Boston Police Commissioner William Gross says he's feeling uneasy after an incident involving a group of “hostile” protesters that allegedly interfered with a firearms arrest. The department said in a statement covered by CBS4 that officers on duty June 23 were “surrounded and assaulted” by the crowd around 5:40 p.m. while attempting to engage the suspect, who was wearing a fanny pack and had been reported to have a weapon. “I’m alarmed by the level of hostility my officers had to face while arresting a felon armed with an illegal firearm,” Gross said in a statement. “They were attacked by members of the very same community they were attempting to protect by affecting this arrest. ... Public safety is a shared responsibility. We need to continue to work together, not in opposition. "

Body camera footage has captured the dramatic rescue of a man from a burning car. A Stanislaus County Sheriff’s deputy saw the man drive off the road and flip over, in an embankment in the area of Highway 120 and Kings Ferry, California. The investigation into the accident is ongoing.

Mother bear, watched by her two cubs, clambers into a car via the passenger-side window outside a home in Alaska.

Meanwhile, in Russia ... 😭

A Florida man reportedly stole, crashed, and then abandoned a yacht worth almost $1 million in March, evading police for three months before being arrested last week. The nautical no-gooder, 28-year-old Donovan Russell Jester, stole the boat from a dock in St. Petersburg, Florida, then left it after crashing it into channel-marker pilings, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office.The boat then drifted into a nearby oyster bed, where it was discovered by local deputies. They were able to identify Jester by a thumbprint left on the cabin door. He was charged with grand theft vessel for the joyride, and faces up to 30 years in prison. The stolen yacht was identified by authorities as a 46-foot Jeanneau Leader worth $900,000.

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Florida's Tampa Police Department will not "take a knee" for Black Lives Matter protesters who have not remained peaceful, Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan stated Thursday. In an interview on "Fox & Friends" with hosts Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt, and Brian Kilmeade, Dugan said he believes that the country is at a "crossroads," but that if protesters and residents are going to make enemies out of those sworn to serve and protect them, they better be prepared to "make friends with the criminals." Early on Saturday morning, two of Dugan's officers were injured while responding to a report of shots fired and a possible gunshot victim. However, when they arrived at the scene, a crowd of hundreds was there to greet them. As the officers searched for a possible victim, the massive group of people blocked their path and became aggressive.

The Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas is removing a statue from one of its night clubs after local religious leaders called it "highly inappropriate." On Tuesday, Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish and Jain leaders urged the Foundation Room night club, on the 63rd floor, to remove Hindu and Jain deity statues from its premises. In a joint statement, the religious leaders said that “placing highly revered Hindu and Jain deities to adorn a casino night-club was very disrespectful, out-of-line, and could be disturbing to the adherents of these faiths.” The nightclub, whose tagline is “Good Karma Awaits," said it is removing the statue of Mahavira, which Jain leader Sulekh C. Jain said belongs "in a temple for veneration and not to be misused or mishandled by the patrons of a night club." #facepalm

People enjoy the hot weather on Margate beach in Margate, Britain. REUTERS/Andrew Couldridge

VALDOSTA, GA – A 46-year-old Black man has sued the city police department claiming excessive force in a Feb. 8 incident where he was mistaken for a suspect in a panhandling investigation. His attorney is calling the incident a civil rights violation.

An Illinois State trooper was among two people injured in a crash near the Chatham neighborhood. It was the second time the trooper's car had been hit since Sunday.

According to Chicago police, officers were responding to a call in an alley, in the 11300 block of S Avenue L, when a man approached the squad car and "got into a shooting stance."