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Portland adopts new $6M crime reduction plan, gives $0 to police dept.

File – Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell attends a news conference. (AP Photo) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 10:42 AM PT – Thursday, April 8, 2021 The Chief of Police in Portland, Oregon appears hesitant to support a new proposal to reduce shooting violence. On Wednesday, Chief Chuck Lovell said that gun violence prevention was a “complex issue” …

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NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea calls hate crime surge a crisis

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 25: NYPD Commissioner Dermot F. Shea speaks during a press conference at the NYPD headquarters in Manhattan on March 25, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 3:20 PM PT – Friday, April 2, 2021 NYPD Police Commissioner Dermot Shea called the growing …

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Tighter Background Check Legislation Burdens Law-Abiding Citizens, Won’t Reduce Crime: Expert

Prominent economist and gun rights advocate John Lott said that the enhanced background checks contained in new House-passed measures would burden law-abiding citizens and not reduce crime. The House approved two bills on Thursday that expand background checks on individuals who are seeking to purchase or transfer firearms and lengthens the review period for background checks …

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Kentucky Senate Approves Bill That Would Make It a Crime to Taunt Police

A bill that would make it a crime to taunt police officers was passed on Thursday in Kentucky’s Senate. Senators voted 22-11 to pass Senate Bill 211, which was described by proponents as an anti-riot act. The legislation would increase violations that accused rioters face, in addition to to adding a section that says a …

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South Korea PM ‘declares war’ on property crime as insider speculation scandal widens

March 11, 2021 By Sangmi Cha and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said on Thursday the government was declaring war on property crime amid widening accusations of insider speculation by dozens of employees of the state housing corporation. The growing scandal has sparked outrage in South Korea as property …

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Ky. lawmakers advance bill which would make it a crime to insult, taunt law enforcement officer in a provoking manner

LOUISVILLE, KY – MAY 29: Police in riot gear stood in formation during protests on May 29, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Brett Carlsen/Getty Images) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 3:10 PM PT – Tuesday, March 9, 2021 Lawmakers in Kentucky advanced a bill that would make it a crime to taunt or insult a law enforcement …

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New Mexico’s Herrell Wants Answers from Mayorkas on Immigrants Entering U.S. Without Medical, Crime Checks

Rep. Yvette Herrell (R-N.M.) wants answers from the new Secretary of Homeland Security on reports undocumented immigrants are coming into the United States without CCP virus testing or adequate criminal or national security background checks. Herrell told the recently confirmed Alejandro Mayorkas in a March 2 letter made available to The Epoch Times that border …

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Russian ex-journalist accused of treason says he doesn’t know his alleged crime

FILE PHOTO: Ivan Safronov, a former journalist and an aide to the head of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos who remains in custody on state treason charges, is escorted after a court hearing in Moscow, Russia September 2, 2020. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/File Photo February 15, 2021 By Tom Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) – A former Russian newspaper journalist …

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