The Republican Party wants to move on from the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. After all, they see it as legitimate political discourse. An attack on democracy and these nimrods want to keep the focus on President Joe Biden and the issues they created for him.
They are tired of giving to Ukraine.
They are tired of the cries for gun reform.
More than half of U.S. Republicans believe the false claim that left-wing protesters led the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot to try to make then-President Donald Trump look bad, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll.
The two-day poll, completed on Wednesday, underscored the deep partisan lens through which many Americans view the assault ahead of high-profile televised hearings in Congress beginning on Thursday.
At the hearing, Democratic-led investigators will spotlight testimony by the Republican former president's top aides and family members in an effort to persuade Americans that the riot was an orchestrated attack on democracy.
The Reuters/Ipsos survey found that many Americans who identify as Republicans hold views at odds with the facts uncovered by the bipartisan congressional investigation and a criminal probe.
Although 55% of the Republicans polled said they believed the riot was led by violent left-wing protesters, nearly all of the 840 people arrested following the attack have been Trump supporters, according to U.S. prosecutors, and FBI Director Christopher Wray has said there was no evidence leftist extremists disguised themselves as Trump supporters during the attack.
Fox is not interested in Jan. 6 hearings.
The poll found 58% of Republicans said they believed most of the protesters were peaceful and law-abiding, even though four people died on the day of the attack, at least 140 police were assaulted, and one Capitol Police officer who fought against the rioters died the next day.
About two-thirds of Republicans believe the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Trump, a persistent view even though state and federal judges dismissed more than 50 lawsuits brought by Trump and his allies challenging the election while reviews and audits found no evidence of widespread fraud.
The poll was conducted online, in English, throughout the United States. It gathered responses from 1,004 adults between June 7-8. The poll has a credibility interval, a measure of precision, of about 4 percentage points.
BE WARNED THERE WILL BE GRAPHIC VIOLENCE AND LANGUAGE.
The city of Akron has called for calm in the wake of the Jayland Walker police shooting. The city is on high alert for potential unrest. They had canceled its fireworks celebration and is considering a curfew in the wake of the shooting of an unarmed Black man by Akron Police.
President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Gov. Karen DeWine, Sen. Karen Portman (R-OH), Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and the Ohio U.S. Representatives were notified.
Mayor Dan Horrigan and Police Chief Steve Mylett held a press conference on Sunday where they provided new information and released body camera video related to the death of Jayland Walker.
A traffic chase led to a deadly police shooting.
Captain Dave Laughlin, of the Akron Police Department, said it all started after midnight Monday when two officers were trying to stop a car on Tallmadge Avenue in Akron’s North Hill neighborhood.
Within a few seconds of being on Route 8, officers said a firearm was discharged from Walker’s vehicle.
Officers pursued him down Ohio State Route 8 and Interstate 77 where he exited into the Firestone Metro Park Area before jumping out and fleeing on foot, heading northbound through a grassy area into a parking lot at Bridgestone.
According to Laughlin, Walker's actions "caused the officers to perceive he posed a deadly threat to them," and officers first used tasers and then opened fire in response, striking Walker multiple times and fatally wounding him. Before today, police have not specified what those actions were.
Laughlin said officers didn’t see a weapon but heard a gunshot or multiple gunshots from the car on the entrance ramp of Route 8.
Walker was shot over 60 times. He died at the scene.
The police claim they found a firearm in his vehicle. That is now legal in the state of Ohio to be a concealed carry. They claimed in video footage from a traffic camera a flash like its from a muzzle. They said Walker looked like he reached into his waist.
The police claim they rendered aid to Walker.
The video footage is hard to make out.
The issue that led to the deadly encounter was a traffic violation. The whole ordeal has gotten the nation's attention and of course, the far right is ready to claim that the left "rushed to judgement."
I can picture Softball Hannity and many far right extremists already making it about the possible criminal history of Walker and the firearm in his vehicle.
See the Supreme Court had made it legal for anyone to carry a firearm in their vehicle. Conceal carry registrations are no longer required in Ohio. So anyone can carry into a public facility.
The far right is going to claim that if he had complied. Many motorists fear police encounters. Even if the motorist flees police, the registration of the vehicle is plugged in and the cops could arrest the motorist at a later date.
The shooting of Jayland Williams has the nation talking.
Once the speeds reach excessive in neighborhoods, it's up to the police officer to disengage in the pursuit. Although it's also a risk, the motorist could continue on and cause a deadly accident or destroy evidence in the pursuit.
No one wants to die, so I don't understand why a fleeing motorist is shot multiple times. Are the cops going to claim "they feared for their lives?"
Every community in the United States will eventually have a legacy. A legacy of tragedy. Gun violence and COVID-19 will affect your town, your family and your life. So I don't want to hear that bullshit about how gun reform is taking away your rights to own firearms.
I don't want to hear that protesting against police killing people of color is hate on cops in general. I don't want to hear talk about the coronavirus being a myth.
When you hear folks say "gun rights," what they really mean is that its white privilege. This good guy with a gun nonsense has to end. The cops didn't do nothing when children were shot inside a school. A security guard was shot dead trying to protect shoppers. A cop accidentally shot his own. The good guy who tried to stop a bad guy is outgunned and a part of the rule #3. The "good guy with a gun" better be prepared to die if they want to stop a shooter.
I don't want to hear folks say masks and vaccine mandates impede their freedoms. It prevents a deadly outbreak from spreading. If you want to die from the coronavirus, that's on you. We lost over 1 million people from the coronavirus.
I don't want to hear the shit about guns saving lives. Cause a bullet does not have eyes and it's always likely gonna hit a target. These folks seem to not get it. These incidents are a tragic part of American history. Thoughts and prayers and your heart going out to the victims is not enough. It quite frankly is an insult. I am also tired of scapegoating Black on Black crime, Chicago, Baltimore and Democratic mayors for the nation's obsession to be numb to gun violence. You pretty much enable this nonsense by deflecting.
President Joe Biden is trying to curb gun violence. However, he has no support from Republicans. Most Democrats and America are for gun control measures. However the two Democrats in the Senate refuse to change the filibuster rules and its holding us back.
The National Rifle Association is always pushing against it. They will not relinquish from the narrative that guns are not saving lives. The Republicans aided by a fickle junk food media are openly encouraging anarchy and disruption in a desperate attempt for the Republicans to win back Congress and the White House. These agitators are calling for Biden to curb crime but will not help him. They want more guns on the street. It makes no sense.
This incident will be investigated by the Ohio Bureau of Investigation.
Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (Lifeline) at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), or text the Crisis Text Line (text HELLO to 741741). Both services are free and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The deaf and hard of hearing can contact the Lifeline via TTY at 1-800-799-4889. All calls are confidential. Contact social media outlets directly if you are concerned about a friend’s social media updates or dial 911 in an emergency. Learn more on the Lifeline’s website or the Crisis Text Line’s website.
The call number to the U.S. Capitol is now going to be used. This is the official phone number, 202-224-3121. Let them know that "thoughts and prayers," "hearts going to" and "good guys with guns" are no longer acceptable and you want legislation to curb gun violence.
GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM IN THE UNITED STATES.
Ohio's Heartbeat Bill results. 10-year old girl was banned from abortion after pregnancy.
Fertilization can happen at the age eight. Girls and women can get pregnant.
RAPE IS RAPE.
STATUTORY RAPE IS A CRIMINAL ACT OF SEXUAL CONTACT WITH AN UNDERAGE GIRL OR BOY BELOW THE AGE OF CONSENT. THE ACTS ARE BANNED IN THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER NATIONS.
YOU CAN BE CRIMINALLY CHARGED AND LABELED A TIER IN OFFENDER U!
The Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade ending nearly 50 years of a woman's right to choice. The Court made culture wars a top issue. And now white supremacy is literally occupying American politics.
Ohio Republicans waited a longtime to get this done. They ended up winning the culture wars with this decision. Now the consequences. The Ohio Heartbeat Bill which passed in 2019 was supposedly a law that mandated that pregnancy carried past six weeks would no longer be acceptable for termination. If there's a detectable heartbeat in the fetus, the mother must carry to term.
Ohio has outlawed abortion. That includes in the case of rape and incest.
A 10 year old girl who was not identified was denied an abortion in Ohio after the Court ruled.
The child is six weeks and three days pregnant and Ohio denied her an emergency termination.
So again, the medical procedure where fetal cardiac activity begins, around six weeks, had become effective quickly after the high court issued its decision.
The child had to go to Indiana to get a provider. Indiana is also has nearly banned abortions. Thankfully the state court has injunctions that keep it in place for the time being.
These so-called moralists wanted you to carry to term and give up your child to the state adoption agencies. The agencies are a mess. It's nearly impossible to have children adopted if they don't fit the narrative of these moralists.
On top of that, these children are often wards of the state and their lives will be more troubled.
Once a woman or a child gives birth to baby, guess what? You're on your own. The so-called moralists get upset over single mothers raising multiple children on the safety net. They claim that getting steaks, Oreos and name brand cereal are taking advantage of the system. They hate single mothers living in public housing, getting food stamps and vouchers for daycare.
They hate people on unemployment. Trust me, I lost a great job and now I am working two jobs because this stupid state requires you to find a job to get unemployment. They don't care what type of job it is. Even if you take a huge pay cut, the state wants you to work.
Culture wars are white nationalism.
I feel sorry for girls and women who get an unplanned pregnancy. The mother of my son was an unplanned pregnancy. She carried to term and never told me until five months later.
So trust me, women deserve their rights to make a choice between carrying the child or terminating.
Obama did not have an easy ride during his two terms. Republicans and leftists want to twist his agenda. On top of that, he couldn't codify Roe v. Wade with conservative Democrats opposing.
When the far right and leftists blame Democrats for the world's problems, I shake my head in disgust.
They like to twist history and forgo reality. These extremists are so fucking ridiculous. We have enough of them in Congress. From Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Lauren Boebert, the signs of bipartisanship and cooperation are over.
It's not even worth noting that President Joe Biden had hopes that things would return to normal. Alas, with Donald J. Trump and his allies still in the junk food media, the partisan gap will get worse.
Let's clear things up.
There were 133 days of the Democratic supermajority in the 111th Congress. Of course, Republicans kept Americans upset with culture wars as they are doing right now. They can't offer solutions so they offer scapegoats.
Immigration, Cash for Clunkers, the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) along with fears of "death panels" from Sarah Palin and Trump, Roland Burris, socialism, birth certificate, Obama hates cops, the Tea Party movement and numerous other conspiracy theories helped Republicans get back to power.
Barack Obama had a 60 Senators in 2009. And only for 72 working days, Obama had very few Democrats get on board with his agenda. Many House Democrats were skeptical of the Affordable Care Act as well as the Obama agenda. The Democrats that came from Midwest and South were conservative.
First things first, Al Franken. His seat was held up for six months. He ended up being the 60th vote.
Arlen Spector switched parties making it the 59th vote.
Ted Kennedy passed away from cancer and Scott Brown won the seat in 2010.
Robert Byrd passed away in 2010 and the seat would soon go to Joe Manchin who was infamous for doing the shotgun on "cap-and-trade" as well as the "abortion" legalization.
I just want you to know that Fox had pushed conspiracy theories about Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, then vice president Biden and former president Obama.
Obama did not have a two year supermajority in Congress. If anything, Obama had only enough time to get at least a handful of things done. You had Mitch McConnell saying he'll be a one term president to Rush Limbaugh saying he hopes he fails. Thankfully Limbaugh is dead but not the spirit which resides in Trump.
Stuff like that distorts history. Trump and Republicans distort history. The leftists want to dispute actual policies that require more than just a presidential executive order.
What irates me is that Hillary Clinton warned Democrats that if you chose Trump, this could happen.
I guess this is why voting is extremely important this election. With Roe v. Wade and many other issues on the line, the need to beat back the noise is real.
VOTE
IGNORE THE NOISE.
Joe Lieberman who endorsed John McCain for president was holding up legislation and threatened to side with Republicans in regards to GITMO and the two wars. He was an independent who caucused with Democrats.
Bernie Sanders was pushing populism. As a democratic socialist, Sanders would do what he always does, depress turnout because Obama had to moderate policies.
The Obama Administration could not codify Roe v. Wade because of Ben Nelson, Jay Rockefeller, Mary Landrieu and Max Baucus. Don't get the story twisted, Obama had a congressional majority but a minority of Democrats opposing him.
Now Biden is dealing with Kyrsten Sinema and Manchin who are the only thing between democracy and chaos. Don't blame Obama, Clinton and Biden for white resentment. They warned you.
Trump was mentally unfit to be president and Republicans waited for decades to get their wish list of federal justices and partisan Supreme Court decisions.
Culture wars are white nationalism. It was reveal to be such as the U.S. Supreme Court rollback rights, liabilities amd accountability for Americans.
The Supreme Court limited the ability to enforce Miranda rights in a ruling Thursday that said that suspects who are not warned about their right to remain silent cannot sue a police officer for damages under federal civil rights law even if the evidence was ultimately used against them in their criminal trial.
The court's ruling will cut back on an individual's protections against self-incrimination by barring the potential to obtain damages. It also means that the failure to administer the warning will not expose a law enforcement officer to potential damages in a civil lawsuit. It will not impact, however, the exclusion of such evidence at a criminal trial.
America's third largest city is considered the most dangerous in the country. As I am posting, there were a series of shootings. One 14 year old was killed. A 24-year old was killed. A handful of teens were shot. An officer was also shot on Friday.
President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Lori Lightfoot amd the aldermen have a big problem with gun violence in Chicago.
In May, the Chicago Police shot and seriously injured a 13 year old boy with his hands up. The city, Cook County prosecutor and the U.S. Justice Department are looking at the matter.
There is a lawsuit against the city after a police shooting permanently injured the boy.
Mind you the junk food media would label the boy either a teen or a man because he is Black. The far right will justify this as he should not have ran or should have not committed a percieved act of criminal activity.
The boy was shot in the back by a Chicago police officer. He was unarmed and had his arms raised to surrender when he was hit by the bullet, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday, saying the incident illustrates deeply flawed implementation of department policy on the pursuit of suspects.
The bullet severely damaged part of the Black teenager’s spine, possibly rendering him permanently paralyzed by the May 18 late night shooting, the filing in Chicago’s U.S. District Court says. Police have said previously the boy was in a car suspected of involvement in a carjacking in a suburb the day before and that he jumped out and started running. He hasn’t been charged.
The excessive force lawsuit says the seventh grader, who had been a passenger, was complying with orders from officers running behind him through the grounds of a West Side gas station and screaming for him to put up his hands.
WARNING: GRAPHIC ⚠️ New footage shows an unarmed 13-year-old in Chicago was shot by police with his hands in the air. At 0:53, they carry his body to a new location. At 1:05, a cop drives into a sign and police run to their aid. The child survived but will be traumatized forever. pic.twitter.com/eBwna73QxF
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) June 18, 2022
The boy, referred to in the lawsuit only by his initials, “was unarmed and did as he was instructed. But the officer still shot him — recklessly, callously, and wantonly — right through his back,” lead attorneys Andrew M. Stroth and Steven A. Hart write in the filing.
The shooting is the latest to put a spotlight on the Chicago Police Department’s history of aggressive pursuit practices, which the city had vowed to change. Reform advocates say a still-inadequate pursuit policy and poor training has too often led officers to chase and shoot suspects who posed no threat. Police have said they are finalizing a permanent policy, but one was still not in place.
The officer’s name hasn’t been released and he is referred to as John Doe Officer in the filing. He was relieved of his police powers last week. The lawsuit names Doe and the city of Chicago as defendants and seeks unspecified damages for, among other things, mental anguish and future caretaking expenses.
The city’s law department said in a Thursday statement that it hadn’t been officially served with the complaint and that it wouldn’t comment further on the pending litigation.
The 31-page filing says the boy did not have a weapon and did nothing to make the officer believe he was armed or a danger to anyone. It adds that the use of use of force “was not objectively reasonable” and “was neither necessary nor proportional.”
Police Supt. David Brown said last week that the fleeing teenager turned toward the officer and the officer fired. No weapon was found at the scene, the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, the agency that investigates officer shootings, confirmed last week. COPA said it had footage from the officer’s body-worn camera but couldn’t release it because the boy is a minor.
Thursday’s filing says the officer knew or should have known that safer alternatives to a foot pursuit were available. Among them, it says, was to establish a perimeter to contain the boy, then eventually arrest him. At least one police helicopter was overhead and other officers and patrol cars were in the area, honing in on the boy, it says.
The lawsuit says the department has been agonizingly slow in bringing its pursuit policy up to best-practice standards, saying that prior to June 2021 the department had “no pursuit policy at all.”
A scathing 2017 report by the U.S. Department of Justice that accused the Chicago Police Department of “tolerating racially discriminatory conduct” by officers also singled out its pursuit practices for blistering criticism.
“We found that officers engage in tactically unsound and unnecessary foot pursuit, and that those foot pursuits too often end with officers unreasonably shooting someone — including unarmed individuals,” the report said.
The report led to a federal consent decree, a court supervised plan to overhaul the department that, among a long list of requirements, demanded that a fully upgraded police pursuit policy be in place by autumn of last year, according to the lawsuit. But the suit said the city missed the deadline.
“It not only missed the September 2021 deadline imposed by the Consent Decree, but eight months later, the policy is still not in place,” the filing says.
City officials responsible for implementing the reforms have previously denied that they have dragged their feet or disregarded deadlines.
The filing argues that last week’s shooting may not have occurred had a sound pursuit policy been in place, adding that the 13-year-old “is the latest victim of CPD’s systemic failures.”
Similar criticism arose last year after two separate incidents in which officers chased and fatally shot 13-year-old and Adam Toledo and 22-year-old Anthony Alvarez, killings that prompted protests.
In March of this year, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx announced that no charges would be filed against either officer.
Police had pursued Toledo after a gunshot detection system recorded shots in the area. Toledo raised his hands and simultaneously tossed a gun to surrender, but he lifted his right hand so quickly that it was impossible for the officer to determine if the boy had dropped a gun that had been in his hand a split second before.
Foxx criticized officers in the Alvarez case, saying their actions in pursuing him after suspecting his involvement in a traffic incident helped to create the situation that put them in danger. Alvarez fell during the chase and when the officer turned a corner, Foxx said it appeared to the officer that Alvarez, crouching and pushing up from the ground, may have been preparing to ambush him.
Every community in the United States will eventually have a legacy. A legacy of tragedy. Gun violence and COVID-19 will affect your town, your family and your life. So I don't want to hear that bullshit about how gun reform is taking away your rights to own firearms.
I don't want to hear that protesting against police killing people of color is hate on cops in general. I don't want to hear talk about the coronavirus being a myth.
When you hear folks say "gun rights," what they really mean is that its white privilege. This good guy with a gun nonsense has to end. The cops didn't do nothing when children were shot inside a school. A security guard was shot dead trying to protect shoppers. A cop accidentally shot his own. The good guy who tried to stop a bad guy is outgunned and a part of the rule #3. The "good guy with a gun" better be prepared to die if they want to stop a shooter.
I don't want to hear folks say masks and vaccine mandates impede their freedoms. It prevents a deadly outbreak from spreading. If you want to die from the coronavirus, that's on you. We lost over 1 million people from the coronavirus.
I don't want to hear the shit about guns saving lives. Cause a bullet does not have eyes and it's always likely gonna hit a target. These folks seem to not get it. These incidents are a tragic part of American history. Thoughts and prayers and your heart going out to the victims is not enough. It quite frankly is an insult. I am also tired of scapegoating Black on Black crime, Chicago, Baltimore and Democratic mayors for the nation's obsession to be numb to gun violence. You pretty much enable this nonsense by deflecting.
President Joe Biden is trying to curb gun violence. However, he has no support from Republicans. Most Democrats and America are for gun control measures. However the two Democrats in the Senate refuse to change the filibuster rules and its holding us back.
The National Rifle Association is always pushing against it. They will not relinquish from the narrative that guns are not saving lives. The Republicans aided by a fickle junk food media are openly encouraging anarchy and disruption in a desperate attempt for the Republicans to win back Congress and the White House. These agitators are calling for Biden to curb crime but will not help him. They want more guns on the street. It makes no sense.
Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (Lifeline) at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), or text the Crisis Text Line (text HELLO to 741741). Both services are free and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The deaf and hard of hearing can contact the Lifeline via TTY at 1-800-799-4889. All calls are confidential. Contact social media outlets directly if you are concerned about a friend’s social media updates or dial 911 in an emergency. Learn more on the Lifeline’s website or the Crisis Text Line’s website.
The call number to the U.S. Capitol is now going to be used. This is the official phone number, 202-224-3121. Let them know that "thoughts and prayers," "hearts going to" and "good guys with guns" are no longer acceptable and you want legislation to curb gun violence.
GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM IN THE UNITED STATES.
With Roe vs. Wade gone, many progressives are demanding the Democrats do something to save women's rights. The Democrats can't literally change the Supreme Court's ruling with legislation. They have a hard time trying to round up votes from members. On top of that, they can't get it through the Senate because they need 60 votes or more to pass.
Enter Sen. Karen Sinema (R-AZ) and Sen. Karen Manchin (D-WV),
The two Democratic senators have been thorns in President Joe Biden's side. These two can't seem to agree with the Democrats on the filibuster.
Sinema remains committed to upholding the Senate filibuster, a spokesperson said Friday, a day after President Joe Biden said he would support codifying abortion rights in federal law.
"Senator Sinema's position on the filibuster has not changed," the spokesperson told ABC News.
While Manchin hasn't weighed in specifically after Biden's call, all signs are that he, too, remains opposed to such a carveout. Without the support of both Democrats, a change to the Senate rules is likely not possible.
Biden is under pressure to act on reproductive rights after the Supreme Court last Friday overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision legalizing abortion access nationwide for the past five decades.
Biden on Thursday called the high court's behavior "outrageous," stating he supported an exception to the Senate's 60-vote threshold to protect abortion rights.
"We have to codify Roe v. Wade in the law," he said. "And the way to do that is to make sure Congress votes to do that. And if the filibuster gets in the way it's like voting rights, it should be we provide an exception for this, except the required exception to the filibuster for this action to deal with the Supreme Court decision."
Biden earlier this year voiced support for a filibuster carveout to pass voting rights legislation, but that too faced opposition from Manchin and Sinema.
The administration has announced several steps aimed at safeguarding existing protections for women, such as protecting access for medication abortion and ensuring that pregnant patients can get emergency medical care. Earlier this week, Health Secretary Xavier Becerra said every option is being explored with top legal advisers.
But Biden's acknowledged that such executive action can only go so far, stating it is ultimately up to Congress to enshrine abortion rights at the federal level.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Friday said "Democrats are fighting ferociously to enshrine Roe v Wade into law."
But the party's options remain extremely limited, so long as the Senate filibuster is intact.
When asked about Biden's call for filibuster carveout, Sinema's office referred ABC News to the op-ed the senator wrote last summer and her statement following the leaked Dobbs decision earlier this year. In both statements, Sinema affirmed her belief that the filibuster has been used to protect women's rights.
"Protections in the Senate safeguarding against the erosion of women's access to health care have been used half-a-dozen times in the past ten years, and are more important now than ever," she said in the previous statement.
Manchin said last week, following the Supreme Court decision, that he was hopeful for a bipartisan solution.
When the draft abortion decision leaked in May, Manchin told reporters "the filibuster is the only protection of democracy."
Ohio man killed by 90 bullets from eight Akron cops.
We continue our series of "What Happened To..."
This is a post that deals with the latest police shooting or vigilante shooting of an unarmed person of color and the likelihood this story will address systemic racism in the United States.
With the Supreme Court allowing police officers the ability to detain or arrest you without reading your Miranda Rights, the cops are likely to shoot and kill without even being held accountable for justification of violence.
The culture wars are a white nationalist tactic from Republicans. It appears to be a sure firing up of their base. The Court being swayed with these radical decisions are certainly making life miserable for Americans. Those who cheer these decisions will live to regret them when it starts to affect them.
Eight Akron, Ohio police officers are on administrative leave pending an investigation into the shooting of Jayland Walker. The city's mayor has placed Akron on a state of emergency amd canceled the July 4th celebrations.
The family is demanding answers to how a police encounter led to them shooting 90 times.
The police claimed that they engaged in a routine pull over because of a faulty equipment on the vehicle. The motorist would not stop. So they gave chase. The pursuit lasted no less than five minutes.
Family wants accountability.
A chase ensued and police said shots were fired at officers from the vehicle during the pursuit.
The chased ended at Firestone Metro Park and the motorist got out his vehicle. Walker died from multiple gunshot wounds to the face, abdomen and upper legs, CNN affiliate WEWS reported, citing findings by their media partner, the Akron Beacon Journal.
The Journal, which was allowed to review an investigative worksheet at the medical examiner's office, said it "indicated that Walker was observed laying on his back and was in handcuffs when a medical examiner investigator arrived at the shooting scene."
The Summit County Medical Examiner's Office did not release the autopsy record to CNN but confirmed that Walker's death "is ruled a homicide and is considered a 'confidential law enforcement investigatory record.'"
Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan and police chief Steve Mylett released a joint statement on Wednesday regarding the incident, saying, "We know that no police officer ever wants to discharge their service weapon in the line of duty. And anytime they must, it's a dark day for our city, for the families of those involved, as well as for the officers."
"Tragically, we are once again faced with a young man, with his life before him, gone too soon," the joint statement continued. "Every single life is precious, and the loss of any life is absolutely devastating to our entire community. Our prayers are with Jayland Walker's loved ones, and we offer our sincere condolences to all those who knew him. Our thoughts are also with our Akron police officers and their families."
Horrigan and Mylett also said in their statement that the police bodycam footage, along with more information on what happened, would be released "in the following days."
The officers involved in the shooting have been placed on paid administrative leave, pending an investigation by the Akron Police Department's Major Crimes Unit and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, according to the police statement.
Every community in the United States will eventually have a legacy. A legacy of tragedy. Gun violence and COVID-19 will affect your town, your family and your life. So I don't want to hear that bullshit about how gun reform is taking away your rights to own firearms.
I don't want to hear that protesting against police killing people of color is hate on cops in general. I don't want to hear talk about the coronavirus being a myth.
Protests expected during the weekend.
When you hear folks say "gun rights," what they really mean is that its white privilege. This good guy with a gun nonsense has to end. The cops didn't do nothing when children were shot inside a school. A security guard was shot dead trying to protect shoppers. A cop accidentally shot his own. The good guy who tried to stop a bad guy is outgunned and a part of the rule #3. The "good guy with a gun" better be prepared to die if they want to stop a shooter.
I don't want to hear folks say masks and vaccine mandates impede their freedoms. It prevents a deadly outbreak from spreading. If you want to die from the coronavirus, that's on you. We lost over 1 million people from the coronavirus.
I don't want to hear the shit about guns saving lives. Cause a bullet does not have eyes and it's always likely gonna hit a target. These folks seem to not get it. These incidents are a tragic part of American history. Thoughts and prayers and your heart going out to the victims is not enough. It quite frankly is an insult. I am also tired of scapegoating Black on Black crime, Chicago, Baltimore and Democratic mayors for the nation's obsession to be numb to gun violence. You pretty much enable this nonsense by deflecting.
President Joe Biden is trying to curb gun violence. However, he has no support from Republicans. Most Democrats and America are for gun control measures. However the two Democrats in the Senate refuse to change the filibuster rules and its holding us back.
The National Rifle Association is always pushing against it. They will not relinquish from the narrative that guns are not saving lives. The Republicans aided by a fickle junk food media are openly encouraging anarchy and disruption in a desperate attempt for the Republicans to win back Congress and the White House. These agitators are calling for Biden to curb crime but will not help him. They want more guns on the street. It makes no sense.
Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (Lifeline) at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), or text the Crisis Text Line (text HELLO to 741741). Both services are free and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The deaf and hard of hearing can contact the Lifeline via TTY at 1-800-799-4889. All calls are confidential. Contact social media outlets directly if you are concerned about a friend’s social media updates or dial 911 in an emergency. Learn more on the Lifeline’s website or the Crisis Text Line’s website.
The call number to the U.S. Capitol is now going to be used. This is the official phone number, 202-224-3121. Let them know that "thoughts and prayers," "hearts going to" and "good guys with guns" are no longer acceptable and you want legislation to curb gun violence.
GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM IN THE UNITED STATES.
The actress who starred in cult movie Set It Off is slammed for praising culture wars. The movie featured Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith and Vivica A. Fox. Kimberly Elise was also featured in her first movie role praised the Supreme Court's decision to end Roe v. Wade.
"Million of babies will be saved from death by abortion due to the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Hallelujah! #allglorybetoGod," Elise wrote on her social media.
Elise showcased Psalm 139:13-14 as a reason.
"For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonder are your works; my soul knows it very well."
Knowing she would face backlash, Elise shut down the comments and made her profile private.
Other entertainers and women of color disagreed with the decision.
Of course, Vice President Kamala Harris, Duchess Meghan of Sussex, former first lady Michelle Obama have condemned the decision.
These women are often attacked by the far-right.
Duchess Meghan (nee Markle), Vice President Harris and Mrs. Obama are directly targeted by Fox, The Daily Mail, Newsmax and white extremists online for having opinions. After all, they're Black women and they "need to know their place" when it comes to whatever white man is saying.
Set It Off was a film from F. Gary Gary. He is also known for the movie Straight Outta Compton.
This movie is a crime drama that involved four Black women plotting heists of Los Angeles banks.
The four women each run into a tragic event that sparks their lust for money and violence.
Elise who made her film debut as a single mother Tisean "T.T." Williams suffered a series of setbacks.
She slept with the sexist and greedy owner Luther. Her son got into a vat of chemicals and got seriously injured. She ends up losing in to child custody. She at first was reluctant to commit robberies, but ended up joining Cleopatra "Cleo" Sims (Queen Latifah), former bank teller Francesca "Frankie" Sutton (Vivica A. Fox) and Lida "Stony" Newsom (Jada Pinkett Smith) in robbing banks.
She also killed Luther after he tried to pull a firearm on them after they found their loot stolen.
In the movie T.T. was killed by the LAPD in a botched robbery. The women ended up going their separate ways. The only survivor was Stony who dealt with losing her brother to a police shooting.
The movie is a cult hit. It was the first gangster movie featuring African American women.
Supreme Court says pollution regulations go too far.
Another culture war ruling in the latest war on science, women's health and civil rights.
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of pollution and limits the Environmental Protection Agency in how to prevent companies from being held accountable for using greenhouse gases.
In a setback for the Biden administration’s efforts to combat climate change, the court said in a 6-3 ruling the EPA does not have broad authority to shift the nation’s energy production away from coal-burning power plants toward cleaner sources, including solar and wind power.
"Capping carbon dioxide emissions at a level that will force a nationwide transition away from the use of coal to generate electricity may be a sensible 'solution to the crisis of the day.' But it is not plausible that Congress gave EPA the authority to adopt on its own such a regulatory scheme," Chief Justice Karen Roberts wrote in the majority opinion. "A decision of such magnitude and consequence rests with Congress itself, or an agency acting pursuant to a clear delegation from that representative body," Roberts said.
Future measures to address carbon dioxide pollution must be limited to restrictions imposed on specific coal-fired plants, instead of pushing utilities to shift from coal toward renewable energy sources, the ruling said.
In her dissent, Justice Elena Kagan wrote that the court's ruling "strips the Environmental Protection Agency of the power Congress gave it to respond to 'the most pressing environmental challenge of our time.'”
Kagan, who was joined in her dissent by Justices Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor, said the limits the majority of the court imposed on the EPA’s authority "fly in the face of the statute Congress wrote. The majority says it is simply 'not plausible' that Congress enabled EPA to regulate power plants’ emissions through generation shifting. But that is just what Congress did when it broadly authorized EPA in Section 111 to select the 'best system of emission reduction' for power plants."
An EPA spokesperson said the agency is reviewing the decision and "is committed to using the full scope of its existing authorities to protect public health and significantly reduce environmental pollution, which is in alignment with the growing clean energy economy,” the spokesperson said.
These six extremists side with white supremacy.
In a statement, the White House called the ruling “another devastating decision from the court that aims to take our country backwards."
"Our lawyers will study the ruling carefully and we will find ways to move forward under federal law," the White House said. "At the same time, Congress must also act to accelerate America’s path to a clean, healthy, secure energy future."
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) blasted the ruling, which he said could have far reaching implications.
“Just like last week’s dangerously misguided and abhorrent decisions on gun safety and abortion, the extremist MAGA Court’s ruling today in West Virginia v. EPA will cause more needless deaths — in this instance because of more pollution that will exacerbate the climate crisis and make our air and water less clean and safe," he said in a statement. "But make no mistake — the consequences of this decision will ripple across the entire federal government, from the regulation of food and drugs to our nation’s health care system, all of which will put American lives at risk."
The case came before the court in an unusual posture. The challengers — a group of red states and coal companies — were not fighting any specific rule. Instead, they were contesting a federal appeals court decision that said the EPA could issue the kind of regulations they opposed.
The legal battle began during the Obama administration, when the EPA issued a plan for reducing carbon dioxide pollution from power plants by allowing their operators to get credit for generating more power from lower-emitting sources. A coalition of states and coal companies sued, saying the Clean Air Act gave the government authority only to restrict pollution from specific power plants, not to require power companies to shift to different methods of generation.
After the Supreme Court blocked the enforcement of that rule, the EPA abandoned it and instead, under the Washed Up 45 administration, proposed standards that would regulate only emissions from individual power plants. That relaxed restriction on greenhouse gases was then challenged by a different lineup of states and a coalition of environmental groups.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia struck down the Washed Up 45 administration’s revised rule. As a result, no EPA restriction currently applies to carbon pollution from existing power plants. But the appeals court ruling left the door open for the Biden administration to resurrect the EPA’s earlier approach, involving a shift to cleaner sources.
That possibility is what the coal companies and red states were asking the Supreme Court to prevent.
The North American Coal Corp. told the court that the EPA sought the power “to effectively dictate not only the technical details of how a coal plant operates, but also the big picture policy of how the nation generates its electricity.”
But several large public utilities, including Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and Consolidated Edison, were on the Justice Department’s side.
Breyer and Roberts swear in Ketanji Brown Jackson.
The ability of the EPA to regulate in this area “is critical to the power companies,” they said. “For years power companies have used emissions trading, generation shifting, and other measures to reduce emissions while keeping the lights on at reasonable cost.”
There was another ruling today came in favor of Biden's presidential powers. The Court ruled in a 5-4 decision repealing Washed Up 45's Migrant Protection Protocols, the so-called "Remain in Mexico"policy.
Two lower court rulings ruled in favor of Texas and Missouri. The former president's policies said that migrants seeking entry into the U.S. had to stay in Mexico as they await hearings. The Court believes that migrants and their host countries could do the same if Americans were to seek refuge.
The decision was held by Roberts, Karen Kavanaugh, Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Stephen Breyer.
At the end of the ruling, Breyer officially retired at 12:00pm. The successor Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in within five minutes of the retirement.
Jackson will be the first African American woman on the Supreme Court. The Court will have four women on the court. Senate Republicans vow to oppose any nominee Biden puts up if said Justice retires or passes away.
So it is crucial to vote in the Midterms. The Republicans are emboldened by the Roe v. Wade decision.
They will not waste time to use culture wars and the sagging economy to win control of Congress.
They offer no real solutions to America's problems. Gun violence is still the number one threat in the United States and white nationalism is a deadly threat to the country.
These rulings only setback our country. When the next session starts up, expect affirmative action, gay rights, contraception, presidential powers, religious freedom and science to be on the line.
This is the most recent picture of the white woman who lied on Emmett Till.
Inside a Mississippi basement, a warrant was unearthed. The warrant was issued to the woman who accused Emmett Till of whistling at her. Her then husband and his half-brother kidnapped Emmett, shot him in the head, tied him to a cotton gin, pulled out his eyes, beat him to a pulp and then toss his corpse into the Tallahatchie River. They were acquitted of his murder by an all-white jury.
Mamie Till, the distraught mother of Emmett allowed Jet Magazine to take a photo of his corpse in a Chicago funeral home. The image captured the world's attention and sparked the Civil Rights Movement.
It lead to Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson to do something.
There's still no justice for Emmett Till.
The woman, known as Carolyn Bryant (now Domham) is living somewhere in America. She became a pariah after the trial. Matter of fact, she was a Karen before the name was term a pejorative.
Now the Till family estate is hoping that Mississippi is willing to seek an arrest of the woman.
The Emmett Till Law was signed by President Joe Biden in 2022. It took a generation for this to happen though. Many times, Republicans have blocked it. Especially white nationalist Sen. Karen Paul (R-KY) who often held up votes when it came to civil rights.
Now the warrant addressed the name as --- Mrs. Roy Bryant -- her then husband and married name.
It was discovered by searchers inside a file folder placed in a box. It was inside the Leflore County courthouse.
Now it is not really possible that the state could charge the woman. We don't know if she is still alive.
I mean if she still alive, it's going to be nearly impossible to send her to the county lockup.
But if they could sue the hell out of her and the estate, then Emmett Till can finally get the justice he deserves.
Nonetheless, we must demand justice for Emmett Till. He was wrongfully killed for allegedly whistling at a white woman. His death is a tragic tale of being a young Black boy in the South.
Money, Mississippi is a forgotten town. It still exist and the old grocery store that Roy and Carolyn owned is destroyed. But the remains are still there and the state had made it a historical marker.
The former R&B singer was sentenced in his state trial. Robert Sylvester Kelly, 55 will spend 30 years in the iron college. He still awaits a federal trial in which he could face LIFE in the iron college.
The sexual predator as sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday, according to the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York, following his conviction last year on federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges stemming from his efforts over years to use his fame to ensnare victims he sexually abused.
Prosecutors had asked the judge to sentence the predator to more than 25 years behind bars, while his defense attorneys asked for 10 or fewer, saying prosecutors' request was "tantamount to a life sentence."
Survivors of the sexual predator's abuse held hands and prayed as US District Court Judge Ann Donnelly began reading his sentence. The sexual predator -- who wore a tan prison uniform, dark-rimmed glasses and a black mask at the hearing in federal court in Brooklyn -- showed no emotion.
"You left in your wake a trail of broken lives," Donnelly told the sexual predator
In deciding the sentence, Donnelly said she considered the sexual predator's own traumatic childhood, during which his attorneys said he was repeatedly sexually abused by a family member and a landlord.
"It may explain, at least in part, what led to your behavior," the judge said. "It most surely is not an excuse."
Jovante Cunningham, a former backup singer for the sexual predator praised the sentence.
"I started this journey 30 years ago," Cunningham said outside the court after the hearing. "There wasn't a day in my life up until this moment that I actually believed that the judicial system would come through for Black and brown girls. I stand here very proud of my judicial system, very proud of my fellow survivors and very pleased with the outcome."
A jury convicted the sexual predator last September on nine counts, including one charge of racketeering and eight counts of violations of the Mann Act, a sex trafficking law. Prosecutors from the Eastern District of New York accused the sexual predator of using his status as a celebrity and a "network of people at his disposal to target girls, boys and young women for his own sexual gratification."
The five-week federal trial in Brooklyn included testimony from witnesses who said they were sexually and physically abused by sexual predator. The court also heard from people involved with orchestrating the disgraced R&B singer's 1994 marriage to the late singer Aaliyah when she was just 15 years old and he was an adult after she believed she'd gotten pregnant.
The King of R&B is now a federal intern.
The sexual predator's attorney, Jennifer Bonjean, said he would not address the court, pointing to the other criminal case faced by the sexual predator, but said before the sentence was read that her client "rejects that he is this monster."
"He accepts that he is a flawed individual," Bonjean said, "but he is not this one-dimensional monster that the government has portrayed and the media has portrayed."
The sexual predator made his only comment in response to the judge after Bonjean said he wouldn't speak: "Yes, your honor, that's my wish."
Bonjean said she advised the sexual predator not to speak at the sentencing because of pending litigation against him, but added, "he has regrets. And he is sad. Nobody wants to hear what he heard today."
The Supreme Court justice announces that on June 30, he will formally retire. His successor Ketanji Brown Jackson will join the Court in September.
In a letter to President Joe Biden, Breyer said it had been his "great honor" to participate as a judge in the "effort to maintain our Constitution and the Rule of Law."
He said that Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is prepared to "take the prescribed oaths" to begin her service as the 116th member of the court.
The fact that the court will issue final opinions and orders on the same day reflects a more expedited timeline than past terms. It suggests that the justices -- who have been subject to death threats since the release of a draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade are eager for the momentous and divisive term to end as soon as possible.
NEW: Justice Breyer has sent a letter to President Biden informing him that his retirement will be effective 24 hours from now: at noon on Thursday, June 30. pic.twitter.com/3nLsKkPKCB
There are two big cases awaiting resolution concerning the environment and immigration.
Breyer, who was appointed to the court in 1994 by then-President Bill Clinton, announced his retirement plans in January. The highly anticipated decision was met with a collective sigh of relief by Democrats, who feared the possibility of losing the seat to a future Republican president should the 83-year-old jurist ignore an intense pressure campaign from the left, which urged him to leave the court while Biden had a clear path to replace him.
A consistent liberal vote on the Supreme Court with an unflappable belief in the US system of government and a pragmatic view of the law, Breyer has sought to focus the law on how it could work for the average citizen. He was no firebrand and was quick to say that the Supreme Court couldn't solve all of society's problems. He often stressed that the court shouldn't be seen as part of the political branches but recognized that certain opinions could be unpopular.
In his later years on the court, he was best known for a dissent he wrote in 2015 in a case concerning execution by lethal injection. He took the opportunity to write separately and suggest to the court that it take up the constitutionality of the death penalty.
In the opinion, Breyer wrote that after spending many years on the court reviewing countless death penalty cases, he had come to question whether innocent people had been executed. He also feared that the penalty was being applied arbitrarily across the country. He noted that, in some cases, death row inmates could spend years -- sometimes in solitary confinement -- waiting for their executions.
Jackson, Breyer's replacement, was confirmed by the Senate in April by a vote of 53-47, with three Republicans joining Democrats to vote in favor. Though her addition to the bench doesn't change the ideological balance of the court, Jackson will be the first Black woman to serve on the highest court in the nation.
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