GOP Lawmakers Demand DOJ Investigate Surge In Violence Against Police

On Wednesday, a group of Republican lawmakers led by Rep. John Katko (R-NY) reportedly sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland addressing the “troubling pattern across the United States” of police officers being violently targeted. “On Friday, January 21st, while responding to reports of a domestic disturbance, New York Police Department (NYPD) Officers Rivera (22) and Mora (27) were violently attacked by a gunman, killing Officer Rivera and mortally wounding Officer Mora, who succumbed to his injuries on January 25,” they wrote, according to The New York Post. “Shortly following the attack on these NYPD officers, on Sunday, January


