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Austin City Council defunds the police – reduces police budget by 34%, or $150 million

August 14, 2020 -

The Austin City Council, while officially a nonpartisan institution, is completely filled with officials affiliated with the Democratic Party, including the city's mayor, Steve Adler, who supported the motion to reduce the budget for his city's police force.

“I think this is the most forward-looking budget in memory,” said Adler on Thursday. “This is really the budget where we launch our future … as a fairer, more just, equitable, more universally acceptable city.”

The ...

Austin City Council defunds the police – reduces police budget by 34%, or $150 million

August 14, 2020 -

The Austin City Council, while officially a nonpartisan institution, is completely filled with officials affiliated with the Democratic Party, including the city's mayor, Steve Adler, who supported the motion to reduce the budget for his city's police force.

“I think this is the most forward-looking budget in memory,” said Adler on Thursday. “This is really the budget where we launch our future … as a fairer, more just, equitable, more universally acceptable city.”

The ...

Austin City council officially calls for blowing up police station as symbol of ending police hate

July 29, 2020 -

(Article by Adan Salazar republished from Infowars.com)

“We should expedite the demolition of the APD Headquarters by directing the City Manager to move all remaining APD staff out of the existing headquarters building and into other underutilized city facilities,” reads the proposal submitted Monday by Council Member Jimmy Flannigan.

The existing APD property, prime real estate situated in the heart of Austin, would then be used to highlight black inequity ...

U.S. police state: Travel FROM any city or TO any city is automatically considered suspicious criminal behavior

November 15, 2015 - U.S. police state: Travel FROM any city or TO any city is automatically considered suspicious criminal behavior

Sunday, November 15, 2015 by: J. D. HeyesTags: police state, freedom to travel, War on Drugs

No, you really don't have "freedom to travel"

This is why we need politicians and public servants to reaffirm the Constitution

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San Fran police seek permission from city council to authorize killer robots

November 29, 2022 -

According to RT.com, which cited local reports, the San Francisco Police Department is asking the city council to approve its request to make some models of robots used by officers capable of inflicting deadly force.

"While the SFPD’s robots are primarily designed for bomb disposal and surveillance, police say they can be used as a last-resort 'deadly force option,'" the outlet reported.

"In a document setting out how the SFPD plans to use all of its military-style ...

Detroit police declare city to be 'war zone' unsafe for visitors, residents

October 11, 2012 - Detroit police declare city to be 'war zone' unsafe for visitors, residents

Thursday, October 11, 2012 by: J. D. HeyesTags: Detroit, crime, war zone

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“I refuse to work for this socialist city council” – Seattle police resigning in droves due to city’s anti-police environment

October 27, 2020 -

Media outlets in Seattle were recently able to obtain over 175 pages worth of exit interviews from more than one hundred SPD officers who have resigned in recent months. Similar sentiments kept coming up in their interviews, with many stating that they love their work and the officers they serve with but that their morale is at an all-time low because of the endless rioting and the perceived lack of support from the city government.

One retiring sergeant who had been ...

New York City police raided vendors selling Islamic goods ahead of Ramadan: Report

March 25, 2024 -

(Article republished from MiddleEastEye.net)

According to a report from THE CITY, the bustling stretch where approximately twelve vendors typically offer Islamic goods in the New York City borough was notably devoid of crates and tables laden with religious texts, prayer mats, and hijabs on Thursday.

This was after police officers instructed them to vacate the area on 8 March, issuing them tickets for unlicensed street vending, THE CITY reported.

One street ...

Report: Austin Police officers quit in droves, Texas City ‘hostile place’ for conservatives

March 06, 2023 -

(Article by Katherine Hamilton republished from Breitbart.com)

Multiple sources told the Post the city allegedly has more than 300 vacancies and officers are quitting “because they feel disrespected,” according to the report. The Austin Police Association said 77 more officers are expected to retire before the end of March. Lt. Brian Moon, who retired last month after 23 years of service, said Austin has become like Portland, Seattle, and San Francisco “where if you’re ...

NYC police union threatens to sue if city requires cops to get vaccinated

August 30, 2021 -

Lynch said in an email obtained by the New York Post: "If the city attempts to impose a vaccine mandate on PBA members, we will take legal action to defend our members' right to make such personal medical decisions." He added in the same email that the city "has not indicated whether it will attempt to impose vaccine mandates on other city workers, including police officers."

NYC Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said in 2020 that officers would not be required to get inoculated ...

Seattle City Council votes to override mayoral veto, effectively defunding their police department

October 01, 2020 -

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, another Democrat, had initially vetoed the budget, but the city council rallied and voted seven to two to override the mayor's veto. The vote stopped several hours of vigorous online public debate regarding the proposed sharp budget cuts to the SPD.

“When I look back in this moment in time, I want to be able to tell my daughter, who I'm currently holding in my arms, that I did the right thing and that I voted on the right side of history,” ...

Seattle rioters ransack businesses to demand city council vote to defund the police

August 16, 2020 -

The riots began in the afternoon and were situated primarily around the city's First Hill neighborhood, which is right next to downtown Seattle. Much of the damage was situated along several streets. Some of the businesses that were targeted include Amazon Go, which was swarmed with rioters who had sledgehammers and were breaking windows; a Whole Foods , where private security personnel were able to fend off the would-be looters; as well as a Starbucks, a Chase Bank and a Key ...

Violent crime in Portland goes up after city council disbands elite police team

August 10, 2020 -

The intensity of the riots in Portland has forced the city’s elected officials to capitulate to some of the demands of Antifa and the Black Lives Matter movement. This includes defunding and eventually abolishing the police. In particular, the Portland City Council – comprised entirely of Democrats – reduced the size of the PPB. This meant disbanding the GVRT, which took effect on July 1.

In the month of July alone, the city recorded 15 homicides, significantly higher ...

“Where are the police?” Anti-police Minneapolis City Council begs department to stop surging crime rate three months after voting to defund and abolish the police

September 17, 2020 -

The city council's proposal will not be put to a public referendum in the November ballot thanks to the intervention of the Minneapolis Charter Commission. Despite this, the police are still recovering from the near-endless rioting in their city as well as the damage caused to its morale by groups like Antifa and the Black Lives Matter movement and the threats to its continued existence thrown at them by the most vocal anti-police members the city council, like known Antifa ...

The police state has a new playbook: Martial law, one city at a time

August 19, 2025 -

(Article by Josh & Nisha Whitehead republished from Rutherford.org)

What is unfolding in the nation’s capital is a hostile takeover of our constitutional republic.

This is no longer about partisan politics, wag-the-dog distractions from the Epstein debacle, or even genuine national security concerns.

This is martial law disguised as law-and-order—the oldest trick in the authoritarian playbook.

We have been traveling this slippery slope toward a police ...

Tom Homan: Washington D.C. will not operate as sanctuary city under federal police control

August 18, 2025 -

Border czar Tom Homan has announced that Washington, D.C. will not function as a sanctuary city as long as its police remain under federal control.

Washington is one of several U.S. cities with local policies that limit cooperation between police and federal immigration enforcement. These so-called "sanctuary city" policies are designed to encourage trust between immigrant communities and law enforcement. (Related: Trump threatens national emergency ...

Minneapolis police testified that Tim Walz let BLM rioters BURN city for George Floyd

August 15, 2024 -

At a Minnesota Senate hearing, Sgt. Anna Hedberg of the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) revealed what Walz did to her officers.

"That's not what we stand for," Sgt. Hedberg said while seemingly trying to hold back tears, revealing that her officers were abandoned by state, city and department leaders.

"To watch them go through that was so heartbreaking," she continued, her voice cracking with fear. "To know that they could have died because we were not allowed ...

Calls grow to deport migrants who attacked two police officers in New York City

February 08, 2024 -

"Get them all and send them back," she said in response to a question about the people who have been arrested in connection with the assaults. "You don't touch our police officers. You don't touch anybody. I think that's actually something that should be looked at, I mean, if someone commits a crime against a police officer in the state of New York and they're not here legally. Definitely worth checking into." (Related: NYC Mayor Eric Adams DEFUNDS POLICE, rolls out various ...

San Francisco Police Department now has access to private security cameras across the city

September 28, 2022 -

In a 7-4 vote, the board agreed to pilot a controversial plan overhauling surveillance practices. The trial will last only 15 months, with a second vote necessary if the supervisors wish to extend or revise the policy.

Under the new policy put forward by San Francisco Mayor London Breed, the SFPD can access up to 24 hours of live outdoor footage from private surveillance cameras without a warrant – as long as the camera owner consents.

However, police must meet ...

New York City descends into a police state as Gov. Hochul deploys 1,000 national guardsmen and police in subway system to “mitigate crimes”

March 10, 2024 -

According to reports, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul deployed on March 6 some 750 national guardsmen and 250 state police officers to patrol the subway system as the state's response to fighting recent high-profile crimes. "Let me just be very, very clear. These brazen, heinous attacks on our subway system will not be tolerated," Hochul said Wednesday.

This followed New York City Mayor Eric Adams' announcement Tuesday to add more police officers and re-institute bag checks....