NO, WHITEY DOES NOT FORCE BLACKS OUT INTO THE STREETS TO MURDER EACH OTHER AND LOOT STORES!
Black high school student, 18, may avoid jail for beating a white Macy's manager in Michigan in an unprovoked attack because the victim doesn't want to take the stand
- Damire Palmer, 18, attacked a white Macy's store manager June 15 in Michigan
- Video of the 50-year-old victim being punched on the ground went viral
- Donald Trump weighed in and tweeted: 'Where are the protesters?'
- Wednesday Palmer pleaded guilty to assault with intent to do great bodily harm
- The crime is a 10-year felony but Palmer could get away with only probation
- His victim decided to spare him from having the felony on his permanent record
- Palmer will be sentenced on September 1 for the crime
Damire Palmer, 18, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to assault with intent to do great bodily harm
An 18-year-old black man who launched himself at a white Macy's manager inside a Michigan store, knocking the store supervisor to the ground and raining blows on him, could be spared jail.
Video of the June 15 incident inside the Genesee Valley Mall, in Flint Township, went viral, with Donald Trump tweeting: 'Looks what's going on here. Where are the protesters? Was this man arrested?'
Damire Palmer pleaded guilty on Wednesday to assault with intent to do great bodily harm, a 10-year felony.
However the teenager may avoid jail under a plea deal, agreed with the victim, that spares the 50-year-old Macy's employee from testifying and will see Palmer serve his sentence - which could only be probation.
When his probation ends, Palmer will not have the felony on his record.
Instead, it will be replaced with a misdemeanor charge of aggravated assault.
Palmer's punishment is up to a circuit court judge. David Leyton, prosecuting, said he could be handed anything from probation to serving the 10-years in prison.
Palmer will learn his sentence on September 1.
'Nobody's looking to hang felonies on young men,' said Leyton.
'I never have and I never will. This was a bad crime though, and he has to face the consequences.'
At Wednesday's hearing, Palmer, of Mount Morris, said that his brother, 22-year-old Damarquay Palmer of Flint Township, had lied to him and said the store manager called him the n-word.
Damire said that his 22-year-old brother Damarquay had lied to him and said he'd been insulted
Palmer launched himself at the Macy's store manager after asking him about a jacket
Palmer left the manager bruised and bloodied in the attack, which was filmed and went viral
The incident was put on Facebook, with the poster claiming Palmer had been racially abused
'I asked him a question about some clothes,' Palmer said. 'I asked him about the jacket type that I was about to get.'
Palmer said the man answered him, they laughed, and then his brother told him the store manager called him the n-word.
'The statement that (my brother) made was untrue and I swung on him for no reason,' Palmer said.
'Why would your brother do that?' asked Patrick McCombs, the assistant prosecutor.
Palmer replied: 'I wouldn't know. I honestly wouldn't.'
McCombs said the store manager had asked that the charge does not stay with Palmer forever.
'Basically, you beat this guy so bad he was quite bloody - correct?' McCombs asked.
'Yes,' Palmer said.
'And did you know that he has agreed that you should be treated as a youthful offender even though you beat on him like that?' the assistant prosecutor continued.
'No, I did not know that,' Palmer responded.
McCombs told the court that Palmer would be sentenced under the Holmes Youthful Training Act, which could lead to probation on a lesser charge of aggravated assault after completion of any programming order by the circuit court judge.
Judge Jennifer J. Manley also emphasized to Palmer that he had been granted remarkable leniency by his victim.
She said that 'programming needs to be put in place' to deal with Palmer, and that he needed 'strict guidelines before you are out in the community.'
She added: 'If he did not approve of this, you would not be getting this possibility.
'You understand what kind of break that man gave you?
'This is a big deal for your life. I really want you to understand that.'
Duke University Economist Calls for $12 Trillion in Slavery Reparations
Duke University economist William Darity Jr. and his wife Kirsten Mullen have co-authored a report proposing $12 trillion in reparations for Americans whose ancestors were enslaved.
The plan, written for The Roosevelt Institute, calls for between $10 trillion and $12 trillion — approximately $800,000 per African-American household — to be paid.
“[The] US government—the culpable party—must pay the debt,” the report proclaims. “Ultimately, respect for black Americans as people and as citizens—and acknowledgment, redress, and closure for the history and financial hardship they have endured—requires monetary compensation.”
The proposal has been dismissed by conservative and libertarian-leaning experts, who say it would greatly hinder economic growth.
“Our national debt is already now up to around $26-27 trillion given the money we’re spending on Covid,” said Cato Institute fellow Michael Tanner. “And we’re losing more money because we’re not picking up the revenue because economic growth is so slow right now. This hardly seems the time to burden the economy with more debt, more taxes. Essentially what you want to do is stimulate economic growth for all our benefits.”
The economics aside, leading African-American political figures, including Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson, have cast doubt over the feasibility of reparations.
“What I would say about reparations is, you know, show me a mechanism that works,” Carson challenged interviewer Jericka Duncan when asked about the concept in December 2019. “You know, I did my DNA analysis. OK. I’m 77% sub-Saharan African, 20% European, 3% Asian. So how do you proportion that out to everybody?”
“Proportionately, you’re not going to be able to figure it out. And where do you stop it? It’s unworkable,” he added. “I would much rather concentrate on how do we provide the opportunities for people to get into a better economic situation now.”
Nonetheless, the Burlington City Council voted unanimously on Monday to launch a task force to study reparations for residents. Last month, a “racial equity” task force commissioned by the city of Durham, North Carolina, issued a report recommending the creation of a reparations fund to address “systemic racism.”
Chicago Prosecutor Kim Foxx: 42 Charged with Felonies Related to Looting Spree
Forty-two suspects were charged following the looting and unrest in Chicago on Sunday, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx announced Thursday.
“As of today, the Chicago Police Department (CPD) has sought felony charges in 43 cases related to the events Sunday night. Forty-two of those cases have been approved,” the press release said.
“In the case where the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office (CCSAO) declined to file felony charges, the CPD detectives concurred with not charging a felony,” the release continued.
The charges listed were 28 for burglary and looting, six for gun possession, five for aggravated battery or resisting a police officer, one each for theft and criminal damage to property, and one for attempted murder.
Foxx commented:
The State’s Attorney Office is ready and available to review cases brought to us by law enforcement and to charge those cases when appropriate. I am committed to keeping our communities safe and continuing to collaborate with our law enforcement partners to demand accountability and seek justice for the people of Cook County.
However, a recent analysis by the Chicago Tribune found the attorney had “dropped over 25,000 felony cases, including charges of murder and the alleged hate crime hoax from former Empire star Jussie Smollett.”
“During Foxx’s first three years as the county’s top prosecutor, her office dropped all charges against 29.9% of felony defendants, a dramatic increase over her predecessor, the Tribune found. For the last three years of Anita Alvarez’s tenure, the rate was 19.4%,” the paper said.
In a tweet Friday, the attorney wrote that her office was “fighting to make sure the system is fair, just, and equitable for everyone”:
As @ChiefDavidBrown and @chicagosmayor have said, we do not allow excuses for criminality like last weekend and we will hold those who do harm accountable. This week, of the cases called into our office by CPD, we have approved 44 felony charges related to Sunday night’s events.
— State’s Attorney Kim Foxx (@SAKimFoxx) August 14, 2020
However, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and CPD Superintendent David Brown appeared to blame Foxx for Sunday’s looting spree, according to Fox News.
“Brown suggested that because so few were hit with serious charges during the previous looting in late May and early June, it caused more to do the same,” the outlet said.
Foxx reportedly denied those claims.
“The notion that people believe they are somehow empowered because people weren’t prosecuted for looting back in the wake of the unrest beginning is simply not true. Those cases are coming to court now,” she said.
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