CRIME

(Headline USA) Violent clashes this week between protesters and police in Portland, Oregon, have ratcheted up tensions in the city days after an agreement between state and federal officials appeared to bring calm. More demonstrations were rallying Thursday night, hours after the city's mayor decried the unrest that has roiled Portland...

(Headline USA) Four executives from two Mississippi poultry processing plants have been indicted on federal charges tied to one of the largest workplace immigration raids in the U.S. in history, and the largest worksite enforcement action within a single state. U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and the acting director of U.S. Immigration...

Three Republican senators introduced a bill Wednesday that would let retired local, state and federal judges and prosecutors carry concealed firearms, according to a press release. Sens. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee and Kelly Loeffler of Georgia brought forward the Protect Our Prosecutors and Judges Act, a...

(Headline USA) Clashes outside a U.S. courthouse in Portland, Oregon, have slowed since Democratic Gov. Kate Brown agreed to involve local law-enforcement in lieu of federal agents sent by the Trump administration to protect the building---but the turmoil is far from over. For the past several nights, Portland police have...

(Associated Press) California officials say as many as 17,600 inmates may be released early due to the coronavirus pandemic. That is 70% more than previously estimated and a total that victims and police say includes dangerous criminals who should stay locked up. However, prison officials say Corrections Secretary Ralph Diaz is...

(Headline USA) A Minneapolis commission said Wednesday that it needs more time to review a City Council amendment to dismantle the Police Department in the wake of George Floyd’s death, ending the possibility of voters deciding the issue in November. The Charter Commission had expressed concern that the process to...

The Department of Homeland Security responded to myths that are seen in most media reporting about the riots in Portland, DHS Office of Public Affairs reported in a press release. When domestic terrorists began nightly assaults on the Hatfield Federal Courthouse in Portland, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown responded by appeasing...

In chilling testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee's subcommittee on the Constitution, undercover journalist Andy Ngo confirmed the nightmares of many and cast new light on the mechanisms of domestic terrorism group Antifa. Many on the Left, including its mainstream media allies, have downplayed the group's organized activity, likely driven...

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, opened up a star-studded subcommittee hearing with another video montage of recent race-riot violence, echoing that used by Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, during a House Judiciary hearing last week. Cruz, chairman of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, was hosting a panel...

(Headline USA) The Portland Police Bureau declared an unlawful assembly Saturday night when people gathered outside a police precinct in Oregon's largest city and threw bottles at officers. Groups gathered Saturday evening in various areas around downtown Portland to listen to speakers and prepare to march to the Justice Center...

(Associated Press) Homicides and shootings have surged in Chicago during the first seven months of the year. From Jan. 1 through the end of July, there were 440 homicides in Chicago and 2,240 people shot, including many of those who were killed, according to statistics released Saturday by the police...

Facing the political reality, Minneapolis officials appear to have changed their minds about their commitment to defund the city’s police department. The Minneapolis Charter Commission voted earlier this week to keep a police reform proposal off of November’s ballot, according to the Minnesota Star Tribune. The ballot proposal would have allowed...