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CHICAGO — A Chicago police officer has died after being shot multiple times in the Gage Park neighborhood on the city’s Southwest Side while returning home from duty overnight. Chicago Police Department Supt. Larry Snelling confirmed in a briefing Sunday morning outside the University of Chicago Medical Center that the officer was pronounced dead.

A young NYPD officer was killed in broad daylight by a career criminal who had no business living free thanks to the city’s lawless crime policies. As the New York Post reported, 31-year-old Jonathan Diller was fatally shot in the stomach after police tried to remove a suspect from the passenger’s side of a vehicle late Monday afternoon. The senseless shooting happened around 5:50 p.m. in Queens after cops approached a dark gray Kia Soul that was illegally parked in front of a metered zone. Diller screamed he had been “hit” after the suspect opened fire. Diller was then rushed...

Algona, Iowa, police officer Kevin Cram died Wednesday night after being shot as he tried to execute a warrant on 43-year-old Kyle Lou Ricke. KTIV noted 33-year-old Cram was on patrol and knew a warrant was out for Ricke’s arrest. He learned the possible whereabouts of the wanted man and went to the location, “told Ricke he was going to be placed under arrest,” and Ricke responded by shooting Cram.

The man who allegedly shot and killed a Fargo, North Dakota, police officer and wounded two others has been identified as 37-year-old Mohamad Barakat. NBC News reported that the shooting occurred Friday just before 3:00 p.m. A witness said the shots were fired during a “traffic stop.” ABC News reported that 23-year-old Jake Wallin was the officer killed in the shooting. Wallin joined the Fargo Police Department in April of this year. Officers Andrew Dotas and Tyler Hawes were shot and wounded in the incident and are both in “critical stable condition.” [snip] Barakat, the alleged shooter, was killed by...

Sources say the suspect told investigators he melted the gun he used in the killing of Officer Christopher Fitzgerald. PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- It only took 12 hours for police to arrest the suspect accused of killing Temple University Police Officer Christopher Fitzgerald on Saturday night. Miles Pfeffer, 18, was taken into custody Sunday morning at his home on Quarry Road in Buckingham Township, Bucks County. On Monday morning, Temple police transported Pfeffer to Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility. He has now been arraigned, and formally charged with murder and murder of a police officer. It wasn't hard for police to track Pfeffer's...

Cairo, Georgia is in mourning after officer Clarence “CJ” Williams died from a sudden medical emergency while on dutyAccording to WSBTV, Officer Williams, 23, was assisting with a routine traffic stop when the suspect who was pulled over ran from the car.A foot chase immediately occurred which led to Williams collapsing mid-pursuit.Attempts were made to revise officer Williams but they were to no avail. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/23-year-old-georgia-police-officer-suddenly-dies-foot-chase/?utm_source=Gab&utm_campaign=websitesharingbuttons

A veteran police officer is fighting for his life after he was mugged by three men while on his morning jog through the Bronx. The unnamed officer, an 18-year veteran assigned to the Central Park precinct, was running through the Soundview district at 10:30am when he was attacked. He was discovered lying on the sidewalk bleeding from his ear on Olmstead Avenue, between Lafayette and Turnbull Avenues. The officer was taken to Jacobi hospital and diagnosed with a fractured skull and bleeding from the brain. His condition is critical, sources told DailyMail.com. The officer was unable to stand or speak...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Superintendent Shaun Ferguson chastised journalists Tuesday (July 26) for reporting on the New Orleans Police Department’s worsening manpower problems instead of more “positive” news. But even the chief admitted one of the NOPD’s latest personnel losses was especially disturbing. Scott Fanning, a third-year officer assigned to the Eighth District policing the French Quarter and Central Business District, walked off the job last Friday in the middle of his night watch shift, notifying a supervisor by text message that he was quitting the force. “It was disheartening,” Ferguson said at a news conference at NOPD headquarters, ”especially...

A community is in mourning after a former football star and San Jose police officer suddenly died. 24-year-old DeJon Packer died Sunday night in Milpitas. The San Jose native is being remembered by his college coaches and teammates as a joyful person who cared about his city. Prayers for his family and friends have been pouring in. Spartan head football coach Brent Brennan says Packer’s death has been heartbreaking for the team. Packer was known for naturally drawing people in with his happiness. Brennan was not surprised to see Packer choose a career of service after graduating from San Jose...

Even some police have lost faith with their own government.This is a 2 minute and 50 second rant. https://youtu.be/_BsgQtETV9A

A Louisville, Kentucky, police officer is suing the town’s mayor, police chief, and police department for persecuting him over his off-duty prayer at an abortion clinic. The federal lawsuit was filed October 4, 2021, by Thomas More Society attorneys on behalf of Matthew Schrenger. The complaint states that the City of Louisville and the Louisville Metro Police Department violated the officer’s constitutional and civil rights. “A quiet, off-duty prayer, on a public sidewalk, resulted in Officer Matt Schrenger being immediately suspended for over four months, stripped of his police powers, and placed under investigation,” explained Thomas More Society Senior Counsel...

Earlier this month former President Trump wondered in an emailed statement to supporters who killed Ashli Babbitt during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Now, RealClearInvestigations has provided an answer.Thus far efforts by Babbitt’s family, journalists and watchdog groups to get the U.S. Capitol Police to release the identity of the officer who shot Babbitt have been futile. USCP is “shrouded in secrecy” and is not subject to Freedom of Information Act requests.As RCI pointed out, the refusal to name the officer has led to false rumors circulating on the internet. But the officer’s identity appears to have been revealed by...

On Friday, Matt covered the attack on Capitol Hill police officers that resulted in one officer being seriously injured and another, William Evans, killed after Noah Green rammed his car into them deliberately. Green was killed when he got out of his car and lunged at officers with a knife.The anti-Trump crowd on Twitter was primed and ready to go.Mark my words. It will be a white guy. He’ll be a Trump supporter and shouldn’t have probably had the gun. Eh? Suspect in custody after car rams two officers at U.S. Capitol complex; one person reportedly shot https://t.co/fXDJBNE6Wm— Gingerbread Guy🏳️‍🌈...

A woman at a grade-school football game in Ohio on Wednesday was reportedly tased and arrested by a police officer for not wearing a face mask in the stands. The woman was sitting in the bleachers with her mother when she got into an altercation with the cop about mask-wearing at a middle school in the town of Logan, the Marietta Times reported. Video of the incident, which was posted to YouTube, shows the woman resisting as the officer struggles to handcuff her for nearly two minutes before he deploys his Taser.

Three suspects were in custody in Cleveland on Friday after an officer was shot and killed on Thursday night, officials said. Officer James Skernivitz, 53, who had been with the department since 1998, was shot and killed, officials told news outlets. Skernivitz was working on an undercover drug operation as he and his informant were ambushed while in a car, officials said. Police Chief Calvin Williams told CBS News that “Cleveland lost one of its finest” with his death. “Detective Skernivitz gave his life trying to keep danger off the streets of Cleveland. This tragedy shows once again the valor...

The St. Louis-area police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown in 2014 will not be criminally charged, the St. Louis County prosecutor announced on Thursday.

Usually, a president who delivered seven million new jobs and a historically low unemployment rate can run for re-election on his economic program. Unfortunately, the Covid-19 pandemic destroyed the economy. Thus, President Trump’s masterful stewardship of the economy is no longer apparent as Americans struggle to deal with economic lockdowns, virus mandates, and high unemployment. As the nation returns to lockdown mode again with an increase in virus numbers, economic progress will be curtailed. This issue is no longer the president’s best way to win re-election. With his response to Covid-19 being continually pummeled by the media, polls show the...

Robert "Skippy" Carroll was terminated from his employment. He was fired for a Facebook post- Union Protected speech when he was acting in his role as FOP Vice President- letting his members know about a local business hating on 2 young police officers who were killed. This was days after the 2020 riots began in early June when progressive activism was frenzied and buildings were burning. Activists caught wind of Vice President Carroll defending murdered police officers and dubbed him racist, threatening and any other buzz word they use for views that differ from theirs. The weak Media Borough Council...

Why is ANTIFA not being rounded up? https://twitter.com/Jali_Cat/status/1268973317974786048?s=20  

Protests swept over the city of Guadalajara, located in the western state of Jalisco, after 30-year-old builder Giovanni Lopez was found dead. The last time Lopez was seen was documented in a video circulating on social media earlier this week. The video showed Lopez with police officers who were arresting him because he was not wearing a face mask. Enraged by the video, protesters took to the streets, burning patrol cars outside of the Governor’s Palace and writing messages demanding justice for Lopez on the walls in the historic center. Later that evening, Lopez’s family went to the police station...