thewakingtimes--2020-06-04--Five Solutions You Won’t Hear from Politicians on How to End Police Violence Now

Five Solutions You Won ’ t Hear from Politicians on How to End Police Violence Now Since the George Floyd protests began last week , they have since morphed into a much broader movement which is now exposing a problem this country has suffered from for a long time .
The system of law enforcement in this country has morphed into a militarized standing army , preying on the poor , and rife with corruption .
Naturally , people are pissed .
As we have stated from the beginning of the riots , this reaction was inevitable .
Minorities and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ corner and ignored as the state preyed on them through a system of extortion and violence .
One can only be ignored for so long before they eventually lash out .
Remember when football players were peacefully protesting by taking a knee , and the country — including the Commander in Chief — collectively lost their minds telling them to shut up and sit down ?
Trump even called for them to be fired for this .
Now , because these folks were ignored and told to shut up during their peaceful protests @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
For decades there has been a perfect storm brewing in this country as minorities and poor people have their doors kicked in and are terrorized by cops during botched raids for substances deemed illegal by the state and watch helplessly as their family members die in video after video at the hands of cops .
Now , we have record unemployment , lockdowns , cops murdering people on video and facing no immediate charges , and those in charge sit at the top and point fingers .
Because the system will always @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it has forced onto the people , the blame game always comes next .
Instead of realizing the error of their ways , government is now blaming the riots on Antifa , White Nationalists , the Alt right , “ thugs , ” and any other scapegoat they can find to blame besides taking responsibility .
They are even blaming Russia now .
You can not make this up .
Naturally , this will never lead to any positive change .
It will only prolong suffering , create more divide , and perpetuate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ come .
Those who want to incite peaceful change , however , have been pushing these ideas out for a long time .
Now , people may finally listen .
To lower the likelihood of future chaos , America ’ s system of law enforcement needs radical change .
Instead of threatening to execute suspected looters with no due process — the discussion we should be having right now is how to fix this broken system .
It is not difficult , it is based in logic and reason , and its effects @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Over the years , TFTP has been proposing these solutions and below we have compiled a list of five main actions that could affect this much needed change , right now .
The first and most significant solution to this pain and suffering would be to end the war on drugs — today .
Legalize every substance out there .
Richard Nixon , in his effort to silence black people and antiwar activists , brought the War on Drugs into full force in 1973 .
He then signed Reorganization Plan No .
2 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( DEA ) .
Over the course of five decades , this senseless war has waged on .
At a cost of over $ 1 trillion — ruining and ending countless lives in the process — America ’ s drug war failed , miserably , and has created a drug problem that is worse now than ever before .
This is no coincidence .
For years , those of us who ’ ve been paying attention have seen who profits from this inhumane war — the police state and cartels .
The reason @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drug and violence problem is simple .
And those who profit most from the drug war — drug war enforcers and cartels — all know it .
When the government makes certain substances illegal , it does not remove the demand .
Instead , the state creates crime by pushing the sale and control of these substances into the illegal black markets .
All the while , demand remains constant .
We can look at the prohibition of alcohol and the subsequent mafia crime wave that ensued as a result as an example @ @ @ @ @ @ @ peak of prohibition , happened to be the deadliest year for police in American history .
300 police officers were killed , and innumerable poor people slaughtered as the state cracked down on drinkers .
Criminal gangs form to protect sales territory and supply lines .
They then monopolize the control of the constant demand .
Their entire operation is dependent upon police arresting people for drugs because this grants them a monopoly on their sale .
It is incredibly racist too .
The illegality of drug possession and use is what keeps @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out of the court systems , and most of these people are poor black men .
As Dr. Ron Paul has pointed out , black people are more likely to receive a harsher punishment for the same drug crime as a white person .
This revolving door of creating and processing criminals fosters the phenomenon known as Recidivism .
Recidivism is a fundamental concept of criminal justice that shows the tendency of those who are processed into the system and the likelihood of future criminal behavior .
The War on Drugs takes good @ @ @ @ @ @ @ single minute of every single day .
The system is set up in such a way that it fans the flames of violent crime by essentially building a factory that turns out violent criminals .
It also creates unnecessary police interactions — disproportionately carried out on black people — which leads to resentment , harassment , civil rights violations , and even death .
When drugs are legal , there are far fewer doors to kick in , fines to collect , profit prisons to fill , and money to steal .
Secondly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for police .
Unfortunately , however , this is the case most of the time thanks to law enforcement personnel ’ s use and abuse of Qualified Immunity .
For those who may be unaware , qualified immunity is a legal doctrine in United States federal law that shields government officials from being sued for discretionary actions performed within their official capacity , unless their actions violated “ clearly established ” federal law or constitutional rights .
The Supreme Court created qualified immunity in 1982 .
With that novel invention , the court @ @ @ @ @ @ @ constitutional and civil rights unless the victims of those violations can show that the rights were “ clearly established.
” As Anya Bidwell points out , although innocuous sounding , the clearly established test is a legal obstacle nearly impossible to overcome .
It requires a victim to identify an earlier decision by the Supreme Court , or a federal appeals court in the same jurisdiction holding that precisely the same conduct under the same circumstances is illegal or unconstitutional .
If none exists , the official is immune .
Whether the official @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or malicious is irrelevant to the test .
An example of this would be the family of George Floyd attempting to seek compensation for his death .
Because there has never been a “ clearly established ” case of a cop kneeling on a man ’ s neck until he dies being declared unconstitutional , a judge in Minnesota could easily dismiss their case .
It is essentially a get out of jail free card for cops and it perpetuates the problem of police violence by giving bad cops a free pass .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to trample rights without consequence , it is time to hold them liable .
That ’ s where personal liability insurance comes in .
As the Free Thought Project has reported extensively , police officers , even when found at fault for their abusive actions , are almost never held personally liable .
It is the taxpayers who foot the bill .
However , all that can change overnight by requiring cops to carry personal liability insurance .
Imagine , for a moment , the result of all police officers being held personally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pay their victims .
In nearly every other profession on the planet , if someone hurts someone else while on the job , they are held liable — personally .
Why can ’ t cops carry personal liability insurance just like doctors ?
As instances of police brutality and police killings continue to be exposed , there is no doubt that the US is in dire need of reform .
The simple requirement for police to be insured for personal liability is an easy fix — especially to remove repeat offenders from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a tragic death such as George Floyd occurs , later — as was the case with Derek Chauvin — we find out that the officer should have never been given a badge and a gun in the first place because of their past .
However , insurance companies , who can ’ t fleece the taxpayers to pay for problem cops , would have to come out of pocket to pay for them and would make sure that these officers are uninsurable .
If the officer becomes uninsurable , the officer becomes unhirable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ likely many cops out there right now who would be denied insurance coverage by any company , due to their track records .
A requirement for personal liability insurance would , quite literally , weed out problem officers — almost overnight .
The fourth solution to preventing police brutality and violence would be to bring predatory policing to a halt .
However , that statement couldn ’ t be further from the truth .
Former NSA official William Binney sums this myth up quite accurately , “ The problem is , if they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that ’ s wrong , they don ’ t get to define that .
The central government does.
” Attorney Harvey Silverglate argues that the average American commits three felonies a day without even knowing it .
Most of these crimes have no victim either — like possessing marijuana , driving a car with dark windows , or a burned out license plate light .
While most everyone in America commits these same infractions designed for revenue collection instead of safety , most of the people targeted by police for these crimes are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mentally ill. As the 2014 death of Mike Brown in Ferguson exposed , in 2013 , African-Americans accounted for 86 percent of traffic stops , while making up only 63 percent of Ferguson ’ s population .
For those too poor to pay their tickets , routine traffic stops in Ferguson ended up in repeated imprisonment due to mounting fines .
Ferguson was running a de facto debtors ’ prison .
Revenue collection , persecution of the poor , and debtor ’ s prisons take place in every county , in every city @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cruelty is little more than a day ’ s work for the millions of bureaucrats involved in the racket .
Sadly , until this system of wealth extraction is defunded or brought to a halt through radical policy changes , cases of cops preying on the poor will continue at an ever increasing rate until the whole country is one big prison — or , burned to the ground .
Lastly , we should end the monopoly that American police have on law enforcement .
Simply put , police officers can be corrupt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rarely held accountable because Americans have no other choice .
We are stuck with them .
In any other job market on the planet , if they had a death toll of 1,000 Americans a year , they would be out of business overnight .
However , because cops have a monopoly on law enforcement in America , the death toll keeps rising .
By allowing competition in law enforcement , the incentives for policing would drastically shift .
Violent police departments would be fired and replaced with less violent ones .
Cops @ @ @ @ @ @ @ communities by solving real crimes like rape and murder instead of kidnapping and caging people for victimless crimes .
If this sounds like a pipe dream to you , then you ’ ve probably never heard of Dale Brown .
Dale Brown of Detroit ’ s “ threat management center ” has shown that crime can be stopped and lives can be saved by independent people using nonlethal tactics .
In areas of Detroit where police don ’ t answer 911 calls , Dale Brown took matters into his own hands and started @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dale was not “ above the law ” as police officers claim to be , he had to solve these crimes without hurting people , because he would actually be held accountable for his actions .
Yes , businesses pay for these services .
However , as a side effect of providing businesses with security , Dale has also been able to provide service in poor neighborhoods for free , by financing his business through providing security for high-income areas .
Matt Agorist is an honorably discharged veteran of the USMC and former @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This prior experience gives him unique insight into the world of government corruption and the American police state .
Agorist has been an independent journalist for over a decade and has been featured on mainstream networks around the world .
Agorist is also the Editor at Large at the Free Thought Project .
Follow @ MattAgorist on Twitter , Steemit , and now on Minds .

Five Solutions You Won’t Hear from Politicians on How to End Police Violence Now
Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project
Waking Times
Since the George Floyd protests began last week, they have since morphed into a much broader movement which is now exposing a problem this country has suffered from for a long time. The system of law enforcement in this country has morphed into a militarized standing army, preying on the poor, and rife with corruption. Naturally, people are pissed.
As we have stated from the beginning of the riots, this reaction was inevitable. Minorities and the poor have been pushed into a corner and ignored as the state preyed on them through a system of extortion and violence. One can only be ignored for so long before they eventually lash out.
Remember when football players were peacefully protesting by taking a knee, and the country — including the Commander in Chief — collectively lost their minds telling them to shut up and sit down? Trump even called for them to be fired for this. Now, because these folks were ignored and told to shut up during their peaceful protests, the inevitable non-peaceful protests have begun.
For decades there has been a perfect storm brewing in this country as minorities and poor people have their doors kicked in and are terrorized by cops during botched raids for substances deemed illegal by the state and watch helplessly as their family members die in video after video at the hands of cops. Now, we have record unemployment, lockdowns, cops murdering people on video and facing no immediate charges, and those in charge sit at the top and point fingers.
Because the system will always refuse to accept responsibility for the situation it has forced onto the people, the blame game always comes next. Instead of realizing the error of their ways, government is now blaming the riots on Antifa, White Nationalists, the Alt right, “thugs,” and any other scapegoat they can find to blame besides taking responsibility. They are even blaming Russia now. You cannot make this up.
Naturally, this will never lead to any positive change. It will only prolong suffering, create more divide, and perpetuate a system of injustice for decades to come. Those who want to incite peaceful change, however, have been pushing these ideas out for a long time. Now, people may finally listen.
To lower the likelihood of future chaos, America’s system of law enforcement needs radical change. Instead of threatening to execute suspected looters with no due process — the discussion we should be having right now is how to fix this broken system. It is not difficult, it is based in logic and reason, and its effects would be significantly felt almost overnight.
Over the years, TFTP has been proposing these solutions and below we have compiled a list of five main actions that could affect this much needed change, right now.
The first and most significant solution to this pain and suffering would be to end the war on drugs — today. Legalize every substance out there.
Richard Nixon, in his effort to silence black people and antiwar activists, brought the War on Drugs into full force in 1973. He then signed Reorganization Plan No. 2, which established the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Over the course of five decades, this senseless war has waged on. At a cost of over $1 trillion — ruining and ending countless lives in the process — America’s drug war failed, miserably, and has created a drug problem that is worse now than ever before.
This is no coincidence.
For years, those of us who’ve been paying attention have seen who profits from this inhumane war — the police state and cartels.
The reason why the drug war actually creates a drug and violence problem is simple. And those who profit most from the drug war — drug war enforcers and cartels — all know it. When the government makes certain substances illegal, it does not remove the demand. Instead, the state creates crime by pushing the sale and control of these substances into the illegal black markets. All the while, demand remains constant.
We can look at the prohibition of alcohol and the subsequent mafia crime wave that ensued as a result as an example. The year 1930, at the peak of prohibition, happened to be the deadliest year for police in American history. 300 police officers were killed, and innumerable poor people slaughtered as the state cracked down on drinkers.
Outlawing substances does not work.
Criminal gangs form to protect sales territory and supply lines. They then monopolize the control of the constant demand. Their entire operation is dependent upon police arresting people for drugs because this grants them a monopoly on their sale.
It is incredibly racist too. The illegality of drug possession and use is what keeps the low-level users and dealers in and out of the court systems, and most of these people are poor black men. As Dr. Ron Paul has pointed out, black people are more likely to receive a harsher punishment for the same drug crime as a white person.
This revolving door of creating and processing criminals fosters the phenomenon known as Recidivism. Recidivism is a fundamental concept of criminal justice that shows the tendency of those who are processed into the system and the likelihood of future criminal behavior.
The War on Drugs takes good people and turns them into criminals every single minute of every single day. The system is set up in such a way that it fans the flames of violent crime by essentially building a factory that turns out violent criminals.
It also creates unnecessary police interactions — disproportionately carried out on black people — which leads to resentment, harassment, civil rights violations, and even death. When drugs are legal, there are far fewer doors to kick in, fines to collect, profit prisons to fill, and money to steal.
Secondly, we need to end qualified immunity for police.
When it comes to police accountability, one overarching question remains. ‘Do we want to live in a society whereby law enforcement officials can completely violate a person’s constitutional rights and get away with it?’ For our society to be free, the answer to that question must be a resounding, powerful, unwavering, ‘Hell No!’
Unfortunately, however, this is the case most of the time thanks to law enforcement personnel’s use and abuse of Qualified Immunity.
For those who may be unaware, qualified immunity is a legal doctrine in United States federal law that shields government officials from being sued for discretionary actions performed within their official capacity, unless their actions violated “clearly established” federal law or constitutional rights.
The Supreme Court created qualified immunity in 1982. With that novel invention, the court granted all government officials immunity for violating constitutional and civil rights unless the victims of those violations can show that the rights were “clearly established.”
As Anya Bidwell points out, although innocuous sounding, the clearly established test is a legal obstacle nearly impossible to overcome. It requires a victim to identify an earlier decision by the Supreme Court, or a federal appeals court in the same jurisdiction holding that precisely the same conduct under the same circumstances is illegal or unconstitutional. If none exists, the official is immune. Whether the official’s actions are unconstitutional, intentional or malicious is irrelevant to the test.
An example of this would be the family of George Floyd attempting to seek compensation for his death. Because there has never been a “clearly established” case of a cop kneeling on a man’s neck until he dies being declared unconstitutional, a judge in Minnesota could easily dismiss their case.
It is essentially a get out of jail free card for cops and it perpetuates the problem of police violence by giving bad cops a free pass.
After removing a cop’s ability to trample rights without consequence, it is time to hold them liable. That’s where personal liability insurance comes in.
As the Free Thought Project has reported extensively, police officers, even when found at fault for their abusive actions, are almost never held personally liable. It is the taxpayers who foot the bill. However, all that can change overnight by requiring cops to carry personal liability insurance.
Imagine, for a moment, the result of all police officers being held personally liable for their actions and forced to pay their victims. In nearly every other profession on the planet, if someone hurts someone else while on the job, they are held liable — personally. Why can’t cops carry personal liability insurance just like doctors?
As instances of police brutality and police killings continue to be exposed, there is no doubt that the US is in dire need of reform. The simple requirement for police to be insured for personal liability is an easy fix — especially to remove repeat offenders from the force.
All too often, when a tragic death such as George Floyd occurs, later — as was the case with Derek Chauvin — we find out that the officer should have never been given a badge and a gun in the first place because of their past. However, insurance companies, who can’t fleece the taxpayers to pay for problem cops, would have to come out of pocket to pay for them and would make sure that these officers are uninsurable.
If the officer becomes uninsurable, the officer becomes unhirable — simple as that.
There are likely many cops out there right now who would be denied insurance coverage by any company, due to their track records. A requirement for personal liability insurance would, quite literally, weed out problem officers — almost overnight.
The fourth solution to preventing police brutality and violence would be to bring predatory policing to a halt.
All too often we hear the ridiculous statement from the police apologist crowd saying, “If you don’t break the law, you have nothing to worry about.”
However, that statement couldn’t be further from the truth.
Former NSA official William Binney sums this myth up quite accurately, “The problem is, if they think they’re not doing anything that’s wrong, they don’t get to define that. The central government does.”
Attorney Harvey Silverglate argues that the average American commits three felonies a day without even knowing it. Most of these crimes have no victim either — like possessing marijuana, driving a car with dark windows, or a burned out license plate light.
While most everyone in America commits these same infractions designed for revenue collection instead of safety, most of the people targeted by police for these crimes are the poor, minorities, and the mentally ill.
As the 2014 death of Mike Brown in Ferguson exposed, in 2013, African-Americans accounted for 86 percent of traffic stops, while making up only 63 percent of Ferguson’s population.
For those too poor to pay their tickets, routine traffic stops in Ferguson ended up in repeated imprisonment due to mounting fines. Ferguson was running a de facto debtors’ prison.
Revenue collection, persecution of the poor, and debtor’s prisons take place in every county, in every city, across every state. This institutionalized cruelty is little more than a day’s work for the millions of bureaucrats involved in the racket.
Sadly, until this system of wealth extraction is defunded or brought to a halt through radical policy changes, cases of cops preying on the poor will continue at an ever increasing rate until the whole country is one big prison — or, burned to the ground.
Lastly, we should end the monopoly that American police have on law enforcement.
Simply put, police officers can be corrupt, kill with impunity, and are rarely held accountable because Americans have no other choice. We are stuck with them. In any other job market on the planet, if they had a death toll of 1,000 Americans a year, they would be out of business overnight. However, because cops have a monopoly on law enforcement in America, the death toll keeps rising.
By allowing competition in law enforcement, the incentives for policing would drastically shift. Violent police departments would be fired and replaced with less violent ones. Cops would have an incentive to serve their communities by solving real crimes like rape and murder instead of kidnapping and caging people for victimless crimes.
If this sounds like a pipe dream to you, then you’ve probably never heard of Dale Brown.
Dale Brown of Detroit’s “threat management center” has shown that crime can be stopped and lives can be saved by independent people using nonlethal tactics.
In areas of Detroit where police don’t answer 911 calls, Dale Brown took matters into his own hands and started taking those calls himself, and because Dale was not “above the law” as police officers claim to be, he had to solve these crimes without hurting people, because he would actually be held accountable for his actions.
Yes, businesses pay for these services. However, as a side effect of providing businesses with security, Dale has also been able to provide service in poor neighborhoods for free, by financing his business through providing security for high-income areas.
Instead of policing from a place of fear, self-preservation, and extortion, Brown polices through love. He offers of some timeless advice that we could all use right now. “The cornerstone for protection is love, not violence, not guns, not laws, you cannot truly protect anything that you do not love.”
About the Author
Matt Agorist is an honorably discharged veteran of the USMC and former intelligence operator directly tasked by the NSA. This prior experience gives him unique insight into the world of government corruption and the American police state. Agorist has been an independent journalist for over a decade and has been featured on mainstream networks around the world. Agorist is also the Editor at Large at the Free Thought Project. Follow @MattAgorist on Twitter, Steemit, and now on Minds.


thewakingtimes--2020-06-04--COVID-19 Exposed The Truth: Laws, Rules, & Regulations Are Futile, Humans Were Born Free

COVID-19 Exposed The Truth : Laws , Rules , & Regulations Are Futile , Humans Were Born Free The one good thing to come out of the COVID-19 panic is the increasing awareness of the general public .
The scamdemic has exposed the futility of most rules , laws , and regulations , as people have found out they don ’ t have to obey any ruler or politician because they were born free .
Regulations that needlessly restrict liberty , reduce innovation , and reduce Americans ’ access to care are being suspended all over the country , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to cede some power .
Instead , Americans have decided to disobey the laws into nonexistence .
People are finally figuring out that ink on paper can not control them useless they allow it to .
Since March , Isabelle Morales of Townhall has compiled over500 such examples of regulations that are nothing more than commands to the people the government wants to enslave .
These regulations are being suspended in order to provide relief for care providers , hospitals , businesses , and citizens during the coronavirus plandemic .
Governors and other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ these rules and laws places a heavy burden on some of the most important markets in the United States .
Hence , their suspension is deemed necessary in these times of hardship .
Ultimately , none of these regulations should have been created in the first place .
Under other circumstances , the effects of these regulations go unnoticed because the strength of the market covers the government ’ s tracks .
–Isabelle Morales of Townhall Often , the markets will survive in spite of regulations , however , people are beginning to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their best interest , but in the interest of the state .
Once people disobey in larger numbers , they will fully awaken to the fact that they ’ ve been controlled for their entire lives .
The fact that these regulations should have never been created in the first place , is a moot point .
What ’ s important is that people are finally realizing that the government isn ’ t there to help them and protect them .
It ’ s there to control and manipulate them , with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ course .
The only way out of this has always been , and will always be civil disobedience .
It doesn ’ t matter how many rules , laws , or regulations , the government creates or eliminates because free people operate solely on their own morality .
Free people already know they have no obligation to obey a command , especially ones that violate their individual God-given human rights .
By Tyler Durden / Republished with permission / Zero Hedge

COVID-19 Exposed The Truth: Laws, Rules, & Regulations Are Futile, Humans Were Born Free
Tyler Durden, Zero Hedge
Waking Times
The one good thing to come out of the COVID-19 panic is the increasing awareness of the general public. The scamdemic has exposed the futility of most rules, laws, and regulations, as people have found out they don’t have to obey any ruler or politician because they were born free.
Regulations that needlessly restrict liberty, reduce innovation, and reduce Americans’ access to care are being suspended all over the country, and not because politicians woke up and decided to cede some power. Instead, Americans have decided to disobey the laws into nonexistence. People are finally figuring out that ink on paper cannot control them useless they allow it to. Since March, Isabelle Morales of Townhall has compiled over500 such examples of regulations that are nothing more than commands to the people the government wants to enslave. These regulations are being suspended in order to provide relief for care providers, hospitals, businesses, and citizens during the coronavirus plandemic.
Governors and other politicians recognize that the mere enforcement of these rules and laws places a heavy burden on some of the most important markets in the United States. Hence, their suspension is deemed necessary in these times of hardship. Ultimately, none of these regulations should have been created in the first place. Under other circumstances, the effects of these regulations go unnoticed because the strength of the market covers the government’s tracks. –Isabelle Morales of Townhall
Often, the markets will survive in spite of regulations, however, people are beginning to realize these rules were not created in their best interest, but in the interest of the state. Once people disobey in larger numbers, they will fully awaken to the fact that they’ve been controlled for their entire lives. The fact that these regulations should have never been created in the first place, is a moot point. What’s important is that people are finally realizing that the government isn’t there to help them and protect them. It’s there to control and manipulate them, with the help of the mainstream media, of course.
The only way out of this has always been, and will always be civil disobedience. It doesn’t matter how many rules, laws, or regulations, the government creates or eliminates because free people operate solely on their own morality. Free people already know they have no obligation to obey a command, especially ones that violate their individual God-given human rights.
By Tyler Durden / Republished with permission / Zero Hedge


thewakingtimes--2020-06-04--New York Cop Exposes Tapes of Fellow Officers Admitting to Framing, Beating Innocent Residents

New York Cop Exposes Tapes of Fellow Officers Admitting to Framing , Beating Innocent Residents Hours of secret recordings have blown the lid off of widespread corruption and brutality within the ranks of a New York police agency , exposing crimes ranging from the framing and beating of residents to officers collaborating with drug dealers , among other shocking acts of severe misconduct .
Gothamist/WNYC revealed Wednesday that it has obtained the recordings that expose a culture of impunity and lawlessness within law enforcement ranks in Mount Vernon , a troubled majority-Black city in Westchester that lies just north of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bronx .
The Mount Vernon tapes cover a period from 2017 to 2020 , and were recorded by 12-year veteran of the department Murashea Bovell , who has been blowing the whistle on corrupt fellow officers for years .
In one secretly recorded conversation , Mount Vernon police officer John Campo accused colleague Camilo Antonini of collaborating with an undercover officer from “ the county police ” to frame innocent civilians while giving preferential treatment to known drug dealers within the city .
According to confidential police documents , Antonini and his fellow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Vernon residents of brutality and corruption – but ultimately , police higher-ups dismissed the allegations .
In another conversation , Campo complained to Bovell that he was facing likely disciplinary measures after testing positive for marijuana use while colleagues in the narcotics unit had gotten away with much worse offenses .
Campo also accused officers of planting drugs on arrestees , violating residents ’ rights by illegally entering their homes , and fabricating search warrants to get around legal obstacles in their cases .
Campo alleges that when he expressed concerns to two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the FBI .
Campo ultimately declined cooperation because he did not want to take a polygraph test or wear a wire .
In another recording , officer Avion Lee , detailed an incident where she and other officers were patrolling the city when they attempted to approach a young man who was running .
Officers gave chase and when Lee finally caught up to the man , he was already badly beaten by her colleagues .
When they took him to jail , the officers concocted a story that he was seen participating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them of any brutality charges , Lee alleges .
Prosecutors dropped the case against the man the following day .
The police department in New York ’ s 8th largest city has been embroiled in controversy over the years , and has gone through no less than five different police commissioners since 2015 – including one commissioner who was arrested on his very first on the job last year amid claims that he was illegally appointed to the position .
In 2015 , Bovell filed a lawsuit that was dismissed on procedural grounds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ year alleging that he was facing retaliation within the ranks of the Mount Vernon Police Department .
The whistleblower explained : Bovell hopes that by shedding light on the rot within his department , some real changes can happen .
He said :

New York Cop Exposes Tapes of Fellow Officers Admitting to Framing, Beating Innocent Residents
Elias Marat, The Mind Unleashed
Waking Times
Hours of secret recordings have blown the lid off of widespread corruption and brutality within the ranks of a New York police agency, exposing crimes ranging from the framing and beating of residents to officers collaborating with drug dealers, among other shocking acts of severe misconduct.
Gothamist/WNYC revealed Wednesday that it has obtained the recordings that expose a culture of impunity and lawlessness within law enforcement ranks in Mount Vernon, a troubled majority-Black city in Westchester that lies just north of the New York City borough of the Bronx.
The Mount Vernon tapes cover a period from 2017 to 2020, and were recorded by 12-year veteran of the department Murashea Bovell, who has been blowing the whistle on corrupt fellow officers for years.
Bovell said:
“I need to have something tangible … Something to prove that what I was saying is true, and wouldn’t fall on deaf ears if the time came.”
NEW: In secret recordings, police officers in Mount Vernon, NY say their colleagues framed innocent people again and again. The @WestchesterDA got these tapes last year but kept prosecuting people—without disclosing the evidence. Here it is:https://t.co/dfr6Q6mMBA — George Joseph (@georgejoseph94) June 3, 2020
In one secretly recorded conversation, Mount Vernon police officer John Campo accused colleague Camilo Antonini of collaborating with an undercover officer from “the county police” to frame innocent civilians while giving preferential treatment to known drug dealers within the city.
“So they’re going to indict people on whatever fucking fake charges or whatever the fuck it is that don’t deserve to be indicted, because they weren’t even the right person he bought from, and ‘Nini forced him to sign it,” Campo said, in reference to Antonini.
2/ Here's active duty Mount Vernon Officer John Campo. He said his narcotics unit colleagues planted drugs, falsified search warrants, and got undercover officers to identify the wrong suspects. He asked the whistleblower not to tell anyone: pic.twitter.com/Abk16XVE80 — George Joseph (@georgejoseph94) June 3, 2020
According to confidential police documents, Antonini and his fellow narcotics officers have faced accusations by Mount Vernon residents of brutality and corruption – but ultimately, police higher-ups dismissed the allegations.
In another conversation, Campo complained to Bovell that he was facing likely disciplinary measures after testing positive for marijuana use while colleagues in the narcotics unit had gotten away with much worse offenses.
Campo also accused officers of planting drugs on arrestees, violating residents’ rights by illegally entering their homes, and fabricating search warrants to get around legal obstacles in their cases. Campo alleges that when he expressed concerns to two different commissioners, he was referred to the FBI. Campo ultimately declined cooperation because he did not want to take a polygraph test or wear a wire.
It is worth noting that before this came out, the Black whistleblower cop who captured this audio tried speaking out himself for years. He tried reporting corruption officially. When he saw nothing change, he came to us. He's still on the force with the colleagues he accused. https://t.co/c4yGsu59ip — George Joseph (@georgejoseph94) June 3, 2020
In another recording, officer Avion Lee, detailed an incident where she and other officers were patrolling the city when they attempted to approach a young man who was running. Officers gave chase and when Lee finally caught up to the man, he was already badly beaten by her colleagues. When they took him to jail, the officers concocted a story that he was seen participating in a drug transaction, thus absolving them of any brutality charges, Lee alleges. Prosecutors dropped the case against the man the following day.
The police department in New York’s 8th largest city has been embroiled in controversy over the years, and has gone through no less than five different police commissioners since 2015 – including one commissioner who was arrested on his very first on the job last year amid claims that he was illegally appointed to the position.
5/ The recordings were made by Murashea Bovell, an active duty cop in Mount Vernon. We broke news about alleged retaliation he faced last year for speaking out publicly against police corruption:https://t.co/2qYkh75Rdk — George Joseph (@georgejoseph94) June 3, 2020
In 2015, Bovell filed a lawsuit that was dismissed on procedural grounds before he sued the city again last year alleging that he was facing retaliation within the ranks of the Mount Vernon Police Department. The whistleblower explained:
“I’ve taken the proper steps, protocols, to let city leaders, police department leaders know what was happening … Nothing happened. Even brought it to the District Attorney, so now, [the] only option left is to let the public know.”
Bovell hopes that by shedding light on the rot within his department, some real changes can happen. He said:
“This is happening for real. It’s happening right here in the community … And nothing is being done about it.”
By Elias Marat | Creative Commons | TheMindUnleashed.com


thewakingtimes--2020-06-05--DoJ Launches Investigation As More Evidence Emerges That Someone Is Orchestrating The Violent Riots

DoJ Launches Investigation As More Evidence Emerges That Someone Is Orchestrating The Violent Riots In recent days , officials all over the country have used words such as “ organized ” and “ organizers ” to describe the orchestration that they have been witnessing in their respective cities .
And all over the U.S. , law enforcement officials have reported finding huge piles of rocks and bricks pre-staged at protest locations in advance , and scouts have often been used to direct rioters to locations where police are not present .
In addition , something that we have been hearing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the people that are involved in the violence are not known by any of the locals .
At this point , the evidence appears to be so overwhelming that some sort of national coordination is taking place that the Department of Justice has decided to launch a formal investigation… Federal law enforcement officials are probing whether “ criminal actors ” are coordinating violent activities during protests and are looking into reports that “ rocks and bricks ” have been dropped off to throw at police and other law enforcement as cities across @ @ @ @ @ @ @ violence , a senior Department of Justice official said .
“ You see the hallmarks… We ’ re trying to see if there ’ s a coordinated command and control , you see those bread crumbs and that ’ s what we ’ re trying to verify , ” said the Department of Justice official .
The orchestration of the violence appears to be most advanced in major cities such as New York .
According to the head of the NYPD , “ caches of bricks & rocks ” have been strategically placed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ several days… Of course it is entirely possible that someone is buying bricks for the rioters , but Shea has pointed out that several construction sites in the city have had bricks stolen from them… “ Pre-staged bricks are being placed and then transported to ‘ peaceful protests , ’ which are peaceful protests , but then used by that criminal group within , ” he said .
“ We ’ ve had construction sites burglarized in recent days in Manhattan … during a riot , it ’ s interesting what was taken @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had previously been thrown at NYPD members in the Bronx , and water bottles filled with cement have also been used as weapons .
So it would appear that someone has been stealing bricks and leaving them in pre-staged piles for the rioters .
But at this point we don ’ t know precisely who is doing this or why they are going to so much trouble .
It is also being reported that teams of looters armed with power tools are systematically working together to loot one location after another in New @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one eyewitness described what she has been witnessing… One of the numerous police reports from eyewitnesses came from Carla Murphy , who lives in Chelsea .
Murphy , in an interview Tuesday , said she started hearing commotion from mobs of people along her street and neighboring streets about 10:30 p.m. Monday night .
She first watched from her building and then went down to the street and saw organized groups of people working together to break in to store after store in the West Side neighborhood .
“ Cars would drive up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ power tools and suitcases and then the cars would drive away , ” she said .
“ Then the cars would come back pick them up and then drive off to the next spot .
They seemed to know exactly where they were going .
Some of the people were local , but there were a lot of out-of-towners.
” This isn ’ t just a few angry protesters smashing a few windows .
This is organized crime at a very high level , and these people know exactly what they are doing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ continues to emerge in other major cities as well… And for several more examples of this sort of orchestration , please see the article that I posted a couple of days ago .
It appears to be obvious that some sort of coordination is taking place , but now federal authorities are faced with the daunting task of trying to prove who is behind it .
It is believed that social media is being heavily used to direct the movement of rioters and looters , and that would mean that there should be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Needless to say , many Americans believe that “ Antifa ” is behind much of the violence , and a brand new Rasmussen Reports survey has found that 49 percent of all U.S. voters believe that it should be declared a terror organization… Hopefully those responsible for the violence will be discovered and brought to justice , because what we have been witnessing over the past week has been absolutely horrible .
Unfortunately , the level of anger in this country is likely to continue to rise the closer we get to election @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are likely in the months ahead .
By Tyler Durden / Republished with permission / Zero Hedge

DoJ Launches Investigation As More Evidence Emerges That Someone Is Orchestrating The Violent Riots
Tyler Durden, Zero Hedge
Waking Times
In recent days, officials all over the country have used words such as “organized” and “organizers” to describe the orchestration that they have been witnessing in their respective cities. And all over the U.S., law enforcement officials have reported finding huge piles of rocks and bricks pre-staged at protest locations in advance, and scouts have often been used to direct rioters to locations where police are not present. In addition, something that we have been hearing over and over again is that many of the people that are involved in the violence are not known by any of the locals. At this point, the evidence appears to be so overwhelming that some sort of national coordination is taking place that the Department of Justice has decided to launch a formal investigation…
Federal law enforcement officials are probing whether “criminal actors” are coordinating violent activities during protests and are looking into reports that “rocks and bricks” have been dropped off to throw at police and other law enforcement as cities across the country grapple with the uptick in violence, a senior Department of Justice official said. “You see the hallmarks… We’re trying to see if there’s a coordinated command and control, you see those bread crumbs and that’s what we’re trying to verify,” said the Department of Justice official.
The orchestration of the violence appears to be most advanced in major cities such as New York. According to the head of the NYPD, “caches of bricks & rocks” have been strategically placed all over the city during the past several days…
The New York Police Department’s top cop is calling out “organized looters,” who he says are “strategically” leaving piles or buckets of debris on street corners citywide. “This is what our cops are up against: Organized looters, strategically placing caches of bricks & rocks at locations throughout NYC,” NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea wrote in a Wednesday morning tweet, along with a video showing four blue boxes filled with gray debris.
Of course it is entirely possible that someone is buying bricks for the rioters, but Shea has pointed out that several construction sites in the city have had bricks stolen from them…
“Pre-staged bricks are being placed and then transported to ‘peaceful protests,’ which are peaceful protests, but then used by that criminal group within,” he said. “We’ve had construction sites burglarized in recent days in Manhattan … during a riot, it’s interesting what was taken – bricks.” Shea explained how bricks had previously been thrown at NYPD members in the Bronx, and water bottles filled with cement have also been used as weapons.
So it would appear that someone has been stealing bricks and leaving them in pre-staged piles for the rioters.
But at this point we don’t know precisely who is doing this or why they are going to so much trouble.
It is also being reported that teams of looters armed with power tools are systematically working together to loot one location after another in New York City. The following is how one eyewitness described what she has been witnessing…
One of the numerous police reports from eyewitnesses came from Carla Murphy, who lives in Chelsea. Murphy, in an interview Tuesday, said she started hearing commotion from mobs of people along her street and neighboring streets about 10:30 p.m. Monday night. She first watched from her building and then went down to the street and saw organized groups of people working together to break in to store after store in the West Side neighborhood. “Cars would drive up, let off the looters, unload power tools and suitcases and then the cars would drive away,” she said. “Then the cars would come back pick them up and then drive off to the next spot. They seemed to know exactly where they were going. Some of the people were local, but there were a lot of out-of-towners.”
This isn’t just a few angry protesters smashing a few windows.
This is organized crime at a very high level, and these people know exactly what they are doing.
Meanwhile, more evidence of coordination continues to emerge in other major cities as well…
In Tampa, there were reports that members of the bomb team found mortars in bushes downtown, and bricks and other items were hidden in trash cans to throw at police officers. In Seattle, a video out up online by an anarchist shows that around midnight, a crowd of 100-150 nearly all-white agitators with umbrellas started throwing bottles at police.
And for several more examples of this sort of orchestration, please see the article that I posted a couple of days ago.
It appears to be obvious that some sort of coordination is taking place, but now federal authorities are faced with the daunting task of trying to prove who is behind it.
According to Fox News, Justice Department officials are hoping to find “ways in which we can exploit phones and data communications that could give us a mosaic to see if there’s a coordinated command and control, that’s what we’re looking for.”
It is believed that social media is being heavily used to direct the movement of rioters and looters, and that would mean that there should be digital trails for investigators to follow.
Needless to say, many Americans believe that “Antifa” is behind much of the violence, and a brand new Rasmussen Reports survey has found that 49 percent of all U.S. voters believe that it should be declared a terror organization…
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 49% of Likely U.S. Voters think the “antifa” movement should be designated a terrorist organization. Thirty percent (30%) disagree, while 22% are undecided.
Hopefully those responsible for the violence will be discovered and brought to justice, because what we have been witnessing over the past week has been absolutely horrible.
Unfortunately, the level of anger in this country is likely to continue to rise the closer we get to election day, and more eruptions of violence are likely in the months ahead.
By Tyler Durden / Republished with permission / Zero Hedge


thewakingtimes--2020-06-05--“Monopolies Are Wrong” – Elon Musk Declares It’s “Time To Break Up Amazon”

“ Monopolies Are Wrong ” – Elon Musk Declares It ’ s “ Time To Break Up Amazon ” A couple of weeks after telling his followers to “ take the red pill ” , Elon Musk is throwing his support behind a former NYT reporter whose new book about the coronavirus outbreak has just been ‘ censored ’ by Amazon .
Musk , who just the other day declared that he would be “ taking a little break from twitter ” , replied to a tweet from Berenson with a screenshot of an email he had just received from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ carry his book about COVID-19 .
Berenson is perhaps best known for his book “ Tell Your Children ” which told what he described as “ uncomfortable truths ” about the impact of today ’ s super-potent medical marijuana can have on the brains of developing children who have a natural disposition toward mental illness .
Though we disagree with his claim that marijuana legalization is wrong , we acknowledge that the research and his basic argument , namely , that research which suggests there are drawbacks to marijuana consumption ( ie that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” ) is deliberately suppressed by the media .
His new book purports to offer evidence that lockdowns were a strategic mistake , just one day after the architect of Sweden ’ s strategy claimed it led to too many deaths ( though , to be sure , he didn ’ t offer a ringing endorsement for extended strict lockdowns either ) .
We imagine President Trump will be elated by Musk ’ s tweet , as he welcomes America ’ s most famous CEO to the GOP fold .
It ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shares of one of his rivals for once , instead of complaining about Tesla ’ s overvalued stock price .
By Tyler Durden / Republished with permission / Zero Hedge

“Monopolies Are Wrong” – Elon Musk Declares It’s “Time To Break Up Amazon”
Tyler Durden, Zero Hedge
Waking Times
A couple of weeks after telling his followers to “take the red pill”, Elon Musk is throwing his support behind a former NYT reporter whose new book about the coronavirus outbreak has just been ‘censored’ by Amazon.
Musk, who just the other day declared that he would be “taking a little break from twitter”, replied to a tweet from Berenson with a screenshot of an email he had just received from Amazon, claiming it wouldn’t carry his book about COVID-19.
“This is insane,” Musk replied, tagging his fellow tech CEO, Jeff Bezos. Musk followed that up with a tweet declaring it’s “time to break up Amazon. Monopolies are wrong!”
Berenson is perhaps best known for his book “Tell Your Children” which told what he described as “uncomfortable truths” about the impact of today’s super-potent medical marijuana can have on the brains of developing children who have a natural disposition toward mental illness. Though we disagree with his claim that marijuana legalization is wrong, we acknowledge that the research and his basic argument, namely, that research which suggests there are drawbacks to marijuana consumption (ie that it’s not “harmless medicine”) is deliberately suppressed by the media.
His new book purports to offer evidence that lockdowns were a strategic mistake, just one day after the architect of Sweden’s strategy claimed it led to too many deaths (though, to be sure, he didn’t offer a ringing endorsement for extended strict lockdowns either).
We imagine President Trump will be elated by Musk’s tweet, as he welcomes America’s most famous CEO to the GOP fold.
It’s nice to see Musk talking down the shares of one of his rivals for once, instead of complaining about Tesla’s overvalued stock price.
By Tyler Durden / Republished with permission / Zero Hedge


thewakingtimes--2020-06-05--20,000 Ton Oil Spill in Russian Arctic Has ‘Catastrophic Consequences’ for Wildlife

20,000 Ton Oil Spill in Russian Arctic Has ‘ Catastrophic Consequences ’ for Wildlife Russian President Vladimir Putin declared an emergency after 20,000 tons of diesel fuel spilled into a river in the Arctic Circle .
The accident is the second largest oil spill in terms of volume in modern Russian history , the Word Wildlife Fund ( WWF ) told AFP , as BBC News reported .
The oil spread around 7.5 miles from the fuel site , turning the Ambarnaya river bright red , and contaminated a total of 135 square miles .
Russia ’ s environmental ministry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the water that are tens of thousands of times higher than the safe limit .
Greenpeace compared the disaster to the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill .
The spill occurred last Friday when a fuel tank at a power plant near the city of Norilsk in Siberia collapsed .
The plant is owned by a subsidiary of Norilsk Nickel , the world ’ s No .
1 producer of nickel and palladium .
Its factories are also the reason why Norilsk is one of the most polluted places on Earth , The Guardian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ clean the spill on their own and did not tell authorities about the incident for two days , Ministry of Emergency Situations head Evgeny Zinichev said , according to CNN .
Alexei Knizhnikov of WWF said his group was the first to inform cleanup specialists of the spill , according to The Guardian .
The governor of the Krasnoyarsk region , where the spill took place , told Putin he only learned of it Sunday from social media posts .
Norilsk Nickel countered that NTEK had alerted authorities in a “ timely and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has opened three criminal investigations into the incident and detained one plant employee .
The emergency declaration will increase resources for the cleanup .
However , the river will be difficult to clean because it is too shallow for barges and in a remote area with few roads .
The accident may have partly been caused by the climate crisis , CNN pointed out .
That is because melting permafrost may have caused the storage tank to sink .
The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ on average more than four degrees Celsius above normal during the first four months of 2020 .
That is the most above normal of any region so far this year .
In late May , Siberia was hotter than Washington , DC and recorded temperatures about 40 degrees Fahrenheit above average .

20,000 Ton Oil Spill in Russian Arctic Has ‘Catastrophic Consequences’ for Wildlife
Olivia Rosane, EcoWatch
Waking Times
Russian President Vladimir Putin declared an emergency after 20,000 tons of diesel fuel spilled into a river in the Arctic Circle.
The accident is the second largest oil spill in terms of volume in modern Russian history, the Word Wildlife Fund (WWF) told AFP, as BBC News reported. The oil spread around 7.5 miles from the fuel site, turning the Ambarnaya river bright red, and contaminated a total of 135 square miles.
“The incident led to catastrophic consequences and we will be seeing the repercussions for years to come,” Sergey Verkhovets, coordinator of Arctic projects for WWF Russia, said in a statement reported by CNN. “We are talking about dead fish, polluted plumage of birds, and poisoned animals.”
Russia’s environmental ministry Rosprirodnadzor is already reporting contaminant levels in the water that are tens of thousands of times higher than the safe limit.
“[T]here has never been such an accident in the Arctic zone, ” former deputy head of Rosprirodnadzor Oleg Mitvol told BBC News.
Greenpeace compared the disaster to the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill.
There was a huge fuel spill near the city of Norilsk in Russia. Putin apparently found out 2 days after and a state of emergency has been ordered. Last week a fuel reservoir at a power plant collapsed https://t.co/35j5VfR9Sf — Olga Lautman 🧙🏼♀🎃 (@OlgaNYC1211) June 4, 2020
The spill occurred last Friday when a fuel tank at a power plant near the city of Norilsk in Siberia collapsed. The plant is owned by a subsidiary of Norilsk Nickel, the world’s No. 1 producer of nickel and palladium. Its factories are also the reason why Norilsk is one of the most polluted places on Earth, The Guardian reported.
The plant initially attempted to clean the spill on their own and did not tell authorities about the incident for two days, Ministry of Emergency Situations head Evgeny Zinichev said, according to CNN.
Alexei Knizhnikov of WWF said his group was the first to inform cleanup specialists of the spill, according to The Guardian.
“These are huge volumes,” he said. “It was difficult for them to cover it up.”
The governor of the Krasnoyarsk region, where the spill took place, told Putin he only learned of it Sunday from social media posts.
“Why did government agencies only find out about this two days after the fact? Are we going to learn about emergency situations from social media? Are you quite healthy over there?” Putin scolded Sergei Lipin, the head of NTEK, as the subsidiary that owns the plant is called.
Norilsk Nickel countered that NTEK had alerted authorities in a “timely and proper” fashion.
The Russian government has opened three criminal investigations into the incident and detained one plant employee.
The emergency declaration will increase resources for the cleanup. However, the river will be difficult to clean because it is too shallow for barges and in a remote area with few roads.
The accident may have partly been caused by the climate crisis, CNN pointed out. That is because melting permafrost may have caused the storage tank to sink.
“Right now we can assume … that due to abnormally mild summer temperatures recorded in the past years, permafrost could have melted and the pillars under the platform could have sank,” Norilsk Nickel chief operating officer Sergey Dyachenko told the TASS news agency, as CNN reported.
The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world.
Northern Asia and Siberia have recorded temperatures on average more than four degrees Celsius above normal during the first four months of 2020. That is the most above normal of any region so far this year.
An "astonishing" heat wave is gripping Siberia, where temperatures are hotter than they are in D.C. Temperature anomalies are about 40 deg F above average. Oh, and have we mentioned the possibility of "zombie fires?" Yeah, that's a thing. https://t.co/gKpgnvhF74 pic.twitter.com/3ivj1m0ZSO — Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) May 22, 2020
In late May, Siberia was hotter than Washington, DC and recorded temperatures about 40 degrees Fahrenheit above average.
About the Author
Olivia is a freelance reporter for EcoWatch.


thewakingtimes--2020-06-05--Humpback Whale Seen Swimming In Montreal River For First Time Ever

Humpback Whale Seen Swimming In Montreal River For First Time Ever For the first time ever , a humpback whale was spotted in Montreal after making its way up the St Lawrence River in Canada .
Believed to have traveled from Tadoussac , a village in Quebec , located at the convergence of the Saguenay and St Lawrence rivers where it would have lived in salt water .
Spotted swimming upstream under the Québec Bridge last week , the whale reached the Jacques Cartier Bridge in Montreal .
Michaud surmised that the whale may have been confused or hungry and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he commented : ‘ ’ We don ’ t know why this animal made this journey .
There are several hypotheses .
Humans , whales and land mammals , sometimes they are vagrants that go in unusual places .
These journeys are usually a series of mistakes .
But what is sure is that this animal doesn ’ t belong to this habitat.
’ ’ According to Michaud , whales can survive in fresh water for a while , although the city ’ s water and food won ’ t be as healthy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Furthermore , the higher levels of ‘ marine traffic ’ could stress or injure the whale .
Local residents were gathering near the river all day in the hope of seeing the humpback – and much to their delight – it surfaced every few minutes , releasing a blow and lifting its tail flukes out of the water .
Humpbacks are usually not aggressive , but they could cause damage if stressed and Michaud advised people trying to get a closer look to keep at least a 200 meter distance to avoid @ @ @ @ @ @ @ getting within 100 meters of the whale with boats or other watercraft could face a fine .
According to a report in the Montreal Gazette , Marie-Eve Muller , who also works for the Quebec Marine Mammal Emergency Response Network , said the whale ’ s adventure may have come to an end in Montreal .
Members of the Quebec Marine Mammal Emergency Network are on the water monitoring the whale ’ s movements alongside agents from Fisheries and Oceans Canada , who have been following the marine animal .
The humpback , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years old , was seen on Tuesday entertaining its enthralled audience along the riverbank , breaching and playing off the Old Port .
Marine experts are hopeful it will change course and head for home soon .
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Humpback Whale Seen Swimming In Montreal River For First Time Ever
Jade Small, The Mind Unleashed
Waking Times
For the first time ever, a humpback whale was spotted in Montreal after making its way up the St Lawrence River in Canada. Believed to have traveled from Tadoussac, a village in Quebec, located at the convergence of the Saguenay and St Lawrence rivers where it would have lived in salt water.
La baleine à bosse a effectué une série de sauts spectaculaires pendant plus d'une heure, près du quai de l'horloge. Magnifique photo de mon collègue Jacques Nadeau. @LeDevoir pic.twitter.com/0cRZlJj4nU — Alexandre Shields (@AShields_Devoir) May 30, 2020
Spotted swimming upstream under the Québec Bridge last week, the whale reached the Jacques Cartier Bridge in Montreal.
Quebec Marine Mammal Emergency Network coordinator, Robert Michaud, defined the situation as ‘’unusual’’, and added: ‘‘It’s the first time that we see a humpback past the Quebec area’’, CBC reported.
Michaud surmised that the whale may have been confused or hungry and ended up in Montreal following fish, he commented:
‘’We don’t know why this animal made this journey. There are several hypotheses. Humans, whales and land mammals, sometimes they are vagrants that go in unusual places. These journeys are usually a series of mistakes. But what is sure is that this animal doesn’t belong to this habitat.’’
According to Michaud, whales can survive in fresh water for a while, although the city’s water and food won’t be as healthy in Quebec as in its natural habitat. Furthermore, the higher levels of ‘marine traffic’ could stress or injure the whale.
A humpback whale is currently hanging out directly under the Jacques-Cartier bridge. A sight I never expected to see here in Montreal. pic.twitter.com/6CXGFWfjHm — Sarah Leavitt (@sarahleavittcbc) May 30, 2020
Local residents were gathering near the river all day in the hope of seeing the humpback – and much to their delight – it surfaced every few minutes, releasing a blow and lifting its tail flukes out of the water.
Humpbacks are usually not aggressive, but they could cause damage if stressed and Michaud advised people trying to get a closer look to keep at least a 200 meter distance to avoid adding stress to the animal. Anyone getting within 100 meters of the whale with boats or other watercraft could face a fine.
According to a report in the Montreal Gazette, Marie-Eve Muller, who also works for the Quebec Marine Mammal Emergency Response Network, said the whale’s adventure may have come to an end in Montreal.
‘’The current is quite strong, it’s trying to go up but it’s having a hard time fighting the current.
That’s a WHOLE ASS WHALE in the Old Port of Montreal. What is 2020 pic.twitter.com/e3pL0QVOKE — em (@emiliebourque1) May 30, 2020
’It’s swimming freely so that’s good, it means it can move around as it needs. It’s hard to predict if it has hit the end of the road and will turn around and hopefully go back to her other humpback whale friends in Tadoussac or Gaspé,’’ Muller commented.
Members of the Quebec Marine Mammal Emergency Network are on the water monitoring the whale’s movements alongside agents from Fisheries and Oceans Canada, who have been following the marine animal. The humpback, estimated to be between one and two years old, was seen on Tuesday entertaining its enthralled audience along the riverbank, breaching and playing off the Old Port.
Marine experts are hopeful it will change course and head for home soon.
By Jade Small | Creative Commons | TheMindUnleashed.com


thewakingtimes--2020-06-06--Movement To Defund the Police is Gaining ‘Unprecedented’ Support Nationwide

Movement To Defund the Police is Gaining ‘ Unprecedented ’ Support Nationwide This article was originally published by Eoin Higgins for Common Dreams As law enforcement officers across the country continue to brutalize peaceful demonstrators in the nationwide protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last week , support for defunding the police is rising as Americans become increasingly fed up with the institution ’ s racism and violence .
The murder of Floyd by four Minneapolis police officers on May 25 served as the catalyst for the uprising that has filled city streets around the nation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Common Dreams reported Wednesday , polling this week shows a majority of Americans believe both the anger and the actions of the protesters are at least partially justified—including the burning of the Minneapolis Police Department Third Precinct building last week .
Activists have long called for defunding the police as part of the solution to the institution ’ s myriad problems .
Long seen as a fringe position by more mainstream liberals and conservatives , the call to defund is now seeing widespread support among the public and politicians alike .
“ We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sure that money goes back into the communities that need it , ” said Cori Bush , a progressive candidate running for Missouri ’ s 1st District House seat , in a statement .
“ We have to end the militarization of police , stop the racial profiling , ” Bush added .
“ Throwing money at the problem will not solve it.
” As the protests continue around the country , activists in New York , where the police department ’ s budget is poised to swell to nearly $ 6 billion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ where LAPD ’ s funding was increased this year to $ 1.8 billion , are mounting their own defunding campaigns .
The first step for anyone interested in pushing for a re-thinking of their city ’ s priorities is to get involved in the budgeting process by attending city council meetings and speaking .
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human rights had a toolkit , praised earlier this week by former President Barack Obama , with more resources and information on how to get involved .
The increasing support comes as images @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and innocent bystanders continue to spread across social media as demonstrations entered their tenth consecutive day Thursday .
In New York City , peaceful activists were beaten by police wielding batons and it appeared officers were also randomly assaulting passers-by .
The Working Families Party , in response to the ongoing brutality , issued a statement saying the group would not support any candidate who would not commit to defunding the NYPD .
Alex Vitale , writer of the book “ The End of Policing , ” said in an interview with The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for police departments should instead be put toward community service jobs .
“ The police department and the corrections department are always hiring and community centers aren ’ t , ” said Vitale .
“ And when they do hire , it ’ s at half the salary and half the benefits .
So this budget battle is about getting cities to reprioritize how they deal with the very real needs of the most disadvantaged communities that are subjected to the most intensive policing.
” The speed with which public opinion has turned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tony Williams , a member of Minneapolis-based abolitionist group MPD150 , who noted the increasing nationwide anger over the high number of police killings of unarmed black men since 2015 .

Movement To Defund the Police is Gaining ‘Unprecedented’ Support Nationwide
Eoin Higgins, Common Dreams
Waking Times
This article was originally published by Eoin Higgins for Common Dreams
As law enforcement officers across the country continue to brutalize peaceful demonstrators in the nationwide protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last week, support for defunding the police is rising as Americans become increasingly fed up with the institution’s racism and violence.
“In moments of crisis, people want services and resources that go directly to help people rather than police that surveil, brutalize, and kill us,” Black Lives Matter LA co-founder Melina Abdullah told the Guardian.
The murder of Floyd by four Minneapolis police officers on May 25 served as the catalyst for the uprising that has filled city streets around the nation with unprecedented numbers of protesters.
As Common Dreams reported Wednesday, polling this week shows a majority of Americans believe both the anger and the actions of the protesters are at least partially justified—including the burning of the Minneapolis Police Department Third Precinct building last week.
Activists have long called for defunding the police as part of the solution to the institution’s myriad problems. Long seen as a fringe position by more mainstream liberals and conservatives, the call to defund is now seeing widespread support among the public and politicians alike.
Some folks are genuinely trying to understand what we mean when we say “Defund Police”. Examples below 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 https://t.co/0ryDrHximN — Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) June 4, 2020
“We need to defund the police and make sure that money goes back into the communities that need it,” said Cori Bush, a progressive candidate running for Missouri’s 1st District House seat, in a statement. “We have to end the militarization of police, stop the racial profiling,” Bush added. “Throwing money at the problem will not solve it.”
According to Rolling Stone:
As the protests continue around the country, activists in New York, where the police department’s budget is poised to swell to nearly $6 billion in 2021, and Los Angeles, where LAPD’s funding was increased this year to $1.8 billion, are mounting their own defunding campaigns. The first step for anyone interested in pushing for a re-thinking of their city’s priorities is to get involved in the budgeting process by attending city council meetings and speaking. The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human rights had a toolkit, praised earlier this week by former President Barack Obama, with more resources and information on how to get involved.
The increasing support comes as images and videos of police attacking peaceful protesters and innocent bystanders continue to spread across social media as demonstrations entered their tenth consecutive day Thursday.
http://twitter.com/NickHamiltonLA/status/1268023885665992704
In New York City, peaceful activists were beaten by police wielding batons and it appeared officers were also randomly assaulting passers-by.
The moment NYPD struck against peaceful protesters in downtown Brooklyn pic.twitter.com/YOERVnNsnh — Zach Williams (@ZachReports) June 4, 2020
You pay the NYPD $6 billion a year for this. Defund the police.https://t.co/IiWRYFk2W8 https://t.co/0Qcdu4wWMr — Andy Campbell (@AndyBCampbell) June 4, 2020
People stuck in traffic are witnessing NYPD beat up folks on their way home. pic.twitter.com/AkUGPQQOIf — Josh Fox #BanFrackingNow (@joshfoxfilm) June 4, 2020
The Working Families Party, in response to the ongoing brutality, issued a statement saying the group would not support any candidate who would not commit to defunding the NYPD.
This is huge. @NYWFP’s Director is saying if you’re not fighting with us to defund the NYPD as a candidate who wants support, you’re a ghost to us. https://t.co/cRkWcmKwgq — raf (@rafaelshimunov) June 4, 2020
Alex Vitale, writer of the book “The End of Policing,” said in an interview with The Nation Thursday that he believes the funding for police departments should instead be put toward community service jobs.
“The police department and the corrections department are always hiring and community centers aren’t,” said Vitale. “And when they do hire, it’s at half the salary and half the benefits. So this budget battle is about getting cities to reprioritize how they deal with the very real needs of the most disadvantaged communities that are subjected to the most intensive policing.”
The speed with which public opinion has turned on the issue didn’t surprise Tony Williams, a member of Minneapolis-based abolitionist group MPD150, who noted the increasing nationwide anger over the high number of police killings of unarmed black men since 2015.
“This is unprecedented in our movement,” Williams told the Guardian, “but it is a natural consequence of where we’ve been over the last five years.”
By Eoin Higgins | CommonDreams.org | Common Dreams


thewakingtimes--2020-06-06--Every Six Seconds A Football Pitch Sized Chunk Of Tropical Forest Is Destroyed

Every Six Seconds A Football Pitch Sized Chunk Of Tropical Forest Is Destroyed Global Forest Watch ( GFW ) have released a frightening report detailing how 3.8 million hectares of tropical primary forest was lost in 2019 – the equivalent of a football pitch every six seconds .
And if you think that number is alarming , it ’ s not even the full story ; the tropical forest destruction makes up just a third of all tree cover which was lost in 2019 , 11.9 million hectares .
On those figures ( 11.9 million hectares ) , we ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ area of trees every two seconds .
Or , in a 24-hour period , 43,200 football field sized plots of trees are being destroyed .
Primary forest are referred to as the ‘ densest , wildest and most ecologically significant forests ’ and are crucial for carbon storage and biodiversity .
The GFW study uses data collected by the University of Maryland .
It shows that the areas worst affected by tropical forest destruction to be South America , Africa and Southeast Asia .
Read more : Moroccan Students Construct Off-Grid House Using @ @ @ @ @ @ @ primary forest in 2019 was less than in 2016 and 2017 , but is still the third-highest since the start of this millennium .
It should also be noted that a large portion of Australia ’ s huge fires of 2019 and 2020 were not included in the stats regarding tropical forest destruction as much of the country falls below the tropical region .
The worse affected country in 2019 was Brazil , where more than 1.3 million hectares were destroyed .
President Jair Bolsonaro has faced criticism from around the world for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ taken place under his watch .
Severe tree loss in 2019 also occurred in the Democratic Republic of Congo as well as Indonesia , Bolivia , Peru , Malaysia and Colombia .
There were at least a few downwards trends , including the west African nations of Ghana and Cote d ’ Ivoire , who reduced primary forest loss by more than 50 % between 2018 and 2019 .
Anthony McLennan is an experienced journalist who has written for some of South Africa ’ s biggest publications .
Also a photographer , soccer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spending time outdoors in beautiful Cape Town .
He believes that a new approach is needed to sustain our planet and that it is important to put this message out .

Every Six Seconds A Football Pitch Sized Chunk Of Tropical Forest Is Destroyed
Anthony McLennan, Truth Theory
Waking Times
Global Forest Watch (GFW) have released a frightening report detailing how 3.8 million hectares of tropical primary forest was lost in 2019 – the equivalent of a football pitch every six seconds.
And if you think that number is alarming, it’s not even the full story; the tropical forest destruction makes up just a third of all tree cover which was lost in 2019, 11.9 million hectares.
On those figures (11.9 million hectares), we’re actually losing a football pitch sized area of trees every two seconds. Or, in a 24-hour period, 43,200 football field sized plots of trees are being destroyed.
Primary forest are referred to as the ‘densest, wildest and most ecologically significant forests’ and are crucial for carbon storage and biodiversity.
The GFW study uses data collected by the University of Maryland. It shows that the areas worst affected by tropical forest destruction to be South America, Africa and Southeast Asia.
Read more: Moroccan Students Construct Off-Grid House Using Hemp And Solar Panels
According to the GFW researchers, once tropical primary forest is destroyed, ‘it can take decades or even millennia to grow back.”
The loss of primary forest in 2019 was less than in 2016 and 2017, but is still the third-highest since the start of this millennium.
It should also be noted that a large portion of Australia’s huge fires of 2019 and 2020 were not included in the stats regarding tropical forest destruction as much of the country falls below the tropical region.
The worse affected country in 2019 was Brazil, where more than 1.3 million hectares were destroyed. President Jair Bolsonaro has faced criticism from around the world for the huge amount of deforestation that has taken place under his watch. Severe tree loss in 2019 also occurred in the Democratic Republic of Congo as well as Indonesia, Bolivia, Peru, Malaysia and Colombia.
There were at least a few downwards trends, including the west African nations of Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire, who reduced primary forest loss by more than 50% between 2018 and 2019.
About the Author
Anthony McLennan is an experienced journalist who has written for some of South Africa’s biggest publications. Also a photographer, soccer coach, dog-lover and surfer, enjoys spending time outdoors in beautiful Cape Town. He believes that a new approach is needed to sustain our planet and that it is important to put this message out.


thewakingtimes--2020-06-06--COVID-19 and Riots: the Operational Connections

Protests against the lockdowns were expanding .
The public-health measures ( distancing , isolation , masks ) were being attacked from all sides , as unnecessary , useless , overbearing , and unscientific .
Many mainstream researchers , doctors , and even public health officials were exposing the fact that the pandemic was no pandemic at all .
The adjusted case and death numbers didn ’ t warrant excessive concern .
It was becoming obvious that the players setting the COVID agenda were there simply because they had been appointed to high posts ; not because they were perceptive or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ COVID was political .
On top of all this , economies were beginning to re-open ; for the public , that was the main focus , not the threat of catching a disease .
There was a great need for an operational shift .
How and why didn ’ t particularly matter , as long as the populace was riveted by some new catastrophe .
This shift would also stall the economic engine ( again ) .
After all , stripping away the mountain of lies about COVID , the core at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
And now it ’ s been done .
All across America .
Riots , burning , looting , violence , race conflict , curfews .
A new reason for a different form of lockdown .
The daily protests in the streets overtake and replace the former protests against the COVID lockdown .
Television news producers wipe all the COVID coverage off one side of the screen , and bring riot coverage in from the other side of the screen .
It ’ s exactly like theatrical scene shifts on stage , between @ @ @ @ @ @ @ play , as the crew rapidly moves flats and props while the certain is down .
Elite Global planners like Bill Gates obviously think this is their moment .
Under the pretext of the COVID story they ’ ve created , they want to install the next phase of their technocratic Brave New World .
Kicking technocracy into a higher gear requires sustaining the COVID fairy tale .
Since that tale was falling apart , hide it under the storm of the George Floyd riots and protests sweeping across America .
Covering one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the covert ops field .
The 9/11 attacks in 2001 were , as planned , followed by justified wars against Afghanistan and Iraq .
“ That ’ s where the terrorists have their bases.
” Among other purposes , the wars cemented in place the false 9/11 narrative and guaranteed that narrative a place in history .
Among other purposes , the Great Depression of the 1930s covered and buried the planned 1929 crash of the stock market .
Consider this fictional illustration .
In an area of forest 30 miles from a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of dead trees .
Some have fallen over .
Others , leafless and gray , are still standing .
At first , no one takes action .
Then , it ’ s obvious the patch is growing larger .
More trees are falling down .
More branches and leaves are drying up and dropping on the ground .
This event is an operation .
It needs a second operation to cover it .
And here it is : The town newspaper , aided by pronouncements from local officials , runs a story about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in that part of the forest .
It was “ so severe and hot , its effects are still being felt.
” NOW , people begin arguing about the cause of the fire .
It was a lightning hit .
Someone set a blaze , using flammable liquid that burned at an exceptionally high temperature .
Drug dealers fought with one another and burned up the drugs .
Actually , six months ago , a town firm that secretly sells a dangerous and illegal pesticide , believing they were about to get busted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ poison into the forest to dump them .
That ’ s what happened .
That was the first operation .
But the second op , the fire story , is now so ingrained in minds , few people will consider there was no fire…THERE HAD TO BE A FIRE .
And just to make sure , agents of the pesticide company now set a few fires in the surrounding area of mountains .
The town paper runs a story : “ Who is setting ALL THESE fires ?
” There are different variations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ second op is laid on to justify or explain the first one .
Sometimes the second op simply smothers the first one .
Regardless , covers work .
They ’ re used .
They grab attention , cause fear , shift focus away from an op that is running out of steam or is about to be exposed .
In the middle of a city , a great edifice stands .
It took a hundred years to build .
Every day , when citizens pass by it , they salute , they leave @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It ’ s clearly understood that this magnificent structure will last forever .
But one day , people notice one wall is beginning to crumble .
Stones have been falling out .
There are holes .
And when people peer in , they see empty dusty rooms , and smell acrid odors .
This news must be spread to the populace .
But suddenly , out of nowhere , a great mob appears .
They ’ re carrying torches and setting fire to other structures .
Run .
Hide .
THIS is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ true crisis .
Not the hundred years of deception .
Jon Rappoport is the author of three explosive collections , THE MATRIX REVEALED , EXIT FROM THE MATRIX , and POWER OUTSIDE THE MATRIX , Jon was a candidate for a US Congressional seat in the 29thDistrict of California .
He maintains a consulting practice for private clients , the purpose of which is the expansion of personal creative power .
Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize , he has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years , writing articles on politics , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , LA Weekly , Spin Magazine , Stern , and other newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe .
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COVID-19 and Riots: the Operational Connections
Jon Rappoport, Guest
Waking Times
The COVID-19 operation was fraying badly:
Protests against the lockdowns were expanding.
The public-health measures (distancing, isolation, masks) were being attacked from all sides, as unnecessary, useless, overbearing, and unscientific.
Many mainstream researchers, doctors, and even public health officials were exposing the fact that the pandemic was no pandemic at all. The adjusted case and death numbers didn’t warrant excessive concern.
It was becoming obvious that the players setting the COVID agenda were there simply because they had been appointed to high posts; not because they were perceptive or honest scientists. In other words, COVID was political.
On top of all this, economies were beginning to re-open; for the public, that was the main focus, not the threat of catching a disease.
There was a great need for an operational shift. How and why didn’t particularly matter, as long as the populace was riveted by some new catastrophe.
This shift would also stall the economic engine (again). After all, stripping away the mountain of lies about COVID, the core at the center of it WAS an economic attack.
And now it’s been done. All across America. Riots, burning, looting, violence, race conflict, curfews.
A new reason for a different form of lockdown.
The daily protests in the streets overtake and replace the former protests against the COVID lockdown.
One operation covers another.
Television news producers wipe all the COVID coverage off one side of the screen, and bring riot coverage in from the other side of the screen. It’s exactly like theatrical scene shifts on stage, between act one and act two of a play, as the crew rapidly moves flats and props while the certain is down.
Elite Global planners like Bill Gates obviously think this is their moment. Under the pretext of the COVID story they’ve created, they want to install the next phase of their technocratic Brave New World.
Planetary surveillance, at a level that supersedes the present system—deploying thousands of new satellites—is the leading edge of this phase. “We must do it, in order to mount an early warning system for new pandemics.”
Kicking technocracy into a higher gear requires sustaining the COVID fairy tale. Since that tale was falling apart, hide it under the storm of the George Floyd riots and protests sweeping across America.
Covering one operation with another is standard business in the covert ops field. The 9/11 attacks in 2001 were, as planned, followed by justified wars against Afghanistan and Iraq. “That’s where the terrorists have their bases.” Among other purposes, the wars cemented in place the false 9/11 narrative and guaranteed that narrative a place in history.
Among other purposes, the Great Depression of the 1930s covered and buried the planned 1929 crash of the stock market.
Consider this fictional illustration. In an area of forest 30 miles from a town, people discover a large patch of dead trees. Some have fallen over. Others, leafless and gray, are still standing. At first, no one takes action. Then, it’s obvious the patch is growing larger. More trees are falling down. More branches and leaves are drying up and dropping on the ground.
This event is an operation.
It needs a second operation to cover it. And here it is:
The town newspaper, aided by pronouncements from local officials, runs a story about a fire. There was a fire in that part of the forest. It was “so severe and hot, its effects are still being felt.” NOW, people begin arguing about the cause of the fire. It was a lightning hit. Someone set a blaze, using flammable liquid that burned at an exceptionally high temperature. Drug dealers fought with one another and burned up the drugs.
Actually, six months ago, a town firm that secretly sells a dangerous and illegal pesticide, believing they were about to get busted, sent employees with drums of the poison into the forest to dump them. That’s what happened. That was the first operation.
But the second op, the fire story, is now so ingrained in minds, few people will consider there was no fire…THERE HAD TO BE A FIRE.
And just to make sure, agents of the pesticide company now set a few fires in the surrounding area of mountains. The town paper runs a story: “Who is setting ALL THESE fires?”
One operation covers another.
There are different variations on this central theme. Sometimes the second op is laid on to justify or explain the first one. Sometimes the second op simply smothers the first one.
Regardless, covers work. They’re used. They grab attention, cause fear, shift focus away from an op that is running out of steam or is about to be exposed.
In the middle of a city, a great edifice stands. It took a hundred years to build. Every day, when citizens pass by it, they salute, they leave offerings, they even kneel and pray. It’s clearly understood that this magnificent structure will last forever.
But one day, people notice one wall is beginning to crumble. Stones have been falling out. There are holes. And when people peer in, they see empty dusty rooms, and smell acrid odors. This news must be spread to the populace.
But suddenly, out of nowhere, a great mob appears. They’re carrying torches and setting fire to other structures.
Run. Hide. THIS is a terrible threat. This is the true crisis. Not the hundred years of deception.
About the Author
Jon Rappoport is the author of three explosive collections, THE MATRIX REVEALED, EXIT FROM THE MATRIX, and POWER OUTSIDE THE MATRIX, Jon was a candidate for a US Congressional seat in the 29thDistrict of California. He maintains a consulting practice for private clients, the purpose of which is the expansion of personal creative power. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, he has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years, writing articles on politics, medicine, and health for CBS Healthwatch, LA Weekly, Spin Magazine, Stern, and other newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe. Jon has delivered lectures and seminars on global politics, health, logic, and creative power to audiences around the world. You can sign up for his free emails at NoMoreFakeNews.com or OutsideTheRealityMachine.
(To read about Jon’s mega-collection, Exit From The Matrix, click here.)
This article (COVID-19 and Riots: the Operational Connections) was originally created and published by Jon Rappaport’s Blog and is re-posted here with permission.