It’s Open Season on NYPD Cops as Attacks Escalate
By Michael R. Sisak and Jim Mustian, AP
New York City police are trying to determine if Wednesday's ambush stabbing of an officer in Brooklyn was inspired by anti-police sentiments expressed during days of protests...
Some Louisville Cops Walk Out On Mayor During Roll Call, Say They’re Unsupported, Disrespected
By Bruce Schreiner, AP
Staging their own protest, some Louisville police officers walked out on the mayor to express their frustration amid demonstrations in the Kentucky city over police interactions with blacks.
Video showed dozens of...
An Ex-Cop on Police-Involved Shootings and the ‘Warrior Mindset’
By Brian Saady
The graphic video from the killing of Daniel Shaver was released after the jury decided to acquit ex-Mesa police officer Philip Brailsford of second-degree murder and reckless manslaughter. The Mesa police department and Mesa...
Chauvin Charges Upped to 2nd Degree Murder, 3 Other Minneapolis Cops to be Charged
By Amy Forliti and Steve Karnowski, AP
Prosecutors are charging a Minneapolis police officer accused of pressing his knee against George Floyd’s neck with second-degree murder, and for the first time will level charges against...
More Biden Self-Defense Advice: A Knife-Wielding Assailant is ‘Unarmed’; Cops Should Shoot For the...
Pity poor Joe Biden. Every day he's out in public makes him a convenient punchline for more jokes about diminished mental capacity and inappropriate touching of women and children. Yesterday he paused in a...
Louisville Police Release Video Showing Restaurant Owner Fired a Gun At Them
By Bruce Schreiner and Rebecca Reynolds Yonker, AP
Video released by police shows a popular barbecue stand operator firing a gun as officers approached his business in Louisville shortly before he was shot to death,...
Officers, Rioters, Business Owners Opening Fire In More Cities as Violence Continues
It was just a matter of time. As protests have been allowed to continue in cities across the country, the rioters have grown more bold. The police, who've come under repeated attack, are more...
Sheriff: We Know How to Handle Rioters in Polk County, Florida
Judd said they received information that law enforcement would come under attack at 8 p.m. near Interstate 4 and Highway 27, but the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and Florida Highway Patrol were ready.
Judd...
Louisville Cops Involved in Fatal Riot Shooting Didn’t Activate Body Cameras, Mayor Fires Police...
Earlier today we ran a report that indicated that the Louisville police had opened fire when a rioter took a shot at them and some National Guard troops early this morning. They returned fire,...
Louisville Police Return Fire, Killing One Man
UPDATE: At the time this post ran this morning, the Louisville Metro Police Department implied that the man shot when they returned fire last night was the shooter. Subsequent reports have identified the man...
HEARTS AND MINDS: Minneapolis Police Shoot Pepperballs At Residents Watching From Their Doorways
Minneapolis Police have a unique way of winning the hearts and minds of their city's residents following the death of George Floyd. They swept through neighborhoods late Saturday not far from the rioting, pointing...
Hirshman: The Problem With American Democracy Is White Men With Guns
The union representing Minneapolis Police Officers has long felt that the democratically elected mayor, Jacob Frey, should not be the boss of them. Across the country, armed insurgent demonstrators have expressed similar feelings about their governors: In Michigan, a gang...