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NYPD have arrested at least two protesters near Barclays Center. The latest arrest came after the crowd moved to the sidewalk, following orders issued over LRAD.

LA - A man is in custody after he led officers on a high speed pursuit through several counties in Southern California on Saturday afternoon. California Highway Patrol officers were in pursuit of a  a white van that represented "some sort of hazard" and was "speeding," CHP Officer Peter Nicholson said.
 
The chase began in Oceanside and headed north on the 5 Freeway. The van passed through the downtown LA area at about 3:30 p.m. and arrived in the Cahuenga Pass between Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley shortly after. 

The driver then continued on the northbound 101 Freeway and transitioned to the 170 Freeway. The pursuit ended when a California Highway Patrol car used a pit maneuver to stop the van they were chasing. 

Unknown Location -- Road rage leads to fiery crash.

The LAPD family, just like many of your families, has experienced the pain of losing a loved one to COVID19.
 
Wear a mask.
Stay 6 feet apart.
Avoid crowds.
Wash your hands.
 
Please be safe.

“No one is doing it for cops and victims of extreme violence, nobody. It’s not a population that anyone is paying attention to, so those two populations are vastly underserved.”

And that's why Steadfast stepped in to help. But now they need us all.

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Philadelphia Police say two people have been taken into custody in the Wednesday evening homicide of Milan Loncar, who was walking his dog when his killers tried to rob him and instead shot him and took off. Police have not yet released the suspects’ names. Loncar was out walking his dog on Wednesday night when two suspects tried to rob him, then shot him, and ran away, according to police. Loncar called for help, police said, then dropped his phone.Police said when officers arrived at the scene on the corner 31st and Jefferson Streets in Brewerytown just before 7 p.m., Loncar was still holding onto his dog’s leash.

Los Angeles -- California may have paid out nearly $10 billion in phony coronavirus unemployment claims — more than double the previous estimate — with some of that money going to organized crime in Russia, China and other countries, according to a security firm hired to investigate the fraud.

At least 10% of claims submitted to the state Employment Development Department before controls were installed in October may have been fraudulent, Blake Hall, founder and CEO of ID.me told the Los Angeles Times.

The Times on Friday said that would work out to $9.8 billion of the benefits paid from March through September.

California, the nation’s most populous state, has processed more than 16 million unemployment benefits claims since March and paid out $113 billion. The Employment Development Department has struggled to keep up with the demand, facing intense pressure to work through a backlog that at one time numbered more than 1.6 million people.

The payout includes $43 billion from a federal expedited assistance program for independent contractors, gig workers and the self-employed that is less secure, the Times said.

The state has acknowledged that the department was bilked out of hundreds of millions of dollars in COVID-19 unemployment funds that went to fraudsters, including some in the name of U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Others were sent to inmates in jails and prisons, including some on California’s death row.

Meanwhile, in NYC -- Multiple arrested in Brooklyn at BLM protest.