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- It was just after 5:30 a.m. when chaos and confusion swept through the encampment. A student who filmed the raid by the Chicago Police Department provided the footage to CBS 2. Students tried to block the officers’ entry, but the officers pushed through.
- DePaul University President Robert Manuel gave law enforcement the green light Wednesday night, after deeming the situation on campus “unsafe.”
- After the raid, students quickly regrouped, taking their movement across the street to a gas station.
- DePaul also reported more than 1,000 complaints altogether, including more than 625 registered complaints from neighbors and community members, and more than 425 from students, faculty and staff, and parents.
- These complaints included one death threat, four credible threats of violence, 12 incidents of criminal property damage, and 34 reports of antisemitism, among other issues raised.
- DePaul also outlined numerous complaints of harassment at the encampment and of Jewish community members feeling unsafe.
- “You know, the day that the encampment went up, one of the first signs that went up said, ‘Jewish safety cannot be guaranteed until Palestine is free’
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- Eric Adams under pressure to divulge details on ‘outside agitators’ at campus protests
- Adams, a Democrat and former city police officer, was asked by local reporters on Thursday morning to give a breakdown of the arrest numbers. He repeatedly declined to provide details.
- When pressed to provide further details, he said his office had “turned everything over to the school, and it is up to the school to determine if they’re going to release the names of students and non-students”.
- New York police department issued a press release saying that among those arrested at Columbia, “approximately 29% of individuals were not affiliated” with the school, while 60% of people arrested at the CCNY protests were not affiliated with the school
- NYPD commissioner said “These individuals are not university students, they are not affiliated with either the institutions or campuses in question, and they are working to escalate the situation.”
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- Haiti violence sees police ‘attacked with machetes’ as gangs wreak havoc in Port-au-Prince
- Describing the violence in the country, a journalist on the ground told Daily Express US that cannibalism has been witnessed on the streets as the violence reaches “unprecedented” levels.
- Speaking anonymously, they said: “Haiti is living in a total chaotic situation right now. It is total chaos everywhere, especially in the capital where I am right now.
- “Haiti has a leader, Prime Minister Ariel Henry, but he is not inside the country right now. In the meantime, you have gangs waging full attacks on key institutions.
- “You also have attacks on police stations. On February 28 a police station was attacked. The officers were in there for three hours crying for help, and after that, we saw images of officers being cut by machetes being shared on social media.
- “The gangs are heavily armed with guns from the US, but they are also equipped with high-level technology like drones.
- “The level of violence is unprecedented. The gangs seemingly want to kill as many people as they can. They are in a fear campaign where they want to appear as murderous and as violent as possible.”
- He continued: “For instance, we have seen images of gang leaders eating people they have killed. We have seen images of people being tortured when they are kidnapped.
- “It is senseless. The goal here is not just to ensue fear, but to paralyze people mentally. This is a message that Haiti is under the total control of gangs.”
- Henry is an unpopular acting Prime Minister of Haiti who has been criticized for failing to quell the gangs. He was never elected into his role and is now losing the trust of the country’s population.
- He left the country last week, and his whereabouts remain unclear
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- Chaos erupts as 250,000 flood London streets – arrests made
- A video has shown angry clashes between police and demonstrators during a pro-Palestine march in central London today which is estimated to have attracted between 200,000 and 250,000 to the capital.
- A total of eleven people have been arrested, including at least on suspicion of support for a proscribed organization, with the demonstration scheduled to end near the Israeli embassy, with pictures showing police lined up in front of it, apparently to guard it.
- About 1,500 police officers from forces across the UK are set to be on public order duties during the demonstration.
- The march set off along Park Lane and will continue to Knightsbridge and Kensington Road ending at the junction with Kensington Court where speeches will take place.
- Protesters will be kept more than 100m away from the embassy grounds, behind barriers controlled by officers and face arrest if they do not do so.
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Important Takeaways:
- A homeowner shot and killed a home invasion suspect in Los Angeles early Saturday morning while a grandmother and toddler were in the house in the fifth such crime reported in the area in the space of 10 days.
- Officers were called to a home in the Granada Hills section of the San Fernando Valley, north of Beverly Hills, around 5am on Saturday after someone reported a ‘hot prowl’ – a burglary where the homeowner is present.
- ‘The officers’ preliminary investigation determined that approximately three to four armed males in their 20s entered the home with the intent to burglarize the location,’ according to LAPD officials.
- The name of the deceased burglar has not been released.
- The other three suspects fled the scene and have not yet been identified, but police said a ‘trail of blood’ suggested one of them had been injured.
- There was also a grandmother and a toddler in the house at the time.
- Video from the scene shows the unnamed male homeowner being detained by police during the initial investigation, but it is not known if he has been charged.
- LAPD Valley Bureau Deputy Chief Alan Hamilton said that the investigation in ongoing and that it’s up to the District Attorney’s Office if charges will be filed in the case.
- Neighbors were alarmed by the incident but told KTLA that they aren’t surprised.
- Pat Walsh said: ‘We’ve been having burglaries every day in this neighborhood.
- ‘So I’m not surprised at all. It’s been a real problem. Residents here are fed up.’
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- ‘Killer’ teen driver, 18, told police ‘I’ll be out in 30 days, I’ll bet you,’ after ‘deliberately mowing down retired cop, 64,’ while friend, 16, filmed
- A teenage driver accused of mowing down a retired police chief bragged to cops that he would be back on the streets in less than a month.
- Jesus Ayala, 18, was arrested hours after he allegedly drove into Andreas Probst, 64, and told officers that he wouldn’t be locked up for long.
- ‘You think this juvenile [expletive] is gonna do some [expletive]? I’ll be out in 30 days, I’ll bet you,’ Ayala told Las Vegas cops.
- He added: ‘It’s just ah, [expletive] ah, hit-and-run — slap on the wrist’, despite cops not mentioning the accident to him yet, according to KLAS. His comments were caught on police body cameras.
- Cops had only arrested him for a warrant and obstructing a peace officer but discovered the sick footage on his phone.
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- San Francisco tries to recruit cops from TEXAS as it faces shortage of hundreds of officers – and business leaders like Salesforce’s Marc Benioff slam the city’s widespread homelessness and drug use
- San Francisco is trying to recruit cops from Texas as it faces a shortage of officers, after businessman Marc Benioff slammed the city’s homeless and drug problems.
- The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) is visiting four Texas university campuses throughout the month as part of a new recruitment drive.
- Candidates from outside of the state of California will take a written test, a physical ability test and an interview to see if they make the cut.
- Mayor London Breed was one of the first to openly speak out in support of defunding the police.
- During a July 2020 press conference, Breed said: ‘We chose to change how this city and how this country treats our young Black men.’
- Breed announced $120 million would be cut from the police and sheriff’s departments to reinvest in programs that help black and brown communities.
- The following year, Breed u-turned on the decision and increased the police budget as the city faced a rampant rise in property crime and looting.
- Latest figures up until Sunday show that there have been more homicides so far this year than the whole of last year.
- Likewise, the number of robberies in the city is also higher now than for the whole of last year, with 1,989 reported incidents this year, compared to just 1,704 last year.
- The number of total crimes this year is also closely catching up with last year’s full total, with 36,573 crimes committed this year, compared to 37,674 in 2022.
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Mathew 24:12 And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.
Important Takeaways:
- Police arrest man who allegedly shot 6-year-old when basketball rolled into yard
- Neighbors told ABC News’ Charlotte affiliate WSOC the shooting on Tuesday started when a basketball rolled into Singletary’s yard from a group of local children playing basketball in the street. Singletary allegedly fired a gun at a neighbor before approaching a father and daughter, William James White and 6-year-old Kinsley White, who were both seriously wounded.
- One woman was grazed by a bullet and a second man was shot at but not injured, police said.
- William White remains in serious condition, according to police.
- Family members said William White tried to draw gunfire toward himself to protect his family as Singletary unloaded an entire magazine toward his neighbor. White was shot in the back in his own front yard, according to his partner, Ashley Hilderbrand.
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Revelations 6:4 “And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.”
Important Takeaways:
- CNN Analyst Says NYPD Has Ordered Every Cop In The City Of Every Rank To ‘Show Up In Uniform Tomorrow’
- CNN Law Enforcement analyst John Miller says orders have gone out from the NYPD for every cop in the city “of every rank” to “show up in uniform tomorrow” following the criminal indictment of former President Donald Trump.
- JOHN MILLER: Well, as of a few moments ago, a teletype went out to all NYPD commands in New York City, ordering that all members of the department, no matter what their rank or assignment, show up in uniform tomorrow. So clearly, the NYPD is preparing to have all of its options open in case they have to mobilize a large number of police officers. Right now as they’re scanning, they’re not seeing any plans for any major protests, but that could change overnight because this news is very fresh.
- There’s 36,000 police officers in the NYPD. And large groups of them that are specially trained in disorder control…
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Matthew 24:12 – “And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.
Important Takeaways:
- Vehicle Strikes 25 LA County Sheriff’s Academy Recruits on Run
- An SUV traveling on the wrong side of the road struck 25 Los Angeles County sheriff’s academy recruits on a training run around dawn Wednesday, critically injuring five of them, authorities said.
- Sheriff Alex Villanueva said the range of the most serious injuries included head trauma, broken bones and “loss of limb.” The trainees included recruits for the Sheriff’s Department and several local police agencies.
- CHP Assistant Chief Charlie Sampson said about 75 recruits were running in formation northbound in the street when the southbound vehicle veered into the opposing lane and struck the victims.
- The driver was only identified as a 22-year-old man from suburban Diamond Bar
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