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 HOW MUCH OF CRIME IN AMERICA IS BLACK?

As the crime wave sweeps across President Joe Biden’s (D) America, citizens are “more likely now than at any time over the past five decades to say there is more crime in their local area than there was a year ago,” Gallup reported in October.

US Veteran takes down knife-wielding man in Walmart

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As the crime wave sweeps across President Joe Biden’s (D) America, citizens are “more likely now than at any time over the past five decades to say there is more crime in their local area than there was a year ago,” Gallup reported in October.

At Least 21 Shot During Weekend in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Chicago

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AWR HAWKINS

16 Jan 2023144

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At least 21 people were shot, four of them fatally, during the weekend in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago.

ABC 7  / Chicago Sun-Times reports the weekend’s first fatal shooting occurred shortly before noon Saturday, when a 29-year-old man “in the South Austin neighborhood’s 5600-block of West Lake Street” was approached by three men, one of whom opened fire.

The victim was shot twice and pronounced dead after being taken to the hospital.

The weekend’s second fatal shooting was discovered about 11:40 a.m. Sunday, when officers found an unresponsive man with multiple gunshot wounds “in the 400-block of East 82nd Street.”

The man was transported to a hospital and pronounced dead.

The third fatal shooting took place at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, when a 41-year-old woman was shot “in the 6200-block of South Michigan Avenue.” The woman was shot in chest and the neck. She was taken to a hospital, where she died.

A 25-year-old man was shot and killed just minutes before that on Sunday. The man was in a car “in the 2600-block of West Fitch Avenue” when someone in a black vehicle opened fire.

The 25-year-old was shot twice and taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The Sun-Times notes that 23 people were killed in Chicago during the first 15 days of 2023.

AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. AWR Hawkins holds a Ph.D. in Military History, with a focus on the Vietnam War (brown water navy), U.S. Navy since Inception, the Civil War, and Early Modern Europe. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Reach him directly at awrhawkins@breitbart.com.

Alabama Basketball Player Darius Miles Charged with Murder

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DYLAN GWINN

15 Jan 2023357

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Alabama forward Darius Miles and another man have been charged with capital murder in the shooting death of a 23-year-old woman near the university campus in Tuscaloosa Sunday morning.

Miles, who has been officially removed from the basketball team, was taken into custody and booked into the Tuscaloosa County Jail at 6:45 ET, according to ESPN. The shooting occurred in an area known as The Strip, near university boulevard. The victim, Jamea Harris, is from the Birmingham area.

Tuscaloosa Police Captain Jack Kennedy said that the cause of the incident appeared to be a “minor altercation.”

“At this time, it appears that the only motive was a minor altercation that these individuals had with the victim as they were out on the Strip,” Kennedy said at a news conference.

Kennedy said, “…the driver of another vehicle, in which Harris was a passenger, approached campus police near Bryant-Denny Stadium at about 1:45 a.m. saying that someone had shot into the vehicle, and he fired back. One of the suspects was treated for non-life-threatening injuries at a local hospital, and Kennedy declined to disclose who fired the gun or who was hurt.

“Neither the driver of the other vehicle nor Harris nor Davis appeared to be affiliated with the university.”

The University of Alabama issued a statement in response to the shooting.

“The University of Alabama’s utmost priority is the safety and well-being of the campus community,” the statement read. “We are grieved by the incident that occurred near campus last night and extend our deepest condolences to the victim’s family and friends.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report

VIDEO: Elderly Postal Worker Fatally Stabbed in California on Walk Home

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AMY FURR

15 Jan 2023123

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A veteran postal worker was fatally stabbed in Oakland, California, on Wednesday as she walked home from her job.

Seventy-one-year-old Dilma Spruill was attacked on the street and stabbed multiple times, KTVU reported Thursday, adding she died at the scene and a motive remains unknown.

Following the incident, law enforcement arrested 28-year-old Wilber Winchester, whom the Daily Mail described as being homeless.

In a press release, the Oakland Police Department gave more details about the suspect:

The Oakland Police Department (OPD) arrested Wilbert Winchester for the homicide of Dilma Franks-Spruill, and an attempted homicide of another individual. Both of the incidents occurred in the city of Oakland. Winchester is also being investigated in connection to several other violent assaults throughout Oakland.

The department noted the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office charged the suspect with murder and attempted murder in the case.

“Three houses away. She was almost home, but she’s not coming home,” Spruill’s son, Miles, told reporters:

He also offered a message to the suspect, stating, “I bid you peace and I bid you farewell. You took my best friend. You took the only last living birth parent that I have.”

The incident happened around 12:30 a.m. after Spruill finished her shift at work and was on her way home.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Postal Service expressed its sadness at the loss, stating, “Dilma beamed with energy, joy and brought light to all who had the pleasure to know and work alongside her. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family and her co-workers at this time.”

According to ABC 7, Winchester previously served three years for elder abuse.

Video footage shows community members gathering to pay their respects to their beloved neighbor:

“Everything is missing, everything. I’m numb. I’m still sick to my stomach. I don’t sleep,” Miles said, adding he wanted to “live her legacy and spirit because that’s what she would want me to do.”

As the crime wave sweeps across President Joe Biden’s (D) America, citizens are “more likely now than at any time over the past five decades to say there is more crime in their local area than there was a year ago,” Gallup reported in October.

“The 56% of U.S. adults who report an increase in crime where they live marks a five-percentage-point uptick since last year and is the highest by two points in Gallup’s trend dating back to 1972,” the article read.

Providence mayor thwarted in cash grab for reparations

By Robyn Dolgin

Mayor Jorge Elorza (Providence, RI) is an accomplished race baiter who never anticipated confronting charges of “racism” over his altruistic vision of launching a “truth and reparations commission.”

The mayor is well-known for his ugly accusations against white constituents alleging their perpetrating “generations of pain and violence,” but that’s not his first line of offense. The best way for whites to atone for their sins against people of color, according to Mayor Elorza, is to monetize their transgressions as far as the city budget will stretch.

That entailed a cash-grab of $10 million in a city budget already stretched to the limit. Then the mayor encountered a stumbling block to what would have been a payout of $346.00 for each black resident in Providence. Ironically, the funds could not be distributed on the basis of color because they had been earmarked from the federal government, which prohibits distribution of monies on a discriminatory color basis.

This didn’t stop Mayor Elorza from sermonizing about “uncomfortable truths” to a growing number of unrepentant non-slaveholders (i.e. Caucasians). He was considered tone deaf by many white constituents, who did not think of themselves as culpable for “systemic oppression” or give merit to the mayor’s pushing the “white guilt” issues, according to social media posts.

The suggestion to “heal by discussing” did not go in the direction the mayor had in mind.

He is now confronting “uncomfortable truths” about the noble history of the tiny state’s position on slavery -- none of which was considered by the “truth and reparations commission.” Chief among these historic facts is that Rhode Island was the first state to ban slavery, and mobilized more than 25,000 residents who served in the Civil War.

As a further testament to the courage of Rhode Islanders, more than 1,700 lost their lives in the conflict and an astounding 20 soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor.

Should the mayor include reparations for white families whose loved ones paid the ultimate price in the conflict?

This isn’t the first time the mayor has found himself disparaged for his “equity” arguments, and his misguided legislative attempts to “close the equity gap.”

He was the target of a lawsuit filed by the city’s former Department of Public Works director, Paul J. Thomas, who claimed he was fired for attempting to maintain integrity in hiring practices. The director refused to “hire unqualified people based on discriminatory color practices” and was “banned from hiring qualified applicants of a different ethnic background.”

One thing Mayor Elorza cannot complain about is the color make-up of his 15-member city council. It is a diversity officer’s dream come true, with all Democrats including six Latino members, and several of African heritage.

Such a formidable “progressive” force continues to legislate a city now confronting its own “uncomfortable truths” about the horrible socioeconomic decline taking place in every aspect of life. The poverty level is a dispiriting 23 percent, crime continues to escalate annually (due to decriminalizing crime laws), and students in public schools are rated at an appalling level of academic proficiency.

There isn’t any amount of “virtue signaling” the mayor can offer that will hide his appalling track record and he shows no sign of recognizing these ugly realities in his city. Perhaps he should divert his efforts from allocating funds based on skin color and targeting public statues for destruction to issues of real concern to the taxpayers of Providence.

Image: Cat Laine