close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for April 9 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Video shows a group of young New York City men surrounding an NYPD SUV and hurling insults at the officers inside while placing a pig-shaped squeaky toy on the hood and waving a filthy, damaged American flag. The city’s largest police union shared the video on Twitter on Friday but said it had been recorded Tuesday in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood. It shows several men surrounding the SUV and mocking the officers inside. WARNING: GRAPHIC LANGUAGE One member of the group uses a megaphone to hurl a slew of profanities at two officers who are inside the vehicle with the windows rolled up. DE BLASIO ANNOUNCES 'UNPRECEDENTED' RACIAL JUSTICE COMMISSION TO RETHINK NYC LAWS In addition to a two-minute-long string of curse words, he accused them of beating their wives. … [Read more...] about New York men harassing, mocking NYPD cops in alarming video
Racial justice
Ready or not, the era of corporate political responsibility is upon us
The politics of racial justice have become red hot, and major corporations are finding it hard not to get burned. On March 25, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp Brian Kemp Solving the 'primary problem' will repair our government and elections Stacey Abrams urged MLB adviser to keep All-Star Game in Georgia: report Georgia lieutenant governor: Giuliani election claims helped lead to new voting law MORE signed into law SB202, a massive bill that alters voting rules by, among other things, reducing the number of drop boxes for absentee ballots and the number of hours they are available, making it a crime for ordinary citizens to hand out water to voters waiting in long voting lines and allowing the state legislature to override county election boards at will. Big Atlanta companies Coca-Cola and Delta tried to avoid getting embroiled in the fray, believing that working behind the scenes and making general statements supporting “increased voter participation” would … [Read more...] about Ready or not, the era of corporate political responsibility is upon us
Army officer sues police for pepper-spraying him, drawing guns during traffic stop
A U.S. Army officer has sued two Virginia police officers over a December incident caught on body camera footage in which the cops drew their guns and pepper-sprayed him. Caron Nazario, a second lieutenant in the Army, said in a lawsuit filed earlier this month that officers violated his constitutional rights during a traffic stop in the southeastern town of Windsor, located about 46 miles west of Virginia Beach. In the footage shared online by The Associated Press , Nazario, who is Black and Latino, can be seen dressed in his uniform and holding his hands up while sitting in his parked car at a gas station as the officers point their guns at him. ADVERTISEMENT WATCH: A new lawsuit claims Windsor police officers drew guns, pepper-sprayed uniformed Army officer during traffic stop. More at 5 on #13NewsNow pic.twitter.com/OQotHHnb47 — Ali Weatherton 13News Now (@13AliWeatherton) April 8, 2021 The officers order Nazario to get out of his vehicle, … [Read more...] about Army officer sues police for pepper-spraying him, drawing guns during traffic stop
Pennsylvania’s Democratic Senate Race Raises Simmering Divisions Inside Party
PHILADELPHIA (CNN) — In the beginning stages of Pennsylvania’s high stakes Democratic Senate primary, even the most progressive of candidates are downplaying the label. Republican Sen. Pat Toomey’s decision to retire next year means that for the first time in more than a decade, voters in what has become one of the country’s most hotly contested swing states will not see an incumbent senator on the ballot in 2022. The opening has gifted Democrats both a chance to expand their narrow advantage and — depending on who captures the nomination — the opportunity to introduce a pathbreaking new lawmaker to the Senate’s mostly wealthy and buttoned-down, White male ranks. READ MORE: Fall Full-Capacity Concerts, Xfinity Live! Preparing To Reopen Has Philadelphia's Stadium District Buzzing With Energy Following President Joe Biden’s victory last November — and his early success in coalescing Democratic lawmakers behind his agenda — overlapping questions of representation and ideology are … [Read more...] about Pennsylvania’s Democratic Senate Race Raises Simmering Divisions Inside Party
