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ST. PAUL MAN ARRESTED FOR BURNING DOWN OF MINNEAPOLIS POLICE PRECINCT

https://www.kimt.com/content/news/St-Paul-man-arrested-for--571111961.html#.Xt7e_i01tSk.twitter

ST. PAUL, Minn. – A federal charge has been filed against a St. Paul man for the burning down of the Third Police Precinct in Minneapolis.

United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald says Branden Michael Wolfe, 23, is accused of aiding and abetting arson. He is scheduled to make his initial appears in U.S. District Court Tuesday.

The Third Precinct was overrun during protests on May 28 and heavily damaged due to vandalism and arson, with investigators identifying multiple fires being started in the building.

On June 3, St. Paul police officers were called to a home improvement store in St. Paul about an individual, later identified as Wolfe, wearing body armor and a law enforcement duty belt and carrying a baton was trying to get into the store. Store employees said WOLFE had been working as a security guard at the store but was fired earlier that day over social media posts about stealing items from the Third Precinct.

Police arrested Wolfe and say they found him wearing multiple items stolen from the Third Precinct, including body armor, a police-issue duty belt with handcuffs, an earphone piece, baton, and knife. Officers say Wolfe’s name was handwritten in duct tape on the back of the body armor. Law enforcement says it recovered items belonging to the Minneapolis Police Department, including a riot helmet, 9mm pistol magazine, police radio, and police issue overdose kit, from Wolfe’s apartment.

According to the criminal complaint, Wolfe admitted to police that he was inside the Third Precinct the night of the arson, took property from the building, and pushed a wooden barrel into the fire. Investigators say Wolfe also identified himself in multiple witness photographs capturing him in front of the Third Precinct holding a police baton, with smoke and flames visible in the background. Wolfe reportedly admitted to knowing that pushing the wooden barrel into the fire would keep the flames burning.

Trump US 'best economy' in history was already in recession before the Covid-19 pandemic

U.S. entered recession in February after end of longest expansion in history, NBER finds

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-entered-recession-in-march-after-end-of-longest-expansion-in-history-nber-finds-2020-06-08

It’s official: The longest expansion in U.S. history ended in February as the economy fell into deep recession, according to the group responsible for making such declarations.

The National Bureau of Economic Research on Monday said a 128-month expansion — the longest dating to 1854 — came to a halt in February. The recession also began the same month-

The NBER, a private research group led by the nation’s top economists, has long been considered the official arbiter of sorts for determining when business cycles start and end.

The ruling comes as no surprise. The coronavirus began to weigh on the U.S. in February and the pandemic struck hard in March, leading to a nationwide lockdown that shuttered most of the economy. The unemployment rate surged in April to the highest level on record at 14.7% and more than 45 million applications have been filed for unemployment benefits.

The economy has tumbled into such a deep recession that some forecasters predict up to a record 40% decline in gross domestic product in the second quarter. In the first quarter, the economy contracted by 4.8%, one of the deepest declines on record.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-recession/u-s-economy-entered-recession-in-february-nber-idUSKBN23F28L

(Reuters) - The U.S. economy ended its longest expansion in history in February and entered recession as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the private economics research group that acts as the arbiter for determining U.S. business cycles said on Monday. When the economy started declining in late 2007, for example, the group did not pinpoint the start of the recession until a year later.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/08/recession-united-states-economy-307403

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/it-s-official-u-s-entered-recession-february-n1227631

The recession started in February and had nothing to do with the pandemic. Businesses shutdowns didn't begin until late March. Of course Trump has been using the covid-19 pandemic as cover for his poor economic / business management.

It should be noted that Trump was only president for 36 months before February 2020. Prior to Jan 20 2017, Obama was president for 96 months. (this is where the debate should begin, who manages the US economy better).

Snakes are now big celebrities on Nairaland

creativity at its peak

sassysure:
I seem to be having problem with copying the link.
12 arrested yesterday. Borissaid all will be prosecuted accordingly. That instead of peaceful demonstration what was happening was act of thuggery.
It's all over the news.
In Scotland 29 was arrested on Saturday.

UK isn't USA, u do shit, they will arrest and prosecute you.
Simple

This is one of the idiots arrested.
He should be prepared to defend himself or end in jail

Prime minister Boris Johnson issues statement on Black Lives Matter protests


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQEiLJ5Girg

Same thing that happened in Zamfara and Bauchi is unfolding in Edo state.

PDP will surely take over Edo state, if APC are destroying themselves.

Trump's lasting legacy is the Wall of Lafayette Park, near the WH. Over the weekend, he was in the bunker binging on FoxNews and his tweeter messages.

2nd photo, shows the placards taken down overnight -so much for free speech.

By the way Twitter is still operating and sadly, Trump is still using the platform religiously.

Abbeybailey:
By the way feedthenation, 8 chapters of the Klans already endorsed Trump and many more are waiting to endorse Trump. That's the maggot the Coons and Trolls on nairaland worship. Tell me that's not mental illness.

Tucker Carlson of Fox News recently said Trump's base are the 'trailer-park' folks. So getting endorsement from the KKK will be welcomed by Trump because progressive Republicans are just tired of Trump. For sure, he won't get much votes from the independents either.

kingjoe:
It is now that I am understanding that saying that the students that have poor results go into politics and rule those brilliant ones and make all the decisions .that is why we are still at this level of development .while countries like UAE and Malaysia are far ahead of us .Countries that were on the same level with us 25-30 yrs ago.

Very true statement.
What a pity, little wonder there's been no progress in Nigeria.

Too much excitement

Virginia man who plowed his truck into BLM crowd is the head of the state’s Ku Klux Klan

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/virginia-man-who-plowed-his-truck-into-black-lives-matter-crowd-is-the-head-of-the-states-ku-klux-klan/

Qstorm:
President Trump creates jobs and kills terrorists. The Democrats kill jobs and create terrorists!

Obama, as Democratic president killed Osama bin Laden mastermind of the greatest terrorist attack on US soil on May 2, 2011. Suprised this is not mentioned as a good thing by Obama administration.

Between 2009 and 2016, Obama implemented economic policies which lifted the US out of depression of 2006-2008. One of the most important healthcare policy has to be thd Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare), which covers the health of people who can't afford.

Trump and the GOP goons have repeadtedly failed to cancel ACA - we are still waiting for Trump's fantastic healthcare plan - the 'best plan' according to Trump. One of his failed promises.

Unfortunately, you can only have your win on Nairaland, because Nov 3, it will be the annihilation of the Red party, sadly you can't vote.

So some people actually sat down to study and prepare this report?

Is the new king now a first class oba in Lagos state?

sexylassie2:
your points arent factual

which trump aides are in prison? flynn have been acquitted by the court even though the democrat try to witch hunt him

the democrat in the house of rep impeached trump, we can see their hypocrisy

Trump is a free man because he didn't break the law compare with a dangerous criminal like mr george. there are millions of law abiding blacks who have never been stopped by the police.

I stopped cryiing for criminals the media praise as heros long time ago

@sexylassie2
For someone who doesn't live or hasn't been to the US, why are you so much concerned about Trump and lives of black people in US.

You can channel your positive energy to hold accountable the government of the country you reside (which I believe is in Nigeria) to look at issues such as the links below - (soldiers killing civilians, serious rape issues, lack of power in Nigeria, management of covid 19 by the Federal government of Nigeria, you can set up a foundation to fight for the release of the remaining Chibok girls etc....). Stop wasting your time and data on US issues, which will not impact your life.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/396613-covid-19-nigerian-soldiers-allegedly-flog-food-seller-to-death.html

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/396611-why-nigerias-power-sector-privatisation-is-not-working-gencos.html

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/396458-75-of-rape-cases-ive-handled-involve-religious-leaders-foluke-daramola-salako.html

sexylassie2:
I don't live in the US[b] but all black [/b]said Obama didn't do anything for black people, many blacks were disappointed in him.

Here in Africa, he bombed and distabilise Libya thus leading to influx of fire arms into Nigeria by terrorist groups. Lot of children, women and men were killed because of his policies

Also his destabilisation brought about the selling of blacks in Libya as slaves.

How about Syria, wasn't his policy the cause of civil war in Syria.

You have confirmed your non-residency in the US, but seems to know a lot about what is on ground!...hmm interesting.

1. Who are the 'all black' that said Obama didn't do anything for blacks

2. Yes the Arab spring which started in Tunisia but spread to the Arab world, how was that Obama' fault.

3. Most Africans of black origin (mainly from West African countries), have been using Libya as a staging point before their final journey to Europe. This has been going on for years even before Obama became president. It is the actions of West African leaders who can't provide basic fundamental structures for young people to strive, hence their quest to slave themselves in Libya. I like Gadafi, but do you know he uses Libya resources to sponsor terrorist activities in Africa and the Middle East?

4. Do a proper research about the civil war in Syria before saying Obama policy was responsible for its disstabilization. Bashar al-Assad family with the Ba'ath Party have been in power since 1971 operating a nepotism government favouring people mainly from his tribe. What do you expect other tribes to do? Then of course ISIS used that opportunity to start their jihadist war.
Obama didn't want to be involved in Syria's internal politics, because he doesn't want to commit US resources into another Middle East operations.

kokaneprodigy:
But y’all could take the violent protest over his death to the White House.

Hypocrites

Trump is the hypocrite

sexylassie2:
rackus, what are you writing about, where did i write about southern american except maybe you dont know how to read.

The topic was George floyd not some stupid american politics

Many black americans have the victims mentality and are dumb.

Imagine george floyd a criminal a hero to many of them

Trump will win the election, joe biden cant even remember is own name talkless of those where the primaries took place

stop acting like many americans care about CNN

the black vote means nothing, the whites are almost half of the population and they will bring donald trump back

blacks are jsut 13% of the population, their vote do not matter except in black controlled states which are poor and full of ghettos.

@sexylassie2
Can you please give examples how much better you have enjoyed or prospered as a black lady under Trump, compared to 8 years when Obama was president?

Trump say he hopes George Floyd's looking down and seeing today's jobs numbers as a great day?


https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-george-floyd-press-conference-today-job-numbers-a9551426.html


Donald Trump says he hopes George Floyd, who was killed by police on Memorial Day after an officer forced his knee on the back of his neck for nearly nine minutes while facing the ground in handcuffs, is "looking down right now" and saying today is a "great thing that's happening for our country" as the nation's unemployment rate declined but remains higher than during the Great Recession.

The president said: "Hopefully George is looking down right now and saying, 'This is a great thing that's happening for our country. It's a great day for him, it's a great day for everybody. It's a great day for everybody. This is a great, great day."

Asked how the rate of unemployment among black Americans can be considered a "victory" as it continues to increase, the president told White House reporter Yamiche Alcindor, "You are really something".

Trump is something else, everything have to be about his ego, must he mention George Lloyd during the WH press briefing?

Biden clinches Democratic presidential nomination with latest delegate haul

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-goes-over-the-top-clinching-democratic-nomination

Forget saying "presumptive."

Joe Biden is now the Democratic presidential nominee, after reaching the threshold of 1,991 pledged delegates needed to clinch his party’s nomination.

Biden now has 1,993 delegates, according to The Associated Press. There are still contests to come in eight states and three U.S. territories.

Cult is cult and very dangerous in the society, there is no need to sugar coat it.

I always wanted to know more about the Zulus

IamMichael:
If you are in Nairaland and you don't know that the owner is an atheist, then you probably just joined very newly.
I have been on nairaland for a long time, and the one thing i can say for certain about Nairaland is that Seun is a religious apologist, and helps propagate religious beliefs; something he should be helping people who don't know better to be free of.

Why do i say that Seun is a religious apologist and propagandist?
Seun has one of the biggest social media platform in Africa, not just Nigeria. He lives in a country where Religious freedom is deeply entrenched in the country's constitution, something that even allowed him follow his non-religious path of atheism.
As part of attending to the Religious needs of his platforms members and guests alike, he added the Religious section to Nairaland. One would applaud such as a wonderful move because there is nothing bad with people of like/similar faith/minds congregating online to discuss and share their religious beliefs(or non-belief), convictions and practices.

However, the usual pettiness that has kept Nigeria and Africa down set in. The same pettiness that has made snake threads a constant feature in the front-page.

1) First there is the swearing that you believe in Allah before you can comment on a Muslim thread. Like seriously? People are forced to comment with a silly religious tag before commenting on a free website; a reverse psychological way of making people avoid such threads since they wouldn't want to be tagged with that religious nonsense. This is because after commenting, the tag follows you everywhere else on the site like a permanent tag.
I cannot comment on a Muslim thread because I am forced to accept something i don't believe in. This is tantamount to the physical religious jihad/wars in which you either convert or die.
You have no right to enforce such rule on anybody Seun Osewa, as you are contravening Section 39(1) of the 1999 constitution of Nigeria as Amended:
"Every person shall be entitled to freedom of expression, including freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart ideas and information without interference".
It doesn't matter if you own Nairaland. Nairaland is a business entity registered under the Laws of Nigeria and therefore subject to the constitution of the land.

Furthermore, you are also expressly disobeying Section 42 of the constitution with this vicious discriminatory policy Viz:
"S.42(1) A citizen of Nigeria of a particular community, ethnic group, place of origin, sex, religion or political opinion shall not, by reason only that he is such a person:-
(a) be subjected either expressly by, or in the practical application of, any law in force in Nigeria [/b]or any executive or administrative action of the government, to disabilities or restrictions to which citizens of Nigeria of other communities, ethnic groups, places of origin, sex, religions or political opinions are not made subject; or
(b) be accorded either expressly by, or in the practical application of, [b]any law in force in Nigeria or any such executive or administrative action, any privilege or advantage that is not accorded to citizens of Nigeria of other communities, ethnic groups, places of origin, sex, religions or political opinions."
Note the bolded @"...any law in Nigeria..."

You are forthwith adviced to fall in line with the law of the land or apply a general rule about posting in the religious section.
A Muslim cannot be free to comment on a christian thread or atheist thread or any other non-muslim thread without swearing to anything, whereas other non-muslims are forced to do so on Muslim threads. That's the highest point of discrimination and suffocation of freedom of religion and expression. It is a coded religious propagation and exactly what an apologist will do; unless you are a closet atheist and a Muslim in real life.

2) Every Friday, Muslim threads are pushed to the front-page, flooding the front page of Nairaland with at least 5+ Muslim threads.
Also, every Sunday, christian threads flood the front-page with at least 5+ threads.
@Seun Osewa has chosen the two days to push religious beliefs to other Nairalanders face without caring about anything.
However, does he accord the same privilege to other people who are not Muslims and Christians? No!

@Seun Osewa, why are you afraid to push the following threads from religion section to front page?
- Freethinkers thread,
- Atheists threads,
- Traditionalists thread,
- Agnostics threads,
- Humanists threads and other threads that are not Muslim or Christian related.
Why do you still discriminate despite having the platform to bridge the silly discrimination that has pervaded the entire Nigeria in our physical world?
You move and push religious propagation, but are afraid to push non-muslim/christian doctrines of christians and Muslims. Yet, you want us to believe you are not religious.

The last time i checked, all the christian and Muslim threads contravenes Rule 8 Of Nairaland, making them unfit to even be existing to begin with.
For emphasis, Rule number 8 of Nairaland Rules states:
"Don't post false information on Nairaland."
All muslim and christian threads on Nairaland are false threads ab initio seeing as they are not facts and have never been proved. They are all simple opinions to begin with, but they're being pushed to the front page nonetheless.

You @Seun Osewa should address this issues immediately. I am not the first to complain, and i am not sure i am even the first person to call you out publicly about this. You can ban me if you want, but stop being a religious apologist and propagandist.

Whatever is good for the goose is good for the gander.
The same way christian and muslim threads are pushed to the front page is also the same way non-muslim/christian threads should be pushed to the front page at given days of the week. I cannot tell you not to push christian/muslim threads to the front-page because they're a big demographics for your site. However, justice, equity and fairness demands that what is good for the goose is good for the gander. Non-muslim/christian threads will hit higher demographics outside the religious section which a lot of people don't enter. But, you are deliberately restricting it because you are an apologist and religious propagandist.
There are a lot of non-believers who visit Nairaland front-page daily. Such threads on the front-page will also tell them about people of similar beliefs, seeing as most people prefer to keep their non-religious beliefs and affiliation to themselves because of the society we are in.
Do what is right, and prove me wrong that you are not a religious apologist and propagandist.

Regards!

I concur with your brilliant write up, hopefully the powers that be will act in a judicious manner.

HBD to General Supridentent of DLCM

Massive congrats to them. More grace to continue.

Waste of time and resources

John Kelly has spoken

John Kelly says he agrees with Mattis: 'We need to look harder at who we elect'

https://www.foxnews.com/media/john-kelly-mattis-agree-trump

President Trump's former chief of staff Gen. John Kelly said he agreed with former Defense Secretary James Mattis when he released a statement attacking the president's leadership and describing Trump as a threat to the Constitution.

I think we need to look harder at who we elect," Kelly said during a Friday interview with former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci.

"I think we should start -- all of us, regardless of what our views are on politics, I think we should look at people that are running for office and put them through the filter -- what is their character like? What are their ethics? Are they willing, if they're elected, to represent all of their constituents, not just the base, but all of their constituents? And then look at the politics."

Trump is the Divider-in-Chief, people can't wait for November to come quick.

Abbeybailey:
Obama has been married to the same woman for over 20 years, no girlfriend or sleeping around. Two daughters by his wife compared to Trump who married three wives and cheated on every single one of them. Five children from three different wives. That's the charlatan and demagogue these worthless coons and unpaid trolls worship. Tell me that's not a sign of mental illness.

Video of Obama walking through the same WH park, currently been fenced up by Trump


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZR1CvSQntE

Watch Hillary Clinton's speech from the 2016 presidential election about her prediction of Trump's actions as president.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJOzVIqPJtk

ZooOga:
i'm just gonna drop this news right here from an conservative news source.

Law enforcement tightens security around White House with higher anti-riot fencing

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/law-enforcement-tightens-security-around-white-house-with-new-anti-riot-fencing

President Trump finally got his wall / fence.

One thing Trump should understand is that the WH is a public property and not his private property. He works for the American people, he is just like an public officer not a tyrant or dictator. This will not go down well with the electorates.

Tinubu owns Lagos