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Municipal police force in the United States
As a general rule, modern policing doctrine and federal guidance advise officers not to stand in front of or shoot into moving vehicles and to move out of the vehicle’s path when feasible; shooting at...
There is no reliable, documented evidence in the supplied reporting that New York Police Department officers have arrested ICE agents; viral footage claiming such arrests has been debunked as AI-gener...
Frazzledrip is an offshoot of Pizzagate and QAnon-era rumors alleging an extreme “snuff” video showing Hillary Clinton and Huma Abedin torturing, disfiguring and drinking the blood of a girl; reportin...
Reporting on resignations tied to Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral victory is mixed and often unverified: multiple outlets cite an October spike of roughly 245 NYPD departures (a 35% month‑over‑month rise) bu...
Darknet markets have long listed firearms, including handguns, rifles, submachine guns and “ghost guns,” and studies found 2,124 weapons offered across sampled markets in 2019 (1,497 handguns; 218 rif...
ICE has been conducting targeted operations in New York and other U.S. cities this month, with federal authorities saying some actions were aimed at specific suspects rather than “random” street sweep...
Available reporting shows increased morale problems and individual resignations among NYPD officers around Zohran Mamdani’s campaign and election, but no credible source in the provided set documents ...
Federal surveys and agency reports in 2024 show complex, sometimes contradictory patterns: the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ National Crime Victimization Survey counted about 6.08 million violent inci...
Jeffrey Epstein was arrested on July 6, 2019 after returning to the U.S. from Europe; federal prosecutors in Manhattan charged him with sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy to commit sex trafficki...
The available materials do not provide a single, explicit national total for reported rapes in the United States in 2024; instead, official summaries emphasize rates and trends, such as a rape occurri...
The FBI searched Jeffrey Epstein’s Little St. James (LSJ) island after his July 2019 arrest and again immediately after his death in August 2019; seized items reportedly include hard drives, phones, p...
Estimates of law-enforcement injuries during the George Floyd protests vary widely because no single federal tally exists; major industry reporting and police agencies put the number anywhere from sev...
There is no verified, credible reporting that New York Police Department officers have arrested ICE agents; viral clips showing NYPD arresting federal immigration officers have been debunked as AI-gen...
Available city-level reporting shows homicide trends improving in 2025 compared with 2024: a mid‑year review of 30 major cities found a 17% drop in homicides (327 fewer) in the first half of 2025 vers...
Access to police body‑worn camera (BWC) footage and related public records depends on local/state public‑records laws and individual police department policies; some jurisdictions let subjects view fo...
Zohran Mamdani has publicly said he would seek to have Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrested if Netanyahu visited New York, citing an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant; legal exp...
Chicago’s official data and city officials report in homicides, shootings, and several other major crimes through the first half of 2025, with police figures citing a roughly alongside reductions in r...
The available FBI material and subsequent reporting show two competing narratives: mainstream investigations and fact-checks found , while alternative accounts argue FBI files and later FOIA releases ...
New York City’s official reports show notable declines in many major crime categories through 2025 — the NYPD reported historic lows in shootings and murders for early 2025 and multi-month declines wi...
The available analyses paint a mixed picture of homicide trends in 2024–2025: some sources report by mid‑2025, while others highlight , including a White House claim that Washington, D.C. had the worl...