June 10, 2020 Houston police chief cautions against defunding police departments at House hearing Defunding or dismantling America's police departments without addressing the root causes behind emergency calls or the part law enforcement plays to ensure public safety could ultimately backfire on those communities whose need for help is greatest, Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo argued Wednesday.
June 10, 2020 Minneapolis police chief bristles at call to ‘defund’ department, says he will not ‘abandon’ residents Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo pushed back Wednesday at the City Council’s calls to defund and dismantle the department, saying he will not “abandon” residents and communities that police need to “protect.”
June 10, 2020 Dan Crenshaw: No community has ever become safer with less policing No community has ever become safer with less policing, Texas Republican Congressman Dan Crenshaw asserted Wednesday.
June 10, 2020 NYC police union president defends officers: The media is portraying us as the enemy Police across the nation are not the enemy of the communities they serve, New York Police Benevolent Association President Mike O'Meara asserted Wednesday.
June 10, 2020 Lee Edwards: George Floyd unrest and 1968 riots – what we can learn, how we move forward Before we declare the riots of 2020 the worst in U.S. history, we should look at the nationwide riots of 1968 that followed the wanton murder of Martin Luther King Jr.
June 10, 2020 Andrew McCarthy: Defund the police? Here's what Dems, BLM ignoring about crime It is a measure of how frightfully irrational our times are that the “defund the police” campaign led by Democrats and Black Lives Matter activists is thriving.
June 10, 2020 George Floyd, Derek Chauvin had run-ins while working security at a nightclub, former co-worker says George Floyd and Derek Chauvin reportedly “bumped heads” while working security together at a nightclub years before their fatal encounter.
June 9, 2020 Deroy Murdock: Looting and rioting after George Floyd killing draw shocking support from left Leftists encouraged, enabled and empowered people who decided to riot after they saw four Minneapolis cops go low as one officer knelt on George Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes and killed him on Memorial Day, while the other cops did nothing to stop the killing.
June 9, 2020 Minnesota governor authorizes 'full mobilization' of state's National Guard, says protests no longer about death of George Floyd The state of Minnesota is requesting 1,000 additional National Guard soldiers as rioting broke out once again Friday night following the death of George Floyd earlier in the week.
June 9, 2020 Shelby Steele calls out Biden over Floyd funeral remarks: 'Does he really deeply care about black America'? Hoover Institution senior fellow Shelby Steele questioned Tuesday whether presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden is actually concerned about the problems facing black America following the death of George Floyd last month and the subsequent protests and violence across America.