Threats Outside Delaney HallActing Attorney General Todd Blanche says federal authorities arrested Nicholas Matthew Scelfo, 27, of Brooklyn, after video showed him threatening to kill ICE agents and their families outside the Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark. The clip, which spread fast online, captured a familiar scene in modern protest politics, with activists claiming moral high ground while shouting threats that would get most people escorted out of any decent public place in under a minute.https://twitter.com/nicksortor/status/2060016960243425647?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw DOJ Moves After the VideoBlanche said on television that the Justice Department would find the suspect, and federal officials later confirmed the arrest. Scelfo now faces federal felony charges for threatening to kill a law enforcement officer and his family, and the FBI reportedly searched his home before taking him into custody. The message from Washington was not subtle, which is rare enough to notice: if you threaten federal officers, the government may eventually remember that it has handcuffs.https://twitter.com/DAGToddBlanche/status/2060517840457724130 More Charges Tied to the Same ProtestsBlanche also announced a separate case tied to the same demonstrations, charging Brendan John Geier with allegedly assaulting ICE officers by kicking and biting them during a clash. DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin praised the FBI and DOJ and…

Cupertino? No, copper thieves keep hitting Los Angeles Los Angeles keeps losing copper wire from streetlights, and the bill is not small. The thefts knock out lights, leave neighborhoods dark, and cost the city millions every year. That means repairs, replacements, and more public money going into the same hole over and over. It is the kind of civic routine that makes taxpayers wonder if anyone is actually in charge, or if the city has simply decided to let the problem mature on its own. Mayor Karen Bass has been criticized for not putting enough focus on arrests and tougher penalties, which, in a sane world, would be a basic first step. The city’s bright idea is solar lights and bigger bills Instead of pushing a hard crackdown on thieves, Bass has backed solar lighting and a 120 percent jump in the streetlighting assessment for property owners. That is a bold move in the usual government style, where the people who did not break the lights are asked to pay more for the privilege of living near them. Critics say the approach treats the symptom, not the crime, and turns a theft problem into a billing problem. Bureaucracy does love…