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 Politics / Re: Group Begs Sanwo-olu To Consider Igbo For Political Appointments by isalegan2: 7:38am On May 29, 2023 |
Supported. Whether or not the governor received sizable votes from one group does not exclude them from desirable positions. Governor Sanwo-Olu would improve relations and enhance cohesion amongst Lagos residents by promoting a policy of inclusivity. Accept it or not, Igbos feel politically marginalized nationwide, and specifically in Lagos after this election. Appointing qualified Igbos and other minority groups into his 2nd administration would lead to positive change and less rancor between indigenes and settlers in Lagos . In Lagos and other states where there is a large population of Igbos and non-indigenes, doing nothing to bring Igbos etc closer but leaving them on the fringes foretells dire developments. Alienation and marginalization will push moderate Igbos to be radicalized and draw further away from the mainstream into the waiting cluster of secesionist or militarized groups. You can't deny that people who feel they are deliberately marginalized from economic affluence or national political power (in this case, real or imagined) have less patriotism due to feelings of being wronged. Put yourself in those shoes. Lagos is big enough and multi ethnic enough to reflect that diversity in its high profile government officials/positions. This response turned out longer than I planned but summarily the message is 1) Inclusion, 2) Representation and 3) Prevention is better than cure! |
| Politics / Re: Gov Adeleke Emerges Top 10 Most Influential Political Actors In Nigeria(pics) by isalegan2: 6:34am On May 29, 2023 |
Nibo? For where?? Dude is a clown 𤥠|
| Politics / Re: 60 Lagos Towns And Their Founders by isalegan2: 6:20am On May 29, 2023 |
Fantastic topic. Re: no.9, wasn't Onikoyi also a brother to Olofin Ogunfunminire? 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Politics / Re: Eze Ndigbo Of Nairaland by isalegan2: 2:22am On Apr 06, 2023 |
Beremx: My padi EZE ONLYTRUTH na d only 3-time (undefeated champion) Crowned Eze Ndigbo in Nairaland Kingdom history oh. Any pretender will have to challenge OnlyTruth Gburugburu to a wrestling match or go through an  2 Likes |
| Sports / Re: Sadio Mane Is Transforming His Village Into A Beautiful Town by isalegan2: 4:13pm On Jun 27, 2022 |
justmondris:Facts! |
| Sports / Re: Sadio Mane Is Transforming His Village Into A Beautiful Town by isalegan2: 3:09pm On Jun 27, 2022 |
Aluta Continua Vittoria Ecerta.  1 Like |
| Foreign Affairs / Re: No Justice No Peace! by isalegan2: 5:21pm On Jun 10, 2020 |
WATCH THE VIDEO: White Lawyer ArrestedâTwiceâAfter Spitting on Black Teen, Confronting Protesters, Kneeing Police Real estate, tax and probate attorney Stephanie Rapkin is now known on social media as the "Shorewood Spitter." By Raychel Lean | June 08, 2020 Wisconsin real estate, tax and probate attorney Stephanie Rapkin, 64, was arrested not once but twice over the weekend, after being filmed spitting on one protester and allegedly shoving another the next day. The first incident happened on North Oakland Ave. in Shorewood, Milwaukee, Saturday afternoon, during a march in which hundreds protested the killing of black Minneapolis man George Floyd at the hands of a white police officer. Rapkin, who is white, reportedly parked her car to block the march, then confronted the protesters and spat at a black 17-year-old protester. Police arrested Rapkin â now nicknamed the âShorewood Spitterâ online â but didnât initially take her to Milwaukee County Jail because of COVID-19 concerns. Stephanie Rapkin is seen in this screen shot from cell phone video, on June 7 outside Metro Market on North Oakland Avenue in Shorewood, Wisconsin, being screamed at by protesters moments before she spits on a the teenager on the right of the image during a march to protest the killing of 46 year old George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis Police. Rapkin had parked her car on the street to block the march and then got out of her car to confront the demonstrators. Stephanie Rapkin is seen in this screen shot from cellphone video on June 7 outside Metro Market on North Oakland Avenue in Shorewood, Wisconsin, being screamed at by protesters moments before she spits on a teenager on the right of the image during a march to protest the killing of 46-year-old George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. But things escalated on Sunday, when protesters gathered outside the attorneyâs home to write messages in chalk on the pavement, including âRacistâ and âI spat on a child.â Rapkin emerged to speak to the protesters, and an argument about the spitting incident ensued. The attorney this time allegedly shoved a white protester in the chest. Rapkin resisted the second arrest on Sunday, allegedly kneeing a police officer in the groin, according to the Shorewood Police Department. She was then taken to Milwaukee County Jail, where she has a $950 bail and faces additional charges of battery to a law enforcement officer and resisting/obstructing an officer. Rapkin was admitted to practice in 1982 and holds a law degree from California Western School of Law, according to her Wisconsin Bar profile. She practices at the Law Office of Stephanie G. Rapkin in Mequon. The videos, circulated widely on social media, have triggered uproar. Among those denouncing Rapkinâs behavior: the State Bar of Wisconsinâs leadership, which said it was âdisturbed and disgustedâ in a Facebook post. âWe do not condone this behavior under any circumstance â period,â the post said. âThe State Bar of Wisconsin champions integrity, civility, and respect in dealings with the public, colleagues, clients and the courts. The behavior of lawyers and others directly contributes to the publicâs confidence in our justice system. We unequivocally support equal justice and the right of all citizens to peacefully protest.â State Rep. David F. Bowen also condemned the attorneyâs actions, tweeting, âStephanie you about to lose your law license!â Likewise, the village of Shorewood posted, âLet us be very clear â hate has no home in Shorewood.â The Milwaukee County District Attorneyâs Office is handling the case. No attorney had entered an appearance for Rapkin by press time. Rapkinâs law license could also be in jeopardy, as she faces a professional misconduct complaint from election law attorney Michael Maistelman, filed Sunday with the Wisconsin Office of Lawyer Regulation. https://www.law.com/2020/06/08/watch-the-video-white-lawyer-arrested-twice-after-spitting-on-black-teen-confronting-protesters-kneeing-police/ https://mobile.twitter.com/GitanaV/status/1269519943718010881 https://mobile.twitter.com/search?q=Rapkin&src=typed_query
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: No Justice No Peace! by isalegan2: 4:09pm On Jun 10, 2020 |
California woman destroys George Floyd Memorial BlackSportsOnline BSO ENTERTAINMENT Video: Racist White Woman Maxi Greenwood, Who Has Been Arrested Multiple Times For Battery Against A Peace Officer, Tears Down Local Memorial Honoring Victims Of Police Brutality; Maxi Calls Death Of George Floyd A Hoax ByStephen Florival 20.9k views Her name is Maxi Greenwood and she owns a business in Huntington Beach, California called Party Max Event Services. Greenwood is recorded on video damaging a mural honoring victims of police violence and calling the memorial a staged structure created by Antifa and George Soros. Her disgusting and racist behavior follows a pattern from her criminal past of assault against officers. Hereâs more via Heavy. Greenwood has been arrested multiple times in southern California. According to the Superior Court of California website for Orange County, Greenwood was arrested twice in 2018 for battery against a peace officer. The first arrest occurred on January 1, 2018. She was charged with two counts of misdemeanor battery and battery on a peace officer or emergency personnel. Greenwood pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 60 days in jail and 3 years of probation. Her probation will expire in 2021. Greenwood has gone into hiding by deactivating her Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube social media accounts. We saved receipts to expose her abhorrent behavior. https://blacksportsonline.com/2020/06/video-racist-white-woman-maxi-greenwood-who-has-been-arrested-multiple-times-for-battery-against-a-peace-officer-tears-down-local-memorial-honoring-victims-of-police-brutality-maxi-calls-death-of/ https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/gxzjhe/woman_destroys_george_floyd_memorial/ https://mobile.twitter.com/kingsrush/status/1268074653001461760
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: No Justice No Peace! by isalegan2: 1:43pm On Jun 10, 2020 |
Police arresting and roughing up a little boy already handcuffed https://www.reddit.com/r/Bad_Cop_No_Donut/comments/gzsyc1/this_just_appeared_on_my_instagram_all_i_know_is/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: No Justice No Peace! by isalegan2: 11:41am On Jun 10, 2020 |
Racists Mock and Re-Enact Killing of George Floyd Footage shows group of Trump supporters - including a New Jersey corrections officer and FedEx employee - taunt protesters by reenacting George Floyd's death as they passed by - sparking town mayor to call it 'revolting' By Keith Griffith For Dailymail.com and Associated Press 10 Jun 2020 Incident occurred on Tuesday in Franklinville, New Jersey as counter-protest to Black Lives Matter White men reenacted the death of George Floyd next to 'All Lives Matter' and Trump flag NJ Department of Corrections said one of the men involved was a corrections officer at Bayside State Prison That person was suspended and banned as the department conducts and investigation FedEx employee James DeMarco, who also participated, was fired by the shipping company 'He's dead because he didn't comply,' the man identified as DeMarco was heard shouting in at the protesters, referencing Floyd's death. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8405167/White-men-Lives-Matter-sign-taunt-protesters-reenacting-George-Floyds-death.html
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: No Justice No Peace! by isalegan2: 11:02am On Jun 10, 2020 |
The way she strangled that dog was alarming. But I heard the dog adoption people returned the dog to her. I hope she at least loves the dog and treats it well. Crazy woman. |
| Foreign Affairs / Re: No Justice No Peace! by isalegan2: 10:40am On Jun 10, 2020 |
Amy Cooper is the kind of white woman black families warn their children about Amy Cooper said the quiet part out loud when she called the police on Christian Cooper By Michael Harriot May 29, 2020 Washington Post When I was 11 years old, I forgot how to whistle. Before then, I could perfectly wheeze out âThe Andy Griffith Showâ theme song without taking a breath. My cool older cousins from âup northâ even gave me a summer-long tutorial on how to perform the two-fingers-in-mouth whistle used to hail a New York City taxicab. But I had no idea what they meant when they warned me not to do that whistle around white women lest I wanted to be âEmmett Tillâed.â When I got home, I read about the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till, a teenage boy in Mississippi, in our 1981 edition of the World Book Encyclopedia. The one or two paragraphs said they tied an industrial fan to his neck with barbed wire and threw his 14-year-old body in a river for whistling at a white woman. The article mentioned the picture of Tillâs open casket as one of the sparks that ignited the fire of the civil rights movement, but I still did not understand the joke. The next morning, I bicycled to the library at Essex County College in Newark to find the picture of Tillâs mangled face. I did not whistle for more than 20 years. You shouldnât need a Harvard degree to survive birdwatching while black If I close my eyes, I can still picture the layout of the Jet magazine microfiche page showing Tillâs bloated, disfigured face. I can see the top left corner of the page where he smiled standing next to his mother, Mamie. I can see the man standing next to the fan as I felt my whistling prowess whoosh out of my body like the current of the Tallahatchie River that coughed up Tillâs body. I did not realize that my brain was making space for a more valuable lesson that I was reminded of when I first saw the video of Amy Cooper calling 911 on Christian Cooper, a black man who simply requested that Amy Cooper leash her dog, as is required by the rules that govern Central Park. The video showed Amy Cooper responding to Christian Cooperâs request by informing him that she planned to call the police and âtell them thereâs an African American man threatening my life,â which she promptly did. Amy Cooperâs actions sparked an understandable firestorm of backlash on social media. The potential harm that Amy Cooperâs white-caller crime posed to Christian Cooperâs life became clear when a video of Minneapolis police officers kneeling on George Floydâs neck before he died circulated across the Internet. But Amy Cooperâs act of violence was noteworthy only in that it was caught on tape. I was lucky enough to learn it in a community college library, unlike the 100 or more black people massacred in Ellenton, S.C., when Lucy Foreman Harley claimed she was attacked by two black men in 1876; or how a white girlâs screams sparked the 1921 Tulsa massacre. Black men have heard the stories of how white men attacked, tortured and lynched every black resident they could find after a white womanâs fabricated claims in the 1923 Rosewood massacre. We bear the scars of Joe Coeâs lynching after a 5-year-old said he raped her. And the Scottsboro boys in 1931. And Breana Rachelle Harmon. And Nikki Yovino. And Sarah Braasch. And Patricia Ripley. And probably tomorrow ⌠And next week ⌠And next year. Biden said black Trump voters âainât black.â Thatâs a double standard. The menace of whiteness is an always-present stalker of black children waiting for them to forget the slightest of these life-preserving teachable moments. Like most black parents, I have handed down these lessons to my children. I have coached them on how to announce their intentions to move before reaching for a driverâs license in the presence of a police officer. I have lectured them on how to present themselves as nonthreatening when in a parking lot or elevator. All of these lessons are centered on how to make white people feel comfortable, why their existence often makes white people feel uncomfortable, and why they must learn these lessons or die. And sometimes, the âorâ is replaced by âand.â Black doesnât mean criminal. Conservatives should know that by now. These are remnants of a country whose economic and political structures were built, in part, on the disposability of black lives and the premise that black people are inferior. It is illogical to believe that this country automatically turned its 350-year institutional-racism trajectory when the Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964 and rained equality on everyone. And, while white women were never allowed to control the driverâs wheel, their privilege has historically manifested itself in their ability to weaponize the hate, violence and death that America has held toward black people. How white women wield the whip of white supremacy is a pedestrian intergenerational lesson passed down to black boys long before the existence of Twitter, Facebook, Essex County College or the Dewey Decimal System. We learn it one way or the other, and â for Till and countless others â it is the last lesson they will absorb before they are struck by racismâs deathblow. Amy Cooper is only guilty of being caught on camera and making the subtext the text. As fragile as they may be, white women know that even the shards of their shattered privilege are still sharp enough to slit our throats. They donât even have to scream bloody murder. Sometimes, a dog whistle will suffice. Michael Harriot is an award-winning journalist for TheRoot.com, where he covers the intersection of race, politics and culture. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/05/29/amy-cooper-white-woman/
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: No Justice No Peace! by isalegan2: 10:18am On Jun 10, 2020 |
What's all these talk of Beckys and Karens? It's a simplified way of identifying troublesome White woemen, most of whom see Black people, especially men, as threatening. I personally see Beckys as just self involved privileged ones. But the Karens are the ones who make trouble. I've known both kinds. There's a third that is worse than a Karen. I I have known those as well. Probably even a fourth. Things are serious now and we will move away from the first two soon, I'm sure. For now I will post this somewhat humorous take on the topic: The Difference Between a 'Karen' and a 'Becky,' Explained Damon Young 4/06/20 Filed to: WHITE PEOPLE WHITE PEOPLING Q: Wow. Two explainers in one day? I thought you retired these years ago? A: I did! Retired my explainer jersey and everything. But I have time now. Like, literally all of the time now because Iâm home all day and there are only but so many pushups I can do. Q: Youâre doing pushups? A: No. Q: Okay. Well, so this âKarenâ thing is new, apparently. Before we get to that though: Do you mind giving a quick âBeckyâ refresher? I know what it means, I think, but reading the definition again will help. A: Not at all! Also, did you know that Quick Becky Refresher was the original title of Big Little Lies until HBO market-tested it? Q: That canât be true. A: Anyway, Merriam-Webster defines âBeckyâ as âa white woman who is ignorant of both her privilege and her prejudice.â Q: Wait, a âBeckyâ definition is in Merriam-Webster? A: Yup. Hereâs more. The modern epithet may have a bit of [William Makepeace Thackerayâs] Becky Sharp in it, but Damon Young of The Root is among those who trace the probable origin of the modern Becky to the opening lines of Sir Mix-a-Lotâs video for the 1992 song âBaby Got Back,â which begins with one white womanâs injunction to her white friend, Becky, to cast an eye on a callipygian womanâs posterior: âOh my God, Becky, look at her butt.â (By the way, we saw what you did there with Cosmopygian, Sir Mix-a-Lot.) The posterior upon which Becky is directed to gaze at belongs to a black woman. The gazing pair do not gaze admiringly, though Sir Mix-a-Lot certainly does. Q: Oh, I see now. Youâre citing Merriam-Webster because they cited you. Very sneaky flex. Iâm both disgusted and impressed. A: Thank you! If you read further, they also cite âThe 5 Types of âBeckyââa piece The Rootâs Michael Harriot wrote a couple years ago. Here, a Becky is âa white woman who uses her privilege as a weapon, a ladder or an excuseââand there are five distinct categories of them. Notable Beckys include Taylor Swift, each Kardashian, Trashcan Lannister, and every white woman named âAmber.â Not every white woman is a Becky, of course. But all Beckys are white women. Q: Just five categories? A: Who knows? There might be as many as 57. Think of Becky the way Howard Gardner thinks of intelligence. Q: Very helpful. So whatâs the deal with âKaren?â What makes them different? A: A âKarenâ is basically a graduated Becky whoâs extremely aware of her privilege and weaponizes it. A Becky convinces herselfâand attempts to convince othersâthat her whiteness doesnât matter. A Karen doesnât even bother to fake it. She knows itâs her Big Joker and plays it whenever necessary. Remember when Loaded Lux was like âYou Gonna Get This Work!â With Karen, itâs âYou Gonna Get This White!â Also, your typical Karen is likely Republican and upper middle class, definitely a mom, maybe divorced and might even be an anti-vaxxerâwhich means that theyâre creating little typhoid bombs and sending them to schools and churches and soccer practices. And, As Voxâs Aja Romano explained, âthe chief way she manifests her class consciousness is not by, say, being a patron of the arts, but by being aggressively rude to the help.â Q: So a Karen is basically an Atomic Becky? A: Yes! Upcharged Becky works too. Q: Interesting! You have more? A: Yes! Because the best way to describe a Karen is to explain why Karen is even in the news today. Yesterday afternoon, Professional Karen Julie Bindel tweeted the following: âDoes anyone else think the âKarenâ slur is woman hating and based on class prejudice? What makes this tweet so quintessentially Karen is that it manages to pack each Karen-ey quality in 15 words. Thereâs the intentional misunderstanding of race, class and gender politics, and how they intersect. Thereâs the performative grievance, where she conjures personal victimhood despite not being victimized by this. Thereâs the bad faith query, where she asks a question when she couldâve easily just googled the answer. Thereâs even that awkward space between âslurâ and âisâ which just indicates that she was on the phone with Chicoâs customer service while tweeting. And when she asks âDoes anyone else think...â sheâs not asking for the opinions of just anyone else. Itâs a dog whistle to other Karens, for them to congregate and mobilize over this perceived offense. In a Karenâs world, only other Karens matter. Q: Anything else? A: Perhaps the most perplexing quality all Karens share is time because they always seem to have it. For instance, everyone knows how aggravating it is to engage customer service, for any reason. You have to call, you have to wait and then you have to wait some more, and by the time youâre done, that 45 minutes is gone from your day. But Karens just have literally nothing else to do but be Karens. They say idle hands are a devilâs workshop. Well, I believe in Hell, but the only thing that scares me is Karen. Q: Advice on how to deal with Karens? A: Just that if you see this hair, cross the street. And then, donât take your eyes off her, because she might be calling the cops on you. Damon Young Damon Young is the editor-in-chief of VSB, a columnist for GQ.com, and the author of What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker (Ecco/HarperCollins) https://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/the-difference-between-a-karen-and-a-becky-explained-1842708257
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: No Justice No Peace! by isalegan2: 9:02am On Jun 10, 2020 |
Surprise surprise! This girl is involved in one of the most unfortunate enterprise that perpetuates a poor image of Black people, and drags everyone down into the gutter. The cheerleader being the woman-hating Jewish homosexual Andy Cohen at Bravo channel. She seems to now be inspired by her trailblazing late grandfather Hosea Williams, and is speaking up against police brutality. I hope she continues and applies that awareness to mind how they're hurting their people with the negative racist and misogynistic "reality" show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zerRdRPVThE |
| Foreign Affairs / Re: No Justice No Peace! by isalegan2: 8:30am On Jun 10, 2020 |
https://www.redcafe.net/threads/protests-following-the-killing-of-george-floyd.454902/post-25585788 |
| Foreign Affairs / Re: No Justice No Peace! by isalegan2: 8:06am On Jun 10, 2020 |
"If you as a White person wants to be treated the way Black people get treated in America please stand up. NONE OF YOU ARE STANDING! So you know the problem, don't you!!!" https://mobile.twitter.com/ifyouwereafo/status/1266123034156556288 Click link above to watch video
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: No Justice No Peace! by isalegan2: 7:05am On Jun 10, 2020 |
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: No Justice No Peace! by isalegan2: 8:44pm On Jun 06, 2020 |
Cousin9999: Its gonna go on and evolve to encompass a wider social mini-revolution, but the politicians will try to derail and likely prevent any substantive change. we've been here before. Sadly. |
| Foreign Affairs / Re: No Justice No Peace! by isalegan2: 8:21pm On Jun 06, 2020 |
I'm a little late on this one, but wanted to share anyway. Protest in Nigeria at American Embassy earlier this week, June 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pna6zGsK2eo Also, today: "From Murals To Tweets: The Global South Shows Solidarity With George Floyd Protests"  Around the world, people have held vigils, organized protests and painted murals this week to show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter protests taking place across America. These events are also taking place in countries struggling with their own crises â conflict, poverty, the pandemic. America's loud call for justice after the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and many more black Americans has resonated. George Floyd Reverberates Globally: Thousands Protest In Germany, U.K., New Zealand WORLD George Floyd Reverberates Globally: Thousands Protest In Germany, U.K., New Zealand In Nigeria, a dozen protesters gathered in front of the U.S. embassy in Abuja with signs that said "Black life matters." In Ghana, the president tweeted a drawing of George Floyd and wrote: "Black people, the world over, are distraught by the killing of an unarmed black man." And in Syria's war-torn city of Idlib, artist Aziz Asmar says he was moved to create a mural after watching the media coverage around Floyd's death. "I decided to paint George Floyd on the rubble of a building destroyed by aviation ... to send a message to the world that despite the international negligence and blindness of the killing of civilians in Syria over a period of 10 years, we have a humanitarian duty to sympathize with all the oppressed in the world," he wrote to NPR. "Because we are advocates of peace, we hope that racism and crime will disappear and that the world will enjoy happiness."  https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/06/06/871010812/from-murals-to-tweets-the-global-south-shows-solidarity-with-george-floyd-protes |
| Foreign Affairs / Re: No Justice No Peace! by isalegan2: 2:22am On Jun 06, 2020 |
"Cuomo, de Blasio Say They Havenât Seen Videos of the NYPD Abusing Protesters, so Weâre Posting Them Here to Be Helpful" https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/gwuy8f/cuomo_de_blasio_say_they_havent_seen_videos_of/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share |
| Foreign Affairs / Re: No Justice No Peace! by isalegan2: 3:01pm On Jun 03, 2020 |
Continuing live coverage https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/us/george-floyd-protests.html Great source for information and continuing developments https://www.redcafe.net/threads/protests-following-the-killing-of-george-floyd.454902/page-85 |
| Foreign Affairs / Re: No Justice No Peace! by isalegan2: 2:39am On Jun 02, 2020 |
| Foreign Affairs / Re: Donald Trump Hid In A Bunker Inside The Whitehouse by isalegan2: 5:08pm On Jun 01, 2020 |
Throwback: I think you misunderstood him. I was a little confused at first too. He meant no harm. His sarcasm is just too advanced for us mere mortals.  |
| Foreign Affairs / Re: No Justice No Peace! by isalegan2: 1:36pm On Jun 01, 2020 |
NBC News Minneapolis police made 44 people unconscious with neck restraints since 2015 Emily R. Siegel and Andrew W. Lehren and Andrew Blankstein and Tom Winter 1 hr ago Since the beginning of 2015, officers from the Minneapolis Police Department have rendered people unconscious with neck restraints 44 times, according to an NBC News analysis of police records. Several police experts said that number appears to be unusually high. Minneapolis police used neck restraints at least 237 times during that span, and in 16 percent of the incidents the suspects and other individuals lost consciousness, the department's use-of-force records show. A lack of publicly available use-of-force data from other departments makes it difficult to compare Minneapolis to other cities of the same or any size. Police define neck restraints as when an officer uses an arm or leg to compress someone's neck without directly pressuring the airway. On May 25, Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin was captured on video kneeling on the neck of a prone and handcuffed George Floyd for eight minutes â including nearly three minutes after he had stopped breathing. Chauvin was charged Friday with 3rd degree murder and manslaughter for Floyd's death. More than a dozen police officials and law enforcement experts told NBC News that the particular tactic Chauvin used â kneeling on a suspect's neck â is neither taught nor sanctioned by any police agency. A Minneapolis city official told NBC News Chauvin's tactic is not permitted by the Minneapolis police department. For most major police departments, variations of neck restraints, known as chokeholds, are highly restricted â if not banned outright. The version of the Minneapolis Police Department's policy manual that is available on-line, however, does permit the use of neck restraints that can render suspects unconscious, and the protocol for their use appears not to have been updated for more than eight years. Minneapolis police data shows that in the bulk of use-of-force cases involving neck restraints when an individual lost consciousness, the restraint was used after a suspect fled on foot or tensed up as they were being taken into custody. Almost half of the people who lost consciousness were injured, according to the reports, which do not spell out the severity of those injuries. Five of the cases involved assaults on officers, while several others involved domestic abuse or domestic assault cases. In most cases, there was no apparent underlying violent offense.  The Minnesota police data showed three-fifths of those subjected to neck restraints and then rendered unconscious were black. About 30 percent were white. Two were Native Americans. Almost all are male, and three-quarters were age 40 or under. One was a 14-year-old in a domestic abuse incident that was in progress when the officer arrived. Another was a 17-year-old fleeing from a shoplifting incident. Another involved a traffic stop where the suspect was deemed "verbally non-compliant." The on-line version of the policy manual says, "The unconscious neck restraint shall only be applied ⌠1. On a subject who is exhibiting active aggression, or; 2. For life saving purposes, or; 3. On a subject who is exhibiting active resistance in order to gain control of the subject; and if lesser attempts at control have been or would likely be ineffective." The passage includes a date in parentheses, April 16, 2012. The front of the manual is dated July 28, 2016. The Minneapolis Police Department did not immediately provide comment on the data, and did not respond to a request to confirm that the dates in parentheses refer to when the manual and its sections were updated. Attorney and Plumas County (Calif.) Deputy Sheriff Ed Obayashi, a national use-of-force expert who trains and advises California police agencies, said police departments across the country have been moving away from the neck restraint option for many years because of its "inherent life-threatening potential" and because officers often misinterpret resistance by a suspect, who may simply be struggling to breathe. "It's common sense," Obayashi said. "Any time you cut off someone's airway or block blood flow to the brain, it can lead to serious injury or death as we have seen in so many of these tragedies. By using this tactic, it's a self-fulfilling tragedy." Obayashi said it's notable that the Minneapolis Police Department policy on neck restraints appears to be dated and said that rather than discouraging or generally prohibiting the tactic, its policy language is consistent with a permissive stance. "The [Minneapolis] policy doesn't appear to reflect what California and other law enforcement agencies using best practices recognize, which is if officers don't use extreme caution with this force option, the likelihood of serious injury or death rises significantly," Obayashi said. "This seems to be a routine practice by the Minneapolis Police Department," said Obayashi. "As a cop, the tone is there, 'Use it when you think it's appropriate.'" Shawn Williams, an assistant professor and professional peace officer coordinator at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, worked at the Minneapolis Police Department for more than 10 years and oversaw training his last two years there, including the use of unconscious neck restraints. He said he understands why other departments do not use the maneuver. "If it's used correctly, you can cause the suspect to render themselves compliant and we can take someone into custody without damage internally," he said. "If it's not used correctly, and the arm is placed in the wrong place, you're talking about damage to one's trachea and you're talking about taking someone's life." During his time in the department, he said officers needed to be trained correctly, often and while under stress so they could fully understand how to use the move. Richard Drooyan served as counsel to the Christopher Commission, which investigated the LAPD beating of Rodney King, and later on the independent panel that examined the Rampart Division corruption scandal. Drooyan, who now oversees the L.A. County jail, said neck restraint should only be employed when there is an urgent matter of life or death, and that the number of times it was used by the Minneapolis Police Department seemed "extraordinary." "In many cases," he said, "the justification was that the suspect tensed up, which I read to mean resisted arrest or fled on foot without any indication that the suspect was armed or dangerous. You have a combination of a large number of incidents involving the use of neck restraints on individuals who were not engaged in violent criminal activity and appeared to have been restrained because they appeared to be resisting arrest." Despite a turbulent past, the LAPD was one of the first police agencies to address deadly or excessive force incidents that grew out of using chokeholds. In 1982, at the request of then-Chief Daryl F. Gates, the department banned the bar-arm chokeholds and limited upper-body controls, then commonplace, after a federal lawsuit. Sixteen people â including a dozen African-American men â died from various forms of upper-body controls over a seven-year period leading up to the decision. The Los Angeles Police Commission followed up the bar-arm ban weeks later by restricting the carotid chokehold, designed to immobilize a suspect by blocking the neck artery and, by extension, the flow of blood to the brain. The department still allows officers to use a carotid restraint but limits those situations to immediate danger to life. Use of unconscious neck restraints is not specifically referenced in the New York Police Department patrol guide. On July 17, 2014, Eric Garner died after he was put in a chokehold by New York Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo while under arrest for selling loose, untaxed cigarettes in New York's Staten Island. A chokehold is prohibited by the NYPD in the normal course of policing, but in a self-defense situation officers are allowed to use whatever technique is appropriate. NYPD procedure for use-of-force states that officers "take necessary action to protect life and personal safety of all persons present, including subjects being placed into custody." Pantaleo was fired from the department. A state grand jury and federal prosecutors both declined to bring charges against him. The Garner family settled a civil suit against the city for $5.9 million. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/minneapolis-police-made-44-people-unconscious-with-neck-restraints-since-2015/ar-BB14RXR7 1 Like 1 Share |
| Foreign Affairs / Re: No Justice No Peace! by isalegan2: 12:44am On Jun 01, 2020 |
Escalating confrontation in LA/Santa Monica with demonstrators constructing shields in preparation to face off with riot police. Ah! Police just tear gassed them. Some dispersed but they came back and are standing there ground. These anchors are priviledged idiots but the live video coverage is good. They had a Black preacher on that I guess they expected to be another asskisser but that one told them, look! the violence you think you're seeing is nothing compared to what tge the violence suffered by dead victims of police brutality in the last few years alone. And he listed a bunch of names off the top of his head. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_Ma8oQLmSM |
| Foreign Affairs / Re: No Justice No Peace! by isalegan2: 11:47pm On May 31, 2020 |
The UK put on a peaceful Black Lives Matter demonstration on Sunday. Protests are still continuing in the US despite curfews in some cities. As they're clamping down on one city, another city intensifies their own. I'm hearing of cities I hadn't even thought about! The leading cities like Minneapolis, New York and LA are continuing. Atlanta simmered down on Saturday and I'm not sure what they're doing tonight. The channel I'm monitoring is highlighting Boston. I'll see what other cities are taking over. I think they're was demonstration on Saturday in 48 to 60 cities! People are angry about the news coverage that focuses on demonizing the protesters as looters but glosses over the brutal vicious aggression of the police. I saw a post on social media that Anon techie-type guys are getting involved and scrambling the communication radio of the police to hamper their ability to corner the protesters at various intersections. |
| Foreign Affairs / Re: No Justice No Peace! by isalegan2: 7:43pm On May 31, 2020 |
"Depraved Indifference: The Culture of Policing in USA" Please watch this commentator. His grandfather, father and older brother were cops and he knows more about their mentality than anyone I've ever heard speak on the topic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJLzOW0eRAo Sometimes you have to step in and help the vulnerable. A police officer actually told me three years ago when the issue of police brutality was big - I think this was when Philander Castille and a couple others were shot and killed for no discernible reason other than the cop was on edge - that they had been given new instructions on dealing with the homeless, who they used to force to "keep moving" and not loiter in nicer public areas where people consider them a nuisance. So, he said they, police men on patrol, were instructed to not even bother the homeless unless someone reports a crime they committed. He also told me to personally avoid ever calling the police for minor things because when you call the cops you are saying there is danger that you cannot handle and you need protection from. He also said, anytime you call the police, be prepared for the issues to ESCALATE not de-escalate, resolved or diffused. I had a tendency to call 911 for emergency assistance (not cops) not to report a crime but to get help for whoever I see in distress. One time, for an old man with one blind eye who was disoriented and said he had been walking for hours looking for his son's house, etc. . . Here's Denzel Washington stepping in to be a buffer between a homeless man and police officers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwNelmGux4Q More cops acting badly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOvTxt_bi20 This is a must-see. I posted it before but its important to watch and listen: "Cops are out of control in America. . . the most trigger happy people . . . They shoot first and ask questions later. . . and nothing is ever gonna change. . . We had a Black president (for eight years!) and a Black head of the Justice department and they did nothing! Nothing, but they militarized the police departments by sending them high tech military gear!!! " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cOgPt3kRUQ&t=10s 1 Share
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| Foreign Affairs / Re: No Justice No Peace! by isalegan2: 2:23am On May 31, 2020 |
Clashes in Seattle, Washington https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH7yi0FmZEk ABC continuing news coverage all 24/7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_Ma8oQLmSM |
| Foreign Affairs / Re: No Justice No Peace! by isalegan2: 2:02am On May 31, 2020 |
Denver, Colorado https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_oFD7l718A All over the USA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPBaAhJC_7E |
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