REPARATIONS FOR BLACKS? PAID!!! - GENERATIONS ON WELFARE, THOUSANDS MURDERED BY BLACKS

 

America’s First Black Billionaire, BET Founder, Robert Johnson Demands Reparations for Slavery

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The nation’s first black billionaire and founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET), Robert L. Johnson, claims that the only way for the U.S. to get past its history with slavery is to pay reparations to black people.

Floating a whopping $14 trillion plan, Johnson insists that this is the only way to close the black-white wealth gap and heal the rift between the races.

Johnson recently noted that “reparations” plans are popping up all across the nation in smaller policy suggestions. Projects including the debt relief for black farmers, the housing program for blacks instituted by Evanston, Illinois, corporate set-asides, and other programs that have the central theme of making amends for past slights to black people are slowly proliferating across the country.

“That’s what’s happening to the reparations — it’s been cut up into small pieces of things that look and feel like, ‘We want to end systemic racism, we want to end police brutality and shootings and to provide financing to Black small business owners,'” Robert Johnson told VICE News on Tuesday.

“And then people can say, ‘Well, we really don’t need reparations because when you put all of these things together, it’s reparations. It’s just not one big bill or asking this country to stand up and apologize, and you’re not asking people to pay out of their paychecks,” the BET founder added.

Still, Johnson, who said four more years of Donald Trump in the White House would’ve been a good thing for America, is not celebrating these attempts to backdoor reparations. He calls them “placebo paternalism.”

Johnson claimed that the dual parts of reparations are not being satisfied by these piecemeal programs. The government itself — meaning the national government, not local municipalities or states — must make a grand apology and then dole out cash to make reparations legitimate.

“With no doubt whatsoever, it was supposed to come from the government representing the people of the country. It was reimbursement, or recompense if you will, for the harm,” he said.

Johnson also insisted that cash payments to recipients should not be limited to only certain income levels. The super-rich, including Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan, and LeBron James, should also get paid. They know what to do with great wealth, he says, so their use of it would be considerably more advantageous to black Americans.

The billionaire went on to slam those who say that wealthy blacks or successful black owned businesses don’t deserve reparations.

“If you’re a successful black business, the idea is you’ve had enough,” Johnson said, adding, “no one ever asks if [a white-owned business] is too rich to benefit from investing in a football stadium” or receiving other government-sponsored benefits.

He then explained why he wants to see the budget exploding $14 trillion reparations plan he is championing.

“Reparations would require the entire country to … admit that the result of slavery has been 200 years of systemic racism and for that reason, Black folks have been denied $13-15 trillion of wealth, and therefore we as a country now must atone by paying Black people of all stripes —the rich ones, the poor ones, and the middle—out of our pocket,” he exclaimed.

The pain of hurting the economy to lay out his $14 trillion in payouts is part of the act of contrition, he says.

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"But the bodies don't lie. Blacks between the ages of ten and 43 die of homicide at 13 times the rate of whites, according to the CDC, thanks to comparably high rates of violence."

VP Harris, What About the 'Root Cause' of Urban Homicide?

Democrat lies by omission.

Wed Jun 30, 2021 

Larry Elder

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Vice President Kamala Harris just returned from Guatemala where she discussed the "root cause" of the post-election "surge" of "migrants" to our southern border. Harris said, "People leave home ... because they don't have opportunities there to fulfill their basic needs like feeding their children or keeping a roof over their head, or they're fleeing some kind of harm."

But the USA also faces a surge in crime, including homicide, in many American cities. Why aren't we discussing this root cause? It cannot be because, as Harris says about migrants, people "don't have opportunities there to fill their basic needs." After all, these migrants come precisely because they see opportunity here that they do not see in their home countries.

But about Los Angeles, the local NBC affiliate recently reported: "One hundred forty-one people have been murdered so far in 2021, a 22% increase over the same period in 2020. Six hundred people have been struck by gunfire in shootings in 2021, a 59% increase over this time last year."

About Chicago, the Chicago Sun-Times recently reported: "Children in Chicago are dying from gun violence at a rate three times higher than last year. ...

"Ten children aged 15 or younger have been shot dead so far this year, up from the three children fatally shot during the same time period in 2020. ... And that's more than the number killed in all of 2019, the data shows."

The city of Chicago often leads the nation in the total number of homicides, but the annual homicide rate (murders per 100,000 residents) in a dozen or so big American cities is often higher than that of Chicago — some of them much higher. In 2018, the Pew Research Center wrote: "The cities that perennially have the most murders per capita have homicide rates that are much higher than the nationwide average. In St. Louis and Baltimore, for instance, murder rates in 2017 were more than 10 times the U.S. average of 5.3 homicides per 100,000 people."

What about the race of the victims? The New York Post writes: "Victims of ... homicides are disproportionately African American. At least 8,600 Black lives were lost to homicide in 2020, an increase of more than 1,000 compared to 2019 (7,484). Violent crime is concentrated in primarily low-income, marginalized Black communities where the police are underresourced and Democratic leadership has abysmally failed. In Chicago, 80 percent of gun-violence victims in 2020 were Black. According to the latest data in New York City, 71?percent of shooting victims are Black — even though Black people constitute just 26 percent of the city's population. The tragic reality is one Black life was killed less than every hour in America last year."

Is police brutality and/or "systemic racism" to blame? About the racism-is-the-cause argument, the Manhattan Institute's Heather Mac Donald points out: "Anti-cop activists and many academics claim that racial crime disparities are simply a product of racist police deployment. Cops are oversaturated in African-American neighborhoods, the activists argue (ignoring the pleas for help from community residents). Once there, officers discover the same crimes that go undetected in white communities.

"But the bodies don't lie. Blacks between the ages of ten and 43 die of homicide at 13 times the rate of whites, according to the CDC, thanks to comparably high rates of violence."

Unless one is prepared to argue that Blacks are simply genetically more inclined to commit homicide, where is the discussion about "root causes"? When there is a horrific urban shooting, Democrats are quick to call for more gun control legislation. Democrats, when there is an alleged case of police abuse against a Black suspect, demand police reform, with some elected officials even calling for a defunding of the police. Democrats, when it comes to disparities in homeownership or net worth, readily talk about the "legacy of slavery and Jim Crow," while failing to address, let alone explain, the increase in the rate of unmarried motherhood in America following the '60s "war on poverty." And despite clear evidence about the relationship between crime and fatherlessness, the left does not want to talk about that "root cause."

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Fraternal Order of Police VP: Crime Rates in 2021 Outpacing 2020’s ‘Historic Crime Numbers’

By Melanie Arter | June 29, 2021 | 10:48am EDT

 

 

 

A Protester hold a sign reading "Defund the Police" outside Hennepin County Government Plaza during a demonstration against police brutality and racism on August 24, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images)

(CNSNews.com) – Violent crime is skyrocketing in major U.S. cities at a rate not seen since the 1990s, and violent crime in 2021 is surpassing the “historic crime numbers in 2020,” National Fraternal Order of Police Vice President Joe Gamaldi said Tuesday.

“I think what you're really seeing is these signs of urban decay that are occurring in our communities, and it's a result of rogue prosecutors and activist judges who have created a revolving door criminal justice policy in all of these major cities. So we have gang bangers,” Gamaldi told Fox Business’s “Mornings with Maria Bartiromo.”

“We have people that are trigger pullers who are getting out on probation after shooting people or they're out on eight felony bonds and then after they shoot someone they get another bond. Combine that with the anti-police rhetoric that seems to permeate every single major city that we have in this country, and it's a recipe for disaster, but this is just the beginning,” he said.

“We saw historic crime numbers in 2020. We saw over 20,000 homicides which we hadn't seen since the mid-90s,” Gamaldi said, adding that “2021 is outpacing it.”

“It's even worse in the cities that decided to defund their police department. They saw increases in murders in Chicago by 34%, in Minneapolis 236%, Portland 137%, New York City 50%, Philly 66%, and the list goes on and on,” he said.

As CNSNews.com previously reported, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki claimed Monday that Republicans defunded the police by not voting for President Biden’s American Rescue Plan.

Host Maria Bartiromo pointed out that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is dismissing the rise in crime, saying that the headlines are causing hysteria.

“It's a complete joke. It's like they're trying to tell the American people don't believe their lying eyes. I mean in the same day that the press secretary was saying that it's Republicans that are defunding the police, the Oakland City Council which is Democrat controlled decided to defund the police by $18 million while their homicide rate is up over 87 percent. This is Washington talk,” Gamaldi said.

“And as far as Congresswoman Cortez, I find it funny that she says this is hysteria and these are just statistics. Excuse me, these are actual people who are being murdered - fathers, sons, daughters, mothers - being murdered wholesale in our street, and you've got the nerve to say this is all hysteria? But I think what you saw was the congresswoman said the quiet part out loud, and that is the narrative matters more to them than people's lives,” he said. 

“We have a major problem in our cities right now, but the fact of the matter is, the American police officers delivered historic crime reductions in the last 20 years, and it led to an urban renaissance, and we can do it again, if we restore the rule of law, if we prosecute violent crimes and if we embrace broken windows theory and if we get the funding and support from community members and elected officials, we can turn this around,” Gamaldi added.

He added that Ocasio-Cortez failed to consider that by defunding of police, black and Latino communities will suffer the most, because that’s where the violent crime is taking place.

“And you know what the worst part about all of this is? It's members of our black and brown community that are impacted most. Statistically they are the victims of these violent crimes,” Gamaldi said.

“So while she talks about how all these lives matter, apparently they don't matter to her too much because she's not supporting policies that will ultimately be able to impact the crime that is occurring, and I think that realize this is a complete loser, the defund the police for the Democrat Party. Representative Clyburn said that after they nearly lost the majority during the midterms,” he said.

“Not only that. If you look at a recent Gallup poll, 81% of black Americans said they don't want less police officers in their neighborhoods, they want more. In a recent poll in New York City, less than 15% of the black and Latino community want to defund the police. It's a complete joke,” Gamaldi said.

Citing spike in crime, affluent Atlanta district looks to secede from city: 'It's a war zone'

Marquise Francis

·National Reporter & Producer

Tue, June 29, 2021, 2:10 PM

Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Getty Images

Thanks to a sharp rise in crime in an affluent district in Atlanta, residents have mounted a campaign to secede from the majority Black city.

The Buckhead district is known for its luxury high-rise apartments, lavish restaurants and trendy boutique shops, but a spike in robberies, aggravated assault and larceny over the past year has left many in the community dismayed. Saying that Atlanta has abandoned them, they’ve formed the Buckhead City Committee, with the goal of forming a city of their own.

“Most of our residents live in fear. As a result, daily activities such as getting gas, carpooling or going for a walk are no longer done without careful consideration and concern for safety,” Bill White, CEO and chairman of the committee, told Yahoo News. “We have shootings in our neighborhoods every day, at all hours of the day.”

White is leading the effort for Buckhead to become an independent city, and he says that while combating crime is the top priority, an under-resourced police and fire department, crumbling infrastructure and zoning issues are additional causes for concern.

In August of last year, 28 Atlanta police officers resigned and 11 retired, citing an overall lack of morale, according to the Atlanta police union. Five fire trucks in the city’s aging fleet have been put out of service this year, including one truck that had to be towed from a fire because it broke down.

“Crime is way up, arrests way down,” White said. “Nothing makes sense.”

Law enforcement officers at a crime scene in Atlanta in March. (Davis Turner/Getty Images)

In May, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms described the growing trend of violence across the city as a “COVID crime wave.” According to police data, 2020 was Atlanta’s deadliest year in the past decade. Murders are up 41 percent over the past year, and while citywide robberies are down 4 percent over the past year, aggravated assaults are up 24 percent, and auto theft has risen by 31 percent.

The spike in crime rates has been especially prevalent in Buckhead, yet not all the district’s residents say they feel unsafe. Michael Quirk, who has lived in Buckhead for five years and grew up just north of the area, believes a lot of the outrage is driven by “fear.”

“Buckhead is a safe community, with something for everyone,” Quirk told Yahoo News. “Crime really seems to be limited to one area of Buckhead, over by Lenox mall, so whatever can be done over there crime-wise would be great. Personally, I think a lot of [the angst] is driven out of fear, and neighbors trying to out-outrage and out-pearl-clutch one another.”

A string of crimes, including multiple shootings, in the past year at Lenox Square mall in Buckhead has raised community members’ angst. The luxury shopping center installed metal detectors and gun-sniffing dogs at its entrance late last year. But the violence hasn’t stopped. Earlier this month, on June 13, two 15-year-olds were arrested for shooting a security guard in the torso at the mall after trying to gain access to the Apple Store after hours. It was the third shooting at a metro Atlanta mall in a week, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Security barricades outside the Lenox Square mall in Atlanta on May 1. (Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

It’s these kinds of frequent incidents that are the driving force behind the secession plans. Buckhead resident Essie Scarbrough described life in the neighborhood back in 2014 as “carefree,” but she says the spike in crime in recent years leaves her wary of what the future holds.

“I am hopeful that as Buckhead city is formed we will have faster response times and more investment in security,” she said.

“Buckhead used to be a little slice of heaven,” another resident, Stan Stellings, said. “Now it’s a war zone.”

The Buckhead City Committee hopes that the proposed, predominantly white, new city will be able to better protect its residents with its own taxpayer-funded police force and emergency services. The committee says it has so far raised $600,000 in its lobbying effort to form a new municipality.

With a population of 87,000, Buckhead’s median household income is $85,000, compared with metro Atlanta’s $59,948 household income for its 524,000 residents. The district’s racial makeup is 78 percent white, 11 percent Black and 6 percent Asian. Metro Atlanta, by comparison, is 51 percent African American, 41 percent white and 4 percent Asian, according to the most recent census data.

The rise in crime in the district, coupled with the swell of many nonresidents into the area, has many residents considering moving out of Buckhead.

“I used to love and be proud of living in Buckhead, but now [I’m] disgusted and afraid, so I’m moving,” Marilyn Krone, who has lived there for 50 years, told Yahoo News.

Aerial view of midtown Atlanta skyline with Buckhead in the background. (Getty Images)

But critics are quick to point out that if Buckhead were to secede, it would cause a dramatic ripple effect across the city, stripping Atlanta of a huge chunk of the revenue from the tax base. Retail sales in Buckhead generate $2.9 billion annually, making up a large portion of Atlanta’s economy.

Another community group, Committee for a United Atlanta, says that while combating crime is an issue in Buckhead, breaking away to form a new city isn’t the answer.

“Buckhead residents and businesses have a legitimate reason to be upset with the city of Atlanta about crime,” Billy Linville, a consultant for the group, told Yahoo News. “However, we believe the best way to solve this issue is by turning out voters to elect [an] effective and accountable city of Atlanta government in November 2021.

“Carving off Buckhead will have a devastating economic impact on the city of Atlanta’s finances and bond ratings that will weaken the future prospects of the capital city of Georgia,” Linville added. “A weaker Atlanta won’t make Buckhead safer.”

Analysts say the secession proposal faces an uphill battle, thanks to steep infrastructure costs, Linville said, and would lead to further questions about where students would receive public education.

People watch a parade celebrating Juneteenth on June 19 in Atlanta. (Megan Varner/Getty Images)

For many Black Atlanta residents, the talk of secession is a painful echo of the pre-civil-rights era. Stephanie Flowers, chair of Atlanta Neighborhood Planning Unit V, a group that oversees neighborhood associations in predominantly Black neighborhoods in the city, believes Buckhead’s attempt at seceding is, in part, racially motivated.

“It makes me angry because the crime they are seeing in Buckhead is the same crime we on the south side have been dealing with for years,” Flowers told the Washington Post. “We on the south side, because of our demographics, we can’t pay our way out [of it].”

Republican lawmakers introduced legislation earlier this year to incorporate the city of Buckhead, and a vote is expected in 2022. Ongoing legal battles over the move could keep it tied up in court for years. Buckhead City Committee members, meanwhile, say the previous formations of cities like Brookhaven and Sandy Springs show it can be done. Since 2005, 10 new cities have been formed across three of Georgia’s largest counties, the Atlantic reported. With the exception of two, they have been majority white.

Former Georgia House of Representatives Minority Leader Stacey Abrams said that while the crime issues need to be solved, seceding is not the answer.

“I have been a very vocal skeptic about cityhood bills designed to fracture distinct communities,” Abrams told the Black News Channel earlier this month. “This is not simply about a small group of people who want to do something else; this is about siphoning off resources that have been provided by the larger Atlanta community, and for one community to benefit and simply take its toys and leave is deeply problematic.”

Bill White, CEO and chairman of the Buckhead City Committee, left, and his husband, Bryan Eure. (Buckhead Exploratory Commitee)

But according to White, Buckhead’s crime issues should be a priority for everyone, adding that if Atlanta won’t address the recent spikes, the community has no choice but to seek its own remedy. 

“We believe safety is a universal right,” he said. “Losing a loved one due to crime is a pain that nobody should experience, not in Buckhead, not anywhere.”

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