Text messages circulating throughout the New York Police Department are calling for members to “strike” on July 4 in protest of anti-police rhetoric and budget cut proposals as tensions in the wake of recent officer-involved deaths have reverberated across the city and country. “NYPD cops will strike on July 4 th [sic],” states one of the two message being sent around the NYPD. “To let the city have their independence without cops.” The flier states that the alleged “strike” will begin at “1500 hours,” or 3 p.m. The New York Post was first to report the news. Fox News has confirmed the report and obtained images of both messages. It wasn't immediately clear who started the chain. The NYPD did not immediately respond to Fox News’ request seeking comment. Partner of slain NYPD detective on why we need cops on the streets NYPD detective Vincent Maher, and former partner of slain detective Misosotis Familia, speaks out.

People line up outside Kentucky Career Center prior to its opening to find assistance with their unemployment claims in Frankfort, Kentucky. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston

Army officers salute to pay tribute to Sunil Kumar, an Indian soldier who was killed in a border clash with Chinese troops in Ladakh region, before his cremation in Maner, in the eastern state of Bihar, India. REUTERS/Stringer

Tanks T-90M "Breakthrough-3" on the streets of Moscow, Russia, during the rehearsal of the Victory Parade, June 17, 2020

Alpha jets from the French Air Force Patrouille de France and the Royal Air Force Red Arrows perform a flypast over the statue of Charles de Gaulle on the Champs Elysees avenue to celebrate the 80th anniversary of wartime leader's appeal to the French people to resist the Nazi occupation, broadcast from London, in Paris, France. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

A Kentucky State Trooper explains to Margaret Wells, of Louisville, that the line outside a temporary unemployment office established by the Kentucky Labor Cabinet is closed at the State Capitol Annex in Frankfort, Kentucky. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston

Retired nurse Feridia Rojas, 82, wears cardboard shaped into a house at a market to protect herself from the spread of the coronavirus in Havana, Cuba. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

A statue of Confederate Commander Richard W. Dowling is removed ahead of Juneteenth in Houston, Texas. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare

People take part in a protest against the death of teenager Guilherme Silva Guedes, 15, who disappeared in Vila Clara, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli

PHOENIX – In May, Sheriff Mark Lamb of Pinal County, Arizona, made waves when he said he wouldn't enforce Gov. Doug Ducey's stay-at-home order, in part, because he thought it was unconstitutional. On Wednesday afternoon, Lamb then announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19. Lamb posted on the Pinal County Sheriff Office's Facebook page that he had been invited on Tuesday to join President Donald Trump at the White House and was tested before the meeting as part of the protocol. Lamb said he believes he came into contact with an infected person during a campaign event he held on Saturday. Lamb didn't say if he wore a mask or practiced social distancing at the event.
The Pinal County Sheriff's Office didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

Massachusetts Police Officer Approaches Man Accused of Firing Gun, But Disarms Him Without Ever Drawing a Weapon. Police Sgt. Shawn Barbale stood within feet of the man suspected of firing gunshots just minutes earlier. The 19-year veteran officer began questioning the suspect who fit the description of the person involved in the shots fired call - a Black male wearing gray sweatpants and a hooded sweatshirt. Barbale asked for the man’s identification which was hanging from his pants. As Barbale kept one eye on the suspect, he carefully placed the man’s identification on his cruiser. The sergeant explained to the man he fit the description of a man accused of firing shots in the neighborhood. The sergeant then noticed something in the front pocket of the man’s hoodie. (read the full story)

A Louisville Metro Council member has received backlash after taking to Twitter to criticize a protester who was hit by a car Wednesday morning. Amid protesters blocking off streets around Jefferson Square Park Wednesday morning and several getting arrested, an individual in a car appeared to be confronted by about 10 protesters near the intersection of Liberty and Sixth streets, as seen on surveillance video footage provided by the Louisville Metro Police Department. LMPD spokesman Lamont Washington said Wednesday that police are looking for the driver of that vehicle to investigate further. "PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: If you don’t break the law and stand in the middle of the street, you don’t get run over," Piagentini wrote in a tweet Wednesday morning. "Thank you for your time. Please share."

The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department decided to suspend in-person classes for a training program last week at its facility east of Los Angeles after nearly three dozen cadets tested positive for the coronavirus. All 160 cadets in the Southern California program were tested after a cadet who showed symptoms tested positive for the virus. In all, 33 cadets were positive for the virus, including 20 deputy trainees and 13 from other agencies, The Los Angeles Times reported. Public information officer Jodi Miller said Thursday said none of the trainees had a fever. The infected cadets will continue to quarantine for another week and are continuing with remote training. San Bernardino County has reported 8,454 coronavirus cases -- including 414 Thursday – and 230 deaths. California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a statewide order requiring people to wear masks whenever they’re in public as cases rise amid business reopenings. California has reported 167,085 cases and 5,355 deaths.

Meanwhile, in Valenzuela. #WTF

A 50-year-old black man who died in police custody was heard telling officers ‘I can’t breathe’ at least 17 times after he was arrested for cycling without a safety light in Las Vegas. Byron Williams had been flagged down by Las Vegas Metro Police officers on September 5, 2019 after they spotted him riding his bike in the dark just before sunrise at 5.48am. Williams pedaled away from the cops when they tried to approach him before eventually taking off running and a chase ensued for about a quarter of a mile and ended outside a nearby apartment complex, according to news reliese. Body camera footage of the incident released days later showed cops pinning him to the ground and placing him in handcuffs as he complained about not being able to breathe. Byron Williams, 50, died in police custody last year after he was arrested for cycling without a safety light in Las Vegas.