Delivering Nothing of Tangible Value to Black People: Black Puppetician GA Rep. Hank Johnson Posts Video Singing a Song about Epstein

Democratic Georgia Rep. Hank Johnson posted a video Monday singing a song demanding the release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein.

Axios obtained a two-page memo and jailhouse footage in a leak, claiming that Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide, and it also denies the existence of an incriminating “client list.” In a post on X, Johnson posted a video of him singing and demanding the release of more information.

“Congressman Hank Johnson coming to give you some more ear candy or perhaps an earache. But I’m going to do my best off of this Jason Isbell tune, ‘Dreamsicle,'” Johnson said while holding a guitar. He then launched into a bizarre performance. [MORE]

All shits and giggles and what not but how does this help to liberate Black people who are dead last in every measurable socio-economic category? Does puppetician Johnson deliver anything of tangible value to the Black votary or to Black communities?

Voted “most clueless” member of Congress in 2014.

Nations Only Black Governor Wes Moore Vetoes Reparations bill, Continues Doing Little for Blacks, Promoting His Ongoing Smiling Face

In May Gov. Wes Moore vetoed legislation that would have launched a two-year study into whether the state should provide reparations to Marylanders impacted by the state’s history of slavery and inequality.

The veto sparked immediate backlash from the state’s Legislative Black Caucus, which describes itself as the largest such group of legislators in the country and had forcefully fought for the bill in Annapolis this year.

“At a time when the White House and Congress are actively targeting Black communities, dismantling diversity initiatives, and using harmful coded language, Gov. Moore had a chance to show the country and the world that here in Maryland we boldly and courageously recognize our painful history and the urgent need to address it,” the caucus said in a statement. “Instead, the state’s first Black governor chose to block this historic legislation that would have moved the state toward directly repairing the harm of enslavement.”

Moore, who in addition to being Maryland’s first Black governor is also the only Black governor in the country, wrote in his veto letter that he supported the work of the bill’s proponents but he does not believe it’s the right “time for another study.”

“I will always protect and defend the full history of African Americans in our state and country,” Moore wrote. “But in light of the many important studies that have taken place on this issue over nearly three decades, now is the time to focus on the work itself: Narrowing the racial wealth gap, expanding homeownership, uplifting entrepreneurs of color, and closing the foundational disparities that lead to inequality — from food insecurity to education. These are the issues I fought for even before I was sworn into office, and they are the priorities our administration will continue to address, with increased focus and intentionality.”

The reparations commission bill — known as Senate Bill 587 in the legislative session that ended in April — was among 23 vetoes Moore issued late Friday. They include rejections of other bills to study high-profile and potentially financially impactful topics, like one that was set to analyze the possibility of major fossil fuel-emitting companies paying penalties for their emissions, or researching the economic impacts of data center developments in the state.

The reparations legislation had been one of the most high-profile bills of the 90-day session that ended last month. [MORE] and [MORE]

While Pretending to be Political Allies of Blacks, White Liberal Authorities in DC are Cramming Black People Into Jails/Prisons (Over 90% Black). DC has the Highest Incarceration Rate in the World

According to the Prison Policy Initiative Washington, D.C. has an incarceration rate of 816 per 100,000 people (including prisons, jails, immigration detention, and juvenile justice facilities).

The D.C. criminal justice system is especially unique—after the Lorton Prison Complex was closed down in 2001, the District's prison population has been integrated into the federal Bureau of Prisons system. The District of Columbia's Department of Corrections currently operates two facilities that serve functions similar to local jails. While we don't (yet) have a good annual data source for prison growth after 2001, the data that does exist indicates that District of Columbia has the highest incarceration rate in the U.S., and therefore the world. [MORE]

Liberals Fail to Protect or Serve Blacks: Over 1/3 of Chicago’s Fatal Shooting Cases are Closed by Police w/o Resolution While DA's Fill the Jails w/Blacks for Possessing Guns to Protect Themselves

According to a Marshall Project analysis of arrests from 2010 to 2022, White men were underrepresented, as were White women. Chicago’s population is roughly a third White, and nationwide surveys suggest gun ownership is far more common among men than women. But over the years of data we reviewed, Chicago police arrested fewer than 1,000 White men — and more than 1,500 Black women. [MORE]

victed in Illinois for felony gun possession don’t go on to commit a violent crime, and the majority of those sentenced to prison for gun possession don’t have past convictions for violence. Instead, people who already committed violent crimes are more likely to do so again.[MORE]

It’s not unusual for CPD to mark unsolved cases as cleared, even though this designation often confuses surviving families. Under the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program, law enforcement agencies can use a broad category called “exceptional means” to clear cases when circumstances outside their control prohibit them from arresting, charging, and prosecuting a suspect. 

CPD logs cases as “exceptionally cleared” for two main reasons: when an offender is dead, and when prosecutors declined to file charges against a suspect. Using records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, The Trace analyzed fatal shootings between 2010 and 2024 and learned that of the 2,700 cases Chicago Police declared closed, almost a quarter of them were cleared because prosecutors declined to file charges — not because an investigation was resolved. Almost 36 percent of closed fatal shootings were cleared by exceptional means. [MORE]

According to a study by the Marshal Project, In Chicago and elsewhere, gun possession arrests are rising as shootings go unsolved.

‘Too many people dying in Alabama prisons:’ Speakers describe loved ones’ ordeals

Advocates, experts, formerly incarcerated individuals and family members of those behind bars described an Alabama prison system that kept inmates in a state of terror and a parole system that robbed inmates of hope.

Speaking to the Legislature's Joint Prison Oversight Committee meeting in the Alabama Statehouse, witnesses Wednesday described rampant drug use by those incarcerated in the state's prisons; trafficking of illicit substances by corrections staff; constant extortion demands by people in prison against one another, and violence perpetrated by both staff and those in the custody of the Alabama Department of Corrections.

"There has got to be some change," said Tim Mathis, whose son Chase was killed in Elmore Correctional Facility in June 2024. "There are too many people dying. A lot of people here still have loved ones there. Mine is gone. There is nothing I can do for him, as much as I try and as much as I pray and cry over it. I am mad. I am not going to become unmad until something is done about this."

Witnesses also said low parole rates have hurt morale among those in prison. [MORE]

Shackled For Days and Weeks: A Federal Report Finds Widespread Abuse in Prisons Run by the Feds

One person died in federal prison after being kept in restraints for more than two days. Another was held in restraints so tight that, afterward, part of a limb had to be amputated. A third person was confined in restraints for 12 days, then 30 days, and then again for 29 days.

These abuses are outlined in a new report from the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General, which is highly critical of the federal Bureau of Prisons’ use of restraints on prisoners.

The report concludes that federal prison officials violated their own rules, shackling prisoners to beds and chairs for hours — or even days — sometimes using restraints on both wrists and ankles. Additionally, they violated a separate rule that prohibits the use of restraints as punishment.

In response to the inspector general’s findings, the bureau stated it agreed with the report’s recommendations and would revise its policies and practices moving forward.

The report follows an investigative series in recent years by The Marshall Project and NPR, which exposed abuse in federal prisons, including the overuse of restraints and shackles so tight that prisoners report scarring and permanent injury.

The OIG reviewed six years of bureau records and found thousands of instances of abuse. Those included “thousands of incidents of inmates held in restraints for 16 hours or longer, hundreds of which were held in restraints for more than 24 hours and some for over a week or weeks.” However, the investigators noted that their work was limited by inadequate record-keeping at prisons. [MORE]

Law Cropping Getting Worse: Funding Crisis Leaves Defense Lawyers Working Without Pay

The program that pays court-appointed private attorneys to represent indigent federal criminal defendants has run out of money, starting the clock on a painful three-month delay in paying these attorneys and their related service providers for constitutionally mandated legal work (article available here(link is external)).

The funding crisis has prompted concern throughout the federal Judiciary that many of these private lawyers, known as panel attorneys, could decline new cases. That could leave defendants, even those on death row, without adequate representation. 

There are more than 12,000 private panel attorneys throughout the country who accept CJA assignments annually. About 85 percent of them work for small firms or are solo practitioners who can ill afford long delays in payments for their work.

The funding shortfall also affects specialists employed by the defense to help effectively present their clients’ cases, such as investigators, interpreters, and expert witnesses. Many of those vital roles may go unfilled for three months, with unpredictable consequences for the criminal legal system.

The work can’t simply be turned over to federal defender organizations across the country because those offices are already seriously understaffed.

Federal Defender offices have been under a hiring freeze for 17 of the past 24 months because of tight budgets from Congress. Many defender offices are experiencing increased burnout among employees working excessive overtime. [MORE]

10th Circuit Rules : Filming While Black Arrest Wasn’t Unreasonably Unreasonable

Black man is arrested for filming in entryway to Denver police station and spends three days in jail. Yikes! There's a sign saying no videorecording is allowed in the station, but he didn't try to go past the sign and into the station. (A few days later, a white man films in the same place, and he's not arrested.) Man sues. Officers Sergey Gurevich and Julie Weinheimer: we are entitled to qualified immunity. District court: No immunity. Tenth Circuit(link is external) (unpublished): Plenty of immunity. Even if it was unreasonable to arrest him, it wasn't unreasonably unreasonable. Denial of qualified immunity vacated.

The case is Detreville v. Gurevich, et al.(link is external), No. 24-1427 (10th Cir. July 8, 2025) (unpublished). [MORE]

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Black Boston City Councilwoman Tania Fernandes Anderson Indicted and Arrested by Federal Authorities on Corruption Charges

From [HERE] FBI agents arrested a Democratic Boston official Friday morning on federal corruption charges, citing an alleged “kickback scheme” to steal thousands of taxpayer dollars from her own constituents.

Tania Fernandes Anderson, who is serving in her second term as city councilor for Boston’s Seventh District, was indicted on one count of theft regarding programs receiving federal dollars and five counts of wire fraud, according to the Department of Justice’s indictment unsealed Friday.

Prosecutors allege that Fernandes Anderson, facing financial challenges last year following a state ethics commission’s decision to fine her $5,000 for violating a conflict of interest law, conspired with an unnamed relative on her staff in an alleged bonus kickback scheme to defraud the city of Boston. Fernandes Anderson allegedly paid her relative a $13,000 bonus — more than twice as large as the bonuses given to all of her other staff combined — who then slipped $7,000 in cash of that bonus to Fernandes Anderson during a secret exchange in a city hall bathroom on June 9, 2023, according to the DOJ’s indictment.

“Using public office for personal gain is a crime. Her behavior, as alleged in today’s indictment, is a slap in the face to the hardworking taxpayers in the city of Boston who have every right to expect that the city’s funds are in good and honest hands,” Jodi Cohen, special agent in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division, said in a press release following Fernandes Anderson’s arrest. “This case illustrates how the FBI, and our partners are working hard every day to battle public corruption and the corrosive damage it does to people’s faith in government.”

Each count of wire fraud carries a maximum 20 year prison sentence and the count for “theft concerning programs receiving federal funds” provides for a maximum sentence of 10 years, according to the press release. [MORE]

Jackson Mayor, Other Black Mississippi Officials to Stay in Office Amid Corruption Charges

From [HERE] Hinds County District Attorney Jody E. Owens II walked briskly toward a crowd of TV cameras and reporters on the steps of the federal courthouse in Jackson last week to denounce what he called a “horrible example of a flawed FBI investigation” and an “assassination attempt on my character.”

Owens, the top elected law enforcement official for Mississippi’s largest county that encompasses its capital city, pleaded not guilty to multiple federal felony charges stemming from an alleged FBI bribery sting. He vowed to remain in office.

And indicted Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, who faces similar charges in the same case, pledged to remain mayor and continue his 2025 reelection campaign.

“We plan on fighting these charges. But right now, I’m going to get back to protecting Hinds County and being your district attorney that you elected us to be,” Owens told reporters last week after his arraignment in federal court in Jackson.

“I am not guilty, so I will not proceed as a guilty man,” Lumumba said.

For at least the last 50 years, it has not been unusual for top-ranking elected officials across the U.S. to keep their offices as they fight the charges, even after major felony indictments for corruption, according to legal experts interviewed by The Marshall Project - Jackson. Indictments are allegations, and the accused are innocent until proven guilty. [MORE]

'Never Expect Justice in White Liberal's Court:' Jury Acquits in Herman Whitefield Case. 4 Indy Cops Piled On Top of Black Man who Hadn't Committed a Crime, Killed While Being Forced to Do Mental Eval

From [HERE] A jury has found two IMPD officers charged in the death of Herman Whitfield III not guilty on all charges. The jury deliberated for two hours. 

Mr. Whitfield was a 39-year-old African American accomplished concert pianist who never had a criminal record and did not have any weapons.

The two officers, Adam Ahmad and Steven Sanchez, were indicted on charges of reckless homicide, involuntary manslaughter and battery by a grand jury in Whitfield's death in April 2022. The defense claimed Herman Whitfield III’s death was not caused by the IMPD’s use of tasers, prone restraint, or delayed and uninvited “medical” response. Instead, the defense blamed traces of THC in his system and pre-existing health conditions. One witness, Dr. Bill Smock, starkly referred to Whitfield as a “ticking time bomb” destined to die at “any moment.”

Smock, a police surgeon for the Louisville Police Department, took the stand to challenge the coroner’s findings. The coroner’s autopsy report, published shortly after Whitfield’s death, concluded that “as his death occurred during a physical prone restraint, and this restraint played a role in his death, the manner of death is listed as homicide.” Smock dismissed this expert opinion, aligning instead with the defense’s narrative that external factors, not police actions, were responsible for Whitfield’s death.

Smock referenced case studies of THC-related cardiac arrests involving individuals with other substances in their systems despite these cases differing significantly from Whitfield’s circumstances. He and the defense argued that THC, coupled with Whitfield’s physical health and undiagnosed early heart disease, accelerated his death. The defense further attempted to deflect responsibility, suggesting that Whitfield’s mental state stemmed from his parents and reiterating claims that he did not die from positional asphyxiation but from his struggle with the officers. At one point, the defense astonishingly questioned police accountability, with their attorney asking, “With the thousands of folks cuffed and left in prone positions on the floor in routine arrests, we’re supposed to check every one constantly to see if they’re alive and responsive?”

The defense argued that Whitfield is the guilty one responsible for his own death instead of the cop’s brutal assault and negligence. Whitfield’s parents called 911, clearly requesting an ambulance to their home on April 25, 2022; instead, the cops appeared, escalated the situation, and then caused his death.

The indictment by a grand jury in Marion County, Ind., came nearly a year after Mr. Whitfield’s death on April 25, 2022, and after months of calls from his family for the police to release complete, unedited body camera footage, which they eventually did. Mr. Whitfield’s death followed a series of episodes in which Black men were killed in police custody — encounters that have prompted national protests. Several cops were involved but only two were charged.

The officers arrived at the Whitfield home early on April 25, 2022, after his mother, Gladys Whitfield, called 911 and requested urgent medical care, saying that he was having a mental health crisis.

When officers arrived at their home, police body camera footage showed, Mr. Whitfield’s parents met them at the door. For most of the 22 minutes captured on video, Mr. Whitfield did not engage with police officers as he walked around the home. The officers and his mother asked Mr. Whitfield, who was naked, to put some clothes on because an ambulance was coming for him.

Indianapolis police officers Steven Sanchez, Adam Ahmad, Matthew Virt, Dominique Clark, Jordan Bull, and Nicholas Mathew responded to the call. When the Officers arrived Mrs. Whitfield answered the door. One of the officers asked Mrs. Whitfield “everybody alright?” to which Mrs. Whitfield responded “yeah.” Mr. Whitfield’s father asked the officers “where’s the ambulance?” to which there was no reply. The officers came into the house and spoke to Mr. Whitfield, but he was undergoing a mental health crisis and could not cogently respond to their questions.

At one point Mr. Whitfield was sitting naked on his bed. Officers asked him to put clothes on so he could go outside and be transported to the hospital. Mr. Whitfield did not appear to understand the officers’ instructions. After about ten minutes, Mr. Whitfield got up from sitting on his bed and walked into the adjoining hallway, then into the adjoining kitchen, then turned the corner and entered the adjoining dining room. Mr. Whitfield was unarmed, which the officers could plainly see. He does not respond to the police and his mother as they speak to him. A few minutes later, Mr. Whitfield is seen running, causing a commotion and calling for water.

“Keep that Taser out,” an officer is heard saying in the video.Several officers followed Mr. Whitfield into the kitchen and into the dining room.

Officer Sanchez was waiting in the dining room with his taser pointed at the doorway and when Mr. Whitfield came into that room Officer Sanchez shot him with his taser, deploying it at least twice. Mr. Whitfield collapsed to the dining room floor yelling “fire,” fire,” responding to the 50,000 volts of electricity pulsing through his body.

Mr. Whitfield had done nothing justifying Officer Sanchez shooting him with a taser in his own home. He had not threatened the officers verbally or physically, and because of his mental health crisis, was simply not responding to their demands that he get dressed and leave.

When Mr. Whitfield fell to the floor, he writhed in pain from the taser. Four or five of the officers got on top of Mr. Whitfield. At no time did Mr. Whitfield hit or kick or threaten any of the officers. The officers quickly handcuffed Mr. Whitfield who was lying on his stomach with his hands cuffed behind his back.

The officers’ body cam videos clearly reveal Mr. Whitfield gasping for breath and telling the officers at least three times: “I can’t breathe.” The officers ignored Mr. Whitfield’s desperate pleas for help.

“Oh my God,” Mr. Whitfield is heard yelling. “I’m dying. I’m dying.” The police then handcuff Mr. Whitfield, face down.

“Can’t breathe,” Mr. Whitfield is heard yelling, moving his body as officers try to restrain him.

“Tres, be calm,” Mr. Whitfield’s father is heard saying in the background, calling Mr. Whitfield by a nickname. “Calm down, Tres. It’s Daddy.”

The officers’ body cam videos show that shortly after Mr. Whitfield cried, “I can’t breathe,” the third time, he did not move or breath at all, yet the officers continued to put weight on him for three to four minutes before medics arrived.

For over 25 years, the policing community has agreed that officers should not keep a restrained individual in the prone position because of the significant risk of positional asphyxia, i.e., suffocation because of body position. [MORE]

After a few moments, Mr. Whitfield gradually stops moving, and his yells fade to whimpers.

“Those are going to be way too tight,” an officer is heard saying about the handcuffs on Mr. Whitfield. “We’ll deal with that in a minute.”

As the police continue to restrain Mr. Whitfield, face down in handcuffs, he eventually stops moving or speaking.

Will Judges Elevate Cop Mantra, "I Feared for My Life," Over a Black Woman's Plea for Mercy, "Im Pregnant" ? A Baytown Cop Fatally Shot Pamela Turner from Several Ft Away but Court May Dismiss Suit

‘I FEAR FOR MY LIFE’ IS A PRECURSOR TO DEATH FROM LIAR COPS AND VALID JUSTIFICATION FOR MURDER TO RACIST SUSPECT JURORS AND PROSECUTORS OR TO AUTHORITIES AND SHEEPLE PREDISPOSED TO UPHOLDING AUTHORITY OVER HUMANITY.

From [HERE] A panel of Fifth Circuit judges appeared skeptical Friday of a civil suit brought by the family of a Black woman who in 2019 was fatally shot by a Baytown, Texas, police officer.

The incident occurred at a parking lot of an apartment complex where both Turner and Officer Juan Delacruz (of the Baytown Police Department), were living at the time during an attempt to arrest her for outstanding warrants.

Video footage of the shooting was captured by a bystander[4] and also by the officer's bodycam. Police stated the officer was attempting to arrest her for outstanding warrants when she used his Taser on him; at trial, Texas Ranger Lt. Eric Lopez testified more specifically that she used it on Delacruz’s genitals in the course of resisting arrest. The bodycam showed the struggle between the two prior to the shooting.

Turner's family said that the woman had suffered from schizophrenia and that Delacruz was aware of it; a neighbor also said that Turner was mentally unstable, that Delacruz was aware of it, and that he "had arrested her many times" and had used his Taser on her on the most recent occasion.

During the encounter, Turner said to the officer “You’re actually harassing me” and “I’m actually walking to my house”. Just prior to the shooting, she yelled out, “I’m pregnant.” 

Although Police explained that she was not in fact pregnant and racist suspect media parrot the cops statement - both miss the point. When she yelled out she was pregnant she was asking for mercy, trying to get the white cop to not shoot her. It is another way of saying ‘please don’t shoot.’ It is also a more plausible explanation than the media’s inference that ‘she said she was pregnant because she’s crazy.’

In 2020, a Harris County grand jury charged De La Cruz with aggravated assault by a public servant, but he was ultimately found not guilty.

In December 2023, a Texas federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by Turner's family against De La Cruz, the city of Baytown and the owners of the apartment complex, finding that De La Cruz could have reasonably believed Turner posed a threat to his life.

Lawyers for De La Cruz and the family argued Friday before a three-judge Fifth Circuit panel over whether the judge was correct in dismissing the claims against the officer.

De La Cruz's attorney William Helfand said Turner had grabbed De La Cruz's Taser and shocked him with it, but Shelby White, an attorney representing the family, said the evidence does not conclusively show this. Even if that was the case, White argued that at the time of the shooting Turner was on the ground several feet from De La Cruz and therefore no longer posed a reasonable threat to him.

"The two fighters are on different sides of the ring, and then he pulls his gun and shoots her. And you can't do that," White said.

White said that even if, as De La Cruz had testified, Turner had been holding the Taser when he shot her, the Taser prongs had already been deployed, so the device could only have been used in drive-stun mode, meaning the only way Turner could have used the Taser against De La Cruz at that point would be by physically touching him with it. White argued this meant Turner could not have posed a threat to De La Cruz from several feet away.

But U.S. Circuit Judge Stuart Duncan seemed skeptical of this argument.

"You want us to write an opinion that would say, if someone an officer is trying to arrest takes control of his taser, the officer cannot use deadly force unless she's close enough to him to tase him in drive-stun mode?" Duncan, a Donald Trump appointee, asked, adding, "I just want to understand what rule of law we would have in this circuit that guides police officers in their interaction with people who take their Tasers away."

Helfand argued De La Cruz had a reasonable belief that Turner posed a danger to him when he shot her.

"An officer is trained, but an officer is also a human being, and sometimes folks disregard the normal human traits of pain and fear which exist when somebody is in a fight and being shocked and feeling threatened as if they're going to be killed," Helfand said. "And Officer De La Cruz had every not only right but reason to believe that that's what was going to happen to him."

Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Cop Mantra Routinely Used to Destroy Our Imaginary Rights: Says If Police Claim They Smell Marijuana they Can Search Car

From [HERE] Even though marijuana is legal in Illinois, the state’s highest court has ruled that the smell of raw cannabis is enough for police to search a vehicle.

The case stems from a 2020 traffic stop in Whiteside County when a trooper said he smelled fresh cannabis, conducted a search of the vehicle and found several joints of marijuana in a cardboard box. Victor Molina of Moline was a passenger in the car and was charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana by a passenger.

Molina’s attorney James Mertes argued to the Illinois Supreme Court that the case has nothing to do with the right to use marijuana.

“Ultimately this comes down to our Fourth Amendment rights, it is an issue of privacy,” said Mertes. “A lot of people have viewed this case as being about cannabis rights. I’ve never viewed it as that, it is more important than that. It’s a case about our constitutional rights."

The 4-2 majority opinion, written by Justice P. Scott Neville Jr., highlighted a 2019 law that stipulates that marijuana in a car must be transported in a sealed, odor-proof container.

If a police officer can smell raw cannabis, it is “almost certain” that the cannabis is not in an odor-proof container, which is a violation of state law, Neville reasoned.

The ruling follows another decision in September by the high court that the smell of burnt cannabis is not enough probable cause to search a vehicle.

The disparity, that the smell of unsmoked marijuana is justification for a warrantless search, while the smell of smoked pot is not, “defies logic,” Justice Mary O’Brien wrote in her dissent.

Mertes said he will appeal the decision.

Recreational marijuana has been legal since 2020 in Illinois, but it is illegal to smoke or consume cannabis in a moving car.

House Judiciary Committee Says Feds are Using Banks to Surveil Americans' Financial Data Without Warrants

From [HERE] Federal law enforcement has been manipulating the Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) system to gain access to Americans’ financial information without warrants or probable cause, the House Judiciary Committee said Friday.

The panel and its Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government released its interim report, first obtained by Fox News Digital, which details its findings.

The committee said in the report that the FBI "has manipulated" the SAR's filing process to treat financial institutions "as de facto arms of law enforcement, issuing ‘requests’ without legal process, that amount to demands for information related to certain persons or activities it considers ‘suspicious.'"

"With narrow exception, federal law does not permit law enforcement to inquire into financial institutions’ customer information without some form of legal process," the report states. "The FBI circumvents this process by tipping off financial institutions to ‘suspicious’ individuals and encouraging these institutions to file a SAR — which does not require any legal process — and thereby provide federal law enforcement with access to confidential and highly sensitive information." [MORE]

Tax Invasion: Chicago Mayor Under Fire as Black Residents Express Anger Over $575M Spent on Migrant Shelters while City has a $1B Shortfall

From [HERE] Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) is facing a firestorm of criticism from outraged residents over his administration’s staggering $574.5 million expenditure on migrant shelters, as the city grapples with a $1 billion budget shortfall.

The controversy centers around Chicago’s “New Arrivals Mission,” an initiative that has drained city resources since its inception in August 2022.

During a heated City Council meeting, outraged citizens voiced their anger, accusing Johnson of mismanagement and misplaced priorities while floating a $60 million property tax hike to close the gap.

One fiery resident delivered a scathing rebuke to Johnson, labeling him the “worst mayor in America” and accusing him of prioritizing political agendas over the needs of Chicagoans.

“I have a great idea for how we can handle this budget. First, let’s start with cutting off illegals from getting free everything—free housing, free schooling, free food. Yeah, let’s start with that. That’ll save us a lot of money—what, 600 million? Let’s start there. Then, let’s talk about you and your salary. You are going down in history as the worst mayor in America. Let’s start by cutting yours. You’re making too much money. Let’s start there.”

The resident continued her tirade, challenging the mayor’s salary and the extensive police detail he maintains amid calls from his party to defund law enforcement.

“And now, let’s address the police detail you have—the 200-police detail you had. Let’s start with that. Because you Democrats—remember you told us to defund the police? Remember you ran on that? Remember you were all about defunding the police? Let’s start with defunding the police detail that you have. Let’s put the police back in our neighborhoods because we’re not for defunding the police. We need the police.

So let’s start with all the Democrats because your policies—which you all push in our neighborhoods—defund the police. So all of you who have police details and police presence around your homes, let’s start by cutting that. That’ll save a lot of money.

So why don’t you just practice what you preach? Remove all the details. We saw you coming in today—you had all that police presence. Let’s take some of that away.”

The proposed property tax increase, which Johnson has floated as a solution to the budget crisis, was met with fierce resistance during the meeting. The woman’s warning was clear:

“I’m letting you all know—seriously—if you vote on anything to raise taxes, because we’re already suffering as homeowners, you will not be in those seats.”

Foreign-Born Population on Track to Exceed 82 Million by 2040

From [HERE] The nation’s foreign-born population is on pace to reach more than 82 million by the year 2040 should legal immigration and illegal immigration levels, that have soared under President Joe Biden, continue.

The research, published by Steven Camarota at the Center for Immigration Studies, suggests the impact of Biden’s mass migration legacy could be far-reaching.

On Biden’s watch, the foreign-born population has hit a record nearly 52 million or roughly 15.5 percent of the United States population.

Should immigration levels remain the same as they have been under this administration, the foreign-born population will hit 82.2 million by the year 2040, Camarota finds.

he nation’s foreign-born population under Biden has grown by nearly seven million in less than four years. For comparison, the foreign-born population grew by about 6.4 million over eight years under former President Barack Obama, which was considered historically high at the time.

A major factor, Camarota notes, is the explosion of illegal immigration under Biden.

Since January 2021, there have been nearly 10.5 million border encounters, at least six million migrants released into the U.S. interior, 1.8 million illegal alien got-aways, an unknown number of unseen border crossings, and about 500,000 to 800,000 foreign nationals overstaying their visas every year.

The “scale of immigration is unprecedented” as a result, Camarota writes.

Alabama Tied An Execution Record In 2024

From [HERE] Alabama ended 2024 with six executions conducted for the year, with half of them using the controversial method of nitrogen gas hypoxia [ here]

That tied a state record, matching the totals for 2009 and 2010 for most executions during a one-year period, figures from the Alabama Department of Corrections and data compiled by anti-death penalty groups show. It was also the highest total for any state so far in 2024.

It began Jan. 25 with the first nitrogen gas hypoxia execution in the nation. Alabama is still the only state that has used the method. It ended with a string of back-to-back-to-back executions during September, October and November.

Use of nitrogen gas as an execution method has led to national and international media attention and scorn from anti-death penalty groups which say it amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. The Vatican has protested the method.