CRIME

(Headline USA) Following in the footsteps of his former boss, Barack Obama, President Joe Biden is considering whether to step into the debate pending a verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin. As it did during the Obama administration, such a move would be sure to...

Los Angeles Sheriff Alex Villanueva blamed the “Defund the Police” movement and the radical leftists behind it for the alarming spike in murder rates throughout the county. Statistics released this month show murders in Los Angeles County have risen nearly 200% this year, and Villanueva said anti-police policies are the...

(Headline USA) In the wake of a string of shootings around the nation, gun control advocates have called for new laws and restrictions to firearms. However, evidence shows those laws would likely not stop malicious shooters, an argument that was bolstered by evens surrounding a recent mass shooting in California. The...

(Associated Press) The former employee who shot and killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis was interviewed by FBI agents last year, after his mother called police to say that her son might commit "suicide by cop," the bureau said Friday. Coroners released the names of the victims...

Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., grilled FBI Director Christopher Wray during a congressional hearing this week about the federal law enforcement community’s “double standard” in the way it prosecuted Capitol rioters versus the leftist rioters in Portland. “Under the Biden administration, there appears to be a wave of leniency being granted...

(Associated Press) Eight people were shot and killed in a late-night shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, and the shooter killed himself, police said. Several other people were injured Thursday night when gunfire erupted at the facility near the Indianapolis International Airport, police spokesperson Genae Cook said. At least four were...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sent a letter today to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to exhort the federal government to designate Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. “As Governor of Texas, I urge you to take immediate action to combat the dangerous and deadly Mexican drug...

(Headline USA) One of the country’s largest for-profit, privately run immigration jails would be shut down by 2025 under a bill signed Wednesday by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee. The measure approved by the Washington Legislature bans for-profit detention centers in the state. The only facility that meets that definition is the...

(Headline USA) Federal prosecutors will not charge a police officer who shot and killed a woman as she climbed through the broken part of a door during the siege at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Authorities had considered for months whether criminal charges were appropriate for the Capitol Police officer...

(Headline USA) A prosecutor said Wednesday that he will charge a white former suburban Minneapolis police officer with second-degree manslaughter for killing 20-year-old black suspect Daunte Wright in a shooting that ignited days of riots in clashes between protesters and police. The charge against former Brooklyn Center police Officer Kim Potter...

(Headline USA) A police officer who fatally shot a black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb resigned Tuesday, as did the city's police chief — moves that the mayor said he hoped would help heal the community and lead to reconciliation after two nights of protests...

(Headline USA) A police officer from Wisconsin who was investigated and cleared for shooting and injuring a black man during a domestic dispute has returned to work without disciplinary measures. He returned from administrative leave, officials said Tuesday. Kenosha Officer Rusten Sheskey was not charged in the August 2020 incident that...