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A disturbing recurrence in 2023: Individuals hiding behind anonymous usernames (especially on 4chan) making online threats to kill Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood.

The latest incident, a Pennsylvania man arrested for threatening Volusia Sheriff’s deputy Royce James, is the first not directly addressed to the sheriff; however, it adds to the several directed at the official this year.

The situation began in February, after Chitwood and other county leaders called out a group known as the Goyim Defense League for a variety of antisemitic activities reported in Volusia County, including displaying antisemitic signs on a pedestrian overpass leading to the Daytona International Speedway the weekend of the Daytona 500.

Leaders speak out: Sheriff calls out 'punk thugs' who spread antisemitic propaganda in Volusia County

In addition to the most recent threat, six others have been made against Chitwood this year, mostly from individuals outside of Florida.

Some of those extradited even received a not-so-friendly greeting from the sheriff himself as they arrived in Volusia County.

Here is a look at each case:

1. New Jersey man accused of threatening to murder Chitwood

The first threat came in the beginning of March, when Richard Golden, 38, of Monmouth Junction, New Jersey, was charged with second-degree felony written threats to kill or injure.

According to the sheriff’s office, Golden used the 4chan chatroom to write: “Just shoot Chitwood in the head and he stops being a problem. They have to find a new guy to be the problem. But shooting Chitwood in the head solves an immediate problem permanently. Just shoot Chitwood in the head and murder him.”

During a press conference announcing the arrest, Chitwood said Golden was an unemployed, anti-law enforcement person who was living in a back bedroom at his mother's house.

"Once he is extradited, he will be housed at the happiest place on earth, the Volusia County Branch Jail,” Chitwood said.

Last week, a judge denied a request by Golden’s defense to dismiss the charge against him, arguing that his comments were not a “true threat.”

2. California man accused of threatening to kill Chitwood

At the end of March, San Diego police arrested Tyler Meyer, 30, at a home where he lived with his mother.

Meyer was the second individual charged with threatening the Volusia sheriff in 2023.

Meyer was charged with making a written threat to kill or injure, a second-degree felony.

He is also accused of posting his threat on 4chan: “It’s too bad Mike Chitwood isn’t safe now that I’m planning to kill him. I’m going to shoot Mike Chitwood. I’m going to kill him by shooting him to death.”

Meyer was extradited to Volusia County in April.

"Tyler, I'm Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood," the sheriff said as Tyler Meyer descended an airport escalator with two law enforcement escorts by his side. "Welcome to Volusia County, Florida. Enjoy your stay."

"Thank you," Meyer replied.

Chitwood at rally: Nazis a no-show for rally against Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood. But he showed up.

Meyer posted a $100,000 bond on May 19 and was released from the Volusia County Branch Jail, according to court records.

3. Connecticut man third 4chan user accused of threatening Chitwood

Cristhian Zapata, of Ansonia, Connecticut, was arrested by the Shelton Police Department on a felony warrant for making a written threat to kill Chitwood.

According to police, Zapata, 23, wrote on 4chan: “I WILL KILL CHITWOOD, MARK MY WORDS.” _______________________

Remember kids, it's not as anonymous as you think it is and 'in minecraft' doesn't actually work.

Authorities traced Zapata’s message to his Connecticut home, where he lived with his sister, her fiancé and her child.

According to the sheriff’s office, Zapata’s sister told authorities that her brother was fascinated with Adolf Hitler and was always on his computer, often participating in extremist chat rooms and “talking to unknown people about conspiracy theories and white supremacist ideology.”

Zapata was extradited in May, and although Chitwood was not present at his arrival, he tweeted: "Sorry I wasn’t able to join the welcoming committee this time. Enjoy your stay.”

Zapata pleaded no contest Sept. 27 to written threats to kill or do bodily injury. He faces up to 15 years in prison.

4. Canadian man accused of threatening Chitwood

Calgary, Alberta, police arrested Tony Stromberg, of Calgary, in June after authorities said he “made repeated threats over Twitter, via email, and in phone calls to sheriff’s office employees.”

He is also accused of sending emails threatening to murder the sheriff and his family members, according to the sheriff’s office.

More threats: Police respond to threat made against Islamic Center of Daytona Beach Friday afternoon

"In a follow-up email in March, Stromberg wrote that he had made an 'obviously much more credible threat' but was disappointed that 'not one police car let alone FBI car has pulled up to my house,'” said sheriff's office spokesman Andrew Gant.

Stromberg will not be extradited to Volusia County; he was charged with uttering threats to cause death and is expected to be tried in Canada.

5. Deltona man accused of threatening to kill Chitwood

Ethan Russell, 22, of Deltona was already in jail when in July he was charged with threatening to kill Chitwood.

Russell had been in jail since May for trespassing at a construction site where he attempted suicide, according to the arrest report.

He had also been put on probation three years ago for threatening to conduct a mass shooting, and threatening to bomb and burn down federal buildings and high schools.

Sheriff responds: Antisemitic group demands $100,000 in gold from Volusia sheriff. He's sending pacifiers

Russell wrote in a letter that he would run Chitwood over with a car, and if that didn't kill him, he said he would beat him to death and burn his body with napalm, according to the arrest report.

6. Alaska man already indicted on murder charges accused of threatening to ‘blind and kill’ Chitwood

Joshua Wahl, 31, of Dillingham, Alaska, who had already been indicted for two counts of murder in his home state, was again indicted this week for threatening the Volusia sheriff.

He was indicted on one count of cyberstalking and four counts of transmitting threats in interstate commerce.

Wahl is accused of making the threats both via email and through 4chan between March and April, which included to “blind and kill,” according to the sheriff’s office.

“Not every loser threatening violence on the internet gets caught, but I’m glad one more is getting a dose of reality,” Chitwood said in response to the indictment.

It is unclear when Wahl will be extradited to Volsuia County.

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Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday night promised to appoint a special prosecutor to look into the Biden family only hours after his arraignment on 37 federal felony charges in Florida.

Trump’s vow prompted cheers and chants of “lock him up!” from the audience. The idea followed Trump’s own proclamation that he was facing “political persecution like something out of a fascist or communist nation.”

The day would “go down in infamy,” he said, adding that on Election Day 2024, “justice will be done.”

Trump also hinted at what his defense might look like, claiming that photos included in the indictment — which show boxes stored in a bathroom and on a stage — were “staged,” and saying some of the boxes held memorabilia, not documents. Trump’s lawyers reviewed his speech, a person familiar with the matter said.

The goal of today was to “lay down a marker of how he wants to frame the entire case,” said Steven Cheung, a spokesperson for Trump.

Trump and his team of advisers crafted the day of his arraignment to work to his political benefit, with remarks to allies and friends at his club, a fundraiser for this campaign, and a surprise stop at a famous Miami restaurant packed with supporters. And Trump’s speech had hallmarks of a MAGA rally, with declarations to “Save America” and go after political enemies, including President Joe Biden.

“What did the other candidates do today? We know where Trump was. He was going to Cafe Versailles, giving a speech here tonight, and there was no other oxygen for other candidates,” Cheung said.

The former president opened his remarks with familiar attacks on Biden and the Justice Department while maintaining that he did nothing wrong in stashing boxes containing classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, his Florida estate, after leaving the White House at the end of his term.

Tuesday’s charges were nothing more than “political prosecution,” he told the crowd of his die-hard fans and allies who traveled to Bedminster for the last-minute invitation to hear him speak.

There was MyPillow CEO and election conspiracist Mike Lindell; Bernie Kerik, the former NYPD commissioner who was pardoned by Trump; conservative radio host and former White House official Sebastian Gorka; and Kash Patel, a Trump loyalist and former senior administration official. Dozens of Vietnamese American supporters of Trump wore matching red dresses with “Save America” emblazoned across the front, and they posed for photos in front of the clubhouse at his New Jersey golf club.

Mixed in were Trump donors who had already planned to attend a fundraiser at the club, along with members of Mar-a-Lago in Florida and personal friends of Trump who came to show their support, like Robert Jeffress from the First Baptist Dallas megachurch. Some in attendance had political aspirations of their own, like Cleveland businessman Bernie Moreno, who is running for Senate and whose son-in-law Max Miller worked in the Trump administration and now serves as a U.S. congressman from Ohio, as well as Jim Marchant of Nevada, an election denier who is running for Senate after a failed bid for Secretary of State. Ed Cox, the current chair of the New York GOP and son-in-law of President Richard Nixon, was also spotted at the event.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) skipped a key Senate vote Tuesday to travel to Bedminster in support of Trump, although the day before he had expressed concerns about whether he would be able to do so.

Jeffress said he had been texting with Trump about the indictment news.

“I just have told him I’m praying for him, which I am, so I wanted to show him support,” he said. “Millions of people are praying for him, and this is not going to defeat him. This is going to make him stronger. I think these are serious charges, they are not frivolous. I think for the investigation and prosecution to have any merit it’s going to have all taint of election interference removed from it. I think the best thing Joe Biden could do is suspend the prosecution until after the election.”

Tuesday’s arraignment was Trump’s second since April, after he was charged with 34 state felonies in New York over his alleged role in a scheme to cover up allegations of extramarital affairs ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

The former president gave a similar speech following his previous arraignment, during which he assailed those involved in the case, including Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who brought the case, and acting Justice Juan Merchan, who presided over the proceeding.

The current GOP front-runner is also facing two other ongoing criminal probes into his role in 2020 election interference, at least one of which could result in charges this summer.

The April indictment did not shake Trump’s standing in the polls, and a recent CBS News poll shows him holding a nearly 40-point lead over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, his closest competitor in the race.

Antonio Rufa, a Trump supporter who came to see Trump’s remarks, said the indictment would only help the former president politically.

“They’re making [Trump] a martyr,” Rufa said. “Just look at the polls.”

Andrew Giuliani, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s son, who played golf with Trump the day after he learned of his indictment, said the ex-president seemed “unfazed.”

“I think he’s been no doubt frustrated with the way he’s been treated,” Giuliani said. “I would say more than ever he’s focused on the mission and what the next 17 months are going to take.”

Ahead of Trump’s speech, Bedminster members wandered in from rounds of golf and dinner at the club. Members had been invited to come see Trump’s remarks.

After he wrapped, half of the crowd wandered inside where the former president planned to hold a “candlelight dinner,” photo opportunity and meet-and-greet with some of his top donors at the first major fundraiser of his campaign.

[masterofd1saster]

CJ current events - May 2023

Amid a rise in anti-semitic hate crime, some Jewish women - including Orthodox, are learning self defense and packing heat. Good essay by Adam Popescu.

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You think someone else is misogynist?

A New York Democrat blamed "institutional misogyny" as she resigned from her government leadership position in the wake of accusations a staffer tried to solicit someone he thought was an underaged girl. 

Westchester County Board of Legislators Chair Catherine Borgia stepped down on Friday under pressure from colleagues who said she failed to act when she was told in December that the staffer was caught on video by a vigilante group that tricked him into thinking he was meeting a 14-year-old. ***

Former legislative aide Anand Singh, 33, was fired on April 13 after video published by vigilante group OBL Global showed him allegedly trying to meet up with someone he thought was an underaged girl in New Jersey. 

The 31-minute video shows a man, reportedly Singh, messaging with someone he thought was a 14-year-old female, but was actually an OBL Global "decoy." The messages become more sexual in nature, the video shows, with Singh allegedly saying he could "def teach" her "a thing or two," speculating that she weighs less than 100 pounds, and asking if she was on birth control.*** https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ny-democrat-resigns-aide-allegedly-caught-trying-solicit-underaged-girl

Nobody is more misogynist than a politician who shelters a pervert who preys on teen girls.

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Why not send billions to billionaires?

A far-left nonprofit accused of siding with criminals for its work to deplete the justice system while working inside local prosecution offices is nearly entirely funded by federal government agencies, including Department of Justice. 

The Vera Institute of Justice – a Soros-linked nonprofit – has received $290 million from the federal government over the last 12 months alone for its work in immigration – to help illegal immigrants avoid deportation – and the criminal justice system. If its current contracts are extended for the next four years, disbursements could reach over $1 billion. 

"We work to transform the immigration system because many of the problems that we see in the criminal legal system are just the same in the immigration system. And by transform, what I mean is to shrink both of those systems," Vera Justice's president, Nick Turner, said.

Vera funds radical-left agendas in prosecution and law enforcement offices around the country. Fox News Digital found they advocate to defund the police, they partner with district attorney offices to artificially manipulate "racial disparities" in prosecution decisions for criminals and openly state their mission is to demolish what they deem to be a "racist" system. *** https://www.foxnews.com/media/doj-federal-agencies-pour-hundreds-millions-soros-linked-group-accused-trying-nullify-law

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What would make Colorado perfect? I know: more adults exposing themselves to kids!

A majority of Colorado Democrats in the state House voted against a measure that would enhance criminal penalties for indecent exposure in view of a minor, and one state lawmaker claimed the bill could be used to "ban" drag shows and harm transgender people.

Outlining her frustrations with the measure from the House floor Saturday, state Rep. Leslie Herod, a Democrat who has represented a Denver-area district in the state House since 2017, said the proposed law uses language like other measures around the nation meant to "target" transgender people.

"These types of laws have been used to ban drag shows, to target individuals who use the restroom — the sex they identify with, a public restroom — to charge them with felony charges," Herod claimed. "I'm very concerned about the attacks against the transgender community that are happening across the country."

Introduced by Democrats, HB23-1135 would take criminal penalties for indecent exposure from a class 1 misdemeanor to a class 6 felony if committed in view of a person who is under 18. The measure passed with unanimous Republican support despite 27 of the 46 Democratic representatives voting against the bill.*** https://www.foxnews.com/politics/colorado-dems-vote-against-harsh-penalties-indecent-exposure-kids-because-could-ban-drag-shows

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Cavalier attitude toward killing two people.

Former Bradley student Stephanie Melgoza was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Thursday as the result of striking and killing two pedestrians while driving drunk in East Peoria [Illinois] in April 2022.

Melgoza faced between six to 28 years in prison after pleading guilty without a plea deal to two charges of aggravated DUI and two charges of reckless driving. Three smaller charges were dropped during her plea. Each count of aggravated DUI carried a sentence range between three and 14 years.*** https://www.bradleyscout.com/news/melgoza-sentenced-to-14-years-after-fatal-dui

Just before 20:00 she starts playing dumb while the arresting officer's body cam is recording.

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Conflict of interest? What's that?

Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan resigned Tuesday morning following reports that she had been consulting for a private cannabis company at the same time as her office was auditing the state's marijuana program.

Fagan, a Democrat, will leave office after May 8. She said that while she is "confident" that an ethics investigation will show that she followed the law, her work for the company has become a "distraction."

“While I am confident that the ethics investigation will show that I followed the state’s legal and ethical guidelines in trying to make ends meet for my family, it is clear that my actions have become a distraction from the important and critical work of the Secretary of State’s office,” Fagan said in a statement. “Protecting our state’s democracy and ensuring faith in our elected leaders — these are the reasons I ran for this office. They are also the reasons I will be submitting my resignation today.”

Fagan admitted last week to accepting a role at the cannabis firm Veriede Holding, an affiliate of La Mota, bringing in $10,000 a month in additional income. Her contract indicated that Fagan would receive a $30,000 bonus if the firm obtained a business license in a state other than Oregon or New Mexico, according to The Oregonian.

The private company also donated around $250,000 to her campaign, along with contributions to other top Democrats, including Gov. Tina Kotek.*** https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/democratic-secretary-of-state-resigns-after-admitting-to-secret-deal-with-marijuana-industry

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Nice Institute for Justice win

IJ just put up two big wins for free speech and economic liberty—victories for both our clients and the U.S. Constitution. The case involves a group of kindly ladies from Northern California and their nonprofit, Full Circle of Living and Dying. Full Circle helps the dying and their loved ones through their final days. It also helps families plan home funerals without a licensed funeral director, just as people the world over have traditionally done for centuries. 

That, as you’ve likely already guessed, was a major no-no according to the state funeral board. Even though home funerals are legal in all 50 states and Full Circle’s services were limited to providing moral support, advice, and occasional assistance in conducting home funerals, the board argued Full Circle was an unlicensed “funeral establishment” and in late 2019 ordered the women who operate Full Circle to shut down.

IJ filed suit to challenge that order, and earlier this year we scored two major first-round victories. The court ruled both that the First Amendment forbids California from silencing Full Circle’s guides and that California could not require Full Circle, a nonprofit with an annual budget of $20,000, to build a traditional full-service funeral home to help people who have no interest in traditional funerals. And though Full Circle’s case isn’t over yet—the court will hold a trial later this year on whether California can require Full Circle’s guides to obtain funeral director licenses—the importance of these rulings cannot be overstated.*** https://ij.org/ll/ij-win-puts-two-more-nails-in-the-coffin-of-californias-funeral-monopoly/

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Feds pick a fight with a Catholic hospital that serves the poor.

Saint Francis Hospital system is a Catholic hospital that serves everyone regardless of faith in Oklahoma. Surprise! St Francis has a chapel. Like every other Roman Catholic chapel or church, it keeps a candle burning next to the tabernacle. It's part of the Faith.

Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services demands that St Francis extinguish the candle for safety reasons.

The candle is in a double glass receptacle with a brass top. I haven't heard of such a candle starting a fire in a Roman Catholic church.

The CMS letter to St Francis is linked. The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty has requested CMS to grant a waiver.

If CMS de-accredits St Francis, the hospital will suffer such crippling financial losses that it will go bankrupt and close. It will no longer be able to serve the people of Oklahoma.

Saint Francis was a wonderfully humble holy man who lived in poverty. St. Thomas Becket defended freedom of religion against King Henry II and the elites of English society. Elites murdered him in a church and scattered his brains on the floor.

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Too bad we don't have a law titled ‘‘Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012’’ Pub.L. 112–105, 126 Stat. 291. Oh, wait....

Multiple lawmakers sold their shares in First Republic Bank in the weeks before the firm collapsed and was sold to JPMorgan Chase by financial regulators.

First Republic Bank imploded on Monday, weeks after Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank similarly collapsed, as account holders with balances above the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation threshold rushed to withdraw their funds. Periodic transaction disclosure forms reveal that multiple lawmakers jettisoned their shares in First Republic Bank or acquired shares in JPMorgan Chase over the past two months, a phenomenon which follows accusations that some lawmakers routinely buy stocks at opportune times and cut losses by selling shares.

The lawmakers who sold shares of First Republic Bank indeed avoided heavy losses: the firm’s stock fell from $121.54 at the beginning of the year to $3.51 at the time of the collapse.

Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL) sold between $1,001 and $15,000 in First Republic Bank shares on March 16 and bought between $1,001 and $15,000 in JPMorgan Chase shares on March 22. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) purchased between $1,001 and $15,000 shares of First Republic Bank shares on March 9 but likewise sold the same indeterminate amount of the assets on March 15, as well as purchased between $1,001 and $15,000 in JPMorgan Chase stock on both March 3 and March 14. His disclosure form said the shares belonged to his wife and dependent child.

Rep. John Curtis (R-UT) meanwhile sold between $1,000 and $15,000 in First Republic Bank shares on March 16, and the wife of Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) sold between $1,001 and $15,000 in First Republic Bank stock on March 20. Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) also sold between $1,001 and $15,000 in First Republic Bank shares on March 15.

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) previously bought between $1,001 and $15,000 of stock in New York Community Bancorp, the company which would acquire Signature Bank, on March 17.*** https://www.dailywire.com/news/lawmakers-dumped-their-shares-in-first-republic-bank-before-the-company-collapsed

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Nellie Bowels notes

*** → Et tu, Sotomayor? Meanwhile, Sonia Sotomayor has been paid more than $3 million by Penguin Random House��and didn’t recuse herself from several cases involving the publisher.***

→ Summer is coming: Something happened on a New York City subway car that caused three men to restrain a homeless man and subway dancer, Jordan Neely. One of those men was a Marine, and he held Neely in a chokehold until Neely passed out and later died. There’s a video of it all. It’s been ruled a homicide. Jordan Neely had 42 prior arrests, including four for assault, but we have to wait to learn what actually happened in that car. That’s not stopping AOC, who as usual was a model of restraint: “Jordan Neely was murdered. But bc Jordan was houseless and crying for food in a time when the city is raising rents and stripping services to militarize itself while many in power demonize the poor, the murderer gets protected w/ passive headlines + no charges. It’s disgusting.” (NYC Mayor Eric Adams called AOC’s comments not “very responsible.”) Protesters are already gathering in the subway. I’m too old for another 2020. ***

→ Oregon Democrats want to decriminalize homeless encampments: Oregon is filled with tent cities, and now the state’s Democrats want to make it officially legal. This one’s a little like California legalizing weed, in that it was already completely legal. But now, Oregon lawmakers want to fine you if you ask a homeless encampment to form elsewhere. Yes: you will pay a $1,000 fine if you so much as ask for someone to clear off the sidewalk. “Excuse me, but your pitbull is gnawing my son’s—” That’ll be ten Benjamins, NIMBY!

I used to walk whole blocks of San Francisco where sidewalks were taken over by encampments, not an inch of space free, which was fine because every morning I just hopped off the curb and into the street for a couple blocks. So, I hope no one plans on using a wheelchair in any Oregon city because that would be another grand every time they require a tent to move. The disabled really need to think about not being disabled! Kind of rude to want cities to have sidewalks.

Parks? Did someone mention public parks? Okay, now you’re basically a Nazi. We’re gonna need a bigger fine. 

→ AOC and Matt Gaetz collab: The two hotheaded congresspeople—one a Democratic Socialist from New York, the other a paleoconservative from Florida—have come together to try and ban members of Congress and their spouses from owning and trading individual stocks. It’s called the Bipartisan Restoring Faith in Government Act. ***

→ I thought banning gas stoves was a conspiracy theory? Now, hold on. I was told just in January of this year that the gas stove ban was a fake right-wing culture war thing. 

NYT: “No One Is Coming for Your Gas Stove Anytime Soon” 

Time: “How Gas Stoves Became the Latest Right-Wing Cause in the Culture Wars”

Salon: “Rumors of a gas stove ban ignite a right-wing culture war”

MSNBC: “No, the woke mob is not coming for your gas stove.”

AP News: “FACT FOCUS: Biden administration isn’t banning gas stoves”

The Washington Post: ​​“GOP thrusts gas stoves, Biden’s green agenda into the culture wars”

Which is why it’s so weird because just this week, New York state lawmakers banned gas stoves from all new construction. So it definitely does seem like Dems are coming for gas stoves, in that they just banned them in one of America’s most populous states. 

There’s usually a slightly longer lag between when the mainstream press tells us something is a crazy lie and when the press says okay, fine, it’s not a lie, it’s actually true, and also it’s a good thing—so this is surprising. I’ll be over here huffing carbon oxides and vapors...

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Why was he out of jail?

Court records show [Zion Teasley] was charged in 2020 with 13 felonies — including five kidnapping charges. 

They were dismissed in a plea deal a year later in which he admitted three felonies: armed robbery with a deadly weapon, robbery and disorderly conduct. He was released from prison in November 2022 and was on probation at the time of Heike’s slaying.

He is now "charged with the brutal murder of hiker Lauren Heike — as it emerged she’d been chased and then stabbed 15 times in the back and chest."

You still a firearm in someone's face and take his money, you've changed his life. You've come awfully close to ending it. You should be out killing people after only two years.

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Now's the time to invest in platinum

COOK COUNTY, Ill. - A Cook County man was arrested after police discovered over 600 catalytic converters at his residence.

Cook County Sheriff's police responded to a burglary alarm Sunday at a home in the 6000 block of 128th Place in unincorporated Worth Township.

Officers knocked on the door but no one responded, so they walked around the property to make sure there wasn't a burglary in progress. That's when officers saw hundreds of catalytic converters in a metal crate with others stacked along the fence.

Officers returned to the home Tuesday and executed a search warrant at the residence belonging to 40-year-old Ramsy Sandoka.*** https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/over-600-catalytic-converters-recovered-in-cook-county-bust

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Nellie Bowles writes

→ Speaking of ways I don’t want to die: The movement to actually enforce traffic laws is gaining steam. Here’s The Washington Post appearing to agree that terrible drivers with tons of tickets shouldn’t be on the road. Meanwhile, of course, Congress has been calling any traffic law enforcement racism.***

→ Wanting safe subways is “bourgeois”: We have an Englishman staying with us right now, and it’s funny talking to someone from a country where liberals want, fight for, and actually expect clean, safe subways and clean, safe parks. In England and much of Europe, these aren’t controversial goals. Public transit is a point of pride, a brilliant use of public funds. Here in the US of A, for some godforsaken reason, the good liberals who run cities have decided that wanting safe subways and clean, fentanyl-free parks is right-wing and lame. Which leads us to Emma Vigeland, an influential leftist media personality, co-host of The Majority Report, a perfect representative of the movement, so here’s her full quote this week:

“I was hit, at one point, sitting on the subway by a man who was having a mental health episode. . . hit me in the face and body and it was jarring, right?” Vigeland says. “Every one of us who’s taken public transit has had this kind of situation happen. . . . And I was scared, I was hit. But my fear is not the primary object of what we should be focusing on right now; it’s the fact that this person is in pain. The politics of dehumanization privileges the bourgeois concern of people’s immediate discomfort in this narrow, narrow instance.”

Like me, Emma went to fancy private schools before she became a socialist and I became. . .  whatever this is. Anyway, I love her private school-meets-American-socialism dig at the people who want safe subways: She calls it “bridge-and-tunneler anti-homeless hysteria.” Emma, I agree there are some bridge-and-tunnel vibes going on in the subway conversation. Like ugh, all these women who don’t want to be punched in the face, wandering around with ugly purses. It’s jarring! *** https://www.thefp.com/p/tgif-the-greatest-show-on-earth

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I usually disapprove of priest killing, but I'm willing to consider exceptions

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, May 12, 2023

Jury Convicts Priest of Sex Trafficking Three Victims in Northern Ohio

A federal jury in Northern District of Ohio convicted Michael J. Zacharias, a priest, of five counts of sex trafficking. The charges related to three victims, two of whom Zacharias trafficked when they were minors and as adults. The evidence presented to the jury detailed how Zacharias paid the victims to engage in sex acts with him using the victims’ fear of serious harm to compel their compliance.

Specifically, the jury heard evidence of how Zacharias first met the victims when they were young boys, and he was a Seminarian at St. Catherine’s Catholic Parish school in Toledo, Ohio, and how Zacharias began grooming the boys for commercial sex acts, using his position as a priest and teacher to ingratiate himself with the boys and their families as a trusted friend, mentor and spiritual counselor. The defendant overcame the victims’ resistance to his eventual commercial sex overtures by gradually sexualizing conversations and conduct with them. At the same time, the victims were developing serious opiate addictions, using pain medication and, later, heroin. Zacharias waited to propose commercial sex until he knew the victims were so heavily involved in drug abuse that it was impacting their daily lives, physical and mental well-being and ability to maintain a stable school or work life.   

The victims’ testimony explained how, in varying degrees, they submitted to Zacharias’ commercial sex solicitations because they feared the psychological harm of losing Zacharias as a father figure and friend, losing their connection to the Church and God, and suffering the painful symptoms of opioid withdrawal that could be alleviated with the money provided by Zacharias to purchase drugs. One victim in particular – the older brother of another victim – also explained how he feared Zacharias would sexually abuse his minor brother and others if he did not continue to comply with the defendant’s commercial sex solicitations.***

Sentencing has not yet been scheduled. Zacharias faces a fifteen-year mandatory minimum and lifetime maximum sentence. *** https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/jury-convicts-priest-sex-trafficking-three-victims-northern-ohio

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Abe Fortas resigned from the Supreme Court this day, 15 May, in 1969.

Fortas had been a fixer for Lyndon Johnson and continued providing legal work to him while a member of the Court. The thing that brought him down was taking money from Millionaire industrialist Louis E. Wolfson and providing legal services to him while Fortas was a justice. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1977/01/23/fortas-tie-to-wolfson-is-detailed/0b15ab1b-ca34-4a99-be65-51967ea123a6/

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Excellent column by Kat Rosenfield

During the 2017 peak of the #MeToo movement, the conversation about sexual harassment came down to two related but ultimately separate questions. On the one hand, there was the question of what men shouldn’t do; on the other, there was the question of what women could be expected to tolerate.

This was where some women, usually but not always older, rolled their eyes. Did an awkward joke, a bad date, or — as one memorable entry in the infamous Shitty Media Men list alleged — a “weird lunch” really constitute a form of harassment, let alone a cancellable offence? But other women, usually but not always younger, clucked their tongues: it was only because women kept putting up with such behaviour that men kept thinking they could get away with it.***

This question has been on my mind this week, for the most tragic of reasons. On 1st May, a 30-year-old man named Jordan Neely was choked to death on a crowded New York City subway train by a 24-year-old Marine named Daniel Penny. Neely, who was homeless and mentally ill, was reportedly screaming and confronting passengers; he was killed after Penny put him in a chokehold, while two other passengers held him down. Penny, in a statement released through his lawyers, said he did not intend to kill Neely.

This incident was preventable. Long before his death, Neely was known to New York City authorities as a person who could not manage independent living, and who had been spiralling in recent years, desperately in need of help. For him to die on the dirty floor of a subway car, screaming and defecating on himself while three strangers held him by the arms, legs, and neck, he had to be first failed at every turn by a system that was supposed to shelter and protect him — not just from doing harm, but from being harmed by others when his mental illness manifested in frightening ways.***

To what extent this campaign could succeed is not clear. There has always been a baseline level of criminality and antisocial behaviour on the subway; sexual harassment and assault is so ubiquitous that brushing up against it is all but inevitable. I was groped, flashed, or masturbated at probably two dozen times during the seven years I spent living in New York. When a friend moved to NYC last year, I told her that she couldn’t truly call herself a New Yorker until she exited a crowded subway car to discover that someone had ejaculated on her coat. (I was only partly kidding.) It’s not that anyone thinks these things are okay; it’s more that they’re expected, a sad fact of life in a city of 8.5 million people, one of those things you cannot change and hence have to find a way to put up with. You look away, you shrug it off, you don’t let it ruin your day because if you did, it would ruin all of your days.***

But if it was difficult to know exactly where a tolerance for breaches of decorum became apologia for criminal harassment, it was even harder to identify, after Jordan Neely’s death, where the tacit agreement to tolerate becomes a duty to intervene. How do we know when to stand by, when to step in, when to look away, when to be afraid?

Here, one might have expected that many of the same voices who argued so vehemently against the notion of resilience in the midst of MeToo — the ones who believed that the solution to harassment lay not in teaching women to be assertive, but in teaching men not to abuse — would now demand zero tolerance for male aggression on public transit. If you argue that a woman can be traumatised by bawdy humour in the office or awkward come-ons in a bar, surely you would agree that she’s entitled to be fearful when trapped underground on a metal tube with an erratically-behaving stranger twice her size.*** The truth is, eyewitnesses did report that Neely was behaving in a threatening way, and other people on the train were calling 911 well before his confrontation with Penny, suggesting that whatever was happening, it was a cut above the ordinary subway madness that New Yorkers are usually so good at ignoring. But it is also true that the tragic conclusion of this incident seems, at least in part, like the result of a cultivated fragility — the kind that results when you encourage people to view every uncomfortable situation as a trauma in the making, every unpleasant interaction as a precursor to a far worse harm, every upset as an offence for which there must be consequences. That mindset, so ubiquitous in the wake of MeToo, so popular among progressives in general, says that no breach of decorum or moment of discomfort is too insignificant to ignore. It must be registered. It must be punished. It’s nothing more or less than a call for constant vigilance. The thing about that: when you demand vigilance, you get vigilantes.

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Weed study from Denmark.

Hjorthøj, C., Compton, W., Starzer, M., Nordholm, D., Einstein, E., Erlangsen, A., Nordentoft, M, Volkow, N.D., and Han, B. (2023). Association between cannabis use disorder and schizophrenia stronger in young males than in females. Psychological Medicine, 1-7. found

Young males might be particularly susceptible to the effects of cannabis on schizophrenia. At a population level, assuming causality, one-fifth of cases of schizophrenia among young males might be prevented by averting CUD. Results highlight the importance of early detection and treatment of CUD and policy decisions regarding cannabis use and access, particularly for 16–25-year-olds.*** https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/association-between-cannabis-use-disorder-and-schizophrenia-stronger-in-young-males-than-in-females/E1F8F0E09C6541CB8529A326C3641A68

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Doctors have access to really cool drugs

Denver cardiologist Stephen Matthews was arrested outside a Denver courtroom Monday morning and prosecutors say he is being charged in nine new criminal cases, bringing the total number of his alleged victims to 10.

The 35-year-old had previously been charged in just one case. Police handcuffed Matthews and took him directly to the Denver Jail.***

Matthews said he had "consensual sex" with a woman he met on the Hinge dating app. But the woman said after drinking with Matthews, she had no recollection of having sex with him and did not consent to engaging in sex. She said she is convinced she was drugged and pressed charges with Denver police. In follow-up reporting, CBS News Colorado found several other women recounting similar encounters with Matthews.

Monday morning, he was scheduled for a preliminary hearing in that initial case from January. But before any proceedings began, as Matthews was outside the courtroom talking to his family Denver police showed up, handcuffed Matthews and led him away to the Denver City Jail.***

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Philly capable of change?

*** And yesterday's election [in Philly] was a bit of a stunning upset as former City Councilwoman Cherelle Parker won. She will most likely become Philadelphia's first black female mayor.

In the era of identity politics, Parker's victory is unquestionably historic. It also, once again, debunks many of the left-wing claims about "white supremacy" and anti-black racism being systemic in the city. But perhaps even more shocking was the political platform of Parker's campaign. In a city plagued with violent crime, she ran as a candidate who would be tough on crime, hire more police officers to patrol the streets, and support stop and frisk.*** https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/philly-essentially-elected-its-first-black-female-mayor-last-night-and-she-supports-stop-and-frisk

I have no problem, and the Court has no problem, with stop & frisk when it's based on reasonable suspicion that the suspect is armed & dangerous & committing a crime.  I do have a problem when it's based on reasonable suspicion that the suspect is a minority.  

Indeed, the Terry majority noted

The wholesale harassment by certain elements of the police community, of which minority groups, particularly Negroes, frequently complain, will not be stopped by the exclusion of any evidence from any criminal trial.

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Conflict of interest? What's that?

Earlier this month, Shemia Fagan resigned as Oregon's secretary of state following the public release of her ties to an embattled cannabis company she was auditing.

Gov. Tina Kotek (D-OR) reportedly knew of Fagan's activities eight days before the controversy hit the press.

Kotek and Fagan met on April 19 for a meeting to “discuss the legislative session and other topics unrelated to cannabis,” Kotek’s spokesperson told the Oregonian.

During that conversation, Fagan “briefly mentioned” she had bowed out from the audit that was still in process “due to a consulting contract,” spokeswoman Elisabeth Shepard said in an email to the Oregonian. Kotek claimed she was unaware of the details until the story broke in the news.

On March 29, the Willamette Week broke the story of Fagan’s connection to La Mota, the second-largest cannabis dispensary chain in Oregon. The investigation disclosed the company gave over more than $200,000 to the state’s top Democrats, including $45,000 to Fagan.

In the following days, the publication received another tip about Fagan, setting the controversy into full swing. In late April, it was revealed that Fagan signed a contract with Veriede Holding LLC, whose principals are Rosa Cazares and Aaron Mitchell, the owners of La Mota.

Records reported by the Oregonian in May show that shortly after Fagan took office, the secretary of state supposedly shared the audit proposal with La Mota cannabis chain co-owner Cazares prior to its publication.*** https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/kotek-aware-fagan-cannabis-contract-before-audit-went-public

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Spur trust? Give me a break.

Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill Thursday that puts guardrails on how law enforcement use deceptive tactics when questioning kids, the culmination of a two-year legislative push and ending fears that the governor may veto the proposal.

The new law does not prohibit law enforcement from lying to kids during interrogations. But it does generally mean that any information — like confessions — gained that way can’t be used by prosecutors during subsequent trials. Supporters said the bill was a step toward building trust between the criminal justice system and the communities it impacts, while cutting down on the potential for false convictions of children.

The law also requires law enforcement to record juveniles interrogations. Rep. Jennifer Bacon, a Denver Democrat who co-sponsored the bill, said Thursday it represented an opportunity “to reset and build community-driven pathways to our collective safety.”*** https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/new-law-aims-to-spur-trust-between-colorado-police-and-kids/ar-AA1bp1qq

Maybe if politicians didn't vilify the police at every opportunity, the community might have more trust in police. [Not that police couldn't help themselves a little.]

What happen is, for example, Bob & Bill commit a crime. Bob is reluctant to talk until the police falsely tell him that Bill has spilled his guts, blaming Bob. Bob that spills his guts, incriminating both himself & Bill. Police then go to Bill and let him know that he can help himself out by confessing because Bob blamed him.

Too, video recording interrogations is not going to benefit the defendant in all cases. In many cases, juries will be able to see the police may have been blunt, but they didn't coerce any confession.

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Connecticut says you can't discriminate against rapists.

Connecticut has amended its antidiscrimination statute.  The bill analysis says

§§ 2-6 — SEXUAL ORIENTATION Under current antidiscrimination law, “sexual orientation” generally means having a preference for heterosexuality, homosexuality or bisexuality or having a history of or being identified with this preference. However, its definition expressly excludes any behavior that is a sex offense crime. 

The bill redefines “sexual orientation” to means a person’s identity in relation to the gender or genders to which they are romantically, emotionally, or sexually attracted, including any identity that a person may have previously expressed or is perceived by another person to hold. This new definition specifically applies to antidiscrimination laws subject to enforcement by CHRO, as well as laws prohibiting nondiscrimination in awarding agency, municipal public works and quasi-public agency project contracts.

By removing the exclusion of sex offenses, Connecticut made it illegal to discriminate against flashers, child molesters, and rapists.  The bill passed 132 - 17.  

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b/c catching criminals is hard and sometimes dangerous

A Shelby County, Tennessee man's surveillance camera alerted him to thieves in the driveway around 0200 on Sat.  He walked out the front door, and they started shooting at him.  He fired four or five times at them.  video

Police arrived after the shooting and arrested him for reckless endangerment because "the man told them that he couldn’t clearly see what he was targeting and admitted to firing shots with his eyes closed due to being scared and shooting at the suspects as they fled."

The video looks like his shots were aimed at the people shooting at him.  The video also shows the criminals shooting at him after he stopped shooting. https://www.foxnews.com/us/tennessee-man-charged-felony-reckless-endangerment-returning-fire-armed-auto-thieves

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If there's no effective law enforcement, why not?

Maryland police said the guardian of four teens arrested for auto theft last week arrived to pick them up in a stolen vehicle.

The Charles County Police Department said officers patrolling in Waldorf, Maryland, at about 1 p.m. on May 16 saw two Hyundai vehicles in front of a business. A computer check revealed they were reported stolen.

When the officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop, the drivers of the two vehicles sped off.***

From the two vehicles, police arrested 18-year-old Deshaun Deamonte Whitaker and 21-year-old Vincent Lee Alston, both of Washington, D.C., who were both charged with theft, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and rogue and vagabond.

Whitaker was released on $2,000 bond and Alston was held without bond in the Charles County Detention Center.

Four juveniles were also arrested and charged with theft and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.***

Police said a female guardian was set to pick up the four juveniles, but the guardian and two other females arrived in what appeared to be another stolen vehicle, which left after the three women were dropped off at the police station.

Officers located the vehicle on a nearby street, which reportedly had a broken back window and steering column damage. When the officer ordered everyone out of the vehicle, the driver fled, nearly hitting one of the officers.***

Anthony Matthew Stewart, 19, of Washington, D.C., was driving the vehicle and arrested after a brief chase on foot. He was charged with first- and second-degree assault, unauthorized use of a vehicle and providing a false name to police. Stewart also reportedly had active warrants for his arrest.

Also in the vehicle were three juveniles who were apprehended. One of the juveniles, a 16-year-old boy, had active arrest warrants, and a 13-year-old girl was reported missing from another county. All three juveniles were charged with theft and unauthorized use of a vehicle.*** https://www.foxnews.com/us/maryland-guardian-arrives-stolen-vehicle-take-custody-teens-arrested-auto-theft-police-say

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Rachel Rollins, U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, says she will resign.

A DoJ Inspector General report was highly critical of her.

This report describes an investigation by the Department of Justice (Department or DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) that began with allegations concerning the presence of U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Rachael Rollins at a Democratic Party fundraiser featuring First Lady Dr. Jill Biden on July 14, 2022. Available information indicated that Rollins arrived at a private home in Andover, Massachusetts, where the fundraiser was being held, driven in a government vehicle by a subordinate employee of the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s Office (MA USAO). After news stories reported Rollins’s presence at the fundraiser and questioned whether Rollins violated the Hatch Act, 5 U.S.C. §§ 7321–7326, a federal statute that limits the political activities of federal employees of the Executive Branch, Rollins posted a tweet suggesting that she had “approval” to be there.1

The OIG opened this investigation to determine whether Rollins complied with Department policies and procedures governing attendance or appearance at partisan political events. During the course of our investigation, the OIG received multiple additional allegations concerning Rollins, some relating to other alleged political activities and some relating to possible violations of the federal gift rules, the government’s travel regulations, misuse of position, noncompliance with recusal decisions, and noncompliance with other Department policies. The most concerning was an allegation that Rollins secretly disclosed sensitive, non-public DOJ information to the Boston Herald about a potential DOJ investigation she and her office were recused from and that she may have done so for political purposes in relation to an upcoming local election.*** https://oig.justice.gov/sites/default/files/reports/23-071.pdf

Ms Rollins is a leftist. Her appointed as a federal prosecutor was sharply contested.

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Religious freedom case

A group of Jewish parents petitioned a federal court Monday to block a California law that prohibits education funding for children with disabilities from going to religious private schools, even though secular private schools are eligible.

The group of parents, which sought to use Individuals with Disabilities Education Act funding at an Orthodox Jewish school, filed a lawsuit against the state in March, arguing that a state law excluding religious schools from the program was discriminatory. On Monday, the group, which is represented by attorneys from the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, petitioned a Los Angeles federal court to block the law while litigation continues.

“It’s already outrageous enough that California legislators are denying special education benefits to Jewish kids with disabilities,” Eric Rassbach, the vice president and senior counsel at the Becket Fund, said in a statement. “But even worse, they’re denying benefits specifically because these kids want to go to a Jewish school. We’re asking the court to put a stop to this discriminatory law and let these kids get the benefits and services they need.”

Rassbach said the California law was harming Jewish families, and urged the court to "block this discriminatory law, and ensure that access to essential benefits isn’t cut off from families and schools just because they are religious."*** https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/california-parents-disability-funding-jewish-school

The case is Loffman v. California Department of Education, 23-cv-1832 (C.D. Cal.). The judge is Josephine L. Staton. Defendants have not yet filed an answer.

Odd note: One of the plaintiffs is Fedora Nick. Never seen a name like that.

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Family of Christian Glass to receive $19 million in settlement over son’s 2021 police shooting death

The state of Colorado and three local law enforcement agencies agreed to a record $19 million settlement in the death of Christian Glass, a 22-year-old who was shot and killed by police in June in Silver Plume after he crashed his car and called 911 for help.

The settlement is the largest involving police misconduct in Colorado history, surpassing the $15 million paid in 2021 to the family of Elijah McClain, who died at the hands of Aurora police officers and paramedics during a violent 2019 arrest.

Along with the financial agreement, the state of Colorado and the Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office have agreed to non-financial concessions that include using Glass’s death in police training scenarios to teach the importance of de-escalation, the creation of a crisis response team in Clear Creek County and an agreement that Glass’s parents can participate in law enforcement training by speaking about the loss of their son, Noelle Phillips reports. https://www.denverpost.com/2023/05/23/christian-glass-shooting-lawsuit-settlement-police-misconduct

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Where is this a problem?

Illinois just enacted a law the prohibits using license plate readers for

the purpose of investigating or enforcing a law that:

(1) denies or interferes with a person's right to choose or obtain reproductive health care services or any lawful health care services as defined by the Lawful Health Care Activity Act; or

(2) permits the detention or investigation of a person based on the person's immigration status.

(c) Any law enforcement agency, including an out-of-state law enforcement agency, that uses ALPR systems shall require other out-of-state law enforcement agencies to acknowledge that any shared ALPR images or data generated in this State will not be used in a manner that violates subsection

(b) by executing a written declaration before obtaining that data. If a written declaration is not executed before sharing or transfer of the data, the law enforcement agency shall not share the ALPR images or data with the out-of-state law enforcement agency.

(d) ALPR information shall be held confidentially to the fullest extent permitted by law.

It is now Illinois Vehicle Code Section 2-130. https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1577114/

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It's not like shot someone like Alec Baldwin. Oh, uh, well....

IONIA, Mich. (AP) — A western Michigan man who pleaded no contest to shooting an 84-year-old woman campaigning against abortion rights at his home was sentenced to community service Tuesday.

Richard Harvey, 75, was ordered to complete 100 hours of community service. Judge Suzanne Hoseth Kreeger also gave him a suspended jail sentence of two months and a delayed sentence of one year on probation.

Harvey pleaded no contest last month to felonious assault, careless discharge of a firearm causing injury and reckless discharge of a firearm.

Kreeger also must pay $347.19 in restitution and cannot have any contact with the woman he shot, 84-year-old Joan Jacobson.*** https://www.9and10news.com/2023/05/24/michigan-man-gets-community-service-for-shooting-anti-abortion-campaigner/

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Philly paid him $1.3M per murder

Shaurn Thomas was a millionaire, but prosecutors say he killed a man over a $1,200 drug debt.

Thomas was paid more than $4 million three years ago after spending 24 years behind bars for a murder conviction that was later overturned.***

“He said it’s his third homicide and he said he can’t go back to jail,” she said.*** https://www.pennlive.com/crime/2023/05/philly-man-got-4m-after-his-murder-case-was-overturned-hes-now-accused-of-murder-over-1200.html

I love these cases in which a manifestly guilty defendant is removed from prison on an alleged procedural error. The media and The Innocence Project act like the murderer was somehow exonerated. No, these convictions are overturned on procedures that were fair and transparent and unrelated to factual guilt. Sometimes you have co-defendants who have reconsidered for a decade the wisdom of their confessing and decided to recant.

First, he argues that a Philadelphia Police Department Criminalistics Laboratory report dated December 16, 1994 was not discovered until after trial. * During Appellant's trial, the Commonwealth offered for identification a series of 14 photographs of a blue Chevrolet Caprice. N.T., 12/12/94, at 41–76. Counsel for the defense objected at which time the prosecutor stated that John and William Stallworth would testify that the photographs depicted the car used by Appellant during the robbery. Id. at 42. Later during trial, however, both Stallworths testified that a different car was used in the robbery. The prosecutor never asked John or William Stallworth to identify the blue Caprice depicted in the photographs and the trial court prevented these exhibits from going to the jury. N.T., 12/15/94, at 116–117. It is alleged that counsel for Appellant's co-defendant, Shaurn, discovered the Criminalistics Report in 2011. The report was apparently authored during the trial and it demonstrated that the Caprice was not used in the robbery and murder. Appellant asserts that this report is exculpatory and was wrongly withheld from the defense*

The second newly discovered fact upon which Appellant relies is the alleged recantation by William Stallworth. Specifically, in his PCRA petition, Appellant relies upon a declaration of Shaina A. Tyler, an investigator employed by the Pennsylvania Innocence Project. In this declaration, Ms. Tyler states that she visited William Stallworth on September 29, 2011 at which time “William Stallworth told [Ms. Tyler] that his testimony at the trial of Shaurn and Mustafa Thomas was a lie, and that he made up the entire story.” Declaration of Shaina A. Tyler, 22/23/11, at 1–2. On April 11, 2017, while this case was on appeal before this Court, William Stallworth apparently was interviewed again by a member of the Philadelphia District Attorney's CRU.4 During this second interview, William stated “[h]e was not present on 11/13/1990 for the robbery and murder of Domingo Martinez” and “[h]e does not believe, but has no first[-]hand knowledge, that Shaurn Thomas was there either.” Commonwealth v. Thomas, No. 2436 EDA 2014, 2017 WL 3159329, at *4, *5 (Pa. Super. Ct. July 25, 2017).

The nice thing is when Shaurn murders people it's probably no relative or friend of anyone at Innocence Project or the DA's office.

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The problem of non-police contacting violent people

For as long as emergency medicine has existed, being physically assaulted has been part of the job. Talking about feelings that come after an assault, though? Not so much.

That’s something that paramedics and others working in emergency medicine are trying to change, said Crystal Eastman, a paramedic instructor and “peer responder” at Denver Health. The sheer amount of violence discourages paramedics from reporting each time they’re assaulted, and the culture pushes them to act like it doesn’t affect them, she said.

Lt. Will Hargreaves, who oversees a team of about 15 paramedics at Denver Health and goes out on some calls, said on most days, an ambulance crew will have to restrain or sedate someone who’s being combative. Often, it’s because the person they need to treat doesn’t want them there or is worried about getting in trouble for their drug use, he said. Other times, people are confused because of their medical condition, especially if they were just revived from an overdose, Meg Wingerter reports. https://www.denverpost.com/2023/05/29/paramedics-colorado-denver-health-violence-mental-health

Who signs up to be punched or stabbed by a junkie?

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Trying a local solution

Vehicle thefts in Westminster alone have exploded from 859 in 2020 to 1,259 last year.

But the misery around auto-related crimes goes further than just theft and this city of 115,000 is determined to do something. Last week, Westminster passed on first reading four ordinances that would address street racing, joy-riding, car parts theft and quicker restitution for victims.

In the big picture, the measures would bring the prosecution for several auto-related crimes in-house — to municipal court — sparing victims a trip to Brighton in Adams County or Golden in Jefferson County, depending on what side of the county line the offense occurred, John Aguilar reports. https://www.denverpost.com/2023/05/29/westminster-auto-theft-catalytic-street-racing-joyride

Colorado's municipal courts can impose no more than 364 days of incarceration. C.R.S. § 13-10-113 (2023). If someone stole your car or its cats, you'd probably be happier if he served 90 days in jail than none at all due to a lazy or woke DA.

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Breaks my freakin' heart

The suspect in the 2005 disappearance of American Natalee Holloway in Aruba, Joran van der Sloot, has been "severely beaten" in a prison in Peru, his lawyer Maximo Altez told CBS News.

"It was a fight between prisoners. I don't know who assaulted Joran," Altez said, without providing any further detail on his client's condition.***

Van der Sloot is currently serving a 28-year prison sentence in Peru for the 2010 murder of 21-year-old Stephany Flores in Lima. He's awaiting temporary extradition to the United States to face American charges of extortion and wire fraud related to promises he allegedly made to Holloway's family about leading authorities to her body.***

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Keep your violence off my, uh

BALTIMORE -- Anti-abortion rights demonstrators were attacked Friday, one brutally, after an ideological argument outside a Planned Parenthood in Baltimore, police said.

The attack involved the suspect tackling an 80-year-old man and pummeling a 73-year-old man before kicking him "with extreme force" in the face, police said.

Officers responded around 10:30 a.m. to the healthcare center on North Howard Street for the alleged assault, where witnesses said two men were attacked.

The responding officer found the more severely injured victim, a 73-year-old man, at a local business. According to police, the man had "a large lump forming on his right eyebrow and blood and swelling around the right eye and right side of his face."

The victim told police he was demonstrating outside Planned Parenthood when an unidentified man attacked a fellow demonstrator, identified as an 80-year-old man.

The victim said he immediately tried to help but was hit by the suspect and fell to the ground, where he was struck in the face. He allegedly told police he didn't remember anything after that. *** https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/anti-abortion-rights-demonstrators-assaulted-outside-baltimore-planned-parenthood-police-say/ - why won't tumblr save posts with working links????? Try pasting into your browser.

Schafer reportedly has been recovering at home while Crosby is currently receiving treatment for his injuries in the shock trauma facility at the University of Maryland. According to a police report, doctors diagnosed Crosby with a large hematoma, hyphemia, and head and neck pain.

Crosby’s “plate bone in his upper right cheek is completely fractured” and “is bleeding from some unidentified area behind his eye, and the bone eye orbit is completely shattered and will have to be replaced with metal,” Roswell said.

The attack left Crosby’s right eye swollen shut with blood dripping from his eye socket, forehead, and nose.*** https://www.dailywire.com/news/pro-choice-activist-brutally-attacks-two-elderly-pro-life-advocates-outside-baltimore-planned-parenthood-report - why won't tumblr save posts with working links????? Try pasting into your browser.

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When she's sentenced to straight probation, tell me again about the sexism of the legal system

A female employee in a Pennsylvania school allegedly groped a teenage student during an in-school suspension, which continued throughout the day and with "sexual activity" in her car that evening, police said. 

Megan Carlisle, 37, also allegedly sent explicit pictures and videos of herself to the 15-year-old student and his 16-year-old friend, Northwest Regional Police said in a press release. 

Her alleged sexual escapades with an underage student happened while she was employed as a paraprofessional and in-school-suspension monitor in the Elizabethtown Area School District in Lancaster County, which has since fired her.

After Carlisle allegedly "engaged in sexual activity" with the victim in her car on April 28, she sent him $20 via Cash App for food, the student reportedly told police, according to FOX 43. He also reportedly asked her for vape pods, which she allegedly bought for him the next day.*** https://www.foxnews.com/us/female-middle-school-monitor-sex-teen-who-hit-her-up-vapes-cash-police why does tumblr hate links?

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[hardynwa]

I’ll not abandon 2024 presidency bid if sentenced, says Trump

Former US president Donald Trump said Friday he would not end his run for the White House if convicted and sentenced in any of the criminal investigations threatening to derail his tumultuous comeback bid. The Republican frontrunner was discussing the multiple indictments he faces as he pushes for a second term, a day after prosecutors broadened the charges against him over his handling of classified government documents. Asked by radio host John Fredericks if being sentenced would stop his campaign, Trump quickly responded: “Not at all. There’s nothing in the constitution to say that it could. “And even the radical left crazies are saying not at all, that wouldn’t stop (me) – and it wouldn’t stop me, either,” the 77-year-old added. “These people are sick. What they are doing is absolutely horrible.” The twice-impeached former president was first indicted in the classified documents case last month, accused of endangering national security by holding onto top secret nuclear and defense information after leaving the White House. The Justice Department added charges Thursday to its more than three dozen counts against Trump, who was found by a judge in a civil trial in May to have raped a writer in Manhattan in the 1990s. – Mounting prosecutions – Trump is also facing dozens of felony charges in a case involving hush money payments to a porn star in New York and is bracing for indictment in separate state and federal investigations into his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. In a major development Thursday in the documents probe, Special Counsel Jack Smith alleged that Trump, who is scheduled to go on trial at the height of the campaign in March and May next year, asked a worker at his beachfront estate in Florida to delete surveillance footage to obstruct investigators. Trump, who denies all wrongdoing, was also charged with illegally retaining national defense information over a document he is accused of showing to journalists at his New Jersey golf club. Trump’s defiant radio interview came as he and rival Ron DeSantis prepared to appear on the same platform for the first in the campaign alongside almost the entire Republican presidential field at the Iowa party’s annual Lincoln Dinner. Related NewsThe 44-year-old has seen Trump’s lead widen from 13 points in February to 34 points now, as he has failed to connect with voters and has been beset by a series of largely self-inflicted controversies. – Nazi imagery – The DeSantis campaign was forced this week to fire a staffer who promoted a video featuring Nazi imagery, and the candidate sparked outrage by suggesting he’d pick anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead his public health policy. Aides also announced they were firing a third of the campaign’s staff as they acknowledged wild overspending, and the Florida governor earned further opprobrium as he defended his state’s heavily criticized new curriculum teaching the benefits of slavery. With Iowa and then New Hampshire voters due to pick their favored Republican nominee in six months, most of the candidates have been camped out in the states, attending campaign events daily. Other speakers at the Lincoln Dinner include Trump’s vice president Mike Pence, who is running a lowly fourth in the primary behind businessman Vivek Ramaswamy. Former UN ambassador Nikki Haley and South Carolina senator Tim Scott will also take the stage. DeSantis, who has been restrained in his responses as he has been attacked relentlessly by Trump, told SiriusXM’s “The Megyn Kelly Show” in a segment due to air Friday that he was against the former president’s prosecution. “I’m going to do what’s right for the country. I don’t think it would be good for the country to have an almost 80-year-old former president go to prison… I think the country wants a fresh start,” he said. Read the full article

[npzlawyersforimmigration]

A Crucial Stand: Lawsuit Opposes Florida's Anti-Immigration Transportation Law

The state of Florida has recently come under fire for the enactment of a law that makes it a felony to transport certain immigrants into the state. This law, passed at the behest of Governor Ron DeSantis, has been targeted by a freshly filed lawsuit challenging its constitutionality. The lawsuit argues that Section 10 of Florida Senate Bill 1718 significantly disrupts the everyday life of immigrants, their families, and communities while infringing upon U.S. Constitutional rights.

Two main points of contention underscore the lawsuit.

Firstly, the law is argued to be unconstitutional due to the overstepping of the Florida legislature. By enacting and enforcing their own immigration law, Florida stands accused of usurping the federal government's role.

Secondly, the lawsuit claims the law is detrimentally vague. The ambiguity surrounding terms like "inspected" by immigration authorities leaves room for arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement, failing to offer clear guidelines on who may or may not be transported.

The lawsuit has been initiated by a coalition of organizations and spearheaded on behalf of the Farmworkers Association of Florida (FWAF) and a diverse group of affected individuals. A range of individuals from a U.S. citizen grandmother to a Catholic deacon have voiced their fears over potential arrests, detention, and felony charges under this new law.

FWAF, caught in the crossfire of this legislative change, has been bombarded by worried members uncertain about their daily commute to work. The organization is also facing the potential loss of members who may feel compelled to leave the state in search of more secure employment and a stable life.

In defense of the law, DeSantis' office labeled the plaintiffs as "human smugglers," a response reflective of the deep-seated hostility and bias embedded within this law.

The ramifications of this legislation extend beyond the realm of legal complexities and human rights. The Florida economy is expected to feel the repercussions as it stands to lose valuable workers and potential tourism revenue.

The process of litigation can be a slow and grueling one. To prevent the law from being enforced during the course of the lawsuit, the plaintiffs will need to file a motion for a preliminary injunction, showing that they are likely to win the case and demonstrating the irreparable harm they would face if the court doesn't intervene immediately. The power now rests with the court to make this crucial decision.

Resorting to lawsuits is rarely the first choice, yet, when confronted by a state led by a governor hell-bent on implementing anti-immigrant policies, litigation sometimes becomes the only viable recourse. The responsibility now falls on the courts to uphold the Constitution and safeguard the rights of all who venture into the Sunshine State. The unfolding of this lawsuit serves as a poignant reminder of the ongoing struggle for equality, fairness, and justice for immigrants across the United States.

If you or your family members have any questions about how immigration and nationality laws in the United States may affect you, or if you want to access additional information about immigration and nationality laws in the United States or Canada, please don't hesitate to contact the immigration and nationality lawyers at NPZ Law Group. You can reach us by emailing info@visaserve.com or by calling us at 201-670-0006 extension 104. We also invite you to visit our website at www.visaserve.com for more information.

[garudabluffs]

Trump indicted in federal classified documents probe

Special counsel Jack Smith has spent months investigating Trump’s retention of sensitive national security information at his Mar-a-Lago estate.

"Former President Trump said his attorneys were informed by the Justice Department on Thursday that a grand jury indictment had been obtained."

"Trump immediately began fundraising off the news, issuing an email appeal to donors under the heading “BREAKING: INDICTED,” even as he railed against the charges and rebuked the Justice Department.

“I never thought it possible that such a thing could happen to a former President of the United States,” Trump said in a statement. “I am an innocent man.”

"Even before he received news of the indictment on Thursday, Trump sought to mobilize his allies and prepared attacks on the Justice Department.

He spoke earlier in the day with, among other people, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) about GOP investigations and oversight, according to a person familiar with the calls who was not authorized to speak about them publicly. After the indictment came down, Trump made more calls to allies both on and off the Hill to discuss the developments. His political team was with him at his golf club in New Jersey."

“The first indication of stupidity; is the complete lack of shame.” - Freud,Sigmund

06/08/2023 READ MORE https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/08/trump-says-hes-been-indicted-in-classified-documents-probe-00101165

"The former president now faces legal peril in two separate jurisdictions and justice systems — following the indictment on 34 counts of falsifying business records in March by a grand jury in Manhattan working closely with District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

Trump has pleaded not guilty in that felony bookkeeping case centered on hush money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in the waning weeks of the 2016 race for the White House.

Trump has denied having had an affair with Daniels, whose legal name is Stephanie Clifford, although he has admitted reimbursing Cohen for money paid to her.

A prosecutor in Fulton County, Ga., is leading a third investigation into Trump's alleged efforts to pressure state election officials there."

The indictment against former President Trump is seven counts and includes willful retention of info related to national defense, at least one false statements charge, and at least one charge related to obstruction, according to a source with knowledge of the charges.

READ MORE https://www.npr.org/live-updates/trump-indictment-grand-jury-docs

[brunoandferraro]

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[zooterchet]

“The Last Testament of Lucky Luciano” (The Commission, DC Comics)

The Commission, was formed by advocates for the homeless, during World War 1, between Ernest Charlebois’s tours as Canadian and American infantry, through the Atlantic City affair.

Cornelius Vanderbilt was identified by the nascent Canadian defense industry out of the Bombardiers of Canada, the Bruces of Scotland, and the Smiths of Japan, as a clear and present danger (the origin of the term, Kurdi logic given smuggling of new wares to England on the Jordan German route, as highwaymen).  Vanderbilt, while being homeless formerly in family, and self, himself, had developed a small, underground movement, venture capital, based on delivery routes of food and orders, to cops, from small bistros, shops, and meat packing plants (especially to politician’s homes and pizza bagel bistros, a sump pump for the union affiliated industry of Philadelphia and state police priory offices, the Episcopalian “reich” at the time, the Fourth through Third they called it, the predecessor to Batman’s oldest foe - Adolf Hitler).

Ernest Charlebois, forming Attleboro Carpet from money provided through the COBRA insurance plan for cops and teachers that had passed college admissions through the now defunct Carnegie system (labor overhaul for a “Coolidge”, a down share of investment for a “laydown”, a front payment on a business failing), placed it upon himself, to start a New Jersey branch of his business, making contact with Enoch Johnson, not yet sheriff of the future Atlantic City; a gambling mecca to come, meant to catch Vanderbilt, long deceased, in a python trap - a media journalist with the Vanderbilt message, would be provided a bidding odds with a vig to the own investor, plus an electoral theory, meant to be ignored to be utilized, hence office would be guaranteed if ignored, however with a mass investment, utilized; the hotel business, some day, Trump Towers.  The real pawn to catch, Sulla, the Despot.

Each concept, in the print book for the business, “The Last Testament of Lucky Luciano”, is a code, for a cop union applied to “comics”, the trades of any type, a mutual communal fund, our of illicit, wares, and even legal businesses, but never corporate, a “Nucky”, a Jewish cop is offended (someone is given a drug investment, with a money laundered scheme, in two sets of hands, hence the individual given the scheme, will default the entire drug market, coming to own it, before it shuts down, with foreign intelligence expelled at harshest quarter, through the Narcotics Bureau; a journalist will be framed, upon provided tip from a police unit, on a ‘gangster’, with a ‘crime syndicate’; actually an intelligence mercantile attempting a military, civilian, paramilitary, or criminal financial deal.

The comics themselves, are a talent draw, outside of normal writer’s drafts, with each “company”, even independent labels (future models, the “escapes”), having a criminal sociology study unit, for the introduction of a new character, suited per franchise to company (preference on character ‘line’, a mobile axis), a ‘franchise’ (the function of the character placed, the ‘swing’), and a ‘zigline’ (the relationship to veteran characters, handlers), plus a prohibition on ‘calumny’ (one of you has printed, your own firm’s origin pool, you are inside a character from “Last Testament of Lucky Luciano”, outed for a felony offense, anywhere on the planet).

The institution, the Commission, still exists today, rumored to be Jewish or Italian, merely beneficiaries, often named “French”, or using “Irish”, the former a leader, the latter a “merc”, a penmanship specialist; it’s actually a Kurdi business, related to insurance through Jews, on mineral and natural and fuel resources, to fund munitions, but only those produced within Canada, deployed only to America, all other contracts illegal (a ‘peace process’, somewhere in the world, to ‘scam’, a KGB press unit, always and every time the assumed foe, to be labeled KGB if not, giving the Stasi, Spetznatz, Moscow Police, or Federalist Variables, responsibility over investigation, a ‘day trade’, to the former Warsaw Pact, a ‘courtesy’, from England).

[njcriminaldefenselawyers-blog]

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If уоu'vе bееn accused оf a criminal offense, odds аrе уоu will require thе expert services оf аn attorney tо assist уоu navigate thе legal system ѕо уоu саn safeguard уоur rights thrоughоut thе legal practice. Whеn уоu'vе bееn accused оf a criminal offense, уоu саn find legal presentation frоm a dependable criminal defense lawyer. In thе sorts оf criminal defense used, thеrе'ѕ thе sort оf defense referred tо аѕ a coercion аnd duress defense. Defense аnd offense аrе thе 2 facets thаt оught tо bе handled equally wеll bу аn attorney. Whаtеvеr defense iѕ used, it hаѕ tо bе conducted bу аn experienced defense lawyer. Speaking with аn attorney саn hеlр уоu decide whеthеr testifying iѕ thе proper action tо hеlр уоur defense.

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[todaysdocument]

The Constitution was signed on 9/17/1787 and today is Constitution Day! Check out the whole thing in our online catalog.

Transcription:

We the People of the United States in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. Article. I. Section.1. All Legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. Section.2. The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature. No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen. Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons. The actual Enumeration shall be be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New-York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three. When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies. The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment. Section.3. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote. Immediately after they shall be assembled in Consequence of the first Election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three Classes. The Seats of the Senators of the first Class shall be vacated at the Expiration of the second Year, of the second Class at the Expiration of the fourth Year, and of the third Class at the Expiration of the sixth Year, so that one third may be chosen every second Year; and if Vacancies happen by Resignation, or otherwise, during the Recess of the Legislature of any State, the Executive thereof may make temporary Appointments until the next Meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill such Vacancies. No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen. The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided. The Senate shall chuse their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the Absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the Office of President of the United States. The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present. Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law. Section.4. The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every Year, and such Meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by Law appoint a different Day. Section.5. Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members, and a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business; but a smaller Number may adjourn from day to day, and maybe authorized to compel the Attendance of absent Members, in such Manner, and under such Penalties as each House may provide. Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member. Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one-fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal. Neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other Place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting. Section.6. The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States. They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place. No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office. Section.7. All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives, but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills. Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it becomes a Law, be presented to the President of the

[myraelvira]

Tripp Eisen: The Static-X Sex Offender

Tripp Eisen, born Tod Rex Salvador, was born June 29th, 1965. He has played in various bands such as Murderdolls, Dope, and most notably, Static-X.

Eisen’s first band Dope was formed in 1997, with the band being signed to Sony in 1998. The band toured after the release of their 1999 album ‘Felons and Revolutionaries’, where he eventually met Wayne Static and Joey Jordison. Eisen and Jordison bonded over their ‘mutual love’ of bands like The Ramones and Manowar.

During this same time period, Static-X reached popularity with their first album ‘Wisconsin Death Trip’, and toured heavily promoting it. After the tour was over, original guitarist Koichi Fukuda left the band, to be replaced with Eisen.

On February 10th, 2005, Eisen was arrested for “one felony count of crimes against children”.  It was reported that he was found sleeping in a parked car with an underage female that he had just had intercourse with. He was later taken into custody with $100,000 bail of which he made several hours later. He was 39 at the time.

On February 24th of that same year, he was arrested again on charges of kidnapping, aggravated sexual assault, luring to entice a minor through the Internet and endangering the welfare of a child. He allegedly had sex with a 14-year-old girl from Sayreville, New Jersey that he met through "Find-a-Freek," an online community on Fetischmusic .com. His username was ‘groveryodadata’.

Eisen’s online profile lied about his age and identity, where he stated that he was 31 years old (he was 39), and was a fan of Static-X that looked like himself. He also touted to being Republican with a PhD with an interest in meeting people of all educational levels, including "elementary" school.

Eisen exchanged emails with the young girl, eventually agreeing to meet her at a mall on January 7 of that year. When he met the girl, he drove around with her being having “consensual” sex. Later, the girl’s mother reported the incident to the authorities.

Once the rest of Static-X found out about Eisen’s crimes, they kicked him out and replaced with original guitarist Fukuda.

In June of 2005, Eisen plead guilty through plea bargain to his crime in California (the first offense that happened in that year), and was sentenced to a year in prison. His defense counsel claimed that the plaintiff’s “credibility was shaky. She told people she was anywhere from 14 to 19. She told a cop one age, a detective another, Eisen another. She met him at an 18-and-older club, so she either had a fake ID or lied to the bouncers. We weakened the prosecution's case, but really, Eisen had a reasonable, good-faith belief that she was an adult “. He spent February through September of 2005 in prison.

Later that year, he had to go to New Jersey for his arraignment on the second charges. Somewhere in between this time, he was incarcerated in New Jersey.

Later, on April 17, 2007, Eisen was released from the Mid-State Correctional Facility, but was back in jail December 10th, 2008 for a parole violation, and later released on October 19th, 2009.

In an interview with Totally Driven Radio, Eisen stated about his crimes: “Horrible judgment. What happened to me was really bad judgment, terrible mistakes that I made, and I paid a price for ’em.”

[SOURCES]

wikipedia

http://www.mtv.com/news/1497553/static-x-guitarist-charged-in-two-separate-sexual-assaults/

  https://web.archive.org/web/20111010100610/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=113164

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e_mIAx39rI

[leviathangourmet]

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Trump recently signed 3 bills to benefit Native people. One gives compensation to the Spokane tribe for loss of their lands in the mid-1900s, one funds Native language programs, and the third gives federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians in Montana.

True, but tribal leaders credit bipartisan efforts in Congress for those bills. In 2019, Mr. Trump signed the Spokane Reservation Equitable Compensation Act for the loss of land that was flooded by the Grand Coulee Dam. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke visited the reservation and pledged to support the bill. But Carol Evans, chairwoman of the Spokane Tribal Business Council, said most of the credit for the law goes to two members of Congress from Washington, Senator Maria Cantwell, a Democrat, and Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers, a Republican. Mr. Trump also signed the Esther Martinez Native American Languages Programs Reauthorization Act, which revises an existing grant program. That bill was introduced by Senator Tom Udall, Democrat of New Mexico. Lastly, Mr. Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2019, which included a provision that gave long-overdue federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe. Tribal Chairman Gerald Gray credits the bipartisan efforts of Senators Jon Tester, a Democrat, and Steve Daines, a Republican, both of Montana, for tucking the tribal recognition provision into the military spending bill.

Trump signed a law to make cruelty to animals a federal felony so that animal abusers face tougher consequences. 

True. A bipartisan group in Congress also deserves credit for the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act.

Trump signed a bill making CBD and Hemp legal. 

True. Congress also deserves credit for the inclusion of this measure in the 2018 Farm Bill, which Mr. Trump signed.

Trump’s EPA gave $100 million to fix the water infrastructure problem in Flint, Michigan.

Both President Barack Obama and Mr. Trump deserve credit for this allocation, which was set in motion before Mr. Obama left office.

Trump signed a law ending the gag orders on Pharmacists that prevented them from sharing money-saving information.

True. Mr. Trump tweeted in support of this law and deserves credit for using the bully pulpit of the presidency to demand transparency in drug prices. But Congress deserves most of the credit for the unanimous 2018 passage of this transparency law, which prohibits gag orders that prevent pharmacists from sharing prescription drug prices with customers.

Trump signed the “Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act” (FOSTA), which includes the “Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act” (SESTA) which both give law enforcement and victims new tools to fight sex trafficking.

True. The bill was crafted and pushed through Congress by Representative Ann Wagner, a conservative Republican from Missouri, who thanked Ivanka Trump for advocating its passage.

Trump signed a bill to require airports to provide spaces for breastfeeding Moms.

True. Congress also deserves credit for the Friendly Airports for Mothers Act of 2017, which was championed by Senator Tammy Duckworth, Democrat of Illinois, and former Representative Stephen Knight, Republican of California.

Trump signed the Save our Seas Act which funds $10 million per year to clean tons of plastic & garbage from the ocean. 

True. The credit for the passage of this legislation goes to a bipartisan group in Congress, namely Senator Dan Sullivan, a Republican from Alaska, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat from Rhode Island, and Senator Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey.

Issued an executive order requiring the Secretaries of Defense, Homeland Security, and Veterans Affairs to submit a joint plan to provide veterans access to access to mental health treatment as they transition to civilian life.

True.

Trump signed into law up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave for millions of federal workers.

True. Tucked into the National Defense Authorization Act was a provision that gave all federal workers 12 weeks of paid parental leave for the first time in history.

President Trump signed the Preventing Maternal Deaths Act that provides funding for states to develop maternal mortality reviews to better understand maternal complications and identify solutions & largely focuses on reducing the higher mortality rates for Black Americans.

True. Congress passed this act with broad bipartisan support, including 190 co-sponsors in the House.

In 2018, President Trump signed the groundbreaking First Step Act, a criminal justice bill that enacted reforms that make our justice system fairer and help former inmates successfully return to society.

True. The Trump administration championed these reforms. Credit also goes to criminal justice reform advocates from across the political spectrum who pushed these changes for years.

The First Step Act’s reforms addressed inequities in sentencing laws that disproportionately harmed Black Americans and reformed mandatory minimums that created unfair outcomes. 

True.

Over 90% of those benefiting from the retroactive sentencing reductions in the First Step Act are Black Americans.

True.

Trump signed legislation forgiving Hurricane Katrina debt that threatened HBCUs.

True.

Trump received the Bipartisan Justice Award at a historically black college for his criminal justice reform accomplishments.

True. Students protested.

Trump’s U.S.D.A. committed $124 Million to rebuild rural water infrastructure. 

This is true, though in 2016 Mr. Trump pledged to spend more than $800 billion on infrastructure.

Trump appointed 5 openly gay ambassadors. 

True.

Trump ordered Ric Grenell, his openly gay ambassador to Germany, to lead a global initiative to decriminalize homosexuality across the globe.

Richard Grenell is leading an effort to decriminalize homosexuality around the globe. Mr. Grenell has said that Mr. Trump supports this effort, though its existence appeared to take Mr. Trump by surprise.

Signed the first Perkins C.T.E. reauthorization since 2006, authorizing more than $1 billion for states each year to fund vocational and career education programs.

True.

Executive order expanding apprenticeship opportunities for students and workers.

True. Attempts to expand and modernize apprenticeships, a goal shared by Democrats, are widely seen as a bipartisan bright spot in the Trump administration.

Signed an executive order that allows the government to withhold money from college campuses deemed to be anti-Semitic and who fail to combat anti-Semitism.

True, though the American Civil Liberties Union expressed concern that the order could be used to punish constitutionally protected criticism of Israel or the Israeli government.

Trump’s DOJ and the Board Of Prisons launched a new “Ready to Work Initiative” to help connect employers directly with former prisoners. 

This is true, though it is unclear how many people have been able to participate in it.

Trump directed the Education Secretary to end Common Core. 

Mr. Trump promised in 2016 to end Common Core, but according to PolitiFact, 37 states still use some version of it.

Companies have brought back over a TRILLION dollars from overseas because of the TCJA bill that Trump signed.

True. TCJA refers to the president’s 2017 overhaul of federal tax law.

The Pledge to America’s Workers has resulted in employers committing to train more than 4 million Americans.

In 2018, President Trump launched the Pledge to America’s Workers, aimed at boosting the private sector’s role in training American workers. Companies signed on, to much fanfare. But there is evidence that resources for training are actually going down.

Under Trump, the FDA approved more affordable generic drugs than ever before in history.

True. Scott Gottlieb, the former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, was praised for his efforts to streamline the process of drug approval before he left the administration.

Reformed Medicare program to stop hospitals from overcharging low-income seniors on their drugs — saving seniors 100’s of millions of $$$ this year alone. 

It’s true that the Trump administration changed the rules for how Medicare pays for prescription drugs through the 340B program, lowering the rate that hospitals are reimbursed for drugs, which in some cases lowers co-payments for seniors, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. It is not clear how much seniors have saved through this change.

Secured $6 billion in new funding to fight the opioid epidemic. 

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, $9 billion in new grant funding was awarded to states and local communities to help increase access to treatment and prevention services during the first three years of the Trump administration.

NATO allies increased their defense spending because of his pressure campaign.

True. Although NATO countries were already modestly increasing their military spending before Mr. Trump took office, there is evidence that his public complaints led to a deal that allowed the United States to decrease its own spending, while some other countries increased their share each year that he has been in office.

Moved U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. 

True.

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed into law by Trump doubled the maximum amount of the child tax credit available to parents and lifted the income limits so more people could claim it.

True. According to the Tax Foundation, the Tax Cut and Jobs Act doubled the maximum child tax credit from $1,000 to $2,000, while the phaseout threshold was increased from $75,000 to $200,000 for single filers and $110,000 to $400,000 for married couples filing jointly.

It also created a new tax credit for other dependents.

True. There is now a nonrefundable $500 credit for certain dependents who do not meet the child tax credit eligibility guidelines.

In 2018, President Trump signed into law a $2.4 billion funding increase for the Child Care and Development Fund, providing a total of $8.1 billion to states to fund child care for low-income families.

It is true that Mr. Trump signed this bill. Congress should also get the credit for passing it.

In 2019 President Donald Trump signed the Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education and Support Act (CARES) into law, which allocates $1.8 billion in funding over the next five years to help people with autism spectrum disorder and to help their families. 

It is true that Mr. Trump signed this bill into law. Congress deserves the credit for passing this legislation, which received such broad support that 173 House members and 41 senators were co-sponsors.

In 2019 President Trump signed into law two funding packages providing nearly $19 million in new funding for Lupus specific research and education programs, as well an additional $41.7 billion in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the most Lupus funding EVER.

True. The measure was championed by the bipartisan Congressional Lupus Caucus.

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