One of Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Raphael Warnock's senior advisers has said defunding the police is not a radical policy.
At least 30 police officers were injured in Philadelphia on Monday night—including one sergeant who was hit by a truck—while responding to anti-police riots.
Officers who left the Seattle Police Department this year cited a lack of support from Seattle's "socialist" city council and fear for their safety as reasons for their departure, according to exit interview documents obtained by CBS affiliate KIRO 7. 
Gun violence near the epicenter of anti-police protests in Portland doubled this year, newly updated Portland Police Bureau data show.
Violence and vandalism in Portland, Seattle, and elsewhere continued to fester this past week, but left-wing activists also attempted to disrupt political and legal processes in the name of social justice. 
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden repeated his controversial contention Thursday that police should try to shoot dangerous suspects in the leg as a form of de-escalation. 
There are now fewer police officers per person in the United States than at any point in the last 25 years, recently released federal data show, after over a decade of decline. 
A progressive group that advocates for defunding the police is dropping millions into three competitive Senate races to boost Democrats with less than four weeks to go until the elections.
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden admitted during an NBC town hall on Monday that he no longer has the support of law enforcement when confronted by the wife of a police officer. 
The Portland Police Bureau spent nearly $8 million to respond to protests and riots this summer, as protesters in Portland continue their push to defund the police, KATU News reported Wednesday.
