“When someone targets a police officer or a police station with an intention to do harm and intimidate — that is an act of domestic terrorism,” Department of Homeland Security Acting Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli https://t.co/dH2xIRaSmG— Acting Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli (@HomelandKen) May 31, 2020
Federal Officer Killed Guarding Courthouse Near Protest U.S. authorities say they're seeing more acts of violence targeting law enforcement.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A federal law enforcement officer in California was shot and killed and another wounded while providing security at the U.S. courthouse in Oakland amid one of the increasingly violent protests unfolding around the country. “When someone targets a police officer or a police station with an intention to do harm and intimidate — that is an act of domestic terrorism,” Department of Homeland Security Acting Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli said at a Washington, D.C., news conference Saturday.
