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Blue state sheriff says he’s ‘changing teams,’ urges support for Trump
A well-known conservative California sheriff joked that he was “changing teams” ahead of the 2024 election and urged people to support a “convicted felon.”
“I think it’s time we put a felon in the White House,” Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco said in a video posted to social media Saturday.
Bianco’s comments come after former President Trump was convicted last week on 34 felony counts in New York, making the former president the first president to be convicted of a felony.
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Sheriff Chad Bianco of Riverside County speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on May 15, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
Bianco, who has openly teased the possibility of running for governor of California, said in the video that he has done all he could over three decades in law enforcement to “keep our community safe by arresting criminals and putting them in jail,” but lamented that leaders and California have become seemingly pro-criminal in recent years.
“For the last five years I’ve been very critical about our governor for slashing our budgets from corrections, for letting prisoners out early, for closing our prisons,” Bianco said. “I’ve been critical of our state legislature for passing laws to make it harder to put people in prison. I’ve been critical for their changing laws that let prisoners out early. And I’ve been critical of our attorney general for seemingly not caring about crime.”
The sheriff went out to lament the “love affair” the state’s leaders “have with criminals,” which he argued is based on a “belief that criminals are not responsible for their own actions.”
“They’re a victim of society,” Bianco said. “It’s society’s fault. It’s businesses’ fault. It’s cops’ fault. It might be my fault.”
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco takes a knee with demonstrators after thousands of them marched to the Robert Presley Detention Center during a protest against the death of George Floyd during the coronavirus pandemic on June 1, 2020. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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Bianco noted that the state’s leaders blame the judicial system, laws and law enforcement for being “systemically racist,” leading to criminals being put in jail as a result of “bias.”
But now they “let them out,” the sheriff continued, saying that they give criminals “housing, they give them money, they give them drugs and alcohol now.”
Bianco added that he was “tired” of the problem before a tongue-in-cheek admission that maybe he had “been wrong.”
House Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, center, listens to Sheriff Chad Bianco speak during a news conference in the U.S. Capitol to recognize law enforcement as part of Police Week on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
“I think I am going to change teams,” Bianco said.
“I think they’re on to something, but I don’t think they’re doing enough,” the sheriff quipped, before revealing that he thought putting a felon in the White House would be a good idea.
“Trump 2024, baby, let’s save this country and make America great again,” Bianco concluded.
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SAN FRANCISCO – A 16-year-old boy was charged Thursday with murder and attempted murder in a shooting in San Francisco’s Western Addition that left a 15-year-old girl dead.
“This was a life lost far too soon,” said San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins. The girl who died, Jayda Mabrey, was a 10th grader at Gateway High School.
“She was a girl who was beloved in her community, and to lose that life so soon, so early, under these circumstances, has really rocked the community,” Jenkins said.
Jayda was killed and two 16-year-old boys were wounded when a fight erupted into gunfire near Golden Gate Avenue and Laguna Street at about 5 p.m. Friday. Jayda’s younger sister witnessed the shooting.
First court hearing
What we know:
On Thursday, both suspects appeared at a hearing at the Juvenile Justice Center that was open to reporters but closed to cameras.
The 16-year-old suspect was also charged with two counts of attempted murder and assault with a firearm. He repeatedly shook his head as the judge read the charges.
A second suspect, a 15-year-old boy, was charged with attempted murder for wounding one of those boys.
Through their attorneys, both boys denied all charges, including conspiracy and gun allegations.
Murder case could be moved to adult court
What they’re saying:
Jenkins said she will determine at a later date whether to ask a judge to have the 16-year-old tried as an adult. The other defendant is too young, at age 15, to be transferred to adult court.
“We have a lot of work to do when it comes to making sure that guns are not in the hands of our kids,” the prosecutor said.
If the case stays in juvenile court, the most the 16-year-old could stay in custody would be until he’s 25 years old. If he’s charged as an adult, he could face up to 25 years to life in prison.
Jenkins said the juvenile justice system is broken because those two possibilities are extreme.
“There’s a big gulf in between there that unfortunately needs to be considered,” Jenkins said.
Judge Anne Costin of San Francisco Superior Court ordered both teens held in custody at least until the next hearing later this month.
Henry Lee is a KTVU crime reporter. E-mail Henry at Henry.Lee@fox.com and follow him on X @henrykleeKTVU and www.facebook.com/henrykleefan
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After Bo Nix suffered his devastating fractured ankle in the Denver Broncos’ 33-30 divisional-round win over the Buffalo Bills, we didn’t hear much from him until a couple of days after the season ended. The Broncos lost to the New England Patriots in the AFC championship game, and then Sean Payton decided to start spilling the beans on Nix’s injury during his end-of-season presser two days later.
Nix took exception to some of what Payton said publicly about his injury, opting to call a virtual press conference of his own the next day to clear some things up on the record. Nix and Payton may have gotten their wires crossed on some of the injury details, but the quarterback didn’t appreciate his head coach revealing details about his health or certain details he’d prefer to keep private, whether the revelations were true or not.
Since that virtual presser, all has been quiet on the Western Front. The Pro Bowl Games have come and gone, and Super Bowl 60 is now only a few days away.
What has Nix been up to since then? We can safely assume that his focus has been on his recovery from ankle surgery, but his teammate and friend, Troy Franklin, provided Broncos Country with a nice update on Thursday from radio row at the Super Bow.
“I’ve kind of been in the facility with him the past couple of days, the past week, man. So I’ve seen my guy scootin’ around on his scooter,” Franklin said of Nix via KOA Radio. “He’s in high, great spirits. And he’s taking it day by day.”
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Nix Will Return and With Gusto
It’s good to hear that Nix has been able to maintain an optimistic attitude and affable demeanor though the disappointment of his freak injury and the painful drudgery of recovery and rehabilitation. He’s sticking around Denver and spending time at the Broncos’ facility, and it’s probably safe to assume he’s doing what he can to get a jump on the 2026 season.
The good news is, despite the mixed messaging last week from Payton and Nix, the Broncos are certain that this ankle injury won’t be a long-term issue. CEO and co-owner Greg Penner made that perfectly clear in his end-of-season presser.
“[I have] zero concern. His surgery was a straightforward surgery that went very well, absolutely no issues there or concerns going forward,” Penner said.
The fullness of Nix’s recovery timetable is expected to correspond with the beginning of the Broncos’ offseason training program. By the time the veterans report for Phase 1 of OTAs, he is expected to be good to go.
It was a terrible football tragedy how Nix’s impressive 2025 season came to an end. But the silver lining is that the Broncos have found their franchise quarterback.
That was evidenced by the team’s sudden reversal of fortunes in the AFC title game without him. If Nix played in that game, the Broncos are likely preparing to take on the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl 60.
If ‘ifs and buts’ were candy and nuts, we all would have a Merry Christmas. That’s not how it shook out. But Penner and his fellow owners are resting comfortably in the knowledge that the Broncos have a bona fide franchise quarterback. There will be many more opportunities to vy for World Championships.
“I thought he had, as a second-year quarterback, a fantastic season. He won 15 games for us. He showed his mettle in the fourth quarter a lot of times, bringing us back,” Penner said of Nix. “He would say the same thing. It’s only his second year in the league, and he has room to grow. Fortunately, Bo has a terrific approach to studying and working. He loves the game. I look forward to watching his continued improvement over the coming years.”
Franklin Aiming for 1,000 Yards & Double-Digit TDs in 2026
As for Franklin, after showing some development in 2025, he’s focused on taking even bigger steps next season. He finished with 65 receptions for 709 yards and six touchdowns.
Franklin is shooting for 1,000 yards and double the touchdowns in 2026, according to The Denver Post‘s Luca Evans. Franklin also told Evans that he wants to add another 10 pounds of muscle to his frame by training camp.
“I’m going to get a 1,000-yard season,” Franklin told Evans. “I’m going to double up the TDs.”
With Nix returning, Franklin has a good shot at achieving his goals.
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Seattle Seahawks third-year receiver, Jaxon Smith-Njigba was named the Associated Press Offensive Player of the Year, for a season campaign that included 1,793 receiving yards, which led the NFL, on 119 receptions and 10 touchdowns.
“What an honor,” Smith-Njigba said on receiving the award. “I want to first give all the glory to God. Second, I want to give it to my teammates. I want to thank y’all. I love y’all. Y’all are who I do it for each and every week. I want to give this award to my father. Going into my last year [of college], he told me to pray for wisdom, and I did. Before going into that season, I wanted to be a Top 5 draft choice, I wanted to be a Heisman candidate, a bunch of things, and ultimately, I wasn’t able to play and I think with that time, I grew wise and figured out a lot about myself, and who I wanted to be and who I wanted to do it for. Ultimately dropping to the 20th draft pick where I was selected by the Seattle Seahawks and I can’t thank everyone involved enough.”
Smith-Njigba’s third season was filled with breaking records while helping to make Seattle’s offense the No. 3 scoring offense this season (483 total points, 29.2 points per game).
Along with leading the NFL in receiving yards, he became the first player in NFL history with at least 75 receiving yards in each of his first 11 games of a season. He had nine 100+ yard games this season, with a season best of 167 yards in Week 12. He also had nine 100-yard games this season, the most in the NFL, and the most in a single season in franchise history. Along with that, Smith-Njigba set multiple franchise records and did enough to put his name next to NFL greats in the league record books.
This season he also became the third player in NFL history 23 years old or younger with at least 1,700 receiving yards in a single season and set the franchise record for most receptions in a single season with a career-high 119.
“There’s a lot of great receivers in this league who don’t have as diverse of a skill set as he does,” head coach Mike Macdonald said. “Anywhere from an intermediate route tree, catch-and-run stuff at the line of scrimmage, and then we’ve seen his ability to track the ball at the third level and keep his body position, all that kind of stuff.”
Smith-Njigba also won the Air and Ground Player of the Year award that was announced at NFL Honors.
He is just the second Seahawks player to win this award ever after Shaun Alexander won the award in 2005. Kenny Easley and Cortez Kennedy both won the Defensive Player of the Year awards in 1984 and 1992, respectively.
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