Monday, July 04, 2022

Deadly Chicago: Mass Shootings In Chicago And Highland Park!

Mass Shootings in Chicago and Highland Park, Illinois.

Almost 400 mass shootings this year.

Gun violence is still around. It will not end until we hold gun manufactures accountable. It will not end until we mandate that all firearm owners be required to own insurance. It will not end until we ban the use of military style weapons in the hands of civilians and non-law enforcement. It will not end until we stop using firearms as props in political ads targeted to white nationalist voters. It will not stop until we end the leadership of National Rifle Association chairman Wayne LaPierre.

I usually do the same copy and paste, the poll and the obvious reactions like most Americans who hear about another mass shooting. This time I want to let you know what your tasks are to stay alive if you are involved in a mass shooting.

An active shooter doesn't care about the politics, race, gender, sexuality, nationality, religion, your finances, your family, your plans that day, your successes, your failures, and most importantly, your life.

The shooter is motivated within seconds to take out as many people as he/she can.

What to do to protect your life.

1. Run - If you hear sounds like firecrackers, popping sounds or suspicious activities around a large gathering (i.e. malls, stores, clubs, public gatherings), if you can flee, run away from the shooter. Do not run in a straight path of the sight. Move around and zig-zag if possible to keep yourself out the line of fire. It's best to not film a shooter commiting the act. If you are willing to risk your life for a viral video, more power to you but its best to stay out of the line of fire by running away.

2. Hide - If you are involved in an active shooting, you must barricade yourself in a room and keep doors locked, lights off, phones on silent. Do not go into restrooms, lockers and kitchens. Those are most likely places where shooters often go. If you can barricade a room to prevent a shooter from getting in, it eliminate the opportunity for the shooter to get through. Make sure you keep your voice low when you're involved in mass shooting. Call 9-1-1 if you can.

3. Fight - If you are willing to risk your life or willing to film the incident, you have no choice but to fight. Make sure you grab something that is powerful enough to disarm a shooter. Do not confront a shooter in the midst of sight. Make yourself not visible if you're trying to fight. Do not think being a "good guy with a gun" is going to stop a bad guy. The cops don't see good guys trying to stop bad guys. They see active shooters and they will shoot anyone who is armed regardless of the matter. If you're ready to fight, be prepared to die. It's best to not be easily seen if you're trying to stop a shooter. But if you are willing to go hero, you could die a hero or an idiot.

The third largest city in the United States is a scapegoat for the far-right. They often use the city of Chicago as their wedge issue when it comes to "Black on whatever" crime, gun rights and Democratic politics. There were over 70 people shot in Chicago this weekend alone.

The nation is also talking about a mass shooting in neighboring Highland Park where a terrorist opened fire on people watching a parade.

President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot, Highland Park mayor Nancy Rostering, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and the U.S. Representatives of Illinois are notified of the latest mass shootings in Chicago.

A 17-year-old was among five people wounded in a mass shooting early Monday in Parkway Gardens, according to Chicago fire and police officials.

Officials responded to a call of multiple people shot about 12:20 a.m. in the 6500 block of South Martin Luther King Drive, a spokesperson with the fire department said.

The teen was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the arm, Chicago police said.

A man, 30, sustained gunshot wounds to the body, two men, both 19, were shot in the leg, and another man, about 25, was shot in the knee.

All five victims were listed in fair condition, police said.

Police said preliminary information indicates that the suspect may have been traveling in a black SUV.

Chicago has had over 1.000 shootings in the year. 

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There were mass shootings on the July 4th weekend.

The two incidents in Chicago and Highland Park during the holiday weekend only sparks more discussion about how Congress can't really do much other to stop gun violence. They passed a law that raise the age and stop ex-lovers from purchasing firearms. Oh, they also gave funding to mental illness.

Most of these shooters are not mentally ill. They are specifically coordinated and rational when they carry out these attacks.

Lawn chairs left behind after a mass shooting.

The Congress failed at stopping the straw purchases, nor the interstate travel of firearms from gun friendly Kentucky, Indiana, Missouri and Iowa. 

Chicago has also an issue with the police. Some believe the police are more dangerous than the domestic terrorist gangs that run the streets. 

Highland Park north of Chicago there were six people killed and two dozen injured by gun fire at the Fourth of July Parade.

The shooter fired a high profile firearm from the rooftops. The Illinois State Patrol, FBI and Highland Park Police and Lake County Sheriffs Department are now involved. The terrorist is still on the loose.

The town of Highland Park — which is about 25 miles north of Chicago and has approximately 30,000 residents — is asking people to shelter in place because the shooter is still at large nearly three hours after the shooting.

Police recovered a rifle but still consider the suspect to be armed and dangerous, according to Chris Covelli, a spokesperson for Lake County Major Crime Task Force. Covelli described the shooter as a white male, about 18 to 20 years old, who appeared to fire shots from a rooftop. He said the shooting appeared to be “completely random.”

It is noted that Fox decided to call this Chicago Crime Wave.

Everyone there is a legal gun owner until they use it in a criminal act. So I don't get how that far-right outlet can sit there and support gun rights while bashing gun owners. On top of that, when the far-right mentions Chicago, it's almost certain they're speaking in code for: BLACK.

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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.

Children caught off guard by mass firing.

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.

So in closing, expect more.

The website Officer Down is a memorial to those who were killed in the line of duty. Those who don't get their names mentioned in the junk food media. Also the website the National Gun Violence Memorial also keeps record of the many individuals killed by gun violence. 

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.

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Cornel West Ain't Too Proud To Beg!

Cornel West is a brother who sells "brother" for a profit.

The Democratic Party is a diverse party. They fight against economy inequality, they push for equal rights for all citizens and work to keep democracy 

The Republican Party is the party of white nationalism.

Conservatism is racism. The Republicans are the party of hate, division and distractions. They embrace culture wars to scapegoat Blacks, Muslims, immigrants, those in the LGBTQ community and progressives as the real enemy of freedom. They are 

The leftist Cornel West now appears with the founder of The Proud Boys and the far right agitator Candace Owens. He is one of the many leftists trying to discourage Democrats and progressives from voting in the Midterms. 

So West appeared on the Karen McInnes podcast with Owens, the Queen of Coonary. 

He is asked about American fascism. He said that basically we have a little bit of fascism.

Owens said that the Democratic Party were supporters of the Klan. West agreed. 

Unware that McInnes was the founder of the white nationalist group The Proud Boys. The Canadian-American agitator had to distance himself from the group because he could lose his ability to stay in the United States. But he's cheers them on. Matter of fact, McInnes was friends with disgraced comedian and actor Jay Johnston. Johnston who played Jimmy Pesto on Bob's Burgers was fired out the cannon after he and thousands of others stormed the U.S. Capitol.

Owens and West are not concerned that McInnes is a white nationalist. They are not concerned that he supports violence and has been known to be an active participant in these groups.

They didn't see the Patriot Front march in Boston. The Democratic mayor who is a woman of color condemned it. 

Oh by the way, the Democratic Party nominated its first African American to be President of the United States. The Democratic Party nominated its first African American/Asian American to be Vice President of the United States. It has the first woman of color to be the Vice President.

Those who follow Cornel West are likely white leftists who supported failed presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Sanders, an independent senator from Vermont has a cult of supporters who are known as "Bernie Bros (Broettes)."

West along with The Young Turks, Nina Turner, Jen Perlemen, Jeffrey Shaun King, Katie Halper, Krystal Ball, Kyle Kulinski, Marc Lamont Hill, Tavis Smiley, Mehdi Hassan, Briahna Joy Gray, Nicholas Cruse, Van Jones, Ryan Knight and Bernie Bros have been collaborating with the alt-right in recent time. They are coordinated in their attempts to undermine President Joe Biden and the Democrats. They collaborate with agitators who are known bigots.

They were the ones who pushed the Tara Reade hoax. 

West is no longer working at those prestigious schools. He burnt so many bridges with his former employers. No one wants to hire him.

He is on his fourth marriage. He criticized Black men dating outside their race. Guess who he married to?

Cornel West is a distraction and a chaos agent. He is a part of the "do something" crowd. A guy who can't understand that the overreach is not working for the Democrats.

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 Karen 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 Washed Up 45 and his allies still in the junk food media, the partisan gap will get worse.

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Big Sean And Jhené Aiko Do A Family Collaboration!

Hip-hop couple Big Sean and Jhené Aiko are expecting a child.

Jhené Aiko and Big Sean had worked together on many projects together. But one project is a baby.

The two are expecting a child together.

The hip-hop couple who have been an off-an-on relationship since 2016 have confirmed that they're going to be parents.

"Very grateful God continues to bless us, Thank You," said Big Sean on his social media. "Can't wait to be a Dad."

Pictures surfaces of Big Sean walking with Jhené with a baby bump.

Jhené Aiko Efuru Chilombo is an American singer who collaborated with Sean Don, She started off as a background singer for the R&B/pop group B2K. She has a daughter from O'Ryan Browner, the younger brother of Omarion. She is signed to ARTium Records.

Sean Michael Leonard Anderson is a rapper, producer and writer. He was previously signed to G.O.O.D. Entertainment and now is signed to RocNation and ARTium. 

Both acts are signed to Def Jam Recordings. 

They also formed the group Twenty88 which released their debut album.

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Sunday, July 03, 2022

Republicans "Tune Out" Jan. 6! Blames The Left!

The GOP ain't watching.

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.

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Akron Braces For Unrest!

Tension rising in Akron.

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.

So in closing, expect more.

The website Officer Down is a memorial to those who were killed in the line of duty. Those who don't get their names mentioned in the junk food media. Also the website the National Gun Violence Memorial also keeps record of the many individuals killed by gun violence. 

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.

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Saturday, July 02, 2022

10 Year Old Ohio Girl Became First Causality Of Ohio's "Heartbeat" Bill!

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.

It's their bodies and their choice.

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They Rewrite History Like Its Nothing!

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.

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Friday, July 01, 2022

They Tried To Cover It Up!

Chicago Police shot unarmed teen.

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.

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.

So in closing, expect more.

The website Officer Down is a memorial to those who were killed in the line of duty. Those who don't get their names mentioned in the junk food media. Also the website the National Gun Violence Memorial also keeps record of the many individuals killed by gun violence. 

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.

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Manchin And Sinema Down Filibuster Repeal Again!

They ain't moving on changing rules.

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."

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What Happened To Jayland Walker?

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.

Tensions are high.
So in closing, expect more.

The website Officer Down is a memorial to those who were killed in the line of duty. Those who don't get their names mentioned in the junk food media. Also the website the National Gun Violence Memorial also keeps record of the many individuals killed by gun violence. 

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.

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