Washington State’s most populated county is establishing new controversial programs to address its more than 7,000 court cases, which await action. The initiative includes using non-profit community groups to decide the fate of offenders rather than a judge.
Passion was running high in Raleigh, North Carolina when protesters on both sides of the aisles engaged in civil discourse.
Another Democrat-run city moves to defund the police despite high crime rates.
Democrats in Congress are split against each other with progressives and moderates bickering over their recently lost House seats in the 2020 elections.
Florida’s governor has drafted new legislation to expand the state’s ‘stand your ground’ law. According to reports this week, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) plans on releasing a bill to expand the list of ‘forcible felonies’ under the state’s law.
While congressional Democrats are prematurely declaring victory after the elections, some of the newest members of the House may split the party. A handful of progressives defeated some of the more moderate incumbent Democrats this week and are in line to join the group known as the “Squad.”
The Democrat House Majority Whip recently admitted that the slogan “defund the police” hurt the chances of winning for left-wing candidates in the recent elections.