Liberal Authorities Left White Man to Die in Hennepin County Jail. Ignored for Several Days as He Crawled on His Hands and Knees, Begged for Medical Help in Slow Torturous Death: Gov To Pay $3.4M

From [HERE] Hennepin County will pay $3.4 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of Lucas Bellamy, the son of St. Paul Penumbra Theatre founder Louis Bellamy, after he was left to die in a Hennepin County jail despite crawling on his hands and knees and begging for help while in custody over several days in 2022.

A court filing for the distribution of wrongful death proceeds notes, “This settlement is believed to be one of the largest settlements ever reached in Minnesota for a death occurring in a jail.”

Messages were left with spokespeople for Hennepin County and Hennepin Healthcare, both named as defendants in the lawsuit, for reaction to the settlement.

The lawsuit was brought in January by Louis Bellamy. It stated that his son pleaded repeatedly to be taken to the hospital, but deputies and medical staff ignored those pleas. Lucas Bellamy, who was 41, was found unresponsive in his cell on July 21, 2022. He died from a perforated bowel.

The lawsuit read, “Lucas spent the last day of his life ... desperately begging nurses and jail guards to see a doctor.” It also stated a that Hennepin Healthcare provider had ordered that he return to the emergency department “for any new concerning symptoms.”

Lucas Bellamy (right) squatting from pain in a Hennepin County jail cell.

The suit continued to say that instead of getting care, “Hennepin Healthcare and county employees left Lucas to crawl around on the floor like he was subhuman, like he was an animal, while he slowly and painfully died from the effects of the hole in his intestine.”

The lawsuit named as individual defendants nurses Roselene Omweri, Kay Willis and Michelle Diaz, and Deputy Lucas Weatherspoon.

State records also show all three nurses hold active licenses with no disciplinary history. Weatherspoon is now an officer with the Minneapolis Police Department.

Family members said Bellamy was in jail after being arrested in Maple Plain. Court records show he was charged with fleeing police in a suspected stolen vehicle and possessing brass knuckles. His family added that his death was likely connected to chronic drug abuse.

Bellamy’s father, mother and sister spoke at a media briefing after the suit was filed and touched on their grief and disgust with the treatment of their loved one depicted in the jail video.

“I’ve seen tragedy on the stage,” Louis Bellamy said, “and I can tell you, honestly, that I could not have built anything more callous, more disrespectful to … humanity, human existence than what I witnessed on that tape.”

Liberal Prosecutors Fail to Charge Anonymous White DC Park Officer who Killed Dalaneo Martin: Cop Crept Into the Backseat of Parked Car, Woke Up Black Teen Then Shot Him in the Back, Posed No Threat

From [HERE] A U.S. Park Police officer will not face charges, federal prosecutors in Washington DC announced Thursday, citing insufficient evidence. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had opened a civil investigation into the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Dalaneo Martin on March 18, 2023. The announcement comes two days after the US Park Police released police bodycam footage of the shooting.

the shooting, which occurred when Washington Metropolitan Police and US Park Police were called to a neighborhood in northeast Washington, D.C. on the morning of March 18. Once there, officers found Martin in the driver’s seat of a suspected stolen car with the ignition on. The video shows the teen was asleep in the drivers seat of the car. The seat is reclined all the way down

“Here’s the plan,” one of the officers is heard saying in the video. “He’s knocked out. The back window is just plastic. I’m going to try to cut that out quietly. If he gets startled, doesn’t wake up, then we’re going to try to get in there, grab him before he puts that car in gear.” In response, another officer said, “If he takes off, he takes off. Just don’t get caught inside of that car.”

It’s not clear why the police didn’t simply just gently knock on the window to wake up the teen.

The U.S. attorney’s office in a statement said the decision not to charge the unidentified officer in the 2023 death of the driver, Dalaneo Martin, followed a “careful, thorough and independent review” of materials that determined the office could not prove “beyond a reasonable doubt that the United States Park Police Officer is criminally liable for Mr. Martin’s death.”

“This decision is deeply troubling and sends a disturbing message to our community that it is okay for officers to use deadly force against children in the community,” Andrew O. Clarke, one of the Martin family’s attorneys, said in a statement Thursday. “Dalaneo was never posed a direct threat to the officer’s safety or to others in the vicinity. Yet, seconds later, he paid the ultimate price in an encounter that never should have ended in the use of lethal force.”

The Martin family is represented by a group of attorneys including Clark, William H. “Billy” Murphy, who secured a $6.4 million settlement with the city of Baltimore following the in-custody death of Freddie Gray, and Ben Crump, who oversaw a $27 million settlement with Minneapolis following the 2020 death of George Floyd.

Police later discovered a firearm inside the vehicle. Senior D.C. officials said at the time the officers did not know about the gun until after the vehicle had crashed.

After Martin was struck, the vehicle continued to travel northbound on 36th Street, where it crashed into the side of a house. The Park Police body-cam footage ends with the officers rendering aid to Martin, who can be seen lying on grass near the vehicle.

Martin’s family on Thursday criticized authorities for not releasing the name of the officer who shot him.

“I am heartbroken but we will not allow this decision to deter us from seeking justice,” Terra Martin, Martin’s mother, said in a statement.

At Any Rate, Puerto Rico Actually Has a Serious Trash Problem Due to Limited Landfill, No Recycling and Poor Waste Management [racism is not words, NGHR is what is being Done to Us, not said about us]

Speech by Itself Cannot be Racism. It is Conduct (Evicting, Miseducating, Incarcerating, Denying, Firing, Deceiving, etc) Elite WHITES Use Their Weaponized Definition of Racism to TRY TO Salvage Kamala's Campaign

Once we understand what a "nigger" is, we will understand that a made-up word DOES NOT DEFINE WHO WE ARE; it defines WHAT IS BEING DONE TO US.

From [HERE] Puerto Rico is grappling with a pressing trash problem that’s not just a visual blight, but a serious threat to its stunning landscapes, marine life, and the environment. The urgency of this crisis is underscored by its far-reaching impacts on health, tourism, and the economy. Let’s delve into the reasons behind this crisis, its profound effects on Puerto Rico, and the ongoing efforts to restore the island to its former glory. 

Trash Problem Overview

The Puerto Rico trash problem has been growing for decades. With a population of around 3.2 million, the island generates about 3.7 million tons of waste yearly. Despite being small, the island’s landfills are full and there’s no proper recycling infrastructure. This trash crisis affects everything from health to the economy so solutions are crucial for Puerto Rico’s future.

Why So Much Trash in Puerto Rico?

Here are the main reasons:

1. Limited Landfill Space: Puerto Rico’s landfills have been full for years and many are already at capacity.

2. No Recycling Programs: Recycling is scarce and only 10% of waste is recycled on the island.

3. High Consumption: Like everywhere else, Puerto Rico has a high consumption of goods, plastic, and single-use items.

4. Tourism: Tourism brings millions of visitors to the island every year and more trash.

5. Weak Waste Management Infrastructure: Hurricanes and other natural disasters have weakened the waste infrastructure making cleanup efforts harder.

These two factors create a cycle of waste accumulation and put a lot of pressure on the environment and the people of Puerto Rico. [MORE]

Trump Flipped the Single Most Latino County in America

From [HERE] President-elect Donald Trump’s overwhelming victory on Tuesday confirms it: the Obama coalition is dead and buried.

After former President Barack Obama’s 2008 and 2012 victories brought together an incredibly diverse voter base of various identity groups, Democrats thought they had it made. Even 2016 didn’t dissuade them from this notion — many considered that election an outlier bump in the road.

However, Trump’s 2024 victory shattered that coalition, not because of the victory itself but because of how it was achieved.

Trump didn’t just bring out white voters — he won over unprecedented numbers of minorities as well.

This included, perhaps most notably, Hispanics.

Nowhere was this better exemplified than in Starr County, Texas, the most Hispanic county in America.

No Republican has won the county, the population of which is 97 percent Hispanic, in over a century, since 1892 to be precise.

But that all changed on Tuesday.

Trump won 57.7 percent of the county’s vote compared to Vice President Kamala Harris’ 41.8 percent, according to Newsweek.

This is a big shift from even the past two elections.

In 2020, President Joe Biden won Starr County by grabbing 52 percent of the vote. The 2016 Democratic victory (of the county, that is) was even more decisive with Hillary Clinton garnering a whopping 79 percent.

But this year, it shifted over to Trump’s column as did many once-blue counties across the United States.

This shift in Hispanic support wasn’t isolated to one red-state county. From 2020 to 2024, Hispanic support for Trump jumped from 32 percent to 46 percent.

That’s a 14-point swing!

Trump also won 39 percent of the Asian vote, 13 percent of the black vote (including 21 percent of black men) and a solid majority — 65 percent — of the American Indian vote.

People of all backgrounds, colors and creeds came out to vote for Donald Trump. [MORE]

Kamala Harris Campaign $20 Million in Debt After Blowing Over $1 Billion

From [HERE] and [HERE] Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign fell $20 million in debt during the final week of her campaign, according to several sources.

Christopher Cadelago, the California bureau chief for Politico wrote in a post on X that Harris’s campaign had “ended with at least $20 million in debt,” according to two sources familiar with the situation.

“Harris raised over $1 billion and had $118 million in the bank as of Oct. 16,” Cadelago added in his post.

A Kamala campaign staffer confirmed to Breitbart News that reports that Harris’s campaign was “$20 million” in debt are “real,” adding that Jen O’Malley Dillon, the Harris campaign chair reportedly “blew through a billion dollars in a few months.”

The concerts that the Harris campaign held with celebrities such as Katy Perry, Lizzo, Eminem, and Bruce Springsteen were reportedly “all Jen’s idea,” the campaign staffer explained.

“Jen blew through a billion dollars in a few months, and it was all Jen’s idea to do all the concerts,” the campaign staffer said.

As a result of being $20 million in debt, Rob Flaherty, the deputy campaign manager for Harris’s campaign is reportedly “currently shopping around the Kamala fundraising email list to anyone who wants” to try to raise the money back for the campaign, the staffer told Breitbart News. [MORE]

Exit Polling Data Shows 1 in 5 Black Men and 45% of All Latinos Voted for Trump

From [HERE] and [HERE] Veteran pollster Henry Olsen told The Post that under Trump’s leadership the GOP had been welcoming in working-class voters only “in fits and starts” until last night.

As for the Harris campaign, Olsen added, the Democratic nominee “was not hitting her targets” early on last night, including shoring up suburban women and retaining high levels of support among black and Hispanic voters.

“She could have minimized some of the loss of the black community by making it up in the suburbs with women,” he said. “But when the votes came in it was quite clear she was not running up the score.” 

Strikingly, Trump’s support among white voters dropped by 3 percentage point from 2016 — and Harris gained 8 points among white voters.

In total, 12% of black voters reported casting ballots for Trump in 2024, compared with just 8% eight years earlier. Twenty percent of black men said they supported the former president over Harris.

Asian voters voted for Trump by 38%, which was a nine-percentage-point increase from 2016. That’s the same margin that left the Democratic party by 2024.

Among Latinos, 45% broke for him this cycle, whereas just 29% voted for him in 2016 — a 16 percentage point shift.

A majority (54%) of Latino men helped fuel that rise for the soon-to-be 47th president.

The share of the electorate who is Latino has also grown significantly — from less than 12% in 2016 to 14.7% this year.

Going Too Far to Help Her White Liberal Masters? Black FEMA Supervisor Who Ordered Workers to Deny Storm Assistance to Homes of Trump Supporters is Relieved of Duty

From [HERE] FEMA official Marn’i Washington ordered her staff to avoid assisting homes with Trump flags in their yards following the aftermath of a recent hurricane in Florida. Marn’i wanted them to suffer for their support for Donald Trump.

A whistleblower came forward with text messages revealing FEMA official Marn’i Washington ordered relief workers to purposely skip over homes in Florida displaying Trump signs in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton.

According to internal messages obtained by The Daily Wire, FEMA discriminated against Trump supporters in need of help in the aftermath of the most recent hurricanes that passed through the Southeast.

“Whistleblowers say that relief workers were told it was “best practice” to pass over houses “advertising Trump.”” The Daily Wire reported.

The workers would enter into the system that they made no contact with the residents, blaming the directive: “Trump sign, no contact per leadership” [MORE]

Poll Shows Brandon Johnson is the Most Unpopular Mayor in Chicago History: Disapproval Rating at 80%, Approval Rating at 14%

From [HERE] A brief Corner note to point out that congratulations are in order for Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson, now the most unpopular mayor in the history of the city. Yes, a new local poll (from Change Research, and with a solid sample size) is out today with numbers for several local Chicago politicians, and they are grim: The only real question is the extent to which we here hate every single miserable last person or institution in this city and state. Chicago Teachers Union president Stacy Davis Gates (who sends her kid to private school, incidentally) is about as well liked as cholera, with a sparkling -8 approval rating. The Chicago public-school system itself scores -16 net favorability, which at least leaves it better positioned than the CTU (at -21 favorability) and Brandon Johnson’s handpicked new school board (at -34).

Bringing up the rear in this list of utterly unloved political hacks is none other than Mayor Johnson himself, with an approval rating of only 14 percent. And it’s not as if people have failed to form an opinion about him; his disapproval rating is now an incomprehensible 79 percent. Even more hilariously, a full 51 percent of all voters specifically view Johnson “very unfavorably.” I wasn’t exaggerating when I said that the City of Chicago has never had a mayor it despises more universally than Brandon Johnson. [MORE]

Elite Liberals Run Out of Utility for Their Black Strawboss, London Breed, Ousted as Mayor of San Francisco

From [HERE] London Breed, San Francisco’s first Black female mayor, who steered the city through the pandemic but also saw its quality of life sink, conceded her re-election race on Thursday.

Ms. Breed said in a news conference at City Hall that she had called Daniel Lurie, an heir to the Levi Strauss fortune who has never held elected office, to congratulate him on his win.

“Being mayor of San Francisco has been the greatest honor of my lifetime,” she told journalists in a meeting room off her office. “I’m beyond grateful to our residents for the opportunity to serve the city that raised me.”

The Associated Press had not yet called the race, though local news outlets did. Ms. Breed said she thought it would take “a miracle” to change the outcome at this point.

In the months and years following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and racial-justice riots of 2020, San Francisco became a poster child for blue-city decline and disorder. Downtown offices emptied, blowing a hole in the city’s budget. Businesses fled amid increasing crime. Massive homeless camps took over sidewalks, giving residents and tourists another reason to avoid downtown.

In 2020, Breed caved to the anti-police fever, slashing the police and sheriff’s office budgets, and redirecting $120 million to racial-justice causes. Breed said that the city was “prioritizing investments in the African American community around housing, mental health and wellness, workforce development, economic justice, education, advocacy and accountability.”

More recently, Breed has backed tough-on-crime ballot initiatives to increase police powers and require welfare recipients to undergo drug screenings. She has also has cracked down on homeless camps and beefed up a program to bus the homeless out of the city, angering many far-left homeless advocates. [MORE]

Arizona Rejects Restrictions on Governor's Emergency Powers [the power to act on "important matters" free of accountability or timely legal checks reveals true nature of demockery]

From [HERE] Arizonans voted against Proposition 135, a ballot measure that would have enshrined an "Emergency Declarations Amendment" to the constitution limiting the ability of their governor to extend emergency declarations among others. 56.8 percent of Arizona voters went against the proposition, with 68 percent of the vote counted as of press time.

Two years ago, Governor Doug Ducey signed a similar bill limiting the duration of a state of emergency to 30-day increments, which are eligible for extensions up to 120 days without the legislature's approval. Proposition 135 would have set a hard cap of 30 days for states of emergency and prohibited the governor from extending them without approval from state lawmakers. Absent a decision from the state legislature, the declared state of emergency would automatically end after the allotted 30 days.

Under the ballot measure, certain types of emergencies—like a state of war, fire, and floods—would not be subject to the 30-day limit. Additionally, the legislature would have had the authority to alter or limit the governor's powers when lawmakers extend an emergency declaration.

Apart from the amendment's effects on emergency declarations, it also required the governor to call a special session upon the petition of "at least one-third of each house of the legislature," according to the ballot's language. Under current law, two-thirds of lawmakers in both chambers must vote in favor of a special session to force the governor to call one. 

Republican lawmakers holding majorities in both chambers voted in 2023 for the amendment to be included on the 2024 ballot; no Democrats voted to include the ballot measure. The bill's sponsor, state representative Joseph Chaplik (R–Scottsdale), cited the 700-day plus COVID-19 emergency order as a key reason for his support of the measure, according to The Arizona Republic. Rep. Chaplik told The Arizona Republic that the proposition would have allowed special sessions to occur immediately following a governor's "abuses [of] their emergency power."

Opponents of Proposition 135 cited concerns over the state's ability to respond to emergencies. Requiring legislative approval might have slowed down the resources that states of emergency are meant to help allocate. The allocation of state resources, temporary suspension of regulations, enhanced information gathering, and speedy authorization of stricter public safety measures are all reasons states of emergency are declared. [MORE]

To Try to Control It's Uncontrollable “Servants” Dallas Voters Nix Major Tool of Police Harassment: 'I Smelled Marijuana.' Blacks are Disproportionately Stopped/Degraded in City Controlled by Liberals

Black suspects disproportionately arrested in Dallas

Dallas Police Stop Blacks at Disproportionately High Rates, Traffic Stop Data Show

From [HERE] The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to hear a case involving a Texas police officer, Roberto Felix Jr., who shot and killed a motorist, Ashtian Barnes, after stopping him for toll violations tied to the rental car he was driving. The issue in Barnes v. Felix is whether that use of deadly force, which happened after Felix leaped onto the car as Barnes began driving away, should be assessed based solely on "the moment of the threat" or based on an analysis that includes the circumstances that produced the threat. But another detail of the encounter reflects the role that the purported odor of marijuana plays in police stops that may lead to humiliating searches, cash seizures, arrests, or, as in this case, potentially lethal violence.

When Felix asked Barnes for his driver's license and proof of insurance, a federal judge noted in 2021, "Barnes informed him that he did not have his license and that he had rented the vehicle a week earlier in his girlfriend's name." Barnes started "reaching around the vehicle and rummaging through papers." Felix told him to stop "digging around" and "asked Barnes whether he had anything in the vehicle he should know about, claiming he smelled marijuana." Although a search conducted after Felix killed Barnes found no marijuana, the alleged odor helped escalate the encounter, indicating that Felix suspected Barnes of criminal activity as well as toll violations.

A ballot initiative that Dallas voters overwhelmingly approved this week aims to avoid such escalation. In addition to generally barring local police from arresting people for marijuana possession misdemeanors, Proposition R) says "Dallas police shall not consider the odor of marijuana or hemp to constitute probable cause for any search or seizure." That seemingly modest restriction undercuts an excuse that in practice gives cops the discretion to stop, harass, and search pretty much anyone by claiming to smell pot.

Proposition R reflects an ongoing controversy over marijuana odor and probable cause. In states that have legalized marijuana for medical or recreational use, some courts have held that the smell of cannabis, whether detected by a human or a police dog, can no longer justify a search, since it does not necessarily constitute evidence of a crime. And while Texas has not legalized marijuana for any use, it has legalized hemp, which comes from the same plant species and cannot be distinguished from marijuana without a laboratory test to measure THC content.

In 2019, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed House Bill 1325, which changed the state's definition of "marihuana" to exclude "hemp, as that term is defined by Section 121.001" of the Texas Agriculture Code. Consistent with federal law, Section 121.001 defines "hemp" as "the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of that plant, including the seeds of the plant and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis."

The difference between legal "hemp" and prohibited "marihuana," in other words, is the THC concentration, which cannot be measured by smell or even by a field test. "Before H.B. 1325," Dallas attorney Jon McCurley notes, "marijuana's distinct and readily recognizable odor often [led] law enforcement to believe that a criminal act was occurring." But after H.B. 1325, "simply detecting the odor of marijuana may not be enough to justify a search or seizure under the Fourth Amendment because in order to search or get a warrant, law enforcement officials must have probable cause that a crime has been committed or is about to be committed."

Police are "trained to recognize marijuana," a College Station, Texas, police officer told the CBS affiliate in Bryan after H.B. 1325 was enacted. "Coming from someone who's been around hemp as well, they are very similar. They look the same; they smell the same."

The law enforcement complications created by hemp legalization went beyond the justification for searches. After H.B. 1325 passed, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg, whose jurisdiction includes Houston, the state's biggest city, said her office would no longer accept possession cases involving misdemeanor quantities of marijuana (less than four ounces) "without a lab test result proving that the evidence seized has a THC concentration of over .3%." She added that "felony marijuana charges will be evaluated on a case by case basis by our Office" and "in the proper instances, such charges may be taken while lab test results are pending." [MORE]

If Your Servants Can Act on Behalf of Themselves are You Still the Master? Honolulu Cops Sway Representatives to Reject Settlement for Lindani Myeni, a Black Man They Killed. Liberal DA Supports Cops

From [HERE] The Honolulu City Council decided Thursday not to vote on a proposal that would have the city paying $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit over the 2021 police shooting of a South African rugby star.

Last month, the council postponed a vote to approve the settlement after hearing hours of highly charged testimony from the family of Lindani Myeni, Honolulu’s police chief, and a large number of police officers who appeared. alongside other city officials in a show of opposition to a proposed settlement. [MORE]

City Council members ultimately postponed voting on whether to approve the settlement

Council Chair Tommy Waters said in a statement: “I have decided to cancel the upcoming vote on the proposed lawsuit settlement, shifting the matter to the judiciary system, where it rightly belongs. This decision reflects the Council’s commitment to allowing legal experts to address the facts and merits of a civil case in court versus at a legislative hearing. The Council recognizes the importance of upholding judicial due process and believes that the courtroom is the most suitable setting to ensure a fair and transparent examination of these facts.

“During our last Full Council meeting in October, the discussion around the Myeni case escalated, turning the Honolulu City Council meeting at Kapolei Hale into what resembled a heated civil trial, with speakers presenting passionate arguments and facts from both sides. It is clear that the legal framework and procedural safeguards of the judiciary system are best equipped to handle this matter. I will not permit these public hearings to devolve into a spectacle for grandstanding or serve as a substitute for a court of law.”

Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Steve Alm said in a statement Thursday:

“I am pleased that the settlement in the Myeni case was rejected.

“My office did an independent investigation of all the available evidence in this case and determined that the Honolulu Police Officers involved acted professionally and appropriately. Our investigation also determined that no charges would be filed as a result of the Officers’ use of deadly force in this incident.

“Settling this case would also say that the officers involved were motivated by racial prejudice. There was zero evidence of that.

The two officers who shot Myeni, Brent Sylvester and Garrick Orosco, who was seriously injured, were cleared of wrongdoing in June 2021 by Alm’s office, which declined to pursue charges against them. 

The officers had responded to the scene of an alleged unlawful entry call in April after Lindani mistakenly entered a house which was an Airbnb where an Asian couple was staying. Lindani, who was a tourist on vacation with his wife and 2 children, believed it to be the temple next door.

When he entered he alarmed the couple. A doorbell video shows the 29-year-old arriving at the house, taking off his shoes before entering through an open door and then quickly leaving after his presence confused the Asian couple. In the video Myeni is heard repeatedly apologizing to them as he exited. The couple frantically overreacted and called 911 and during an emotional call reported him as dangerous and claimed to be terrified. 

Due to the fact that the door was open and there was no signage indicating “no trespass” to the public, said entry most likely was not unlawful - despite being unwanted. in other words, Lindani did not commit a crime. Additionally, the couple gave inconsistent stories about what happened - and definitely did not appear to be “terrified” on the video. [MORE]

Police responding to the 911 call immediately approached and then shot and killed him a short time later outside the house. 

The video reveals the fact that cops never announced themselves in a very dark area at night as they shined a bright light into the Black man’s face. As the cops quickly ran up on him and put their hands on him he defended himself.

A lawsuit filed on his behalf said he likely mistook the home for a temple next door that’s open to the public. Unarmed, the Black man from South Africa was wearing a traditional Zulu headband with a tuft of fur at the forehead.

Doorbell and police bodycam camera footage had shown Myeni ignoring commands to get on the ground. The camera then shows a stun gun fired by police either malfunctioning or having no effect on Myeni.  

Most importantly the video also shows that an officer fired several gunshots at Myeni before identifying themselves as 'Police!' 

In this matter the cops were the aggressors who initiated a violent assault in the dark on a Black man without announcing themselves. The Black Man was unarmed and apparently trying to get away from his unknown assailants. Thus, deadly force, which was already unavailable to them because they were the aggressors, could not have been applied because the cops were not facing an imminent, deadly attack from an unarmed Black man defending himself against their aggression and trying to flee. [MORE]

Lakewood Settles Said Joquin’s Lawsuit for $8M; Liar Cop Shot Black Man to Death After He Rolled a Stop Sign. No Charges Filed by Prosecutor, Cop Still Has Job in City Controlled by Elite Liberals

From [HERE] The family of a 26-year-old Black man shot to death by a Lakewood police officer during a traffic stop has settled a lawsuit after the city agreed to pay his family $8 million Thursday.

Said Joquin died May 1, 2020, after officer Michael Wiley pulled him over for running a stop sign. His death sparked community protests.

The settlement now brings the total payment for deaths involving Wiley to $21 million. A previous case involving the death of Fife resident Leonard Thomas was settled for $13 million.

“The result brings some justice to the family,” said attorney Jack Connelly, who handled both cases.

TRAFFIC STOP

On May 1, 2020, at approximately 4:00 p.m. in the afternoon, Wiley and another Lakewood police officer stopped Joquin’s vehicle after seeing him run a stop sign, according to a statement released by the investigative team. According to a tort claim filed by Joquin’s family, Wiley rear-ended Joquin’s car and approached him with gun drawn, saying “shut the fuck up or you’ll get shot.” According to a statement by investigators, officers saw a gun on the floor of the vehicle. The officers held both Joquin and his passenger at gunpoint waiting for backup, according to the statement. [MORE]

12. Officers parked in such a manner that the shooting was not captured on the dashcam video of Officer Schueller. Defendant Wiley's vehicle was not equipped with video or audio.

13. After officers learned that there was a firearm in the vehicle under the driver's seat, still in its case, they immediately escalated the situation, drawing their weapons and pointing them at Said and his passenger, Angel Vargas.

14. Said had his hands up as he was directed to do so and responded to Defendant Wiley, which was captured on audio recording that he did not want to get shot. Wiley continued to escalate the situation, regardless of the fact that Said posed no threat of harm. Wiley improperly set up a situation in which he ordered Said to put Said's hands on Said's head and told Said he was going to get shot. "Keep your hands on your head. You're going to get shot dude."

15. Defendant Wiley held his gun, trained on Said for a prolonged period of several minutes as Said complied with officer commands. After several minutes of an unnecessarily escalated and heightened circumstance with guns aimed at Said and Angel, Defendant Wiley ultimately fired four rounds at close range into Said's body, upper chest and arm, killing him.

16. Defendant Wiley killed Said because Said moved his hands. Wiley later tried to claim that Said "lunged" for the gun, but this never happened. The gun was in a closed holster under the seat and not available for use. Defendant Wiley improperly handled the situation and killed Said for moving his hands. As a result of the wrongful and negligent shooting, Said was declared dead at the hospital.

17. This complaint is filed against the City of Lakewood for its unreasonable failure to maintain a properly trained police force, its negligent retention of officers who had been found to have previously wrongfully killed a citizen, its failure to properly train its officers regarding the proper use of deadly force and how to handle a situation without unnecessarily escalating it and its deliberate indifference to the constitutional rights of citizens, including Plaintiffs.

Defendant Wiley was left on the LPD police force in 2017 even after having committed multiple civil rights violations, having punitive damages assessed against him, and having wrongfully killed an unarmed citizen.

Joquin’s family didn’t believe Wiley’s story. “I feel like it was overkill,” Dawn Kortner, Joquin’s mother, said in 2021. “He took steps that shouldn’t have been taken. I feel like he was being overly aggressive, and I want him to be held accountable for what he did. He shouldn’t get a pension and sit at home and enjoy his kids when we can’t enjoy Said anymore.”

In 2022, Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney Mary Robnett declined to file charges against Wiley for Joquin’s death. In a letter sent to Lakewood Police Chief Mike Zaro, she detailed why she believed Wiley was justified in killing Joquin. The letter discusses Joquin’s “unpredictable and dangerous behavior” by running a stop sign on a busy road in front of police, bullet trajectory evidence showing the 26-year-old no longer had his hands on his head when shot by Wiley and a handgun found on the floorboard near Joquin’s feet. An internal investigation had already found Wiley’s actions in the Joquin shooting to be within policy. Wiley is still employed as a Lakewood Police officer, according to city spokesperson Brynn Grimley.

Shreveport Police Sued for Murdering Fleen Myles During Suspect Stop for Tinted Windows. Unarmed Black Man, who was a Passenger, Posed No Threat and Wasn’t Under Arrest When Cop Shot Him to Death

From [HERE] The death of Fleen Myles III has sparked outrage and highlighted the ongoing issue of police violence against Black individuals in Shreveport, Louisiana. Myles, a 33-year-old Black man, was killed by police after having been harassed by officers for months. This incident is not an isolated case but part of a troubling pattern of harassment and violence perpetrated by law enforcement in the area.

The incident

On Nov. 5, 2023, Fleen Myles accepted a ride from Jacobi Brown in the predominantly Black neighborhood of Sunset Acres. During the ride, Shreveport police pulled over Brown for a window tint violation. Despite having no reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing, officers began to harass Myles, demanding identification. Myles showed them his insurance identification, but it was deemed insufficient, leading to his forced exit from the vehicle.

In a panic, Myles fled on foot, prompting Officer Maverick Caldwell II to pursue him. The situation escalated when Caldwell threatened to shoot Myles, who stumbled and fell in a residential carport. Despite being unarmed and attempting to comply, Myles was shot multiple times by Caldwell, resulting in fatal injuries.

A history of police abuse

The lawsuit, filed by Myles’ family on Nov. 4, 2024, details a long history of police abuse in Shreveport, particularly against Black residents. It highlights that Black individuals are over six times more likely to be shot and killed by police compared to their white counterparts. The Shreveport Police Department has faced numerous allegations of excessive force and harassment, with many cases involving minor offenses escalating into violent confrontations.

For instance, the lawsuit references the shooting death of unarmed Alonzo Bagley in January 2018, which led to federal charges against the officer involved. Similarly, Anthony Childs was killed in 2019 for a minor infraction related to the city’s now-repealed “sagging pants” ordinance, showcasing the systemic issues within the SPD.

The role of informants

According to the lawsuit, the harassment of Myles began when police suspected his nephew of a shooting incident. After Myles refused to act as an informant against his family member, he became a target for police surveillance and harassment. This raises critical questions about the ethics of using individuals as informants, particularly when it involves family members.

As noted by Bakari Sellers, one of the attorneys representing Myles’ family, the SPD’s actions have created a climate of fear among residents.

Unzealous White Prosecutor Fails to Get His Grand Jury to Charge Omaha Cop who Fatally Shot Cameron Ford. White Cop Claimed Unarmed Black Man “Rushed” at Him During a No-Knock Raid

From [HERE] Grand jury results are in for 13 cases presented to them by Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine.

On Thursday, the grand jury returned a “no true bill” for all of them — including the death of 37-year-old Cameron Ford, who was shot and killed by Omaha SWAT Officer Adam Vail during a no-knock search warrant in August.

“No true bill” means the grand jury will not indict him — that the evidence did not persuade them that there is probable cause to believe the officer committed a crime.

Following the shooting, Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer recommended that the officer be fired from his position, saying Vail was in violation of the department’s protocol when issuing the warrant in the early morning hours of Aug. 28.

“The internal affairs process and investigation were comprehensive and thorough. During the course of the investigation, I did not see or uncover any criminal intent on the part of Officer Vail. Nonetheless, I cannot ignore my determination that policy and procedure violations occurred,” Schmaderer said in a statement in September.

Vail remains an active duty Omaha Police officer. HR will hear his case as part of the employee’s due process rights. If he is officially fired, the case would be appealed and — based on the union contract — it would go to an arbitration hearing.

The Omaha Police Officers Association has expressed their support of Vail following the incident.

MN Cop Wasn't in Danger But It was Reasonable for Him to Think He Was So Govt Can't Be Held Accountable for Fatal Shooting of Black Man: Ricky Cobb Case Tossed per Law of the Jungle Clogic (Immunity)

From [HERE] and [HERE] A federal judge Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit against white Minnesota state trooper Ryan Londregan in the shooting death of Ricky Cobb II during a 2023 traffic stop.

The decision is the latest development in a case that has drawn heated debate over excessive use of force by law enforcement. Criminal charges against Londregan were dismissed by Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty in June, saying the prosecution didn’t have the evidence to proceed with a case.

On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Nancy E. Brasel granted Londregan’s motion to dismiss the civil suit, arguing he acted reasonably when he opened fire as Cobb’s vehicle lurched forward with another state trooper partly inside.

The lawsuit accuses troopers of unreasonably seizing Cobb by ordering him out of his vehicle but refusing to explain whether he was under arrest or why he was being detained. It claims the force used in the seizure was excessive, unjustifiable and unlawful.

After Cobb was stopped for driving without taillights, troopers learned that he had been accused of violating a domestic order for protection. The Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office issued a 72-hour request for agencies to pick up and hold Cobb. The request, which is not a warrant but grants probable cause to detain, was set to expire later that morning. The order for protection was filed by one of the mothers of Cobb’s young children.

The lawsuit alleges that the troopers did not attempt to de-escalate the situation, and that they didn’t have reasonable suspicion that Cobb was armed or posed any threat of harm.

A gun was found on the floor behind the center console of Cobb’s vehicle, but the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) has maintained that Cobb was never holding a gun. Troopers never made reference to seeing a gun in Cobb’s vehicle, according to dash and body-cam video.

Cobb’s hands were in the air in full view of the troopers in the moments leading up to the shooting, the lawsuit says. His hands weren’t touching the steering wheel or gear shift until Londregan reached inside the front passenger window to unlock the door. As he opened the door, Cobb put his foot on the brake and moved his hands to the shifter and put the vehicle into drive, removing his foot from the brake. Cobb’s vehicle moved forward several feet while Seide, on the drivers side, leaned in to unsecure Cobb’s seatbelt. Cobb stepped on the brake and Londregan drew his firearm, pointing it at Cobb.

Londregan leaned his torso inside, gun drawn, and yelled at Cobb to get out. Seide grabbed at Cobb, who took his foot off the brake again, causing the vehicle to lurch forward, according to the lawsuit. Londregan fired and Cobb’s vehicle proceeded down the interstate for one-quarter of a mile until it crashed into a concrete median, the suit says.

As a direct result of the troopers’ wrongful acts and omissions, the suit adds, Cobb’s family suffered financial losses in an amount to be determined by a jury.

“At the time of this incident, Decedent Cobb was an unarmed man stopped for a minor traffic violation, had no outstanding warrants and was not threatening or acting violently towards the officers on scene,” the lawsuit says. “Nevertheless, Defendant Seide attempted to wrestle Decedent Cobb out of the vehicle and Defendant Londregan drew his firearm on Decedent Cobb and shot him almost immediately, even with Defendant Seide positioned in a leaning posture over Decedent Cobb in his front seat.” [MORE]

In her decision, Brasel said the troopers were mandated by state law to make an arrest given Cobb’s domestic no-contact order violation. She said it was objectively reasonable for Londregan to believe Seide was in immediate danger as the car moved forward on a busy highway, which would make his use of force reasonable.

Does AG Letitia James Serve Black People or Elite Liberals? Amatuer Borg Vows to Politically Fight Trump and Protect "Rights" as She Enables NYPD to Routinely Stop, Degrade and Kill Law Abiding Blacks

Black People Feel Vicariously Empowered Over Angela Alsobrooks Historic US Senate Win - But Will She Actually Deliver Anything of Tangible, Material Value to Black Communities or Address Black Needs?

From [HERE] Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks defeated Republican former two-term Gov. Larry Hogan on Tuesday in the state’s costliest U.S. Senate race ever. She will be Maryland’s first Black senator.

Hogan conceded around 10 p.m., calling Alsobrooks a “dedicated public servant” and said “we can all take pride” in her history-making achievement.

Alsobrooks was introduced by her daughter, Alexandra, and told cheering supporters at her victory party in College Park: “I don’t have enough words to say thank you to God.”

She thanked the “baddest” campaign team, and said, “I woke up this morning to my neighbors who lined my street and hosted a pep rally for me. To those Marylanders whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voice and I’ll be your senator, too.”

Alsobrooks’ victory came in an election that produced significant turnover in the state’s Washington delegation of eight U.S. House members and two senators. Alsobrooks and two House candidates, April McClain Delaney of Montgomery County in the 6th Congressional District and Sarah Elfreth of Anne Arundel County in the 3rd Congressional District, all sought spots in a delegation that is currently all male. The Associated Press declared Elfreth the winner, while McClain Delaney’s race was too close to call.

The last time two women were part of Maryland’s U.S. House delegation simultaneously was 1993-95, when Republicans Helen Bentley and Connie Morella overlapped before Bentley left to run for governor.