Woman seen on video pulled from car in tussle with federal law enforcement
Less than a week after 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good was fatally shot while allegedly blocking an ICE operation in Minneapolis, another woman was seen on video blocking a Minnesota road with her vehicle as anti-ICE agitators gathered in support.
Video showed federal agents on Tuesday breaking the passenger side window of the car while attempting to stop the female driver, who appeared to be wedging agents between her vehicle and another car blocking the road.
“Go, go, go, go, go,” agitators shouted in the surrounding crowd.
The woman, who has not yet been identified, was pulled from the car as she clung onto the driver’s side door.
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Agents pushed her up against the side of the car and handcuffed her as others yelled, “stop,” “that’s so f—– up,” “all you do is hurt.”
Minutes later, agitators wearing black hoodies and gas masks were seen banging against the federal agents’ cars, as tear gas, pepper balls and pepper spray were deployed in an attempt to get control of the unruly crowd.
“Nazis,” another agitator yelled. “You will pay for your crimes.”
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Footage showed multiple people being detained in the snow as others recorded the interactions on their phones.
Meanwhile, another crowd of about 70 to 80 protesters gathered Tuesday at Minneapolis’ Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, where they were seen blocking and throwing rocks at federal agents’ cars.
One agitator near the building was caught on video opening up the back of a federal vehicle as it drove away, and another was arrested after allegedly throwing water bottles and kicking agents’ vehicles.
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Marcos Charles, ICE ERO acting executive associate director, told Fox News’ Martha MacCallum on Tuesday that 60 agitators have been charged with impeding or assaulting immigration agents in Minnesota within the last five days.
“We will be arresting anybody that interferes or impedes in any of these enforcement actions,” Charles said. “We’ve already arrested 60 … that have got in our way, impeded us or assaulted an officer.”
Minnesota and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul have blamed the Trump administration for the unrest following Good’s death, filing a lawsuit to block the ongoing federal immigration enforcement surge.
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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison claimed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)’s law enforcement action have caused “serious harm” to the state, labeling the operations a “federal invasion.”
“DHS agents have sown chaos and terror across the metropolitan area,” Ellison said. “Schools have gone [into] lockdown. Entire districts have had to cancel school for tens of thousands of students to ensure safety and offer online education. … Revenues are down, and some retail stores, daycares and restaurants have actually closed because people are afraid to go out.”
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DHS officials pushed back, accusing Minnesota leaders of undermining public safety and obstructing federal law enforcement.
“Keith Ellison made it abundantly clear today he is prioritizing politics over public safety,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said. “It really is astounding that the Left can miraculously rediscover the Tenth Amendment when they don’t want federal law enforcement officers to enforce federal law—which is a clear federal responsibility under Article I, Article II and the Supremacy Clause—and then go right back to federalizing every state responsibility possible when they get back in power. Spare us.”
11 House Dems buck party to side with Republicans in reversal of Biden-era shower regulation
The House of Representatives voted 226-197 along bipartisan lines on Tuesday to reverse Biden-era regulations on shower heads, a move Republican lawmakers framed as a quick and easy way to return choice to homeowners.
“Washington bureaucrats have gone too far in dictating what happens in Americans’ own homes,” Rep. Russell Fry, R-S.C., the sponsor of the legislation, said of his bill.
“This is about defending consumer choice, pushing back on regulatory overreach and standing up for commonsense policy.”
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Asked what his thoughts were on the bill, Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine., kept his thoughts simple.
“Shower pressure is a good thing,” Golden said.
Golden was one of 11 Democrats that joined with Republicans to pass the Saving Homeowners from Overregulation with Exceptional Rinsing Act or SHOWER Act.
The bill looks to codify an executive order President Donald Trump issued in April of last year, directing the Department of Energy to repeal the way the Biden administration interpreted water pressure in showers.
Under current law, shower heads can only produce a set amount of pressure.
That Biden-era regulation interpreted that to mean that the combined flow of showers with multiple nozzles had to stay below that bar. In other words, the more shower heads, the less pressure the individual nozzles could have.
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Rep. John McGuire, R-Va., characterized it as a way Democrats had gone out of their way to create unnecessary restrictions.
“It seems like the Democrats want to tax you out of existence and overregulate you. So [the bill] is a step in the right direction. Less regulation,” McGuire said.
Fry, the sponsor of Tuesday’s bill, said that the legislation would reinstate what he viewed as the common interpretation of what a “shower head” meant to most audiences.
“That rule was widely criticized as overreach and emblematic of a broader regulatory agenda targeting everyday household appliances,” Fry said in a statement. “The SHOWER Actis a smart fix that reaffirms each shower nozzle is just that — its own shower head — and should be treated accordingly under the law.
Rep. Brett Guthrie, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, echoed the comments from Fry.
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“For far too long, federal regulations and red tape have limited consumer choice and forced Americans to live with limited water pressure,” Guthrie said.
“By codifying how different nozzles are categorized, the SHOWER Act offers a commonsense fix that will allow households to choose what meets their needs, not what Washington mandates.”
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The bill now heads to the Senate, where it must receive the support of at least seven Democrats before making its way to President Trump’s desk.
Conservative justices back transgender sports bans as female athletes speak out
The Supreme Court struggled for consensus Tuesday as it publicly debated state bans on transgender female students from competing in women’s and girls’ scholastic sports.
Both sides repeatedly invoked contrasting versions of “fairness” and “equal opportunity” before the justices during a more than three-hour oral argument session in the courtroom.
Idaho and West Virginia separately defended their laws that limit participation for transgender females who were designated male at birth in both public school and college athletics.
They are among almost 30 states who say their restrictions are a matter of ensuring a level playing field and student safety.
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But lawyers for a high school sophomore and a college senior counter that those prohibitions are clearly discriminatory and that the issues should be about equality and dignity for every student, free from politics and misinformation.
The high court is examining whether the laws violate the Constitution’s equal protection clause and the landmark federal law Title IX that prohibits sex discrimination in education.
A majority of the court — at least five of the six conservatives — appeared ready to back the state restrictions in some form. Only Justice Neil Gorsuch seemed open to some of the arguments by the student plaintiffs.
In arguments, much of the discussion came down to whether the transgender student population was large enough to give them an opportunity to defend their rights as a protected class.
With an estimated 2.8 million people in the U.S. who identify as transgender, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said their rights should be respected, even if they represent a relatively small percentage of the population.
“The numbers don’t talk about the human beings,” Sotomayor said.
“I’m struggling to understand how you can say that this law doesn’t classify on the basis of transgender status,” said Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. “The law expressly aims to ensure that transgender women can’t play on women’s sports teams. So, why is that not a classification on the basis of transgender status?”
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But other members of the court suggested just the opposite.
“The question here is whether a sex-based classification is necessarily a transgender classification,” said Chief Justice John Roberts, skeptical of the position by lawyers for the student plaintiffs.
Roberts added that allowing exceptions for a relatively small subset of individuals could have larger implications.
“If we adopted that, that would have to apply across the board and not simply to the area of athletics,” he said.
The arguments also focused a great deal on the relative competitive advantages some transgender athletes would have competing in women’s sports.
Justice Samuel Alito said the reluctance of some female athletes to compete with and against transgender women is real.
“Looking to the broader issue that a lot of people are interested in, there are an awful lot of female athletes who are strongly opposed to participation by trans athletes in competitions with them,” said Alito. “What do you say about them? Are they bigots? Are they deluded in thinking they are subjected to unfair competition?”
“For the individual girl who does not make the team or doesn’t get on the stand for the medal or doesn’t make all-league, there’s a harm there,” said Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who for years coached his daughter’s basketball team. “And I think we can’t sweep that aside.”
He called the growing increase in female sports participation since Title IX was passed in 1972 “inspiring.”
Outside the courthouse, hundreds of activists groups on both sides rallied. Some carried signs like “protect women’s sports” and “trans rights are human rights.”
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Inside, West Virginia plaintiff Becky Pepper-Jackson and her mother attended the oral arguments but did not speak.
This past year, Pepper-Jackson qualified for the West Virginia girls high school state track meet, finishing third in the discus throw and eighth in the shot put in the Class AAA division.
She has identified as female since third grade and has been taking puberty-blocking medication.
Although she is officially listed in court papers as B.P.J., her mother and ACLU lawyers have publicly identified her by Becky’s full name.
The Idaho plaintiff is Lindsay Hecox, a 24-year-old senior at Boise State University who wanted to compete on both NCAA-level and club sports teams for women.
Hecox now wants her high court case dismissed, fearing further harassment as she expects to graduate from college this spring. She says she will no longer play women’s sports in Idaho, but the justices will decide that question of mootness after argument.
Dozens of competing amicus, or supporting, legal briefs were filed by Republican- and Democratic-led states, Congress members, athletes, doctors, scientists and scholars.
The Trump administration was given argument time and said the federally-controlled Title IX does not apply to sex discrimination claims by transgender females.
Justice Department lawyer Hashim Mooppan suggested challenging a law on alleged sex-based discrimination requires a significant number of affected people to have it overturned.
“Why does it have to be that many people? Why? Why?” Justice Jackson asked, appearing exasperated.
Various hypotheticals were raised over how sex-based scholastic bans could apply beyond athletics, to science departments, chess clubs and remedial classes where brain chemistry and genetic differences have been debated.
“I think there are a lot of chess grandmasters who would tell you that women, for whatever reason, they’re not as good at this,” said Justice Elena Kagan.
President Donald Trump last February issued executive order 14201, “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,” aimed at transgender athletes.
It is part of a broader federal effort to recognize what the White House says are “only two immutable sexes: male and female.”
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What the court does here could affect other legal fights over LGBTQ+ rights, including transgender people having access to bathrooms or sex designation on documents like passports and driver’s licenses.
The justices have complete discretion to rule narrowly on the rights of athletic competitors or offer a more sweeping precedent on discrimination claims in the workplace, public spaces, military service, government benefits, housing, health care and education.
The Supreme Court in 2020 ruled workplace discrimination against transgender people amounts to sex discrimination.
But in June, the conservative court did not extend that protection to state bans on transgender minors seeking certain healthcare treatments.
The justices there said the issue was grounded on the basis of age and medical care, not sex or transgender status.
That legal articulation may now guide the high court in the current disputes, with questions from the bench Tuesday suggesting some justices may seek a cautious, limited approach to resolving this specific issue.
That could keep the courts out of the controversy for now.
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“Given that half the states are allowing it, allowing transgender girls and women to participate, about half are not,” Kavanaugh said. “Why would we, at this point, just the role of this court, jump in and try to constitutionalize a rule for the whole country while there’s still, as you say, uncertainty and debate.”
Such a ruling against the students would likely throw the issue back to the states, with the current mix of differing laws continuing to play out in the political process.
The high court cases are Little v. Hecox (24-38) from Idaho; and West Virginia v. B.P.J. (24-83). Decisions are expected by early summer.
Actor who played burglar in Christmas classic facing prostitution allegations
Authorities charged “Home Alone” star Daniel Stern with soliciting prostitution, Fox News Digital can confirm.
Stern allegedly made the solicitation on Dec. 10 at a motel in Camarillo, a spokesperson for the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office told Fox News Digital.
The actor was charged Jan. 12. His arraignment, originally scheduled for Jan. 13, was pushed to Feb. 6.
‘HOME ALONE’ STAR DANIEL STERN DITCHED HOLLYWOOD FOR QUIET LIFE ON A FARM
Stern is known for his role as “Wet Bandit” Marv in the ’90s Christmas classic “Home Alone.” His character was one of the two criminals who broke into the Chicago home to rob the McCallisters.
Now 68, the actor left Hollywood behind to live a slower-paced life with his wife.
He moved to a farm in Ventura to tend cattle and grow produce, according to People magazine.
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Stern also appeared in “Breaking Away,” “City Slickers” and “The Wonder Years.”
He claimed he made “enough money that I didn’t have to work” during his success in the ‘80s and ’90s. According to Stern, he had “an obligation to take advantage of [his] good fortune.” However, his success didn’t come without a couple of near missteps.
“I almost blew it a couple times,” he told the Los Angeles Times of certain career moves.
In fact, Stern, who starred alongside Joe Pesci and Macaulay Culkin in “Home Alone” and “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York,” said he almost lost out on playing Marv as a result of “the stupidest decisions in my show business life.”
Stern said he initially backed out of the deal due to disagreements in the contract. The role was recast, but after a couple of days of rehearsals, the producers urged him to return.
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Stern gave fans a glimpse into what his life has been like since stepping away from the entertainment industry, showcasing his farm life on TikTok.
“Hello, as you will come to discover, I live on a farm, and we grow tangerines here,” Stern showed fans in December 2024.
“I juice them up and then freeze them and give them away to my friends,” he added before giving viewers a glimpse of his work station.
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Bestselling author confirms cancer diagnosis in raw message from hospital bed
Bestselling author Colleen Hoover is sharing her personal health battle.
The “It Ends With Us” and “Verity” writer revealed she has been undergoing cancer treatment, posting a candid Instagram story Monday showing herself in a hospital gown as she marked her “second to last day of radiation.”
“I wish I could blame my hair and facial expressions on @Texas.Oncology, but they’ve been great,” Hoover wrote. “Hope you never need them, but highly recommend them.”
The author did not specify the type of cancer but has been quietly navigating the diagnosis for months.
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According to People, Hoover first disclosed her condition in December on a private Facebook fan page. That message was later reshared on social media.
In the post, Hoover explained she had delayed addressing “recurring” health issues while working on the film adaptation of her novel “Reminders of Him.” After returning from filming in Canada, she said she finally sought medical answers and received her diagnosis.
In October, Hoover announced on Instagram that she would miss several events promoting the book-to-film adaptation of “Regretting You,” citing the need for “an unavoidable surgery” that would prevent her from traveling “for a while.”
Hoover’s health update comes amid continued scrutiny surrounding the film adaptation of her blockbuster novel “It Ends With Us.”
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In December 2024, Blake Lively officially filed a lawsuit against her “It Ends With Us” co-star and director Justin Baldoni, alleging sexual harassment and retaliation, according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital.
Lively, 38, initially recorded a complaint with the California Civil Rights Department on Dec. 21, accusing Baldoni of sexual harassment during production of the film. Baldoni also served as director on the project.
She further alleged that after raising concerns, Baldoni — along with a crisis PR team — orchestrated a retaliation campaign intended to damage her career.
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Lively also detailed allegations of intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligence against Baldoni and producer Jamey Heath in a complaint first filed with the California Civil Rights Department and later in federal court.
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Hoover, who served as an executive producer on “It Ends With Us,” said in an interview with Elle that she had no idea any issues were unfolding behind the scenes while she was briefly on set during filming.
While she was present for only a few days of production, Hoover said she was “completely unaware that anything was happening” at the time.
As the controversy surrounding the film continues to grow, the bestselling author said she finds the situation both “unfortunate” and “disappointing,” describing the fallout as overwhelming and damaging.
“It feels like a circus,” Hoover said. “When there are real people involved, with real feelings and emotions. This actually truly has impacted some of the actors’ careers in huge ways. And I just find it all around sad.”
JD Vance, ICE flip script on sanctuary city leaders as ‘chaos’ erupts across MN
Vice President JD Vance and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement are flipping the script on sanctuary politicians and local leaders who have accused the agency of unleashing chaos on communities, saying it is the critics’ rhetoric that is creating dangerous conditions.
Vance wrote on X Tuesday that “an extremely important point” is that “you’re only seeing chaotic ICE raids in blue sanctuary cities where local officials are fighting against federal law enforcement.”
The vice president said “the chaos is created by ‘leaders’ who would rather promote rioting in their streets than follow the law.”
ICE went further, writing on X that “everything stems from local leadership and their cooperation or noncooperation with ICE.”
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The agency wrote that in “cities and states where local leaders actively work with ICE to protect their communities from criminal illegal aliens, violent protests — like those in Minnesota— do not occur, and operations proceed as planned.”
This comes after nearly a week of frequent violent anti-ICE demonstrations in the wake of the fatal shooting of activist Renee Nicole Good by a federal law enforcement agent in Minneapolis. Good, who was a member of ICE Watch, a group that monitors, tracks, interferes and opposes ongoing federal immigration enforcement operations, died last Wednesday after allegedly attempting to run over federal agents with her car.
Local leaders, including Minneapolis Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey, were quick to condemn ICE over the shooting. On the same day as the shooting, Frey lashed out at ICE, telling agents to “get the f— out of Minneapolis.”
Frey has since doubled and tripled down on his attacks on ICE. In a press conference, he accused the federal government of targeting Minneapolis for political reasons by sending “thousands” of agents to the city.
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“The reason that Minnesota and Minneapolis are being targeted is because you’ve got a Democratic governor, a Democratic attorney general and you’ve got Democratic mayors,” said Frey.
On Tuesday, however, Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the federal government is surging agents to Minneapolis and other sanctuary cities “because Minnesota law enforcement won’t let us in their jails. … That includes murderers, kidnappers and child pedophiles. That means DHS has to find them and apprehend them in the streets WITHOUT the help of local law enforcement.”
She said that, due to sanctuary policies, local law enforcement “can’t answer calls for backup when our law enforcement are attacked, assaulted and obstructed.”
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“This is dangerous for our officers and the community,” said McLaughlin. “There are currently 1,360 violent criminal illegal aliens in Minnesota’s custody. These criminals could very well be put back on the streets. If [Gov. Tim] Walz and Frey would stop these dumb, dangerous policies the public and our law enforcement would be a lot safer.”
Fox News Digital reached out to the offices of Frey and Walz for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
Iranian student shot in head at close range amid protests, body buried along roadside
A 23-year-old student was shot in the head at close range during protests in Iran, according to Iran Human Rights, a Norway-based group, as the regime continues its violent crackdown on nationwide demonstrations.
Rubina Aminian, a student of textile and fashion design at Shariati Technical and Vocational College for Girls in Tehran, was killed Jan. 8 after leaving college and joining the protests in the capital, according to Iran Human Rights.
She is among the few victims of the recent unrest whose identity has been publicly confirmed.
“Sources close to Rubina’s family, citing eyewitnesses, told Iran Human Rights that the young Kurdish woman from Marivan was shot from close range from behind, with the bullet striking her head,” the group said in a statement.
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Following her death, Aminian’s family traveled from their home in Kermanshah, western Iran, to Tehran to identify her body.
According to sources cited by Iran Human Rights, the family was taken to a location near the college where they saw the bodies of hundreds of young people allegedly killed during the protests.
“Most of the victims were young people between 18 and 22 years old, who had been shot at close range in the head and neck by government forces,” a source close to the family said.
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The family was reportedly initially barred from identifying Aminian’s body and later prevented from taking her remains, the group said.
After extensive efforts, relatives were eventually allowed to retrieve her body and return to Kermanshah.
When they got there, intelligence forces reportedly surrounded the family home and would not allow a burial to take place.
According to Iran Human Rights, the family was forced to bury Aminian’s body along the roadside between Kermanshah and the nearby city of Kamyaran.
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The family has also not been permitted to hold mourning ceremonies, and several mosques in Marivan were reportedly disallowed from hosting memorial services.
Iran’s spiraling anti-government protests have been driven by widespread anger over political repression and economic hardship, including rising inflation.
The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency estimated Tuesday that over 16,700 people have been detained.
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Other rights groups have reported extremely high death tolls, with some estimates exceeding 3,000, according to Fox News chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst.
Iran Human Rights described Aminian in a statement as “a young woman full of joy for life and passionate about fashion and clothing design, whose dreams were buried by the violent repression of the Islamic Republic.”
Panthers make major decision on quarterback Bryce Young’s future following playoff loss
The Carolina Panthers made a major decision on quarterback Bryce Young’s future on Tuesday.
Panthers general manager Dan Morgan said the team is picking up the fifth-year option on Young’s contract. The option will be worth more than $26.5 million for the 2027 season, according to multiple reports.
If the Panthers had declined Young’s fifth-year option, it would have signaled that the team might have been looking to move in another direction.
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The Panthers won the NFC South with an 8-9 record this year, while Young had the best season of his three-year career, a pivotal one for him. The 24-year-old was benched for six games last season after struggling.
The 2023 No. 1 overall pick came back and played better down the stretch after being benched, but needed to show continued improvement for the Panthers to feel comfortable committing to him long-term. This season, Young set career highs in passing yards (3,011), passing touchdowns (23), completion percentage (63.6%) and passer rating (87.8).
Young also set a career-high by throwing 11 interceptions this season. On the ground, Young rushed for 216 yards and two touchdowns.
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The Panthers fell to the Los Angeles Rams, 34-31, in Young’s first career playoff game on Saturday, but the former Alabama star delivered one of the best performances of his career in the loss.
Young completed 21 of 40 passes for 264 yards with one passing touchdown and one interception while rushing for 24 yards and a touchdown. While the box score numbers do not appear great, Young extended plays with his legs and made plenty of big-time throws, helping put the Panthers in position to win late.
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Young threw a perfect seven-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Jalen Coker to give the Panthers a 31-27 lead with 2:39 left in the fourth quarter. That would have been a game-winning drive for Young if Matthew Stafford didn’t lead the Rams down the field to the lead.
The Panthers quarterback has consistently elevated his game late, as he has 12 career game-winning drives in the fourth quarter or overtime since he entered the NFL in 2023, the most in the league during that span. Six of his 12 game-winning drives came this season.
Major coffee chain cuts ties with barista over pig image on deputy’s cup
A Starbucks barista who handed a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy a coffee cup with a pig drawn on it has been let go, the world-famous coffee house confirmed.
The move came after an internal investigation into the incident that garnered a response from a law enforcement union.
According to Starbucks, the employee who handed the drink to the deputy was separated from the company, though the drawing had been placed on the cup earlier in the day.
The company said the illustration was originally intended to uplift partners working behind the bar, not to be given to a customer.
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Starbucks also said it attempted to address the situation immediately inside the store and make it right.
“This was unacceptable. We have reached out to the customer several times and leaders in the sheriff’s department to apologize,” the spokesperson told FOX Business.
“We immediately launched an investigation and are taking swift action to address this. We have a deep appreciation and respect for law enforcement, who are dedicated to keeping our communities safe.”
The drawing, a popular meme with no connection to law enforcement, “was never intended to be delivered to any customer, and it should not have been,” the spokesperson said.
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The pig depicted on the cup was identified as “John Pork,” an internet meme featuring a cartoon pig commonly used in joking or satirical posts online.
The incident took place at the Starbucks located at Firestone Boulevard and Pioneer Boulevard in Norwalk.
The deputy involved, Brandon Longoria, had reportedly stopped in for a routine coffee run while working a 16-hour shift.
Longoria later shared his experience on his personal social media account and, according to the New York Post, called the incident “discouraging and disrespectful.”
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“All I wanted was caffeine, but instead I left feeling uneasy,” he reportedly wrote online.
The Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs also issued a statement on Instagram and said it is “aware and disappointed by the recent incident.”
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“We hope this was an isolated incident and not reflective of the community values upon which Starbucks was founded and that it is addressed appropriately and with a sincere apology to the community,” said Richard Pippin, president of the union.
“Every customer should always be made to feel welcome in our stores,” the Starbucks spokesperson added.