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							<title><![CDATA[For America's 250th Birthday, Pardon the East Haven Four]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/12/for_americas_250th_birthday_pardon_the_east_haven_four_154211.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Johnson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Dennis Spaulding'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s baby was two days old when Spaulding became a federal felon. He was later sentenced to five years in prison and missed the first years of his daughter'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s life.
But Spaulding never sold drugs. He never stole a dime. He never seriously hurt anyone. He was a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Lefty DAs Treat Illegals More Leniently Than Citizens]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2026/01/30/opinion/stop-letting-lefty-das-shield-illegal-immigrant-criminals-from-ice/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Johnson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In December, Marvin Morales-Ortez walked out of a Fairfax County, Va., jail a free man.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Must Run on Abolishing ICE in 2026]]></title>
							<link>https://www.ms.now/opinion/abolish-ice-polls-democrats-midterms-2026</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Johnson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If Democrats don't seize this moment, then they shouldn't call themselves an opposition party.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Defund the Police' Resulted in More Killings]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2025/05/06/opinion/duh-study-shows-defund-the-police-resulted-in-more-killings/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Johnson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The re-policing effect is real: more policing means less murder.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[If Trump Wants To Back Blue, Start With These Unjust Prosecutions]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/05/01/if_trump_wants_to_back_blue_start_with_these_unjust_prosecutions_152734.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Johnson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If President Trump wants to implement the pro-police policies he outlined in his April 29 Executive Order, a good start would be dropping two unjust (but ongoing) federal prosecutions of police.
The two flimsy and politically motivated cases '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' in Kentucky and Massachusetts '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fact-Checking a Police-Shooting Database]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/fact-checking-the-washington-post-police-shooting-database?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Johnson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Washington Post's Fatal Force tool can be useful, but its mistakes reinforce a false narrative.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Unjust Pursuit of Police Officer Sutton]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/the-unjust-pursuit-of-police-officer-sutton</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Johnson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A Washington, D.C., case illustrates what happens when political pressure is exerted on the justice system.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Were BLM Leaders Doing With a $6 Million House?]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/04/black-lives-matter-malibu-mansion.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Johnson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[George Floyd's death brought millions of dollars to a leading Black Lives Matter group. Where did the money go?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Anti-Crime Plan Won't Curb Surge in Violence]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jul/1/biden-administrations-multibillion-dollar-plan-won/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Johnson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Biden knows crime is a problem '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' with homicides up 25% in 2020 and early data showing another huge increase over last year in early 2021.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Americans Believe in Dangerous Anti-Police Myths]]></title>
							<link>https://tippinsights.com/media-is-poisoning-americans-minds-with-anti-police-propaganda-tipp-poll/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Johnson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Jason Johnson, president of the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund, examines the latest TIPP Poll results and explains how the American public is misinformed about policing and believes in dangerous anti-police myths.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Violent Crime Surged After Police Retreated]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/policing/2021/04/09/violent-crime-surged-across-america-after-police-retreated-column/7137565002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Johnson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even the most dedicated officers who now face a greater risk of being sued, fired'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' or prosecuted for doing their job feel pressure to pull back.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Promoting Myths About Police Won't Make Us Safer]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2021/03/03/promoting_myths_about_police_wont_make_us_safer_766408.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Johnson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As the House of Representatives considers the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' this week, the bill'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s proponents rightly decry pernicious stereotyping and generalizing based on race.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Trouble With Condemning 'Violence' at Protests]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vox.com/first-person/2020/5/29/21274891/george-floyd-cop-arrested-minneapolis-breonna-taylor</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Johnson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What news coverage does '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and doesn't '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' show about unrest in Minneapolis and Louisville.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Barkley Is Wrong on Race, Ferguson and Garner]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/04/opinion/johnson-charles-barkley/index.html?hpt=op_t1</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Johnson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is nothing wrong with professional athletes expressing their opinions about social or political issues. Just because you slip on a helmet or swing a racquet doesn't mean you don't have the right to voice an opinion on politics, the economy, faith or any other issue in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ferguson Shows Failure at Every Level]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/24/opinion/johnson-ferguson-grand-jury/index.html?hpt=hp_t2</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Johnson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[No one paying attention to the events in Ferguson, Missouri, since August will be surprised by the grand jury decision Monday night to not indict Officer Darren Wilson.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[With Ferguson, It's Not What You Think]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/23/opinion/johnson-ferguson-you-dont-know/index.html?hpt=op_r1</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jason Johnson</author>
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