The Democrat mayor of Rochester, New York, is facing backlash after he criticized police who answered a call to help Border Patrol on a traffic stop on Monday. Rochester Mayor Malik Evans held a press conference Wednesday with Rochester Police Chief David Smith to chastise the two officers for violating their "sanctuary city" policies. 'The reality is, there’s a lot more profiling, there’s a lot more disdain for being Latino right now in this country.' Border Patrol stopped the van at about 5:30 p.m. near the intersection of Lyell Avenue and Whitney Street and called for backup about a half-hour later. Smith said that officers acted on their own out of the view of the RPD supervisor who first responded to the call. “The officers on the scene verbally directed the occupants to get out of the vehicle, and this is against our policy,” said the mayor. “What is also very concerning is that RPD officers went out of view of the supervisor who was on scene to initiate contact with occupants of the vehicle while Border Patrol stands by," Smith added, "when in reality, they [Border Patrol] should be initiating contact and we should be there ensuring their safety." Evans said police will receive more instruction about the sanctuary city order. “Our policy is crystal clear. City police officers do not help or participate in federal immigration activities," he added. The Locust Club, a Rochester Police union, released a statement defending the officers. “RPD did not initiate this traffic stop and had no information about the occupants whatsoever. The agents asked the officers to assist in having the occupants exit the vehicle, which ultimately the occupants did without resistance," read the statement. "The officers placed the occupants in handcuffs for officer safety without incident and left them with the HSI agents on scene,” the statement continued. “The officers on scene asked no questions of the occupants about their immigration status or relevant documents. No force was used.”The union accused the mayor of overreacting to the incident and said the officers involved did nothing wrong. City Council President Miguel Melendez suggested that the policies were needed in order to oppose racism against Latinos. “The reality is, there’s a lot more profiling, there’s a lot more disdain for being Latino right now in this country,” he said. “With that being said, we have a policy. It is the responsibility of the council to ensure that we are following these policies.”Another city council member said she viewed video from the incident and that officers were threatening immigrant construction workers in the van. The city first adopted "sanctuary city" polices in 1986 and reaffirmed those policies 21 years later in 2017. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The Big Tech elites have been laying “groundwork” to enable the policies of the Great Reset, and no one knows it better than Silicon Valley attorney, entrepreneur, RFK Jr. running mate, and ex-wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin — Nicole Shanahan. “Their money especially was being conscripted to set the groundwork for the Great Reset, specifically through a network of NGO advisors, relationship with Hollywood, relationship with Davos, and their own companies,” Shanahan told Allie Beth Stuckey in a recent interview on “Relatable.” “If you look at who’s on these boards, who hangs out with each other, how the culture of tech wealth works,” Shanahan continued, “it’s a really small group of people, and it’s a really small group of people making these decisions.” Glenn Beck of “The Glenn Beck Program” is well aware of plans for the Great Reset, but he’s shocked that Shanahan is warning about them. “It is amazing to go from five years ago, everybody saying, ‘That’s crazy, that’s not happening,’ to the former wife of the head of Google coming out and saying, ‘Yeah, this was all orchestrated, we didn’t even know what we were into as wives of the Silicon Valley mafia wives,’ as she calls them,” Glenn tells Stuckey. “She said that she really saw the reality of evil, the reality of hell, when she was deep into politics, and that kind of started to shift her perspective on, ‘Wait, who are the bad guys here? What’s going on? All of this evil is being done under the guise of really good intentions, especially in Silicon Valley,’” Stuckey explains. And when Shanahan’s daughter was diagnosed with autism, she started attempting to figure out what could have caused it. “As she was digging into the research, she found some things that kind of have been dubbed as right-wing conspiracy theories about different environmental factors, even pharmaceutical factors that could possibly cause some symptoms of autism,” Stuckey says. “But she had a hard time researching because the search engine that almost everyone uses censors that kind of information. And, well, she was married to the co-founder of Google, who was playing a part in censoring that information, not only inhibiting her research for her daughter, but research for the effects of the COVID-19 vaccine,” she continues. “And she shared that that caused, understandably, a lot of conflict in her life and still does,” she adds. Want more from Glenn Beck?To enjoy more of Glenn’s masterful storytelling, thought-provoking analysis, and uncanny ability to make sense of the chaos, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

The actor son of the producer of Disney's "Snow White" live-action remake unloaded a barrage of criticism against lead actress Rachel Zegler after it was reported that his father flew out to New York just to berate her for politicizing the movie. Jonah Platt defended his father, Marc Platt, over the report from Variety that he had flown to New York in order to try to persuade Zegler to take down a message of support for Palestine just after she was announced as the lead actress. 'This is called adult responsibility and accountability. And her actions clearly hurt the film's box office.' The report said Zegler refused to take the post down, and months later, the movie imploded upon release. A random critic demanded that 38-year-old Jonah Platt answer for his father, and he fired back a scorching response. "Your dad flew to NYC to reprimand a young actress? Any words on this? Cuz that's creepy as hell and uncalled for. People have the right to free speech, no? Shame on your father," she wrote. "You really want to do this?" Jonah Platt replied. "Yeah, my dad, the producer of enormous piece of Disney IP with hundreds of millions of dollars on the line, had to leave his family to fly across the country to reprimand his 20 year old employee for dragging her personal politics into the middle of promoting the movie for which she signed a multi-million dollar contract to get paid and do publicity for," he added. "This is called adult responsibility and accountability. And her actions clearly hurt the film's box office."Zegler's missive was among the numerous controversies that led to box office receipts far below expectations for the remake of the beloved classic. "Free speech does not mean you're allowed to say whatever you want in your private employment without repercussions," Platt continued. "Tens of thousands of people worked on that film, and she hijacked the conversation for her own immature desires at the risk of all the colleagues and crew and blue collar workers who depend on that movie to be successful. Narcissism is not something to be coddled or encouraged."Screenshots of his response went viral among those criticizing Zegler as well as those who support her. One post garnered over 27 million interactions in about 24 hours. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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