigh, according to the source,” the Louisville Courier-Journal <a href="https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/breonna-taylor/2020/09/23/breonna-taylor-protests-louisville-police-officer-shot-downtown/3512127001/">reported</a>. “MetroSafe said it received reports the shooting occurred at South Brook Street and Broadway Avenue.”
Earlier in the day, Kentucky Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron encouraged citizens to listen to the facts of the Taylor case, not misinformation boosted by activists and celebrities.
“Our reaction to the truth is the society we want to be,” Cameron said at the presser. “Do we really want the truth? Or do we want a truth that fits our narrative? Do we want the facts? Are we content to blindly accept our own version of events? We, as a community, must make this decision.”
“There will be celebrities, influencers, and activists who having never lived in Kentucky, will try to tell us how to feel, suggesting they understood the facts of this case and that they know our community and the commonwealth better than we do,” he added. “They don’t.”
As outlined by  <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kentucky-ag-breonna-taylor-warrant-was-not-no-knock-officers-justified-in-use-of-force">The Daily Wire</a>, the Republican AG said that &#8220;witness testimony indicated officers appeared to correctly execute a search warrant on Taylor’s apartment in connection with a drug case and that the two other officers involved in an ensuing shootout with Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, were justified in their use of force because Walker fired first.&#8221;
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WATCH: Officer Stands Stoically As Protesters Yell ‘Slurs’ At Him, Curse Him Out

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In a viral video captured by an independent journalist, anti-police protesters berate a Los Angeles police officer, launching &quot;slurs&quot; at the man and

WATCH: Officer Stands Stoically As Protesters Yell ‘Slurs’ At Him, Curse Him Out | The Daily Wire

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