NY Times Claims "Crime-Scene Investigators Saw the Unimaginable” at Sandy Hoax [but They Still Can’t Show Us Any Proof . . Sandy Hoax Wasn’t Real but the Default Judgments against Alex Jones Were]
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Sandy Hook – a staged CAPSTONE false flag media psy-ops event. Medical personnel and first responders turned away from the crime scene where 26 people allegedly were murdered. Sandy Hook never happened. Sandy Hoax did.
Average US Taxpayer Spent $1,087 on Pentagon Contractors in 2022
/From [HERE] The average U.S. taxpayer in 2022 spent over four times as much on Pentagon contractors than on primary and secondary education, according to the annual Tax Day analysis published in recent days by the Institute for Policy Studies’ National Priorities Project.
NPP found that, on average, American taxpayers contributed $1,087 to Pentagon contractors, compared with $270 for K-12 education. The top military contractor—Lockheed Martin—received $106 from the average taxpayer, while just $6 went to funding renewable energy.
According to the analysis, the average 2022 U.S. taxpayer:
Paid $74 for nuclear weapons, and just $43 for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
Spent $70 on deportations and border control, versus just $19 for refugee assistance;
Contributed $20 for federal prisons, and just $11 for anti-homelessness programs; and
Gave $298 to the top five military contractors, and just $19 for mental health and substance abuse.
“The main message? Our government is continuing to invest too much in the military, and in militarized law enforcement, and not nearly enough on prevention, people, and our communities,” NPP said.
The annual analysis shows how individual income taxes—the portion withheld from workers’ paychecks—were spent in 2022. It does not include corporate or individual payroll taxes that fund Social Security and Medicare. To determine what constitutes the average tax bill, NPP divided the total amount of federal income tax collected by the number of applicable returns filed.
NPP’s analysis comes just over a month after the White House released President Joe Biden’s $1.6 trillion budget request for fiscal year 2024. More than half of that amount—$886 billion—would go to the military.
Responding to the $886 billion request, NPP program director Lindsay Koshgarian said last month that “this military budget represents a shameful status quo that the country can no longer afford.”
“Families are struggling to afford basics like housing, food, and medicine, and our last pandemic-era protections are ending, all while Pentagon contractors pay their CEOs millions straight from the public treasury,” Koshgarian noted.
“A responsible budget would restore the Pentagon’s spending to previous reduced levels from just a few short years ago, and reinvest that additional money at home where we need it the most,” she added.
Mike Pompeo - "I was the CIA director. We lied, we cheated, we stole. It’s – it was like – we had entire training courses. It reminds you of the glory of the American experiment.”
/April 15 2023 — On this day three years ago, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo participated in a Q&A discussion at Texas A&M University. Pompeo could not resist telling his audience how proud he is to have served as Director of the CIA
“What’s the cadet motto at West Point? You will not lie, cheat, or steal, or tolerate those who do. I was the CIA director. We lied, we cheated, we stole. It’s – it was like – we had entire training courses. It reminds you of the glory of the American experiment.”[MORE]
Red Cross delegate: Guantanamo inmates show signs of ‘accelerated aging’
/From [HERE] A top International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delegate Friday said that inmates held by the US at Guantanamo Bay Detention Center are experiencing “symptoms of accelerated [aging].” Patrick Hamilton, the head of the ICRC’s US and Canada delegation, visited Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in March and says that the inmates’ symptoms are consistent with those he observed at Guantanamo in 2003.
The US started holding terrorism suspects, designated enemy combatants, in 2002. Since the detention camp’s establishment, it has attracted widespread criticism for its conditions, lack of due process rights for detainees and the use of torture.
Hamilton said that the accelerated aging symptoms he witnessed were “worsened by the cumulative effects of [detainees’] experiences and years spent in detention.” He called for authorities to adopt a healthcare approach that would “[account] for both deteriorating mental and physical conditions,” which would include changes in infrastructure, detention rules, and contact with families.
Guantanamo Bay has been called a constitutional “enigma” as detainees were classed as “enemy combatants” and held outside of the US, raising questions as to which constitutional rights they do and do not have. Some groups, like the Center for Constitutional Rights, claim that Eighth Amendment protections apply to detainees, which would guarantee them access to adequate healthcare during their detentions. Multiple Supreme Court cases have also ensured the right of US and non-US detainees to challenge their detention and designation as enemy combatants or terrorism suspects that the president “has authority to detain.”
US President Joe Biden’s administration has transferred five detainees out of Guantanamo so far in 2023. This is largely a result of former President Barack Obama’s Executive Order 13567, which established the Periodic Review Board to periodically examine whether detainees remain a threat to the United States.
Amid repeated calls for Guantanamo’s closure, 30 detainees remain, with 16 eligible for transfer.
DeSantis is Pro-Death Also: Florida Governor Signs Bill Eliminating Unanimous Consent of Jury for the Death Penalty [FLA Death Row is 38% Black but the State is Only 17% Black]
/From [HERE] Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Thursday signed a bill into law that allows juries to recommend the death penalty without unanimous consent.
For a jury to recommend the death penalty under Florida law, the jury must unanimously confirm there was an “aggravating factor” present to warrant capital punishment. Aggravating factors include if the crime was especially cruel or heinous, if it was committed for money, or if the victim was under the age of 12, among others. Then, the jury can make the decision whether to recommend the defendant receives the death penalty. Previously, there had to be unanimous consent to recommend the death penalty. Under the new law, only eight out of twelve jurors must favor capital punishment. If this margin is not met, the defendant will receive life in prison without the possibility of parole.
DeSantis said of the bill:
A few months ago, we endured another tragic failure of the justice system. Today’s change in Florida law will hopefully save other families from the injustices we have suffered. I’m proud to sign legislation that will prevent families from having to endure what the Parkland families have and ensure proper justice will be served in the state of Florida.
This bill became a focus for the Florida legislature after a jury convicted the 2018 Parkland shooter of 17 counts of first-degree murder and received a sentence of life in prison after three jurors voted against the death penalty.
This comes after the Death Penalty Information Center called 2022 the “Year of the Botched Execution” in a report highlighting racial disparities, problems administering lethal injections, and other issues with the capital punishment process in the US.
Maryland Judge Quietly Obtained Prosecutor Job While Hearing Criminal Cases
/From [HERE] At least four cases handled by a Maryland judge are being challenged after he presided over a series of hearings and did not reveal he was in talks to accept a job in the office of local prosecutors (article available here(link is external)).
For more than six weeks, according to court documents and recorded proceedings, Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge David Boynton never disclosed he had discussed, negotiated and accepted a position with the State’s Attorney’s Office as chief of the Felony Trial Division. Boynton started that high-ranking job in February, days after retiring from the bench.
One sentencing in question includes the high-profile case of a Magruder High School (link is external)student who shot and nearly killed another teen in a bathroom. In that hearing, Boynton ruled from the bench as the state attorney himself, his current boss, sat in the front row of the gallery.
Defense attorneys say the way Boynton and McCarthy handled the job switch contradicts Maryland rules (link is external)designed to promote “public confidence in the independence, integrity, and impartiality of the judiciary.”
National experts on judicial ethics also voiced concerns.
“It’s pretty shocking this would happen. I’ve never heard of something like this,” Richard Painter, a University of Minnesota law professor who served as the chief ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush, said in an interview. “He should have recused himself just as soon as he started discussing the job with prosecutors. It’s the only ethically responsible thing to do.”
The Bar Association of Montgomery County, MD which has nearly 2,000 members, said in a statement that it “was not aware of Judge David Boynton’s job discussions with the State’s Attorney’s office or his acceptance of the job.” The local public defender’s office, with 30 attorneys, said it was never told.
The Washington Post could not find any disclosures in court to defense attorneys who came before Boynton after he expressed interest in the job over that time, according to recordings and documents of 18 criminal hearings he held. The matters included five sentencings in which Boynton imposed terms of six to 20 years.
10th Circuit Dismisses Suit Over Wrong Prison Classification that Endangered a Hmong Inmate who was Misclassified as a Latino Gang Member
/From [HERE] Oklahoma prison classifies inmate as a member or associate of the Sureños prison gang, which has primarily Hispanic membership. As a result, he's placed with the gang in administrative segregation. Inmate: My name is Ong and I am a member of the Hmong people of Southeast Asia. So, can I be moved back to my normal cell now, because these people are trying to stab me? Prison: Well, no. For now you stay, because we found your name on a list of gang associates that we will not show you. Tenth Circuit (unpublished)(link is external): Prison sucks, man. What do you want us to do about it?
The case is Vue v. Dowling, et al.(link is external), No. 22-5062 (10th Cir. Apr. 12, 2023).
Justice Dept Presses Local Courts to Reduce Fines. Says Exorbitant Court Fees are a Violation of the 8th Amendment
/The Justice Department is stepping up pressure on state and local judges to reduce fines and fees charged in their courts, practices that leave the poor, juvenile offenders and people of color disproportionately saddled with debt.
Many localities around the country use revenue from fines and the surcharges imposed by judges in criminal, civil and juvenile court to pay for court expenses, even judge’s salaries, or to supplement state or local government budgets.
Officials across the political spectrum have long acknowledged that the practice is damaging and discriminatory, with wide-ranging consequences in conservative and liberal states alike.
The Justice Department’s third-highest-ranking official, Vanita Gupta, informed local judges and juvenile courts on Thursday that imposing fines and fees without accounting for a person’s financial status violated constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment.
Doing so “may erode trust between local governments and their constituents, increase recidivism, undermine rehabilitation and successful re-entry, and generate little or no net revenue,” Ms. Gupta, the associate attorney general, wrote in a letter.
To Americans able to pay their debt to government agencies, such penalties, which can range from a few dollars to hundreds, are a minor nuisance. To the poor and to new immigrants, it can lead to catastrophe, “including escalating debt, being subjected to changes in immigration status, and loss of one’s employment, driver’s license, voting rights, or home, among others,” Ms. Gupta added. [MORE]
Racist Man Sentenced to 10 Months in Prison for Hate Crimes Targeting Black Lives Matter Supporters with Nooses and Felony Threats
/From [HERE] A Michigan man was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Thomas L. Ludington to 10 months in federal prison and one-year supervised release for a series of hate crimes he committed in June and July of 2020.
According to court records, Kenneth D. Pilon, 62, previously pleaded guilty to willfully intimidating and attempting to intimidate citizens from engaging in lawful speech and protests in support of Black Lives Matter. Specifically, Pilon admitted to calling nine Starbucks stores in mid and southeast Michigan and telling the employees answering his calls to tell Starbucks employees wearing Black Lives Matter t-shirts that “the only good n***er is a dead n***er.” Pilon also admitted to telling one employee, “I’m gonna go out and lynch me a n***er.” Additionally, over the course of the next month, Pilon left four nooses in parking lots and a fifth noose inside of a 7-Eleven store. Pilon attached each noose to a handwritten note, reading: “An accessory to be worn with your ‘BLM’ t-shirt. Happy protesting!”
“The nooses, the threat letters, and the calls to Starbucks were all intended to terrorize the targeted victims solely because of their race,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “The Civil Rights Division will always stand up to race-based threats of violence, which have no place in civilized society.”
“A noose is a symbol of hatred that evokes the darkest days of our country’s past. Its placement is meant to terrorize a part of our community, but we will not tolerate these race-based threats. Our office stands ready to vigorously investigate and prosecute criminal violations of our civil rights laws,” said U.S. Attorney Dawn N. Ison for the Eastern District of Michigan.
“Pilon’s hateful conduct, motivated by racial intolerance, was intended to intimidate the victims as well as create fear within the African-American community,” said Special Agent in Charge James A. Tarasca of the FBI Detroit Field Office. “The FBI and our law enforcement partners will ensure that if a crime is motivated by bias, it will be investigated as a hate crime and the perpetrators will be held accountable for their actions.”
The FBI Detroit Field Office investigated the case.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy Turkelson for the Eastern District of Michigan and Trial Attorney Tara Allison of the Civil Rights Division’s Criminal Section prosecuted the case
Uncontrollable Authority [the right to use force offensively] is Accountable to No One, Especially Blacks: White Cop Actress Who Murdered Daunte Wright 16 months ago to Be Released from Prison Monday
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WATCH YOUR BACK. From [HERE] A white former police officer convicted of manslaughter after mistaking her handgun for a Taser and fatally shooting Black motorist Daunte Wright in suburban Minneapolis in 2021 is set to be released from prison Monday.
Minnesota Department of Corrections spokesman Andy Skoogman announced Friday that former officer Kim Potter was to be released after serving about 16 months of her two-year sentence. He said the exact timing of her departure Monday from Minnesota Correctional Facility-Shakopee won't be disclosed for security reasons [won’t be disclosed to protect the system of white supremacy and the system of authority].
"Our criminal investigative analysts are working closely with law enforcement to monitor the situation to ensure Kim Potter, like all incarcerated persons, is safe as she leaves our facility," Skoogman said in a statement.
Judge Regina Chu had said at Potter's sentencing that she would be required to serve two-thirds of her sentence — 16 months — then spend the rest on probation.
On April 11, 2021, around 1:53 p.m., Brooklyn Center Police Officer Anthony Luckey and his Field Training Officer, Defendant KIMBERLY ANN POTTER (DOB: 06/18/1972) conducted a traffic stop on a white Buick
bearing Minnesota license plate 841UBY near 63rd Avenue North and Orchard Avenue North in Brooklyn Center, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Officer Luckey identified the driver as Daunte Demetrius Wright. There was also an adult female passenger in the front passenger seat. Officer Luckey informed Mr. Wright that the officers stopped him because the vehicle had an air freshener hanging from the rearview mirror and the tabs on the Buick were expired. Officer Luckey returned to his squad car to conduct a record check for Mr. Wright, during which he learned that Mr. Wright had an outstanding arrest warrant for a gross misdemeanor weapons violation. As Officer Luckey ran these checks, Sergeant Mychal Johnson arrived to assist the officers. Officer Luckey and Defendant then re-approached the driver’s side of the Buick to arrest Mr. Wright on the warrant. Sergeant Johnson approached the passenger side of the vehicle.
According to time stamped BWC footage, at 2:01:11 p.m., Officer Luckey asked Mr. Wright to step out of the vehicle. Mr. Wright opened the door of the Buick at 2:01:22 p.m. and got out of the Buick at 2:01:30 p.m. At 2:01:31, Officer Luckey asked Mr. Wright to turn around and place his hands behind his back. Mr. Wright did so. Officer Luckey then began attempting to handcuff Mr. Wright. At 2:01:36 p.m., Sergeant Johnson told Mr. Wright that he was under arrest and at 2:01:39 p.m., Defendant added that Mr. Wright had a warrant. At 2:01:43 p.m., Officer Luckey told Mr. Wright not to tense up. At that time, Officer Luckey and Mr. Wright were standing near the open driver’s side door of the Buick. Defendant was standing behind and to the right of Officer Luckey. Defendant walked up to Mr. Wright at 2:01:45 p.m. and, at 2:01:48 p.m., took a piece of paper from Mr. Wright’s hand using her left hand. Defendant immediately transferred the paper to her right hand.
At 2:01:49 p.m., Mr. Wright pulled away from Officer Luckey and got back into the driver’s compartment of the Buick. Officer Luckey maintained a grip on Mr. Wright, to keep physical control of him so as to pull Mr. Wright back out of the Buick. Sergeant Johnson, who was on the other side of the vehicle, leaned inside the Buick through the passenger door.
At 2:01:55 p.m., Defendant stated, “I’ll tase ya,” and simultaneously moved the piece of paper she was holding from her right hand to her left hand. One second later, at 2:01:56 p.m., Defendant’s right hand, holding her department-issued Glock 9mm handgun, came into view of her BWC. Defendant pointed her handgun at Mr. Wright and tracked with Mr. Wright’s movements as he and Officer Luckey continued moving. Defendant again announced, “I’ll tase you,” at 2:01:58 p.m. and continued pointing her handgun at Mr. Wright. At 2:02:00 p.m., Defendant said, “Taser, Taser, Taser.” Sergeant Johnson and Officer Luckey both immediately began disengaging from Mr. Wright. One second later, at 02:02:01 p.m., Defendant pulled the trigger and discharged her handgun one time, firing a single round of ammunition. The bullet
entered the left side of Mr. Wright’s chest and sequentially perforated the left 6th rib and 5th intercostal
muscles, left lung, pericardium, heart, pericardium once again, right lung, and right 4th intercostal muscles before partially exiting the right chest wall, perforating the skin, and becoming lodged in the right side of Mr. Wright’s chest. When she fired the handgun, Defendant was standing outside the driver’s side door and in close proximity to Officer Luckey. Defendant’s handgun was just inches below Officer Luckey’s arm pointing into the driver’s compartment of the Buick, in the direction of Mr. Wright, the passenger, and
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Sergeant Johnson. Defendant fired her handgun close to Officer Luckey’s face, and the discharged cartridge casing from Defendant’s handgun appeared to strike Officer Luckey in the face as it was ejected.
At 2:02:02 p.m., Mr. Wright said, “Ah, he shot me.” The Buick then traveled short distance down the street, where it crashed into another vehicle. Defendant stated at 2:02:03 p.m., “Shit!” and at 2:02:05 p.m., “I just shot him.” Another officer asked, “you did?” and Defendant responded, “yes.” At 2:02:09 p.m., Defendant stated, “I grabbed the wrong fucking gun,” and repeated again, “I shot him.” At 2:03:09 p.m., Defendant stated, “I’m going to go to prison.” At 2:07:27, Defendant stated, “I killed a boy.” Other officers and paramedics responded. Medical personnel were unable to revive Mr. Wright and Mr. Wright was pronounced dead on scene at 2:18 p.m. Assistant Hennepin County Medical Examiner Dr. Lorren Jackson later conducted an autopsy and determined Mr. Wright’s cause of death to be a gunshot wound and deemed the manner of death a homicide.
SSA McGinnis later collected and reviewed the layout of Defendant’s duty belt. SSA McGinnis observed that Defendant’s handgun was holstered on the right side of the belt, set in a straight-draw position, requiring Defendant to use her right hand to draw the handgun. Defendant’s Taser was holstered on the left side of the belt, also set in a straight-draw position, requiring Defendant to use her left hand to draw her Taser. The Taser is yellow with a black grip, while the handgun is entirely black. Additionally, the texture of Defendant’s handgun has a distinct grip from that on her Taser. Defendant’s Taser is also equipped with a manual safety switch which the operator must physically disengage before the Taser can be discharged and with a laser-sighting feature, which causes a laser indicator to appear on target when the Taser is being aimed after the safety is disengaged. Defendant’s Glock handgun is not equipped with such features.
During her 26 years as a police officer, Defendant received a substantial amount of training, including training related to use of force and, specifically, to the use of Tasers and firearms. Defendant completed annual recertification training courses on each of these weapons. These courses included training on how to draw, aim, and use each weapon correctly. The training material for these courses also included notices alerting Defendant to the possibility and risks of drawing a handgun instead of a Taser.
In the six months before this incident, Defendant completed two Taser-specific training courses. For example, on March 2, 2021, Defendant attended a four-hour training course pertaining to the Taser. This course involved a classroom component, which provided detailed and substantive information concerning the function, proper use, and safety concerns associated with using Tasers; a practical component; and a written test. After this training, Defendant was certified for use of the Taser X7. On Defendant’s certificate of completion, Defendant provided her signature, acknowledging that she had read and understood the information and warnings provided by the manufacturer regarding safe use of the Taser. One of those warnings states: “Confusing a handgun with a CEW [Taser] could result in death or serious injury. Learn the differences in the physical feel and holstering characteristics between your CEW and your handgun to help avoid confusion” and instructs officers to “always follow your agency’s guidance and training.” In other prior Taser trainings completed by Defendant, including another on November 5, 2020, Defendant likewise signed paperwork acknowledging that she received, read, and understood identical warnings.
$550 Million Lawsuit Filed Against Memphis Authorities Over the Brutal Police Murder of Tyre Nichols and “the gruesome, barbaric display of police brutality” by Liar Cops
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From [HERE] and [HERE] The mother of Tyre Nichols, the Memphis man who died in January after being beaten by police during a traffic stop, on Wednesday sued the city of Memphis, its police chief and others, including the former officers now facing murder charges in Mr. Nichols’s death.
In the 139-page complaint, RowVaughn Wells said her 29-year-old son was killed in “a gruesome, barbaric display of police brutality on the streets of a quiet neighborhood in Memphis.” The complaint stated that Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis exercised poor training and oversight of officers and fostered an attitude among officers that they were above the law.
“The savage beating of Tyre Nichols was the direct and foreseeable product of the unconstitutional policies, practices, customs, and deliberate indifference of the City of Memphis and Chief Davis, the City’s chief policy maker for decisions related to the Memphis Police Department,” the complaint stated.
Spokeswomen for the city and the police department declined to comment on pending litigation. The attorneys for the five officers didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.
The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, didn’t specify the amount of money being sought. Attorney Ben Crump said at a press briefing Wednesday that Ms. Wells is seeking at least $500 million.
Nichols was two minutes away from his home when he was stopped by MPD at 8:24 p.m. on January 7, 2023. Officers Haley, Martin, and Preston Hemphill[32]conducted the initial stop of Nichols' at the intersection East Raines Road and Ross Road,[33] with police vehicles surrounding his car on three sides. The body-worn camera footage released by the City of Memphis on January 27, does not "show any activity earlier than an officer responding to a stop in progress ..."[34]
Haley and Martin were at the traffic stop when Hemphill arrived at 8:24 p.m.[35][15] By 8:25 p.m., Haley[36] pulled Nichols out of his car as Nichols said: "I didn't do anything."[35] An officer shouted: "Get on the fuckin' ground" and moments later an officer shouted "I'm gonna tase your ass."[37] Officers pushed Nichols to the ground. At about 8:25:45 p.m., Nichols was laying on his side in the road - an officer had Nichols' left hand, a second officer had Nichols' right hand, a third officer held a taser against Nichols' left leg while also using his right hand to hold Nichols to the ground.[35] From the moment that Nichols was pulled from the car, to being held on the ground, officers simultaneously yelled numerous commands, threats, expletives, and made "assaultive comments"[15] at him. While being held on the ground an officer continued to yell for Nichols to lay down. Nichols responded "I am on the ground". An officer yelled back "Lay on your stomach". Moments later, Haley, deployed pepper spray against Nichols[15], which hit several of the other officers.[37] Nichols broke free and began to run. Hemphill, against regulations,[38] deployed his taser at Nichols. At 8:26 p.m., Nichols began running south on Ross Road, as he was pursued by at least two officers. Two more police units arrived at the scene around 8:29 p.m.[39] Footage showed that one officer who remained at the area of the traffic stop said, "I hope they stomp his ass".[40]
At 8:33 p.m., Officers Bean, Mills, and Smith caught up to Nichols and had him on the ground at Castlegate Lane and Bear Creek which is approximately a half a mile (800 meters) away from the original traffic stop.[36] Footage from a pole-mounted CCTV camera showed an officer using his leg to push Nichols hard to the ground. Between 8:33 p.m. and 8:36 p.m. Nichols was punched, then pepper sprayed a second time, then kicked in the upper torso numerous times by a fourth officer, then an officer can be heard yelling "I'm going to baton the fuck out of you." before striking Nichols several times with a baton, then punched five times in the face by one officer.[41][42] The video footage showed officers had control of Nichols' arms when he was struck with the baton, kicked, and successively punched in the face 5 times.[43][44] A fifth officer arrived, as Nichols was on the ground and in the process of being handcuffed, and kicked him in the upper torso, which was followed by another kick to the upper torso by another officer. Fox News reported that in the videos, "Nichols can be heard calling out to his mother before police beat him into a daze".[34] Nichols' conduct has been initially described as non-resisting[45] and non-violent;[15] there is no indication that he struck back at the officers.[46]
By 8:37 p.m., Nichols was handcuffed and limp; officers propped him against the side of a police car.[47] After Nichols was on the ground, the involved officers convened and shared their stories about the arrest. In the body-worn camera footage, Michael Ruiz of Fox News reported, "officers can be heard discussing his alleged driving, 'swerving' and nearly hitting one of them".[48] One officer bragged: "I was hitting him with straight haymakers, dog", while another exclaimed: "I jumped in, started rocking him."[49]
Medics arrived around 8:41 p.m. but did not begin to assist Nichols until 16 minutes later. An ambulance arrived at 9:02 p.m. and took Nichols to St. Francis Hospital at 9:18 p.m. after he complained of shortness of breath.[39]
On scene, video footage showed officers issued at least 71 commands over 13 minutes; The New York Times described the orders as "often simultaneous and contradictory" and "sometimes even impossible to obey". The Times cited one such example of many, where an officer shouted "Give me your fucking hands!" while Nichols had one officer pinning his arms behind his back, a second officer holding his handcuffed wrist, and a third officer punching Nichols' face.[50][51][52][15] One former police officer described the officers' interaction with Nichols as having "started with poor communication" and going downhill from there.[51]
On January 8, the department stated that the traffic stop of Nichols was due to reckless driving.[53][54] On January 27, Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn J. Davis stated that her department reviewed footage, including from body cameras regarding the traffic stop and the arrest, to "determine what that probable cause was and we have not been able to substantiate that – ... It doesn't mean that something didn't happen, but there's no proof."[53][54][55]
Deluded Neuropeon Republicans Believe Neuropean Liberals in DC are 'Soft on Crime' [means ‘soft on the Blacks']. But Who Do They Think Crammed the DC Jail and DC Court with Black People?
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Racists are obsessed with crime statistics in Black communities. According to the Sentencing Project, “Researchers have shown that crime reporting exaggerates crime rates and exhibits both quantitative and qualitative racial biases. This includes a tendency . . to exaggerate rates of black offending and white victimization and to depict black suspects in a less favorable light than whites.“
Liberal and conservative media BOTH feed THIER AUDIENCES with crime data to help otherize Blacks and support a posture already taken and projected; as these white simpletons believe crime stats are proof of the fantastic myth that Blacks are inherently criminal. Based on this unstated belief, white liberals IN LOCAL MAINSTREAM MEDIA FOR INSTANCE, go on using crime to justify treating Black people criminally in liberal cities, freely imposing punitive policies and socially distancing themselves from Blacks. It should go without saying but White republican prosecutors and judges aren’t THE ONES filling the jails with Black people in diverse, liberal cities like Washington D.C., NYC or Chicago.
DR. AMOS Wilson explains, "Alleged Black criminality, while evoking White American fear and loathing, reassures them of their vaunted self-worth, their assumed innately superior moral standing, of their self-congratulatory self-constraint in contrast with presumed Black American unworthiness, innate inferior moral standing, inherent criminality, lack of self-constraint and self-control.” “Black criminals function as a negative reference group vital to maintaining the White American self-image. [MORE]
Neuropeans – (Neurotic Europeans)—neurotic, ignorant, narcissistic and self-deluded white supremacist Caucasians operating at the mythic and rational levels of consciousness only. 2) Fascists. (See: Weiteko Disease & White Supremacy)
Neuropeons – neurotic, stupid and self-deluded poor white trash. 2) skin-heads. 3) Nazis, Neo-Nazis and Theo-Nazis. (See: KKK, WOTAN, Weiteko Disease, Fascism, Racism White Supremacy, Stupidity, Ku Klux Klan & Yurugu)
From [HERE] The Republican-led House approved a resolution Wednesday that would block a District of Columbia police accountability bill, further escalating the feud over the right to self-government in the nation’s capital.
The House voted 229-189 on the measure — called a disapproval resolution — marking the third time this year that House Republicans have sought to overturn local D.C. legislation, with some Democratic help, claiming officials have been soft on crime in the midst of a multi-year spike. But the bill is unlikely to advance in the Democratic-led Senate, and President Joe Biden has promised a veto.
Republicans pressed ahead, saying congressional scrutiny of the District’s laws is long overdue.
DC Jail is 91% Black. Although the percentage of the overall Black population in DC has decreased, the percentage of incarcerated Blacks, particularly Black men, has remained relatively high and stable since 1990. [MORE] The vast majority of inmates are held pre-trial. All trials have been subject to postponements because of COVID. Felony trials in some cases are being set in 2024 due to the busy calendars of prosecutors, courts and defense attorneys. [MORE] and [MORE] This means persons held pre-trial and presumed innocent must wait for trial in this reprehensible jail run by liberals. [who do you think has jammed the jail with Blacks? Do republican klansman-like judges and prosecutors run the courts or police force?? DC is 95% liberal and white liberal prosecutors/judges and their rolebotic servant Blacks are responsible, - just as they are in many places where Blacks try to live] [MORE]
The intersection between health care and prison reform has arguably never been more publicly visible than through the inhumane living conditions endured by the detainees at the D.C. county jail. This jail has consistently come under scrutiny regarding its conditions including, but not limited to, extreme confinement lasting more than 400 days and a class action lawsuit pertaining to proper COVID protocols. Unfortunately, this is just one example of the many jails, prisons, and detention centers in America that force detainees to suffer through uninhabitable conditions.
An impromptu inspection in October of 2021 revealed that the D.C. jail’s roughly 1,500 detainees are forced to live in systemic, inhumane and unsanitary living conditions. Notedly, many of these detainees have yet to be found guilty and are currently awaiting trial. These egregious conditions range from denial of food, water, and showers for punitive reasons, cells filled with sewage and blood, water leaks, mold, roaches, and lack of access to necessary medical care. There is no question that long term exposure to these conditions leads to physical and psychological trauma, which increases the likelihood that they will require future medical care.
Many representatives have likened the jail’s conditions to unconstitutional, cruel and unusual punishments. Even Marjorie Taylor Greene drew attention to the matter by visiting the January 6th defendants and claimed they face conditions worse than the homeless and prisoners of war. The roughly 40 January 6th detainees, however, are located in the Correctional Treatment Facility (CTF). They are isolated from the jail’s general population with more sanitary conditions, and thus they will not be transferred immediately. In fact, many of the jail’s other detainees have filed emergency motions to transfer into CTF.
A 2015 report on D.C. prisoners’ living conditions proves that authorities were notified of these inhumane living conditions. These conditions, however, are nothing new to the Black detainees who make up 87% of the jail’s populationand have repeatedly complained throughout the years. It is no surprise that U.S. media attention and legal action began to rise due to complaints made by the mostly white, January 6th defendants. Recently, a U.S. judge held D.C. jail officials in contempt for delaying medical treatment to a January 6th defendant that broke his wrist in custody and required surgery. This judge further recommended that the Department of Justice investigate potential civil rights violations at the jail.
Following the 2021 inspection and recent legal actions, the U.S. Marshal ordered the transfer of all sentenced inmates beginning November 8, 2021. Unfortunately, many of these inmates will be transferred to a prison in Lewisburg, PA where living conditions are not much better and inmates will likely have less access to their lawyers. “The notion that Lewisburg is an improvement over the D.C. jail points to the degree of human suffering occurring right now,” said the D.C. Public Defenders Office. The rest of the detainees will remain in D.C. until their upcoming hearing dates where they will either be released or quarantined before being transferred to Lewisburg or federal prison. [MORE]
The ACLU recently stated,
“We urge Mayor Muriel Bowser, Deputy Director for Public Safety and Justice Christopher Geldart, and DOC Director Quincy Booth to move as many residents to the Central Treatment Facility as possible and immediately address the urgent health and safety needs at CDF, which clearly fall below minimum constitutional standards. And we will continue through our Banks case to fight for the right of everyone detained in DOC facilities to humane treatment.” [MORE]
McNegro Mayor Increases LAPD's Budget Under a Pretense of Fighting Crime and Real Purpose of Surveilling/Killing Black Citizens to Please Her White Liberal Masters who Control All Major City Resources
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In the aftermath of multiple episodes in which LAPD have killed at least 2 Black men and one Latino man since January, McNegro Mayor Bass is proposing to do what so many of her predecessors have done and hire more cops.
Her budget calls for additional funds for recruitment, including signing bonuses; for additional civilian employees, including 911 operators; and for more rank-and-file officers, in part by coaxing some recent retirees back into uniform. All told, she is hoping to expand the department by some 400 officers. [MORE] But what else can a McNegro puppetican like Bass do when her white masters pull the strings? According to FUNKTIONARY:
McNegro – over one million sold-out. How can any neo-Negro sell out of anything that he does not own—other than merchandise? You have to own something to sell-out. (See: Negropolitan, BOHICAN, Eyeservant, $nigger & Sambo)
Los Angeles is a city run by white liberals - they own and control all major real estate, businesses, banks, industry, utilities, resources and media and control government and its puppeticians and authorities. They all also function as the major decision makers in regards to what happens or does not happen to non-white people. Non-whites, particularly Blacks and Latinos, function in some capacity as their workers, helpers, servants, tenants and customers (but go on enjoying your delusions).
IT IS A WHITE SUPREMACY MYTH THAT POLICE BUDGETS EFFECT THE CRIME RATE. For decades in America we’ve been told by liberal and conservative politicians and other leaders that we have to keep spending money on the police if we want to keep our communities safe. It’s been repeated so many times over so many years that many of us probably don’t give it a second thought. But we started wondering… is it actually true? The answer surprised us, and it might surprise you too. A recent study(Opens in new window) took a look at police spending and crime rates and found that there’s no correlation at all between the two.
Seeing that made us dig a little deeper into the numbers. According to data collected over the past 60 years, from 1960 to 2018, spending more on policing doesn’t lower the crime rate and spending less on policing doesn’t increase it. Despite that total lack of correlation, politicians always seem to call for more police spending when the crime rate goes up. But what about when crime goes down—what do they do then? You guessed it! They keep calling for increased police spending. No matter what happens, the response is always the same: Put more money in police budgets.
In fact, there’s six decades’ worth of data showing no correlation (Opens in new window) between police spending and the overall crime rate—so we wanted to know if more police spending is the most effective way to address a rise in the violent crime rate. [MORE]
LAPD INCIDENTALLY PROTECTS NON-WHITE PEOPLE AND MURDERS AND SURVEILS (stalking, watching, stopping, searching and detaining) THEM ON A DAILY BASIS IN WHITE, LIBERAL LA.
On January 2, 2023. The LAPD fatally shot 45-year-old Takar Smith. Provacative cops shot said Black man while he was on his knees holding a child’s bike in his own kitchen and not posing a threat to police. [MORE]
On Jan. 3. 2023 the LAPD fatally shot 35-year-old Oscar Sanchez because he was holding a metal pipe in his own house. [MORE]
Also on Jan. 3, 2023 the LAPD murdered 31-year-old school teacher Keenan Anderson by smothering and tasing him to death the street. Cops initiated violence against him because they believed he was DUI as he walked in the street (?). On video he begged cops not to kill him. [MORE]
Mayor Karen Bass was sworn in on December 10, 2022. She is the first woman and the second Black person, after Tom Bradley, to serve as mayor of Los Angeles. As explained by Mapping Police Violence, Black people are 3X more likely than whites to be killed by police and Los Angeles is among other major cities where said racial disparity occurs. A large number of police murders of Black people occur in white, liberal cities. [MORE]
Without Probable Cause LA Cops Detain Latino Family in Their Own Home - Police Snatched Phones and Handcuffed Teens During Niggerization Lesson
/From [HERE] A mom says her teenagers were wrongfully detained by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department inside their own home after deputies entered following reports of fighting inside the house.
The family spoke with KTLA and said the teens, 19 and 14, are still traumatized by the incident in which they believed their civil rights were violated.
'It was terrifying,' said homeowner Ceidy Cordova. 'My kids should have never gone through this. Never. They shouldn't ever put hands on them at all.'
Security camera footage of the October 2022 incident shows deputies enter the home and detain the children, including one clip where 19-year-old Aliza is held against a wall.
Another clip shows 14-year-old Isaac have his phone snatched from his hand and pushed up against the wall outside the family's apartment.
In a statement, LASD officials said they did not make a mistake, writing: 'In fact, they were directed to the location by concerned citizens and based on the information, deputies had a lawful duty to ensure there were no injured victims and/or suspects inside the location.'
According to Ceidy, the 'wrongful arrests' occurred inside their home in the 5100 block of Rosemead Boulevard on October 22, 2022.
The mother said she and her husband were not at home when their son and daughter alerted them to what was happening at home.
'When she said that they were already in there and they were being aggressive and trying to grab her, that's when I turned on the cameras,' said Ceidy.
'Then I saw what happened,' the mother told KTLA of what the footage showed.
Security video shows Ceidy attempting to speak through the home camera to ask what was going on but being ignored as her daughter spoke with deputies.
Aliza is seen passionately talking with the deputies for several seconds as the mother yells out 'hello' to the group.
According to investigators, deputies had received a call reporting screaming person and another person who may have been hit.
The children, however, told deputies they had no idea why they were there.
Despite their confusion, the pair of teenagers were then roughed up for asking questions and were seen handcuffed by authorities.
After the deputies take the pair outside, several agents are seen holding Aliza against the wall as she yells at them through tears.
'You're holding me so tight,' the teen is heard saying.
In another clip, Isaac is seen holding his phone in an attempt to record the encounter.
One deputy grabs the teen's phone and three others then force him up against the wall and place him in handcuffs.
'You see in the video they are grabbing her so tight, they left bruises on them and took my son and husband to jail for no reason,' said Ceidy.
When the woman and her husband returned home, another video shows deputies ask Ceidy's husband to exit the vehicle before he is also taken into custody.
The family has since hired a lawyer who says the deputies violated their rights.
'You can see in the video, they are pushing him towards the wall, brutally,' said Narine Mkrtchyan, the family's attorney, told KTLA.
'That's unlawful detention in retaliation, a violation of the first amendment, fourth amendment and excessive force,' Mkrthyan said.
The family says they have been traumatized and are looking to now relocate.
'I want justice,' said Ceidy. 'They should never do this to any family, any children or my kids. I want justice for what they did.'
White Liberal Authorities in Minneapolis Investigate Hiring White Cop Charged, then Cleared, in Assault on Unarmed Black Man in VA- Tased Him in the Back as He Sought Help
/From [HERE] The Minneapolis Police Department is investigating its own hiring of an officer charged, but later cleared, of assaulting an unarmed Black man.
The Minnesota Reformer first uncovered the story. Just days after George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis, Fairfax County police officer Tyler Timberlake was one of the first on scene when La Monta Gladney was walking in the street, rambling incoherently in June of 2020.
Gladney was not under arrest. Police arrived to assist paramedics put him in an ambulance. His family apparently dialed 911 for mental health help.
The Fairfax County police officer is seen on body-camera footage firing a Taser at the disoriented Black man without apparent provocation, before pinning him to the ground with a knee to his neck, as a Minneapolis officer did in the encounter with Floyd. [MORE]
"Mr. Gladney was not violating any laws, he was not a risk to anyone, he was not a safety risk to himself," said Tom Hennessey, Gladney's attorney.
Hennessey says the video shows the other officer on the scene almost had Gladney in the ambulance when Timberlake arrived.
Officer Timberlake was arrested and charged with three counts of misdemeanor assault and battery and relieved of duty. At the time of the arrest, it's been reported that Timberlake was already in the process of moving to Minneapolis.
"One of my principal goals...in taking this case, besides getting financial relief for Mr. Gladney to compensate for his injuries, was to make sure that this officer did not work in law enforcement either in Fairfax County, Virginia, or anywhere else," Hennessey said.
Two years after the incident, TImberlake was acquitted of the assault charges. He is now in training to be a Minneapolis police officer.
"One would think that of all the jurisdictions in the country, Minneapolis would be especially vigilant about the officers that they hire and checking their backgrounds," Hennessey said.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara released a statement Wednesday, saying in part, "I am extremely concerned about what I have just learned pertaining to the hiring of this individual who is currently in agency training and yet to be deployed into service," O'Hara said. "Effective immediately, I am directing that a thorough investigation be conducted into this matter."
Timberlake is still in training, and Chief O'Hara says he will not hit the streets of Minneapolis until an investigation into his hiring is complete.
"We will get to the bottom of this and take whatever measures are necessary to ensure we are always hiring officers who meet our standards, and that we are ultimately placing only the most qualified and competent police into the service and protection in the City of Minneapolis," O'Hara said.
New Jersey Police Officer Took Photos Up a Child’s Shorts, “Intimate Parts,” Prosecutor says. Arrest made
/From [HERE] A police officer was caught with photographs taken up a child’s shorts and was arrested in New Jersey, a prosecutor announced.
Patrick Kelly, 37, of Winslow Township, took the photos himself with an iPhone, according to a complaint provided to McClatchy News by the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office.
Kelly is a state park police officer, according to an April 18 news release from the office. An attorney for Kelly was not provided in court documents.
He was arrested on child sexual abuse material charges on April 17 at the New Jersey State Park Police Headquarters in Egg Harbor City, about 20 miles northwest of Atlantic City, officials said.
When taking the photos, Kelly tried photographing “the victim’s intimate parts,” the complaint says.
He was suspended without pay on April 18 due to the pending criminal charges against him, Larry Hajna, a press officer for the New Jersey Department on Environmental Protection, told McClatchy News in a statement on April 19.
Kelly has worked as a state park police officer since 2012, Hajna said. His most recent salary was $76,491 ahead of his suspension, according to Hajna.
He’s facing two charges, including a second-degree manufacturing child sexual abuse materials and third-degree possession of child sexual abuse materials, the prosecutor’s office said.
The charges came following an investigation involving the prosecutor’s office, Homeland Security Investigations office in Cherry Hill and the West Deptford Township Police Department, according to the release. The Camden County Sheriff’s Office, state park police and the Winslow Township Police Department also helped investigate Kelly. The investigation began after an online tip was received, according to the criminal complaint.
Winslow Township, where Kelly is from, is about 35 miles northwest of Atlantic City.
(gasp! Racist Cops in Liberal Antioch?) CA Police Dept Faces Suit and Audit After Text Messages Show Cops Bragged about Making Up Evidence and Beating Black/Latino Residents. Half the Force Involved
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From [HERE] Amid outrage over text messages showing police officers in northern California using racist slurs and bragging about making up evidence and beating suspects, city officials voted to audit the troubled department.
Also the city of Antioch, California and members of its scandalized police force have been hit with a federal lawsuit for civil rights violations stemming from a barrage of racist text messages that have shocked the community.
John Burris, an Oakland-based civil rights attorney known for his work exposing police brutality, filed the complaint in federal court Wednesday on behalf of four individuals who say they were targeted by police officers who sent text messages using slurs to describe Black people and boasting about fabricating evidence and beating on suspects. A fifth plaintiff is suing on behalf of his father, who was shot and killed by two of the officers involved in the text scandal.
The FBI and the Contra Costa district attorney’s office discovered the shocking messages while investigating officers within the Antioch police department suspected of crimes. Officials have named 17 officers who sent texts, including the president of the Antioch police union, but nearly half the department was included in the messages
The texts include frequent use of the terms “monkey” and “gorilla,” and boast about beating up suspects and targeting Black people for traffic stops. In April 2020, one Antioch officer texted an officer at another police department: “Since we don’t have video I sometimes just say people gave me a full confession when they didn’t, get filed easier.”
At a crowded Tuesday meeting at the city hall, where local media reports almost 70 people spoke, the Antioch city council voted unanimously to conduct audits of the department’s internal affairs unit as well as its hiring and promotional practices and department culture.
The text scandal has rocked the city of 115,000 residents about 45 miles (72km) east of San Francisco, which the mayor, Lamar Thorpe, said was once predominantly white but has diversified in the last 30 years. The city has seen multiple protests since the news broke, including from families of victims of police violence who were mentioned in the texts.
“The officers’ texts about my baby made me feel like he died all over again,” Kathryn Wade told the East Bay Times, which first reported on the texts. “The boasting and bragging about what you did to people is so heartbreaking. The threats you make on this community, Black and brown [residents], something needs to be done.”
The police chief, Steve Ford, issued a statement last week apologizing and condemning “in the strongest possible terms – the racially abhorrent content and incomprehensible behavior being attributed to members of the Antioch police department in media reports.
“I promise to hold accountable the officers expressing racist or bigoted beliefs, biased insensitivity, and those boasting about harming members of the community.”
Ellen McDonnell, a defense attorney, has asked the district attorney, Diana Becton, to dismiss all cases involving the public defender’s office and Antioch police. Becton said she was reviewing cases for potential dismissal or resentencing. It is unclear how many cases are at stake.
“The public simply cannot have trust or confidence in any criminal prosecution involving the Antioch police department,” McDonnell said in an email on Wednesday. “No one should be charged with a crime based on the report of a police department so thoroughly riddled with corruption.”
In the text messages, which are heavily redacted, officers use derogatory, racist, homophobic and sexually explicit language and brag about making up evidence and beating up suspects. They refer to women as water buffalo, use sexist and racist language to describe an activist, share photos of gorillas in reference to black people, freely use racial slurs and make light of the police killing of George Floyd.
One officer offered a steak dinner to anyone who could “40” the city’s now mayor, Lamar Thorpe, at a June 2020 protest, referring to a “.40mm less lethal launcher”, a senior inspector for the district attorney’s office explained in a report, which shoots rubber bullets or bean bag rounds.
In September 2020, two officers agreed by text to write a large number of traffic citations by targeting a specific group in a specific area. A male officer referred to Black people by a racist slur and said authorities should make them “eat shit”. A female officer responded, “Yes that will be easy. And it will be a good time lol start off quick with the numbers.”
Tensions were high in a council meeting last week – Thorpe and a man defending the department had a heated exchange as the man argued the mayor should be investigated and Thorpe accused him of dog whistle racism.
Thorpe is among three Black, progressive members of the five-person council who have said they are committed to holding police accountable and protecting tenants’ rights. In 2021, the city issued an apology for its past treatment of Chinese immigrants.
“What you’re seeing is a maturation process, it’s like watching a teenage kid develop pimples,” he said. “The institutions have taken a long time to catch up with where the voters and public have been.”
The text messages came out as part of an investigation launched in March 2022 by the FBI and the Contra Costa district attorney’s office into a broad range of offenses, including what prosecutors called crimes of “moral turpitude”, by officers with the Antioch and nearby Pittsburg police departments.
The district attorney’s office released two batches of text messages to reporters after a judge on 7 April ordered the messages shared with defense attorneys in a pending felony case involving some of the officers. The reports did not identify the races of the officers who sent the text messages, and none have yet been charged with a crime.
The messages were sent largely in 2020 and 2021. The president of the Antioch Police Officers Association, Sgt Rick Hoffman, is named as sending communications. The association did not respond to requests for comment from the Associated Press.
The East County NAACP has requested federal oversight of the department and said the organization has reported numerous complaints about the Antioch police.
“No apologies from the police department, city manager, chief of police or the city council of Antioch will ever return the lives of a child or loved one to their families or return the life loss of an innocently incarcerated resident,” the organization’s president, Odessa Lefrancois, said in a statement.
