thewashingtonstandard--2020-06-02--Live TV: Tyrannical Cops Detain Armed Store Owners Protecting Their Property While Looters Run Off

And herein lies the problem… lawless cops who can ’ t distinguish those exercising their rights to protect life and property from those who seek to deprive them of it .
The latest round of tyranny comes out of Los Angeles where copes have detained law abiding , armed store owners who were protecting their livelihoods while cowardly letting looters run off with goods .
Police have detained store owners who used firearms to defend their premises from alleged looters in Los Angeles .
The dramatic incident was caught in a live broadcast by a local news crew .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Van Nuys neighborhood was filmed by a FOX 11 news crew .
According to the reporter at the scene , several vehicles drove up to a gold store , and a group of apparent looters attempted to enter the premises .
They were confronted by the store ’ s owners , two of whom were wielding shotguns .
Another person at the scene had a large machete-type knife on his belt .
The people , identified by the reporter as the store ’ s owners , were heard yelling : “ We ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ police arrived , several men had fled the scene , and were chased down by the officers .
The police handcuffed and detained the people that had come out of the shop , prompting the reporter to shout : “ They ’ re the store owners !
They ’ re protecting the store !
” Los Angeles is among the several major US cities that have seen massive protests , triggered by the death of George Floyd , an unarmed black man , during an attempted arrest by a white police officer , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the police force , arrested , and charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter .
The news did not quell the protests , though .
Many of the marches and rallies were peaceful .
However , intense rioting , looting , and clashes with police occurred in many places as well , mostly during the afternoon and night .
This is Why There are Riots : Cop Caught on Video Attacking Elderly Disabled Man Salt Lake City , UT — As most Americans watch the country burn from the comfort of their living @ @ @ @ @ @ @ why people are out in the streets with so much anger in the first place .
As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously brought up before he was executed : A riot is the language of the unheard .
People are tired of watching cops kill unarmed and often innocent people only to keep their jobs and pensions while the taxpayers of these cities take the brunt of the responsibility .
While we would never condone the destruction of private property to make one ’ s point , we understand the anger and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Also , it is hard not to get angry when cops are arresting reporters and conducting drive-by pepper sprays .
Or , as the following incident out of Salt Lake City illustrates — attacking disabled elderly men .
Apparently the incidents of police brutality were so rampant over the weekend in Utah that cops were caught on live TV as local ABC 4 News was reporting .
As the video shows , an elderly gentleman was simply standing on the sidewalk and didn ’ t appear to even be involved in the protest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bearing on the cops who began shoving him .
As he tried to walk away , the officer — who was apparently not smart enough to hold his shield the right way — attacked the elderly man from behind , sending him hurling to the concrete below .
Given the man ’ s age , a fall like that could ’ ve ended his life .
Luckily , he escaped without serious injury .
“ It was inappropriate , ” Brown said in a video statement .
“ This is not what I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Police Department .
My expectation is if people are exercising their First Amendment rights , we give them the space to do so peacefully.
” Brown said he personally apologized to the man in the video , before going on to praise the rest of the cops who were out that day — like the ones who stood by and did nothing as they watched two of their brothers in blue attack an innocent elderly disabled man .
Brown said he has opened investigation though Internal Affairs and the Civilian Review Board .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Salt Lake City can expect more of the same .
The community organization Utah Against Police Brutality released a statement following the protest in Salt Lake City over the weekend .
It sums up the sentiment well as it reads in part : This is what happens when elected officials , police departments , and “ leaders ” ignore the constant call for justice in the U.S .
This is what happens when the people get tired of waiting for Salt Lake and Utah to do something about racist cops and police violence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ refuse to listen , refuse to reform , refuse to hold officers accountable , and refuse to do what has been asked of them over and over again .
This is what happens when police target black and brown people and communities for years with no consequence .
Mayor Mendenhall said that the events around the May 30 protest aren ’ t what justice looks like .
We agree .
This is what a demand looks like , a demand that can ’ t be ignored any longer .
Justice would have been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cops , addressing the systemic and constant racism .
Justice would have been addressing the economic inequality , wage theft , exploitation , and poverty that plague every worker .
Justice would have been listening to those of us who have been demanding changes for years .
Bernardo , Cody , Patrick , Dillon , Harold , Elijah , and all the other people killed by Utah cops were still alive , or if their killers were in jail .
Justice is when people like George Floyd no longer have to fear death @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to “ serve and protect.
” Below is just one reason of many why unrest in this country is growing .
Until incidents like these stop , we can expect to continue to see angry people in the streets .
If you want to know how to stop this endless sea of police brutality , here are five very easy ways to address the problem quickly .
No wonder they want the national guard in , which is unconstitutional , these cops not only don ’ t know the law , they can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lawless , which is the very reason we are in the situation we are in in the US .
Stop ramping up the police state and simply bring justice to those whom it is due .
Article posted with permission from Sons of Liberty Media

And herein lies the problem… lawless cops who can’t distinguish those exercising their rights to protect life and property from those who seek to deprive them of it. The latest round of tyranny comes out of Los Angeles where copes have detained law abiding, armed store owners who were protecting their livelihoods while cowardly letting looters run off with goods.
RT has the story:
Police have detained store owners who used firearms to defend their premises from alleged looters in Los Angeles. The dramatic incident was caught in a live broadcast by a local news crew.
The tense standoff at the city’s Van Nuys neighborhood was filmed by a FOX 11 news crew. According to the reporter at the scene, several vehicles drove up to a gold store, and a group of apparent looters attempted to enter the premises. They were confronted by the store’s owners, two of whom were wielding shotguns. Another person at the scene had a large machete-type knife on his belt.
The people, identified by the reporter as the store’s owners, were heard yelling: “We’re closed, bro.” When the police arrived, several men had fled the scene, and were chased down by the officers.
The police handcuffed and detained the people that had come out of the shop, prompting the reporter to shout: “They’re the store owners! They’re protecting the store!”
Los Angeles is among the several major US cities that have seen massive protests, triggered by the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, during an attempted arrest by a white police officer, Derek Chauvin.
Chauvin was fired from the police force, arrested, and charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. The news did not quell the protests, though. Many of the marches and rallies were peaceful. However, intense rioting, looting, and clashes with police occurred in many places as well, mostly during the afternoon and night.
MORE FROM TFTP:
This is Why There are Riots: Cop Caught on Video Attacking Elderly Disabled Man
Salt Lake City, UT — As most Americans watch the country burn from the comfort of their living rooms, many of them are wondering why people are out in the streets with so much anger in the first place. As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously brought up before he was executed: A riot is the language of the unheard. People are tired of watching cops kill unarmed and often innocent people only to keep their jobs and pensions while the taxpayers of these cities take the brunt of the responsibility.
While we would never condone the destruction of private property to make one’s point, we understand the anger and helplessness felt by those who would. Also, it is hard not to get angry when cops are arresting reporters and conducting drive-by pepper sprays. Or, as the following incident out of Salt Lake City illustrates — attacking disabled elderly men.
Apparently the incidents of police brutality were so rampant over the weekend in Utah that cops were caught on live TV as local ABC 4 News was reporting. As the video shows, an elderly gentleman was simply standing on the sidewalk and didn’t appear to even be involved in the protest. However, his innocence had no bearing on the cops who began shoving him.
As he tried to walk away, the officer — who was apparently not smart enough to hold his shield the right way — attacked the elderly man from behind, sending him hurling to the concrete below. Given the man’s age, a fall like that could’ve ended his life. Luckily, he escaped without serious injury.
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“It was inappropriate,” Brown said in a video statement. “This is not what I would expect from the Salt Lake City Police Department. My expectation is if people are exercising their First Amendment rights, we give them the space to do so peacefully.”
Brown said he personally apologized to the man in the video, before going on to praise the rest of the cops who were out that day — like the ones who stood by and did nothing as they watched two of their brothers in blue attack an innocent elderly disabled man.
Brown said he has opened investigation though Internal Affairs and the Civilian Review Board. In other words, the citizens of Salt Lake City can expect more of the same.
The community organization Utah Against Police Brutality released a statement following the protest in Salt Lake City over the weekend. It sums up the sentiment well as it reads in part:
This is what happens when elected officials, police departments, and “leaders” ignore the constant call for justice in the U.S. This is what happens when the people get tired of waiting for Salt Lake and Utah to do something about racist cops and police violence. This is what happens when they refuse to listen, refuse to reform, refuse to hold officers accountable, and refuse to do what has been asked of them over and over again. This is what happens when police target black and brown people and communities for years with no consequence. Mayor Mendenhall said that the events around the May 30 protest aren’t what justice looks like. We agree. This is what a demand looks like, a demand that can’t be ignored any longer. Justice would have been enacting real police reform, firing killer cops, addressing the systemic and constant racism. Justice would have been addressing the economic inequality, wage theft, exploitation, and poverty that plague every worker. Justice would have been listening to those of us who have been demanding changes for years. Bernardo, Cody, Patrick, Dillon, Harold, Elijah, and all the other people killed by Utah cops were still alive, or if their killers were in jail. Justice is when people like George Floyd no longer have to fear death at the hands of those who claim to “serve and protect.”
Below is just one reason of many why unrest in this country is growing.
Until incidents like these stop, we can expect to continue to see angry people in the streets. If you want to know how to stop this endless sea of police brutality, here are five very easy ways to address the problem quickly.
No wonder they want the national guard in, which is unconstitutional, these cops not only don’t know the law, they can’t distinguish the lawful from the lawless, which is the very reason we are in the situation we are in in the US.
Stop ramping up the police state and simply bring justice to those whom it is due.
Article posted with permission from Sons of Liberty Media


thewashingtonstandard--2020-06-02--Californians Object to Islamic Call to Prayer Over Loudspeakers at 4:30AM

Diversity is being duly celebrated in the area these days , as neighbors of the King Fahad Mosque in Culver City are now treated to what Barack Obama called the most beautiful sound in the world , the Islamic call to prayer , blared over loudspeakers five times a day , beginning at 4:30AM .
And lo and behold , some Culver City residents have had the temerity , the audacity , the unrestrained “ Islamophobia , ” to complain about the noise .
As Greta Thunberg might say , How dare they ?
Don ’ t they know they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the most woke of states ?
It ’ s likely that most of the people who were complaining were Leftists who , in other contexts , would denounce concern about jihad violence and Sharia oppression as “ Islamophobia ” and “ bigotry.
” So now they have what they have wanted and enabled .
They should be very proud .
They can get up at 4:30 every morning and celebrate diversity .
This is happening all over the world , notably in the United States , Canada , and Germany : cities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to allow the Islamic call to prayer ( adhan ) to be broadcast over loudspeakers .
Officials in Europe and the U.S. have explained this as an effort to comfort Muslims who in quarantine because of the coronavirus ; however , none of those who have offered this explanation seem to have made any efforts to comfort Jews , Christians , Hindus , Buddhists , or anyone else .
Yet the implications of this broadcast call to prayer , beyond the expected hosannas from the usual proponents of globalism and multiculturalism , are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Arabic , repeats “ Allahu akbar ” six times , “ I testify that there is no god but Allah ” three times , and “ I testify that Muhammad is Allah ’ s prophet ” twice .
Dr. Gavin Ashenden , former chaplain to the British queen , who resigned his position in protest against a Qur ’ an reading in a Scottish church , observed that “ the Muslim call to prayer is a dramatic piece of Islamic triumphalism .
It proclaims Islam ’ s superiority over all other religions , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the role of a charlatan and a liar .
The Muslim god , Allah , is unknowable and has no son .
Jesus was , therefore , a fraud in claiming He and the Father are one.
” Is Culver City really wise to broadcast repeatedly a declaration of the superiority of Islam , a faith that directs its adherents to make war against Christians and other non-Muslims and subjugate them as inferiors under the hegemony of believers ( cf .
Qur ’ an 9:29 ) ?
Is Culver City wise to broadcast @ @ @ @ @ @ @ beloved of jihad terrorists the world over ?
Chief 9/11 hijacker Mohammed Atta wrote this in his letter to himself before carrying out his jihad mission : “ When the confrontation begins , strike like champions who do not want to go back to this world .
Shout , ‘ Allahu Akbar , ’ because this strikes fear in the hearts of the non-believers.
” This is why the Fort Hood jihad killer , Nidal Malik Hasan , shouted it as he shot thirteen Americans in November 2009 , and why so many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an announcement that non-Muslims are about to die .
In light of the use of so many elements of the adhan by jihad terrorists , Culver City residents who have been victims of jihad violence may not find the sound of it so comforting .
And some clearly just don ’ t like the noise , which is unnecessary even from an Islamic standpoint .
Mosques didn ’ t have loudspeakers in Muhammad ’ s time , and don ’ t need them now , especially given the fact that everyone has a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or her to prayer times .
The broadcasting of the adhan over loudspeakers is nothing more than a declaration of supremacism .
But Culver City is far too woke to take any notice of that , and the residents ’ concerns about the noise will be dismissed out of hand as “ Islamophobic.
” Culver City authorities , meanwhile , are no doubt certain that Muslim communities in the city will be grateful , and will redouble their efforts to become loyal , productive citizens , marching together with non-Muslims in California into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s the way it will work out .
Isn ’ t it ?
No Muslims will take seriously the adhan ’ s declarations of Islamic superiority and heed the Qur ’ an ’ s calls to wage war against unbelievers .
Will they ?
In multiculti California today , such an idea is inconceivable !

Diversity is being duly celebrated in the Los Angeles area these days, as neighbors of the King Fahad Mosque in Culver City are now treated to what Barack Obama called the most beautiful sound in the world, the Islamic call to prayer, blared over loudspeakers five times a day, beginning at 4:30AM. And lo and behold, some Culver City residents have had the temerity, the audacity, the unrestrained “Islamophobia,” to complain about the noise. As Greta Thunberg might say, How dare they? Don’t they know they live in California, and that California is the most woke of states?
It’s likely that most of the people who were complaining were Leftists who, in other contexts, would denounce concern about jihad violence and Sharia oppression as “Islamophobia” and “bigotry.” So now they have what they have wanted and enabled. They should be very proud. They can get up at 4:30 every morning and celebrate diversity.
This is happening all over the world, notably in the United States, Canada, and Germany: cities are amending or ignoring their noise ordinances to allow the Islamic call to prayer (adhan) to be broadcast over loudspeakers. Officials in Europe and the U.S. have explained this as an effort to comfort Muslims who in quarantine because of the coronavirus; however, none of those who have offered this explanation seem to have made any efforts to comfort Jews, Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, or anyone else.
Yet the implications of this broadcast call to prayer, beyond the expected hosannas from the usual proponents of globalism and multiculturalism, are ominous. The adhan, prayed in Arabic, repeats “Allahu akbar” six times, “I testify that there is no god but Allah” three times, and “I testify that Muhammad is Allah’s prophet” twice.
Dr. Gavin Ashenden, former chaplain to the British queen, who resigned his position in protest against a Qur’an reading in a Scottish church, observed that “the Muslim call to prayer is a dramatic piece of Islamic triumphalism. It proclaims Islam’s superiority over all other religions, and in so doing casts Jesus in the role of a charlatan and a liar. The Muslim god, Allah, is unknowable and has no son. Jesus was, therefore, a fraud in claiming He and the Father are one.”
Is Culver City really wise to broadcast repeatedly a declaration of the superiority of Islam, a faith that directs its adherents to make war against Christians and other non-Muslims and subjugate them as inferiors under the hegemony of believers (cf. Qur’an 9:29)?
Is Culver City wise to broadcast the cry “Allahu akbar,” beloved of jihad terrorists the world over? Chief 9/11 hijacker Mohammed Atta wrote this in his letter to himself before carrying out his jihad mission: “When the confrontation begins, strike like champions who do not want to go back to this world. Shout, ‘Allahu Akbar,’ because this strikes fear in the hearts of the non-believers.” This is why the Fort Hood jihad killer, Nidal Malik Hasan, shouted it as he shot thirteen Americans in November 2009, and why so many other jihadis have used it essentially as an announcement that non-Muslims are about to die.
In light of the use of so many elements of the adhan by jihad terrorists, Culver City residents who have been victims of jihad violence may not find the sound of it so comforting. And some clearly just don’t like the noise, which is unnecessary even from an Islamic standpoint. Mosques didn’t have loudspeakers in Muhammad’s time, and don’t need them now, especially given the fact that everyone has a smartphone that could quite easily alert him or her to prayer times. The broadcasting of the adhan over loudspeakers is nothing more than a declaration of supremacism.
But Culver City is far too woke to take any notice of that, and the residents’ concerns about the noise will be dismissed out of hand as “Islamophobic.” Culver City authorities, meanwhile, are no doubt certain that Muslim communities in the city will be grateful, and will redouble their efforts to become loyal, productive citizens, marching together with non-Muslims in California into the glorious multicultural future. That’s the way it will work out. Isn’t it? No Muslims will take seriously the adhan’s declarations of Islamic superiority and heed the Qur’an’s calls to wage war against unbelievers. Will they? In multiculti California today, such an idea is inconceivable!
Article posted with permission from Robert Spencer


thewashingtonstandard--2020-06-02--Crisis Alignment:  The Connection Between The COVID-19 Lockdown, USMCA, WIOA & Education

Anti Fed Ed Warriors , you ’ ve seen my vast research and many articles about the workforce training aspect of education .
You may remember I ’ ve been able to expose how badly the USMCA ( United State-Mexico-Canada Agreement ) is setting up education to fail in academics , but more than excel in workforce training for life .
If you don ’ t read any of my articles on this , at least listen to the interview I gave on the crushing blows USMCA is beginning to dole out to us .
However , is there a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ closing down due to COVID-19 , the USMCA , and WIOA ( Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ) ?
If so , how is this harming education in America ?
Especially with the push for digital learning ?
All these questions and others related will be addressed .
In the above image , you see the international bureaucracy USMCA set up .
The “ E ” denotes each committee impacting education in some way .
There is no specific labor committee .
Jobs/labor are split into almost every one of these you see @ @ @ @ @ @ @ see an enlarged version , go here .
( The image will be at the 6:56 time stamp .
You ’ ll not see the “ E ” s .
That was my added emphasis in a screen shot . )
Because work is in almost every committee , that means the ones where education is also present , you ’ ll see a direction connection .
Because small businesses rely on workers , this means , they too , will be lumped in alignment and reform .
Warriors , did you notice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Home Depot , Target , Lowe ’ s Home Improvement , and , others like them stayed open during the COVID-19 lockdowns ?
Those very same corporate giants are in the CCSS Machine !
Each one of those I listed actively contributes , to this day , to increase the CTE ( Career Tech Education ) and STEM ( Science , Technology , Engineering , and , Math ) in education .
CTE and STEM are Common Core aligned and both have roots in the United Nations .
Warriors , did you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ small business after small business close during all this ?
Sure you did .
How many will reopen ?
How many will be forever closed ?
What is this going to do the local economies ?
What does this mean for individual families ?
For example , PA has been credited with having such a strong presence in the country ’ s overall economy .
It ’ s also being reported that the mid-section of PA is being hit the hardest , as far as loss of jobs , most from small businesses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aspect of our lives .
In the reported news from PA , I linked to you , bailouts from the local government , the State , and , federal levels can be seen .
Add to that , that huge corporations like Amazon , have seen profits soar due to the digital shopping we ’ ve been almost forced into .
The data is a tracking device , we know that .
( Answer to at least one of our questions in the opening of this article . )
Warriors , do you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not , look at the image below .
It ’ s also from PA. Look at the final number of small businesses unable to get government aid just to stay open .
It ’ s 33,000 .
There ’ s no report of how many employees each of these 33,000 businesses have , so the financial damage goes well beyond 33,000 !
Warriors , that ’ s an image I created a while back to illustrate just how intersecting Common Core was in CTE , STEM/STEAM , Higher Education , and , workforce @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Act ) embedded WIOA , STEM , and , the HEA ( Higher Education Act ) .
ESSA also mandated for regional skill based education ( aka : CBE , Competency Based Education ) .
ESSA also mandated all education be aligned to the SAME thing !
So , how is COVID-19 playing into this ?
1 ) Those big corporations are hiring more and more workers , aren ’ t they ?
Where are those workers coming from ?
Either out of work employees or from small businesses now closed .
2 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CCSS Machine , don ’ t they ?
More employees means more control .
For example , if you ’ re that out of luck business owner , those benefits look mighty good about now .
However , the price is freedom from being your own boss ; is gone .
Your independence , on a personal level , has been usurped .
3 ) Those big corporations pay local , State , and , federal taxes ( or at least they should ) .
These taxes help provide government services , right @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leaps and bounds in the name of safety from COVID-19 .
To answer how WIOA and the USMCA intersect , with or without , COVID-19 , you need only look at your State ’ s Workforce Development Plans .
For example , AZ has “ Arizona Works ” .
Under WIOA funding streams , Title I and Title II , you ’ ll see the CTE/STEM woven into it all .
Be sure to check your State .
Because of other federal funds , the AZ Works uses its 12 regional workforce development @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This feeds off , not only education data , but labor ( hence the combination of Student Longitudinal Data Systems and Workforce Quality Data Initiatives ) , too .
These funds also support and provide for public private partnerships ( P3s ) .
Under the USMCA and WIOA , this means AZ has an active workforce development project with Mexico .
( Find that on page 15 of the AZ Works Report ) *Note : The State level “ Works ” programs thrive off of virtual traffic on-line , so MORE data tracking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we ’ re seeing an increase in educational settings for tracking where students are .
Connected job programs are , too !
From TX , HYPE ( Helping Youth Prepare for Employment ) .
This emphasized screen shot reveals the true agenda of what education ’ s become : job skill institutions .
HYPE can be found in KS , too .
If you search the internet , you can find pdf documents for the Sept. 2019 Executive Committee meeting notes .
( will automatically download to your computer ) .
In that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ TX met at least once to streamline services .
To see the image , full size , go here .
Be sure to check your State , too .
Also from KS , the “ Next-Generation RoundUP for Youth , Inc. ” In this Power Point , you can see an entire high school building was turned into a quasi-city where shops and community services were located in small scale forms .
Public private partnerships help fund this .
The purpose ?
Fast tracking high school students and early college students into the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the mid 1980s , by a social activist to wipe out poverty .
During the 1990s , this group worked with then-President Clinton to reform welfare .
Today , America Works operates in several States and uses education and work aligned systems for all age groups .
While the company partners with industries , it doesn ’ t appear to be the same as the government run State level Work programs .
From the U.S. Chamber of Commerce , you can see that over 600 companies were in full support of USMCA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on small and medium businesses under USMCA .
It was supposed to benefit the over 120,000 of them in selling goods to Mexico and Canada .
However , COVID-19 has drastically changed that .
Related fall out or planned shut down ?
You decide .
We know that Bill Gates personally funded the U.S. Chamber to align every State ’ s Chamber to the CCSS Machine .
The SBA ( Small Business Administration ) Spin : Jan. 17 , 2020 , the SBA slanted the USMCA as a great way for businesses to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also brought up intellectual property rights .
Warriors , in the USMCA is the fact THOSE “ Rights ” fall under the UN ’ s parameters , NOT America ’ s !
Jan 30 , 2020 , the SBA slanted the USMCA as a good thing for small businesses and it would align them to big government via data tracking/mining and more procurement by the federal government .
Warriors , consider this , though , the same article also revealed that OTHER countries would get to decide the fate of the small to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this very aspect from the pages of the USMCA , but in the truth angle that this is UNCONSTITUTIONAL !
Also think about the COVID-19 aspect , many of these same businesses got federal bail out money .
Fed money has fed strings !
Warriors , in 2015 , I showed you the SBA ’ s presence in the CCSS Machine , that ’ s NOT gone away .
From 2002 to today , Lynne has been a featured speaker at small meetings and large conferences .
Since 2009 , she has served @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and multimedia shows .
Lynne also co-established PIE NC ( Preserving Integrity and Excellence in Education ) .
She is a retired private ( homeschool ) teacher and regionally recognized support group leader .
She has also been a business owner , worked with children 's ministry and currently is an education liaison for Protecting Innocence Campaign ( based in OH ) , wife and mom .
Lynne is also an adviser to the national grassroots campaign `` Child Abuse in the Classroom '' , where it is the campaign 's belief that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are the best ways to help restore our nation 's education system .
She was also awarded the 2011 Distinguished Educator from the National Society of High School Scholars , as well as the 2016 L & B Network 's Torchbearer Award for educational advocacy .
She has been recognized by her peers as an expert in Common Core , Career Tech Education , Career Pathways , workforce and competency-based education reform , federal overreaches into education and our families .

Anti Fed Ed Warriors, you’ve seen my vast research and many articles about the workforce training aspect of education. You may remember I’ve been able to expose how badly the USMCA (United State-Mexico-Canada Agreement) is setting up education to fail in academics, but more than excel in workforce training for life. If you don’t read any of my articles on this, at least listen to the interview I gave on the crushing blows USMCA is beginning to dole out to us.
However, is there a connection between the wave of small businesses closing down due to COVID-19, the USMCA, and WIOA (Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act)? If so, how is this harming education in America? Especially with the push for digital learning?
All these questions and others related will be addressed.
In the above image, you see the international bureaucracy USMCA set up. The “E” denotes each committee impacting education in some way. There is no specific labor committee. Jobs/labor are split into almost every one of these you see. If you’d like to see an enlarged version, go here. (The image will be at the 6:56 time stamp. You’ll not see the “E”s. That was my added emphasis in a screen shot.)
Because work is in almost every committee, that means the ones where education is also present, you’ll see a direction connection. Because small businesses rely on workers, this means, they too, will be lumped in alignment and reform.
Warriors, did you notice that the big store employers like WalMart, Home Depot, Target, Lowe’s Home Improvement, and, others like them stayed open during the COVID-19 lockdowns? Those very same corporate giants are in the CCSS Machine! Each one of those I listed actively contributes, to this day, to increase the CTE (Career Tech Education) and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and, Math) in education. CTE and STEM are Common Core aligned and both have roots in the United Nations.
Warriors, did you notice, or are you seeing, small business after small business close during all this? Sure you did. How many will reopen? How many will be forever closed? What is this going to do the local economies? What does this mean for individual families? For example, PA has been credited with having such a strong presence in the country’s overall economy. It’s also being reported that the mid-section of PA is being hit the hardest, as far as loss of jobs, most from small businesses.
(Image source)
It means government control in every aspect of our lives. In the reported news from PA, I linked to you, bailouts from the local government, the State, and, federal levels can be seen. Add to that, that huge corporations like Amazon, have seen profits soar due to the digital shopping we’ve been almost forced into.
The data is a tracking device, we know that. (Answer to at least one of our questions in the opening of this article.)
Warriors, do you see the connections yet?!
If not, look at the image below. It’s also from PA. Look at the final number of small businesses unable to get government aid just to stay open. It’s 33,000. There’s no report of how many employees each of these 33,000 businesses have, so the financial damage goes well beyond 33,000!
WIOA, CTE, STEM, USMCA, AND, COVID-19:
Warriors, that’s an image I created a while back to illustrate just how intersecting Common Core was in CTE, STEM/STEAM, Higher Education, and, workforce readiness. ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) embedded WIOA, STEM, and, the HEA (Higher Education Act). ESSA also mandated for regional skill based education (aka: CBE, Competency Based Education). ESSA also mandated all education be aligned to the SAME thing!
So, how is COVID-19 playing into this?
1) Those big corporations are hiring more and more workers, aren’t they? Where are those workers coming from?
Either out of work employees or from small businesses now closed.
2) Those big corporations all back the CCSS Machine, don’t they? More employees means more control. For example, if you’re that out of luck business owner, those benefits look mighty good about now. However, the price is freedom from being your own boss; is gone. Your independence, on a personal level, has been usurped.
3) Those big corporations pay local, State, and, federal taxes (or at least they should). These taxes help provide government services, right? Those government services are growing by leaps and bounds in the name of safety from COVID-19.
To answer how WIOA and the USMCA intersect, with or without, COVID-19, you need only look at your State’s Workforce Development Plans. For example, AZ has “Arizona Works”. Under WIOA funding streams, Title I and Title II, you’ll see the CTE/STEM woven into it all. Be sure to check your State.
Because of other federal funds, the AZ Works uses its 12 regional workforce development areas to data track job readiness. This feeds off, not only education data, but labor (hence the combination of Student Longitudinal Data Systems and Workforce Quality Data Initiatives), too. These funds also support and provide for public private partnerships (P3s). Under the USMCA and WIOA, this means AZ has an active workforce development project with Mexico. (Find that on page 15 of the AZ Works Report) *Note: The State level “Works” programs thrive off of virtual traffic on-line, so MORE data tracking can take place. During COVID-19, we’re seeing an increase in educational settings for tracking where students are. Connected job programs are, too!
From TX, HYPE (Helping Youth Prepare for Employment). This emphasized screen shot reveals the true agenda of what education’s become: job skill institutions. HYPE can be found in KS, too. If you search the internet, you can find pdf documents for the Sept. 2019 Executive Committee meeting notes. (will automatically download to your computer). In that, you’ll see KS and TX met at least once to streamline services.
To see the image, full size, go here.
Be sure to check your State, too.
Also from KS, the “Next-Generation RoundUP for Youth, Inc.” In this Power Point, you can see an entire high school building was turned into a quasi-city where shops and community services were located in small scale forms. Public private partnerships help fund this. The purpose? Fast tracking high school students and early college students into the job market.
America Works, founded in the mid 1980s, by a social activist to wipe out poverty. During the 1990s, this group worked with then-President Clinton to reform welfare. Today, America Works operates in several States and uses education and work aligned systems for all age groups. While the company partners with industries, it doesn’t appear to be the same as the government run State level Work programs.
From the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, you can see that over 600 companies were in full support of USMCA. You can also see their take on small and medium businesses under USMCA. It was supposed to benefit the over 120,000 of them in selling goods to Mexico and Canada. However, COVID-19 has drastically changed that. Related fall out or planned shut down? You decide. We know that Bill Gates personally funded the U.S. Chamber to align every State’s Chamber to the CCSS Machine.
The SBA (Small Business Administration) Spin:
Jan. 17, 2020, the SBA slanted the USMCA as a great way for businesses to become 21st Century digitally aligned. It also brought up intellectual property rights. Warriors, in the USMCA is the fact THOSE “Rights” fall under the UN’s parameters, NOT America’s!
Jan 30, 2020, the SBA slanted the USMCA as a good thing for small businesses and it would align them to big government via data tracking/mining and more procurement by the federal government. Warriors, consider this, though, the same article also revealed that OTHER countries would get to decide the fate of the small to medium sized businesses! I did reveal this very aspect from the pages of the USMCA, but in the truth angle that this is UNCONSTITUTIONAL! Also think about the COVID-19 aspect, many of these same businesses got federal bail out money. Fed money has fed strings!
Warriors, in 2015, I showed you the SBA’s presence in the CCSS Machine, that’s NOT gone away.
Article posted with permission from Lynne Taylor


thewashingtonstandard--2020-06-02--The Emperor’s New Mask:  The New Badge Of Slavery In A Lockdown Society

The Emperor ’ s New Mask : The New Badge Of Slavery In A Lockdown Society The NFL is testing face masks , not for the fans in the stands , but for the players .
Is there a face mask in the world that will stop virus particles from being inhaled when the players are inches apart and slamming into each other at high speeds ?
Probably not .
But masks have become a cultural symbol .
That ’ s why masks are being deployed in environments where they ’ re ridiculous and useless .
A strip club in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ restaurants in Atlanta , waiters wear face masks .
Both are equally silly .
Non-medical masks might stop large droplets , but won ’ t stop small ones .
People interacting at close range will be producing small droplets that a cloth mask won ’ t stop .
When everyone is inches away from each other , talking and exchanging money , the masks are just a fetish .
What a mask says is more important than what it does .
Governor Andrew Cuomo claimed that masks are a symbol of “ respect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Masks are a symbol , but not of respect .
Cuomo , whose policies killed thousands of nursing home residents , understands that better than any of the gullible yuppie emigrants to New York who made him a hero .
Against an intangible virus and the fear it spreads , masks are a protective fetish and a badge of moral superiority .
To wear a mask is to say that you are a responsible person who obeys public officials .
The mask is a badge of citizenship in a lockdown society .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ it .
Clothing retailers from the Gap to Nordstrom have jumped on the mask bandwagon .
There is already a ‘ Mask of the Month ’ club that will send you a customized mask and a Baltimore gay leather bar is selling masks with shirtless firemen on them .
Major fashion designers offer premium priced masks and Disney , which never misses a licensing opportunity , will sell you Mickey Mouse masks to stave off the virus .
Why is there such a proliferation of individualistic mask designs , many of which are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ surgical mask ?
Because the masks are part of the wearer ’ s identity .
Advertising for these masks doesn ’ t delve into the medical effectiveness of their construction .
A report from the National Academies of Sciences , Engineering , and Medicine ’ s Standing Committee on Emerging Infectious Diseases found a “ wide variation in filtration efficiency ” among different types of fabrics .
It also noted that , “ a mask made from a four-layer woven handkerchief fabric , of a sort that might be found in many homes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 0.3 micron size particles.
” Customized brand masks , like those sold by Disney , are usually polyester and especially bad .
“ Don ’ t use a synthetic or a polyester because they ’ ve looked at the virus ’ s ability to survive on surfaces , and spandex is the worst , ” Dr. Daniel Griffin , a Columbia U expert on infectious diseases had warned .
The customized mask industry is selling people the illusion of protection while actually endangering them .
But the mask isn ’ t a medical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , it signals the wearer ’ s virtue by showing that he or she cares about other people .
And is on board with current trends .
“ We care a lot about you people cause we ’ re out to save the world , ” Faith No More sang .
“ It ’ s a dirty job but someone ’ s got ta do it.
” Social justice claims to care and to look down at those who don ’ t .
Caring about the coronavirus is only the latest incarnation of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , poverty , racism , war and all the phobias .
Good people care about socially relevant crises and show that they care by wearing something .
It ’ s a dirty piece of polyester choked with bacteria , but somebody ’ s got ta wear it to save the world .
Buying a mask that donates a percentage of sales to a charity , and then wearing this new style in public is the new t-shirt or bumper sticker .
It spreads awareness and shames those who are still ‘ unaware ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ things isn ’ t just the ego boost , it ’ s to look down at those who don ’ t .
What good is gaining a higher social status by wearing a status symbol if you can ’ t look down at those who aren ’ t wearing that thing which conveys to everyone passing by that you are better than them ?
Wearing a mask was initially discouraged .
The public was told that masks were reserved for health care professionals .
And then it was not only encouraged , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vicariously for our ‘ health care heroes ’ can wear a mask and sneer at those who just don ’ t care .
The only problem is that it ’ s hard to sneer while wearing a mask .
That ’ s what the customization is for .
Fetish objects of social responsibility cause more problems than the ones they claim to be solving .
Electric cars are worse for the environment than regular cars .
Reusable shopping bags spread disease .
And it ’ s not unusual to see mask wearers clustering @ @ @ @ @ @ @ eateries , chattering in the certainty that the magic of their masked moral superiority will protect them .
Like celebrities announcing that they ’ re saving the planet by wearing the same tuxedo or dress to the different award shows in the different cities and on the different continents that they jet between , the mask is a meaningless fetish object that provides social approbation for a multitude of riskier behaviors .
Masked NFL players from opposing teams are not going to be protected from spreading the virus to each other by wearing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doesn ’ t make a restaurant or strip club safe .
But wearing masks while taking everything else off is what passes for progressive virtue .
The point is not to protect anyone , but to care .
Governor Cuomo , who lectures non-mask wearers on respect , cares .
Not enough to protect the 5 % of New York ’ s nursing home population who died of the coronavirus when he ordered these facilities to accept coronavirus patients .
But he cares enough to constantly talk about how much he cares .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ a mask , is what progressive virtue looks like .
It ’ s naked , but covered in a false face .
The emperor wears no clothes , except for the façade of caring concealing his true face .
Wearing a mask is about appearing to be a better person without being a better person .
That is what the fetishes of social responsibility , whether it ’ s farm-to-table food or flying on carbon credits , are about .
Social responsibility has always been about putting on masks of political correctness , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the lower classes that conceal the real face of the leftist .
Now the masks have stopped being a metaphor .
And the metaphor is something you buy and wear outside .
The masks may be real , but the virtues of social responsibility they represent are just as hollow .
Being a good person is hard work , but anyone can put on a mask .

The Emperor’s New Mask: The New Badge Of Slavery In A Lockdown Society
The NFL is testing face masks, not for the fans in the stands, but for the players. Is there a face mask in the world that will stop virus particles from being inhaled when the players are inches apart and slamming into each other at high speeds? Probably not. But masks have become a cultural symbol.
That’s why masks are being deployed in environments where they’re ridiculous and useless.
A strip club in Wyoming reopened with mandatory masks. At restaurants in Atlanta, waiters wear face masks. Both are equally silly. Non-medical masks might stop large droplets, but won’t stop small ones. People interacting at close range will be producing small droplets that a cloth mask won’t stop. When everyone is inches away from each other, talking and exchanging money, the masks are just a fetish.
What a mask says is more important than what it does.
Governor Andrew Cuomo claimed that masks are a symbol of “respect”. He’s partly right. Masks are a symbol, but not of respect. Cuomo, whose policies killed thousands of nursing home residents, understands that better than any of the gullible yuppie emigrants to New York who made him a hero.
Against an intangible virus and the fear it spreads, masks are a protective fetish and a badge of moral superiority. To wear a mask is to say that you are a responsible person who obeys public officials.
The mask is a badge of citizenship in a lockdown society. And is instinctively rejected by opponents of it.
Clothing retailers from the Gap to Nordstrom have jumped on the mask bandwagon. There is already a ‘Mask of the Month’ club that will send you a customized mask and a Baltimore gay leather bar is selling masks with shirtless firemen on them. Major fashion designers offer premium priced masks and Disney, which never misses a licensing opportunity, will sell you Mickey Mouse masks to stave off the virus.
Why is there such a proliferation of individualistic mask designs, many of which are actually less effective than the baseline blue surgical mask? Because the masks are part of the wearer’s identity.
Advertising for these masks doesn’t delve into the medical effectiveness of their construction.
A report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Standing Committee on Emerging Infectious Diseases found a “wide variation in filtration efficiency” among different types of fabrics. It also noted that, “a mask made from a four-layer woven handkerchief fabric, of a sort that might be found in many homes, had 0.7% filtration efficiency for 0.3 micron size particles.”
Customized brand masks, like those sold by Disney, are usually polyester and especially bad.
“Don’t use a synthetic or a polyester because they’ve looked at the virus’s ability to survive on surfaces, and spandex is the worst,” Dr. Daniel Griffin, a Columbia U expert on infectious diseases had warned.
The customized mask industry is selling people the illusion of protection while actually endangering them. But the mask isn’t a medical solution. Like many politically correct products, it signals the wearer’s virtue by showing that he or she cares about other people. And is on board with current trends.
“We care a lot about you people cause we’re out to save the world,” Faith No More sang. “It’s a dirty job but someone’s gotta do it.”
Social justice claims to care and to look down at those who don’t. Caring about the coronavirus is only the latest incarnation of caring about acid rain, the whales, poverty, racism, war and all the phobias. Good people care about socially relevant crises and show that they care by wearing something.
These days that’s a mask.
It’s a dirty piece of polyester choked with bacteria, but somebody’s gotta wear it to save the world.
Buying a mask that donates a percentage of sales to a charity, and then wearing this new style in public is the new t-shirt or bumper sticker. It spreads awareness and shames those who are still ‘unaware’.
The whole point of caring about things isn’t just the ego boost, it’s to look down at those who don’t. What good is gaining a higher social status by wearing a status symbol if you can’t look down at those who aren’t wearing that thing which conveys to everyone passing by that you are better than them?
Wearing a mask was initially discouraged. The public was told that masks were reserved for health care professionals. And then it was not only encouraged, but mandated. Now every urban hipster cheering vicariously for our ‘health care heroes’ can wear a mask and sneer at those who just don’t care.
The only problem is that it’s hard to sneer while wearing a mask. That’s what the customization is for.
Fetish objects of social responsibility cause more problems than the ones they claim to be solving.
Electric cars are worse for the environment than regular cars. Reusable shopping bags spread disease. And it’s not unusual to see mask wearers clustering together outside artisanal coffee shops and hip eateries, chattering in the certainty that the magic of their masked moral superiority will protect them.
Like celebrities announcing that they’re saving the planet by wearing the same tuxedo or dress to the different award shows in the different cities and on the different continents that they jet between, the mask is a meaningless fetish object that provides social approbation for a multitude of riskier behaviors.
Masked NFL players from opposing teams are not going to be protected from spreading the virus to each other by wearing masks under their helmets. Wearing masks doesn’t make a restaurant or strip club safe. But wearing masks while taking everything else off is what passes for progressive virtue.
The point is not to protect anyone, but to care.
Governor Cuomo, who lectures non-mask wearers on respect, cares. Not enough to protect the 5% of New York’s nursing home population who died of the coronavirus when he ordered these facilities to accept coronavirus patients. But he cares enough to constantly talk about how much he cares.
And that, like a stripper in a mask, is what progressive virtue looks like. It’s naked, but covered in a false face. The emperor wears no clothes, except for the façade of caring concealing his true face.
“Virtue has a veil, vice a mask,” Victor Hugo once wrote.
Wearing a mask is about appearing to be a better person without being a better person. That is what the fetishes of social responsibility, whether it’s farm-to-table food or flying on carbon credits, are about.
Social responsibility has always been about putting on masks of political correctness, of environmental concern, or benevolence toward the lower classes that conceal the real face of the leftist. Now the masks have stopped being a metaphor. And the metaphor is something you buy and wear outside.
The masks may be real, but the virtues of social responsibility they represent are just as hollow.
Being a good person is hard work, but anyone can put on a mask.
Article posted with permission from Daniel Greenfield


thewashingtonstandard--2020-06-02--The Forgotten Coup Against “The Most Loyal Ally”:  How The Secret Presence Of The CIA Brought Down A

The Forgotten Coup Against “ The Most Loyal Ally ” : How The Secret Presence Of The CIA Brought Down Australia ’ s Prime Minister In 1975 I ’ m always a fan of history and the more I learn , the more I understand that history is often given to us by the victors , whether they be good or evil .
Author John Pilger recounts the tale of how on November 11 , 1975 , Gough Whitlam , then Prime Minister of Australia , was to inform Parliament about the secret CIA presence in his country , by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out of a job .
he Australian High Court has ruled that correspondence between the Queen and the Governor-General of Australia , her viceroy in the former British colony , is no longer “ personal ” and the property of Buckingham Palace .
Why does this matter ?
Secret letters written in 1975 by the Queen and her man in Canberra , Sir John Kerr , can now be released by the National Archives .
On November 11 , 1975 , Kerr infamously sacked the reformist government of prime minister Gough Whitlam , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the United States .
Today , Australia is a vassal state bar none : its politics , intelligence agencies , military and much of its media are integrated into Washington ’ s “ sphere of dominance ” and war plans .
In Donald Trump ’ s current provocations of China , the U.S. bases in Australia are described as the “ tip of the spear ” .
There is an historical amnesia among Australia ’ s polite society about the catastrophic events of 1975 .
An Anglo-American coup overthrew a democratically elected ally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Australian elite colluded .
This is largely unmentionable .
The stamina and achievement of the Australian historian Jenny Hocking in forcing the High Court ’ s decision are exceptional .
Gough Whitlam was driven from government on Remembrance Day , 1975 .
When he died six years ago , his achievements were recognized , if grudgingly , his mistakes noted in false sorrow .
The truth of the coup against him , it was hoped , would be buried with him .
During the Whitlam years , 1972-75 , Australia briefly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Politically , it was an astonishing period .
An American commentator wrote that no country had “ reversed its posture in international affairs so totally without going through a domestic revolution ” .
The last Australian troops were ordered home from their mercenary service to the American assault on Vietnam .
Whitlam ’ s ministers publicly condemned US barbarities as “ mass murder ” and the crimes of “ maniacs ” .
The Nixon administration was corrupt , said the Deputy Prime Minister , Jim Cairns , and called for a boycott of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dockers refused to unload American ships .
Whitlam moved Australia towards the Non-Aligned Movement and called for a Zone of Peace in the Indian ocean , which the US and Britain opposed .
He demanded France cease its nuclear testing in the Pacific .
In the UN , Australia spoke up for the Palestinians .
Refugees fleeing the CIA-engineered coup in Chile were welcomed into Australia : an irony I know that Whitlam later savored .
Although not regarded as on the left of the Labor Party , Gough Whitlam was a maverick @ @ @ @ @ @ @ propriety .
He believed that a foreign power should not control his country ’ s resources and dictate its economic and foreign policies .
He proposed to “ buy back the farm ” .
In drafting the first Aboriginal lands rights legislation and supporting Aboriginal strikers , his government raised the ghost of the greatest land grab in human history , Britain ’ s colonization of Australia , and the question of who owned the island-continent ’ s vast natural wealth .
At home , equal pay for women , free universal higher @ @ @ @ @ @ @ became law .
There was a sense of real urgency as if political time was already running out .
Latin Americans will recognize the audacity and danger of such a “ breaking free ” in a country whose establishment was welded to great , external power .
Australians had served every British imperial adventure since the Boxer rebellion was crushed in China .
In the 1960s , Australia pleaded to join the US in its invasion of Vietnam , then provided “ black teams ” for the CIA .
Whitlam ’ s enemies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2013 by WikiLeaks disclose the names of leading figures in both main parties , including a future prime minister and foreign minister , as Washington ’ s informants during the Whitlam years .
Gough Whitlam knew the risk he was taking .
The day after his election , he ordered that his staff should no longer be “ vetted or harassed ” by the Australian security organisation , ASIO , which was then , as now , tied to Anglo-American intelligence .
A CIA station officer in Saigon wrote : “ We were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ regarded as North Vietnamese collaborators.
” Alarm in Washington rose to fury when , in the early hours of March 16 , 1973 , Whitlam ’ s Attorney-General , Lionel Murphy , led a posse of Federal police in a raid on the Melbourne offices of ASIO .
Since its inception in 1949 , ASIO had become as powerful in Australia as the CIA in Washington .
A leaked file on Deputy Prime Minister Jim Cairns described him as a dangerous figure who would bring about “ the destruction of the democratic system @ @ @ @ @ @ @ real power derived from the UKUSA Treaty , with its secret pact of loyalty to foreign intelligence organizations – notably the CIA and MI6 .
This was demonstrated dramatically when the ( now defunct ) National Times published extracts from tens of thousands of classified documents under the headline , “ How ASIO Betrayed Australia to the Americans.
” Australia is home to some of the most important spy bases in the world .
Whitlam demanded to know the CIA ’ s role and if and why the CIA was running the “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Alice Springs .
As documents leaked by Edward Snowden revealed in 2013 , Pine Gap allows the US to spy on everyone .
“ Try to screw us or bounce us , ” Whitlam warned the US ambassador , Walter Rice , “ [ and Pine Gap ] will become a matter of contention ” .
Victor Marchetti , the CIA officer who had helped set up Pine Gap , later told me , “ This threat to close Pine Gap caused apoplexy in the White House… a kind of Chile [ coup @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gap ’ s top-secret messages were de-coded by a CIA contractor , TRW .
One of the de-coders was Christopher Boyce , a young man troubled by the “ deception and betrayal of an ally ” he witnessed .
Boyce revealed that the CIA had infiltrated the Australian political and trade union elite and was spying on phone calls and Telex messages .
In an interview with the Australian author and investigative journalist , William Pinwell , Boyce revealed one name as especially important .
The CIA referred to the Governor-General of Australia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our man Kerr ” .
Kerr was not only the Queen ’ s man and a passionate monarchist , he had long-standing ties to Anglo-American intelligence .
He was an enthusiastic member of the Australian Association for Cultural Freedom , described by Jonathan Kwitny of the Wall Street Journal in his book , “ The Crimes of Patriots ” , as , “ an elite , invitation-only group… exposed in Congress as being founded , funded and generally run by the CIA ” .
Kerr was also funded by the Asia Foundation , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CIA influence and money .
The CIA , wrote Kwitny , “ paid for Kerr ’ s travel , built his prestige , even paid for his writings … Kerr continued to go to the CIA for money ” .
When Whitlam was re-elected for a second term in 1974 , the White House sent Marshall Green to Canberra as ambassador .
Green was an imperious , sinister figure who worked in the shadows of America ’ s “ deep state ” .
Known as the “ coupmaster ” , he had played @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against President Sukarno in Indonesia – which cost up to a million lives .
One of Green ’ s first speeches in Australia was to the Australian Institute of Directors , described by an alarmed member of the audience as “ an incitement to the country ’ s business leaders to rise against the government ” .
The Americans worked closely with the British .
In 1975 , Whitlam discovered that MI6 was operating against his government .
“ The Brits were actually decoding secret messages coming into my foreign affairs office , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his ministers , Clyde Cameron , told me , “ We knew MI6 was bugging Cabinet meetings for the Americans.
” Senior CIA officers later revealed that the “ Whitlam problem ” had been discussed “ with urgency ” by the CIA ’ s director , William Colby , and the head of MI6 , Sir Maurice Oldfield .
A deputy director of the CIA said : “ Kerr did what he was told to do.
” On November 10 , 1975 , Whitlam was shown a top secret telex message sourced to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the CIA ’ s East Asia Division , who had helped run the coup against Salvador Allende in Chile two years earlier .
Shackley ’ s message was read to Whitlam .
It said that the prime minister of Australia was a security risk in his own country .
Brian Toohey , editor of the National Times , disclosed that it carried the authority of Henry Kissinger , destroyer of Chile and Cambodia .
Having removed the heads of both Australian intelligence agencies , ASIO and ASIS , Whitlam was now moving against @ @ @ @ @ @ @ list of all “ declared ” CIA officers in Australia .
The day before the Shackley cabled arrived on November 10 , 1975 , Sir John Kerr visited the headquarters of the Defence Signals Directorate , Australia ’ s NSA , where he was secretly briefed on the “ security crisis ” .
It was during that weekend , according to a CIA source , that the CIA ’ s “ demands ” were passed to Kerr via the British .
On November 11 , 1975 – the day Whitlam was to inform @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Australia – he was summoned by Kerr .
Invoking archaic vice-regal “ reserve powers ” invested in him by the British monarch , Kerr sacked the democratically elected prime minister .
The “ Whitlam problem ” was solved .
Australian politics never recovered , nor the nation its true independence .
The destruction of Salvador Allende ’ s government in Chile four years earlier , and of scores of other governments that have questioned the divine right of American might and violence since 1945 , was replicated in the most loyal of American @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lucky country ” .
Only the form of the crushing of democracy in Australia in 1975 differed , along with its enduring cover up .
Imagine a Whitlam today standing up to Trump and Pompeo .
Imagine the same courage and principled defiance .
Well , it happened .
Abridged from “ The Coup , ” in John Pilger ’ s book , “ A Secret Country ” , Vintage Books , London .
See also Pilger ’ s film , Other People ’ s Wars http : //johnpilger.com/videos/ the-last-dream-other-peoples- wars

The Forgotten Coup Against “The Most Loyal Ally”: How The Secret Presence Of The CIA Brought Down Australia’s Prime Minister In 1975
I’m always a fan of history and the more I learn, the more I understand that history is often given to us by the victors, whether they be good or evil. Author John Pilger recounts the tale of how on November 11, 1975, Gough Whitlam, then Prime Minister of Australia, was to inform Parliament about the secret CIA presence in his country, by day’s end, he was out of a job.
Pilger writes at MintPress News:
he Australian High Court has ruled that correspondence between the Queen and the Governor-General of Australia, her viceroy in the former British colony, is no longer “personal” and the property of Buckingham Palace. Why does this matter?
Secret letters written in 1975 by the Queen and her man in Canberra, Sir John Kerr, can now be released by the National Archives. On November 11, 1975, Kerr infamously sacked the reformist government of prime minister Gough Whitlam, and delivered Australia into the hands of the United States.
Today, Australia is a vassal state bar none: its politics, intelligence agencies, military and much of its media are integrated into Washington’s “sphere of dominance” and war plans. In Donald Trump’s current provocations of China, the U.S. bases in Australia are described as the “tip of the spear”.
There is an historical amnesia among Australia’s polite society about the catastrophic events of 1975. An Anglo-American coup overthrew a democratically elected ally in a demeaning scandal in which sections of the Australian elite colluded. This is largely unmentionable. The stamina and achievement of the Australian historian Jenny Hocking in forcing the High Court’s decision are exceptional.
Gough Whitlam was driven from government on Remembrance Day, 1975. When he died six years ago, his achievements were recognized, if grudgingly, his mistakes noted in false sorrow. The truth of the coup against him, it was hoped, would be buried with him.
During the Whitlam years, 1972-75, Australia briefly achieved independence and became intolerably progressive. Politically, it was an astonishing period. An American commentator wrote that no country had “reversed its posture in international affairs so totally without going through a domestic revolution”.
The last Australian troops were ordered home from their mercenary service to the American assault on Vietnam. Whitlam’s ministers publicly condemned US barbarities as “mass murder” and the crimes of “maniacs”. The Nixon administration was corrupt, said the Deputy Prime Minister, Jim Cairns, and called for a boycott of American trade. In response, Australian dockers refused to unload American ships.
Whitlam moved Australia towards the Non-Aligned Movement and called for a Zone of Peace in the Indian ocean, which the US and Britain opposed. He demanded France cease its nuclear testing in the Pacific. In the UN, Australia spoke up for the Palestinians. Refugees fleeing the CIA-engineered coup in Chile were welcomed into Australia: an irony I know that Whitlam later savored.
Although not regarded as on the left of the Labor Party, Gough Whitlam was a maverick social democrat of principle, pride and propriety. He believed that a foreign power should not control his country’s resources and dictate its economic and foreign policies. He proposed to “buy back the farm”.
In drafting the first Aboriginal lands rights legislation and supporting Aboriginal strikers, his government raised the ghost of the greatest land grab in human history, Britain’s colonization of Australia, and the question of who owned the island-continent’s vast natural wealth.
At home, equal pay for women, free universal higher education, and support for the arts became law. There was a sense of real urgency as if political time was already running out.
Latin Americans will recognize the audacity and danger of such a “breaking free” in a country whose establishment was welded to great, external power. Australians had served every British imperial adventure since the Boxer rebellion was crushed in China. In the 1960s, Australia pleaded to join the US in its invasion of Vietnam, then provided “black teams” for the CIA.
Whitlam’s enemies gathered. US diplomatic cables published in 2013 by WikiLeaks disclose the names of leading figures in both main parties, including a future prime minister and foreign minister, as Washington’s informants during the Whitlam years.
Gough Whitlam knew the risk he was taking. The day after his election, he ordered that his staff should no longer be “vetted or harassed” by the Australian security organisation, ASIO, which was then, as now, tied to Anglo-American intelligence. A CIA station officer in Saigon wrote: “We were told the Australians might as well be regarded as North Vietnamese collaborators.”
Alarm in Washington rose to fury when, in the early hours of March 16, 1973, Whitlam’s Attorney-General, Lionel Murphy, led a posse of Federal police in a raid on the Melbourne offices of ASIO. Since its inception in 1949, ASIO had become as powerful in Australia as the CIA in Washington. A leaked file on Deputy Prime Minister Jim Cairns described him as a dangerous figure who would bring about “the destruction of the democratic system of government”.
ASIO’s real power derived from the UKUSA Treaty, with its secret pact of loyalty to foreign intelligence organizations – notably the CIA and MI6. This was demonstrated dramatically when the (now defunct) National Times published extracts from tens of thousands of classified documents under the headline, “How ASIO Betrayed Australia to the Americans.”
Australia is home to some of the most important spy bases in the world. Whitlam demanded to know the CIA’s role and if and why the CIA was running the “joint facility” at Pine Gap near Alice Springs. As documents leaked by Edward Snowden revealed in 2013, Pine Gap allows the US to spy on everyone.
“Try to screw us or bounce us,” Whitlam warned the US ambassador, Walter Rice, “[and Pine Gap] will become a matter of contention”.
Victor Marchetti, the CIA officer who had helped set up Pine Gap, later told me, “This threat to close Pine Gap caused apoplexy in the White House… a kind of Chile [coup] was set in motion.”
Pine Gap’s top-secret messages were de-coded by a CIA contractor, TRW. One of the de-coders was Christopher Boyce, a young man troubled by the “deception and betrayal of an ally” he witnessed. Boyce revealed that the CIA had infiltrated the Australian political and trade union elite and was spying on phone calls and Telex messages.
In an interview with the Australian author and investigative journalist, William Pinwell, Boyce revealed one name as especially important. The CIA referred to the Governor-General of Australia, Sir John Kerr, as “our man Kerr”.
Kerr was not only the Queen’s man and a passionate monarchist, he had long-standing ties to Anglo-American intelligence. He was an enthusiastic member of the Australian Association for Cultural Freedom, described by Jonathan Kwitny of the Wall Street Journal in his book, “The Crimes of Patriots”, as, “an elite, invitation-only group… exposed in Congress as being founded, funded and generally run by the CIA”.
Kerr was also funded by the Asia Foundation, exposed in Congress as a conduit for CIA influence and money. The CIA, wrote Kwitny, “paid for Kerr’s travel, built his prestige, even paid for his writings … Kerr continued to go to the CIA for money”.
When Whitlam was re-elected for a second term in 1974, the White House sent Marshall Green to Canberra as ambassador. Green was an imperious, sinister figure who worked in the shadows of America’s “deep state”. Known as the “coupmaster”, he had played a central role in the 1965 coup against President Sukarno in Indonesia – which cost up to a million lives.
One of Green’s first speeches in Australia was to the Australian Institute of Directors, described by an alarmed member of the audience as “an incitement to the country’s business leaders to rise against the government”.
The Americans worked closely with the British. In 1975, Whitlam discovered that MI6 was operating against his government. “The Brits were actually decoding secret messages coming into my foreign affairs office,” he said later. One of his ministers, Clyde Cameron, told me, “We
knew MI6 was bugging Cabinet meetings for the Americans.”
Senior CIA officers later revealed that the “Whitlam problem” had been discussed “with urgency” by the CIA’s director, William Colby, and the head of MI6, Sir Maurice Oldfield. A deputy director of the CIA said: “Kerr did what he was told to do.”
On November 10, 1975, Whitlam was shown a top secret telex message sourced to Theodore Shackley, the notorious head of the CIA’s East Asia Division, who had helped run the coup against Salvador Allende in Chile two years earlier. Shackley’s message was read to Whitlam. It said that the prime minister of Australia was a security risk in his own country. Brian Toohey, editor of the National Times, disclosed that it carried the authority of Henry Kissinger, destroyer of Chile and Cambodia.
Having removed the heads of both Australian intelligence agencies, ASIO and ASIS, Whitlam was now moving against the CIA. He called for a list of all “declared” CIA officers in Australia.
The day before the Shackley cabled arrived on November 10, 1975, Sir John Kerr visited the headquarters of the Defence Signals Directorate, Australia’s NSA, where he was secretly briefed on the “security crisis”. It was during that weekend, according to a CIA source, that the CIA’s “demands” were passed to Kerr via the British.
On November 11, 1975 – the day Whitlam was to inform Parliament about the secret CIA presence in Australia – he was summoned by Kerr. Invoking archaic vice-regal “reserve powers” invested in him by the British monarch, Kerr sacked the democratically elected prime minister.
The “Whitlam problem” was solved. Australian politics never recovered, nor the nation its true independence.
The destruction of Salvador Allende’s government in Chile four years earlier, and of scores of other governments that have questioned the divine right of American might and violence since 1945, was replicated in the most loyal of American allies, often described as “the lucky country”. Only the form of the crushing of democracy in Australia in 1975 differed, along with its enduring cover up.
Imagine a Whitlam today standing up to Trump and Pompeo. Imagine the same courage and principled defiance. Well, it happened.
Abridged from “The Coup,” in John Pilger’s book, “A Secret Country”, Vintage Books, London. See also Pilger’s film, Other People’s Wars http://johnpilger.com/videos/ the-last-dream-other-peoples- wars


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Independent Autopsy Determines George Floyd Was Murdered After Knee On His Neck “ Caused Asphyxia That Led To Lack Of Blood Flow To The Brain ” The findings of the world renowned Dr. Michael Baden and Dr. Allecia Wilson differ greatly from the autopsy results conducted by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner ’ s office last week .
Baden was hired by the Floyd family to conduct the independent autopsy after the Hennepin County Medical Examiner ’ s Office ruled last week that Floyd hadn ’ t died from “ strangulation or asphyxia.
” Baden and Wilson say the sustained @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Floyd ’ s neck impeded blood flow to his brain , while weight applied by two other officers , who had placed their knees into his back , also limited his ability to breathe .
This horrific tragedy should have been averted .
Officer Chauvin should not have been on the force .
The Floyd case has put the national spotlight back on Klobuchar ’ s days as a prosecutor , particularly as it became clear Derek Chauvin , the officer involved in Floyd ’ s death , was involved in the death @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Chauvin was one of six officers who fired on and killed Wayne Reyes in 2006 after Reyes reportedly aimed a shotgun at police after stabbing his friend and girlfriend .
While the death happened during Klobuchar ’ s tenure at the helm of the Hennepin County Attorney ’ s Office , the case did not go to a grand jury until after she left the office and became a senator .
Klobuchar did not criminally charge other police involved in the more than two dozen officer-involved fatalities that occurred during her time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to a grand jury , a practice that was common at the time .
( more here ) Had Klobuchar pressed charges , Floyd would be alive today .
Chauvin was a bad cop , violent and abusive with a long dossier of misconduct complaints and three killings already on his record .
Cops such as Chauvin escape punishment .
This is key question and calls for systemic reform .
Sadly , this is not the conversation we having .
Instead , the violent riots and looting grabbed all the media headlines and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Floyd has been drowned out by the cacophony of madness .
Worse still , Floyd ’ s murder is being exploited to gin up hatred , division , insurrection .
GEORGE FLOYD WAS MURDERED BY MINNEAPOLIS COP DEREK CHAUVIN AFTER KNEE ON HIS NECK ’ CAUSED ASPHYXIA THAT LED TO LACK OF BLOOD FLOW TO BRAIN ’ , SAYS INDEPENDENT AUTOPSY ORDERED BY FAMILY • George Floyd died of a homicide caused by asphyxia due to compression on his neck and back leading to a lack of blood flow to his brain , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dr. Allecia Wilson were hired by the Floyd family ’ s legal team to conduct the independent autopsy last week • The pathologists say the sustained pressure applied by Officer Derek Chauvin on George Floyd ’ s neck impeded blood flow to his brain • The weight applied by another officer , who had placed both of his knees into his back , also impeded his ability to breathe • Their independent evaluation also found that Floyd had ‘ no underlying medical problems that caused or contributed to his death ’ • The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the ruling of an autopsy conducted by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner ’ s office last week • Crump says Officer Chauvin should be charged with first-degree murder and called for the arrests of the other three officers involved George Floyd died of ‘ asphyxiation from sustained pressure ’ being applied to his neck and back by Officer Derek Chauvin and two other officers , an independent autopsy ordered by his family has found .
Attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Antonio Romanucci , who are representing the family of George Floyd , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dr. Michael Baden and Dr. Allecia Wilson were hired by the Floyd family to conduct the independent autopsy after the Hennepin County Medical Examiner ’ s Office ruled last week that Floyd hadn ’ t died from ‘ strangulation or asphyxia ’ .
In contrast , Baden and Wilson say the sustained pressure applied by Derek Chauvin on George Floyd ’ s neck impeded blood flow to his brain , while weight applied by two other officers , who had placed their knees into his back , also limited his ability to breathe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cause of death as mechanical asphyxia , with the manner of his death ruled a homicide .
Crump and Romanucci called for Chauvin to be charged with first-degree murder , and also said the other three officers involved in the incident – J Alexander Kueng , Thomas Lane and Tou Thao – should be arrested as well , though didn ’ t specify on what charges .
‘ They knew that they were applying restraints that could or would cause death , ’ Romanucci said .
‘ They are criminally liable because they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to death.
’ ‘ Not only was the knee on George ’ s neck a cause of his death , but so was the weight of the other two police officers on his back , who not only prevented blood flow into his brain but also air flow into his lungs , ’ he continued .
Attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Antonio Romanucci , who are representing the family of George Floyd , announced the findings on Monday afternoon .
Dr. Michael Baden and Dr. Allecia Wilson were hired by the Floyd family @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hennepin County Medical Examiner ’ s Office ruled last week that Floyd hadn ’ t died from ‘ strangulation or asphyxia ’ .
In contrast , Baden and Wilson say the sustained pressure applied by Derek Chauvin on George Floyd ’ s neck impeded blood flow to his brain , while weight applied by two other officers , who had placed their knees into his back , also limited his ability to breathe .
The pathologists cited Floyd ’ s cause of death as mechanical asphyxia , with the manner of his death @ @ @ @ @ @ @ called for Chauvin to be charged with first-degree murder , and also said the other three officers involved in the incident – J Alexander Kueng , Thomas Lane and Tou Thao – should be arrested as well , though didn ’ t specify on what charges .
‘ They knew that they were applying restraints that could or would cause death , ’ Romanucci said .
‘ They are criminally liable because they knew what they were doing could lead to death.
’ ‘ Not only was the knee on George ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but so was the weight of the other two police officers on his back , who not only prevented blood flow into his brain but also air flow into his lungs , ’ he continued .
The findings of Baden and Wilson greatly differ from the ruling of an autopsy conducted by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner ’ s office on Floyd last week .
Their independent evaluation also found that Floyd had ‘ no underlying medical problems that caused or contributed to his death , ’ contrary to the rulings of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by information from myself , from Dr. Wilson , and from the family , ’ Baden said .
‘ [ Mr. Floyd ] was in good health.
’ The county ’ s autopsy found ‘ no physical findings that support a diagnosis of traumatic asphyxia or strangulation.
’ The report also said Floyd had underlying health conditions , including coronary artery disease and hypertensive heart disease In conclusion , the examiner suggested Floyd likely died from a combination of his underlying health conditions and potential intoxicants in his system that were exacerbated by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ officers .
Baden criticized those findings Monday , pointing out that the emphasis the pressure on his neck may have had on his death wouldn ’ t show up in an autopsy because the pressure is released by the time body arrived at the examiner ’ s office .
‘ The compressive pressure on the neck are not seen at autopsy because the pressure is released by the time the body has come to the medical office , ’ Baden said .
‘ It can only be seen when the pressure is being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the video.
’ He continued : ‘ Pressure on the neck can interfere with blood flow and oxygen going to the brain , and pressure to the back interferes with breathing.
’ Baden also refuted the idea that Floyd had coronary artery disease .
In a comment in reference to his age group ’ s susceptibility to coronavirus , the 85-year-old said , ‘ I wish I had the same coronary arteries that Mr. Floyd had.
’ Floyd ’ s family had disputed the county medical examiner ’ s findings last week , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conditions ‘ an illusion ’ .
‘ The family and I reject this notion from the Minneapolis Medical Examiner that the knee from the police officer on George ’ s neck for almost nine minutes was not the proximate cause of his death , ’ the Floyd family ’ s lawyer , Ben Crump said in a statement over the weekend .
‘ The family does not trust anything coming from the Minneapolis Police Department .
How can they ?
’ attorney Ben Crump said .
‘ We already saw the truth.
’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a press conference Friday that they had called on renowned forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden to conduct an independent autopsy instead of the Hennepin County Medical Examiner ’ s office .
Dr. Baden previously conducted a separate autopsy on Eric Garner , whose death in 2014 while being placed in an unauthorized chokehold by NYPD Officer Daniel Panteleo was also captured on video .
Panteleo wasn ’ t criminally charged but was fired from the police force in 2019 .
Dr. Baden also previously conducted an autopsy on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , in addition to testifying at the OJ Simpson murder trial .
On Sunday night , Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo said all four of the officer ’ s involved in Floyd ’ s arrest are ‘ complicit ’ in his death .
In the days since , protests erupted in Minneapolis before spreading to the White House , New York City and to numerous other states across the weekend .
Crump and Floyd ’ s family have said people should continue protesting , but urged them to refrain from using violence or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ man of peace ’ .
George Floyd ’ s younger brother , Terrence Floyd , appeared on Good Morning America on Monday , calling for the ‘ destructive unity to end ’ .
Terrence said his brother ‘ was about peace ’ and believes the violence happening during demonstrations is ‘ overshadowing ’ Floyd ’ s memory .

Independent Autopsy Determines George Floyd Was Murdered After Knee On His Neck “Caused Asphyxia That Led To Lack Of Blood Flow To The Brain”
George Floyd was brutally murdered.
The findings of the world renowned Dr. Michael Baden and Dr. Allecia Wilson differ greatly from the autopsy results conducted by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s office last week. Baden was hired by the Floyd family to conduct the independent autopsy after the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled last week that Floyd hadn’t died from “strangulation or asphyxia.” Baden and Wilson say the sustained pressure applied by Derek Chauvin on George Floyd’s neck impeded blood flow to his brain, while weight applied by two other officers, who had placed their knees into his back, also limited his ability to breathe.
Baden criticized those findings Monday, pointing out that the emphasis the pressure on his neck may have had on his death wouldn’t show up in an autopsy because the pressure is released by the time body arrived at the examiner’s office. Baden also refuted the idea that Floyd had coronary artery disease. In a comment in reference to his age group’s susceptibility to coronavirus, the 85-year-old said, ‘I wish I had the same coronary arteries that Mr. Floyd had.’
This horrific tragedy should have been averted. Officer Chauvin should not have been on the force.
The Floyd case has put the national spotlight back on Klobuchar’s days as a prosecutor, particularly as it became clear Derek Chauvin, the officer involved in Floyd’s death, was involved in the death of another citizen while Klobuchar was prosecutor. Chauvin was one of six officers who fired on and killed Wayne Reyes in 2006 after Reyes reportedly aimed a shotgun at police after stabbing his friend and girlfriend. While the death happened during Klobuchar’s tenure at the helm of the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, the case did not go to a grand jury until after she left the office and became a senator. Klobuchar did not criminally charge other police involved in the more than two dozen officer-involved fatalities that occurred during her time as prosecutor. She left those decisions to a grand jury, a practice that was common at the time. (more here)
Had Klobuchar pressed charges, Floyd would be alive today. Chauvin was a bad cop, violent and abusive with a long dossier of misconduct complaints and three killings already on his record. Cops such as Chauvin escape punishment. This is key question and calls for systemic reform.
Virtually every official in Minnesota with influence over the Minneapolis police and the decision to keep Derek Chauvin on the force despite his alarming record is a Democrat: the governor, the attorney general, the Minneapolis congresswoman and the mayor. The city council consists of 12 Democrats and a Green Party member. The Democrat Party is the “system” that protected the bad cop and led to George Floyd’s death. (more here)
Sadly, this is not the conversation we having. Instead, the violent riots and looting grabbed all the media headlines and the great cause of justice for Mr. Floyd has been drowned out by the cacophony of madness. Worse still, Floyd’s murder is being exploited to gin up hatred, division, insurrection.
GEORGE FLOYD WAS MURDERED BY MINNEAPOLIS COP DEREK CHAUVIN AFTER KNEE ON HIS NECK ’CAUSED ASPHYXIA THAT LED TO LACK OF BLOOD FLOW TO BRAIN’, SAYS INDEPENDENT AUTOPSY ORDERED BY FAMILY
George Floyd died of a homicide caused by asphyxia due to compression on his neck and back leading to a lack of blood flow to his brain, experts say
Dr. Michael Baden and Dr. Allecia Wilson were hired by the Floyd family’s legal team to conduct the independent autopsy last week
The pathologists say the sustained pressure applied by Officer Derek Chauvin on George Floyd’s neck impeded blood flow to his brain
The weight applied by another officer, who had placed both of his knees into his back, also impeded his ability to breathe
Their independent evaluation also found that Floyd had ‘no underlying medical problems that caused or contributed to his death’
The findings of Baden and Wilson greatly differ from the ruling of an autopsy conducted by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s office last week
Crump says Officer Chauvin should be charged with first-degree murder and called for the arrests of the other three officers involved
By Luke Kenton For Dailymail.com, 1 June 2020 |
George Floyd died of ‘asphyxiation from sustained pressure’ being applied to his neck and back by Officer Derek Chauvin and two other officers, an independent autopsy ordered by his family has found.
Attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Antonio Romanucci, who are representing the family of George Floyd, announced the findings on Monday afternoon.
Dr. Michael Baden and Dr. Allecia Wilson were hired by the Floyd family to conduct the independent autopsy after the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled last week that Floyd hadn’t died from ‘strangulation or asphyxia’.
In contrast, Baden and Wilson say the sustained pressure applied by Derek Chauvin on George Floyd’s neck impeded blood flow to his brain, while weight applied by two other officers, who had placed their knees into his back, also limited his ability to breathe.
The pathologists cited Floyd’s cause of death as mechanical asphyxia, with the manner of his death ruled a homicide.
Crump and Romanucci called for Chauvin to be charged with first-degree murder, and also said the other three officers involved in the incident – J Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao – should be arrested as well, though didn’t specify on what charges.
‘They knew that they were applying restraints that could or would cause death,’ Romanucci said. ‘They are criminally liable because they knew what they were doing could lead to death.’
‘Not only was the knee on George’s neck a cause of his death, but so was the weight of the other two police officers on his back, who not only prevented blood flow into his brain but also air flow into his lungs,’ he continued.
Attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Antonio Romanucci, who are representing the family of George Floyd, announced the findings on Monday afternoon.
Dr. Michael Baden and Dr. Allecia Wilson were hired by the Floyd family to conduct the independent autopsy after the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled last week that Floyd hadn’t died from ‘strangulation or asphyxia’.
In contrast, Baden and Wilson say the sustained pressure applied by Derek Chauvin on George Floyd’s neck impeded blood flow to his brain, while weight applied by two other officers, who had placed their knees into his back, also limited his ability to breathe.
The pathologists cited Floyd’s cause of death as mechanical asphyxia, with the manner of his death ruled a homicide.
Crump and Romanucci called for Chauvin to be charged with first-degree murder, and also said the other three officers involved in the incident – J Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao – should be arrested as well, though didn’t specify on what charges.
‘They knew that they were applying restraints that could or would cause death,’ Romanucci said. ‘They are criminally liable because they knew what they were doing could lead to death.’
‘Not only was the knee on George’s neck a cause of his death, but so was the weight of the other two police officers on his back, who not only prevented blood flow into his brain but also air flow into his lungs,’ he continued.
The findings of Baden and Wilson greatly differ from the ruling of an autopsy conducted by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s office on Floyd last week.
Their independent evaluation also found that Floyd had ‘no underlying medical problems that caused or contributed to his death,’ contrary to the rulings of the medical examiner.
‘This is confirmed by information from myself, from Dr. Wilson, and from the family,’ Baden said. ‘[Mr. Floyd] was in good health.’
The county’s autopsy found ‘no physical findings that support a diagnosis of traumatic asphyxia or strangulation.’ The report also said Floyd had underlying health conditions, including coronary artery disease and hypertensive heart disease
In conclusion, the examiner suggested Floyd likely died from a combination of his underlying health conditions and potential intoxicants in his system that were exacerbated by the restraint placed on him by police officers.
Baden criticized those findings Monday, pointing out that the emphasis the pressure on his neck may have had on his death wouldn’t show up in an autopsy because the pressure is released by the time body arrived at the examiner’s office.
‘The compressive pressure on the neck are not seen at autopsy because the pressure is released by the time the body has come to the medical office,’ Baden said. ‘It can only be seen when the pressure is being applied – or in this instance in the video.’
He continued: ‘Pressure on the neck can interfere with blood flow and oxygen going to the brain, and pressure to the back interferes with breathing.’
Baden also refuted the idea that Floyd had coronary artery disease. In a comment in reference to his age group’s susceptibility to coronavirus, the 85-year-old said, ‘I wish I had the same coronary arteries that Mr. Floyd had.’
Floyd’s family had disputed the county medical examiner’s findings last week, calling notions he had any underlying health conditions ‘an illusion’.
‘The family and I reject this notion from the Minneapolis Medical Examiner that the knee from the police officer on George’s neck for almost nine minutes was not the proximate cause of his death,’ the Floyd family’s lawyer, Ben Crump said in a statement over the weekend.
‘The family does not trust anything coming from the Minneapolis Police Department. How can they?’ attorney Ben Crump said. ‘We already saw the truth.’
Crump and S. Lee Merritt revealed in a press conference Friday that they had called on renowned forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden to conduct an independent autopsy instead of the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s office.
Dr. Baden previously conducted a separate autopsy on Eric Garner, whose death in 2014 while being placed in an unauthorized chokehold by NYPD Officer Daniel Panteleo was also captured on video. Panteleo wasn’t criminally charged but was fired from the police force in 2019.
Dr. Baden also previously conducted an autopsy on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that suggested he may have been murdered, in addition to testifying at the OJ Simpson murder trial.
On Sunday night, Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo said all four of the officer’s involved in Floyd’s arrest are ‘complicit’ in his death.
In the days since, protests erupted in Minneapolis before spreading to the White House, New York City and to numerous other states across the weekend.
Crump and Floyd’s family have said people should continue protesting, but urged them to refrain from using violence or looting as George Floyd was ‘a man of peace’.
George Floyd’s younger brother, Terrence Floyd, appeared on Good Morning America on Monday, calling for the ‘destructive unity to end’.
Terrence said his brother ‘was about peace’ and believes the violence happening during demonstrations is ‘overshadowing’ Floyd’s memory.
Article posted with permission from Pamela Geller