Law and order

'Huge pain in the ass': NYPD officers required to file reports for every 'low-level' encounter

07.02.24 | Matthew Holloway News

It's already difficult enough to be a police officer in New York City, and it just became harder. NYPD officers are now required to report every "level 1" interaction with the public in a move that will create a massive amount of additional work for beat cops.
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California law now in effect will record every card-based gun purchase with special merchant code

07.02.24 | Matthew Holloway News

California's ongoing assault against the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has continued unabated with the activation of AB-1587, a law requiring payment processors to attach a special merchant code to all gun purchases, a prospect no less than 17 states have openly banned.
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Teen fatally shot by police in upstate New York after he pointed replica gun

07.01.24 | Eddie Killian News

An officer involved shooting resulted in the death of 13-year-old Nyah Mway after he pointed a replica firearm at officers.
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Matthew Perry’s death investigation: Was he killed because of what he was about to reveal in a book??

07.01.24 | Eddie Killian Analysis

Shocking revelations have emerged from the investigation into the death of Matthew Perry.
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More virtue signaling: Minnesota outlaws use of the term 'excited delirium' by police agencies post George Floyd

06.30.24 | Pat Droney Analysis

Minnesota legislators passed a bill signed into law that bans police use of the term "excited delirium" in describing actions of suspects who die in police custody.
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'This changes EVERYTHING': US Supreme Court hands down groundbreaking ruling on January 6th prosecutions

06.30.24 | Matthew Holloway News

A bombshell SCOTUS ruling in Fischer v. United States has rocked the foundations of the hundreds of prosecutions levied against January 6th defendants, including former President Donald J. Trump.
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Washington police officer convicted for murder, assault under 2018 law eroding qualified immunity

06.29.24 | Matthew Holloway News

Auburn Police Department's Officer Jeffrey Nelson was convicted of murder in the first degree and assault in the first degree in the officer-involved-shooting death of Jesse Sarey in 2019 during an attempted arrest for disorderly conduct.
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Former Uvalde police chief, former officer, indicted for their role in the police response to the 2022 school shooting

06.29.24 | Pat Droney News

Former police chief Peter Arredondo and former officer Adrian Gonzales were indicted for their roles in the deadly 2022 shooting at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
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Los Angeles Metro to form an independent police department amid rise in crime, some fatal

06.28.24 | Matthew Holloway News

The Los Angeles Metro Board voted Thursday to form its own independent police force for the first time since 1997 after over twenty years of depending on the LAPD, County Sheriff and Long Beach Police for security.
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Government poised to use 'public health emergency' to implement 2A-busting 'safety' measures?

06.27.24 | Pat Droney Opinion

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared gun violence a "public health crisis"; does that mean the government will impose draconian COVID-like restrictions for our "own good?"
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Truth revealed: Indiana bodycam footage sheds light on officer-involved-shooting of suspect reaching for gun

06.26.24 | Matthew Holloway Analysis

Bodycam footage from Fort Wayne Police has revealed new details in the officer-involved shooting death of Linzell Parhm, a passenger in a traffic stop armed with a Draco AK pistol.
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CT town settles with police family after son was exposed to anti-police video in classroom, causing psychological harm

06.25.24 | Pat Droney News

The Vernon (CT) Town Council and Board of Education reached a $100,000 settlement with a family after special needs son was exposed to anti-police video in classroom, causing psychological trauma.
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Biden announces DACA Expansion despite reports nearly 80k recipients have arrest records

06.23.24 | Matthew Holloway News

As President Biden announced an expansion to DACA this week, reports revealed that nearly 80,000 of the recipients released into the US had prior arrests, thousands had several, over 1,000 were for sex crimes.
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Michael Letts: The number of officers shot in 2024 is on pace to break the record, which was just set in 2023

06.23.24 | Eddie Molina Editorial

2024 has been one of the most dangerous for police officers and if the pace does not change, it will set the record for police officers getting shot.
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Implications for Trump? Supreme Court makes landmark ruling on jury trials that could change EVERYTHING

06.22.24 | Matthew Holloway News

The Supreme Court of the United States issued a surprising Friday ruling that could reset the judicial landscape of the nation requiring a unanimous jury to decide the facts of a case that determine sentencing enhancements.
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