Newly uncovered video appears to show police officers in Louisiana repeatedly punching and tasing a black man they were arresting shortly before he died in police custody. Video on KSLA shows an April 5 altercation between Tommie Dale McGlothen, 44, and four police officers in the northern Louisiana city of Shreveport. McGlothen died the next day at a local hospital, according to the coroner. In the 4 1/2 minute video, which the station shot off of the cellphone of a person who the station said witnessed the altercation, officers can be seen wrestling with a man on the ground, with at least one officer punching him repeatedly and another appearing to hit him with a baton. A voice can be heard saying that the officers were using a Taser on the man.

The head of New York state’s Police Benevolent Association Mike O’Meara raged at a PBA press conference in New York City today. O’meara slammed the the media and state legislators who he says were “vilifying” police “like animals and thugs,” despite police interactions around the country being “overwhelmingly positive.” “Everybody’s trying to shame us. Legislators. The press. Everybody’s trying to shame us into being embarrassed of our profession. You know what? This isn’t stained by someone in Minneapolis,” he said, holding up his badge before gesturing to the crowd of officers standing behind him. “It’s still got a shine on it, and so do theirs.”

A New Jersey state trooper fired his handgun six times, killing a New York state man after a struggle erupted during a traffic stop on the Garden State Parkway last month, video released Monday showed. About a dozen audio and video recordings from the May 23 traffic stop in Bass River, New Jersey, shed more light on the death of 28-year-old Maurice Gordon, a black man from Poughkeepsie, whose death has sparked an investigation by the state attorney general and will lead the case to be presented to a grand jury under a 2019 law aimed at holding law enforcement accountable. The trooper was identified for the first time Monday as Sgt. Randall Wetzel, according to New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal, who said the shooting is still being investigated.

Watch this video and see how the Los Angeles Orthodox Jewish community made an incredible Kiddush Hashem this past week. As YWN has been reporting, the National Guard was deployed in Los Angeles to deal with the riots following the black lives matter protests which spiraled out of control, and turned into all out looting of businesses. The Jewish community has been dropping off food and drinks, and allowing them to use the bathroom at a nearby Chabad House. YWN has publish dozens of videos and photos of Orthodox Jews delivering food and cards to Police Departments all around the nation, as they show their unwavering support while they come under attack. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar went beyond calls to defund the police following the death of George Floyd, instead calling for dismantling the Minneapolis Police Department because it is “rotten to the root.” “We need to completely dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department. Because here’s the thing, there’s a cancer,” she said, continuing that amputation is needed so it doesn’t spread. “The Minneapolis Police Department is rotten to the root, and so when we dismantle it, we get rid of that cancer, and we allow for something beautiful to rise, and that reimagining allows us to figure out what public safety looks like for us,” Omar, a first-term congresswoman, said. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Mayor Bill de Blasio laid out the next wave of police reforms on Sunday, including shifting funds from the NYPD to youth and social services, in the aftermath of days of protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. “The details will be worked out in the budget process in the weeks ahead. But I want people to understand that we are committed to shifting resources to ensure that the focus is on our young people,” de Blasio said. “I also will affirm we will only do it in a way that is certain to continue the city will be safe.” Another key point of the plan includes reforming 50-A, the state law that keeps police behavior from public scrutiny. “The current law is broken and stands in the way of improving trust between them and the community,” the mayor said.

A man identifying himself as “Ace Burns” delivered an ominous threat to Orthodox Jewish New Yorkers Saturday during a live interview on Fox News, warning that protesters could set fire to Manhattan’s storied Diamond District if New York leaders don’t meet their demands. “Today, I’m leading a demonstration from Barclay’s Center at 6 p.m. to City Hall, and that’s the first stop — and we’re hoping [Mayor] De Blasio and [Gov.] Cuomo come out and talk to us and give the youth some direction,” he told Fox News reporter Jacqui Heinrich. “But if they don’t, then [the] next stop is the Diamond District,” he said, referring to a block on Manhattan’s 47th Street known for jewelry shops. “And gasoline, thanks to Trump, is awfully cheap.

The Lakewood Police Department gave YWN the following statement: The Lakewood Police Department would like to take this opportunity to recognize all who attended today’s peaceful protest to honor George Floyd Jr. Several hundred participants were joined by Township Officials, Mayor Raymond Coles, Police Chief Gregory Meyer and Ocean County Prosecutor Brad Billhimer as they marched down Clifton Avenue just after 1 pm. Once arriving in the center of town, the large crowd, with many different backgrounds but bonded by a common cause, gathered together in Red Square where many had the opportunity to have their voices heard. The gathering lasted until just after 3pm when the crowd peacefully dispersed without incident.

The NYPD arrested more than a dozen protesters at Penn Street & Wythe Avenue in the heart of Williamsburgs Hasidoic Community, Thursday night. There were hundreds of officers in riot gear all over the neighborhood. Meanwhile, NYPD Commissioner Shea called for calm Thursday at a news conference that opened with a broadside against elected officials and others whom he blamed for stirring up animosity by speaking against police and sharing videos on social media that, presented without context, are seen as evidence of officer misconduct. “How do we move forward?” Shea said. “I do not know how we will get there. I wish I had all the answers, but I know this much.

Syrian News Agency SANA reported that shockwaves of mid-air explosions were heard in the northern region of Hama on Thursday evening. Additional reports coming from Lebanon confirmed that explosions were heard by the country’s northern border with Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor reported that at least nine people were killed in the strike, with the death toll expected to rise. Earlier in the week, The Syrian Center for Human Rights reported that five members of the pro–Iranian militia were killed in an air-strike near over Al Bukamal also in Syria’s northern area. These newest reports come just three weeks after SANA accused Israel of carrying out airstrikes near Aleppo (Haleb). The target then was a factory that was suspected f producing chemical weapons.