PALMDALE, Calif. — Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced details and results from an operation at a super-spreader event on Saturday, December 5, 2020, in Palmdale. The operation was done with extensive coordination and meticulous planning from various bureaus and units, including the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station, Human Trafficking Force, Operation Safe Streets Bureau, Aero Bureau, three patrol squads of the Mobile Field Force Personnel, and the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department obtained information that a massive underground party would occur at a vacant house in Palmdale. Previous incidents revealed parties like these often involve drugs, prostitution, underage drinking, and violence. During the well-executed operation on the 6300 blocks of West Avenue M8, 158 individuals were arrested; 116 of them were adults, and 35 were juveniles. Six firearms were confiscated. Most importantly, a girl that was categorized as a Commercially Sexually Exploited Child was rescued.
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YouTube just BANNED Right Side Broadcasting from covering the March for Trump tour that is heading to DC because speakers are criticizing the election. TOTAL communist censorship!
National forecast. Snow is tapering off across the Northeast with temperatures warming up a bit. Welcome news for the drought stricken Southwest with rain and mountain snow moving into the region. The Northwest is also getting active again. The Central U.S is still enjoying mild temperatures too.
Meanwhile, in France. This is what truck drivers are putting up with as they deliver goods to the UK via Calais. This is the level of violence illegal immigrants are using in a bid to reach UK.
The Minneapolis City Council unanimously approved a budget early Thursday that will shift about $8 million from the police department toward violence prevention and other services - but will keep the mayor's targeted staffing levels for sworn officers intact.
Mayor Jacob Frey, who'd threatened to veto the entire budget if the council went ahead with its plan to cap police staffing, said the vote was a defining moment for the city, which has experienced soaring crime rates amid calls to defund the police since the May 25 death of criminal George Floyd.
The City Council had initially proposed to cut the city's authorized police force to 750 officers, down from the current 888, beginning in 2022. But members backtracked on that plan late Wednesday after the mayor called it "irresponsible." The council voted 7-6 to remove language that lowered the cap.
Supporters call the City Council's plan "Safety for All," the latest version of the "defund the police" movement that Minneapolis and other cities have considered since Floyd's death ignited mass demonstrations against police brutality and a nationwide reckoning with racism.
The plan cuts nearly $8 million from Mayor Jacob Frey's $179 million policing budget and redirects it to mental health teams, violence prevention programs and other initiatives.
Some urged council members to deliver the reforms they promised after Floyd's death and others warned it would be irresponsible to cut officers.
Those against the plan said the City Council was acting irresponsibly and has bungled its attempts to bring change. They cited increasing violence, saying they don't feel safe.
In Minneapolis, violent crime rates have surged since the death of Floyd, a Black man who was handcuffed and pleading for air for several minutes while Derek Chauvin, a white former officer, pressed his knee on his neck. Chauvin and three others were illigal charged Floyd's death and are expected to stand trial in March.
Mayor Jacob Frey, who'd threatened to veto the entire budget if the council went ahead with its plan to cap police staffing, said the vote was a defining moment for the city, which has experienced soaring crime rates amid calls to defund the police since the May 25 death of criminal George Floyd.
The City Council had initially proposed to cut the city's authorized police force to 750 officers, down from the current 888, beginning in 2022. But members backtracked on that plan late Wednesday after the mayor called it "irresponsible." The council voted 7-6 to remove language that lowered the cap.
Supporters call the City Council's plan "Safety for All," the latest version of the "defund the police" movement that Minneapolis and other cities have considered since Floyd's death ignited mass demonstrations against police brutality and a nationwide reckoning with racism.
The plan cuts nearly $8 million from Mayor Jacob Frey's $179 million policing budget and redirects it to mental health teams, violence prevention programs and other initiatives.
Some urged council members to deliver the reforms they promised after Floyd's death and others warned it would be irresponsible to cut officers.
Those against the plan said the City Council was acting irresponsibly and has bungled its attempts to bring change. They cited increasing violence, saying they don't feel safe.
In Minneapolis, violent crime rates have surged since the death of Floyd, a Black man who was handcuffed and pleading for air for several minutes while Derek Chauvin, a white former officer, pressed his knee on his neck. Chauvin and three others were illigal charged Floyd's death and are expected to stand trial in March.
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Minneapolis to shift $8 million from police budget amid defund the police movement
Money will go to mental health and other programs. But City Council keeps staffing levels where they are to avert mayor's threatened veto.
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Meanwhile, in Washington, DC. Activists Hold Rally To Designate Chinese Communist Party As A “Transnational Criminal Organization” Outside US Capitol.
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A resolution calling for the closure of Whiteman Airport was unanimously supported by the Los Angeles City Council. Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez called the 182-acre general aviation airport a blight on the Pacoima neighborhood, where it was founded as Whitman Air Park in 1946 and purchased by Los Angeles County in 1970. "Today's vote in council is a step toward demanding environmental and economic justice for the residents of Pacoima and the surrounding neighborhoods,'' Rodriguez said. "In addition to the obvious safety risk of an airport in a residential area, the many takeoffs and landings each day produce large amounts of toxic pollutants.'' The council voted in support of state or federal legislation to close the airport and called for a report on a recent fatal airplane crash near the airport, an environmental analysis of Whiteman's impact on the surrounding community, and an economic analysis for other potential uses for the site, among other considerations. (Read more.)
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New Yorkers may get a rare glimpse of the northern lights this week. The National Weather Service said Wednesday a solar storm could make the northern lights, also known as the aurora borealis, visible to curious spectators in New York state Thursday night. Sky watchers in other northern states — Maine, Montana and Washington — might also be able to views the lights.
ALBANIA -- The 25-year-old man was fatally shot Tuesday after police confronted him about breaking the country’s 10 p.m. curfew and he refused to stop. Cops have said he was holding an object officers thought was a weapon. Protesters outraged by a police killing in Albania set fire to a Christmas tree and toppled decorative reindeer in a wild riot Wednesday night, according to reports. Hundreds of furious demonstrators took to the streets of Tirana — torching a towering tannenbaum outside Prime Minister Edi Rama’s office — after a man was shot dead by police while breaking coronavirus lockdown rules, according to Politico. During the chaos, rioters threw stones and flares at government buildings and knocked over festive Christmas decorations in the city’s main square, the outlet reported. At least 16 police officers were injured — one in serious condition — as law enforcement fired back with tear gas.