You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. “We desperately need some help at going after crime rates.”The announcement prompted immediate concerns among Democratic elected officials in New Mexico of federal overreach and the potential for new civil rights abuses in a city that has wrestled with issues of police brutality and reforms under a consent decree with the Department of Justice.Gov. President Trump’s decision to send federal agents to Albuquerque prompted immediate concern among New Mexico’s Democratic officials over federal overreach and the potential for civil rights abuses in a city that has wrestled with issues of police brutality and reforms under a consent decree with the Department of Justice.Gov. “The operations we’re discussing today are very different. It’s asinine, to tell you the truth.”Get breaking news, investigations, analysis and more signature journalism from the Los Angeles Times in your inbox. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Atty. Protests, in places violent, roiled U.S. cities overnight, as demonstrations reignited at the presence of federal troops. Amid a wave of national protests over policing practices, Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller has announced a proposal to create a city agency focusing on community safety by Albuquerque authorities have struggled for years to contain both violent crime and police brutality.The Albuquerque Police Department began implementing policing reforms years ago under a prior administration as part of a consent decree with the Justice Department.

Here are guides to help parents of school-age children navigate remote learning, as well as recent updates about education in Southern California.Nothing says romance like surgical masks, no eye contact and the federal government’s ruinous response to the COVID-19 pandemic.President Trump’s order for a $400 unemployment extension might end up being $300 -- if it arrives at all. U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich called Tuesday on Gonzales to resign, amid uncertainty about the consequences of the sheriff’s White House visit.“Instead of collaborating with the Albuquerque Police Department, the Sheriff is inviting the President’s stormtroopers into Albuquerque,” Heinrich said in a statement. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Democratic Attorney General Hector Balderas said they will actively monitor federal law enforcement operations for any civil rights violations, while Albuquerque-based District Attorney Raùl Torrez said federal agents must stay within their traditional crime-fighting roles.“If the Trump administration wishes to antagonize New Mexicans and Americans with authoritarian, unnecessary and unaccountable military-style ‘crackdowns,’ they have no business whatsoever in New Mexico,” Lujan Grisham said in a statement.The Trump administration is facing a growing backlash — in the courts and on the streets — to sending federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security to Portland, Oregon, where protests have spiraled into violence, and vowing to do the same in other Democratic-led cities.Barr drew a distinction between the federal response in Portland and the agents being dispatched to cities such as Albuquerque in coordination with local law enforcement.“This is a different kind of operation, obviously, than the tactical teams we use to defend against riots and mob violence,” Barr said. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. Federal authorities in 2014 issued a scathing report in response to a series of deadly police shootings in the city that pointed to patterns of excessive force, constitutional violations and a lack of training and oversight of its officers.Crime began surging in some cities like Chicago, New York and Philadelphia when stay-at-home orders lifted. Barr said 35 agents are being assigned to Albuquerque.They turned the microphone over to Sam Vigil to recount his early morning discovery on Nov. 19, 2019, that his wife, Jackie, had been shot and died in their Albuquerque driveway as she left to exercise at a gym.“My wife didn’t deserve to be killed that way,” Vigil said. “The operations we’re discussing today are very different. Gen. William Barr focused on an open wound in the law-enforcement community — the unsolved shooting death of the mother of two New Mexico state police officers — in announcing that federal agents would Barr said 35 agents are being assigned to New Mexico’s most populous city.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — President Trump focused on an open wound in the law enforcement community — the unsolved shooting death of the mother of two New Mexico state police officers — in announcing that federal agents, including Homeland Security officers, will surge into Albuquerque, Chicago and other U.S. cities in attempt to contain violent crime. “My wife didn’t deserve to be killed that way,” Vigil said. Raul Torrez said federal agents must stay within their traditional crime-fighting roles.“If the Trump administration wishes to antagonize New Mexicans and Americans with authoritarian, unnecessary and unaccountable military-style ‘crackdowns,’ they have no business whatsoever in New Mexico,” Lujan Grisham said in a statement.At the White House on Wednesday, Trump and U.S. Atty. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Connect with the definitive source for global and local news The Associated Press is an independent, not-for-profit news cooperative headquartered in New York City.Belarus has released about 1,000 people detained during massive protests against the reelection of longtime autocratic President Alexander Lukashenko.The flag-draped coffins with the remains of seven Marines and a sailor who died in a training accident last month have arrived in Delaware.A leading terror suspect who has been linked to beheadings of Filipino and foreign hostages has surrendered after being wounded in battleOregon State Police are leaving Portland after a two-week assignment to help protect a federal courthouse targeted by protesters.L.A.