California Gov. Gavin Newsom is pulling officers from the California highway patrol to San Franciscoâs Tenderloin district as part of a multi-agency initiative to crack down on open air drug dealings and drug use. Since May 30, highway patrol officers have made 100 drug related arrests, CNN reported. In one instance, a highway patrol officer
California Highway Patrol Policing Open Air Drug Use in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District
Time for ânational conversationâ on policing, Durbin says
Sen. Dick Durbin speaks during a press conference. | Mariam Zuhaib/AP Photo Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin said Sunday that the brutal footage of Memphis police beating Tyre Nichols demonstrated the need for âa national conversationâ on law enforcement. Speaking on ABCâs âThis Week,â the Illinois Democrat said, âWe need a national conversation about policing
Dems fret policing talks will be tangled with Tim Scottâs presidential hopes
Democrats are still eyeing Tim Scott as a partner but theyâre wary of the effect that Scottâs aspirations will have on cross-party talks. | Scott Olson/Getty Images Democrats are signaling that theyâre willing to work with Republicans on a new policing bill after the death of Tyre Nichols. Who their GOP partners might be is
Dems strike pre-election deal on policing and public safety
The House is expected to vote on the package on Thursday, one of its final days in session before the November midterms. The four bills focus on grants for police training and recruitment; addressing mental health crises; preventing community violence prevention and solving gun crimes. Two bills from moderate members Reps. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) and
Gillibrand: White Capitol Rioters Exposed ‘Institutional Racism’ in Policing, Black Protesters ‘Would Have Been Shot’
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) said Thursday on Fox News Channelâs âYour World with Neil Cavutoâ that the way white rioters that breached the U.S. Capitol were treated by law enforcement on Wednesday exposed âinstitutional racismâ in law enforcement. Gillibrand said, âOne of my other concerns, Neil, is that we did not prepare for this riot in…
China Emboldened Steps Up Policing of Multinationals
SINGAPORE/BEIJING â China is stepping up its policing of international companies such as Inditex SA-owned Zara and Delta Air Lines Inc. and demanding they respect the governmentâs position on long-standing territorial disputes from Taiwan to Tibet. The Cyber Administration Office in Shanghai on Friday said Zara listed Taiwan, an island that China claims as its […]
Illegal Immigration and the Broken Windows Policy of Policing
The GOP establishment is enraged and terrified at the prospect of Donald Trumpâs plan to return eleven million plus illegal aliens to their home countries. The obvious reason for this panic is the ensuing disruption that the sudden disappearance of 5% or more of the national workforce — including that portion of the workforce […]