Seattle PD: Officers arrested a suspected drug dealer in Courthouse Park and seized a handgun, narcotics, and rifle ammunition early Saturday. After arresting the 50-year-old man Tukwila man at the park near 3rd Avenue and Yesler around 12:45 AM, officers searched the man and his vehicle and recovered 15 grams of methamphetamine, 5 grams of crack cocaine, four grams of heroin, a loaded handgun and rifle ammunition. Officers booked the suspect into jail for unlawful possession of a firearm and narcotics possession.
The city contract with a law firm to investigate potential Columbus police misconduct during protests and riots earlier this year is still ongoing, though if it's not already out of money, it's close. As of Sept. 30, when the city Department of Public Safety received its last invoice from BakerHostetler, the investigation had almost depleted the $550,000 allocated it by the Columbus City Council. About $7,700 remained in the appropriation, with three active cases yet to be completed at the time, said Glenn McEntyre, spokesman for the department. The investigation was announced by Mayor Andrew J. Ginther after what many city officials perceived to be excessive uses of force by officers during anti-police protestors in the wake of George Floyd's death in Minneapolis police custody in May. The contract was originally set at $50,000, then was expanded in July with the approval of the city council to $550,000. (Read more.)
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LVMPD Captain Sasha Larkin provides initial details from the scene of Officer Involved Shooting #18 for 2020, where officers responding to a burglary in progress encountered the suspect upon entering the residence. The suspect was armed with a hammer and was attempting to attack the homeowner.
National forecast. Another day of red flag warnings across Southern California with strong winds and dry, warm temperatures fueling wildfire danger. There is rain and snow in the forecast out West, but all of it skips California. the next 7 days. The rest of the U.S. is quiet and mild for many!
San Bernardino PD: Another traffic stop resulted in illegal drugs being taken off our streets. Someone was driving this vehicle and transporting these items within our city. Driver was arrested, narcotics were confiscated, and vehicle was impounded.
Surveillance backs-up Staten Island bar owner hitting deputy with car because he was ‘scared': lawyers. Lawyers for Daniel Presti, the Staten Island bar owner accused of hitting a deputy with his car Saturday night, say surveillance footage of the incident shows their client “running for his life from unidentified individuals” because they were dressed in dark clothing and Presti did not know they were law enforcement officers. The surveillance footage, provided to Fox News from Presti's lawyers, shows a man running down a street and getting into a vehicle as two other men, dressed in all black, run after him. The first man manages to get into the vehicle before the other two approach the passenger side. One of them stands in front of the vehicle as it accelerates forward. The man appears to be hanging on the hood of the engine as it drives out of frame. (Read more.)
Meanwhile, in Washington, DC. Happening now where the mayor has called for DPW to conduct a cleanup sweep at homeless ncampment.
Billionaire Mark Zuckerburg may have unlawfully interfered with the US election if allegations of biased funneling of donations to election officials and biased censorship of content on Facebook's platform turn out to be justified. Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Facebook, and Priscilla Chan, his wife and daughter of Chinese parents who fled to Vietnam, are said to have donated $350 million to a nonprofit that awarded grants to election officials in the United States.