"Yesterday a group called the Stop Mass Incarceration Network suggested that all Americans protest 'the injustice of mass incarceration and police brutality.' In New York City maybe 400 protesters turned out to block traffic and yell stuff. In Los Angeles about 100 protesters turned out, and in Oakland, a far-left city, only about 100 folks showed up. So you can see the anti-police call was not exactly heeded. The vast majority of Americans understand that most of the nation's 1.2 million law enforcement agents are good people who risk their lives to protect the innocent. But with high-tech capturing dubious incidents, it is easy for cop-haters to demonize the entire law enforcement community. Police face difficult situations every day, but along with arrest authority comes deep responsibility. The perps are expected to be irresponsible; the cops are expected to be noble, and most of them are. The anti-police movement is basically thematic. It believes the U.S. justice system is unfairly putting black men in prison for crimes like selling narcotics. Many on the left see nothing wrong with selling heroin, cocaine and meth. They call that a non-violent crime that should not be punished harshly. Meantime, entire neighborhoods like the South Side of Chicago are terrorized by drug gangs and millions of Americans have been enslaved or even died from using addictive poisons. Talking Points believes that insane views of the world can poison societies, and that is what these anti-police people are doing. There is police abuse and it must be punished. But no, America is not a place where minority people are targets of organized injustice. Thank God most of us seem to know that."

The Factor pursued the anti-cop sentiment with black radio host Tavis Smiley. "I don't think that these people protesting are anti-police," he averred. "We are anti-police misconduct and anti-police abuse, but I don't think that inside the black community you'll find an anti-police sentiment. Too often black Americans are the victims of violent crime, so if anyone wants to be protected and served by the police force, it is the African American community." Smiley went on to assert that too many black Americans are locked up because of drug offenses. "We have a drug crisis in this country, but these are non-violent offenses. Black families have been crushed because of this faux war on drugs." But The Factor reiterated that selling drugs is truly a violent crime: "75% of all the break-ins and child abuse are generated by drug-addicted people. The substance that compels them to commit crimes is deadly!"

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Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez was found guilty of first-degree murder in Massachusetts today. Tonight we'll talk to two Boston reporters who have been watching the case closely. They'll explain how the jurors arrived at the decision and what happens to Hernandez from here.

The Senate Foreign Relation Committee has voted unanimously that Congress must approve any deal with Iran that includes the lifting of economic sanctions. The Factor discussed that issue with Republican Andrea Tantaros and Democrat Jessica Ehrlich. "The White House has a terrible relationship with Congress," Tantaros said, "and it's pretty embarrassing that the president did not know that Congress had this veto-proof majority. I don't like this deal with Iran." Ehrlich agreed that Congress should have final say over the nuke agreement. "It's a good assertion of the balance of power that should exist between the executive and legislative branches. We're talking about the removal of sanctions and the Senate has spoken loud and clear." The Factor concluded, "What Congress did is a plus for the country."

Some states are moving to prevent food stamps from being used to pay for cigarettes, alcohol, and other items. FNC anchor Shannon Bream laid out some statistics behind the controversy. "Welfare continues to go up," she reported, "and we're now talking about $600-billion of the federal budget. More than 17% of our tax dollars goes to programs like housing subsidies and food stamps, and food stamps are up more than 40% since President Obama took over." Eric Shawn looked specifically at some state initiatives to curb abuse. "One bill in Kansas outlaws the use of food stamps on tattoos, psychics, strip clubs, nail salons, and massages. In Missouri they're trying to ban using food stamps on cookies, energy drinks, potato chips, seafood, and steaks." The Factor put forth a common sense solution to the problem: "Food stamps should only be used for food. I would allow seafood and chips, but nothing other than food."

In a scene both pathetic and humorous, a gaggle of media folks chased after Hillary Clinton's van in Iowa this week, hoping for a glimpse of the presumptive Democratic nominee. Dennis Miller opined on the spectacle. "There is no more apt descriptor of the decline of civilization," he said. "In 1964 there was A Hard Day's Night and we were chasing the four most talented lads on the planet. Now the world is chasing idiots like Hillary Clinton. They're trying to tell us that she is like a normal person, but she's not a normal person. Hillary has gone directly from the amniotic sac into the political bubble, she doesn't know anything. There would have been a time when she would have tried to pull this crap and everybody would have said, get out of here. But now this country is Losertown and she wants to be the Queen of Losertown."

A man named Doug Hughes was arrested Wednesday after landing his gyrocopter onto the lawn of the U.S. Capitol. Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum expanded on the strange story. "Doug is a 61-year-old mailman who says he's outraged about campaign finance," she reported, "and who says corporations own Washington. He says he was not terrorizing anyone, he was just delivering letters to Congress. But The Factor pointed out that Hughes' stunt was no laughing matter: "This loon closed the whole city down and he's probably going to get jail time. I don't know if this is a good career move by Doug."

Simon Zilouf, London, England: "Bill, the answer to your question about whether President Obama knows that Putin and the Mullahs are disrespecting him is that his sense of grandiosity does not allow him to concede anything like that."

Vincent Dandini, Trout Run, PA: "Monica Crowley has it right. President Obama does not see himself being humiliated but has no problem seeing this country humiliated."

Richard Warner, Janesville, MN: "Dr. Crowley should change her name to Monica Monologue since she is unable to respond to direct questions."

Join Bill and Gary Sinese at the 'Rockin' the Boat' concert in New York City on May 21st, which will raise money to present wounded vets with life-changing track chairs. There are also tee shirts available through the RockinTheBoat.org website.