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NBA legend Charles Barkley slammed calls to “defund the police” as a measure that would disproportionately affect communities of color, saying police reform to “weed out the bad cops” is the better strategy after several cities announced budget cuts to their police departments. Speaking Monday on ESPN’s morning show, Get Up, Barkley argued that “we …
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President Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday encouraging police officers to limit the use of deadly force in the line of duty, as protests continue nationwide against racism and police brutality. The order will detail the administration’s initiatives to encourage high standards for use of force, track officer misconduct, and bring in social …
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Senate Republicans will unveil legislation this week to restrict the use of choke holds by police officers, among other reforms, as protests continue nationwide in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd. The legislation, which was spearheaded by Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, the Senate’s only black Republican, is set to be …
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An Atlanta Wendy’s, the site where Rayshard Brooks was shot and killed by Atlanta police on Friday, was burned to the ground Saturday by an angry mob during protests over Brook’s death. On Sunday, Atlanta police offered a $10,000 reward for the arrest and indictment of those responsible for starting the fire that destroyed the …
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Democratic Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar said Sunday that the Minneapolis Police Department is “rotten to the root,” making any attempt to reform it futile, and called for the city’s police force to be dismantled. “You can’t really reform a department that is rotten to the root,” Omar said during an interview on CNN. “What you can …
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Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering George Floyd, could receive a $1 million pension even if he is ultimately convicted. Chauvin, 44, can legally file for pension benefits once he turns 50, the Minnesota Public Employees Retirement Association said. “Neither our Board nor our staff have the discretion to increase, decrease, deny …
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A socialist Seattle city council member will introduce a bill to keep a downtown area seized by protesters in “community control.” Kshama Sawant, of the Socialist Alternative party, announced that her office was currently working on legislation to protect the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, or CHAZ. Protesters claimed control over a six-block area in Seattle’s …
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The head of the Seattle’s Police Department told officers in a video address on Thursday that the decision to abandon the city’s Third Precinct to activists was “not my decision,” and has prevented the department from responding to emergency calls in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. Police Chief Carmen Best, who joined Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan …
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President Trump slammed the Seattle mayor over her response to anarchists declaring an “autonomous zone” in the city’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, warning that “if they don’t straighten that situation out, we’re going to straighten it out.” Speaking to Fox News’s Harris Faulkner on Thursday, Trump lambasted Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan for her administration’s decision to …
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New York City first lady Chirlane McCray speculated that an NYPD-free city would be “Nirvana,” in a Tuesday interview with Time magazine. “That would be like a nirvana, a utopia that we are nowhere close to getting to,” McCray said. When asked whether New York would follow Minneapolis in attempting to disband its police department, McCray …
NBA legend Charles Barkley slammed calls to “defund the police” as a measure that would disproportionately affect communities of color, saying police reform to “weed out the bad cops” is the better strategy after several cities announced budget cuts to their police departments. Speaking Monday on ESPN’s morning show, Get Up, Barkley argued that “we …
