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Occupiers appear determined to hold the police at bay, stockpiling homemade shields and other defensive gear. They have piled up rocks and bricks, and they’ve laid down homemade spike strips to puncture the tires of any vehicles that breach the barricades.
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City Councilor John Steinman said Wednesday that the “compromise” resolution, which calls for 22 different flags to be flown over the next two years, was an attempt to quell outcry from opponents of the Black Lives Matter proposal.
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The fire was arson and burned a vehicle, according to a spokesman for the Washington County Sheriff’s Office.
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Carla Caccavale, whose father was fatally shot in 1976 when she was just 20 days old, called out the Pelham, NY, superintendent for allowing staff to wear Black Lives Matter-related gear while banning the sweatshirt with a patch honoring her father, Transit Police Detective George Caccavale.
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Officer Raymon Washington was struck over the head with a skateboard by 17-year-old Michael Marshall during the protest.
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The ISP investigation concluded that Reed was armed, that he fired two shots after he had been tased by Officer Dejoure Mercer and that he was then shot multiple times by Mercer, including while they were facing each other.
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“I paid for a ride. He says he canceled it,” City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty told the dispatcher, who told her it was the driver’s right to do so. “So I’m going to sit here until he sends me another ride,” she said, with the dispatcher patiently telling her that only she could order one.
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“More people responded to this survey than any survey we’ve done in the last nine years that I’ve been here,” said Craig Lally, president of the Los Angeles Police Protective League. I’ve never seen morale this low, and I’m going on 40 years in the department.”
Read More →The Los Angeles Police Department is set to downsize its robbery and homicide division as part of a series of moves aimed to address defunding challenges. The cuts come as homicides spiked by about 25% this year compared with 2019.
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At the home of Commissioner Dan Ryan, a mob broke a window, threw burning flares and paint-filled balloons at the home and broke potted plants. Police dispersed the crowd, authorities said.
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