newswars--2020-06-05--UK Police Plan Own Contact Tracing System Due to Concerns Government’s One Will Put Officers in Dang

UK Police Plan Own Contact Tracing System Due to Concerns Government’s One Will Put Officers in Danger – Media Reports

UK police who test positive for Covid-19 will be exempt from providing their details to the NHS contact tracing app due to fears that undercover officers could be put in danger , reports claim .
The force is planning its own variation of the contact tracing system , wherein officers who test positive will pass their details over to the police force instead of the centralized NHS app .
Essentially what this means is that police forces will take over all contact tracing for officers and staff , an unnamed police source told Sky News .
The different rules for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to concerns that the strict application of contact tracing rules related to the NHS app would shut down entire stations or units across the country .
Not only that , privacy fears associated with the app mean that undercover officers could be put at risk .
“ If I ’ m working undercover with another officer , giving those details across could give away not just their information but the methodology of how we work , which would put people in danger , ” the police source said .
Another option being touted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ test and trace service to police forces , yet due to a stringent lack of resources , this looks like a non-starter .
In defence of the police force ’ s decision to secede from the national initiative , the police source argued that “ There ’ s a host of areas we have to be very careful , ” referring to counter-terrorism , source handling , high-profile victims , undercover operations and names of offenders as concerns .
Assistant Chief Constable Claire Nix also stated that the officers will be dealing with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ most likely come into contact with the virus in the course of their duties , when they are wearing personal protective equipment and practising social distancing.
” There have been a number of concerns with the UK ’ s contact tracing app , on Friday Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps hinted that it wouldn ’ t be up and running until October .
That said , the fundamental premise of the app is one of trust .
And the UK police shirking the app before it has even been launched will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the case , then it would make sense that everyday users have grounds to shirk the app too .
Alex Jones breaks down the Q movement and what ’ s behind its esoteric message .

UK police who test positive for Covid-19 will be exempt from providing their details to the NHS contact tracing app due to fears that undercover officers could be put in danger, reports claim.
The force is planning its own variation of the contact tracing system, wherein officers who test positive will pass their details over to the police force instead of the centralized NHS app.
Essentially what this means is that police forces will take over all contact tracing for officers and staff, an unnamed police source told Sky News.
The different rules for the state’s police are due to concerns that the strict application of contact tracing rules related to the NHS app would shut down entire stations or units across the country. Not only that, privacy fears associated with the app mean that undercover officers could be put at risk.
“If I’m working undercover with another officer, giving those details across could give away not just their information but the methodology of how we work, which would put people in danger,” the police source said.
Another option being touted is to send staff from the NHS test and trace service to police forces, yet due to a stringent lack of resources, this looks like a non-starter.
In defence of the police force’s decision to secede from the national initiative, the police source argued that “There’s a host of areas we have to be very careful,” referring to counter-terrorism, source handling, high-profile victims, undercover operations and names of offenders as concerns.
Assistant Chief Constable Claire Nix also stated that the officers will be dealing with the tracing initiative differently because they “most likely come into contact with the virus in the course of their duties, when they are wearing personal protective equipment and practising social distancing.”
There have been a number of concerns with the UK’s contact tracing app, on Friday Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps hinted that it wouldn’t be up and running until October.
That said, the fundamental premise of the app is one of trust. And the UK police shirking the app before it has even been launched will certainly raise some questions. If this is the case, then it would make sense that everyday users have grounds to shirk the app too.
Alex Jones breaks down the Q movement and what’s behind its esoteric message.


newswars--2020-06-05--Volcanic Glass Spray Used to Ward Off Disease-Carrying Mosquitos

An indoor residual spray made by combining a type of volcanic glass with water showed effective control of mosquitoes that carry malaria , according to a new study .
The findings could be useful in reducing disease-carrying mosquito populations — and the risk of malaria — in Africa .
Malaria , an infectious disease transmitted by mosquitoes , annually kills some 400,000 people in Africa .
The use of insecticide-treated bed nets and indoor residual sprays are the most common and effective methods of reducing mosquito populations in Africa .
But mosquitoes are becoming increasingly resistant to the commonly used @ @ @ @ @ @ @ need for alternative safe chemistry to use in controlling mosquitoes is important .
The volcanic glass material used in this new intervention is perlite , an industrial mineral most frequently used in building materials and in gardens as a soil additive .
The tested insecticide created from perlite , called Imergard WP , can be applied to interior walls and ceilings — and perhaps even inside roofs — as an indoor residual spray .
The spray contains no additional chemicals , is not toxic to mammals and will be cost effective .
Early @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to have resistance to the perlite spray .
In the study , North Carolina State University entomologists worked with the Innovative Vector Control Consortium ( IVCC ) based at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Imerys Filtration Minerals Inc. to test Imergard WP .
Researchers used the spray in experimental huts in the Republic of Benin ( West Africa ) to test the effects of the spray on both wild and more susceptible strains of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes , the primary malaria vector in sub-Saharan Africa .
Researchers used four different tests @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Control study huts had no mosquito-prevention spray .
In the second group hut walls were coated with a common pyrethroid .
Hut walls were sprayed with Imergard WP in the third group , while in the fourth group hut walls were sprayed with a mixture of Imergard WP and the common pyrethroid .
Huts with walls treated with Imergard WP , with and without the pyrethroid , showed the largest mosquito mortality rates .
Results showed mortality rates of mosquitoes alighting on Imergard WP-treated walls were greater than 80 % up to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % at six months .
The treatments were effective against both susceptible and wild-type mosquitoes .
“ The statically transferred perlite particles essentially dehydrate the mosquito , ” said Mike Roe , William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Entomology at NC State and the corresponding author of the paper .
“ Many die within a few hours of contact with the treated surface .
Mosquitoes are not repelled from a treated surface because there is no olfactory mechanism to smell rock.
” Huts sprayed with only the common pesticide had mosquito mortality rates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ five months , with those rates dropping to 25 % in month six of the study .
“ The processing of perlite as an insecticide is novel , ” said David Stewart , commercial development manager for Imerys , the company that created Imergard WP , and co-author of the paper .
“ This material is not a silver bullet but a new tool that can be considered as part of an insect vector management program.
” Alex Jones breaks down the Q movement and what ’ s behind its esoteric message .

An indoor residual spray made by combining a type of volcanic glass with water showed effective control of mosquitoes that carry malaria, according to a new study. The findings could be useful in reducing disease-carrying mosquito populations — and the risk of malaria — in Africa.
Malaria, an infectious disease transmitted by mosquitoes, annually kills some 400,000 people in Africa. The use of insecticide-treated bed nets and indoor residual sprays are the most common and effective methods of reducing mosquito populations in Africa.
But mosquitoes are becoming increasingly resistant to the commonly used insecticides such as pyrethroids, so the need for alternative safe chemistry to use in controlling mosquitoes is important.
The volcanic glass material used in this new intervention is perlite, an industrial mineral most frequently used in building materials and in gardens as a soil additive. The tested insecticide created from perlite, called Imergard WP, can be applied to interior walls and ceilings — and perhaps even inside roofs — as an indoor residual spray. The spray contains no additional chemicals, is not toxic to mammals and will be cost effective. Early results show that mosquitoes do not appear to have resistance to the perlite spray.
In the study, North Carolina State University entomologists worked with the Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC) based at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Imerys Filtration Minerals Inc. to test Imergard WP. Researchers used the spray in experimental huts in the Republic of Benin (West Africa) to test the effects of the spray on both wild and more susceptible strains of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes, the primary malaria vector in sub-Saharan Africa.
Researchers used four different tests to verify the efficacy of Imergard WP. Control study huts had no mosquito-prevention spray. In the second group hut walls were coated with a common pyrethroid. Hut walls were sprayed with Imergard WP in the third group, while in the fourth group hut walls were sprayed with a mixture of Imergard WP and the common pyrethroid.
Huts with walls treated with Imergard WP, with and without the pyrethroid, showed the largest mosquito mortality rates. Results showed mortality rates of mosquitoes alighting on Imergard WP-treated walls were greater than 80% up to five months after treatments, and 78% at six months. The treatments were effective against both susceptible and wild-type mosquitoes.
“The statically transferred perlite particles essentially dehydrate the mosquito,” said Mike Roe, William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Entomology at NC State and the corresponding author of the paper. “Many die within a few hours of contact with the treated surface. Mosquitoes are not repelled from a treated surface because there is no olfactory mechanism to smell rock.”
Huts sprayed with only the common pesticide had mosquito mortality rates of around 40 to 45% over five months, with those rates dropping to 25% in month six of the study.
“The processing of perlite as an insecticide is novel,” said David Stewart, commercial development manager for Imerys, the company that created Imergard WP, and co-author of the paper. “This material is not a silver bullet but a new tool that can be considered as part of an insect vector management program.”
Alex Jones breaks down the Q movement and what’s behind its esoteric message.


newswars--2020-06-05--Minneapolis Officials Move to “Dismantle” Police Force

Elected officials in Minneapolis are vowing to “ dismantle ” the police department and have quickly initiated the process .
Following devastating riots which have thrown the Twin Cities into turmoil , city councilors are moving to implement radical changes to Minneapolis law enforcement .
“ We are going to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department and replace it with a transformative new model of public safety , ” City Council President Lisa Bender tweeted on Thursday , including a similar statement from council member Jeremiah Ellison , son of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison .
Ellison , who recently proclaimed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , issued a statement with similar language , saying , “ We are going to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department.
” “ And when we ’ re done , we ’ re not simply gon na glue it back together .
We are going to dramatically rethink how we approach public safety and emergency response .
It ’ s really past due.
” Other council members also pledged to drive law enforcement from the city .
“ The former third precinct can never again have a police presence .
We need a community @ @ @ @ @ @ @ site , ” councilwoman Alondra Cano wrote on Friday .
Councilman Jeremy Schroeder , who lists his ‘ preferred pronouns ’ in his Twitter bio , wrote , “ I am fully committed to disinvesting in the MPD as it exists today and rebuilding a public safety system that is designed to serve the public with compassion and respect – with enough guardrails to prevent another tragedy like George Floyd ’ s death at the hands of the police.
” On Friday , the council voted on the first round of changes to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on chokeholds and neck restraints , disciplinary procedures to be taken against officers who don ’ t intervene in ‘ unauthoritzed use of force ’ scenarios , and limitations on when bodycam footage can be reviewed .
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar ( D-Minn. ) praised city officials for their action , sharing an article written for Time Magazine by Councilman Steve Fletcher titled , “ I ’ m a Minneapolis City Council Member .
We Must Disband the Police—Here ’ s What Could Come Next.
” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says he is committed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deep , structural reforms that address systemic racism in our laws and in policing , ” but stopped short of endorsing a complete abolition of the police department .
Alex Jones revisits documents he exposed two years ago detailing an organized effort to create racial division and civil unrest in America funded by George Soros .

Elected officials in Minneapolis are vowing to “dismantle” the police department and have quickly initiated the process.
Following devastating riots which have thrown the Twin Cities into turmoil, city councilors are moving to implement radical changes to Minneapolis law enforcement.
“We are going to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department and replace it with a transformative new model of public safety,” City Council President Lisa Bender tweeted on Thursday, including a similar statement from council member Jeremiah Ellison, son of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison.
Ellison, who recently proclaimed his ‘official support’ for Antifa, issued a statement with similar language, saying, “We are going to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department.”
“And when we’re done, we’re not simply gonna glue it back together. We are going to dramatically rethink how we approach public safety and emergency response. It’s really past due.”
Other council members also pledged to drive law enforcement from the city.
“The former third precinct can never again have a police presence. We need a community process to decide the future of this site,” councilwoman Alondra Cano wrote on Friday.
The former third precinct can never again have a police presence. We need a community process to decide the future of this site. — Council Member Alondra Cano, City of Minneapolis (@MplsWard9) June 5, 2020
Councilman Jeremy Schroeder, who lists his ‘preferred pronouns’ in his Twitter bio, wrote, “I am fully committed to disinvesting in the MPD as it exists today and rebuilding a public safety system that is designed to serve the public with compassion and respect – with enough guardrails to prevent another tragedy like George Floyd’s death at the hands of the police.”
I am fully committed to disinvesting in the MPD as it exists today and rebuilding a public safety system that is designed to serve the public with compassion and respect – with enough guardrails to prevent another tragedy like George Floyd’s death at the hands of the police. — Jeremy Schroeder – Minneapolis Ward 11 (@MplsWard11) June 4, 2020
On Friday, the council voted on the first round of changes to policing in the city, including restrictions on chokeholds and neck restraints, disciplinary procedures to be taken against officers who don’t intervene in ‘unauthoritzed use of force’ scenarios, and limitations on when bodycam footage can be reviewed.
The Minneapolis Police Department has proven themselves beyond reform. It’s time to disband them and reimagine public safety in Minneapolis. Thank you to @MplsWard3 for your leadership on this! https://t.co/AQfHM5M6eR — Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) June 5, 2020
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) praised city officials for their action, sharing an article written for Time Magazine by Councilman Steve Fletcher titled, “I’m a Minneapolis City Council Member. We Must Disband the Police—Here’s What Could Come Next.”
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says he is committed to “working with the community towards deep, structural reforms that address systemic racism in our laws and in policing,” but stopped short of endorsing a complete abolition of the police department.
Alex Jones revisits documents he exposed two years ago detailing an organized effort to create racial division and civil unrest in America funded by George Soros.
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newswars--2020-06-05--Mocking The Mockingbird Media

Mocking The Mockingbird Media

Don Lemon declares Trump a dictator as peaceful rioters spit , yell profanities and throw bottles @ a CNN reporter @ @ @ @ @ a mean way .
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‘Y’all Done Poked The Bear Too F–king Long’: Ye Goes Off On ‘Jewish Media’ in Controversial Interview


newswars--2020-06-05--Hasidic Jews Hang Up “Justice For George Floyd” Sign to Stop Police From Busting Up Religious Gather

Hasidic Jews Hang Up “Justice For George Floyd” Sign to Stop Police From Busting Up Religious Gathering

To protect their First Amendment rights , a group of Hasidic kids reportedly hung up a “ Justice For George Floyd ” sign to stop police from breaking up their gathering over “ social distancing ” concerns .
Because New York is selectively enforcing its Covid-19 ‘ no large public gatherings ’ guidelines by allowing protestors ( and rioters ) to assemble despite the lockdown , the kids assumed that the police would ignore their peaceful , religious gathering as long as it ’ s held in the name of George Floyd .
Even if the police do bust up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a strong legal case that the lockdown rules are being disproportionately enforced against religious gatherings while certain political protests are given a free pass .
It ’ s getting harder for New York politicians to hide their political agendas behind everything they do .
If mass protests are okay in New York , then so are religious gatherings – and that ’ s the beauty of the First Amendment .
Don Lemon declares Trump a dictator as “ peaceful ” rioters spit , yell profanities and throw bottles at CNN reporter but “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @

To protect their First Amendment rights, a group of Hasidic kids reportedly hung up a “Justice For George Floyd” sign to stop police from breaking up their gathering over “social distancing” concerns.
Because New York is selectively enforcing its Covid-19 ‘no large public gatherings’ guidelines by allowing protestors (and rioters) to assemble despite the lockdown, the kids assumed that the police would ignore their peaceful, religious gathering as long as it’s held in the name of George Floyd.
Even if the police do bust up the Hasidic carnival, the kids have a strong legal case that the lockdown rules are being disproportionately enforced against religious gatherings while certain political protests are given a free pass.
These clever Hasidic kids decided to turn their carnival into a “Justice for George Floyd” rally and now the NYPD cannot break it up. Tonight’s Justice for George Floyd Shabbat Services are sure to be interesting as well. H/t @kippahunited pic.twitter.com/pN1JvII0wx — Dr. Jake K. Turx, NhD (not an actual doctor) (@JakeTurx) June 5, 2020
It’s getting harder for New York politicians to hide their political agendas behind everything they do.
If mass protests are okay in New York, then so are religious gatherings – and that’s the beauty of the First Amendment.
Don Lemon declares Trump a dictator as “peaceful” rioters spit, yell profanities and throw bottles at CNN reporter but “not in a mean way.”


newswars--2020-06-05--Al-Qaeda Commander Killed by French Forces in Mali

French Defense Minister Florence Parly announced on Friday that Abdelmalek Droukdel , the commander of al-Qaeda North Africa , had been killed by French forces in northern Mali .
“ On June 3 , the French armed forces , with the support of their partners , neutralized the emir of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb ( AQMI ) , Abdelmalek Droukdal and several of his close collaborators , during an operation in northern Mali , ” Parly said in a French statement on Twitter .
Also known as Abu Musab Abdel Wadoud , Droukdel commanded the group ’ s forces @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Africa .
According to L ’ Alsace , Droukdel claimed responsibility for several deadly terrorist attacks , including an attack against the UN headquarters in Algiers in 2007 that killed 62 people .
The BBC noted he may be responsible for introducing suicide bombing to Algeria .
France has deployed more than 5,000 soldiers to western Africa , where several countries that were once colonies of Paris have become embroiled in an irregular war against terrorist groups including al-Qaeda and Daesh , which have both established franchise groups in the region .
Alex @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what ’ s behind its esoteric message .

French Defense Minister Florence Parly announced on Friday that Abdelmalek Droukdel, the commander of al-Qaeda North Africa, had been killed by French forces in northern Mali.
“On June 3, the French armed forces, with the support of their partners, neutralized the emir of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQMI), Abdelmalek Droukdal and several of his close collaborators, during an operation in northern Mali,” Parly said in a French statement on Twitter.
Abdelmalek Droukdal, membre du comité directeur d’Al-Qaida, commandait l’ensemble des groupes qaïdistes d’Afrique du Nord et de la bande sahélienne, dont le JNIM, l’un des principaux groupes terroristes actifs au Sahel. — Florence Parly (@florence_parly) June 5, 2020 Educate yourself further by tapping into our store's vast collection of books and movies.
Also known as Abu Musab Abdel Wadoud, Droukdel commanded the group’s forces in North Africa and parts of western Africa.
According to L’Alsace, Droukdel claimed responsibility for several deadly terrorist attacks, including an attack against the UN headquarters in Algiers in 2007 that killed 62 people. The BBC noted he may be responsible for introducing suicide bombing to Algeria.
France has deployed more than 5,000 soldiers to western Africa, where several countries that were once colonies of Paris have become embroiled in an irregular war against terrorist groups including al-Qaeda and Daesh, which have both established franchise groups in the region.
Alex Jones breaks down the Q movement and what’s behind its esoteric message.


newswars--2020-06-05--Doctors Baffled How Diet Affects Chemotherapy

What we eat can affect the outcome of chemotherapy – and likely many other medical treatments – because of ripple effects that begin in our gut , new research suggests .
University of Virginia scientists found that diet can cause microbes in the gut to trigger changes in the host ’ s response to a chemotherapy drug .
Common components of our daily diets ( for example , amino acids ) could either increase or decrease both the effectiveness and toxicity of the drugs used for cancer treatment , the researchers found .
The discovery opens an important new avenue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ implications for predicting the right dose and better controlling the side effects of chemotherapy , the researchers report .
The finding also may help explain differences seen in patient responses to chemotherapy that have baffled doctors until now .
“ The first time we observed that changing the microbe or adding a single amino acid to the diet could transform an innocuous dose of the drug into a highly toxic one , we couldn ’ t believe our eyes , ” said Eyleen O ’ Rourke , PhD , of UVA ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ School of Medicine ’ s Department of Cell Biology and the Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center .
“ Understanding , with molecular resolution , what was going on took sieving through hundreds of microbe and host genes .
The answer was an astonishingly complex network of interactions between diet , microbe , drug and host.
” Doctors have long appreciated the importance of nutrition on human health .
But the new discovery highlights how what we eat affects not just us but the microorganisms within us .
The changes that diet triggers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a chemotherapeutic drug up to 100-fold , the researchers found using the new lab model they created with roundworms .
“ The same dose of the drug that does nothing on the control diet kills the [ roundworm ] if a milligram of the amino acid serine is added to the diet , ” said Wenfan Ke , a graduate student and lead author of a new scientific paper outlining the findings .
Further , different diet and microbe combinations change how the host responds to chemotherapy .
“ The data show @ @ @ @ @ @ @ microbe ’ s metabolism and , consequently , change or even revert the host response to a drug , ” the researchers report in their paper published in Nature Communications .
In short , this means that we eat not just for ourselves but for the more than 1,000 species of microorganisms that live inside each of us , and that how we feed these bugs has a profound effect on our health and the response to medical treatment .
One day , doctors may give patients not just prescriptions but detailed dietary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ help them reach the best outcome .
Researchers have observed microbes and diet affecting treatment outcomes before .
However , the new research stands out because it is the first time that the underlying molecular processes have been fully dissected .
The researchers ’ new model is an extremely simplified version of the complex microbiome – collection of microorganisms – found in people .
Roundworms serve as the host , and non-pathogenic E. coli bacteria represent the microbes in the gut .
In people , the relationships among diet , microorganisms and host @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this will be a major task for scientists going forward .
The research team noted that drug developers will need to take steps to account for the effect of diet and microbes during their lab work .
For example , they will need to factor in whether diet could cause the microorganisms to produce substances , called metabolites , that could interfere or facilitate the effect of the drugs .
The researchers suggest that the complexity of the interactions among drug , host and microbiome is likely “ astronomical.
” Much more study @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , they say , will help doctors “ realize the full therapeutic potential of the microbiota.
” “ The potential of developing drugs that can improve treatment outcomes by modulating the microbes that live in our gut is enormous , ” O ’ Rourke said .
“ However , the complexity of the interactions between diet , microbes , therapeutics and the host that we uncovered in this study is humbling .
We will need lots of basic research , including sophisticated computer modeling , to reveal how to fully exploit the therapeutic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Norway shows a massive landslide into the ocean with numerous homes being swallowed by the sea .
Alex Jones looks at the angle of a massive earthquake in California and wonders if it will look the same – only 100K ’ s bigger .

What we eat can affect the outcome of chemotherapy – and likely many other medical treatments – because of ripple effects that begin in our gut, new research suggests.
University of Virginia scientists found that diet can cause microbes in the gut to trigger changes in the host’s response to a chemotherapy drug. Common components of our daily diets (for example, amino acids) could either increase or decrease both the effectiveness and toxicity of the drugs used for cancer treatment, the researchers found.
The discovery opens an important new avenue of medical research and could have major implications for predicting the right dose and better controlling the side effects of chemotherapy, the researchers report. The finding also may help explain differences seen in patient responses to chemotherapy that have baffled doctors until now.
“The first time we observed that changing the microbe or adding a single amino acid to the diet could transform an innocuous dose of the drug into a highly toxic one, we couldn’t believe our eyes,” said Eyleen O’Rourke, PhD, of UVA’s College of Arts & Sciences, the School of Medicine’s Department of Cell Biology and the Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center. “Understanding, with molecular resolution, what was going on took sieving through hundreds of microbe and host genes. The answer was an astonishingly complex network of interactions between diet, microbe, drug and host.”
Alex Jones exposes Bill Gates’ depopulation agenda!
How Diet Affects Chemotherapy
Doctors have long appreciated the importance of nutrition on human health. But the new discovery highlights how what we eat affects not just us but the microorganisms within us.
The changes that diet triggers on the microorganisms can increase the toxicity of a chemotherapeutic drug up to 100-fold, the researchers found using the new lab model they created with roundworms. “The same dose of the drug that does nothing on the control diet kills the [roundworm] if a milligram of the amino acid serine is added to the diet,” said Wenfan Ke, a graduate student and lead author of a new scientific paper outlining the findings.
Further, different diet and microbe combinations change how the host responds to chemotherapy. “The data show that single dietary changes can shift the microbe’s metabolism and, consequently, change or even revert the host response to a drug,” the researchers report in their paper published in Nature Communications.
In short, this means that we eat not just for ourselves but for the more than 1,000 species of microorganisms that live inside each of us, and that how we feed these bugs has a profound effect on our health and the response to medical treatment. One day, doctors may give patients not just prescriptions but detailed dietary guidelines and personally formulated microbe cocktails to help them reach the best outcome.
Researchers have observed microbes and diet affecting treatment outcomes before. However, the new research stands out because it is the first time that the underlying molecular processes have been fully dissected.
A New Model
The researchers’ new model is an extremely simplified version of the complex microbiome – collection of microorganisms – found in people. Roundworms serve as the host, and non-pathogenic E. coli bacteria represent the microbes in the gut. In people, the relationships among diet, microorganisms and host is vastly more complex, and understanding this will be a major task for scientists going forward.
The research team noted that drug developers will need to take steps to account for the effect of diet and microbes during their lab work. For example, they will need to factor in whether diet could cause the microorganisms to produce substances, called metabolites, that could interfere or facilitate the effect of the drugs.
The researchers suggest that the complexity of the interactions among drug, host and microbiome is likely “astronomical.” Much more study is needed, but the resulting understanding, they say, will help doctors “realize the full therapeutic potential of the microbiota.”
“The potential of developing drugs that can improve treatment outcomes by modulating the microbes that live in our gut is enormous,” O’Rourke said. “However, the complexity of the interactions between diet, microbes, therapeutics and the host that we uncovered in this study is humbling. We will need lots of basic research, including sophisticated computer modeling, to reveal how to fully exploit the therapeutic potential of our microbes.”
Footage out of Norway shows a massive landslide into the ocean with numerous homes being swallowed by the sea. Alex Jones looks at the angle of a massive earthquake in California and wonders if it will look the same – only 100K’s bigger.


newswars--2020-06-05--Rioters Deface ‘Glory’ Monument to Black Civil War Soldiers in Boston

Rioters in Boston defaced the Shaw 54th Regiment Memorial to black soldiers in the Civil War as a “ Black @ @ @ @ @ through the city on Sunday .
The Boston Globe reported : “ Memorials in three @ @ @ @ @ major parks were hit with graffiti and vandalism Sunday night after tensions mounted between demonstrators @ @ @ @ @ of mostly peaceful protest marches that wound through Boston.
” One of those memorials , @ @ @ @ @ the monument to the 54th : “ One of the memorials targeted by vandals was @ @ @ @ @ the 54th Regiment Memorial , which was unveiled 137 years ago Sunday and depicts a @ @ @ @ @ marching into battle during the Civil War .
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Rioters in Boston defaced the Shaw 54th Regiment Memorial to black soldiers in the Civil War as a “Black Lives Matter” protest moved through the city on Sunday.
The Boston Globe reported: “Memorials in three of the city’s major parks were hit with graffiti and vandalism Sunday night after tensions mounted between demonstrators and police following a day of mostly peaceful protest marches that wound through Boston.”
One of those memorials, the Globe noted, was the monument to the 54th: “One of the memorials targeted by vandals was the Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial, which was unveiled 137 years ago Sunday and depicts a pioneering group of Black soldiers marching into battle during the Civil War.”
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newswars--2020-06-05--Exposed: Soros And The Secret Origins Of Black Lives Matter

Host of Infowars ’ American Countdown , Robert Barnes , reveals the true origins of the radical Black Lives Matter @ @ @ @ @ Soros fund the group and what else does he put his money into ?
Rapper @ @ @ @ @ touched on Soros ’ involvement in BLM in this show segment .
Meanwhile , as @ @ @ @ @ the largest African American movement in the country , what happened to the real leaders @ @ @ @ @ MLK and Malcolm X were actually promoting peaceful protests , which is why they were @ @ @ @ @ assassinated , and why their peaceful message is lost today .

Host of Infowars’ American Countdown, Robert Barnes, reveals the true origins of the radical Black Lives Matter movement.
Why does George Soros fund the group and what else does he put his money into?
Rapper and activist Lord Jamar also touched on Soros’ involvement in BLM in this show segment.
Meanwhile, as an old white man oversees the largest African American movement in the country, what happened to the real leaders?
Barnes breaks down how MLK and Malcolm X were actually promoting peaceful protests, which is why they were deemed threatening enough to be assassinated, and why their peaceful message is lost today.


newswars--2020-06-05--1200 Public Health Experts Sign Letter Advocating Mass Gatherings Because “White Supremacy” is a Big

1200 Public Health Experts Sign Letter Advocating Mass Gatherings Because “White Supremacy” is a Bigger Threat Than COVID-19

1200 public health experts have signed an open letter asserting that Black Lives Matter mass gatherings should be encouraged because “ white supremacy ” is a bigger health threat than COVID-19 .
“ White supremacy is a lethal public health issue that predates and contributes to COVID-19 , ” states the letter , before adding , “ Black people are twice as likely to be killed by police compared to white people , but the effects of racism are far more pervasive , ” ( a claim which is completely misleading given that black people are far likelier to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The letter goes on to basically assert that COVID-19 isn ’ t a threat , so long as people are protesting against racism , which is a bigger threat , a completely ludicrous assertion that sounds like it came straight from a far-left protest group , not 1200 public health experts .
“ As public health advocates , we do not condemn these gatherings as risky for COVID-19 transmission , ” states the letter .
“ We support them as vital to the national public health and to the threatened health specifically @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” The letter then claims that ‘ stay-at-home ’ protests shouldn ’ t be treated the same because they “ not only oppose public health interventions , but are also rooted in white nationalism and run contrary to respect for Black lives.
” The health experts then go on to assert that BLM protesters shouldn ’ t be arrested , shouldn ’ t be held in vans and that tear gas shouldn ’ t be used against them due to the threat of it exacerbating symptoms of people infected with COVID-19 .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ celebrated ’ and not seen as an easy way for criminals and looters to hide their identity .
Commenting on the letter , journalist Michael Tracey tweeted , “ The letter was drafted by infectious disease “ experts ” at the University of Washington , which has been integral in studying the coronavirus in the US .
They write that “ pervasive racism ” is now “ the paramount public health problem , ” superseding the virus .
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” In the space of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ health officials have gone from demanding police arrest ‘ stay-at-home ’ protesters for the crime of gathering outside , to demanding the abolition of police and encouraging mass gatherings of people outside .
You ’ re bad and “ killing granny ” for participating in a protest while remaining inside your car , but tens of thousands of people gathering in close proximity in cities across America is good because “ racism ” or something .
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1200 public health experts have signed an open letter asserting that Black Lives Matter mass gatherings should be encouraged because “white supremacy” is a bigger health threat than COVID-19.
Yes, really.
“White supremacy is a lethal public health issue that predates and contributes to COVID-19,” states the letter, before adding, “Black people are twice as likely to be killed by police compared to white people, but the effects of racism are far more pervasive,” (a claim which is completely misleading given that black people are far likelier to be involved in violent confrontations with police).
The letter goes on to basically assert that COVID-19 isn’t a threat, so long as people are protesting against racism, which is a bigger threat, a completely ludicrous assertion that sounds like it came straight from a far-left protest group, not 1200 public health experts.
“As public health advocates, we do not condemn these gatherings as risky for COVID-19 transmission,” states the letter. “We support them as vital to the national public health and to the threatened health specifically of Black people in the United States.”
The letter then claims that ‘stay-at-home’ protests shouldn’t be treated the same because they “not only oppose public health interventions, but are also rooted in white nationalism and run contrary to respect for Black lives.”
The health experts then go on to assert that BLM protesters shouldn’t be arrested, shouldn’t be held in vans and that tear gas shouldn’t be used against them due to the threat of it exacerbating symptoms of people infected with COVID-19.
The letter also says that facemasks should be ‘celebrated’ and not seen as an easy way for criminals and looters to hide their identity.
The letter was drafted by infectious disease “experts” at the University of Washington, which has been integral in studying the coronavirus in the US. They write that “pervasive racism” is now “the paramount public health problem,” superseding the virus. WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!! — Michael Tracey (@mtracey) June 5, 2020
Commenting on the letter, journalist Michael Tracey tweeted, “The letter was drafted by infectious disease “experts” at the University of Washington, which has been integral in studying the coronavirus in the US. They write that “pervasive racism” is now “the paramount public health problem,” superseding the virus. WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!”
In the space of 10 days, leftists and even public health officials have gone from demanding police arrest ‘stay-at-home’ protesters for the crime of gathering outside, to demanding the abolition of police and encouraging mass gatherings of people outside.
You’re bad and “killing granny” for participating in a protest while remaining inside your car, but tens of thousands of people gathering in close proximity in cities across America is good because “racism” or something.
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newswars--2020-06-05--Romney: Mattis’s Anti-Trump Remarks “Stunning And Powerful”

Sen. Mitt Romney ( R-UT ) has described former Defense Secretary James Mattis ’ s rebuke of President Trump as “ stunning and powerful ” .
Romney , the sole Republican in Congress to endorse the impeachment of Trump , came out in support of General Mattis ’ s claim that Trump was making “ a mockery of the Constitution ” on Thursday .
“ Gen .
Mattis ’ s letter was stunning and powerful .
Gen. Mattis is a man of extraordinary sacrifice .
He ’ s an American patriot .
He ’ s an individual whose judgment I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of him , ” Romney stated to reporters .
“ If I ever had to choose somebody to be in a foxhole with , it would be with a Gen. Mattis .
What a wonderful , wonderful man , ” he added .
Romney has never actually been in a foxhole , having avoided the Vietnam War draft by getting a deferment to do Mormon missionary work in France .
Mattis served as Defense Secretary under Trump from 2017 to 2019 , using his position to push for globalist policies such as increased @ @ @ @ @ @ @ agreement .
During his tenure , Trump described the Secretary as a “ Democrat ” , given his views seemed to align much more with the anti-Trump opposition than with the President ’ s America First agenda .
Since Trump fired him from the administration , Mattis has emerged as a vocal voice against the President .
In a statement to The Atlantic earlier this week , Mattis condemned Trump ’ s strong response to the Antifa riots which have broken out across the country : “ I have watched this week ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Mattis writes .
“ The words ‘ Equal Justice Under Law ’ are carved in the pediment of the United States Supreme Court .
This is precisely what protesters are rightly demanding .
It is a wholesome and unifying demand—one that all of us should be able to get behind .
We must not be distracted by a small number of lawbreakers .
The protests are defined by tens of thousands of people of conscience who are insisting that we live up to our values—our values as people and our values @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , “ We must reject and hold accountable those in office who would make a mockery of our Constitution.
” “ Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people—does not even pretend to try .
Instead , he tries to divide us , ” Mattis writes .
“ We are witnessing the consequences of three years of this deliberate effort .
We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership .
We can unite without him , drawing on the strengths @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will not be easy , as the past few days have shown , but we owe it to our fellow citizens ; to past generations that bled to defend our promise ; and to our children.
” Former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly , a general closely aligned with Mattis , also backed his remarks , describing Trump ’ s criticism of Mattis as “ nasty ” .
Alex Jones breaks down the Q movement and what ’ s behind its esoteric message .

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) has described former Defense Secretary James Mattis’s rebuke of President Trump as “stunning and powerful”.
Romney, the sole Republican in Congress to endorse the impeachment of Trump, came out in support of General Mattis’s claim that Trump was making “a mockery of the Constitution” on Thursday.
“Gen. Mattis’s letter was stunning and powerful. Gen. Mattis is a man of extraordinary sacrifice. He’s an American patriot. He’s an individual whose judgment I respect, and I think the world of him,” Romney stated to reporters.
“If I ever had to choose somebody to be in a foxhole with, it would be with a Gen. Mattis. What a wonderful, wonderful man,” he added.
Romney has never actually been in a foxhole, having avoided the Vietnam War draft by getting a deferment to do Mormon missionary work in France.
Mattis served as Defense Secretary under Trump from 2017 to 2019, using his position to push for globalist policies such as increased troop presence overseas and the Paris climate agreement. During his tenure, Trump described the Secretary as a “Democrat”, given his views seemed to align much more with the anti-Trump opposition than with the President’s America First agenda.
Since Trump fired him from the administration, Mattis has emerged as a vocal voice against the President. In a statement to The Atlantic earlier this week, Mattis condemned Trump’s strong response to the Antifa riots which have broken out across the country:
“I have watched this week’s unfolding events, angry and appalled,” Mattis writes. “The words ‘Equal Justice Under Law’ are carved in the pediment of the United States Supreme Court. This is precisely what protesters are rightly demanding. It is a wholesome and unifying demand—one that all of us should be able to get behind. We must not be distracted by a small number of lawbreakers. The protests are defined by tens of thousands of people of conscience who are insisting that we live up to our values—our values as people and our values as a nation.” He goes on, “We must reject and hold accountable those in office who would make a mockery of our Constitution.”
“Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people—does not even pretend to try. Instead, he tries to divide us,” Mattis writes. “We are witnessing the consequences of three years of this deliberate effort. We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership. We can unite without him, drawing on the strengths inherent in our civil society. This will not be easy, as the past few days have shown, but we owe it to our fellow citizens; to past generations that bled to defend our promise; and to our children.”
Former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, a general closely aligned with Mattis, also backed his remarks, describing Trump’s criticism of Mattis as “nasty”.
Alex Jones breaks down the Q movement and what’s behind its esoteric message.


newswars--2020-06-05--Trump Calls Coronavirus ‘Gift From China’

Relations between the two economic superpowers have sunk to new lows in recent months , with Washington and Beijing sparring over who ’ s to blame for the coronavirus pandemic , and engaged in separate spats on the Hong Kong protests , technology theft and trade .
US President Donald Trump says he doesn ’ t know whether China and the US will be able to get along after Beijing gave America the “ very bad gift ” of the coronavirus .
“ Getting along with China would be a good thing .
I don ’ t know if that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ think they want to get along very much with us , ” Trump said , speaking to reporters in Washington on Friday , referring to the US-China trade deal signed earlier this year .
“ I guess I view the trade deal a little bit differently than I did three months ago , ” he noted .
“ The ink wasn ’ t dry on that deal when the plague floated in.
” Calling the coronavirus “ a gift from China – a very bad gift , ” the president suggested that questions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from spreading in China but not other parts of the world .
“ You do say , how come at Wuhan where it started , and they were very badly – they were in bad trouble , but it didn ’ t go to any other parts , it didn ’ t go to Beijing , it didn ’ t go to other parts of China .
Then you say , how come it came out to Europe , to the world , to the United States .
So it didn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cold , they knew it was a problem , but they didn ’ t stop it from coming to the United States , Europe and the rest of the world .
Somebody has to ask these questions , and we ’ ll get down to the answer , ” Trump said .
Commenting on the global US-China economic competition , Trump insisted that China ’ s economy would not be able to catch up to America ’ s , and that the US would soon “ go back to having ” “ the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recovering from the coronavirus pandemic and opening back up .
Already tense relations between the US and China over who ’ s to blame for the global coronavirus pandemic deteriorated further last week after the US attempted to bring the issue of Hong Kong ’ s autonomy before the United Nations Security Council .
President Trump has threatened to sanction China and withdraw the US ’ s special trade status with Hong Kong over the issue .
Beijing has demanded that Washington stay out of China ’ s internal affairs .
On Wednesday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chinese commercial air services to the United States starting June 16 .
Alex Jones breaks down the Q movement and what ’ s behind its esoteric message .

Relations between the two economic superpowers have sunk to new lows in recent months, with Washington and Beijing sparring over who’s to blame for the coronavirus pandemic, and engaged in separate spats on the Hong Kong protests, technology theft and trade.
US President Donald Trump says he doesn’t know whether China and the US will be able to get along after Beijing gave America the “very bad gift” of the coronavirus.
“Getting along with China would be a good thing. I don’t know if that’s gonna happen. I think they want to get along very much with us,” Trump said, speaking to reporters in Washington on Friday, referring to the US-China trade deal signed earlier this year.
“I guess I view the trade deal a little bit differently than I did three months ago,” he noted. “The ink wasn’t dry on that deal when the plague floated in.”
Calling the coronavirus “a gift from China – a very bad gift,” the president suggested that questions should be asked why Beijing stopped COVID-19 from spreading in China but not other parts of the world.
“You do say, how come at Wuhan where it started, and they were very badly – they were in bad trouble, but it didn’t go to any other parts, it didn’t go to Beijing, it didn’t go to other parts of China. Then you say, how come it came out to Europe, to the world, to the United States. So it didn’t go to China – they stopped it cold, they knew it was a problem, but they didn’t stop it from coming to the United States, Europe and the rest of the world. Somebody has to ask these questions, and we’ll get down to the answer,” Trump said.
Commenting on the global US-China economic competition, Trump insisted that China’s economy would not be able to catch up to America’s, and that the US would soon “go back to having” “the greatest economy in the world” after recovering from the coronavirus pandemic and opening back up.
Already tense relations between the US and China over who’s to blame for the global coronavirus pandemic deteriorated further last week after the US attempted to bring the issue of Hong Kong’s autonomy before the United Nations Security Council. President Trump has threatened to sanction China and withdraw the US’s special trade status with Hong Kong over the issue. Beijing has demanded that Washington stay out of China’s internal affairs. On Wednesday, the US announced the suspension of Chinese commercial air services to the United States starting June 16.
Alex Jones breaks down the Q movement and what’s behind its esoteric message.


newswars--2020-06-05--Tucker: Corporations Funding Riots That Destroy Small Businesses

During Thursday night ’ s broadcast of “ Tucker Carlson Tonight , ” the Fox host called out the major corporations putting money into groups like Black Lives Matter who are funding the protests nationwide that have turned into violent riots .
“ We ’ ve heard this a lot recently : ‘ A riot is the voice of the unheard.
’ You are hearing that message from virtually every American corporation right now , every university , every major media outlet , ” Carlson said to open his segment .
“ The rioters burning down your city with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , are ‘ unheard ’ , you , by contrast , are the oppressor and if you disagree in any way , we are going to fire you and wreck your life.
” “ But corporations aren ’ t simply tweeting their support for the riots , they ’ re paying for them too , ” he added .
“ Recently , the CEO of Cisco announced his company is donating $ 5 million to the Black Lives Matter foundation .
Airbnb is donating half a million dollars , so is Dropbox .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ 100,000 .
Intel has pledged a million dollars to assorted antiracism groups and is pressuring its employees to donate more of their money to the foundation… the Black Lives Matter Foundation.
” “ And then there ’ s Pepsi .
Pepsi is donating too , ” Tucker said , mocking the company with a satirical commercial jingle , “ ‘ This revolution has been brought to you by your Pepsico bottler .
Tired after a long day of looting ?
Try Pepsi.
’ ” Continuing , Carlson asked , “ So , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s getting all this money , what exactly does the Black Lives Matter Foundation believe ?
Well , less than a week ago , the group launched a petition to defund all police departments nationwide .
The group ’ s co-founder says we should abolish all prisons.
” “ So does Intel want 1.7 million felons released onto America ’ s streets , all 700,000 cops fired tomorrow ?
It ’ s not clear what they want .
But they are paying for that .
They think they can look good for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ knows what they want , but they are responsible for this.
” Tucker also pointed out one of BLM ’ s goals is to “ disrupt the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure , ” which is something major corporations can get behind .
Some companies , Carlson explained , are donating money to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund , which denies rioting is taking place and is bailing out the violent rioters who are being arrested .
“ So , with all this money flowing out of this country ’ s most profitable corporations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for those corporations to donate some money to , I dunno , rebuild some of the small businesses that have been destroyed over the past week , ” he suggested .
“ Oh but they ’ re not going to do that , because for a lot of big corporations the total annihilation of small businesses is one of the best parts of this new revolution , there ’ s always an angle , someone ’ s always getting more powerful , ” he concluded before saying he ’ ll be exposing the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ transmission .
Robert Barnes covers the possibility that the riots taking place nationwide may be part of the agenda for regime change by the radical left .

During Thursday night’s broadcast of “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” the Fox host called out the major corporations putting money into groups like Black Lives Matter who are funding the protests nationwide that have turned into violent riots.
“We’ve heard this a lot recently: ‘A riot is the voice of the unheard.’ You are hearing that message from virtually every American corporation right now, every university, every major media outlet,” Carlson said to open his segment. “The rioters burning down your city with the support of virtually everyone richer than you, are ‘unheard’, you, by contrast, are the oppressor and if you disagree in any way, we are going to fire you and wreck your life.”
“But corporations aren’t simply tweeting their support for the riots, they’re paying for them too,” he added. “Recently, the CEO of Cisco announced his company is donating $5 million to the Black Lives Matter foundation. Airbnb is donating half a million dollars, so is Dropbox. Video game make Ubisoft is giving $100,000. Intel has pledged a million dollars to assorted antiracism groups and is pressuring its employees to donate more of their money to the foundation… the Black Lives Matter Foundation.”
“And then there’s Pepsi. Pepsi is donating too,” Tucker said, mocking the company with a satirical commercial jingle, “‘This revolution has been brought to you by your Pepsico bottler. Tired after a long day of looting? Try Pepsi.’”
Continuing, Carlson asked, “So, the question is, now that it’s getting all this money, what exactly does the Black Lives Matter Foundation believe? Well, less than a week ago, the group launched a petition to defund all police departments nationwide. The group’s co-founder says we should abolish all prisons.”
“So does Intel want 1.7 million felons released onto America’s streets, all 700,000 cops fired tomorrow? It’s not clear what they want. But they are paying for that. They think they can look good for the mob by funding the cause. Who knows what they want, but they are responsible for this.”
Tucker also pointed out one of BLM’s goals is to “disrupt the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure,” which is something major corporations can get behind.
Some companies, Carlson explained, are donating money to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, which denies rioting is taking place and is bailing out the violent rioters who are being arrested.
“So, with all this money flowing out of this country’s most profitable corporations, it might be a nice gesture for those corporations to donate some money to, I dunno, rebuild some of the small businesses that have been destroyed over the past week,” he suggested.
“Oh but they’re not going to do that, because for a lot of big corporations the total annihilation of small businesses is one of the best parts of this new revolution, there’s always an angle, someone’s always getting more powerful,” he concluded before saying he’ll be exposing the celebrities funding these groups during his Friday transmission.
Robert Barnes covers the possibility that the riots taking place nationwide may be part of the agenda for regime change by the radical left.


newswars--2020-06-05--Riots: Not Fun or Profit for the Rest of Us

Last Monday , May 25 , George Floyd died in police custody after an arrest in Minneapolis .
Floyd had moved to Minneapolis trying to “ start a new life ” after a long prison sentence .
According to one account , “ Floyd was charged in 2007 with armed robbery in a home invasion in Houston and in 2009 was sentenced to five years in prison as part of a plea deal , according to court documents.
” On the night of his death , Floyd was arrested after a complaint he had tried to pass a counterfeit $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ police and , after he was put in a patrol car , he fell out of the car onto the pavement .
At that point , Derek Chauvin , one of the arresting officers , left Floyd on the ground and restrained him by putting his knee on Floyd ’ s neck .
He kept his knee on Floyd ’ s neck for nearly nine minutes .
Floyd lost consciousness and died about one hour later .
Chauvin clearly used excessive force against Floyd .
I have so far left out the key @ @ @ @ @ @ @ order to understand what has happened since then .
Floyd was black .
Immediately after Floyd died , a hue and cry went up that claimed that Floyd ’ s death was just the latest in a long list of incidents in which police kill blacks .
Police have indeed killed many blacks , but they kill many whites as well .
In fact , police kill more whites than blacks .
According to the informative Ideas & Data blog , In contemporary political discourse , there ’ s an awful lot written @ @ @ @ @ @ @ police .
Such writings are normally in response to a particular incident of this supposedly occurring .
Of course , these are merely anecdotes and in a nation with 300 million people you can come up with a new anecdote every month for something that basically never happens .
You can also create a general impression of racial bias if stories about white people being killed by police are less sensationalized than stories featuring black people .
If we turn from anecdotes to data , this narrative very quickly falls apart .
Numerous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which black people are killed by police .
Generally , these estimates are not too far off from each-other .
For instance , The CDC says that around 27 % of people killed by police are black .
A sociologist used data from Killedbypolice.net to argue that number should be 30 % .
The FBI puts it at 32 % .
By contrast , Black Americans account for 13 % of the total population , 38 % of violent criminals , and commit 53 % of murders .
Black people also account for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ officers , and so probably instigate around 40 % of potentially lethal confrontations with the police ( FBI 2014 ) .
Thus , black people are underrepresented among those killed by police relative to their representation among those who commit violent crimes , who commit murder , and who kill police officers .
If this is true , why do so many people think otherwise ?
The same writer has some good answers : Of course , these things don ’ t only happen to black people , and another consistent pattern in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who are the victims of crime or shot by police .
The fact is that more whites than blacks are shot by police each year….And this lack of coverage isn ’ t for lack of stories .
For instance , the media coverage of the Mike Brown shooting might have been matched by the police shooting of Daniel Shaver , an unarmed white man killed , on video , by police because he moved his hands towards his waistband after begging the police not to kill him .
Similarly , the case of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that of Justine Damond .
In 2016 , Damond , a white woman , called the police to report that she heard a female nearby screaming and thought she might be in trouble .
When Diamond came outside to talk to the officers she had called , she ‘ startled ’ police officer Mohamed Noor , a black male , and so he fatally shot her as she approached the vehicle .
But in reality nearly all big profile stories about police shootings are about black men being shot by police .
Whites @ @ @ @ @ @ @ So are the whites who are killed by black citizens .
In the George Floyd case , no evidence has surfaced that Chauvin would have handled a white suspect differently .
One news story quotes the former owner of a nightclub where he worked as a security guard as saying of him , “ Santamaria described Chauvin as a ‘ nice guy ’ who was ‘ always mellow ’ around her , but said he was also ‘ tightly wound.
’ ” As soon as Floyd died , black and left-wing organizations nevertheless @ @ @ @ @ @ @ murdered someone because he was black .
Riots since then have erupted in many cities , and they have spread to Europe as well .
Here are a few examples .
In Minneapolis , “ demonstrators have voiced their anger in chants and on placards .
But the protests have also led to outbreaks of violence .
Hundreds of businesses in the state ’ s Twin Cities—Minneapolis and St. Paul—were damaged or looted during four days of unrest.
” National Guard troops arrived in the nation ’ s second-largest city overnight after a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ clash repeatedly with officers , torch police vehicles and pillage businesses .
Mayor Eric Garcetti said he asked Gov .
Gavin Newsom for 500 to 700 members of the Guard to assist the 10,000 Los Angeles Police Department officers .
“ The California National Guard is being deployed to Los Angeles overnight to support our local response to maintain peace and safety on the streets of our city , ” said the mayor , who ordered a rare citywide curfew until Sunday morning .
Firefighters responded to dozens of fires , and scores @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the hardest-hit areas was the area around the Grove , a popular high-end outdoor mall west of downtown where hundreds of protesters swarmed the area , showering police with rocks and other objects and vandalizing shops .
In Brooklyn , “ About 3,000 protesters demonstrated in Brooklyn , and were pushed back by NYPD officers releasing chemical mace after the protests turned violent .
A woman was arrested and charged with attempted murder after she threw a Molotov cocktail into an occupied police car , NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea said Saturday morning.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , we don ’ t see violent protests that spread across the country that destroy lives and property .
Here is one example : in Dallas in 2016 , video showing a white man who died after being pinned down by police .
A report last year from the Dallas Morning News highlighted how Tony Timpa screamed and begged for help more than 30 times as Dallas law enforcement “ pinned his shoulders , knees and neck to the ground.
” Timpa bellowed , “ You ’ re gon na kill me !
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ !
You ’ re gon na kill me !
” After Timpa lost consciousness , the officers who handcuffed him thought he was asleep and didn ’ t bother to find out if he was breathing or had a pulse .
The News added , “ The officers pinned his handcuffed arms behind his back for nearly 14 minutes and zip-tied his legs together .
By the time he was loaded onto a gurney and put into an ambulance , the 32-year-old was dead.
” No nationwide riots followed this sad event .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the answer is that terrorist groups like Antifa and Black Lives Matter , aided and abetted by their allies in the left-wing media , civil rights organizations , and radical politicians , incite violence .
Andy Ngo comments in Spectator USA : We are witnessing glimmers of the full insurrection the far-left has been working toward for decades .
The killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis was merely a pretext for radicals to push their ambitious insurgency .
In a matter of hours , after the video of Floyd began circulating the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ country mobilized to Minnesota to aid Black Lives Matter rioters .
Law enforcement and even the state National Guard have struggled to respond in Minnesota .
Portland , Oakland , Los Angeles , Dallas and Atlanta are just some of the other cities waking up and finding smoldering ruins where businesses once operated .
Nearly 30 other cities experienced some form of mass protest or violent rioting .
At least three people have been killed so far .
Antifa , the extreme anarchist-communist movement , has rioting down to an art .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the water for looters to move in .
When the looting is done , those carrying flammable chemicals start fires to finish the job .
Footage recorded in Minneapolis and other cities show militants dressed in black bloc—the antifa uniform—wielding weapons like hammers or sticks to smash windows .
You see their graffiti daubed on smashed up buildings : FTP means “ Fuck the Police ” ; ACAB stands for “ All Cops Are Bastards ” ; 1312 is the numerical code for ACAB….At its core , BLM is a revolutionary Marxist ideology @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Patrisse Cullors , BLM ’ s founders , are self-identified Marxists who make no secret of their worship of communist terrorists and fugitives , like Assata Shakur .
They want the abolishment of law enforcement and capitalism .
They want regime change and the end of the rule of law .
Antifa has partnered with Black Lives Matter , for now , to help accelerate the break down of society .
But to grasp a major piece of the puzzle , we need to read the great book by the Harvard political scientist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , especially the chapter “ Rioting Mainly for Fun and Profit ” : Rather than political protests or rebellions , Banfield argued that riots were largely opportunistic displays of violence and theft .
He broke down four types of riots : ( 1 ) rampages , where young men are simply looking for trouble and act out violently ; ( 2 ) pillaging , where theft is the main focus , and the riot serves as a solution for a type of collective action problem for thieves ; ( 3 ) righteous indignation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against their community ; and ( 4 ) demonstrations , which are neither spontaneous nor violent but instead designed for a specific political purpose .
Banfield argued that the poor mainly engaged in the first two types of riots .
Steve Sailer , who posted on Banfield ’ s book , has a good example to illustrate Banfield ’ s thesis : The Flight Club shoe store on Melrose Boulevard in West Hollywood got looted by The Protesters .
The Flight Club , in New York , Los Angeles , and Miami , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , such as the “ just dropped ” $ 295 “ AIR JORDAN 4 RETRO ‘ COURT PURPLE ’ ” and the $ 375 “ YEEZY BOOST 700 MNVN ‘ TRIPLE BLACK.
’ ” Mistreatment of blacks is of course wrong , just as mistreatment of anyone is wrong .
But blacks do better in the United States than they do anywhere else in the world .
We need to expose the left-wing campaign that blames “ discrimination ” for the problems that blacks have and in doing so encourages them to riot @ @ @ @ @ @ @ economist Walter Williams has said , There ’ s another set of beneficiaries to racial hoaxes and racial strife .
These alleged incidents are invariably seized upon by politicians and activists looking to feed a sacrosanct belief among liberals that discrimination and oppression are the main drivers of inequality .
Jason Riley , writing in The Wall Street Journal says ‘ In the mainstream media we hear almost constant talk about scary new forms of racism : “ white privilege , ” “ cultural appropriation , ” and “ subtle bigotry.
” Riley @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , who is a professor of political science at Kentucky State University and author of a new book “ Hate Crime Hoax , ” that states “ a huge percentage of the horrific hate crimes cited as evidence of contemporary bigotry are fakes.
” Reilly put together a data set of more than 400 confirmed cases of fake allegations that were reported to authorities between 2010 and 2017 .
He says that the exact number of false reports is probably unknowable , but what can be said “ with absolute confidence is that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is indisputably large .
We are not speaking here of just a few bad apples.
” But Reilly has a larger point to make , writing , “ The Smollett case isn ’ t an outlier .
Increasingly , it ’ s the norm .
And the media ’ s relative lack of interest in exposing hoaxes that don ’ t involve famous figures is a big part of the problem.
” But we shouldn ’ t let the police off the hook either .
The police have become dangerously militarized .
As @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In the American police state , police have a tendency to shoot first and ask questions later .
In fact , police don ’ t usually need much incentive to shoot and kill members of the public .
Police have shot and killed Americans of all ages—many of them unarmed—for standing a certain way , or moving a certain way , or holding something—anything—that police could misinterpret to be a gun , or igniting some trigger-centric fear in a police officer ’ s mind that has nothing to do with an actual threat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than a million cops who have been fitted out in the trappings of war , drilled in the deadly art of combat , and trained to look upon ‘ every individual they interact with as an armed threat and every situation as a deadly force encounter in the making ?
’ ” We need to privatize the police , making them responsible to private citizens , in order to prevent what happened to George Floyd and many others .
Menlo Park , a community in Northern California , did not go this far @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and ranks for their police force , they achieved a great deal : In 1968 , the police department in Menlo Park , California hired a new police chief .
His name was Victor Cizanckas and his main goal was to reform the department , which had a strained relationship with the community at the time .
The 1960s had been a turbulent decade in Menlo Park , a small city with wide suburban streets and manicured lawns just south of San Francisco .
There were big student-led , anti-war demonstrations at nearby @ @ @ @ @ @ @ communities of Belle Haven and East Palo Alto were organizing to demand better treatment and services .
After years of clashing with protesters , the police department didn ’ t have the best reputation .
Cizanckas wanted to rebuild trust with the community—and he made a number of changes to improve the department ’ s image .
One of the most ground-breaking and controversial was the new blazer-style uniform he implemented .
For many years , the Menlo Park police had worn some variation of the traditional , pseudo-military , dark blue uniform @ @ @ @ @ @ @ too intimidating and aggressive , so he traded it for slacks , dress shirts with ties , and a blazer .
Guns and handcuffs remained hidden under the coat .
Instead of a metal badge , the blazer sported an embroidered patch that looked a little like a coat of arms .
In their new blazer uniforms , the Menlo Park police looked more like preppy college students ( or detectives ) than traditional law enforcement officers .
Some even sported pocket protectors with the Menlo Park police logo on them that would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shirts .
But the new look was only the most visible reform that Cizanckas introduced .
He also hired new officers with higher levels of education and from non-traditional law enforcement backgrounds .
Several of his recruits had attended the Jesuit seminary in Menlo Park .
He emphasized community outreach and required beat officers to take on investigative duties that had traditionally been covered by detectives .
He also changed the organizational language of the department , using corporate titles instead of military ones .
“ Sergeants ” became “ managers , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ became “ directors.
” Even though the police have become militarized , the dangerous trend that pictures rioters and looters as victims has spread to them : As rioting rampages through the Twin Cities in Minnesota , black store owners have had to themselves protect their stores .
Some have tried with their bare hands , while others have used guns .
For those who oppose private gun ownership , these riots show the need .
From the Wall Street Journal : Minneapolis police have similarly taken a hands-off approach to this week @ @ @ @ @ @ @ roughly 130 local businesses , but the anger shows no sign of letting up .
Downtown business owners—even those who stand against police brutality—have been fighting off looters with their bare hands .
Some have taken up arms in defense of their establishments .
This needs to stop right now , whatever the left-wing agitators say .
Everybody ’ s lives and property matter .

Last Monday, May 25, George Floyd died in police custody after an arrest in Minneapolis.
Floyd had moved to Minneapolis trying to “start a new life” after a long prison sentence. According to one account, “Floyd was charged in 2007 with armed robbery in a home invasion in Houston and in 2009 was sentenced to five years in prison as part of a plea deal, according to court documents.”
On the night of his death, Floyd was arrested after a complaint he had tried to pass a counterfeit $20 bill. He struggled with the police and, after he was put in a patrol car, he fell out of the car onto the pavement. At that point, Derek Chauvin, one of the arresting officers, left Floyd on the ground and restrained him by putting his knee on Floyd’s neck. He kept his knee on Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes. Floyd lost consciousness and died about one hour later. Chauvin clearly used excessive force against Floyd.
I have so far left out the key fact that you need to know in order to understand what has happened since then. Floyd was black. Immediately after Floyd died, a hue and cry went up that claimed that Floyd’s death was just the latest in a long list of incidents in which police kill blacks.
Police have indeed killed many blacks, but they kill many whites as well. In fact, police kill more whites than blacks. According to the informative Ideas & Data blog,
In contemporary political discourse, there’s an awful lot written about black people being unfairly killed by police. Such writings are normally in response to a particular incident of this supposedly occurring. Of course, these are merely anecdotes and in a nation with 300 million people you can come up with a new anecdote every month for something that basically never happens. You can also create a general impression of racial bias if stories about white people being killed by police are less sensationalized than stories featuring black people.
If we turn from anecdotes to data, this narrative very quickly falls apart. Numerous organizations provide estimates of the rates at which black people are killed by police. Generally, these estimates are not too far off from each-other. For instance, The CDC says that around 27% of people killed by police are black. A sociologist used data from Killedbypolice.net to argue that number should be 30%. The FBI puts it at 32%.
By contrast, Black Americans account for 13% of the total population, 38% of violent criminals, and commit 53% of murders. Black people also account for 40% of those who murder police officers, and so probably instigate around 40% of potentially lethal confrontations with the police (FBI 2014).
Thus, black people are underrepresented among those killed by police relative to their representation among those who commit violent crimes, who commit murder, and who kill police officers.
If this is true, why do so many people think otherwise? The same writer has some good answers:
Of course, these things don’t only happen to black people, and another consistent pattern in media propaganda is the ignoring of whites who are the victims of crime or shot by police. The fact is that more whites than blacks are shot by police each year….And this lack of coverage isn’t for lack of stories. For instance, the media coverage of the Mike Brown shooting might have been matched by the police shooting of Daniel Shaver, an unarmed white man killed, on video, by police because he moved his hands towards his waistband after begging the police not to kill him.
Similarly, the case of Philando Castile could have been matched with that of Justine Damond. In 2016, Damond, a white woman, called the police to report that she heard a female nearby screaming and thought she might be in trouble. When Diamond came outside to talk to the officers she had called, she ‘startled’ police officer Mohamed Noor, a black male, and so he fatally shot her as she approached the vehicle.
But in reality nearly all big profile stories about police shootings are about black men being shot by police. Whites shot by police are relatively ignored. So are the whites who are killed by black citizens.
In the George Floyd case, no evidence has surfaced that Chauvin would have handled a white suspect differently. One news story quotes the former owner of a nightclub where he worked as a security guard as saying of him, “Santamaria described Chauvin as a ‘nice guy’ who was ‘always mellow’ around her, but said he was also ‘tightly wound.’”
As soon as Floyd died, black and left-wing organizations nevertheless claimed that the police once more had murdered someone because he was black. Riots since then have erupted in many cities, and they have spread to Europe as well.
Here are a few examples. In Minneapolis, “demonstrators have voiced their anger in chants and on placards. But the protests have also led to outbreaks of violence. Hundreds of businesses in the state’s Twin Cities—Minneapolis and St. Paul—were damaged or looted during four days of unrest.”
In Los Angeles,
National Guard troops arrived in the nation’s second-largest city overnight after a fourth day of protests Saturday saw demonstrators clash repeatedly with officers, torch police vehicles and pillage businesses.
Mayor Eric Garcetti said he asked Gov. Gavin Newsom for 500 to 700 members of the Guard to assist the 10,000 Los Angeles Police Department officers.
“The California National Guard is being deployed to Los Angeles overnight to support our local response to maintain peace and safety on the streets of our city,” said the mayor, who ordered a rare citywide curfew until Sunday morning.
Firefighters responded to dozens of fires, and scores of businesses were damaged. One of the hardest-hit areas was the area around the Grove, a popular high-end outdoor mall west of downtown where hundreds of protesters swarmed the area, showering police with rocks and other objects and vandalizing shops.
In Brooklyn, “About 3,000 protesters demonstrated in Brooklyn, and were pushed back by NYPD officers releasing chemical mace after the protests turned violent. A woman was arrested and charged with attempted murder after she threw a Molotov cocktail into an occupied police car, NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea said Saturday morning.”
When whites die because of police misconduct, we don’t see violent protests that spread across the country that destroy lives and property. Here is one example: in Dallas in 2016, video showing a white man who died after being pinned down by police.
A report last year from the Dallas Morning News highlighted how Tony Timpa screamed and begged for help more than 30 times as Dallas law enforcement “pinned his shoulders, knees and neck to the ground.” Timpa bellowed, “You’re gonna kill me! You’re gonna kill me! You’re gonna kill me!” After Timpa lost consciousness, the officers who handcuffed him thought he was asleep and didn’t bother to find out if he was breathing or had a pulse. The News added, “The officers pinned his handcuffed arms behind his back for nearly 14 minutes and zip-tied his legs together. By the time he was loaded onto a gurney and put into an ambulance, the 32-year-old was dead.”
No nationwide riots followed this sad event.
Why are blacks different? In part, the answer is that terrorist groups like Antifa and Black Lives Matter, aided and abetted by their allies in the left-wing media, civil rights organizations, and radical politicians, incite violence. Andy Ngo comments in Spectator USA:
We are witnessing glimmers of the full insurrection the far-left has been working toward for decades. The killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis was merely a pretext for radicals to push their ambitious insurgency. In a matter of hours, after the video of Floyd began circulating the internet, militant antifa cells across the country mobilized to Minnesota to aid Black Lives Matter rioters. Law enforcement and even the state National Guard have struggled to respond in Minnesota.
Portland, Oakland, Los Angeles, Dallas and Atlanta are just some of the other cities waking up and finding smoldering ruins where businesses once operated. Nearly 30 other cities experienced some form of mass protest or violent rioting. At least three people have been killed so far.
Antifa, the extreme anarchist-communist movement, has rioting down to an art. The first broken window is the blood in the water for looters to move in. When the looting is done, those carrying flammable chemicals start fires to finish the job. Footage recorded in Minneapolis and other cities show militants dressed in black bloc—the antifa uniform—wielding weapons like hammers or sticks to smash windows. You see their graffiti daubed on smashed up buildings: FTP means “Fuck the Police”; ACAB stands for “All Cops Are Bastards”; 1312 is the numerical code for ACAB….At its core, BLM is a revolutionary Marxist ideology. Alicia Garza, Opal Tometi and Patrisse Cullors, BLM’s founders, are self-identified Marxists who make no secret of their worship of communist terrorists and fugitives, like Assata Shakur. They want the abolishment of law enforcement and capitalism. They want regime change and the end of the rule of law. Antifa has partnered with Black Lives Matter, for now, to help accelerate the break down of society.
But to grasp a major piece of the puzzle, we need to read the great book by the Harvard political scientist Edward C. Banfield, The Unheavenly City, especially the chapter “Rioting Mainly for Fun and Profit”:
Rather than political protests or rebellions, Banfield argued that riots were largely opportunistic displays of violence and theft. He broke down four types of riots: (1) rampages, where young men are simply looking for trouble and act out violently; (2) pillaging, where theft is the main focus, and the riot serves as a solution for a type of collective action problem for thieves; (3) righteous indignation, where people act against an insult against their community; and (4) demonstrations, which are neither spontaneous nor violent but instead designed for a specific political purpose. Banfield argued that the poor mainly engaged in the first two types of riots.
Steve Sailer, who posted on Banfield’s book, has a good example to illustrate Banfield’s thesis:
The Flight Club shoe store on Melrose Boulevard in West Hollywood got looted by The Protesters.
The Flight Club, in New York, Los Angeles, and Miami, specializes in extremely expensive versions of sneakers, such as the “just dropped” $295 “AIR JORDAN 4 RETRO ‘COURT PURPLE’” and the $375 “YEEZY BOOST 700 MNVN ‘TRIPLE BLACK.’”
Mistreatment of blacks is of course wrong, just as mistreatment of anyone is wrong. But blacks do better in the United States than they do anywhere else in the world. We need to expose the left-wing campaign that blames “discrimination” for the problems that blacks have and in doing so encourages them to riot and loot. As the great black economist Walter Williams has said,
There’s another set of beneficiaries to racial hoaxes and racial strife. These alleged incidents are invariably seized upon by politicians and activists looking to feed a sacrosanct belief among liberals that discrimination and oppression are the main drivers of inequality. Jason Riley, writing in The Wall Street Journal says ‘In the mainstream media we hear almost constant talk about scary new forms of racism: “white privilege,” “cultural appropriation,” and “subtle bigotry.”Riley mentions the work of Dr. Wilfred Reilly, who is a professor of political science at Kentucky State University and author of a new book “Hate Crime Hoax,” that states “a huge percentage of the horrific hate crimes cited as evidence of contemporary bigotry are fakes.” Reilly put together a data set of more than 400 confirmed cases of fake allegations that were reported to authorities between 2010 and 2017. He says that the exact number of false reports is probably unknowable, but what can be said “with absolute confidence is that the actual number of hate crime hoaxes is indisputably large. We are not speaking here of just a few bad apples.” But Reilly has a larger point to make, writing, “The Smollett case isn’t an outlier. Increasingly, it’s the norm. And the media’s relative lack of interest in exposing hoaxes that don’t involve famous figures is a big part of the problem.”
But we shouldn’t let the police off the hook either. The police have become dangerously militarized. As John W, Whitehead points out:
In the American police state, police have a tendency to shoot first and ask questions later.
In fact, police don’t usually need much incentive to shoot and kill members of the public.
Police have shot and killed Americans of all ages—many of them unarmed—for standing a certain way, or moving a certain way, or holding something—anything—that police could misinterpret to be a gun, or igniting some trigger-centric fear in a police officer’s mind that has nothing to do with an actual threat to their safety….Why do we have more than a million cops who have been fitted out in the trappings of war, drilled in the deadly art of combat, and trained to look upon ‘every individual they interact with as an armed threat and every situation as a deadly force encounter in the making?’”
We need to privatize the police, making them responsible to private citizens, in order to prevent what happened to George Floyd and many others. Menlo Park, a community in Northern California, did not go this far, but just by ending military-style uniforms and ranks for their police force, they achieved a great deal:
In 1968, the police department in Menlo Park, California hired a new police chief. His name was Victor Cizanckas and his main goal was to reform the department, which had a strained relationship with the community at the time.
The 1960s had been a turbulent decade in Menlo Park, a small city with wide suburban streets and manicured lawns just south of San Francisco. There were big student-led, anti-war demonstrations at nearby Stanford University. Leaders in the African-American communities of Belle Haven and East Palo Alto were organizing to demand better treatment and services. After years of clashing with protesters, the police department didn’t have the best reputation.
Cizanckas wanted to rebuild trust with the community—and he made a number of changes to improve the department’s image. One of the most ground-breaking and controversial was the new blazer-style uniform he implemented.
For many years, the Menlo Park police had worn some variation of the traditional, pseudo-military, dark blue uniform. But Cizanckas thought that look was too intimidating and aggressive, so he traded it for slacks, dress shirts with ties, and a blazer. Guns and handcuffs remained hidden under the coat. Instead of a metal badge, the blazer sported an embroidered patch that looked a little like a coat of arms.
In their new blazer uniforms, the Menlo Park police looked more like preppy college students (or detectives) than traditional law enforcement officers. Some even sported pocket protectors with the Menlo Park police logo on them that would slide into the pocket of their dress shirts.
But the new look was only the most visible reform that Cizanckas introduced. He also hired new officers with higher levels of education and from non-traditional law enforcement backgrounds. Several of his recruits had attended the Jesuit seminary in Menlo Park. He emphasized community outreach and required beat officers to take on investigative duties that had traditionally been covered by detectives. He also changed the organizational language of the department, using corporate titles instead of military ones. “Sergeants” became “managers,” for example, and “lieutenants” became “directors.”
Even though the police have become militarized, the dangerous trend that pictures rioters and looters as victims has spread to them:
As rioting rampages through the Twin Cities in Minnesota, black store owners have had to themselves protect their stores. Some have tried with their bare hands, while others have used guns. For those who oppose private gun ownership, these riots show the need. From the Wall Street Journal: Minneapolis police have similarly taken a hands-off approach to this week’s rioting, which has destroyed roughly 130 local businesses, but the anger shows no sign of letting up. Downtown business owners—even those who stand against police brutality—have been fighting off looters with their bare hands. Some have taken up arms in defense of their establishments.
This needs to stop right now, whatever the left-wing agitators say. Everybody’s lives and property matter.