The first target in any protracted military campaign is pretty much always infrastructure.
When the U.S. invaded Iraq with a &#8220;shock and awe&#8221; strategy, we hit the bridges right away. We did the same thing in Yugoslavia, Vietnam, and Korea. The reason for that is pretty simple: If you shut down transportation, you shut down the country.
The purpose of taking out bridges and airports isn&#8217;t to convince anyone that you&#8217;re right. It&#8217;s not a moral argument. The point is to disable your enemy as quickly as possible and to make them vulnerable to further attack.
After what happened yesterday, it&#8217;s clear that the domestic enemies of the United States — the ones we&#8217;ve imported and those our universities have indoctrinated — understand the importance of infrastructure very well. In a series of coordinated attacks, Hamas sympathizers stormed bridges and airports all over the country. I&#8217;m going to go through several of these attacks, and I&#8217;ll start with by far the most significant and longest-lasting interruption. It took place on both the Golden Gate Bridge and Interstate 880 in Oakland. Watch:
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So just a month ago, activists shut down the Bay Bridge. As you just heard, they delayed several organ donations. The San Francisco Chronicle <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/motorist-stuck-bay-bridge-protest-describes-19085430.php">reported</a> that at least one person had a medical emergency while he was stuck in traffic. But nothing happened to any of the people responsible for that, they received something like five hours of community service. So yesterday, it happened again, this time on the Golden Gate Bridge and on the interstate.
News reports like this always say &#8220;protesters&#8221; are shutting down traffic. That&#8217;s accurate, but it only tells part of the story. The other part is that the political leaders in these cities are also choosing to shut down traffic by allowing the protesters to do it. It would be exceedingly easy to not only clear these blockades but also dissuade anyone from ever pulling a stunt like this again. All you would have to do is pull them off the road by force and then hit them with every criminal charge even vaguely applicable, including terrorism charges. Throw the whole book at just one of these people, one time, and it will never happen again. Give one of them prison time — real prison time, 15 years of prison time — and the problem is solved. 
Forever. Just like that. 
Instead, the authorities in California are doing the opposite. The last time this took place, they gave these criminals a few hours of community service.. This time they let them shut down one of the longest bridges in the country for five hours before making a single arrest. All told, 38 people were ultimately <a href="https://abc7news.com/pro-palestinian-protesters-shut-down-golden-gate-bridge-and-i-880-in-oakland/14668534/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested</a> between the Golden Gate Bridge and the Oakland interstate. They were hit with a variety of charges from false imprisonment to unlawful assembly.
<h4><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1348-activists-who-shut-down-highways-aren-t-protesters-they-re-terrorists-member-exclusive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WATCH: The Matt Walsh Show</a></h4>
None of those charges, it&#8217;s important to point out, carry a potential sentence of over a decade in prison. That kind of penalty is reserved for pro-life demonstrators who pray outside of abortion clinics and allegedly block access to the facility. If you do that, you get the predawn SWAT team raid from the DOJ and a very good chance you spend the next 10 years in prison. But if you sit on the highway for five hours and prevent thousands of people from getting where they need to go, then that&#8217;s not as big a deal. In fact, false imprisonment is the most serious charge that any of these demonstrators face, and the max you can get for that in California is something like four years. 
Of course, it&#8217;s virtually certain they&#8217;re not going to serve that time or even go to trial for any of this. They&#8217;ll all get community service and do the same thing again a month from now.
And that&#8217;s odd, even by the Biden administration&#8217;s own logic — because for all we know, there might have been people on these roads who were headed to get abortions. And they were delayed or even blocked from doing so. Will the DOJ look into the number of Californians who had to reschedule their abortions yesterday because their bridge was illegally shut down? Think of how many children might still be alive because of those protesters. Think about how many opportunities to murder babies were squandered. That&#8217;s the kind of thing that normally keeps Merrick Garland up at night.
If pro-lifers deserve a decade in prison for mildly inconveniencing people who are trying to access one abortion clinic in Nashville, these people deserve a century. But of course, they&#8217;re on the Left, so they can literally do whatever they want, all the time. Logic doesn&#8217;t really apply. There will be no DOJ probe into the organizers of this protest. There will be no RICO case against them.
But increasingly, it&#8217;s clear that there should be. <a href="https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/heres-why-the-golden-gate-bridge-i-880-shut-down/#:~:text=Protester%20organizer%20Ellen%20Caminiti%20sent,in%20Palestine%2C" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According </a>to San Francisco&#8217;s local news station KRON, a woman named Ellen Caminiti was one of the &#8220;organizers&#8221; of the Golden Gate protest yesterday. She was apparently off-site, serving as a representative. I looked her up, and it turns out she&#8217;s the <a href="https://www.nclrights.org/about-us/who-we-are/ellen-caminiti/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">communications director</a> at a nonprofit called the National Center for Lesbian Rights, or NCLR. So this is an organization that gets tax breaks to advance &#8220;lesbian rights,&#8221; and at 9:00 a.m. on a Monday, their communications director was organizing a criminal blockade of one of the most important bridges in the country. One of my producers reached out to Ellen Caminiti about this. She said, quote, &#8220;NCLR had no role in it, that is just my day-job, which is completely separate from this.&#8221; 
What&#8217;s confusing about that, again, is that this blockade took place first thing Monday morning. That counts as &#8220;during the day.&#8221; So it sounds like Ellen Caminiti&#8217;s &#8220;day job&#8221; is shutting down infrastructure in San Francisco in the name of &#8220;Palestinian solidarity.&#8221; We followed up with NCLR to ask them about this. We wanted to know if they had any reaction whatsoever to their employee assisting in a criminal blockade during the workday. They didn&#8217;t respond to that question. All they said is that they had nothing to do with the blockade.
You&#8217;d think that, if NCLR disagreed with what their employee did during work hours, they&#8217;d fire her immediately. At the very least they&#8217;d condemn what she did. Especially given that she did it on behalf of Hamas, a group that would happily toss everyone in the organization off of a rooftop. But no such luck. 
That&#8217;s because NCLR, like many so-called Left-wing &#8220;public interest nonprofits,&#8221; isn&#8217;t really working in the public interest at all. It&#8217;s a tax shelter that employs unhinged activists who want to destroy this country. They should lose their tax-exempt nonprofit status immediately. Nonprofits aren&#8217;t supposed to have anything remotely to do with criminal activity, and it definitely sounds like, at a minimum, they&#8217;re tacitly endorsing exactly that. But, of course, there will be no DOJ investigation, at least not under the Biden administration, because the Biden administration wants these kinds of blockades to occur. That&#8217;s why they took place all day yesterday, all over the country.
In Seattle, demonstrators blocked access to the airport, forcing travelers to walk to the terminal. 
In New York, thugs stormed the Brooklyn Bridge. 
In Chicago, they blocked the highway leading to O&#8217;Hare airport. 
In Dearborn Michigan, a caravan of Hamas sympathizers backed up traffic. 
In Fremont California, they attacked a Tesla production facility, apparently because of Elon Musk&#8217;s tweets, forcing the plant to declare an emergency and close. 
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In all of these cases, except for the situation in Fremont, there wasn&#8217;t much of a police response, at least not initially. In Seattle, officers eventually arrested the people blockading the roadway. Julio Rosas reports that on the Brooklyn Bridge, the NYPD made an effort to stop the demonstrators, and succeeded in stopping about half of them. But traffic was still disrupted. 
As far as I can tell, the only decisive reaction to these riots took place in Miami, where police hauled away the demonstrators the moment they broke the law. Watch:
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Well, look at that. The police just drag them away. It&#8217;s not hard. It takes a few minutes, and the whole city is no longer held hostage by a handful of terrorists. Just throw them in jail and make an example of them. 
Governor Ron DeSantis&#8217; communications director uploaded the footage you just saw, along with this <a href="https://x.com/BryanDGriffin/status/1779972576422322354">message:</a> &#8220;In Florida, we drag these people out of the road and arrest them.&#8221;
That&#8217;s obviously the right response, as rare as it may be. And when police don&#8217;t do this, immediately, then citizens have every right to do it themselves. Senator Tom Cotton put it <a href="https://x.com/TomCottonAR/status/1780039918737121502">this way</a>, &#8220;I encourage people who get stuck behind the pro-Hamas mobs blocking traffic: take matters into your own hands to get them out of the way. It&#8217;s time to put an end to this nonsense.&#8221;
Of course, the problem with what Tom Cotton said is that, if someone does take matters into their own hands, there&#8217;s a very good chance they&#8217;ll spend the rest of their life in prison. The Biden DOJ will destroy them. They will do nothing to protect innocent people from these terrorists. But the moment someone tries to take action — even if it&#8217;s justified — then the feds will hunt them down. It&#8217;s almost like that&#8217;s what the Biden administration wants to happen at this point.
It appears to be what the NYPD wants. Yesterday, police officers didn&#8217;t have much of a reaction when a Hamas sympathizer lit an American flag on fire and shouted &#8220;Death to America,&#8221; right in front of about five cops. He just walked away. Watch:
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Now, if you call yourself &#8220;America first&#8221; — and a lot of people do now — it goes without saying that you should be stridently opposed to people who shout &#8220;death to America,&#8221; burn American flags, and go out of their way to cause problems for American citizens. If your &#8220;America first&#8221; principles somehow find common cause with people who wish death on America and its people, that&#8217;s a good indication that you are, at best, very confused. But that confusion needs to end at this point. This is well past the realm of online trolling. There are now coordinated attacks occurring all over the country targeting its infrastructure.
You hear a lot of people say, &#8220;Why would these people do this? They&#8217;re not going to convince anyone to support their cause by blocking traffic or shutting down the airport!&#8221; Well, yeah. That&#8217;s because the objective of Hamas sympathizers living in this country isn&#8217;t to convince you of anything. 
Disrupting infrastructure — as always — is just the first phase in a much larger campaign they have planned. And unless more states follow Florida&#8217;s lead and shut this down immediately, then very soon, we&#8217;ll find out what the next phase is.

Gaza War Freeway Protest

Activists Who Shut Down Highways Aren’t ‘Protesters.’ They’re Terrorists.

Activists Who Shut Down Highways Aren't 'Protesters.' They're Terrorists.

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Matt Walsh

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Authorities have released the names of the Syracuse police officer and Onondaga County sheriff’s deputy who were killed in the line of duty Sunday night.
Officer Michael Jensen and Lieutenant Deputy Michael Hoosock <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/police-officer-and-sheriffs-deputy-shot-and-killed-in-upstate-new-york" target="_blank" rel="noopener">were killed</a> Sunday night after exchanging gunfire with a suspect, who was also killed.
“There are no words for it except to tell them that [Jensen] was a proud officer who worked a territory car and after a little over two years on the job you could tell he took it seriously. to protect and serve the community,” Syracuse Police Chief Cecile said, <a href="https://www.localsyr.com/fallen-heroes/who-were-the-fallen-heroes-community-mourns-syracuse-police-officer-and-onondaga-sheriffs-lieutenant/amp/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to WSYR-TV</a>.
Jensen graduated from Le Moyne College, where he played on its club ice hockey team. He had been a police officer for two-and-a-half years, after graduating from the Syracuse Police Academy in 2022.
“It was very difficult to sit there with the family of a son who is two and a half years on the job, and they talk about how proud he was of that uniform and that badge, and I saw it when I went to roll calls and [Syracuse Police Benevolent Association President Joe] Moran said it that officer had a smile on his face every time,” Cecile added.
Hoosock had been with the Onondaga Sheriff’s Office since 2007 and received the Medal of Valor and New York State Deputy of the Year award.
“[He] Had a wife, three young children ages three, five, and seven. He was our watch commander, our bomb squad commander. He received multiple accommodations and medals,” Onondaga Sheriff Toby Shelley said.
Hoosock made lieutenant last June.
“I knew Hoosock personally everybody knew him as ‘hooch’ you may have seen him last week if you were at the ribbon cutting at 57 and 31, he was a very active member of Moyers Corners fire department, and they were there for that ribbon cutting,” Shelley said, according to WSYR.
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On Sunday evening, Jensen and another officer attempted to pull over a suspicious vehicle, which fled the scene, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/04/15/us-news/syracuse-cop-and-onondaga-sheriffs-deputy-shot-and-killed-in-salina/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The officers tracked the license plate to a home in Liverpool. More Syracuse officers arrived, along with Onondaga County sheriff’s deputies, and found what appeared to be firearms inside the car. Law enforcement then heard what sounded like someone “manipulating a firearm” inside the home, Cecile said in an early Monday morning <a href="https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/two-law-enforcement-officers-shot-in-liverpool/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press conference</a>.
“Moments later there was an exchange of gunfire between at least one suspect and the officers and the deputies,” he added.
Jensen and Hoosock were both struck and rushed to a nearby hospital, where they were pronounced dead. The suspect was taken to the hospital, where he was also pronounced dead.
“We lost two heroes tonight,” Cecile said at the Monday press conference. “Two men who answered the call to duty to put on the badge to protect the community, protect and serve. We lost two of them tonight.”

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Names Of Police Officers Killed In Upstate New York Gunfight Released

Names Of Officer, Deputy Killed In Upstate New York Gunfight Released

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A viral video from Monday showed Florida police taking immediate action when anti-Israel activists blocked city streets, placing them on their backs on the sidewalk.
WATCH:
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In Florida, we drag these people out of the road and arrest them. <a href="https://t.co/XU6ZUUf9xX">pic.twitter.com/XU6ZUUf9xX</a>
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Pro-Palestinian protestors attempted to block roads in Florida.
They were promptly dragged to the sidewalk by police officers who enforced order.
Authorities must protect law abiding citizens from having their day disrupted by protesters like these.<a href="https://t.co/TogsVjRPJa">pic.twitter.com/TogsVjRPJa</a>
&mdash; Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) <a href="https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1780207535888208249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2024</a></blockquote>
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In 2021, Florida passed the “Combatting Violence, Disorder and Looting and Law Enforcement Protection Act,” championed by GOP governor Ron DeSantis, which states that it is a crime to willfully obstruct the public streets.
“Some of the crimes that may occur during a riot and are explicitly listed in the new legislation are: Willfully obstructing the free, convenient, and normal use of a public street, highway, or road by impeding, hindering, stifling, retarding, or restraining traffic or passage by standing on or remaining in the street, highway, or road, endangering the safe movement of vehicles or pedestrians,” WFLA <a href="https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/now-thats-its-signed-whats-in-floridas-combating-public-disorder-law-hb-1/">reported</a> in 2021.
The act<a href="https://www.flgov.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Combatting-Violence-Protection-Act.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> states</a> that it is a “3rd degree felony to obstruct traffic during an unpermitted protest, demonstration or violent or disorderly assembly; driver is NOT liable for injury or death caused if fleeing for safety from a mob.”
“In Florida, we are taking an unapologetic stand for the rule of law and public safety.  We are holding those who incite violence in our communities accountable, supporting our law enforcement officers who risk their lives every day to keep us safe and protecting Floridians from the chaos of mob violence. We’re also putting an end to the bullying and intimidation tactics of the radical left by criminalizing doxing and requiring restitution for damaging memorials and monuments by rioters,” DeSantis <a href="https://www.flgov.com/2021/04/19/what-they-are-saying-governor-ron-desantis-signs-hallmark-anti-rioting-legislation-taking-unapologetic-stand-for-public-safety/#:~:text=Structured%20to%20protect%20free%20speech,intimidation%20during%20a%20public%20disturbance.">stated</a> in 2021.
In contrast to Florida, on Monday anti-Israel activists <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/second-protest-blocks-all-lanes-of-golden-gate-bridge-san-francisco/">blocked</a> the Golden Gate Bridge and parts of Interstate 880 in Oakland, California; all southbound lanes of Highway 101 were blocked at 7:30 a.m. The California Highway Patrol closed off the northbound lanes and stopped pedestrian and bicycle traffic across the bridge. The lanes didn’t open for almost five hours.
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In lower Manhattan on Monday, anti-Israel activists <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/04/15/us-news/hundreds-of-anti-israeli-protesters-wreak-havoc-in-downtown-nyc-disrupt-bridge-traffic-as-cops-make-arrests/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stormed</a> the Brooklyn Bridge, bringing traffic to a halt. Anti-Israel activists also blocked a road to arrivals and departures at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Washington.

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WATCH: Florida Police Have Zero Tolerance For Anti-Israel Activists Blocking Streets

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A police officer and a sheriff’s deputy were shot and killed in an upstate New York neighborhood Sunday night after exchanging gunfire with a suspect, who was also killed.
The shooting occurred just after 8 p.m. in Liverpool, about 6 miles north of Syracuse, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/syracuse-new-york-fatal-shooting-police-officers-661e179c632393f3f9f741434abea2f0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Earlier in the night, two Syracuse Police Department officers attempted to pull over a suspicious vehicle, which fled the scene, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/04/15/us-news/syracuse-cop-and-onondaga-sheriffs-deputy-shot-and-killed-in-salina/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The officers tracked the license plate to a home in Liverpool. More Syracuse officers arrived, along with Onondaga County sheriff’s deputies, and found what appeared to be firearms inside the car. Law enforcement then heard what sounded like someone “manipulating a firearm” inside the home, Syracuse Police Chief Joseph Cecile said in an early morning <a href="https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/two-law-enforcement-officers-shot-in-liverpool/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press conference</a>.
“Moments later there was an exchange of gunfire between at least one suspect and the officers and the deputies,” Cecile added.
One of the two Syracuse police officers who first attempted to pull over the vehicle was struck and killed during the gunfire, along with a sheriff’s deputy. Both were rushed to a nearby hospital where they were pronounced dead. The suspect was also taken to the hospital, where he was also pronounced dead.
“We lost two heroes tonight,” Cecile said at the press conference. “Two men who answered the call to duty to put on the badge to protect the community, protect and serve. We lost two of them tonight.”
Photos published by the Post show dozens of police and sheriff’s department officials lined up along the streets outside the hospital where the officer and sheriff’s deputy were taken, saluting as law enforcement vehicles passed.
Onondaga County Sheriff Toby Shelley called it a “sad day for law enforcement,” while Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh <a href="https://apnews.com/article/syracuse-new-york-fatal-shooting-police-officers-661e179c632393f3f9f741434abea2f0">said</a> it was a “dark day for Syracuse.”
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“This is our worst nightmare come true,” Walsh added, according to the Post. “And our thoughts right now are with the families of those two officers — those two heroes.”
Neither the fallen officer nor the deputy have been named, but Cecile said the officer had been on the job for about three years and was “very active, very proactive.”
Shelley said the deceased deputy was a “seasoned” law enforcement officer and was “very well-liked in his community.”
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, <a href="https://twitter.com/GovKathyHochul/status/1779846445463441543">posted</a> on X that she was “horrified by the senseless killing” of the officer and the deputy.
“My prayers are with their families, loved ones, and their colleagues,” she wrote. “New York will never forget their heroism and service.”

Police At Night

Police Officer And Sheriff’s Deputy Shot And Killed In Upstate New York

Police Officer And Sheriff's Deputy Shot And Killed In Upstate New York

Law Enforcement

The 18-year-old accused of killing a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tennessee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tennessee</a> police officer and injuring two others when they were responding to a suspicious vehicle call early Friday morning was out of jail on felony charges at the time of the incident.
While responding to the call, investigators say Memphis police officer Joseph McKinney was killed by Jaylen Lobley, who was in the vehicle and fired out at the officers. The other officers with McKinney <a href="https://wreg.com/news/local/two-memphis-police-officers-shot-rushed-to-hospital/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">returned fire</a> and two were injured by gunfire. One officer was hospitalized in non-critical condition and one received medical attention at the scene of the shooting.
Lobley was also killed during the shootout as police took two other suspects into custody as well, including a 17-year-old who was in critical condition. Lobley had been released from jail without bond by a Shelby County judge after being hit with weapon and theft felony charges last month, <a href="https://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/crime/man-mpd-officer-killed-shooting-released-from-jail-by-shelby-county-judge/522-42482bcb-d8b3-4124-a32c-855c48a807f1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to a report from ABC24. He was facing two counts of motor vehicle theft, unlawful possession of a weapon, and multiple vandalism charges. 
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SAY HIS NAME: Officer Joseph McKinney
He was gunned down in Memphis, TN by a criminal who was arrested just a few weeks earlier for possession of a firearm and was released without bail.
You won’t see this story on the MSM. <a href="https://t.co/tTTwG5FLDc">pic.twitter.com/tTTwG5FLDc</a>
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According to the report, Lobley was arrested on March 5 for car theft and police found him in possession of a handgun with an illegal modifier. The report said he admitted to police that he had stolen two cars. On March 7, a judge allowed him to go free without bond on his own recognizance. ABC24 reported that the judicial commissioner who approved the release was Christopher Ingram.
Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy <a href="https://www.scdag.com/news-releases/da-mulroy-issues-statement-on-officer-involved-shooting" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> that his office had “strongly argued against lowering the bond” for Lobley, “citing the defendant&#8217;s danger to the community.”
​​Memphis Police Association President Matt Cunningham ripped into the decision to allow Lobley back on the street.
“The suspect in this shooting was released from jail on his own recognizance — he got right back out on the street and armed himself, and got into a shooting with an officer who died, and he lost his life as well — and that’s tragic, too,” he <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/memphis-police-officer-teen-suspect-killed-early-morning-shootout-rcna147560" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> NBC News. “If he had been kept in jail, he would be alive himself. So that’s the situation here in Shelby County, we have to do something about the revolving door at our jail.”
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Tennessee Governor Bill Lee offered his prayers and support for McKinney’s family on Friday.
“Maria &amp; I are deeply saddened by the death of Memphis Police Officer Joseph McKinney while serving in the line of duty,” he posted on X. “Our prayers are with Officer McKinney’s family, the recovering officers &amp; the Memphis law enforcement community.”
Memphis, which has one of the <a href="https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-city-rankings/cities-with-most-murders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">worst</a> murder rates in the United States, had nearly 400 homicides in 2023.

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Man Suspected Of Killing Memphis Cop Was Out Of Jail On Felony Charges

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Memphis

Tennessee

Legacy media outlets have drawn criticism over their framing of an incident in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chicago" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chicago</a> where a 26-year-old man was killed by police after he fired at officers who had pulled him over for a traffic stop last month, according to an initial investigation and body camera footage.
Dexter Reed was killed after police pulled him over for a traffic stop in Chicago on March 21 after officers said he was not wearing a seatbelt. When officers attempted to speak with him, Reed locked himself in his vehicle and gunfire broke out leading officers to run away from the vehicle. According to the preliminary investigation from the civilian-operated Chicago Office of Police Accountability, Reed fired at the officers first, injuring one of them and shooting at least 11 times at them.
The police accountability report said that a &#8220;review of video footage and initial reports appears to confirm that Mr. Reed fired first, striking the officer and four officers returned fire.&#8221;
Footage released from the incident shows police officers walking up to Reed in his vehicle and asking him to roll down his windows. Reed does not immediately respond, but eventually, he does and an officer asks him what he is doing. He then locks the door and rolls up the window, ignoring the commands of the officer to unlock and open the door. Then gunfire breaks out and two officers can be seen running from the car for cover as they are shot at. Reed was killed after officers responded to the gunfire.
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Just in: part of more than 30 videos released this morning by @COPA_Chicago related to the &quot;exchange of gunfire&quot; resulting in the death of Dexter Reed last month. (Graphic)
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While much of the media coverage has focused on how many shots responding officers fired at Reed and complaints of excessive police force, little attention has been paid to indications that Reed fired at police first.
The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/04/10/dexter-reed-shooting-video-chicago-police/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">headline</a> read, “Police fire 96 shots in 41 seconds, killing Black man during traffic stop,” the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/police-shooting-chicago-officers-investigation-ca147a5ea386e70190f23bd6912445f0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ran</a> with “Deadly Chicago traffic stop where police fired 96 shots raises serious questions about use of force,” and USA Today <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/04/09/seatbelt-check-cops-fired-96-shots-at-black-motorist-killing-him/73265324007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">had</a>, &#8220;Seat belt violation ends with Black man dead on Chicago street after cops fired nearly 100 bullets.”
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The Post did not mention that investigators believe Reed fired first until the eighth paragraph while the AP leaves out that detail until the seventh paragraph. Both outlets also did not mention that Reed was <a href="https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/dexter-reed-shooting-questions-over-traffic-stop-cpd-use-of-force-remains-after-body-camera-video-released/3406215/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">facing</a> three counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and one count of possession of a firearm with a revoked FOID card, according to NBC Chicago.
Conservative commentators were quick to criticize media coverage of the incident, arguing legacy outlets were trying to foment unrest.
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The crucial fact that Reed fired on police officers first, injuring one, is not even mentioned until 8 paragraphs into the <a href="https://twitter.com/washingtonpost?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@washingtonpost</a> article by <a href="https://twitter.com/GuinnessKebab?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GuinnessKebab</a> (Jennifer Hassan). This is how the article begins, with a dishonest &amp; inflammatory narrative that police were just… <a href="https://t.co/04xt4EgfC8">pic.twitter.com/04xt4EgfC8</a>
&mdash; Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChristinaPushaw/status/1778164881251844447?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2024</a></blockquote>
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It takes six paragraphs for the <a href="https://twitter.com/AP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AP</a> to mention that Dexter Reed fired at the officers first. Eight for the <a href="https://twitter.com/washingtonpost?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@washingtonpost</a> in their article.
The articles base their reporting on the findings of Chicago&#39;s COPA, a citizen oversight board that has authority to review &quot;All… <a href="https://t.co/tCGfBDoL2t">https://t.co/tCGfBDoL2t</a>
&mdash; Bryan Griffin (@BryanDGriffin) <a href="https://twitter.com/BryanDGriffin/status/1778513039345504556?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 11, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Chicago Police are still reviewing the shooting, as is the civilian police review board, to determine whether the shooting was justified or not.

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Media Bury Key Detail About Police Shooting Of Man Facing Gun Charges

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Last year, a man in his mid-20&#8217;s named Dexter Reed was <a href="https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/dexter-reed-shooting-questions-over-traffic-stop-cpd-use-of-force-remains-after-body-camera-video-released/3406215/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">charged</a> with three counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and one count of possession of a firearm with a revoked &#8220;Firearms Owners Identification Card,&#8221; which is required in the state of Illinois before you can possess a weapon or ammunition. Because no one really spends time in jail in Illinois anymore, Reed was <a href="https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/dexter-reed-shooting-questions-over-traffic-stop-cpd-use-of-force-remains-after-body-camera-video-released/3406215/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">free</a> on pretrial release for these felony charges as recently as this past March.
It goes without saying that at that point, any functioning member of society who somehow found himself charged with these crimes would try to lay low for a bit. Maybe they&#8217;d keep their illegal guns at home, for example. But Dexter Reed did not choose that approach because he&#8217;s not a functioning member of society. Instead, in March, Reed went for a drive in an SUV wearing a ski mask and carrying a firearm. 
That&#8217;s when police say they noticed that Reed was breaking yet another law: he wasn&#8217;t wearing a seatbelt. Instead of cooperating with the traffic stop, this is what happened. I&#8217;m going to show two angles of this incident from police body cams. The second body cam is from an officer who was shot as this unfolded. Watch:
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It&#8217;s clear from this footage that Dexter Reed is wearing a ski mask and he&#8217;s not cooperating with the officers. They tell him to unlock the door and stop rolling up the windows, and he refuses for quite some time. Then the officers see something that clearly puts them in fear of their life. They back up, and shots begin ringing out. One officer is hit in the wrist, and he survives.
According to the <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2024/04/08/video-fatal-chicago-police-shooting-humboldt-park-dexter-reed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chicago Sun Times</a>: &#8220;Alderman Brian Hopkins, chairman of the City Council’s Public Safety Committee, said he&#8217;s been told 26-year-old Reed fired 11 shots through his car window in what Hopkins called &#8216;an attempt to kill police officers.&#8217; An empty gun was recovered at the scene, Hopkins said. &#8220;He fired 11 rounds at these police officers before he was eventually killed.&#8221;
As of now, police are still investigating this shooting. But Chicago&#8217;s Civilian Office of Police Accountability has determined that the evidence &#8220;appears to confirm&#8221; that Reed fired the first shot. And the video by itself shows that pretty clearly.
<h4><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/240411me">WATCH: The Matt Walsh Show</a></h4>
One social media user on Twitter, the account &#8220;<a href="https://x.com/ExposeDarkDeeds/status/1778286067931623896" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Expose Them</a>,&#8221; synced up footage from two of the body cams that Chicago police have released. The top bodycam is the one I just showed of the officer who got hit. The other bodycam is from a third officer on the scene. You can see that the first officer gets hit before the other officers fire:
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The footage is pretty clear evidence that the officers defended themselves. They should end the discussion entirely. But that hasn&#8217;t happened, because even before these body cams were released, professional agitators engaged in a concerted effort to turn Dexter Reed into a martyr.
A former Chicago mayoral candidate and BLM activist named Ja’Mal Green began <a href="https://cwbchicago.com/2024/04/videos-of-fatal-chicago-police-shootout-to-be-released-today-its-not-the-things-that-youve-been-told-top-cop-says.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posting</a> on social media this weekend that the footage would show an &#8220;execution.&#8221; He also &#8220;warned&#8221; about possible riots, which of course is exactly what Ja&#8217;Mal Green wants to happen.
And Green&#8217;s strategy appears to be working, at least so far.
This week crowds turned up outside a police station to heckle officers and make some of the most strained arguments imaginable. Watch:
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So they&#8217;re saying the cops couldn&#8217;t possibly have known whether he was breaking the seat belt law, because he was driving with heavily tinted windows, which is also against the law.
Apparently in BLM circles this is seen as a sort of checkmate, even though they&#8217;ve just provided an additional reason why police would have wanted to pull this guy over.
And then they argue that there&#8217;s no need for &#8220;armed officers&#8221; to enforce seat belt laws. Well, apparently there is, especially in a city like Chicago — because you never know when someone who&#8217;s not wearing a seatbelt might be out of jail on a felony gun charge, still packing heat and wearing a ski mask and ready to shoot at you for no reason.
All of that is irrelevant anyway. Even if they had no reason to pull him over — which they did — it still obviously doesn’t justify him shooting at the cops. You don’t get to shoot at the cops if you disagree with their reason for stopping you. I’ve been pulled over for seatbelt violations before. I found it annoying. I never considered murder as a response.
But the push to portray Dexter Reed as a victim continues anyway, because none of this is really about the facts. Alleged academics are getting involved, too. An English professor at Amherst named &#8220;Frank Leon Roberts&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/DrFrankRoberts/status/1778093938550706269" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote on</a> social media:
<blockquote>His name was Dexter Reed. Murdered in broad daylight by the Chicago Police Department. 96 shots in 41 seconds. 26 years old. His crime: not having his seatbelt on. This is America. Defund and abolish the police.</blockquote>
A few hours after the professor wrote that tweet, he deleted it and erased his entire Twitter account, maybe because it was a little too ridiculous — even by the standards of Amherst. But it wasn&#8217;t too absurd for the corporate press. They&#8217;ve also done everything they can to portray the police as the aggressors here.
Here&#8217;s how the Washington Post covered Dexter Reed&#8217;s traffic stop, for example. The <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/04/10/dexter-reed-shooting-video-chicago-police/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">headline</a> reads: &#8220;Police fire 96 shots in 41 seconds, killing Black man during traffic stop.&#8221;
So there&#8217;s nothing in there about what Dexter Reed did during the traffic stop. There&#8217;s no mention of the fact he opened fire on police officers. In fact, if you read the story, you won&#8217;t find any mention of Dexter Reed shooting his handgun until the eighth paragraph of the story. That&#8217;s not an exaggeration. They just ignore it until eight paragraphs in.
Instead, here&#8217;s what the Washington Post talks about first. This is from the beginning of their article. It&#8217;s as emotional and over-the-top as they possibly could have done it: 
<blockquote>Dexter Reed’s mother remembers the last time she saw her son alive. &#8230;. &#8216;He was just riding around in his car,&#8217; Dexter’s mother, Nicole Banks, [said] on Tuesday, as she broke down in tears. &#8216;They killed him.&#8217;</blockquote>
This is the footage they&#8217;re referencing:
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So Reed&#8217;s mother is out at press conferences crying and fainting on camera. I&#8217;m sure she is legitimately distraught given that her child was killed. But as always, there is no self-analysis, no moment of honest reflection where she wonders how she raised a child who would throw his life away for no reason during a traffic stop. Instead she blames the cops — and the lawsuit, I&#8217;m sure, will be close behind. And the Washington Post decides to lead with this, instead of an accurate description of what happened during the traffic stop.
It&#8217;s hard to think of a more deliberately dishonest way to frame the actions of an attempted cop-killer. And just for good measure, the Post puts a giant photo of Dexter Reed at some graduation ceremony from 5five years ago at the top of the article. They leave off his mug shot from his felony firearms arrest. This is the way it always goes with BLM martyrs. You never see graduation photos of anyone who makes the news for any reason — unless it’s a black guy killed by the cops.
On Twitter, a writer named Daniel Friedman <a href="https://twitter.com/DanFriedman81/status/1778253473441558700" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pointed out</a> the history of this tactic. It began after Michael Brown was shot ten years ago after fighting with a cop and trying to take his gun. Media outlets went on Brown&#8217;s Facebook, and then they used unflattering photos of Brown flashing gang signs in their coverage.
As Friedman writes, &#8220;Black Twitter reacted angrily. They said that the media was using images of Brown that stereotyped him. There was a trending hashtag &#8220;#if they gunned me down&#8221; of college students or professionals posting pictures of themselves looking like thugs in solidarity with Brown.&#8221;
So the media relented and swapped out the thug photos for graduation photos. And they&#8217;ve been doing that ever since.
In this case, the Washington Post wasn&#8217;t alone in whitewashing Reed&#8217;s actions. <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/09/us/dexter-reed-chicago-police-shooting-video/index.html">CNN</a> ran a similar headline that made no mention of Dexter Reed shooting at officers: &#8220;96 shots fired in a fatal traffic stop. Here’s what the bodycam footage shows.&#8221; The <a href="https://x.com/AP/status/1778251706389688495">AP</a> reported, &#8220;Deadly Chicago traffic stop where police fired 96 shots raises serious questions about use of force.&#8221;
It&#8217;s almost comical when you picture the editors carefully trying to construct these headlines so that they don&#8217;t mention the elephant in the room. It&#8217;s like imagining someone trying to describe the maiden voyage of the Titanic without saying anything about the whole iceberg thing.
But I&#8217;d be remiss if I mocked the media&#8217;s ridiculous coverage of this episode without mentioning the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13293555/black-lives-matter-protestors-chicago-police-dexter-reed-shooting.html">Daily Mail</a>. They chose to portray Dexter Reed as an &#8220;aspiring broadcaster.&#8221; So he&#8217;s not an attempted cop killer — he&#8217;s the next Tom Brokaw apparently: 
<blockquote>On Tuesday, Chicago Police released footage of the March 21 encounter which showed them firing 96 shots at Reed, even as he lay motionless on the ground outside his vehicle. The aspiring broadcaster&#8217;s death has reignited conversations around excessive police force against black people, though officers maintain Reed opened fire first.</blockquote>
At least they get around to suggesting that the officers were defending themselves. So there&#8217;s that. It&#8217;s easy to laugh at how absurd this is, but there&#8217;s a point to it. BLM and their allies in the media are desperate to find a new George Floyd before the election. They know Democrats stand a very real chance of losing power in November. So they&#8217;re using the same tactics they did four years ago.
George Floyd, we were told, wasn&#8217;t a home invader, thief and drug addict. They <a href="https://www.mprnews.org/story/2021/03/08/remembering-george-floyd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told us</a> he was a &#8220;Gentle giant&#8221; trying to &#8220;Get his life back on track.&#8221; Now we&#8217;re expected to believe that Dexter Reed is also some misunderstood pillar of the local community, instead of the degenerate he is. The plan is to cause riots, terrify everyone into voting the way they want, and force a &#8220;national reckoning on race&#8221; to promote more of their mediocre allies into positions of power. And they plan to accomplish all of that by lying about a dead thug.
This is a strategy we&#8217;re seeing more and more often as the election approaches. Last October, for example, the media tried to incite riots over the shooting death of Leonard Cure — a man who tried to kill a police officer on camera during a traffic stop. There&#8217;s no dispute about this. It&#8217;s on tape. Watch:
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After seeing that footage, here was the Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/10/18/leonard-cure-exoneration-shooting-death/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">headline</a>: &#8220;Deputy fatally shoots man who served 16 years for wrongful conviction.&#8221; The article begins: &#8220;Leonard Cure, who was exonerated in 2020, was killed by a Georgia sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop Monday &#8230; The deputy used a Taser and a baton before shooting Cure.&#8221;
The Post didn&#8217;t get around to mentioning that Cure tried to murder the deputy until 14 paragraphs into the story. And even then, they describe it as carefully as they can. They say Cure was &#8220;forcefully grappling with the deputy and pushing the deputy’s head back with his hand.&#8221; That&#8217;s the Post&#8217;s way of saying that he was trying to choke the officer to death. And of course, Ben Crump came out and <a href="https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1716237599235326460">declared</a> that Cure had been shot simply for being black.
That effort didn&#8217;t catch on in quite the way the media and BLM activists had hoped. So now they&#8217;re trying again. And they will continue to try until one of two things happen. Either they get the riots they want and terrorize millions of people into voting for Democrats out of fear — or, for once, normal, sane people stand up and say what&#8217;s obvious. And that&#8217;s the fact that Dexter Reed and Leonard Cure and all of these BLM &#8220;heroes&#8221; are the dregs of society. They are not role models and they are not victims. They are, in fact, the cause of many serious problems that cities like Chicago are experiencing right now. That&#8217;s the only message that can put an end to these riots before they start, and avert a repeat of the pillaging we saw in 2020. It happens to be a message that most Americans believe, even if they&#8217;re afraid to say it. But as unpleasant as it may be, it&#8217;s time we started saying it.

2020 Chicago Auto Show Media Preview – Day 1

The Media Nominates Their New George Floyd

Police in the nation&#8217;s capital are not stopping illegal aliens who are driving around without license plates, according to a new report.
The Daily Signal <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/08/dc-not-enforcing-license-plate-laws-illegal-immigrants-driving-motorized-bikes/">interviewed</a> numerous individuals who admitted to being in the U.S. illegally and working as food delivery drivers using motorbikes that do not have license plates, indicating that the vehicles are not insured or registered.
D.C. law forces virtually every type of  motorized vehicle to be registered and to display a license plate while the operator of the vehicle must be insured and possess a valid driver&#8217;s license.
The publication launched an investigation into the uptick of motorized bikes buzzing around D.C. without license plates and found that D.C. police &#8220;do not appear to be enforcing registration laws.&#8221;
Retailers of motorized bikes in the area said that the D.C. police &#8220;don’t give any attention&#8221; to the illegal aliens breaking the law by driving around without a license or license plate.
The report said that the store, which was not identified, assisted in helping the illegal aliens break the law:
<blockquote>The bike shop employee said drivers don’t need a license to operate a 49cc (or lower) bike. He then proceeded to explain that the shop only sells 50+ cc bikes before showing The Daily Signal a drawer full of license plates that read “49cc.”
The seller, unaware that he was speaking to members of the media, said the shop puts “49cc” plates on the bikes to deflect suspicion over the actual motor size.</blockquote>
The publication spoke to roughly a dozen people driving around without license plates and most of the drivers said that they &#8220;had crossed the southern border illegally.&#8221;
None of the drivers, including one-U.S. citizen, had a legitimate license plate and none of the drivers would identify themselves.
The illegal aliens confirmed that D.C. police do nothing to enforce the law when it comes to having the proper license, registration, and insurance.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police Department claimed to the publication that the illegal aliens who were illegally operating the motorized bikes were “testing their luck.”
D.C. police claimed to the publication that they were &#8220;working to strengthen MPD’s traffic enforcement.&#8221;

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D.C. Police Not Stopping Illegal Aliens Driving Without License Plates: Report

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Country singer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/morgan-wallen">Morgan Wallen</a> was taken into custody on felony charges Sunday night, per local police records.
The 30-year-old was arrested after allegedly throwing a chair off the roof of a bar in downtown <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nashville">Nashville</a>, according to <a href="https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/nashville/country-singer-morgan-wallen-arrested-in-nashville-after-throwing-chair-from-bar-rooftop-docs/">WKRN</a>. Police officers were reportedly standing in front of Chiefs Bar on Broadway at around 10:53 p.m. when the chair crashed to the ground in front of them. The officers went inside to investigate, eventually determining that Wallen had thrown the chair.
Witnesses reportedly described seeing Wallen “pick up the chair, throw it over him, laughing afterward.”
The “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/country-music">Last Night</a>” singer was charged with three counts of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/crime">reckless endangerment</a> and disorderly conduct. He was booked at Metro Jail early Monday morning and released, the report said.
Wallen’s attorney issued a short statement confirming the incident.
Wallen is currently on his “One Night at a Time Tour 2024,” which kicked off at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on April 4. He made headlines last week for joking about Taylor Swift at that show.
&#8220;This is the single most attended concert in the history of this building, and we’re the first to do it for two nights in a row,” Wallen told the assembled crowd. &#8220;I’m going to say that until Taylor Swift comes to town in the fall,&#8221; he added.
This quip was met with a chorus of booing from many concert attendees.
&#8220;We ain’t gotta boo, we ain’t gotta boo,&#8221; Wallen <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/morgan-wallen-fans-boo-taylor-swift-after-he-makes-joke-about-attendance-records-we-aint-gotta-boo">said</a>.
He continued, &#8220;I appreciate that. I know ya’ll got my back,&#8221; before starting to play his song, &#8220;One Thing at a Time.&#8221;
After the success of the tour in 2023, Wallen extended his touring schedule to include multiple U.S. stops throughout 2024. “Thank y’all for an insanely fun and fulfilling 2023 tour,” Wallen <a href="https://www.billboard.com/music/country/morgan-wallen-adds-2024-stadium-tour-dates-1235420868/">said</a> in a statement last September.  “It was impossible for me to hit every stadium that I wanted to in 2023, so we’re gonna keep this tour going in 2024. See y’all out there!”
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Each stop will include three opening acts from different country stars, including Jelly Roll, Lainey Wilson, Bailey Zimmerman, Jon Pardi, Nate Smith, Bryan Martin, Lauren Watkins, and Ella Langley. 
The singer’s next scheduled performance date is April 20 in Oxford, Mississippi.

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Morgan Wallen Arrested After Throwing Chair From Roof Of Nashville Bar: Report

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Vanderbilt University has expelled, suspended, or disciplined at least 27 students after an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/unhinged-vanderbilt-protesters-call-911-for-one-to-change-her-tampon-resort-to-peeing-in-bottles-to-avoid-arrest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">anti-Israel sit-in protest</a> went off the wall last week.
Provost Cybele Raver said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/sfmcguire79/status/1776427584307220614" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> that the university&#8217;s Student Accountability, Community Standards, and Academic Integrity Staff reviewed the protest and conducted interviews with students before issuing &#8220;a range of findings and sanctions that took the individual circumstances of each student&#8217;s conduct into account.&#8221; The provost added that the review led to disciplinary probation, suspension, and even expulsion for some students.
It was unclear how many students were expelled, but student-run newspaper The Vanderbilt Hustler <a href="https://vanderbilthustler.com/2024/04/03/students-speak-out-against-suspension-of-kirkland-hall-sit-in-protesters/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> earlier this week that 27 students had been suspended for their participation in the protest, which took place in Kirkland Hall, an administrative building on the Vanderbilt campus that was closed for construction. Three students were also arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault after they pushed past a Community Service Officer to enter the building, and a fourth student was charged with vandalism for allegedly breaking a window, WSMV <a href="https://www.wsmv.com/2024/04/05/suspensions-expulsions-issued-after-vanderbilt-student-protest-turned-violent/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Vanderbilt University posted footage from Kirkland Hall showing the large group of students overwhelming the officer as they charged into the building.
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&#8220;Students have 10 days to appeal their case to the university&#8217;s Appellate Review Board, a body consisting of faculty and students,&#8221; the provost&#8217;s statement added.
After making their way into the administrative building on March 26, students remained for around 21 hours to protest the administration&#8217;s decision to stop the student government from voting on an anti-Israel referendum. Videos posted to social media show some of the student protesters panicking as they worried they would be arrested if they left the building to use the bathroom.
Others complained that “Vanderbilt administration is starving protesters” after the officers monitoring the sit-in were brought food from Panera Bread for themselves.
“Vanderbilt administration prohibited students from receiving food from outside Kirkland and students are currently peeing in bottles,” one graphic posted by students about the sit-in claims.
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Protesters also called emergency medical services for a woman who said that she was at risk of toxic shock because she was not able to change her tampon and cited concerns that she would be arrested if she left the building.
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UPDATE: some of the students seem to be panicking.
They called 9-1-1 because they’re worried one of them could go into toxic shock.
They’re also worried she’ll be arrested if she leaves the building. <a href="https://t.co/U08EzaYLG2">https://t.co/U08EzaYLG2</a> <a href="https://t.co/NrXAQvuxeu">pic.twitter.com/NrXAQvuxeu</a>
&mdash; Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) <a href="https://twitter.com/sfmcguire79/status/1772809758673629347?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 27, 2024</a></blockquote>
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In her statement, Provost Raver said the university understands that students&#8217; choices come with &#8220;costly consequences.&#8221;
&#8220;The gravity of this situation and these outcomes weighs heavily on those of us charged with carrying out our responsibility as leaders; we fully understand that student choices and decisions can lead to serious and costly consequences,” said Raver.
Spencer Lindquist contributed to this report.

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Burglars broke into a Los Angeles money storage facility on Easter Sunday, avoiding the alarm system before making out with as much as $30 million in cash, a law enforcement official said on Wednesday.
The heist marks one of the largest in the city’s history and has left authorities baffled by how it was pulled off, The Los Angeles Times <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-04-03/sylmar-burglary-money-storage-facility-30-million" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. LAPD Cmdr. Elaine Morales said the burglary occurred at night at an unnamed facility in the suburb of Sylmar. The burglars appeared to have broken into the facility through the roof and breached a safe in the building where money from businesses in the area is stored.
The massive theft wasn’t discovered until the facility’s operators went in on Monday and opened the safe. It was unclear how the burglars avoided the alarm system, and the safe showed no signs of a break-in, according to the Times. Law enforcement sources also told the outlet that very few people knew that the safe was holding a huge amount of cash.
&#8220;It&#8217;s just mind blowing that you would never suspect it,&#8221; a man who works at the facility told <a href="https://abc7.com/la-heist-millions-stolen-from-money-storage-facility-sylmar-easter-sunday/14614219/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ABC 7</a>. &#8220;$30 million in the Valley, gone. How? Why? I&#8217;m still trying to process it. Was it an inside job? Was it just one person? Was it a group? You know, there&#8217;s a lot of questions.&#8221;
The LAPD, along with the FBI, is investigating the heist.
&#8220;The LAPD and the FBI have a joint investigation into an alleged burglary that occurred on Sunday evening, March 31, 2024. No additional information related to the incident is being released,&#8221; the agencies <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/massive-heist-nets-lost-estimated-at-tens-of-millions-of-dollars/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a joint statement.
Previously, the largest cash heist in L.A.’s history took place in 1997 when burglars stole nearly $19 million from an armored truck facility, the Times reported. Two people were later caught by police and <a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-feb-28-me-31376-story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">convicted</a> for the robbery.
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Nearly two years ago, thieves took as much as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/millions-stolen-from-armored-truck-in-california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$100 million in jewelry</a> from an armored truck. The heist began and ended in 27 minutes while one of the truck’s drivers was asleep in the vehicle and the other driver was eating inside a Flying J truck stop. Authorities have yet to solve the L.A. jewelry heist.

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Burglars Take Millions In Cash From Money Storage Facility In One Of L.A.’s Largest Heists Ever

Burglars Take Millions In Cash From Money Storage Facility In One Of L.A.'s Largest Heists Ever

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Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> has gained the endorsement of one of the largest police unions in Michigan as he looks to shore up support in the vital battleground state ahead of the 2024 election.
The Police Officers Association of Michigan (POAM) endorsed Trump after the former president finished making remarks at an event with law enforcement in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Tuesday. POAM President James Tignanelli cited the ongoing border crisis under the Biden administration as a main reason the union was backing Trump for the White House. POAM also endorsed Trump in 2016 and 2020.
&#8220;Why would you expect people to obey the law when millions are rewarded for disobeying it?&#8221; Tignanelli asked before announcing the union&#8217;s endorsement of Trump. &#8220;We need you to make America look great again.&#8221;
“On behalf of 12,000 Law Enforcement people that the Police Officers Association of Michigan represent—We want you to accept our endorsement for President of the United States,” Tignanelli added.
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“On behalf of 12,000 Law Enforcement people that the Police Officers Association of Michigan represent—We want you to accept our endorsement for President of the United States.” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LESM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LESM</a> <a href="https://t.co/hXSnnPp7gW">pic.twitter.com/hXSnnPp7gW</a>
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The POAM president also discussed Trump&#8217;s presence at the wake of slain NYPD officer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-calls-for-return-to-law-and-order-at-wake-for-slain-ny-police-officer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jonathan Diller</a> last month, saying what Trump did &#8220;brought honor to every police officer, every deputy sheriff, every law enforcement officer.&#8221;
&#8220;Wherever we were in this country, when we saw what you did &#8230; that&#8217;s a boost for all of us,&#8221; said Tignanelli.
POAM&#8217;s endorsement came minutes after Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/every-state-is-now-a-border-state-trump-visits-michigan-to-address-illegal-immigrants-alleged-murder-of-25-year-old-woman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">addressed the murder</a> of 25-year-old Ruby Garcia, a Grand Rapids woman who was allegedly killed by an illegal immigrant last month. During his remarks on “Biden’s border bloodbath,” Trump discussed how the suspect, Brandon Ortiz-Vite, also 25, was deported under his administration before again entering the U.S. illegally. Garcia’s body was found with multiple gunshot wounds on the side of a highway in late March before Ortiz-Vite was arrested and charged just a few days later.
The former president said he spoke to some of Garcia’s family who are now “left grieving for this incredible young woman.”
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“They said she had just this most contagious laughter, and when she walked into a room, she lit up that room,” Trump added.
Trump argued that the ongoing crisis under Biden means “every state is now a border state, every town is now a border town because Joe Biden has brought the carnage and chaos and killing from all over the world and dumped it straight into our backyards.”
While POAM&#8217;s third endorsement of Trump comes with no surprise, the support of a 12,000-member-strong police union in the vital battleground state of Michigan is another win for the former president who is seeking to ride his current momentum into November. According to the <a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/general/2024/michigan/trump-vs-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RealClearPolitcs average</a> of polling data, Trump leads Biden in Michigan by more than three percentage points. Trump won the state over Hillary Clinton in 2016 before falling to Biden in Michigan in 2020.

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