Tuesday, August 28, 2018

VIDEO - BLACK VIOLENCE IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS








"I graduated from a small College in Louisiana that was,according to me, one f the best schools in the state or the South. I Graduated with a Degree in Secondary Education in December 1971. I began teaching on March 1, 1972. I filled in for an ailing classroom teacher and stayed on the Faculty the following year. It was immediate that I noticed Discipline was non existent at the school. I stayed in the classroom setting until the end of the school year in 1977. I resigned at that point. The children were for the most part horrible. The only thing that saved me and others back in those days is that if a youngster came after you physically you had the right to defend yourself. Our school Administration for the most part would not back us. We were pretty much on our own. School Politics (Office Politics) was the rule of the day. Black teachers would not associate with white teachers and vice versa. I was swung at and missed and at times swung at and hit. I always returned fire. These were teenagers that at times 18-20 years of age and still in High school. 90 % of the Kids that swung at me were Black. I finally got out of there. I started a whole new career. My children never went to Public School. I payed through the nose but sent them to Catholic Schools where proper discipline was the norm. Today all but one of my children have done well in life and their children as well. There was a time when Blacks and Whites got along in our South Louisiana small town but today things are strained. Will it ever get better....GOD only knows."
  

Editor's note: Below is Sean Fitzgerald's recent video exposing violence in America's public schools. Fitzgerald sheds light on how the Obama-era "touchy feely" disciplinary approach spawned a catastrophe. The video was produced in conjunction with the David Horowitz Freedom Center's Stop K-12 Indoctrination campaign. To order the Freedom Center's new pamphlet, "Leftist Indoctrination in Our K-12 Public Schools," CLICK HERE.




Police Shut Down Alabama Dog Fighting, Saving Seventeen Animals



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Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies saved the lives of more than a dozen innocent dogs from a dog fighting ring on Sunday.

After receiving complaints of dogs fighting near Main Street in Mulga, Alabama, Chief Deputy Randy Christian said that they could hear them somewhere in the woods behind one of the houses. They intercepted one person carrying an injured canine, then proceeded to find 17 more. Four of those had injuries consistent with dog fighting.
Eleven dog skulls were found in the area surrounding a ring that contained fresh blood.
Authorities arrested Reginald Antonio Dowdell, 42, for allegedly participating in dog fighting. “He was booked into the county jail and later released on a $15,000 bond,” reports WVTM.
The sheriff’s office has taken custody of the animals.
Greater Birmingham Humane Society President and CEO Allison Black Cornelius lauded law enforcement efforts and encouraged others to report animal abuse. In a Facebook post, Cornelius said:
If you see or hear something say something. And that’s what happened. It was a long and grueling day. Many thanks to our staff and to Sheriff Hale’s incredible deputies. None of us will ever forget what we saw and none of us will rest until violence like this stops.
It sickens me to think these people live and walk amongst us in our community. And the fact that these scum bags had a child on scene made me want to throw up. Pray for all of these poor creatures and pray for the GBHS hands that will be trying to heal the hurts these animals have suffered over the next many many months.

Watch – Black Lives Matter Activists Surround Cars, Attack Drivers: ‘Back the F*ck Up!’


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Black Lives Matter activists wearing ski masks attacked and threatened drivers in Washington, D.C. during a counter-protest against the “Unite the Right 2” protest in Lafayette Park.

In footage taken by Breitbart News, Black Lives Matter activists can be seen attacking cars and threatening drivers who were attempting to drive down the streets of Washington, D.C.
“Back up! Back the fuck up!” a group of Black Lives Matter activists shouted at a driver. “Go back that way n*gg*r!” Get your ass back!”
The car eventually began backing up due to the threats.
Another driver tried passing through and was immediately met with attacks and threats by a mob of Black Lives Matter activists. The Black Lives Matter activists can be seen in this Breitbart News footage kicking the vehicle and demanding the car reverse. The car eventually backed up.
“Let him go before he gets that shit!” a Black Lives Matter activist shouted. “Let him go before we wreck that shit!”
In additional footage by Breitbart News, Antifa and Black Lives Matter activists can be seen shutting down traffic and drivers as they block the streets of Washington, D.C.
Ian Mason and Matt Perdie contributed to this report. 
John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Follow him on Twitter at @JxhnBinder

Son of California police chief grins and flips the bird during his first court appearance for ‘viciously beating an elderly Sikh man while he was on his morning walk’

·         Tyrone McAllister made his first court appearance on Friday and was seen in a video smiling and waving his middle fingers in the air 
·         McAllister, 18, has been arrested for the beating of Sahib Singh, 71 
·         His father is Daryl McAllister, the chief of Union City Police Department 
·         On Wednesday, the chief revealed that he helped authorities track Tyrone down
·         The attack took place in Manteca, California, 50 miles from where Tyrone grew up
·         His father has since told how he has 'lost his way' in recent months 
·         He and his wife are 'devastated' and 'shaken' by the teenager's alleged actions
·         Singh, was left needing a neck brace 
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The son of a police chief in California charged with attacking a 71-year-old Sikh man grinned and waved his middle fingers in the air during his first court appearance on Friday.
Tyrone McAllister, 18, was seen on video giving the finger and smiling to a Fox40 cameraman, the outlet reports. He then drops his hands to his lap before throwing up his middle finger a second time. 
McAllister was in court for his arraignment. No bail was set for the teen.   
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McAllister appeared in court for his arraignment for allegedly a Sikh man. No bail was set for the teen 
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McAllister appeared in court for his arraignment for allegedly a Sikh man. No bail was set for the teen 
On Monday, 71-year-old Sahib Singh was attacked by two young men during his morning walk in Manteca, California. 
The attack was captured by surveillance cameras and showed the two thugs beating the man while dressed in hoodies. One, who was wearing a black hoodie, was brandishing a gun.  
Police identified him as McAllister, the estranged son of Union City Police Department Chief Daryl McAllister.
In a lengthy Facebook post on Wednesday, Chief McAllister told of his disgust at learning his son was involved after being contacted by Manteca Police Department, the investigating department. 
'Words can barely describe how embarrassed, dejected, and hurt my wife, daughters, and I feel right now. 
'My stomach has been churning from the moment I learned this news, ' he added. 
The police chief and his wife then helped officers track his son down and arrest him.
Sahib Singh, 71, was left with serious injuries after being attacked in the street on Monday
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Sahib Singh, 71, was left with serious injuries after being attacked in the street on Monday
The teen has been charged with attempted robbery, elder abuse and assault with a deadly weapon.
The other suspect is a 16-year-old male who has not been named. 
Singh, the victim, struggles with English and had difficulty telling police what happened to him after the attack 
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Singh, the victim, struggles with English and had difficulty telling police what happened to him after the attack 
He was arrested on the same charges and will be transferred to a juvenile facility after being processed. 
In his Facebook post, Chief McAllister told how his son had fallen into a 'bad crowd' and had not been at the family home for months.
'My son began to lose his way a couple years ago, while he was a juvenile, running away and getting involved in a bad crowd,' he posted.
'He pretty much divorced his friends and family, associating with people none of us knew.'
'He got into trouble for some theft-related crimes and ended up spending several months in juvenile hall,' Chief McAllister added. 
'As an adult, he was again arrested for a theft-related incident, and he ended up spending another three months in adult jail as a result. 
'Since being released he has been wayward and has not returned to our family home for several months,' he wrote. 
The police chief said he was torn between the desire to protect his child and the oath he took as a law enforcement leader. 
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Tyrone McAllister, 18, was arrested for the brutal beating of a Sikh man in California on Wednesday. Tyrone is the son of Union City Police Chief Daryl McAllister who helped authorities investigating the incident track the the teen down to arrest him 
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Ultimately, he decided to help the Manteca Police Department find Tyrone to arrest him. 
'My wife and I worked with Manteca PD to help them track him down and arrest him. 
'He now faces serious felony charges for which, if convicted, he stands to spend a considerable about of time in prison. My family is shaken to the core. His sisters (one corporate and the other about to start law school), are at a loss to understand any of this.
'It's difficult for us to comprehend how one of three kids who grew up with the same parents, under the same roof, with the same rules and same values and character could wander so far astray. 
'We simply don't know why, or how we got here. In the eyes of the public, no matter the irrelevance to the incident, the fact remains that the father of the perpetrator of this despicable crime is a police chief, period. 
'One cannot expect the general public (our Sikh community in particular) to factor in any sentiment that would distinguish this from the integrity of my family name. I pray that we, as a community, in conjunction with my family, can get through this and be even stronger as a result,' he said.
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Tyrone is pictured on surveillance camera footage, kicking the elderly Sikh man while wearing a black hoodie 
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Tyrone is also accused of brandishing a gun during the attack. He was arrested along with a 16-year-old who is not being named because of his age 
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Chief McAllister announced his son's arrest in a lengthy statement on Facebook 
Footage of the attack showed the young men approaching Singh and speaking to him before jumping him. 
Singh, who struggles with English, later told that he did not understand what the men were saying. 
He was left with serious injuries which required him to wear a neck brace.
Singh is one of two Sikh men who have been attacked in small Californian communities in the last week. 
The two are not thought to be connected. 
Surjit Malhi was putting up campaign signs for local Republicans at night when two men ambushed him, throwing sand in his eyes before beating him in the head, shoulders and neck on July 31.
Police said Monday they are looking for the two men who beat Malhi and spray-painted a neo-Nazi symbol on his truck in what they branded a hate crime.
Malhi, 50, said the men screamed at him to 'go back to your country' before spray-painting the same message and a white supremacist symbol on his truck.

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Records: Texas dad said son pleaded for mercy before death

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Records: Texas dad said son pleaded for mercy before death
Records: Texas dad said son pleaded for mercy before death
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DALLAS (AP) — A Houston man accused of killing his two children told authorities his 8-year-old son said "daddy, I'm sorry" before having his throat cut, according to court documents obtained Tuesday.
Jean Pierre Ndossoka is charged with two counts of capital murder in the deaths of his children, Marcel Ndossoka and 1-year-old Anna-Belle Faith Ndossoka.
The father told police the toddler "just kept crying," court documents said.
Sabine Ntongo, the children's mother and Ndossoka's estranged wife, found the children dead Saturday inside Ndossoka's Houston apartment.
Court records show the mother reported that Ndossoka had called her multiple times throughout the day. When they spoke, she said, Ndossoka said he killed the children and had left her a "present." He also told her she needed to come to his place and said there was a key under the mat, according to court documents.
Ntongo went to the apartment and called 911 when she found the children dead, the records show. Police reported finding a bloody knife at the apartment and a handwritten note on the bed near the 8-year-old boy.
The note, which appeared to be written in French and signed by the suspect, was translated and indicated that Ndossoka had planned to die with his children, according to court documents.
On Sunday, Ndossoka was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Pasadena, southeast of Houston. He was taken to a hospital in stable condition.
Talking with police, the father at first said he did not remember what happened to his children. Ndossoka then said he "did something bad" and reported having high blood pressure.
"The defendant then admitted that he had done something to his children and when asked 'What?' he motioned towards his neck," according to the court documents.
Ndossoka first said he had choked the children, the documents said, but then reported using a knife and confirmed he wrote the note found at the apartment.
Online jail and court records list no attorney for Ndossoka.

 

 

 

 

 

New Mexico sheriff: Compound searched, 11 kids removed

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This Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, photo released by Taos County Sheriff's Office shows Siraj Wahhaj. Wahhaj was jailed on a Georgia warrant alleging child abduction after law enforcement officers searching a rural northern New Mexico compound for a missing 3-year-old boy found 11 children in filthy conditions and hardly any food. The children ranging in age from 1 to 15 were removed from the compound in the small community of Amalia, N.M, and turned over to state child-welfare workers, Taos County Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe said. Hogrefe said the search did not turn up the missing boy, but that investigators had reason to believe the boy had been at the compound fairly recently. (Taos County Sheriff's Office via AP)
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TAOS, N.M. (AP) — Law enforcement officers searching a rural northern New Mexico compound for a missing 3-year-old boy didn't locate him but found 11 other children in filthy conditions and hardly any food, a sheriff said Saturday.
The children ranging in age from 1 to 15 were removed from the compound in the small community of Amalia, New Mexico, and turned over to state child-welfare workers, Taos County Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe said.
Two men were arrested during the search while two women at the compound were initially detained before being released pending further investigation, Hogrefe said.
One of the men, 39-year-old Siraj Wahhaj, was jailed on a Georgia warrant alleging child abduction while the other man, identified only as Lucas Morten, was arrested on suspicion of harboring a fugitive, Hogrefe said.
Online court records checked Saturday didn't list defense attorneys who could comment on behalf of the men.
The search stemmed from an investigation involving the Taos County Sheriff's Office, the FBI and Clayton County, Georgia, authorities, Hogrefe said in a statement.
Amalia is 145 miles (233 kilometers) northeast of Albuquerque and in an isolated high-desert area near the New Mexico-Colorado border.
Hogrefe said authorities had conducted surveillance of the compound while looking for the missing boy before he decided Thursday to get a search warrant immediately after a Georgia investigator forwarded a message in which someone at the compound reportedly told another person that people at the compound were starving and needed water.
Hogrefe said the search did not turn up the missing boy, identified by the sheriff as AG Wahhaj, but that investigators had reason to believe the boy had been at the compound fairly recently.
It's not clear whether the boy and Siraj Wahhaj are related.
There were no injuries during the search, the sheriff said. But Wahhaj and Morten initially refused to follow commands and Wahhaj was armed with a rifle and four handguns, Hogrefe said.
There was little food in the compound, which consisted of a small travel trailer buried in the ground and covered by plastic with no water, plumbing and electricity, he said.
"The only food we saw were a few potatoes and a box of rice in the filthy trailer," the sheriff said.
The adults and children appeared like "refugees not only with no food or fresh water, but with no shoes, personal hygiene and basically dirty rags for clothing," the sheriff said. "We all gave the kids our water and what snacks we had - it was the saddest living conditions and poverty I have seen."
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Report: Abortion Accounts for 61% of Black Deaths in America



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Induced abortion is the leading cause of death in the United States and accounts for a disturbing 61 percent of deaths of African Americans, according to researchers from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

report Thursday analyzed research using data from the latest year for which all the pertinent information is available (2009) and found that induced abortion was responsible for 1.152 million deaths, making it the number one cause of death in the U.S. at nearly twice the number of deaths from heart disease (599,413) and cancer (567,628).
While abortion accounted for nearly a third of all U.S. deaths in 2009 (32.1 percent), more troubling still, it made up 61.1 percent of African American deaths, according to the studypublished in the Open Journal of Preventive Medicine (June 2016).
The ongoing disparity of black deaths through abortion has led one leading black pastor to recently decry the “black genocide” taking place in the United States at the hands of the abortion industry.
In his July essay, the Rev. Clenard Childress, Jr. noted that 52 percent of all African American pregnancies end in abortion and that whereas abortion is the most common operation performed on women, it is also “the least regulated medical procedure” and is often “completely ignored by health regulation enforcement.”
Statistics reveal that nearly 1,800 unborn black babies are aborted every day, proportionately more than any other race, Rev. Childress observed.
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), between 2007 and 2010, more than 35 percent of the deaths by abortion in the United States happened to black babies, despite the fact that blacks represent only 12.8 percent of the population. Conversely, non-Hispanic whites, who make up 63.7% of America’s population, account for only 37.7% of all U.S. abortions.
Whatever the intent of abortion practitioners, by functional standards, abortion is a racist institution in the United States, with black children aborted at nearly four times the rate of white children.
Among white women, there are 138 abortions for every 1000 live births; among blacks, there are 501 abortions for every 1000 births. This means that blacks are aborted at 3.6 times the rate of whites.
Carried over to a global context, the figures are equally worrisome, with abortion accounting for more deaths than any other cause.
As of August 4, 2018, there have been nearly 25 million abortions performed worldwide so far this year, while less than a million people have died from road accident fatalities, 4.8 million from cancer, and 990,000 from HIV/AIDS, according to the best available data.
In their study, the UNC-Charlotte researchers, James Studnicki, Sharon J. MacKinnon, and John W. Fisher, lamented the fact that despite the overwhelming weight of data and the universal acknowledgement that the act of abortion results in a human death, abortion is often not reported as a cause of death in the vital statistics system in the United States, an omission stemming from ideology rather than science.
“The exclusion of a major cause of death,” they noted, “especially one with large racial and ethnic disparities, should be a major concern to the scientific community and society as a whole.”
“As a cause of death, the major one for Hispanics and African Americans,” said Dr. Studnicki, the lead researcher, “abortion would be at the top of the scientific agenda in the U.S., and with a funding priority consistent with its importance.”
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YouTube suspends father's channel with more than 5.6million subscribers after he fed his children ice cream laced with LAXATIVES and then filmed them crying in pain and on the toilet

·         YouTube star DJ SO COOL's channel was suspended after one of his videos showed him feeding his kids laxative laced ice cream as a prank
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·         The dad then films 90-minutes-later, as his children scream and cry in pain 
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·         Then, all as part of his 'prank' for his channel, he films his two smallest children on the toilet in agony and keeps filming despite them trying to close the door
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·         In another removed clip, he lights fireworks in his children's bedroom and films as they cry in terror- laughing 'they think somebody was shooting!'
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·         He also did a 'Drowning Baby Prank' where he tells his partner that their child drowned- and he shouts 'Its a prank sucker!'
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·         The YouTube channel is monetized so the more eyes he gets on his videos with ads the more money they make  
PUBLISHED: 16:49 EDT, 1 August 2018 | UPDATED: 18:28 EDT, 1 August 2018

A popular YouTube channel was suspended after the family patriarch posted a video of a 'prank' where he feeds his kids ice-cream laced with laxatives and then records them crying in pain.
Cordero James Brady, 29, runs the YouTube channel CJ SO COOL, which has over 5.6million followers. The channel is monetized- which means he sells his channel to advertisers, with the more people watching the ads, the more money they stand to make. 
Last week his channel was suspended over the vicious practical joke that appeared to have made his children physically sick. The 'laxative ice cream' video was permanently removed.
In the vlog, Brady films himself dosing his children's ice cream with Pedia-Lax and then feeding it to them. He then films 90-minutes later, showing his children screaming and crying in pain.
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On the removed vlog he videos himself feeding three of his four children the laced ice cream
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On the removed vlog he videos himself feeding three of his four children the laced ice cream
Then he cuts to 90-minutes later, and films his children screaming in pain and crying 
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Then he cuts to 90-minutes later, and films his children screaming in pain and crying 
His little boy grabs his stomach and cries 'My stomach hurts,' as his dad keeps filming 
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His little boy grabs his stomach and cries 'My stomach hurts,' as his dad keeps filming 
Then, to make matters worse, he keeps on filming as his children are in agony on the toilet 
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They try to shove the door closed, but Brady won't let them be alone, as his films what he did to his own children
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Royalty Johnson, 28, and Cordero James Brady, 29, pictured with their four children 
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Royalty Johnson, 28, and Cordero James Brady, 29, pictured with their four children 
'My stomach hurts,' screams one of his kids. 'Oh my goodness, this boy's stomach is broken!' he jokes. 
Then, he films his youngest two- a boy and a girl, in separate bathrooms, as they sit on the toilet crying, trying to close the door on him- as he continues to hold the camera on them. 
Dr Kortney Peagram, founder of Bulldog Solution, an anti-child abuse organization, told babe.net, the site that originally reported on the laxative video: 'harming your child on purpose with laxatives is child abuse. That's child endangerment.'
She added Brady is 'harming his children and bullying them to pull pranks on each other, it is really disturbing.
'He's modelling inappropriate behavior and encouraging it by laughter … He's teaching his children that it's okay to harm each other for a good laugh.' 
DailyMail.com reached out to the Henderson Police Department who have not responded yet.
In a call to Clark County Child Protective Services, they said they are unable to comment on any potential investigations.  
Brady's 'pranks' have left his children in tears before. 
In what appears to be another since removed video, he lights fireworks in the kids' room as they sleep, and when they start crying- he laughs saying 'it's a prank because they think somebody was shooting!'

 

 

ENTIRE police department is suspended: North Carolina force is put on administrative leave after the chief and lieutenant were arrested for moonlighting

·         Chief Gary Smith, 46, and 48-year-old Lt. Michael Christian Simmons were arrested on Thursday 
·         They were were charged with conspiracy to obtain property by false pretenses, willful failure to discharge duties an obstruction of justice 
·         FBI and the State Bureau of Investigation began their look into the two officers on April 4 after other officers tipped them off 
·         Smith and Simmons were said to have been driving overnight shifts for an unnamed local trucking company while on police shift
·         They often had to travel out of town for their second job, David added





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An entire North Carolina police department was placed on paid administrative leave after a city's olice chief and a lieutenant were detained on Thursday for double dipping while on the clock.
Southport Police Chief Gary Smith, 46, and 48-year-old Lt. Michael Christian Simmons were charged with conspiracy to obtain property by false pretenses, willful failure to discharge duties and obstruction of justice. 
FBI and the State Bureau of Investigation began their look into the two officers on April 4 after other officers tipped them off, District Attorney Jon David explained to CBS 17
Chief Gary Smith, 46, (pictured) and 48-year-old Lt. Michael Christian Simmons were charged with conspiracy to obtain property by false pretenses, willful failure to discharge duties an obstruction of justice
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Chief Gary Smith, 46, and 48-year-old Lt. Michael Christian Simmons (pictured) were charged with conspiracy to obtain property by false pretenses, willful failure to discharge duties an obstruction of justice
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Chief Gary Smith, 46, and 48-year-old Lt. Michael Christian Simmons were charged with conspiracy to obtain property by false pretenses, willful failure to discharge duties an obstruction of justice

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Smith and Simmons were said to have been driving overnight shifts for an unnamed local trucking company while they were also on shift at the department. 
They often had to travel out of town for their second job, David added. 
'It is indeed that I get before you today with a heart laden with grief for all these events that happened today,' said Mayor Jerry Dove. 'It was a shock to me to hear all these, being a former chief and knowing the officers that worked in that department and hired at least half of them'
'It is indeed that I get before you today with a heart laden with grief for all these events that happened today,' said Mayor Jerry Dove. 'It was a shock to me to hear all these, being a former chief and knowing the officers that worked in that department and hired at least half of them'
Smith was arrested early on Thursday morning and booked at the Brunswick County Detention Center with a $10,000 bond. He was released on bail. 
Simmons was taken into custody at the Thursday news conference. 
Search warrants were executed Thursday at the police department, town hall and the trucking company. 
'It is indeed that I get before you today with a heart laden with grief for all these events that happened today,' said Mayor Jerry Dove. 'It was a shock to me to hear all these, being a former chief and knowing the officers that worked in that department and hired at least half of them.' 
The Brunswick County Sheriff's Office was advised by the city board to assume all law responsibilities in the area at the meantime, Dove said. 

Smith was arrested early on Thursday morning and booked at the Brunswick County Detention Center with a $10,000 bond. He was released on bail
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Smith was arrested early on Thursday morning and booked at the Brunswick County Detention Center with a $10,000 bond. He was released on bail
'We will be relying on (the sheriff's office) substantially on the road ahead to step into the void and provide a police presence,' David added. 'The sheriff's office already has overlapping jurisdiction with Southport. It's not new that they would be patrolling these streets. They know the lay of the land and I'm very confident that citizens will be well protected.' 
But David made sure not to call all the officers bad. 
'A lot of these officers have done absolutely nothing wrong. Some of them are the ones that first came forward,' David added. 'This stain should not be extended to the officers who take seriously their duty to serve and protect.' 
Cases from the City of Southport are now also under investigation too.
The sheriff's office will assist in the cases if needed, but David didn't feel like any of the cases were handled improperly.  
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Video: Band Of Female Lululemon Thieves Hit A Dozen Stores Across The Bay Area
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Young women doing what the brotha's are doing.
(On Drudge today, along with the Apple store robbery, below.) They seem to be ramping up.

 

 

AMERICAN GHETTO BLACKS ARE THE MOST VIOLENT, RACIST, HOMOPHOBIC, ABORTED AND IGNORANT SUBCULTURE IN THE WORLD.

 

Black Crime Gets Crazier




Whatever you thought crazy was, put it aside.  Because no matter what you think is the craziest story of black violence – and the denial, deceit, and delusion surrounding it – this recent story out of Oakland is way past that.
It began simply and sadly enough on a BART system in the Oakland area.  Two younger black people killed two older white guys.  The reaction from BART was as predictable as it was lame: BART is safe; murder and violence are isolated; and no, you cannot see the videos from any of the hundreds of cameras in the stations.
Then, over the weekend, John Lee Cowell, a white guy, met two black women, Nia Wilson and her sister, on BART.  He cut their throats, killing Nia.
Soon the streets of Oakland were full of black protesters, wondering why white people are able to get away with so much murder against black people.  Many took to Twitter as well.  "White supremacy slashes throats, it stabs, it lynches, and continues to kill our people in horrific ways," said one Twitter poster.  It isevil.  "Don't tell us to play patty-cake with it."  And on and on this went by the thousands: black people bitterly complaining about white-on-black crime and how cops in places like Oakland never do anything about it.
The only other explanation is one that just 

happened to be true: crime in Oakland, one of 

America's most dangerous cities, is a black 

thing, wildly out of proportion.  Anyone who 

cannot see that is in full denial, deceit, and 

delusion.
BART commuters are often its keenest witnesses.
In 2015, the crime on BART trains was so bad that BART created an app where riders could document any chaos or violence or lawlessness, then automatically send it to BART.

BLOG: ANYONE WHO HAS RIDDEN A LOS ANGELES METRO BUS KNOW THAT 95% OF THE ISSUES, VIOLENCE, INAPPROPRIATE AND MENACING CONDUCT IS BY BLACK MEN. THE OTHER 5% BY BLACK WOMEN!!!
After a year, the geniuses at the East Bay Express ascertained that black ridership on BART was about 11 percent, but complaints against black people made up about 70 percent of the info from the app.  It did not take long to figure out that the app was racist, and it was soon never heard from again.

Flash forward to less than a year ago: 50-70 black people rampaged through a BART station, beating and robbing a few white passengers – just the latest in a series of black mob violence at BART trains and stations.  Some fatal.  Most ignored.  All treated as a symptom of white racism.
All with videotape that BART executives refused to share for the craziest of reasons: BART executives said doing so would be "embarrassing to minorities."  And no, I do not expect you to believe that unless you see it for yourself.  So here's an excerpt from a recent video I did.  Just click here: BART refuses to release videos.
If that is not enough, try this on for size: an article I wrote about it at the time for American Thinker with lots of links.  Just click here.
Just a few weeks ago, BART was back in the news when it was revealed that 66% of the people banned from BART for criminal behavior are black.  More racism, of course, said the people who were loath to consider, even for a second, that black people on BART create holy Hell six times more than their ridership should.
It is not just Oakland.  Even as black people in Oakland were revving up their protests to remember Nia Wilson and protest this tsunami of fictitious white-on-black crime, black-on-white murder proceeded apace around the rest of the country the same way it always does: wildly out of proportion.
In Atlanta, a middle-aged white restaurant manager, Christian Broder, was visiting his home town for a wedding when a black person recently out of jail killed him.  The killer was supposed to be staying in a "diversion program" instead of finishing a sentence for violent crime.  But even after he was caught brandishing guns and drugs on social media with some of his bros before the murder, he was soon free again.  Free to kill Christian.
In Natchitoches, Louisiana, Felicia Marie-Nicole Smith, a black woman, is under arrest for kidnapping, murdering, then burning a six-month-old white child, Levi Cole Ellerbe.
So far, no protests.  Not even an angry Twitter stream.
This is a long list from just recently.  In North Portland, Oregon, a black man killed a white woman and burned her.  I guess that's a black thing, too.
In Bradenton, Massachusetts, a black person is wanted for killing a couple of white kids.  
From Baltimore to Oakland, a common reaction to black-on-white crime is that only white privilege gives white people living near black people an expectation of safety.  Besides, everyone knows there is no difference between black crime rates and white crime rates. 
White people do it, too.
Just because something is easily shown to be the greatest lie of our generation, that does not mean that lots and lots and lots of people refuse to say it over and over and over again. 

Colin Flaherty is just about the worst person on this planet, said CNN a few days ago.  That's because he wrote a scintillating bestseller titled Don't Make the Black Kids Angry, which documents black violence wildly out of proportion.  Worse still, lots of people read it.  Sorry, not sorry, CNN.

 

'He wanted somebody to be angry at': Girlfriend of 28-year-old killed in 'stand your ground' shooting in front of their children tearfully describes how Florida gunman who killed her partner picked the fight

 

·         Markeis McGlockton, 28, was shot and killed during an argument over a handicap parking space in Clearwater, Florida, on Thursday
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·         Glockton's girlfriend Britany Jacobs spoke with Good Morning America Monday
·         The mother broke down in tears as she spoke about witnessing the shooting with her three young children 
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·         She said the gunman Michael Drejka, 47, had been looking for a fight
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·         Surveillance footage shows McGlockton coming to Jacobs' defense and shoving Drejka to the ground 
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·         Drejka pulled out his legally-carried handgun and fired single shot while down 
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·         The gunman will not be facing charges because of Florida's 'stand your ground' self-defense law
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The girlfriend of a man who was shot and killed during a heated row over a handicapped parking space in Florida last week has called for justice in the father's death in a new interview.    
Markeis McGlockton, 28, was shot in front of his girlfriend Britany Jacobs and the couple's three young children on Thursday afternoon after gunman Michael Drejka picked a fight with the mother for parking in a handicap spot without tags. 
Jacobs described how the argument over proper parking etiquette took a deadly turn in an emotional interview with Good Morning America on Monday. 
'He wanted somebody to be angry at. He just wanted someone to fight him,' Jacobs said. 
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Britany Jacobs, whose boyfriend was shot and killed during an argument over a parking space in Florida, appeared on Good Morning America Monday and called for justice
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Britany Jacobs, whose boyfriend was shot and killed during an argument over a parking space in Florida, appeared on Good Morning America Monday and called for justice
Markeis McGlockton, 28, was shot and killed after shoving a man to the ground in the dispute outside a convenience store in Clearwater, Florida, on Thursday afternoon
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Markeis McGlockton, 28, was shot and killed after shoving a man to the ground in the dispute outside a convenience store in Clearwater, Florida, on Thursday afternoon
Jacobs and the couple's three young children, two shown above, witnessed the fatal shooting
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Jacobs and the couple's three young children, two shown above, witnessed the fatal shooting
Surveillance footage from the convenience store shows the deadly parking lot altercation 
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Surveillance footage from the convenience store shows the deadly parking lot altercation 
McGlockton and the couple's five-year-old son were inside the convenience store when Drejka approached Jacobs, who was sitting in the car with her infant and three-year-old children. 
'He was picking a fight. I'm just sitting, waiting for my family to come back to the car,' she said.
The mother said she started feeling 'scared' as the argument quickly escalated.
'By this time a witness pulls up and everybody hears us going back and forth with one another. [The witness] let the owner know that there was somebody out there messing with a woman in a car,' she said. 
'My man hears what's going on, sees the guy yelling at me and I'm sitting in the car. My man is defending me and his children, so he pushes him down.' 
'The guy is on the ground and he pulls the gun out. My dude steps back 'cause my dude is fearing for his life - all of us were.'
Within seconds of pulling the gun, Drejka fired a shot directly into McGlockton's chest. 
'Everybody is panicking, my son is screaming, but it was too late,' she said. 'It's hard for a four- or five-year-old to witness what he saw. It's really tough for him.'
Jacobs broke down in tears describing the horror of having her son witness his father's death
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Jacobs broke down in tears describing the horror of having her son witness his father's death
Jacobs is pictured with the 28-year-old pronounced dead at a hospital after the shooting
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Jacobs is pictured with the 28-year-old pronounced dead at a hospital after the shooting
McGlockton stumbled back into the store and fought for his life for the next 30 minutes, but was later pronounced dead at a hospital.  
'He was a good man and all he was trying to do was protect his family,' Jacobs said. 
'I just want justice. I need something to be done because this is not right.' 
Drejka has been cleared by police because of Florida's 'stand your ground' law, which authorizes deadly force in self-defense with no duty to retreat from an attacker. 
The shooting 'is within the bookends of stand your ground and within the bookends of force being justified,' Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said at a press conference Friday.   
'No matter how you slice it or dice it that was a violent push to the ground. 
'[Drejka] told deputies that he had to shoot to defend himself. Those are the facts and that's the law. I'm not saying I agree with it, but I don't make that call.'  
Drejka remained on the scene until police arrived and was confirmed to have a concealed carry license.  
The owner of the Circle-A Food Store WFTS that Drejka had assaulted customers in the store’s parking lot before. 
A man who frequents the store, Rich Kelly, claimed Drejka picked a fight with him over a parking spot about a month ago, calling him racial slurs and threatening to kill him.
Drejka is seen gesturing to the empty spaces as he scolds Jacobs for parking in a handicapped spot without the proper tags
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Drejka is seen gesturing to the empty spaces as he scolds Jacobs for parking in a handicapped spot without the proper tags
McGlockton turns and stumbles back inside the store as Drejka trains the gun at him
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McGlockton turns and stumbles back inside the store as Drejka trains the gun at him
The owner of the convenience store, pictured, said Drejka has harassed customers in the parking lot before 
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The owner of the convenience store, pictured, said Drejka has harassed customers in the parking lot before 

 

 

 

Cops raid a North Carolina daycare center and find more than 100lbs of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and GUNS

·         Police raided a daycare in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on Tuesday and seized a massive stash of marijuana, cocaine, heroin, cash and firearms
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·         They also found cookies and gummy bears laced with marijuana 
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·         Daycare owners Reshod J Everett and Victoria L Everett have been arrested
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·         The bust was part of a months-long drug investigation
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·         Alvin Davis III, 27, was also arrested in connection with the investigation 

A massive stash of marijuana, cocaine and heroin has been seized from a daycare in North Carolina, authorities say.
Fayetteville police raided Tori's Playhouse on Tuesday and found cookies and gummy bears laced with marijuana along with six guns, 100lbs of pot, more than a half kilo of cocaine and an ounce of heroin.
The couple that ran the daycare, Reshod J Everett and Victoria L Everett, have been arrested on drug charges along with a third person, 27-year-old Alvin Davis III.
Police raided a daycare in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on Tuesday and seized a massive stash of marijuana, cocaine, heroin, cash and firearms 
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Police raided a daycare in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on Tuesday and seized a massive stash of marijuana, cocaine, heroin, cash and firearms 
The owners of Tori's Playhouse, Reshod J Everett, pictured, and Victoria L Everett have been arrested and are each facing multiple drug trafficking charges
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The owners of Tori's Playhouse, Reshod J Everett and Victoria L Everett, pictured, have been arrested and are each facing multiple drug trafficking charges
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The owners of Tori's Playhouse, Reshod J Everett, left, and Victoria L Everett, right, have been arrested and are each facing multiple drug trafficking charges
No children were present at the daycare during the raid, according to Fayetteville police
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No children were present at the daycare during the raid, according to Fayetteville police
Officials said officers waited until all of the children at the center had gone home before carrying out the raid.
'We don't have any information that would lead up to believe any children got their hands on an of this stuff at all,' Lt Douglas Nicolosi said.
Nicolosi has overseen the Fayetteville Police Department's Gang Unit's investigation, which began several months ago and is ongoing.
Officers reportedly returned to the home Thursday night to conduct a follow-up search. 
Across the 36-hour bust police seized more than 300 pounds of marijuana, 10 firearms, $70,000 in cash and an Audi Q7 SUV.
Alvin Davis III, 27, was also arrested in connection with the investigation on Monday
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Alvin Davis III, 27, was also arrested in connection with the investigation on Monday
Reshod Everett has been charged with trafficking in marijuana by possession, trafficking in marijuana by manufacturing, trafficking in cocaine by manufacturing, conspiring to traffic in cocaine, maintaining a dwelling for keeping and selling a controlled substance, trafficking in heroin by possession, trafficking in heroin by manufacturing, possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana and conspiracy to traffic heroin.
He was being held at Cumberland County Detention Center under $430,000 bond.
Victoria Everett is charged with trafficking in marijuana by possession, trafficking in heroin by possession, trafficking in heroin by manufacturing, possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, maintaining a dwelling for keeping and selling a controlled substance and conspiracy to traffic in heroin.
She is also being held at the Cumberland County Detention Center under $287,000 bond. 
Davis was also arrested Monday in connection with the investigation and is facing two counts of trafficking marijuana, two counts of trafficking cocaine, two counts of conspiracy to trafficking, maintaining a dwelling for controlled substances, maintaining a vehicle for controlled substances and carrying a concealed weapon. 
It was not immediately clear if or how he is related to the couple. 
Across the 36-hour bust police seized more than 300 pounds of marijuana, 10 firearms, $70,000 in cash and an Audi Q7 SUV
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Across the 36-hour bust police seized more than 300 pounds of marijuana, 10 firearms, $70,000 in cash and an Audi Q7 SUV





July 18, 2018 
Cities
Public safety
Last Sunday, a 59-year-old woman on the West Side of Chicago was killed by a would-be carjacker. The felon walked up to the driver’s side of the car, which was being driven by a 71-year-old man, and pulled his gun. The senior citizen refused to surrender the vehicle and kept driving. The would-be carjacker opened fire at the car, striking the woman in the head and killing her.
The night before, on the South Side, a Chicago officer killed a 37-year-old man whom the officer’s patrol partners had observed behaving in a manner suggesting that he was carrying a gun. The officers tried to question Harith Augustus, and he appeared to pull something from his wallet, according to police body-camera footage, possibly his firearms owner-identification card. One officer tried to grab Augustus (the police report said that he became combative), but he pulled away and ran into the street, where he appeared to reach for the gun holstered on his right hip. One of the officers opened fire and killed him. Augustus’s gun was recovered at the scene.
True to script, the officer-involved shooting sparked violent street anarchy on Saturday night, instigated by Black Lives Matter, the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, and other anti-cop activist groups. Protesters threw rocks and bottles, some filled with urine, at officers. Four officers were injured. Chants included “How do you spell racist? CPD [Chicago Police Department],” and “Murderers.” Protests have continued, drawing intense local media and political attention. “This department is racist . . . and we’re tired of it,” said one of the organizers.
There were no protests against the taking of the carjacking victim’s life. Carjackings have nearly tripled in Chicago since 2015, averaging two per day in 2017 and close to that in 2018. In August 2016, officers tried to pull over a car involved in an earlier carjacking; someone inside the car opened fire and hit one of the officers in the face. The shooter was on parole for attempted armed robbery. In January 2017, a teen carjacker ambushed a 34-year-old mother in an alleyway where she had been parking her car. His initial blow to her head with his gun was so severe that it temporarily blinded her. “Quit trying to kick back, you white bitch,” the assailant said as he pistol-whipped her. Before the attack, the mother had noticed a van suspiciously idling in the alleyway, but decided to continue about her business, likely second-guessing herself about “racial profiling.” In March 2017, a man with a gun forced a 24-year-old woman into the trunk of her car and raced it around the South Side until crashing into a tree. In August 2017, a 28-year-old entrepreneur and student was fatally shot in his car when he refused to hand it over to the carjacker. In November 2017, a pair of thugs accosted an 88-year-old man and stole his Lincoln at gunpoint. They almost immediately crashed into a semitrailer truck and retaining wall; one of the two felons died in the crash.
In the first six months of 2018, more than 60 children under 15 have been shot in Chicago. In June alone, an 11-year-old boy was shot in the head; a 12-year-old girl was killed as she was carrying her baby cousin; and a 14-year-old boy was gunned down by a passing car. Black Lives Matter activists have nothing to say about this violence because it does not involve police officers. Officer-involved shootings are a minute fraction of Chicago’s ongoing carnage—in 2016, they made up 0.5 percent of all shootings in the city. The foot patrol that accosted Augustus was in the neighborhood—the CPD’s Third District—because the local alderman, residents, and business owners had requested greater police protection. The area had seen an increase in open-air drug deals. So far this year, there have been 69 shootings in the Third District, a little under a dozen a month, 15 of them fatal. A witness reported to the Chicago Sun-Times that Augustus was selling “loosies”—single untaxed cigarettes—a practice that shop owners loathe for its contribution to an atmosphere of street lawlessness.
Black Lives Matter has thankfully lost its sounding board in the White House. But at the local level, away from the Resistance-obsessed national media radar screen, its anti-cop poison continues to distort policing and police-community relations. It is a tragedy for Augustus’s family and acquaintances that he lost his life; the shooting must be thoroughly investigated. If any tactical changes are needed to lessen the risk that a police encounter escalates into the use of lethal force, they should be implemented through rigorous hands-on training. But the officers were right to approach an apparently armed man, especially given the area’s record of shootings. Such proactive policing has dropped precipitously in Chicago, resulting in a sharp rise in violent crime since 2014. (Law professors Paul Cassell and Richard Fowles empirically connect the drop in stops to rising crime in this 2018 paper.)
The anti-cop violence against the CPD for a shooting that, though deeply unfortunate, appears to be justified will further lessen officers’ willingness to intervene in suspicious behavior. A Chicago detective told me, in the wake of Saturday’s violence: “Those who care about law enforcement and a civil society cannot win against willful blindness and straight-up lies. This is an open civil war that goes quite beyond Chicago.” The demoralization of law enforcement continues, and it is the law-abiding residents of high-crime areas who will continue paying the price.

 

Mother is accused of letting men rape her daughter, TWO, who then got an STD and was left with meth in system

·         Azzie Watson, 25, a mother-of-two from Missouri, charged with child abuse and endangerment 
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·         Watson was arrested after allegedly confessing on a recording that she repeatedly took her two-year-old daughter to be raped by two men
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·         Watson told her boyfriend, who made the recording, that she watched the sexual assaults   
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·         Toddler later tested positive for an STD and also had methamphetamine in her system 
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·         Both the girl and her one-year-old brother were found to have foreign metal objects lodged in their feet
PUBLISHED: 10:00 EDT, 18 July 2018 | UPDATED: 17:30 EDT, 18 July 2018

A young mother from Missouri has been charged with letting men repeatedly rape her two-year-old daughter, who then contracted a sexually transmitted disease.
Azzie Watson, 25, of Independence, was charged on Tuesday with child abuse and endangerment. Her bond was set at $75,000. 
According to court documents, Watson's boyfriend recorded the mother-of-two  talking about repeatedly taking her eldest daughter to a house where the toddler was raped by two men about five times. 
She says on the recording that she watched the sexual assaults and called herself 'a coward.'
Monstrous charges: Azzie Watson, 25, is accusing of allowing two men to rape her two-year-old daughter five times as she watched 
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Monstrous charges: Azzie Watson, 25, is accusing of allowing two men to rape her two-year-old daughter five times as she watched 

The disturbing case began unfolding on June 29, when police were called to a hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, for a report of a rape, according to Kansas City Star.  
While at the hospital, police were handed the recording of Watson's alleged confession, leading to her arrest on an unrelated charge of failure to appear in court. 
Court documents say when interviewed by detectives in jail last week, Watson claimed that what she said in the recording was a lie because she was scared of her boyfriend.
Detectives informed the mother-of-two that her two-year-old daughter tested positive for an STD and also had methamphetamine in her system.
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Detectives informed the mother-of-two (left and right) that her two-year-old daughter tested positive for an STD and also had methamphetamine in her system
Watson, pictured above in an old mugshot, has been charged with child abuse and endangerment
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Watson, pictured above in an old mugshot, has been charged with child abuse and endangerment
Both the little girl and her one-year-old brother were also found to have foreign metal objects lodged in their feet, apparently from walking barefoot inside their mother's home littered with debris.  
Watson said she did not know how her daughter contracted a sexually transmitted disease.
Both of her children's have been living with a foster parent since June, and it was the siblings' caregiver who took them to the hospital on June 29 after the two-year-old girl, who never met her father, told the woman as she was changing her diaper, 'Daddy hurt me.' 
So far, no additional suspects have been arrested in connection to the child's rape. 

 

 

‘F**k Donald Trump’ Rapper YG Charged with Felony Robbery

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California gangster rap star YG was arrested on Thursday and charged with felony robbery, according to TMZ.

TMZ reports:
Vegas police tell us … the incident went down in late May at the Cosmopolitan around 4 AM, after a man approached YG and asked for a pic but was turned away by his crew. We’re told the guy told YG he’s not a real celeb … and casino’s surveillance footage shows YG retaliating by yanking a chain off his neck.
We’re told the chain fell to the ground, and YG is then seen on video picking up the necklace pendant — valued somewhere between $3,000 and $9,000 — before taking off.
The crooner — whose real name is Keenon Daequan Ray Jackson — made headline during the 2016 presidential campaign with the release of his hit song “Fuck Donald Trump.”
The 28-year-old led a crowd of more than 20,000 fans singing the anti-Trump anthem at the Coachella Music Festival in April 2016.
He launched the “Fuck Donald Trump” Tour in August ’16 and gave away free “Fuck Donald Trump” bagels to California voters on Election Day.
His arrest comes just days after anti-Trump pop superstar Chris Brown was 
arrested in Florida Thursday following a concert for an outstanding warrant for felony battery.
Follow Jerome Hudson on Twitter: 
@jeromeehudson

 

 

 

Terrifying moment Brooklyn teens shoot fireworks at an elderly man wearing his pajamas in the street

·         Cops are investigating after a group of men launched a series of blazing fireworks at a man in Crown Heights this week causing mayhem in the streets
·         Video posted on Instagram shows a person sending a barrage of incendiary projectiles directly at an elderly man 
·         The blazing incident took place on Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn
·         Police are trying to identify the men seen in the video to order to face charges





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Video has emerged of a frightening Independence Day incident in Brooklyn that shows a group of young men firing off Roman Candles at a cane-waving elderly man in his pajamas. 
The incident happened Wednesday night in Crown Heights as a group of men were seen shooting the fireworks directly at the man as they taunted him.
He ended up chasing the youths out into the street as he raised his walking stick in the air, threatening to hit them.
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Cops are investigating after a group of men launched a series of blazing fireworks at a man in Crown Heights this week causing mayhem in the streets
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Cops are investigating after a group of men launched a series of blazing fireworks at a man in Crown Heights this week causing mayhem in the streets
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Video posted on Instagram shows a person sending a barrage of incendiary projectiles directly at an elderly man
The powerful firework continued to pump out fiery projectiles every few seconds narrowly avoiding causing serious injury to the man who was quite literally in the line of fire.
The man was jeered by the gathering crowd as whooshes and bangs continued to fill the air with the pensioner narrowly avoiding being struck and seriously hurt. 
Police say they're investigating, although an official report has not been filed. No one has been arrested.
Cops are trying to identify those involved and they could be hit with charges of reckless endangerment and unlawful possession of fireworks.

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The blazing incident took place on Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn close to where the man lives
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The blazing incident took place on Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn close to where the man lives
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Police are trying to identify the men seen in the video to order to face charges
All fireworks are illegal in New York City but residents say the illegal fireworks shows are common around the Fourth of July.
When the Macy's display ended Wednesday, law breakers kept lighting their own throughout New York CIty.
'It's crazy, it's stupid, it's unnecessary,' said one man to CBS2 News.
The incident was one of a number of firework 'attacks' that took place in the area this week 
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The incident was one of a number of firework 'attacks' that took place in the area this week 
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Chicago Man Gets 8 Years for Facebook Live Abduction, Abuse of Disabled Teen


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Jordan Hill, 20, was sentenced Thursday to eight years imprisonment after pleading guilty to aggravated kidnapping and a hate crime — bringing more closure to a disturbing Chicago ordeal that made national headlines after it was streamed live over Facebook.

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A misguided protest in Chicago blames the city’s rampant violent crime on inadequate social spending.
July 6, 2018 
Cities
Public safety
CITY JOURNAL

This Saturday, preacher, social-justice activist, and local gadfly 
Father Michael Pfleger plans to lead a group of protesters to shut 
down a portion of the busy Dan Ryan Expressway on Chicago’s 
South Side. The protest is a response to the violent crime plaguing
the city’s South and West sides. It’s about time, right? Well, yes 
and no. Someone should be decrying Chicago’s ongoing carnage, 
but Pfleger’s explanation for what’s causing it—poverty, 
unemployment, and underfunded schools—is just another reprise 
of the old liberal notion that violent crime is driven by 
socioeconomic “root causes.” That argument reflects a serious 
misunderstanding of Chicago’s highly concentrated violent crime.
The Windy City saw 437 murders in 2010, according to the Chicago Tribune. For the next five years, murders fluctuated between 415 and 503; then 2016 saw a huge spike, to 792 murders, which edged down in 2017 to 670 slayings. Over the same period, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, per-pupil education spending in Chicago increased and remained well above the national median. Expenditures per pupil for Chicago public schools during the 2010 fiscal year totaled $11,596 (16 percent higher than the U.S. median of $9,989 that year). By the 2014-15 school year (the most recent year for which data is available), that number was up to $13,784 (30 percent higher than the 2015 U.S. median of $10,556 per pupil).
The employment picture in Chicago, both generally and for blacks, who account for a disproportionate share of the violent crime in Chicago’s troubled neighborhoods, has likewise improved. As the Tribune reported in May, citing a University of Illinois study, the “alarmingly high rate of young black men and women in Chicago who are neither working nor in school dropped markedly between 2014 and 2016”—a period during which murders in Chicago nearly doubled, going from 415 to 792. The drop in unemployment among young black men was almost 20 percent.
Violent crime is only loosely associated with socioeconomic factors like poverty, employment, and education spending. In The Rise and Fall of Violent Crime in America, criminologist Barry Latzer describes a “divergence between socioeconomic disadvantage and crime,” as illustrated in part by the fact that “violent crime . . . is not, by and large, motivated by economic issues. Murder and assault are in the main precipitated by anger, sexual jealousy, perceived insults.” The Tribune’s Dahleen Glanton echoed this point in a column penned during the city’s 2016 murder spike. “There are impoverished communities in every city and town in America,” she wrote, “but residents aren’t going around shooting each other to death at the rate we are in Chicago.”
Pfleger’s social-media posts blame the city’s crime problem on a lack of government spending for jobs and education. The real problem is that Chicago consistently fails to incapacitate its criminal class; when the cops catch a bad guy, the city often lets him right out. For instance, on June 27, the Chicago Police Department (CPD) arrested Cortez Byrd, a felon, for, among other things, unlawfully using a weapon. But a look into the city’s arrest database shows that Byrd, just 19, was arrested a year earlier for aggravated unlawful use of a loaded firearm. On the same date, the CPD arrested Joseph Ryan on a gun charge. Ryan’s record shows six prior arrests, on charges ranging from possession of a stolen vehicle and drugs to property destruction and being a fugitive from justice. In April, the CPD posted photos on Facebook of drugs and several firearms (including a sub-machine gun) recovered during the arrest of Kendrell McCurry. Twelve days later, McCurry was arrested for dealing cannabis; he was arrested yet again two weeks afterward on the same charge. McCurry’s CPD record shows seven arrests since 2014—two for gun possession.
Spending more money on social programs won’t affect the crime rate when offenders get second, third, and fourth chances. If Pfleger and his band of protesters are serious about addressing the senseless shootings claiming so many lives in Chicago, they should indeed demand more accountability—not from Chicago’s social-welfare bureaucracy, but from the city’s criminal class.

 

College Destruction of Black Students

https://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2018/07/04/college-destruction-of-black-students-n2496493

 

Walter E. Williams
Amy Wax, a University of Pennsylvania law professor, has come under attack and scathing criticism because she dared criticize the school's racial preferences program. In an interview with Brown University economist Glenn Loury, discussing affirmative action, Wax mentioned how racial preferences hinder the ability of blacks to succeed academically by admitting them into schools at which they are in over their heads academically. At UPenn's seventh-ranked law school, Wax said, she doesn't think that she has ever seen a black law student graduate in the top quarter of his class, and "rarely" is a black student in the top half.
That got her into deep trouble. UPenn students and faculty members charged her with racism. UPenn Law School Dean Ted Ruger stripped Wax of her duty of teaching her mandatory first-year class on civil procedures. I'm guessing that UPenn's law faculty members know Wax's statement is true but think it was something best left unsaid in today's racially charged climate. Ruger might have refuted Wax's claim. He surely has access to student records. He might have listed the number of black law students who were valedictorians and graduated in the top 10 percent of their class. He rightfully chose not to -- so as to not provide evidence for Wax's claim.
One study suggests that Wax is absolutely right about academic mismatch. In the early 1990s, the Law School Admission Council collected 27,000 law student records, representing nearly 90 percent of accredited law schools. The study found that after the first year, 51 percent of black law students ranked in the bottom tenth of their class, compared with 5 percent of white students. Two-thirds of black students were in the bottom fifth of their class. Only 10 percent of blacks were in the top half of their class. Twenty-two percent of black students in the LSAC database hadn't passed the bar exam after five attempts, compared with 3 percent of white test takers.
The University of Pennsylvania controversy highlights something very important to black people and the nation. The K-12 education that most blacks receive is grossly fraudulent. Most predominately black schools are costly yet grossly inferior to predominately white schools and are in cities where blacks hold considerable political power, such as Baltimore, Detroit, Chicago and Philadelphia. In these and other cities, it's not uncommon for there to be high schools where less than 17 percent of the students test proficient in reading, and often not a single student in such schools tests proficient in math. Nonetheless, many receive high school diplomas.
It's inconceivable that college administrators are unaware that they are admitting students who are ill-prepared and have difficulty performing at the college level. There's no way that four or five years of college can repair the academic damage done to black students throughout their 13 years of primary and secondary education. Partial proof is black student performance at the postgraduate level, such as in law school. Their disadvantage is exaggerated when they are admitted to prestigious Ivy League law schools. It's as if you asked a trainer to teach you how to box and the first fight he got you was with Anthony Joshua or Floyd Mayweather. You might have the potential to ultimately be a good boxer, but you're going to get your brains beaten out before you learn how to bob and weave.
The fact that black students have low class rankings at such high-powered law schools as UPenn doesn't mean that they are stupid or uneducable. It means that they've been admitted to schools where they are in over their heads. To admit these students makes white liberals feel better about themselves. It also helps support the jobs of black and white university personnel in charge of diversity and inclusion. The question for black people is whether we can afford to have the best of our youngsters demeaned, degraded and possibly destroyed to make white liberals feel better about themselves. You might ask, "Williams, without affirmative action, what would the University of Pennsylvania Law School do about diversity and inclusion?" I'd say that's UPenn's problem.

 

 

 

 

Refugees, Children Injured in Boise Mass Stabbing Attack, Suspect Arrested

 

https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2018/07/01/refugees-children-injured-in-boise-mass-stabbing-attack-suspect-arrested/

 

Timoty Kinner - Idaho Stabbing Suspect (Photo: Ada County Sheriff's Office)Photo: Ada County Sheriff's Office
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A knife-wielding attacker left nine people, including six children, injured in an apartment complex in Boise, Idaho, that is home to many refugees. At least four of the victims sustained life-threatening injuries. The suspect, who was reportedly a resident of the apartment complex and not a refugee, is in custody, police say.

Boise Police Department officers responded to what they called the worst stabbing incidents in the Idaho capital city’s history. They found nine people in the parking lot and inside the apartment complex who had been stabbed, KBOI reported. Police Chief William Bones said some of the injured residents included members of the city’s refugee community.
Police have not released a motive for the attack. However officers arrested Timmy Kinner, a 30-year-old black male from Los Angeles, a few blocks away from the scene, IdahoNews CBS2 reported.
Six children and three adults received injuries during the attack that occurred Saturday night, the local CBS affiliate reported. Police have charged Kinner with six counts of felony injury to a child and nine counts of aggravated battery. Officials said Kinner is not a refugee. He is reported to be a “temporary resident” of the apartments and had been asked to leave on Friday.
Boise Mayor Dave Bieter responded to the attack. “Last night’s horrific attack does not represent Boise,” the mayor said in a written statement. “Please join me in praying for the injured and their families. We must come together to condemn this vile act.”
The incident began shortly before 8:45 p.m. Saturday night, KOMONews reported. Police reportedly found Kinner a few blocks away from the apartment complex, but the knife has not yet been found.
“You can imagine this is a very tight-knit community here in this apartment complex. The attack had a devastating effect on the people,” Boise Police Chief Bill Bones told reporters Saturday night. “We haven’t had anything involving this amount of victims in a single attack in Boise in the history of the department. Obviously, it’s something you hope never comes to your city.”
Bob Price serves as associate editor and senior political news contributor for Breitbart Texas. He is a founding member of the Breitbart Texas team. Follow him on Twitter @BobPriceBBTXGAB, and Facebook.

 

 

 

 

Stepmother accused of starving 10-year-old girl to death then burning her body in a trash can refuses lawyer and says she is relying on God to get her through trial

·         Tiffany Moss, 35, is accused of murdering her stepdaughter Emani in 2013 
·         Emani's 32lb body was found in a trash can at their home in Gwinnett, Georgia 
·         She died from starvation and had not eaten anything for two weeks 
·         Her father Eman has already pleaded guilty to her murder but Tiffany is awaiting trial 
·         This week, she shocked judges by deciding to represent herself at trial 
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A woman accused of starving her 10-year-old stepdaughter to death then burning her body in a trash can has decided not to get a lawyer and is facing trial on her own because she believes God is on her side. 
Tiffany Moss, 35, is accused of murdering her stepdaughter Emani in 2013 in Gwinnett, Georgia. 
The child's charred remains were found in a trash can at the apartment complex where she lived with her father Eman after he called 911 threatening to kill himself.
Emani weighed just 32lbs when she died and had not eaten for two weeks.   
Tiffany Moss, 35, has decided not to use a lawyer and will rely on divine intervention when she goes on trial for the murder of her stepdaughter Emani (right) who died in 2013
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Tiffany Moss, 35, has decided not to use a lawyer and will rely on divine intervention when she goes on trial for the murder of her stepdaughter Emani (right) who died in 2013
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Tiffany Moss, 35, has decided not to use a lawyer and will rely on divine intervention when she goes on trial for the murder of her stepdaughter Emani (right) who died in 2013
Emani's emaciated body was found burned in this trash can outside her Georgia apartment in 2013 
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Emani's emaciated body was found burned in this trash can outside her Georgia apartment in 2013 
Her father pleaded guilty to murder last year and will testify against his wife as part of his plea agreement. 
He was sentenced to life without parole instead of execution. 
This week, she shocked judges and lawyers by refusing an attorney and announcing that she wanted to enter trial representing herself. 

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If convicted, she could be sentenced to death.  
The judge has delayed proceedings in order for a higher court to review her decision. 
She told the judge that she will rely instead on divine intervention to ensure justice is served. 
At a recent hearing, she said she was preparing herself 'in a more spiritual way than, you know, a physical way,' according to The Atlanta Journal Constitution.  
The girl's father Eman has already pleaded guilty to her murder to avoid the death sentence. He will spend the rest of his life in jail 
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The girl's father Eman has already pleaded guilty to her murder to avoid the death sentence. He will spend the rest of his life in jail 
Emani had not been fed for two weeks when she died 
Emani had not been fed for two weeks when she died 
Prosecutors say Emani was singled out by her stepmother who deprived her of food but made sure her own children were well fed and looked after. 
Several welfare workers lost their jobs as a result of the child's death after it was revealed they had failed to detect the risks she was exposed to. 
The girl's father told police that he was gone for much of the time that she was at home with her stepmother. 
He worked two jobs, he said, and could not be there to look after her or protect her. 
Police have always maintained that it was the stepmother who was the 'driving force' behind the abuse Emani suffered.   
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Sucker-Punching Duo Leave Man Unconscious in NYC Street, Then Take Pictures: Cops

Video shows the pair walking away from the scene and high-fiving each other with grins on their faces

By Katherine Creag

Published at 4:47 AM EDT on Jun 28, 2018 | Updated 21 minutes ago

Duo Knocks Man Out in NYC, Take Pictures of Him Unconscious

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A man was left in a street after a punch knocked him out, leaving him behind for people to pick his pockets and take pictures of him. Katherine Creag reports. (Published 5 hours ago)
Teen Says He Was Bystander, Claims Cops Kicked, Punched Him

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·         Cops are hunting a pair of men who they say sucker-punched a man in the Bronx and took his picture while he was unconscious in the street

·         Other people, cops claim, saw the man and picked his pockets, stealing his cellphone and ID

·         The 37-year-old victim was taken to an area hospital, where he is in critical condition; he is suffering from a fractured skull

A man was left in a Bronx street in the middle of the day after a brutal punch knocked him out, leaving him behind for people to pick his pockets and take pictures of him while he's unconscious, authorities say.
Police say two attackers walked up to the 37-year-old man last Monday morning in the area of Aqueduct Avenue and Buchanan Place in University Heights. One of the suspects wound up and delivered a knockout blow on the victim, who then fell to the ground in the middle of the intersection.
The attackers then walked away, leaving the unconscious man alone, according to the NYPD. Video shows the pair walking away from the scene and high-fiving each other with grins on their faces. 
Moments later, others walk up to the victim and go through his pockets, swiping his cellphone and ID, authorities said.

 

Mississippi man, 48, pleads guilty to stabbing two 68-year-old Catholic nuns to death - and will spend the rest of his life in prison

·         Rodney Earl Sanders pleaded guilty to stabbing two nuns to death in 2016
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A Mississippi man admitted Thursday to killing two Roman Catholic nuns and pleaded guilty to murder in an agreement that would avoid the death penalty.
Rodney Earl Sanders, 48, made the pleas to two counts of murder in state court in Lexington - just blocks away from where Sisters Margaret Held and Paula Merrill had worked as nurse practitioners in a medical clinic.
Holmes County Circuit Judge Jannie Lewis gave Sanders two life without parole sentences, plus 30 more years for burglary and car theft. 
Sanders stabbed to death Held and Merrill, both 69, in the home they shared in nearby Durant in 2016. 
Rodney Earl Sanders, 48,  pleaded guilty to stabbing two nuns to death in 2016 
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Rodney Earl Sanders, 48,  pleaded guilty to stabbing two nuns to death in 2016 
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Sisters Margaret Held and Paula Merrill, both 68, were found dead in their Durant, Mississippi home in 2016
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Sisters Margaret Held and Paula Merrill, both 68, were found dead in their Durant, Mississippi home in 2016
He also pleaded guilty Thursday to burglarizing the house and stealing Held's car. 
Sanders was indicted for raping both women, but did not admit guilt on those charges Thursday.
Shackled hand and foot in a loosely fitting orange jail jumpsuit, Sanders stood at times with his arms crossed before the judge. Lewis at times had to ask him to speak up.
Sanders was a resident of Kosciusko, but had been temporarily staying in a shed across the street from the sisters in Durant. 
Sanders told investigators he went through the back door of the sisters' home, uninvited. He said Merrill saw him first before a struggle took place with both women, an investigator testified in 2016.
Court filings indicate DNA consistent with Sanders was found under the fingernails of at least one of the women. Prosecutors also say Sanders raped both women.
Mississippi Bureau of Investigation agent LeCarus Oliver testified in 2016 that Sanders confessed, telling officers that after stabbing the women, 'he washed himself up because his hands were sticky.' 
Malone-Oliver said the state also had forensic evidence and eyewitness testimony linking Sanders to the crime.
Held was a member of the School Sisters of St. Francis, based in Milwaukee. Merrill was a member of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Kentucky.
The motive for the crime has never been clear.
'To this day, we continued to ask ourselves about Sister Paula and Sister Margaret's last hours and minutes - how, and especially why,' Sister Susan Gatz, president of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, told the judge.
The long-time friends and colleagues dedicated their lives to religion and their jobs as nurse practitioners at a health clinic
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In this August  2016, file photo, a photograph showing Sisters Margaret Held, left, of the School Sisters of St. Francis, and Paula Merrill, of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth
Both orders and the sisters' relatives have opposed the death penalty for Sanders because it contradicts Catholic teaching.
'My family is morally and ethically opposed to the death penalty, as were Paula and Margaret,' said Rosemarie Merrill, Paula Merrill's sister. 
Rosemarie Merrill told the judge she was 'relieved' that Sanders would spend the rest of his life in prison, but also said she had prayed for him and his family every day since his arrest. 
She and other called for Sanders to repent and try to reform his life in prison.
Relatives of Held and Merrill, as well as other members of their religious orders, filled rows of benches in the courtroom Thursday. Some clenched their eyes shut as Malone-Oliver read the charges against Sanders before he pleaded guilty.
Marie Sanders, the wife of Rodney Sanders, was one of Sanders' few friends in the courtroom.
Also among those who spoke to the court was Sister Mary Walz, one of three new Catholic sisters who have moved into Held and Merrill's house to minister in Holmes County. 
Walz, a social worker and a member of the Daughters of Charity, said she never met Held or Merrill, but felt like she knew them from meeting their former patients.
'They knew the sisters cared for them and took a personal interest in their well-being,' Walz said. 'I feel certain that their last breath, conscious or not, was a prayer of forgiveness for Rodney.'

 

 

 

 

 

The Violent Life and Shocking Death of XXXTentacion

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Jahseh Onfroy, better known as the artist XXXTentacion, purposefully collapsed the real-life pain he wrought on others into his artistic persona. He was killed on Monday.
Photograph by Matias J. Ocner / TNS / ZUMA
On Monday, an eyewitness video obtained by TMZ circulated on social media, showing Jahseh Onfroy, better known as the artist XXXTentacion, slumped in the driver’s seat of his black BMW outside of a motorcycle dealership in Deerfield Beach, Florida. The Broward County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that Onfroy had been shot in broad daylight. He was confirmed dead at a local hospital a short while later. The killers made off with a Louis Vuitton bag. (On Wednesday night a twenty-two-year-old suspect was arrested and charged with first-degree murder.)
Onfroy lived his short life chaotically, violently. And his jagged confessional music, which enraptured millions, sprang nakedly from that violence. Usually, when musicians die as young and as tragically as Onfroy, they are the subject of hagiography. We lament the beauty gone, think forlornly of the future art the cruel present has stolen. The death of Onfroy and that of Lil Peep, in November of last year, are alarming signs of the recklessness governing the new-money life styles of certain young Internet celebrities, who are the inheritors of America’s dangerous crises of mental health, drug abuse, and masculinity. But reflecting on Onfroy’s legacy also requires a frank confrontation with the malignity he inflicted.
Onfroy was born in Plantation, Florida, in 1998, and raised in Broward County, primarily by his grandmother. His mother was a teen-ager when she had him, and she drifted in and out of his life, bringing lavish gifts and leaving sizable voids. Onfroy said, in an interview with the podcast “No Jumper,” in 2016, that he would instigate fights in grade school as a ploy to get her attention. In a recent interview with the Miami New Timeshe told the reporter Tarpley Hittthat his mother once gave him permission to retaliate against a female classmate who was hitting him as a form of juvenile flirtation. In response, he “slapped the shit out of her and kneed her.” Onfroy said that his mom was surprised; she “realized how seriously I took her.” Later, he would get her name—Cleopatra—tattooed on his chest.
Onfroy spent his late childhood and adolescence in and out of juvenile-detention centers, for charges ranging from robbery to assault. He spent the rest of his time in the basements and studios of friends, where he assembled the scraps and fragments of his psyche into paeans to disaffection, to his depression, to Xanax and the numbing it brought, and to women, whom he viewed as devourers of his soul. (“Only time I feel pain, when I’m feelin’ love.”) He started uploading music to SoundCloud, in 2013. His early songs were howls, his rapping agile but his voice cracked; the production was bruised and unpolished. Onfroy seemed to add to his catalogue impulsively. By the time of his death, he’d made loosies, mixtapes, a smattering of features, and two albums, including “?,” which débuted at No. 1 on the Billboard charts.
Among the ranks of the SoundCloud rap generation, there are pranksters, heartthrobs, and dilettantes, but Onfroy clawed to the surface as the genre’s wretched bard. He stalked the shadows of metal and emo and punk rock, and fleeced rap of its devotion to materialism, focussing instead, obsessively, on existential crisis. There wasn’t a dark thought that he kept hidden. He unleashed a tremulous bombardment of pessimism, occasionally interrupted by feral gestures of overwhelming helplessness. “Here is my pain and thoughts put into words. I put my all into this, in the hopes that it will help cure or at least numb your depression,” he speaks, on the introduction to his first album, “17.” He peddled the seductive notion that depression is license to hurt people, perhaps because it was his own personal justification. He wrote ditties threatening suicide if a partner left him, which I would hear blasting from cars on my block. Throughout his music, there are presages to an early death.
Onfroy purposefully collapsed the real-life pain he wrought on others into his artistic persona. The art for “Look At Me!,” a breakout single, featured one of his mugshots. It climbed the charts while he was in jail on charges of false imprisonment, witness tampering, and the assault and battery of a pregnant woman, his former girlfriend. (When she established a GoFundMe campaign for an operation to fix her broken orbital socket, people calling themselves XXXTentacion fans targeted her until the Web site temporarily shut it down.) To promote his music on “No Jumper,” Onfroy bragged about beating a gay peer at a detention center until they were both covered in blood. XXXTentacion lived his art, which some would call a mark of authenticity. He was admired by J. Cole and advocated for by Kendrick Lamar, whose label, TDE, threatened to remove its music from Spotify when the service briefly stopped promoting XXXTentacion on its playlists as part of its policy against hateful conduct. Many artists have memorialized him in recent days, including Kanye West, whose own new album, “Ye,” includes disturbing musings (“I thought about killing you”) that sound influenced by XXXTentacion. Onfroy’s victims are sacrifices, the thinking goes, on the pyre of raw art. The immaturity is part and parcel of the genius. The only unforgivable thing would be to be a hypocrite.
In remembrances of Onfroy in recent days, some have argued that, however grossly misguided his behavior, he provided his listeners with invaluable solace and understanding. Even that is a simplification. He could be strangely encouraging, uploading inspirational homilies to fans he knew were struggling with issues of mental health, which his followers have clung to in the days since his death. (“If I’m gonna die or ever be a sacrifice, I want to make sure that my life made at least five million kids happy,” he said in an Instagram Live video posted late last year.) But he could also be despotic. At the Rolling Loud Festival in California, in 2017, he beat one fan with a microphone. On Instagram, he taunted people who challenged him about domestic violence. Last year, in an episode of particularly cruel chicanery, he uploaded a video in which he appeared to be hanging himself from a tree, sparking an online panic. His fans, sometimes out of ignorance, but most often, I think, out of desperation, loved him. They propped him up, voting him to the XXL Freshman List of 2017.
I’ve counted myself lucky to have grown up before XXXTentacion’s vicious ironies, knowing that as a teen-ager I may well have been enthralled by his lazy groans on tracks like “Moonlight.” But how much better did the teen idols of older generations really treat us? Music fandom is a passion that discourages rational thinking, and some artists take advantage of that. The fans do the rest. (On Tuesday, Onfroy’s former girlfriend posted a message on Instagram saying that she had been driven out of a vigil for him in Florida.) I am not sure that it is fruitful to patrol how people will remember XXXTentacion. If Onfroy is made a saint, he will join a pantheon that is plenty confused already. If people stomp on his name, I understand. Last October, he’d signed a new deal for a reported six million dollars. He died on the brink of something. We just don’t know what.

 

"I HATE WHITE PEOPLE" WOMAN SAYS, THEN ATTACKS WHITE PEOPLE

https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/270509/i-hate-white-people-woman-says-then-attacks-white-daniel-greenfield

 

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