Overview
- In a Fox News interview, the conservative videographer said threats and live location posts now require a professional security detail when he films in major cities.
- Shirley said his most recent three-day California shoot required round-the-clock guards and cost about $15,000 after earlier security funds ran out.
- He is asking viewers to help cover protection costs, citing incidents in Baltimore and California where activists allegedly shared his whereabouts with hostile messages.
- Shirley has expanded his videos to California with new allegations involving daycare and hospice providers, and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s press office responded with a fictionalized image mocking him.
- The Minnesota video also led to an FBI investigation and a Trump administration freeze on some childcare payments, while state regulators said many cited sites had active licenses and recent inspections.