Sunday, November 24, 2019

BLACK AMERICA: ONE FUCKED UP SUBCULTURE! - Dr. Williams comments on another reality: that the rate of black homicide and armed robbery as well as other violent crimes are as is as much as 15–30 times more than whites





LET US GET REAL!


BLACK MAMAS TEACH THEIR CHILDREN TO DROP OUT OF SCHOOL ILLITERATE, PRACTICE RACISM, HOMOPHOBIA, VIOLENCE AND GET AS MANY WOMEN PREGNANT AND ABORTED AS POSSIBLE; THE WELFARE CHECKS IN THE MAIL!



Five-year-old boy thrown from third floor balcony in Mall of America now walks 'perfectly' and is back at school - seven months after crazed attacker tried to kill him in 40-foot drop

  • Landen Hoffman, five, is now walking perfectly and a belly wound has healed
  • He returned home five months after the attack in April with limp and uneven legs from a two-time broken femur, an open wound on his belly 
  • He loves being back at the same school his twin brother and sister go to and loved ones are optimistic he will be off some of his medications soon
  • He has good memories of all the people who cared for him in the hospital, so to him follow-up appointments are fun and some are scheduled for December 
  • Emmanuel Aranda threw him off 40ft balcony in Minnesota's Mall of America
  • He told cops he was 'looking for someone to kill' after being rejected by women
  • Aranda was sentenced to 19 years in prison after pleading guilty to the attack 

The little boy, critically injured when a stranger threw him off a balcony at Minnesota's Mall of America in April, is back at school and walking normally, after numerous surgeries, physical therapy and an outpouring of public support.
Landen Hoffman fell nearly 40 feet (12 meters) onto the concourse of the mall in Bloomington when he was five years old after he was randomly picked up and thrown from the third floor by 24-year-old Emmanuel Aranda.
When he finally came back home in August, his legs were uneven, he was limping and he had an open wound in his stomach, family friend Noah Hanneman said on Friday on the GoFundMe page that raised more than $1million for Landen's medical expenses.
After much physical therapy, he is now walking 'perfectly,' the family friend said in an update to more than 29,000 donors. 'The wound has finally scabbed over and new skin is growing, and we are still optimistic he will be off some of his medications soon.' 
Landen Hoffman, five, is now walking perfectly and a belly wound has healed
He suffered injuries following a random attack by stranger Emmanuel Deshawn Aranda
Landen Hoffman, five, is now walking perfectly and a belly wound has healed. He suffered injuries following a random attack by stranger Emmanuel Deshawn Aranda (right)
Hoffman was thrown from a third-floor balcony (above), around 40ft high, by Emmanuel Aranda in April. He suffered injuries including a broken leg and fractures to his face and skull
Hoffman was thrown from a third-floor balcony (above), around 40ft high, by Emmanuel Aranda in April. He suffered injuries including a broken leg and fractures to his face and skull
'He loves being back to school and going to kindergarten at the same school his twin brother and sister go to,' Hanneman wrote. 'He gets out of the car every morning happy and blows kisses all the way in! He's a strong, happy boy.'
The man who admitted throwing Landen from the balcony is serving a 19-year prison term he accepted in June after pleading guilty in Hennepin County District Court to attempted first-degree murder.
Aranda told investigators he had been visiting the mall for years to try to talk to women, but was rejected and became angry. He said he initially intended to kill an adult, but chose the boy instead.
Despite the horrific ordeal, Hanneman said Landen has 'good memories' of the friends, family members and medical professionals who helped him in his recovery.
'Landen knows people all over the world are praying for him and he loves all the cards he keeps getting in the mail,' he wrote. 'There was one bad person, but from that came millions of Good people!'  
In August the family announced that he was no longer in intensive care and was back at home but that he would need rehabilitation before he could return to school. 
Hoffman returned home five months after the attack in April with limp and uneven legs from a two-time broken femur, an open wound on his belly.
Aranda told investigators he had been visiting the mall for years to try to talk to women, but was rejected and became angry. He said he initially intended to kill an adult, but chose the boy instead
Hoffman (left) returned home five months after the attack in April with limp and uneven legs from a two-time broken femur, an open wound on his belly. Aranda (right) told investigators he had been visiting the mall for years to try to talk to women, but was rejected and became angry. He said he initially intended to kill an adult, but chose the boy instead
A fundraising page (above) launched to help cover the medical costs of his treatment inside the hospital and rehabilitation outside received over a million dollars in donations
A fundraising page (above) launched to help cover the medical costs of his treatment inside the hospital and rehabilitation outside received over a million dollars in donations
His extensive injuries included a broken leg and fractures to his face and skull. 
The boy's treatment has included having fluid drained from his lungs and stomach and inserting a stent into a vein running through his liver. 
Hoffman underwent more than 15 medical procedures and surgeries on his 'very challenging road to recovery' and the journey has helped the child bond with other children at school. 
'When his mommy asks him if she can look at his wound or asks how he's doing, he always responds with "Mom, I’m healed, you don't need to ask me anymore." Landen loves life and Jesus!' the GoFundMe update states. 
'He tells people all the time when they get hurt, don’t worry, I fell off a cliff, but Angels caught me and Jesus loves me, so I’m ok and you will be too!'
The boy has more hospital appointments scheduled for December and the family friend asked for continued prayers for a full recovery.
Family members had called for Aranda to face the maximum sentence during the court appearances but later after sentencing claimed they had forgiven him.
He loves being back to school and going to kindergarten at the same school his twin brother and sister go to and loved ones are optimistic he will be off some of his medications soon
He loves being back to school and going to kindergarten at the same school his twin brother and sister go to and loved ones are optimistic he will be off some of his medications soon
In statements from Hoffman's mother Kari, read by Senior Assistant County Attorney, by Cheri Townsend, she told him that he would 'take nothing' from the family.
'I refuse to be full of anger and hatred. I refuse to let you take my joy. My sweet precious baby, my amazing gift from God is going to be OK.
'You get to take nothing from us. You chose to listen to the devil that day. I don't get to judge you or hate you. Instead I am full of God's love.'
The boy's father also stated religion as his reason for forgiving Aranda but condemned the actions as 'acts intended to kill and destroy.' 
'On what was to be a normal day for us of fun and playing, a day meant for good, you chose to commit a horrific, violent act. 
'Holding hate only harms me and I will not allow that,' he said in a note read by Townsend.


Study: ‘Family Structure’ a Major Factor in Racial Disparities in School Conduct and Suspensions

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A new study affirms what many public policy analysts say is intuitive — that unstable family structure, including chaotic households and single-parent homes, is a primary factor in racial disparities in school behavior and suspensions.

The study, conducted by senior fellows Nicholas Zill and W. Bradford Wilcox at the Institute for Family Studies, asserts education policymakers “must recognize that social and psychological problems in youth may manifest themselves at school but have their origins in family situations over which the school has little or no control.”

NEW: On Black-White divide in school suspensions

-More than 50% of gap explained by Family Structure
-White children in non-intact families *more likely to be suspended* than black children in intact families
https://ifstudies.org/blog/the-black-white-divide-in-suspensions-what-is-the-role-of-family  @FamStudies




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The authors find in their new analysis of the National Household Education Survey (NHES) that, in 2016, about 24 percent of black elementary and high school students had been suspended at least once, while eight percent of white students and only four percent of Asian students had the same experience.
The researchers note the NHES shows “black students are far more likely to be living apart from their married birth parents in the home (72%) compared to white students (37%) or Asian students (26%).”
“These family structure differences, then, are likely to play a role in inter- and intra-racial disparities in student conduct and discipline,” the authors state, and add:
Indeed, among black students who do live with both married birth parents, suspension rates are less than half as large as those for black students living in other family types: 12% versus 28%. The suspension rate for black students living in intact families, 12%, is also less than the suspension rate for white students from non-intact families, 13%.
The study also found that family structure even accounts for more of the racial disparities in school suspensions than socioeconomic factors.
When the researchers controlled for family structure, they discovered the racial disparities in school suspensions reduced by 55 percent. Controlling for socioeconomic status reduced the racial differences by only 38 percent.
“These results, then, suggest that family structure is a signal factor in accounting for real differences in school conduct and school suspensions,” the authors state. “This is especially noteworthy because discussions related to racial disparities in school discipline often overlook the role of family structure and highlight socioeconomic explanations.”
Zill and Wilcox assert that, while examples of racism exist, “there are legitimate reasons for believing that some of the racial differences in school suspensions and discipline are based upon real, not just perceived, differences in students’ behavior”:
We focus here on the possibility that some of these differences are related to family factors, including notable differences in family structure by race. Students who come from chaotic homes, single-parent families, or non-intact families are less likely to get the consistent attention, affection, and discipline they need to flourish and develop self-control. Their families typically have less money, which affects the quality of their neighborhoods and their neighborhood peers, which is also an important influence on school conduct. And they are also more likely to be exposed to conflict, stress, frequent moves, and neglect—all risk factors for delinquent and disruptive behavior. Indeed, our data indicate that rates of school contact for student misbehavior are nearly twice as high among students living with separated or divorced parents as among those living with stably married parents. And they are higher still among students who live apart from both biological parents, being cared for instead by grandparents or foster parents.
The researchers say that, in order to see a drop in school suspensions among black children and adolescents, black family life must be stabilized and reinforced:
Such efforts should include criminal justice reform, ending marriage penalties in means-tested policies, subsidizing the wages of low-income workers, and launching local and national campaigns directed by black religious, civic, and cultural leaders to strengthen marriage in the black community. Efforts like these are needed because, our research suggests, increasing the number of African American children who are raised by stably married parents would dramatically increase the odds that black girls and boys steer clear of the principal’s office—and increase the odds they flourish in school, avoid contact with the criminal justice system, and, later in life, excel in the labor force further down the road.
“[S]tronger black families would go a long way towards reducing racial disparities in school discipline,” Zill and Wilcox assert.
The study comes as Obama-era holdovers and other progressives continue the narrative that racial disparities in school suspensions and discipline are due to systemic factors such as institutional racism.
The Obama Departments of Education and Justice, under Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Attorney General Eric Holder, issued public school guidelines that claimed students of color are “disproportionately impacted” by suspensions and expulsions, a situation they said led to a “school-to-prison pipeline” that discriminates against minority and low-income students.
The policy, however, essentially blamed systemic racism for the fact that black and other minority students have been punished and suspended more than white and Asian students. Recommended remedies for the problem included eliminating suspensions for unacceptable behavior by minority students and urging, instead, their participation in “restorative talking circles” and “positive behavior interventions.”
In December 2018, the Trump administration revoked the Obama-era policy that urged public schools to employ these more lenient forms of discipline for students of color and of other minority groups.
The U.S. Departments of Education and Justice rescinded the Obama administration’s 2014 “Dear Colleague Letter” that a federal school safety commission said “may have paradoxically contributed to making schools less safe.”
The outcry from parents, teachers, some media outlets, and many education analysts and stakeholders has been piercing, with most pointing to the rise in “dangerousness” in public schools.
Nevertheless, in July, Democrat members of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission urged the White House and Congress to continue the Obama-era race-based discipline policy.
The commission’s report, titled “Beyond Suspensions: Examining School Discipline Policies and Connections to the School-to-Prison Pipeline for Students of Color with Disabilities,” stated, “[D]ata have consistently shown that the overrepresentation of students of color in school discipline rates is not due to higher rates of misbehavior by these students, but instead is driven by structural and systemic factors.”
The commission’s report was released as the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) issued its analysis indicating a rise in serious incidents of violence in the nation’s public schools:

NEW FINDING: During SY 2017–18, an estimated 962,300 violent incidents occurred in U.S. public schools nationwide.

How did this compare w/ nonviolent incidents? Find more from the 2017–18 School Survey on Crime and Safety (): https://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2019061 




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Even a Democrat state lawmaker — New York State Sen. Leroy Comrie — and Teamsters President Gregory Floyd, who represents school safety officers — referred to the Obama-era policy as one that has led to “chaos” and a lack of “accountability” for dangerous behavior.
Two members of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission — Peter Kirsanow and Gail Heriot — dissented from the commission’s majority report.
Kirsanow wrote at National Review the report is “essentially a defense of the Obama Department of Education’s 2014 ‘Dear Colleague’ letter that used disparate-impact theory to interpret racial disparities in school discipline as evidence of racial discrimination.”
To progressives, “any racial disparity necessarily means invidious racial discrimination,” Kirsanow asserted, adding:
It’s undisputed that black students, as a group, are disciplined more than white students. For the commission majority, this is evidence of racially disparate treatment, as it’s an article of faith that discipline disparities aren’t due to disparities in behavior.
Kirsanow observed the commission’s report ignored key statistics in order to craft its narrative of racial discrimination against students of color.
He pointed to his colleague Heriot’s statement in which she said, “In the report, the Commission finds ‘Students of color as a whole, as well as by individual racial group, do not commit more disciplinable offenses than their white peers.’”
“That would be a good thing if it were true, but there is no evidence to support it and abundant evidence to the contrary,” she asserted, adding that what accounts for differing rates of misbehavior among students of color “likely” includes “differing rates of poverty, differing rates of fatherless households, differing parental education, differing achievement in school, and histories of policy failures and injustices.”
Kirsanow called for those truly concerned about improving education in the United States to “disregard” the report released by the majority of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission.
“Claiming that racism or dislike of children with disabilities accounts for disparate rates of discipline only stokes resentment and erodes personal responsibility,” he asserted. “The supposed cures of ‘restorative practices’ and ‘positive behavioral interventions and supports’ only make it more likely that children in minority neighborhoods who want to learn will be less able to do so, and that teachers and children will be at the mercy of school bullies.”

THE DEPRAVED GHETTO BLACK CULTURE IN AMERICA  - Is it the world’s most violent subculture?


Dr. Williams comments on another reality: that the rate of black homicide and armed robbery as well as other violent crimes are as is as much as 15–30 times more than whites

So, we have local black gang associates posting terror threats on social media -- threats of murder, by burning, directed at the women and children family members of white police employees -- immediately before the murder, by burning, of the white teenage daughter of a local police department employee. Plus, the killing took place only minutes after the victim was seen on video at the same location as the husband or boyfriend of the person who posted the threats, as he was filling a handheld can with gasoline.





WINDOW INTO THE DEPRAVED BLACK SUBCULTURE

Heather Mac Donald

Public safety
The Social Order
As for interracial violence generally, blacks disproportionately commit it. Between 2012 and 2015, there were 631,830 violent interracial victimizations, excluding homicide, between blacks
and whites, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Blacks, who make up 13 percent of the U.S. population, committed 85.5 percent of those victimizations, or 540,360 felonious assaults on 
whites, while whites, 61 percent of the population, committed 14.4 percent, or 91,470 felonious assaults on blacks. Regarding threats to blacks from the police, a police officer is 18.5 times more likely to be killed by a black male than an unarmed black male is to be killed by a police officer.


Anti-cop activist Shaun King says that his involvement in the campaign around the Jazmine Barnes murder was not driven by reports that a white man had killed the seven-year-old girl, who was gunned down in Houston on December 30. According to Barnes’s mother and 15-year-old sister, the white driver of a pickup truck had pulled up next to the family’s car before opening fire. The accusation set off a frenzy of hate-crime allegations and blanket coverage by the New York Times. King offered a $100,000 reward to anyone who located the suspect. 
As it turned out, Jazmine Barnes was killed by two black men, who opened fire on her mother’s car because they thought that they were targeting enemies of their gang. King passed along a tip about the real killers to the Houston police, and now says that he merely “internalized the pain of the family and tried to search as if it were my own child who was killed.” Race, in other words, had nothing to do with his activism. 
It’s worth remembering, though, the many other black children who have been victims of drive-by shootings without leading King to launch a national crusade.
A sampling: in March 2015, a six-year-old boy was killed in a drive-by shooting on West Florissant Avenue in St. Louis, as Black Lives Matter protesters were converging on the Ferguson, Missouri, Police Department to demand the resignation of the entire department. In August 2015, a nine-year-old girl was killed by a bullet from a drive-by shooting in Ferguson while doing her homework in her bedroom, blocks from the Black Lives Matter rioting thoroughfare. Five children were shot in Cleveland over the 2015 Fourth of July weekend. A seven-year-old boy was killed in Chicago that same weekend by a bullet intended for his father. In Cincinnati, in July 2015, a four-year-old girl was shot in the head and a six-year-old girl was left paralyzed and partially blind from two separate drive-by shootings. In Cleveland, three children five and younger were killed in September 2015, leading the black police chief to break down in tears and ask why the community only protests shootings of blacks when the perpetrator is a cop. In November 2015, a nine-year-old in Chicago was lured into an alley and killed by his father’s gang enemies; the father refused to cooperate with the police. All told, ten children under the age of ten were killed in Baltimore in 2015; twelve victims were between the age of ten and seventeen. 
In 2016, a three-year-old girl in Baltimore was partially paralyzed by a drive-by shooting. In Chicago in 2016, two dozen children under the age of 12 were shot in drive-bys, including a three-year-old boy mowed down on Father’s Day 2016 who is now paralyzed for life and a ten-year-old boy shot in August; his pancreas, intestines, kidney, and spleen were torn apart. A Jacksonville 22-month-old was shot to death by a passing car last June. In September, three men killed three-year-old Azalya Anderson in a drive-by in Sacramento, and a week before Christmas in Bridgeport, a 12-year-old boy was shot and killed on his way home from the candy store in a drive-by shooting.
Why did King let these shootings of black children go by without responding as he did to Jazmine Barnes’s murder? Could it be because the perpetrators were black? You could end all white shootings of black children tomorrow and it would have zero effect on the death rate of black children by homicide, because such white-on-black shootings are extremely rare. Moral abominations, like the 2015 Charleston church massacre by white supremacist Dylann Roof, are aberrations that belong to the outermost lunatic fringe of American society. The country’s revulsion at the Charleston carnage was immediate and universal, resulting in a movement to banish the Confederate flag, embraced by Roof as a white supremacist symbol, from official sites. 
If Shaun King and other Black Lives Matter activists really want to save black children from the trauma of urban violence, they should put their efforts into rebuilding inner-city culture—above all, by revalorizing a married father as the best gift a mother can give her child. Fantasies about white violence against “black bodies” are a distraction from what is actually happening on American streets.

Heather Mac Donald is the Thomas W. Smith Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a contributing editor of City Journal, and the author of The War on Cops: How the New Attack on Law and Order Makes Everyone Less Safe and The Diversity Delusion: How Race and Gender Pandering Corrupt the University and Undermine Our Culture.

Walter Williams tackles the elephant in the room on crime


Dr. Williams is a well known conservative economist and longtime John Olin Chair faculty at George Mason University in eastern Virginia, author of 12 books and syndicated columnist.  In the past, he has been substitute host on the Rush Limbaugh radio program.  He is almost like family to me, and I have benefited from his essays and books over the years.  This past week, I saw and read his essay on disparities in crime rates among races that was picked up by Military in its October 2019 issue.  What got Dr. Williams going was the article by  Matthew DeLisi of Iowa State U and John Paul Wright of the U of Cincinnati titled "What Criminologists Don't Say and Why."
Dr. Williams confirms that the writers are right about the liberal tilt of criminologists — "If criminologists have the guts to even talk about a race-crime connection, it's behind closed doors and in guarded language.  Any discussion about race and crime ... can mean the end of one's professional career."  
Dr. Williams points out teen black-on-white predatory behavior — chronicled in detail by many, particularly Colin Flaherty, whose investigative reports appear frequently (more than 100) at American Thinker — cannot be reported, mentioned, or considered by the media, politicians,  criminologists, commentators, politicians, even law enforcement people without risking being called racist, the easy epithet used to enforce a ban on talking about the realities of racial disparities in crime and the increasingly violent nature of black violence against whites — the knockout game, polar bear hunting, flash mob violence against people and property.
Referencing the Wright and DeLisi report, Dr. Williams comments on another reality: that the rate of black homicide and armed robbery as well as other violent crimes are as is as much as 15–30 times more than whites, for example, and he points out the silliness of criminologists' claims that mass incarceration rather than criminality has decimated the black community.  He favorably quotes Wright and DeLisi when they say, "What they [criminals] did, in reality was to prey on their neighbors."
Dr. Williams returns to a theme he has explored many times before in this essay and commentary when he points out that the black family of the past was two parents and stable, even back to days of slavery, and that the black community was moral and law-abiding.  "The strong character of black people is responsible for the great progress made from emancipation to today. ... [T]oday's conduct among black youth wouldn't have been tolerated yesteryear."
My regret is there aren't enough Walter Williams and Thomas Sowell types to engage the nutty attitudes of liberal chatterbox experts.

John Dale Dunn, M.D., J.D. is an emergency physician, sheriff's medical officer and inactive attorney, policy and science adviser to the American Council on Science and Health of NYC and the Heartland Institute of Chicago.



CITY JOURNAL
BLACK ON BLACK VIOLENCE Data,

of crime and policing than this weekend’s demonstrations suggest.


The FBI released its official crime tally for 2016 today, and the data flies in the face of the rhetoric that professional athletes rehearsed in revived Black Lives Matter protests over the weekend.  Nearly 900 additional blacks were killed in 2016 compared with 2015, bringing the black homicide-victim total to 7,881. Those 7,881 “black bodies,” in the parlance of Ta-Nehisi Coates, are 1,305 more than the number of white victims (which in this case includes most Hispanics) for the same period, though blacks are only 13 percent of the nation’s population. The increase in black homicide deaths last year comes on top of a previous 900-victim increase between 2014 and 2015.
Who is killing these black victims? Not whites, and not the police, but other blacks. In 2016, the police fatally shot 233 blacks, the vast majority armed and dangerous, according to the Washington Post. The Post categorized only 16 black male victims of police shootings as “unarmed.” That classification masks assaults against officers and violent resistance to arrest. Contrary to the Black Lives Matter narrative, the police have much more to fear from black males than black males have to fear from the police. In 2015, a police officer was 18.5 times more likely to be killed by a black male than an unarmed black male was to be killed by a police officer. Black males have made up 42 percent of all cop-killers over the last decade, though they are only 6 percent of the population. That 18.5 ratio undoubtedly worsened in 2016, in light of the 53 percent increase in gun murders of officers—committed vastly and disproportionately by black males. Among all homicide suspects whose race was known, white killers of blacks numbered only 243. 
Violent crime has now risen by a significant amount for two consecutive years. The total number of violent crimes rose 4.1 percent in 2016, and estimated homicides rose 8.6 percent. In 2015, violent crime rose by nearly 4 percent and estimated homicides by nearly 11 percent. The last time violence rose two years in a row was 2005–06.  The reason for the current increase is what I have called the Ferguson Effect. Cops are backing off of proactive policing in high-crime minority neighborhoods, and criminals are becoming emboldened. Having been told incessantly by politicians, the media, and Black Lives Matter activists that they are bigoted for getting out of their cars and questioning someone loitering on a known drug corner at 2 AM, many officers are instead just driving by. Such stops are discretionary; cops don’t have to make them. And when political elites demonize the police for just such proactive policing, we shouldn’t be surprised when cops get the message and do less of it. Seventy-two percent of the nation’s officers say that they and their colleagues are now less willing to stop and question suspicious persons, according to a Pew Research poll released in January 2016. The reason is the persistent anti-cop climate. 
Four studies came out in 2016 alone rebutting the charge that police shootings are racially biased. If there is a bias in police shootings, it works in favor of blacks and against whites. That truth has not stopped the ongoing demonization of the police—including, now, by many of the country’s ignorant professional athletes. The toll will be felt, as always, in the inner city, by the thousands of law-abiding people there who desperately want more police protection. 






Police: ‘Disturbance’ Breaks Out Among Hundreds of Teens at Queens Mall

Queens Center
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A “large disturbance” broke out among hundreds of teenagers gathering at a Queens, New York, mall on Friday afternoon, with police saying many of the teens were acting in a disorderly fashion.

The New York Police Department (NYPD) responded to the Queens Center shopping mall in the Elmhurst neighborhood of Queens because some of the children were acting disorderly, throwing things and generally causing mayhem.

we have a large disturbance at @Queens_Center Mall. Half-day for our schools has brought a large # of youths to the mall and some are acting disorderly. Officers and Mall staff are acting quickly to restore normal conditions. For now please stay out of the area.



#HappeningNow we have a large disturbance at @Queens_Center Mall. Half-day for our schools has brought a large # of youths to the mall and some are acting disorderly. Officers and Mall staff are acting quickly to restore normal conditions. For now please stay out of the area,” the NYPD’s 110th Precinct tweeted Friday afternoon.
video of the disturbances taken through the citizen app showed dozens of teens packed inside the mall and several police cars parked outside the mall.
The NYPD arrested one female for allegedly hurting another girl and taking her phone away, Fox 5 New York reported.
Fox 5 New York also reported that schools were let out early in Queens due to parent-teacher conferences that day.


The NYPD announced later in the afternoon that the mall is now “open” and “clear” after the disturbance earlier in the day.




Masked Suspect Allegedly Bursts into Apartment, Gets Shot Dead

Masked Home Invasion
Warren County Sheriff's Office
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A masked home invasion suspect was shot dead by a Benton Township, Michigan, homeowner Wednesday night.

WKZO reports that two masked suspects allegedly entered an apartment around 11:30 p.m. and “ordered residents to get down.”
An armed resident then emerged from a bedroom, shooting one of the suspects in the chest and fatally wounding him.
Fox 17 reports that one of the intruders was allegedly armed, and exchanged shots with the resident.
There were “three adult males, one adult female, and three children” in the apartment when the suspects entered. None of the occupants were harmed.
The deceased suspect was identified as 23-year-old Dante Long of Benton Harbor. The second suspect was able to flee the scene.
AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio. Follow him on Twitter: @AWRHawkins. Reach him directly at awrhawkins@breitbart.com. Sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange.


How the leader of a notorious Chicago street gang evolved into an ISIS supporter

 
 
 
 
Suspected Suburban Gang Leader Jason Brown Accused Of Supporting ISIS
The Northern District of Illinois
  • The leader of a Chicago street gang has been arrested for allegedly trying to provide material support to the Islamic State. 
  • Jason Brown, who also reportedly identified as "Abdul Ja'Me," is the leader of the AHK gang in Chicago.
  • According to a federal complaint filed in the Northern District of Illinois, Brown attempted to send $500 in cash, on three separate occasions, to a man he thought was sending the funds to an ISIS soldier in Syria. 
  • The man Brown gave the money to was actually a confidential informant. The supposed fighter was an undercover FBI agent.
  • The FBI and charged him with attempting to provide material support and resources to a foreign terrorist organization. 
  • According to the federal complaint, investigators say Brown was radicalized in while serving a previous prison sentence. The AHK gang allegedly requires members to convert to Islam and Brown uses his position as its leader to recruit members to support the Islamic State.
The leader of a Chicago street gang could face up to 20 years in prison after allegedly attempting to send monetary aid to ISIS soldiers. 
Jason Brown, who reportedly also identifies as, "Abdul Ja'Me,"  was arrested on November 14 for allegedly giving $500 to a man with the understanding that those funds would make their way to an ISIS soldier fighting in Syria, according to the US Department of Justice.
Little did he know, the person Brown sent the money to was actually a confidential informant. As for the ISIS soldier in Syria; he was actually an undercover FBI agent. A federal complaint filed in the Northern District of Illinois and seen by Insider said Brown planned to, "knowingly attempted to provide material support and resources … to a foreign terrorist organization." 

Brown allegedly tried to recruit and radicalize gang members 

Brown was reportedly the leader of the AHK street gang in the Chicago suburb of Bellwood. The gang, according to the Justice Department, was known for selling drugs, including fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine. According to the federal complaint,  the AHK gang also"requires all members convert to Islam." 
Federal investigators believe Brown, a Lombard, Illinois native, was radicalized during a previous prison sentence. The complaint accused Brown of using his position as leader of the AHK gang to actively recruit support for the Islamic State. According to a conversation with a confidential source outlined in the complaint, Brown was also planning on visiting Syria himself in the near future. 
"I'm fixing to make hijrah over there," Brown allegedly said. "I'm not gonna tell nobody." 
If Brown is found guilty, he could face up to 20 years in prison. 

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