{"id":1717941,"date":"2022-10-31T09:03:26","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T13:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1717941"},"modified":"2022-10-31T09:20:58","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T13:20:58","slug":"ilhan-omar-has-spent-over-100k-on-security-after-pushing-defund-the-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ilhan-omar-has-spent-over-100k-on-security-after-pushing-defund-the-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilhan Omar Has Spent Over $100k on Security After Pushing &#8220;Defund the Police&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Filhan-omar-has-spent-over-100k-on-security-after-pushing-defund-the-police%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1717941&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/alphanews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Omar-1-1.jpg\" data-caption=\"Rep. Ilhan Omar speaks at a town hall in February 2020. (Gage Skidmore\/Flickr)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Omar-1-1-696x464-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Omar-1-1-696x464-1.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Omar-1-1-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Omar-1-1-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Omar-1-1-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Omar-1-1-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Omar-1-1-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Omar-1-1-1068x712-1.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Omar-1-1-1920x1280-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Omar-1-1-630x420-1.jpg 630w\" alt=\"defund\" title=\"Omar (1)\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. Ilhan Omar speaks at a town hall in February 2020. (Gage Skidmore\/Flickr)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawofficer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Law Officer<\/a>) \u2014 Rep. Ilhan Omar\u2019s campaign recently dropped tens of thousands of dollars on private security services following her calls to defund the police and support for a campaign to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department, federal filings show.<\/p>\n<p>According to Federal Election Commission records, the campaign spent $27,081.14 on \u201csecurity services\u201d between July and September, the highest quarter to date.<\/p>\n<p>Before the third quarter, her campaign paid roughly $83,000 to private security firms between May 2019 and July this year, according to a review of federal filings.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The &#8220;defund the police&#8221; movement, is one of reimagining the current police system to build an entity that does not violate us, while relocating funds to invest in community services.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s be clear, the people who now oppose this, have always opposed calls for systematic change. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SEh97GS9hg\">https:\/\/t.co\/SEh97GS9hg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlhanMN\/status\/1270148561536274439?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The payments also follow <a href=\"https:\/\/alphanews.org\/omar-doubles-down-on-dismantling-minneapolis-police-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Omar\u2019s<\/a> calls to defund police and her support for a campaign to dismantle and replace the Minneapolis Police Department, which has experienced a sharp increase in most crimes over the last year.<\/p>\n<p>Following George Floyd\u2019s death in May 2020, Minneapolis\u2019s violent crime skyrocketed. Last year, the city fell one murder short of hitting its all-time high of 97 homicides in 1997. And while murders have declined this year, many other crimes are trending in the opposite direction, including soaring motor vehicle thefts, larceny\/thefts, carjackings, destruction of property and assaults.<\/p>\n<p>Omar, meanwhile, first championed the \u201cdefund the police\u201d movement shortly after Floyd\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"tve_leads_end_content\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"mab-2632854193\" class=\"m-a-box\" data-plugin-release=\"4.6.11\" data-plugin-version=\"lite\" data-box-layout=\"slim\" data-box-position=\"below\" data-multiauthor=\"false\" data-author-id=\"419\" data-author-type=\"user\" data-author-archived=\"\">\n<div class=\"m-a-box-container\">\n<div class=\"m-a-box-tab m-a-box-content m-a-box-profile\" data-profile-layout=\"layout-1\" data-author-ref=\"user-419\" itemscope itemid=\"https:\/\/alphanews.org\/author\/lawofficer\/\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<div class=\"m-a-box-content-middle\">\n<div class=\"m-a-box-item m-a-box-avatar\" data-source=\"local\">\n\t\t                <a class=\"m-a-box-avatar-url\" href=\"https:\/\/alphanews.org\/author\/lawofficer\/\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/alphanews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/cropped-lawofficer-facebook-b-w-100x100.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/cropped-lawofficer-facebook-b-w-300x300-1.png 2x\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" itemprop=\"image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>                <\/a>\n                \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"m-a-box-item m-a-box-data\">\n<h5>\n                        <span><br \/>\n\t\t\t        Law Officer Staff                <\/span><br \/>\n\t            \t<\/h5>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Ilhan Omar speaks at a town hall in February 2020. (Gage Skidmore\/Flickr) (Law Officer) \u2014 Rep. 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