#laquan mcdonald

[cyarsk5230]

1. Sonya Massey - "I rebuke you in the name of Jesus." 2. George Floyd - "I can't breathe." 3. Eric Garner - "I can't breathe." 4. Michael Brown - "I don't have a gun. Stop shooting." 5. Philando Castile - "I wasn't reaching for it." 6. Breonna Taylor - "Why did you shoot me?" 7. Freddie Gray - "I need a doctor." 8. Tamir Rice - "It's not real." 9. Oscar Grant - "You shot me! I got a four-year-old daughter!" 10. Laquan McDonald - No audible last words; shot while walking away. 11. Elijah McClain - "I can't breathe. I can't breathe. I can't breathe. I'm just different. I'm just different, that's all. I'm so sorry. I have no gun. I don't do that stuff. I don't do any fighting. Why are you attacking me?" 12. Alton Sterling - "What did I do?" 13. Walter Scott - "I’m just going home." 14. Botham Jean - "Why did you shoot me?" 15. Stephon Clark - "Grandma, call the police." 16. Atatiana Jefferson - "I’m here." 17. Sandra Bland - "Why am I being apprehended?" 18. Tony McDade - "I'm not armed." 19. Daniel Prude - "Give me your gun, I need it." 20. John Crawford III - "It's not real." 21. Manuel Ellis - "I can't breathe, sir." 22. Amadou Diallo - "Mom, I'm going to college." 23. Aiyana Stanley-Jones - No audible last words; shot while sleeping. 24. Terrence Crutcher - "I'm not doing anything." 25. Sean Bell - No audible last words; shot multiple times. 26. Jonathan Ferrell - No audible last words; shot while seeking help after a car crash. 27. Ezell Ford - "It's me, it’s me." 28. John Crawford III - "It's not real." 29. Renisha McBride - No audible last words; shot while seeking help after a car accident. 30. Kenneth Chamberlain Sr. - "Why are you doing this to me?" 31. Tamir Rice - "It's not real." 32. Eric Harris - "I'm losing my breath." 33. Jamar Clark - "Please don’t let me die." 34. Rayshard Brooks - "I don't want to hurt you." 35. Alfred Olango - "Please don’t shoot." 36. Shantel Davis - "What did I do?" 37. Kendra James - "Please don’t kill me." 38. Akai Gurley - No audible last words; shot in a dark stairwell. 39. Miriam Carey - No audible last words; shot in her car. 40. Timothy Russell - No audible last words; shot during a car chase. 41. Malissa Williams - No audible last words; shot during a car chase. 42. Jordan Edwards - No audible last words; shot while leaving a party. 43. Yvette Smith - "I'm coming out." 44. Jordan Davis - No audible last words; shot at a gas station. 45. Victor White III - No audible last words; died in police custody. 46. Dontre Hamilton - No audible last words; shot in a park. 47. Eric Reason - No audible last words; shot during a dispute. 48. Emantic "EJ" Bradford Jr. - No audible last words; shot in a mall. 49. Oscar Grant - "You shot me! I got a four-year-old daughter!" 50. Clinton Allen - No audible last words; shot during an encounter. 51. Ronnell Foster - No audible last words; shot during a foot chase. 52. Tony Robinson - No audible last words; shot during an altercation. 53. Charly Keunang - No audible last words; shot during an altercation. 54. Samuel DuBose - "I didn’t even do nothing." 55. Quintonio LeGrier - "I’m sorry." 56. Bettie Jones - "I've been shot." 57. India Kager - No audible last words; shot in a car. 58. Keith Lamont Scott - "Don't shoot him. He has no weapon." 59. Jordan Baker - No audible last words; shot during a confrontation. 60. Christian Taylor - No audible last words; shot during a confrontation. 61. Michael Dean - No audible last words; shot during a traffic stop. 62. Rumain Brisbon - No audible last words; shot during an altercation. 63. Gregory Gunn - No audible last words; shot during an encounter. 64. Yuvette Henderson - No audible last words; shot during a confrontation. 65. David Joseph - No audible last words; shot during a confrontation. 66. Calvin Reid - No audible last words; died in police custody. 67. Antonio Zambrano-Montes - No audible last words; shot during an encounter. 68. Zachary Hammond - "Why did you shoot me?"

69. Anthony Hill - No audible last words; shot while naked and unarmed.

70. Saheed Vassell - No audible last words; shot while holding a metal pipe.

71. Willie McCoy - No audible last words; shot while sleeping in a car.

72. Robert White - No audible last words; shot during an altercation.

73. Micheal Lorenzo Dean - No audible last words; shot during a traffic stop.

74. Monique Tillman - "I didn’t do anything wrong."

75. Randy Evans - No audible last words; died in police custody.

76. Vernell Bing Jr. - No audible last words; shot during a car chase.

77. Cameron Massey - No audible last words; shot during an altercation.

78. DeAndre Ballard - No audible last words; shot during a confrontation.

79. Maurice Gordon - "Can you let me out?"

80. Rayshard Brooks - "I don’t want to hurt you."

81. Pierre Loury - No audible last words; shot during a foot chase.

82. Deborah Danner - "I’m not feeling well."

83. Jason Harrison - "I’m sick."

84. Corey Jones - "Hold on, wait!"

85. Keith Childress - "Don't shoot."

86. Justine Damond - No audible last words; shot after calling 911.

87. Amilcar Perez-Lopez - No audible last words; shot during an altercation.

88. Mario Woods - "I'm not going to shoot you."

89. William Chapman II - "Don’t shoot me."

90. Chad Robertson - No audible last words; shot while running away.

91. Charlie Willie Kunzelman - No audible last words; shot during a confrontation.

92. Terrence Sterling - No audible last words; shot during a traffic stop.

93. Sylville Smith - "Why are you harassing me?"

94. Bruce Kelley Jr. - No audible last words; shot during an altercation.

95. Korryn Gaines - No audible last words; shot during a standoff.

96. Maurice Granton Jr. - No audible last words; shot during a foot chase.

97. Paul O'Neal - No audible last words; shot during a car chase.

98. Antwon Rose II - "Why are they shooting?"

99. Patrick Harmon - "I’ll go with you."

100. Aaron Bailey - "Why did you shoot me?"

101. Miles Hall - "No! Don't do it!"

[partisan-by-default]

If you want to invoke ACAB (made popular in the 1970s by skinheads before being used post George Flloyd), let it be to resist this, and not to denigrate a BIPOC prosecutor. If nothing else… this first. - Anonymous

Sonya Massey - "I rebuke you in the name of Jesus."

George Floyd - "I can't breathe."

Eric Garner - "I can't breathe."

Michael Brown - "I don't have a gun. Stop shooting."

Philando Castile - "I wasn't reaching for it."

Breonna Taylor - "Why did you shoot me?"

Freddie Gray - "I need a doctor."

Tamir Rice - "It's not real."

Oscar Grant - "You shot me! I got a four-year-old daughter!"

Laquan McDonald - No audible last words; shot while walking away.

Elijah McClain - "I can't breathe. I can't breathe. I can't breathe. I'm just different. I'm just different, that's all. I'm so sorry. I have no gun. I don't do that stuff. I don't do any fighting. Why are you attacking me?"

Alton Sterling - "What did I do?"

Walter Scott - "I’m just going home."

Botham Jean - "Why did you shoot me?"

Stephon Clark - "Grandma, call the police."

Atatiana Jefferson - "I’m here."

Sandra Bland - "Why am I being apprehended?"

Tony McDade - "I'm not armed."

Daniel Prude - "Give me your gun, I need it."

John Crawford III - "It's not real."

Manuel Ellis - "I can't breathe, sir."

Amadou Diallo - "Mom, I'm going to college."

Aiyana Stanley-Jones - No audible last words; shot while sleeping.

Terrence Crutcher - "I'm not doing anything."

Sean Bell - No audible last words; shot multiple times.

Jonathan Ferrell - No audible last words; shot while seeking help after a car crash.

Ezell Ford - "It's me, it’s me."

John Crawford III - "It's not real."

Renisha McBride - No audible last words; shot while seeking help after a car accident.

Kenneth Chamberlain Sr. - "Why are you doing this to me?"

Tamir Rice - "It's not real."

Eric Harris - "I'm losing my breath."

Jamar Clark - "Please don’t let me die."

Rayshard Brooks - "I don't want to hurt you."

Alfred Olango - "Please don’t shoot."

Shantel Davis - "What did I do?"

Kendra James - "Please don’t kill me."

Akai Gurley - No audible last words; shot in a dark stairwell.

Miriam Carey - No audible last words; shot in her car.

Timothy Russell - No audible last words; shot during a car chase.

Malissa Williams - No audible last words; shot during a car chase.

Jordan Edwards - No audible last words; shot while leaving a party.

Yvette Smith - "I'm coming out."

Jordan Davis - No audible last words; shot at a gas station.

Victor White III - No audible last words; died in police custody.

Dontre Hamilton - No audible last words; shot in a park.

Eric Reason - No audible last words; shot during a dispute.

Emantic "EJ" Bradford Jr. - No audible last words; shot in a mall.

Oscar Grant - "You shot me! I got a four-year-old daughter!"

Clinton Allen - No audible last words; shot during an encounter.

Ronnell Foster - No audible last words; shot during a foot chase.

Tony Robinson - No audible last words; shot during an altercation.

Charly Keunang - No audible last words; shot during an altercation.

Samuel DuBose - "I didn’t even do nothing."

Quintonio LeGrier - "I’m sorry."

Bettie Jones - "I've been shot."

India Kager - No audible last words; shot in a car.

Keith Lamont Scott - "Don't shoot him. He has no weapon."

Jordan Baker - No audible last words; shot during a confrontation.

Christian Taylor - No audible last words; shot during a confrontation.

Michael Dean - No audible last words; shot during a traffic stop.

Rumain Brisbon - No audible last words; shot during an altercation.

Gregory Gunn - No audible last words; shot during an encounter.

Yuvette Henderson - No audible last words; shot during a confrontation.

David Joseph - No audible last words; shot during a confrontation.

Calvin Reid - No audible last words; died in police custody.

Antonio Zambrano-Montes - No audible last words; shot during an encounter.

Zachary Hammond - "Why did you shoot me?"

Anthony Hill - No audible last words; shot while naked and unarmed.

Saheed Vassell - No audible last words; shot while holding a metal pipe.

Willie McCoy - No audible last words; shot while sleeping in a car.

Robert White - No audible last words; shot during an altercation.

Micheal Lorenzo Dean - No audible last words; shot during a traffic stop.

Monique Tillman - "I didn’t do anything wrong."

Randy Evans - No audible last words; died in police custody.

Vernell Bing Jr. - No audible last words; shot during a car chase.

Cameron Massey - No audible last words; shot during an altercation.

DeAndre Ballard - No audible last words; shot during a confrontation.

Maurice Gordon - "Can you let me out?"

Rayshard Brooks - "I don’t want to hurt you."

Pierre Loury - No audible last words; shot during a foot chase.

Deborah Danner - "I’m not feeling well."

Jason Harrison - "I’m sick."

Corey Jones - "Hold on, wait!"

Keith Childress - "Don't shoot."

Justine Damond - No audible last words; shot after calling 911.

Amilcar Perez-Lopez - No audible last words; shot during an altercation.

Mario Woods - "I'm not going to shoot you."

William Chapman II - "Don’t shoot me."

Chad Robertson - No audible last words; shot while running away.

Charlie Willie Kunzelman - No audible last words; shot during a confrontation.

Terrence Sterling - No audible last words; shot during a traffic stop.

Sylville Smith - "Why are you harassing me?"

Bruce Kelley Jr. - No audible last words; shot during an altercation.

Korryn Gaines - No audible last words; shot during a standoff.

Maurice Granton Jr. - No audible last words; shot during a foot chase.

Paul O'Neal - No audible last words; shot during a car chase.

Antwon Rose II - "Why are they shooting?"

Patrick Harmon - "I’ll go with you."

Aaron Bailey - "Why did you shoot me?"

Miles Hall - "No! Don't do it!

Justin Horton Smith- Can’t breathe.

[pinolitas]

I knew Rahm Emanuel became ambassador to Japan and then I immediately forgot that information... that's the guy who covered up the murder of Laquan Mcdonald because he was up for reelection for mayor

[ablueboxfullofbooks]

BOOK REVIEW

Dark Testament : Blackout Poems Crystal Simone Smith Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) @macmillanusa

With Dark Testament : Blackout Poems, Crystal Simone Smith shares the mourning and pain of a community, deeply wounded by unlawful killings and racism : Oscar Grant, Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin, Sybrina Fulton, Michael Brown, Jordan Davis, Michelle Kenney, Daunte Wright, Aiyana Jones, Laquan McDonald, Rodney King, Sandra Bland, George Floyd, Walter Scott, or Breonna Taylor ; to only name a few of a very long, too long list. It is to them, and many others, that Smith’ s poems are dedicated.

In her poems, Crystal Simone Smith shares the voices of the Black Community and Black Lives Matters Movement. She shares the voices of the dead, but also the ones of the living. I have never read Black out poems before. They give a very unique perspective on the text, a poem within the poem with a totally new meaning. This collection of poems is beautiful, deep, and sad. It is a tribute to justice, truth, equality and love. It is definitively a book needed to be read and shared with the Community.

[hateugivestarrcarter]

This is a photo of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. He was shot in the back by a police officer 16 times. Although the officer was convicted, another officer tried to help cover up the murder.

[ggriarivera]

1. Sonya Massey - "I rebuke you in the name of Jesus."

2. George Floyd - "I can't breathe."

3. Eric Garner - "I can't breathe."

4. Michael Brown - "I don't have a gun. Stop shooting."

5. Philando Castile - "I wasn't reaching for it."

6. Breonna Taylor - "Why did you shoot me?"

7. Freddie Gray - "I need a doctor."

8. Tamir Rice - "It's not real."

9. Oscar Grant - "You shot me! I got a four-year-old daughter!"

10. Laquan McDonald - No audible last words; shot while walking away.

11. Elijah McClain - "I can't breathe. I can't breathe. I can't breathe. I'm just different. I'm just different, that's all. I'm so sorry. I have no gun. I don't do that stuff. I don't do any fighting. Why are you attacking me?"

12. Alton Sterling - "What did I do?"

13. Walter Scott - "I’m just going home."

14. Botham Jean - "Why did you shoot me?"

15. Stephon Clark - "Grandma, call the police."

16. Atatiana Jefferson - "I’m here."

17. Sandra Bland - "Why am I being apprehended?"

18. Tony McDade - "I'm not armed."

19. Daniel Prude - "Give me your gun, I need it."

20. John Crawford III - "It's not real."

21. Manuel Ellis - "I can't breathe, sir."

22. Amadou Diallo - "Mom, I'm going to college."

23. Aiyana Stanley-Jones - No audible last words; shot while sleeping.

24. Terrence Crutcher - "I'm not doing anything."

25. Sean Bell - No audible last words; shot multiple times.

26. Jonathan Ferrell - No audible last words; shot while seeking help after a car crash.

27. Ezell Ford - "It's me, it’s me."

28. John Crawford III - "It's not real."

29. Renisha McBride - No audible last words; shot while seeking help after a car accident.

30. Kenneth Chamberlain Sr. - "Why are you doing this to me?"

31. Tamir Rice - "It's not real."

32. Eric Harris - "I'm losing my breath."

33. Jamar Clark - "Please don’t let me die."

34. Rayshard Brooks - "I don't want to hurt you."

35. Alfred Olango - "Please don’t shoot."

36. Shantel Davis - "What did I do?"

37. Kendra James - "Please don’t kill me."

38. Akai Gurley - No audible last words; shot in a dark stairwell.

39. Miriam Carey - No audible last words; shot in her car.

40. Timothy Russell - No audible last words; shot during a car chase.

41. Malissa Williams - No audible last words; shot during a car chase.

42. Jordan Edwards - No audible last words; shot while leaving a party.

43. Yvette Smith - "I'm coming out."

44. Jordan Davis - No audible last words; shot at a gas station.

45. Victor White III - No audible last words; died in police custody.

46. Dontre Hamilton - No audible last words; shot in a park.

47. Eric Reason - No audible last words; shot during a dispute.

48. Emantic "EJ" Bradford Jr. - No audible last words; shot in a mall.

49. Oscar Grant - "You shot me! I got a four-year-old daughter!"

50. Clinton Allen - No audible last words; shot during an encounter.

51. Ronnell Foster - No audible last words; shot during a foot chase.

52. Tony Robinson - No audible last words; shot during an altercation.

53. Charly Keunang - No audible last words; shot during an altercation.

54. Samuel DuBose - "I didn’t even do nothing."

55. Quintonio LeGrier - "I’m sorry."

56. Bettie Jones - "I've been shot."

57. India Kager - No audible last words; shot in a car.

58. Keith Lamont Scott - "Don't shoot him. He has no weapon."

59. Jordan Baker - No audible last words; shot during a confrontation.

60. Christian Taylor - No audible last words; shot during a confrontation.

61. Michael Dean - No audible last words; shot during a traffic stop.

62. Rumain Brisbon - No audible last words; shot during an altercation.

63. Gregory Gunn - No audible last words; shot during an encounter.

64. Yuvette Henderson - No audible last words; shot during a confrontation.

65. David Joseph - No audible last words; shot during a confrontation.

66. Calvin Reid - No audible last words; died in police custody.

67. Antonio Zambrano-Montes - No audible last words; shot during an encounter.

68. Zachary Hammond - "Why did you shoot me?"

69. Anthony Hill - No audible last words; shot while naked and unarmed.

70. Saheed Vassell - No audible last words; shot while holding a metal pipe.

71. Willie McCoy - No audible last words; shot while sleeping in a car.

72. Robert White - No audible last words; shot during an altercation.

73. Micheal Lorenzo Dean - No audible last words; shot during a traffic stop.

74. Monique Tillman - "I didn’t do anything wrong."

75. Randy Evans - No audible last words; died in police custody.

76. Vernell Bing Jr. - No audible last words; shot during a car chase.

77. Cameron Massey - No audible last words; shot during an altercation.

78. DeAndre Ballard - No audible last words; shot during a confrontation.

79. Maurice Gordon - "Can you let me out?"

80. Rayshard Brooks - "I don’t want to hurt you."

81. Pierre Loury - No audible last words; shot during a foot chase.

82. Deborah Danner - "I’m not feeling well."

83. Jason Harrison - "I’m sick."

84. Corey Jones - "Hold on, wait!"

85. Keith Childress - "Don't shoot."

86. Justine Damond - No audible last words; shot after calling 911.

87. Amilcar Perez-Lopez - No audible last words; shot during an altercation.

88. Mario Woods - "I'm not going to shoot you."

89. William Chapman II - "Don’t shoot me."

90. Chad Robertson - No audible last words; shot while running away.

91. Charlie Willie Kunzelman - No audible last words; shot during a confrontation.

92. Terrence Sterling - No audible last words; shot during a traffic stop.

93. Sylville Smith - "Why are you harassing me?"

94. Bruce Kelley Jr. - No audible last words; shot during an altercation.

95. Korryn Gaines - No audible last words; shot during a standoff.

96. Maurice Granton Jr. - No audible last words; shot during a foot chase.

97. Paul O'Neal - No audible last words; shot during a car chase.

98. Antwon Rose II - "Why are they shooting?"

99. Patrick Harmon - "I’ll go with you."

100. Aaron Bailey - "Why did you shoot me?"

101. Miles Hall - "No! Don't do it!

102.Justin Horton Smith- Can’t breathe.;

[flirtingw1thsuicide]

But I'ma always remind you that I came from poverty

Black people saved my life, from the Doc and Deshaun

And all that we want is racial equality

R.I.P. Laquan McDonald, Trayvon, and Breonna

Atatiana, Rayshard, and Dominique

Eric Garner and Rodney King

No, we can't get along 'til these white motherfuckin' cops

Who keep murderin' blacks are off the streets (off the streets)

And, as far as squashin' beef, I'm used to people knockin' me

But, just not in my camp

I'm diplomatic 'cause I'm tryna be

Last thing I need is Snoop doggin' me

Man, dog, you was like a (yeah) damn god to me

Nah, not really (haha)

I had "Dog" backwards

But I'm startin' to think, all these people takin' shots at me

Shit, it's no wonder

[violetsystems]

You can have whatever opinion you want about radioactive fish or whatever. It’s a free country. Here in America at least. I just think it’s the worst level of imperialist fetishism to allow some guy who isn’t Japanese dictate the entire conversation of whether or not it is safe to eat something that affects people half way around the world from his backyard. He had no problems letting people drink lead in Chicago for years. Plenty of people in Korea aren’t crazy about the idea either. And they don’t drink water from the tap either. Historically speaking? Plenty of people in both China and Korea aren’t very trusting of Japan. It kind of goes both ways and that’s what is being taken advantage of by colonialists who should worry about the collapse of their own state of affairs back home. That’s populist politics for you. We get enough of them from our mayors ironically enough. Maybe that’s what we export to the rest of the world now. Asia in general is not really something white or maybe even other people of color even understand outside of a couple of movies and culturally appropriated sushi at the grocery store and that’s complicated. Just like Taiwan. And Laquan McDonald. (And Zionism amirite?) But why does some white guy have to get in the middle of it when he doesn’t even watch good anime! I bet you call everyone you think is attractive without their consent exotic. You know that guy! I managed him at an art school. Before the HR complaint at least. Talkembout some blurred lines. How about a hamburger instead buddy! What’s more Japanese than that! /facepalm

[masterofd1saster]

CJ current events 30mar23

Paul Pelosi getting hammered

The federal trial of David DePape, the man accused of attacking Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul at the couple’s San Francisco house last year, will start later this year, according to court papers filed Wednesday.

Federal prosecutors said that “all discovery has been produced” but there may be some supplemental items, according to court papers (pdf). A hearing on DePape’s motion to change venue is scheduled for May 30, while his jury trial is slated for Oct. 23, 2023.

The government reported that all discovery has been produced; however, there may be a few supplemental items that will trickle in. The hearing on Defendant’s Motion to Change Venue is set for May 30 at 10:00 a.m. Pretrial conference is set for Oct. 11, and jury trial is set for Oct. 23. Counsel is to submit a stipulated pretrial schedule by April 5.*** https://www.theepochtimes.com/update-in-case-against-paul-pelosi-attacker-david-depape_5142527.html ***

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The quick & easy way to solve homelessness in your city

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Let's ask Laquan McDonald or Tamir Rice for their opinion!

12-year-old Elias Armstrong stole a car in Denver. When the owner tracked it down, the occupants fired at him, and Elias was killed in the shooting on Feb. 5. DA McCann will not charge the car owner with a crime. Elias's dad now wants a state law that prohibits an owner from tracking down his own property without police assistance.

“It’s the police’s job, let the police do it,” said Thomas Armstrong, father to slain 12-year-old Elias Armstrong. “No civilian should be able to track down their car and be able to approach the vehicle. I want it called Elias’ Law.” https://www.denverpost.com/2023/03/23/elias-armstrong-killed-stolen-car-protest-vigilante

Slaughtering any sense of personal responsibility would remain legal.

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The conservative red meat headline of the day is

Transgender socialist shoots officer during eviction

A now-deceased transgender socialist seriously wounded a Seattle detective with the King County Sheriff's Office in a shootout while officers delivered a final eviction notice in Washington state on Monday.

The flurry of gunshots occurred at a Ballard apartment complex and ended in the suicide of the transgender evictee, who was born male. All three detectives likely exchanged gunfire with the evictee, who went by the name Eucytus, or Eucy, before they committed suicide by a gunshot to the head, according to the Seattle Times.

Detective David Easterly was injured and taken to Harborview Medical Center, where he went into surgery. As of Thursday night, he is still in critical condition. Although all three detectives were wearing bullet-proof vests, the bullet missed the vest and hit Easterly's torso. Police initially said Easterly did not fire his gun, but further evidence indicated that all three deputies “probably returned fire,” according to a news release.*** https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/democratic-socialist-shoots-officer-during-eviction

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Why are cops writing plea deals?

EXCLUSIVE — FBI whistleblowers are raising concerns over the bureau's involvement in a secret plea agreement conditioned by the U.S. government that stripped a defendant of their rights to own, buy, or even use firearms.

The FBI and Secret Service worked behind closed doors with an apparent prosecutor in 2019 to condition the signing of the form, which also stripped at least 60 people of their gun rights between 2011 and 2019, according to multiple Washington Examiner reports. Two FBI whistleblowers say the bureau's actions in connection to the forms are yet the latest revelation of the politicization of agencies, an allegation at the heart of the newly launched GOP-led weaponization of the federal government subcommittee. *** https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ex-fbi-agents-sound-alarm-on-bureaus-involvement-in-secret-plea-agreement-gun-rights

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Russian mercenary group threatens to dump fighters' corpses on doorsteps of officials

by Brady Knox, Breaking News Reporter | 

 March 23, 2023 06:53 PM***

Wagner's intimidation of the authorities extended until the next day. Prigozhin announced the following day that the region head promised that there would be no more obstacles to burials. He had previously called for the prosecutor general of Russia, Igor Krasnov, to punish Sergei Belopolsky, the head of Goryachy Klyuch, for discrediting volunteers and abuse of power. It's unknown if higher authorities got involved in the dispute.

Of the eight fighters buried, four were convicts recruited from penal colonies. The New Tab identified 38-year-old Anatoly Plotnikov, 34-year-old Alexei Ivanov, 45-year-old Sergey Grigoriev, 22-year-old Stanislav Suleymanov, 27-year-old Oleg Korolev, 52-year-old Valery Grishin, 26-year-old Alexander Korenev, and 23-year-old Dmitry Maltsev as those buried. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/foreign/wagner-prigozhin-threatens-russian-officials

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It's only a firearm crime, no reason to be punitive

The Colorado high school student  who shot and injured two school administrators after they discovered his gun during a mandatory pat down had been on probation for a weapons charge, a law enforcement source said Thursday. 

Austin Lyle, 17, who shot two deans at Denver East High School on Wednesday, was arrested on a weapons charge in 2021 shortly before he was expelled from Overland High School in Aurora, Colorado, the source said. 

Classmates at Overland High School flagged posts about guns on Lyle’s social media, prompting police to visit his parents’ home, the source said. His parents let the officers in and they found a rifle with a “high capacity magazine and a silencer” in his room. Lyle was charged with a felony but the court dropped the charge and instead put him on one-year probation for the incident, the source said.

A representative for Cherry Creek School District said Lyle was “disciplined for violating board policy” during the 2021-2022 school year and consequently “removed from Overland High School.” It is unclear if the weapons incident was the violation.*** Safety plans can include things like mandatory pat downs for drugs or other items, supervised bathroom visits or random backpack searches, McDonald said. “It’s up to the school to follow through with that each and every day in order to affect a good climate culture, good safety within the school and protecting all the other kids,” he added.*** https://www.nbcnews.com/news/colorado-student-shot-two-school-administrators-probation-weapons-char-rcna76383

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Good parody

Government Demands TikTok Stop Spying On Americans As That's Their Job

WASHINGTON, DC — As TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew faced questioning from the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on Capitol Hill, leaders from the United States government issued strong demands that TikTok stop spying on American citizens because that's the government's job.

"Stay off our turf!" Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said to assembled members of the press. "How can the federal government be expected to effectively spy on all of our citizens if we've got this TikTok app and the Chinese Communist Party getting in our way trying to do the same thing? If anyone is going to be violatihttps://babylonbee.com/news/government-demands-tiktok-stop-spying-on-americans-as-thats-their-jobng the privacy of the American people, it should be us!"***

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Stanford grows a pair

Excellent letter by Stanford law dean Jenny Martinez about heckler's veto. https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/letter-stanford-law-school-dean-jenny-martinez-campus-community-march-22-2023:

Some students contend that the judge invited the heckling with offensive comments or engagement with protestors. These arguments misunderstand the nature of the disruption policy. The policy would not be meaningful to protect the carrying out of public events and the right of attendees to hear what is said if it applied only when a speaker said things protesters in an audience found agreeable. Nor does the fact that the speaker departs from their planned remarks and engages with the hecklers justify further heckling that disrupts the event. The Stanford disruption policy prohibits not just conduct that literally drowns out the speaker, but also that which “disrupt[s] the effective carrying out” of the event (emphasis added).***

quoting U of Chiraq:

A university faithful to its mission will provide enduring challenges to social values, policies, practices, and institutions. By design and by effect, it is the institution which creates discontent with the existing social arrangements and proposes new ones. In brief, a good university, like Socrates, will be upsetting. The instrument of dissent and criticism is the individual faculty member or the individual student. The university is the home and sponsor of critics; it is not itself the critic. It is, to go back once again to the classic phrase, a community of scholars. To perform its mission in the society, a university must sustain an extraordinary environment of freedom of inquiry and maintain an independence from political fashions, passions, and pressures. A university, if it is to be true to its faith in intellectual inquiry, must embrace, be hospitable to, and encourage the widest diversity of views within its own community.

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Let's see how it works

New X-Ray Checkpoints Scan for Fentanyl in Trucks at Mexico Border

Cartels rely on low probability of detection at crossings

By José de CórdobaFollow and Jon KampFollow | Photographs by Verónica G. Cárdenas for The Wall Street Journal

March 24, 2023 9:00 am

BROWNSVILLE, Texas—Some 1,000 trucks a day arrive from Mexico at a border checkpoint here near the southern tip of Texas. Their first stop is a white-and-yellow painted metal portal where energy beamed at the trucks produces X-ray images to try to spot fentanyl and other contraband.

Such scrutiny is rare. Across the southern border, most U.S.-bound trucks and nearly all passenger vehicles are generally scanned selectively if they are pulled aside. Mexican cartels have long profited from these odds while smuggling fentanyl and other narcotics. Their illicit trade propelled the U.S. to a record of nearly 107,000 fatal overdoses in 2021, the most recent year of full data. *** https://www.wsj.com/articles/fentanyl-opioid-us-mexico-border-5f947de

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Not nice

Emergency personnel have responded after a package with suspicious white powder was delivered to the mail room for the New York City building housing the Manhattan District Attorney's office, according to police. 

A law enforcement source confirmed there was a note saying "Alvin – I’ll kill you" in the envelope. District Attorney Alvin Bragg is currently weighing whether to proceed with an indictment against former President Donald Trump for alleged hush money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016.

The envelope delivered by the U.S. Postal Service Friday has been "deemed non-hazardous" at the scene, the mail room to the DA's office, officials told Fox News. *** https://www.foxnews.com/politics/package-suspicious-powder-delivered-manhattan-da-office-trump-investigation

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Holy smokes, Batman!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Friday, March 24, 2023

Deputy U.S. Marshal Convicted of Conspiracy, Cyberstalking, Perjury, and Obstruction

A federal jury convicted a deputy U.S. Marshal yesterday for conspiracy to commit cyberstalking, cyberstalking, perjury, and obstruction of a federal matter.

According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Ian R. Diaz, 44, of Brea, California, and his then-wife, an unindicted co-conspirator (CC-1), posed as a person with whom Diaz was formerly in a relationship (Jane Doe). In that guise, they sent themselves harassing and threatening electronic communications that contained apparent threats to harm CC-1; solicited and lured men found through Craigslist “personal” advertisements to engage in so-called “rape fantasies” in an attempt to stage a purported sexual assault on CC-1 orchestrated by Jane Doe; and staged one or more hoax sexual assaults and attempted sexual assaults on Diaz’s former wife. Diaz and CC-1 then reported this conduct to local law enforcement, falsely claiming that Jane Doe posed a genuine and serious threat to Diaz and CC-1. Their actions caused local law enforcement to arrest, charge, and detain Jane Doe in jail for nearly three months for conduct for which Diaz and CC-1 framed her.

“Ian Diaz abused his position as a deputy U.S. Marshal to execute an intricate cyberstalking scheme that framed an innocent person for sexual assault, leading to her unjust imprisonment for 88 days,” said Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “As this prosecution demonstrates, the Criminal Division is committed to preserving the public’s confidence in law enforcement by holding accountable any official who violates their oath of office and victimizes the community they are sworn to serve.”

In addition, Diaz and CC-1 took steps to conceal their conduct, including using falsely registered email accounts, using virtual private networks to access the internet anonymously, and communicating with each other using encrypted messaging services. Diaz also deleted email accounts used to communicate in furtherance of the scheme.*** https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/deputy-us-marshal-convicted-conspiracy-cyberstalking-perjury-and-obstruction

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Somebody find out for me if this is true

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If you're a mother, think about your kids before you get stupid

A New Jersey mother has died after she and four others inadvertently overdosed on cocaine laced with fentanyl in the parking lot of the shopping mall where they worked — as cops announced that two people have been arrested in the frightening ordeal.

Michelle Kerry Edoo, 29, of Bergenfield, NJ, died last Saturday, according to an online fundraiser created by Edoo’s family.

Edoo’s death came three days after she and four other female mall workers were found on March 15 in the lower level of the parking garage at the Shops at Riverside mall in Hackensack.

The four other mall workers, who have not been identified, survived.***

Meanwhile, authorities arrested two men from Paterson, New Jersey, Friday in connection to the overdoses.

Garfield Jones, 48, is charged with third-degree possession with the intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance and third-degree possession of a controlled substance, the prosecutor’s office said.

Robert McCrae, 52, is charged with third-degree possession with the intent to distribute less than a half-ounce of heroin and fourth-degree possession with the intent to distribute drug paraphernalia, authorities said.*** https://nypost.com/2023/03/25/nj-mom-dies-after-inadvertent-fentanyl-overdose/

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Adverse possession is a thing, but squatting is still a crime

A Nevada handyman turned the tables on squatters who invaded his mother’s California home, after local officials said they could offer no assistance getting them out.

Flash Shelton, executive director of the Las Vegas-based United Handyman Association, said in a YouTube video that the trouble began after his father died and his mother could no longer live in the family home — which was then put up for rent.

A woman who identified herself as a prison guard reached out to Shelton looking to rent the Northern California house, but couldn’t offer any money or credit.

Shelton turned the woman down, but she was apparently undeterred.

“She ended up having a truck of furniture, and literally moved into the house,” Shelton said.***

Local police and the sheriff’s department said there was nothing they could do to help.*** https://nypost.com/2023/03/25/california-man-turns-the-tables-on-home-squatters/

That's not the law!

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Filthy criminals

LYNWOOD, Calif. - The search is on for two suspects after an Uber driver was shot and killed and then carjacked in Lynwood early Friday morning, officials said.

The shooting was reported just after 1:30 a.m. at a 7-Eleven, which just celebrated its grand opening the day before, in the 2800 block of Imperial Highway. 

Investigators with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said the victim picked up two passengers and during the ride, he stopped at the convenience store for an unknown reason. At some point, the rideshare driver reportedly got into an altercation with the passengers when one of them pulled out a gun and shot him in his upper body. A store clerk witnessed the shooting and contacted authorities. When first responders arrived, the victim's body was found in the parking lot.

The victim's Honda Accord was carjacked by one of the suspects after shots were fired, while the second suspect took off running, according to authorities. ***

Loved ones have identified the victim as Aaron Orozco. His family members said he was a Marine veteran and that he served three tours in four years in Iraq and Afghanistan. They also told FOX 11 he was in his late 30s and is survived by his wife and two children.*** https://www.foxla.com/news/uber-driver-carjacked-shot-and-killed-in-lynwood.amp

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Daily Mail, of course

A transgender woman has called for the dismantling of airport TSA screenings after she claimed an agent punched her in the testicles and 'yelled at me for having a penis'. 

The flyer posted a since-deleted selfie showing her sobbing in a bathroom stall following the episode, complaining that her 'balls still hurt so bad'. 

'I don't want the TSA agent that hurt me fired,' she said in a separate post. 'I want her educated and the entirety of TSA abolished altogether.' ***

another TSA row erupted when a transgender woman hit out at screenings for being 'transphobic' after an 'anomaly' was detected between her legs that 'set off the alarm'. 

While Rosalynne Montoya was moving through the security, a TSA officer reportedly pressed a button designating her as a woman - triggering the alarm when she walked through the body scanner. 

'Can we talk about how horrible it is to travel while being transgender sometimes? I always have immense anxiety leading up to going through security,' she explained.  

After being flagged by the security system, she called on the TSA to 'remove the gender settings from their scanners' to cater to transgender people.  *** https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11902891/Transgender-woman-posts-sobbing-selfie-bathroom-claiming-TSA-agent-punched-testicles.html

1 - "Anomaly."

2 - Is there anyone who likes TSA?

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Really?

A teacher is under investigation in The Bronx and Staten Island amid accusations she had a long sexual relationship with a mentally ill 16-year-old student at a school for children with special needs.

Sandy Carazas-Pinez, 33, a former NYC  biology teacher who is married with three children, had sex with the teen in her car at least a dozen times, and sent him nude and erotic poses among scores of inappropriate texts, according to allegations by the boy’s mom and documents obtained by The Post.

Police and district attorney investigators compiled reams of texts sent at all hours between the teacher and the teen, who attended the Biondi School in Yonkers at the city Department of Education’s expense. It is run by the nonprofit Rising Ground, which terminated the teacher this month.

“I know for me it isn’t going to be easy, I will miss your kisses, hugs and everything,” Casarez-Pinez allegedly wrote this year in a discussion of whether she and the boy should “end it,” according to  texts under review by law enforcement agencies.*** https://nypost.com/2023/03/25/nyc-teacher-accused-of-sex-with-mentally-ill-student/

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Israeli judicial reform - parliamentary system

JerusalemCNN — 

For months, hundreds of thousands of Israelis have been taking to the streets across the country to protest far-reaching changes to Israel’s legal system some say threaten the country’s democratic foundations.

Tensions rose further this weekend when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu abruptly fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over his opposition to the planned overhaul, prompting mass street protests and widespread strike action.

At its core, the judicial overhaul would give the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, and therefore the parties in power, more control over Israel’s judiciary.

From how judges are selected, to what laws the Supreme Court can rule on, to even giving parliament power to overturn Supreme Court decisions, the changes would be the most significant shakeups to Israel’s judiciary since its founding in 1948.

The proposed reforms do not come out of nowhere.

Figures from across the political spectrum have in the past called for changes to Israel’s judiciary.

Israel has no written constitution, only a set of quasi-constitutional basic laws, making the Supreme Court even more powerful. But Israel also has no check on the power of the Knesset other than the Supreme Court.***

The judicial overhaul is a package of bills, all of which need to pass three votes in the Knesset before they become law.

One of the most important elements for the Netanyahu government is the bill that changes the makeup of the nine-member committee that selects judges, in order to give the government a majority of the seats on the committee.

But the anger has also reached the business community, academia and even the military

Defending his plans, the prime minister has pointed to countries like the United States, where politicians control which federal judges are appointed and approved.

Another significant element of the changes is known as the override clause, which would give the Israeli parliament the power to pass laws previously ruled invalid by the court, essentially overriding Supreme Court decisions.

Supporters say the Supreme Court should not interfere in the will of the people, who vote the politicians into power.

“We go to the polls, vote, and time after time, people we did not elect decide for us,” Justice Minister Yariv Levin said while unveiling the reforms at the beginning of January.*** https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/25/middleeast/israel-judiciary-netanyahu-explainer-intl/index.html

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There was a time....

The Hebrew word translated “Judges” in the English title of the book refers not to specialized judicial officers or magistrates but to leaders in general. According to the biblical narrative these judges led Israel from the end of the conquest of Canaan until the beginning of the monarchy. The period of the Judges, therefore, extended from the death of Joshua (Jos 24:29–31; cf. Jgs 1:1) until the installation of Saul as Israel’s first king by the prophet Samuel, who was also the last judge (see 1 Sm 7:15–17).*** https://bible.usccb.org/bible/judges/0

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Just like bubblybarbie13 is a cop, not a girl

By Julie Kelly

March 24, 2023

After nine weeks of testimony from multiple government witnesses, including FBI agents, the Justice Department finally concluded its case-in-chief in the Proud Boys’ seditious conspiracy trial on Monday.

Five Proud Boys, including the group’s leader, Enrique Tarrio, are accused of conspiring to “oppose the lawful transfer of presidential power by force” on January 6, 2021. It is Attorney General Merrick Garland’s most consequential case related to January 6; convictions will help build a similar case against Donald Trump largely based on his infamous “stand back and stand by” remark to the Proud Boys during an October 2020 presidential debate.

Most of the evidence is nothing more than inflammatory, braggadocious chatter in group texts; Tarrio wasn’t even present at the Capitol on January 6. Another defendant, Ethan Nordean, can be seen on surveillance video walking through an open door as Capitol police stood nearby.

Similar to other so-called “militia” groups tied to January 6, no one brought weapons to the Capitol that day; no one was charged with assaulting police officers or lawmakers. A key piece of evidence that prosecutors claimed was a road map for the “attack” on the Capitol wasn’t produced by any Proud Boy but by a former intelligence asset who himself sent the plan to Tarrio through a third party.

The document represented just one more instance of how a government agent helped shape the government’s narrative that the Proud Boys plotted in advance to carry out an “insurrection” on January 6. In fact, much like the FBI-engineered plan to “kidnap” Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, court proceedings confirm that FBI assets might outnumber criminal defendants.

At least 10 and possibly up to 15 FBI informants were embedded in the group months before and continuing after the events of January 6. Informants participated in numerous group chats, cozied up to leadership, and even accompanied the Proud Boys to Washington.

One known informant, according to a September 2021 New York Times report, was involved in the first breach of Capitol grounds and entered the building that afternoon.***

For the second time this month, Kelly suspended the trial on Wednesday after prosecutors confessed that a key witness for the defense, who was scheduled to testify on Thursday, had worked as an FBI informant during the entire investigation. Although prosecutors have known for months that the defense might call this person as a witness, they waited until the last minute to tell defense attorneys, who were blindsided by the news.

It got worse from there. A bombshell motion filed by the defense shortly after the disclosure revealed the informant cozied up to defendants and their attorneys for more than 20 months—from April 2021 until January 2023 when the trial began.***

Multiple other participants were fed sources or servants.

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it's called a "dollar store" for a reason

PHOENIX - A Family Dollar employee is now behind bars after he shot a man more than 10 times at a store near 67th Avenue and Indian School Road earlier this week.

Kevin Salas Madrid, 24, had reportedly been confronting a serial shoplifter moments before he opened fire.

The alleged shoplifter punched Madrid in the face after being told to leave, and witnesses said the store clerk shot the man 10 times in response.

Court documents stated that the 24-year-old continued to shoot the man as he laid on the ground.

The victim remains in the hospital in life-threatening condition.*** https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/family-dollar-employee-shooting-west-phoenix

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Suprise! Surprise!

The nation’s drug-overdose crisis is taking a heavy toll on homeless people, with data from hard-hit places such as Los Angeles and New York showing a surge in deaths, especially since the Covid-19 pandemic.

The potent synthetic opioid fentanyl is a major factor, heightening the overdose risk among homeless drug users who researchers say are often disconnected from treatment and other health services. New national data also show that overall deaths among homeless people, who have for years suffered a higher mortality risk than the broader population, climbed markedly during the pandemic.*** https://www.wsj.com/articles/fentanyl-fuels-surge-in-deaths-among-those-who-are-homeless-6490366a

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Nashville Covenant School shooting

https://twitter.com/MNPDNashville

The shooter who killed six people at an elementary school in Nashville Monday has been identified as Audrey Hale, sources have confirmed to The Post.

The shooter had opened fire inside the private Christian elementary school, killing three children and three adults. Police received an active shooter call at 10:13 a.m.

Officers heard gunshots on the second floor and rushed to a lobby-type area where they came across the 28-year-old Nashville woman who had two assault rifles and a handgun.

Police said Hale once attended the school and an online profile listed her as working in Commercial Illustration and Graphic Design.

She was shot dead by police on site at 10:27 a.m.

A car was located near the Covenant School, where the 14-minute shooting spree took place Monday morning, and provided investigators clues as to the shooter’s identity, Metro Nashville Chief of Police John Drake said at a press conference.

A neighbor to the last address listed for Hale told The Post police were on the scene and the whole area had been blocked off, before hanging up. *** https://nypost.com/2023/03/27/nashville-school-shooter-idd-as-audrey-hale/

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MNPD Officers Rex Engelbert, a 4-year veteran, and Michael Collazo, a 9-year veteran, were part of a team of first responders to the Covenant campus Mon morning. They fired on the active shooter, who was killed. This is their body camera footage. https://youtu.be/Ue2tZa4hT0c ... https://twitter.com/MNPDNashville/status/1640715069158989824?cxt=HHwWgIDRrbPq_sQtAAAA

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Vox populi, vox Dei

Attack ads are heating up the airwaves in Wisconsin as millions of dollars are being poured into the influential state's high-stakes Supreme Court race.

With just eight days to go, neither side is pulling any punches.

Former Justice Daniel Kelly and his conservative allies launched a new ad on Monday taking aim at liberal Judge Janet Protasiewicz's record on crime.

In it, three Wisconsin sheriffs faulted Protasiewicz for failing to lock up criminals.*** https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaign/wisconsin-supreme-court-ads-kelly-protasiewicz

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the 1st step is admitting you have a problem....

A staffer for Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) was hurt in a stabbing in Washington, D.C., over the weekend, the senator's office confirmed in a statement on Monday.

The staffer, who was not identified, was stabbed in broad daylight and was taken to a hospital. The staffer is still recovering, and a suspect has been arrested, the senator said.***

42-year-old Neal Glynn, was arrested on Monday. Glynn has been charged with assault with intent to kill (Knife).

The staffer was transported to a local hospital and treated for life-threatening injuries, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.

The attack comes one month after Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) was attacked in an elevator at her Washington apartment. It also comes shortly after President Joe Biden blocked changes to the district's criminal code that critics claimed were too soft on crime. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/rand-paul-staffer-injured-stabbing

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Fairfax County Police shot Timothy Johnson on 22feb23. Oped makes good points

*** But mostly, police, as public servants, deserve public scrutiny in a way that private people do not. It’s not merely that police salaries come out of taxpayer-funded coffers — even if somehow they were all privately funded, they would owe an account to the public in a way no regular person would. That’s because our society gives police something of a monopoly on the legal use of lethal force and the power to detain.

With this great power comes great accountability. If, as a parent, you want to point out that even larceny could endanger your life, go ahead and do it. But as public commentators, we ought to focus our attention on those who are directly accountable to us.

Another unhelpful, if common and understandable, reaction is this one often expressed by politicians and activists: “Tim certainly didn't deserve to die over sunglasses stolen from a department store."

Of course he didn’t. Also, that’s not an apt critique of the police or anyone else in power here. Nobody shot him for stealing sunglasses.

You can believe 100% that the officer was in the wrong, deserved to be fired, and deserves to be prosecuted, and that still doesn’t make it true that the officer shot him for stealing sunglasses. The officer chased him for stealing sunglasses, and the chase resulted in the shooting, but we all ought to possess enough logical ability to agree that the initial domino in this horrible chain of events wasn’t the motivation for the shooting.***

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The U.S. Army has pulled a revamped “Be All You Can Be” ad campaign featuring Jonathan Majors, a rising movie star, after he was charged with assault Saturday for allegedly strangling a woman.***

According to The Hollywood Reporter (THR), the latest round of ad campaigns featuring Majors was slated to arrive in August.

“The Army had reportedly already invested millions in advertisement purchases for the 2023 NCAA men’s college basketball tournament, with immersive in-person events for the tournament’s Final Four,” noted THR.

On Saturday, the New York Police Department said that they responded to a 911 call pertaining to a domestic violence dispute that involved the 33-year-old Majors and a 30-year-old woman. The woman reportedly sustained minor injuries to the neck and was taken to the hospital.

“The victim informed police she was assaulted. Officers placed the 33-year-old male into custody without incident,” police said.

[innnocent until proven, etc]

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EXCLUSIVE DETAILS: While a team of Nashville police officers swarmed a Christian school Monday morning to stop an active shooter, the department praised two of the responding officers, credited with taking down the suspect, by name.

Hero Metro Nashville Police Officers Michael Collazo, 31, and Rex Engelbert, 27, have served in the department for nine and four years, respectively. The department declined to make either of them available for an interview on Tuesday.

Collazo, a Marine Corps veteran and former firefighter, also responded to the Christmas Day bombing in 2020, his sister said Tuesday. He is also the father of a young girl himself.

Engelbert, one of the first officers on scene, is shown on bodycam video calmly retrieving his rifle from the back of a police SUV as a teacher outside explains the situation.***

Speaking separately at a news briefing Tuesday, Nashville Police Chief John Drake said Collazo had also served as a SWAT team paramedic.

He was born and raised in Nashville, joined the Marine Corps right out of high school and told his parents hours after the shooting that he drew heavily from his military training during the ordeal, according to DeHart.*** https://www.foxnews.com/us/rex-engelbert-michael-collazo-who-are-nashville-officers-who-took-down-covenant-school-shooter

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a reported text message exchange between Hale and a former middle school basketball teammate shows that Hale planned to die by suicide, and it would be seen on the news.

According to text messages obtained by News Channel 5, Averianna Patton at 9:57 a.m. saw a text message on her phone from the Covenant School shooter on Instagram.

The messages show Hale telling Patton that she would see her again in another life. Hale also told Patton about no longer wanting to live and the need to die.

"One day this will make more sense," Hale wrote. "I've left behind more than enough evidence behind. But something bad is about to happen."

Patton told NewsChannel 5 that she tried to comfort Hale because she had mentioned being suicidal in the past.

"I tried to comfort and encourage her and subsequently reached out to the Suicide Prevention Help Line after being instructed to by my father at 10:08 am. Audrey has shared with others that she had been suicidal in the past and I knew to take this serious," Patton said. *** https://www.foxnews.com/media/nashville-transgender-school-shooter-messages-friend-show-deeper-issues-fbi-special-agent?dicbo=v2-VHHTk92

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Finish eating before you do anything

After nearly a year of searching, investigators used DNA pulled from a half-eaten burrito to capture the man they believe firebombed a Wisconsin anti-abortion lobbying group’s office.

The U.S. attorney’s office in Madison announced that police arrested 29-year-old Hridindu Sankar Roychowdhury at Boston’s Logan International Airport on Tuesday. ***

He made an initial appearance in federal court in Boston on Tuesday. U.S. Magistrate Judge Donald L. Cabell set a detention hearing for Thursday.

Roychowdhury’s attorney, Brendan O. Kelley, who is listed in online court records as a federal public defender, declined comment when reached by phone after Tuesday’s hearing.

Federal agents have been searching for almost a year for whoever tossed a pair of Molotov cocktails into the Wisconsin Family Action office in Madison on May 6.***

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Monarch Casino theft in Black Hawk under investigation, $500,000 heist is biggest since legalization

Colorado authorities are investigating a mountain town casino heist of $500,000 in cash — the biggest theft from a casino that state regulators can remember since gambling started again in 1991.

The theft from the Monarch Casino Resort and Spa, located 34 miles west of Denver in Black Hawk, occurred March 12. Casino cashier Sabrina Eddy, 44, has been jailed on suspicion of theft and was still in her cell Tuesday afternoon, according to a Gilpin County Clerk deputy who spoke on the condition her name wouldn’t be used.

Monarch officials declined to say how money was removed from inside the casino.

“While we can confirm that the theft occurred,” Casino spokeswoman Erica Ferris said, “this is currently an active and open investigation and Monarch is making no comment.”

According to a Gilpin County District Court affidavit issued in support of a warrantless arrest, Eddy was working shortly after midnight in the Monarch as the “cage cashier” responsible for casino money when she received phone and text messages from men claiming to be casino bosses. They instructed her to take money needed by the casino to pay a lawyer, the affidavit said.

Surveillance cameras captured images of Eddy putting $50,000 bricks of money into a box and then loading that money into a gold-colored minivan, the affidavit said. She left the casino, and later returned and went to the vault and took more money, then drove as she said she’d been instructed to St. Anthony’s Hospital in Denver — and handed the money to a man near the emergency room, the affidavit said. She later called the casino, said she’d taken money away from the casino, and added that she thought she might be arrested, it said.

“Eddy continued to state that she had done nothing wrong but she was just following orders that she believed had been put out by the casino,” the affidavit said.*** https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/monarch-casino-theft-in-black-hawk-under-investigation-500-000-heist-is-biggest-since-legalization/ar-AA19caSH

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Yeah, it is

Marshals training slides for SCOTUS protection in the protests last year included

Square "not synonymous" in this context with

18 U.S.C. §1507. Picketing or parading

Whoever, with the intent of *** influencing any judge***or court officer, in the discharge of his duty, pickets or parades *** in or near a building or residence occupied or used by such judge *** or court officer*** or resorts to any other demonstration in or near any such building or residence, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

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Nothing's going to change until the whole church, top to bottom, starts asking "where did you hear this was ok?"

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Holy smokes - report immediately!!!

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All someone's son

PHILADELPHIA - Deadly gun violence continues to plague the city of Philadelphia and the everyday lives of its residents, and now the issue has trickled even further into the schools of innocent children.

The School District of Philadelphia says 99 of its students have been shot so far this school year, 18 of them killed and 81 others wounded.

That number increased this week after a 15-year-old student was gunned down and killed on his way to Simon Gratz High School in Nicetown on Monday.

A tragic day for the entire community as school officials say students witnessed the deadly shooting and ran into school. All Mastery schools closed Tuesday for a day of healing.*** https://www.fox29.com/news/students-are-afraid-nearly-100-philadelphia-students-shot-18-killed-so-far-this-year-district-says

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Not CJ, but Social Justice

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Martin Gruenberg revealed on Monday that the firm guaranteed as much as $13.3 billion in uninsured deposits for the 10 largest account holders at the defunct Silicon Valley Bank.

The implosion of Silicon Valley Bank, where the vast majority of account balances exceeded the $250,000 threshold backed by the FDIC, prompted the government-backed company to secure all accounts in order to prevent additional bank runs. Silicon Valley Bank had been forced to sell a long-term bond portfolio at a substantial loss to cover deposit requests.*** https://www.dailywire.com/news/13-billion-in-silicon-valley-bank-bailout-money-went-to-just-10-accounts

I get that the gov't caused the collapse by spending recklessly and rapidly and unpredictably raising interest rates, but WTF?

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The covington story was covered by many different news platforms. Now, with the ability for a video or photo to go viral, we are witnessing the reality of our society. The United States loves to put on a front and claim to be progressive, however, with all of the viral videos that have surfaced in the last few years I'm not sure I believe that. I noticed that some news outlets like Reuters covered the topic in a very generic way and just gave an overview of what happened and some quotes from those involved. Nothing wrong with this, it is the basis of what we are taught as journalists. However, the articles that stuck with me much more and the ones that I found myself agreeing with, were the ones that took it that step further and actually made a statement or included their opinion. Of course we need the reporting style of Reuters and other similar outlets, in order to get an unbiased ethical overview of a news story. But I also enjoy reading some more cutting reporting such as the article published by the root. I thought it was extremely clever to present the story in the form of a passive aggressive and sarcastic letter to the white boys involved in the incident. I also think that the story itself was very clever in their use of pointing out the history of white boys at protests. My favorite part of this article was when Michael Harriet stated, "But you must understand the long history of white people and their immediate calls for patience and “longer videos.” While they are quick to publicly condemn black “thugs” whenever a person of Caucasian descent is involved, white America repeatedly insists that we wait for more video or “all the facts to come out,” as they did in the case of Trayvon Martin, Emantic Bradford, Philando Castille, Laquan McDonald, and even the Mueller Report". These are other cases that have recently received a 'viral' status. Unfortunately not for good reason. This article was set up to appear to be on the side of the maga boys, however in reality Harriet is putting them down and shutting down any people who might have taken their side on the issue. I think that this was an example of reporting being done by the left and it was the one that resonated with me the most. 

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‘Riotsville, USA’ Shows the Birth of Police Militarization#Riotsville #USA #Shows #Birth #Police #Militarization

After the 2014 police killing of Laquan McDonald, Chicago officials appointed a commission to study policing in the city. When the commission issued its report two years later, Steve Bogira of the Chicago Reader noticed that the report bore striking similarities to a report issued after the death of Daniel Claiborne, a 70-year-old Black man, also at the hands of police. Both reports, Bogira…

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As we commemorate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. this weekend, I renew attention to David Byrne's American Utopia. The central idea is that the world depends on our individual, inner transformation of mind and heart, which we cannot accomplish alone. Our true selves are linked to one another through relationships.

Byrne covers Janelle Monae’s “Hell You Talmbout” to name African-American victims of American law enforcement and the systemic racism that continues to perpetuate this ongoing legal form of genocide. 

Say their names.

Eric Garner, John Crawford III, Michael Brown, Ezell Ford, Dante Parker, Michelle Cusseaux, Laquan McDonald, George Mann, Tanisha Anderson, Akai Gurley, Tamir Rice, Rumain Brisbon, Jerame Reid, Matthew Ajibade, Frank Smart, Natasha McKenna, Tony Robinson, Anthony Hill, Mya Hall, Phillip White, Eric Harris, Walter Scott, William Chapman II, Alexia Christian, Brendon Glenn, Victor Manuel Larosa, Jonathan Sanders, Freddie Blue, Joseph Mann, Salvado Ellswood, Sandra Bland, Albert Joseph Davis, Darrius Stewart, Billy Ray Davis, Samuel Dubose, Michael Sabbie, Brian Keith Day, Christian Taylor, Troy Robinson, Asshams Pharoah Manley, Felix Kumi, Keith Harrison McLeod, Junior Prosper, Lamontez Jones, Paterson Brown, Dominic Hutchinson, Anthony Ashford, Alonzo Smith, Tyree Crawford, India Kager, La’vante Biggs, Michael Lee Marshall, Jamar Clark, Richard Perkins, Nathaniel Harris Pickett, Benni Lee Tignor, Miguel Espinal, Michael Noel, Kevin Matthews, Bettie Jones, Quintonio Legrier, Keith Childress Jr., Janet Wilson, Randy Nelson, Antronie Scott, Wendell Celestine, David Joseph, Calin Roquemore, Dyzhawn Perkins, Christopher Davis, Marco Loud, Peter Gaines, Torrey Robinson, Darius Robinson, Kevin Hicks, Mary Truxillo, Demarcus Semer, Willie Tillman, Terrill Thomas, Sylville Smith, Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, Terence Crutcher, Paul O’Neal, Alteria Woods, Jordan Edwards, Aaron Bailey, Ronell Foster, Stephon Clark, Antwon Rose II, Botham Jean, Pamela Turner, Dominique Clayton, Atatiana Jefferson, Christopher Whitfield, Christopher Mccorvey, Eric Reason, Michael Lorenzo Dean, Breonna Taylor.

This non-comprehensive list of Black people in the United States killed by police since July 2014 was compiled by National Public Radio’s Code Switch as part of an episode entitled “A Decade of Watching Black People Die.”

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I'm super fired up about Rahm Emanuel's nomination as ambassador to Japan and here's why you should be too:

Emanuel is a close friend of Biden's and is only getting this nomination as a result of their friendship. He has already been denied other positions within the Administration

He lacks any foreign policy experience which is a huge slap in the face to one of closest (and imo most important) ally. Furthermore he simply lacks the cultural sensitivies to work with Japan

But most importantly:

He covered up the murder of Laquan McDonald by a cop. He was 17 years old and there was dash cam footage showing the cop shoot him 16 times in the back. Emanuel saw this footage and sat on it in order to salvage his reelection chances

Rahm Emanuel does not deserve to be elevated to this position. Please if you live in a blue state (and especially if you're in Massachusetts or Oregon), call your senators and tell them you oppose his nomination.

I called mine already and it was super easy. If you want a script this is roughly what I said:

Hi my name is [Name] and I'm a constituent of [Senator's Name]. I'm calling to express my opposition to President Biden's nomination of Rahm Emanuel as ambassador to Japan.

They took down my information including name, phone number, and address. I told them that I work in US-Japan relations and was concerned that he would not be a good representative of the US to Japan. You can tell them it's about Laquan McDonald but I don't think you have to give a reason if you don't want to.

There are many Democratic senators who don't support his nomination but don't want to go against Biden. Put pressure on them and tell them to say no to Emanuel.

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The NAACP on Tuesday sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland urging him to file federal civil rights charges against the white Chicago police officer who fatally shot Black teenager Laquan McDonald in 2014.