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Minneapolis is experiencing “self-inflicted wounds” as it pertains to the rise in crime, retired New York Police Department Detective Pat Brosnan told “America’s Newsroom” on Thursday as the city’s police department reportedly grapples with short-staffing.

The Seattle City Council has proposed reducing its police budget by 20%, which would make it one of several Democratic-run cities taking big chunks out of their law enforcement budget.

Nobody except “the radicals” want police to be defunded, talk show host Dave Rubin told “Fox & Friends” on Wednesday.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has drafted “anti-mob” legislation that would expand the state’s Stand Your Ground law – a move that some worry would allow armed citizens to shoot and potentially kill anyone they suspect of looting.

Officials in Minneapolis are considering bringing in police from other jurisdictions as the city faces a shortage of officers and a wave of violent crime, according to a report on Monday.

Police reform was a hot button issue leading up to the election, and on Nov. 3, voters in dozens of municipalities across at least six states passed measures to implement stricter oversight of police boards and allow for more public access to camera recordings.

A judge on Thursday declined to move the location of the trial for the former Minneapolis police officers charged in connection with the death of George Floyd, and ruled that they will be tried in a single proceeding.

Iowa police say they’ve made contact with a man who saved an American flag from protesters during a demonstration over the death of George Floyd -- then vanished for three months.

Wanda James, the co-owner of the new 1770 Armory and Gun Club in Denver, said the reason for the surge in gun ownership is that Black Americans are embracing all of their rights. 

Raleigh, N.C., implemented a curfew at 10 p.m. Friday ahead of two protests planned in the city.