America's long-running crime decline appears to have come to a halt, a new report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics indicates. 
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris (Calif.) on acknowledged that Salon's editor-at-large D. Watkins was “right” about police officers after he claimed they “they just harass and take up space in poor communities.”
The Department of Justice indicted 35 drug traffickers who collectively participated in a conspiracy to sell tons of highly potent drugs in eastern Virginia. 
Mayor Pete Buttigieg's polling numbers have sagged since a police shooting in his hometown of South Bend roiled his presidential campaign, but he is launching a serious reboot, according to senior campaign adviser Lis Smith. 
Democrat presidential contenders are rushing to roll out the farthest-left criminal justice proposal, with a unifying theme of being not only soft-on-crime but tough-on-cops. 
Former U.S. attorney Dan Webb was named on Friday morning special prosecutor overseeing the investigation into the handling of the Jussie Smollett case 
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) doubled down on her tweet that claimed black teenager Michael Brown was "murdered by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri," saying Wednesday what mattered was an "unarmed man" was shot in the street. 
The Massachusetts Police Union blasted presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) for her misleading tweets about the death of Michael Brown, saying she unfairly accused the police of "causing our society grievous harm." 
Former vice president and leading Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden took another swipe at Senator Cory Booker (D., N.J.) while on the campaign trail Wednesday afternoon a sign Biden is increasing his attacks on his fellow Democratic presidential opponents. 
South Bend police officers are warning of a mass exodus amid Mayor Pete Buttigieg's handling of the shooting of Erik Logan, saying that morale is at an all-time low. 