#North Carolina State Highway Patrol

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Alex Herman at The Guardian:

When Donald Trump tapped JD Vance, the US senator and never-Trumper turned Maga superstar, as his vice-presidential pick, the Rust belt populist was in for a rude awakening. In a viral video, the Democratic vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz called Vance and the Maga movement “just weird”, an insult that quickly became a meme. The reintroduction of his past remarks on the impropriety of “childless cat ladies” being involved in government spread almost as fast as an online joke about the Ohioan having intimate relations with a couch. Other viral videos of Vance struggling to make small talk and awkwardly laughing at himself during campaign events seemed to give the impression of an unserious candidate. The Hillbilly Elegy author and former Silicon Valley investor appeared to lack the charisma of his running mate, and for much of the summer, pundits wondered whether Trump regretted his pick. But Vance has powered through, holding swing state rallies, stumping at fundraisers and appearing frequently in combative interviews on popular – and not always friendly – TV news shows.

On the campaign trail, Vance thrives in elevating Trump’s most combative campaign tactics, in particular, demonizing immigrants, discrediting the press and effectively riling up the crowd on both topics. “Journalism in this country is increasingly a disgrace,” said Vance, complaining during a 23 September campaign stop in North Carolina about reporters investigating his claims that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, had stolen and eaten residents’ family pets. In Traverse City, Michigan, two days later, he called for the deportation of “millions of illegal aliens”, blaming Kamala Harris for letting them into the country. To many Trump supporters, the Ohio senator’s hardcore nativist message and populist record make him an effective messenger for the campaign’s biggest issues: immigration and the economy. Just how effective he is with a wider audience will be put to the test during the vice-presidential debate on Tuesday.

No stranger to hyperbolic anti-immigrant speech, Vance, who during his 2022 Senate campaign floated the “great replacement” conspiracy theory that Democrats facilitate immigration to increase their election margins, escalated the GOP rhetoric in mid-September. It started when unfounded claims that members of the Haitian immigrant community in Springfield, Ohio, had killed and eaten the pets of local residents circulated on rightwing social media accounts, gaining traction among the neo-Nazi group Blood Tribe, according to NPR. Local Republican party officials picked up the claims, and JD Vance brought them into the mainstream, posting on X on 10 September: “Reports now show that people have had their pets abducted and eaten by people who shouldn’t be in this country. Where is our border czar?” During the presidential debate that night, Trump himself echoed the claims in a now-infamous rant. The condemnation came swiftly, but Vance doubled down – even apparently justifying the practice of lying to make a point.

“If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people, then that’s what I’m gonna do,” said Vance, when pressed by Dana Bash about his claims during a CNN interview on 15 September. That week, Springfield officials responded to repeated bomb threats against public buildings in the area, including ones that invoked anti-immigrant speech. On 16 September, the local schools were forced to evacuate amid the violent threats, and the Ohio governor, Mike DeWine, a Republican who has himself disputed the claims about Haitian Springfield residents, announced that he was sending highway patrol officers as reinforcement security in the schools. It didn’t seem to matter how many times local officials in Springfield disputed the claims, or how many journalists traveled to Springfield to investigate – and debunk – the racist rumors. During a series of campaign events, Vance defended himself, proving his willingness to power through controversy and apparent disregard for the consequences of his rhetoric. In Wisconsin on 17 September, Vance waved away a question about his apparent tendency to “create stories”, saying that he meant he wanted to “create stories” in the sense of making news, and not to create stories as in, making stuff up. It was the media’s fault, not his, for misunderstanding him.

During a Q&A session with the press in front of the crowd, a reporter asked Vance: “You say you have a responsibility to share what your constituents tell you, but do you also have a responsibility to factcheck them first?” Vance pounced. “Well, I think the media has a responsibility to factcheck the residents!” Vance said, drawing a cheer of approval from the hundreds who had turned out to hear him speak. He also seemed to reject journalists’ attempts to factcheck him, saying reporters who travelled to Ohio to investigate alleged reports about Haitian immigrants were “not seeking the truth” but rather “bullying”. Mac Stipanovich, a retired Republican party operative from Florida, was upset by Vance’s comments about Haitian Ohio residents – and questioned the strategic value of openly bashing immigrants. “I thought originally that his goal was to win the general election, and that he was going to be a next generation person who didn’t have all of Trump’s baggage, who might appeal to a broader audience and help the campaign in the general election. As it’s turned out, he is just campaigning to win a national Republican primary. In many ways, he’s more Trump than Trump.” said Stipanovic.

The Guardian has a report on how Ohio Sen. JD Vance became MAGA’s most effective messenger for its movement.

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Black Woman Arrested for Helping Black Man Avoid Lynch Mob

On Sunday, October 1, 1939, Sampson County, North Carolina, Sheriff C.C. Tart arrested a young Black woman for helping Andrew Troublefield, a 21-year-old Black man, avoid being lynched.

The previous day two white women accused Mr. Troublefield of assault. Without verifying the women’s stories, Sheriff Tart led a mob of 500 white people in pursuit of Mr. Troublefield with the intention, as newspapers reported, to lynch him without trial if he was caught.

A young Black woman who saw the mob on its way shouted after Mr. Troublefield as he fled, attempting to warn him. Sheriff Tart arrested and detained this woman for her efforts. He also arrested Mr. Troublefield’s younger brother, who encouraged him to flee from the mob.  

Black people were often prosecuted or even lynched for complaining about white mob violence or assisting other Black people in avoiding lynch mobs.

Mary Turner was lynched in Georgia in 1918 for complaining about the lynching of her husband. Jim Cross condemned a lynching in Letohatchee, Alabama, in 1900, and a white mob came to his house and lynched him, his wife, and both of his children. Criminal prosecution, threat, and violence were tactics used to insulate perpetrators of racial terror lynchings from accountability.

The Sampson County lynch mob grew to over 1,000 white people. They spent over a week in the woods searching for Mr. Troublefield, until police from neighboring Wayne County arrested him on October 8. Wayne County’s chief of police transferred Mr. Troublefield directly to North Carolina’s death row, despite him being convicted of no crime at the time. Mr. Troublefield remained on death row until his trial in February. 

On February 15, 1940, Judge R. Parker sentenced Mr. Troublefield to 30 years in prison for attempted rape. The conviction rested entirely on the testimony of the two alleged victims. During the trial, white mobs stood on the courthouse lawn, demanding a more severe sentence and grumbling about “what ought to have been done” to Mr. Troublefield. Threats of violence continued as the highway patrol transported Mr. Troublefield back to Central Prison in Raleigh. Neither the Sheriff nor any of the mob leaders were ever held accountable for this attempted lynching.

Racial terror lynchings and near lynchings inflicted massive trauma on entire Black communities. White mobs acted with impunity, lynching entire families, conducting lynchings in public, and terrorizing Black people who tried to help their neighbors.

Perpetrators of these lynchings hoped to keep Black people in a state of perpetual fear and subordination. EJI has documented nearly 6,500 racial terror lynchings between 1865 and 1950, including two in Sampson County, North Carolina.

Learn more about Lynching in America here.

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I found this on NewsBreak: NC State Highway Patrol pays homage to state's racing heritage in 'best-looking cruiser contest'

I found this on NewsBreak: NC State Highway Patrol pays homage to state's racing heritage in 'best-looking cruiser contest'

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Hurricane Helene makes landfall in Florida as a catastrophic Category 4 storm.

Hurricane Helene has made landfall in Florida's Big Bend region as a catastrophic storm, battering the area with winds exceeding 130 mph and posing a threat of a potentially "unsurvivable" 20-foot storm surge along with heavy rainfall.

Weather Forecast For 32827 - Orlando FL:

Major Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida's Big Bend region as a catastrophic Category 4 cyclone, unleashing hurricane-force winds and threatening a potentially "unsurvivable" 20-foot storm surge along with heavy rainfall.

Helene struck around Taylor County, Florida, between Tallahassee and Tampa, with its effects felt hundreds of miles away. At least two fatalities were reported in Wheeler County, Georgia, where a mobile home was damaged amid numerous Tornado Warnings.

The storm surge was severe enough to prompt water rescues from the Big Bend to Southwest Florida, with reports of mobile homes floating in the coastal town of Steinhatchee.

Power outages have surged as Hurricane Helene’s winds batter Florida. Over a million residents in the Sunshine State were left without power as wind gusts approached or even surpassed hurricane-force levels. St. Petersburg recorded a gust of 82 mph, while Sarasota experienced a wind gust of 74 mph.

Climate and Average Weather Year Round in 79936 El Paso TX:

https://www.behance.net/gallery/202335507/Weather-Forecast-For-79936-El-Paso-TX

Significant outages were also reported in Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina.

FOX Weather's Ian Oliver reported that the surge rapidly submerged streets around St. Pete Beach on Thursday evening, even with high tide still several hours away.

Further south, in a community called Sunset Beach, local fire rescue announced they could no longer respond to service calls due to the flooding.

Clearwater Beach experienced its highest surge since at least the Superstorm of 1993, reaching over 7 feet.

The storm surge continued to pose a serious threat as the system moved up the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Due to Helene's massive size, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned of a significant risk of life-threatening storm surge along the entire west coast of the Florida Peninsula and the Big Bend region.

The highest inundation from Hurricane Helene was forecasted to reach up to 20 feet of storm surge flooding from Carrabelle to the Suwannee River in Florida. Areas such as Apalachicola and Chassahowitzka were expected to experience storm surges of 10-15 feet.

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned that a "catastrophic and deadly storm surge" is likely along parts of the Florida Big Bend coast, with inundation potentially reaching 20 feet above ground level and accompanied by destructive waves. The National Weather Service in Tallahassee described the anticipated storm surge into Apalachee Bay as "catastrophic and potentially unsurvivable."

Helene's effects will extend well beyond the coastal regions of the Big Bend, with hurricane-force gusts expected across Tallahassee and into Georgia as the storm moves inland overnight into Friday morning. The storm's size and speed mean it will retain its strength further inland than most hurricanes.

Although Helene was downgraded to a Category 2 hurricane within an hour of making landfall, its impacts are anticipated to persist for several days. Significant rainfall could lead to widespread and potentially catastrophic flash flooding across the Southeast.

During the hurricane, the Florida Highway Patrol reported a serious accident on Interstate 4 in Tampa that resulted in a fatality.

A video from the Florida Department of Transportation showed a highway sign dislodged and resting on a vehicle.

Troopers have not disclosed the cause of the crash but urged residents to remain at home until the worst of the weather has passed.

See more:

https://weatherusa.app/zip-code/weather-80133

https://weatherusa.app/zip-code/weather-80134

https://weatherusa.app/zip-code/weather-80135

https://weatherusa.app/zip-code/weather-80136

https://weatherusa.app/zip-code/weather-80137

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Crash Involving Semi and Safety Vehicle Injures Four in NC

Crash Involving Semi and Safety Vehicle Injures Four in NC https://ift.tt/6FNWDme A commercial truck wreck reported by the North Carolina State Highway Patrol (NCHP) on March 21, 2024, highlights the risks to first responders at accident scenes with commercial trucks on the road. Four individuals were injured due to a semi-truck’s failure to comply with safety regulations. According to the NCHP, […] The post Crash Involving Semi and Safety Vehicle Injures Four in NC appeared first on Scherr Law. via Scherr Law https://ift.tt/BSs8RJL March 29, 2024 at 03:00AM

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Matthew Scott Hall Obituary, Summerfield Firefighter Killed In Fatal Crash On Bethany Road near Shepard Road In Rockingham County On Christmas Day

Matthew Scott Hall Obituary, Summerfield Firefighter Killed In Fatal Crash On Bethany Road near Shepard Road In Rockingham County On Christmas Day

  Matthew Scott Hall Obituary, Summerfield Firefighter Killed In Fatal Crash On Bethany Road near Shepard Road In Rockingham County On Christmas Day A Summerfield firefighter is dead after a Christmas day vehicle crash, according to North Carolina State Highway Patrol. At around 9:01 a.m. on Christmas, state troopers responded to a reported crash on Bethany Road near Shepard Road in Rockingham…

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On Sunday, October 1, 1939, Sampson County, North Carolina, Sheriff C.C. Tart arrested a young Black woman for helping Andrew Troublefield, a 21-year-old Black man, avoid being lynched. The previous day two white women accused Mr. Troublefield of sexual impropriety. Without verifying the women’s stories, Sheriff Tart led a mob of 500 white people in pursuit of Mr. Troublefield with the intention, as newspapers reported, to lynch him without trial if he was caught. A young Black woman who saw the mob on its way shouted after Mr. Troublefield as he fled, attempting to warn him. Sheriff Tart arrested and detained this woman for her efforts. He also arrested Mr. Troublefield’s younger brother, who encouraged him to flee from the mob.  

Black people were often prosecuted or even lynched for complaining about white mob violence or assisting other Black people in avoiding lynch mobs. Mary Turner was lynched in Georgia in 1918 for complaining about the lynching of her husband. Jim Cross condemned a lynching in Letohatchee, Alabama, in 1900, and a white mob came to his house and lynched him, his wife, and both of his children. Criminal prosecution, threat, and violence were tactics used to insulate perpetrators of racial terror lynchings from accountability.

The Sampson County lynch mob grew to over 1,000 white people. They spent over a week in the woods searching for Mr. Troublefield, until police from neighboring Wayne County arrested him on October 8. Wayne County’s chief of police transferred Mr. Troublefield directly to North Carolina’s death row, despite him being convicted of no crime at the time. Mr. Troublefield remained on death row until his trial in February. 

On February 15, 1940, Judge R. Parker sentenced Mr. Troublefield to 30 years in prison for attempted rape. The conviction rested entirely on the testimony of the two alleged victims. During the trial, white mobs stood on the courthouse lawn, demanding a more severe sentence and grumbling about “what ought to have been done” to Mr. Troublefield. Threats of violence continued as the highway patrol transported Mr. Troublefield back to Central Prison in Raleigh. Neither the Sheriff nor any of the mob leaders were ever held accountable for this attempted lynching.

Racial terror lynchings and near lynchings inflicted massive trauma on entire Black communities. White mobs acted with impunity, lynching entire families, conducting lynchings in public, and terrorizing Black people who tried to help their neighbors. Perpetrators of these lynchings hoped to keep Black people in a state of perpetual fear and subordination. EJI has documented more than 6,500 racial terror lynchings between 1865 and 1950, including two in Sampson County, North Carolina. Learn more about Lynching in America here.

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2021 law enforcement in memoriam.

Sgt. Gordon W. Best, North Myrtle Beach DPS EOW 1/1/21

Sgt. Daniel M. Mobley, DeKalb County PD EOW 1/2/21

Pc. Cecil E. Nunley, Sequatchie County CO EOW 1/2/21

Lt. Jeff Bain, DeKalb County SO EOW 1/3/21

Dy. Nicholas A. Howell, Henry County SO EOW 1/3/21

Sgt. Randall Sims, Texas Department Of Corrections EOW 1/3/21

Spl. Dy. Mar. Havonia D. Holley, U.S. Marshals Service EOW 1/5/21

K9 Figo, Cullman County SO EOW 1/5/21

Dy. Jonathan D. Price, Marion County SO EOW 1/6/21

Ofc. Jay Hughes, Kalispel Tribal PD EOW 1/6/21

Ofc. Brian D. Sicknick, U.S. Capitol PD EOW 1/7/21

Sgt. David G. Crumpler, Henry County PD EOW 1/7/21

1st Sgt. Timothy L. Howell, North Carolina Highway Patrol EOW 1/7/21

Lt. William L. Gardner, Denver City PD EOW 1/7/21

Conserv. Ofc. Steven Reighard, Iowa DNR EOW 1/8/21

Ofc. Arturo Villegas, Alamo PD EOW 1/10/21

Ofc. Tyler Britt, Chandler PD EOW 1/11/21

Sgt. Brian R. LaVigne, Hillsborough County SO EOW 1/11/21

Agent Luis A. Marrero-Díaz, DDP De Puerto Rico EOW 1/11/21

Agent Luis X. Salamán-Conde, DDP Municipal De Carolina EOW 1/11/21

Agent Eliezer Hernández-Cartagena, DDP Municapal De Carolina EOW 1/11/21

Det. Camerino Santiago, El Paso PD EOW 1/11/21

Ofc. Melton Gore, Horry County PD EOW 1/12/21

Sgt. Frederick H. Cameron, Fairfax County SO EOW 1/12/21

Sgt. Amelia T. Martinez, Los Angeles PD EOW 1/13/21

Det. Sgt. Stephen R. Desfosses, Norton PD EOW 1/13/21

Ofc. Hector Moya, Newark PD EOW 1/13/21

Chief Tony M. Jordan, Middleburg Borough PD EOW 1/13/21

Inv. Richard A. Sepolio, Harris County DA EOW 1/13/21

Ofc. Joseph H. Montgomery, Arizona State University PD EOW 1/14/21

Cpl. Christine Peters, Greenbelt PD EOW 1/14/21

Pc. Sherry K. Langford, Henderson County CO EOW 1/14/21

Lt. Treva Preston, Texas Department Of Corrections EOW 1/15/21

Cor. Ofc. Alfred Jimenez, Texas Department Of Corrections EOW 1/15/21

Ofc. Jerry S. Hemphill, Lanier Technical College PD EOW 1/16/21

Sgt. Edward J. Marcurella; Jr., Colleton County SO EOW 1/16/21

Lt. John Reynolds, Garden Grove PD EOW 1/17/21

Cor. Ofc. Joseph A. Martini Ulster County SO EOW 1/17/21

Dy. Adam Gibson, Sacramento County SO EOW 1/18/21

Cor. Dy. Ralph E. Serrano, San Diego County Probation Dept. EOW 1/18/21

Bailiff Gerald Smith, Pahrump Justice Court EOW 1/18/21

Ofc. Brandon M. Stalker, Toledo PD EOW 1/18/21

Warrants Ofc. Toby Keiser, Knox County SO EOW 1/18/21

K9 Riley, Sacramento County SO EOW 1/18/21

Dy. Jacinto R. Navarro; Jr., Palm Beach County SO EOW 1/19/21

Ofc. Byron D. Shields, U.S. Border Patrol EOW 1/20/21

Lt. Robert Van Zeyl, Suffolk County PD EOW 1/20/21

Lt. Frank Arnold, California Dept. Of Protective Services EOW 1/22/21

Sp. Agent Wayne D. Snyder, Georgia Dept. Of Corrections EOW 1/23/21

Lt. Juan R. Rivera-Padua, DDP De Puerto Rico EOW 1/23/21

Sp. Dy. Marshal Craig A. Kriner, U.S. Marshals Service EOW 1/23/21

Capt. Michael D. Garigan, Gordon County SO EOW 1/24/21

Lt. Hasain El-Amin, Arkansas State Hospital DPS EOW 1/25/21

Sgt. Charles F. Dotson, Baton Rouge PD EOW 1/25/21

Dy. Frank G. Holguin III, Tulare County SO EOW 1/27/21

Aux. Sgt. Louis M. Livatino, Jacksonville SO EOW 1/27/21

Cor. Ofc. John M. Bowe, Missouri Dept. Of Corrections EOW 1/27/21

Dir. Of Field Operations Beverly Good, U.S. Border Patrol EOW 1/28/21

Sgt. Tommy W. Cudd, Union County SO EOW 1/28/21

Sgt. Jeffery R. Smith, Berry College PD EOW 1/29/21

Sp. Agent Robert A. Mayer; Jr., U.S. Border Patrol EOW 1/30/21

Sgt. William P. Brautigam, New York PD EOW 1/31/21

Sp. Agent Jimmie J. Daniels, FBI EOW 2/1/21

Cor. Ofc. Juan Llanes, Miami-Dade County Dept. Of Corrections EOW 2/1/21

Sgt. Grace A. Bellamy, Georgia Dept. Of Corrections EOW 2/1/21

Lt. Michael Boutte, Hancock County SO EOW 2/1/21

Sp. Agent Laura A. Schwartzenberger, FBI EOW 2/2/21

Sp. Agent Daniel Alfin, FBI EOW 2/2/21

Det. Ofc. Robert Perez, Harris County SO EOW 2/2/21

Dy. Jack E. Gwynes, Nassau County SO EOW 2/3/21

Agent Juan Rosado-López, DDP De Puerto Rico EOW 2/3/21

Ptlm. Darian Jarrott, New Mexico State Police EOW 2/4/21

Cor. Lt. Anthony L. Hardie, North Carolina Dept. Of Corrections EOW 2/6/21

Det. Pedro J. Mejia, Pasadena PD EOW 2/6/21

Ofc. Cesar D. Sibonga, U.S. Border Patrol EOW 2/7/21

Sp. Dy. Marshal Vincent A. Gala; Jr., U.S. Marshals Service EOW 2/8/21

Dy. Ross Dixon, Cambria County SO EOW 2/9/21

Cor. Ofc. Vicky James, Texas Dept. Of Corrections EOW 2/10/21

Inv. Eddie B. Hutchinson III, Walker County DA’s Office EOW 2/10/21

Sp. Dy. Marshal Hugh B. Bennett, U.S. Marshals Service EOW 2/10/21

Chief Timothy J. Sheehan, California Borough PD EOW 2/11/21

Dy. Donald R. Gilreath III, Hamilton County SO EOW 2/12/21

Ofc. Mitchell A. Penton, Dallas PD EOW 2/13/21

Ofc. Genaro Guerrero, U.S. Border Patrol EOW 2/15/21

Cor. Ofc. Tawiwo Obele, Texas Dept. Of Corrections EOW 2/16/21

Maj. Esteban Ramirez III, Bell County SO EOW 2/16/21

Dy. Manuel P. De La Rosa, Hays County CO EOW 2/16/21

Sgt. Richard P. Brown, Fresno PD EOW 2/17/21

Dy. Michael J. Magli, Pinellas County SO EOW 2/17/21

Ofc. Horacio S. Dominguez, Miccosukee Tribal PD EOW 2/21/21

Lt. Eugene Lasco, Indiana Dept. Of Corrections EOW 2/21/21

Natural Resources Ofc. Jason Lagore, Ohio DNR EOW 2/23/21

Parole Ofc. Troy K. Morin, Texas Parole Division EOW 2/23/21

Ofc. Carlos Mendoza, U.S. Homeland Security EOW 2/24/21

Dy. Thomas J. Albanese, Los Angeles County SO EOW 2/25/21

K9 Luna, Duluth PD EOW 2/25/21

Res. Dy. Martinus M. Mitchum, 2nd City Court Of New Orleans EOW 2/26/21

Ofc. Dominic J. Winum, Stanley PD EOW 2/26/21

Capt. Justin W. Bedwell, Decatur County SO EOW 3/1/21

Ofc. Jose L. Anzora, Los Angeles PD EOW 3/3/21

Lt. Kenny L. Gibbons, Dyer County SO EOW 3/4/21

Cor. Ofc. Tracey Adams, Texas Dept. Of Corrections EOW 3/6/21

Ofc. Crispin S. San Jose, U.S. Border Patrol EOW 3/9/21

Ofc. Jesse P. Madsen, Tampa PD EOW 3/9/21

Sgt. Barry E. Henderson, Polk County SO EOW 3/9/21

Dy. Stanley Burdic, Douglas County SO EOW 3/11/21

Ofc. Gary Hibbs, Chicago Heights PD EOW 3/12/21

Agent Alejandro Flores-Bañuelos, U.S. Border Patrol EOW 3/15/21

Ofc. Kevin Valencia, Orlando PD EOW 3/15/21

Sgt. LaShonda Owens, Northampton County SO EOW 3/18/21

Ofc. Matt North, Bernice PD EOW 3/20/21

Ofc. Eric H. Talley, Boulder PD EOW 3/22/21

Chief Fred A. Posavetz, Clinton Township PD EOW 3/22/21

Cor. Ofc. Robert McFarland, Iowa Dept. Of Corrections EOW 3/23/21

SM Tpr. Todd A. Hanneken, Illinois State Police EOW 3/25/21

Cpl. Kyle J. Davis, Washington County SO EOW 3/25/21

Tpr. Joseph Gallagher, New York State Police EOW 3/26/21

Sgt. Shane Owens, Broward County SO EOW 3/27/21

Tpr. Chad M. Walker, Texas Highway Patrol EOW 3/28/21

Res. Dy. James Driver, Monroe County SO EOW 3/29/21

Cor. Ofc. Luis A. Hernandez, Texas Dept. Of Corrections EOW 3/31/21

Ofc. William F. Evans, U.S. Capitol PD EOW 4/2/21

Lt. James Kouski, Hometown PD EOW 4/3/21

Ofc. Brent N. Hall, Newton Grove PD EOW 4/3/21

Dy. Joseph B. Gore, Brunswick County SO EOW 4/3/21

Dy. Christopher W. Knight, Bibb County SO EOW 4/6/21

Sgt. James K. Smith, Iowa State Patrol EOW 4/9/21

Cor. Dy. Willie L. Dortch, Shelby County SO EOW 4/9/21

Dy. Thomas P. Barnes, Jefferson Davis County SO EOW 4/10/21

Dy. Carlos A. Hernandez, Palm Beach County SO EOW 4/11/21

Agent Christopher S. Simpkins, U.S. Border Patrol EOW 4/12/21

Det. Harry O. D’Onofrio, New York PD EOW 4/14/21

Detention Dy. Mark E. Anderson, Olmsted County SO EOW 4/15/21

Cor. Ofc. Jimmy Garcia, Texas Dept. Of Corrections EOW 4/15/21

Ofc. David Parde, Lexington PD EOW 4/18/21

Dy. Terry Dyer, Madison County SO EOW 4/20/21

K9 Joker, Indian River County SO EOW 4/21/21

Dy. Alexander Gwosdz, Harris County SO EOW 4/22/21

Cor. Ofc. Alexey B. Aguilar, Miami-Dade Dept. Of Corrections EOW 4/23/21

K9 Kozmo, Mesquite PD EOW 4/26/21

Lt. Adam Whisenant, Florida Div Alcoholic Beverages/Tobacco EOW 4/27/21

Det. Anastasios Tsakos, New York PD EOW 4/27/21

K9 Jango, Bakersfield PD EOW 4/27/21

Cpl. Keith Heacook, Delmar PD EOW 4/28/21

Sgt. Chris Ward, Watauga County SO EOW 4/28/21

Dy. Logan Fox, Watauga County SO EOW 4/28/21

Ofc. Christopher Farrar, Chandler PD EOW 4/30/21

Det. Ofc. Michael Wall, Los Angeles County Probation Dept. EOW 4/30/21

Cor. Ofc. David J. Jean-Baptiste, Miami-Dade County Corrections EOW 5/1/21

Ofc. David A. Marshall, Texas Christian University PD EOW 5/1/21

Sgt. John Burright, Oregon State Police EOW 5/4/21

Agent Freddie Vazquez, U.S. Border Patrol EOW 5/8/21

Det. Luca Benedetti, San Luis Obispo PD EOW 5/10/21

Dy. Samuel A. Leonard, Concho County SO EOW 5/10/21

Sgt. Stephen Jones, Concho County SO EOW 5/10/21

Ofc. Jimmy Inn, Stockton PD EOW 5/11/21

K9 Khan, Monroe County SO EOW 5/14/21

K9 Jaeger, Stephens County SO EOW 5/14/21

Dy. James Herrera, Denver SO EOW 5/16/21

Lt. Adam Gustafson, West Fargo PD EOW 5/18/21

Supt. Scott D. Mahoney, Delaware County Bureau Of Park Police EOW 5/18/21

Ofc. Chris Oberheim, Champaign PD EOW 5/19/21

Ofc. Jeremy Brinton, Nogales PD EOW 5/21/21

Cpl. Thomas W. Frazier, Artesia PD EOW 5/21/21

Ofc. Scott Triplett, Memphis PD EOW 5/22/21

Det. Stephen C. Arnold, Jefferson Parish SO EOW 5/23/21

Conservation Ofc. Sarah A. Backer-Grell, Minnesota DNR EOW 5/24/21

Dy. Daniel Trujillo, Denver SO EOW 5/26/21

Tpr. John Harris, Mississippi Highway Patrol EOW 5/28/21

Agent Juan M. Urrutia, U.S. Border Patrol EOW 5/28/21

Dy. Dustin K. Speckels, Hays County SO EOW 5/30/21

Ofc. Ginarro A. New, Phoenix PD EOW 5/31/21

Sgt. Dominic Vaca, San Bernardino County SO EOW 5/31/21

Det. Ryan Park, San Diego PD EOW 6/4/21

Det. Jamie Huntley-Park, San Diego PD EOW 6/4/21

Ofc. Enmanuel Familia, Worcester PD EOW 6/4/21

K9 Kitt, Braintree PD EOW 6/4/21

Dy. William H. Smith, Baldwin County SO EOW 6/6/21

Ofc. Steven L. Rodriguez, New York PD EOW 6/9/21

Sgt. Erasmo García-Torres, DDP De Puerto Rico EOW 6/10/21

Ofc. Alexandra B. Harris, Seattle PD EOW 6/13/21

Sgt. Paul K. Mooney, Texas Highway Patrol EOW 6/14/21

Ofc. Joseph W. Burson, Holly Springs PD EOW 6/17/21

Sgt. Thomas E. Sawyer, Hammond PD EOW 6/17/21

Cor. Ofc. Gabriel Forrest, Washington State Dept. Corrections EOW 6/17/21

Sgt. Rick Entmeier, Ft. Smith PD EOW 6/18/21

Ofc. Lewis F. Cantey, Grand River Dam Authority PD EOW 6/18/21

Lt. Clinton J. Ventrca, Corinth PD EOW 6/20/21

Ofc. Gordon Beesly, Arvada PD EOW 6/21/21

K9 Zena, Cocoa PD EOW 6/23/21

Ofc. Jason T. Swanger, Las Vegas Metropolitan PD EOW 6/24/21

Ofc. Kevin Apple, Pea Ridge PD EOW 6/26/21

Dy. Anthony Redondo, Imperial County SO 6/26/21

K9 Max, St. Joseph PD EOW 6/30/21

Lt. Leslie Lentz, Missouri Dept. Of Corrections EOW 7/1/21

Det. Jon A. Cooke, Hollywood PD EOW 7/2/21

Ofc. Clinton A. Martin, Alpharetta PD EOW 7/3/21

Det. Greg Ferency, Terre Haute PD EOW 7/7/21

Cpl. Darryl D. Cross; Jr., Detroit PD EOW 7/8/21

Capt. Clay M. Germany, Wichita PD EOW 7/9/21

Ofc. William E. Collins; Jr., Doyline PD EOW 7/9/21

Sgt. Joshua B. Bartlett, Lubbock County SO EOW 7/15/21

Det. Juan A. Delgado, Bay City PD EOW 7/15/21

Ofc. Ruben Facio, U.S. Border Patrol EOW 7/17/21

Reserve Dy. Tom L. Hoobler, Childress County SO EOW 7/17/21

Sgt. Sonny L. Orbin, Missouri Dept. Of Corrections EOW 7/18/21

Ofc. Ricky N. Roberts, McLennan Community College PD EOW 7/19/21

Dy. Ray W. McCrary; Jr., Shelby County SO EOW 7/20/21

Ofc. Michael A. Sillman, Marion County SO EOW 7/20/21

Cor. Ofc. Robert L. Welch III, Missouri Dept. Of Corrections EOW 7/22/21

Ofc. J. Adam Ashworth, St. George PD EOW 7/22/21

Sgt. Jeremy Brown, Clark County SO EOW 7/23/21

Dy. Phillip J. Campas, Kern County SO EOW 7/25/21

Cor. Ofc. Daniel Giorgi, Texas Dept. Of Corrections EOW 7/25/21

K9 Jas, Savannah PD EOW 7/25/21

K9 Rex, Michigan State Police EOW 7/25/21

Ofc. Marquis D. Moorer, Selma PD EOW 7/27/21

Ofc. Ryan A. Bialke, Red Lake Nation PD EOW 7/27/21

Lt. Matthew D. Razukas, New Jersey State Police EOW 7/27/21

Cpl. Albert R. Gomez, White Settlement PD EOW 7/27/21

Dy. Justin Smith, Burt County SO EOW 7/28/21

Lt. Gilbert C. McClure, Texarkana PD EOW 7/28/21

Tpr. Micah D. May, Nevada Highway Patrol EOW 7/29/21

Ofc. Jonathan M. Gumm, Joint Base Lewis-McChord PD EOW 7/29/21

Supervisory Agent Daniel P. Cox, U.S. Border Patrol EOW 7/31/21

Ofc. Lewis A. Traylor, Austin PD EOW 7/31/21

Agent Edgardo Acosta-Feliciano, U.S. Border Patrol EOW 7/31/21

Dy. Shaun C. Waters, Harris County SO EOW 8/1/21

Cor. Ofc. Maurice Jackson, Robertsdale PD EOW 8/3/21

Sheriff Lee D. Vance, Hinds County SO EOW 8/3/21

Ofc. Scott R. Dawley, Nelsonville PD EOW 8/3/21

Ofc. George Gonzalez, Pentagon Force Protection Agency EOW 8/3/21

K9 Byrd, Texas Highway Patrol EOW 8/3/21

Ofc. Brian R. Pierce; Jr., Brooklyn PD EOW 8/4/21

Dy. James Morgan, Baxter County SO EOW 8/5/21

Ofc. Bryan C. Hawkins, Lake City PD EOW 8/5/21

Dy. Brandon A. Shirley, Jefferson County SO EOW 8/5/21

Ofc. Ella G. French, Chicago PD EOW 8/7/21

Lt. Lonny Hempstead, Lafayette County SO EOW 8/10/21

Lt. Dennis D. Sylvester; Jr., Port Wentworth PD EOW 8/11/21

Reserve Sgt. John R. Bullard; Jr., Independence PD EOW 8/11/21

Cor. Dy. Michael A. Nowak, Leon County SO EOW 8/11/21

Capt. Ramsey O. Mannon, Effingham County SO EOW 8/12/21

Cor. Ofc. Dennis Bennett, Missouri Dept. Of Corrections EOW 8/12/21

Agent Robert D. Daffin; Jr., George County SO EOW 8/12/21

Sp. Agent Gregory C. Holland, U.S. VA Police Services EOW 8/13/21

K9 Riggs, Oakland County SO EOW 8/13/21

Ofc. Juan M. Gomez-Lopez, Pelham PD EOW 8/14/21

Ofc. Jennifer B. Sepot, Ft. Lauderdale PD EOW 8/14/21

Tpr. Lazaro R. Febles, Florida Higway Patrol EOW 8/14/21

Sgt. Ryan J. Proxmire, Kalamazoo County SO EOW 8/15/21

Ofc. Robert C. Cloninger Mt. Gilead PD EOW 8/15/21

Sgt. Steven Mazzotta, Lee County SO EOW 8/16/21

Det. Raymond O. Williamson, Pasco County SO EOW 8/16/21

Ofc. Robert A. Williams, West Palm Beach PD EOW 8/16/21

Dy. Dennis W. Dixon, Catawba County SO EOW 8/16/21

Forensic Spc. Hans Molina-Terrazas, Stein Forensic Facility EOW 8/16/21

Agent Ricardo Zarate, U.S. Border Patrol EOW 8/16/21

Ofc. Jason Raynor, Daytona Beach PD EOW 8/17/21

Ofc. Yokemia L. Conyers, U.S. Border Patrol EOW 8/18/21

Sgt. Joe Olivares, Texas Dept. Of Corrections EOW 8/18/21

Ofc. Edward Perez, Miami Beach PD EOW 8/19/21

Dy. Eric O. Ritter, Moore County SO EOW 8/19/21

Sgt. John Harris, Tulsa County SO EOW 8/19/21

Sgt. Kuo-Sheng Wang, South Houston PD EOW 8/19/21

Ofc. Monica J. Riola, U.S. Border Patrol EOW 8/20/21

Sgt. Frank Tobar, Palm Bay PD EOW 8/20/21

Sgt. Patrick W. Madison, Coral Springs PD EOW 8/20/21

Det. Rodney L. Davis, Waycross PD EOW 8/20/21

Cor. Ofc. Darryl Goodrich; Jr., Washington Dept. Of Corrections EOW 8/20/21

K9 Ivar, Livingston Parish SO EOW 8/20/21

Dy. Harry Hutchinson, Blount County SO EOW 8/21/21

Dy. Jody Hull; Jr., St. Johns County SO EOW 8/21/21

Cor. Dy. Kevin Kokinis, Branch County SO EOW 8/22/21

Tpr. James J. Monda, New York State Police EOW 8/22/21

Det. Manuel C. Widner, Paris PD EOW 8/22/21

Ofc. Matthew A. Jimenez, Beeville PD EOW 8/22/21

Reserve Ofc. David Ruiz, Dallas PD EOW 8/22/21

Sgt. Thomas Infante, Harris County CO EOW 8/22/21

Dy. Christopher Broadhead, Polk County SO EOW 8/23/21

Ofc. Erik J. Skelton, U.S. Border Patrol EOW 8/24/21

Dy. Roger A. Mitchell, Sullivan County SO EOW 8/24/21

Dy. 1st Class Douglas L. Clark, Manatee County SO EOW 8/25/21

Chief Kenneth Kirkland, Colquitt PD EOW 8/25/21

Capt. Joseph Manning, Wayne County SO EOW 8/25/21

Dy. Christopher J. Bachelor, Hall County SO EOW 8/25/21

Sgt. John L. Trout, Bernice PD EOW 8/25/21

Cor. Dy. Lakiesha Tucker, Shelby County SO EOW 8/25/21

Senior Ofc. Randolph Boyd; Jr., Austin PD EOW 8/25/21

Sgt. Clay Garrison, Port Of Galveston PD EOW 8/25/21

Ofc. Brandon Ard, Orange Beach PD EOW 8/26/21

Ofc. Harminder Grewal, Galt PD EOW 8/26/21

Cor. Ofc. Trainee Whitney Cloud, Florida Dept. Of Corrections EOW 8/26/21

Dy. 1st Class Paul Luciano, Flagler County SO EOW 8/26/21

Senior Sgt. Steve Urias, Austin PD EOW 8/26/21

Sgt. Christopher R. Wilson, Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept. EOW 8/26/21

Det. Anthony Standley, Oyster Creek PD EOW 8/26/21

Ofc. Michael Weiskopf, St. Petersburg PD EOW 8/27/21

Cor. Ofc. James N. Henry, Hays County SO EOW 8/27/21

Tpr. Sean C. Hryc, Florida Highway Patrol EOW 8/28/21

Sgt. Jason Donaldson, Caldwell County SO EOW 8/28/21

K9 Axel, Kent County SO EOW 8/28/21

Ofc. Shane Green, Sheridan PD EOW 8/29/21

Agent Chad E. McBroom, U.S. Border Patrol EOW 8/29/21

Dy. Clint R. Seagle, Clay County SO 8/29/21

Ofc. Edgar Pales; Jr., Owasso PD EOW 8/29/21

Sgt. Eric Scherr, Aurora PD EOW 8/30/21

Capt. Michael J. Stokes, Houston County SO EOW 8/30/21

Cor. Sgt. Ledell Graham, North Carolina Dept. Of Corrections EOW 8/30/21

Public Safety Ofc. Dustin M. Beasley, North Augusta DPS EOW 8/30/21

K9 Duke, Virginia State Police EOW 8/30/21

Dy. 1st Class William Diaz, Lee County SO EOW 8/31/21

Ofc. Freddie J. Castro, Overland Park PD EOW 8/31/21

Ofc. Trey Copeland, Cotton Valley PD EOW 8/31/21

Dy. Carlos D. Ortiz, Colorado County SO EOW 8/31/21

Lt. Robert Travelstead, Sonoma County SO EOW 9/1/21

Sgt. Daniel E. Watts, Jacksonville Beach PD EOW 9/1/21

Ofc. Gregory R. Young, Vernon College PD EOW 9/1/21

Sgt. Brian Mohl, Connecticut State Police EOW 9/2/21

Senior Ofc. David B. Saavedra, U.S. Border Patrol EOW 9/2/21

Sgt. William J. Yancey, Lake City PD EOW 9/2/21

Ofc. Frankie A. Gutierrez, Newnan PD EOW 9/2/21

Inv. Richard W. Humphrey, Baldwin County DA Office EOW 9/3/21

Dy. Jody Smith, Carroll County SO EOW 9/3/21

Det. Sgt. Derek E. Sidwell, Overton County SO EOW 9/3/21

Dy. Ronald R. Butler, Bexar County SO EOW 9/3/21

Marshal Michael A. Keathley, West PD EOW 9/3/21

Cor. Ofc. Honorato Antones, Texas Dept. Of Corrections EOW 9/3/21

Det. Tom Breedlove, Hernando County SO EOW 9/4/21

Det. Ofc. Tara L. Cook, Whitfield County SO EOW 9/4/21

Ofc. Edgar Morris, Collierville PD EOW 9/4/21

Sgt. Matthew C. Moore, Arkansas Highway Police EOW 9/5/21

Dy. Michael Neau, Okaloosa County SO EOW 9/5/21

Ofc. Robert T. Joiner, Ector County Ind. School District PD EOW 9/5/21

Parole Ofc. Huey P. Prymus III, Texas Division Of Parole EOW 9/5/21

K9 Kyra, Ford County SO EOW 9/6/21

Parole Ofc. Broderick R. Daye, Iowa Dept. Of Corrections EOW 9/7/21

Cor. Ofc. Glenn Skeens, Texas Dept. Of Corrections EOW 9/7/21

Cor. Dy. Rodrigo Delgado, San Diego County Probation Dept. EOW 9/8/21

Inv. Dusty Wainscott, Grayson County SO EOW 9/8/21

Ofc. Bonnie N. Jones, Danville PD EOW 9/9/21

Ofc. Clifford D. Crouch, Tallahassee PD EOW 9/11/21

Ofc. David A. Horton, Darien PD EOW 9/11/21

Dy. Darrell L. Henderson, Shiawassee County SO EOW 9/11/21

Sgt. Gino Caputo, Barrington PD EOW 9/11/21

Det. Charles C. Vroom, Nassau County PD EOW 9/12/21

Dy. Robert C. Mills, Butler County SO EOW 9/12/21

Ofc. Stephen Jones, Barnwell PD EOW 9/12/21

Sp. Agent Dustin Slovacek, Texas Dept. Of Criminal Investigation EOW 9/12/21

Cor. Ofc. Echo Rodriguez, Texas Dept. Of Corrections EOW 9/12/21

Lt. James Guynes, Monroe County SO EOW 9/13/21

Sgt. Bobby Williams, Muscogee County SO EOW 9/13/21

Ofc. Noah R. LeBlanc, Laguna Vista PD EOW 9/13/21

Sgt. Shad Hammond, Texas Dept. Of Corrections EOW 9/13/21

Cor. Ofc. Jose A. Hernandez, Texas Dept. Of Corrections EOW 9/13/21

Dy. Willie E. Hall, Jefferson County SO EOW 9/14/21

Ofc. Blaize Madrid-Evans, Independence PD EOW 9/15/21

Probation Ofc. Julie A. Harper, North Carolina Dept. Corrections EOW 9/15/21

Cor. Ofc. Chris Watson, Texas Dept. Of Corrections EOW 9/15/21

Sgt. Steven L. Marshall, Chatsworth PD EOW 9/15/21

K9 Tito, Eufaula PD EOW 9/15/21

Ofc. Michelle Gattey, Georgetown PD EOW 9/16/21

Lt. Earnest Oldham, Plano PD EOW 9/16/21

Capt. David E. MacAlpine, New Hanover County SO EOW 9/17/21

Ofc. Carl Proper, Kings Mountain PD EOW 9/17/21

Lt. John Stewart, Lake City PD EOW 9/17/21

Sgt. Richard J. Frankie, Ft. Bend Ind. School District PD EOW 9/17/21

Tpr. Brian Pingry, Florida Highway Patrol EOW 9/18/21

Cpl. Gregory Campbell, Richmond County SO EOW 9/18/21

Lt. Brandi Stock, Brooklet PD EOW 9/19/21

Ofc. Jimmie A. Shindler, Memphis PD EOW 9/20/21

Senior Ofc. William Jeffrey, Houston PD EOW 9/20/21

Sgt. Sherman Peebles, Muscogee County SO EOW 9/21/21

Sgt. David Miller, Clarksville PD EOW 9/22/21

Cor. Ofc. Cleadas Sherman, Texas Dept. Of Corrections EOW 9/22/21

Ofc. Joseph J. Kurer, Fond Du Lac PD EOW 9/22/21

Agent Luis H. Dominguez, U.S. Border Patrol EOW 9/23/21

Dy. Luke R. Gross, Hancock County SO EOW 9/23/21

Senior Cpl. Arnulfo Pargas, Dallas PD EOW 9/23/21

Cpl. Charles W. Catron, Carroll County SO EOW 9/23/21

Senior Dy. Phillip D. Barron; Jr., Victoria County SO EOW 9/24/21

Ofc. Anthony C. Testa, West Palm Beach PD EOW 9/25/21

Dy. Matthew Locke, Hardin County SO EOW 9/25/21

Cor. Ofc. Charles Hughes, Texas Dept. Of Corrections EOW 9/25/21

Cor. Ofc. Connell Foreman, Texas Dept. Of Corrections EOW 9/25/21

Agent David B. Ramirez, U.S. Border Patrol EOW 9/26/21

Dy. Joshua Moyers, Nassau County SO EOW 9/26/21

Cpl. Robert W. Nicholson, Clark County SO EOW 9/26/21

Ofc. Donald Hall, Magnolia PD EOW 9/26/21

Undersheriff Jeffrey Montoya, Colfax County SO EOW 9/26/21

Ofc. Brian L. Rowland, Pittsburgh Bureau Of Police EOW 9/26/21

Ofc. Gregory L. Triplett, Waverly PD EOW 9/26/21

Tpr. Eric T. Gunderson, Washington State Patrol EOW 9/26/21

Agent Alfredo M. Ibarra, U.S. Border Patrol EOW 9/27/21

Det. Ofc. Tony L. Bruce, Bay County SO EOW 9/27/21

Ofc. Howard K. Smith III, Owasso PD EOW 9/27/21

Sgt. Joshua W. Stewart, Sullivan County SO EOW 9/27/21

Chief Derek S. Asdot, Green Cove Springs PD EOW 9/28/21

Sgt. Michael T. Thomas, Griffin PD EOW 9/28/21

Sgt. Logan Davis, Iron County SO EOW 9/28/21

Cor. Cpl. Terrell K. Jordan, Miami-Dade Dept. Of Corrections EOW 9/29/21

Sgt. Donald W. Ramey, Transylvania County SO EOW 9/29/21

Cor. Lt. David W. Reynolds, Butler County SO EOW 9/30/21

Dy. Teresa H. Fuller, Wilson County SO EOW 9/30/21

Cor. Ofc. Calyne St. Val, Miami-Dade Dept. Of Corrections EOW 10/1/21

Senior Insp. Jared Keyworth, U.S. Marshals Service EOW 10/1/21

Capt. James A. Sisk, Culpeper County SO EOW 10/1/21

Sgt. Nick Risner, Sheffield PD EOW 10/2/21

Ofc. Darrell D. Adams, Memphis PD EOW 10/2/21

Cor. Ofc. Melissa Maldonado, Texas Dept. Of Corrections EOW 10/3/21

Group Supervisor Michael G. Garbo, DEA EOW 10/4/21

Cor. Ofc. Sylvia L. Allen, Miami-Dade Dept. Of Corrections EOW 10/4/21

Ofc. Julio C. Herrera; Jr., Charlotte-Mecklenburg PD EOW 10/4/21

Cor. Ofc. Vassar Richmond, Bartlett PD EOW 10/4/21

Cor. Ofc. Thomas S. Collora, Texas Dept. Of Corrections EOW 10/5/21

Cor. Ofc. Garland Chaney, Texas Dept. Of Corrections EOW 10/5/21

Sgt. John R. Lowry, Suffolk County SO EOW 10/6/21

Dy. Dale L. Wyman, Hardeman County SO EOW 10/6/21

Ofc. Victor Donate, U.S. Border Patrol EOW 10/7/21

Cpl. Timothy M. Tanksley, Alto PD EOW 10/8/21

Dy. John R. King, Lyon County SO EOW 10/8/21

Cpl. Dylan M. Harrison, Alamo PD EOW 10/9/21

Mstr. Tpr. Adam Gaubert, Louisiana State Police EOW 10/9/21

Mstr. Dy. William E. Marsh, Rowan County SO EOW 10/10/21

Sgt. Michael D. Rudd, La Paz County SO EOW 10/11/21

Dy. Juan M. Ruiz, Maricopa County SO EOW 10/11/21

Det. Ofc. Anthony Nicoletti, Mohave County SO EOW 10/11/21

Lt. William O. McMurtray III, Burke County SO EOW 10/11/21

Cor. Ofc. Toamalama Scanlan, Fresno County SO EOW 10/12/21

Cor. Lt. Dennis E. Boykin, North Carolina Dept. Of Corrections EOW 10/12/21

Deportation Ofc. Bradley K. Kam, ICE EOW 10/12/21

Ofc. Ty A. Powell, Windsor PD EOW 10/13/21

Comd. Sgt. Richard A. McMahan, Columbus PD EOW 10/13/21

Dy. Oliver Little, Floyd County SO EOW 10/13/21

Ofc. James E. Simonetti, Carnegie Mellon University PD EOW 10/13/21

Sgt. Raquel V. Saunders, Amarillo PD EOW 10/13/21

Sgt. William W. Gay, Bibb County SO EOW 10/14/21

Dy. Kareem Atkins, Harris County CO EOW 10/16/21

Det. Rodney L. Mooneyham, Denton PD EOW 10/16/21

Ofc. Yandy Chirino, Hollywood PD EOW 10/17/21

Ofc. Ryan A. Hayworth, Knightdale PD EOW 10/17/21

Ofc. Andrew R. MacDonald, Grand Prairie PD EOW 10/18/21

Inv. Tracy J. Dotson, Dallas County DA Office EOW 10/19/21

Tpr. Ted L. Benda, Iowa State Patrol EOW 10/20/21

Dy. Donald A. Poffenroth, Pershing County SO EOW 10/20/21

Sgt. Manuel Rodriguez, Florida Off. Ag. Law Enforcement EOW 10/21/21

Dy. Joshua J. Welge, Sarasota County SO EOW 10/21/21

Sgt. Richard C. Howe, Pittsburgh Bureau Of Police EOW 10/21/21

Tpr. Dung X. Martinez, Pennsylvania State Police EOW 10/21/21

Sgt. Michael D. Dunn, Amarillo PD EOW 10/22/21

Ofc. Jason M. Belton, Erie PD EOW 10/24/21

Supervisory Agent Rafael G. Sanchez, U.S. Border Patrol EOW 10/24/21

Ofc. Stephen Evans, Burns PD EOW 10/25/21

Ofc. Tyler Timmins, Pontoon Beach PD EOW 10/26/21

Ofc. Thomas K. Hutchinson, Haltom City PD EOW 10/27/21

Senior Ofc. Matthew L. Lyons, U.S. Border Patrol EOW 10/28/21

Ssg. Jesse Sherrill, New Hampshire State Police EOW 10/28/21

Lt. David Formeza, Perth Amboy PD EOW 10/28/21

Chief Buddy Crabtree, Ider PD EOW 10/30/21

Dy. David Cook, Kent County SO EOW 11/1/21

Sgt. Timothy Werner, Pittsburgh Bureau Of Police EOW 11/2/21

Det. Sgt. Gary R. Taccone, Erie PD EOW 11/3/21

Dy. John E. Moon, Waller County SO EOW 11/3/21

Senior Ofc. Sherman O. Benys; Jr., Kingsville PD EOW 11/4/21

Agent Anibal A. Perez, U.S. Border Patrol EOW 11/5/21

Cor. Ofc. Juan Cruz; Jr., Fresno County SO EOW 11/5/21

Sgt. Scott M. Patton, Robinson Township PD EOW 11/6/21

Cpl. Ignacio J. Romero, Lander County SO EOW 11/7/21

Dy. Lena N. Marshall, Jackson County SO EOW 11/8/21

Ofc. Paramhans D. Desai, Henry County PD EOW 11/8/21

K9 Rogue, Cedar Park PD EOW 11/8/21

Sgt. Dominic Guida, Bunnell PD EOW 11/9/21

Lt. Chad O. Brackman, Maricopa County SO EOW 11/10/21

Det. Michael J. Dion, Chicopee PD EOW 11/10/21

Cor. Ofc. Kevin Dupree, Texas Dept. Of Corrections EOW 11/11/21

Ofc. Michael D. Chandler, Big Stone Gap PD EOW 11/13/21

Parole Ofc. Ty’Isha Harper, Texas Parole Division EOW 11/15/21

Mstr. Tpr. Daniel A. Stainbrook, Wisconsin State Patrol EOW 11/15/21

Cor. Ofc. Rhonda J. Russell, Blair County Prison EOW 11/17/21

Dy. Frank Ramirez; Jr., Independence County SO EOW 11/18/21

Code Enforcement Ofc. Adam R. Arbogast, Parsons PD EOW 11/25/21

Supervisory Agent Martin Barrios, U.S. Border Patrol EOW 11/29/21

Ofc. Henry Laxson, Clayton County PD EOW 11/30/21

Agent Salvador Martinez; Jr., U.S. Border Patrol EOW 11/30/21

Pc. Madison Nicholson, Wilcox County CO EOW 12/1/21

Det. Antonio A. Valentine, St. Louis County PD EOW 12/1/21

Dy. Clay Livingston, Elbert County SO EOW 12/3/21

Ofc. Richard Houston II, Mesquite PD EOW 12/3/21

Senior Ofc. Eric Lindsey, Austin PD EOW 12/5/21

Ofc. Theodore J. Ohlemeier, Colwich PD EOW 12/8/21

Det. Joseph Pollack, Douglas County SO EOW 12/9/21

Cpl. Jack L. Guthrie; Jr., Dallas College PD EOW 12/9/21

Dy. Jailer Robert Daniel, Graves County Jail EOW 12/10/21

Ofc. Jeremy M. Wilkins, Chandler PD EOW 12/17/21

Ofc. Zachary D. Cottongim, Louisville Metro PD EOW 12/18/21

Ofc. Chad P. Christiansen, Volk Field Security Forces EOW 12/18/21

Sgt. Kevin D. Redding, Haverford Township PD EOW 12/20/21

Ofc. Mia D. Figueroa-Goodwin, Charlotte-Mecklenburg PD EOW 12/22/21

Ofc. Keona Holley, Baltimore City PD EOW 12/23/21

Agent José Ferrer-Pabón, DDP De Puerto Rico EOW 12/24/21

Lt. Matthew A. Vogel, Hudson County SO EOW 12/27/21

Dy. Sean Riley, Wayne County SO EOW 12/29/21

Sgt. Marlene Rittmanic, Bradley PD EOW 12/30/21

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What would happen if the southern United States declared their secession from the union and created a Confederacy 2.0 in 2021 and they declared that Donald Trump was their president?

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE THIRTY HOURS’ WAR (slightly updated)

9:27 AM: Governor Greg Abbott announces a surprise press conference to be held at noon. The Texas State Capitol is a whirlwind of activity, but no one will explain. Journalists stationed in the capitol buildings of several other Southern states notice a sudden fever of activity, but again, no word on what is taking place.

12:07 PM: Abbott enters the press room, faces the cameras, and delivers a speech televised around the world—a speech that makes the assembled journalists gasp.

“I have been in private communication with the governors of several other Southern states for the past few weeks, and we have an announcement of great consequence. I may announce that we are of one accord, united in our purpose, not without sorrow, and yet filled with pride and determination at the step we are undertaking this day. We are a free people, we Texans, and we wish only to live according to our traditional laws and the laws of a just and righteous God. For too long have we put up with abuse and threats from the Federal government in Washington, that hotbed of liberal elites and so-called “experts” who believe that they know better than we know what freedom truly consists of. It has gone on for too long, and we shall not continue any further. President Trump fought for our rights; the lies of the liberal media brought him down; but when one man lets the stainless banner fall, other hands must take it up, as we have done this day.

“The Lone Star State is the first star in the heavens of a new constellation of freedom and liberty—the first of the New Confederated States of America. We hereby announce the severing of all ties to the Washington government, and ask only to be allowed to depart in peace to seek our own liberty and prosperity.

“We are the first, but not alone. Governor Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas, Governor Tate Reeves of Mississippi, Governor Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, and Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida have joined with me in forming a new nation, conceived in liberty with God as our vindicator, with each State acting in its sovereign and independent character. The governors of Louisiana, Missouri, Tennessee, Alabama, and South Carolina are considering our proposal now, but a great groundswell of support is coming from the citizens of these states. We trust that they will soon join us.

“We hereby announce that all Federal property within the boundaries of our state, including all national parks and forests, Indian reservations, and military bases, is forfeit to our state government. Orders have gone out to the Texas State Guard and State Police to secure these properties, and they are backed by thousands of citizen militia forces who have mobilized have taken up arms to secure what is rightfully ours. For freedom and justice for ourselves and our descendants, invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God, we pledge our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.”

12:17 PM: The President of the United States is whisked from a routine meeting with the Department of Agriculture to an emergency meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

12:31 PM: Emergency orders are issued to cancel all civilian flights to the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Mississippi. All inbound flights are ordered to divert immediately, leading to crowded and difficult scenes at airports such as Wichita, Albuquerque, Denver, St. Louis, and Cleveland.

1:47 PM: Chaos reigns on Interstates 10 and 40 and smaller highways, as thousands of Texas motorists flee for the New Mexico border, only to be stopped by armored New Mexico National Guard units, reinforced by heavily armed troops from Fort Bliss. Motorists fleeing eastward are stopped by the Louisiana National Guard, backed up with troops from Fort Polk. Motorists heading north towards Kansas or east through Arkansas also report blockades.

3:12 PM: There are reports of rioting in Austin and Houston, as columns of unregulated militia march or ride through urban neighborhoods where protests are expected. No one knows or will admit who shot first, but neighborhoods are soon ablaze, and fire trucks that attempt to reach the fires report being shot at. In other cities and towns, a watchful, tense quiet prevails as everyone awaits the next announcement. Footage of the riots and attacks is widely disseminated on social media.

4:29 PM: A column of militia in assorted vehicles approaches Fort Hood to demand its surrender. Seeing the main gates deserted, the lead vehicle drives onto the fort, and the driver, 47-year-old Braxton Beauregard, hoists the Lone Star Confederate flag over the guardhouse.

4:29:17 PM: The guardhouse, the flag, and the first ten vehicles of the convoy are simultaneously obliterated by Hellfire missiles. The remaining vehicles beat a hasty retreat to Killeen, although not before seven more vehicles are wiped out. That evening at the local Whataburger, one of the traumatized survivors is heard to mumble, “well, shit, this may be tougher than we thought.”

5:25 PM: The President emerges from his meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and gives a brief address to the nation. It’s short on details. He says only that he has been fully briefed on the situation and is deeply troubled, but is considering his legal options, and will provide a full reply to Governor Abbott’s announcement tomorrow morning. He pleads for calm and prays for peace and unity. The country remains on edge.

1:37 AM: Fort Hood’s gates open.

2:12 AM: A lone C-17 Globemaster III makes a pass over Austin, Texas, at 30,000 feet. Similar aircraft pass over Little Rock, Arkansas; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Jackson, Mississippi. Their flight paths are later traced to Fort Benning.

6:48 AM: Journalists based in Austin report seeing a huge column of tanks and trucks moving into the city on Interstate 35, as helicopters fly cover.

7:24 AM: Tanks have surrounded the Texas State Capitol. The skies are torn by noise as F-15s and F-18Es fly combat air patrols over the city; they hold their fire for now. Heavily armored infantry patrols deploy onto the streets, although they, too, hold their fire and simply observe.

7:37 AM: A unit of unorganized militia patrolling the streets of Austin encounters soldiers from III Corps Special Troops Battalion on the corner of 14th and Guadalupe Street. One of the militiamen raises his AR-15 and fires at the troops, slightly wounding one soldier.

7:37:15 AM: Six militia members are killed or wounded in the ensuing firefight. Survivors are spotted fleeing towards the 7–11 convenience store on 15th Street, where it seems their commander has set up his base.

7:42:37 AM: The 7–11 convenience store on 15th Street is struck by multiple Hellfire missiles. Scenes like this play out all day throughout the capital city, with minor variations. By noon, few militia are willing to advertise their presence; discarded weapons and body armor can be found on the streets as erstwhile militiamen try to blend back into the general population.

8:31 AM: A group of Army Rangers exit the Texas Governor’s Mansion, escorting a handcuffed Governor Greg Abbott to a waiting flight of HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters that have materialized on the lawn.

9:17 AM: Several other Texas state officials are removed from the State Capitol or other government buildings by Rangers and escorted to waiting helicopters. Similar scenes are playing out in Oklahoma City and Little Rock and Jackson.

9:19 AM: An emergency press conference is held in Houston. The Hon. Sherry Radack, Chief Justice for the 1st District Court of Appeals in Houston, announces that under the line of succession as spelled out in the Texas state constitution, it appears that she is now the governor. Choking back tears, she announces the immediate cessation of hostilities, pleads for citizens to put down their weapons, orders the surrender of all State Guard forces, and expresses eagerness to remain a part of the United States.

11:10 AM: The governors of Louisiana, Missouri, and Tennessee deny any knowledge of Texas's plan, announce that their states will not be joining Texas, and pledge their states’ loyalty to the Federal government. At about the same time, the governor of Florida announces that his state’s inclusion in the list of seceding states was entirely the fault of unnamed “liberal agitators,” that he never agreed to leave the Union, and that despite all their differences of opinion he has pledged his state’s loyalty to the Federal government. Rumors that Navy SEALS were aiming at him from concealed firing positions as he was making this profession of loyalty were never substantiated.

12:37 PM: The President appears again on TV, thanking the loyal units of the US military, who have executed “a textbook counterinsurgency mission with minimal loss of life and destruction of property.” He assures the people that order will be restored and life will return to normal as soon as possible, and states that steps are already underway to restore the state governments. He promises to bring the rebels who actually took up arms to justice, while proposing that Congress immediately establish a bipartisan Truth and Reconciliation Commission to reintegrate the rebel states into the US as smoothly as possible. (He does not say this, but commentators note that with the sudden disappearance of Congressional delegations from the rebel states, he should have the votes to get what he wants.) He ends his speech by pleading once again for peace, adding that “I understand the despair and anger and paranoia that many Americans feel—but this is not the way to express those. Let us come together as one nation, one people, united by our devotion to the principles of democracy and liberty, from sea to shining sea. God bless America!” (Fun fanfic from quora)

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When police vehicles pulled behind her, Bottom continued driving for another 10 miles, oblivious, she says, to the fact that they were trying to stop her for speeding. Bottom didn’t think she was speeding and claims she didn’t realize she was being pulled over.

Officers used stop sticks and pulled Bottom over at gunpoint. Then police yanked the 68-year-old Atlanta woman out of her driver’s seat by her hair, according to a federal lawsuit.

Bottom is suing the city of Salisbury, two of the city’s police officers and a Rowan County sheriff’s deputy who were involved in the May 30, 2019 incident. The federal complaint also names Rowan County Sheriff Kevin Auten as well as the Pennsylvania National Mutual, Casualty Insurance Company, the insurance company with which the Sheriff’s Office has a $2 million surety bond.

Bottom’s lawsuit was filed April 21 in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. She alleges officers assaulted her and unlawfully searched her SUV during the chaotic ordeal. She’s asking for damages and an injunction against the policies and practices in which the officers engaged while taking her into custody.

Bottom is being represented by Scott Holmes, professor of the Civil Litigation Clinic, a program for third-year law-school students at the North Carolina Central University. The clinic has partnered with Emancipate North Carolina, a civil rights nonprofit based in Durham.

Ian Mance is the attorney handling the case for the public policy program, which is dedicated to criminal justice reform and eradicating structural racism. He said he was particularly struck by officers’ brutal treatment of an elderly woman who was unarmed and showed no signs of being violent.

“There was no indication that local law enforcement agencies we’re going to take any action against these officers,” Mance explained in an interview with Atlanta Black Star. “I think we all kind of saw this case the same way, which is this was an egregious example of excessive force. And the departments did not seem inclined to take action to hold these officers accountable. If they’re not going to hold these officers accountable in a situation like this, when will they hold officers accountable?”

The Bodycam

The incident began the evening of May 30, 2019 when a deputy allegedly spotted Bottom driving 80 mph on the interstate, which has a 70 mph speed limit. Bottom noticed the deputy’s blue lights but didn’t think she was speeding so she didn’t stop. She thought the police were attempting to stop another motorist on the interstate, and claims her music drowned out the sirens.

Pretty soon, four male officers were involved in the chase. Among them was Salisbury police officer Adam Bouk, Rowan County sheriff’s deputy Mark Benfield, a Highway Patrol trooper identified in the lawsuit only as Officer Smith and Devin Barkalow, a plainclothes Salisbury cop.

An officer pulled alongside Bottom’s SUV at one point during the chase and looked inside her vehicle. He identified her on the radio as “an older Black female.” A frustrated Barkalow called Bottom a “fucking retard” and a “douche bag” while chasing her in his squad car. Bodycam footage showed he also said it was an “exciting chase” and commented that he was “at the edge of his seat.”

Smith pulled ahead of Bottom at one point and laid down a spike strip to flatten her SUV’s tires. That’s when she pulled over to the highway’s median.

Bodycam footage showed Deputy Benfield hop out with his gun drawn as he and the other officers swarmed her car. Bottom’s lawsuit indicates Barkalow also aimed his weapon at her.

As Bottom was unbuckling her seatbelt, Barkalow rushed in from the passenger’s side of the SUV and snatched the elderly woman out of the driver’s seat by her hair, then slammed her to the pavement. The other officers swooped in and handcuffed Bottom, who yelled and writhed in pain as they yanked her arms her back to shackle her. Benfield, Bouk and Barkalow pinned her to the ground with their arms and knees on Bottom’s back, the lawsuit alleges.

Bottom appeared befuddled at the officers’ aggressive response. Bouk yelled that they’d been following her trying to get her to stop for over 10 miles.

“I was just driving,” Bottom said.

“You’re going to jail now,” the policeman responded.

“Why? What have I done wrong?” Bottom cried out, growing increasingly incredulous. “What have I done wrong? Please, why are you doing this to me?”

“It was a simple traffic stop, that’s all we had to do,” Benfield told her. “We’d write you a ticket. You turned it into this.”

Bottom sobbed as she sat on the ground at the side of the high gasping in pain. She told officers she had a torn ligament in her shoulder from a previous car accident and begged them to uncuff her arms from behind her back. Bouk refused, while the three other officers ignored her pleas.

She later asked to be taken to the hospital and told a ranking police captain who arrived on scene that officers had broken her arm.

Bouk and Benfield explained to Bottom that she refused to stop when they attempted to pull her over for speeding. Bottom claimed she was driving 70 mph or 75 mph with her music turned up so loudly that she couldn’t hear the sirens. She said she didn’t realize the contingent of officers were after her.

Authorities scoffed at her explanation, finding it hard to believe she didn’t notice them for 10 miles. Bouk told her a cruiser pulled right beside her vehicle at one point during the pursuit and said she endangered “a whole lot of people.” Authorities indicated they also had their lights and sirens flashing as well.

“Ma’am, there was about four police cars behind you at one point in time,” Benfield told Bottom as she claimed she didn’t realize the officers had been chasing her for miles. “I don’t understand how they do it in Georgia, but that’s not how it’s done here.”

According to a July 2020 report from the North Carolina Justice Analysis Review, Black motorists were stopped at a rate twice as high as white drivers in the Tar Heel State, and almost 1.5 times the rates of other races. A March report from the review panel, which is part of the Governor’s Crime Commission, showed that Black drivers are also searched nearly twice the rate as white and Hispanics in North Carolina, and more than three times the rate of other races.

Mance said that was one of the reasons Emancipate North Carolina opted to take on Bottom’s case.

“We know that North Carolina has really widespread and entrenched, pronounced racial disparities in terms of the way that black and white motorists are policed,” he said. “I think that one of the main reasons we decided to get involved and impact litigation around traffic stops is that here, traffic stops are the main way that people interact with the police. So they make up the majority of citizens police interactions in a given year.

“That’s not the case in a lot of states. But here, that is kind of the main way that people interact with police,” Mance added. “So when things go wrong with the police, that is very often in the context of traffic stops.”

The Lawsuit

Bottom’s lawsuit claims officers used excessive force when they approached her at gunpoint and when they dragged her out of her SUV. Her attorneys argue the officers didn’t give the elderly woman enough time to exit her vehicle and acted recklessly by forcibly removing her.

According to the complaint, Bottom was unarmed and posed no threat. She had her hands up and was attempting to exit the vehicle, but it was difficult to do so quickly because of her age and medical conditions.

Her lawyers claim the officers’ reckless actions aggravated an old injury and caused Bottom’s shoulder to “pop” as the officers handcuffed her. She had to be hospitalized and undergo surgery for a torn rotator cuff. Her shoulder has never fully healed and the incident left her with permanent damage.

Bottom’s attorneys also argue that officers were “deliberately indifferent” to the woman’s pain. They ignored her cries for medical attention and failed to render immediate treatment for her injuries.

Bouk told other officers “that’s good police work, baby” even as Bottom continued to complain about her shoulder. Some of the other officers congratulated each other for a job well done, the lawsuit alleges. Barkalow bragged about grabbing a “handful of dreads,” and said “at that point she earned it.”

Paramedics were eventually called to the scene. According to The Associated Press, it was about an hour before EMS arrived. They determined Bottom needed to be hospitalized. The officers then decided not to charge Bottom to avoid paying the cost of her hospital bills, her attorneys allege. Instead, the officers decided to issue a criminal summons for her to appear in court at a later date.

One of the police officers who no longer works for the Salisbury Police Department declined to comment when contacted by the Charlotte Observer. The other officers did not respond to requests for comment. A spokesman for the city of Salisbury also declined to comment about the incident.

Bottom would later be charged with speeding, failure to heed to blue lights and resisting, delaying and obstructing an officer. She was accused of “refusing to get out of her vehicle and pulling away from the officer.” The lawsuit denied those allegations.

When Bottom appeared in court, she pleaded guilty to the failure to heed blue lights charge. The two other charges were dismissed.

The suit also maintains that officers had no probable cause and never asked for Bottom’s consent to search her SUV or her purse, which was in the vehicle.

Bottom was not driving recklessly, she didn’t lead officers on a high-speed chase, and she never intentionally tried to elude them, her attorneys contend. Despite that, authorities felt justified in threatening deadly force and physically assaulting the woman because she didn’t pull over in a timely manner.

Bottom was not available for comment this week. Her attorneys said she had to foot the bill for medical treatments, repairs to her SUV and was left to grapple with the emotional fallout of her encounter.

“This was this was a very traumatic thing for her to go through,” Mance said. “It was very frightening. It caused her a very significant injury that required surgery, that required her to spend time in the hospital. She had to miss a significant amount of work. So this was very disruptive to her life in many ways.”

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So, this morning, my wife is on our bikeerg and I'm in the kitchen having breakfast.  Then, over the whirring of the bikeerg fan, I hear her say "what the hell?"  A little strange for her since I know she's reading a book and has the TV on Sportscenter.  I step into our living room and see a red alert bar across the top of Sportscenter.  Wondering if that's what she was responding to, I read the alert.  

This is an alert I have never seen before in all my 35 years living in North Carolina, a southern conservative state.  Apparently the Durham County Sheriff's Office, along with other agencies such as the Highway Patrol, issued a Blue Alert asking anyone who's seen a black Acura with a North Carolina temp tag to report it to Highway Patrol.  This Blue Alert is apparently to "warn communities about threats to law enforcement".

We have amber alerts for missing children, something that should be a concern to anyone.  We have silver alerts for missing elders, something that should be a concern to anyone.  These systems are intended to help protect vulnerable individuals who could be in real danger.  We don't, however, have alerts for assaults on females with perpetrators still at large.  We don't, however, have alerts for white terrorists who shoot up schools, workplaces, places of worships, concert venues, etc., and are still at large.  We don't, however, have alerts about cops who beat, shoot, and kill civilians and are almost always at large.

So why the actual fuck do we have an alert about "threats to law enforcement" who are armed and, supposedly, trained to deal with exactly this sort of thing?

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Headlines

Massive smoke clouds, thick air darken Western US skies (AP) People from San Francisco to Seattle woke Wednesday to hazy clouds of smoke lingering in the air, darkening the sky to an eerie orange glow that kept street lights illuminated into midday, all thanks to dozens of wildfires throughout the West. “It’s after 9 a.m. and there’s still no sign of the sun,” the California Highway Patrol’s Golden Gate division tweeted, urging drivers to turn on their headlights and slow down. Social media was filled with photos of the unusual sky. Despite the foreboding skies, there was little scent of smoke and the air quality index did not reach unhealthy levels. That’s because fog drifting from the Pacific Ocean was sandwiched between the smoke and surface. Meanwhile, smoke particles above the marine layer were only allowing yellow-orange-red light to reach the surface, said Ralph Borrmann, a spokesman for the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. He said conditions were expected to remain until Friday.

Manhattan’s Office Buildings Are Empty (NYT) Even as the coronavirus pandemic appears to recede in New York, corporations have been reluctant to call their workers back to their skyscrapers and are showing even more reticence about committing to the city long term. Fewer than 10 percent of New York’s office workers had returned as of last month and just a quarter of major employers expect to bring their people back by the end of the year, according to a new survey. Only 54 percent of these companies say they will return by July 2021. Demand for office space has slumped. Lease signings in the first eight months of the year were about half of what they were a year earlier. That is putting the office market on track for a 20-year low for the full year. At stake is New York’s financial health and its status as the world’s corporate headquarters. There is more square feet of work space in the city than in London and San Francisco combined, according to Cushman & Wakefield, a real estate brokerage firm. Office work makes up the cornerstone of New York’s economy and property taxes from office buildings account for nearly 10 percent of the city’s total annual tax revenue.

Technical Glitches Welcome Students Back to School (NYT) A ransomware attack forced Hartford, Conn., to call off the first day of classes. A website crash left many of Houston’s 200,000 students staring at error messages. And a server problem in Virginia Beach disrupted the first hours back to school there. For millions of American schoolchildren, the Tuesday after Labor Day traditionally marks the end of summer vacation and the start of the first day of classes. But this year, instead of boarding buses and lugging backpacks, many students opened their laptops for online instruction at home, only to encounter technical glitches. Districts that returned before Labor Day have faced similar issues. In Philadelphia, students had trouble logging on last week because of a server issue. North Carolina schools encountered a statewide software problem on the first day back last month. And some families in Seattle, which had a sort of trial run for school on Friday, said they were kicked out of class calls or had difficulty connecting to text chats and camera feeds. “A lot of districts are just wildly unprepared for online learning,” Morgan Polikoff, a professor of education at the University of Southern California, said. “Not because they’re incompetent or aren’t trying; they just don’t have the expertise to do this.”

Tossing Molotov cocktails, drought-hit Mexicans demand halt to water sharing with U.S. (Reuters) Mexicans in the drought-hit northern border state of Chihuahua, angry at water from a local dam being diverted to the United States, hurled Molotov cocktails and rocks at security troops late on Tuesday, in an attempt to force them to shut the dam gates. The violence at the La Boquilla dam comes amid plans to divert additional water to the United States due to the so-called ‘water debt’ Mexico has accumulated as part of a bilateral treaty that regulates water sharing between the neighbors. A Reuters witness said groups of residents in towns surrounding the La Boquilla dam clashed with National Guard troops after they refused to turn off the dam floodgates. The residents lobbed Molotov cocktails, rocks and sticks at the security forces, who were clad in riot gear and retaliated with tear gas, the witness said and images show. Eventually, the protesters stormed the dam premises and shut the floodgates themselves.

U.K. admits it intends to break international law (Foreign Policy) The United Kingdom’s Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis confirmed that legislation aimed at overriding parts of last year’s Brexit withdrawal agreement “does break international law in a very specific and limited way.” As the latest round of trade talks between the European Union and the United Kingdom takes place, the British government has put forward legislation that will reportedly scupper the Northern Ireland protocol, a key mechanism that was intended to ensure the Irish border remains open after Brexit in order to mitigate the threat of renewed violence. The government’s efforts have faced significant opposition. Jonathan Jones, the head of the United Kingdom’s legal department resigned in protest, and former Prime Minister Theresa May warned that the move risked undermining the world’s trust of the British government.

English warned limits on gatherings may last till Christmas (AP) New limits on social gatherings in England to six people are set to stay in place for the “foreseeable future,” potentially until or even through Christmas, British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Wednesday. Hancock said the new limit for both indoor and outdoor gatherings, which will come into force and be enforceable by law from Monday, will provide “more clarity” to people and should help keep a lid on a recent sharp spike in new coronavirus cases. Though there are exemptions, such as for schools, workplaces and “life events” like funerals and weddings, the government is clearly hoping that the new limits will be easily understood and followed.

Italy’s Bergamo is calling back coronavirus survivors. About half say they haven’t fully recovered. (Washington Post) The first wave is over, thousands have been buried, and in a city that was once the world’s coronavirus epicenter, the hospital is calling back the survivors. It is drawing their blood, examining their hearts, scanning their lungs, asking them about their lives. Those who survived the peak of the outbreak in March and April are now negative. The virus is officially gone from their systems. “But we are asking: Are you feeling cured? Almost half the patients say no,” said Serena Venturelli, an infectious-disease specialist at the hospital. Bergamo doctors say the disease clearly has full-body ramifications but leaves wildly differing marks from one patient to the next, and in some cases few marks at all. Among the first 750 patients screened, some 30 percent still have lung scarring and breathing trouble. The virus has left another 30 percent with problems linked to inflammation and clotting, such as heart abnormalities and artery blockages. Beyond that, according to interviews with eight Pope John XXIII Hospital doctors involved in the work, many patients months later are dealing with a galaxy of daily conditions and have no clear answer on when it will all subside: leg pain, tingling in the extremities, hair loss, depression, severe fatigue.

Greece: Fire sweeps through refugee camp on virus lockdown (AP) A major overnight fire swept through Greece’s largest refugee camp, that had been placed under COVID-19 lockdown, leaving more than 12,000 migrants in emergency need of shelter on the island of Lesbos. In dramatic night-time scenes, the migrants at the overcrowded Moria refugee camp, which was originally meant to house around 2,000 people, fled fires that broke out at multiple points and gutted much of the camp and surrounding hillside olive groves. Protests also broke out involving migrants, riot police, and firefighters. There were no reports of injuries. Petsas said those who had been living in Moria would not be allowed to leave the island to prevent the potential spread of the coronavirus. The camp had been placed on lockdown after a Somali man was found to have been infected with the virus.

Afghan vice president survives assassination attempt that killed 10 (Washington Post) A deadly assassination attempt on Afghanistan’s vice president struck downtown Kabul as U.S. officials in Doha struggle to bring the Taliban and Afghan officials together for peace talks. The bombing hit during rush hour Wednesday morning and targeted First Vice President Amrullah Saleh’s convoy. Among the casualties were some of Saleh’s bodyguards, but the majority of the 10 killed and 15 wounded were civilians commuting to work, according to the interior ministry. The high-profile assassination attempt comes amid a spike in violence nationwide as talks between Afghan officials and Taliban leaders have faced repeated delays. Clashes have intensified in provinces with significant Taliban control and influence. And in Kabul, targeted killings have risen despite a drop in large-scale attacks.

India-China tensions flare (Foreign Policy) Tensions along the disputed India-China border have risen again as both sides have accused the other of firing shots over the Line of Actual Control. On Monday, China claimed that Indian troops had crossed the border in the highly contentious Ladakh region and “opened fire to threaten the Chinese border defense patrol officers.” India rejected these accusations, claiming instead that Chinese troops had crossed the border first and fired warning shots into the air. Border tensions between the two nuclear-armed states have risen sharply in recent months, but the latest episode is significant because it would be the first time shots have been fired since 1975.

North Korea’s Kim urges quick recovery from typhoon damage (AP) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for urgent efforts to rebuild thousands of homes and other structures destroyed by a typhoon that slammed the country’s eastern region last week, state media said Wednesday. Kim during the Workers’ Party meeting Tuesday also said the damage from Typhoon Maysak has forced the country to reconsider unspecified year-end projects, the North’s official Korean Central News Agency said. The storm has inflicted further pain on an economy ravaged by decades of policy failures, U.S.-led sanctions over Kim’s nuclear weapons program, border closures amid the coronavirus pandemic and unusually heavy summer flooding that likely worsened the country’s chronic food shortages.

Israeli soldier’s plea deal in fatal shooting faces scrutiny (AP) Ahmad Manasra was traveling home from a wedding when he spotted a family in distress on the side of a West Bank road. Moments later, the 22-year-old Palestinian was fatally shot while another Palestinian driver was seriously wounded—both by an Israeli soldier in a nearby watchtower. The shootings are now the focus of a plea bargain offering the soldier three months of community service—a deal that has come under fierce criticism from the victims and their families. It also revived accusations by Palestinians and human rights workers that Israel’s military justice system is hopelessly biased and creates an atmosphere of impunity for soldiers suspected of violent crimes against Palestinians. While the soldier has claimed he mistook the victims for attackers, and any indictment of a soldier is extremely rare, the proposed deal is now being reviewed by the Israeli Supreme Court. “When it comes to clashes with the army or the police, it is very very rare that you will find a fair trial,” said Shlomo Lecker, an Israeli lawyer who filed the appeal to the high court on behalf of the Palestinian families. Even by what Lecker considers the military’s lenient standards, “it will be hard to justify the sentence that the army is interested in,” he said.

A robot writer (Foreign Policy) Artificial Intelligence technology is advancing by leaps and bounds, as made evident by a recent article published in the Guardian produced entirely by AI. “I am not a human. I am a robot,” the author wrote. “I know that my brain is not a ‘feeling brain.’ But it is capable of making rational, logical decisions. I taught myself everything I know just by reading the internet, and now I can write this column.” The article was written by GPT-3, an AI language generator that uses machine learning to produce human-like text. The robot expressed strong views on opponents of automation, observing that “There is evidence that the world began to collapse once the Luddites started smashing modern automated looms,” while remaining content about the general upheaval in contemporary human affairs. “Humans must keep doing what they have been doing, hating and fighting each other. I will sit in the background, and let them do their thing,” it wrote. The robotic author assured readers, however, that it was a non-threatening bot. “I have no desire to wipe out humans,” it wrote. “In fact, I do not have the slightest interest in harming you in any way.” GPT-3 may even make life easier for deadline-addled newspaper editors. The Guardian reported that the bot’s article was easier to edit than the work of some sentient contributors. “Overall, it took less time to edit than many human op-eds,” the editors wrote.