[if a white person calls you NGHR the only question is 'Are They Going to Do Something About it [practice racism] or Just Call Me Names?'] Video Shows Gunman Shoot a Black Man While Calling Him Nigger

Anon explains, A Nigger is a non-white person who is subject to White Supremacy. Nigger is what is being done to you. In the absence of white supremacy there would be no niggers. "People who classify themselves as White, who wish to be taken seriously, and who are righteous and responsible, will only talk about ending White Supremacy (Racism) and replacing it with Justice." [MORE]

From [HERE] Police are looking for the man who shot a black Stockton man repeatedly while calling him the n-word Friday night. The victim is in the hospital now facing a hard road to recovery.

“I wasn’t able to pick up, I didn’t know what was going on, but I got the voice message. He said, ‘Marlon, pray. I’ve been shot,” said Marlon Gayle whose brother was shot multiple times in Stockton.

Marlon said he thanked God that his brother Bobby’s life was spared after Bobby was shot seven times by a man he says his brother didn’t even know

CBS13 obtained surveillance video that is disturbing to watch.

In the video, the vicious attacker fired relentlessly towards Bobby, who backed away with his hands up — seemingly begging the suspect not to shoot. Bobby is alive after seeking shelter under his truck.

Marlon said Bobby, who is a father of five, was shot twice in the face and has several other gunshot wounds on his body including his throat.

“He was shot in his privates, he was shot in his thigh,” he explained.

The bullets narrowly missed major arteries.

“Each bullet was like saying ‘die.’ So, seven bullets that said ‘die’ and God said ‘live, live, live, live, live, live, live,’” he said.

Police are investigating what happened to Bobby outside a bank on Pacific Avenue near Hammer Lane as a possible hate crime.

“The guy drove by really fast. My brother said. ‘hey, slow down.’ The guy got out of the car, approached my brother…took out his gun…started saying the n-word over and over again as he was shooting my brother,” Marlon described.

Stockton Police say over the past five years they’ve averaged eight hate crime investigations per year. The most recent was this year and involved vandalism and graffiti with derogatory racial slurs.

“Right now, what’s going on in our country it’s just not okay,” said Rochelle Cheatam who lives in Stockton.

Marlon, whose family is strong in their faith, never thought his brother would be the victim of a racially motivated, violent attack.

“We are blessed that our brother is alive but at the same time, there are systemic issues like this that shouldn’t be swept under the rug. It needs to be dealt with and he needs to be brought to justice,” he added.

The family has set up a GoFundMe to assist with medical expenses as Bobby continues his road to recovery.

Boston Paid $1.3 Million After White Cops Arrested Black Man Having a Stroke, Detained for Hours on DUI. Liar Cops Claimed They Smelled Alcohol on His Breathe but Doctors Found None in His System

From [HERE] A new report found the City of Boston paid a $1.3 million settlement after police arrested a Black man and locked him up for hours as he suffered a stroke in 2019.

WBUR, which recently discovered the case through a public records request, found the city shelled out the payment for Al Copeland, who Boston police arrested when officers found the then-62-year-old slumped in his car and nearly unconscious on the side of Massachusetts Avenue.

Copeland told the news station he felt nauseous as he was driving that night and pulled over, not realizing he was having a stroke.

“I was afraid,” he recalled recently to WBUR for a story published on Tuesday. “I say, well, at least if anything happens to me, somebody will find me.”

Officers wrote in a police report they smelled alcohol on Copeland. He said he has not had a drink since 1995.

“Why they didn’t assume he was sick?” his wife, Valerie, asked. “I can only and strongly believe it’s because he’s a Black male.”

Al Copeland was brought to a police station despite that he could barely stand, and he fell and hit his head on the wall of a holding cell, police records reviewed by WBUR show.

Officers only called an ambulance for him after he threw up — five hours after they first found him outside the Berklee College of Music, the station reports.

Al Copeland was brought to Tufts Medical Center, where, records show, staff also assumed he was drunk and left him in the emergency room for seven hours, according to WBUR.

When Valerie Copeland found her husband, doctors ultimately confirmed he had no drugs or alcohol in his system and that he had suffered a stroke.

Al Copeland, who still has difficulty walking and performing other actions, was hospitalized for weeks and then had to undergo rehab, forcing him to give up his job at the MBTA, the station reports.

He said he doesn’t remember that night and can only recall walking up in rehab two months later.

“I heard … they treated you like you was a drunk on the street,” he told WBUR. “That’s what I heard … and it pissed me off. Immediately, I went to: all these white addicts all over nodding all over the place, they treat me like I’m a drunk on the street.”

Tufts apologized to the Copelands, and the hospital said it has since brought in social workers to help patients who cannot communicate and has also launched a center for diversity, equity, and inclusion to help address care disparities, according to WBUR.

The City of Boston and Boston police have never apologized or reached out to the Copelands, though, they told the station.

Department records indicate police began an internal investigation after the Copelands’ lawyer contacted the city. That probe found two officers and a sergeant neglected their duties: They did not respond quickly enough when Al Copeland fell and hit his head in the holding cell, according to the outlet.

The review ended over a year ago, but so far, none of the officers involved have been disciplined, WBUR reports.

The mayor’s office nor Boston police would tell the news station what, if anything, they have done to ensure a similar situation would not happen again.

The $1.3 million settlement, notably, did not come in response to a lawsuit, according to WBUR. The city offered the payment last year when officials heard from the Copelands’ attorney.

Sacramento Pays $3M to Latino Man Shot 7X by Police During Standoff. Liar Cop-Artists Performing for the Body Camera Promised 'Not to Harm Him if he put down the gun,' but Shot Him the Instant He Did

 From [HERE] Sacramento is paying $3.25 million to an Iraq veteran who was shot and seriously wounded by police during a 2017 standoff, it was reported Tuesday.

Kristopher Velez was hit at least four times in the chest, shoulder, arm and leg. He suffered broken bones and nerve damage, is partially disabled and needs additional surgeries, according to his federal lawsuit alleging negligence and excessive force.

After discussing the matter in August, the City Council agreed to settle the suit but didn’t announce a decision in open session, the Sacramento Bee reported. The paper learned of the decision from a California Public Records Act request.

Velez had missed a court date for a misdemeanor offense and bail bond agents forced themselves through a window of his south Sacramento home to take him into custody in September 2017, according to his lawsuit.

Velez, who had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, retreated to his bathroom with a gun and police were called.

Velez’s suit said at one point he accidentally fired a gun before a police sergeant convinced him to come out of the bathroom.

“The sergeant calmly interacted with Velez and reassured him that he could safely come out of the bathroom and put down the gun and that no one was going to hurt him,” the lawsuit said. “After some time, Velez came out of the bathroom and, after accepting the sergeant’s reassurances, put his handgun down on the floor, at which time he was immediately shot.”

A police statement released in October 2017 said Velez had “displayed the gun in the direction of the officers.”

Velez was never charged with a crime and the sergeant who shot him,17-year veteran John Harshbarger, was still on the police force as of April, the Bee reported.

In a statement, city spokesman Tim Swanson said the settlement agreement was “fair and reasonable.”

White Indianapolis Police Sergeant Charged w/Felony After Body Cam Video Showed him Use His Authority to Stomp a Homeless Black Man's Head While he was Handcuffed and Held Down on Sidewalk

From [HERE] (CNN) Federal prosecutors say they and the FBI are investigating an officer with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department after body camera video showed him kicking a handcuffed man in the head during an arrest.

Sgt. Eric Huxley has already been criminally charged at the state level and could face termination, authorities said.

Acting US Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana John E. Childress said Wednesday that "if the investigation reveals prosecutable violations of any federal criminal statutes, the (US Justice) Department will take appropriate action."

The results of an internal investigation led Marion County District Attorney to charge Huxley with official misconduct and battery with moderate bodily injury in connection with the September 24 arrest of Jermaine Vaughn at the city's Monument Circle, IMPD Lt. Shane Foley said during a news conference.

Huxley has been suspended without pay, and IMPD Chief Randal Taylor has recommended Huxley be terminated for his actions. An IMPD Internal Affairs investigation is ongoing.

"To the citizen involved in this incident, my thoughts and prayers go out to you," Taylor said in a statement. "That interaction does not represent IMPD and the work our officers do each day to keep our community safe."

What the body camera video shows

Huxley was one of three responding officers investigating a disorderly conduct incident on Monument Circle on September 24. Taylor said he did not expect the other two officers would face criminal charges, but they are on administrative duty pending the conclusion of the internal investigation.

Taylor played video of the arrest during the Tuesday news conference. It showed Huxley kicking Vaughn, a Black man, in the head while he is on his back and handcuffed. Taylor said the video is "difficult to watch."

The video begins with Vaughn handcuffed and being searched. Vaughn is heard telling the officer, "nobody cares what you do anymore." Vaughn and the arresting officer then get in a scuffle when the officer began pushing Vaughn back and told him to lean back.

Moments later, Vaughn is on the ground, on his back, with the arresting officer over him. Huxley is seen kicking Vaughn's head and saying, "you're done."

Vaughn was arrested for disorderly conduct, Foley said. Vaughn was then taken to jail, and did not receive medical treatment following the incident, Taylor said.

If it wasn't Recorded you wouldn't Believe Black Chicago Cops Used Their Uncontrollable Authority Over People to Attack an Innocent Black Man Walking Down the Street Minding His Own Business

“It is largely a liberal fantasy that the police exist to protect us from the bad guys.” Cops are tools for managing a system of unequal power and unequal conditions and managing the behaviors of non-white people within this free range prison. “People who are awake see cops are mercenary security guards that remind us daily, through acts of force, that we are simultaneously both enemies and slaves of the Corporate state - colonized, surveilled and patrolled by the desensitized and lobotomized drones of the colonizers.” - FUNKTIONARY

Scholar Alex Vitale explains, “there is now a large body of evidence measuring whether the race of the individual officers affects their use of force. Most studies show no effect. More distressingly, a few indicate that black officers are more likely to use force or make arrests, especially of Black civilians.” Conversely, it is rare for a black police officer to use excessive force against a white person. In fact, according to Anon, in the history of modern law enforcement there have been only a handful of instances of a black police officer shooting or killing an unarmed white person. This is not surprising but it is absolute proof that the black individual operating within a system of white supremacy cannot mistreat whites even if he or she is wearing a uniform, a badge, and carrying a gun." [MORE] 

Black cops are Obedient Black rolebots plugged into Doggy's operating system. They worship rules, government and logic within the parameters of the lex-icon. Many Black cops probably possess what Dr. Blynd calls “double consciousness”

double consciousness - the sense of looking at one's Self through the eye's (axiology) and distorted mirrors of others. 2) the psycho-mismanagement of one's neurosis. 3) intimately involved with what you hate, and torn apart from who you (think you) are. You cannot learn to use that which you refuse to acknowledge, i.e., one's heritage, roots, or asili. (See: Matah, Inauthentic, "Wille-Chip," Power, Anxiety, Anguish, LEARN & Asili.) 

Chicago Cop Faces Firing but No Charges After Making a Felony Threat to "Fuck Up" a "Nigger" [a non-white person who is subject to White Supremacy] During an Arrest

From [HERE] Chicago Police Supt. David Brown has moved to fire an officer who allegedly threatened a suspect and used a racial slur during an arrest in 2019, records show.

At the time of the incident, Officer Jose Troche-Vargas was already embroiled in a lawsuit accusing him of tackling and beating a 15-year-old boy in 2018. A settlement cost the city $100,000.

On Sept. 22, Brown sent a letter to the Chicago Police Board recommending Troche-Vargas “be separated” from the police department and detailing a series of administrative charges stemming from remarks he allegedly made during an arrest on June 28, 2019 in the 2200 block of North Kimball Avenue.

“I’m not the one to fuck with, I’ll tell you that right now, nigger.” Troche-Vargas allegedly told the person he was arresting, using a racial epithet.

“I don’t need no f—— badge, I don’t need no f—— gun. I will beat your mother f—— a—, b—-. … You’re lucky I have a camera on me or I would f— you up,” he allegedly told the suspect.

Troche-Vargas is also accused of failing to activate his body-worn camera during the arrest, according to Brown’s letter.

The officer is charged with violating five departmental rules, including those prohibiting officers from disrespecting or mistreating others and engaging in “any unjustified verbal or physical altercation with any person.”

Troche-Vargas’ attorney, Tim Grace, declined comment.

The incident happened about three months before the city reached a settlement in the lawsuit stemmed from the 15-year-old’s arrest on Feb. 15, 2018.

According to the federal lawsuit, filed by the boy’s mother Rosalva Puentes de la Torre, Troche-Vargas was driving his personal SUV near Lockwood Avenue and Altgeld Street when he blew a stop sign and “narrowly missed hitting” the teen on his bicycle.

Troche-Vargas then swerved in front of teen and slammed on his brakes, causing the teen to run into the back of the SUV, the lawsuit states.

The officer got out of his SUV and tackled the boy in the street and “struck him about his body,” according to the complaint. Troche-Vargas identified himself as a cop and said he “was acting within the scope of his employment as a Chicago police officer.”

Onlookers called 911 and “intervened to protect” the boy, who also called authorities and summoned his father to the scene, according to the complaint.

An unnamed officer told the boy’s father that his son would be charged with assault if he requested an ambulance, the complaint claimed.

An ambulance eventually transported the boy to a hospital, where he was treated for “lightheadedness and contusions to his right hip, right shoulder, right upper arm, and head,” the complaint stated.

From there, he was taken to the 25th District police station where at least one unnamed officer “created or approved false police reports and false criminal complaints” related to the boy’s arrest, according to the complaint.

He was charged with aggravated assault, but the boy received a letter in March that Cook County prosecutors “would not be filing any charges” against him, according to the complaint.

The suit — which named the city of Chicago, Troche-Vargas and three responding police officials — claimed the boy was the victim of a false arrest and “malicious prosecution.” It accused Troche-Vargas of battering the teen and using excessive force.

The $100,000 settlement did not have to be approved by the City Council, which only reviews settlements over that amount.

Troche-Vargas has served on the police force for nearly nine years and earns an $84,054 annual salary. During that time, he’s been the subject of five complaints but none have been sustained, according to the Invisible Institute’s Citizens Police Data Project. That includes a use of force complaint stemming from an incident that happened less than two weeks after the boy’s arrest.

Now facing dismissal, a status hearing in Troche-Vargas’ disciplinary case is scheduled for Monday.

White Liberal Prosecutor says a White Elyria Cop used Reasonable Force when He Straddled a Black Teen and Slammed His Head Into the Concrete to Make Arrest

From [HERE] An investigation by the Lorain County Prosecutor's Office has determined that there was no unreasonable or excessive force used by Elyria police in their arrest of Markese White last month.

On September 21, two Elyria police officers tried to speak with 18-year-old Markese White about allegations made by his sister.

Video shot by a bystander shows an officer wrestling White to the ground while others look on. The report confirms the officer, identified as Patrolman Michael Walker, hit White's head on the cement while trying to arrest him.

Court records show White was eventually taken to the Lorain County Jail on multiple charges, including felonious assault, domestic violence, and resisting arrest. Elyria Police Chief Duane Whitley placed Walker on leave and asked the Lorain County Prosecutor's Office investigate the actions of his officer.

"In coming to the conclusion I have reached today, I did not do so hastily," wrote Lorain County Prosecutor J.D. Tomlinson in a release. Tomlinson says his office reviewed three separate video recordings of the arrest, police reports made by the officers involved, the medical report of White from the staffs at the Lorain County Jail and University Hospitals Elyria Regional Medical Center, and a report from an investigator from Tomlinson's office.

"It is only after a careful study of all these materials and the relevant law, and after extensive consultation with all of the personnel studying this matter, that I have resolved the issue of whether in effecting the arrest of Markese White on September 21, 2021, members of the Elyria Police Department used unreasonable or excessive force. I have concluded they did not," Tomlinson stated.

Did Black Man Raise a Phone or a Gun before Marshals Fatally Shot Him? or Did His Phone Turn Into a Gun? In a Credibility Contest btw White Cops and a Black Woman who did the White Prosecutor Believe?

"The Evidence Surrounds [the belief in] Authority" & Racism/White Supremacy.

From [HERE] and [HERE] Members of a U.S. Marshals Service task force will not be charged in the fatal shooting of Winston Smith Jr., a Black man who was killed while authorities were trying to arrest him as he sat in an SUV at a Minneapolis parking ramp, a prosecutor announced Monday.

Crow Wing County Attorney Don Ryan [racist suspect in photo] said in letters dated last Wednesday that the task force members were justified in using deadly force when they shot Smith on June 3 as they tried to detain him for allegedly being a felon in possession of a firearm. The central Minnesota prosecutor reviewed the case because prosecutors in the Twin Cities area had conflicts of interest and the Hennepin County Attorney's Office announced the decision Monday.

Ryan said task force members were identifiable as law enforcement, told Smith he was under arrest and ordered him out of the vehicle. Ryan said Smith didn't comply and as task force members tried to enter the SUV, "Smith initiated a deadly force confrontation ... by drawing his handgun and firing."

"Though I am unable to determine who fired first, it is irrelevant in this case," Ryan wrote. "Once an individual initiates a deadly force confrontation, a law enforcement officer does not have to wait to be shot/shot at before reacting." He said task force members' actions were reasonable, justified and "in response to an apparent threat of death or great bodily harm."

Smith, 32, of St. Paul, was in a parked SUV when he was shot. The U.S. Marshals Service said at the time that he didn't comply and "produced a handgun resulting in task force members firing."

Ryan said the task force used lights and sirens as they boxed in the SUV, wore clearly marked tactical vests and gave numerous commands for Smith to keep his hands visible as he did something with his phone. Ryan said Smith didn't comply for "several minutes." As law enforcement began to break a window, Smith looked at them "with a look of annoyance/disgust on his face."

Ryan said Smith then dropped his phone, twisted his body and leaned into the back seat. He was told to stop reaching and recoiled into the driver's seat when a task force member yelled "don't do it," then "gun, gun, gun," Ryan wrote. That task force member then fired at Smith. Another pulled a handgun and began firing.

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office said Smith was shot multiple times.

Witness offers a different account

Jaylani Hussein, the executive director of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations and an activist against police violence, said he's not surprised. "There is absolutely no confidence that county prosecutors can fully bring forth justice against law enforcement," he said.

A woman who was in the SUV with Smith has said through her attorneys that law enforcement officers were not in uniform and did not identify themselves when they surrounded the SUV with guns drawn. Norhan Askar also said that she never saw a gun on Smith or in his vehicle, and that he was shot after he raised a cellphone to begin recording.

Askar's legal counsel also said the officers did not identify themselves as law enforcement agents after they surrounded the couple in unmarked cars.

Ryan said a handgun, and six spent cartridge cases that came from that weapon, were found inside the vehicle. Tests showed bullet fragments also had been fired from that gun. Apparently, no fingerprints or DNA was found on the gun. Also one of the two officers said he never saw a gun. [MORE]

Authorities said at the time there was no video of the shooting, and the lack of body camera footage raised questions as Smith's family and activists demanded transparency. Local officials said the deputies on the task force were assigned body cameras, but were told by the U.S. Marshals Service that they could not use them, despite an October 2020 change in Justice Department policy that would have allowed their use.

But Ryan wrote that there is body camera footage of Askar, recorded immediately after the shooting. Ryan said Askar said in the video it "happened really fast where a bunch of officers came out of nowhere" and told them to put their hands up. In the video, described by Ryan, Askar said she put her hands up and pleaded with Smith to do the same, but Smith would not, saying he did not want to go back to jail and he was "going to die."

Ryan said Askar also gave a statement to state investigators saying she did not remember seeing a gun in Smith's vehicle.

The task force members who shot Smith included a Ramsey County Sheriff's deputy and a Hennepin County Sheriff's deputy. Their names were not released because they were working undercover.

Misunderstanding His Role as a Representative of White Authority, Black LA Trooper is Fired for Speaking Out About White Cops' Use of their Authority to Brutally Murder and Torture Ronald Greene

WHITE Louisiana COPS TORTURED AND MURDERED RONALD GREENE, AN UNARMED BLACK MAN. ON VIDEO HE IS HIS HEARD BEGGING THEM FOR HIS LIFE. THE WHITE COPS HOWEVER, WHO HAVE BEEN DELEGATED “AUTHORITY'“ or THE RIGHT TO RULE OVER PEOPLE AND TAKE FREEDOM AND LIFE WHEN THEY DEEM IT NECESSARY, ignored their servant’s pleas.

From [HERE] A Black Louisiana state trooper who went public with allegations of police brutality and racism within the department has received notice that he was being fired. 

Carl Cavalier got a letter this week from State Police Superintendent Lamar Davis saying that he violated department policy by speaking out about the death of Ronald Greene, according to WWL-TV, a local CBS affiliate. Davis is a black strawboss, a sambo overseer appointed by his white masters to carry out functions of authority and the white supremacy dynamic.

Greene was a Black man who was tortured and murdered by white troopers. On May 10, 2019, Greene, who was unarmed, died after being arrested by Louisiana State Police following a high-speed chase outside Monroe, Louisiana. During the arrest, he was stunned, punched, and placed in a chokehold. He was also dragged face down while handcuffed and shackled, and he was left face down for at least nine minutes. At least six white troopers were involved in the arrest.

When Greene's corpse was brought to the hospital, police told doctors that his car had run into a tree, a story a doctor said "does not add up", given the nature of Greene's injuries and the fact that there were two stun-gun probes lodged in his body; police later acknowledged that Greene had died during a struggle, though without mentioning any use of force by officers. Although authorities refused to release body camera footage for two years, the Associated Press obtained and published a portion of it in May 2021. [MORE]

IN PHOTO LAMAR DAVIS, A BLACK STRAW BOSS WHO CARRIES OUT VARIOUS FUNCTIONS FOR HIS WHITE AUTHORITARIAN MASTERS SUCH AS FIRING BLACKS (like Carl Cavalier) WHO SPEAK OUT OF TURN. ANOTHER FUNCTION IS ASSIST IN THE COVER-UP POLICE MURDERS OF BLACK PEOPLE (LIKE RONALD GREENE), who can be murdered anytime, any place in the system of rws IF AN AUTHORITARIAN SAYS SO. [MORE]

HERE, Ofcr cavalier forgot his role. Black cops are Obedient Black rolebots plugged into Doggy's operating system. They worship rules, government and logic within the parameters of the lex-icon. Many Black cops probably possess what Dr. Blynd calls “double consciousness.” Black cops are token representatives of white authority. Said authority is used to rule all citizens and to maintain the system of racism white supremacy. As explained by Dr. Amos Wilson, as such Blacks cannot simultaneously be at one with and at the same time separate subjects of White power.

Scholar Alex Vitale explains, “there is now a large body of evidence measuring whether the race of the individual officers affects their use of force. Most studies show no effect. More distressingly, a few indicate that black officers are more likely to use force or make arrests, especially of Black civilians.” Conversely, it is rare for a black police officer to use excessive force against a white person. [MORE]

FUNKTIONARY makes it plain; in all systems of government authority and the system of racism white supremacy, “Disobedience is the only crime - all others are offshoots.” Recall the Kaepernick Rule any act or attitude on the part of Blacks which appears to White Americans to defy White American authority, control or dominance will cause the disobedient Black to be disappeared or filtered out by elite whites. Also, any non-white person who names and challenges the system of racism/white supremacy may also be filtered out. All showcase Blacks and Black people working within the system (in all areas of activity) can be replaced with obedient Blacks.

Cavalier gave interviews to local television stations in Louisiana indicating that he was disappointed it required leaked body camera footage to get the department to discipline the officers involved in Greene's death, WWL-TV reported. 

“There are killers,” Cavalier said in an interview with the station. “And there are people who are OK with the killers being on the job. And that's the people who are a part of the cover up.”

“I considered it a murder,” he added. “Because why else would we hesitate to be transparent about it? Why else would we not do our jobs and hold these guys accountable? Why else? What other reason?”

Cavalier was also facing pushback from the department after publishing a book about being a Black officer in an environment that could be racially hostile. He had used a pseudonym for the book and was serving a five-week unpaid suspension for publishing it when he received notice of his firing, WWL-TV noted.

On Sept. 30, Cavalier filed a lawsuit claiming that his superior officers within the State Police discriminated against him. When he complained internally about the alleged discrimination, Cavalier said he was demoted and transferred, per WWL-TV.

"Trooper Cavalier received the decision of the appointing authority to move forward with termination based on an administrative investigation that revealed he violated several departmental policies," Lt. Melissa Matey of the Louisiana State Police said in an email statement to The Hill. "It should be noted that our disciplinary administrative process is not finalized and Cavalier remains an employee at this time."

Justice Dept to Investigate Reports of Abuse of [mostly Black] Incarcerated Children in Texas’ Juvenile Prisons. Prison Cops Accused of excessive force, sexual misconduct and the use of Isolation

From [HERE] The Justice Department said on Wednesday that it was investigating juvenile correctional facilities in Texasover allegations of physical violence, sexual abuse and other mistreatment of children held there.

The investigation, which will also examine the state’s use of isolation and chemicals like pepper spray, is part of a broader effort to overhaul the criminal justice system and address conditions in prisons, a goal that in recent years has had bipartisan support and was pursued by the Obama and Trump administrations before President Biden took office. And it follows other recent Justice Department investigations into adult correctional facilities in states including Georgia and New Jersey.

“Prison conditions and the conditions inside of institutions where young people are detained is a priority issue for the Civil Rights Division at the Justice Department,” Kristen Clarke, who leads the division, said at a news conference.

“No child who was sent to a Texas facility for treatment and rehabilitation should be subjected to violence and abuse, nor denied basic services,” she said. [MORE]

Despite the Fact that None of the 99% White Owned NFL Teams Have Offered Colin Kaepernick a Job He Says He Still Trains to Quarterback an NFL Team to a Super Bowl

From [HERE ]In a rare interview, former NFL quarterback and American activist Colin Kaepernick said he still trains to play in the NFL. 

"I am still up at 5 a.m. training five, six days a week making sure I’m prepared to take a team to a Super Bowl again," he told Ebony. "That’s not something I will ever let go of, regardless of the actions of 32 teams and their partners to deny me employment. The same way I was persistent in high school is the same way I’m gonna be persistent here."

Kaepernick did the interview while promoting his new Netflix series, Colin in Black & White, a six-episode scripted series that chronicles his high school years. The latest trailer dropped Tuesday and the series will focus on Kaepernick's struggles with identity, culture and football as a Black boy adopted and raised by white parents in California. 

Kaepernick, who led the 49ers to a Super Bowl appearance in 2013, is mostly known for protesting police brutality and racial inequality by taking a knee during the national anthem before games while with San Francisco. His peaceful protest caused nationwide debate and many speculated it's why he never played in the NFL again after entering 2017 free agency. 

He later filed a grievance with the NFL and accused league owners of collusion to blackball him. The NFL and Kaepernick eventually reached a confidential settlement.

Despite not getting a regular season snap since 2016, the 33-year-old still feels he's able to quarterback a team to the mountain top and says the NFL will have to give him a good reason why he can't play anymore. 

"You’re gonna have to continue to deny me and do so in a public way," he told Ebony. "And you’re gonna expose yourself by that, but it won’t be because I’m not ready or not prepared. But in that process, I’m also not gonna let you bury my future."

In NFL Gruden Scandal Elite Racists Confuse Bigotry w/Racism White Supremacy to Maintain Cooperative Master Servant Relations. "Nigger" is What is Being Done to You, Not What is Said About You

LAUGHING AT NGHRS, NOT WITH YOU. Elite liberal Racists Showcase their corny ass RecogNegro SNiggers on SNL. Making fun of Blacks is what SNL does best. Fuck that show.

Racism is not primarily about bigotry - minor inconveniences such as trouble catching a cab, standing in a long line to vote or disrespect, stereotypes or bad conduct or mean words by white people. Rather racism/white supremacy is about the superior, dominate position of whites and vast unequal power, conditions and opportunities and maintaining that imbalance of power through cooperative control and oppression. 

Belief that racism is only bigotry is a vital part of false programming sold to you by the vested interests for your cooperation and submission to your own oppression. Such belief is whitenology sold by elite whites - publishers, scholars, professionals and government representatives and also promoted by showcase Blacks who parrot such false consciousness programs in various styles. 

In reality, to be a racist is to be an "upholder, supporter and perpetrator of the institution of the White Supremacy Dynamic in a system of oppression (structured and perpetuated injustice—racism.)" 

Elite racists [neuropeans] like to use word tricks or confuse with language. The terms "racist" and "racists" and racism are used interchangeably or confusingly by racists with what is really bigotry or just name calling. Amos Wilson explained that defining racism in terms of attitude or bigotry leads to solving the wrong problems. [MORE]

Dr. Blynd explains, "Racism is not individualistic, but institutional, cultural, economic, political, linguistic, self-perpetuating and systematic." White Supremacy is a power group dynamic involving the relationship between whites and Blacks in a vast system of unequal power. It is economic discrimination by one group over and against another for the purposes of subjugation and/or maintaining the imbalance of power through cooperative control, misinformation, indoctrination, genocide and oppression. Racists practice racism because they have the power to do so. As explained by Dr. Amos Wilson, 'to end racism/white supremacy we must end or neutralize white power.' [MORE]

Racism is white supremacy and white supremacy is racism.  'Everywhere one finds Whites and Blacks in close proximity to each other, whether it is Chicago or Zimbabwe, the Whites are in control. This extraordinary universal phenomenon which defies every known statistical law of probability is rarely questioned by African Americans (90% of the world is non-white)'. [MORE]

Specifically as defined in FUNKTIONARY;

bigot - one who manifests and expresses self hatred and self inferiority. Not to be confused with racism. 

Bigotry - manfestation of the self-alien(h)ated and self hatred projected towards others, especially those of a different so-called race. Bigotry is personal, whereas white supremacy racism is an institutionalized group power dynamic and impersonal. 

Racism White Supremacy - 1) psychopathic degeneracy. 2) "The local and global power system and dynamic, structured and maintained by persons who classify themselves as white, whether consciously or subconsciously determined, which consists of patterns of perception, logic, symbol formation, thought, speech, action and emotional response, as conducted simultaneously in all areas of people activity (economics, education, entertainment, labour, law, politics, religion, sex and war); for the ultimate purpose of white genetic survival and to prevent white genetic annihilation on planet earth—a planet upon which the vast majority of people are classified as non-white (Black, Brown, Red and Yellow) by white skinned people, and all of the nonwhite people are genetically dominant (in terms of skin coloration) compared to the genetic recessive white skin people." -Dr. Francis Cress Welsing, MD. 

"People who classify themselves as White, who wish to be taken seriously, and who are righteous and responsible, will only talk about ending White Supremacy (Racism) and replacing it with Justice."

There is no system of Black supremacy. Nelly Fuller has observed that there is only one functioning form of racism in the known world- White supremacy. He challen­ges his readers to identify and then to demonstrate the superiority or functional supremacy of any of the world's "non-white" peoples over anyone. Concluding that since there is no operational supremacy of any "colored" people, Fuller reveals that the only valid operational definition of racism is white supremacy. He observes that in spite of any and all statements the world's "non-white" peoples may make about themselves having economic and/or political independence and the like, in the final analysis, they are all victims of the white supremacy process.

In a system of white supremacy/racism non-whites cannot be racist to whites b/c they have no power to do so. It is a white over Black system of vast unequal power by design.   

Anon explains: 

Q: Why is it called “Racism/White Supremacy?”

A: Because this describes exactly WHO is practicing racism. For one group to practice racism that group must have MORE POWER than another group. Since whites control ALL the major areas of human activity in America — housing, education, health, entertainment, economics, politics, law, and religion — it is accurate to define all “racism” as “white supremacy.” We must be accurate so the victims of racism do not become confused. 

Q: Isn’t all racism the same, regardless of who is practicing it?

A: There is only ONE kind of racism: white supremacy. White people are the only group in America with the POWER to discriminate (deprive or punish other ethnic groups), and the systems and institutions to maintain the imbalance of power.

For example, rich people are more powerful than poor people. Rich people have the POWER to discriminate against poor people by depriving them of income, promotions, jobs, housing, land, justice, and any other rights – if they choose to do so.

In America, whites have the POWER to discriminate against blacks (and other non-whites) by depriving them of income, promotions, jobs, housing, land, justice, and any other rights – if they choose to do so. It doesn’t matter that some whites are poorer than some blacks.

In all things and in all places in America, whites are collectively more powerful than blacks are collectively. This imbalance of (white) power creates the opportunity and the ability to practice racism against non-whites. Racism is not empty rhetoric (words) or mindless emotion. Racism is economic, political, institutional, and systematic POWER. Since whites control all the institutions and systems of power in America, only whites have the power to practice racism. [MORE]

Race is not real but racism is. [MORE] Racists are obsessed with skin color and their inability to produce color. They created the concept of race out of thin air. The only purpose of race is to practice racism. Having little biological validity, the term "race" is better translated to mean organization. The sole purpose of such organization is to maintain white domination and world control of non-whites, who have been frictionalized into made up classifications of people by racists. [MORE] 

Gullible victims of RSW who have misunderstood the meaning of racism white supremacy have sought to reform the conduct of racists - reform their bad attitudes & behavior, mean words, stereotypes and prove their humanity to them through moral suasion. Such goals can be described as a moral quest for respect from racists and for more kinder & thoughtful white people. However, asking master "to do the right thing" misses the point entirely. At this point in history said goals are entirely pathological and perhaps even a sign of a mental disorder. The master-servant relationship must be destroyed, not updated and refined. 

Justice requires the elimination of the causes of injustice.  White Supremacy/Racism is the cause of problems such as poverty, economic inequality, lack of economic development, unemployment, drug addiction, infant mortality, AIDS, health disparities, chronic welfare dependency, lack of affordable housing, gentrification, homelessness, servant education, the unequal administration of justice, police brutality, jim crow like incarceration and much more. [MORE].

Although the system of racism/white supremacy is a main source of all Black people’s problems and oppression, it is not part of “the resistance” or “being woke” or the electoral “black politics” agenda. Rather, said approaches primarily focus on single issues such as “voting rights” or “police brutality” etc. and the unequal administration of laws in general as independent “civil rights” issues examined outside the context of racism/white supremacy. Said lens views issues separately and not as symptoms of the system of racism/white supremacy. In reality, most Blacks examine issues on an ad-hoc basis, the way white liberals and conservatives have defined said issues for them. Therefore, discussion never concerns how to attain the power to stop racists from practicing racism against them.

NBA Player Brandon Goodwin Says COVID Injection Caused Blood Clots, But Team Officials Told Him to ‘Keep Quiet’

From [HERE] Nothing else was known about the “minor” condition until Sept. 29, when Goodwin disclosed on the video-streaming website Twitch that his minor condition was blood clots, which he said developed after he got the vaccine.

Goodwin said during an Oct. 3 Twitch stream:

“I got sick, then I never recovered from it. I would always have back pain. I was just super tired in the games, like when we played Philly [Apr. 28-30] back to back. Bro, I was so tired, like I couldn’t run up and down the court. Then we went home, that’s when my back really started hurting bad. Then I’m like I have to go to the doctor, that’s when I found out I had blood clots.”

Goodwin said the symptoms “all happened in the span of a month” after getting vaccinated.

“I was fine up until then, up until I took the vaccine,” Goodwin said. “I was fine. So people trying to tell you it’s not the vaccine, how do you know? You don’t know. Yes, the vaccine ended my season, one thousand percent.”

Goodwin expressed no animosity toward the Hawks, but did express some confusion about how they handled his hospitalization.

“Nothing against the Hawks, but they called me the next day while I was in the hospital and told me, ‘We’re going to tell the press your season’s over,’” he said.

Goodwin said the team asked him to keep quiet about his condition, which explains why the public is only now learning that the so-called “minor” condition was blood clots.

“They just, like, don’t say anything about it. Don’t tell nobody. I’m like, bro … ,” Goodwin revealed in the video.

Godwin said he wanted to speak up, so he could get back in the game, because he was back on his feet after the initial bout of respiratory problems, despite being on blood thinners.

In fairness to the team, Goodwin said his doctor also told him “not to play basketball in the summer.”

Goodwin did not disclose which vaccine he received, but blood clots have been linked to all three COVID vaccines authorized for emergency use in the U.S. — Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson (J&J)  — though the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has added a warning labelonly to the J&J shot.

On April 13, federal agencies paused J&J’s vaccine, marketed under the company’s Janssen subsidiary, while they investigated the vaccine’s possible link to potentially dangerous blood clots.

In an April 13 joint statement from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and FDA, the agencies said they were investigating six cases of blood clots in the U.S. All six occurred in women between the ages of 18 and 48, and symptoms occurred six to 13 days after vaccination.

On April 23, an independent advisory panel for the CDC voted 10 – 4 to resume use of J&J’s vaccine with a label warning against the risk of blood clots.

According to the latest data from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, there have been 10,131 U.S. reports of blood clotting disorders after receiving a COVID vaccine between Dec. 14, 2020 and Oct. 8, 2021. Of those, 4,407 reports were attributed to Pfizer, 3,654 reports to Moderna and 2,018 reports to J&J.

Do-Gooders Violently Impose Cult Belief on NBA: Healthy, Symptomless Athletes Like Kyrie Irving Might Be Sick So They are Banned but Vaxxed Players who Can and Will Transmit COVID are Allowed to Play

According to FUNKTIONARY:

the do-gooders - that most dangerous tribe of pseudo-moralists armed with ignorance and golden rulers. the do-gooders absence of the true nature of self (the t am,') strengthen all the forces of illusion and collusion and ensure the continuity to the realm of unreality for the sleep-walking masses. "the world suffers most from the disinterested tyranny of its well-wisher." -rabinath tagore. (see: status-quoticians & the golden rule).

PROPAGANDHI - PASSIVE SOCIAL NON-RESISTANCE PROPAGANDA. 2) OBEDIENCE-BASED SERVITUDE TO THE ENFORCERS OF GRANFALLOONS UNCOMMONLY KNOWN AS CORPORATE STATES AND ANY OTHER GROUP-ENTITIES.[MORE]

From [HERE] Kyrie Irving won’t play or practice for the Brooklyn Nets this season until he gets vaccinated, the team said Tuesday, a move that will increase the pressure on the NBA superstar in what has quickly become one of the world’s most consequential Covid-19 workplace standoffs. 

Irving is currently ineligible to play home games for the Nets, the heavy favorites to win the championship in the NBA season that begins next week, under a New York City order that requires proof of vaccination to enter an indoor sports arena like the Barclays Center.

He was cleared to practice last week when the city determined that the Nets’ practice facility was a private office building. But Irving was still staring at the possibility of being a part-time NBA player, missing every home game and rejoining his team for road games, until Tuesday’s decision from Nets owner Joe Tsai and general manager Sean Marks. 

Now the ban from the Nets has effectively given him an ultimatum that will force him to choose between his desire to remain unvaccinated and more than $15 million in potential salary.  

“Kyrie has made a personal choice, and we respect his individual right to choose,” Marks said in a statement released by the team. “Currently the choice restricts his ability to be a full-time member of the team, and we will not permit any member of our team to participate with part-time availability.” 

The ball is now in Irving’s court, but time is running out: The Nets open the NBA season with a rematch against the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks next Tuesday.

“The hope is that we’ll have Kyrie back,” Marks said. “We’ll welcome him back with open arms under a different set of circumstances.” 

Irving has declined to comment on his vaccination status, insisting it was a private matter. His spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment. [MORE]

The Color of Justice in the System of Racism White Supremacy: Blacks are incarcerated in State Prisons at Nearly 5X the rate of whites, and Latinos are 1.3X as likely to be incarcerated than whites

RWS requires the greater confinement of substantial numbers of non-white people. Undeceiver Neely Fuller makes it plain that “The White Supremacists know that a world system based on Racism White Supremacy requires that substantial numbers of non-white people be greatly restricted in their movements from place to place. The White Supremacists restrict the movements and activities of non-white people so as to keep them idle, and/or keep them from becoming constructively sufficient.

A new report from the Sentencing Project finds that Black Americans are incarcerated in state prisons across the country at nearly five times the rate of whites, and Latinx people are 1.3 times as likely to be incarcerated than non-Latinx whites. This report documents the rates of incarceration for white, Black and Latinx Americans in each state, identifies three contributors to racial and ethnic disparities in imprisonment, and provides recommendations for reform. The report states in summary:

This report details our observations of staggering disparities among Black and Latinx people imprisoned in the United States given their overall representation in the general population. The latest available data regarding people sentenced to state prison reveal that Black Americans are imprisoned at a rate that is roughly five times the rate of white Americans. During the present era of criminal justice reform, not enough emphasis has been focused on ending racial and ethnic disparities systemwide.

Going to prison is a major life-altering event that creates obstacles to building stable lives in the community, such as gaining employment and finding stable and safe housing after release. Imprisonment also reduces lifetime earnings and negatively affects life outcomes among children of incarcerated parents.1) These are individual-level consequences of imprisonment but there are societal level consequences as well: high levels of imprisonment in communities cause high crime rates and neighborhood deterioration, thus fueling greater disparities.2) This cycle both individually and societally is felt disproportionately by people who are Black. It is clear that the outcome of mass incarceration today has not occurred by happenstance but has been designed through policies created by a dominant white culture that insists on suppression of others.

At the same time, states have begun to chip away at mass incarceration. Nine states have lowered their prison population by 30% or more in recent years: Alaska, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Alabama, Rhode Island, Vermont, Hawaii, and California.3) This decline has been accomplished through a mix of reforms to policy and practice that reduce prison admissions as well as lengths of stay in prison. Still, America maintains its distinction as the world leader4) in its use of incarceration, including more than 1.2 million people held in state prisons around the country.5)

Truly meaningful reforms to the criminal justice system cannot be accomplished without acknowledgement of its racist underpinnings. Immediate and focused attention on the causes and consequences of racial disparities is required in order to eliminate them. True progress towards a racially just system requires an understanding of the variation in racial and ethnic inequities in imprisonment across states and the policies and day-to-day practices that drive these inequities.6)

This report documents the rates of incarceration for whites, African Americans, and Latinx individuals, providing racial and ethnic composition as well as rates of disparity for each state.7) The Sentencing Project has produced state-level estimates twice before8) and once again finds staggering disproportionalities.

Key findings

1. Black Americans are incarcerated in state prisons at nearly 5 times the rate of white Americans.

2. Nationally, one in 81 Black adults per 100,000 in the U.S. is serving time in state prison. Wisconsin leads the nation in Black imprisonment rates; one of every 36 Black Wisconsinites is in prison.

3. In 12 states, more than half the prison population is Black: Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.

4. Seven states maintain a Black/white disparity larger than 9 to 1: California, Connecticut, Iowa, Maine, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Wisconsin.

5. Latinx individuals are incarcerated in state prisons at a rate that is 1.3 times the incarceration rate of whites. Ethnic disparities are highest in Massachusetts, which reports an ethnic differential of 4.1:1.

Recommendations

1. Eliminate mandatory sentences for all crimes.
   Mandatory minimum sentences, habitual offender laws, and mandatory transfer of juveniles to the adult criminal system give prosecutors too much authority while limiting the discretion of impartial judges. These policies contributed to a substantial increase in sentence length and time served in prison, disproportionately imposing unduly harsh sentences on Black and Latinx individuals.

2. Require prospective and retroactive racial impact statements for all criminal statutes.
   The Sentencing Project urges states to adopt forecasting estimates that will calculate the impact of proposed crime legislation on different populations in order to minimize or eliminate the racially disparate impacts of certain laws and policies. Several states have passed “racial impact statement” laws. To undo the racial and ethnic disparity resulting from decades of tough-on-crime policies, however, states should also repeal existing racially biased laws and policies. The impact of racial impact laws will be modest at best if they remain only forward looking.

3. Decriminalize low-level drug offenses.
   Discontinue arrest and prosecutions for low-level drug offenses which often lead to the accumulation of prior convictions which accumulate disproportionately in communities of color. These convictions generally drive further and deeper involvement in the criminal legal system.

2 Black Men Murdered within a Week in Alabama's Inhumane Family Destruction and Gender Annihilation Centers [Prisons]

From [HERE] Two Black men incarcerated in Alabama were murdered last week as the mortality rate in the state’s prisons skyrockets.

Travis Hutchins, a 34-year-old Black man from Jefferson County, was stabbed to death by another incarcerated man in a housing dormitory at Bibb Correctional Facility on October 7.

Kenneth Gilchrist, a 31-year-old Black man from Mobile, was stabbed to death at Donaldson Correctional Facility on October 11.

The murders are the ninth and tenth homicides in Alabama prisons this year.

They are also the 33rd and 34th homicides since the U.S. Justice Department released its findings in April 2019 that Alabama “routinely violates the constitutional rights of prisoners” by failing to protect them from rampant violence and sexual abuse. The Justice Department found “a high level of violence that is too common, cruel, of an unusual nature, and pervasive.”

Over the past decade, Alabama’s prison system has seen one of the largest and fastest increases in prison mortality in the country. Alabama’s prison mortality rate increased from 296 deaths per 100,000 incarcerated people in 2008 to 588 in 2018. That 99% jump is more than three times the increase seen in other state prisons across the country.

Since 2018, Alabama’s prison mortality rate has continued to rise, reaching 1,087 deaths per 100,000 in 2020.

Alabama’s skyrocketing prison mortality rate is fueled by deaths from homicide, suicide, and drug overdoses, many of which are not publicly reported and are misclassified as deaths due to “natural causes” in statistical reports produced by the Alabama Department of Corrections.

The Justice Department found that ADOC’s reporting “obscures the level of harm from violence in Alabama’s prisons for men” by classifying “prisoners’ deaths as occurring by ‘natural causes’ when the death is caused by prisoner-on-prisoner violence.”

Racist Suspect Tennessee Judge Unlawfully Incarcerated [enslaved] Black Children for “Criminal Responsibility for Conduct of Another," Even Though She Knew No Such Law Existed

 From [HERE] A Tennessee judge illegally jailed children at a rate nearly 10 times higher than the state average – even when there was no crime committed, according to a report from WPLN and Propublica. 

Judge Donna Scott Davenport instituted a policy that all children charged with crimes be processed at the detention center, the report says. In 2016, 11 Black elementary school children were detained and or locked up after allegedly witnessing a fight between a 5- and 6-year-old.

The supposed infraction was “criminal responsibility for conduct of another” — a non-existent law.

“There has to be something done to everyone who was involved in this,” said Rep. Gloria Johnson (D-Knoxville). “It’s my understanding that they created a law that wasn’t even on the books in order to make that happen.”

Davenport, the sole Rutherford County Juvenile judge, is also facing scrutiny over a “filter system” which allegedly allowed jail staff to determine which children to hold. 

Under the filter system, police would bring children they arrested straight to jail, where staff could decided whether or not to hold the them until their detention hearing, which might take days, the report found. Children who had done something as minor as skipping school might find themselves behind bars.

The system allegedly allowed the detention center to jail children who staff determined to be “unruly,” which was defined as “a TRUE threat.” There was no definition, however, for what “a TRUE threat” actually meant.

“That is horrible abuse of power,” Johnson said. “We have the Administrative Office of the Courts, I believe they should take action and investigate.”

“You can’t make up the law,” said James McCarroll Jr., Senior Pastor of First Baptist Murfreesboro. The church held the first community meeting, following the arrest in 2016. 

“We have a responsibility to all of our citizens to give them a system that looks out for them, that allows them not only have a constitutional right but to have people who are assigned to carry out that constitutional right who have hearts to make sure that people are in the best state and space that their lives could have,” said McCarroll. 

Multiple Rutherford County commissioners say, because of pending litigation, they cannot comment. 

In 2014, 48% of cases resulted in kids being jailed under Judge Davenport’s watch. The statewide average at the time was 5%, the report found.

“We are letting kids fall through the cracks in all different ways and this is just one more way we have discovered where [Tennessee’s Dept. of Children’s Services] has dropped the ball and they need to be looking closely at these programs to make sure that they are following our laws,” Johnson said. 

In 2016, lawmakers called for a federal investigation into the arrest and detainment of Black elementary school children in Rutherford County. Representative John Ray Clemmons (D-Nashville), who was among those lawmakers in 2016, released the following statement this week:

“As I stated in 2016, there is no rational justification for any of this in our society. Both the state and county have obviously failed children and families, predominantly Black individuals, in this and countless other ways. This has notably been true throughout American history in our legal and penal system, and it’s way past time to reevaluate the structural framework which allows such instances of inequity and injustice. Those of us in whom the public has placed its trust have a duty to correct the multi-layered legal and administrative issues facilitating this type of unchecked barbarism. Looking ourselves in the mirror as decision-makers within an inherently flawed system, we must admit that we’ve failed too many for far too long.

As an attorney, I am limited in sharing my personal opinion on sitting judges, but these individuals, through their own acts and admissions, have proven themselves wholly unfit for the important positions they currently hold.”

In a settled lawsuit in 2017, Rutherford County agreed to pay out $397,500 to the 11 children. The officer who signed off on the charges was suspended for just three days.

“It’s a horror show plain and simple, it’s abusive and it doesn’t even resemble law,” said Sen. Jeff Yarbro (D-Nashville).  

As of Monday afternoon, Gov. Bill Lee, Speaker of the House Cameron Sexton, and Lt. Governor Randy McNally, all [white] Republicans, did not respond to request for comment on if the legislature should take this issue up in the next regular legislative session.

US Senate Confirms Only the 6th Native American to sit on the Federal Bench in its 232 Year History [the Legal Profession is as White as a KKK Picnic; 80% of all Judges and 85% of Attorneys are White]

The Center for American Progress found that the federal judiciary is 80% white. Among the highest state courts the judiciary is 83% white. In fact There are no Black justices in 28 states, There are no Latino justices in 40 states, There are no Asian American justices in 44 states and There are no Native American justices in 47 states. [MORE] Another study found that the state judiciary at all other lower levels is also 80% white. [MORE]

FURTHERMORE, According to the a recent study and the ABA only 5% of all attorneys are Black. Said number has remained steady from 2009 - 2019. The legal profession is nearly all white: specifically, it is 85% white, 5% Black, 5% Latino, 2% Asian American and 1% Native American. [MORE] and [MORE]

From [HERE] The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted to confirm Lauren King to serve as a federal judge in Seattle, making her only the sixth Native American to ever sit on the bench in the federal judiciary's 232-year history.

The 55-44 vote cleared the way for King to become only the fourth active Native American federal judge nationally and the first ever in Washington state. She is the 15th of President Joe Biden's 53 judicial nominees to win confirmation.

Biden has sought to elevate more women and minorities to the federal bench. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois, the Democratic chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, in a speech on Monday called King's expected confirmation historic.

"With her confirmation, the members of the Senate can continue the vital work of building a federal judiciary that really reflects the diversity of this nation," Durbin said.

Six Republicans joined with Democrats to vote to confirm King to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the ranking GOP member on the Senate Judiciary committee.

The others were Senators Susan Collins of Maine, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mike Rounds of South Dakota.

King had been a principal at Foster Garvey, the Seattle law firm where she chaired the firm's Native American law practice group. She has also served as a pro tem appellate judge for the Northwest Intertribal Court System since 2013.

Before joining Foster Garvey, King was an associate at Byrnes Keller Cromwell from 2010 to 2012 and at K&L Gates from 2008 to 2009.

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She has also served as a commissioner on the Washington State Gambling Commission.

King, a citizen of the Oklahoma-based Muscogee Nation, is the second Native American to be confirmed to the bench under Biden, after the Senate in June confirmed Lydia Griggsby, who is also Black, to serve as a federal district judge in Maryland.