Here it comes. The ban on 205 different “assault weapons” includes the AR-15 and countless magazines.

https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/35-senate-democrats-introduce-ar-15-assault-weapons-ban-citing-domestic-terrorism/

Los Angeles resident Hunter Ray Barker sat in a pool of beans for 24 hours to try and attract customers to Los Toros Mexican Restaurant. Barker says the stunt was a ‘golden opportunity to grab the bull by the horns and support local businesses in a big explosive way.’

Good Night California!

JUST IN: Firefighters were battling a large three-alarm blaze which broke out early Monday morning at a commercial building on Magnolia Blvd. in Burbank. There was no word on a cause.

"The toxicology report how now come out, where he had 3 times the level of fentanyl needed to kill a human being, that and methamphetamine."

Whoops. That's going to be a problem for prosecutors.

https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/report-former-defense-attorney-predicts-chauvin-will-be-acquitted/

Videos from Germany, Belgium & Netherlands are insane. I often think about how "bad" things are here in the US and when you see what's going on in other countries you realize that what we are going through is nothing.

HAPPENING TODAY: Los Angeles County officially moved into the state's less-restrictive "red" tier, allowing more businesses to reopen like gyms, restaurants for indoor dining and movie theaters.

The cities of Long Beach and Pasadena, which both have their own health department, will also move into the red tier on Monday. Long Beach and Pasadena each released their own lists of permitted reopenings.

Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said it would take 48 hours after the state announces the vaccination threshold is met for the county to officially move into the "red" tier.

The state's "red" tier guidelines allow indoor dining at 25% of capacity, but counties are permitted to impose stricter regulations. The tier also allows indoor fitness centers at 10% of capacity and movie theaters, museums and aquariums at 25%.

Ten years of war in Syria: Syria's decade-long war has left more than 380,000 people dead and forced millions into exile. Here is a timeline of the main events in the conflict, which has drawn in a host of regional and international powers.

The attorney for Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death, asked the judge overseeing the case to delay the trial and reconsider a change-of-venue motion, saying he was “gravely concerned” the $27 million civil settlement announced last week between the city of Minneapolis and the Floyd family has tainted the jury pool.

Eric Nelson, Chauvin’s defense attorney, questioned the “suspicious timing” of the settlement and argued it was “highly prejudicial” against his client. He called on Hennepin County District Court Judge Peter A. Cahill to “at least” call back the seven jurors already seated in the case to question them to see if they had read the news of the settlement and if they could continue to be impartial in the case.

“The fact that this came in the exact middle of jury selection. It’s perplexing to me,” Nelson said. “Whose idea was it to release this information?

He criticized members of the Minneapolis City Council and Mayor Jacob Frey, suggesting they had intended to sway public opinion in the case. He was particularly critical of Frey, who is also a civil rights attorney, saying “he should have known better.” (Read more.)

Spanish musician Xavier Lozano playing a flute made from a street barricade.

Meanwhile, in Texas ... Starship SN7.2 is headed back to the production site at SpaceX Boca Chica. SN7.2 is now in front of tent 1 at the production site.

EXCLUSIVE: Ghislaine Maxwell's brother insists she should be treated as "presumed innocent."

Think there's no crisis at the border? Think again. The truth is that it's simply being hidden from you.

https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/report-biden-administration-appears-to-engage-in-almost-complete-media-blackout-of-true-border-crisis/