thewashingtonstandard--2020-05-21--It’s Time To Bring Grandma-Killing Governors To Justice

In April , Governor Gretchen Whitmer posed and primped on The Daily Show in a “ That Woman from Michigan ” t-shirt as a narcissistic slam at President Trump .
That same month , that woman from Michigan issued an executive order , that the Daily Show and SNL didn ’ t mention , “ protecting ” residents of long-term care facilities , by forcing nursing homes to admit patients infected with the coronavirus .
Her order dictated that a “ long-term care facility must not prohibit admission or readmission of a resident based on COVID-19 testing requirements or results @ @ @ @ @ @ @ patients back to the homes they had come from .
Some nursing homes were designated as ‘ hubs ’ and coronavirus patients were transferred into them , even though these facilities had uninfected residents .
Despite claims that these ‘ hubs ’ would carefully separate infected and uninfected patients , that didn ’ t always happen .
While there had been a plan to move coronavirus seniors to the 1,000 bed TCF Center in Detroit which was being used as an overflow hospital for coronavirus patients , they were instead sent to nursing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up treating 39 patients before being mothballed .
As of now , at least 687 nursing home residents in Michigan have died in the pandemic and 290 coronavirus patients have been placed in Michigan nursing homes .
These numbers are incomplete .
Next time , Governor Whitmer goes on the Daily Show , she can wear a new t-shirt , “ Grandma Killer ” .
In New York , Governor Cuomo ’ s Health Department had issued an order on March 25th to “ expand hospital capacity ” by forcing nursing homes to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ residents returning from hospitals to NHs ” and warned facilities that , “ no resident shall be denied re-admission or admission to the NH solely based on a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of COVID-19.
” It took over 5,000 deaths for Cuomo to partially reverse his grandma-killing policy which had killed 5 % of residents of nursing homes in the state .
It was a partial reversal , because nursing homes still couldn ’ t remove infected patients , but hospitals were no longer allowed to discharge infected patients to homes .
Cuomo @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prosecuted for nursing home deaths because they would have died anyway .
“ Older people… are going to die from this virus , ” he argued , dismissing the outrage of the families of the dead .
“ I don ’ t think there ’ s any logical rationale to say that they would be alive today.
” “ We ’ ve tried everything to keep it out of a nursing home , but it ’ s virtually impossible , ” he falsely claimed .
His grandma-killing administration had tried everything , except @ @ @ @ @ @ @ patients into nursing homes , or removing infected patients from nursing homes .
Cuomo had tried everything to stop killing grandmas , except not killing grandmas .
On March 31st , New Jersey Commissioner of Health Judith Persichilli issued an order stating that in order to achieve “ the expedited receipt of patients/residents discharging from hospitals ” , “ no patient/resident shall be denied re-admission or admission to the post-acute care setting solely based on a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19.
” It was a virtual copy of the earlier New York State order @ @ @ @ @ @ @ home death toll is approaching New York ’ s 5,000 death toll .
10,000 dead grandmas and grandpas haven ’ t dented the media ’ s adoration for Cuomo and Murphy .
To paraphrase another leftist , a single dead grandma is a tragedy , 10,000 dead grandmas are a statistic .
But before New York and New Jersey had even made their move , Governor Tom Wolf ’ s grandma-killing administration had ordered Pennsylvania nursing homes to accept “ readmissions for current residents who have been discharged from the hospital ” in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the acute care settings ” including “ patients who have had the COVID-19 virus.
” Wolf ’ s Secretary of Health , Dr. Richard ( Rachel ) Levine , had transferred his own mother out of a nursing home and to a hotel .
“ Dr .
Levine has done a phenomenal job of making sure that we do what we need to do in keeping Pennsylvanians safe , ” Governor Wolf insisted .
That phenomenal job amounts to 2,529 coronavirus deaths in nursing homes or 68 % of the state ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Governor Newsom ’ s administration warned skilled nursing facilities that they “ shall not refuse to admit or readmit a resident based on their status as a suspected or confirmed COVID-19 case.
” “ California ’ s directive is nothing less than a death sentence for countless residents , ” warned Patricia McGinnis , executive director of California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform .
“ I ’ m not taking in a COVID-positive patient for the sole purpose of emptying one hospital bed .
In two weeks , I ’ m sending them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Noah Marco , the Chief Medical Officer of the Los Angeles Jewish Home , said .
Half of California ’ s deaths , or 1,276 , have occurred in nursing homes , though not all are the SNFs that were ordered to accept coronavirus patients .
Whitmer , Cuomo , Wolf , and Newsom have been widely praised by the media , even though their disastrous policies likely led to the deaths of thousands of senior citizens in nursing homes .
There were states that got it right , protecting senior citizens by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nursing homes , requiring negative tests before a transfer , and creating separate facilities .
Cuomo , Wolf , Whitmer , and Newsom , not only failed to protect nursing home residents , but their forced readmission policy brought infected patients directly into nursing homes , leading to mass death .
5 % of the residents in New York nursing homes are dead , that ’ s grandma-killing on a genocidal scale .
While New York had banned testing as a basis for nursing home admission , in Florida , a “ COVID-19 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to a post-acute facility ” .
Governor DeSantis noted that his ban on sending coronavirus patients to nursing homes is the reason why the nursing home death toll was 13 times higher in New York and 25 times higher in New Jersey .
The media falsely claims that after at least 12,000 dead grandmas and grandpas Cuomo , Whitmer , Murphy , and Newsom did a wonderful job , and DeSantis did a terrible one .
Their measure of success isn ’ t in grandmas saved , but in small businesses shut down @ @ @ @ @ @ @ made absolute .
And if the media gets to write the history of the pandemic , that is what our children will be taught .
They will learn that in an emergency , wise governors listening to learned experts deprived people of their civil liberties and stopped a catastrophe that could have been much worse .
That revisionist history will become the model for handling future crises .
A big lie paid for in countless thousands of lives .
The big lie must not be allowed to stand and the truth must shake @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Who can we prosecute for those deaths ?
Nobody .
Mother Nature , God ?
” Cuomo asked rhetorically .
Governor Cuomo says that no one should be prosecuted for the nursing home deaths .
He ’ s wrong .
The prosecutions should begin with him and tear through the bureaucrats who made and implemented those decisions .
Millions of people trusted Cuomo and other Democrat officials to keep them safe .
Instead they seized power , abused their authority , and killed enough grandmas to fill miles of cemetery .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
When a violent thug was shot by a police officer in a small city in Missouri , the Obama administration came down on Ferguson with an iron fist .
How is it possible that thousands of nursing home residents can die , that grandmothers and grandfathers , that 127 veterans in New Jersey ’ s state-run nursing homes , that 5 % of New York ’ s nursing home population can perish with less care than the concern about a thug ?
What do we amount to as a country if we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ let them get away with it ?
Thousands of men and women who worked all their lives and paid their taxes , who raised families , who wanted to watch their grandchildren grow up , died in large enough numbers that their bodies piled up in sheds , and the same nation that ground to a halt for Michael Brown and Freddie Gray shrugs .
Where is even a fraction of the outrage that has been lavished on Ahmaud Aubrey for those thousands of wrinkled men and women , black and white , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ home beds ?
Cuomo , Whitmer , Murphy , and Newsom did not believe that they were worth saving .
If we do not speak the truth , if we do not fight for justice for them , then are we as a nation really worth saving ?

In April, Governor Gretchen Whitmer posed and primped on The Daily Show in a “That Woman from Michigan” t-shirt as a narcissistic slam at President Trump. That same month, that woman from Michigan issued an executive order, that the Daily Show and SNL didn’t mention, “protecting” residents of long-term care facilities, by forcing nursing homes to admit patients infected with the coronavirus.
Her order dictated that a “long-term care facility must not prohibit admission or readmission of a resident based on COVID-19 testing requirements or results” and told hospitals to discharge coronavirus patients back to the homes they had come from. Some nursing homes were designated as ‘hubs’ and coronavirus patients were transferred into them, even though these facilities had uninfected residents.
Despite claims that these ‘hubs’ would carefully separate infected and uninfected patients, that didn’t always happen. While there had been a plan to move coronavirus seniors to the 1,000 bed TCF Center in Detroit which was being used as an overflow hospital for coronavirus patients, they were instead sent to nursing homes. The TCF Center only ended up treating 39 patients before being mothballed.
As of now, at least 687 nursing home residents in Michigan have died in the pandemic and 290 coronavirus patients have been placed in Michigan nursing homes. These numbers are incomplete.
Next time, Governor Whitmer goes on the Daily Show, she can wear a new t-shirt, “Grandma Killer”.
In New York, Governor Cuomo’s Health Department had issued an order on March 25th to “expand hospital capacity” by forcing nursing homes to “comply with the expedited receipt of residents returning from hospitals to NHs” and warned facilities that, “no resident shall be denied re-admission or admission to the NH solely based on a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of COVID-19.”
It took over 5,000 deaths for Cuomo to partially reverse his grandma-killing policy which had killed 5% of residents of nursing homes in the state. It was a partial reversal, because nursing homes still couldn’t remove infected patients, but hospitals were no longer allowed to discharge infected patients to homes.
Cuomo has argued that no one should be prosecuted for nursing home deaths because they would have died anyway. “Older people… are going to die from this virus,” he argued, dismissing the outrage of the families of the dead. “I don’t think there’s any logical rationale to say that they would be alive today.”
“We’ve tried everything to keep it out of a nursing home, but it’s virtually impossible,” he falsely claimed.
His grandma-killing administration had tried everything, except providing protective equipment, not sending infected patients into nursing homes, or removing infected patients from nursing homes.
Cuomo had tried everything to stop killing grandmas, except not killing grandmas.
On March 31st, New Jersey Commissioner of Health Judith Persichilli issued an order stating that in order to achieve “the expedited receipt of patients/residents discharging from hospitals”, “no patient/resident shall be denied re-admission or admission to the post-acute care setting solely based on a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19.” It was a virtual copy of the earlier New York State order.
New Jersey’s own nursing home death toll is approaching New York’s 5,000 death toll.
10,000 dead grandmas and grandpas haven’t dented the media’s adoration for Cuomo and Murphy. To paraphrase another leftist, a single dead grandma is a tragedy, 10,000 dead grandmas are a statistic.
But before New York and New Jersey had even made their move, Governor Tom Wolf’s grandma-killing administration had ordered Pennsylvania nursing homes to accept “readmissions for current residents who have been discharged from the hospital” in order to “alleviate the increasing burden in the acute care settings” including “patients who have had the COVID-19 virus.”
Wolf’s Secretary of Health, Dr. Richard (Rachel) Levine, had transferred his own mother out of a nursing home and to a hotel.
“Dr. Levine has done a phenomenal job of making sure that we do what we need to do in keeping Pennsylvanians safe,” Governor Wolf insisted.
That phenomenal job amounts to 2,529 coronavirus deaths in nursing homes or 68% of the state’s deaths.
On March 30th, Governor Newsom’s administration warned skilled nursing facilities that they “shall not refuse to admit or readmit a resident based on their status as a suspected or confirmed COVID-19 case.”
“California’s directive is nothing less than a death sentence for countless residents,” warned Patricia McGinnis, executive director of California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform.
“I’m not taking in a COVID-positive patient for the sole purpose of emptying one hospital bed. In two weeks, I’m sending them back 20 new patients,” Dr. Noah Marco, the Chief Medical Officer of the Los Angeles Jewish Home, said. Half of California’s deaths, or 1,276, have occurred in nursing homes, though not all are the SNFs that were ordered to accept coronavirus patients.
Whitmer, Cuomo, Wolf, and Newsom have been widely praised by the media, even though their disastrous policies likely led to the deaths of thousands of senior citizens in nursing homes. There were states that got it right, protecting senior citizens by barring the transfer of coronavirus patients to nursing homes, requiring negative tests before a transfer, and creating separate facilities.
Cuomo, Wolf, Whitmer, and Newsom, not only failed to protect nursing home residents, but their forced readmission policy brought infected patients directly into nursing homes, leading to mass death.
5% of the residents in New York nursing homes are dead, that’s grandma-killing on a genocidal scale.
While New York had banned testing as a basis for nursing home admission, in Florida, a “COVID-19 test must be negative prior to transfer to a post-acute facility”.
Governor DeSantis noted that his ban on sending coronavirus patients to nursing homes is the reason why the nursing home death toll was 13 times higher in New York and 25 times higher in New Jersey.
The media falsely claims that after at least 12,000 dead grandmas and grandpas Cuomo, Whitmer, Murphy, and Newsom did a wonderful job, and DeSantis did a terrible one. Their measure of success isn’t in grandmas saved, but in small businesses shut down, people terrified, and government power made absolute.
And if the media gets to write the history of the pandemic, that is what our children will be taught.
They will learn that in an emergency, wise governors listening to learned experts deprived people of their civil liberties and stopped a catastrophe that could have been much worse. That revisionist history will become the model for handling future crises. A big lie paid for in countless thousands of lives.
The big lie must not be allowed to stand and the truth must shake our political system until it rings.
“Who can we prosecute for those deaths? Nobody. Mother Nature, God?” Cuomo asked rhetorically.
Governor Cuomo says that no one should be prosecuted for the nursing home deaths. He’s wrong. The prosecutions should begin with him and tear through the bureaucrats who made and implemented those decisions. Millions of people trusted Cuomo and other Democrat officials to keep them safe. Instead they seized power, abused their authority, and killed enough grandmas to fill miles of cemetery.
The grandma-killing governors must be brought to justice.
When a violent thug was shot by a police officer in a small city in Missouri, the Obama administration came down on Ferguson with an iron fist. How is it possible that thousands of nursing home residents can die, that grandmothers and grandfathers, that 127 veterans in New Jersey’s state-run nursing homes, that 5% of New York’s nursing home population can perish with less care than the concern about a thug?
What do we amount to as a country if we not only let that happen, but let them get away with it?
Thousands of men and women who worked all their lives and paid their taxes, who raised families, who wanted to watch their grandchildren grow up, died in large enough numbers that their bodies piled up in sheds, and the same nation that ground to a halt for Michael Brown and Freddie Gray shrugs. Where is even a fraction of the outrage that has been lavished on Ahmaud Aubrey for those thousands of wrinkled men and women, black and white, gasping out their last breaths in nursing home beds?
Cuomo, Whitmer, Murphy, and Newsom did not believe that they were worth saving. If we do not speak the truth, if we do not fight for justice for them, then are we as a nation really worth saving?
Article posted with permission from Daniel Greenfield


thewashingtonstandard--2020-05-21--California:  Cops Accuse Man Of Carjacking His Own Car – Viciously Beat Him To Death (Video)

California : Cops Accuse Man Of Carjacking His Own Car – Viciously Beat Him To Death ( Video ) Sonoma County , CA — Last year , David Glen Ward was the victim of a carjacking .
Like he was told to do , he reported this attack and theft to police .
Sadly , however , after he would get his green Honda Civic back , police would mistake him for the thief , pull him over and kill him .
Shocking video of the incident was later released .
Now , the mother of the victim is suing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and others for the role in her son ’ s death .
Ward ’ s mother , Ernestine Ward , has filed a lawsuit claiming excessive force , negligent supervision and wrongful death , among other allegations .
According to KTVU , the suit names retired deputy Charles Blount , current deputy Jason Little and Sebastopol police officer Andrew Bauer as defendants .
Sheriff Mark Essick and the county of Sonoma are also named .
The good news is that also this week , the results of an independent investigation were handed over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cops responsible for Ward ’ s death should face criminal charges .
As KTVU reports : According to officials , on Nov. 24 , 2019 , Ward reported he ’ d been the victim of a carjacking .
During the theft , Ward was pistol whipped by his attacker , leaving him with injuries to the face .
Three days after his car was stolen , Ward would recover it .
Sadly , however , he would make a fatal mistake and forget to officially tell police he got his car back .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s car and initiated a traffic stop .
For an unknown reason — perhaps because he was just carjacked three days earlier — Ward chose not to stop and led police on a brief chase .
Approximately five minutes later , police would ram their cars into Ward ’ s causing him to spin out , bringing the chase to an end .
As the body camera footage shows , officers approached the car with their guns drawn .
“ Show me your f— hands !
Show me your hands !
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gun at Ward .
“ Turn off the f— car !
” Ward appeared unable to open the door and instead rolled down his window to tell the cops that he was the victim , not the thief .
“ I can ’ t believe this , I ’ m the injured party in this , ” Ward said .
He later asked , “ Why you f— harassing me all the time ?
” Instead of opening Ward ’ s door and pulling him out , Deputy Charles Blount proceeded to drag @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Give me your hands , ” Blount yelled as he began to drag the carjacking victim through the car window .
“ All right , I ’ m getting out , I ’ m getting out , ” Ward said , a moment before yelling , “ My legs , my legs.
” Blount then claimed Ward bit him and began punching him in the back of the head .
The SF Chronicle reports what happened next : Blount shouted that Ward bit him , and about 15 seconds later punched the back @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s head against the frame of the car door , and then smashed Ward ’ s face against it twice .
Ward moaned before Blount knocked his face against the frame one more time as another deputy deployed a Taser .
About six seconds after Ward was shocked , Blount placed him in a choke hold for more than 30 seconds .
At that point , other officers opened the passenger door and dragged Ward out , putting him on the ground face-down and handcuffing him .
Little and Blount both said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
After they beat , tasered , and choked the carjacking victim for nearly a minute , Ward ’ s body had succumbed to the abuse and he became unresponsive .
As he lay on the ground , completely unconscious , only then did the cops realize Ward was the owner of the vehicle and the victim , not the perpetrator of the carjacking .
“ This is , this is the owner of the car , ” the officer said .
“ This is David Ward .
He ’ s the , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ later , Ward would stop breathing altogether and would be pronounced dead later at the hospital .
The Marin County coroner ’ s office found that Ward died as a result of a physical confrontation with law enforcement , cardiorespiratory collapse , neck restraint , blunt impact injuries and the use of a Taser .
Two weeks after killing the carjacking victim , police would arrest the actual perpetrator on Dec. 7 , 32-year-old Driden Estrada .
In December , after the video had been released , Sonoma County sheriff Mark Essick said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the incident and that he was issued a letter of termination .
However , Blount was never fired and instead quietly resigned in February , two months after Essick claimed Blount ’ s actions shocked the conscience .
“ I think it is fair to say for anybody who watches the video that it shocks the conscience , ” Essick said at the time .
“ When this kind of conduct emerges , it is my job as a leader to call it out.
” The fact that he was allowed to retire @ @ @ @ @ @ @ surprise , especially considering his past record of excessive force .
According to KTVI : Blount had a “ known and well-documented history of excessive force , particularly surrounding the use of chokeholds.
” It was a common belief , the suit alleges , that Blount was “ going to kill someone one of these days.
” The lawsuit claims Blount choked a disabled woman in January 2015 , slamming her body into the ground after he had caught her jaywalking .
Then he allegedly perjured himself , the suit claims , by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the fact that there was cell phone video of the interaction .
However , department leadership knew about Blount ’ s history and “ failed to discipline or restrain Mr. Blount for prior incidents of unjustifiable violence , ” the suit claims .
Naturally , the police union-appointed lawyer , whose job consists of keeping killer cops on the force , disagrees and blames the carjacking victim for his own death .
Blount ’ s attorney , Harry Stern , said he was “ extremely disappointed ” in the sheriff ’ s decision @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ panic , political expediency and hindsight.
” “ Charlie Blount has served the people of Sonoma County for over 20 years and honorably served in the military for 20 years before that , ” he said .
“ His actions during this arrest were entirely reasonable.
” Stern said Ward “ caused his own death by inexplicably taking a number of bizarre actions that confirmed in the deputies ’ minds that he was an armed carjacker , rather than the victim of that crime .
”

Sonoma County, CA — Last year, David Glen Ward was the victim of a carjacking. Like he was told to do, he reported this attack and theft to police. Sadly, however, after he would get his green Honda Civic back, police would mistake him for the thief, pull him over and kill him. Shocking video of the incident was later released. Now, the mother of the victim is suing the Sonoma Country Sheriff’s office and others for the role in her son’s death.
Ward’s mother, Ernestine Ward, has filed a lawsuit claiming excessive force, negligent supervision and wrongful death, among other allegations. According to KTVU, the suit names retired deputy Charles Blount, current deputy Jason Little and Sebastopol police officer Andrew Bauer as defendants. Sheriff Mark Essick and the county of Sonoma are also named.
The good news is that also this week, the results of an independent investigation were handed over to the DA to see if the cops responsible for Ward’s death should face criminal charges. As KTVU reports:
And in a separate but parallel investigation, the Santa Rosa police department, which headed up a standard inquiry into the officer-involved shooting, forwarded their findings to the District Attorney on Tuesday afternoon, according to Lt. Dan Marincik. It’s now up to the DA to decide whether any criminal charges will be filed against the officers.
According to officials, on Nov. 24, 2019, Ward reported he’d been the victim of a carjacking. During the theft, Ward was pistol whipped by his attacker, leaving him with injuries to the face. Three days after his car was stolen, Ward would recover it. Sadly, however, he would make a fatal mistake and forget to officially tell police he got his car back.
On Nov. 27, police spotted Ward’s car and initiated a traffic stop. For an unknown reason — perhaps because he was just carjacked three days earlier — Ward chose not to stop and led police on a brief chase.
Approximately five minutes later, police would ram their cars into Ward’s causing him to spin out, bringing the chase to an end. As the body camera footage shows, officers approached the car with their guns drawn.
“Show me your f— hands! Show me your hands!” Deputy Jason Little shouted, pointing a gun at Ward. “Turn off the f— car!”
Ward appeared unable to open the door and instead rolled down his window to tell the cops that he was the victim, not the thief.
“I can’t believe this, I’m the injured party in this,” Ward said. He later asked, “Why you f— harassing me all the time?”
Instead of opening Ward’s door and pulling him out, Deputy Charles Blount proceeded to drag the man through the window.
“Give me your hands,” Blount yelled as he began to drag the carjacking victim through the car window.
“All right, I’m getting out, I’m getting out,” Ward said, a moment before yelling, “My legs, my legs.”
Blount then claimed Ward bit him and began punching him in the back of the head. The SF Chronicle reports what happened next:
Blount shouted that Ward bit him, and about 15 seconds later punched the back of his head. He pressed Ward’s head against the frame of the car door, and then smashed Ward’s face against it twice. Ward moaned before Blount knocked his face against the frame one more time as another deputy deployed a Taser. About six seconds after Ward was shocked, Blount placed him in a choke hold for more than 30 seconds. At that point, other officers opened the passenger door and dragged Ward out, putting him on the ground face-down and handcuffing him. Little and Blount both said Ward had bitten them during the encounter.
After they beat, tasered, and choked the carjacking victim for nearly a minute, Ward’s body had succumbed to the abuse and he became unresponsive. As he lay on the ground, completely unconscious, only then did the cops realize Ward was the owner of the vehicle and the victim, not the perpetrator of the carjacking.
“This is, this is the owner of the car,” the officer said. “This is David Ward. He’s the, he’s the victim.”
“Oh well,” Blount said.
Moments later, Ward would stop breathing altogether and would be pronounced dead later at the hospital. The Marin County coroner’s office found that Ward died as a result of a physical confrontation with law enforcement, cardiorespiratory collapse, neck restraint, blunt impact injuries and the use of a Taser.
Two weeks after killing the carjacking victim, police would arrest the actual perpetrator on Dec. 7, 32-year-old Driden Estrada.
In December, after the video had been released, Sonoma County sheriff Mark Essick said Blount had been on administrative leave since the incident and that he was issued a letter of termination.
However, Blount was never fired and instead quietly resigned in February, two months after Essick claimed Blount’s actions shocked the conscience.
“I think it is fair to say for anybody who watches the video that it shocks the conscience,” Essick said at the time. “When this kind of conduct emerges, it is my job as a leader to call it out.”
The fact that he was allowed to retire before being fired should come as no surprise, especially considering his past record of excessive force. According to KTVI:
Blount had a “known and well-documented history of excessive force, particularly surrounding the use of chokeholds.” It was a common belief, the suit alleges, that Blount was “going to kill someone one of these days.” The lawsuit claims Blount choked a disabled woman in January 2015, slamming her body into the ground after he had caught her jaywalking. Then he allegedly perjured himself, the suit claims, by denying what he had done, despite the fact that there was cell phone video of the interaction. However, department leadership knew about Blount’s history and “failed to discipline or restrain Mr. Blount for prior incidents of unjustifiable violence,” the suit claims.
Naturally, the police union-appointed lawyer, whose job consists of keeping killer cops on the force, disagrees and blames the carjacking victim for his own death.
Blount’s attorney, Harry Stern, said he was “extremely disappointed” in the sheriff’s decision, which he said was driven by “panic, political expediency and hindsight.”
“Charlie Blount has served the people of Sonoma County for over 20 years and honorably served in the military for 20 years before that,” he said. “His actions during this arrest were entirely reasonable.”
Stern said Ward “caused his own death by inexplicably taking a number of bizarre actions that confirmed in the deputies’ minds that he was an armed carjacker, rather than the victim of that crime.”
Article posted with permission from Matt Agorist


thewashingtonstandard--2020-05-21--19-Year-Old Girl Charged With Perverting Course Of Justice After Telling Police She Was Drugged & Ra

19-Year-Old Girl Charged With Perverting Course Of Justice After Telling Police She Was Drugged & Raped By Muslim Child Sex Gang In Cumbria Muslim child sex trafficking gangs are the biggest story never told .
And it ’ s the victims who are prosecuted .
The message is – keep your mouth shut .
UK Muslim sex gangs : “ Could be Up to a ‘ Million ’ [ non-Muslim ] Child Sex Victims ” • Home Office Bureaucrats Accused of Burying Report on Ethnicity of Muslim Child Grooming/Gang Rapists • Detective says police chiefs should face charges over Muslim @ @ @ @ @ @ @ men left free to rape or abuse 57 young girls because officers feared arrests would be ‘ racist ’ and islamophobic .
• Police constable is one of 16 Muslim men arrested over historic child gang-rape/sex trafficking dating back to 2006 • UK : Muslim rape gang members get $ 625,050 in legal aid , victims get nothing • UK Police Arrest 40 People in ANOTHER Massive Child Sex Abuse by Muslim Sex Trafficking Gang • 6,000 Children Victimized In Muslim Rape Gang Hotspot Sandwell in Five Years Girl , 19 , is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ telling police she was drugged and raped by Asian sex gang in Cumbria • The girl walked into police station to allege she was beaten up by grooming gang • She later claimed on social media that she was taken to an address on Tuesday • Cumbria Police said today the teen had been charged with perverting the course of justice and was in custody , having allegedly breached her bail conditions • Police force also reassured the public it was investigating her claims robustly By Nigel Bunyan For Mailonline and Katie Weston @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The teenage girl , in an image attached to her social media post , claimed she was put into a car on Tuesday and taken to an address so that three Asian men could have sex with her A 19-year-old girl has been charged with perverting the course of justice after telling police she was drugged and raped by an Asian sex gang in Cumbria .
The teenager , from Barrow-in-Furness , is currently in custody awaiting a court hearing , having allegedly breached her bail conditions .
Last night Cumbria Police confirmed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and sexual abuse that was reported by a woman in her late teens on Tuesday evening .
The girl later alleged on social media that she had been beaten , burned , drugged and trafficked for sex throughout the north of England by Pakistani men .
Her post included pictures of bruises , scratches and burn marks , and sparked a social media storm .
Cumbria Police revealed on Wednesday that they had launched a 12 month investigation into claims of sexual and physical abuse by an organised gang who were said to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the north of England .
An independent review team was called in to assess their handling of the investigation and safeguarding surrounding it .
Today the force said the only charges to arise from the investigation was against a young woman .
In a statement it said : ‘ Cumbria Constabulary can confirm that a 19-year-old woman , from Barrow-in-Furness , is subject of ongoing criminal proceedings .
‘ She was charged with seven counts of perverting the course of justice on 26th March 2020 and was released on bail .
‘ She @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for breach of her bail conditions and has been remanded in custody , court date to be notified .
‘ In the girl ’ s shocking social media post , she ’ d claimed she was put into a car on Tuesday and taken to an address so that three Asian men could have sex with her .
‘ Afterwards I was beaten because I was in debt to these men for not attending “ parties ” for over seven weeks due to coronavirus , ’ she wrote .
One of the pictures @ @ @ @ @ @ @ showing bruising from the alleged abuse .
The allegations are now the subject of a thorough police investigation One of the pictures posted online by the teenage girl , showing bruising from the alleged abuse .
The allegations are now the subject of a thorough police investigation ‘ The organisers of the party decided to beat me to teach me a lesson .
They decided that I don ’ t learn from being battered as I ’ ve received beatings before ’ .
She claimed her alleged abusers began to hack off one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ continuing to make the same mistakes ’ .
One of them ‘ waved a knife around ’ while he and others in the gang threatened to kill her .
The girl supported her claims with a series of photographs showing her with black eyes , bruising to both her face and body , and what appear to be cigarette burns .
Responding to the public ’ s horror at the social media post today , Cumbria ’ s Head of Crime and safeguarding , Det Chief Supt Dean Holden , reiterated that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the allegation .
Det Chief Holden said : ‘ What I can say about this particular scenario is that Cumbria Constabulary have been undertaking an operational investigation for nearly 12 months now that has been looking at specific allegations of abuse .
‘ That investigation has involved a dedicated investigative team , a senior investigating officer and significant resources dedicated to it .
‘ As a result of that investigation I can say that an individual has been charged with some offences .
I have to be very careful what I say about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ undermine any judicial processes , but what I can say is that the investigation was subjected to an independent peer review in March this year .
The girl posted this picture of her thumb covered in blood ‘ That review was conducted by subject matter experts nationally , qualified and experienced in investigating sexual abuse and physical violence .
‘ Whilst that review did give us some minor recommendations the outcome was that the investigation was conducted with utmost integrity , transparency and professionalism .
‘ More importantly our safeguarding approach had been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had taken with partner agencies .
‘ So I want to reassure people this is not something we had ignored or otherwise dismissed , it is something we have taken extremely seriously and we have sought an independent review to ensure that our investigation is transparent and professional .
‘ What I would say is , when the question is asked , “ Is there an organised gang of Asian men in Barrow conducting abuse or other exploitation against individuals ?
” ‘ Our investigation has shown that has not been corroborated or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Constabulary we are not complacent , we are humble and if individuals think they have information that suggests that is the scenario or have any information about abuse , sexual abuse or physical abuse they must contact us and put those reports in .
‘ We will take them very seriously and will do our utmost to investigate them and more importantly safeguard and support victims of crime .
We have a really good relationship with our partner agencies and have been really well supported.
’ The girl alleged she had been both @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over a number of years .
She also claimed that despite the police investigation into her own case , other teenagers in the area are still being attacked and trafficked .
She claimed : ‘ I am not the only girl in ( the area ) who has gone through this or is going through this .
I know plenty of girls involved – including girls from away .
‘ This is local men and men from away .
These are mostly Pakistani men and some are business owners .
I wish I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but due to current ongoing investigations I ’ m not allowed ’ .
She had finally come forward after ‘ years of me being trafficked to places across Manchester , Yorkshire , Lancashire and Cumbria…mostly Leeds , Huddersfield , Oldham , Preston , Blackpool , Lancaster and Morecambe .
‘ I have been to other places as well as attending “ parties ” locally .
This is to have sex with Asian men with me receiving nothing for it ’ .
She adds : ‘ These are evil yet clever men .
They @ @ @ @ @ @ @ threaten girls into staying .
When they can ’ t , they use extreme violence .
‘ I used to believe that these people loved me .
I realise now that they used me for their own gain and profit .
They have beaten me on multiple occasions , sometimes for no reason at all .
‘ They have given me drugs to the point I was nearly addicted to heroin .
They have stripped me naked , beaten me and dumped me in the middle of nowhere with nothing…no money , phone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nothing .
‘ They did this once in winter ( when ) I got found with bad hypothermia .
They have broken my ribs and many bones in my face .
They have split my ear , cut my throat , attempted to cut my boobs and nipples off .
One of the pictured posted to social media by the teenage girl .
Last night Cumbria Police confirmed it was investigating an incident of physical and sexual abuse ‘ They have carved words into my body , branded me with letters .
They @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stabbed me , they have burnt me and used me as an ashtray to stamp cigarettes out .
‘ They have beaten me black ( and blue ) .
I have had a bleed on the brain from a head injury .
I have lost some vision in one of my eyes from being smacked so badly .
‘ Now I have had my finger cut .
They have put lit petrol rags and threatening letters through my letter box , they have followed me home , tried to drown me , strangled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
She claimed members of the gang were sometimes armed and had either waved their guns around or else held them to her head .
For years she tried to cover up the abuse by claiming she had hurt herself in accidents .
Her suffering caused her to attempt suicide as a way to escape .
‘ I lost all my self-respect and didn ’ t actually care if I was killed because at least then all this would be over .
I know now that this has gone too far and everything @ @ @ @ @ @ @ across my body that won ’ t go away , but even worse I have memories that won ’ t disappear ’ .
‘ I am incredibly lucky not to be dead already .
I thought the only way I could escape this life was to marry one of them , get pregnant or kill myself ’ .
Girl X insists she will continue to tell the police everything she knows so she can help them ‘ fix this ’ .
She believes she deserves justice and will feel ‘ so proud of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by bringing her alleged abusers to trial .
She wants other girls to be aware of the issue of grooming and to remember that ‘ if a man asks you to keep it a secret it ’ s usually because what he is doing is wrong ’ .
Under-age girls should be shown the ‘ disturbing ’ images of her abuse if their families or friends felt it would help frighten them into staying clear of the gangs .
They might see the attention given to them by such men as ‘ fun @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but the photographs represented the reality of ‘ how it ends ’ .

19-Year-Old Girl Charged With Perverting Course Of Justice After Telling Police She Was Drugged & Raped By Muslim Child Sex Gang In Cumbria
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Girl, 19, is charged with perverting course of justice after telling police she was drugged and raped by Asian sex gang in Cumbria
WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT:
The girl walked into police station to allege she was beaten up by grooming gang
She later claimed on social media that she was taken to an address on Tuesday
Cumbria Police said today the teen had been charged with perverting the course of justice and was in custody, having allegedly breached her bail conditions
Police force also reassured the public it was investigating her claims robustly
By Nigel Bunyan For Mailonline and Katie Weston For Mailonline, 21 May 2020:
The teenage girl, in an image attached to her social media post, claimed she was put into a car on Tuesday and taken to an address so that three Asian men could have sex with her
A 19-year-old girl has been charged with perverting the course of justice after telling police she was drugged and raped by an Asian sex gang in Cumbria.
The teenager, from Barrow-in-Furness, is currently in custody awaiting a court hearing, having allegedly breached her bail conditions.
Last night Cumbria Police confirmed it was investigating an incident of physical and sexual abuse that was reported by a woman in her late teens on Tuesday evening.
The girl later alleged on social media that she had been beaten, burned, drugged and trafficked for sex throughout the north of England by Pakistani men.
Her post included pictures of bruises, scratches and burn marks, and sparked a social media storm.
Cumbria Police revealed on Wednesday that they had launched a 12 month investigation into claims of sexual and physical abuse by an organised gang who were said to have trafficked girls and young women across the north of England.
An independent review team was called in to assess their handling of the investigation and safeguarding surrounding it.
Today the force said the only charges to arise from the investigation was against a young woman. In a statement it said: ‘Cumbria Constabulary can confirm that a 19-year-old woman, from Barrow-in-Furness, is subject of ongoing criminal proceedings.
‘She was charged with seven counts of perverting the course of justice on 26th March 2020 and was released on bail.
‘She has subsequently been arrested on 20th May for breach of her bail conditions and has been remanded in custody, court date to be notified. ‘
In the girl’s shocking social media post, she’d claimed she was put into a car on Tuesday and taken to an address so that three Asian men could have sex with her.
‘Afterwards I was beaten because I was in debt to these men for not attending “parties” for over seven weeks due to coronavirus,’ she wrote.
One of the pictures posted online by the teenage girl, showing bruising from the alleged abuse. The allegations are now the subject of a thorough police investigation
One of the pictures posted online by the teenage girl, showing bruising from the alleged abuse. The allegations are now the subject of a thorough police investigation
‘The organisers of the party decided to beat me to teach me a lesson. They decided that I don’t learn from being battered as I’ve received beatings before’.
She claimed her alleged abusers began to hack off one of her fingers as a punishment for ‘continuing to make the same mistakes’.
One of them ‘waved a knife around’ while he and others in the gang threatened to kill her.
The girl supported her claims with a series of photographs showing her with black eyes, bruising to both her face and body, and what appear to be cigarette burns.
Responding to the public’s horror at the social media post today, Cumbria’s Head of Crime and safeguarding, Det Chief Supt Dean Holden, reiterated that there had been a robust response to the allegation.
Det Chief Holden said: ‘What I can say about this particular scenario is that Cumbria Constabulary have been undertaking an operational investigation for nearly 12 months now that has been looking at specific allegations of abuse.
‘That investigation has involved a dedicated investigative team, a senior investigating officer and significant resources dedicated to it.
‘As a result of that investigation I can say that an individual has been charged with some offences. I have to be very careful what I say about that because I do not want to undermine any judicial processes, but what I can say is that the investigation was subjected to an independent peer review in March this year.
The girl posted this picture of her thumb covered in blood
‘That review was conducted by subject matter experts nationally, qualified and experienced in investigating sexual abuse and physical violence.
‘Whilst that review did give us some minor recommendations the outcome was that the investigation was conducted with utmost integrity, transparency and professionalism.
‘More importantly our safeguarding approach had been very robust and professional, which we had taken with partner agencies.
‘So I want to reassure people this is not something we had ignored or otherwise dismissed, it is something we have taken extremely seriously and we have sought an independent review to ensure that our investigation is transparent and professional.
‘What I would say is, when the question is asked, “Is there an organised gang of Asian men in Barrow conducting abuse or other exploitation against individuals?”
‘Our investigation has shown that has not been corroborated or otherwise evidenced.
‘Here in Cumbria Constabulary we are not complacent, we are humble and if individuals think they have information that suggests that is the scenario or have any information about abuse, sexual abuse or physical abuse they must contact us and put those reports in.
‘We will take them very seriously and will do our utmost to investigate them and more importantly safeguard and support victims of crime. We have a really good relationship with our partner agencies and have been really well supported.’
The girl alleged she had been both physically and sexually abused by the gang over a number of years.
She also claimed that despite the police investigation into her own case, other teenagers in the area are still being attacked and trafficked.
She claimed: ‘I am not the only girl in (the area) who has gone through this or is going through this. I know plenty of girls involved – including girls from away.
‘This is local men and men from away. These are mostly Pakistani men and some are business owners. I wish I could name all of those involved, but due to current ongoing investigations I’m not allowed’.
She had finally come forward after ‘years of me being trafficked to places across Manchester, Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cumbria…mostly Leeds, Huddersfield, Oldham, Preston, Blackpool, Lancaster and Morecambe.
‘I have been to other places as well as attending “parties” locally. This is to have sex with Asian men with me receiving nothing for it’.
She adds: ‘These are evil yet clever men. They know how to manipulate, convince and threaten girls into staying. When they can’t, they use extreme violence.
‘I used to believe that these people loved me. I realise now that they used me for their own gain and profit. They have beaten me on multiple occasions, sometimes for no reason at all.
‘They have given me drugs to the point I was nearly addicted to heroin. They have stripped me naked, beaten me and dumped me in the middle of nowhere with nothing…no money, phone, ID, clothes, shoes, nothing.
‘They did this once in winter (when) I got found with bad hypothermia. They have broken my ribs and many bones in my face. They have split my ear, cut my throat, attempted to cut my boobs and nipples off.
One of the pictured posted to social media by the teenage girl. Last night Cumbria Police confirmed it was investigating an incident of physical and sexual abuse
‘They have carved words into my body, branded me with letters. They have disclocated my elbow, they have stabbed me, they have burnt me and used me as an ashtray to stamp cigarettes out.
‘They have beaten me black (and blue). I have had a bleed on the brain from a head injury. I have lost some vision in one of my eyes from being smacked so badly.
‘Now I have had my finger cut. They have put lit petrol rags and threatening letters through my letter box, they have followed me home, tried to drown me, strangled me and they have stalked me’.
She claimed members of the gang were sometimes armed and had either waved their guns around or else held them to her head.
For years she tried to cover up the abuse by claiming she had hurt herself in accidents. Her suffering caused her to attempt suicide as a way to escape.
‘I lost all my self-respect and didn’t actually care if I was killed because at least then all this would be over. I know now that this has gone too far and everything is not ok. I have scars across my body that won’t go away, but even worse I have memories that won’t disappear’.
‘I am incredibly lucky not to be dead already. I thought the only way I could escape this life was to marry one of them, get pregnant or kill myself’.
Girl X insists she will continue to tell the police everything she knows so she can help them ‘fix this’. She believes she deserves justice and will feel ‘so proud of myself’ if she can achieve it by bringing her alleged abusers to trial.
She wants other girls to be aware of the issue of grooming and to remember that ‘if a man asks you to keep it a secret it’s usually because what he is doing is wrong’.
Under-age girls should be shown the ‘disturbing’ images of her abuse if their families or friends felt it would help frighten them into staying clear of the gangs.
They might see the attention given to them by such men as ‘fun and nice at the start’, but the photographs represented the reality of ‘how it ends’.
Article posted with permission from Pamela Geller


thewashingtonstandard--2020-05-21--The Slippery Slope to Despotism: Paved with Lockdowns, Raids & Forced Vaccinations

You have no rights .
That ’ s the lesson the government wants us to learn from this COVID-19 business .
Well , the government is wrong .
For years now , the powers-that-be—those politicians and bureaucrats who think like tyrants and act like petty dictators regardless of what party they belong to—have attempted to brainwash us into believing that we have no right to think for ourselves , make decisions about our health , protect our homes and families and businesses , act in our best interests , demand accountability and transparency from government , or generally operate as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ own lives .
We have every right , and you know why ?
Because we were born free .
As the Declaration of Independence states , we are endowed by our Creator with certain inalienable rights—to life , liberty , property and the pursuit of happiness—that no government can take away from us .
Unfortunately , that hasn ’ t stopped the government from constantly trying to usurp our freedoms at every turn .
Indeed , the nature of government is such that it invariably oversteps its limits , abuses its authority , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this COVID-19 crisis , for example .
What started out as an apparent effort to prevent a novel coronavirus from sickening the nation ( and the world ) has become yet another means by which world governments ( including our own ) can expand their powers , abuse their authority , and further oppress their constituents .
Until now , the police state has been more circumspect in its power grabs , but this latest state of emergency has brought the beast out of the shadows .
We are on a slippery slope @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are traveling is paved with lockdowns , SWAT team raids , mass surveillance and forced vaccinations .
It is littered with the debris of our First and Fourth Amendment freedoms .
This is what we have to look forward to in the months and years to come unless we can find some way to regain control over our runaway government .
The government has made no secret of its plans .
Just follow the money trail , and you ’ ll get a sense of what ’ s in store : more militarized @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more surveillance , more lockdowns , more strong-armed tactics aimed at suppressing dissent and forcing us to comply with the government ’ s dictates .
It ’ s chilling to think about , but it ’ s not surprising .
Remember that Pentagon training video created by the Army for U.S. Special Operations Command ?
The one that anticipates the future domestic political and social problems the government is grooming its armed forces to solve through the use of martial law ?
The chilling five-minute training video , obtained by The Intercept through @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , paints a dystopian picture of the future bedeviled by “ criminal networks , ” “ substandard infrastructure , ” “ religious and ethnic tensions , ” “ impoverishment , slums , ” “ open landfills , over-burdened sewers , ” a “ growing mass of unemployed , ” and an urban landscape in which the prosperous economic elite must be protected from the impoverishment of the have nots .
But here ’ s the kicker : what they ’ re really talking about is martial law , packaged as a well-meaning and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ security .
This COVID-19 crisis is pushing us that much closer to that dystopian vision becoming a present-day reality .
For starters , let ’ s talk about the COVID-19 stormtroopers , SWAT team raids and ongoing flare-ups of police brutality .
With millions of dollars in stimulus funds being directed towards policing agencies across the country , the federal government plans to fight this COVID-19 virus with riot gear , gas masks , ballistic helmets , drones , and hi-tech surveillance technology .
Indeed , although crime rates have fallen dramatically in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , there ’ s been no relief from the brutality and violence of the American police state .
While the majority of the country has been social distancing under varying degrees of lockdowns , it ’ s been business as usual for the nation ’ s SWAT teams and police trained to shoot first and ask questions later .
In Kentucky , plain-clothed cops in unmarked cars used a battering ram to break down Breonna Taylor ’ s door and carry out a no-knock raid on her home after midnight .
Fearing a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ technician and her boyfriend—who had been in bed at the time of the invasion—called 911 and prepared to defend themselves .
Taylor ’ s boyfriend shot one of the intruders—later identified as police—in the leg .
Police fired at least 20 shots into the apartment and a neighboring home , killing Taylor .
The drug dealer who was the target of the late-night raid lived 10 miles away and had already been arrested prior to the raid on Taylor ’ s home .
In Illinois , police opened fire in a subway station @ @ @ @ @ @ @ resisted their attempts to tackle and arrest him for violating a city ordinance by passing between two cars of a moving train .
Ariel Roman , a short-order cook , claimed he was suffering from an anxiety attack when he was “ harassed , chased , tackled , pepper-sprayed , tasered and shot twice ” by police .
In Maryland , police dispatched on a nuisance call to break up a crowd of neighborhood kids ( half of them teenagers , and the other half youngsters around 4 and 5 years old ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ opened fire on a 29-year-old man seen exiting his car with a gun .
An eyewitness claimed “ the officer pointed a flashlight and his gun at the group immediately and began chasing and shooting a minute or two after getting out of the patrol car.
” Police reportedly shot the man after he threw down his gun and ran in the opposite direction .
In Virginia , more than 80 local , state , and federal police agents risked spreading COVID-19 to “ a highly vulnerable population ” when they raided a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an effort to crack down on six individuals suspected of selling , on average , $ 20 to $ 100 worth of drugs .
In Texas , a SWAT team backed up with a military tank Armored Personnel Carrier raided Big Daddy Zane ’ s Bar whose owner and patrons were staging a peaceful First and Second Amendment protest of the governor ’ s shutdown orders .
Police have even been called out to shut down churches , schools and public parks and beaches that have been found “ in violation ” of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s talk of mobilizing the military to deliver forced vaccinations , mass surveillance in order to carry out contact tracing , and heavy fines and jail time for those who dare to venture out without a mask , congregate in worship without the government ’ s blessing , or re-open their businesses without the government ’ s say-so .
There are rumblings that the Transportation Security Administration ( TSA ) will start thermal screenings to monitor passengers ’ temperatures in coming weeks .
This is in addition to the virtual strip searches that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Restaurants in parts of the country are being tasked with keeping daily logs of phone numbers , emails , and arrival times for everybody who participates in dine-services , with no mention of how long such records will be kept on file , with whom they will be shared , and under what circumstances .
With the help of Google and Nest cameras , hospitals are morphing into real-time surveillance centers with round-the-clock surveillance cameras monitoring traffic in patients ’ rooms .
Forget patient privacy , however .
Google has a track @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
And then rounding out the power-grabs , the Senate just voted to give police access to web browsing data without a warrant , which would dramatically expand the government ’ s Patriot Act surveillance powers .
The Senate also voted to give Attorney General William Barr the ability to look through the web browsing history of any American — including journalists , politicians , and political rivals — without a warrant , just by saying it is relevant to an investigation .
If enacted , privacy experts warn that the new provisions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ potentially preventing the media from exposing abuses of power or acting as a watchdog against political leaders .
If we haven ’ t already crossed over , we ’ re skating dangerously close to that line that keeps us on the functioning side of a constitutional republic .
It won ’ t take much to push us over that edge into a full-blown banana republic .
In many ways , this is just more of the same heavy-handed tactics we ’ ve been seeing in recent years but with one major difference : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government officials ( and those who view their lives as more valuable than ours ) with a sanctimonious , self-righteous , arrogant , Big Brother Knows Best approach to top-down governing , and the fall-out can be seen far and wide .
It ’ s an ugly , self-serving mindset that views the needs , lives and rights of “ we the people ” as insignificant when compared to those in power .
That ’ s how someone who should know better such as Alan Dershowitz , a former Harvard law professor , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ freedom , endowed by their Creator with inalienable rights , and living in a country birthed out of a revolutionary struggle for individual liberty—have no rights to economic freedom , to bodily integrity , or to refuse to comply with a government order with which they disagree .
According to Dershowitz , who has become little more than a legal apologist for the power elite , “ You have no right not to be vaccinated , you have no right not to wear a mask , you have no right to open up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be vaccinated , the state has the power to literally take you to a doctor ’ s office and plunge a needle into your arm.
” Dershowitz is wrong : while the courts may increasingly defer to the government ’ s brand of Nanny State authoritarianism , we still have rights .
The government may try to abridge those rights , it may refuse to recognize them , it may even attempt to declare martial law and nullify them , but it can not litigate , legislate or forcefully eradicate them out of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ ve been largely passive participants in this experiment in self-governance .
Our inaction and inattention has left us at the mercy of power-hungry politicians , corrupt corporations and brutal , government-funded militias .
As I make clear in my book Battlefield America : The War on the American People , these ongoing violations of our rights—this attitude by the government that we have no rights—this tyrannical movement that is overtaking our constitutional republic and gaining in momentum and power by the minute—this incessant auction block in which government officials appointed to represent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the highest bidder—all of these betrayals scream for a response .
To quote the great Rod Serling : “ If we don ’ t listen to that scream—and if we don ’ t respond to it—we may well wind up sitting amidst our own rubble , looking for the truck that hit us—or the bomb that pulverized us .
Get the license number of whatever it was that destroyed the dream .
And I think we will find that the vehicle was registered in our own name .
”

“You have no right not to be vaccinated, you have no right not to wear a mask, you have no right to open up your business… And if you refuse to be vaccinated, the state has the power to literally take you to a doctor’s office and plunge a needle into your arm.”—Alan Dershowitz, Harvard law professor
You have no rights.
That’s the lesson the government wants us to learn from this COVID-19 business.
Well, the government is wrong.
For years now, the powers-that-be—those politicians and bureaucrats who think like tyrants and act like petty dictators regardless of what party they belong to—have attempted to brainwash us into believing that we have no right to think for ourselves, make decisions about our health, protect our homes and families and businesses, act in our best interests, demand accountability and transparency from government, or generally operate as if we are in control of our own lives.
We have every right, and you know why? Because we were born free.
As the Declaration of Independence states, we are endowed by our Creator with certain inalienable rights—to life, liberty, property and the pursuit of happiness—that no government can take away from us.
Unfortunately, that hasn’t stopped the government from constantly trying to usurp our freedoms at every turn. Indeed, the nature of government is such that it invariably oversteps its limits, abuses its authority, and flexes its totalitarian muscles.
Take this COVID-19 crisis, for example.
What started out as an apparent effort to prevent a novel coronavirus from sickening the nation (and the world) has become yet another means by which world governments (including our own) can expand their powers, abuse their authority, and further oppress their constituents.
Until now, the police state has been more circumspect in its power grabs, but this latest state of emergency has brought the beast out of the shadows.
We are on a slippery slope to outright despotism.
This road we are traveling is paved with lockdowns, SWAT team raids, mass surveillance and forced vaccinations. It is littered with the debris of our First and Fourth Amendment freedoms.
This is what we have to look forward to in the months and years to come unless we can find some way to regain control over our runaway government.
The government has made no secret of its plans.
Just follow the money trail, and you’ll get a sense of what’s in store: more militarized police, more SWAT team raids, more surveillance, more lockdowns, more strong-armed tactics aimed at suppressing dissent and forcing us to comply with the government’s dictates.
It’s chilling to think about, but it’s not surprising.
We’ve been warned.
Remember that Pentagon training video created by the Army for U.S. Special Operations Command? The one that anticipates the future domestic political and social problems the government is grooming its armed forces to solve through the use of martial law?
The chilling five-minute training video, obtained by The Intercept through a FOIA request and made available online, paints a dystopian picture of the future bedeviled by “criminal networks,” “substandard infrastructure,” “religious and ethnic tensions,” “impoverishment, slums,” “open landfills, over-burdened sewers,” a “growing mass of unemployed,” and an urban landscape in which the prosperous economic elite must be protected from the impoverishment of the have nots.
But here’s the kicker: what they’re really talking about is martial law, packaged as a well-meaning and overriding concern for the nation’s security.
This COVID-19 crisis is pushing us that much closer to that dystopian vision becoming a present-day reality.
For starters, let’s talk about the COVID-19 stormtroopers, SWAT team raids and ongoing flare-ups of police brutality.
With millions of dollars in stimulus funds being directed towards policing agencies across the country, the federal government plans to fight this COVID-19 virus with riot gear, gas masks, ballistic helmets, drones, and hi-tech surveillance technology.
Indeed, although crime rates have fallen dramatically in the midst of this global COVID-19 lockdown, there’s been no relief from the brutality and violence of the American police state.
While the majority of the country has been social distancing under varying degrees of lockdowns, it’s been business as usual for the nation’s SWAT teams and police trained to shoot first and ask questions later.
In Kentucky, plain-clothed cops in unmarked cars used a battering ram to break down Breonna Taylor’s door and carry out a no-knock raid on her home after midnight. Fearing a home invasion, the 26-year-old emergency medical technician and her boyfriend—who had been in bed at the time of the invasion—called 911 and prepared to defend themselves. Taylor’s boyfriend shot one of the intruders—later identified as police—in the leg. Police fired at least 20 shots into the apartment and a neighboring home, killing Taylor. The drug dealer who was the target of the late-night raid lived 10 miles away and had already been arrested prior to the raid on Taylor’s home.
In Illinois, police opened fire in a subway station, shooting a 33-year-old man who allegedly resisted their attempts to tackle and arrest him for violating a city ordinance by passing between two cars of a moving train. Ariel Roman, a short-order cook, claimed he was suffering from an anxiety attack when he was “harassed, chased, tackled, pepper-sprayed, tasered and shot twice” by police.
In Maryland, police dispatched on a nuisance call to break up a crowd of neighborhood kids( half of them teenagers, and the other half youngsters around 4 and 5 years old) gathered in an apartment complex parking lot opened fire on a 29-year-old man seen exiting his car with a gun. An eyewitness claimed “the officer pointed a flashlight and his gun at the group immediately and began chasing and shooting a minute or two after getting out of the patrol car.” Police reportedly shot the man after he threw down his gun and ran in the opposite direction.
In Virginia, more than 80 local, state, and federal police agents risked spreading COVID-19 to “a highly vulnerable population” when they raided a low income, public housing community in an effort to crack down on six individuals suspected of selling, on average, $20 to $100 worth of drugs.
In Texas, a SWAT team backed up with a military tank Armored Personnel Carrier raided Big Daddy Zane’s Bar whose owner and patrons were staging a peaceful First and Second Amendment protest of the governor’s shutdown orders.
Police have even been called out to shut down churches, schools and public parks and beaches that have been found “in violation” of various lockdown orders.
Now there’s talk of mobilizing the military to deliver forced vaccinations, mass surveillance in order to carry out contact tracing, and heavy fines and jail time for those who dare to venture out without a mask, congregate in worship without the government’s blessing, or re-open their businesses without the government’s say-so.
There are rumblings that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will start thermal screenings to monitor passengers’ temperatures in coming weeks. This is in addition to the virtual strip searches that have become routine aspects of airport security.
Restaurants in parts of the country are being tasked with keeping daily logs of phone numbers, emails, and arrival times for everybody who participates in dine-services, with no mention of how long such records will be kept on file, with whom they will be shared, and under what circumstances.
With the help of Google and Nest cameras, hospitals are morphing into real-time surveillance centers with round-the-clock surveillance cameras monitoring traffic in patients’ rooms. Forget patient privacy, however. Google has a track record of sharing surveillance footage with police.
And then rounding out the power-grabs, the Senate just voted to give police access to web browsing data without a warrant, which would dramatically expand the government’s Patriot Act surveillance powers. The Senate also voted to give Attorney General William Barr the ability to look through the web browsing history of any American — including journalists, politicians, and political rivals — without a warrant, just by saying it is relevant to an investigation. If enacted, privacy experts warn that the new provisions threaten to undermine the free press by potentially preventing the media from exposing abuses of power or acting as a watchdog against political leaders.
If we haven’t already crossed over, we’re skating dangerously close to that line that keeps us on the functioning side of a constitutional republic. It won’t take much to push us over that edge into a full-blown banana republic.
In many ways, this is just more of the same heavy-handed tactics we’ve been seeing in recent years but with one major difference: this COVID-19 state of emergency has invested government officials (and those who view their lives as more valuable than ours) with a sanctimonious, self-righteous, arrogant, Big Brother Knows Best approach to top-down governing, and the fall-out can be seen far and wide.
It’s an ugly, self-serving mindset that views the needs, lives and rights of “we the people” as insignificant when compared to those in power.
That’s how someone who should know better such as Alan Dershowitz, a former Harvard law professor, can suggest that a free people—born in freedom, endowed by their Creator with inalienable rights, and living in a country birthed out of a revolutionary struggle for individual liberty—have no rights to economic freedom, to bodily integrity, or to refuse to comply with a government order with which they disagree.
According to Dershowitz, who has become little more than a legal apologist for the power elite, “You have no right not to be vaccinated, you have no right not to wear a mask, you have no right to open up your business… And if you refuse to be vaccinated, the state has the power to literally take you to a doctor’s office and plunge a needle into your arm.”
Dershowitz is wrong: while the courts may increasingly defer to the government’s brand of Nanny State authoritarianism, we still have rights.
The government may try to abridge those rights, it may refuse to recognize them, it may even attempt to declare martial law and nullify them, but it cannot litigate, legislate or forcefully eradicate them out of existence.
Up to now, we’ve been largely passive participants in this experiment in self-governance. Our inaction and inattention has left us at the mercy of power-hungry politicians, corrupt corporations and brutal, government-funded militias.
Wake up, America.
As I make clear in my book Battlefield America: The War on the American People, these ongoing violations of our rights—this attitude by the government that we have no rights—this tyrannical movement that is overtaking our constitutional republic and gaining in momentum and power by the minute—this incessant auction block in which government officials appointed to represent our best interests keep selling us out to the highest bidder—all of these betrayals scream for a response.
To quote the great Rod Serling: “If we don’t listen to that scream—and if we don’t respond to it—we may well wind up sitting amidst our own rubble, looking for the truck that hit us—or the bomb that pulverized us. Get the license number of whatever it was that destroyed the dream. And I think we will find that the vehicle was registered in our own name.”
Article posted with permission from John Whitehead


thewashingtonstandard--2020-05-22--The Gates of Hell: Remove The Gatekeeper & Seal The Doors

Bill Gates is the gatekeeper to many gates .
Whereas he may not hold the keys , he is the host and the central bank that provides access behind each closed door .
He is at the heart of every major agenda .
The level of control spans much farther than the United States of America , though a vast amount of the funding originates here .
These heavily guarded gates are direct access to manifest , control , and monopolize some of the largest and arguably most important industries to man .
Controlling these gates means control of wealth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ health , narratives , minds , land , industries , and everyone ’ s future , if it is not stopped .
Corey ’ s Digs has reported on Gates ’ interests and operations for years , to paint a fuller picture of everything he is involved with , because it is far more extensive than most people realize .
Timelines , maps , business relationships , investments , incoming funding and outgoing grants , tax returns , direct quotes , interviews , and documentation in each report all reveal that Bill Gates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ risk lives , rather than the humanitarian he proclaims himself to be .
Some will say , “ he ’ s just a face , ” and perhaps that is true – but that “ face ” runs the central bank for what could be likened to as the mafia , which makes him a very dangerous player .
One thing Bill Gates doesn ’ t seem to have accounted for , despite his alleged “ genius , ” is the fact that his Godlike ego drove him to quite literally be the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bill Gates be removed from the equation , they will be hard pressed to create and build up an instant persona they can play off as their next “ humanitarian philanthropist ” that ’ s out to save the world .
Sure , there are many of them out there , and a great deal of players involved , but they have put all their eggs in one basket when it comes to Bill Gates forging the way .
In light of the coronavirus , many people across the globe have been researching @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , who he is connected with , and where his funds are allocated .
Below is a breakdown of comprehensive investigative reports that Corey ’ s Digs has conducted on Bill Gates over the past few years .
There are extensive timelines , great detail reflecting his cash flow and investments , and an enormous amount of information backed with evidence to show the connections throughout his many endeavors .
• With billions in funding from the U.S. , partnerships with the WHO and other UN factions , buying the media , universities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and hundreds of NGOs , Gates rules the healthcare industry in its entirety .
The WHO is only one part of the equation , and they need to be cutoff immediately as well , especially considering Gates has funded them $ 3.5 billion .
He controls the vaccine industry through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , GAVI , and CEPI .
There have been $ 4.1 billion in injury and death claims against the vaccine industry , and those are just cases that have been brought forth and settled .
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Fund and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation .
The Global Fund has contributed to scores of NGOs , including George Soros ’ Open Health Institute and Paul Farmer ’ s and Jim Yong Kim ’ s Partners in Health , the ones leading the way on contact tracing for COVID-19 .
Yes , Bill Gates and the UN control the healthcare industry , and the cash flow illustrates that quite well .
This in-depth video explains it all .
• He was raised by , and grew up with eugenicists , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ day .
This is an extensive timeline going back to the early 1900s that shows how eugenicists paved the way to so-called modern medicine , by changing the terminology to terms like “ biotechnology ” and “ genetics ” while continuing to carry out experimentation on human beings .
• Bill Gates is very involved with “ Climate Change ” – one of the many billion-dollar-industry hoaxes perpetrated on Americans .
He created the company Breakthrough Energy in 2015 , along with a group of 28 high net-worth investors from 10 countries .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ with Warren Buffet in 2010 , that has over 200 billionaires from 22 countries that also like to rule the world .
Gates takes climate change so far , he ’ s entered the world of “ geoengineering ” with Harvard researchers .
According to an article in Forbes , they launched a project called the Stratospheric Controlled Perturbation Experiment which entails launching a steerable balloon in the southwest US 20 kilometers into the stratosphere to release particles of calcium carbonate in an attempt to suck CO2 from the atmosphere and limit sunlight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
And yes , they refer to it as “ geoengineering.
” • Sustainable infrastructure and climate change are then used to capitalize on the tourism industry on islands throughout the Caribbean .
Gates is up to his eyeballs in this with the Clintons and numerous other nefarious characters .
These islands are all along the drug and human trafficking routes .
• Why stop there , when you can take hold of the food industry as well ?
Gates has invested in the meat industry , or should we say non-meat ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Yes , lab grown .
• Aside from his large investments in Monsanto to push the GMO industry , in 2006 , Gates founded the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa ( AGRA ) with the Rockefeller Foundation , to exploit Africa .
• The abortion industry , gender equality , and the transgender agenda are also areas Gates heavily funds , which is no surprise being as his father was the head of Planned Parenthood long ago .
He has always been about population control , so it fits like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his creation , and Gates invests heavily in technology , especially if it has the word “ bio ” in front of it .
Gates likes databases filled with useful information to achieve his goals , especially DNA , such as the 40,000 DNA samples he scraped from 23andMe .
A good chunk of the technology Gates is invested in ties back to the healthcare industry .
• One of the biggest things Bill Gates invests in is the control of narratives .
He does this through media , scientific research , universities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how could he possibly pull all of this off without controlling the narrative ?
All of this is sprinkled throughout Corey ’ s Digs reports that are linked in this article .
• In summation of most of his endeavors , he went for the big one – the pandemic .
Gates is involved in every single phase , funding , and rollout of controlling people via the COVID-19 virus .
He has stacked the deck , using every resource he has , and has found himself in a vaccine battle with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recently the FDA shut his at-home testing kits down in the Seattle area .
Of course , Gates is trying to “ resolve ” this with the FDA so he can continue his data collection .
He has also funded Partners in Health ( PIH ) over $ 44 million dollars throughout the years .
PIH is the non-profit that also worked with the Clintons in destroying Haiti , and is currently at the center of the contact tracing multiple-state surveillance program on Americans .
Think of all that glorious data for Bill @ @ @ @ @ @ @ day , Bill Gates is heavily involved with every major agenda to manufacture industries , manipulate the masses while garnering billions of dollars , and trying to control the global population as he and his cohorts see fit .
The doors to the Gates of hell need to be forged closed and the keys thrown away , his assets seized , and Bill Gates himself confined to a small room with no outside contact .
Period .
The level of crimes against humanity that have taken place under his direction could be likened @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his wife Melinda was recently donning an upside-down cross on The Today Show , informing people that “ our economy can ’ t reopen until we address the caregiving crisis ” while suggesting the Trump administration has handled the pandemic poorly .
Snopes , which was created in 1994 to control narratives , did their best to combat this one by making the claim it is “ mostly false.
” It ’ s either an upside-down cross or it ’ s not .
It ’ s quite evident in the perfectly clear video @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wearing an upside-down cross , but Snopes chose to take the angle that “ according to the Church of Satan , an upside-down or inverted cross is not an official symbol of loyalty , ” while posting a very blurry photo of the cross under the claim that the video was poor quality .
Well , there you have it , everyone must be a bunch of conspiracy theorists .
The Gates ’ have always been about serving themselves , not humanity .
It ’ s time to remove the gatekeeper from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ closed for good !
Article posted with permission from Corey Lynn , originally posted at CoreysDigs.com

Bill Gates is the gatekeeper to many gates. Whereas he may not hold the keys, he is the host and the central bank that provides access behind each closed door. He is at the heart of every major agenda. The level of control spans much farther than the United States of America, though a vast amount of the funding originates here. These heavily guarded gates are direct access to manifest, control, and monopolize some of the largest and arguably most important industries to man.
Controlling these gates means control of wealth, policies, priorities, population, health, narratives, minds, land, industries, and everyone’s future, if it is not stopped.
Corey’s Digs has reported on Gates’ interests and operations for years, to paint a fuller picture of everything he is involved with, because it is far more extensive than most people realize. Timelines, maps, business relationships, investments, incoming funding and outgoing grants, tax returns, direct quotes, interviews, and documentation in each report all reveal that Bill Gates is an investor who is willing to risk lives, rather than the humanitarian he proclaims himself to be. Some will say, “he’s just a face,” and perhaps that is true – but that “face” runs the central bank for what could be likened to as the mafia, which makes him a very dangerous player.
One thing Bill Gates doesn’t seem to have accounted for, despite his alleged “genius,” is the fact that his Godlike ego drove him to quite literally be the face for all of it. Should Bill Gates be removed from the equation, they will be hard pressed to create and build up an instant persona they can play off as their next “humanitarian philanthropist” that’s out to save the world. Sure, there are many of them out there, and a great deal of players involved, but they have put all their eggs in one basket when it comes to Bill Gates forging the way.
In light of the coronavirus, many people across the globe have been researching what Bill Gates is really involved with, who he is connected with, and where his funds are allocated. Below is a breakdown of comprehensive investigative reports that Corey’s Digs has conducted on Bill Gates over the past few years. There are extensive timelines, great detail reflecting his cash flow and investments, and an enormous amount of information backed with evidence to show the connections throughout his many endeavors.
The Ten Gates of Hell
At the end of the day, Bill Gates is heavily involved with every major agenda to manufacture industries, manipulate the masses while garnering billions of dollars, and trying to control the global population as he and his cohorts see fit.
The doors to the Gates of hell need to be forged closed and the keys thrown away, his assets seized, and Bill Gates himself confined to a small room with no outside contact. Period. The level of crimes against humanity that have taken place under his direction could be likened to Lucifer himself. In fact, his wife Melinda was recently donning an upside-down cross on The Today Show, informing people that “our economy can’t reopen until we address the caregiving crisis” while suggesting the Trump administration has handled the pandemic poorly. Snopes, which was created in 1994 to control narratives, did their best to combat this one by making the claim it is “mostly false.” It’s either an upside-down cross or it’s not. It’s quite evident in the perfectly clear video that she is, in fact, wearing an upside-down cross, but Snopes chose to take the angle that “according to the Church of Satan, an upside-down or inverted cross is not an official symbol of loyalty,” while posting a very blurry photo of the cross under the claim that the video was poor quality. Well, there you have it, everyone must be a bunch of conspiracy theorists.
The Gates’ have always been about serving themselves, not humanity. It’s time to remove the gatekeeper from the Gates of hell and seal those doors closed for good!
Article posted with permission from Corey Lynn, originally posted at CoreysDigs.com


thewashingtonstandard--2020-05-22--No Pandemic Exceptions In The Constitution – Why Is The DOJ Not Chiding DC Politicians?

No Pandemic Exceptions In The Constitution – Why Is The DOJ Not Chiding DC Politicians ?
This week , the DOJ sent another letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom blasting him for his tyrannical lockdown and infringing on the rights of Californians .
In the letter was mentioned that there is no pandemic exception to the US Constitution and its Bill of Rights to engage in such behavior .
While the letter was correct in stating this , the question becomes : Why not address the acts of the White House and DC politicians and bureaucrats on the same matter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or Daughter of Liberty : https : //thesonsofliberty.squarespace.com/membership/ Article posted with permission from Sons of Liberty Media SonsOfLibertyMedia.com , Minds , MeWe , Spreely , Tim Brown is an author and Editor at FreedomOutpost.com GunsInTheNews.com and TheWashingtonStandard.com .
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No Pandemic Exceptions In The Constitution – Why Is The DOJ Not Chiding DC Politicians?
This week, the DOJ sent another letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom blasting him for his tyrannical lockdown and infringing on the rights of Californians. In the letter was mentioned that there is no pandemic exception to the US Constitution and its Bill of Rights to engage in such behavior. While the letter was correct in stating this, the question becomes: Why not address the acts of the White House and DC politicians and bureaucrats on the same matter?
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