A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/florida" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Florida</a> man allegedly killed his own mother because she never &#8220;pushed&#8221; him to &#8220;be a man.&#8221;
The Osceola County, Florida, Sheriff&#8217;s Department responded to a report of a possible stabbing in the city of Kissimmee just after 4 p.m. local time on Tuesday. Upon arriving at the residence, police found a woman dead, and another woman with severe lacerations on her hands. Police later arrested the suspect, who confessed to stabbing his mother to death.
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&#8220;On November 29, 2022, at approximately 4:13 PM, the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a possible stabbing at a residence in Kissimmee,&#8221; the sheriff&#8217;s office wrote in a statement on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/osceolasheriff/posts/pfbid0zWmoyvuqzHXMHv3wqW1ZYauy1mw6rKue7sDPygs7MKBtipNEkPYnDG3cNeCvKoUhl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook</a>. &#8220;Upon arrival, it was determined that one female was deceased, and another female had severe lacerations to her hands.&#8221;
A motion for pre-trial detention from Florida&#8217;s Ninth Judicial Circuit Court, obtained by <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-man-confesses-killing-mom-never-pushed-man-authorities-say-rcna59820" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBC News</a>, revealed that the suspect&#8217;s sister was the one who was injured.
“The victim heard their mother screaming for her life,&#8221; the documents stated. &#8220;When the victim came out of her room, she observed the defendant stabbing their mother multiple times with a kitchen knife,” the motion said. “The victim attempted to intervene and sustained multiple deep lacerations to her hands from the defendant cutting her.”
Shortly after police arrived on the scene, they located the suspect, identified as Matthew Stewart Sisley, a short distance away from the home. The suspect was taken to the Sheriff&#8217;s Office, where he confessed to intentionally stabbing his mother and accidentally stabbing his sister.
The sheriff&#8217;s office released a partial transcript of the interview:
<blockquote>Detective: “Do you think your mom deserved to get stabbed?”
Suspect: “Yes.”
Detective: “Why?”
Suspect: “Because she never pushed me to be a man.”
Detective: “Do you regret doing it?”
Suspect: “No. I would do it again.”</blockquote>
Police went on to state that the suspect had been booked into the Osceola County Jail on the charge of domestic aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. Additional charges would follow.
NBC News reported that as of Friday, the suspect was still in jail; an additional charge of premeditated murder had been added to his record. The suspect&#8217;s bond was set at $0; prosecutors in the motion for pre-trial detention had asked the court to hold the suspect without bail, NBC News added.
Elsewhere in Florida, a Jacksonville Sheriff&#8217;s Officer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/police-release-footage-of-florida-cop-who-cant-swim-saving-infant-from-drowning" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saved the life</a> of an infant drowning in a retention pond in June. Video posted by the JSO on Facebook showed Officer Me’Atia Sanderson rushing to help the child, pulling him out of the water, then performing CPR until paramedics arrived.
“As a patrol officer in Zone 4 (Westside), Ofc. Sanderson was working on June 9th of this year when JSO and the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department were dispatched to an infant drowning in a retention pond,&#8221; the office captioned the video. &#8220;Sanderson was the first to arrive on scene and was alerted that the infant was still in the water. Ofc. Sanderson, who does not know how to swim herself, without a second’s hesitation, entered the pond to retrieve the child and performed CPR until she was relieved by other responding officers. Her actions, while putting her own life at risk, undoubtedly saved the child’s life.”
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Florida Man Stabs His Own Mother To Death ‘Because She Never Pushed Me To Be A Man’

Florida Man Stabs His Own Mother To Death 'Because She Never Pushed Me To Be A Man'

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U.S.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors, in an unprecedented move, has approved using remote-controlled robots armed with deadly explosives.
The San Francisco Police Department claimed they would use such robots to breach buildings or “contact, incapacitate, or disorient violent, armed, or dangerous” suspects when lives are at stake, according to a spokesman for the department. The Board of Supervisors’ approval must now be passed in a second vote by the board and then get approved by San Francisco Mayor London Breed before the robots can be used.
“Some of the supervisors said they are concerned police will disproportionately use lethal robots on Black and other people of color,” <a href="https://theweek.com/lgbtq/1018836/senate-passes-respect-for-marriage-act-putting-marriage-equality-protections-a-big" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Week</a> reported.
Supervisor Connie Chan <a href="https://apnews.com/article/police-san-francisco-government-and-politics-d26121d7f7afb070102932e6a0754aa5">stated</a>, “According to state law, we are required to approve the use of these equipments. So here we are, and it’s definitely not a[n] easy discussion.”
But Democrat Shamann Wilson, president of the Board of Supervisors, contended, “Most law enforcement weapons are used against people of color. I’m really just stunned that we’re here talking about this.”
Only three senior police leaders have the power to authorize such actions, and they can only do so after other tactics have been attempted or the suspect cannot be subdued any other way.
Former Los Angeles Police Department Lieutenant Adam Bercovici <a href="https://gizmodo.com/police-robots-kill-san-francisco-vote-authorizes-1849835184" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Washington Post, “If I was in charge, and I had that capability, it wouldn’t be the first on my menu. But it would be an option if things were really bad.”
The Oakland Police Department had considered using similar robots but backtracked after the idea elicited harsh reaction. “The only known use of lethal robots by a U.S. police department <a href="https://theweek.com/speedreads/635079/dallas-shooter-wrote-walls-blood-final-moments" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was in Dallas in 2016</a>, when police used a robot armed with explosives to kill a sniper who had ambushed and killed five officers,” The Week noted.
That sniper was caught in a parking garage and killed by police with a robot-operated pound of C-4 explosive, which was <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/11/30/san-francisco-police-robots-kill/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">guided by an extending arm</a> toward the suspect. Dallas Police Chief David Brown <a href="https://theweek.com/obituaries/1018840/former-chinese-leader-jiang-zemin-dies-at-96" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated,</a> “You have to trust your people to make the calls. We believe that we saved lives by making this decision,” adding, “I appreciate critics, but they&#8217;re not on the ground, their lives are not being put at risk by debating what tactics to take.”

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In the spirit of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/thanksgiving" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Thanksgiving</a>, a sheriff in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kansas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kansas</a> pardoned a turkey who broke into a family home.
The Douglas County Sheriff&#8217;s Office pardoned the wild turkey, given the name &#8220;Tom,&#8221; on Facebook Wednesday, after he broke into the home on November 10. The office also posted body cam footage of two sheriff&#8217;s deputies as they caught the fowl in a bedroom, removed it from the home, then released it back into the wild.
&#8220;In the spirit of Thanksgiving, Sheriff [Jay] Armbrister has pardoned a Douglas County turkey from any criminal damage charges,&#8221; DCSO <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dgsosheriff/videos/1295027421290239/?extid=NS-UNK-UNK-UNK-IOS_GK0T-GK1C" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> on Facebook. &#8220;Tom the Turkey broke through a window and into a Douglas County resident’s home on Nov. 10. Thanks to the quick thinking and good work of Master Deputy Dunkle and Deputy Bonner, they were able to safely remove the bird from inside the home and set him free&#8230; the Sheriff’s Office is thankful for the work of our deputies and their efforts to go above and beyond for the community. #HappyThanksgiving.&#8221;
The body cam video begins with a brief introductory text. &#8220;The call you are about to witness is true,&#8221; it reads. &#8220;The names of turkeys involved have been changed to protect the innocent. Call him Tom.&#8221; In the video, the two deputies can be seen cornering the turkey in a bedroom. &#8220;Well, let&#8217;s just see what we got,&#8221; one of the deputies says. &#8220;He&#8217;s a little fired up, too.&#8221; A graphic on the screen informs viewers that the turkey broke into the home through a window. &#8220;Hey fella,&#8221; the deputy says. &#8220;What you doin&#8217;, old man, huh? What you doin&#8217; up here?&#8221;
&#8220;Yeah, this is my first time with a turkey,&#8221; the deputy tells the concerned homeowner.
&#8220;He&#8217;s staring at me,&#8221; says the other deputy. &#8220;I don&#8217;t like this.&#8221;
&#8220;Oh, he ain&#8217;t gonna hurt you too bad,&#8221; the first deputy responds.
The two deputies stretch out a blanket; one of the deputies throws it over the bird and grabs it. But the turkey escapes his grasp and tries to fly out another window in the room. The deputy then hands the blanket to his partner, who wrangles it and carries it out. &#8220;You&#8217;ve got enough feathers in here for a feather duster, ma&#8217;am,&#8221; the deputy carrying the turkey jokes to the homeowner.
&#8220;I must&#8217;ve taken all the fight out of him,&#8221; his partner jokes as the deputy carries the turkey downstairs and out of the house. The deputy then lets the turkey out of the blanket, and the bird runs into the woods nearby. The homeowner then thanks the two deputies profusely.
Earlier this week, President Joe Biden gave pardons to two turkeys from being stuffed at family tables for Thanksgiving, a tradition that dates back to the 19th century. According to the <a href="https://www.whitehousehistory.org/pardoning-the-thanksgiving-turkey" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White House Historical Association</a>, President Abraham Lincoln was the first to issue clemency for a turkey in 1863. Turkeys were sent to the White House as gifts from the 1870s onward. The tradition itself stemmed from an offhand remark made by President John F. Kennedy in 1963; The Washington Post reported Kennedy&#8217;s comment, &#8220;let&#8217;s keep him going,&#8221; as both a &#8220;pardon&#8221; and a &#8220;reprieve.&#8221; The practice of sending the turkey to a farm began under Richard Nixon, and the formality of the pardon started under George H.W. Bush.

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‘In The Spirit Of Thanksgiving’: Sheriff Pardons Turkey That Broke Into Family Home

Kansas Sheriff Pardons Turkey That Broke Into Family Home 'In The Spirit Of Thanksgiving'

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Kansas

Thanksgiving

San Francisco authorities proposed a new “dystopian” policy heading for approval next week that would license department robots to kill suspects who threaten the lives of citizens and police officers in the crime-ridden city.
San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) drafted the blueprint for officers to use its military-style weapons, which includes 17 remote-controlled robots available in its inventory that are typically used for defusing bombs or surveilling areas too difficult for authorities to access.
“Robots will only be used as a deadly force option when risk of loss of life to members of the public or officers is imminent and outweighs any other force option available to SFPD,” the <a href="https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&amp;ID=11449771&amp;GUID=9FC57C5A-6E68-4485-A989-632C3837B909" target="_blank" rel="noopener">policy</a> reads.
The proposal also authorizes authorities to use the robots for “training and simulations, criminal apprehensions, critical incidents, exigent circumstances, executing a warrant or during suspicious device assessments.”
SFPD Officer Eve Laokwansathitaya told <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/23/23475817/san-francisco-police-department-robots-deadly-force" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Verge</a> the department has always had the ability to use lethal force when a suspect threatens the lives of officers or members of the public after all other force options are unavailable.
“SFPD does not have any sort of specific plan in place as the unusually dangerous or spontaneous operations where SFPD’s need to deliver deadly force via robot would be a rare and exceptional circumstance,” Laokwansathitaya said.
SFPD Officer Robert Rueca told Mission Local the department has never used robots to attack anyone.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has reviewed the policy over the last several weeks.
Supervisor Aaron Peskin, who serves on the Board of Supervisors Rules Committee, attempted to add a line saying, “Robots shall not be used as a Use of Force against any person,” according to<a href="https://missionlocal.org/2022/11/killer-robots-to-be-permitted-under-sfpd-draft-policy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Mission Local</a>.
But within the following week, authorities struck out the revision.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors will meet on November 29 to discuss the issue.
Local law enforcement agencies across California started proposing plans to use military weapons after state lawmakers passed <a href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB481" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AB 481</a> last year. The law mandates every police force to report how authorities use military weapons such as drones, mobile command centers, and sound cannons that the United States military has supplied for years.
Under the new law, city officials can accept or reject how the weapons are used annually.
The Intercept <a href="https://theintercept.com/2022/10/17/police-robot-gun-oakland/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> last month that California’s Oakland Police Department considered allowing shotgun-equipped Remotec F5A robots to use deadly force. However, the department posted on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=481494470688453&amp;set=a.302728881898347" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook</a> that it decided against adding “armed remote vehicles to the department.”
While some say the law would provide more accountability and transparency to a militarized police force, opponents argue it has gone too far.
Tifanei Moyer, senior staff attorney at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, told <a href="https://missionlocal.org/2022/11/killer-robots-to-be-permitted-under-sfpd-draft-policy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mission Local</a> said the policy is not standard and that legal professionals and citizens should reject the idea.
“We are living in a dystopian future, where we debate whether the police may use robots to execute citizens without a trial, jury, or judge,” Moyer said.
Jennifer Tu, a fellow with the American Friends Service Committee, has watched how local law enforcement agencies are implementing the new state law.
“My suspicion is that most policies will have left room for robots to use force,” Tu told Mission Local. “There is a really big difference between hurting someone right in front of you, and hurting someone via a video screen.”
Robot maker groups like Boston Dynamic signed a <a href="https://www.bostondynamics.com/open-letter-opposing-weaponization-general-purpose-robots" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pledge</a> last month refusing to allow the weaponization of robots. “We believe that adding weapons to robots that are remotely or autonomously operated &#8230; raises new risks of harm and serious ethical issues.”

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‘We Are Living In A Dystopian Future:’ San Francisco Police Introduce Policy Granting Robots A License To Kill

San Francisco Police Introduce Policy Allowing Robots To Use Deadly Force

California

Military Weapons

Technology

Law enforcement on Tuesday released body cam footage of a Florida police officer saving an infant from drowning, despite being unable to swim herself.
Jacksonville Sheriff&#8217;s Officer Me&#8217;Atia Sanderson saved the life of an infant drowning in a retention pond in June. The video showed Sanderson rushing to help the child, pulling him out of the water, then performing CPR until paramedics arrived.
In the body cam video, Officer Sanderson arrives at an apartment complex and immediately dashes toward a retention pond behind one of the buildings. &#8220;Help! Over here!&#8221; A woman can be heard shouting. Sanderson rushes towards her. &#8220;Where&#8217;s the baby at?&#8221; the officer asks.
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&#8220;In the pond,&#8221; the distraught woman responds, pointing into the water. &#8220;He&#8217;s somewhere under there,&#8221; she adds.
Spotting the infant in the water, Sanderson and the woman both rush into the water. &#8220;Oh s***, Oh Lord,&#8221; Sanderson exclaims as she wades into the pond.
&#8220;I&#8217;m getting him, I&#8217;m getting him,&#8221; she continued.
The camera is fully underwater for several seconds as Sanderson can be seen retrieving the baby from the water, then clambering back onto the grass.
&#8220;Put him down,&#8221; she tells a man standing over the child. Sanderson then performs CPR on the child. &#8220;Come on baby,&#8221; she says as she compresses the infant&#8217;s chest and performs mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Paramedics arrive shortly afterward.
The Jacksonville Sherriff&#8217;s Office saluted Sanderson in a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=470283288541464" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook post</a> included with the video.
&#8220;Ofc. Me’Atia Sanderson joined JSO in March of 2019,&#8221; the post read. &#8220;As a patrol officer in Zone 4 (Westside), Ofc. Sanderson was working on June 9th of this year when JSO and the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department were dispatched to an infant drowning in a retention pond. Sanderson was the first to arrive on scene and was alerted that the infant was still in the water. Ofc. Sanderson, who does not know how to swim herself, without a second’s hesitation, entered the pond to retrieve the child and performed CPR until she was relieved by other responding officers. Her actions, while putting her own life at risk, undoubtedly saved the child’s life.&#8221;
Earlier this year, Florida Highway Patrol officers also saved a driver and passenger from drowning in a retention pond, a rescue that required <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/police-snipers-protect-rescue-divers-in-alligator-infested-pond-after-florida-car-accident" target="_blank" rel="noopener">police snipers</a> to protect rescue divers from alligators, as The Daily Wire reported.
The driver of the vehicle lost control while trying to get on an exit ramp off the Florida Turnpike. The vehicle then overturned and slid into the pond. Footage of the dramatic rescue showed at least one police officer lying on the bank of the pond in a prone position, looking down the sights of a rifle towards the pond.
Other images from local media showed other officers carrying rifles at different areas around the banks and at least one alligator swimming in the pond with its head above water.
Divers were able to rescue the two people in the vehicle, but one of them died at a local hospital shortly afterward.

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Police Release Footage Of Florida Cop Who Can’t Swim Saving Infant From Drowning

Police Release Footage Of Florida Cop Who Can't Swim Saving Infant From Drowning 

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A bomb threat reported at a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/louisiana" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Louisiana</a> polling location has led to a change of venue and increased security, according to the secretary of state.
Louisana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin announced the change of the polling location from the Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy on Loyola Drive in Baton Rouge to Audubon Elementary School on Tuesday.
“I am exceedingly grateful to Kenner Chief of Police Keith Conley and Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joe Lopinto for their prompt response and thorough investigation, which appears to show that this was never targeted toward voters or election workers. I also applaud our department&#8217;s elections staff and Jefferson Parish Clerk of Court Jon Gegenheimer for this quick response to move the location and inform voters of the emergency move,&#8221; Ardoin said in a <a href="https://www.sos.la.gov/Pages/NewsAndEvents.aspx#faq393" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.
Personnel have been stationed at the original location to direct voters to the new venue. Voters signed up for electronic notifications were notified by email.
&#8220;It was not a threat to elections, voters or election workers,&#8221; John Tobler, a spokesman for the Louisiana secretary of state, said, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/louisiana-kenner-discovery-school-bomb-threat-polling-site-midterms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> Fox News.
The Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy was closed due to Election Day and was being used as a polling site. The bomb threat could be related to an earlier threat received on Thursday, according to the Kenner Police Department&#8217;s Twitter account.
&#8220;Kenner Police are on scene investigating and trying to determine if this will be related to a bomb threat the school received on Thursday, November 3, 2022,&#8221; the account tweeted.
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‼️ Kenner Discovery School received a bomb threat earlier this morning. Kenner Police are on scene investigating and trying to determine if this will be related to a bomb threat the school received on Thursday, November 3, 2022. ‼️ <a href="https://t.co/A1q9ZxzbAS">pic.twitter.com/A1q9ZxzbAS</a>
&mdash; Kenner PD (@KennerPolice) <a href="https://twitter.com/KennerPolice/status/1590013448292773888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2022</a></blockquote>
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In the previous threat, all students and staff were evacuated from campus.
&#8220;All middle and high school students have evacuated the Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy Loyola and Vintage campuses due to an electronic bomb threat called into the high school demanding bitcoin payment. The Kenner Police and Fire Departments are searching the buildings,&#8221; the school&#8217;s Chief Executive Officer Dr. Patty Glaser said in a <a href="https://www.wdsu.com/article/kenner-discovery-bomb-threat-evacuation/41857790#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> following the incident.
&#8220;Middle and High school students have been safely evacuated and their transport home arranged. Teachers and staff are also out of the buildings,&#8221; she added. No bomb was found.
All voting booths have been moved to Audubon Elementary and no interruption to voting is expected, Jefferson Parish Clerk of Court John Gegenheimer <a href="https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/local/louisiana-elections-bomb-threat-polling-place-moved-kenner/289-a87e27b7-7b0f-4cbc-8d9f-d59ba16306f2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> 4WWL-TV Louisiana. The new location is less than two miles from the original site.
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Voting at Kenner Discovery for Precinct K007A &amp; K007B is now located at Audubon Elementary (200 West Loyola Dr. in Kenner). Voters with questions about their polling location should call the Louisiana Secretary of State’s Election Hotline at 800-883-2805
&mdash; Jefferson Parish (@JeffParishGov) <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffParishGov/status/1590011624047644672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The bomb threat comes amid growing concerns of potential violence during the midterm elections. The elections are predicted to lead to a win for Republicans seeking power in the House of Representatives and a close battle for the Senate following two years of Democratic leadership in both chambers under the Biden administration.

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Bomb Threat At Louisiana Polling Location; Site Moved, Secretary Of State Reports

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Louisiana

A former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York City</a> cop has been convicted of murdering his 8-year-old autistic son, who died of hypothermia after being left in an unheated garage over night. 
Ex-cop Michael Valva, 43, was <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/04/nyregion/nypd-officer-son-freezing-death-guilty.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found</a> guilty of second degree murder by a jury in Long Island after his son Thomas died in January 2020 when he went into cardiac arrest due to being stuck in frigid conditions. The temperature in the garage, <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/11/04/ex-nypd-cop-michael-valva-found-guilty-of-murdering-autistic-son/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">where</a> Thomas was locked with his brother Anthony for up to 16 hours, dropped to 19 degrees. 
“This guilty verdict will not bring back 8-year-old Thomas, who suffered immense cruelty at the hands of his father,” Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney said after the jury’s decision, before adding that the the former cop “will now pay for cutting short the life of a young, innocent, defenseless boy who had a lifetime ahead of him.”
Valva was also convicted of four counts of child endangerment after the jury deliberated for less than one day on Friday. He could face up to 25 years in prison. After the verdict was handed down, John LoTurco, a defense attorney for Valva, said that he understood the decision but was disappointed. 
“There was a significant amount of evidence against our client, and so we understand the verdict, we’re disappointed in the verdict, but we understand it,” LoTurco <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glBfitUj_C0&amp;t=134s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
During the trial, LoTurco argued that Valva should not be facing second degree murder, but instead homicide and manslaughter charges because his client was not indifferent toward his son’s life.
“You’d have to believe that he had utter disregard for Thomas’s life, that he simply did not care whether Thomas would die. And that’s absolutely not true,” he said, saying that prosecutors wanted to portray the former police officer as a “coldblooded monster, a werewolf with no love in his heart, who did not shed a tear over the death of his son.”
During the trial, it was revealed that the boy had defecated on himself while in the garage overnight, and in the morning Valva told him to take off his clothes and go outside to be hosed down. The boy slipped while outside and hit his head on the concrete.
After various attempts by Valva to revive his son failed, including slapping and yelling “wake up” at the boy he called 911. Thomas was found to only have a temperature of 76 degrees while at the hospital.
While trying to revive Thomas, one EMS worker claimed that the Valva had “no emotion, no sense of concern” after rescue workers had been told that the young boy had bumped his head. 
“You can’t throw an 8-year-old out into 19-degree weather naked after having him sleep on a cold garage floor and not expect that the child is going to be hypothermic,” said Kerriann Kelly, a prosecutor for Suffolk County. 
Angela Pollina, Valva’s former fiancee, is also facing second degree murder and child endangerment charges from the incident.

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Ex-Cop Found Guilty Of Murdering 8-Year-Old Autistic Son Who Died After Being Locked In Freezing Garage

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California</a> district superintendent recently announced that a high school football team was no longer allowed to display the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/thin-blue-line" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Thin Blue Line</a> at its games, but that didn’t stop Saugus High School players.
When most of the team ran onto the field Friday night, the tradition of the Thin Blue Line Flag was absent. Two players then came onto the field carrying an American flag and a Thin Blue Line flag, even after Superintendent Mike Kuhlman announced they weren&#8217;t allowed to show the flag supporting <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/police" target="_blank" rel="noopener">law enforcement</a>, <a href="https://signalscv.com/2022/10/thin-blue-line-flag-back-on-saugus-sideline/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Santa Clarita Valley Signal.
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The Thin Blue Line flag flew again at the Saugus High School football game on Friday night in a show of support for law enforcement after the Hart district’s superintendent announced it would no longer be allowed. <a href="https://t.co/1RYYeUM42L">pic.twitter.com/1RYYeUM42L</a>
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According to the local news report, Kuhlman announced the decision to ban the team from displaying the flag without the Hart District School Board hearing the issue. The district reportedly received complaints about Saugus High School players carrying the flag onto the field before games because people found it divisive.
According to Kuhlman&#8217;s letter explaining the decision, the head football coach was the one who made the decision to stop the tradition of carrying the Thin Blue Line flag onto the field.
&#8220;Given that some individuals have expressed concern that they interpret the Thin Blue Line flag to be divisive, it occurred to (the coach) that it’s possible that some players on the team might not be entirely enthusiastic about a symbol that is being used to represent the entire team,&#8221; Kuhlman wrote, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/california-high-school-football-players-fly-thin-blue-line-flag-despite-ban" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
&#8220;In deference to his commitment to inclusivity, kindness and respect (just loving people), and because the team never voted as a unit to carry this banner, Coach decided to discontinue this practice,” Kuhlman added.
Saugus defeated Golden Valley 31-13 Friday, giving them eight wins to their two losses on the season.

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School Superintendent Said Thin Blue Line Flag Was No Longer Allowed On Sideline. High School Football Players Displayed It Anyway.

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Police in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/arkansas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arkansas</a> accidentally set a suspect on fire after a prolonged police chase.
Arkansas State Police (ASP) were in pursuit of a suspect on a motorcycle in Little Rock last week, dashcam video showed. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/police" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Police</a> finally caught up with the suspect after a prolonged chase, and when one of the officers attempted to taser him, the suspect erupted into a fireball, before police extinguished the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fire</a> and arrested the suspect.
No news reports of the incident have been published, but a full-length video of the chase from the YouTube channel <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW_9WYT9OWs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Police Pursuits</a> provided the full context. The pursuit began at around 1:11 in the morning local time. ASP trooper Joseph Killian was in hot pursuit of a suspect speeding down the street on a motorcycle. Police chased the suspect while radioing for backup. Trooper Austin Duncan-Flemister caught up and gave chase, as the suspect continued onto the highway at speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour. At around the 8:40 mark of the video, the suspect cuts through a shopping center parking lot and into a residential area, where police finally catch up to him.
As the suspect attempts to escape on foot, an officer tracks him down and deploys a taser. At that point, something in the suspect&#8217;s backpack catches fire and immediately explodes into a massive fireball. &#8220;He&#8217;s on fire!&#8221; Duncan-Flemister shouts, as other officers back away. The suspect gets up, still on fire himself, and stumbles away from the larger fire, then attempts to stop, drop, and roll. &#8220;Help me! Help me!&#8221; he can be heard shouting, before police return with fire extinguishers and put the fire out.
Officers then take the suspect into custody. &#8220;I can&#8217;t breathe,&#8221; the suspect can be heard saying through Duncan-Flemister&#8217;s radio.
&#8220;None of us can,&#8221; an officer retorts, before ordering the suspect to put his hands behind his back.
Paramedics arrived on the scene shortly afterward and transported the suspect away from the scene.
&#8220;Unbeknownst to the Troopers, the suspect had a canister of gas in his backpack,&#8221; Police Pursuits wrote in the video description. &#8220;The TASER prongs likely punctured the can. Burns were mostly superficial, but obviously very painful. He is expected to make a full recovery.&#8221;
You can watch a shorter version of the video, showing the final moments of the chase, the explosion, and the arrest here:
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Police in Arkansas chase a suspect who, it turns out, had a can of gasoline in his backpack. When an officer uses a taser on him, bad things result. <a href="https://t.co/rrKNjpZEZo">pic.twitter.com/rrKNjpZEZo</a>
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That incident came just a few weeks after another suspect on a motorcycle had his bike catch fire while trying to escape a police chase.
Dashcam video from the YouTube channel <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iljUkhPYAOw">Arkansas State Police Videos</a> showed trooper Dakota Davis in pursuit of another suspect on a motorcycle on a highway outside of Little Rock. Police corner the suspect on the right shoulder of the highway; the suspect runs into the concrete barrier on the side of the road, where he can be heard falling off his bike. The bike rolls in front of Davis&#8217; cruiser while the suspect flees on foot. While police can be seen chasing the suspect on foot, the bike catches fire in front of Davis&#8217; cruiser. Davis quickly returns and pulls the car away, while another officer extinguishes the fire.

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This is the only time in recorded history that a &#8220;braver man&#8221; can actually be a &#8220;woman.&#8221;
On Tuesday, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/united-kingdom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">United Kingdom</a>&#8216;s Home Secretary Suella Braverman slammed the Leicestershire police force after it sent out a tweet encouraging residents to report the egregious hate crime of being &#8220;deadnamed.&#8221; Deadnaming occurs when someone uses the former name of an individual who has changed his or her name after deciding to identify as a different gender.
&#8220;This week I have seen confusion amongst police forces about what constitutes a ‘hate crime.’ The police need to enforce actual laws &amp; fight actual crimes,&#8221; Braverman tweeted in response to a now-deleted tweet from Leicestershire police. &#8220;Freedom of speech must be protected and a proportionate approach must be taken.&#8221;
The original <a href="https://archive.ph/uhs8X#selection-651.0-673.2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweet stated</a>, &#8220;You can report #HateCrime via Stamp It Out,&#8221; and featured the following graphic made from a stock photo:
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Of course, many were wondering why the police would be involved in something like that all.
In her official capacity, Braverman oversees policing in the U.K. and is decidedly putting an end this nonsense. She also promised to get to the bottom of the tweet, as well as any other police resources being used in this regard.
&#8220;The public need to have confidence in their police forces,&#8221; she added. &#8220;This sort of thing undermines it. Senior police officers who allow this to happen can expect to have to explain to me why they’re spending vital resources on politically correct campaigns.&#8221;
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The public need to have confidence in their police forces.
This sort of thing undermines it. 
Senior police officers who allow this to happen can expect to have to explain to me why they’re spending vital resources on politically correct campaigns. 2/2<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/commonsensepolicing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#commonsensepolicing</a>
&mdash; Suella Braverman MP (@SuellaBraverman) <a href="https://twitter.com/SuellaBraverman/status/1581618197585100800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2022</a></blockquote>
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For its part, Leicestershire Police apologized for using a stock photo.
&#8220;To clarify in relation to the posts, the images used were stock images obtained by the team,&#8221; Temporary Chief Constable Rob Nixon <a href="https://www.leics.police.uk/news/leicestershire/news/2022/october/message-regarding-social-media-posts-issued/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a press release. &#8220;The source of those images had been considered to be reliable and the words on the posts were provided by an experienced police staff member who has significant knowledge of the different types of hate crime people can be and have been subjected to.&#8221;
However, Nixon asked that &#8220;people please remember the importance of the message which the posts related to – that hate crime is impactive and an offence and together we should be working to ‘Stamp it Out.’”
This is not the first time that Braverman has taken on the woke mob.
In September, shortly after being appointed Home Secretary, Braverman sent a letter to police chiefs in England and Wales, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-secretary-letter-to-police-leaders/open-letter-to-leaders-of-the-police-for-england-and-wales-accessible#:~:text=Culture%20and%20standards%20in%20the,with%20the%20respect%20they%20deserve." target="_blank" rel="noopener">stating</a>, &#8220;Culture and standards in the police have to change, particularly in London.&#8221;
She added that police officers &#8220;have had to spend too much time on symbolic gestures, rather than actually fighting crime.&#8221;
Other measures, such as diversity and inclusion efforts, &#8220;should not take precedence over common-sense policing&#8221; she <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/home-secretary-common-sense-policing-075648528.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
Hats off to Braverman. Congrats on fighting back against wokeism.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/behind-every-woke-man-is-an-even-woker-woman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Behind Every Woke Man Is An Even Woker Woman</a>

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

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A person protesting <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/author/matt-walsh" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Matt Walsh</a>’s event in Houston, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/texas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Texas</a>, Thursday evening was wrestled to the ground and handcuffed by police.
Walsh screened his documentary “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/what-is-a-woman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">What is a Woman?</a>” in conjunction with the Young America&#8217;s Foundation (YAF) at the University of Houston, spurring outrage from leftists on campus who support radical gender theory and claim Walsh&#8217;s traditional views make him a &#8220;bigot.&#8221; Video of the incident showed the masked protester, who had made it inside the event venue, on the ground and surrounded by five police officers who were attempting to arrest him. The protestor appeared to be carrying a small transgender flag that ended up on the ground beside him.
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&#8220;Earlier this evening, a group of leftist protestors attempted to distract officers who were working event security for Matt Walsh’s event at the University of Houston. This individual was hoping to run into the auditorium where the ‘What is a Woman?’ documentary was being shown. At this time, we’re unsure whether he was armed, or what his intentions were,” Nick Baker, assistant editor for YAF’s The New Guard, told The Daily Wire.
Officers finally handcuffed the protester and escorted him outside, where a group of protestors can be heard chanting in the background of the video. In another video, the group outside Walsh&#8217;s event shouts, “What do we want? Walsh out! When do we want it? Now!”
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Far-left protesters chant “What do we want? WALSH OUT!” outside a screening of What Is A Woman at the University of Houston.
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“I have taken their feedback into consideration but unfortunately I must decline their request at this time,” the Daily Wire host responded in a <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1580708714734313473" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweet</a>.
The protesters were vastly outnumbered by those who were attending the event that included a screening of “What is a Woman?” followed by a speech from Walsh. Long lines formed around the building for the event in the hours leading up to it, and officers from the Houston Police Department sat on horseback as protesters and attendees arrived.
In the days leading up to the event, an anarchist group attempted to form a protest to counter what they call Walsh’s “transphobia.”
“On Thursday, far-right bigot and transphobe Matt Walsh will be on campus! We must oppose this hate!” a social media <a href="https://www.instagram.com/spacecityao/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announcement</a> from Space City AO said. “The majority of UH students and workers reject this hatred! We must organize the largest possible counter-protest to make sure Matt Walsh and other bigots know they’re unwelcome!”
A Texas Democratic state representative even joined the protesters outside the event. “U of H no place for hate!” Rep. Jon Rosenthal chanted with the crowd.
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Representative <a href="https://twitter.com/Jon_RosenthalTX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Jon_RosenthalTX</a> chants “U Of H No Place For Hate” in support of protesters outside of <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MattWalshBlog</a>’s screening of ‘What Is A Woman’. <a href="https://t.co/U0RL9ZoRTY">pic.twitter.com/U0RL9ZoRTY</a>
&mdash; Tayler Hansen (@TaylerUSA) <a href="https://twitter.com/TaylerUSA/status/1580715610555944960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2022</a></blockquote>
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