More than a QUARTER of NYPD’s 55,000 force could be sent home in crime-plagued New York City if vaccine-hesitant members don’t get their first shot by Friday

NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea is trying to sway officers – some of the most vaccine-hesitant workers in city government – to comply with last week’s order by Mayor Bill de Blasio.

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Black girl, 10, who has ADHD was HANDCUFFED and taken to a police station for drawing an ‘offensive’ picture of another child who was bullying her

The Hawaii ACLU is demanding change after a 10-year-old Black girl who has ADHD was arrested at her elementary school after she drew an ‘offensive sketch’ of her alleged bully.

The girl, identified only as N.B., was reportedly detained and questioned by police at Honowai Elementary School in January 2020 without the presence of a parent.

She was also ‘handcuffed with excessive force’ and taken to the police station without being charged with a crime, the ACLU alleged in a letter to the Hawaii Police Department (HPD) and the state Department of Education (DOE) that was released Tuesday.

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Philadelphia passes bill barring cops from making minor traffic stops

The Philadelphia City Council voted 14-2 on Thursday to pass the Driving Equality Bill — designed to reduce “unequal police practices” against minority motorists, or what’s been called “driving while black,” for minor offenses such as busted tail lights or expired inspection stickers.

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‘White’s not a culture?’ White students stand up to black peers demanding they leave ‘multicultural’ college space

Two white male students were accosted by a pair of female students in a space on the campus of Arizona State University over a “racist” sticker on a laptop that said “Police Lives Matter,” and told the leave the room, according to a video posted online that has since gone viral.

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Denver City Council Questioning Scope of Street Enforcement Team

The Hancock administration’s plan for the Street Enforcement Team, which staffers likened to park rangers when it was unveiled in July, is to give its members authority to enforce and issue citations for twenty laws, including ones generally associated with people experiencing homelessness, such as unauthorized camping, public urination, trespassing and obstruction of the public right-of-way. The team will also be able to issue citations for failure to obey a lawful order, providing false information and violating court orders.

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U.S. Capitol Fence Goes Back Up As Police, National Guard Prepare For ‘Justice For J6’ Rally

The agency also has asked for security support from the National Guard and received authorization to deputize law enforcement officers from other agencies, if needed.


Update – Far-right groups tell supporters planned Washington rally is a government ‘trap’

Extremist groups and prominent rightwing figures are warning supporters not to attend a far-right rally in support of the people arrested for participating in the 6 January Capitol attack, calling the event a “false flag” and a “trap”.

Capitol police are bracing for potential violence at the “Justice for J6” protest rally, which is taking place in Washington DC on Saturday, and security fencing has gone up once more around the Capitol building.

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