Reason magazine recently reported that Black Lives Matter activist Zyahna Bryant ruined the reputation of a fellow University of Virginia student Morgan Bettinger with claims of racism.
This incident occurred in July 2020 during the George Floyd riots. UVA student Zyahna Bryant , then 19, was a high-profile activist and was a prominent member of the ‘protests.’
Bettinger was driving home from work when she saw a dump truck blocking the road ahead such that she had no room to turn around. When she stepped out, the dump truck driver informed her that he protecting the demonstrators.
“It’s a good thing that you are here, because otherwise, these people would have been speed bumps” replied Bettinger. Bettinger said, her “speed bumps” remark emanated from gratitude to the driver for guarding the demonstrators. The truck driver corroborated Bettinger’s remark to local law enforcement.
But Zyahna Bryant, perhaps purposefully, misinterpreted Bettinger’s comments. Bryant claimed that Bettinger threatened demonstrators calling them “good f–king speed bumps.” Bryant posted the following tweet:
“The woman in this truck approached protesters in #Charlottesville, and told us that we would make ‘good speed bumps'”
“She then called the police and started crying saying we were attacking her.”
The post was retweeted more than 1,000 times.
Bryant also posted videos — not of the alleged “speed bump” remark, but of its aftermath where Bettinger returns to her car while Bryant and other ‘protesters’ follow and begin taunting and attacking her car.
The story was reported by local media and spread like wildfire.
Bettinger was identified online and was barraged with vicious insults from fellow UVA students; she was called a Nazi and a White Supremacist.
Emboldened by the impact of her post, Bryant began a campaign to send mass complaints to school administrators demanding Bettinger's expulsion. She tweeted the following:
“EMAIL these UVA deans now to demand that Morgan face consequences for her actions and that UVA stop graduating racists”
Bryant also filed a complaint with the University Judiciary Committee, a student-run disciplinary system, alleging Bettinger had threatened students’ health and safety. A student disciplinary hearing concluded that Bettinger was guilty of making a legal threat against the protesters.
It is important to state Bryant’s accusation against Bettinger remained uncorroborated, despite the fact that there were over 30 people around.
Yet Bettinger was the subject of numerous investigations in the subsequent months.
Bryant also complained to the school's Office for Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights (EOCR), claiming that Bettinger had used racial slurs five times and had treated Bryant unfairly.
EOCR could not substantiate three of the five charges.
Bryant later acknowledged that she might have misheard Bettinger’s 'speed bumps' assertion.
So, who is Zyahna Bryant ?
Bryant received national attention after writing a 2016 petition demanding that Charlottesville take down its statue of Robert E. Lee.
By the summer of 2020, she was on Teen Vogue’s “21 under 21” list.
She even shared a platform alongside Bernie Sanders and was profiled by various liberal mouthpieces such as the New Yorker and the New York Times.
The UVA incident and Bryant’s accusations against Bettinger bolstered Bryant’s profile. She was the subject of a glowing Washington Post profile in 2021 and was named to Ebony magazine’s “Power 100” list. She was also featured in a Juneteenth-themed post on Instagram's official page.
What about Morgan Bettinger?
Bettinger is a first-generation college student; her father was a police officer who died of cancer six years before the incident.
Bettinger told Reason magazine that she “was completely consumed” by the ordeal. She said her phone did not stop “blowing up” perhaps due to calls and social media alerts. She said it ruined her peace and affected her sleep for a long time. She also said the stress of the experience cause her to fall sick and constantly vomit.
Bettinger eventually graduated from UVA but her reputation has been permanently sullied.
With such a severe mark on her disciplinary record, her academic and professional prospects have been reduced. She still lives and works in the Charlottesville area, but lives in fear of being stalked and harassed.
"This whole situation has had a huge impact on my life," Bettinger says. "The university has never had to answer for what their actions have done."
She said she is planning a lawsuit against the school, Reason reported.
To sum it up: Bryant will thrive while Bettinger will struggle, perhaps all her life.
So, what do we make of all this?
BLM is following a business model where victimhood is the product while outrage is the marketing strategy. This was pioneered by veteran race hustler Al Sharpton.
During his heyday, Sharpton made appearances following an incident where there were racial implications to make inflammatory speeches. Once they poured petrol into the fire he just flew out of the place and used it to raise funds for ‘charity’.
Sharpton seems to have mostly used his charity to enrich himself and his family . Sharpton was also a tax dodger ; in 2016, he personally owed over $3 million in federal taxes.
BLM and its protégées such as Bryant have taken the business model to a different level.
They used George Floyd’s death to create a climate of fear. They implicitly urged celebrities, corporate houses, and politicians to donate. These donations were actually protection money and a guarantee that to be regarded as among the good ones.
Their con was lucrative.
In February 2021, BLM published an 'impact report' which states that it closed out 2020 with $60 million in its bank accounts. The outfit failed to file taxes for 2020. Floyd’s family is unlikely to have received even a penny of those funds.
In April 2021, the NY Post reported that BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors, then its executive director, had spent $3.2 million on various real estate purchases across the US.
New York Magazine reported that in October 2020, BLM bought a 6,500-square-foot Southern California mansion worth $6 million using donation fund s. They were also filmed dining in luxury and sipping champagne at the luxury home.
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BLM ‘activist’ Bryant probably realized that she may not receive prominence because everyone was protesting against Floyd's death. Hence, she shifted from protesting against Floyd’s death to fabricating claims about Bettinger so she could claim personal victimhood.
It didn’t matter to her that her scurrilous and spurious allegations will ruin Bettinger's life; her goal was publicity, power, and lucrative opportunities to make easy money.
BLM ‘activists’ care for only one cause, and it isn’t the upliftment or welfare of African Americans, it is the upliftment and welfare of themselves.
But unlike frauds such as Elizabeth Holmes, their product isn’t tangible. Holmes’s product was tested and found to be a fraud. This will never happen with BLM because they don’t make any concrete promises that can be measured. They just use create a climate of fear and hysteria and raise funds and disappear till the next outrage.
The result of the likes of BLM is that it spreads despondency, divisiveness, and cynicism in society, especially among African Americans.
Perhaps some of these disillusioned youths could have been the next great inventors, writers, teachers, and leaders, but now their lives are wasted.
This truly is tragic.
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The Democrat Party's connections to BLM Global Network meanwhile need to take front and center stage for the 2024 national elections.
BLACKS LOOT STORES
IT'S PART OF THE BLM PLATFORM
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I have reported previously how the Black Lives Matter Global Network has glorified foreign and domestic terrorists, cop killers, and Fidel Castro, and has taken actions both the Anti-Defamation League and International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance define as anti-Semitic: denial of the right of Israel to exist. The organization has also encouraged looting and other forms of civil unrest.
BLACKS LOOT STORES
IT'S PART OF THE BLM PLATFORM
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Alleged Catalytic Converter Thief Shot by Store Employee Tony Savino/Getty Images 1:44
An alleged catalytic converter thief was shot and wounded by a furniture store employee in San Antonio, Texas, just before 7:00 a.m. on Monday.
KSAT reported that the furniture store employee arrived at work and saw the suspect “running out of the back of the business.”
The suspect was allegedly stealing catalytic converters.
FOX 29 noted the employee and the alleged thief “struggled over the stolen property.” Then the employee shot the suspect, who is now hospitalized in critical condition.
KTSA pointed out that the suspected thief had gotten into his truck and was driving at the employee when the employee shot him.
Police confirmed they found a catalytic converter at the scene, which had been removed from one of the furniture store vehicles.
FLASHBACK: Suspected Catalytic Converter Thieves Caught at Gunpoint After Crashing “Police-Looking” Car
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 .
Robbery suspect shot 8 times by store clerk after fleeing from Palm Coast to Georgia Staff Report
Early Friday morning, Qwinntavus Kwame Jordan allegedly robbed the Circle K Gas Station at 6125 State Road 100 East in Palm Coast, making off with $90 in cash and other items, and then headed north on I-95, according to police.
But Flagler County Sheriff's deputies, using "investigative means," according to an extensive and detailed Facebook post, were aware of where the man was going. He was located by the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.
The chase begins Jordan's vehicle was pursued by the Florida Highway Patrol, the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, and the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office on I-95 until it reached the Florida-Georgia line, according to the post.
Once Jordan got to Georgia, the Camden County Sheriff’s Office took over the pursuit, and the Kingsland Police Department put out "stop sticks" on I-95 and the vehicle came to a halt. Jordan then fled on foot.
He entered a nearby convenience store, brandished a firearm, and demanded the clerk’s car keys. He then took the clerk’s vehicle and started to flee but somehow managed to crash the vehicle through the front of the convenience store.
Shot 8 times He then got out of the vehicle and chased the clerk and a customer through the store and a struggle ensued. But the clerk, who was now armed, shot the suspect "approximately eight times," according to Georgia authorities. He was taken into custody and transported to a hospital in critical condition.
More: FPC student arrested, accused of threatening to kill 2 other students, sheriff says.
The investigation is "active and ongoing" with several law enforcement agencies involved including the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.
Wanted fugitive At the time of the robbery, Jordan was also a fugitive wanted for armed robbery in Coffee County, Georgia. The warrants had been issued on April 27th. Police don't know why he was in Flagler County.
Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly commended his team for its fast action and thanked all the agencies that assisted in apprehending the fugitive.
“I also commend the Georgia store clerk that put a swift end to this dirtbag's crime spree," he stated in the post. "If he survives his injuries, he should spend a long time in prison.”
FL Sheriff Commends Store Clerk Who Shot Robbery Suspect 8 Times Robert Laberge/Getty Images 2:23
Flagler County, Florida, Sheriff Rick Staly commended a Georgia convenience store clerk who shot a robbery suspect eight times, leaving him in critical condition.
The Daytona Beach News-Journal reported Qwinntavus Kwame Jordan allegedly robbed a Flagler County Circle K early Friday morning then fled toward Georgia on I-95.
Jordan was pursued by numerous Florida police departments officers until he crossed into Georgia, where “the Camden County Sheriff’s Office took over the pursuit, and the Kingsland Police Department put out ‘stop sticks’ [to bring Jordan to a halt].”
After driving over the stop sticks Jordan jumped from his vehicle, fleeing on foot. He ran into a convenience store and allegedly brandished a firearm, demanding the clerk hand over keys to his car. Jordan then allegedly got in the clerk’s vehicle, only to crash it before leaving the parking lot.
Jordan then allegedly re-entered the store and began chasing the clerk, but the clerk was armed and ended up shooting Jordan eight times.
Jordan was taken into custody and hospitalized in critical condition.
Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staley commented on the incident by saying , “I commend our Real Time Crime Center team for quickly developing suspect information and his vehicle and thank all the agencies that assisted in apprehending this armed and dangerous fugitive.”
He added, “I also commend the Georgia store clerk that put a swift end to this dirtbag’s crime spree. If he survives his injuries, he should spend a long time in prison.”
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 .
Las Vegas Police: Suspect Arrested for Killing Homeless Man in Drainage Canal LVMPD/Twitter 2:18
A Las Vegas man has been arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting a homeless individual in a drainage canal where he lived in February.
The Metropolitan Police Department announced Monday that 34-year-old Jemiah Garner was taken into custody on Thursday, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported .
“At about 2:40 a.m. on Feb. 20, Metro received a report of an unresponsive man beside a drainage canal located near Arville Street and Harmon Avenue. When officers arrived, they found Mark Deandre Grant suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. Grant died at the scene,” the article read.
The victim apparently lived inside the canal. After he had been shot, he somehow got out of the canal and collapsed nearby.
“Garner is in custody at the Clark County Detention Center for unrelated charges. He was re-booked on April 20, 2023, for open murder with a deadly weapon,” law enforcement said.
Police shared a mugshot of Garner in a social media post on Monday:
A woman claiming to be Grant’s girlfriend called him a “terrific friend” and “great boyfriend” after the shooting happened, per the Review-Journal .
The suspect reportedly faces a felony charge of assault with a deadly weapon in connection with a separate case, the outlet said.
According to an 8 News Now report from October, the homeless population rose seven percent in Las Vegas over the past couple of years, with 5,645 people being described as homeless in 2022:
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Meanwhile, when it comes to the crime wave plaguing the nation under President Joe Biden’s (D) leadership, “Americans 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,” according to a Gallup article published 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 report said.
Garner is expected to appear in court Wednesday for arraignment per his recent arrest, the Review-Journal article said.
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