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seattle

11/24/2020

Story from Lawenforcementtoday.com
Posted by: Lynn Vance|November 24, 2020|Categories Featured, News

SEATTLE, WA – How’s this for irony?

The Seattle City Council passed the 2021 budget. Included in their new budget plan was a 20% cut to the Seattle Police Department. Meanwhile, as the council was busy restructuring and planning, two people were stabbed.

Yet they still voted to cut police funding in an 8-1 vote.

As the Seattle City Council met to discuss the budget on Monday, a man stabbed a woman to death in Belltown just before 11 a.m.

According to police, the woman was a caseworker at the apartment building, which is operated by Plymouth Housing and serves formerly homeless people.

Her identity has not yet been released and no motive has yet been determined.

Lapd

11/11/2020

Defunding the Police Experiment Begins in L.A. edited - full story at
http://www.capoliticalreview.com/top-stories/defunding-the-police-experiment-begins-in-l-a/

Last week the Los Angeles Police Department laid out plans to deal with a smaller budget forced on the LAPD in part by a $150 million cut as a result of the police reform movement.

LAPD Chief Michael Moore announced cuts in air support, robbery homicide and gang and narcotics divisions. Additionally, desk hours at police stations would be reduced, manned only during weekday hours. The police will stop investigating automobile accidents with minor injuries involved and will require accident reports to be filed online. Perhaps, most significantly, the LAPD sworn officer core will be reduced from 10,110 to 9,752. Having 10,000 officers was a goal for the police and many past mayoral administrations.

Police officer representatives are painting a dire outcome for the cuts to public safety. Craig Lally, president of the Police Protective League, told the Los Angeles Times that the new proposals and cutbacks will be a “catastrophe for the safety” of citizens.

NYPD

10/28/2020

Lawenforcementtoday.com
By Chris Elliot|October 22, 2020
Headline: NYPD on high alert after brake line cut on NYPD officer’s patrol car, causing crash

warner bros

10/21/2020

Lawenforcementtoday.com
By Patrick Henry October 19, 2020

Several media sources, including Breitbart News, are reporting that one of the founders of the Marxist-leaning organization disguised as a civil rights movement [Black Lives Matter] has signed a production deal with Warner Bros. Television Group to produce content across that company’s platforms.

According to a release, the contract signed between Warner Bros. and Patrisse Cullors includes programming from animation to scripted and unscripted projects and digital projects. Variety reports that the content will be available on the group’s streaming services, TV, and film.

Not scary enough for you? Read on.

Defunding the police is the least of Cullors’ radical ideas. She has called through Black Lives Matter for the elimination of all federal police agencies, including the DEA, FBI, ICE, and Border Patrol and so on. She also advocates the “Breathe Act,” which would essentially close all federal prisons and detention facilities.

Associated Press

10/7/2020

Editorial from the New York Post, October 6, 2020, 7:51 PM

America’s most influential media stylebook [Associated Press] is discouraging the nation’s newspapers from reporting on mass urban violence, on the grounds that writing about what’s happening is “stigmatizing.” The Associated Press Stylebook, whose standards are followed by countless outlets, last week announced new guidelines around reporting on riots. “Focusing on rioting and property destruction rather than underlying grievance has been used in the past to stigmatize broad swaths of people protesting against lynching, police brutality or for racial justice, going back to the urban uprisings of the 1960s.”

And never mind that increasing evidence suggests most violence can be pinned not on real Black Lives Matter protesters (radical though their agenda may be), but on mostly white Antifa provocateurs.

…

AP suggests replacing “riots” with “milder” terms such as “unrest.”

Property destruction has a human toll. The Insurance Information Institute says the riots after Floyd’s death have done well over $1 billion in damage. The unprecedented national destruction may lead to insurers excluding coverage for riot damage in the future — not that plenty of innocent small businesses aren’t already finding their policies badly insufficient.

In downtown Louisville, Ky., Fadi Faouri has slept in his store for 122 straight nights, trying to protect it from rioters and looters. “Stuff is being damaged on a nightly basis, people are shooting at each other every night,” he told The Post. “Every night we have a new store that got looted. They break in, they take whatever and go. They walk away.”

ammo power

10/7/2020

portland!

9/29/2020

From Lawenforcementtoday.com

By Chris Elliot|September 28, 2020|Featured, News [edited for brevity]

Homeland Security Investigations authored a federal arrest affidavit for Nicholas Joseph Bantista, from Illinois, for taking part in a protest on September 25th. In the complaint, it is alleged that Bantista assaulted a federal agent by throwing a rock at them.

Federal agents were stationed in front of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office protecting it from rioters and looters. While one was on patrol, Bantista, allegedly, armed himself with a rock and threw it at the agent, striking him in the helmet.

While Bantista was being placed under arrest, federal agents reported finding an airsoft replica gun [looked real] from his person.

He claimed that he threw some type of bouncy ball at the agent.

Natalie Wight, an Assistant US Attorney, informed a federal judge that Bantista was currently staying in a tent in the city of Portland. He had been there for less than a week, and according to the Oregonian, she alleged that he had only come to the city “to wreak havoc during these riots.”

Bantista is familiar with the legal system as he is already on probation out of Illinois for assaulting a police officer. In that instance, he was convicted of aggravated assault with a firearm for waving a gun and telling police that he would fire it if they did not shoot him.

Despite [public defender] Francesconi’s claims, US Magistrate Judge Youlee Yim You sided with the prosecution on this case for now.

omaha

9/22/2020

Lawenforcementtoday.com

Headline: Iraq war vet was attacked and defended himself; political correctness got him indicted, now he's dead

By Pat Droney, September 21, 2020 [edited for brevity]

On May 30, Jake Gardner, an owner of a Nebraska bar and a military veteran who served two tours in Iraq was attacked outside his bar by “peaceful” protesters who were rioting, er, protesting in Omaha after the death of George Floyd. On Sept 20, Gardner killed himself, law enforcement officials and Gardner’s lawyers said.

The Epoch Times said that Gardner fatally shot one of his attackers, 22-year-old James Scurlock. The details were submitted to Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine, who found Gardner’s actions “justified,” telling reporters the next week that the incident was clearly self-defense.

Author Droney then gave the details.

Gardner’s attorney Stu Dornan said, “Bottom line. Gardner lost his bars [a landlord ended his lease after the shooting], his home, his livelihood. And he was about to lose his freedom. Add in behavioral health concerns, and suicide was not a surprise,” the Omaha World-Herald reported.

Droney said, "Jake Gardner is another victim. A victim of an endless war in the Middle East and a victim to political correctness and the woke, mob mentality that has overtaken our country in the past four months. Sadly, there will likely be many more Jake Gardner’s."

[Gardner is on the left. Scurlock is on the right.]

portland again and again

9/17/2020

Lawenforcementtoday.com - Jenna Curren|September 17, 2020
A grand jury has indicted a man who is accused of injuring a Portland Police Bureau sergeant by shining a high-powered laser capable of starting a fire into his eye during a violent protest. The suspect, identified as 36-year-old Bryan Kelley has been charged with one count of second-degree assault, one count of unlawful use of a weapon, and two counts of unlawful directing of light from a laser pointer.
According to reports, the indictment says that Kelley intentionally aimed the high-power laser at an officer’s eyes during the overnight rioting at Portland City Hall on August 25th.
According to court documents, a Portland Police Bureau (PPB) sergeant said that Kelley shined the light into his eyes multiple times throughout the night.

portland again

9/15/2020

Portland Protest Experiences Survey issued by the Citizen Review Committee

On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate the Portland Police Bureau’s crowd control tactics during your experience? (Not appropriate at all) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (Highly appropriate)

Wonder what the survey will show?

election

9/15/2020

Good story by Pat Droney from Law Enforcement Today:
Are the Democrats "war-gaming" a coup in the event President Trump wins in November? (op-ed) Hilary said, "Joe Biden should not concede under any circumstances...."

Pat Droney is a retired police officer, having worked in the field in for over 31 years, up to and including the rank of Chief of Police. After retirement, Pat worked as Director of Campus Safety for a private school, as well as Loss Prevention Supervisor in the retail sector. He currently is a supervisor for a large passenger airline. Pat is a proud Reagan conservative patriot, loves his Irish heritage, but especially loves his country and is an unabashed supporter of our military.

I worked as a patrol officer at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, and my superior was a former police chief.

oregon

9/14/2020

Domingo Lopez was arrested in Oregon for starting a brush fire with a Molotov cocktail and was released without bail a few hours later. Within hours he was rearrested for starting 6 more fires.

Booking Info - MSCO online inmate data [with disclaimer]
SWIS ID 803070

RECK BURNING (A Misdemeanor)Bail: $0
Status: Released
DISORDERLY COND 2 (B Misdemeanor)Bail: $0
Status: Released

Name Lopez, Domingo
Age 45
Gender Male
Race Hispanic
Height 5 ft 6 in
Weight 130 lbs
Hair Brown
Eyes Brown
Arresting Agency Portland Police, East Precinct
Booking Date 09/13/2020 06:45 PM
Assigned Facility PERM
Projected Release Date Unknown
Release Date 09/13/2020
Reason Released on Own Recognizance

colorado springs

9/12/2020

Pulpit Rock neighborhood riot

Colorado Springs Police Department, Fri, 09/11/2020 - 3:40 pm

Following the riot, CSPD detectives were able to identify several rioters engaging in illegal activity. They also worked with the Fourth Judicial District Attorney’s Office to ensure that these cases and the information they obtained in their investigation were prosecutable.
Arrest warrants were obtained for the following individuals. Search warrants were also acquired for the residences in Denver and Fountain:
36-year-old Sherrie Smith of Fountain, Colorado

Arrested in Fountain, Colorado
Armed with rifle, pointed rifle at the occupied vehicle of a citizen
Menacing – felony
Possessing a Dangerous or Illegal Weapon - felony
Engaging in a Riot – felony
Additional misdemeanor offenses

33-year-old Lloyd Porche of Denver, Colorado

Arrested in Denver, Colorado
Armed with rifle, engaged in menacing behavior toward the occupied vehicle of a citizen
Menacing - felony
Engaging in a Riot – felony
Additional misdemeanor offenses

20-year-old Charles Johnson of Colorado Springs, Colorado

Arrested in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Attempted to take cellular telephone from a citizen- value approximately $900
Attempted Robbery - felony
Inciting a riot – felony
Additional misdemeanor offenses

Federal partners assisted the Colorado Springs Police Department in this investigation.
As this is still an on-going investigation, the arrest warrants have been sealed at this time. Additionally, we do anticipate additional arrests in the near future.

NYC

9/11/2020

Excellent news story from the New York Post included pictures
"Inside the privileged lives of protesters busted for rioting in Manhattan"
By Gabrielle Fonrouge September 9, 2020 | 8:35pm

portland

9/10/2020

On Sept. 9, 2020, Law Enforcement Today reported that Portland Police seized an explosive, dagger and body armor from rioters.

new york city

9/6/2020

By James Anthony, thepostmillenial.com, September 6, 2020 9:15 AM

New York City Police arrested the 20-year-old daughter of a wealthy Upper East Side family for causing property damage in a riot organized by an Antifa-affiliated and a black supremacist group in the city on Friday. The damage totaled over $100,000.

According to the New York Post, 20-year-old Clara Kraebber is among the eight people arrested at the scene, where an angry mob in the area of 24th street wrecked shop fronts. The mob began their march from Foley Square and, over the course of the next three hours, marched north, causing property damage wherever they went.

Priest

9/5/2020

By Marina Moyski, ChurchMilitant.com, Washington DC, September 4, 2020 [edited for brevity]

President Trump's announcing a plan to restore "patriotic education" in schools to overturn the havoc wreaked by Marxist infiltration comes shortly after he released his second-term agenda just before the Republican National Convention. The agenda prioritizes educational goals including providing school choice to every child in America and teaching American exceptionalism.

Father John Zuhlsdorf, a popular Catholic blogger, weighed in on the issue. Instead of defunding the police, Zuhlsdorf encouraged Americans to defund the colleges that graduate students who hate the nation.

He said, "Defund Academia. Defund public schools. The problems we face aren't coming from the police. They are coming from our classrooms.

"Grade school and high school present empty shells to colleges and universities, which in turn fill them up with dangerous BS," he pointedly observed.

"If you have any money designated in your WILL for your dear old alma mater, college or university ... change your will," he recommended, and, "If you can, get your kids out of public schools. And be wary of Catholic schools, too."

portland

9/4/2020

Report from Andy Ngo and Mia Cathell, September 3, 2020 8:19 PMA Portland-area trans person was federally charged with felony civil disorder after being arrested three times and released by local authorities at Antifa riots last month. According to court documents from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon, 25-year-old Joshua "Eva" Martin Warner, of Beaverton, Ore., directed a high-powered, green laser into the eyes of numerous Portland Police officers attempting to disperse a riot on August 8 outside the police union hall.

Andy Ngo and Mia CathellThe Post Millennial

Venezuela

9/4/2020

teachers

9/4/2020

portland

8/27/2020

Mug shots of three individuals arrested at Antifa riot in Portland:

1) Jacob Soto, listed male, 41, charged w/felony riot & more, band teacher in the Portland Public Schools system.

2) Riley Haralson, listed male, 18, charged w/multiple offenses.

3) Olivia Morgan, listed female, 29, felony riot, attempting escape, resisting arrest & more.

virginia

8/27/2020

WSLS 10 News
Jeff Williamson, Digital Content Manager
Published: August 26, 2020, 5:38 pm
Updated: August 27, 2020, 1:41 pm

On Wednesday, the Virginia Senate voted 21-15 to pass SB 5032, which would allow an assault against a law enforcement officer to be a misdemeanor if the person attacked is not hurt.

Summary of Senate Bill 5032: Eliminates the mandatory minimum term of confinement for an assault and battery committed against a judge; magistrate; law-enforcement officer; correctional officer; person directly involved in the care, treatment, or supervision of inmates; firefighter; or volunteer firefighter or any emergency medical services personnel and provides that such crime can no longer be committed as a simple assault and must result in a bodily injury.

seattle

8/26/2020

Editorial by Law Enforcement Today Staff Writer, August 25, 2020

SEATTLE, WA – Just when we thought it couldn’t get any worse… we were wrong. We’ve gone from protests… to anarchy… to straight up terrorism.

Late Tuesday night, Law Enforcement Today learned from sources about an active investigation into whether rioters tried to burn police officers alive....

Photos reveal that rioters used what is believed to be a quick-dry concrete to seal shut the door of the East Precinct at the same time that they lit the building on fire.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is working with the Seattle Police Department on the ongoing investigation.

Police say that officers holed up in the building while agitators vandalized the outside of it, and that they used the opportunity to use the quick dry cement to seal the officers inside of it.

It took place at the 12th street entrance.

Police say evidence suggests they mixed cement and water in a bucket with a wooden stick, then applied it to the door. Photo evidence also shows they destroyed the electronic key card off of the door. They believe it was to stop people from getting inside in a rescue attempt.

Then on the East Pine Street side of the East Precinct, the rioters torched the building – seemingly intent on burning the building with the officers inside.

Sources tell law enforcement today that the officers kicked the door open, escaped the building and the rioters ran.

One of the officers was hurt and one suspect was arrested.

Seattle Police Officers Guild president Mike Solan spoke about the terrorism on KTTH:

"We’re talking about a little over 100 people who continue to force their political agenda to push assaults on officers, destroy private and public property, to continue their dangerous ideology. What’s next has been seen before and I’m fearful that someone will lose their life in the coming days. This could all stop if our public officials would decry and push back against these criminal acts.”

richmond, ca

8/21/2020

Richmond Police Department 8-20-20

"With heavy hearts this morning, we said goodbye to Sergeant Virgil Thomas, who passed from complications due to Covid-19.

"Sgt. Thomas served over 24 years with the Richmond Police Department. Before coming to Richmond, Sgt. Thomas started his career as a police officer in the Albany and Novato Police Departments. In his long career with Richmond, Sgt. Thomas held assignments in the Neighborhood Services Team, Training Officer Program, and School Resource Unit at Kennedy High School. During his time as a School Resource Officer, he mentored and guided many of our under-served Richmond youth and was like a father figure. He also coached youth baseball and softball. At the beginning of this year he returned to the School Resource Unit as the unit supervisor where continued to embrace the youth.

"During his time with RPD, Sgt. Thomas was a mentor and friend to all. He was dedicated to public service – as President of the Guardians of Justice (a community charitable organization to ensure the fair treatment of African American officers), he led various neighborhood events and giveaways to enrich the lives of those in the Richmond community. He also held the position of Richmond Police Officers Association President.

"Sgt. Thomas was loved and will be missed by his Richmond family. We, as a department and community, will carry on his legacy in our work and service.
Our hearts are with his wife and four children during this difficult time."

communism

8/20/2020