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Top union calls cops on itself to orchestrate ‘civil disobedience’ stunt at GOP office: source
FIRST ON FOX: Members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), one of the largest and most politically active unions in the country, contacted local California police with a plan to get arrested on purpose during a scheduled protest outside the office of GOP Rep. Young Kim, Fox News Digital has learned.
A source familiar told Fox News Digital that SEIU informed the Anaheim Police Department about a protest held Tuesday, in which they wanted to be arrested during a staged «civil-disobedience type of event.» The protesters planned to block the office entryway to prompt an arrest by police officers.
Following conversations with law enforcement, the source said SEIU decided to go «in a different direction,» by holding a rally outside the office with «small civil disobedience toward the end,» like blocking a driver outside Kim’s office to get cited by police.
«Sorry, I have no information on that,» an Anaheim Police Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital when reached for comment.
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Members of SEIU contacted local California police with a plan to intentionally get arrested during a scheduled protest outside Rep. Young Kim’s office. (Getty Images)
When reached by Fox News Digital for comment, a spokesperson did not confirm or deny that SEIU called the cops on itself.
«I’m glad our action got your attention! You may have missed the real news today, which is that the lives of people with disabilities are at stake,» the spokesperson said while including information about the «devastating effects cutting Medi-Cal would have on Rep. Kim’s constituents who live with disabilities.»
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About 1,000 people gathered outside Kim’s office on Tuesday in a peaceful protest where no one was arrested, ABC 7 Eyewitness News reported.
At one point, roughly a dozen people blocked a driveway near the building. Police instructed them to move and when they refused they were marched to another parking lot and cited with tickets for blocking a roadway, the outlet reported.
Protesters gather in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 17, 2025. Protesters also gathered outside Rep. Young Kim’s office on Tuesday. (Deirdre Heavey/Fox News Digital)
Protests outside representatives’ offices and at their town halls have erupted during President Donald Trump’s second term, as massive layoffs and spending cuts led by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have triggered outrage among Democrats across the country.
SEIU has been at the forefront of those protests nationwide, advocating for workers’ rights and protecting Americans’ access to healthcare. The protest outside Kim’s office was about protecting Medicaid as Democrats have been sounding the alarm about potential threats to the program since Trump’s November victory.
«The GOP budget would gut $880 BILLION from Medicaid – the biggest cut in U.S. history – just to hand $7 TRILLION to billionaires. This will hurt working families, seniors, kids, veterans & people with disabilities,» SEIU posted on Friday.
Rep. Young Kim speaks during a hearing March 10, 2021, on Capitol Hill. (Ting Shen-Pool/Getty Images)
While Democrats have said there is no way to preserve Medicaid given Trump’s ambitious tax cuts included in his «big, beautiful bill,» Republicans have maintained that Trump will not cut Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid benefits.
Kim, whom the SEIU protesters were targeting with their staged arrests, joined 12 House Republicans in a letter to House leadership opposing any budget resolution that would make cuts to Medicaid services. Her office is also shutting down the implication that congressional Republicans are hiding from their constituents.
«I had a productive meeting with many of these local healthcare advocates last week and will continue to make clear to House leadership and my constituents that any budget resolution that cuts vital Medicaid services for the most vulnerable citizens in our community will not receive my vote. My door is always open,» Kim told Fox News Digital in a statement.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders participate in a stop on the «Fight Oligarchy» tour in Bakersfield, California, on April 15, 2025. (Reuters/Aude Guerrucci)
«Rep. Kim recently wrote to House leadership to make clear once again that any budget resolution that cuts vital Medicaid services for the most vulnerable citizens in our community will not receive her vote. She appreciates the work of these advocates on healthcare issues. She is committed to protecting and strengthening our healthcare system, including vital Medicaid services for our most vulnerable, and has worked across the aisle to expand access to care for her constituents,» a spokesperson for Kim added in a statement.
Kim’s spokesperson said the California congresswoman was «recently ranked the most effective federal lawmaker from California» and emphasized her efficiency and bipartisan leadership in Congress.
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Progressive protest groups organized disruptions at Republican-held town halls and local legislative offices earlier this year, effectively shutting them down. Some lawmakers, including Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., reported safety concerns following threats of violence. Many Republicans opted for tele-town halls as a result, citing productivity in a controlled environment.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the former vice presidential candidate, has joined a growing number of Democrats hosting town halls in Republican-held congressional districts, following reports that the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) told congressional Republicans to stop holding in-person town hall meetings after protesters began disrupting them earlier this year.
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French student arrested after stabbing attack leaves 1 dead, 3 injured at private Catholic school
French police arrested a student Thursday after he allegedly killed another student and injured three others in a stabbing attack at his private Catholic school.
The 15-year-old attacker was overpowered by teachers at the Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides High School in Nantes before police arrived, a law enforcement spokesperson told Reuters.
«A knife attack took place this afternoon at a private school in Nantes,» Education Minister Elisabeth Borne wrote on X. «I am going there with [Interior Minister] Bruno Retailleau to express my solidarity with the victims and my support for the educational community.»
The student stabbed four students with a knife during a lunch break, according to the Associated Press.
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Students evacuate the Notre-Dame de Toutes-Aides High School in Nantes, France, following a knife attack on April 24. (Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images)
Police told Reuters that there was nothing to indicate a terrorist motive.
Students at the school told French media at the scene that they had received an email from the assailant earlier in the day with unspecified grievances.
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French soldiers and police stand close to the high school where a stabbing attack happened in Nantes on Thursday, April 24. (Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images)
The attacker was dressed in all black clothing and wore a helmet and balaclava, Reuters also reported, citing local newspaper Ouest France.
The student attacker was reportedly subdued by teachers Thursday before police arrived. (Reuters/Stephane Mahe)
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Photos taken near the school showed a heavy security presence Thursday.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Trans inmate who killed baby blames Trump admin for alleged assaults in prison: Lawsuit
A transgender inmate in Indiana convicted of reckless homicide of a baby is suing President Donald Trump over alleged sexual assaults caused by the president’s «transphobic» and «extremist rhetoric,» court documents filed on April 1 show.
Jonathan C. Richardson, who goes by Autumn Cordellioné, claims in the handwritten complaint that, due to Trump’s «extremist rhetoric and transphobic hate speech,» he has «emboldened the Defendants and the assailants that brutally assaulted and raped plaintiff, not once, but multiple times, to act on their hate and prejudices, constituting the cause in action and his liability in this case. Therefore, President Trump was negligent due to his alleged knowledge that others may act on his words.»
Cordellioné also claims the alleged assaults came after being transferred from New Castle Correctional Facility (NCN), where he was being «housed in protective custody,» to Westville Correctional Facility (WCA), an all-male prison. Fox News Digital reached out to the Indiana Department of Corrections (IDOC) to find out whether the transfer was due to Trump’s executive order mandating federal prisoners be housed in units according to their biological sex.
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Trans inmate in Indiana convicted of killing toddler stepchild sues Trump admin for alleged assaults (Getty Images/Indiana Department of Corrections/U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana.)
When reached for comment about the lawsuit, a White House spokesperson said: «President Trump has vowed to defend biological women from gender ideology extremism and restore biological truth to the Federal government.»
The inmate is seeking $3.5 million in compensatory damages from Trump, alongside the other defendants, including prison employees and 12 other «gang affiliated inmates,» who allegedly «stabbed» and sexually assaulted the inmate over a four-day period in January.
«Trump’s president now, and we won’t even get in trouble for f—–g you trannies up, we’re patriots and even if you tell on us, Trump will pardon us and probably give us a medal,» Cordellioné claimed one of the offenders said, according to the complaint.
Cordellioné further alleged the unit team manager and case manager also said similar things during the alleged assaults.
«I’ve seen your case on the news, and I personally don’t think us tax payers should have to pay for your surgery,» the case manager allegedly said.
INDIANA JUDGE RULES PRISON MUST PROVIDE TRANSGENDER SURGERY FOR INMATE WHO KILLED BABY
Jonathon C Richardson was arrested for strangling an 11-month-old child in 2001. (Indiana Department of Corrections)
The lawsuit alleges that the offenders had violated Cordellione’s Eighth Amendment rights and committed gross negligence under Indiana tort law.
Cordellioné’s years-long legal battle began in August 2023, when, with support from the ACLU, Cordellioné sued the Indiana Department of Correction over a state law that bans taxpayer-funded transgender surgeries for inmates.
Since then, Cordellioné—serving a 55-year prison sentence for the reckless homicide of an 11-month-old stepchild—has filed several complaints, including a civil lawsuit against the prison chaplain for allegedly prohibiting the wearing of a hijab outside of immediate bedquarters, despite identifying as a Muslim woman.
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President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on March 31, 2025. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) (Getty Images)
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Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has been defending the state’s law and submitted a brief in January to a court of appeals defending Indiana’s law barring sex-change operations for inmates. The attorney general argued that the Eighth Amendment doesn’t require the state «to provide experimental treatments generally, and it certainly doesn’t here, when multiple doctors have said this inmate is a poor candidate for surgery,» a spokesperson previously told Fox News Digital.
In March, Judge Richard Young, a Clinton appointee, ordered the IDOC to arrange sex reassignment surgery for Cordellioné at the «earliest opportunity.»
Fox News Digital scooped earlier this month that states failing to comply with federal orders to house inmates based on their biological sex can expect «imminent changes» and funding cuts. Trump’s orders also bar federal funds from being used for sex reassignment surgeries for inmates.
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