Minneapolis mayhem: Leftist mob hurls objects, shoves federal agents amid growing anti-ICE violence



Assaults against Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have skyrocketed 413% since President Donald Trump returned to the White House, a Department of Homeland Security official told Blaze News.

The anti-ICE and "abolish the police" movement among leftist groups continues to grow exponentially as the new administration ramps up on-the-ground efforts to detain illegal immigrants, particularly from sanctuary jurisdictions.

A clash in Minnesota on Tuesday reflected this disturbing nationwide trend.

The left's anti-ICE sentiment boiled over when Minneapolis locals assumed that federal agents were there for an immigration enforcement raid, ultimately leading to violence.

The operation centered around a Mexican restaurant near Bloomington Avenue and Lake Street.

As federal authorities arrived at the location, an angry mob of protesters gathered to thwart their enforcement efforts. The tense encounter quickly devolved into mayhem that took over several blocks.

Videos shared on social media by independent journalist Nick Shirley showed masked protesters shouting expletives and hurling objects at officers and their enforcement vehicles. Groups locked arms to block the agents, while others taunted and shoved authorities.

Protesters also appeared to tag law enforcement vehicles with various messages. One vehicle read, "Don't come back," and another, "Bitch Nazi."

Amid the melee, Shirley noted that Tuesday's violent clash between officers and protesters occurred in the same Minneapolis area where mobs rioted in 2020 over George Floyd's death.

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Riot on May 28, 2020, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during a protest over the death of George Floyd. Photo by KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images

After federal authorities left and most of the crowd dispersed, a police officer at the scene told Shirley that from his observations, the operation was not just an ICE raid. He noted the presence of multiple federal agencies, including the DEA and FBI.

"I know a lot of owners here are involved in shady stuff," the officer said.

He speculated that the raid may have concerned drug trafficking or money laundering.

Mayor Jacob Frey (D) claimed the operation was not related to immigration enforcement.

"While we are still gathering details, this incident was related to a criminal search warrant for drugs and money laundering and was not related to immigration enforcement. No arrests were made," Frey stated. "The Minneapolis Police Department's only role was helping with crowd control and keeping the community safe as a large number of residents and bystanders had gathered at the scene."

The Minneapolis Police Department also stated that the operation was "a federal criminal search warrant for drugs and money laundering" and that "there were no arrests at the scene by federal law enforcement."

The police department insisted it did not participate in immigration enforcement.

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Photographer: Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty Images

ICE also released a statement about the operation, confirming that its agents were a part of the effort.

A comment from Jamie Holt, special agent in charge for ICE Homeland Security Investigations St. Paul, provided to Blaze News read, "Federal investigators conducted a groundbreaking criminal operation today — Minnesota's first under the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) umbrella, marking a new chapter in how we confront complex, multidimensional threats. From drug smuggling to criminal labor trafficking, this operation showcases the breadth of our collective missions and the strength of a united front."

"This HSI-led investigation wouldn't have been possible without the extraordinary collaboration of our state partners and federal HSTF partners, including the U.S. Attorney's Office, FBI, [IRS Criminal Investigation], DEA, [Enforcement and Removal Operations], ATF, [U.S. Marshals Service], [Diplomatic Security Service], U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Coast Guard, TSA, and local law enforcement," the statement continued. "Together, we are safeguarding communities, protecting national security, and setting a new standard of joint enforcement efforts."

ICE did not respond to any specific questions regarding the operation's purpose, whether any arrests were made, or whether any protesters would face charges for assaulting officers.

Border czar Tom Homan confirmed last week that assaults on ICE officers remain "high."

"The assaults are up, but it won't be tolerated," Homan told reporters. "You put hands on an ICE officer, you can be prosecuted to the highest extent of the law."

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Anti-cop activist accused of blowing $75K in donations, failing to pay employee



A nonprofit adjacent to the "Defund the Police" movement and its founder are in hot water after the attorney general of Washington, D.C., accused them of blowing tens of thousands of dollars on luxury trips and services while failing to pay an employee her due.

On Monday, the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia announced a lawsuit against Raheem AI, a nonprofit dedicated to so-called police reform and accountability, and founder and executive director Brandon Anderson.

'My office will not allow people to masquerade behind noble causes while violating the law, cheating taxpayers, or stealing from their workers.'

Since 2021, Anderson has allegedly spent $75,000 in Raheem AI donations "for his own personal use," the AG press release claimed. His lavish expenditures allegedly included $40,000 in high-end vacation rentals, $10,000 for a trip to Cancun and other "personal travel," $10,000 on designer clothing, and even $5,000 in emergency veterinary bills.

Meanwhile, the Raheem AI board of directors apparently did little to stop these questionable alleged splurges. For one thing, since 2020, the nonprofit has not had a separate treasurer to manage finances and oversee spending as required by law, the press release claimed. The board also allegedly "failed to implement any measures to oversee the organization’s finances, including Anderson’s corruption."

Finally, Raheem AI apparently had only one D.C.-based employee — a deputy director whom the New York Post identified as Jasmine Banks — but failed to pay her "tens of thousands of dollars in earned wages," the press release said. The organization also allegedly compelled Banks to sign a noncompete clause, even though such clauses are illegal in D.C. for employees like Banks who made less than $150,000.

In filing the lawsuit, the D.C. attorney general hopes to dissolve Raheem AI, recover the misspent funds and Banks' alleged lost wages, and prevent Anderson from leading any D.C. nonprofit ever again.

"Brandon Anderson misused charitable donations to fund lavish vacations and shopping sprees, and the Raheem AI Board of Directors let him get away with it," Attorney General Brian Schwalb said in a statement.

Schwalb's statement also indicated that the police reform demanded by Raheem AI was a "noble cause" but that the organization had used it to shield itself from proper oversight.

"My office will not allow people to masquerade behind noble causes while violating the law, cheating taxpayers, or stealing from their workers," he said.

Anderson did not respond to the Post's request for comment regarding the lawsuit.

'Individual expenditures are easy to mischaracterize without the burden of context.'

Banks, who no longer works for Raheem AI, told the New York Times back in August that she now believes that Anderson and his organization may have been a "con" job all along.

Anderson, who supports abolishing the police, founded Raheem AI in 2017, initially to create an app where victims could report police misconduct and later to provide an app alternative to calling 911.

The organization is also obsessed with race, promising to "equip black, brown, and indigenous community crisis responders with the tools, training, connections, and funding they need to provide care," according to the press release.

Anderson claimed he named the organization after a boyfriend who died in Oklahoma in 2007 during a "routine traffic stop." Anderson alleged that the cop involved in the incident had a history of violence. However, the Times was unable to identify any homicide victim in Oklahoma with the name Raheem or any case of alleged police brutality in the state that matched Anderson's description.

Banks claimed she came to suspect that Anderson had never actually experienced police-related violence after he declined to join a group of survivors. "He wouldn’t engage with other impacted family members. I would invite him all the time, and he just wouldn’t do it," she said.

Anderson told the Times that the accusations lobbed by Banks and others were "rife with untruths" but did not provide any specific examples. He also acknowledged that his plans for Raheem AI have been a "failure."

"It’s easy to assign failure to one cause or another in hindsight, and individual expenditures are easy to mischaracterize without the burden of context," he said in a statement. "The bottom line is simply that it didn’t work, and as the leader of that effort I share most of the blame."

The Raheem AI board has recently "ceased operations" and placed Anderson on leave, the press release claimed.

As of Tuesday morning, the organization's website, Raheem.org, currently purports to be "under construction." An archived version asserted that "getting killed by police is the sixth leading cause of death for young Black men in America."

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Mark Zuckerberg receives $43 million in private security while funneling millions to 'defund the police' organizations



The Meta company has reportedly spent millions of dollars for private security for Mark Zuckerberg. At the same time, the Facebook founder's foundation has allegedly funneled millions to groups dead-set on defunding the police.

According to Meta corporate disclosures, Meta spent $43.4 million in security costs over the last three years to keep Zuckerberg safe, independent journalist Lee Fang reported.

The New York Post reported, "Meta increased its pretax spending on Zuckerberg’s security to $14 million in 2023, up from $10 million over the last several years."

Meta's filing noted that the private security was warranted because of Zuckerberg's "position and importance to Meta," and added that he "has requested to only receive $1 in annual salary and does not receive any bonus payments, equity awards or other incentive compensation."

Zuckerberg has a net worth of $13 billion, according to Forbes.

During the same three-year period, Zuckerberg's family-run foundation donated millions to groups pursuing initiatives to defund the police and even abolish the police.

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative – which Zuckerberg founded with his wife Priscilla Chan – donated $3 million to PolicyLink.

PolicyLink is a self-described "national research and action institute advancing racial and economic equity by Lifting Up What Works."

The leftist organization has an "Equity Manifesto" that "demands honesty and forthrightness, calling out racism and oppression, both overt and systemic." The group attempts to deliver "economic inclusion," "healthy communities of opportunity," a "just society," and "equitable development."

In July 2020, PolicyLink demanded, "'Community Policing' is reformist-reform, a false solution to have us believe better relationships with law enforcement is the answer, when the truth is police officers do not keep us safe or help us thrive. #DefundCOPS."

PolicyLink is partnered with DefundPolice.org – a self-described "comprehensive web resource where organizers can find everything they need for their campaign to defund police in one place."

"DefundPolice means divesting from institutions that kill, harm, cage and control our communities, and investing in violence prevention and interruption, housing, health care, income support, employment, and other community-based safety strategies that will produce safer communities for everyone," the website declares.

The site also promotes "tools for talking abolition and transformative justice with little ones."

DefundPolice works alongside Movement for Black Lives, Law for Black Lives, Black Lives Matter Canada, and Database for Police Abolition.

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative also donated more than $2.5 million to Solidaire – an organization fighting against "corporate greed, economic inequality, climate change, gender and racial injustice, and anti-blackness."

In June 2022, Solidaire announced, "Solidaire members and staff in the Decarceration Working Group co-created Defund the Police for Funders. This document is a tool for philanthropy to understand better the demand to defund the police and to support work in that regard."

In June 2022, Solidaire boasted of its activist network – including the "Anti-Police Terror Project" that "removed $18 million from Oakland Police Department’s budget."

The New York Post did not receive response to a request for comment from Meta, Facebook, and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

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Boston University student newspaper calls for 'outright abolishing' campus police to improve safety



A Boston University student newspaper editorial board calls for "outright abolishing" the campus police department because of its "egregious history and present of violence and racism."

On Wednesday, the Boston University student newspaper — The Daily Free Press — claimed that their campus has a "safety issue."

"Our campus has a safety issue," the editorial begins. "This safety issue has nothing to do with a lack of campus security forces — Boston University Police and BU security staff — are distributed throughout our campus."

The editorial claimed that Boston University security guards "have a history of harassing students of color and blocking students of color from entering shared spaces." To back up their claim, the article cited five incidents spanning from 1972 until one incident in April 2021 — when a security officer "wrestled a black man to the ground who they suspected had assaulted a student."

The outlet does not note whether the campus police officer was justified or not in wrestling the person to the ground in 2021.

The student newspaper alleged that the Boston University Police Department has a "racist history."

The editorial added, "From their own public statements to their racist history and present, it is clear the BUPD is not designed, nor does it seem willing, to protect all students on campus."

The outlet proclaimed, "Defunding this institution — or outright abolishing it — and creating new services in its wake that better address student and community needs may actually improve student safety." The editorial admitted that many individuals may have an issue with proposals to "defund or abolish the police," but said that they would be replaced by "community services."

"But as many activists have pointed out, abolition requires that we create more community services that would address people’s needs and community safety. To put it simply, you would always have someone to call — the number would just be different," the editorial said. "For instance, BU could increase funding for Scarlet SafeWalk, a program in which students escort anyone feeling unsafe to their home. BU could create a mental health task force specifically designed to deal with mental health crises and expand funding and resources for BU’s Sexual Assault Response and Prevention Center."

The editors proclaimed that a safe campus can't be achieved with "racist police institutions" that are available currently.

As of last week, Minneapolis has walked back efforts to defund the police and even abolish the police after violent crimes skyrocketed in the city.

Minneapolis City Council and mayor vote to fund police department to nearly pre-George Floyd levels



Following the tragic death of George Floyd, Minneapolis became the home of the defund the police movement, and even contemplated abolishing the police. However, the government of Minneapolis has completely reversed course after a near-record crime wave has hit the city. Now the city is voting to fund the police.

Nearly two weeks after the death George Floyd, nine of the veto-proof council's 13 members began the process of dismantling the Minneapolis Police Department.

"We are here today to begin the process of ending the Minneapolis Police Department and creating a new, transformative model for cultivating safety in Minneapolis," the City Council declared in June 2020.

Days later, the City Council passed a resolution "declaring the intent to create a transformative new model for cultivating safety" for the police department.

By September 2020, violent crimes spiked, as did property crimes – even arson was up 55% compared to the same time in 2019. At the same time, more than 100 police officers left the department in the first nine months of 2020.

By November 2020, violent carjackings skyrocketed by 537% compared to the previous year.

In February 2021, the Minneapolis City Council voted unanimously to approve $6.4 million in additional funding that the police department had requested after the crime rate continued to swell.

By May 2021, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) – previously a proponent of defunding the police – admitted that limiting law enforcement led to a spike in violent crime.

"It's just the reality of the solution, you know," Mayor Frey conceded. "When you make big, overarching statements that we're going to defund or abolish and dismantle the police department and get rid of all the officers, there's an impact to that. We need accountability and culture shift within our department, and we need police."

"It's going to take a very comprehensive effort," Frey added. "Yes, it includes safety beyond policing, and it includes police. And, you know, I'm one that has been working lock step with our Chief Arradondo, and I'm calling on the council members to try to work with him as well."

Because crime continued to swell, a Hennepin County District Court judge ordered in July 2021 that the Minneapolis City Council and Mayor Jacob Frey to "immediately take any and all necessary action to ensure that they fund a police force."

As of Thursday, Minneapolis had recorded its 91st homicide, according to Minneapolis Police Department data. The previous record for homicides in the city is 96, set in 1995.

Now, Minneapolis has done a complete 180 regarding defunding the police.

"Mayor Jacob Frey and the City Council last week agreed to a $1.6 billion budget that includes just over $191 million for the Police Department (MPD), restoring its funding to nearly the level it held before George Floyd was killed in 2020," the Star Tribune reported on Saturday.

The outlet noted that the "urgency faded as crime surged and the 'defund police' message became a political liability."

Council Member Phillipe Cunningham – who lost his re-election bid this fall – said, "There wasn't more of that type of action because there wasn't the political will, really, to do so."

Steve Cramer – president of the Downtown Council – added, "This vote is a first step on a long road back from the division over public safety that has characterized the past 18 tumultuous months in Minneapolis."

Other cities have had major regrets in originally supporting the defund the police movement, such as Portland and Los Angeles – which voted to increase police spending by $36 million.

More than half of NYPD cops wish they never joined the force, say far-left politics 'absolutely destroying' New York City



More than half of NYPD officers wish they never joined the force, according to a large internal survey.

An internal New York Police Department survey of nearly 6,000 officers found that 56% of NYPD cops say they wouldn't become a police officer if they had a chance to do it all over again, according to the New York Post.

When asked if they feel the public disrespects them, 46% of officers believed they are disrespected versus 42% who didn't believe so. The officers were asked if the public distrusts them, and 44% agreed while 41% disagreed. There were 73% of police poll participants who said the public does not have a good relationship with the NYPD.

A whopping 80% of NYPD officers, detectives, sergeants, lieutenants, and captains are hesitant to aggressively fight crime because of the ramifications of criminal liability, being sued, or being unfairly disciplined.

"My retirement date is next month," said a 20-year veteran of the force. "I can't wait to run out of here."

"The city is absolutely not safe at all. Bail reform. Criminals being released. Everyone knows what's going on," he added.

A 16-year NYPD sergeant noted, "The far-left leaning politics are absolutely destroying the city of New York."

As far as the future of New York City, 79% said that they don't think New York will be safer in two years.

"New York City police officers are well past our breaking point, and Mayor de Blasio and the outgoing City Council are still piling on with policies that punish cops and erode public safety," said Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch. "The intolerable environment and our substandard pay has every cop looking to get out as soon as they can."

One of the places that New York's Finest are fleeing to is Florida. Lakeland started a social media campaign appealing to New York City earlier this year, and even dispatched a team of recruiters to Times Square. The result was 14 NYPD officers ditched the Big Apple to head to the small community outside of Tampa, according to the Post.

During a press conference with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former NYPD cop Matthew Spoto said, "It was almost like I was ashamed to be a law enforcement officer" in New York. He added that Florida offered him the "tools and laws" to allow him to do his job.

A report released in April found that over 5,300 NYPD officers — approximately 15% of the force — retired or put in their papers to leave in 2020.

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Rep. Cori Bush blasted for saying she'll pay $200K for private security while at the same time demanding, 'Defunding the police has to happen'



Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) was branded a "hypocrite" after she talked about spending $200,000 for her own private security, but only seconds later the progressive congresswoman demanded that "defunding the police has to happen."

During a CBS News interview Wednesday, Bush was asked about a report that found the Democratic lawmaker spent nearly $70,000 on private security over the past three months, despite also being an ardent supporter of the defund the police movement.

CBS News correspondent Vladimir Duthiers asked Bush about paying for personal security while at the same time demanding the police be defunded.

An inflamed Bush responded, "You would rather me die? Is that what you want to see? You wanna see me die? Because that could be the alternative."

Bush ranted, "So, either I spend $70,000 on private security over the last few months and I'm here standing now and able to speak, able to help save 11 million people from being evicted or I could possibly have a death attempt on my life.

"I have private security because my body is worth being on this planet right now," Bush fumed. "I have private security because they, the white supremacist, racist narrative that they drive into this country, the fact that they don't care that this black woman that has put her life on the line, they can't match my energy, first of all, this black woman who puts her life on the line, they don't care that I could be taken out of here."

"I'm going to make sure I have security because I know I have had attempts on my life," said the congresswoman. "I'm going to make sure I have security because I now have had attempts on my life and I have too much work to do, there are too many people that need help right now for me to allow that."

"So, if I end up spending $200,000, if I spend $10 more dollars on it — you know what, I get to be here to do the work. So suck it up."

In the very next sentence, Bush demanded that police be defunded.

"Defunding the police has to happen," she said. "We need to defund the police and put that money into social safety nets because we're trying to save lives."

Bush continued on with her diatribe, claiming that she received death threats from racists and police officers. When asked by Duthiers if police officers threatened her life as a member of Congress, she responded, "I mean — and there are still people, and you know what, the thing is, they can threaten my life, and I'm still working for them."

Cori Bush: I’m going to make sure I have private security but defunding the police needs to happen. https://t.co/6jbv4HLlGs

— Mike Berg (@MikeKBerg) 1628165976.0

Bush's comments about having her own personal security while also calling for the police to be defunded for her constituents were blasted on social media.

  • Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.): "Best demonstration of capitalism by a socialist ever. Wants to defund the police. Spare me. How many more police officers had to tend to you over the course of your tailgate?"
  • Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas): "'Defunding the police needs to happen.' Pay attention America, this extremism has become more and more mainstream on the left. Keep giving them power, and they'll keep getting more radical."
  • Rep. Elise Stefanik ( R-N.Y.): "Police for me, but none for thee! Dems hypocrisy knows no bounds."
  • Rep Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.): "Translate: My safety is more important than yours."
  • Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley: "In just 30 seconds, Rep. @CoriBush says she'll spend hundreds of thousands on personal security and also calls to defund the police. These Democrats care about their own safety, but not yours."
  • Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens: "Security for me but not for thee. Democrats want to defund your police then turn around & spend your tax dollars for private security. Democrats close businesses & schools, mandate anti-science mask wearing for us but not themselves. The hypocrisy of the Left knows no bounds."
  • Independent journalist Glenn Greenwald: "I think Cori Bush -- and anyone else in public life who faces legitimate threats -- deserves whatever security they need. That's why it's so bizarre to hear her, seconds after demanding it, demand defunding of the police for ordinary citizens who want the police there also."
  • Vox senior correspondent German Lopez: "This is something that's very obvious to me, as someone who lived in Venezuela: When you defund (or underfund) the police, what ends up happening is only rich people have cops because they hire a private army."
  • Progressive journalist Matthew Yglesias: "You see it in the Cori Bush clip but there's just a deep, un-acknowledged affinity between 'defund police' and the general idea of privatizing public services."

Rep. Dan Bishop (R-N.C.) asked, "Why doesn't she just call a social worker for security?"

The question is a reference to a $10 billion bill that Bush introduced in June to establish a new public safety agency that would report to the Department of Health and Human Services, and feature a federal first responders unit that would "provide crisis assistance in lieu of federal law enforcement." The People's Response Act would send social workers, mental health counselors, and substance use counselors to certain emergency situations instead of police officers.

Bush's fellow Democratic congresswoman, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, also spends tens of thousands of dollars on private security while calling to defund the police.

You can watch the entire CBS News interview with Cori Bush below.

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Fierce 'defund the police' supporter AOC spends tens of thousands on personal security, including ex-Blackwater contractor: report



Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is an avid supporter of the "defund the police" movement, yet she is reportedly also a strong proponent of funding her own personal security force, which includes a former Blackwater contractor.

Ocasio-Cortez purportedly paid tens of thousands of dollars for her own personal security in the first half of 2021, according to Federal Election Commission records. AOC allegedly spent more than $34,000 on private security between January 2021 and June 2021, filings show.

The New York Post reported, "The lion's share of the cash — $28,498 — was spent locally, at New York's own Three Bridges, LLC, which bills itself as part of 'a new generation of the private security industry.'"

Ocasio-Cortez's campaign reportedly spent $4,636 for "security services" in the first half of this year from Tullis Worldwide Protection, which is owned by former Blackwater contractor Devin Tullis.

The Virginia-based Tullis Worldwide Protection claims to have a "top tier client base to include royal family members from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and two major media organizations."

Tullis, who worked at Blackwater at the beginning of his career, didn't provide the Post with details of the kind of protection his outfit provides the congresswoman, but noted that the job wasn't for the faint of heart, and quipped, "We're not hiring social workers." Tullis is referring to proposals by far-left Democrats to have social workers replace police officers.

Ocasio-Cortez has been an ardent and vocal supporter of the "defund the police" movement. On her Twitter account with over 12 million followers, the avowed Democratic-socialist has written numerous tweets calling to "defund" ICE and police.

Last summer, Ocasio-Cortez lashed out at fellow Democrat and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. Ocasio-Cortez was furious with the progressive NYC mayor for his proposal to cut nearly $1 billion from the New York City Police Department budget, which she believed was not enough. Ocasio-Cortez lambasted de Blasio, "Defunding police means defunding police."

When Democrats, including former President Barack Obama, pointed out that the "defund the police" slogan could send the wrong message to voters, Ocasio-Cortez criticized her own party's leadership for not fully supporting the anti-police movement.

"The thing that critics of activists don't get is that they tried playing the 'polite language' policy game and all it did was make them easier to ignore," she wrote on Twitter "It wasn't until they made folks uncomfortable that there was traction to do ANYTHING even if it wasn't their full demands."

"The whole point of protesting is to make ppl [sic] uncomfortable," Ocasio-Cortez added.

Earlier this month, the Republican Study Committee, the largest House conservative caucus, released a video compilation of Democrats calling to defund the police, which featured Ocasio-Cortez.

A rep for Ocasio-Cortez declined to provide a comment to the New York Post.

George Soros funneled $1 million to organization vowing to defund the police as violent crime continues to swell



Left-wing billionaire George Soros funneled $1 million to a political action committee that supports the defund the police movement despite violent crime surging across the nation.

Soros sent $1 million to the Color Of Change PAC, according to Federal Election Commission files obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.

The Color Of Change PAC declares itself the nation's largest online racial justice organization "focused on building Black political power, uplifting Black voices, and celebrating Black joy."

Rashad Robinson, president of Color Of Change, previously said he not only wants to defund the police, but appears to want to abolish the police entirely.

"Policing is a violent institution that must end," Robinson said. "We imagine a country where there is enough money to educate our children, care for our sick and feed those who are financially unstable. Defunding the police allows for this vision."

Robinson supported the Minneapolis City Council's interest in disbanding the Minneapolis Police Department in June 2020, and replacing it with a "transformative new model for cultivating safety."

"Today's announcement of a vote to disband the Minneapolis Police Department is a historic moment, brought about by the tireless activism of thousands of protesters who have put their lives on the line for nearly two weeks," Robinson stated. "This is the power of black activism."

"This is not a time for tweaking or tinkering – it's time to start over," Robinson added, "Minneapolis has taken the first step towards remaking public safety in a way that protects black lives and invests in black and brown communities. We hope cities across the country follow."

Months later, the Minneapolis City Council pulled back efforts to dismantle the city's police department. After residents grew tired of the skyrocketing crime in their city, the Democratic-controlled Minneapolis City Council brazenly demanded to know, "Where are the police?"

Earlier this month, a judge ordered the city of Minneapolis to hire more police officers after several residents sued over the lack of law enforcement while violent crime surged.

The Color Of Change organization called the NYPD a military with an "arsenal of chemical weapons, tanks, sniper units, surveillance towers, and sound grenades, they look more like an army prepared for war than a city police department."

"When we begin to invest in social services, public health infrastructure, quality mental health programs, and community-based alternatives to policing, Black communities will grow to be safer and healthier," the far-left organization said. "So that's why we're calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio to immediately reduce the NYPD's budget by $1 billion and invest that into community-based alternatives."

New York City has experienced massive spikes in violent crimes this summer. Compared to the same time last year, grand larceny auto is up nearly 24%, shooting incidents are up almost 22%, other sex crimes are up 24%, and hate crimes are up 110%, according to data provided by the NYPD.

Soros has funded numerous organizations and candidates who are in favor of defunding the police or are weak on enforcing laws.

Soros donated $2 million for the campaign of Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón, who as a candidate promised to get rid of cash bail, not pursue prosecution enhancements for gangs and guns, and not seek the death penalty for any offenses. Gascón is facing recall after he instituted his extremely progressive criminal justice reforms and hired a new prosecutor who has displayed anti-police sentiments and wanted to abolish prisons.

The left-wing billionaire spent nearly $2 million to help elect progressive Larry Krasner as the district attorney of Philadelphia, which currently has the highest murder rate per capita among the 10 largest cities in the nation; homicides have surged 35% in Philly this year.

Soros and fellow billionaire Michael Bloomberg reportedly funneled $300,000 into the critical Georgia runoff elections to support Democratic candidates Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff.