Who Needs Stats to Declare an "Emergency" When You Have Sensational Anecdotal Stories from a Fuckin’ Classy and Intelligent Former TV Judge? Jeanine Pirro Claims the DC Police’s Crime Numbers are Lies

President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday placing Washington DC’s police force under federal control, invoking emergency powers that face potential constitutional challenges over scope, duration and procedural safeguards.

The order cites Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, which grants the president authority over local police during “special conditions of an emergency nature.” Its status as a federal district rather than a state gives the federal government unique oversight authority over DC.

Section 740 of the D.C. Home Rule Act, allows the President roughly 30-day control over the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). D.C. leaders said two liaisons will directly respond to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, and meetings continue over the extent of the federal activities.

Notably, the statute requires genuine emergency conditions that threaten federal operations, not general public safety concerns. If challenged, the Trump Administration would likely have to convince a court that DC’s crime statistics truly constitute the type of crisis the law envisions.

By way of statistical justification, Trump’s executive order stated “the District of Columbia now has a higher violent crime, murder, and robbery rate than all 50 States.” Asked to consider whether these findings justify the White House’s invocation of Section 740, a court might question the Administration’s decisions to compare DC, a dense urban area of 700,000 residents, to entire states that include rural and suburban areas with typically lower crime rates.

The order also excluded key context regarding crime trends. According to data released by the DC’s Metropolitan Police Department, violent crime has been trending downward since 2023. By August 11, 2023, DC had seen 163 homicides, 110 cases of sex abuse, 888 assaults with a dangerous weapon, and 2,105 robberies. Motor vehicle thefts — categorized by DC police as a property crime, not a violent crime — numbered 4,443. In 2025, those figures are: 99 homicides, 54 cases of sex abuse, 533 assaults with a dangerous weapon, and 898 robberies. Car theft is also down, at 2,904. In 2024, violent and property crimes were down across the board. In January, shortly before Trump took office, the US Attorney’s Office for DC announced that violent crime in the district had hit a 30-year low. [MORE]

Racists' Theater: Troops March in DC as FreeDumb Lover Trump Imposes Unelected Local Rule to Please His Neuropeon Base who Vicariously Love Watching Law Abiding Black People be Dominated by Authority

President Donald Trump announced he will federalize the District’s locally run police department for the ostensible purpose of attempting to cut crime and the actual purpose of pleasing his neuropeon base, who vicariously enjoy watching law abiding non-white people get dominated by authority. At a White House news conference Monday, Trump said he’s bringing in 800 National Guard members to assist with law enforcement in D.C. Trump added, “We will bring in the military if it’s needed” but said “I don’t think we’ll need it.”

Besides engaging in symbolic politics, Trump has otherwise delivered little of tangible value to poor or working class white people whom he claims to champion. It sounds like his effort here is basically political theater to vicariously please Neuropeons as the National Guard appears to have few actual police powers and will most likely just stand around and post up. Also, his authority over DC police appears to be only for 30 days.

President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday placing Washington DC’s police force under federal control, invoking emergency powers that face potential constitutional challenges over scope, duration and procedural safeguards.

The order cites Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, which grants the president authority over local police during “special conditions of an emergency nature.” Its status as a federal district rather than a state gives the federal government unique oversight authority over DC.

Section 740 of the D.C. Home Rule Act, allows the President roughly 30-day control over the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). D.C. leaders said two liaisons will directly respond to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, and meetings continue over the extent of the federal activities.

Notably, the statute requires genuine emergency conditions that threaten federal operations, not general public safety concerns. If challenged, the Trump Administration would likely have to convince a court that DC’s crime statistics truly constitute the type of crisis the law envisions.

By way of statistical justification, Trump’s executive order stated “the District of Columbia now has a higher violent crime, murder, and robbery rate than all 50 States.” Asked to consider whether these findings justify the White House’s invocation of Section 740, a court might question the Administration’s decisions to compare DC, a dense urban area of 700,000 residents, to entire states that include rural and suburban areas with typically lower crime rates.

The order also excluded key context regarding crime trends. According to data released by the DC’s Metropolitan Police Department, violent crime has been trending downward since 2023. By August 11, 2023, DC had seen 163 homicides, 110 cases of sex abuse, 888 assaults with a dangerous weapon, and 2,105 robberies. Motor vehicle thefts — categorized by DC police as a property crime, not a violent crime — numbered 4,443. In 2025, those figures are: 99 homicides, 54 cases of sex abuse, 533 assaults with a dangerous weapon, and 898 robberies. Car theft is also down, at 2,904. In 2024, violent and property crimes were down across the board. In January, shortly before Trump took office, the US Attorney’s Office for DC announced that violent crime in the district had hit a 30-year low.

In addition to questions over whether an emergency declaration is warranted, the order appears to contain constitutional vulnerabilities insofar as it lacks procedural safeguards, hearing requirements, or clear standards for when the emergency declaration will end, potentially violating due process rights. The indefinite suspension of local democratic governance could also raise separation of powers concerns.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the D.C. National Guard will be “flowing into the streets of Washington in the coming week.” He also said the Pentagon was “prepared to bring in other National Guard units, other specialized units.”

“Between 100-200 Soldiers will be supporting law enforcement at any given time. Their duties will include an array of tasks from administrative, logistics and physical presence in support of law enforcement,” a statement from the Army said. [MORE]

Elite Whites who Run ESPN Cut Ties with Shannon Sharpe b/c All Showcase Blacks [auto-coons] are Disposable and Replaceable by Their Creators

Showcase Black broadcaster Shannon Sharpe will not return to ESPN, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

The decision comes less than two weeks after Sharpe resolved a lawsuit that accused him of sexually assaulting a woman during their relationship. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the decision has not been announced.

Sharpe’s last appearance on ESPN was in late April, when the lawsuit was filed in Nevada. No details of the settlement were released. The lawsuit had sought $50 million. [MORE]

Chicago Mayor Invests $40 Million to Make Homeless Shelters Humane

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson unveiled a $40 million investment in revamping the city's homeless shelters, declared as the largest of its kind in Chicago's history, which will significantly upgrade shelter amenities and create more private living spaces for residents in need. This funding is set to enhance facilities, including installing air conditioners and elevators, and expanding dining areas, addressing a profound need for dignified living conditions. As the MOPD Commissioner Rachel Arfa put it, “Now more than ever it is important for all of us to honor our disability community and protect our civil and disability rights, programs and services that help all of us live independently and thrive in each of our 77 communities,” emphasizing the city's commitment to its disabled residents. [MORE]

New Missouri Law Sponsored by Black Lawmaker Creates a Task Force to Address the Crisis of Missing and Murdered Black Women and Girls in the State

A Missouri bill going into effect Aug. 28 creates a task force to address the crisis of missing and murdered African American women and girls in the state.

The idea, which came from Sen. Angela Mosley, D-Florissant, has been years in the making.

Mosley sponsored a bill in the Missouri Senate in the last legislative session to create the task force, and the language for that bill was added into House Bill 495, which Gov. Mike Kehoe signed after it passed the General Assembly.

The issue of Black women going missing has been on the rise in recent years. According to the National Crime Information Center, in 2022, of the 271,493 girls and women reported missing, about 36% of those missing women and girls were Black. Black women and girls only made up about 14% of the female population in the U.S. at that time. [MORE]

Mayor Creates Trust to ‘Ensure Blacks are not shut out of reparations plans in Tulsa’

On June 1, the office of Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols announced the creation of the Greenwood Trust.  A trust is a legal arrangement where a trustee holds and manages property or assets for the benefit of a third party, the beneficiary, and may also be used to shield such assets from taxation and/or for bequeathing said assets to subsequent generations. 

“Today at the Greenwood Cultural Center and on Tulsa Race Massacre Observance Day, Mayor Monroe Nichols brought forward a plan for a Road to Repair that will help unify Tulsans and heal multi-generational wounds from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, which stands as one of the worst race massacres in U.S. History,” the statement said in part.

The statement also stated that the private charitable trust “will serve as an avenue to encourage economic growth and development in North Tulsa, the historic Greenwood District, and surrounding neighborhoods, with a focus to address disparities experienced by Tulsa Race Massacre survivors, descendants, Historic Greenwood District and North Tulsa residents and businesses.” [MORE]

While Dramatic Rolebot Cory Booker Engages in Symbolic Politics Homelessness in NJ Reaches ‘Shocking’ 10 yr High: Black People Account for 47% of All Homeless but are Only 12% of the State Population

SENATOR BOOKER HAD A THEATRIC MELTDOWN ON THE SENATE FLOOR YESTERDAY. WHATEVER THIS CLOWN WAS WHNING ABOUT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE LIBERATION OF BLACK PEOPLE AND DID NOTHING TOWARD PROVIDING ANYTHING OF TANGIBLE VALUE TO BLACK PEOPLE AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.

The number of people who are homeless in New Jersey is the highest in over a decade, according to the state’s latest annual point-in-time count report, a sharp rise as state and federal aid and support programs are being slashed.

Over 13,700 people were homeless across the state on a single night in late January. That is an 8% increase in homelessness compared to last year, according to Monarch Housing Associates, a Cranford-based nonprofit that conducts the state’s annual point-in-time homeless count.

Black residents continue to experience homelessness at disproportionately higher rates than people of other racial or ethnic identities in the state, according to the report released Tuesday. Despite making up 12% of the state’s population, Black New Jerseyans represent 47.4% of the people who are homeless in the state.

Connie Mercer of the New Jersey Coalition to End Homelessness, a long-time housing advocate, said in a statement to NJ Spotlight News that the results from the new report are “shocking” but reflect what people working in the homeless services sector are seeing every day.

Every county participates in NJ Counts, the state’s annual count required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Social service providers, local governments, community advocates and volunteers work to identify people who are homeless on a single night in January every year, according to Monarch Housing Associates. [MORE]

Another Black Person's Lawsuit Against Police Dismissed w/o a Trial. Liberal Judge Tosses Case for Lindani Myeni: Honolulu Cops Ran Up on Unarmed Black Man w/o ID'ing Themselves and Fatally Shot Him

A white liberal judge dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday brought by the widow of an unarmed Black man shot by Honolulu police in 2021.

Lindani Myeni was murdered by police on April 14, 2021. Myeni, 29, was a South African national who had recently moved to Hawaii, where his wife grew up.

Honolulu attorneys had recommended paying $1.5 million to settle the lawsuit last year, but it never went to a vote before the full city council and the case went to trial.

Trial started July 14 and testimony included Myeni’s widow, Lindsay Myeni, taking the stand, according to her lawyers. Plaintiffs rested their case Friday.

The city filed a motion for dismissal that same day, arguing that no evidence was presented showing that the officers acted with malice and are immune from liability.

Judge Karin Holma, who is a white liberal, granted the motion Tuesday, according to court records.

Her ruling came after seven days of testimony including video of the incident showing an officer “hiding behind a flashlight and refusing to say he was a police officer,” according to a statement from lawyers representing Myeni's widow.

“While we wish the jury could have decided this, at least the appellate court can now review the record," attorney James Bickerton said in the statement.

ON VIDEO ASIAN WOMAN IS STANDING OUTSIDE SAYING TO 911, "IM SO AFRAID TO GO OUTSIDE." SHE ALSO CLAIMED TO BE TERRIFIED BUT ON THE VIDEO SHE DOESN'T LOOK OR SOUND SCARED . BECAUSE THE DOOR WAS OPEN LINDANI’S MISTAKEN ENTRY WAS PROBABLY NOT AN UNLAWFUL ENTRY, WHICH IS A CRIMINAL MISDEMEANOR. IT WAS MOST LIKELY SIMPLY AN UNWANTED, CIVIL TRESPASS ONTO THEIR PROPERTY THAT CAUSED NO MEASURABLE OR ACTIONABLE HARM TO THE ASIANS ABOVE.

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]

Ben Crump: 'There Was No Prosecution of the Cops Who Murdered Breonna Taylor. The Government Advocated Harder than the Defense for the Officer to Get NO JAIL TIME for Murdering a Black Woman'

Rep. Gosar Reintroduces Bill to Strip the Liability Protection for Unsafe, Experimental COVID Shots Granted to Big Pharma by Corpse Biden

From [HERE] Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) on Tuesday reintroduced legislation to end the liability shield for vaccine manufacturers and allow people injured by a vaccine to sue the drug’s manufacturer.

Children’s Health Defense (CHD) is one of the bill’s supporters.

The End the Vaccine Carveout Act targets two federal laws that give legal immunity to vaccine makers — the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (NCVIA) and the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2005 (PREP Act).

The NCVIA’s liability shield covers vaccines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for routine use in children or pregnant women.

The PREP Act protects manufacturers from liability for injuries or death caused by vaccines or other countermeasures implemented during a public health emergency.

“Current immunity provisions unfairly shielding Big Pharma from the harms caused by their products prevent those injured by vaccines to pursue a civil lawsuit in state or federal court,” Gosar said in the press release.

Gosar’s bill removes language in the NCVIA that requires people injured by vaccines to first seek compensation through the government-run National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP).

Under the new legislation, the vaccine-injured could file lawsuits against vaccine manufacturers while also submitting a VICP claim. [MORE]

US Green Beret: 'We, the US, are Complicit in the Atrocities and Ongoing Genocide in Gaza. Anyone Who Says Otherwise, Shame on You. I Witnessed War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity Throughout Gaza'

Barbaric IsrAlien Forces Murder 98 Palestinians in Gaza Over 24 Hours - 25 Palestinians Killed by the IDF while seeking aid

Gaza’s Health Ministry said on Monday that Israeli Forces killed at least 98 Palestinians over the previous 24-hour period as relentless US-backed Israeli strikes continued and more aid seekers were gunned down by the IDF.

The Health Ministry said that the bodies of another two Palestinians were found in the rubble. “A number of victims are still under the rubble and in the streets, as ambulance and civil defense crews are unable to reach them until now.”

Israeli strikes on Monday included an attack that hit a house and neighboring tents in the al-Mawasi area of southern Gaza. At least 12 people were killed in the strike, including Soad al-Shaer, who was seven months pregnant. [MORE]

Militarized Law Enforcement Reaches a New Lower Level under Trump

From [HERE] Law enforcement in the United States has exhibited an exceptional degree of harshness, if not outright brutality, during the initial months of Donald Trump’s second term in the White House.  A majority of the most flagrant examples have involved enforcement actions by the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) division.  Numerous stories have appeared in the news media about ICE agents appearing at workplaces and schools to apprehend individuals suspected of being in the United States illegally. Suspects have been approached by agents dressed in civilian clothes and refusing to identify themselves or present badges.  They have dragged suspects off the street and held them in captivity for hours or in some cases, even days.  The result is an ugly image that is becoming more and more ingrained with the American public.  It is an image of U.S. law enforcement personnel engaging in arbitrary, police-state tactics typical of dictatorships, not a country that has ostentatiously prided itself on respect for civil liberties and the rule of law.  

Such alarming conduct is neither new, however, nor confined to ICE.  That agency’s especially odious recent behavior is the culmination of a long-developing trend of blurring the distinction between domestic law enforcement tactics and those of foreign warfare conducted in the name of national defense.  Such alarming militarization of law enforcement has been underway for decades, although it has reached a new peak under Trump. [MORE]

NY Prison Authorities Denied Black Man Fair Review after 14 years in Solitary Confinement

Prison officials failed to give a man who’d spent 14 years in solitary confinement a “meaningful review” of his detention conditions as they kept him in administrative segregation for another five years, the Second Circuit said in a split ruling Friday. 

From 2000 to 2014, Tyrone Walker was in solitary confinement as punishment for an attack on corrections officers. When the term ended in 2014, he was immediately placed in a nearly identical form of imprisonment, having been deemed a threat to safety at the prison — despite his lack of involvement in any violent incident since the 2000 attack. 

When that switch happened, according to the federal appeals court, due process requirements afforded Walker a more thorough analysis of his disposition. 

The court took no view as to whether Walker, now 56 and serving a life prison sentence following his 1994 conviction on two murders and an armed robbery, should have been moved into the general population during the five-year period of administrative segregation. 

“But Walker was entitled to meaningful process assessing that question,” U.S. Circuit Judge Susan Carney wrote in the majority opinion, and “a reasonable jury assessing the record could find that the reviews that his continued solitary confinement received were not constitutionally meaningful.” [MORE]

Yurugu's RichCraft: Venezuela has the World’s Largest Oil Reserves. If You Know That, You Need Know Little Else About Why the Trump Administration Claims Their Elected Government is “Illegitimate”

DO DICTATORS OR DICTATORSHIPS HAVE ELECTIONS? From [HERE] Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared that the Venezuelan government is “illegitimate.”

“Maduro is NOT the President of Venezuela and his regime is NOT the legitimate government,” Rubio wrote on X. “Maduro is the head of the Cartel de Los Soles, a narco-terror organization which has taken possession of a country.  And he is under indictment for pushing drugs into the United States.”

Last year, Maduro won reelection in Venezuela’s presidential race. The Joe Biden administration responded by accusing Maduro of stealing the election and insisting that opposition figure Edmundo González was the rightful leader.

The Biden State Department used analysis from the Carter Center as the basis for its election rigging claim. While then-Secretary of State Antony Blinken asserted that the Carter Center is “independent,” the organization is funded by the State Department and several other Western states openly hostile to Maduro.

It was unclear whether President Donald Trump would continue the regime change effort in Caracas. Early in his second administration, Trump’s crisis envoy, Richard Grenell, traveled to Venezuela to meet with Maduro and returned with six Americans who were imprisoned in the country.

Soon after, the White House adopted a more aggressive policy, however. Rubio seized a plane owned by the Venezuelan government in February. Later that month, Trump announced that the US would step up the economic war on the South American nation.

Rubio, who is also serving as Trump’s national security adviser, is a long-time advocate of US intervention in Latin America, repeatedly calling for Maduro’s ouster.

Trump supported the attempted overthrow of Maduro during his first term, backing opposition leader Juan Guaido after he declared himself the rightful president of Venezuela. Guaido led a brief coup attempt in 2019 that fizzled in a matter of days, but garnered the full endorsement of Washington. Trump also used “maximum pressure” sanctions in an effort to weaken the Venezuelan economy and Maduro’s hold on power.

However, Guaido never gained significant popular support and the Biden administration eventually abandoned him in favor of González. [MORE]

An Active Shooter in Manhattan or is Some False Flaggotry Afoot? Coincidence Theorists and Hype-acondriacs Automatically Disagree. Will a “Manifesto” or “Crime Diary” be Forthcoming?

According to FUNKTIONARY:

hype-acondriacs – those who always succumb to or believe in “the hype.” (See: Predictive Programming)

Michigan State Police and Liberal AG Refuse to Release Videos of Fatal Shooting of Stephen Mason or Identify the Officer who Killed Him. Witnesses say Cop Shot Unarmed Black Man Posing No Threat

From [HERE] Family, friends, and the attorney for Stephen Mason are calling on Michigan State Police to release video footage of the fatal May 16 shooting by a state trooper in Detroit, citing conflicting eyewitness accounts and a growing suspicion of a coverup.

They’re also urging state Attorney General Dana Nessel to appoint an independent special prosecutor, saying the state cannot fairly investigate itself.

“The transparency factor is not happening here at all, and that causes a lot of suspicion,” Leonard Mungo, an attorney representing Mason’s family, tells Metro Times. “The family doesn’t deserve to be kept in the dark. All they want is to know the truth.”

Mason, a 41-year-old Highland Park resident known for his gentle demeanor and skilled carpentry work, including building Detroit’s 30-foot Kwanzaa kinara at Campus Martius, was pulled over by a Michigan State Police trooper on May 16 around 7:30 p.m. near the Wyoming exit off the Lodge Freeway.

Police allege Mason fired three shots during a struggle, striking the trooper twice in the vest and once in the shoulder. The trooper returned fire, fatally striking Mason, according to MSP. The officer, who has not been named, was treated and released from a local hospital.

But witnesses say what they saw doesn’t match the official narrative.

One eyewitness, who shared a voice memo with Mason’s family, described a scuffle between the officer and Mason before the trooper stood up, cocked his gun, and fired three shots — two to the body and one to the head.

“I said no way, no way I just seen this officer kill this man,” the witness said. “Regardless of what was going on, that man wasn’t any threat.”

The witness, who was exiting the freeway when she saw the altercation, said Mason was trying to push the officer off him as the trooper reached for his gun.

“He didn’t say he was hit,” the witness said of the trooper. “He didn’t call for backup. He just stepped back to catch his breath.”

In an interview with private investigator Scott Lewis, a second witness, Bobby Ingram, said he came upon Mason’s body moments later, before a large police presence arrived. He said Mason was lying dead in the street with a gunshot wound to the forehead, with no gun in sight.

“I didn’t see a weapon at all,” Ingram said. “I was looking around to see how this man was shot.”

Asked why he came forward, Ingram responded that it was the right thing to do.

“I’m a black male in this city. He lost his life,” Ingram said. “If he lost his life and it wasn’t right, then I think we need to address that because that hurts the family, and more people will lose their lives around here if we don't stand up and make sure it’s known because we aren’t going to tolerate this. It’s not right.”

Detroit police are leading the investigation as part of a joint homicide task force with MSP. But Mungo and Mason’s supporters say the investigation is compromised because both agencies are intertwined, and the Attorney General’s office has taken charging authority away from the county prosecutor in cases involving troopers.

“This family doesn’t want to get caught in the middle of a power struggle between the state and county,” Mungo says. “That’s why we’re asking for someone truly independent. These are sober, reasonable requests to get answers.”

Despite repeated requests, Mungo says the family has yet to receive critical information, including any body camera, dashcam, or freeway surveillance footage. On July 4, MSP released a heavily edited video featuring a so-called witness who backed the trooper’s version of events, but no police footage was disclosed.

“They produce video when it clearly favors the police,” Mungo says. “In this case, they keep it hidden. That heightens the suspicion that this is a coverup.”

Mungo says he filed a public records request with the Michigan State Police and Detroit Police Department and is continuing to press for answers. In the meantime, he says the state’s refusal to release videos is making it harder for the family to grieve and heal.

“If the videos show Stephen was in the wrong, the family can begin the grieving process and get closure,” Mungo says. “But if he wasn’t a threat when he was killed, that’s something else entirely. Either way, the truth is in those tapes.”

Gregory McKenzie, who worked closely with Mason on the construction of the city’s Kwanzaa kinara, says Mason was a kind, gentle person and it’s inconceivable he would shoot a police officer.

“It was very devastating,” McKenzie tells Metro Times. “Witnesses are refuting the official narrative. It sounds like [the official version] is not quite what happened.”

The family is pleading with other potential witnesses to come forward and provide statements to help uncover the truth.

“This is the moment for Attorney General Nessel to show us that her commitment to the Black community goes beyond words,” Mungo says. “Equal access to justice under the law means listening to grieving families and shining a light on the truth.”

White Columbus Cop who Murdered Andre Hill Sentenced to 15 Yrs: Fatally Shot Black Man Holding a Cell Phone who Posed No Threat and Committed No Crime During Non-Emergency Event. Liar Cop Denied CPR

From [HERE] and [HERE] A white Ohio police officer convicted of murder in the shooting of Andre Hill, a Black man who was holding a cellphone and keys when he was killed, was given a mandatory sentence on Monday of 15 years to life.

Columbus officer Adam Coy shot Hill four times in a garage in December 2020. He told jurors that he feared for his life because he thought Hill was holding a silver revolver.

The jury obviously did not find him to be credible and disregarded his testimony as false. The jury consisted of 13 white people and 3 Black people. [MORE]

The judge presiding over the case, Stephen McIntosh, ruled that Coy’s “prior use or non-use of force” could not be discussed during the trial. Judge McIntosh is a former prosecutor. The judge ruled that the jury could not hear about Coy’s history, including prior citizen complaints made about his use of force. Coy’s Columbus Division of Police personnel file showed he received 90 citizen complaints during his time with the department, including an incident where he pulled over a suspected drunk driver and slammed the person’s head on the hood of his police cruiser four times. [MORE]

A Franklin County jury also found the officer guilty of two other charges, felonious assault and reckless homicide. Mr. Coy was taken into custody after the verdict was read.

Coy, who is being treated for Hodgkin’s lymphoma, told the court on Monday he planned to appeal against the verdict.

“I feel my actions were justified,” Coy said. “I reacted the same way I had in hundreds of training scenarios. I drew and fired my weapon to stop a threat, protect myself and my partner.”

At trial however, prosecutors demonstrated that Hill followed police commands and was never a threat to Coy.

Coy fatally shot 47-year-old Andre Hill around 2 a.m. on Dec. 22, 2020, as Hill was leaving a leaving a friend's house on Oberlin Drive. Coy had been called to the neighborhood in response to a non-emergency call from a neighbor who reportedly witnessed someone sit in an SUV and turn the car on and off.

Hill was unarmed and was carrying just his mobile phone when he was shot. He was wearing a Black Lives Matter t-shirt when he was killed.

The body camera footage shows that around 1:30 a.m, Hill inside a garage, walking toward Coy with a cellphone in his hand, the screen lit up and visible. Within seconds, Coy fires his weapons and Hill falls as Coy continues to ask Hill to show his hands.

Coy points his flashlight into the dark garage with his gun drawn and suddenly shoots Hill several times. An autopsy found bullets struck Hill in the chest, twice in the right thigh and an additional time in the right leg.

Coy did not have his body camera on when he got out of his vehicle and approached Hill, a clear violation of police policy. After the shooting, he turned it on, which activated a 60-second "look back" feature and recorded the shooting without audio.

Five minutes after he was shot by Officer Adam Coy, who is white, another officer can be heard in the footage saying: "Let's cuff him up. He's still moving."Mr Hill is then rolled over on to his stomach before being handcuffed and put on his back as the officers wait for an ambulance.

After Hill was shot, several officers handcuffed him while he lay unresponsive on the ground.Video recordings from Coy and others show that none of the multiple officers on the scene made an attempt to render first aid to Hill until ten minutes after he was shot

Minutes later, a more senior officer arrives and asks "anybody doing anything for him?" He then orders an officer to start CPR. Mr Hill was later pronounced dead.

In victim impact statements on Monday, Hill’s sisters and ex-wife described the 47-year-old as a gentle man who had never met a stranger. His grandchildren called him “big daddy”.

COLUMBUS IS A CITY RUN AND CONTROLLED BY ELITE WHITE LIBERALS. EVERYWHERE ONE FINDS A LARGE POPULATION OF BLACK PEOPLE LIVING IN METRO AREAS CONTROLLED BY ELITE, WHITE LIBERALS, THE POLICE STOP, USE FORCE, DETAIN, PROSECUTE AND KILL BLACKS IN GROSSLY DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBERS. YET BLACKS RARELY QUESTION THIS EXTRAORDINARY PHENOMENON AND INEXPLICABLY AND STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT ELITE, WHITE LIBERALS ARE THEIR POLITICAL ALLIES WHO HELP TO ‘PROTECT THEIR RIGHTS.’

ACLU FINDS FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT LIMITED FOR BLACKS IN DC [IN EVERY CITY CONTROLLED BY ELITE WHITE LIBERALS W/A LARGE BLACK POPULATION, COPS STOP AND DEGRADE BLACKS IN GROSSLY DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBERS]

Coy, who had served 20 years on the Columbus, Ohio police force testified, “I thought I was going to die.” It was only after he rolled over Hill’s body and saw the keys that he realised there was no gun, Coy claimed during trial. “I knew at that point I made a mistake. I was horrified.”

Prosecutors questioned Coy on why he didn't ask Hill his name or call for backup if he was so concerned, CBS affiliate WBNS-TV reported. Coy said that Hill only partially obeyed his commands and was hiding his right hand.

"I thought he was going to draw. I drew my gun and fired four shots," Coy said.

Coy yelled, “Gun, gun, he has a gun!” before drawing his firearm and firing at Hill four times. Coy testified he saw silver metal in Hill’s right hand while Hill had his left hand up with a cellphone in it. 

The metal was Hill’s key ring. He was unarmed.  

Ben Crump, the Hill family's lawyer, said officers' actions were unforgivable."Where is the humanity for Andre Hill? Where is the humanity for this Columbus citizen who had committed no crime, had no weapon, was unarmed, only holding a cell phone? Where is the humanity for this citizen?

"He offered no verbal commands before he started shooting Andre Hill. He didn't say stop. He didn't say freeze. He didn't say, put your hands up. He didn't give Andre Hill a chance. He didn't give him a chance."

The footage also captures a woman inside the house where Mr Hill was shot telling officers that he had been bringing her Christmas money.

She shouted: "He was bringing me Christmas money. He didn't do anything."

Columbus later reached a $10m settlement with Hill’s family, and the city passed a law requiring police to give immediate medical attention to injured suspects.