thewashingtonstandard--2020-02-20--The 5-Year Descent & Crash Of The Boy Scouts

This week , the Boy Scouts of America ( BSA ) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after mounting sexual abuse claims and allegations of sexual misconduct by adults within the organization .
Apparently , sexual abuse settlements have severely strained the BSA ’ s finances ; this has been exacerbated by some states having recently passed laws that allow victims to sue for damages even if the abuse occurred outside criminal statutes of limitations .
The bankruptcy filing temporarily halts hundreds of lawsuits the BSA is currently facing .
According to Seattle lawyer Michael Pfau , who has represented @ @ @ @ @ @ @ two dozen states , the cases represent “ thousands of perpetrators ” and “ tens of thousands of victims.
” By all accounts , BSA is handling the situation as gracefully as anyone could under the circumstances , with plans to set up a compensation trust and pledges to provide “ equitable compensation to victims.
” Apart from acknowledging the undeniable ignominy of this once highly respected organization facing hundreds of lawsuits stemming from the sexual abuse of children , one next wonders how an outfit with a 110-year history of teaching boys @ @ @ @ @ @ @ community stewards wound up plummeting from such heights .
Submitted for your consideration : In July of 2015 , the Boy Scouts of America announced that it was lifting its national ban on homosexual adult leaders .
This came after years of activist pressure , during which the BSA was encouraged to admit homosexual Scouts , Scout leaders and , finally , girls to their ranks .
whether the BSA brass believed they had no choice in knuckling-under to LGBTQ activism , or whether a preponderance of the leadership supported the LGBTQ agenda @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so dutifully capitulated to the PC Mafia however , it ’ s highly unlikely that we ’ re going to see a BSA spokesman in front of a news camera saying , “ Well , you let all these f*****s into the organization , and of course this is going to be the result.
” True though it may be … Some may remember the contrived , self-serving doctrine the LGBTQ lobby trotted out when parents and others voiced concerns that allowing homosexuals to serve as scoutmasters and to occupy other positions of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of children being sexually abused : Gay men don ’ t molest boys ; it ’ s straight men who are the pedophiles .
Well , we now know this to be patently false .
Homosexuals were allowed into the Boy Scouts .
The BSA is now experiencing an epidemic of sexual misconduct and lawsuits .
This was not the case prior to their admittance of homosexuals into the organization .
At this point , denying the correlation is as irrational as denying the existence of gravity .
As I ’ ve said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ driven by powerful elites who know that a sexually dysfunctional , gender-confused population is easier to control than a morally grounded one .
Their constituency is comprised of the sexually dysfunctional , gender-confused people who ’ ve been cultivated over the last few decades .
The latter have been encouraged to believe that their sexual proclivities and malignant activism are unalienable rights .
Last week in an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal , biologists Colin M. Wright and Emma N. Hilton asserted that that sex is binary and there is no “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and their supporters have arbitrarily declared .
I find it chilling that we need biologists to remind us of that fact at this juncture .
Inasmuch as the left ’ s stock-in-trade ( and by extension , that of the LGBTQ lobby ) is deceit and intimidation , however , there are millions of Americans who are now willing to deny thousands of years of biological imperatives and history , embracing the profoundly conceited worldview that we can simply unravel our societal fabric at the whims of a handful of deviants without consequence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has even corrupted many conservatives who resisted aspects of the LGBTQ agenda 30 years ago , but who can now be heard to say , “ Well , there ’ s nothing wrong with being gay .
… ” I doubt that any will admit it , but such conservatives have simply bowed to peer pressure and the intimidation of the left .
As far as the detrimental impact their capitulation has produced in our society goes , they prefer to remain in denial than risk censure – which makes them only slightly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Those on the left will no more admit a correlation between instances of sexual misconduct in the Boy Scouts and the admission of homosexuals into the organization than they will acknowledge a correlation between violence perpetrated by Muslims and the fact that they are Muslims .
The fact remains , however : When you foster moral ambivalence today , you wind up with a greater degree of moral turpitude tomorrow .
This has been maintained by theologians , philosophers and historians alike for millennia .
We reap what we sow .
We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and that the “ cultural experiment ” which began with the Sexual Revolution of the 1960s has failed miserably .

This week, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after mounting sexual abuse claims and allegations of sexual misconduct by adults within the organization. Apparently, sexual abuse settlements have severely strained the BSA’s finances; this has been exacerbated by some states having recently passed laws that allow victims to sue for damages even if the abuse occurred outside criminal statutes of limitations.
The bankruptcy filing temporarily halts hundreds of lawsuits the BSA is currently facing.
According to Seattle lawyer Michael Pfau, who has represented hundreds of Boy Scout victims in over two dozen states, the cases represent “thousands of perpetrators” and “tens of thousands of victims.” By all accounts, BSA is handling the situation as gracefully as anyone could under the circumstances, with plans to set up a compensation trust and pledges to provide “equitable compensation to victims.”
Apart from acknowledging the undeniable ignominy of this once highly respected organization facing hundreds of lawsuits stemming from the sexual abuse of children, one next wonders how an outfit with a 110-year history of teaching boys how to become virtuous men and good community stewards wound up plummeting from such heights.
Submitted for your consideration: In July of 2015, the Boy Scouts of America announced that it was lifting its national ban on homosexual adult leaders. This came after years of activist pressure, during which the BSA was encouraged to admit homosexual Scouts, Scout leaders and, finally, girls to their ranks.
whether the BSA brass believed they had no choice in knuckling-under to LGBTQ activism, or whether a preponderance of the leadership supported the LGBTQ agenda is anyone’s guess. Having so dutifully capitulated to the PC Mafia however, it’s highly unlikely that we’re going to see a BSA spokesman in front of a news camera saying, “Well, you let all these f*****s into the organization, and of course this is going to be the result.”
True though it may be …
Some may remember the contrived, self-serving doctrine the LGBTQ lobby trotted out when parents and others voiced concerns that allowing homosexuals to serve as scoutmasters and to occupy other positions of authority might lead to an increased risk of children being sexually abused: Gay men don’t molest boys; it’s straight men who are the pedophiles.
Well, we now know this to be patently false. Homosexuals were allowed into the Boy Scouts. The BSA is now experiencing an epidemic of sexual misconduct and lawsuits. This was not the case prior to their admittance of homosexuals into the organization.
At this point, denying the correlation is as irrational as denying the existence of gravity.
As I’ve said before: The LGBTQ agenda is being driven by powerful elites who know that a sexually dysfunctional, gender-confused population is easier to control than a morally grounded one. Their constituency is comprised of the sexually dysfunctional, gender-confused people who’ve been cultivated over the last few decades. The latter have been encouraged to believe that their sexual proclivities and malignant activism are unalienable rights.
Last week in an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, biologists Colin M. Wright and Emma N. Hilton asserted that that sex is binary and there is no “gender spectrum,” as LGBTQ activists and their supporters have arbitrarily declared.
I find it chilling that we need biologists to remind us of that fact at this juncture. Inasmuch as the left’s stock-in-trade (and by extension, that of the LGBTQ lobby) is deceit and intimidation, however, there are millions of Americans who are now willing to deny thousands of years of biological imperatives and history, embracing the profoundly conceited worldview that we can simply unravel our societal fabric at the whims of a handful of deviants without consequence.
In fact, this perverse paradigm has even corrupted many conservatives who resisted aspects of the LGBTQ agenda 30 years ago, but who can now be heard to say, “Well, there’s nothing wrong with being gay. …”
I doubt that any will admit it, but such conservatives have simply bowed to peer pressure and the intimidation of the left. As far as the detrimental impact their capitulation has produced in our society goes, they prefer to remain in denial than risk censure – which makes them only slightly better than the rabid activists they criticize.
Those on the left will no more admit a correlation between instances of sexual misconduct in the Boy Scouts and the admission of homosexuals into the organization than they will acknowledge a correlation between violence perpetrated by Muslims and the fact that they are Muslims. The fact remains, however: When you foster moral ambivalence today, you wind up with a greater degree of moral turpitude tomorrow. This has been maintained by theologians, philosophers and historians alike for millennia.
We reap what we sow. We now have replete empirical evidence for this, and that the “cultural experiment” which began with the Sexual Revolution of the 1960s has failed miserably.
Article posted with permission from Erik Rush


thewashingtonstandard--2020-02-20--Google Cloud Manager’s Wife Found Dead – He Was Arrested For Her Murder Hours After Claiming She Was

Google Cloud Manager ’ s Wife Found Dead – He Was Arrested For Her Murder Hours After Claiming She Was Missing During Hawaii Vacation Sonam Saxena , 43 , reported his wife Smriti missing on Tuesday evening saying she vanished after an asthma attack during a stroll on a secluded beach .
Shortly thereafter , Saxena was arrested on suspicion of committing the murder of his wife .
The Daily Mail has the story : Harvard-educated Sonam Saxena , 43 , reported his wife Smriti missing on Tuesday claiming the 41-year-old mother-of-two had vanished during a late night stroll on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , in South Kohala .
The couple , from Bellevue , Washington , were on vacation with their two daughters aged 13 and eight to celebrate their eldest child ’ s birthday – a trip they take every year .
He said Smriti , a business program manager for Microsoft , suffered an asthma attack and disappeared while he went to get her inhaler from their room at the Waikoloa Beach Marriott Resort .
Police found a body yesterday morning near where she was last seen and arrested Saxena a few hours later @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Hawaii Police Department has not yet released the identity of the body but said in a statement that it was ‘ located in the general area where Smriti Saxena was reported as a missing person and last seen Tuesday evening.
’ The statement added : ‘ The identity of the female body is being withheld pending positive identification and notification of next of kin .
‘ Sonam Saxena has been arrested on the count of murder in the second-degree as detectives are continuing this investigation .
‘ An autopsy is scheduled to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ On February 19 , Saxena tweeted , “ @ GovHawaii my wife has been missing since last night and @ Hawaii_Police is busy giving interviews to media about body recovered , but is unwilling to pick up my phone cc : @ bigislandnews @ BIPressClub @ BITVHawaii ” I ’ m sorry but does it seem strange to tweet out something like this about your missing wife on Twitter ?
It does to me .
Furthermore , he wrote on his LinkedIn account : ‘ My wife Smriti Saxena is missing .
Can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I can tell my daughters where their Mom is # help.
’ Saxena also gave an interview with West Hawaii Today and described how his wife went missing after they had been drinking at the Lava Lava Beach Club and decided to go for a stroll on the beach .
He said : ‘ She got an asthma attack right there on the beach and she was feeling weak and she didn ’ t want to walk all the way back because it ’ s almost a 20-minute walk back from that beach @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I said , ‘ hey , you know what ?
You stay here , you have your phone with you and I ’ ll just go to the room grab your inhaler and pump and come back.
’ When he returned ’ 40 to 50 minutes ’ later he found her purse , phone , credit card and driver ’ s license were all there but she had gone .
He said : ‘ I was disturbed because why would she leave her purse and her phone on the beach and head back @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seemed really odd , ’ he said .
‘ So I rushed back to the room .
I checked the room and I saw that she wasn ’ t in the room .
So I went down stairs and that ’ s when I dialed 911.
’ Saxena said he helped police and security officers scour the area .
‘ We called out for her but there was nothing , ’ he said .
‘ No response.
’ Even more strange is the fact that less than 45 minutes prior to the above @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Gender Pronouns Can Be Tricky on Campus .
Harvard Is Making Them Stick .
http : //dlvr.it/RQKZdh.
” Perhaps people in technology just think different , I don ’ t know , but something doesn ’ t seem quite right in all of this .
In December , Robert Epstein , the man who blew the whistle on Google ’ s election meddling , discovered that his wife , who was only 29 years old , died in a car crash .
Is this going to end up being a long string @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Google ?
I ’ m not sure , but one thing is for sure , Google was funded by the CIA with American tax dollars in violation of the US Constitution , and they are also engaged in blatant censorship of free political speech as well as open treason .
• Silicon Valley Sharia : Apple and Google Are Ilhan Omar ’ s Top 2020 Campaign Donors As Republicans Continue To Be Censored • Confirmed : US Tech Giants Developing Social Credit System For US To Mirror China • Another Google Whistleblower @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bias • Google Insider Turns Over 950 Pages Of Docs & Laptop To DOJ • More Proof That Google Is Manipulating Our Elections Whether this man is guilty or not remains to be seen , but one thing is for sure , his company certainly is guilty , and so is the CIA and congressmen and the executive branch for funding them to invest in start-up tech companies .
These are crimes , thefts in fact , against the people of the united States .
Article posted with permission from Sons of Liberty @

Google Cloud Manager’s Wife Found Dead – He Was Arrested For Her Murder Hours After Claiming She Was Missing During Hawaii Vacation
Editor’s Note: An earlier version of the story added a second tweet from Saxena that was said to have been less than 45 minutes prior to his tweet regarding his wife. It was actually more than 12 hours earlier. The story has been corrected and that tweet has been removed.
Sonam Saxena, 43, reported his wife Smriti missing on Tuesday evening saying she vanished after an asthma attack during a stroll on a secluded beach. Shortly thereafter, Saxena was arrested on suspicion of committing the murder of his wife.
The Daily Mail has the story:
Harvard-educated Sonam Saxena, 43, reported his wife Smriti missing on Tuesday claiming the 41-year-old mother-of-two had vanished during a late night stroll on a secluded beach south of Anaehoomalu Bay, in South Kohala.
The couple, from Bellevue, Washington, were on vacation with their two daughters aged 13 and eight to celebrate their eldest child’s birthday – a trip they take every year.
He said Smriti, a business program manager for Microsoft, suffered an asthma attack and disappeared while he went to get her inhaler from their room at the Waikoloa Beach Marriott Resort.
Harvard-educated Sonam Saxena, 43, reported his wife Smriti missing on Tuesday claiming the 41-year-old mother-of-two had vanished during a late night stroll on a secluded beach south of Anaehoomalu Bay, in South Kohala
Lava Lava Beach Club in Waikoloa near where her husband said she went missing during a late night stroll on Tuesday
Harvard-educated Sonam Saxena, 43, reported his wife Smriti missing on Tuesday claiming the 41-year-old mother-of-two had vanished during a late night stroll on a secluded beach south of Anaehoomalu Bay, in South Kohala
Sonam Saxena, 43, was arrested after a body was found near Anaehoomalu Bay, in South Kohala (pictured) the morning after he had reported her missing
Police found a body yesterday morning near where she was last seen and arrested Saxena a few hours later on suspicion of second degree murder.
The Hawaii Police Department has not yet released the identity of the body but said in a statement that it was ‘located in the general area where Smriti Saxena was reported as a missing person and last seen Tuesday evening.’
The statement added: ‘The identity of the female body is being withheld pending positive identification and notification of next of kin.
‘Sonam Saxena has been arrested on the count of murder in the second-degree as detectives are continuing this investigation.
‘An autopsy is scheduled to determine the exact cause of death.’
On February 19, Saxena tweeted, “@GovHawaii my wife has been missing since last night and @Hawaii_Police is busy giving interviews to media about body recovered, but is unwilling to pick up my phone cc: @bigislandnews @BIPressClub @BITVHawaii”
@GovHawaii my wife has been missing since last night and @Hawaii_Police is busy giving interviews to media about body recovered, but is unwilling to pick up my phone cc: @bigislandnews @BIPressClub @BITVHawaii https://t.co/oYAGld6WDv — Sonam Saxena (@SonamSaxena) February 19, 2020
I’m sorry but does it seem strange to tweet out something like this about your missing wife on Twitter? It does to me.
Furthermore, he wrote on his LinkedIn account: ‘My wife Smriti Saxena is missing. Can you please promote this tweet so that I can tell my daughters where their Mom is #help.’
Saxena also gave an interview with West Hawaii Today and described how his wife went missing after they had been drinking at the Lava Lava Beach Club and decided to go for a stroll on the beach.
He said: ‘She got an asthma attack right there on the beach and she was feeling weak and she didn’t want to walk all the way back because it’s almost a 20-minute walk back from that beach to our room.
‘So, I said, ‘hey, you know what? You stay here, you have your phone with you and I’ll just go to the room grab your inhaler and pump and come back.’
When he returned ’40 to 50 minutes’ later he found her purse, phone, credit card and driver’s license were all there but she had gone.
He said: ‘I was disturbed because why would she leave her purse and her phone on the beach and head back to the room.
‘It just seemed really odd,’ he said. ‘So I rushed back to the room. I checked the room and I saw that she wasn’t in the room. So I went down stairs and that’s when I dialed 911.’
Saxena said he helped police and security officers scour the area.
‘We called out for her but there was nothing,’ he said. ‘No response.’
Perhaps people in technology just think different, I don’t know, but something doesn’t seem quite right in all of this.
In December, Robert Epstein, the man who blew the whistle on Google’s election meddling, discovered that his wife, who was only 29 years old, died in a car crash.
Is this going to end up being a long string of deaths of wives of people tied to Google? I’m not sure, but one thing is for sure, Google was funded by the CIA with American tax dollars in violation of the US Constitution, and they are also engaged in blatant censorship of free political speech as well as open treason.
Whether this man is guilty or not remains to be seen, but one thing is for sure, his company certainly is guilty, and so is the CIA and congressmen and the executive branch for funding them to invest in start-up tech companies.
These are crimes, thefts in fact, against the people of the united States.
Article posted with permission from Sons of Liberty Media


thewashingtonstandard--2020-02-20--Just How Much Money Has The Government Spent At Trump Properties?  It Won’t Give An Account To The P

Just How Much Money Has The Government Spent At Trump Properties?  It Won’t Give An Account To The People

Trump ’ s company says it charges only minimal fees .
But Secret Service records do not show that .
At Trump ’ s Mar-a-Lago Club , the Secret Service was charged the $ 650 rate dozens of times in 2017 , and a different rate , $ 396.15 , dozens more times in 2018 , according to documents from Trump ’ s visits .
And at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster , the Secret Service was charged $ 17,000 a month to use a three-bedroom cottage on the property , an unusually high rent for homes in that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Trump ’ s company billed the government even for days when Trump wasn ’ t there .
Eric Trump , The Trump Organization executive vice president and the president ’ s son , told Yahoo Finance last year , said of hosting events like the 2020 G-7 , “ If my father travels , they stay at our properties for free , ” Trump said .
“ So everywhere that he goes , if he stays at one of his places , the government actually spends , meaning it saves a fortune @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a hotel across the street , they ’ d be charging them $ 500 a night , whereas , you know we charge them , like $ 50.
” Apparently , someone is not being honest here .
The Post ’ s figures — adding up to $ 471,000 — are far from complete because government agencies have resisted disclosing their spending at Trump properties .
“ He ’ s paying our money to himself , ” the Post ’ s David Fahrenthold said in our latest episode of “ Trump , Inc. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more we haven ’ t seen.
” While the president has visited his properties on nearly a third of his days since he took office , the Secret Service has not listed its spending on Trump properties in a public database of federal spending .
And some of what has been disclosed has been misleading .
The Post discovered that the nearly dozen payments listed as “ Trump National Golf Club ” were actually made to Mar-a-Lago , which is not a golf club .
The White House did not respond to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The Secret Service said it always “ balances operational security with judicious allocation of resources.
” It did not explain why it hadn ’ t disclosed the spending in the government ’ s public database .
And the Trump Organization said it ’ s not currently charging the Secret Service $ 650 per room per night .
They also stated , “ There are still plenty of questions .
For one : Why has the Secret Service spent hundreds of thousands of dollars at the Trump hotel in Washington , D.C. , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not visiting ?
” So far , though they have asked for answers , they haven ’ t gotten any .
The people have a right to know how that money is being spent and on what .
Clearly , when it comes to this issue , if Trump wants to provide all those things for free , he is more than capable of doing so , but if he is charging for it , then it is just a clear conflict of interest .

Trump’s company says it charges only minimal fees. But Secret Service records do not show that.
At Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club, the Secret Service was charged the $650 rate dozens of times in 2017, and a different rate, $396.15, dozens more times in 2018, according to documents from Trump’s visits.
And at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster, the Secret Service was charged $17,000 a month to use a three-bedroom cottage on the property, an unusually high rent for homes in that area, according to receipts from 2017. Trump’s company billed the government even for days when Trump wasn’t there.
Eric Trump, The Trump Organization executive vice president and the president’s son, told Yahoo Finance last year, said of hosting events like the 2020 G-7, “If my father travels, they stay at our properties for free,” Trump said. “So everywhere that he goes, if he stays at one of his places, the government actually spends, meaning it saves a fortune because if they were to go to a hotel across the street, they’d be charging them $500 a night, whereas, you know we charge them, like $50.”
Apparently, someone is not being honest here.
ProPublica added:
The Post’s figures — adding up to $471,000 — are far from complete because government agencies have resisted disclosing their spending at Trump properties.
“He’s paying our money to himself,” the Post’s David Fahrenthold said in our latest episode of “Trump, Inc.” “There must be so much more we haven’t seen.”
While the president has visited his properties on nearly a third of his days since he took office, the Secret Service has not listed its spending on Trump properties in a public database of federal spending. And some of what has been disclosed has been misleading. The Post discovered that the nearly dozen payments listed as “Trump National Golf Club” were actually made to Mar-a-Lago, which is not a golf club.
The White House did not respond to the Post’s questions about the payments. The Secret Service said it always “balances operational security with judicious allocation of resources.” It did not explain why it hadn’t disclosed the spending in the government’s public database. And the Trump Organization said it’s not currently charging the Secret Service $650 per room per night.
They also stated, “There are still plenty of questions. For one: Why has the Secret Service spent hundreds of thousands of dollars at the Trump hotel in Washington, D.C., even on days when the president was not visiting?”
So far, though they have asked for answers, they haven’t gotten any.
The people have a right to know how that money is being spent and on what. Clearly, when it comes to this issue, if Trump wants to provide all those things for free, he is more than capable of doing so, but if he is charging for it, then it is just a clear conflict of interest.


thewashingtonstandard--2020-02-20--UK:  Muslim Child Rape/Sex Trafficking, Grooming Gang Jailed For ‘Systematic’ Sexual Abuse Of Hudder

UK:  Muslim Child Rape/Sex Trafficking, Grooming Gang Jailed For ‘Systematic’ Sexual Abuse Of Huddersfield Schoolgirls

The refusal of British authorities to pursue these Muslim rape gangs sex trafficking in non-Muslim schoolgirls was one of the catastrophic consequences of the Islamization of the UK .
Because the sharia ( not offending or criticizing Islam ) trumps child rape , human trafficking , child marriage , Muslim rape/grooming gangs .
“ I lost count of how many men I was forced to have sex with.
” Close to a million British non-Muslim tweens and tweens were treated with the same callous scorn and inhumanity in the cause of sharia and “ islamophobia sensitivity ” .
Authorities did @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their young victims from their terrible ordeals , often due to fears over being labelled racist.
” Sex slavery and rape of the infidel is sanctioned and rewarded under Islam .
Muslim clerics all over the world confirm the right to have sex slaves .
It is in the Qur ’ an — the word of Allah .
Islamic doctrines command Muslim men to hate all non-Muslims and to see women—especially infidel women—as little more than sex objects ( or , in the words of a Muslim who recently murdered a Christian girl @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Christian girls are only meant for one thing : the [ sexual ] pleasure of Muslim men.
” Seven men who ‘ systematically groomed and exploited ’ two schoolgirls are facing years behind bars .
The gang ‘ viewed the girls as merely objects , to be used and abused at will ’ , Leeds Crown Court heard .
Usman Ali , Banaras Hussain , Abdul Majid , Gul Riaz and three other defendants who can not be named were found guilty of a total of 10 counts of rape and two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Huddersfield area between 1995 and 2007 .
Jurors heard both girls , who were vulnerable and had low self-esteem , were deliberately targeted by older men who made them feel special by plying them with cigarettes , alcohol and drugs .
THEY WERE THEN RAPED BY SCORES OF STRANGERS IN CARS , PARKS , HOTELS AND FLATS .
PROSECUTOR KATE BATTY SAID THE FIRST VICTIM WAS INTRODUCED TO OLDER MEN BY A SCHOOL FRIEND AND SOON FOUND HERSELF REGULARLY ‘ OUT OF IT ’ .
She said the youngster ‘ didn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ she was abused and gradually came to see ‘ absolutely no way out of this life ’ , ChronicleLive reported .
Ms Batty continued : ‘ By the time she was 15 years old , [ she ] estimates that she had had sex with up to 300 men .
‘ Not because she wanted to , or because she was freely consenting to that sex , but because she became utterly corrupted and was made to believe that she had no choice.
’ Banaras Hussain was convicted of one count of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ heard the girl ’ s family begged social services ‘ time and time again ’ for help protecting her , only to be told she ‘ must love it if she keeps going back ’ .
Referring to the second victim , then aged 15 , Ms Batty told jurors : ‘ The final straw for her was when she was thrown out of a car with her trousers round her ankles , having had sex with two or three of the men in the car – she can ’ t remember [ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 34 , and Riaz , 43 , both from Huddersfield , were each convicted of two counts of rape .
Riaz was also found guilty of two counts of indecent assault .
Hussain , 39 , from Shipley , was found guilty of one count of rape and Majid , 36 , from Huddersfield , was convicted of two counts of rape .
The three other men , in their thirties , were each found guilty of one count of rape .
All seven will be sentenced on Wednesday .

The refusal of British authorities to pursue these Muslim rape gangs sex trafficking in non-Muslim schoolgirls was one of the catastrophic consequences of the Islamization of the UK. Because the sharia (not offending or criticizing Islam) trumps child rape, human trafficking, child marriage, Muslim rape/grooming gangs.
“Passed around like meat.”
“I lost count of how many men I was forced to have sex with.”
Close to a million British non-Muslim tweens and tweens were treated with the same callous scorn and inhumanity in the cause of sharia and “islamophobia sensitivity”.
Authorities did little to tackle the abusers or save their young victims from their terrible ordeals, often due to fears over being labelled racist.”
Sex slavery and rape of the infidel is sanctioned and rewarded under Islam. Muslim clerics all over the world confirm the right to have sex slaves. It is in the Qur’an — the word of Allah. Islamic doctrines command Muslim men to hate all non-Muslims and to see women—especially infidel women—as little more than sex objects (or, in the words of a Muslim who recently murdered a Christian girl in Pakistan for refusing him sex, “Christian girls are only meant for one thing: the [sexual] pleasure of Muslim men.”
GROOMING GANG JAILED FOR ‘SYSTEMATIC’ SEXUAL ABUSE OF HUDDERSFIELD SCHOOLGIRLS
By: Sam Corbishley,Metro, February 18, 2020:
Seven men who ‘systematically groomed and exploited’ two schoolgirls are facing years behind bars.
The gang ‘viewed the girls as merely objects, to be used and abused at will’, Leeds Crown Court heard.
Usman Ali, Banaras Hussain, Abdul Majid, Gul Riaz and three other defendants who cannot be named were found guilty of a total of 10 counts of rape and two indecent assaults against two young girls in the Huddersfield area between 1995 and 2007.
Jurors heard both girls, who were vulnerable and had low self-esteem, were deliberately targeted by older men who made them feel special by plying them with cigarettes, alcohol and drugs.
THEY WERE THEN RAPED BY SCORES OF STRANGERS IN CARS, PARKS, HOTELS AND FLATS. PROSECUTOR KATE BATTY SAID THE FIRST VICTIM WAS INTRODUCED TO OLDER MEN BY A SCHOOL FRIEND AND SOON FOUND HERSELF REGULARLY ‘OUT OF IT’.
She said the youngster ‘didn’t know their names half the time’ she was abused and gradually came to see ‘absolutely no way out of this life’, ChronicleLive reported. Ms Batty continued: ‘By the time she was 15 years old, [she] estimates that she had had sex with up to 300 men. ‘Not because she wanted to, or because she was freely consenting to that sex, but because she became utterly corrupted and was made to believe that she had no choice.’
Banaras Hussain was convicted of one count of rape (Picture: PA) Jurors heard the girl’s family begged social services ‘time and time again’ for help protecting her, only to be told she ‘must love it if she keeps going back’.
Referring to the second victim, then aged 15, Ms Batty told jurors: ‘The final straw for her was when she was thrown out of a car with her trousers round her ankles, having had sex with two or three of the men in the car – she can’t remember [how many].’
Ali, 34, and Riaz, 43, both from Huddersfield, were each convicted of two counts of rape. Riaz was also found guilty of two counts of indecent assault. Hussain, 39, from Shipley, was found guilty of one count of rape and Majid, 36, from Huddersfield, was convicted of two counts of rape.
The three other men, in their thirties, were each found guilty of one count of rape. All seven will be sentenced on Wednesday.
Article posted with permission from Pamela Geller


thewashingtonstandard--2020-02-21--The Bernie Sanders Rape Essay That Let’s His Female Supporters Know That He Thinks They Are Sluts

The Bernie Sanders Rape Essay That Let ’ s His Female Supporters Know That He Thinks They Are Sluts Not only did presidential candidate and all-around Socialist Bernie Sanders write a rape essay in which he claimed men fantasize about beating women up and women fantasize about being raped , but he defended it , along with writing about children being gang-raped .
Of course , here are some of the little nuggets that young Bernie thought were so enlightening , courtesy of Deplorable Kel .
A man goes home and masturbates his typical fantasy .
A woman on her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a woman abused .
A woman enjoys intercourse with her man — as she fantasizes being raped by 3 men simultaneously .
The man and woman get dressed up on Sunday — and go to Church , or maybe to their ‘ revolutionary ’ political meeting .
Have you ever looked at the Stag , Man , Hero , Tough magazines on the shelf of your local bookstore ?
Do you know why the newspaper with the articles like ‘ Girl 12 raped by 14 men ’ sell so well ?
To what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ brushed it off as nothing more than another version of 50 Shades of Grey , which to be honest , it just might be that , but the fact that he defends such writings as though they are wholesome and healthy is sickening , but we shouldn ’ t be surprised .
In the end , Sanders is running for the nomination of the party that supports all sorts of sexual perversions , and the murder of the unborn when people can ’ t save sex for marriage and the woman conceives .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ rapists .
One in particular who was our former president , Bill Clinton .
The things that Bernie wrote are not merely thoughts in his head , they are thoughts of the commission of crimes that he merely passes off as mere entertainment .
One wonders if Sanders has ever beaten a woman or raped a woman when he expresses such thoughts .
So again , no one should be surprised the old Bernie is holding fast to his own fantasies while trying to push them off as though the people are guilty @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a lot of people are going to feel the Bern in 2020 , unless those who are the greater elitists get to him first .

The Bernie Sanders Rape Essay That Let’s His Female Supporters Know That He Thinks They Are Sluts
Not only did presidential candidate and all-around Socialist Bernie Sanders write a rape essay in which he claimed men fantasize about beating women up and women fantasize about being raped, but he defended it, along with writing about children being gang-raped.
Of course, here are some of the little nuggets that young Bernie thought were so enlightening, courtesy of Deplorable Kel.
A man goes home and masturbates his typical fantasy. A woman on her knees, a woman tied up, a woman abused.
A woman enjoys intercourse with her man — as she fantasizes being raped by 3 men simultaneously.
The man and woman get dressed up on Sunday — and go to Church, or maybe to their ‘revolutionary’ political meeting.
Have you ever looked at the Stag, Man, Hero, Tough magazines on the shelf of your local bookstore? Do you know why the newspaper with the articles like ‘Girl 12 raped by 14 men’ sell so well? To what in us are they appealing?
Sanders brushed it off as nothing more than another version of 50 Shades of Grey, which to be honest, it just might be that, but the fact that he defends such writings as though they are wholesome and healthy is sickening, but we shouldn’t be surprised.
In the end, Sanders is running for the nomination of the party that supports all sorts of sexual perversions, and the murder of the unborn when people can’t save sex for marriage and the woman conceives.
They are also a party that supports rapists.
One in particular who was our former president, Bill Clinton.
The things that Bernie wrote are not merely thoughts in his head, they are thoughts of the commission of crimes that he merely passes off as mere entertainment. One wonders if Sanders has ever beaten a woman or raped a woman when he expresses such thoughts.
So again, no one should be surprised the old Bernie is holding fast to his own fantasies while trying to push them off as though the people are guilty of having them.
It looks like a lot of people are going to feel the Bern in 2020, unless those who are the greater elitists get to him first.


thewashingtonstandard--2020-02-21--Ghislaine Maxwell Confidante Says She Told Her “Epstein & I Have Everyone On Videotape”

Ghislaine Maxwell Confidante Says She Told Her “ Epstein & I Have Everyone On Videotape ” According to a new report out from The Telegraph , a socialite friend of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell with ties close to the royal family claims that she has spoken to the FBI about her friendship with Ms. Maxwell and says that Maxwell confided in her that “ Epstein and I have everyone on videotape.
” • Mystery “ Hacker ” Emerges In Ongoing Saga Of Jeffrey Epstein – Photos & Video Of High Profile Guests About To Be Unleashed ?
• Unearthed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Recruit More Women – “ The Younger , The Better ” According to The Telegraph : Ghislaine Maxwell told a former acquaintance that she and Jeffrey Epstein had “ everything on videotape , ” it has been claimed .
Christina Oxenberg , a socialite and distant relative of the royals , said Ms Maxwell also once told her that Epstein had purchased his own helicopter because commercial pilots were “ eyes and ears ” they did not need .
She revealed she had spoken to the FBI about what she had been told @ @ @ @ @ @ @ met Maxwell in the early 1990s and said she would never forget a conversation the pair once had in Maxwell ’ s home .
Several sources have also claimed that Epstein secretly filmed his guests using hidden surveillance cameras scattered throughout his Manhattan mansion .
“ We were alone , ” she said .
“ She said many things .
All creepy .
Unorthodox .
Strange .
I could not believe whatever she was saying was real .
Stuff like : ‘ Jeffrey and I have everyone on videotape.
’ ” That ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Oxenberg claims the Maxwell told her that Epstein purchased a helicopter for her when she obtained her pilot ’ s certificate .
“ Jeffrey doesn ’ t trust commercial helicopter pilots , ” she is alleged to have said .
“ They are eyes and ears we don ’ t need .
And I can do anything .
You see , I don ’ t make mistakes .
I am indispensable to Jeffrey .
“ This way nobody knows who ’ s going to the island , ” she added .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and privacy.
” Ms. Oxenberg wrote on the Patreon website : “ When I told the FBI all of this they said they knew about the helicopter but they didn ’ t know why .
“ I was able to provide them why , ” she continued .
“ So that Epstein and Maxwell could conceal what they were up to .
Proving they knew they were up to no good.
” There continues to be an ongoing investigation , at least that is what we are told , of possible conspirators with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ghislaine Maxwell & Others Under Investigation For Epstein Ties • Former Israeli Intel Official Claims Jeffrey Epstein & Ghislaine Maxwell Worked for Israel • Uncovered : Email Between Prince Andrew & Ghislaine Maxwell : “ Got Some Questions To Ask You About Virginia Roberts ” My guess is that we haven ’ t seen diddly out of the Trump administration regarding justice , and my guess is that those tapes have been secured never to be seen again , destroyed , or quite possibly used by Mossad to blackmail US representatives .
• @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Disappear ?
• CIA , Mossad & “ Epstein Network ” : The Jeffrey Epstein Case Was About A Lot More Than Just Underage Girls • How Government & Media Are Prepping America for a Failed 2020 Election • NYC Taxpayers Spending Millions on Cyber Center with Controversial Ties to Israeli Intelligence • Cybereason : Why A Shadowy Tech Firm With Ties To Israeli Intelligence Is Running Doomsday Election Simulations The obvious question is : Who are in the group “ everyone ” and where are those tapes ?
Maxwell has been accused @ @ @ @ @ @ @ facilitating and participating in sexual crimes .
She has vehemently denied the claims and has not been charged with any crimes in connection to Epstein ’ s activities .
If true , we wonder who exactly was taped ?
And of course : Article posted with permission from Sons Of Liberty Media

Ghislaine Maxwell Confidante Says She Told Her “Epstein & I Have Everyone On Videotape”
According to a new report out from The Telegraph, a socialite friend of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell with ties close to the royal family claims that she has spoken to the FBI about her friendship with Ms. Maxwell and says that Maxwell confided in her that “Epstein and I have everyone on videotape.”
According to The Telegraph:
Ghislaine Maxwell told a former acquaintance that she and Jeffrey Epstein had “everything on videotape,” it has been claimed.
Christina Oxenberg, a socialite and distant relative of the royals, said Ms Maxwell also once told her that Epstein had purchased his own helicopter because commercial pilots were “eyes and ears” they did not need.
She revealed she had spoken to the FBI about what she had been told.
Ms Oxenberg, 57, first met Maxwell in the early 1990s and said she would never forget a conversation the pair once had in Maxwell’s home.
…
Several sources have also claimed that Epstein secretly filmed his guests using hidden surveillance cameras scattered throughout his Manhattan mansion.
“We were alone,” she said. “She said many things. All creepy. Unorthodox. Strange. I could not believe whatever she was saying was real. Stuff like: ‘Jeffrey and I have everyone on videotape.’”
That’s not all, regarding the helicopter, Oxenberg claims the Maxwell told her that Epstein purchased a helicopter for her when she obtained her pilot’s certificate.
“Jeffrey doesn’t trust commercial helicopter pilots,” she is alleged to have said. “They are eyes and ears we don’t need. And I can do anything. You see, I don’t make mistakes. I am indispensable to Jeffrey.
“This way nobody knows who’s going to the island,” she added. “This way we have anonymity and secrecy and privacy.”
Ms. Oxenberg wrote on the Patreon website: “When I told the FBI all of this they said they knew about the helicopter but they didn’t know why.
“I was able to provide them why,” she continued. “So that Epstein and Maxwell could conceal what they were up to. Proving they knew they were up to no good.”
There continues to be an ongoing investigation, at least that is what we are told, of possible conspirators with Epstein and Maxwell.
My guess is that we haven’t seen diddly out of the Trump administration regarding justice, and my guess is that those tapes have been secured never to be seen again, destroyed, or quite possibly used by Mossad to blackmail US representatives.
The obvious question is: Who are in the group “everyone” and where are those tapes?
Tyler Durden offers these thoughts in pictures.
Maxwell has been accused by several alleged Epstein victims of both facilitating and participating in sexual crimes. She has vehemently denied the claims and has not been charged with any crimes in connection to Epstein’s activities.
If true, we wonder who exactly was taped?
And of course:
Article posted with permission from Sons Of Liberty Media


thewashingtonstandard--2020-02-21--North Carolina Gets 7 Years For Arresting People For Heroin, Stealing It From Sheriff’s Office & Sel

North Carolina Gets 7 Years For Arresting People For Heroin, Stealing It From Sheriff’s Office & Selling It

A Haywood County , North Carolina detective was sentenced to just over 7 years in prison after breaking into the evidence locker of the Haywood County Sheriff ’ s Office and stealing heroin that belonged to people he arrested , and then turning around and selling it .
Jack Burns of The Free Thought Project has the story .
Haywood County , NC — A Haywood County detective was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison this week for breaking into the evidence locker and dealing heroin .
Kevin Smathers was terminated from the Haywood County Sheriff ’ s Office ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crimes were discovered and the State Bureau of Investigations ( SBI ) was asked to come and investigate .
During his time as a detective , Smathers was undoubtedly responsible for putting drug dealers behind bars—only to become one himself .
After the scandal came to light , the Sheriff ’ s Office asked for outside auditors to take inventory of the evidence room .
Following the audit , in the Spring of 2019 , Smathers was indicted on 16 counts of breaking and entering ( Evidence Room ) and 1 count of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the HCSO in 2007 and eventually worked his way up to being appointed as a detective within the department .
Sheriff Greg Christopher issued the following press release which reads in part : Apparently worse than substandard police work , Smathers ’ actions undermined not only the community ’ s trust but also the judicial process for each and every suspect with which he had contact .
Any defense attorney worth his weight in salt would now be poised to help get his/her clients released because the deputy turned detective has now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In other words , each and every case in which someone went to jail or prison under this bad cop runs the risk of being overturned .
Not only are overturned convictions at stake but those who ’ ve been wrongfully arrested may be able to have not only their convictions overturned but might be entitled to financial compensation as well .
Christopher has since hired a full-time staffer to manage the evidence room , presumably to prevent a recurrence of the theft .
The sheriff also alluded to the erosion of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Along with Smathers ’ 90-120 months in prison , the former police detective has been ordered to pay a mandatory $ 100,000 fine .
Sheriff Christopher ’ s earlier statement made at the time of the arrest sums up what he perceived to be the damage done when Smathers ’ crimes rose to the surface .
He wrote : The mandatory prison terms and fines associated with the detective ’ s sentencing further underscores the need for the government to cease its War on Drugs .
Jailing a drug addict only delays @ @ @ @ @ @ @ release from jail , almost always returns to the drug .
Society must take contemplative approaches as to how we treat drug addicts .
Putting drug users in prison with violent , hardened criminals , not only does nothing to reform the person , it only adds to the degradation of individuals and leads to a morally bankrupt society .
In the end , the people paid this man ’ s salary to commit the crimes he committed and then are going to turn around to keep him up for the next seven @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and their property being held hostage for immoral taxes .
Somehow , I don ’ t think justice has been served .
Article posted with permission from Sons Of Liberty Media

A Haywood County, North Carolina detective was sentenced to just over 7 years in prison after breaking into the evidence locker of the Haywood County Sheriff’s Office and stealing heroin that belonged to people he arrested, and then turning around and selling it.
Jack Burns of The Free Thought Project has the story.
Haywood County, NC — A Haywood County detective was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison this week for breaking into the evidence locker and dealing heroin. Kevin Smathers was terminated from the Haywood County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) in August 2018 after his crimes were discovered and the State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) was asked to come and investigate. During his time as a detective, Smathers was undoubtedly responsible for putting drug dealers behind bars—only to become one himself.
After the scandal came to light, the Sheriff’s Office asked for outside auditors to take inventory of the evidence room. Following the audit, in the Spring of 2019, Smathers was indicted on 16 counts of breaking and entering (Evidence Room) and 1 count of trafficking opium or heroin.
Smathers started with the HCSO in 2007 and eventually worked his way up to being appointed as a detective within the department. Sheriff Greg Christopher issued the following press release which reads in part:
This situation is devastating for so many people — for the employees of this office who work incredibly hard every day to meet high performance standards this line of work requires, and for our citizens who place their trust in law enforcement to help them when they are in need.
Apparently worse than substandard police work, Smathers’ actions undermined not only the community’s trust but also the judicial process for each and every suspect with which he had contact. Any defense attorney worth his weight in salt would now be poised to help get his/her clients released because the deputy turned detective has now been proven to be unreliable and incredible.
In other words, each and every case in which someone went to jail or prison under this bad cop runs the risk of being overturned. Not only are overturned convictions at stake but those who’ve been wrongfully arrested may be able to have not only their convictions overturned but might be entitled to financial compensation as well.
Christopher’s statement continues:
I am very sorry for the pain Kevin’s family has endured as a result of this incident and will continue endure…This incident caused our office to review and completely revamp our evidence policy and procedures to include a 100 percent item-by-item audit conducted by an independent company.
Christopher has since hired a full-time staffer to manage the evidence room, presumably to prevent a recurrence of the theft. The sheriff also alluded to the erosion of the community’s trust while saying:
For years, our office has worked very hard to build and maintain a level of professionalism and integrity that our law-abiding citizens can be proud of, and we are committed to continuing this environment of trust and effectiveness that our communities deserve.
Along with Smathers’ 90-120 months in prison, the former police detective has been ordered to pay a mandatory $100,000 fine. Sheriff Christopher’s earlier statement made at the time of the arrest sums up what he perceived to be the damage done when Smathers’ crimes rose to the surface. He wrote:
We ask the citizens of our county who have placed their trust in our office to remember this deeply concerning situation does not align in any way with the ethics and integrity of this office…We will continue to work diligently in our communities to cultivate trust and partnerships that enhance the quality of life for our citizens.
The mandatory prison terms and fines associated with the detective’s sentencing further underscores the need for the government to cease its War on Drugs. Jailing a drug addict only delays the inevitable. The addict, upon release from jail, almost always returns to the drug.
Society must take contemplative approaches as to how we treat drug addicts. Putting drug users in prison with violent, hardened criminals, not only does nothing to reform the person, it only adds to the degradation of individuals and leads to a morally bankrupt society.
In the end, the people paid this man’s salary to commit the crimes he committed and then are going to turn around to keep him up for the next seven years at the expense of both themselves and their property being held hostage for immoral taxes. Somehow, I don’t think justice has been served.
Article posted with permission from Sons Of Liberty Media


thewashingtonstandard--2020-02-21--California:  Prison Inmate Murders 2 Convicted Pedophiles – “Figured I’d Do Everybody A Favor”

A prison inmate in California who is serving a life sentence for a conviction of murder in 2009 , took the lives of two prisoners who were also serving life sentences for their sexual assaults of a child under the age of 14 .
According to the inmate , he believed he was doing “ everybody a favor.
” Jonathan Watson , 41 , penned a letter to a Bay Area News Group in Northern California in which he confessed that he had clubbed both men in the head at the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 48 , and Graham De Luis-Conti , 62 , were serving life sentences for aggravated sexual assault of a child under the age of 14 .
Bobb died the day of the attack , while De Luis-Conti died three days later at a hospital .
• France : Teen Kills Priest Who Molested Him – Shoved Crucifix Down His Throat Days before the attack , he said his security classification was changed and he was transferred from a single-person cell to a lower-security dormitory pod at the Central Valley facility .
Watson @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mistake and said he had protested the decision .
Watson wrote that six days after he arrived at the prison , a child molester moved into the pod .
Watson believed the man began taunting other inmates by watching children ’ s television programming .
Watson said in the letter he couldn ’ t sleep that night “ having not done what every instinct told me I should ’ ve done right then and there.
” Two hours before the attacks the next day , Watson told a prison counselor that he urgently @ @ @ @ @ @ @ security “ before I really ( expletive ) one of these dudes up , ” but the counselor “ scoffed and dismissed ” him .
Watson said he returned to his housing pod .
“ I was mulling it all over when along came Molester # 1 and he put his TV right on PBS Kids again , ” he wrote , according to the newspaper chain .
“ But this time , someone else said something to the effect of ‘ Is this guy really going to watch this right in front @ @ @ @ @ @ @ saying , ‘ I got this.
’ And I picked up the cane and went to work on him.
” Though he immediately went to turn himself in , he also claims that he saw “ a known child trafficker , and I figured I ’ d just do everybody a favor .
In for a penny , in for a pound.
” Watson then reported what he had done to a guard , who didn ’ t believe him “ until he looked around the corner and saw the mess I ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Watson wrote .
Interestingly enough , Watson has not been charged despite confessing to the murders .
“ Being a lifer , I ’ m in a unique position where I sometimes have access to these people and I have so little to lose , ” Watson wrote .
“ And trust me , we get it , these people are every parents ’ worst nightmare.
” I ’ m sure he does .
• Virginia : Father Beats Alleged Pedophile To A Pulp After Catching Him Naked In Children ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I don ’ t know of anyone that will miss either Mr. Bobb or Mr. De Luis-Conti and now they both are before the Judge of all men .
However , while there is something inside of us that believes the men had coming to them what they had coming , I wonder why the state won ’ t simply do the deed in the open and teach everyone a lesson .
If they did , they would have put Mr. Watson six feet under and shortly thereafter , they would have put @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
If this was done publicly by the community as a whole , exercising justice , they not only would have justice , but they would teach the people to fear to commit the same crimes .
Unfortunately , the people desire more mercy for the criminals than their victims and so their property is taxed to keep these people up with food , clothing and housing till the day they die .
Article posted with permission from Sons Of Liberty Media

A prison inmate in California who is serving a life sentence for a conviction of murder in 2009, took the lives of two prisoners who were also serving life sentences for their sexual assaults of a child under the age of 14. According to the inmate, he believed he was doing “everybody a favor.”
Jonathan Watson, 41, penned a letter to a Bay Area News Group in Northern California in which he confessed that he had clubbed both men in the head at the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison in Corcoran on January 16.
David Bobb, 48, and Graham De Luis-Conti, 62, were serving life sentences for aggravated sexual assault of a child under the age of 14.
Bobb died the day of the attack, while De Luis-Conti died three days later at a hospital.
KOAT reports:
Days before the attack, he said his security classification was changed and he was transferred from a single-person cell to a lower-security dormitory pod at the Central Valley facility. Watson called the switch a “careless” mistake and said he had protested the decision.
Watson wrote that six days after he arrived at the prison, a child molester moved into the pod. Watson believed the man began taunting other inmates by watching children’s television programming. Watson said in the letter he couldn’t sleep that night “having not done what every instinct told me I should’ve done right then and there.”
Two hours before the attacks the next day, Watson told a prison counselor that he urgently needed to be transferred back to higher-level security “before I really (expletive) one of these dudes up,” but the counselor “scoffed and dismissed” him.
Watson said he returned to his housing pod.
“I was mulling it all over when along came Molester #1 and he put his TV right on PBS Kids again,” he wrote, according to the newspaper chain. “But this time, someone else said something to the effect of ‘Is this guy really going to watch this right in front of us?’ and I recall saying, ‘I got this.’ And I picked up the cane and went to work on him.”
Though he immediately went to turn himself in, he also claims that he saw “a known child trafficker, and I figured I’d just do everybody a favor. In for a penny, in for a pound.”
Watson then reported what he had done to a guard, who didn’t believe him “until he looked around the corner and saw the mess I’d left in the dorm area,” Watson wrote.
Interestingly enough, Watson has not been charged despite confessing to the murders.
“Being a lifer, I’m in a unique position where I sometimes have access to these people and I have so little to lose,” Watson wrote. “And trust me, we get it, these people are every parents’ worst nightmare.”
I’m sure he does.
Here’s the thing: I don’t know of anyone that will miss either Mr. Bobb or Mr. De Luis-Conti and now they both are before the Judge of all men. However, while there is something inside of us that believes the men had coming to them what they had coming, I wonder why the state won’t simply do the deed in the open and teach everyone a lesson.
If they did, they would have put Mr. Watson six feet under and shortly thereafter, they would have put Bobb and De Luis-Conti right alongside him.
If this was done publicly by the community as a whole, exercising justice, they not only would have justice, but they would teach the people to fear to commit the same crimes.
Unfortunately, the people desire more mercy for the criminals than their victims and so their property is taxed to keep these people up with food, clothing and housing till the day they die.
Article posted with permission from Sons Of Liberty Media


thewashingtonstandard--2020-02-21--Obama’s Homeland:  Muslims Murder 2 Christians For Refusing To Convert To Islam

The Shahada is the first chapter and most common prayer of the Qur ’ an .
This is reminiscent of other incidents , including when a Muslim in Minnesota in September 2016 asked mall shoppers if they were Muslim and then stabbed non-Muslims .
In the Philippines in February 2019 , Muslims murdered a man for failing to recite Qur ’ an verses , while releasing six others who could recite them .
In Mali in November 2015 , Muslims screaming “ Allahu akbar ” took hostages , freeing those who could recite the Qur ’ an .
In September @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Muslims murdered people who couldn ’ t answer questions about Islam .
In June 2014 , Muslims murdered people who could not pass an Islam quiz .
In November 2014 , Muslims murdered 28 non-Muslims who couldn ’ t recite Qur ’ an verses .
In April 2015 , Muslims screaming “ Allahu akbar ” stormed Garissa University College , and only shot those who couldn ’ t recite Qur ’ an .
In a Bangladesh restaurant in July 2016 , the jihadis spared those who could recite from the Qur ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Muslims asked Christians to “ recite Islamic dogmas ” and murdered them when they couldn ’ t do so .
In May 2018 in Belgium , a Muslim who murdered four people told a hostage that he wouldn ’ t harm her since she was Muslim and was observing the Ramadan fast .
In September 2018 in Kenya , Muslims murdered two non-Muslims for failing to recite the Qur ’ an .
And also in Kenya in December 2019 , Muslims murdered at least nine Christians for failing to recite the Islamic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ D.C. ( International Christian Concern ) – International Christian Concern ( ICC ) has learned that three people were killed yesterday and two others were injured when suspected al-Shabaab militants laid siege to a passenger bus traveling from Mandera to Nairobi , Kenya .
During the attack , two Christians , Peter Kilonzo Musili and Kevin Onyango , were executed when they could not say the Shahada , the Islamic statement of faith .
A Muslim man , Abdi Abinoor , was also killed while trying to protect the Christians from the attackers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Confirming the incident , a security officer based in northeastern Kenya told ICC , “ The incident happened on the morning of February 19 at Banisa , Mandera County , where a group of armed al-Shabaab members ambushed a bus ferrying 47 passengers to Nairobi .
They sprayed it with bullets and deflated the tires in order to halt it and pick Christians from the bus .
The efforts of the driver to escape from their trap did not bear fruit .
He was also injured during the attack .
Three people were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ An evangelist based in Mandera said that the recent attack is a continuation of what has become normal in Mandera .
“ We are seeing a return of planned violent attacks against Christians in northeastern Kenya and the coastal region .
Hostility against Christians has been escalating in Mandera at an alarming rate and is being carried out by al-Shabaab members .
They target public service vehicles , where they separate Christians from Muslims and execute them .
If not vehicles , they attack residential places and kill non-local Christian people , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ however , proud of the few courageous Muslims who stand up and defend Christians .
In this bus attack , one of them was killed for trying to stop the gunmen from shooting the Christians who were not able to say the Islamic prayer.
” … Nathan Johnson , ICC ’ s Regional Manager for Africa , said , “ Buses in Kenya have become one of the main targets for al-Shabaab .
There have already been at least four similar attacks this year alone .
In each one , Christian passengers are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ They are then slaughtered like animals .
What is encouraging to see is that there have also been a number of brave Muslims who have continued to try and protect the Christians .
Those who do this must be lifted up as heroes .
I am sad that Mr. Abinoor was killed , but he is a hero for trying to save others ’ lives , and he needs to be applauded as such .
”

The Shahada is the first chapter and most common prayer of the Qur’an. This is reminiscent of other incidents, including when a Muslim in Minnesota in September 2016 asked mall shoppers if they were Muslim and then stabbed non-Muslims. In the Philippines in February 2019, Muslims murdered a man for failing to recite Qur’an verses, while releasing six others who could recite them. In Mali in November 2015, Muslims screaming “Allahu akbar” took hostages, freeing those who could recite the Qur’an. In September 2013 at Nairobi’s Westgate Mall, Muslims murdered people who couldn’t answer questions about Islam. In June 2014, Muslims murdered people who could not pass an Islam quiz. In November 2014, Muslims murdered 28 non-Muslims who couldn’t recite Qur’an verses. In April 2015, Muslims screaming “Allahu akbar” stormed Garissa University College, and only shot those who couldn’t recite Qur’an. In a Bangladesh restaurant in July 2016, the jihadis spared those who could recite from the Qur’an. In July 2017 in Kenya, Muslims asked Christians to “recite Islamic dogmas” and murdered them when they couldn’t do so. In May 2018 in Belgium, a Muslim who murdered four people told a hostage that he wouldn’t harm her since she was Muslim and was observing the Ramadan fast. In September 2018 in Kenya, Muslims murdered two non-Muslims for failing to recite the Qur’an. And also in Kenya in December 2019, Muslims murdered at least nine Christians for failing to recite the Islamic profession of faith.
“Two Christians Murdered in Kenya Bus Attack,” International Christian Concern, February 20, 2020:
02/20/2020 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that three people were killed yesterday and two others were injured when suspected al-Shabaab militants laid siege to a passenger bus traveling from Mandera to Nairobi, Kenya. During the attack, two Christians, Peter Kilonzo Musili and Kevin Onyango, were executed when they could not say the Shahada, the Islamic statement of faith. A Muslim man, Abdi Abinoor, was also killed while trying to protect the Christians from the attackers who were separating out non-Muslim passengers.
Confirming the incident, a security officer based in northeastern Kenya told ICC, “The incident happened on the morning of February 19 at Banisa, Mandera County, where a group of armed al-Shabaab members ambushed a bus ferrying 47 passengers to Nairobi. They sprayed it with bullets and deflated the tires in order to halt it and pick Christians from the bus. The efforts of the driver to escape from their trap did not bear fruit. He was also injured during the attack. Three people were killed and two others injured.”…
An evangelist based in Mandera said that the recent attack is a continuation of what has become normal in Mandera. “We are seeing a return of planned violent attacks against Christians in northeastern Kenya and the coastal region. Hostility against Christians has been escalating in Mandera at an alarming rate and is being carried out by al-Shabaab members. They target public service vehicles, where they separate Christians from Muslims and execute them. If not vehicles, they attack residential places and kill non-local Christian people,” he explained. “We are, however, proud of the few courageous Muslims who stand up and defend Christians. In this bus attack, one of them was killed for trying to stop the gunmen from shooting the Christians who were not able to say the Islamic prayer.”…
Nathan Johnson, ICC’s Regional Manager for Africa, said, “Buses in Kenya have become one of the main targets for al-Shabaab. There have already been at least four similar attacks this year alone. In each one, Christian passengers are separated from those who are Muslim. They are then slaughtered like animals. What is encouraging to see is that there have also been a number of brave Muslims who have continued to try and protect the Christians. Those who do this must be lifted up as heroes. I am sad that Mr. Abinoor was killed, but he is a hero for trying to save others’ lives, and he needs to be applauded as such.”
Article posted with permission from Robert Spencer


thewashingtonstandard--2020-02-21--California:  Cops Choke Innocent Teen Unconscious, Smash His Head In With A Flashlight While Unconsc

California:  Cops Choke Innocent Teen Unconscious, Smash His Head In With A Flashlight While Unconscious (Video)

Contra Costa County , CA — The taxpayers of Contra Costa County will soon be shelling out some serious settlement money after a teenager was brutally choked until he fell unconscious and then beaten even more after — by a cop ’ s flashlight .
Body camera footage from the disturbing incident was just released this week showing that after cops beat Ricardo Hernandez , then 19 , they lied in their police reports to cover their crimes and justify their false arrest .
According to the lawsuit , filed in Federal Court on Monday , Hernandez was a passenger @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which he did not know was stolen .
Sheriff ’ s Deputy Brandon Battles pulled the car over after noticing it was driving with no lights .
When he ran the plates , he found the car was stolen and called for backup .
As the video shows , all the teens were ordered out of the car one by one at gunpoint .
Hernandez complied with the orders to walk backward with his hands on his head .
However , as the video shows , instead of handcuffing the compliant teen , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hold ” — a type of neck restraint — until Hernandez lost consciousness .
Video from a police body camera reviewed by this news organization shows some of the scene of the arrest , including a clip where at least one deputy can be heard saying “ he ’ s out , he ’ s out , he ’ s out.
” The lawsuit argues that when the deputy said “ he ’ s out , ” referring to Hernandez , Battles knew that meant Hernandez was unconscious but that Battles continued to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be handcuffed .
After the deputies repeatedly demand Hernandez “ stop resisting ” in the video , one can be seen hitting him with a flashlight .
The lawsuit alleges that Battles struck Hernandez in the head and neck six times with his flashlight , and another deputy , Joseph Anderson , beat Hernandez ’ s right shoulder area .
“ I will ( expletive ) shoot you , ” a deputy ’ s voice can be heard saying in the video .
The lawsuit states that this is the voice of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of this unconscious teenager .
After they knocked the teen unconscious and savagely beat his limp body , these cops then lied in their reports , according to the lawsuit .
They falsely claimed Hernandez was flailing his arms .
But according to the lawsuit and the video , this was a lie .
After he was knocked unconscious and beaten , Hernandez was hospitalized for his injuries .
He was then charged with resisting arrest .
He was not charged in connection with the stolen car .
Once the evidence in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Hernandez ’ s charges were thrown out .
Scott Alonso , of the District Attorney ’ s Office , said that after reviewing evidence , including video , the prosecutor dropped the charges “ in the interest of justice , ” according to Mercury News .
The lawsuit also names Chance Lopes and a man it identifies at Lieutenant Wooden because they failed to intervene and stop the maniac cop from bashing in an innocent and unconscious teenager ’ s head in with a flashlight .
According to the paper , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sanctioned and ratified ” both the deputies ’ use of excessive force and the deputies ’ alleged tactics in filing charges of resisting arrest .
The county , the lawsuit says , “ failed to train and supervise its Deputies properly to ensure that they only arrest people for violating Penal Code Section 148 when such charges are warranted and not to cover up police abuse.
” None of the officers in the video below faced discipline in this matter .

Contra Costa County, CA — The taxpayers of Contra Costa County will soon be shelling out some serious settlement money after a teenager was brutally choked until he fell unconscious and then beaten even more after — by a cop’s flashlight. Body camera footage from the disturbing incident was just released this week showing that after cops beat Ricardo Hernandez, then 19, they lied in their police reports to cover their crimes and justify their false arrest.
According to the lawsuit, filed in Federal Court on Monday, Hernandez was a passenger in the backseat of a stolen car which he did not know was stolen. Sheriff’s Deputy Brandon Battles pulled the car over after noticing it was driving with no lights. When he ran the plates, he found the car was stolen and called for backup.
As the video shows, all the teens were ordered out of the car one by one at gunpoint. Hernandez complied with the orders to walk backward with his hands on his head. However, as the video shows, instead of handcuffing the compliant teen, Battles put him in a “carotid hold” — a type of neck restraint — until Hernandez lost consciousness.
As Mercury News reports:
Video from a police body camera reviewed by this news organization shows some of the scene of the arrest, including a clip where at least one deputy can be heard saying “he’s out, he’s out, he’s out.”
The lawsuit argues that when the deputy said “he’s out,” referring to Hernandez, Battles knew that meant Hernandez was unconscious but that Battles continued to instruct him to give his left hand to be handcuffed.
After the deputies repeatedly demand Hernandez “stop resisting” in the video, one can be seen hitting him with a flashlight.
The lawsuit alleges that Battles struck Hernandez in the head and neck six times with his flashlight, and another deputy, Joseph Anderson, beat Hernandez’s right shoulder area.
“I will (expletive) shoot you,” a deputy’s voice can be heard saying in the video. The lawsuit states that this is the voice of Battles who had his pistol the head of this unconscious teenager.
After they knocked the teen unconscious and savagely beat his limp body, these cops then lied in their reports, according to the lawsuit. They falsely claimed Hernandez was flailing his arms. But according to the lawsuit and the video, this was a lie.
After he was knocked unconscious and beaten, Hernandez was hospitalized for his injuries. He was then charged with resisting arrest. He was not charged in connection with the stolen car.
Once the evidence in the case was presented to the District Attorney, Hernandez’s charges were thrown out. Scott Alonso, of the District Attorney’s Office, said that after reviewing evidence, including video, the prosecutor dropped the charges “in the interest of justice,” according to Mercury News.
The lawsuit also names Chance Lopes and a man it identifies at Lieutenant Wooden because they failed to intervene and stop the maniac cop from bashing in an innocent and unconscious teenager’s head in with a flashlight.
According to the paper, the claim accuses the county of having “sanctioned and ratified” both the deputies’ use of excessive force and the deputies’ alleged tactics in filing charges of resisting arrest. The county, the lawsuit says, “failed to train and supervise its Deputies properly to ensure that they only arrest people for violating Penal Code Section 148 when such charges are warranted and not to cover up police abuse.”
None of the officers in the video below faced discipline in this matter.
Article posted with permission from Matt Agorist


thewashingtonstandard--2020-02-21--Fascist Twitter Tests New Ways To “Fight MisInformation”

Editor ’ s Note : It ’ s not Twitter ’ s job to be doing this and now it ’ s clear what they will do , they will enable those who agree with them to do this policing and hinder those who are in opposition .
Watch and see , but the day is coming soon , hopefully , where Twitter , Facebook and the rest of those engaging in this behavior are going to answer for their crimes and what they are really doing is going to be exposed in the courts .
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TWITTER IS TESTING NEW WAYS TO FIGHT MISINFORMATION — INCLUDING A COMMUNITY-BASED POINTS SYSTEM A leaked demo features bright red and orange badges for tweets that are deemed “ harmfully misleading.
” Twitter is experimenting with adding brightly colored labels directly beneath lies and misinformation posted by politicians and other public figures , according to a leaked demo of new features sent to NBC News .
Twitter confirmed that the leaked demo , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , is one possible iteration of a new policy to target misinformation .
The company does not have a date to roll out any new misinformation features .
IN THIS VERSION , DISINFORMATION OR MISLEADING INFORMATION POSTED BY PUBLIC FIGURES WOULD BE CORRECTED DIRECTLY BENEATH A TWEET BY FACT-CHECKERS AND JOURNALISTS WHO ARE VERIFIED ON THE PLATFORM AND POSSIBLY BY OTHER USERS WHO WOULD PARTICIPATE IN A NEW “ COMMUNITY REPORTS ” FEATURE , WHICH THE DEMO CLAIMS IS “ LIKE WIKIPEDIA.
” “ We ’ re exploring a number of ways to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tweets on Twitter , ” a spokesperson said .
“ Misinformation is a critical issue and we will be testing many different ways to address it.
” The demo features bright red and orange badges for tweets that are deemed “ harmfully misleading ” in nearly the same size as the tweet itself displayed prominently directly below the tweet that contains the harmful misinformation .
Examples of misinformation included a false tweet about whistleblowers by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy , R-Calif. , a tweet about gun background checks by Sen. Bernie Sanders @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an unverified account posting a doctored video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi , D-Calif .
IMAGE : Leaked Twitter demo The leaked demo includes a tweet about gun background checks by Sen. Bernie Sanders , I-Vt. , an example of medical misinformation and a tweet about whistleblowers by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy , R-Calif.Twitter The leaked demo also shows an example of medical misinformation , including an example about the new coronavirus by a verified Twitter account .
The impending policy rollout comes as the 2020 election season is ramping up , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some of the daily give and take among the candidates .
On Thursday , former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg ’ s campaign posted an edited video that made it seem as if there had been a long pause when he asked during Wednesday ’ s Democratic presidential debate whether the other candidates had ever started a business .
Last month , Twitter announced a policy to ban tweets that “ deceptively share synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm , ” such as deep fakes .
In one iteration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ earn “ points ” and a “ community badge ” if they “ contribute in good faith and act like a good neighbor ” and “ provide critical context to help people understand information they see.
” The impending policy rollout comes as the 2020 election season is ramping up.Twitter The points system could prevent trolls or political ideologues from becoming moderators if they differ too often from the broader community in what they mark as false or misleading .
“ Together , we act to help each other understand what ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ each other from those who would drive us apart , ” the demo reads .
Twitter reiterated to NBC News that the community reporting feature is one of several possibilities that may be rolled out in the next several weeks .
“ This is a design mock-up for one option that would involve community feedback , ” the spokesperson said .
In the demo , community members are asked whether a tweet is “ likely ” or “ unlikely ” to be “ harmfully misleading.
” They are then asked to rate how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on a sliding scale of 1 to 100 before elaborating on why the tweet is harmfully misleading .
“ The more points you earn , the more your vote counts , ” the demo reads .
Download the NBC News app for breaking news and politics Some other websites have successfully used community moderation to regulate their platforms .
Information on Wikipedia has been moderated by anonymous users since its inception in 2001 .
It is frequently vandalized in breaking news situations by political actors , which can sometimes lead more powerful moderators @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also has hundreds of volunteer moderators who set and enforce rules for its many communities .
CORRECTION ( Feb. 20 , 2020 , 10:45 p.m .
ET ) : A previous version of this article misstated when Twitter will release new features to counter misinformation .
There is currently no timeline ; they are not scheduled to roll out on March 5 .
The article also misstated the leadership role held by Rep. Nancy Pelosi , D-Calif. She is the speaker of the House , not the House majority leader .

Editor’s Note: It’s not Twitter’s job to be doing this and now it’s clear what they will do, they will enable those who agree with them to do this policing and hinder those who are in opposition. Watch and see, but the day is coming soon, hopefully, where Twitter, Facebook and the rest of those engaging in this behavior are going to answer for their crimes and what they are really doing is going to be exposed in the courts. It’s already taking place.
Twitter users could earn “points” and a “community badge” by policing speech that violates left-wing dogma.
NEW: Twitter is experimenting with adding brightly colored labels directly beneath lies and misinformation posted by politicians and public figures, according to a leaked demo of new features sent to @NBCNews. https://t.co/wYQRQHBWeX – @oneunderscore__ — NBC News (@NBCNews) February 20, 2020
TWITTER IS TESTING NEW WAYS TO FIGHT MISINFORMATION — INCLUDING A COMMUNITY-BASED POINTS SYSTEM
A leaked demo features bright red and orange badges for tweets that are deemed “harmfully misleading.”
By Ben Collins, NBC News, February
Twitter is experimenting with adding brightly colored labels directly beneath lies and misinformation posted by politicians and other public figures, according to a leaked demo of new features sent to NBC News.
Twitter confirmed that the leaked demo, which was accessible on a publicly available site, is one possible iteration of a new policy to target misinformation. The company does not have a date to roll out any new misinformation features.
IN THIS VERSION, DISINFORMATION OR MISLEADING INFORMATION POSTED BY PUBLIC FIGURES WOULD BE CORRECTED DIRECTLY BENEATH A TWEET BY FACT-CHECKERS AND JOURNALISTS WHO ARE VERIFIED ON THE PLATFORM AND POSSIBLY BY OTHER USERS WHO WOULD PARTICIPATE IN A NEW “COMMUNITY REPORTS” FEATURE, WHICH THE DEMO CLAIMS IS “LIKE WIKIPEDIA.”
“We’re exploring a number of ways to address misinformation and provide more context for tweets on Twitter,” a spokesperson said. “Misinformation is a critical issue and we will be testing many different ways to address it.”
The demo features bright red and orange badges for tweets that are deemed “harmfully misleading” in nearly the same size as the tweet itself displayed prominently directly below the tweet that contains the harmful misinformation.
Examples of misinformation included a false tweet about whistleblowers by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., a tweet about gun background checks by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and a tweet by an unverified account posting a doctored video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
IMAGE: Leaked Twitter demo
The leaked demo includes a tweet about gun background checks by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., an example of medical misinformation and a tweet about whistleblowers by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.Twitter
The leaked demo also shows an example of medical misinformation, including an example about the new coronavirus by a verified Twitter account.
The impending policy rollout comes as the 2020 election season is ramping up, with Twitter playing a central role in some of the daily give and take among the candidates. On Thursday, former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s campaign posted an edited video that made it seem as if there had been a long pause when he asked during Wednesday’s Democratic presidential debate whether the other candidates had ever started a business.
Last month, Twitter announced a policy to ban tweets that “deceptively share synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm,” such as deep fakes.
In one iteration of the demo, Twitter users could earn “points” and a “community badge” if they “contribute in good faith and act like a good neighbor” and “provide critical context to help people understand information they see.”The impending policy rollout comes as the 2020 election season is ramping up.Twitter
The points system could prevent trolls or political ideologues from becoming moderators if they differ too often from the broader community in what they mark as false or misleading.
“Together, we act to help each other understand what’s happening in the world, and protect each other from those who would drive us apart,” the demo reads.
Twitter reiterated to NBC News that the community reporting feature is one of several possibilities that may be rolled out in the next several weeks.
“This is a design mock-up for one option that would involve community feedback,” the spokesperson said.
In the demo, community members are asked whether a tweet is “likely” or “unlikely” to be “harmfully misleading.” They are then asked to rate how many community members would answer the same on a sliding scale of 1 to 100 before elaborating on why the tweet is harmfully misleading.
“The more points you earn, the more your vote counts,” the demo reads.
Download the NBC News app for breaking news and politics
Some other websites have successfully used community moderation to regulate their platforms. Information on Wikipedia has been moderated by anonymous users since its inception in 2001. It is frequently vandalized in breaking news situations by political actors, which can sometimes lead more powerful moderators to temporarily lock down pages.
Reddit also has hundreds of volunteer moderators who set and enforce rules for its many communities.
CORRECTION (Feb. 20, 2020, 10:45 p.m. ET): A previous version of this article misstated when Twitter will release new features to counter misinformation. There is currently no timeline; they are not scheduled to roll out on March 5. The article also misstated the leadership role held by Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. She is the speaker of the House, not the House majority leader.
Article posted with permission from Pamela Geller