Butler County, Ohio, Sheriff Richard Jones is never one to mince words. This time he’s taking aim at those who “abuse police.” “I won’t tolerate it period. You shoot at the police, expect us to shoot back,” Jones said in a press release Wednesday. Jones says he’s seen “lawlessness” directed at police in cities across the country including shots being fired at officers. He recounts incidents involving police including water dumped on officers in New York, frozen water bottles being thrown, as well as officers blinded by lasers in Portland, Oregon. The most recent incident involving shots fired at police officers locally occurred Monday in suburban Warren County, when a chase resulted in a shootout during which a Middletown police officer sustained gunshot wounds. Jones also made headlines for his words back in July when he said, “I am not going to be the mask police.” He was responding to a statewide mask mandate issued by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine a few days earlier.

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An investigation has been launched in New York City after a car drove through a crowd of Black Lives Matter demonstrators and left them desperately screaming for medics. Authorities said the frightening incident happened on Thursday evening in Times Square during a protest over the death of Daniel Prude, a 41-year-old man who suffocated to death while in police custody. The anti-racism demonstration was met with counter-protesters in the form of President Trump and Back the Blue supporters, authorities said. A number of city officials have demanded the New York Police Department review the 'disturbing' action taken against peaceful protesters.