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TOLEDO, Ohio — An Ohio police officer has died after a shooting standoff with a suspect, the Toledo Police Department said Monday. Chief George Kral identified the officer as 24-year-old Brandon Stalker, Law Officer reported. According to Kral, Stalker was hit once by the suspect, who brandished two firearms while leaving a house which he entered after […]
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4 hours 9 minutes ago
WASHINGTON — A woman accused of taking a laptop from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s office during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol siege with the alleged intention of selling the device to Russian intelligence forces has turned herself in on Monday, according to authorities. The FBI had been searching for Riley June Williams, of Harrisburg, Pa. They say […]
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9 hours 11 minutes ago
Washington D.C. – On January 18, 2021, President Trump issued an Executive Order designed to protect law enforcement officers, judges, prosecutors and their families. Citing the murder of a federal judge’s son and critically wounding her husband in 2020, the Executive Order states that “judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers should not have to choose […]
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13 hours 31 minutes ago
Minneapolis, Minnesota – There may not be a cop in America that has been abused and bashed more than Minneapolis Police Lt. Bob Kroll. His recently announced retirement brought out the cowards behind the keyboard once again with Mayor Jacob Frey tweeting “good riddance” and the Star Tribune placing his legacy on everything from “the […]
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14 hours 32 minutes ago
Chicago, Illinois – The Chicago Department of Aviation is investigating how a man was able to allegedly live in a secure portion of the Chicago O’Hare Airport for three months without being detected. According to the Chicago Tribune, Aditya Singh was charged with felony criminal trespass after he was found in a restricted area of […]
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15 hours 22 minutes ago
WASHINGTON — A former New York City firefighter is being sought by the feds in the Jan. 6 storming of the US Capitol — where he claimed to be “at the tip of the spear,” authorities said Monday. Thomas Fee, 53, of Freeport, Long Island, texted an acquaintance a photo of himself surrounded by rioters inside the US […]
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16 hours 23 minutes ago
Toledo, Ohio – A Toledo (OH) Police Officer was shot and killed in a standoff on Monday evening. Chief George Kral identified the fallen officer as Officer Brandon Stalker. Officers responded to a home just before 4 p.m. where they reportedly tried to negotiate for two hours. However, these attempts were unsuccessful. Police then fired […]
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1 day 16 hours ago
PORTLAND, Ore. — Protesters in Portland, Oregon, interfered with police officers as they engaged a suicidal man armed with a knife. The crowd of agitators continued to distress the man who threatened to kill himself despite pleas from the man’s mother to stop. Portland Police Bureau officers responded to a call on January 15 about […]
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1 day 18 hours ago
GEORGIA — Pro-police Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s personal Twitter account has been temporarily suspended for the next 12 hours for posts that the social media platform claims could lead to a “risk of violence,” according to a statement by her office Sunday evening. “Just days after the Silicon Valley Cartel launched a multi-front attack to […]
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1 day 19 hours ago
Technology is a wonder… And I sometimes wonder if it’s for us, or a’gin us. In street parlance, (which is understandably much akin to prison language given the perpetual cross-over connections), a rat is someone who “squeals” on someone to gain a momentary advantage. In police jargon we call them Confidential Informants (CI’s), but the […]
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1 day 20 hours ago
New York City – A naked man who shoved a New Yorker off a subway platform Saturday afternoon died after making contact with the third rail when he jumped onto the tracks to fight a good Samaritan who tried to help the victim. According to The Daily Mail, the incident occurred at the 2 and […]
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1 day 20 hours ago
WASHINGTON — A Virginia man armed with a Glock handgun and more than 500 rounds of ammo was arrested trying to drive through a US Capitol checkpoint using bogus inaugural credentials, officials said Saturday. Wesley Allen Beeler of Front Royal, Va., was taken into custody at 6:30 p.m. Friday after he tried to drive his […]
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1 day 20 hours ago
Criminals in the United Kingdom got a late Christmas gift when 150,000 arrest records were deleted from a major database after a mistake during routine maintenance. Hopefully, the police reform advocates in the United States don’t get any ideas. WHEN RIOTS OCCUR, WORDS MATTER According to the Independent, the Police National Computer (PNC) is accessed […]
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1 day 21 hours ago
What occurred outside and inside the United States Capitol on January 6th was sickening but what the media and political pundits have done since should send chills to anyone with a soul. The entire world watched this past summer as activists used the death of George Floyd as reason to burn down buildings across America. […]
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1 day 23 hours ago
STOCKTON, Calif. — Phil Spector, the eccentric and revolutionary music producer who transformed rock music with his “Wall of Sound” method and who later was convicted of murder, has died. He was 81. Spector was convicted of murdering actress Lana Clarkson in 2003 at his castle-like mansion on the edge of Los Angeles. After a […]
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2 days ago
MINNEAPOLIS — While the Minneapolis Police Department received budget cuts last month, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and 13 city council members are in line to receive raises this year. All of this is happening while the city’s small businesses remain under pressure in the wake of last summer’s Black Lives Matter riots and the ongoing coronavirus […]
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2 days 3 hours ago
UNION CITY, Calif. — Leaders in a Northern California city on Saturday ordered the removal of a “White Lives Matter” banner that was posted on city property, declaring it “racist” and a “despicable act of vandalism.” The banner was hung in Union City, a jurisdiction of about 75,000 residents, about 20 miles south of Oakland. It […]
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2 days 4 hours ago
Washington D.C. – The Washington Metropolitan Police Department is looking for a man accused of crushing an officer in a doorway as a violent mob forced their way into the U.S. Capitol January 6th. Video shows Officer Daniel Hodges, his mouth bloodied, crying out as he is pinned between a sliding door and the door […]
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2 days 4 hours ago
Dallas, Texas – The police chief who led the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Police has died just two weeks after he retired from the agency. Chief James Spiller retired in December after 20 years as the chief of police for DART. He had led DART Police through the July 7, 2016 ambush in Dallas, […]
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2 days 4 hours ago
Philadelphia, PA – Philadelphia have arrested two suspects in connection with last week’s shooting death of a 25-year-old Temple University graduate who was walking his dog near his home. According to Fox 29, police said the suspects were seen on surveillance video approaching the victim, Milan Loncar, and reaching into his pockets before shooting him […]
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