Monday, August 9, 2021

JOE BIDEN'S INFRASTRUCUTRE HOAX - JUST A MASSIVE JOB OPPORTUNITY FOR HIS INVADING ILLEGALS

WE COULD END THE INVASION WITH E-VERIFY AND BY PUTTING EMPLOYERS OF ILLEGALS IN PRISONS BUILT ALONG THE NARCOMEX BORDER!

On Monday, Senate Democrats unveiled their budget framework that includes spending $107 billion in American taxpayer money to give amnesty to millions of illegal aliens.





Washington, D.C. (August 9, 2021) – In an article by the Center for Immigration Studies, Andrew Arthur reports on an amendment to the infrastructure bill that would have guaranteed that the jobs from that bill would go to American workers. The amendment would have prohibited federal funding for any entity that failed to enroll in E-Verify, an internet database that allows employers to confirm the eligibility of their employees to work in the United States. While 53 senators voted in favor of that amendment, it failed because 45 others (all Democrats) opposed it.

Andrew Arthur, the Center’s resident fellow in law and policy, said, “I can understand why every Republican and five Democrats present voted for Sen. Lankford’s E-Verify proposal. But I cannot fathom why 45 other Democrats voted to enable illegal aliens to be the recipients of good-paying, government-funded infrastructure jobs.”

Sen. Jim Lankford (R-Okla.) offered the amendment, which would have limited the provision of federal assistance, grants, and contracts authorized by that bill to entities that have enrolled in, and are complying with, E-Verify. If E-Verify were mandatory, illegal immigration would not end overnight, but the biggest benefits of illegal entry and overstay (living and working in the United States) would be much, much harder for illegal aliens to obtain.

Lankford’s amendment was consistent with the slated purposes of the infrastructure bill: To improve physical infrastructure in the United States, and to employ American workers (both citizens and lawfully admitted immigrants).

UNFORTUNATELY, THE GOP IS JUST AS KEEN TO FLOOD AMERICA WITH 'CHEAP' LABOR AS THE LA RAZA SUPREMACY DEMOCRAT PARTY WITH THEIR DREAMS OF 49 MORE MEXIFORNIAS.


Tom Cotton: Every Conservative Must Get Engaged to Stop Democrat Amnesty

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-AR attends a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on pending judicial nominations on Capitol Hill in Washington,DC on April 28, 2021. (Photo by Tom Williams / POOL / AFP) (Photo by TOM WILLIAMS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Senate Republicans are sounding the alarm over an amnesty provision slipped into Senate Democrats’ $3.5 trillion budget resolution framework that they are seeking to shove through Congress via the filibuster-proof reconciliation process.

On Monday, Senate Democrats unveiled their budget framework that includes spending $107 billion in American taxpayer money to give amnesty to millions of illegal aliens.

The language of the framework is vague, asking the Judiciary Committee members to give “lawful permanent status to qualified immigrants.” Those who would qualify remains unclear, though Democrats have said in the past they want upwards of eight to 10 million illegal aliens given amnesty.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) wrote in a statement that “every conservative needs to get engaged to stop” the Democrats’ amnesty plan via reconciliation.

“During a historic border crisis, Democrats are trying to ram through mass amnesty for illegal immigrants … call Congress and tell them no amnesty,” Cotton wrote.

Likewise, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) panned the amnesty as “the most left wing plan in American history” while Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) described it as “Bernie’s radial priorities” in reference to Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT).

Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) said the amnesty needed to be stopped by first stopping a so-called bipartisan infrastructure plan that Senate Democrats are supporting and 18 Senate Republicans, thus far, have backed.

That plan, as Breitbart News reported, would use federal funds to reward blue states and counties for driving up overall immigration levels to the U.S.

Former Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), founder of the Senate Conservatives Fund, railed against the amnesty, writing that President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats have made “it official” in their efforts to “use reconciliation to ram through amnesty for millions of illegals.”

“We now have open borders with more than the population of most U.S. towns coming over [the] border illegally every day,” DeMint wrote. “This is madness.”

Former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official Jon Feere said the amnesty “would cost Americans billions immediately,” adding that Democrats “have no interest in committee hearings to determine how many more billions it would cost in the first few years.”

While Americans remain mostly in opposition to amnesty for illegal aliens — the latest Rasmussen Reports survey shows 52 percent of likely voters oppose amnesty — the plan is a fulfillment of longtime corporate interest and donor class goals to flood the United States labor market with millions of newly legalized foreign workers against whom working and middle class Americans would be forced to compete for jobs.

The amnesty has major backing from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s FWD.us, former President George W. Bush, and the Koch brothers.

Likewise, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce most recently held a conference dedicated to promoting the amnesty plan, claiming that legalizing millions of foreign competitors against American workers is “vital” to the U.S. economic recovery following the Chinese coronavirus crisis.

Nationally, nearly 16 million Americans remain jobless, but all want full-time employment. Another 4.6 million Americans are underemployed but want a full-time job.

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has repeatedly found that amnesty for illegal aliens would be a net fiscal drain for American taxpayers while driving down U.S. wages.

John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter here. 


HOLLYWEIRDERS UNITE BEHIND GAVIN NEWSOM - HE'S AS PHONY AS THEY GET AND THERE'S A FILM IN THAT!

 

Report: Hollywood Elites, Including Jeffrey Katzenberg, Plan Fundraiser to Help Gavin Newsom Fight Recall

(INSET: California Governor Gavin Newsom) SUN VALLEY, IDAHO - JULY 07: Producer Jeffrey Katzenberg speaks to the media at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 07, 2021 in Sun Valley, Idaho. After a year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the world’s most wealthy and powerful businesspeople …
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A group of left-wing Hollywood elites, including former Disney and DreamWorks boss Jeffrey Katzenberg, is reportedly stepping forward to help California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) beat next month’s recall election.

Deadline reported that Katzenberg, Casey Wasserman, and State of Play producer Andrew Hauptman are among the names chairing a fundraiser next week for the California governor. The virtual fundraiser is scheduled to take place Thursday, with Newsom in attendance, and will raise money for the Stop the Republican Recall of Governor Newsom committee.

“This recall effort is a Republican-led sham,” Katzenberg reportedly said in a statement. “I’m glad Hollywood is stepping up to raise money to defeat this nonsense.”

Deadline said Katzenberg also is sending this note to potential donors:

“This is all part of Republican effort to delegitimize our election process and suppress the vote nationally.  Governor Newsom was first elected in 2018 with 62% of the vote, which was greater than any Democratic candidate for governor in state history.  He recently signed into law his California Comeback plan, which will boost California’s recovery by providing immediate relief for families, combat homelessness, improve infrastructure, fight wildfires and make historic investments in education.”

The Stop the Republican Recall committee has already received big-ticket donations from Hollywood elites, including Netflix’s co-CEO Reed Hastings, who has donated $3 million to the group.

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Reed Hastings. (Christophe Archambault)

Deadline said other donations have come from the Motion Picture Association, Paramount Pictures, producer Byron Allen, and Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer.

California’s recall election is set to take place September 14. As Breitbart News reported, Gov. Newsom has seen his support slip in recent weeks, with one poll showing 51 percent of likely voters in California would vote to remove incumbent Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) from office, while only 40 percent would vote to retain him

Among the Republican challengers is conservative radio host Larry Elder.

Californians have grown increasingly frustrated with Newsom’s inability to reign in the state’s out-of-control homelessness epidemic or provide a solution to the annual wildfires that cause billions of dollars in damage each year.

The state is also contending with runaway inflation, with gas prices soaring to more than $6 a gallon in some areas.

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BLACK LIVES MURDER - ESPECIALLY IN OBAMAVILLE, CHICAGO - Suspects Identified, Charged, in Fatal Shooting of Chicago Officer

WILL AMERICA EVER BE SAFE FROM BLACK VIOLENCE? HOW MANY BILLIONS DOES IT COST US EACH YEAR?

Suspects Identified, Charged, in Fatal Shooting of Chicago Officer

Chicago Police Officer Ella French and her alleged killers. (Joliet PD; Screenshots via Twitter).
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Two male suspects who were apprehended Saturday night have now been identified and charged in the fatal shooting of Chicago police officer Ella French.

Breitbart News reported that French was shot and killed just after 9 p.m. Saturday during a traffic stop and her male partner was shot and left in critical condition. The Chicago Tribune pointed out three suspects, two males and a female, were in the car the officers had stopped.

ABC 7 notes that one of the suspects opened fire on the officers and another male suspect, who was also allegedly armed, fled the scene.

He was tackled by nearby residents and held for police.

The two male suspects have now been charged. Twenty-one-year-old Emonte Morgan faces charges of “first degree murder, attempted first degree murder, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, and unlawful use of a weapon by a felon.”

Twenty-two-year-old Eric Morgan faces charges of “aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, unlawful use of a weapon by a felon, and obstruction of justice.”

NBC 5 reports that a third suspect in the incident was “located and arrested early Sunday.”

At least 72 people were shot, 11 of them of fatally, during the weekend in Mayor Lightfoot’s Chicago.

The Chicago Sun-Times pointed out 41 of the weekend shooting victims were shot during a ten-hour window of time that began at 7 p.m. Saturday night. Five of those 41 victims succumbed to their wounds, and that includes Officer French, who was shot during the deadly ten-hour time-frame.

AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkinsa weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. Reach him at awrhawkins@breitbart.com. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange.

Texas Jury Sentences Cop-Killer to Death by Injection

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A Texas jury deliberated for about eight hours before handing down the death penalty to a man convicted of killing a San Antonio detective. The sentence follows his conviction in July for the ambush-style killing of Detective Benjamin Marconi in November 2016.

A jury in Bexar County, San Antonio, Texas, retired to deliberate the fate of Otis McKane on Friday afternoon. Approximately eight hours later, the jury returned with a death penalty sentence for the convicted cop-killer, KENS CBS5 reported.

Police arrested Otis Tyrone McKane in November 2016 after he shot and killed Detective Marconi, Breitbart Texas reported. Detective Marconi had initiated a traffic stop near the San Antonio Police Department headquarters. While he was working on the traffic summons for the driver, McKane allegedly pulled up in a black sedan behind the detective’s vehicle.

He then walked up to the driver’s side of the patrol car and shot Marconi once in the head, Police Chief William McManus stated. McKane then allegedly reached into the vehicle and shot Marconi a second time before walking back to his car and leaving the scene.

McKane later told reporters while being walked to the jail that he shot Marconi because he was upset about child custody battles. “I’ve been through several custody battles and I was upset at the situation that I was in and I lashed out at someone that didn’t deserve it,” McKane responded.

While on the run from police for about 30 hours, McKane stopped long enough to marry a woman, Christian Chanel Fields. Police found him and placed him under arrest about seven hours later.

As the jury delivered a verdict of guilty in July, McKane reportedly elbowed a Bexar County Sheriff’s Office deputy serving as a bailiff for the court, Breitbart reported.

The article states:

McKane stands from a seated position, raises his right elbow, and thrusts it at Gonzalez’s head, hitting him in the face. The approximately six-foot-tall McKane then lunges at the shorter Gonzalez and appears to strike the deputy with his right fist a second time. McKane then seems to hook his right arm around Gonzalez’s head and pulls the bailiff down to the courtroom floor.

Several other deputies and police officers present in the courtroom immediately ran over to assist Gonzalez and attempt to subdue McKane. As the team of officers tried to handcuff McKane for a second time, he continued to resist arrest, holding his arms under his large body while lying face down on the courtroom floor. Two bailiffs, including Gonzalez, required the assistance of a number of other police officers to finally handcuff McKane on Monday.

The family of Detective Marconi released a statement following the jury’s handing down of the death penalty sentence.

“Thank you to the many friends and family who attended the trial, we are deeply humbled for the amount of love, prayer and grace we felt through each and every one of you,” the family said in the statement published by KENS CBS5. “And finally, to Detective Benjamin Edward Marconi—thank you for making our lives better, and the lives of everyone you touched. You are eternally missed and we will never forget you—rest easy sweet Ben.”

Bob Price serves as associate editor and senior news contributor for the Breitbart Texas-Border team. He is an original member of the Breitbart Texas team. Price is a regular panelist on Fox 26 Houston’s What’s Your Point? Sunday-morning talk show. Follow him on Twitter @BobPriceBBTX and Facebook.

At Least 72 Shot, 11 Killed, During Weekend in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Chicago

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - APRIL 02: Chicago mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot greets commuters at an L station in Logan Square on April 02, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. Voters in Chicago go to the polls today to select a new mayor in a runoff election. Lightfoot is running against Cook County Board …
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At least 72 people were shot, 11 of them fatally, during the weekend in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago.

ABC 7 / Chicago Sun-Times noted the casualties across another weekend of violence in the troubled city.

On Sunday, Breitbart News reported one of the shooting fatalities was a 29-year-old Chicago police officer named Ella French.

Officer French and her male partner were both shot during a traffic stop just after 9 p.m. Saturday night. French’s injuries proved fatal and the male officer was hospitalized in critical condition.

The Chicago Sun-Times pointed out 41 of the weekend shooting victims were shot during a ten-hour window of time that began at 7 p.m. Saturday night. Five of those 41 victims succumbed to their wounds, and that includes Officer French, who was shot during the deadly ten-hour time-frame.

HeyJackass.com explained 137 people have been shot and wounded thus far in the month of August, another 27 have been shot and killed.

Breitbart News observed 614 people were shot in Chicago during July 2021, and NBC 5 reported 105 of those shooting victims died from their wounds.

AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkinsa weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. Reach him at awrhawkins@breitbart.com. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange.

 

OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW THESE STATS ARE BLACKS!


As Violent Crime SURGES across America, some politicians and some in the media are gaslighting the public into thinking the Police are the Problem…

Homicides:
Atlanta ⬆️ 58%
Portland ⬆️ 533%
Philadelphia ⬆️ 37%

Shootings:
New York City ⬆️ 64%
Los Angeles ⬆️ 51%
Chicago ⬆️ 18% pic.twitter.com/5RbhbKY312

— National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) (@GLFOP) June 22, 2021


Every year in America, some 500 whites are murdered by black assailants, more than twice as many as blacks killed by whites.  The media need to report all of these cases fairly and without bias so as to counter the false reporting and misplaced emphasis in the national press.  All victims, of whatever race, deserve justice because all human life is precious.  The reporting of violence should not be based on race — it should be proportionate to the crime, without regard to the race of the perpetrator or the victim.  Jeffrey Folks 


A FEW VIDEOS DOCUMENTING THE

 REALITY OF BLACK AMERICA, THE MOST

 VIOLENT, RACIST, ANTI-SEMITIC, ANTI-

ASIAN, HOMOPHOBIC AND ABORTED

SUBCULTURE ON EARTH.


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The Predators Among Us

University of Chicago student Max Lewis was commuting to school on the Green Line Elevated Train when a bullet tore into his spine. A good Samaritan nurtured and consoled him until the paramedics came. An active and vibrant twenty-year-old, Lewis could only move his eyes when he awoke in his hospital bed. And with that, he communicated that he wanted the plug pulled. He did not want to live as a vegetable. He was ready to greet death.

Another life in a long list of lives tragically snuffed out by a “stray” bullet on Chicago’s southside. The police have no idea from where the bullet was fired. But was it a stray bullet? Did someone target the Elevated train the way people have targeted airline pilots with lasers, hoping to blind them on their approach and witness a plane crash?

As I read the demographics of victims of Chicago’s gang violence, I wonder, as have others, if there are predators out there hunting people for sport the way game hunters wantonly kill for sport. There are simply too many women and children, too many innocents, on the victims list.

I stumbled upon this notion when, during the George Floyd riots, carloads of young blacks descended on my exurban community and smashed their way into the upscale shopping mall. Armed police stood in place as the vandals looted the stores and unnecessarily damaged showcases and fixtures while helping themselves to whatever they desired.

Having successfully looted the stores as police looked on, the vandals loaded up their vehicles and drove toward the freeway. As one car veered out of the shopping area, someone fired a random shot into a group of shoppers.

There was no reason for this. This was totally both a wanton and unnecessary act designed to inflict death or injury on some random shopper. As it turned out, a young black woman was hit in the arm by the bullet, and a local police officer ran over to comfort her and call the paramedics.

This was not a stray bullet. The shooter was not aiming at anyone in particular. He just saw a group of people and shot in their direction. Any victim would have sufficed. The young black woman was lucky in as much as her wound was not life threatening, and she was quickly transported to an area hospital. Of course, the psychological trauma of the event will persist long after the flesh is healed.

Unlike the game hunter, the shooter did not bask in the glory of hitting the victim. The car in which he was seated sped off toward the freeway. Not only was the act reckless and without justification; it served no useful purpose. It was the senseless act of a predator engaged in human blood sport.

Regrettably, this leads us back to the University of Chicago student shot on the Green Line. Did someone shoot at the Elevated train just to do it?  

The tragedy of innocent bystanders, especially children, being shot in midst or crossfire of gangland shootings is well documented. It is abhorrent, but subject to explanation.

But how does one explain random sport shooting like shooting into a crowd of innocent shoppers, firing a random shot at a passing Elevated train, or attempting to shine a red laser beam into the eyes of a pilot making a landing approach?

Among us, there seem to be people hunting people for blood sport.

Assuredly, the way we as a community operate, the focus will not be on the psychodynamics of these killers, but on the availability of guns, as if guns shoot by themselves.  We do not want to deal with complex problems but to be assuaged by nostrums.

In the wake of a recent gang shooting at a laundromat in New York City, in which ten people were shot, most of them bystanders, the Democratic nominee for  mayor of New York, Eric Adams, held a press conference to denounce guns. Guns did not drive themselves to Queens and open fire by themselves.

The culture of violence, the impact of hopelessness and despair that sustain gang cultures was not addressed. We are incapable of dealing with intricate and complex root causes, so our political figures placate us with platitudes.

In our cities exists a culture of violence, and we ignore it at our peril, for we are all potential victims. It will not be solved by seeing it as a gun problem while ignoring the social forces that have produced this culture.

Abraham H. Miller is an emeritus professor of political science, University of Cincinnati, and a distinguished fellow with the Haym Salomon Center.


OBAMAVILLE, CHICAGO..... WHAT WILL BE THE BLACK KILL THIS WEEKEND?


461 Shootings During July Alone in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Chicago

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There were 461 shootings in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago during the month of July alone.

WGNTV reported the Chicago Police Department (CPD) revealed the 461 shootings were up an increase over the 402 shooting incidents which occurred in July 2020.

CPD noted “614 people were shot in July [2021], compared to 561 last year.”

NBC 5 pointed out that the city did see a slight decrease in homicides, as there were 105 in July 2021 versus 107 in July 2020. However, the number of July 2021 homicides was up 139 percent over July 2019.

Breitbart News reported at least 27 people were shot in Lightfoot’s Chicago Friday into Saturday night, which were the last two days of July 2021.

ABC 7/Chicago Sun-Times explained nearly 50 people were shot by the time the weekend was over, and four of those shooting victims succumbed to their wounds.

At least 70 people were shot the weekend of July 23-25, 2021, in Chicago, 12 of them fatally.

AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkinsa weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. Reach him at awrhawkins@breitbart.com. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange.


All Lives Matter When It Comes to Murder

By Jeffrey Folks

In the wake of the killings of George Floyd; Daunte Wright; and Andrew Brown, Jr., which have received huge national attention in the media, it's time to establish the truth in our thinking about race and crime.  How common are killings of blacks by police officers, most of them white, or, for that matter, by whites in general?  And how common are killings of white police officers, and other whites, by blacks?  And why is it that only the killings of blacks seem to receive extensive media attention?

The fundamental truth is that all human beings are divinely created creatures whose lives are sacred.  The taking of life, except in war or self-defense, is recognized everywhere as among the worst of offenses.  The murder of another person steals from him the most precious of all possessions — the chance to live out one's life on this beautiful earth.  Although some persons are more intelligent, more educated, more talented, or more productive than others, all are equal in their right to life.  The passing of any one of us deserves to be reported with appropriate respect and dignity.   

That is not what is happening in the national media, where one's race now seems to determine the amount and angle of coverage.  It's as if the press believes that respectable whites and Asians are expendable while a black criminal who dies while resisting or fleeing arrest should be treated like a saint.  At the very least, the press should be honest in reporting the facts.

The fact is that far more whites are killed each year in America by blacks than blacks are by whites.

In one recent FBI report, 500 whites overall were killed by blacks (in 2015), while in that same year, 229 blacks were killed by whites.  How many of those white victims received the media coverage afforded George Floyd or any coverage at all?

Here are some recent cases, all of them involving black violence against whites or Asians.  How many of these names are well known to the public?

—Jarrod Powell, 50, arrested for stomping the head of an elderly Asian man in New York in April.  The victim is in a medically induced coma.

—Billy Chemirmir, 48, who has been connected with the deaths of 24 elderly women in care homes and indicted in 17 of those cases.

—Demetrius Walker, 27, with an extensive criminal history and locally known as "Pharoah," charged with the death of an 85-year-old woman after breaking into her apartment and attacking her.

Brandon Elliot, convicted of killing his mother 19 years ago, arrested as a suspect in the brutal beating of a 65-year-old woman walking to church in New York.

—A suspect, Yahya Muslim, arrested in connection with a string of attacks on elderly Asian-Americans in the Bay Area.

I am not interested in racial labels. In fact, I believe that crimes should be reported in a fair and balanced way without regard to race.  But at present, race appears to be nearly the only factor determining the media's reporting of violence.  I believe we must establish a racially blind society, but it appears that the national media are fixated on race when it comes to crime reporting.  And this fixation takes the form of depicting blacks as victims and whites as perpetrators.

The extensive reporting of the George Floyd case and other cases involving blacks killed by police creates the impression that blacks are overwhelmingly the victims rather than the perpetrators.  The truth is that young black males commit murder at over six times the national average.  Most of their victims are other blacks (over 90% of blacks murdered are killed by other blacks), but a significant number of their victims are white (at present over 500 per year) and Asian.

This is not to say that whites do not commit violent crimes, including crimes against helpless victims.  And, overall, most white victims are killed by other whites (2,854 of 3,499 killed in 2016, according to FBI statistics).  It's important to maintain perspective and to respect the lives of all American citizens — but this, I fear, is not what is happening amid the current media frenzy over police killings of blacks.

Undoubtedly, there are what Kamala Harris would call "root causes" of the high level of violence among poor blacks — though I would probably differ with V.P. Harris as to the nature of these root causes.  Would she include the decisions of black fathers to abandon their families; the decision of youths to join violent gangs; and the choice of young black males to engage in illegal activities such as robbery, assault, and drug dealing?

The victims of violence listed at the beginning of this article also made moral choices throughout their lives.  As a rule, they obeyed the law, had never been sentenced to prison; were not aggressive; and were not, so far as I know, engaging in criminal behavior at the time of their murders or assaults.  Their stories should be reported thoroughly so that society can make a fair judgment of the impact of criminal violence on the lives of innocent persons.  And the reporting should be proportionate to the offense without regard to race.

Needless to say, that is not the case at present at a time when race, along with police involvement, appears to be the main factor driving the news.  The deaths of George Floyd and others killed by the police should be reported along with a thorough account of the circumstances surrounding their deaths.  Similarly, but to a greater extent because of their innocence, violent attacks on entirely innocent and helpless persons of all races should be thoroughly reported, with more coverage devoted to attacks on helpless victims such as New York's Rose Morat, a 101-year-old woman violently assaulted by Jack Rhodes, described by the New York Daily News as a "hulking brute."  Rhodes was also convicted of robbing and assaulting two other elderly women.  The public needs to be informed about such cases so that it will support strict punishment for perpetrators.  If the facts are hidden, as they are at present due to the emphasis on black victims, there will be little incentive for prosecutors to seek longer sentences and death penalties.

Every year in America, some 500 whites are murdered by black assailants, more than twice as many as blacks killed by whites.  The media need to report all of these cases fairly and without bias so as to counter the false reporting and misplaced emphasis in the national press.  All victims, of whatever race, deserve justice because all human life is precious.  The reporting of violence should not be based on race — it should be proportionate to the crime, without regard to the race of the perpetrator or the victim.

Jeffrey Folks is the author of many books and articles on American culture including Heartland of the Imagination (2011).


PICTURED: Single mom, 42, who was shot dead execution-style on Brooklyn street by female assassin after both attended a funeral - as NYC violent crime surge continues despite mayor's denials

  • Surveillance  video of the shooting shows a the assailant, casually walking up to the victim and shooting her dead, before walking away and getting into an SUV
  • The shooting took place Tuesday at around 9.40pm on Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn
  • Police identified the victim as 42-year-old Delia Johnson, and she was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead 
  • The violent attack came as Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the success of his 'Safe Summer' program
  • Stats show that  murders were down 49.1 percent and shootings down 35 percent across the city
  • Shootings, however, have spiked 15.8 percent in the past week over the time period last year, with 900 shooting incidents in 2021, compared to 777 in 2020
  • There are also 12 percent more shooting victims this year, the data shows, with 1,057 people falling prey to gun violence compared to 944 last year

Family members of a Brooklyn mother who was seen in a shocking surveillance video this week being casually assassinated on a Brooklyn street say the cold-blooded execution took place shortly after both the victim and her killer attended the same funeral in the neighborhood.

Delia Johnson, 42, was talking to a group of people on the corner of Franklin Avenue and Prospect Place in Crown Heights at around 9.40pm on Wednesday when a blonde woman dressed in all black ambled up to her from behind and shot her from a point-blank range in the back of the head.

Surveillance video that was released by the police on Thursday shows the gunwoman fire several more times, hitting Johnson in the leg as bystanders run and duck for cover.

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Delia Johnson, 42, was shot and killed on a Brooklyn street after attending a funeral for a friend
She was raising a 17-year-old daughter as a single mom

Delia Johnson, 42 (left and right), was shot and killed on a Brooklyn street after attending a funeral for a friend. She was raising a 17-year-old daughter as a single mom

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Shocking video shows the female assassin raising a gun to a woman on a Brooklyn sidewalk and shooting her dead. The victim, named by police as Delia Johnson, 42, was speaking to a group on a stoop in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, when she was shot in the head.

Shocking video shows the female assassin raising a gun to a woman on a Brooklyn sidewalk and shooting her dead. The victim, named by police as Delia Johnson, 42, was speaking to a group on a stoop in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, when she was shot in the head.

The victim collapses to the ground in front of horrified onlookers as her killer calmly makes her way toward a parked white car, gets in the driver's seat and takes off from the scene.

Mathis Johnson, Delia's brother, told the New York Daily News that his sister had attended a funeral for an old friend earlier that day.

The service drew hundreds of mourners, among then the suspected killer, according to Mathis, who said he did not know the black-clad woman with long blonde hair but saw her in the crowd at the Sealy Culyer Funeral Home.

Delia's family members said she was an entrepreneur who was raising her 17-year-old daughter as a single mother. They described the victim as vivacious and generous.

Police have not released a motive behind the deadly attack, but Delia's sister, Cordelia Berry, speculated that she might have been killed out of envy.

'She had her own business. She was an entrepreneur – fashion was her passion,' Cordelia said. 'When you succeed in life that way, people are jealous.'

As of Friday afternoon, no arrests have been made. Police released the video of the shooting in hopes of generating leads.

This is not the only instance of a woman being implicated in a deadly shooting targeting another woman in New York City. 

Back in April, 51-year-old Nichelle Thomas was fatally shot in the back of the head from a point-blank range as she approached a bodega in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. 

Police later arrested Thomas' on-again, off-again girlfriend, 38-year-old Latisha Bell, charging her with second-degree murder.    

Wednesday's violent killing took place as Mayor Bill de Blasio proudly boasted on Thursday that his 'Safe Summer' program has driven down murder and gun attacks in New York City.

 In April, de Blasio unveiled his 'Safe Summer' program, a plan aimed at ending gun violence that focused on creating disincentives for young people looking to turn to guns by offering them positive alternatives.   

Footage shows the assassin, her purse slung over her shoulder, turn and casually walk to an SUV as her victim lays dead on the sidewalk.

Footage shows the assassin, her purse slung over her shoulder, turn and casually walk to an SUV as her victim lays dead on the sidewalk. 

Delia Johnson lays dead on the sidewalk after onlookers scattered for shelter when the shots were fired.  Her assassin is shown getting into a getaway car

Delia Johnson lays dead on the sidewalk after onlookers scattered for shelter when the shots were fired.  Her assassin is shown getting into a getaway car 

NYPD  issued this image of the female shooter, describing her as 'a dark-skinned adult female, approximately in her mid 20's, heavy build, long blond hair and was last seen wearing black long sleeve shirt, black tights, silver belt around her waist, black and white sneakers, white purse'
It is unknown why she targeted Delia Johnson

NYPD  issued this image of the female shooter, left, describing her as 'a dark-skinned adult female, approximately in her mid 20's, heavy build, long blond hair and was last seen wearing black long sleeve shirt, black tights, silver belt around her waist, black and white sneakers, white purse.' It is unknown why she targeted Delia Johnson, right

After shooting Johnson multiple times, the blonde suspect calmly returned to a parked car

After shooting Johnson multiple times, the blonde suspect calmly returned to a parked car

She was last seen getting into the driver's seat and speeding away from the scene

She was last seen getting into the driver's seat and speeding away from the scene

During his daily briefing, de Blasio proudly proclaimed that the program has been effective and said in the month of July the NYPD saw 'extraordinary successes' to curve violent crime.  

Listing statistics from July, de Blasio noted that murders decreased by 49.1 percent and shootings were down by 35 percent across the New York City. 

The NYPD made 383 gun arrests in July alone, up 133.5 percent compared to last July, the mayor said, while gun arrests in general have gone up 44.5 percent in 2021.

While de Blasio touted the success of his program he failed to mention an ongoing string of violent incidents in the streets of the Big Apple this summer that have led to the NYPD issuing hundreds of pleas to identify suspects.  

During his daily briefing on Thursday, de Blasio proudly proclaimed that the 'Safe Summer' program has been effective and said in July the NYPD curved violent crime

During his daily briefing on Thursday, de Blasio proudly proclaimed that the 'Safe Summer' program has been effective and said in July the NYPD curved violent crime

Shootings so far this year have steadily increased since January, with a small dip in June and July

Shootings so far this year have steadily increased since January, with a small dip in June and July

Rapes in New York City were up 3.1 percent so far this year, with 842 reported as of August 1, compared to 817 in the same period of 2020

Rapes in New York City were up 3.1 percent so far this year, with 842 reported as of August 1, compared to 817 in the same period of 2020

According to the mayor, the summer month of July is usually one of the most violent in the city but the NYPD 'rose to the challenge' and was able to suppress gun violence and executed an impressive number of gang takedowns. 

'The gang takedowns mean taking a lot of bad guys off of the streets and at the same time a lot of shooters off the streets, this is crucial,' de Blasio noted.

Overall since the safe summer program was launched in May, murders have gone down 26 percent, shootings decreased 10 percent and shooting victims are down 11 percent.

'There is more to do, but the NYPD is moving and making an impact,' de Blasio said.  

The stoop on 697 Franklin Street in Crown Heights where Delia Johnson, 42, was talking to a group of people before a female assassin opened fire on her

The stoop on 697 Franklin Street in Crown Heights where Delia Johnson, 42, was talking to a group of people before a female assassin opened fire on her 

A small row of candles marks the scene where Delia Johnson was gunned down on Franklin Street in Crown Heights

A small row of candles marks the scene where Delia Johnson was gunned down on Franklin Street in Crown Heights

While de Blasio took his victory lap many New Yorkers are wondering if the program is actually working as the city is inundated with violent crime. 

On Tuesday a man strangled a woman unconscious on a Manhattan subway train and attempted to rape her before taking off. 

According to the NYPD, the 40-year-old female subway rider was approached by a stranger who demanded her possessions and then slammed her into the train car seats.  

The burly perpetrator then strangled the victim until she lost consciousness.

Police said the assailant then groped the unresponsive woman's breasts inside her bra and tried to rape her, reported the New York Post.

When the train pulled into the 168th Street station, the attacker dragged the woman onto the subway platform and ran away. 

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Crime has rocketed by 53% in two years and system has already seen more murders in 2021 than it did for the whole of 2019

Crime has rocketed by 53% in two years and system has already seen more murders in 2021 than it did for the whole of 2019

This comes one day after police released surveillance footage of a masked attacker they say raped a 70-year-old woman at gunpoint in her apartment building in The Bronx last week.

According to the NYPD, the sexual assault took place at around 2am on July 27 in the Belmont neighborhood.

The elderly victim was entering her apartment building when she was approached from behind by a man wearing two plastic masks - a red one and a black one - on his face, police said.

On Saturday, three innocent bystanders were struck when gunfire erupted outside a Washington Heights bodega.   

Surveillance footage showed three men chasing a fourth man into a bodega as he  goes behind the counter and holds a gun to the three men with his back to the cashier. 

Shortly after the group of men took the standoff outside and began firing, striking a 42-year-old woman in the left arm, a 58-year-old woman in the buttocks and a 78-year-old man in the left arm and stomach, the New York Post reported. 

Police say the man was wearing black and red plastic masks (pictured in his right hand) when he raped the elderly woman at gunpoint in the stairwell

Police say the man was wearing black and red plastic masks (pictured in his right hand) when he raped the elderly woman at gunpoint in the stairwell 

On Saturday, three innocent bystanders were struck when gunfire erupted outside a Washington Heights bodega

On Saturday, three innocent bystanders were struck when gunfire erupted outside a Washington Heights bodega

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The men were gang members targeting rivals from the Trinitarios gang during the shooting on Saturday night in the borough's Corona neighborhood, police said

The men were gang members targeting rivals from the Trinitarios gang during the shooting on Saturday night in the borough's Corona neighborhood, police said

Earlier this week, surveillance footage captured the moment two men approached a crowd in a busy Queens neighborhood and fired about 40 shots, injuring 10 people before fleeing the scene on mopeds.

The shooters were targeting members of the Trinitarios gang on Saturday night in the borough's Corona neighborhood, police said.

They opened fire while some bystanders were walking outside a barbershop and others were at a nearby restaurant for a birthday party.

These incident are reflective of the overall skyrocketing crime rates in New York City. 

NYPD crime data show that rapes are up 3.1 per cent so far this year, with 842 reported as of August 1, compared to 817 in the same period of 2020.

Other sex crimes are up 26.3 per cent to 2,719 this year, compared to 2,152 last year, according to NYPD statistics.

Shootings have spiked 15.8 per cent in 2021 compared to last year, with 900 shooting incidents in 2021 compared to 777 in 2020.

There are also 12 per cent more shooting victims this year, the data shows, with 1,057 people falling prey to gun violence compared to 944 last year.

The biggest leap in crime rates is for hate crimes, which have surged by 103 per cent in the last year. The data come amid numerous random attacks on Asian Americans in the city in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The suspect, seen here making his escape at the 168th Street station in Washington Heights, is accused of attacking the 40-year-old victim aboard a northbound C train

The suspect, seen here making his escape at the 168th Street station in Washington Heights, is accused of attacking the 40-year-old victim aboard a northbound C train