CRIME

Texas Republican Rep. Brian Babin asked the U.S. Capitol sergeants-at-arms to assist Lone Star State officials in the extradition of state Democratic legislators who fled the state to Washington, D.C. to prevent Republicans from voting on an election integrity bill this week. “I ask that you fully cooperate with the...

Police in Chicago are retiring at a record rate as violent crime spikes throughout the city, Fox News reported. The number of retirements this year already has surpassed total retirements in 2018, and it will likely continue to rise. According to the Chicago Sun--Times, 363 Police officers have retired from the...

(Headline USA) The men Ed Buck lured to his apartment for “party and play” found themselves in a situation of life and death, prosecutors said. Two men enticed by the promise of drugs for sex died. Those who survived overdoses reported harrowing encounters with a man bent on injecting them with...

(Headline USA) San Francisco saw an increase in shootings in the first half of 2021 compared to the same period in 2020, and a slight uptick in aggravated assaults like those seen in viral videos that have drawn national attention, the city's police chief said Monday. Scott said there were 119...

(Headline USA) Facing rising fears of summer violence, President Joe Biden is embarking on a political high-wire act, trying to balance his strong backing for law enforcement with the police reform movement championed by many of his supporters. The desperate act comes amid growing outrage over spikes in violent crime...

(Headline USA) Michael Avenatti, the brash California lawyer who once was the darling of the legacy media because he represented Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against President Donald Trump, was sentenced Thursday to 2 1/2 years in prison for trying to extort up to $25 million from Nike by threatening the...

(Paul Sperry, RealClearInvestigations) Most police departments — including Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police — are required to release an officer’s name within days of a fatal shooting. Not the U.S. Capitol Police, which is controlled by Congress and answers only to Congress. It can keep the public in the dark about...

A Chicago man, Calvin Gonnigan, killed one and injured two others at a Fourth of July party on Sunday, the Chicago Sun--Times reported. Fortunately, the party-goers were saved by a man with a concealed-carry permit who fired back at Gonnigan, wounding him and buying time for the police to get...

(Headline USA) The Los Angeles police officer who shared a photo of George Floyd with the words “you take my breath away” in a Valentine-like format has been cleared of wrongdoing and will not face any punishment. The officer, who has not been named publicly, was found not guilty of...

(Associated Press) One hundred people — including two police officers — were shot in Chicago over the long Fourth of July weekend, including 18 homicides, the city's police department said Tuesday. Among those injured were at least a dozen children. None of them had died as of Tuesday morning, but at least...

The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) has demanded that President Joe Biden stop states from sending law enforcement aid to the border, Fox News reported. On Sunday, LULAC National President Domingo Garcia sent a letter to the White House asking Biden to halt police and National Guard assistance...

(Headline USA) Federal prosecutors in Maryland are seeking a 35-year prison sentence for an illegal alien gang member who pleaded guilty to participating in the killing of a 16-year-old boy who was stabbed and cut more than 100 times before his body was set on fire. A judge is scheduled...