With "Trump's Blessing" IsrAlien Warplanes Blew Up a Residential Building in Qatar, a sovereign nation, ‘b/c Hamas was Meeting for Peace Talks’

From [HERE] The Israeli military launched airstrikes in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday in an attempt to target Hamas political leadership, marking a major Israeli escalation in the region that dims any hope of a ceasefire in Gaza.

A source told Al Jazeera that the attack occurred while Hamas officials were gathered to discuss a ceasefire proposal from the US. Suhail al-Hindi, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, said that Hamas’s leadership survived the attack, while the son of acting Hamas political bureau chief Khalil al-Hayya was killed, along with several of his aides. Qatar’s Interior Ministry said that a Qatari security officer was also killed in the attack.

Hamas later issued a statement that said none of its political leaders were killed in the attack. It said a total of six people were killed, including al-Hayya’s son, four office staff, and the Qatari officer.

According to Israeli media, Israeli warplanes dropped more than 10 bombs on a residential building where Israel believed Hamas leaders were gathering, an area of Doha near schools and embassies. Qatar has hosted a Hamas office since 2012, a step it took at the request of the US.

Sources told Middle East Eye President Trump “blessed” the attack on Qatar, which his a major non-NATO ally of the US and hosts about 10,000 US troops, although US officials speaking to other media outlets claim that the US was notified while Israeli warplanes were in the air.

Israeli Channel 12 reported, citing an Israeli official, that US President Donald Trump gave the green light for the Israeli occupation to launch airstrikes on Hamas leadership in Qatar. The channel added that Washington maintains control over Qatari airspace, requiring “Israel” to coordinate with the US before carrying out such operations.

In an official statement, the Qatari Foreign Ministry condemned what it described as a “cowardly Israeli attack” targeting residential compounds in Doha where members of Hamas’ political bureau were residing. The ministry stressed that Qatar would not tolerate any act undermining its security and sovereignty. [MORE]

At Least 19,400 Children Murdered in Gaza by Israel Authorities as Genocidal Holocaust Marks 700th Day

From [HERE] Children in Gaza account for more than 30 percent of deaths since Israel began its genocide nearly two years ago, as the besieged enclave remains the "most dangerous place to be a child".

According to the latest figures from the Palestinian health ministry in Gaza, at least 19,424 children have been killed in Israeli attacks since October 2023 - the equivalent of one child every 52 minutes. Among them are 1,000 infants under the age of one.

An additional 42,011 people have been wounded in ongoing Israeli shelling, accounting for 26 percent of the total wounded population of 161,583.

Meanwhile, women (10,138) and the elderly (4,695) constitute 23 percent of the overall death toll. Men make up 46.7 percent of casualties (29,975).

The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) communications manager Tess Ingram said that the "suffering of children in the Gaza Strip is not accidental".

Malnutrition and famine are weakening children’s bodies as displacement strips them of shelter and care, and bombardments threaten their every move," Ingram said. 

She noted that Palestinian life is being "dismantled" under escalating Israeli attacks, lack of necessities and soaring malnutrition among children and their families. Ingram stressed that even so-called "safe zones" have posed a grave danger for civilians, noting that the "unthinkable" is unfolding in Gaza City.

The Israeli military has repeatedly targeted Israeli-designated "humanitarian zones" across the Gaza Strip since the start of the genocide.

At least 64,300 Palestinians have been killed since October 2023. Over 83 percent of those killed are civilians, according to the Israeli military's own data. 

Ingram warned that the latest Israeli operation in the city could bring further catastrophe for families residing in the area, adding that the north "is fast becoming a place where childhood cannot survive".

"It is a city of fear, flight and funerals," she added. 

KKKexit: On the Last Day of Trump’s Unlawful and Involuntary Rule Over DC, 80% of Residents Tell Globocop to 'Please Get the Fuck Out!'

About 8 in 10 D.C. residents oppose Trump taking control of D.C. police and federal troops patrolling the streets, according to a Washington Post-Schar School poll. Compared with last year, significantly fewer D.C. residents say that they worry about being a victim of carjacking, theft, home burglary or assault.

ON Sept 6 Thousands march in D.C. against law enforcement takeover [MORE]

From [HERE] Parts of President Donald Trump’s so-called “emergency” takeover of Washington, D.C., may be winding down, but the federal presence in the nation’s capital appears far from over.

As D.C. residents brace for the possibility that National Guard soldiers and federal agents could become a permanent fixture in the city, congressional Republicans are gearing up to clamp down even harder on the municipal government with a massive tranche of new legislation.

In August, Trump invoked a rarely used provision of the 1973 D.C. Home Rule Act, letting the White House seize control of the city’s police during “special conditions of an emergency nature.” He also ordered in the National Guard and about 500 federal agents, leading to thousands of arrests.

The administration’s authority over Metro Police, however, is limited by law to 30 days — a window set to close this week.

Trump has suggested that he would need “long term” control over D.C. police and has contended that he would not need congressional approval to extend that power. Congress would almost certainly need to greenlight such action.

But, for now, it appears unlikely that the president will attempt to seize extended control over D.C.’s police force.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser established a joint emergency operations center last week to coordinate local government efforts with federal law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The move was seen as paving the way for a long term or even indefinite federal presence in the capital city.

House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters Tuesday that Congress hadn’t been asked to weigh in on Trump’s D.C. takeover and suggested Bowser’s order made action unnecessary.

“I think if you have an agreement — I understand it as an agreement — between the White House and local leadership, I’m not sure Congress has any necessity to do anything,” he said. “So, we’ll see.”

Trump’s control of D.C.’s police is set to expire, but lawmakers are preparing a broad legislative overhaul of the city’s criminal justice system, including how local judges are selected. On Wednesday, the House Oversight Committee is set to take up more than a dozen Republican-led bills expanding congressional oversight of D.C. governance.

Among those measures is one that would give Congress a 60-day window to review any law passed by the D.C. council and would speed existing mechanisms for lawmakers to overrule legislation approved by the municipal government.

The panel will also weigh bills boosting penalties for certain crimes in D.C., capping “youth offender” status at 18 and letting prosecutors seek adult charges for offenders as young as 14 for some offenses.

Another measure would remove D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb and replace him with a presidential appointee. Voters have elected the city’s top local prosecutor since 2010.

House Republicans are also pushing to amend the Home Rule Act to eliminate D.C.’s judicial nominations commission, which for decades has recommended candidates for the city’s superior and appellate courts to the White House. The panel currently includes attorneys representing the president and the D.C. mayor, as well as members of the city council, the D.C. Bar and the chief judge of the U.S. District Court for D.C.

Under the proposed bill, the authority to appoint judges to the capital’s municipal court system would lie solely with the president.

Democrats blasted the Republicans’ push as an attack on D.C.’s tradition of self-governance. Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton, D.C.’s nonvoting House delegate, called it an “escalation in the current wave of extreme attacks on D.C. home rule.” [MORE]

FreeDumb Loving GOP Puppeticians Eager for Bush-Trump to Expand Military Use on US Soil

From [HERE] National Guard troops patrolling the streets of U.S. cities. Weapons of war deployed against international gangs suspected of drug trafficking. Military bases and resources redirected to mass immigration enforcement operations.

President Donald Trump is swiftly implementing his vision of the military as an all-powerful tool for his policy goals. It’s ground that presidents have hardly ever crossed outside of times of war, and experts say it’s remaking the role of the most powerful military in the world and its relationship with the American public.

Yet as Trump has dramatically stepped up his use of military force, fellow Republicans in Congress — where authorization for such actions is supposed to originate — have done little but cheer him on. That’s giving the president significant leeway as he raises plans to send troops next to Chicago, Baltimore and New Orleans.

“If I were one of those mayors, I’d be glad to have the help,” said Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., the chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, speaking from a Capitol building where National Guard troops were patrolling the surrounding city. “I think the big city Democrats are really making a mistake. I think they’re being tone deaf.” [MORE]

Destroying Freedom to Make us Safe: Drones and Robotic Cameras are Flying All Over Maryland, Surveilling Law Abiding People for "public order" [the will of agents operating on behalf of elites]

Since 2019, dozens, if not hundreds, of law enforcement agencies across the country have adopted similar Drone as First Responder (DFR) programs, using the technology to put eyes on a situation sooner and, sometimes, in a clearer way.

But as drones reach more areas, including Baltimore County, concerns over privacy and surveillance often follow.

Jay Stanley, a senior policy analyst with the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy and Technology Project, has urged lawmakers for years to issue guardrails for DFR programs. Daring success stories may justify a program’s beginning, but Stanley said with expansions and new uses, “it’s important not to make policies based on anecdotes.”

“You don’t want a world where, from the minute you walk out of your front door in the morning until you get home at night, you’re constantly aware that there are flying robotic police cameras … that could be focused on you at any time,” Stanley told The Baltimore Sun. “You have no way of knowing. That’s just not a way for free people to live.” [MORE]

Black Homeownership Rate Drops to Lowest Level Since 2021, Latino Homeownership Increased

The Black homeownership rate fell to 43.9% in the second quarter—the lowest level since the fourth quarter of 2021. That’s down from 45.3% a year earlier, marking the largest year-over-year decline since the third quarter of 2021. 

By comparison, the Hispanic homeownership rate inched up slightly (to 48.8% from 48.5% a year earlier), and there were small declines in both the non-Hispanic white homeownership rate (to 74% from 74.4%) and the Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander homeownership rate (to 62.1% from 62.8%).

“Rising unemployment is one likely reason the homeownership rate for Black families has dropped recently,” said Redfin Chief Economist Daryl Fairweather. “The recent wave of federal layoffs hit Black households badly because government jobs have historically been an avenue of upward mobility for Black workers. DEI programs have also been dismantled in workplaces across the private and public sectors, which may have resulted in fewer Black employees being hired or promoted.” [MORE]

Black Unemployment Rose to 7.5% and has Increased for 3 Months Straight. It is Double the Rate for Whites, which Remains Unchanged at 3.7%

The racial gap in the labor market is widening. The unemployment rate for Black Americans rose to 7.5% in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday. That’s up from a seasonally adjusted 7.2% in July and 6.0% in May.

Black women’s unemployment rate rises to 6.3%. [MORE]

Meanwhile, the white unemployment remained unchanged at a seasonally adjusted 3.7% in August and was slightly lower than in May. [MORE]

While the overall unemployment rate rose just 0.1 per cent over the past year, Black unemployment jumped 1.4 per cent. In contrast, unemployment rates for white and Asian Americans decreased slightly compared to the previous year.

Six Decades Past the Era of Legal Segregation Black Unemployment Remains Double the Rate for Whites

Dr. John Campbell: More Cancers after COVID Injections

Bush-Trump's So-Called Deadly Boat Attack is an Act of Murder and a Violation of International law, But Hard to Prove It Actually Occurred (like most false flags) Without Authenticated Evidence

Experts are condemning the U.S. military strike that killed 11 people on a boat in the Caribbean last Tuesday, saying that the bombing was in violation of international law.

The Trump administration has claimed — without providing evidence — that the casualties of the strike were members of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuela-based gang that it has designated a foreign terrorist organization.

“Earlier this morning, on my Orders, U.S. Military Forces conducted a kinetic strike against positively identified Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility,” Trump posted on his social media platform, Truth Social, following the attack.

“Please let this serve as notice to anybody even thinking about bringing drugs into the United States of America. BEWARE!”

The White House posted an image on social media of Trump looking at a phone showing footage of the boat being hit. “TERRORISTS ELIMINATED. ADIÓS,” the post says, with an emoji of a person placing items in the trash. 

In another post, the White House said: “ON VIDEO: U.S. Military Forces conducted a strike against Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists. The strike occurred while the terrorists were at sea in international waters transporting illegal narcotics, heading to the U.S. The strike resulted in 11 terrorists killed in action.”

The Trump administration has circulated a brief black and white video that it says shows the fatal strike. AP reports that the White House “did not immediately explain how the military determined that those aboard the vessel were Tren de Aragua members.”

The outlet also noted that the video “is not clear enough to see if the craft is carrying as many as 11 people” and “did not show any large or clear stashes of drugs inside the boat.”

Experts say the administration’s deadly strike violated international law.

“Labeling someone a terrorist and deploying the military does not make them a military target,” Vincent Warren, executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, said in a statement to Truthout. “These actions amount to an extra-judicial killing, a violation of international law, which should raise extraordinary concerns.”

“Using military forces to kill alleged drug traffickers is an act of murder, not war.”

“Without clear limitations on presidential and military authority, we may find this administration claiming that it can execute alleged drug dealers at home without any judicial process as happened under the Duterte regime in the Philippines,” Warren continued. [MORE]

President Maduro Says: 'Trump-Bush Will Not Succeed in Colonizing or Enslaving Venezuela' [in US Government's Quest to Steal the World's Largest Oil Reserves]

Maduro responded that no one believes Trump’s and MarcRubio’s lies: “they come for Venezuelan oil and gas, they want them for free.”

Taxation w/o Representation: DC Rep Eleanor Holmes Norton (88 Yr) Running for Re-election Despite Being Physically Compromised and Unable to Stop Trump’s Involuntary Rule, Opposed by 80% Residents

The oldest member of the House of Representatives believes she is capable of serving for at least another three years despite widespread concerns about her health and calls for her to retire. 

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, the Democratic non-voting member from Washington, D.C., currently in her eighteenth consecutive term, intends to run for re-election in 2026.

She is 88 years old and has served in Congress since the early 1990s. A D.C. native and civil rights champion who grew up in a segregated capital, Norton has pushed legislation to help district residents, including passing tax credits for college and first-time home purchases.

Her stature looms large on Capitol Hill, where she is a familiar face. But she increasingly looks frail, feeble and unable to navigate herself without assistance.

The delegate doubling down on running for office next year comes just days after she was seen struggling to walk at a public speaking engagement at the Capitol.

‘Are you OK on your own?’ an aide for the D.C. delegate asked the aging member in a hot-mic moment while walking the octogenarian to the speaking podium.

‘I’ll be right here,’ the aide reassured Norton before letting go of her arm and shuffling to the background of the news conference.

Despite these physical challenges, she’s not ready to hang up the trappings of elected office. [MORE]

McNegro Wes Moore: ‘I’m not running for President’ in 2028

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has again ruled out running for president in 2028, saying Sunday that he will serve a full second term if reelected governor next year.

“Yes, I’ll be serving a full term. I’m excited about reelection,” Moore told anchor Kristen Welker on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday morning. “I’m excited about what I’m going to be able to do for the people of Maryland.”

As Moore has not formally launched his 2026 gubernatorial campaign, Welker then asked if he would “completely rule out” running for president. The governor responded that he is “so excited” about Maryland’s progress on unemployment and violent crime.

“We’ve had amongst the fastest drops in violent crime anywhere in the United States of America,” Moore said. “Our population is growing, Maryland is moving, and so I’m really excited about going back in front of the people of my state and asking for another term.” [MORE]

Massa Media Finds Little Wrong with GloboCop Trump Playing Judge, Jury and Executioner in his Unconstitutional Drug-War Murders of Some Non-White People in a Boat in the Caribbean

From [HERE] Apparently taking a page out of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte’s drug-war playbook, President Trump is taking credit for the intentional military killings of eleven people in international waters near Venezuela.

Duterte is on trial right now before the International Criminal Court for allegedly ordering his drug-war goons to kill accused drug-war offenders on sight — that is, without arrest, prosecution, trial, and due process of law.

That’s what Trump just did. He ordered his military drug-war goons to blow a boat out of the water that was traveling in international waters near Venezuela, killing, Trump proudly claimed, eleven people in the process.

No stopping of the boat to search it. No arrests. No grand-jury indictments. No trials in federal district court. None of that. On Trump’s orders, his military drug-war goons dutifully, loyally, and obediently fired military projectiles at the boat knowing full well that they would be killing all of the boat’s occupants.

Donald Trump and Rodrigo Duterte.

In my opinion, that’s just murder, pure and simple. Sure, it’s legalized murder. After all, there is no chance whatsoever that Trump’s Justice Department will seek criminal charges against Trump and his military killers. Even if it did, there is no possibility whatsoever that the U.S. Supreme Court would permit the charges to stand, given the extreme deference that the Court has always paid to the U.S. national-security establishment. The International Criminal Court has no jurisdiction over U.S. officials and even if it did, there is no doubt that Trump and his military drug-war goons would ignore any criminal proceeding against them anyway. [MORE]

Chris Hedges: Gaza & Fake War Reporting by the Dependent Media

From [HERE] There are two types of war correspondents. The first type does not attend press conferences. They do not beg generals and politicians for interviews.

They take risks to report from combat zones. They send back to their viewers or readers what they see, which is almost always diametrically opposed to official narratives. This first type, in every war, is a tiny minority.

Then there is the second type, the inchoate blob of self-identified war correspondents who play at war. Despite what they tell editors and the public, they have no intention of putting themselves in danger.

They are pleased with the Israeli ban on foreign reporters into Gaza. They plead with officials for background briefings and press conferences. They collaborate with their government minders who impose restrictions and rules that keep them out of combat.

They slavishly disseminate whatever they are fed by officials, much of which is a lie, and pretend it is news. They join little jaunts arranged by the military — dog and pony shows — where they get to dress up and play soldier and visit outposts where everything is controlled and choreographed.

The mortal enemy of these poseurs are the real war reporters, in this case, Palestinian journalists in Gaza. These reporters expose them as toadies and sycophants, discrediting nearly everything they disseminate. [MORE]

Suppressed Groundbreaking Study Reveals Unvaccinated Children are Healthier than Vaccinated

The Gun-Free School Zones Act is Doubly Dubious and Another Unconstitutional Attempt to Disarm People

Rep. Thomas Massie (R–Ky.) last week reintroduced a bill that would repeal the federal Gun-Free School Zones Act (GFSZA), which he says jeopardizes student and teacher safety by prohibiting armed defense against violent intruders. As I explain in my new book Beyond Control, that law is also problematic for two constitutional reasons.

The GFSZA, which Congress originally enacted in 1990, makes it a felony to possess a gun within 1,000 feet of an elementary or secondary school. In 1995, the Supreme Court said the law was not a valid exercise of the federal government's power to regulate interstate commerce.

"The Act neither regulates a commercial activity nor contains a requirement that the possession be connected in any way to interstate commerce," Chief Justice William Rehnquist wrote. "If we were to accept the Government's arguments, we are hard pressed to posit any activity by an individual that Congress is without power to regulate."

Rehnquist also noted that the law "contains no jurisdictional element which would ensure, through case-by-case inquiry, that the firearm possession in question affects interstate commerce." The following year, Congress sought to address that concern by amending the GFSZA so that it applied only to "a firearm that has moved in or that otherwise affects interstate or foreign commerce."

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit thought Congress had cured the problem identified by Rehnquist. Because the law "contains language that ensures, on a case-by-case basis, that the firearm in question affects interstate commerce," the appeals court ruled in 1999, it is "a constitutional exercise of Congress's Commerce Clause power."

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit concurred in 2005. It noted that "incorporating a jurisdictional element into the offense has traditionally saved statutes from Commerce Clause challenges."

Congress, in short, initially forgot it was supposed to be regulating "interstate or foreign commerce." But after the Supreme Court reminded it, the invocation of that phrase supposedly was enough to fix the law, even though nothing of substance had changed.

In addition to relying on a highly commodious understanding of the Commerce Clause, the GFSZA raises questions under the Second Amendment. Although the Supreme Court has said schools themselves qualify as "sensitive places" where guns can be banned, that does not necessarily mean zones extending a fifth of a mile in every direction from school grounds fall into the same category.

Because schools are scattered throughout communities across the country, those zones cover a lot of territory. In most cities, it would be difficult for someone to travel without traversing one or more of them. [MORE]

SD to Pay $875K: White Cops Shot a Black Man w/Bean Bags while He Had His Hands Up, Then Ordered 2 Police Dogs to Attack Him as He Laid in Fetal Position, Causing Broken Leg, Hadn't Committed a Crime

From [HERE] The San Diego City Council will vote on whether or not to approve a $875,000 payout to an unarmed, defenseless Black man who was shot with three bean bag rounds and attacked by a police canine in October 2024 while he was surrendering to police - though he had committed no crime.

On Tuesday, city councilmembers are expected to approve the settlement payment to Marcus Evans, who suffered a broken leg and other injuries during the October 24, 2024, confrontation with police at Evans’ South San Diego home (Blacks are prohibited from carrying guns). 

According to the lawsuit, police were called to a home on Duluth Avenue near Encanto in response to a call that a man with a gun had entered a home. (Blacks are prohibited from carrying guns).

When police arrived, officers called the occupants of the home outside. Four people exited, with arms raised.

In the video, Evans can be seen walking out of the house without shoes or a shirt, holding his hands in the air. He told officers “I have no gun,” then sat down on a ledge near the home with his hands still up. SDPD later confirmed he did not have a firearm.

Shortly after he sat on the ledge, the first of three beanbag rounds was fired, hitting him in the abdomen and causing him to fall on to several steps below in visible pain.

An officer can then be heard shouting “We said hands” as Evans is lying in a fetal position, to which he responds by trying to show his hands. He also can be heard asking officers “Why you shoot me?”

A few minutes later, Evans can be seen sitting up on a step outside the house, still with his arms up. That is when the second round is fired and the K-9 is released on him, the video shows. The dog appears to bite his arm as he can be heard saying, “Stop please.”

Following more back and forth with officers from the step, the third round is fired and the police K-9 is released a second time, again biting his arm. Evans can be heard in the video crying out in pain as the dog thrashes with his arm and pulls him down the steps onto the ground.

As several officers surround him to place him in handcuffs, Evans can be heard pleading, “I can’t feel my hand, please stop.

The Black man’s attorneys say that when the first beanbag round was fired, their client had his hands raised while telling officers he was unarmed and not resisting.

The first shot struck him in the abdomen, causing him “immediate injury” and sending him to the ground, where he lay in the fetal position, they said. With his hands still raised, a second beanbag round was fired and a dog was sent in, making “contact with Mr. Evans.”

The attorneys say a second dog caused Evans “severe bite injuries” before he was shot with a final beanbag round, though he was “not displaying any threatening behavior.” In the claim they wrote that “his left arm was mauled by the K9 unit.”[MORE]

SDPD said Evans was later transported to a hospital for treatment of the injuries sustained to his arm, stomach, chest, groin and shin. The charges he was initially taken into custody for — assault with a deadly weapon and resisting arrest — were later dropped.

Pride argues the incident caused needless, yet severe harm to Evans, forcing him to leave a job in construction he only recently obtained.

After Alejandro Clarke Assaulted His White Girlfriend, A Gang of White Kentucky Cops Brutally Beat Him to Death While He was Defenseless, Using Batons, Fists and a Police Dog - Gov Pays Family $600k

From [HERE] The family of a Hardin County man was paid $600,000 to partially settle a wrongful death lawsuit against officers who beat him, tased him four times, sicced a K-9 on him repeatedly and then left him to die in the back of a cruiser.

The 2022 lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Louisville, claimed Hardin County sheriff's deputies used excessive force, lied about it and violated protocol by not having EMS take Alejandro Clarke Jr. to a hospital before he went into cardiac arrest.

Court documents show the case was dismissed in April. WDRB News obtained records of the settlement from the Kentucky Association of Counties (KACo) on Thursday.

The agreement doesn't include Hardin County officials' signatures, but court documents show settlement discussions occurred shortly before the case was dismissed.

Hardin County Sheriff's Chief Deputy David Lee on Friday confirmed the case has been settled, with the funds coming from the city's insurance carrier.

For months, Hardin County officials have denied WDRB's open records requests for the settlement. Hardin County Judge Executive Keith Taul and County Attorney Jenny Oldham didn't return messages seeking further comment.

Attorney Garry Adams, who represents Clarke's family, said in a statement the family "has resolved its differences with Hardin County, Kentucky, and the Hardin County Defendants, but I am not at liberty at this time to discuss any of the terms of that resolution."

Adams also noted part of the lawsuit is still pending against Kentucky State Police troopers who took part in the arrest.

According to the settlement, Clarke's estate received $600,000 for the "altercation" with the sheriff's deputies and Hardin County EMS, but the payment isn't an admission of liability on their part. Clarke was a 37-year-old father of two.

The settlement has a confidentiality agreement that forbids disclosing its existence except as required by state law.

Kentucky law forbids a city from withholding a confidential settlement paid for with public funds.

The incident occurred on May 26, 2021, when, by all accounts, Clarke was having a psychotic episode and was a danger to himself and others, assaulting his girlfriend, sending her to the hospital and prompting her mother to call police.

Clarke fought with the first officer who arrived late that night, Hardin County Deputy Jacob Duke, biting the officer's arm as Duke tried to arrest him, according to KSP investigation obtained by WDRB.

After Clarke then ran off, Duke called in reinforcements, and three KSP troopers and a lieutenant with the sheriff's department responded, along with a K-9.

Police said Clarke refused commands to show his hands and get on the ground, resulting in him being tased and the K-9 used. Clarke then resisted being handcuffed and was hit by police before the K-9 was again released on Clarke, according to a Kentucky State Police investigative report that included interviews with the officers.

Adams has said Clarke was 5 feet, 5 inches tall, 140 pounds and unarmed, surrounded by five law enforcement officers and a K-9. Clarke was beaten with a baton, their fist, boots, knees, elbows and flashlights.

And while an ambulance was at the scene, officers instead put him in the back of a cruiser to take him to the hospital, leaving Clarke alone inside for about 30 minutes. He went into cardiac arrest and was later pronounced dead.

"This was the most savage beating that I've seen," Adams told WDRB previously. "I've had cases where people were tased. ... cases where people were beaten but not where (so much) use of force happened along with the K-9 that resulted in the person's death.”

During the struggle, according to one officer, Clarke yelled out "God help me. They're gonna kill me," and repeatedly referenced George Floyd, a Black Minneapolis man who died in 2020 after a white officer knelt on his neck as he pleaded, "I can't breathe."

A witness — the girlfriend's mother, Elizabeth Vinson, who lived across the street off Nolin Road in Sonora near Glendale — told police she saw Clarke walk to the officers and lie down on his back, his arms resting by his side.

A struggle ensued when officers attempted to turn him over onto his stomach, Vinson said.

"The only resistance that anybody saw was that he was waving one arm that wasn't handcuffed," Adams said previously. "When you have five people and a dog, you don't need to use the amount of force that was obviously used to get him under control and get that other arm in a handcuff."

There is no police body camera footage of the arrest.

EMS workers on the scene checked Clarke — who told them he was in pain and short of breath — and turned him back over to police, according to investigative documents. One officer said an EMT told Clarke he was "breathing just fine."

Pictures of Clarke in the police documents show his face badly bruised and swollen with large gashes on his arms and legs from K-9 bites. His nose was split open and he was bleeding from one of his ears. He also had bite marks and bruises on his back.

The final medical examiner's report determined Clarke died of multisystem organ failure following cardiac arrest "due to multiple injuries resulting from law enforcement apprehension/subdual, restraint, complicated by methamphetamine toxicity."

A Hardin County grand jury declined to charge any of the officers involved.

Duke no longer works for the county. Hardin County Lt. Taylor Miller, who was also a defendant in the lawsuit, is still with the sheriff's department.