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Law enforcement authorities released information about a massive operation targeting human traffickers that led to more than 500 arrests. Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said in a media briefing Monday that police had arrested 539 people in the criminal operation. "Human trafficking and child exploitation are devastating crimes that prey on some of the most vulnerable members of our community‚'' the sheriff said. Police rescued 54 adults and 11 children from exploitation during the action dubbed Operation Reclaim and Rebuild‚ he added. 40 of the arrested were suspected "sexual traffickers or exploiters'' while another 271 arrested were suspected "sex buyers.'' Among those rescued was a 14-year-old girl. He went on to say that the operation was in its tenth year and ended in January‚ known as human trafficking awareness month‚ but that police worked all year to arrest human traffickers. Joining Luna at the media briefing was controversial Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón‚ who won his position with financial help from left-wing billionaire George Soros. Residents of Los Angeles have vehemently criticized Soros over soft prosecutorial policies that they say have led to an increase in crime. The operation included more than 95 local‚ state‚ and federal agencies‚ including the Los Angeles Regional Human Trafficking Task Force. Alan Smyth‚ the CEO of human trafficking advocacy group Saving Innocence‚ said that his group saw an uptick in human trafficking ahead of the World Series baseball championships in Los Angeles in 2020‚ and they expected to see the same ahead of the NFL Super Bowl. Los Angeles Sheriff Alex Villanueva said the purpose of the operation was to “send a message to pimps‚ exploiters and buyers that it is unacceptable to buy another human being for sexual purposes." Here's a local news report about the arrests: Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Iconic "Star Trek" actor William Shatner responded to a report that European Union officials were looking to ban the classic show motto‚ "to boldly go where no man has gone before‚" to be more gender inclusive. The motto was a part of the mission statement of the Enterprise spaceship in the sci-fi series‚ but government officials say it's no longer politically correct and should be changed to "no one" instead of "no man." Shatner posted screenshots of articles documenting the policy suggestion and criticized the officials. "Presentism at work yet again. Why start at Trek?" he wrote on a post on social media. "Isn’t it better to start at the beginning and redo foundation material such as the Magna Carta‚ religious writings‚ works of Shakespeare before worrying about a silly TV show opening that reflects social commentary of the time?" he added. "If people are offended by 6 seconds of dialogue recorded in 1966 without a modicum of understanding of the social issues at the time there’s bigger issues that they need to deal with first - like educating themselves‚" Shatner concluded. His missive had more than 10k likes of support. Shatner previously denounced "presentism" and offered a definition of the concept. "I am so tired of presentism &; moronic people who continue to place today’s value systems on the past to judge‚" Shatner posted in 2021. — (@) "They cannot comprehend that the fact they have the freedom to judge is because of what brave people did in the past‚" he added. "Education needs a wake up call." Shatner made history in 2020 when he was included as a passenger on the Blue Origin spaceflight and became the oldest person in space at age 90. Here's more about Shatner's historic flight: 90-Year-Old ‘Captain Kirk’ Goes to Space For Real www.youtube.com Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia said in a statement on Tuesday that his wife had been hospitalized after a car accident on Monday.Gayle Conelly Manchin is federal co-chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission‚ a position to which she was nominated by President Joe Biden."On Monday‚ my wife Gayle and her colleague Guy Land were involved in a car accident on the way from the airport to the hotel in Birmingham‚ Alabama for an Appalachian Regional Commission event that was planned for today. Both were admitted to UAB Hospital and are receiving excellent care. She remains in stable condition but will stay there for a couple of days for precautionary measures. We want to thank the first responders who answered the call and were first on-site to provide assistance and support‚" Sen. Joe Manchin said in a statement.The senator and his wife have been married for more than 50 years.Manchin‚ whose term ends in early 2025‚ announced last year that he would not seek re-election.The lawmaker has said that he thinks President Joe Biden has veered too far left.Manchin has also sounded the alarm about America's ever-expanding national debt. "The national debt is the greatest threat our country faces — and we are rapidly approaching the crisis point‚" Manchin‚ GOP Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah‚ Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Mich.)‚ and Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.) declared in a recent opinion piece. "There is growing appetite on both sides of the aisle to address our national debt. It is time for Congress to put the interests of the country ahead of political expediency and get us on sound fiscal footing before it is too late."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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