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Portland man charged for ordering his dog to attack three men after uttering racial slur
PORTLAND, OR - Portland Police Bureau (PPB) officers arrested Zachary Tyler Hay, 29, on Monday on a felony assault with “a dangerous weapon" as well as bias crime charges, alleging that he ordered his dog, an American Pit Bull Terrier, to attack two people, injuring a total of three.
Believe it or not, Hollywood is making a movie about career criminal Saint George Floyd - (op-ed)
HOLLYWOOD, CA - The far left is going out of its way to make sure that the American people never even think about putting the memory of George Floyd in the trash heap of history where it belongs. Breitbart News reports that Hollywood is going to produce a movie about the drug-addicted, crime-riddled life of Floyd, whose death in the custody of Minneapolis police officers sparked a “summer of love”...otherwise known as a summer of deadly riots, four years ago.
Falsely accused former Tacoma police officer sues City and State for defamation
TACOMA, WA - Former Tacoma Police Officer Timothy Rankine, who was acquitted of all charges in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis, a man in his custody, is now suing the city and the State of Washington for defamation. According to The Associated Press, Rankine, along with fellow officers Christopher...
'People will die': Tech CEO warns as Chicago mayor battles city council over ShotSpotter system
CHICAGO, IL - Chicago's Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson is facing an Alderman's revolt in the City Council with members of the body moving to rip power over ShotSpotter, the gunshot sound detection system, away from him. The CEO of the SoundThinking, formerly known as ShotSpotter, Ralph Clark warned that "people will die," and referred to the "very small but loud" movement as being the "first cousin to defund the police."
'Every city in our country a border city': Sheriffs react to dire DEA report linking Mexican cartels to China
SIOUX FALLS, SD - During a Sioux Falls Crime Report, Minnehaha County Sheriff Michael Milstead shared information from the high-intensity drug trafficking area (HIDTA) outlining that the vast majority of Fentanyl flooding into South Dakota originates from Mexico and chemicals from China. As reported by Dakota News Now, the data...
Biden's whole-of-government gun control crusade confronts reality
Originally written by Larry Keane for NSSF. Republished with permission. President Joe Biden’s relentless rebukes of the firearm industry and law-abiding gun owners isn’t just an infringement on our Second Amendment rights – it’s a calculated and well-financed attack on the fabric of American liberty. President Biden calls the firearm industry “the enemy” and his administration is systematically attempting to dismantle the industry and pander to the whims of radical gun control lobbyists. The evidence is clear, and the statistics damning.
Can't make it up: Biden administration gives communist Cuba access to sensitive TSA areas at Miami International Airport
MIAMI, FL - It's recently been revealed that the Biden administration gave a guided tour of Miami International Airport’s TSA facilities to designated state sponsor of terrorism, Cuba. Breitbart News reports that earlier this week, five officials from Cuba, a communist country, received a “secret” guided tour of Miami...
Retired officer: Times have changed in law enforcement. Where do I go now?
Life is not fair. The question I’ve been trying to answer for most of my adult life is, “Why?” I, along with countless other patriotic Americans, have dedicated their lives to public service, only to find that most of us have suffered some sort of great loss, whether it be to PTSD or other mental health issues, substance abuse, separation and divorce, or any combination of issues.
It has begun: 13 Oregon counties vote to secede from the state and join Idaho
SALEM, OR - Crook County, Oregon became the thirteenth county to vote in favor of secession to join neighboring Idaho on Tuesday. The largely conservative rural counties have voted to leave the Democrat-dominated state over the last two years with this most recent measure passing with 53 percent of the vote.
Kaleb House: Helping women and children recover from sex trafficking and exploitation
After assisting a facility that helped trafficked children and learning that there were very few facilities of that type available, Kaleb House’s founder, Bear Independent, knew something needed to be done. Child trafficking had not been on his radar before. His focus was on helping others through his disaster...
Twenty-five examples of increasing crime: is record fear of crime justified?
Originally written for Crime in America. Republished with permission. Data from the federal government and a variety of reputable sources indicate that violent and property crimes increased, not decreased in recent years. Dozens of articles are stating that Americans are being unrealistic (silly?) as to the nation’s record fear of...
Attorney for American Airlines: Girl, 9, 'should have known' she was being recorded by creepy flight attendant in the restroom
BOSTON, MA - Back in January, an American Airlines flight attendant was arrested for allegedly recording or attempting to record a nine-year-old girl who was using the lavatory while on the plan and now months later, the lawyer representing the airline went on record saying that the young girl was to blame.
Former Red Sox pitcher among 27 men arrested by Florida child sex sting
JACKSONVILLE, FL - The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office led by Sheriff T.K. Waters and accompanied by local, state, and federal partners with the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force arrested 27 men during the five-day "Operation Valiant Knights," a child-sex trafficking sting. Among the men arrested was former Boston Red Sox pitcher Austin Maddox whose image has spread virally sporting a swollen eye and battered face after he reportedly resisted arrest.
Report: ICE is withholding names of Jordanian nationals who tried to access Virginia Marine Corps base
QUANTICO, VA - “We cannot proactively release the names, as this could potentially affect their removal proceedings,” a statement from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said on Friday. The statement was made when the agency revealed that the identities of the two Jordanian nationals that attempted to gain...
Second grade Virginia teacher arrested for being high and having narcotics in her classroom
FREDERICKSBURG, VA - On Thursday, May 16th, a second-grade school teacher was arrested after the school resource officer noticed that the woman was high on drugs while teaching in the classroom. According to Fox News, the school resource officer at Spotswood Elementary School noticed that 35-year-old Candyce Leigh Carter appeared...
NYPD in crisis: Resignations, retirements spike to levels unseen in decades
NEW YORK, NY - The NYPD is facing a crisis of manpower as the number of sworn officers has plunged to its lowest levels since 1990. The exodus of officers out of the beleaguered, underfunded department has accelerated to approximately 200 officers resigning or retiring per month. Data obtained by...
Is anyone really safe? Washington and Oregon set the bar low for public safety.
QUANTICO, VA - A new report comprised of data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) highlighting both public safety statistics and corrections outcome data has revealed that the states of Washington and Oregon have ranked as two of the most dangerous in the nation. As reported by The Post...
DEI Manager for Facebook, Nike sentenced in $5 million wire fraud case
ATLANTA, GA - Barbara Furlow-Smiles, 38, a former diversity program manager who worked for both Facebook and Nike and confessed to bilking the corporations out of $5 million in kickbacks is now bound for Federal Prison for five years and three months according to reporting released May 16th. Citing a...
Guatemalan illegal immigrant charged for Alabama murder after ICE/DHS failed to deport him
MOBILE, AL - An illegal immigrant from Guatemala, who was not deported following a 2021 DUI by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) citing a directive from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was charged with the murder of a 19-year-old in Alabama over a year after his initial arrest. Antonio Rodas is charged in connection with the death of Adam Luker in a fatal car accident on April 28th.
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