IRVINE, Calif.—Riots and political unrest left the Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) with a nearly $5 million overtime tab in 2020, The Epoch Times has learned. Data obtained through a public records request shows that overtime pay for policing the political gatherings last year was $4,929,447, a notable increase from other years due to a high amount…
Orange County Sheriff’s Department Spent $5 Million Policing Protests and Riots
Orange County Sheriff’s Department Spent $5 Million in Overtime Policing Protests and Riots
IRVINE, Calif.—Riots and political unrest left the Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) with a nearly $5 million overtime tab in 2020, The Epoch Times has learned. Data obtained through a public records request shows that overtime pay for policing the political gatherings last year was $4,929,447, a notable increase from other years due to a high amount…
How Federal Cop Control Left Liberals Joyless in Seattle
When Seattle’s City Council voted unanimously to cut millions of dollars from its police budget amid the uproar over the murder of George Floyd, it ran into an unlikely roadblock: the federal government. U.S. District Judge James Robart ruled that the city couldn’t defund its own police department without his permission. The judge was acting…
NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (May 3)
The Biden Administration has just increased the limit for foreigners seeking refuge in the United States, Biden visited an elementary school and a community college in Virginia to sell his latest spending plan, and violent riots broke out on the West Coast on May 1st.
Leaders Should Shut Up or Make Sense
Commentary National leaders need to stop saying crazy stuff. Less than two weeks ago, following the tragic police shooting of a fleeing Minnesota man named Duante Wright, Michigan Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib drew nation-wide headlines by calling for the total abolition of police. “Duante Wright was met with aggression and violence,” Tlaib tweeted accurately enough –…
The Chauvin Verdict
Commentary The guilty verdict against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on all counts was correct, based on the evidence, but the theatrics leading up to that trial and after the jurors had made their decision was outrageous. Demonstrations, riots, and looting around the country since the death of George Floyd had to have influenced…
‘You Can’t Stop the Revolution!’ But One State Is Making Plans
Commentary The season for potentially violent street protests is upon us, sparked by the latest police shooting of a black man in a suburb of Minneapolis. Officers in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, pulled over a car because it had an expired registration tag. They discovered the driver, Daunte Wright, 20, also had an outstanding warrant, reportedly…
The Nation Speaks (April 17): As Riots Return, What Lies Ahead; Supreme Court Under Review; Out of Afghanistan
In Minnesota, former police officer Derek Chauvin is on trial for murder, in the in-custody death of George Floyd. Then, last week, barely 10 miles from the courtroom, now ex-officer Kim Potter accidentally shot her gun, instead of her taser, at another black man during a traffic stop, killing 20-year-old Daunte Wright. Demonstrators poured into…
Ashli Babbitt’s Manner of Death During Jan. 6 Capitol Riots Ruled a Homicide by DC Medical Examiner’s Office
The District of Columbia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner on Wednesday released the official cause of death for four people who died during the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, ruling that protester Ashli Babbitt’s manner of death was a homicide. Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Francisco J. Diaz said the cause of death for Babbitt, 35,…
Ashli Babbitt’s Manner of Death During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach Ruled a Homicide by DC Medical Examiner’s Office
The District of Columbia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner on Wednesday released the official cause of death for four people who died during the Jan. 6 Capitol breach, ruling that protester Ashli Babbitt’s manner of death was a homicide. Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Francisco J. Diaz said the cause of death for Babbitt, 35,…
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