Despite pro-police message, DeSantis vetoed millions in funding for law enforcement
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis makes claims of support for law enforcement a key part of his campaign messaging.
By Josh Israel - June 12, 2023Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis makes claims of support for law enforcement a key part of his campaign messaging.
By Josh Israel - June 12, 2023The Wisconsin Republican’s ad ends with a photo of Johnson posing with a grinning white man in a sheriff’s uniform.
By Josh Israel - August 19, 2022State and local agencies will have access to a national database of cases of police officer misconduct.
By Oliver Willis - May 25, 2022The jump in the number of murders Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is blaming on ‘liberals’ took place in 2020, under President Donald Trump.
By Josh Israel - October 19, 2021Just three GOP members of Congress have responded publicly to the suicides of officers who protected them on Jan. 6.
By Emily Singer - August 03, 2021It was not a ‘normal tourist visit,’ as one GOP lawmaker said.
By Emily Singer - June 08, 2021‘It would be building on this sense in law enforcement that they should be rounding up immigrants,’ said one immigration attorney, who called the legislation ‘profoundly dangerous.’
By Amy Lieu - May 14, 2021More than 100 law enforcement officers were injured on Jan. 6 during the violence at the U.S. Capitol.
By Emily Singer - May 13, 2021Some who were charged claim the police stood by and welcomed them, even though the mob pushed past police barriers, sprayed chemical irritants, and smashed windows as chaos enveloped the government complex.
By Associated Press - May 10, 2021House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she would introduce legislation to award Goodman and his fellow Capitol Police officers who responded to the Jan. 6 riots.
By Amy Lieu - February 12, 2021The Trump administration is busy carrying out executions in the weeks before President-elect Biden takes office.
By Amy Lieu - December 04, 2020Donald Trump’s demands for ‘law and order’ apply only to some.
By Josh Israel - September 01, 2020Sen. Josh Hawley recently demanded a federal investigation into why a St. Louis couple was investigated for pointing guns at nonviolent protesters.
By Josh Israel - August 27, 2020Sheriff Dave Marshak argued last month that the Atlanta cop accused of murder in the killing of Rayshard Brooks was ‘completely justified.’
By Josh Israel - July 06, 2020Donald Trump’s claim that Barack Obama and Joe Biden did nothing about police abuses is a lie.
By Associated Press - June 19, 2020‘They know daddy’s job is important, but they are afraid. … I am afraid all the time.’
By Jessica Jones-Gorman - May 19, 2020‘The impacts of COVID 19 no longer warrant the suspension of our constitutional rights,’ stated a county sheriff in Washington state.
By Josh Israel - May 12, 2020Trump claims to support law enforcement, but his campaign has stiffed at least 10 cities for providing security at his rallies, according to the Center for Public Integrity.
By Emily Singer - June 13, 2019