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Los Angeles April 24, 2022

LA County Sheriff Villanueva slams 'wokeism,' says it must go to make city 'livable again'

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva called out who he deemed “de-funders” at the Board of Supervisors allegedly aiming to fire some 4,000 sheriff department employees for not complying with the county vaccine mandate amid a crime wave and as 83,000 homeless people remains on the streets.

Minneapolis-St. Paul April 20, 2022

Minneapolis residents' lawsuit demanding reversal of defund police policy expedited by Supreme Court

The Minnesota Supreme Court agreed to a June hearing in the lawsuit brought by a group of eight Minneapolis North Side residents alleging they have been subjected to rampant crime as part of fallout from George Floyd’s death and the defund police movement, as officer staffing levels continually fall far below what is required under the city’s charter based on population level.

CRIME April 19, 2022

BLM silent when confronted with data showing massive 2020 spike in Black murder victims

The Black Lives Matter organization did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment on 2020's murder spike among Black Americans and experts pointing to BLM and defund the police movements for contributing.

CRIME April 19, 2022

Massive increase in Black Americans murdered was result of defund police movement: experts

Black Americans saw a greater spike in murders in 2020 compared to years prior, and at a higher rate than the national increase.

Democrats April 18, 2022

Brooklyn Dem rapper running for office blasted police in profanity-fueled tweets

A California-born rapper running as a Democratic candidate in Brooklyn, New York, has spent years criticizing police in profanity-fueled tweets, most recently lambasting NYPD following the Brooklyn subway shooting rampage.

George Floyd April 11, 2022

Buffalo officers who pushed 75-year-old activist to ground cleared of wrongdoing

Footage showed the man lying motionless in a pool of blood

Minneapolis-St. Paul April 6, 2022

Minneapolis officer who fatally shot Amir Locke in SWAT raid will not be charged

Minneapolis prosecutors will not pursue criminal charges in the shooting death of Amir Locke while Minneapolis police executed a no-knock warrant

Fox & Friends First March 29, 2022

Jewish journalist says she was 'canceled' after tweet condemning vandalism of synagogues during BLM protests

Freelance music journalist Eve Barlow said her Jewish advocacy inconveniently collided with BLM's cause.

Tennessee March 27, 2022

Man sentenced to 5 years in prison after torching Nashville City Hall during Floyd riot

A Nashville-area man was sentenced to five years in federal prison earlier this week after being labeled “the face of the attempt to burn down City Hall,” according to court filings.

Crime March 20, 2022

Plea deal reached for Philadelphia woman who set cop cars on fire during George Floyd protests

Loore-Elisabeth Blumenthal, 35, pleaded guilty to lesser offenses after having been charged with setting two police vehicles on fire during the George Floyd protests.

Philadelphia March 8, 2022

Philadelphia approaching 100 homicides so far this year, on pace with Chicago for murders in 2022

Philadelphia, known as the City of Brotherly Love, has had 96 homicides so far this year, falling one murder short of the notoriously violent Chicago three months into 2022.