westernjournal--2020-05-18--Sheriff Exposes How Bad Cali’s ‘Zero Bail’ Policy Has Backfired, Points to Punk with 7 Back-to-Back

Sheriff Exposes How Bad Cali’s ‘Zero Bail’ Policy Has Backfired, Points to Punk with 7 Back-to-Back Arrests

It seems the only people flocking to California these days are criminals .
That ’ s because they know they can commit illegal acts and avoid jail time .
Last month , the state ’ s Judicial Council announced a “ zero bail ” policy for those who commit misdemeanors and some low-level felonies in an attempt to protect those in the court system from the spread of COVID-19 .
In other words , go ahead and commit crimes , and we won ’ t do anything to you .
The Alameda County Sheriff ’ s Office pointed to one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the coronavirus lockdown .
TRENDING : Hospital Worker with Coronavirus Found Dead with Her Small Child by Her Side , Hospital Issues Statement “ Waseen Abuhwaidi has been arrested a record 7 times during SIP , ” it said in a tweet May 11 .
“ Numerous assaults , stolen vheicles , thefts , trespassing and now robbery and attempt carjacking .
All in multiple cities .
200k bail will keep him in custody for now .
# Zerobail is a Fail.
” Parts of the Golden State have turned into the Wild @ @ @ @ @ @ @ must feel like they have been abandoned .
California seems to welcome criminals and those who enter the country illegally and shun those who uphold the law .
“ Sanctuary ” status has ruined once-beautiful cities such as San Francisco and Los Angeles .
Which one is next ?
Sheriff deputies and police officers must feel outnumbered by lawless citizens and Democrat-run governments that appear not to have their backs .
RELATED : CA City Ca n't Ban the American Flag , But They Did Just Ban Protesters Having Flagpoles Those in charge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and that is not in the best interest of public safety .
It ’ s just the opposite .
The “ zero bail ” policy only encourages small-time criminals to commit offenses because they know they will not be held accountable .
Many will graduate from small crimes to bigger ones .
And who will stop them ?
When a criminal is released , the odds are good that the person will offend again , especially if there is no punishment involved .
While California ’ s leaders keep citizens in lockdown , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for criminals .
The state is heading in the wrong direction .
Democratic officials have shut down businesses and prohibited people from making an honest living .
They have closed beaches and parks so residents can not enjoy themselves .
On the other hand , they have employed a system of catch-and-release with zero bail for criminals .
“ The state is yours for the taking ” should be the new tourist slogan for lawbreakers .
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It seems the only people flocking to California these days are criminals.
That’s because they know they can commit illegal acts and avoid jail time.
Last month, the state’s Judicial Council announced a “zero bail” policy for those who commit misdemeanors and some low-level felonies in an attempt to protect those in the court system from the spread of COVID-19.
In other words, go ahead and commit crimes, and we won’t do anything to you.
The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office pointed to one individual who has been very busy during the coronavirus lockdown.
“Waseen Abuhwaidi has been arrested a record 7 times during SIP,” it said in a tweet May 11. “Numerous assaults, stolen [vehicles], thefts, trespassing and now robbery and attempt carjacking. All in multiple cities. 200k bail will keep him in custody for now. #Zerobail is a Fail.”
Waseen Abuhwaidi has been arrested a record 7 times during SIP. Numerous assaults, stolen vheicles, thefts, trespassing and now robbery and attempt carjacking. All in multiple cities. 200k bail will keep him in custody for now. #Zerobail is a Fail. pic.twitter.com/CqgoW6qkjl — Alameda County Sheriff (@ACSOSheriffs) May 11, 2020
Parts of the Golden State have turned into the Wild Wild West.
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Local law enforcement officials must feel like they have been abandoned.
California seems to welcome criminals and those who enter the country illegally and shun those who uphold the law. “Sanctuary” status has ruined once-beautiful cities such as San Francisco and Los Angeles. Which one is next?
Instead of helping our Law Enforcement, #ZeroBail is making them repeat the work they’ve already done… Judicial Council of California @CalCourts #ZeroBailEqualsFail https://t.co/fpcsyO2IZV — PORAC (@PORACalifornia) May 14, 2020
Sheriff deputies and police officers must feel outnumbered by lawless citizens and Democrat-run governments that appear not to have their backs.
Those in charge have turned jails into revolving doors, and that is not in the best interest of public safety. It’s just the opposite.
The “zero bail” policy only encourages small-time criminals to commit offenses because they know they will not be held accountable.
Many will graduate from small crimes to bigger ones. And who will stop them?
When a criminal is released, the odds are good that the person will offend again, especially if there is no punishment involved.
While California’s leaders keep citizens in lockdown, they have rolled out the welcome mat for criminals.
The state is heading in the wrong direction.
Democratic officials have shut down businesses and prohibited people from making an honest living. They have closed beaches and parks so residents cannot enjoy themselves.
On the other hand, they have employed a system of catch-and-release with zero bail for criminals.
“The state is yours for the taking” should be the new tourist slogan for lawbreakers.
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westernjournal--2020-05-18--Chicago Mayor Prepares To Dish Out Punishments After Churches Defy Lockdown and Hold Services

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday said the city will be taking action against churches that opened over the weekend for services in spite of lockdown orders .
WLS-TV reported that as many as 100 churches in the city were open Sunday and offered normal services amid the coronavirus pandemic .
The station reported Lightfoot warned churches that opening their doors would be dangerous and that she was willing to take action .
“ This is not playing Russian roulette , ” the mayor said .
“ This is playing with a gun that ’ s fully loaded and cocked.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ contact with those churches , both by letter but also in contact with other leaders and tried to engage them in conversation rather than being in conflict , ” she added .
TRENDING : Hospital Worker with Coronavirus Found Dead with Her Small Child by Her Side , Hospital Issues Statement The mayor also told reporters that officials were hoping to “ educate people into compliance , ” rather than enforce the orders with citations or arrests .
“ Our plan has always been to educate people into compliance , ” Lightfoot said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ If we can do that , we will do that .
We don ’ t want to take more aggressive measures unless we ’ re forced to do that because people are defying it.
” A man named Michael Valentine said he would not be deterred from attending services at Metro Praise International church , The State Journal-Register reported .
“ There is something great about praising the Lord when you ’ re with other brothers and sisters , ” he told the newspaper .
“ It ’ s powerful , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , especially during times like these.
” Religious leaders in the city have shared their eagerness to see their congregations return to worshipping in person .
Many have called out the stay-at-home order , which allows people to cram into retail stores but prohibits them from exercising their rights to worship freely .
“ We feel that we are discriminated against , ” Cristian Ionescu , senior pastor of Elim Romanian Pentecostal Church , told the Chicago Sun-Times .
“ We follow the same rules as other places that are also considered essential @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more than 10 people in a service , which is ridiculous.
” Cornerstone Baptist Church , another church that opened over the weekend , proudly announced its reopening on its website .
“ We are so excited to start meeting for church again !
We love and miss you , and we look forward to seeing you as soon as we can , ” the church wrote on a statement on the website .
The church announced its morning and evening services would take certain measures to protect congregants and guests .
These @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to keep people at a distance from one another and the continued closure of its nurseries .
Lightfoot announced Monday that officials were looking into which churches opened for weekend services in defiance of lockdown orders .
“ Certainly there were some churches that congregated in excess of the allowable number , ” she said , according to CBS Chicago , “ and we will be taking action as to those individuals and those churches.
” Lightfoot said fines will be announced later in the day on Monday .
Lightfoot drew the ire @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her decision to get her hair styled after declaring that haircuts were nonessential .
“ I ’ m in the public every day .
And candidly , my hair was not looking the way it did .
I thought maybe I ’ d do it myself , but I knew that would be disaster , ” Lightfoot said .
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday said the city will be taking action against churches that opened over the weekend for services in spite of lockdown orders.
WLS-TV reported that as many as 100 churches in the city were open Sunday and offered normal services amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The station reported Lightfoot warned churches that opening their doors would be dangerous and that she was willing to take action.
“This is not playing Russian roulette,” the mayor said. “This is playing with a gun that’s fully loaded and cocked.”
“We’ve been in contact with those churches, both by letter but also in contact with other leaders and tried to engage them in conversation rather than being in conflict,” she added.
The mayor also told reporters that officials were hoping to “educate people into compliance,” rather than enforce the orders with citations or arrests.
“Our plan has always been to educate people into compliance,” Lightfoot said, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. “If we can do that, we will do that. We don’t want to take more aggressive measures unless we’re forced to do that because people are defying it.”
A man named Michael Valentine said he would not be deterred from attending services at Metro Praise International church, The State Journal-Register reported.
“There is something great about praising the Lord when you’re with other brothers and sisters,” he told the newspaper. “It’s powerful, and it strengthens your faith and encourages you, especially during times like these.”
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Religious leaders in the city have shared their eagerness to see their congregations return to worshipping in person. Many have called out the stay-at-home order, which allows people to cram into retail stores but prohibits them from exercising their rights to worship freely.
“We feel that we are discriminated against,” Cristian Ionescu, senior pastor of Elim Romanian Pentecostal Church, told the Chicago Sun-Times. “We follow the same rules as other places that are also considered essential, and yet we cannot have more than 10 people in a service, which is ridiculous.”
Cornerstone Baptist Church, another church that opened over the weekend, proudly announced its reopening on its website.
“We are so excited to start meeting for church again! We love and miss you, and we look forward to seeing you as soon as we can,” the church wrote on a statement on the website.
The church announced its morning and evening services would take certain measures to protect congregants and guests.
These measures included temperature checks, alternating seating to keep people at a distance from one another and the continued closure of its nurseries.
Lightfoot announced Monday that officials were looking into which churches opened for weekend services in defiance of lockdown orders.
“Certainly there were some churches that congregated in excess of the allowable number,” she said, according to CBS Chicago, “and we will be taking action as to those individuals and those churches.”
Lightfoot said fines will be announced later in the day on Monday.
Lightfoot drew the ire of many last month when she defended her decision to get her hair styled after declaring that haircuts were nonessential.
“I’m in the public every day. And candidly, my hair was not looking the way it did. I thought maybe I’d do it myself, but I knew that would be disaster,” Lightfoot said.
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westernjournal--2020-05-18--‘Leave It to Beaver’ Star Ken Osmond Dead at Age 76

Ken Osmond , who played Eddie Haskell in “ Leave It to Beaver , ” died Monday at the age of 76 .
While Osmond ’ s cause of death has not been shared , son Eric told TMZ and other outlets that the family was with him at the time .
“ He was an incredibly kind and wonderful father , ” Eric Osmond told the outlet .
“ He had his family gathered around him when he passed .
He was loved and will be very missed.
” Ken Osmond was born in Glendale , California , on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ got him his early gigs as a child actor , and he appeared in a number of movies and shows before his big break in 1957 , according to IMDb .
TRENDING : Hospital Worker with Coronavirus Found Dead with Her Small Child by Her Side , Hospital Issues Statement While his role as Eddie Haskell , the smarmy , troublemaking friend of Wally Cleaver , was supposed to be temporary , he became a permanent fixture and lasted for 234 episodes and six seasons of the beloved show .
Like many actors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years , it was hard for Osmond to shake the role he ’ d been given , and he left the film scene for some time to pursue a more “ normal ” career .
“ So inextricably typed was he that he gave up on any semblance of a career within a short time after the series ’ cancellation , ” his IMDb bio states .
“ Unlike so many other tragic child stars who did not survive the transition into adulthood , Osmond ’ s life remained quite balanced .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disintegrate into alcohol and drugs.
” In 1970 , Osmond joined the Los Angeles Police Department , a surprise reversal of the role he ’ d played for so many years .
In order to avoid recognition , he grew a mustache .
In 1988 , Osmond , who had been shot at and wounded several times on the job , retired from the force .
After leaving the LAPD , he made a return to television as a grown-up version of Eddie in “ The New Leave It to Beaver ” and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aired on the Disney Channel and then TBS .
His sons Christian and Eric appeared alongside him .
The show went on for several years , but Osmond supported himself and his family by operating several rental properties in Los Angeles .
“ It surprises me every day that this character is still so popular , ” he once said of his best-known role .
“ I don ’ t completely understand it , but it ’ s nice.
” While he is no longer with us , he will long be remembered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those who knew him and those who grew up watching him on-screen .
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Ken Osmond, who played Eddie Haskell in “Leave It to Beaver,” died Monday at the age of 76.
While Osmond’s cause of death has not been shared, son Eric told TMZ and other outlets that the family was with him at the time.
“He was an incredibly kind and wonderful father,” Eric Osmond told the outlet. “He had his family gathered around him when he passed. He was loved and will be very missed.”
Ken Osmond was born in Glendale, California, on June 7, 1943. His mother got him his early gigs as a child actor, and he appeared in a number of movies and shows before his big break in 1957, according to IMDb.
While his role as Eddie Haskell, the smarmy, troublemaking friend of Wally Cleaver, was supposed to be temporary, he became a permanent fixture and lasted for 234 episodes and six seasons of the beloved show.
Like many actors who rise to fame in their younger years, it was hard for Osmond to shake the role he’d been given, and he left the film scene for some time to pursue a more “normal” career.
“So inextricably typed was he that he gave up on any semblance of a career within a short time after the series’ cancellation,” his IMDb bio states.
“Unlike so many other tragic child stars who did not survive the transition into adulthood, Osmond’s life remained quite balanced. It did not careen out of control or disintegrate into alcohol and drugs.”
In 1970, Osmond joined the Los Angeles Police Department, a surprise reversal of the role he’d played for so many years.
In order to avoid recognition, he grew a mustache, and in 1980, he survived two close-call shooting incidents on the job. In 1988, Osmond retired from the force.
After leaving the LAPD, he made a return to television as a grown-up version of Eddie in “The New Leave It to Beaver” and “Still the Beaver,” which aired on the Disney Channel and then TBS. His sons Christian and Eric appeared alongside him.
The show went on for several years, but Osmond supported himself and his family by operating several rental properties in Los Angeles.
“It surprises me every day that this character is still so popular,” he once said of his best-known role. “I don’t completely understand it, but it’s nice.”
While he is no longer with us, he will long be remembered as Eddie Haskell — and missed by those who knew him and those who grew up watching him on-screen.
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westernjournal--2020-05-18--Dick Morris: Biden on Wrong Side of History on Reopening

Joe Biden is increasingly critical of President Trump — and , by implication , America ’ s governors — for pressing ahead with reopening .
Warning of a second wave of the virus in the fall , he says Trump should listen more to his scientists who are skittish about uncaging Americans .
But he is on the wrong side of history .
We are , obviously , going to reopen and , it is increasingly apparent , without major ill effects .
For example , the record in Georgia , which reopened on April 24 , is encouraging .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ right before it reopened , Georgia had 256 virus deaths .
But during the week of May 3 , two weeks after reopening , it had 219 virus deaths .
And the data for the week of May 10 seems to be about the same .
No spike .
Likewise , no spike in Texas after it began reopening on April 17 .
During the week before reopening , there were 206 virus deaths .
TRENDING : Hospital Worker with Coronavirus Found Dead with Her Small Child by Her Side , Hospital Issues @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a month later , there were still only 259 virus fatalities .
In Florida , which partially reopened on May 4 ( but not in Miami/Dade ) there was also no spike in virus deaths .
During the week of April 27 , before reopening , there were 305 deaths , but during the week of May 11 , there were only 259 .
In the face of such evidence , reopening is , obviously , around the corner except in the New York City metropolitan area .
So why is Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reopening too soon ?
He reminds me of the polar bear featured in global warming ads precariously perched on a floating ice cap that is melting under his paws .
Not a good place for a presidential candidate to stand .
Biden ’ s position continues a losing streak that began at the end of January when he vigorously attacked Trump for banning travel from China , calling the president ’ s decision “ xenophobic ” and “ fear-mongering.
” He was on the wrong side of history then , since Trump ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thousands of lives .
And he is on the wrong side of history now .
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Joe Biden is increasingly critical of President Trump — and, by implication, America’s governors — for pressing ahead with reopening. Warning of a second wave of the virus in the fall, he says Trump should listen more to his scientists who are skittish about uncaging Americans.
But he is on the wrong side of history. We are, obviously, going to reopen and, it is increasingly apparent, without major ill effects.
For example, the record in Georgia, which reopened on April 24, is encouraging.
During the week of April 13, right before it reopened, Georgia had 256 virus deaths. But during the week of May 3, two weeks after reopening, it had 219 virus deaths. And the data for the week of May 10 seems to be about the same. No spike.
Likewise, no spike in Texas after it began reopening on April 17. During the week before reopening, there were 206 virus deaths.
During the week of May 11, a month later, there were still only 259 virus fatalities.
In Florida, which partially reopened on May 4 (but not in Miami/Dade) there was also no spike in virus deaths. During the week of April 27, before reopening, there were 305 deaths, but during the week of May 11, there were only 259.
In the face of such evidence, reopening is, obviously, around the corner except in the New York City metropolitan area.
So why is Biden locking himself into criticism of Trump for reopening too soon?
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He reminds me of the polar bear featured in global warming ads precariously perched on a floating ice cap that is melting under his paws.
Not a good place for a presidential candidate to stand.
Biden’s position continues a losing streak that began at the end of January when he vigorously attacked Trump for banning travel from China, calling the president’s decision “xenophobic” and “fear-mongering.”
He was on the wrong side of history then, since Trump’s prompt action saved potentially hundreds of thousands of lives.
And he is on the wrong side of history now.
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westernjournal--2020-05-18--Op-Ed: Congress Takes on Big Tech’s Data Swipes

For decades now , tech industry types have speculated on what would have to happen if the government were to challenge the rampant privacy violations of Big Tech .
We may be about to find out .
Amazon and Google have both found themselves accused of anti-competitive actions that some in Congress are starting to think may warrant action .
A recent report in The Wall Street Journal detailed how Amazon has been accused by vendors who use its third-party selling services of using private information on those products and their customers to create competing products .
This contradicts what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ raised the point with members of Congress , who are preparing to take action .
The House Judiciary Committee wrote to Amazon requesting that its CEO , Jeff Bezos , appear before the committee to explain the company ’ s actions and why statements it made before the committee appear to be contradicted by The Wall Street Journal ’ s reporting .
This is merely the most visible , for now , of a series of practices that Amazon has taken to increase the profits it makes off the 2.5 million third-party sellers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ retailer to push their products .
The company charges up to $ 5,000 a month for access to account managers to clear up discrepancies and address platform problems .
It requires third-party sellers to purchase ads to guarantee their products are featured at the top of search pages and aggressively markets its brands against those of the third-party sellers it services .
TRENDING : Hospital Worker with Coronavirus Found Dead with Her Small Child by Her Side , Hospital Issues Statement As a result , about a third of every dollar paid to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Amazon in commissions and fees for services .
This enabled the retailer to generate $ 42.7 billion in revenue from third-party sales and sellers , a number that has doubled in the last two years .
As for Google , it recently announced plans to render third-party cookies “ obsolete ” by 2022 – in the name of “ protecting privacy.
” Cookies are packets of information that store user preferences and accompany users as they surf the web .
For instance , if you buy baseball tickets from the Detroit Tigers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that you watch baseball and are in Detroit , at least occasionally .
This practice enables advertisers to reach customers across multiple websites with advertisements for products and services that presumably meet those customers ’ expressed interests without those advertisers having to buy from Google .
However , what the tech giant is leaving out about its ban on third-party cookies is that Google ’ s “ first-party ” cookies will not only still exist , but they will grow bigger and stronger .
In other words , the third-party cookie ban will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this type of advertising in the digital marketplace .
That ’ s far from a win , especially given Google ’ s horrendous track record at safeguarding privacy , including with cookies specifically .
This is not the first foray of the U.S. government into looking at what appears to be anti-competitive practices by tech giants .
The Federal Trade Commission has already taken on oversight of Amazon and , according to a story in the Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post , it has been reaching out to sellers in recent weeks collecting information @ @ @ @ @ @ @ addition , the European Union has begun to investigate Amazon ’ s role as both a platform for third-party sellers and a retailer itself , and Amazon agreed to , among other things , give third-party sellers at least 30 days ’ notice before suspending accounts .
RELATED : Judson Phillips : Conservative Should See Through Google ’ s Coronavirus 'Do-Goodery' There is no clear path to legislation at this point , but the tech giants should know that Congress is getting interested and regulatory bodies already are .
If it does not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ industry might want to reconsider practices that could be construed as anti-competitive .
At long last , people are watching .
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For decades now, tech industry types have speculated on what would have to happen if the government were to challenge the rampant privacy violations of Big Tech. We may be about to find out.
Amazon and Google have both found themselves accused of anti-competitive actions that some in Congress are starting to think may warrant action.
A recent report in The Wall Street Journal detailed how Amazon has been accused by vendors who use its third-party selling services of using private information on those products and their customers to create competing products.
This contradicts what Amazon promises customers, and vendors have raised the point with members of Congress, who are preparing to take action. The House Judiciary Committee wrote to Amazon requesting that its CEO, Jeff Bezos, appear before the committee to explain the company’s actions and why statements it made before the committee appear to be contradicted by The Wall Street Journal’s reporting.
This is merely the most visible, for now, of a series of practices that Amazon has taken to increase the profits it makes off the 2.5 million third-party sellers who use its services as an online retailer to push their products. The company charges up to $5,000 a month for access to account managers to clear up discrepancies and address platform problems. It requires third-party sellers to purchase ads to guarantee their products are featured at the top of search pages and aggressively markets its brands against those of the third-party sellers it services.
As a result, about a third of every dollar paid to a third-party seller on Amazon goes back to Amazon in commissions and fees for services. This enabled the retailer to generate $42.7 billion in revenue from third-party sales and sellers, a number that has doubled in the last two years.
As for Google, it recently announced plans to render third-party cookies “obsolete” by 2022 – in the name of “protecting privacy.”
Cookies are packets of information that store user preferences and accompany users as they surf the web. For instance, if you buy baseball tickets from the Detroit Tigers, the cookie will collect the information that you watch baseball and are in Detroit, at least occasionally.
This practice enables advertisers to reach customers across multiple websites with advertisements for products and services that presumably meet those customers’ expressed interests without those advertisers having to buy from Google.
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However, what the tech giant is leaving out about its ban on third-party cookies is that Google’s “first-party” cookies will not only still exist, but they will grow bigger and stronger.
In other words, the third-party cookie ban will effectively grant Google a monopoly to control this type of advertising in the digital marketplace. That’s far from a win, especially given Google’s horrendous track record at safeguarding privacy, including with cookies specifically.
This is not the first foray of the U.S. government into looking at what appears to be anti-competitive practices by tech giants.
The Federal Trade Commission has already taken on oversight of Amazon and, according to a story in the Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post, it has been reaching out to sellers in recent weeks collecting information on potentially unfair trade practices.
In addition, the European Union has begun to investigate Amazon’s role as both a platform for third-party sellers and a retailer itself, and Amazon agreed to, among other things, give third-party sellers at least 30 days’ notice before suspending accounts.
There is no clear path to legislation at this point, but the tech giants should know that Congress is getting interested and regulatory bodies already are.
If it does not want a wave of regulation, the industry might want to reconsider practices that could be construed as anti-competitive.
At long last, people are watching.
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westernjournal--2020-05-18--Video Shows Woman Arrested for Sitting on Beach, Holding ‘We Are Free’ Sign

Let ’ s say you ’ re a police officer in Miami Beach .
Your beaches are still closed even though most of the rest of Florida ’ s beaches are still open .
Needless to say , you ’ re facing some protests .
When it comes to protesters , you don ’ t want to send the wrong message : You ’ re not heavy-handed , you just want to enforce the law .
So how do you approach the case of a woman who ’ s flopped herself down on a closed beach with a sign saying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to leave ?
If your choice is to send a handful of police officers out there to force her to leave and then carry her prone body off of the beach when she refuses , I ’ d argue you made the wrong choice .
But then , I ’ m not a member of the Miami-Dade Police Department , who made that choice over the weekend .
According to WTVJ , Kimberly Falkenstine , 33 , was arrested by four police officers after she entered the beach as part of a coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a protest that started in nearby Lummus Park , although she broke off to protest on the shoreline .
TRENDING : Hospital Worker with Coronavirus Found Dead with Her Small Child by Her Side , Hospital Issues Statement “ The defendant stated she left the designated protest area and wanted to sit on the beach to make a statement , ” a police report said .
According to the report , four officers went out to inform her that she was in violation of the emergency lockdown order .
They told her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ The defendant mentioned that the beach was for the public and that it was her right to be there , ” the report said .
She now faces charges of violating an emergency order , resisting an officer without violence and trespassing .
She was booked into jail and released on $ 2,500 bail .
This is a very just-the-facts , inverted-pyramid-style way of reporting the encounter , however .
It doesn ’ t hammer home just how farcical and counterproductive the whole thing was .
Here ’ s the full livestream @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Nelson .
The arrest itself begins around the 28:00 mark : There ’ s nothing that looks like the overuse of force quite like four men carrying a lockdown protester off of the beach even though she was posing no danger to anyone .
This is especially true when she ’ s on the beach , where the coronavirus is unlikely to spread .
One of the great canards used against lockdown protesters is that these are usually people who would be telling other protesters to respect police authority — particularly if they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The same thing could be turned around , though : Those cheering on the arrest of lockdown protesters are usually those who would frown upon an excessive display of police authority .
RELATED : Leftists Will Be Furious with Ron DeSantis After He Said Governors Are Not 'Dictators' The question , in the end , is one of proportionality .
If a single liberal protester were to rip through some fluorescent orange tape , plop themselves in the sand on a closed beach and tell police officers that they ’ d have to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what point would anyone want to see them arrested ?
Wouldn ’ t you assume that ’ s what they wanted you to do when they went through the barriers in the first place ?
Instead , this woman ’ s forcible removal from the beach was livestreamed on Facebook and has gotten play in not just local media but outlets like the Washington Times , the U.K. Daily Mail and the New York Daily News .
Nice work .
Beyond the self-defeating aspect of the arrest , however , is how it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ force in lockdown enforcement .
This was a wretchedly ugly moment that could only be cheered on by the kind of people who believe that , by singling out a single protester on a beach , what they ’ re doing is right and good .
In a much different way , this is what resonated about the story of Shelley Luther , the Dallas salon owner who opened her shop before the state had given the go-ahead .
Appearing before the judge , Luther was told she could avoid jail if she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ actions were selfish , putting your own interest ahead of those in the community in which you live.
” Instead of doing that , she said that feeding her kids or keeping her employees paid wasn ’ t selfish .
She went to jail for it — and became a folk hero in the process .
No , this isn ’ t quite that .
It ’ s still a potent example of why people chafe at the enforcement of lockdown orders .
This was hardly what most people thought they were signing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ process .
So , in short : If you ’ re a police officer in Miami Beach , I know people breaking the law is hardly an ideal situation , but neither is the maintenance of overly broad lockdown orders which , at least in the case of the closing of beaches , have outlived their purpose .
Using four officers to arrest someone with a sign that says “ We Are Free ” is a rejoinder which , in return , forcefully tells everyone : “ No , You ’ re Not.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ maintain order and respect for the law , lockdown or no lockdown .
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Here’s a hypothetical for you.
Let’s say you’re a police officer in Miami Beach. Your beaches are still closed even though most of the rest of Florida’s beaches are still open. Needless to say, you’re facing some protests.
When it comes to protesters, you don’t want to send the wrong message: You’re not heavy-handed, you just want to enforce the law. So how do you approach the case of a woman who’s flopped herself down on a closed beach with a sign saying “We Are Free” and refuses to leave?
If your choice is to send a handful of police officers out there to force her to leave and then carry her prone body off of the beach when she refuses, I’d argue you made the wrong choice. But then, I’m not a member of the Miami-Dade Police Department, who made that choice over the weekend.
According to WTVJ, Kimberly Falkenstine, 33, was arrested by four police officers after she entered the beach as part of a coronavirus lockdown protest Sunday. Falkenstine was part of a protest that started in nearby Lummus Park, although she broke off to protest on the shoreline.
“The defendant stated she left the designated protest area and wanted to sit on the beach to make a statement,” a police report said.
According to the report, four officers went out to inform her that she was in violation of the emergency lockdown order. They told her to leave, but she refused.
“The defendant mentioned that the beach was for the public and that it was her right to be there,” the report said. She now faces charges of violating an emergency order, resisting an officer without violence and trespassing. She was booked into jail and released on $2,500 bail.
This is a very just-the-facts, inverted-pyramid-style way of reporting the encounter, however. It doesn’t hammer home just how farcical and counterproductive the whole thing was.
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Here’s the full livestream video, posted by fellow protester Chris Nelson. The arrest itself begins around the 28:00 mark:
There’s nothing that looks like the overuse of force quite like four men carrying a lockdown protester off of the beach even though she was posing no danger to anyone. This is especially true when she’s on the beach, where the coronavirus is unlikely to spread.
One of the great canards used against lockdown protesters is that these are usually people who would be telling other protesters to respect police authority — particularly if they were liberal protesters violating the law.
The same thing could be turned around, though: Those cheering on the arrest of lockdown protesters are usually those who would frown upon an excessive display of police authority.
The question, in the end, is one of proportionality. If a single liberal protester were to rip through some fluorescent orange tape, plop themselves in the sand on a closed beach and tell police officers that they’d have to drag her off of there, at what point would anyone want to see them arrested? Wouldn’t you assume that’s what they wanted you to do when they went through the barriers in the first place?
Instead, this woman’s forcible removal from the beach was livestreamed on Facebook and has gotten play in not just local media but outlets like the Washington Times, the U.K. Daily Mail and the New York Daily News. Nice work.
Beyond the self-defeating aspect of the arrest, however, is how it focused attention on the disproportionate use of force in lockdown enforcement. This was a wretchedly ugly moment that could only be cheered on by the kind of people who believe that, by singling out a single protester on a beach, what they’re doing is right and good.
In a much different way, this is what resonated about the story of Shelley Luther, the Dallas salon owner who opened her shop before the state had given the go-ahead.
Appearing before the judge, Luther was told she could avoid jail if she were to “acknowledge that your own actions were selfish, putting your own interest ahead of those in the community in which you live.”
Instead of doing that, she said that feeding her kids or keeping her employees paid wasn’t selfish. She went to jail for it — and became a folk hero in the process.
No, this isn’t quite that. It’s still a potent example of why people chafe at the enforcement of lockdown orders. This was hardly what most people thought they were signing on for at the beginning of the process.
So, in short: If you’re a police officer in Miami Beach, I know people breaking the law is hardly an ideal situation, but neither is the maintenance of overly broad lockdown orders which, at least in the case of the closing of beaches, have outlived their purpose. Using four officers to arrest someone with a sign that says “We Are Free” is a rejoinder which, in return, forcefully tells everyone: “No, You’re Not.” That’s no way to maintain order and respect for the law, lockdown or no lockdown.
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westernjournal--2020-05-18--Woman’s Genius Hack Will Change the Way You Close Your Cereal Boxes Forever

Many of us get stuck in ruts , dealing with minorly annoying problems every day until a different perspective comes along and blows us away with its ingenuity .
For Becky Holden McGhee from Blackpool , United Kingdom , that perspective entailed a different way to close cereal boxes .
Maybe you ’ ve never noticed your cereal boxes misbehaving — there are tabs to hold them shut — or maybe you ’ ve been endlessly annoyed by how often the boxes stand gaping open , making the cereal go stale more quickly and generally looking messy .
Becky has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a method of closing the boxes that only takes a few seconds and ensures the boxes stay closed .
TRENDING : Hospital Worker with Coronavirus Found Dead with Her Small Child by Her Side , Hospital Issues Statement “ Had to share this !
!
!
” she posted on May 10 .
“ It ’ s only taken me 40 years , but I now know the correct way to close a cereal box.
” “ Genius .
It takes seconds , no more dried up cereal and ugly torn boxes to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ photos of her tidy collection of cereal boxes , friends commented begging for instructions .
“ I ’ ve now added a little video on how to do it , ” Becky updated her post .
“ Happy folding !
You know I want to see pics !
” The post has been shared 140,000 times since it was posted , shocking friends and family .
“ I bet you didn ’ t expect this many reactions to your hack when you posted it this morning , ” one person commented on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you and Dave are having a right giggle about your new found fame .
Haha.
” “ [ W ] e can ’ t believe it , ” Becky replied .
“ I only added a little video after the original post , because a friend asked.
” RELATED : Watch : Cops Save Helpless Stray Cat Found with Head Stuck in Soup Can “ [ T ] hat time your friend says “ post a video ” and its shared eight thousand times !
!
” Becky commented in a reply to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Of course , not everyone was impressed with the method , with some saying they thought everyone already did this or claiming that the extra work wasn ’ t worth the final product .
The boxes do look nice and tidy , and it only takes a few moments to execute , but kids who can ’ t even get their dishes in the dishwasher and are the main consumers of cereal are unlikely to maintain this method .
What do you think — will you give this a try ?
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Many of us get stuck in ruts, dealing with minorly annoying problems every day until a different perspective comes along and blows us away with its ingenuity.
For Becky Holden McGhee from Blackpool, United Kingdom, that perspective entailed a different way to close cereal boxes.
Maybe you’ve never noticed your cereal boxes misbehaving — there are tabs to hold them shut — or maybe you’ve been endlessly annoyed by how often the boxes stand gaping open, making the cereal go stale more quickly and generally looking messy.
Becky has found and shared a life hack: a method of closing the boxes that only takes a few seconds and ensures the boxes stay closed.
“Had to share this!!!” she posted on May 10. “It’s only taken me 40 years, but I now know the correct way to close a cereal box.”
“Genius. It takes seconds, no more dried up cereal and ugly torn boxes to greet me every morning.”
After posting photos of her tidy collection of cereal boxes, friends commented begging for instructions.
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“I’ve now added a little video on how to do it,” Becky updated her post. “Happy folding! You know I want to see pics!”
The post has been shared 140,000 times since it was posted, shocking friends and family.
“I bet you didn’t expect this many reactions to your hack when you posted it this morning,” one person commented on the post. “[I] bet you and Dave are having a right giggle about your new found fame. Haha.”
“[W]e can’t believe it,” Becky replied. “I only added a little video after the original post, because a friend asked.”
“[T]hat time your friend says “post a video” and its shared eight thousand times!!” Becky commented in a reply to her friend who asked for the video.
Of course, not everyone was impressed with the method, with some saying they thought everyone already did this or claiming that the extra work wasn’t worth the final product.
The boxes do look nice and tidy, and it only takes a few moments to execute, but kids who can’t even get their dishes in the dishwasher and are the main consumers of cereal are unlikely to maintain this method.
What do you think — will you give this a try?
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westernjournal--2020-05-18--Obama Uses Graduation Speech To Take Thinly Veiled Shots at Trump, Who Fires Back

Former President Barack Obama indirectly slammed the Trump administration on Saturday in two separate addresses to graduates .
However , President Donald Trump on Sunday left nothing to chance when he responded to Obama ’ s criticism .
“ He was an incompetent president .
That ’ s all I can say .
Grossly incompetent , ” Trump said when he returned to Washington Sunday night and was asked by the media for a response .
In a video message to this year ’ s graduates of historically black colleges and universities , the former president on Saturday seemed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the coronavirus .
TRENDING : Hospital Worker with Coronavirus Found Dead with Her Small Child by Her Side , Hospital Issues Statement “ More than anything , this pandemic has fully , finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they ’ re doing .
A lot of them aren ’ t even pretending to be in charge , ” he said .
Obama delivered a second speech that also attacked the nation using slightly different language .
“ This pandemic has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bare a lot of our country ’ s deep-seated problems — from massive economic inequality to ongoing racial disparities to a lack of basic health care for people who need it .
“ It ’ s woken a lot of young people to the fact that the old ways of doing things just don ’ t work ; that it doesn ’ t matter how much money you make if everyone around you is hungry and sick ; and that our society and our democracy only work when we think not just about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Obama said .
Obama then seemed to hone in on Trump ’ s handling of the virus .
“ And all those adults that you used to think were in charge and knew what they were doing ?
Turns out that they don ’ t have all the answers .
A lot of them aren ’ t even asking the right questions .
So , if the world ’ s going to get better , it going to be up to you , ” he said .
Later in his speech , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump .
“ Doing what feels good , what ’ s convenient , what ’ s easy — that ’ s how little kids think .
Unfortunately , a lot of so-called grown-ups , including some with fancy titles and important jobs , still think that way — which is why things are so screwed up , ” he said .
Obama ’ s decision to not-so-subtly snipe at Trump was panned on Twitter , with the president responding .
In a Saturday statement to CNN , White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus response has saved lives.
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Former President Barack Obama indirectly slammed the Trump administration on Saturday in two separate addresses to graduates.
However, President Donald Trump on Sunday left nothing to chance when he responded to Obama’s criticism.
“He was an incompetent president. That’s all I can say. Grossly incompetent,” Trump said when he returned to Washington Sunday night and was asked by the media for a response.
In a video message to this year’s graduates of historically black colleges and universities, the former president on Saturday seemed to criticize the Trump administration’s handling of the coronavirus.
“More than anything, this pandemic has fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they’re doing. A lot of them aren’t even pretending to be in charge,” he said.
Obama delivered a second speech that also attacked the nation using slightly different language.
“This pandemic has shaken up the status quo and laid bare a lot of our country’s deep-seated problems — from massive economic inequality to ongoing racial disparities to a lack of basic health care for people who need it.
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“It’s woken a lot of young people to the fact that the old ways of doing things just don’t work; that it doesn’t matter how much money you make if everyone around you is hungry and sick; and that our society and our democracy only work when we think not just about ourselves, but about each other,” Obama said.
Obama then seemed to hone in on Trump’s handling of the virus.
“And all those adults that you used to think were in charge and knew what they were doing? Turns out that they don’t have all the answers. A lot of them aren’t even asking the right questions. So, if the world’s going to get better, it going to be up to you,” he said.
Later in his speech, he again appeared to take a jab Trump.
“Doing what feels good, what’s convenient, what’s easy — that’s how little kids think. Unfortunately, a lot of so-called grown-ups, including some with fancy titles and important jobs, still think that way — which is why things are so screwed up,” he said.
Obama’s decision to not-so-subtly snipe at Trump was panned on Twitter, with the president responding.
The Obama Administration is turning out to be one of the most corrupt and incompetent in U.S. history. Remember, he and Sleepy Joe are the reasons I am in the White House!!! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 17, 2020
“It is so unseemly for a former president to take the virtual commencement ceremony for a series of historically black colleges and universities and turn it into a political drive-by shooting” — Karl Rove on Obama’s commencement speech in which he indirectly criticized Trump pic.twitter.com/stZamQFhgF — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 18, 2020
This is how people behave when they’re stressed, guilty, and in a panic. https://t.co/avo3RRxhhd — ✭ Wayne Dupree ? (@WayneDupreeShow) May 18, 2020
Clueless Obama weighing in with tremendous negativity as usual. He hates America folks. Let’s go strong for Trump 2020 now more than ever USA ?? — LKonz USA QAnon (@LarryKonareski) May 18, 2020
In a Saturday statement to CNN, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said “President Trump’s unprecedented coronavirus response has saved lives.”
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westernjournal--2020-05-18--Gov Cuomo Finally Admits ‘Vulnerable People Are Going To Die’ from COVID, No Matter What We Do

It appears the canonization of St. Andrew of Albany may have been slightly hasty .
New York Gov .
Andrew Cuomo , the unquestioned darling of the media ’ s coronavirus coverage , has finally mismanaged something badly enough that it ’ s drawn media criticism .
By forcing nursing homes to take in patients infected with the coronavirus and released from the hospital regardless of their testing status , he ’ s played a role in the unusually high number of deaths in rest homes there .
This is funny , inasmuch as Cuomo has always been emphatic about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nursing homes , which he called the “ number one long-term consequence of this disease.
” “ Nursing homes are the single biggest fear in all of this , ” he said on April 18 , according to the New York Daily News .
“ Vulnerable people in one place , it is the feeding frenzy for this virus.
” This is certainly accurate , and it ’ s something Cuomo shares no small part of the blame for .
According to the Daily Caller , 5,433 individuals died of COVID-19 in New @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1 and Wednesday — including 1,700 deaths the state didn ’ t initially report .
Until recently , this number still didn ’ t include individuals who caught the virus in a nursing home and then died in a hospital .
TRENDING : Hospital Worker with Coronavirus Found Dead with Her Small Child by Her Side , Hospital Issues Statement On Sunday , Cuomo decided to address the deaths in his daily coronavirus news conference .
In between using the occasion as an unfortunate opportunity to lapse into “ mistakes were made “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ few on the left are willing to admit to .
“ I have those conversations all day long with people who have lost people , ” Cuomo said .
“ We lost 139 people yesterday in hospitals .
Who is accountable for those 139 deaths ?
Well , how do we get justice for those families who had 139 deaths ?
What is justice ?
Who can we prosecute for those deaths ?
Nobody .
“ Despite whatever you do , because with all our progress as a society , we can ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said .
“ People are going to die by this virus , ” he continued , adding that New York had the “ best hospital system on the globe , I believe we have .
Best doctors , best nurses who have responded like heroes , every medication , ventilators , the health system wants for nothing .
We worked it out so we always had available beds .
Nobody was deprived of a bed or medical coverage in any way.
” “ Older people , vulnerable people are going to die from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ happen despite whatever you do .
Because with all our progress as a society , we can ’ t keep everyone alive.
” But it isn ’ t just the old and vulnerable who are going to die — the young and healthy are going to die as well .
Cuomo pivoted to the hypothetical example of the parents of a 40-year-old who passed away from the disease , asking him how their child could have died from something that ’ s supposed to inflict its worst on the elderly .
“ You @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the right thing and everyone tried their best , and people still die , ” Cuomo said .
It was at roughly this moment that every jobless , quarantined person in upstate New York cracked their flatscreens with their remotes .
Cuomo has gotten a whole cascade of plaudits because he ’ s been — along with Govs .
Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and J.B. Pritzker of Illinois — one of the tightest of the lockdown governors .
Remember how he told us all , at the beginning of the lockdown , that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one life , I ’ ll be happy ?
” Now that what he ’ s done has inarguably cost lives in his state ’ s rest homes , he ’ s telling us that people — particularly the old and vulnerable — will eventually die from coronavirus .
If this was just about excusing his own bad choices , I suppose it would be understandable .
However , there ’ s a word that courses throughout this part of Cuomo ’ s answer , implicit but unspoken : tradeoffs .
Everything is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , you balance a vast constellation of knowns and unknowns , trying to find the best solution .
Sometimes you get things right , sometimes you get them wrong .
Sometimes , you ’ ll never know .
In the case of Cuomo ’ s decision to force COVID-positive patients on nursing homes , we can safely say it was wrong .
It was designed to free up hospital beds in advance of an overwhelming wave of patients that never materialized .
In terms of everything else Cuomo and other politicians have done @ @ @ @ @ @ @ source of much debate .
However , in almost all respects , Cuomo has been unflaggingly cautious — I ’ d argue overcautious — in the face of the pandemic .
His entire state has ground to a halt and even then , New York City remains the global locus of the disease while the rest of the state is still frozen under the same order used to control the spread of the coronavirus in downtown Manhattan .
Meanwhile , his state has rotted , both economically and socially , to a frightening @ @ @ @ @ @ @ called his lockdown policy “ New York on Pause.
” When he presses the play button , I can guarantee he ’ ll find the plot significantly changed .
And people will still die , as Cuomo pointed out .
Other politicians would be savaged for saying this , but the New York governor ’ s sainthood is only slightly tarnished at this point and the media is still willing to treat him with the same uncritical eye on the nursing home situation with which he apparently treats himself .
Looking at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ re still going to see an unfortunate number of deaths before the virus is eradicated — and we can ’ t stay locked down in perpetuity .
If Trump said this , you needn ’ t ask where the feeding frenzy would be .
Cuomo should be held to account for hyperventilating so much about the number of hospital beds in his state that he inadvertently — but very predictably — helped create the nursing home epidemic we see .
Yes , he ’ s right that “ nobody ” can be prosecuted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t mean they can ’ t face serious scrutiny — particularly the ones who made the decision to send sick patients back into hospitals .
Beyond that , however , there was a deeper truth to be gleaned .
Too bad the same media that canonized St. Andrew for the asperity of his lockdown won ’ t be looking for it .
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It appears the canonization of St. Andrew of Albany may have been slightly hasty.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the unquestioned darling of the media’s coronavirus coverage, has finally mismanaged something badly enough that it’s drawn media criticism. By forcing nursing homes to take in patients infected with the coronavirus and released from the hospital regardless of their testing status, he’s played a role in the unusually high number of deaths in rest homes there.
This is funny, inasmuch as Cuomo has always been emphatic about doing his utmost to protect patients in nursing homes, which he called the “number one long-term consequence of this disease.”
“Nursing homes are the single biggest fear in all of this,” he said on April 18, according to the New York Daily News. “Vulnerable people in one place, it is the feeding frenzy for this virus.”
This is certainly accurate, and it’s something Cuomo shares no small part of the blame for. According to the Daily Caller, 5,433 individuals died of COVID-19 in New York’s nursing homes between March 1 and Wednesday — including 1,700 deaths the state didn’t initially report. Until recently, this number still didn’t include individuals who caught the virus in a nursing home and then died in a hospital.
On Sunday, Cuomo decided to address the deaths in his daily coronavirus news conference. In between using the occasion as an unfortunate opportunity to lapse into “mistakes were made“-speak, he hit upon a truth few on the left are willing to admit to.
“I have those conversations all day long with people who have lost people,” Cuomo said. “We lost 139 people yesterday in hospitals. Who is accountable for those 139 deaths? Well, how do we get justice for those families who had 139 deaths? What is justice? Who can we prosecute for those deaths? Nobody.
“Despite whatever you do, because with all our progress as a society, we can’t keep everyone alive,” Cuomo said.
“People are going to die by this virus,” he continued, adding that New York had the “best hospital system on the globe, I believe we have. Best doctors, best nurses who have responded like heroes, every medication, ventilators, the health system wants for nothing. We worked it out so we always had available beds. Nobody was deprived of a bed or medical coverage in any way.”
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“Older people, vulnerable people are going to die from this virus. That is going to happen despite whatever you do. Because with all our progress as a society, we can’t keep everyone alive.”
But it isn’t just the old and vulnerable who are going to die — the young and healthy are going to die as well. Cuomo pivoted to the hypothetical example of the parents of a 40-year-old who passed away from the disease, asking him how their child could have died from something that’s supposed to inflict its worst on the elderly.
“You can have a situation where everyone did the right thing and everyone tried their best, and people still die,” Cuomo said.
It was at roughly this moment that every jobless, quarantined person in upstate New York cracked their flatscreens with their remotes.
Cuomo has gotten a whole cascade of plaudits because he’s been — along with Govs. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and J.B. Pritzker of Illinois — one of the tightest of the lockdown governors.
Remember how he told us all, at the beginning of the lockdown, that “if everything we do saves just one life, I’ll be happy?” Now that what he’s done has inarguably cost lives in his state’s rest homes, he’s telling us that people — particularly the old and vulnerable — will eventually die from coronavirus.
If this was just about excusing his own bad choices, I suppose it would be understandable. However, there’s a word that courses throughout this part of Cuomo’s answer, implicit but unspoken: tradeoffs.
Everything is about tradeoffs. In situations like this, you balance a vast constellation of knowns and unknowns, trying to find the best solution. Sometimes you get things right, sometimes you get them wrong. Sometimes, you’ll never know.
In the case of Cuomo’s decision to force COVID-positive patients on nursing homes, we can safely say it was wrong. It was designed to free up hospital beds in advance of an overwhelming wave of patients that never materialized. In terms of everything else Cuomo and other politicians have done, that’ll long be the source of much debate.
However, in almost all respects, Cuomo has been unflaggingly cautious — I’d argue overcautious — in the face of the pandemic. His entire state has ground to a halt and even then, New York City remains the global locus of the disease while the rest of the state is still frozen under the same order used to control the spread of the coronavirus in downtown Manhattan. Meanwhile, his state has rotted, both economically and socially, to a frightening extent in just two months. He called his lockdown policy “New York on Pause.” When he presses the play button, I can guarantee he’ll find the plot significantly changed.
And people will still die, as Cuomo pointed out. Other politicians would be savaged for saying this, but the New York governor’s sainthood is only slightly tarnished at this point and the media is still willing to treat him with the same uncritical eye on the nursing home situation with which he apparently treats himself.
Looking at the larger picture, though, we’re still going to see an unfortunate number of deaths before the virus is eradicated — and we can’t stay locked down in perpetuity.
If Trump said this, you needn’t ask where the feeding frenzy would be.
Cuomo should be held to account for hyperventilating so much about the number of hospital beds in his state that he inadvertently — but very predictably — helped create the nursing home epidemic we see. Yes, he’s right that “nobody” can be prosecuted for it, but that doesn’t mean they can’t face serious scrutiny — particularly the ones who made the decision to send sick patients back into hospitals. Beyond that, however, there was a deeper truth to be gleaned. Too bad the same media that canonized St. Andrew for the asperity of his lockdown won’t be looking for it.
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westernjournal--2020-05-18--Elon Musk Ignites Firestorm with Cryptic Message Suggesting He’s Turning to the Right

Tesla CEO Elon Musk ignited a firestorm on social media after he tweeted a cryptic message apparently linking himself to the conservative movement .
The sometimes controversial billionaire has been critical of the heavy-handed government response to the coronavirus pandemic in recent weeks , and has been particularly open about his displeasure with the state of California , where Tesla is headquartered .
Sunday , Musk tweeted a reference to the film “ The Matrix ” which has become synonymous with those aligning themselves with free-thinking , anti-Big Brother conservative ideology .
Musk posted a red rose emoji on Twitter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Take the red pill.
” TRENDING : Hospital Worker with Coronavirus Found Dead with Her Small Child by Her Side , Hospital Issues Statement The post was followed by another cryptic reference to “ The Matrix , ” in which Musk shared an image of the film ’ s character Morpheus , portrayed by actor Laurence Fishburne , displaying a red pill and a blue pill .
In the 1999 film , Morpheus presents the film ’ s protagonist with the option of taking either a red pill to experience an awakening @ @ @ @ @ @ @ continue living in ignorance .
Musk ’ s “ red pill ” tweet immediately drew responses from both conservatives and liberals and was shared nearly 100,000 times in less than 24 hours .
Ivanka Trump , the eldest daughter of President Donald Trump , responded to Musk and wrote that she had “ taken ” the red pill .
RELATED : Podcasting Giant Threatens To Leave California for Texas Over Lockdown , Taxes : ' I 'm Not Kidding' The Tesla co-founder ’ s post was well-received by many of Twitter ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the social media site expressed their vexation at Musk .
“ The Matrix ” co-director , a man born as Andrew Paul Wachowski who announced he was transgender in 2016 and began going as Lilly Wachowski , attacked both musk and Ivanka Trump for referencing his movie .
“ F— both of you , ” Wachowski wrote in response to Ivanka ’ s tweet .
Musk , who shared in 2018 that he viewed himself as a “ socialist , ” has emerged as an unlikely ally to those arguing against government lockdown @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 6 , before much of the country was shut down , Musk described the panic surrounding the coronavirus as “ dumb.
” On May 14 , Musk shared a popular meme on Twitter poking fun at Karl Marx .
The meme shows a philosophical argument about time throughout history and portrays Marx as arguing that time was invented by capitalists so that they can “ sell more clocks.
” On May 9 , Musk threatened to leave California and take his company with him , reminding the state ’ s leaders that Tesla @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Golden State .
In the same thread , he blasted an “ unelected ” health official for defying President Donald Trump and the “ Constitutional freedoms ” of Californians .
On May 11 , Musk stated that he had ordered his Tesla production facility in Fremont , California , to reopen in defiance of California Gov .
Gavin Newsom ’ s stay-at-home mandate .
“ Tesla is restarting production today against Alameda County rules .
I will be on the line with everyone else .
If anyone is arrested , I ask @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he wrote .
President Trump tweeted in support of Musk reopening his facility .
“ California should let Tesla & @ elonmusk open the plant , NOW .
It can be done Fast & Safely !
” Trump tweeted .
CNN Business reported that during an April Tesla earnings call , Musk labeled stay-at-home orders “ fascist.
” The billionaire stated his belief that lockdown orders were “ forcibly imprisoning people in their homes.
” Musk has also recently been critical of CNN — a position many American conservatives would also support .
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk ignited a firestorm on social media after he tweeted a cryptic message apparently linking himself to the conservative movement.
The sometimes controversial billionaire has been critical of the heavy-handed government response to the coronavirus pandemic in recent weeks, and has been particularly open about his displeasure with the state of California, where Tesla is headquartered.
Sunday, Musk tweeted a reference to the film “The Matrix” which has become synonymous with those aligning themselves with free-thinking, anti-Big Brother conservative ideology.
Musk posted a red rose emoji on Twitter and told his 34 million followers: “Take the red pill.”
Take the red pill ? — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 17, 2020
The post was followed by another cryptic reference to “The Matrix,” in which Musk shared an image of the film’s character Morpheus, portrayed by actor Laurence Fishburne, displaying a red pill and a blue pill.
When u take DayQuil & NyQuil at same time pic.twitter.com/7AMLLMsBZK — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 17, 2020
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In the 1999 film, Morpheus presents the film’s protagonist with the option of taking either a red pill to experience an awakening of truth or a blue pill to continue living in ignorance.
Musk’s “red pill” tweet immediately drew responses from both conservatives and liberals and was shared nearly 100,000 times in less than 24 hours.
Ivanka Trump, the eldest daughter of President Donald Trump, responded to Musk and wrote that she had “taken” the red pill.
The Tesla co-founder’s post was well-received by many of Twitter’s most ardent conservatives, while liberals on the social media site expressed their vexation at Musk.
“The Matrix” co-director, a man born as Andrew Paul Wachowski who announced he was transgender in 2016 and began going as Lilly Wachowski, attacked both musk and Ivanka Trump for referencing his movie.
“F— both of you,” Wachowski wrote in response to Ivanka’s tweet.
Musk, who shared in 2018 that he viewed himself as a “socialist,” has emerged as an unlikely ally to those arguing against government lockdown orders in recent months.
On March 6, before much of the country was shut down, Musk described the panic surrounding the coronavirus as “dumb.”
The coronavirus panic is dumb — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 6, 2020
On May 14, Musk shared a popular meme on Twitter poking fun at Karl Marx.
The meme shows a philosophical argument about time throughout history and portrays Marx as arguing that time was invented by capitalists so that they can “sell more clocks.”
On May 9, Musk threatened to leave California and take his company with him, reminding the state’s leaders that Tesla is the last remaining car manufacturer in the Golden State.
Frankly, this is the final straw. Tesla will now move its HQ and future programs to Texas/Nevada immediately. If we even retain Fremont manufacturing activity at all, it will be dependen[t] on how Tesla is treated in the future. Tesla is the last carmaker left in CA. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 9, 2020
In the same thread, he blasted an “unelected” health official for defying President Donald Trump and the “Constitutional freedoms” of Californians.
Tesla is filing a lawsuit against Alameda County immediately. The unelected & ignorant “Interim Health Officer” of Alameda is acting contrary to the Governor, the President, our Constitutional freedoms & just plain common sense! — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 9, 2020
On May 11, Musk stated that he had ordered his Tesla production facility in Fremont, California, to reopen in defiance of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home mandate.
“Tesla is restarting production today against Alameda County rules. I will be on the line with everyone else. If anyone is arrested, I ask that it only be me,” he wrote.
Tesla is restarting production today against Alameda County rules. I will be on the line with everyone else. If anyone is arrested, I ask that it only be me. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 11, 2020
President Trump tweeted in support of Musk reopening his facility.
“California should let Tesla & @elonmusk open the plant, NOW. It can be done Fast & Safely!” Trump tweeted.
California should let Tesla & @elonmusk open the plant, NOW. It can be done Fast & Safely! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 12, 2020
CNN Business reported that during an April Tesla earnings call, Musk labeled stay-at-home orders “fascist.”
The billionaire stated his belief that lockdown orders were “forcibly imprisoning people in their homes.”
Musk has also recently been critical of CNN — a position many American conservatives would also support.
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westernjournal--2020-05-18--COVID Study Calls Into Question Every Bureaucrat Who Had Cops Arrest People at Parks, Beaches

If there ’ s any example of COVID craziness that ’ ll make our great-grandchildren ’ s heads reel , it ’ ll be the tale of the social distancing drones .
In several jurisdictions across this fruited plain , drones swoop out of the sky whenever they spot an errant hiker or recalcitrant beachgoer who wasn ’ t following lockdown orders .
In a situation that ’ s not at all dystopian , they ’ d tell the lawbreakers to disperse , take a few pictures and maybe even take their temperature .
“ We can say , ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , we ’ re watching .
And we don ’ t want to send deputies in , so why don ’ t you respect us and follow the guidelines and let ’ s break up this party ? '
” Volusia County , Florida , Sheriff Mike Chitwood told Fox News back in April .
This will seem absurd not because it ’ s like something out of the B-plot in a William Gibson novel .
It ’ s because , according to the preliminary version of a study out of China , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that were analyzed involved people who were exposed to the coronavirus indoors .
“ Indoor transmission of SARS-CoV-2 ” was posted early last month on medRxiv , a site that distributes unpublished papers in the sciences .
As such , it hasn ’ t been peer-reviewed yet , although its findings jibe with much of what we know about the virus thus far .
TRENDING : Hospital Worker with Coronavirus Found Dead with Her Small Child by Her Side , Hospital Issues Statement “ Three hundred and eighteen outbreaks with three or more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cases in 120 prefectural cities .
We divided the venues in which the outbreaks occurred into six categories : homes , transport , food , entertainment , shopping , and miscellaneous , ” the abstract to the study read .
“ Among the identified outbreaks , 53.8 % involved three cases , 26.4 % involved four cases , and only 1.6 % involved ten or more cases .
Home outbreaks were the dominant category ( 254 of 318 outbreaks ; 79.9 % ) , followed by transport ( 108 ; 34.0 % ; @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one venue category ) .
Most home outbreaks involved three to five cases .
“ We identified only a single outbreak in an outdoor environment , which involved two cases.
” Indoor Transmission of SARS… by The Western Journal on Scribd That ’ s right — out of 1,245 cases , merely two involved the virus spreading in an outdoor environment .
That ’ s 0.16 percent .
On Thursday , The New York Times ’ morning briefing email referenced the study and noted the dangers of staying indoors .
“ When the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the outdoors seemed like a scary place .
It was where you could get infected by a neighbor , jogger , public bench , doorknob or any number of other things .
The better move , as a popular hashtag put it , was to # StayHome , ” David Leonhardt wrote .
“ As more virus research has emerged , however , the outdoors has begun to look safer .
It still brings risks ( like those doorknobs ) .
But they are fairly small .
One study of 1,245 coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ came from outdoors transmission .
“ Beside the research , something else has also begun to make outdoors seem more attractive .
People have started to go stir crazy .
RELATED : While Celebrities Tell Americans 'We 're All in This Together , ' Pat Sajak Has a Different Message “ This combination is leading to a surge of new expert advice that might be boiled down to : Get out.
” This probably should have been common sense as of a month ago , too .
It wasn ’ t .
Instead @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Karens all across the country yelling at people for walking their dogs or running without a mask .
We have drones telling people on the beach , to quote Sheriff Chitwood , “ Hey , you in the blue shirt , we ’ re watching .
And we don ’ t want to send deputies in , so why don ’ t you respect us and follow the guidelines and let ’ s break up this party ?
” We ’ ve seen people arrested for the crime of using the great outdoors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has reduced us to .
It ’ s not just conservatives that find this ridiculous , either .
Consider Slate ’ s Shannon Palus , author of last month ’ s “ Stop Yelling at Runners for Not Wearing Masks !
” “ Given the lack of good evidence behind runners wearing masks , I can only conclude that people are using runners as scapegoats for the genuine ( and understandable ) anxiety they feel about going outside right now .
It is nerve-wracking living in a city with other humans and their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those nerves out on someone , ” she wrote .
“ But for runners , the cost of following this unscientific social rule of constant masking is kind of high !
Having a piece of fabric over your face makes it difficult to do the biologically necessary action of breathing heavily during a cardio workout .
It feels a bit like suffocating , in fact .
It is especially bad when you ’ re going up a hill , doing a tempo run or speed workout .
But it is also bad and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Things are only going to get worse as temperatures rise and we head into a sweaty , masked summer.
” A little over a week earlier , Slate also published “ Get out !
” from Henry Grabar , in which he argued that allowing people outdoors for exercise was , yes , a good thing .
Grabar talked to Dr. Edward Nardell , an airborne-infection specialist at the Harvard , who said that airborne outdoor transmission was “ possible but improbable.
” “ It bugs me to see these restrictions on people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Mental health means something as well , and I can ’ t imagine you ’ re in a better place than outside if you ’ re going to have any contact anywhere.
” This , alas , is only Slate .
CNN employs professional fulminator Chris Cuomo , who went off on a montage of people in New York City parks in a rant earlier this month .
“ But there ’ s also feel , fatigue .
‘ I ’ ve had it .
Season ’ s changing .
It ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ back to it , ’ ” Cuomo said .
“ Look at these fools .
Fools , ” he said .
“ I know they want to be out there .
Fools .
It ’ s not about you .
What about the other people ?
And look , I ’ m not going to castigate you .
That ’ s not my job .
I ’ m not your daddy.
” You can tell , right ?
Has this made us healthier ?
It ’ s early and most of this can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not via hard numbers , but you do the math : What ’ s the likelihood that people are better off being cooped up indoors ?
Is there any marker of physical or mental health that ’ d be improved by this state of affairs ?
Yes , this paper out of China is a preprint study , which , again , means it hasn ’ t been peer-reviewed .
However , the likelihood that any of these outdoor interactions are making us sicker is small .
Meanwhile , the advice keeping us @ @ @ @ @ @ @ counterproductive at worst .
In short , I hope those drones were worth it , Sheriff Chitwood .
They couldn ’ t have been cheap for the taxpayers of Volusia County — and the cost may be a lot higher than just what you paid for them .
We are committed to truth and accuracy in all of our journalism .
Read our editorial standards .

If there’s any example of COVID craziness that’ll make our great-grandchildren’s heads reel, it’ll be the tale of the social distancing drones.
In several jurisdictions across this fruited plain, drones swoop out of the sky whenever they spot an errant hiker or recalcitrant beachgoer who wasn’t following lockdown orders. In a situation that’s not at all dystopian, they’d tell the lawbreakers to disperse, take a few pictures and maybe even take their temperature.
“We can say, ‘Hey, you in the blue shirt, we’re watching. And we don’t want to send deputies in, so why don’t you respect us and follow the guidelines and let’s break up this party?'” Volusia County, Florida, Sheriff Mike Chitwood told Fox News back in April.
This will seem absurd not because it’s like something out of the B-plot in a William Gibson novel. It’s because, according to the preliminary version of a study out of China, almost all of the cases of COVID-19 that were analyzed involved people who were exposed to the coronavirus indoors.
“Indoor transmission of SARS-CoV-2” was posted early last month on medRxiv, a site that distributes unpublished papers in the sciences. As such, it hasn’t been peer-reviewed yet, although its findings jibe with much of what we know about the virus thus far.
“Three hundred and eighteen outbreaks with three or more cases were identified, involving 1245 confirmed cases in 120 prefectural cities. We divided the venues in which the outbreaks occurred into six categories: homes, transport, food, entertainment, shopping, and miscellaneous,” the abstract to the study read.
“Among the identified outbreaks, 53.8% involved three cases, 26.4% involved four cases, and only 1.6% involved ten or more cases. Home outbreaks were the dominant category (254 of 318 outbreaks; 79.9%), followed by transport (108; 34.0%; note that many outbreaks involved more than one venue category). Most home outbreaks involved three to five cases.
“We identified only a single outbreak in an outdoor environment, which involved two cases.”
Indoor Transmission of SARS… by The Western Journal on Scribd
That’s right — out of 1,245 cases, merely two involved the virus spreading in an outdoor environment. That’s 0.16 percent.
On Thursday, The New York Times’ morning briefing email referenced the study and noted the dangers of staying indoors.
“When the coronavirus lockdowns began almost two months ago, the outdoors seemed like a scary place. It was where you could get infected by a neighbor, jogger, public bench, doorknob or any number of other things. The better move, as a popular hashtag put it, was to #StayHome,” David Leonhardt wrote.
“As more virus research has emerged, however, the outdoors has begun to look safer. It still brings risks (like those doorknobs). But they are fairly small. One study of 1,245 coronavirus cases across China found that only two came from outdoors transmission.
“Beside the research, something else has also begun to make outdoors seem more attractive. People have started to go stir crazy.
“This combination is leading to a surge of new expert advice that might be boiled down to: Get out.”
This probably should have been common sense as of a month ago, too. It wasn’t.
Instead, what we’ve had is Karens all across the country yelling at people for walking their dogs or running without a mask.
Do you think parks and beaches should be closed? Yes No
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We have drones telling people on the beach, to quote Sheriff Chitwood, “Hey, you in the blue shirt, we’re watching. And we don’t want to send deputies in, so why don’t you respect us and follow the guidelines and let’s break up this party?”
We’ve seen people arrested for the crime of using the great outdoors.
That’s what the virus has reduced us to.
It’s not just conservatives that find this ridiculous, either. Consider Slate’s Shannon Palus, author of last month’s “Stop Yelling at Runners for Not Wearing Masks!”
“Given the lack of good evidence behind runners wearing masks, I can only conclude that people are using runners as scapegoats for the genuine (and understandable) anxiety they feel about going outside right now. It is nerve-wracking living in a city with other humans and their germs! It feels good to take those nerves out on someone,” she wrote.
“But for runners, the cost of following this unscientific social rule of constant masking is kind of high! Having a piece of fabric over your face makes it difficult to do the biologically necessary action of breathing heavily during a cardio workout. It feels a bit like suffocating, in fact. It is especially bad when you’re going up a hill, doing a tempo run or speed workout. But it is also bad and difficult: all of the time. Things are only going to get worse as temperatures rise and we head into a sweaty, masked summer.”
A little over a week earlier, Slate also published “Get out!” from Henry Grabar, in which he argued that allowing people outdoors for exercise was, yes, a good thing. Grabar talked to Dr. Edward Nardell, an airborne-infection specialist at the Harvard, who said that airborne outdoor transmission was “possible but improbable.”
“It bugs me to see these restrictions on people being outside,” Nardell said. “Mental health means something as well, and I can’t imagine you’re in a better place than outside if you’re going to have any contact anywhere.”
This, alas, is only Slate.
CNN employs professional fulminator Chris Cuomo, who went off on a montage of people in New York City parks in a rant earlier this month.
“But there’s also feel, fatigue. ‘I’ve had it. Season’s changing. It’s getting warm. Want to get back to it,’” Cuomo said.
“Beautiful weather does not make for a beautiful reality.”@ChrisCuomo warns “things will get worse” as governments and citizens relax social distancing measures across the nation. pic.twitter.com/7NrI6iYlOO — CNN (@CNN) May 5, 2020
“Look at these fools. Fools,” he said. “I know they want to be out there. Fools. It’s not about you. What about the other people? And look, I’m not going to castigate you. That’s not my job. I’m not your daddy.”
You can tell, right?
Has this made us healthier? It’s early and most of this can only be deduced via common sense and not via hard numbers, but you do the math: What’s the likelihood that people are better off being cooped up indoors? Is there any marker of physical or mental health that’d be improved by this state of affairs?
Yes, this paper out of China is a preprint study, which, again, means it hasn’t been peer-reviewed. However, the likelihood that any of these outdoor interactions are making us sicker is small.
Meanwhile, the advice keeping us cooped up is pointless at best and counterproductive at worst.
In short, I hope those drones were worth it, Sheriff Chitwood. They couldn’t have been cheap for the taxpayers of Volusia County — and the cost may be a lot higher than just what you paid for them.
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westernjournal--2020-05-18--Police Find 5 Kids Trapped in Crate on Truck Bed with No Ventilation, Water, or AC in 100-Degree Tem

Police Find 5 Kids Trapped in Crate on Truck Bed with No Ventilation, Water, or AC in 100-Degree Temps

Three Sacramento residents were arrested in California last week after five children were found crammed in a crate in the bed of the pickup truck .
The makeshift crate the children were in had no ventilation , water or air conditioning on a day when temperatures were around 100 degrees , according to KTTV .
The San Bernardino County Sheriff ’ s Department was notified of the truck after witnesses heard the cries of the children from within the crate at a rest stop and phoned in their concern .
The vehicle was stopped in the city of Needles .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ air conditioning , and they didn ’ t have any water , so it was a pretty serious situation , ” Cindy Bachman with the sheriff ’ s office said .
TRENDING : Hospital Worker with Coronavirus Found Dead with Her Small Child by Her Side , Hospital Issues Statement “ So it may have traveled along and not been stopped by any law enforcement officer had it not been for those callers , ” she added .
The five children were all between the ages of 1 and 13 .
The crate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , deputies said , and illegal narcotics , drug paraphernalia and a shotgun were found in the truck .
Kenneth Standridge , 40 , Zona Brasier , 39 , and Aushajuan Hardy , 41 , were all arrested .
Standrige and Brasier face five counts of child endangerment .
Standridge faces additional charges of suspicion of driving under the influence and being a felon in possession of a firearm .
Hardy was wanted on a no-bail felony warrant out of Sacramento and had been in a post-release community supervision program at the time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Musk Ignites Firestorm with Cryptic Message Suggesting He 's Turning to the Right The children were given over to the San Bernardino County Children and Family Services .
Brasier is the children ’ s aunt , according to KOVR .
Brasier ’ s step-brother , Dale Madden , said Braiser was driving the children to Oklahoma to raise them because their mother had become homeless .
“ You know the scenario man , you can ’ t take kids like that , ” Madden said .
“ And that ’ s common sense.
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Three Sacramento residents were arrested in California last week after five children were found crammed in a crate in the bed of the pickup truck.
The makeshift crate the children were in had no ventilation, water or air conditioning on a day when temperatures were around 100 degrees, according to KTTV.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department was notified of the truck after witnesses heard the cries of the children from within the crate at a rest stop and phoned in their concern.
The vehicle was stopped in the city of Needles.
“Children didn’t have any air conditioning, and they didn’t have any water, so it was a pretty serious situation,” Cindy Bachman with the sheriff’s office said.
“So it may have traveled along and not been stopped by any law enforcement officer had it not been for those callers,” she added.
The five children were all between the ages of 1 and 13.
CHILD ENDANGERMENT: 5 young children were found riding in a makeshift wooden crate attached to the back of a pickup truck in Needles. Deputies found them after people called, reporting hearing crying from the crate. https://t.co/093xWqojyL pic.twitter.com/vCEDoXH97H — CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) May 15, 2020
The crate had no safety restraints for the children, deputies said, and illegal narcotics, drug paraphernalia and a shotgun were found in the truck.
Kenneth Standridge, 40, Zona Brasier, 39, and Aushajuan Hardy, 41, were all arrested.
Standrige and Brasier face five counts of child endangerment.
Standridge faces additional charges of suspicion of driving under the influence and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Hardy was wanted on a no-bail felony warrant out of Sacramento and had been in a post-release community supervision program at the time of his arrest.
The children were given over to the San Bernardino County Children and Family Services.
Brasier is the children’s aunt, according to KOVR.
Brasier’s step-brother, Dale Madden, said Braiser was driving the children to Oklahoma to raise them because their mother had become homeless.
“You know the scenario man, you can’t take kids like that,” Madden said. “And that’s common sense.”
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