wearechange--2020-05-27--Coronavirus Uses Same Strategy as HIV to Evade, Cripple Immune System: Chinese Study Finds

Back on February 1 , when the coronavirus pandemic was only just starting to attract broader attention and the China-influenced mainstream media was still politically inclined to minimize the severity of the disease before pulling a sharp U-turn and now going full bore with a narrative of just how dangerous it is for the Trump administration to reopen the economy ( because if the economy recovers by November , Trump just might get re-elected ) , we published an article referencing an Arxiv pre-print which found that the covid-19 genome contained “ HIV Insertions ” , stoking fears that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ While the mere suggestion that this virus was man-made – nevermind sharing discrete segments of its genetic structure with HIV – sparked outrage among the well-paid mercenary enforcers of the First Amendment known as “ fact-checkers ” who are employed by such biased organizations as Twitter and Facebook to stifle any line of inquiry that runs contrary to whatever dominant narrative has been blessed by the Zuckerbergs and Dorseys of the world , it was none other than the man who discovered the HIV virus back in 1983 , that confirmed our suspicions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” As we reported in April , Professor Luc Montagnier , the 2008 Nobel Prize winner for Medicine , claimed that SARS-CoV-2 is a manipulated virus that was accidentally released from a laboratory in Wuhan , China , and added that the WUhan laboratory , known for its work on coronaviruses , tried to use one of these viruses as a vector for HIV in the search for an AIDS vaccine .
Needless to say , since this narrative was destructive to China and all those self-proclaimed experts who had vowed there is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) manmade , ii ) released by a Chinese lab and iii ) had HIV-insertions , the story was quickly buried and never received as much as a minute of airtime in conventional media sources .
That may all change now , as a result of the third , and perhaps most startling yet twist in the bizarre saga of the coronavirus , after the South China Morning Post reported that a new study by Chinese scientists has found that the novel coronavirus uses the same strategy to evade attack from the human @ @ @ @ @ @ @ both viruses remove marker molecules on the surface of an infected cell that are used by the immune system to identify invaders , the researchers said in a non-peer reviewed paper titled “ The ORF8 Protein of SARS-CoV-2 Mediates Immune Evasion through Potently Downregulating MHC-I ” , posted on pre-print website bioRxiv.org on Sunday ( a paper which the great hordes of amateur epidemiologists will make sure is promptly taken down or else their carefully planted propaganda may be obliterated ) .
They warned that this commonality could mean Sars-CoV-2 , the clinical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ around for some time , like HIV .
Separately , virologist Zhang Hui and a team from Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou also said their discovery added weight to clinical observations that the coronavirus was showing “ some characteristics of viruses causing chronic infection ” .
Some more details on the Hui study : the researchers collected killer T cells from five patients who had recently recovered from Covid-19 ; those immune cells are generated by people after they are infected with Sars-CoV-2 , and whose job is to find and destroy the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ used in the study were not effective at eliminating the virus in infected cells .
When the scientists took a closer look they found that a molecule known as major histocompatibility complex , or MHC , was missing .
The molecule is an identification tag usually present in the membrane of a healthy cell , or in sick cells infected by other coronaviruses such as severe acute respiratory syndrome , or Sars .
It changes with infections , alerting the immune system whether a cell is healthy or infected by a virus .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ that makes MHC molecules disappears from the cell surface : HIV .
ORF8 , which is also known to play an important role in viral replication , is the gene that is targeted by most commercial test kits to detect viral loads in nose or oral swabs .
Needless to say , the absence of MHC makes the creation of vaccines against covid problematic , although the study authors had a suggestion : while drugs used to treat Covid-19 patients mainly target enzymes or structural proteins needed for viral replication , Zhang and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ specifically targeting the impairment of MHC by ORF8 , and therefore enhancing immune surveillance for Sars-CoV-2 infection ” .
And here is where things gets very messy for the frauds known as “ fact-checkers ” who – without any actual facts or knowledge – threw up all over our February report that the coronavirus shared genetic material with HIV : while the mainstream media did everything in its power to censor any suggestions that Covid and HIV having genetic similarities ( after all who wants to be threatened by an airborne version of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than the South China Morning Post which writes that “ earlier studies found the spike protein of the new coronavirus had a structure that allowed it to enter many types of human cells and bind with them .
The same structure was also found in HIV , but not in other coronaviruses found in animals such as bats and pangolins.
” Oops , the SCMP will have a a lot of explaining for reporting on , you know , the facts .
But wait there ’ s more .
Another study by researchers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the Sars-CoV-2 , sometimes called the “ Wu Flu ” could kill T cells , or as the SCMP puts it “ the discovery came after autopsies in China found immune system destruction similar to that caused by AIDS.
” At this point , the SCMP has pointed out all the exact same facts – that the coronavirus not only shares genetic material with HIV , but also evades and cripples the immune system in a similar way to HIV – that got the “ highly respected ” StatNews to accuse Zero @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We wonder if StatNews author John Gregory will append his “ analysis ” now that actual “ facts ” have emerged showing that it ’ s not the infodemic we should be afraid of , but the censordemic .
Of course , if covid and HIV share a similar approach to hiding from , and crippling the host immune system , kiss any hope for a vaccine – or cure – goodbye .
Four decades after HIV – a virus that attacks the immune system – emerged , it has killed about 32 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no vaccine or drug that can completely cure the disease .
Which begs the question : who were the real conspiracy theorists – those who reported the facts , or all those countless “ mainstream ” publications who sought to stifle the facts , by accusing us – and many others – of peddling conspiracy theories .
For the answer , we go back to what HIV-discovered Montagnier said in April : “ Conspirators are the opposite camp , hiding the truth , ” he said without wanting to accuse anyone , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what he believes happened in their laboratory .
“ In any case , the truth always comes out , it is up to the Chinese government to take responsibility.
” And while we admire Montagnier ’ s optimism , we are not holding our breath until the truth finally does come out .
Until then , the SCMP may want to watch the bank of its social media accounts – can ’ t have the peasants realizing they were lied to all along .
Twitter , for example , has developed a nasty @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to tell the truth about anything .
The full paper is available here .
Read it before it mysteriously disappears .

Back on February 1, when the coronavirus pandemic was only just starting to attract broader attention and the China-influenced mainstream media was still politically inclined to minimize the severity of the disease before pulling a sharp U-turn and now going full bore with a narrative of just how dangerous it is for the Trump administration to reopen the economy (because if the economy recovers by November, Trump just might get re-elected), we published an article referencing an Arxiv pre-print which found that the covid-19 genome contained “HIV Insertions”, stoking fears that the virus was an artificially created bioweapon.
While the mere suggestion that this virus was man-made – nevermind sharing discrete segments of its genetic structure with HIV – sparked outrage among the well-paid mercenary enforcers of the First Amendment known as “fact-checkers” who are employed by such biased organizations as Twitter and Facebook to stifle any line of inquiry that runs contrary to whatever dominant narrative has been blessed by the Zuckerbergs and Dorseys of the world, it was none other than the man who discovered the HIV virus back in 1983, that confirmed our suspicions saying that “the virus was man-made.”
As we reported in April, Professor Luc Montagnier, the 2008 Nobel Prize winner for Medicine, claimed that SARS-CoV-2 is a manipulated virus that was accidentally released from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, and added that the WUhan laboratory, known for its work on coronaviruses, tried to use one of these viruses as a vector for HIV in the search for an AIDS vaccine.
Needless to say, since this narrative was destructive to China and all those self-proclaimed experts who had vowed there is no way the Wuhan virus was i) manmade, ii) released by a Chinese lab and iii) had HIV-insertions, the story was quickly buried and never received as much as a minute of airtime in conventional media sources.
That may all change now, as a result of the third, and perhaps most startling yet twist in the bizarre saga of the coronavirus, after the South China Morning Post reported that a new study by Chinese scientists has found that the novel coronavirus uses the same strategy to evade attack from the human immune system as HIV.
Specifically, both viruses remove marker molecules on the surface of an infected cell that are used by the immune system to identify invaders, the researchers said in a non-peer reviewed paper titled “The ORF8 Protein of SARS-CoV-2 Mediates Immune Evasion through Potently Downregulating MHC-I”, posted on pre-print website bioRxiv.org on Sunday (a paper which the great hordes of amateur epidemiologists will make sure is promptly taken down or else their carefully planted propaganda may be obliterated). They warned that this commonality could mean Sars-CoV-2, the clinical name for the virus, could be around for some time, like HIV.
Separately, virologist Zhang Hui and a team from Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou also said their discovery added weight to clinical observations that the coronavirus was showing “some characteristics of viruses causing chronic infection”.
Some more details on the Hui study: the researchers collected killer T cells from five patients who had recently recovered from Covid-19; those immune cells are generated by people after they are infected with Sars-CoV-2, and whose job is to find and destroy the virus. But the killer T cells used in the study were not effective at eliminating the virus in infected cells. When the scientists took a closer look they found that a molecule known as major histocompatibility complex, or MHC, was missing.
The molecule is an identification tag usually present in the membrane of a healthy cell, or in sick cells infected by other coronaviruses such as severe acute respiratory syndrome, or Sars. It changes with infections, alerting the immune system whether a cell is healthy or infected by a virus. However, there is one notable disease that makes MHC molecules disappears from the cell surface: HIV.
The coronavirus removes these markers by producing a protein known as ORF8, which binds with MHC molecules, then pulls them inside the infected cell and destroys them, the researchers said.
ORF8, which is also known to play an important role in viral replication, is the gene that is targeted by most commercial test kits to detect viral loads in nose or oral swabs.
Needless to say, the absence of MHC makes the creation of vaccines against covid problematic, although the study authors had a suggestion: while drugs used to treat Covid-19 patients mainly target enzymes or structural proteins needed for viral replication, Zhang and his team suggested compounds be developed “specifically targeting the impairment of MHC by ORF8, and therefore enhancing immune surveillance for Sars-CoV-2 infection”.
And here is where things gets very messy for the frauds known as “fact-checkers” who – without any actual facts or knowledge – threw up all over our February report that the coronavirus shared genetic material with HIV: while the mainstream media did everything in its power to censor any suggestions that Covid and HIV having genetic similarities (after all who wants to be threatened by an airborne version of AIDS) now it is none other than the South China Morning Post which writes that “earlier studies found the spike protein of the new coronavirus had a structure that allowed it to enter many types of human cells and bind with them. The same structure was also found in HIV, but not in other coronaviruses found in animals such as bats and pangolins.”
Oops, the SCMP will have a a lot of explaining for reporting on, you know, the facts.
But wait there’s more. Another study by researchers in New York and Shanghai also found that the Sars-CoV-2, sometimes called the “Wu Flu” could kill T cells, or as the SCMP puts it “the discovery came after autopsies in China found immune system destruction similar to that caused by AIDS.”
At this point, the SCMP has pointed out all the exact same facts – that the coronavirus not only shares genetic material with HIV, but also evades and cripples the immune system in a similar way to HIV – that got the “highly respected” StatNews to accuse Zero Hedge of spreading an “infodemic.” We wonder if StatNews author John Gregory will append his “analysis” now that actual “facts” have emerged showing that it’s not the infodemic we should be afraid of, but the censordemic.
* * *
Of course, if covid and HIV share a similar approach to hiding from, and crippling the host immune system, kiss any hope for a vaccine – or cure – goodbye. Four decades after HIV – a virus that attacks the immune system – emerged, it has killed about 32 million people globally and there is still no vaccine or drug that can completely cure the disease.
Which begs the question: who were the real conspiracy theorists – those who reported the facts, or all those countless “mainstream” publications who sought to stifle the facts, by accusing us – and many others – of peddling conspiracy theories. For the answer, we go back to what HIV-discovered Montagnier said in April: “Conspirators are the opposite camp, hiding the truth,” he said without wanting to accuse anyone, but hoping that the Chinese will admit to what he believes happened in their laboratory. “In any case, the truth always comes out, it is up to the Chinese government to take responsibility.”
And while we admire Montagnier’s optimism,we are not holding our breath until the truth finally does come out. Until then, the SCMP may want to watch the bank of its social media accounts – can’t have the peasants realizing they were lied to all along. Twitter, for example, has developed a nasty habit of immediately banning anyone who dares to tell the truth about anything.
The full paper is available here. Read it before it mysteriously disappears.
Republished from ZeroHedge.com with permission


wearechange--2020-05-26--Holy Cow YouTube Got Caught With Its Pants Down With Communist China!

YouTube just got caught with its pants down with communist China .
The level of censorship is truly incredible .
Going as far back as last October YouTube has been deleting anti-CCP comments .
And is now blaming it on a “ glitch.
” Kind of like Google ’ s previous “ glitches ” like burying Yelp and TripAdvisor in the search algorithm .
Do Google and YouTube have something to gain from serving the interests of the Chinese government ?
?
In today ’ s video , I also go into Google previously creating a Chinese government censored search @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this news for journalist like myself — who have reported inside the protests in Hong Kong .
Plus I cover the Bill Gates connection to supporting Chinese communist state censorship .
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And is now blaming it on a “glitch.”
Kind of like Google’s previous “glitches” like burying Yelp and TripAdvisor in the search algorithm.
Do Google and YouTube have something to gain from serving the interests of the Chinese government??
In today’s video, I also go into Google previously creating a Chinese government censored search engine
And the terrifying implications of all this news for journalist like myself — who have reported inside the protests in Hong Kong.
Plus I cover the Bill Gates connection to supporting Chinese communist state censorship.
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wearechange--2020-05-26--French Intelligence Warned of “Catastrophic Leak” From Wuhan Lab

Eleven years before the joint construction of the Wuhan Institute of Virology , French intelligence services warned Paris that China ’ s reputation for poor bio-security could lead to a ‘ catastrophic leak , ’ according to the Daily Mail .
In 2004 , the EU ’ s chief brexit negotiator , Michael Barnier , ignored those warnings – signing off on the lab ’ s construction when he was the French foreign minister .
According to the report , French intel also warned that Paris could lose control of the facility , and that Beijing could even use it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2015 , as the laboratory prepared to open , those concerns were realized after the French architects of the project said the CCP had shut them out .
In fact , 50 French scientists were supposed to help the Chinese run the laboratory properly , but never ended up going .
The Mail discovered Barnier ’ s involvement in the Wuhan Institute of Virology during an in-depth investigation into French connections to the lab – where many believe the coronavirus escaped from , as the WIV housed a group of scientists who received @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could infect humans .
Under the ‘ escaped ’ scenario , an infected WIV employee unknowingly brought it into the Wuhan wet market , exposing what would become roughly half of the first known cluster of cases .
Biologists who carried out a landmark study say they were ‘ surprised ’ to find the virus was ‘ already pre-adapted to human transmission ’ .
Jacques Chirac , the French president at the time of the deal , pushed for the Wuhan institute to be set up after the 2003 SARS outbreak , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than 8,000 cases and 774 deaths .
Mr Chirac , along with his pro-Beijing prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin , promised French funding and expertise in return for a share of the intellectual copyright on the lab ’ s discoveries .
–Daily Mail France ’ s Chirac government saw the deal to construct the WIV as a way to strengthen trade with China , despite warnings from its own intelligence , the French equivalent to MI6 , which repeatedly raised concerns over lack of international control and ‘ transparency ’ issues .
“ What @ @ @ @ @ @ @ P4 [ high-level bio-security ] laboratory is like a nuclear reprocessing plant .
It ’ s a bacteriological atomic bomb , ” said one source , adding : “ The viruses that are tested are extremely dangerous – diving suits , decontamination airlocks etc must be followed to the letter.
” Alain Merieux , the French billionaire who was instrumental in setting up the Wuhan laboratory in partnership with his Institut Merieux in Lyons , abandoned the project in 2015 , saying : ‘ I am giving up the co-chairmanship of [ the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chinese tool .
It belongs to them , even if it was developed with technical assistance from France .
’ According to Le Figaro , a diplomat with a close knowledge of the deal added : ‘ We knew the risks involved and thought that the Chinese would control everything and quickly eject us from the project .
‘ We believed that providing this cutting-edge technology to a country with an endless power agenda would risk exposing France in return.
’ –Daily Mail And in 2015 , concerns were validated after China implemented @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ technologies , which allows for the military use of civilian technology .
“ The aim was to develop vaccines following the SARS crisis between 2002 and 2004 , ” said the Mail ‘ s source .
“ There was much co-operation on a range of issues between France and China at the time , and Michel Barnier was implementing government policy.
” “ The issue of bio-security was certainly a cause for concern within agencies including the DGSE , ” the source added .
Meanwhile , the WIV ’ s Shi Zhengli @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for her controversial experiments creating bat coronaviruses that can infect humans – and who swore ‘ on her life ’ that the COVID-19 isn ’ t from her lab , said in a recent interview on Chinese state television that viruses being discovered now are “ just the tip of the iceberg.
” “ If we want to prevent human beings from suffering from the next infectious disease outbreak , we must go in advance to learn of these unknown viruses carried by wild animals in nature and give early warnings , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we don ’ t study them there will possibly be another outbreak .
”

Eleven years before the joint construction of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, French intelligence services warned Paris that China’s reputation for poor bio-security could lead to a ‘catastrophic leak,’ according to the Daily Mail.
In 2004, the EU’s chief brexit negotiator, Michael Barnier, ignored those warnings – signing off on the lab’s construction when he was the French foreign minister.
According to the report, French intel also warned that Paris could lose control of the facility, and that Beijing could even use it to make biowarfare weapons. And in 2015, as the laboratory prepared to open, those concerns were realized after the French architects of the project said the CCP had shut them out. In fact, 50 French scientists were supposed to help the Chinese run the laboratory properly, but never ended up going.
The Mail discovered Barnier’s involvement in the Wuhan Institute of Virology during an in-depth investigation into French connections to the lab – where many believe the coronavirus escaped from, as the WIV housed a group of scientists who received international condemnation for creating chimeric strains that could infect humans. Under the ‘escaped’ scenario, an infected WIV employee unknowingly brought it into the Wuhan wet market, exposing what would become roughly half of the first known cluster of cases.
Biologists who carried out a landmark study say they were ‘surprised’ to find the virus was ‘already pre-adapted to human transmission’. Jacques Chirac, the French president at the time of the deal, pushed for the Wuhan institute to be set up after the 2003 SARS outbreak, which affected 26 countries and resulted in more than 8,000 cases and 774 deaths. Mr Chirac, along with his pro-Beijing prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, promised French funding and expertise in return for a share of the intellectual copyright on the lab’s discoveries. –Daily Mail
France’s Chirac government saw the deal to construct the WIV as a way to strengthen trade with China, despite warnings from its own intelligence, the French equivalent to MI6, which repeatedly raised concerns over lack of international control and ‘transparency’ issues.
“What you have to understand is that a P4 [high-level bio-security] laboratory is like a nuclear reprocessing plant. It’s a bacteriological atomic bomb,” said one source, adding: “The viruses that are tested are extremely dangerous – diving suits, decontamination airlocks etc must be followed to the letter.”
Alain Merieux, the French billionaire who was instrumental in setting up the Wuhan laboratory in partnership with his Institut Merieux in Lyons, abandoned the project in 2015, saying: ‘I am giving up the co-chairmanship of [the] P4 [laboratory], a Chinese tool. It belongs to them, even if it was developed with technical assistance from France .’ According to Le Figaro, a diplomat with a close knowledge of the deal added: ‘We knew the risks involved and thought that the Chinese would control everything and quickly eject us from the project. ‘We believed that providing this cutting-edge technology to a country with an endless power agenda would risk exposing France in return.’ –Daily Mail
And in 2015, concerns were validated after China implemented their new policy of ‘dual use’ technologies, which allows for the military use of civilian technology.
“The aim was to develop vaccines following the SARS crisis between 2002 and 2004,” said the Mail‘s source. “There was much co-operation on a range of issues between France and China at the time, and Michel Barnier was implementing government policy.”
“The issue of bio-security was certainly a cause for concern within agencies including the DGSE,” the source added.
Meanwhile, the WIV’s Shi Zhengli – known as “bat woman” for her controversial experiments creating bat coronaviruses that can infect humans – and who swore ‘on her life’ that the COVID-19 isn’t from her lab, said in a recent interview on Chinese state television that viruses being discovered now are “just the tip of the iceberg.”
“If we want to prevent human beings from suffering from the next infectious disease outbreak, we must go in advance to learn of these unknown viruses carried by wild animals in nature and give early warnings,” Shi told CGTN, adding “If we don’t study them there will possibly be another outbreak.”
Republished from ZeroHedge.com with permission


wearechange--2020-05-26--“I Can’t Breathe”: Video Shows Cop Kneeling on Motionless Black Man’s Neck — Until He Dies

Video footage posted to social media Tuesday morning shows a Minneapolis police officer kneeling on the back of a handcuffed black man ’ s neck as he struggles to breathe and onlookers repeatedly warn the cop he is crushing the man to death .
The Minneapolis Police Department said in a statement Monday night that the man—who was identified Tuesday as George Floyd—died of an unspecified “ medical incident ” shortly after being transported to a local hospital , but eye-witnesses described the incident as outright murder .
“ The police killed him , bro , right in front of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who filmed the incident and posted a 10-minute clip on Facebook .
“ He was crying , telling them like , ‘ I can ’ t breathe , ’ and everything .
They did not care… They killed this man.
” Floyd repeatedly says in the video that he can not breathe as an officer keeps one knee on the back of his neck , forcing the victim to remain sprawled out face-first on the asphalt .
The Minneapolis Police Department said the officers were responding to a “ forgery in progress ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” “ He ’ s talking , he ’ s fine , ” one of the officers on the scene says as bystanders plead in the video with the other cop to take his knee off Floyd ’ s neck .
“ You ’ re fucking stopping his breathing there , bro , ” replies one witness .
Floyd eventually lost consciousness , but the officer continued kneeling on his neck until an ambulance arrived minutes later .
Watch [ warning , the footage is graphic and may be disturbing to witness ] @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said in a statement Tuesday that he has been retained to represent the Floyd family .
“ We all watched the horrific death of George Floyd on video as witnesses begged the police officer to take him into the police car and get off his neck , ” said Crump .
“ This abusive , excessive , and inhumane use of force cost the life of a man who was being detained by police for questioning about a non-violent charge .
We will seek justice for the family of George Floyd , as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Department .
How many ‘ while black ’ deaths will it take until the racial profiling and undervaluing of black lives by police finally ends ?
” Minnesota authorities and the FBI are investigating the incident as the video continues to spread on social media , sparking widespread outcry and demands for justice .
“ My heart is breaking for the tragic loss of life last night near 38th and Chicago , ” Minneapolis City Councilwoman Andrea Jenkins , who represents the neighborhood where the incident took place , said in a statement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ traumatized again , and again , and again .
We must demand answers.
” Rep. Ilhan Omar ( D-Minn. ) tweeted that “ it is sickening to watch this black man be killed while helplessly begging for help.
” “ Black lives matter isn ’ t just a chant , it ’ s call for justice , ” said Omar .
“ It ’ s a call for our humanity to be recognized .
This must stop .
”

Video footage posted to social media Tuesday morning shows a Minneapolis police officer kneeling on the back of a handcuffed black man’s neck as he struggles to breathe and onlookers repeatedly warn the cop he is crushing the man to death.
The Minneapolis Police Department said in a statement Monday night that the man—who was identified Tuesday as George Floyd—died of an unspecified “medical incident” shortly after being transported to a local hospital, but eye-witnesses described the incident as outright murder.
“The police killed him, bro, right in front of everybody,” said Darnella Frazier, who filmed the incident and posted a 10-minute clip on Facebook. “He was crying, telling them like, ‘I can’t breathe,’ and everything. They did not care… They killed this man.”
Floyd repeatedly says in the video that he cannot breathe as an officer keeps one knee on the back of his neck, forcing the victim to remain sprawled out face-first on the asphalt. The Minneapolis Police Department said the officers were responding to a “forgery in progress” and claimed Floyd “physically resisted officers.”
“He’s talking, he’s fine,” one of the officers on the scene says as bystanders plead in the video with the other cop to take his knee off Floyd’s neck.
“You’re fucking stopping his breathing there, bro,” replies one witness. Floyd eventually lost consciousness, but the officer continued kneeling on his neck until an ambulance arrived minutes later.
Watch [warning, the footage is graphic and may be disturbing to witness]:
BREAKING: A video shows a Minneapolis police officer pinning down a black man by the neck with his knee for several minutes as the man screams: "I can't breathe."pic.twitter.com/V9K3IU36ap — Mukhtar M. Ibrahim (@mukhtaryare) May 26, 2020
National civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump said in a statement Tuesday that he has been retained to represent the Floyd family.
“We all watched the horrific death of George Floyd on video as witnesses begged the police officer to take him into the police car and get off his neck,” said Crump. “This abusive, excessive, and inhumane use of force cost the life of a man who was being detained by police for questioning about a non-violent charge. We will seek justice for the family of George Floyd, as we demand answers from the Minnesota Police Department. How many ‘while black’ deaths will it take until the racial profiling and undervaluing of black lives by police finally ends?”
Minnesota authorities and the FBI are investigating the incident as the video continues to spread on social media, sparking widespread outcry and demands for justice.
“My heart is breaking for the tragic loss of life last night near 38th and Chicago,” Minneapolis City Councilwoman Andrea Jenkins, who represents the neighborhood where the incident took place, said in a statement. “Our community continues to be traumatized again, and again, and again. We must demand answers.”
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) tweeted that “it is sickening to watch this black man be killed while helplessly begging for help.”
“Black lives matter isn’t just a chant, it’s call for justice,” said Omar. “It’s a call for our humanity to be recognized. This must stop.”
Republished from CommonDreams.org under Creative Commons


wearechange--2020-05-27--What The Media Isn’t Telling You About Minneapolis Riots

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wearechange--2020-05-27--Minneapolis Police Fire Stun Grenades, Rubber Bullets, Tear Gas Into Massive Crowds of Protesters

Minneapolis police officers dressed in riot gear fired rubber bullets , tear gas , and stun grenades into crowds of protesters that gathered late Tuesday to demand justice for the killing of George Floyd after video footage showed a cop kneeling on the back of the man ’ s neck as he cried out , “ I can not breathe !
” Videos and photos posted to social media show people pouring milk into the eyes of demonstrators affected by tear gas as the chemical substance clouds the air , enveloping the thousands of protesters marching in the streets near @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ This is a disgusting display , ” said Jeremiah Ellison , a city council member representing Minneapolis Ward 5 .
“ I ’ m here on the southside , helping people as I can with milk , water , and towels .
So far , I have been unable to prevent the police from firing indiscriminately into the crowd .
Moments ago , I held a towel to a teenage girl ’ s head as blood poured from it.
” Rep. Ilhan Omar ( D-Minn. ) tweeted that “ shooting rubber @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when there are children present should never be tolerated .
Ever.
” “ What is happening tonight in our city is shameful , ” Omar added .
“ Police need to exercise restraint , and our community needs space to heal.
” The massive protests erupted in the wake of video footage showing a Minneapolis police officer kneeling on Floyd ’ s neck as he lay handcuffed and face-first on the asphalt .
Floyd and onlookers repeatedly pleaded with the officer to take his knee off Floyd ’ s neck , but he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ arrived .
By that point , Floyd had been unconscious for minutes .
In a statement following the Monday night incident , the Minneapolis Police Department said they were responding to “ a report of a forgery in progress ” and claimed Floyd ’ s death was caused by an unspecified “ medical incident.
” Shortly after video of the incident emerged and spread rapidly across social media , Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced the firing of four officers who were on the scene .
“ It is the right decision for our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ community .
It is the right decision for the Minneapolis Police Department , ” Frey said at a press conference Tuesday .
“ We ’ ve stated our values , and ultimately we need to live by them.
” In an appearance on CNN late Tuesday , Floyd ’ s family members said termination of the officers is not enough .
“ Firing them is a good start , but we want to see justice for our family .
We want to see them charged .
We want to have them arrested , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s cousin .
“ What they did was murder.
” As the demonstrations kicked off Tuesday , Democratic members of Congress representing Minnesota sent a letter to U.S. Attorney Erica MacDonald and Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman demanding a thorough investigation into Floyd ’ s killing and accountability for the officers involved .
“ Mr .
Floyd ’ s death appears to be yet another horrifying instance of excessive force leading to the death of African Americans across this country , ” wrote Rep. Omar , Rep. Betty McCollum , Sen. Tina Smith @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In addition to the obvious state laws that will govern this case , federal law makes it a crime for a state or local police officer to willfully violate a person ’ s constitutional rights , which includes the use of excessive force .
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Minneapolis police officers dressed in riot gear fired rubber bullets, tear gas, and stun grenades into crowds of protesters that gathered late Tuesday to demand justice for the killing of George Floyd after video footage showed a cop kneeling on the back of the man’s neck as he cried out, “I cannot breathe!”
Videos and photos posted to social media show people pouring milk into the eyes of demonstrators affected by tear gas as the chemical substance clouds the air, enveloping the thousands of protesters marching in the streets near the site of Floyd’s killing.
“This is a disgusting display,” said Jeremiah Ellison, a city council member representing Minneapolis Ward 5. “I’m here on the southside, helping people as I can with milk, water, and towels. So far, I have been unable to prevent the police from firing indiscriminately into the crowd. Moments ago, I held a towel to a teenage girl’s head as blood poured from it.”
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) tweeted that “shooting rubber bullets and tear gas at unarmed protesters when there are children present should never be tolerated. Ever.”
“What is happening tonight in our city is shameful,” Omar added. “Police need to exercise restraint, and our community needs space to heal.”
I got hit w rubber bullet right after taking video of this mayhem scene. I was across the street from the precinct pic.twitter.com/qz1KHNADtQ — Andy Mannix (@AndrewMannix) May 27, 2020
The massive protests erupted in the wake of video footage showing a Minneapolis police officer kneeling on Floyd’s neck as he lay handcuffed and face-first on the asphalt.
Floyd and onlookers repeatedly pleaded with the officer to take his knee off Floyd’s neck, but he refused to do so until an ambulance arrived. By that point, Floyd had been unconscious for minutes. In a statement following the Monday night incident, the Minneapolis Police Department said they were responding to “a report of a forgery in progress” and claimed Floyd’s death was caused by an unspecified “medical incident.”
Shortly after video of the incident emerged and spread rapidly across social media, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced the firing of four officers who were on the scene.
“It is the right decision for our city, the right decision for our community. It is the right decision for the Minneapolis Police Department,” Frey said at a press conference Tuesday. “We’ve stated our values, and ultimately we need to live by them.”
Lots of violent images being shared, this is the protest before cops fired gas. They hired the first shot. Not us. But they dont hear us when we march so we fight back. #GeorgeFloyd #BlackLivesMatter #Minneapolis pic.twitter.com/jCwsu3D6QY — Triple H (@HenryHuber) May 27, 2020
Hours after the firing of the four cops involved, this is the south Minneapolis intersection near where George Floyd was killed on Memorial Day when an officer knelt on his neck. Protest has the whole block at a standstill. Vid: @KSTP pic.twitter.com/bOqYlyEoYe — Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) May 27, 2020
In an appearance on CNN late Tuesday, Floyd’s family members said termination of the officers is not enough.
“Firing them is a good start, but we want to see justice for our family. We want to see them charged. We want to have them arrested,” said Tera Brown, Floyd’s cousin. “What they did was murder.”
“He didn’t deserve what happened to him,” says Tera Brown, cousin of George Floyd, who said he couldn’t breathe as a police officer used a knee to hold him down by the neck. Brown said the four Minneapolis police officers involved in Floyd’s death should be “charged with murder.” pic.twitter.com/ESXMVMdcXH — CNN (@CNN) May 27, 2020
As the demonstrations kicked off Tuesday, Democratic members of Congress representing Minnesota sent a letter to U.S. Attorney Erica MacDonald and Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman demanding a thorough investigation into Floyd’s killing and accountability for the officers involved.
“Mr. Floyd’s death appears to be yet another horrifying instance of excessive force leading to the death of African Americans across this country,” wrote Rep. Omar, Rep. Betty McCollum, Sen. Tina Smith, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar. “In addition to the obvious state laws that will govern this case, federal law makes it a crime for a state or local police officer to willfully violate a person’s constitutional rights, which includes the use of excessive force.”
Republished from CommonDreams.org under Creative Commons


wearechange--2020-05-28--Facebook Ignored Internal Warnings That Its Algorithms Were Intensifying Divisiveness

Despite internal research that Facebook ’ s platform was exploiting and exacerbating divisiveness among its users , top executives ignored the findings that the algorithms were doing the exact opposite of the company ’ s stated public mission to bring people together .
That ’ s according to new reporting Tuesday from the Wall Street Journal which in a comprehensive dive into the company ’ s treatment of its platform ’ s capabilities to divide users found that executives knew in 2018 what the site was doing to users but declined to take action .
“ The most persistent myth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its way into trouble , ” tweeted New York Times tech columnist Kevin Roose .
“ It has always known what it is , and what it ’ s doing to society.
” “ Our algorithms exploit the human brain ’ s attraction to divisiveness , ” a presentation to the company ’ s leaders in 2018 declared .
The research further warned that if the problem was “ left unchecked , ” the platform ’ s system would feed users “ more and more divisive content in an effort to gain user @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Despite the evidence laid out in Cox ’ s team ’ s presentation , however , the company ’ s board—particularly vice president of global public policy Joel Kaplan—rejected taking action to change the platform ’ s algorithm and incentives .
According to the Journal , Kaplan has outsized power at Facebook when it comes to determining the direction of the company : A former deputy chief of staff to George W. Bush , Mr. Kaplan became more involved in content-ranking decisions after 2016 allegations Facebook had suppressed trending news stories from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t substantiate the claims of bias , Facebook ’ s then-general counsel Colin Stretch told Congress , but the damage to Facebook ’ s reputation among conservatives had been done .
Disapproval from Mr. Kaplan ’ s team or Facebook ’ s communications department could scuttle a project , said people familiar with the effort .
Negative policy-team reviews killed efforts to build a classification system for hyperpolarized content .
Journalists took to Twitter to note the timeline of the meeting and their requests for information on the platform ’ s incentives @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this time to ask about the growing instances of mass violence linked the platform , ” tweeted New York Times reporter Max Fisher .
“ One executive after another looked me in the eye and said they had no reason to believe the platform itself drove bad behavior.
” The reporting , said tech accountability advocacy group Freedom From Google and Facebook , “ proves what we ’ ve been saying all along : Facebook knows what it ’ s doing , intentionally continues to cause harm to increase engagement and profit , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” “ Until Congress , state attorneys general , the FTC , or DOJ breaks up Facebook ’ s monopoly and further regulates them , ” the group added , “ nothing is going to change .
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Despite internal research that Facebook’s platform was exploiting and exacerbating divisiveness among its users, top executives ignored the findings that the algorithms were doing the exact opposite of the company’s stated public mission to bring people together.
That’s according to new reporting Tuesday from the Wall Street Journal which in a comprehensive dive into the company’s treatment of its platform’s capabilities to divide users found that executives knew in 2018 what the site was doing to users but declined to take action.
“The most persistent myth about Facebook is that it naively bumbles its way into trouble,” tweeted New York Times tech columnist Kevin Roose. “It has always known what it is, and what it’s doing to society.”
New from @JeffHorwitz & me: Facebook spent years studying the its role in polarization, according to sources and internal documents. One internal slide laid out the issue like so. ”Our algorithms exploit the human brain's attraction to divisiveness.” https://t.co/PZWLUt68rs — Deepa Seetharaman (@dseetharaman) May 26, 2020
“Our algorithms exploit the human brain’s attraction to divisiveness,” a presentation to the company’s leaders in 2018 declared. The research further warned that if the problem was “left unchecked,” the platform’s system would feed users “more and more divisive content in an effort to gain user attention & increase time on the platform.”
Facebook's engineers confirmed it was polarizing users, and algorithms were nudging users into extremist content. But hard-right groups were more likely to spread propaganda than hard-left ones. Guess what happened next. https://t.co/HUfwf0jCs9 pic.twitter.com/FhRefRLGll — Jordan Weissmann (@JHWeissmann) May 26, 2020
As the Daily Beast explained:
The social-media giant, which boasts its mission is to “connect the world,” reportedly launched a research project in 2017 led by Facebook’s former Chief Product Officer Chris Cox to study how its algorithms aggravate divisive and harmful content. The task force named “Common Ground” assigned employees into “Integrity Teams” throughout the company. The team reportedly found that while some groups united people from various backgrounds, others only accelerated conflict and misinformation.
Despite the evidence laid out in Cox’s team’s presentation, however, the company’s board—particularly vice president of global public policy Joel Kaplan—rejected taking action to change the platform’s algorithm and incentives.
According to the Journal, Kaplan has outsized power at Facebook when it comes to determining the direction of the company:
A former deputy chief of staff to George W. Bush, Mr. Kaplan became more involved in content-ranking decisions after 2016 allegations Facebook had suppressed trending news stories from conservative outlets. An internal review didn’t substantiate the claims of bias, Facebook’s then-general counsel Colin Stretch told Congress, but the damage to Facebook’s reputation among conservatives had been done. […] Disapproval from Mr. Kaplan’s team or Facebook’s communications department could scuttle a project, said people familiar with the effort. Negative policy-team reviews killed efforts to build a classification system for hyperpolarized content.
Journalists took to Twitter to note the timeline of the meeting and their requests for information on the platform’s incentives.
And the people who’ve been reporting on this for years are met with complete derision and sometimes outright lies by those at Facebook when we bring it up. https://t.co/2LrlmACMsZ — Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) May 26, 2020
“I visited Facebook HQ around this time to ask about the growing instances of mass violence linked the platform,” tweeted New York Times reporter Max Fisher. “One executive after another looked me in the eye and said they had no reason to believe the platform itself drove bad behavior.”
The reporting, said tech accountability advocacy group Freedom From Google and Facebook, “proves what we’ve been saying all along: Facebook knows what it’s doing, intentionally continues to cause harm to increase engagement and profit, and will never fix these problems themselves.”
“Until Congress, state attorneys general, the FTC, or DOJ breaks up Facebook’s monopoly and further regulates them,” the group added, “nothing is going to change.”
Republished from CommonDreams.org under Creative Commons


wearechange--2020-05-30--You Won’t Believe What Industry Is Set To Boom!

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wearechange--2020-06-01--Two ‘Unusual’ COVID-19 Features Convincing Scientists It Was Man-Made

Two unique features of SARS-CoV-2 are convincing a growing number of scientists that it was man-made , and not the result of natural evolution , according to the Daily Telegraph .
First , the virus binds more strongly to human ACE2 enzymes than any other species , including bats .
Second , SARS-CoV-2 has a “ furin cleavage site ” missing in its closes bat-coronavirus relative , RaTG-13 , which makes it significantly more infectious – a finding we reported in late February .
According to Israeli geneticist , Dr. Ronen Shemesh , the Furin site is the most unusual @ @ @ @ @ @ @ most important issue about the differences between ALL coronavirus types is the insertion of a Furin protease cleavage site at the Spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 , ” he said .
“ Such an insertion is very rare in evolution , the addition of such 4 Amino acids alone in the course of only 20 years is very unlikely.
” Shamesh , who is working on a treatment for COVID-19 , believes the novel coronavirus was most likely created in a lab , and did not evolve in nature .
“ There are many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ SARS-CoV-2 was generated in a lab .
Most probably by methods of genetic engineering , ” he said , adding “ I believe that this is the only way an insertion like the FURIN protease cleavage site could have been introduced directly at the right place and become effective.
” “ What makes it even more suspicious is that fact that this insertion not only occurred on the right place and in the right time , but also turned the cleavage site from an Serine protease cleavage site to a FURIN cleavage site @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a team of Indian scientists wrote in a now-retracted paper that the coronavirus may have been genetically engineered to incorporate parts of the HIV genome , writing “ This uncanny similarity of novel inserts in the 2019- nCoV spike protein to HIV-1 gp120 and Gag is unlikely to be fortuitous in nature , ” meaning – it was unlikely to have occurred naturally .
Then , in February , a team of researchers in Nankai University noted that COVID-19 has an ‘ HIV-like mutation ’ that allows it to quickly enter the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ called ACE2 on a cell membrane .
According to the Nankai University study , the furin binding method is “ 100 to 1,000 times as efficient ’ as SARS at entering cells .
“ This protein cleaving protein is highly promiscuous , it ’ s found in many human tissues and cell types and is involved in many OTHER virus types activation and infection mechanisms ( it is involved in HIV , Herpes , Ebola and Dengue virus mechanisms ) , ” said Dr. Shemesh .
“ If I was trying to engineer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and infective potential to humans , I would do exactly that : I would add a Furin Cleavage site directly at the original less effective and more cell specific cleavage site.
” Meanwhile , Flinders University Professor Nikolai Petrovsky found either “ a remarkable coincidence or a sign of human intervention , ” telling the Telegraph that COVID-19 is “ exquisitely adapted to humans.
” “ We really don ’ t know where this virus came from – that ’ s the truth .
The two possibilities is that it was a chance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that it was an accidental release of the virus from a laboratory , ” he said , adding “ One of the possibilities is that an animal host was infected by two coronaviruses at the same time and COVID-19 .
The same process can happen in a petri-dish.
” “ In other words COVID-19 could have been created from that recombination event in an animal host or it could have occurred in a cell-culture experiment .
I ’ m certainly very much in favour of a scientific investigation .
Its only objective should @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how did this pandemic happen and how do we prevent a future pandemic.
” Meanwhile , if you can stand 26 minutes of adrenaline-inducing fear porn soundtrack , Australia ’ s Sky News has put together a segment obliterating the wet market theory , noting China ’ s poor track record of biolab security , and tying together much of the emerging findings supporting the lab-origin theory .

Two unique features of SARS-CoV-2 are convincing a growing number of scientists that it was man-made, and not the result of natural evolution, according to the Daily Telegraph.
First, the virus binds more strongly to human ACE2 enzymes than any other species, including bats.
Second, SARS-CoV-2 has a “furin cleavage site” missing in its closes bat-coronavirus relative, RaTG-13, which makes it significantly more infectious – a finding we reported in late February.
According to Israeli geneticist, Dr. Ronen Shemesh, the Furin site is the most unusual finding.
“I believe that the most important issue about the differences between ALL coronavirus types is the insertion of a Furin protease cleavage site at the Spike protein of SARS-CoV-2,” he said. “Such an insertion is very rare in evolution, the addition of such 4 Amino acids alone in the course of only 20 years is very unlikely.”
Shamesh, who is working on a treatment for COVID-19, believes the novel coronavirus was most likely created in a lab, and did not evolve in nature.
“There are many reasons to believe that the COVID-19 generating SARS-CoV-2 was generated in a lab. Most probably by methods of genetic engineering,” he said, adding “I believe that this is the only way an insertion like the FURIN protease cleavage site could have been introduced directly at the right place and become effective.”
Dr Shemesh, who has a PhD in Genetics and Molecular Biology from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and over 21 years of experience in the field of drug discovery and development, said it is even “more unlikely” that this insertion happened in exactly the right place of the cleavage site of the spike protein – which is where it would need to occur to make the virus more infectious. –Daily Telegraph
“What makes it even more suspicious is that fact that this insertion not only occurred on the right place and in the right time, but also turned the cleavage site from an Serine protease cleavage site to a FURIN cleavage site,” he added.
In January, a team of Indian scientists wrote in a now-retracted paper that the coronavirus may have been genetically engineered to incorporate parts of the HIV genome, writing “This uncanny similarity of novel inserts in the 2019- nCoV spike protein to HIV-1 gp120 and Gag is unlikely to be fortuitous in nature,” meaning – it was unlikely to have occurred naturally.
Then, in February, a team of researchers in Nankai University noted that COVID-19 has an ‘HIV-like mutation’ that allows it to quickly enter the human body by binding with a receptor called ACE2 on a cell membrane.
Other highly contagious viruses, including HIV and Ebola, target an enzyme called furin, which works as a protein activator in the human body. Many proteins are inactive or dormant when they are produced and have to be “cut” at specific points to activate their various functions. When looking at the genome sequence of the new coronavirus, Professor Ruan Jishou and his team at Nankai University in Tianjin found a section of mutated genes that did not exist in Sars, but were similar to those found in HIV and Ebola . –SCMP
According to the Nankai University study, the furin binding method is “100 to 1,000 times as efficient’ as SARS at entering cells.
“This protein cleaving protein is highly promiscuous, it’s found in many human tissues and cell types and is involved in many OTHER virus types activation and infection mechanisms (it is involved in HIV, Herpes, Ebola and Dengue virus mechanisms),” said Dr. Shemesh. “If I was trying to engineer a virus strain with a higher affinity and infective potential to humans, I would do exactly that: I would add a Furin Cleavage site directly at the original less effective and more cell specific cleavage site.”
Meanwhile, Flinders University Professor Nikolai Petrovsky found either “a remarkable coincidence or a sign of human intervention,” telling the Telegraph that COVID-19 is “exquisitely adapted to humans.”
“We really don’t know where this virus came from – that’s the truth. The two possibilities is that it was a chance transmission of a virus…the other possibility is that it was an accidental release of the virus from a laboratory,” he said, adding “One of the possibilities is that an animal host was infected by two coronaviruses at the same time and COVID-19. The same process can happen in a petri-dish.”
“In other words COVID-19 could have been created from that recombination event in an animal host or it could have occurred in a cell-culture experiment. I’m certainly very much in favour of a scientific investigation. Its only objective should be to get to the bottom of how did this pandemic happen and how do we prevent a future pandemic.”
Meanwhile, if you can stand 26 minutes of adrenaline-inducing fear porn soundtrack, Australia’s Sky News has put together a segment obliterating the wet market theory, noting China’s poor track record of biolab security, and tying together much of the emerging findings supporting the lab-origin theory.
Republished from ZeroHedge.com with permission


wearechange--2020-06-02--Horrific Scene as Car Plows Into Dozens of Police Amid Rioting in Buffalo, New York

A shocking scene has unfolded Monday night from the streets of Buffalo , New York as police attempted to clear rioters and presumably looters from a city street .
Video captured from a protest live feed shows a car plowing into a large group of police and what appear to be state troopers , and SWAT or possibly national guard soldiers .
The group of police are seen initially clearing the street with weapons drawn , and gunshots are heard in the background in an intensifying situation .
Suddenly the group of police attempt to jump out of the way @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rushes straight into the group .
Another angle to the attack shows the car gaining speed as officers realize it ’ s headed straight for them , most dashing out of the way at the last moment : At least one officer is directly crushed under the vehicle in the graphic footage , and it appears multiple are down , with others rushing to aid and pull them from the street .
AP has confirmed the video , with White House correspondent Zeke Miller writing , “ Video shows SUV plowing into officers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ York , running over at least 1 , then speeding away.
” The group of clearly rattled police then attempt return fire as the vehicle rushes away from the scene .
It ’ s unclear if the driver was apprehended .
Though there was no initial confirmation of the horrific and clearly intentional attack on police via Buffalo Police social media accounts , the footage is now going viral .
The man who took the original video from a nearby balcony , who appears to be Yemeni-American based on the Facebook page hosting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Arabic and utters a prayer .
The attack happened at the corner of Decker Street and Bailey , across from an Autozone which is partially seen in the video .
It comes as attacks on police become more brazen and violent nationwide , and as the mayhem spirals out of control – further as President Trump has threatened military deployments to American streets to quell the violence .

A shocking scene has unfolded Monday night from the streets of Buffalo, New York as police attempted to clear rioters and presumably looters from a city street.
Video captured from a protest live feed shows a car plowing into a large group of police and what appear to be state troopers, and SWAT or possibly national guard soldiers.
Just happened: a protest in a car run over a group of cops in Buffalo NY…Some of them might be dead #BlackLivesMatter #protests2020 pic.twitter.com/UraxbRhMuV — Yousef NH (@YousefNH2) June 2, 2020
The group of police are seen initially clearing the street with weapons drawn, and gunshots are heard in the background in an intensifying situation.
Suddenly the group of police attempt to jump out of the way as what appears an older model SUV rushes straight into the group.
Another angle to the attack shows the car gaining speed as officers realize it’s headed straight for them, most dashing out of the way at the last moment:
BREAKING: A trooper and an officer were hit by a car that blew through a line of officers at the protest on Bailey Avenue according to PBA President John Evans. They were taken to ECMC. Stay with @SPECNewsBuffalo for updates. #Buffalo pic.twitter.com/odQygo09lH — Stephen Marth (@StephenMarth) June 2, 2020
At least one officer is directly crushed under the vehicle in the graphic footage, and it appears multiple are down, with others rushing to aid and pull them from the street.
AP has confirmed the video, with White House correspondent Zeke Miller writing, “Video shows SUV plowing into officers at Floyd protest in Buffalo, New York, running over at least 1, then speeding away.”
The group of clearly rattled police then attempt return fire as the vehicle rushes away from the scene. It’s unclear if the driver was apprehended.
Though there was no initial confirmation of the horrific and clearly intentional attack on police via Buffalo Police social media accounts, the footage is now going viral.
The man who took the original video from a nearby balcony, who appears to be Yemeni-American based on the Facebook page hosting the live feed, expresses disbelief in Arabic and utters a prayer.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Video shows SUV plowing into officers at Floyd protest in Buffalo, New York, running over at least 1, then speeding away. — Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) June 2, 2020
The attack happened at the corner of Decker Street and Bailey, across from an Autozone which is partially seen in the video.
It comes as attacks on police become more brazen and violent nationwide, and as the mayhem spirals out of control – further as President Trump has threatened military deployments to American streets to quell the violence.
Republished from ZeroHedge.com with permission


wearechange--2020-06-02--Shocking New AP Report Shows WHO Actively Covered Up For China’s Lies

Millions around the world have pondered how the WHO could have possibly been so completely duped by Beijing during the early days of the outbreak in January , when the organization parroted lies about the virus and praised Beijing as a “ model ” of pandemic response .
Prior reports by the Associated Press and other Western media organizations have exposed how Beijing withheld critical information about the virus ( including evidence of human-to-human spread ) for days while China gobbled up all the PPE and other critical medical supplies .
On Tuesday , as the US heals from a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the AP has published a new report based on the details of a never-before-reported internal call where WHO higher-ups discussed what to do about China ’ s obstinance , fearing a re-run of SARS .
The recording reveals that Beijing didn ’ t immediately cooperate with the WHO , as the WHO had previously claimed , but instead dragged its feet , much to the consternation of several top officials at the UN-linked NGO .
Not only did the CCP deliberately suppress critical info about the outbreak in Wuhan ( identities and other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ withheld a map of the virus ’ s genome for roughly a week after researchers finished mapping it , among other transgressions ( Remember when the WHO praised China ’ s decision to swiftly map and share the virus genome as unassailable evidence that Beijing cares about accountability ? )
When China finally released the information to the WHO , they apparently only did so because a team of Chinese researchers had shared the information with another third party .
Throughout January , the World Health Organization publicly praised China for what it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus .
It repeatedly thanked the Chinese government for sharing the genetic map of the virus “ immediately , ” and said its work and commitment to transparency were “ very impressive , and beyond words.
” But behind the scenes , it was a much different story , one of significant delays by China and considerable frustration among WHO officials over not getting the information they needed to fight the spread of the deadly virus , The Associated Press has found .
Despite the plaudits , China in fact sat on releasing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the virus for more than a week after three different government labs had fully decoded the information .
Tight controls on information and competition within the Chinese public health system were to blame , according to dozens of interviews and internal documents .
Chinese government labs only released the genome after another lab published it ahead of authorities on a virologist website on Jan. 11 .
Even then , China stalled for at least two weeks more on providing WHO with detailed data on patients and cases , according to recordings of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ agency through January — all at a time when the outbreak arguably might have been dramatically slowed .
In fact , the WHO ’ s congratulatory approach during the early days of the outbreak was part of a strategy to coax more information out of the government in Beijing .
During transcripts of the call , American staffers at the WHO ( the likely source of these leaks ) complained that Beijing was giving them information “ 15 minutes before it appears on CCTV.
” WHO officials were lauding China in public because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the government , the recordings obtained by the AP suggest .
Privately , they complained in meetings the week of Jan. 6 that China was not sharing enough data to assess how effectively the virus spread between people or what risk it posed to the rest of the world , costing valuable time .
“ We ’ re going on very minimal information , ” said American epidemiologist Maria Van Kerkhove , now WHO ’ s technical lead for COVID-19 , in one internal meeting .
“ It ’ s clearly not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” “ We ’ re currently at the stage where yes , they ’ re giving it to us 15 minutes before it appears on CCTV , ” said WHO ’ s top official in China , Dr. Gauden Galea , referring to the state-owned China Central Television , in another meeting .
The story behind the early response to the virus comes at a time when the U.N. health agency is under siege , and has agreed to an independent probe of how the pandemic was handled globally .
After repeatedly praising @ @ @ @ @ @ @ President Donald Trump has blasted WHO in recent weeks for allegedly colluding with China to hide the extent of the coronavirus crisis .
He cut ties with the organization on Friday , jeopardizing the approximately $ 450 million the U.S. gives every year as WHO ’ s biggest single donor .
Perhaps the most interesting segment of the AP ’ s reporting came two seconds before the agency appeared to dismiss the fact that China ’ s prevarications during the early days of the virus violated international law ( it ’ s okay @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) .
At one point , the AP insisted , apropos of nothing , that the leaked transcript doesn ’ t support “ either the US or China ” , but merely offers a picture of an organization in turmoil .
Somehow , we doubt this disclaimer will dissuade Trump and the China hawks in his administration from citing the report as just the latest evidence justifying their suspicions of Beijing .
The new information does not support the narrative of either the U.S. or China , but instead portrays an agency now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trying to solicit more data despite limits to its own authority .
Although international law obliges countries to report information to WHO that could have an impact on public health , the U.N. agency has no enforcement powers and can not independently investigate epidemics within countries .
Instead , it must rely on the cooperation of member states .
WHO staffers debated how to press China for gene sequences and detailed patient data without angering authorities , worried about losing access and getting Chinese scientists into trouble .
Under international law , WHO @ @ @ @ @ @ @ alerts with member countries about an evolving crisis .
Galea noted WHO could not indulge China ’ s wish to sign off on information before telling other countries because “ that is not respectful of our responsibilities.
” After all , while we might not possess any direct evidence that the novel coronavirus leaked from a biolab in Wuhan , it ’ s now become abundantly cleared that Beijing lied , and people died , and the WHO failed in its mission to safeguard the public health of the most vulnerable nations .

Millions around the world have pondered how the WHO could have possibly been so completely duped by Beijing during the early days of the outbreak in January, when the organization parroted lies about the virus and praised Beijing as a “model” of pandemic response. Prior reports by the Associated Press and other Western media organizations have exposed how Beijing withheld critical information about the virus (including evidence of human-to-human spread) for days while China gobbled up all the PPE and other critical medical supplies.
On Tuesday, as the US heals from a long weekend of violence and unrest, the AP has published a new report based on the details of a never-before-reported internal call where WHO higher-ups discussed what to do about China’s obstinance, fearing a re-run of SARS. The recording reveals that Beijing didn’t immediately cooperate with the WHO, as the WHO had previously claimed, but instead dragged its feet, much to the consternation of several top officials at the UN-linked NGO.
Not only did the CCP deliberately suppress critical info about the outbreak in Wuhan (identities and other patient-related data), but Beijing also withheld a map of the virus’s genome for roughly a week after researchers finished mapping it, among other transgressions (Remember when the WHO praised China’s decision to swiftly map and share the virus genome as unassailable evidence that Beijing cares about accountability?)
When China finally released the information to the WHO, they apparently only did so because a team of Chinese researchers had shared the information with another third party.
Throughout January, the World Health Organization publicly praised China for what it called a speedy response to the new coronavirus. It repeatedly thanked the Chinese government for sharing the genetic map of the virus “immediately,” and said its work and commitment to transparency were “very impressive, and beyond words.” But behind the scenes, it was a much different story, one of significant delays by China and considerable frustration among WHO officials over not getting the information they needed to fight the spread of the deadly virus, The Associated Press has found. Despite the plaudits, China in fact sat on releasing the genetic map, or genome, of the virus for more than a week after three different government labs had fully decoded the information. Tight controls on information and competition within the Chinese public health system were to blame, according to dozens of interviews and internal documents. Chinese government labs only released the genome after another lab published it ahead of authorities on a virologist website on Jan. 11. Even then, China stalled for at least two weeks more on providing WHO with detailed data on patients and cases, according to recordings of internal meetings held by the U.N. health agency through January — all at a time when the outbreak arguably might have been dramatically slowed.
In fact, the WHO’s congratulatory approach during the early days of the outbreak was part of a strategy to coax more information out of the government in Beijing. During transcripts of the call, American staffers at the WHO (the likely source of these leaks) complained that Beijing was giving them information “15 minutes before it appears on CCTV.”
WHO officials were lauding China in public because they wanted to coax more information out of the government, the recordings obtained by the AP suggest. Privately, they complained in meetings the week of Jan. 6 that China was not sharing enough data to assess how effectively the virus spread between people or what risk it posed to the rest of the world, costing valuable time. “We’re going on very minimal information,” said American epidemiologist Maria Van Kerkhove, now WHO’s technical lead for COVID-19, in one internal meeting. “It’s clearly not enough for you to do proper planning.” “We’re currently at the stage where yes, they’re giving it to us 15 minutes before it appears on CCTV,” said WHO’s top official in China, Dr. Gauden Galea, referring to the state-owned China Central Television, in another meeting. The story behind the early response to the virus comes at a time when the U.N. health agency is under siege, and has agreed to an independent probe of how the pandemic was handled globally. After repeatedly praising the Chinese response early on, U.S. President Donald Trump has blasted WHO in recent weeks for allegedly colluding with China to hide the extent of the coronavirus crisis. He cut ties with the organization on Friday, jeopardizing the approximately $450 million the U.S. gives every year as WHO’s biggest single donor.
Perhaps the most interesting segment of the AP’s reporting came two seconds before the agency appeared to dismiss the fact that China’s prevarications during the early days of the virus violated international law (it’s okay since the WHO has no enforcement powers).
At one point, the AP insisted, apropos of nothing, that the leaked transcript doesn’t support “either the US or China”, but merely offers a picture of an organization in turmoil. Somehow, we doubt this disclaimer will dissuade Trump and the China hawks in his administration from citing the report as just the latest evidence justifying their suspicions of Beijing.
The new information does not support the narrative of either the U.S. or China, but instead portrays an agency now stuck in the middle that was urgently trying to solicit more data despite limits to its own authority. Although international law obliges countries to report information to WHO that could have an impact on public health, the U.N. agency has no enforcement powers and cannot independently investigate epidemics within countries. Instead, it must rely on the cooperation of member states. WHO staffers debated how to press China for gene sequences and detailed patient data without angering authorities, worried about losing access and getting Chinese scientists into trouble. Under international law, WHO is required to quickly share information and alerts with member countries about an evolving crisis. Galea noted WHO could not indulge China’s wish to sign off on information before telling other countries because “that is not respectful of our responsibilities.”
After all, while we might not possess any direct evidence that the novel coronavirus leaked from a biolab in Wuhan, it’s now become abundantly cleared that Beijing lied, and people died, and the WHO failed in its mission to safeguard the public health of the most vulnerable nations.
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wearechange--2020-06-02--What’s Really Going On In NYC And Why It’s About To Get Worse

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wearechange--2020-06-02--“Underestimating Problem”: NY Governor May Overrule NYC Mayor on National Guard Call

Andrew Cuomo ’ s daily coronavirus press conference on Tuesday focused almost entirely on last night ’ s riots , as looters and criminals , emboldened by NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio ’ s refusal to call in the heavies , ransacked luxury goods stores down Manhattan ’ s Fifth Avenue , and caused chaos across the city .
During the briefing , the governor said that neither Mayor de Blasio nor the NYPD did their job last night .
Cuomo said he offered to send in the national guard to de Blasio and all other mayors in the state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could handle it .
He also said he offered to send in state police backup , but de Blasio – fearing being labeled as a “ facist ” by some idiot with a rose-emoji in his or her twitter profile – again demurred .
Cuomo added that he believed the mayor “ underestimated ” the problem , and that the looting needs to stop “ today.
” Cuomo added that he has the option to “ displaced ” the mayor and send in the national guard , but said he has been reluctant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would introduce “ a chaotic situation ” within “ a chaotic situation.
” “ You would have to take over the mayor ’ s job .
You would have to displace the mayor .
A ) I don ’ t think we ’ re at that point .
B ) that would be such a chaotic situation , in the midst of an already chaotic situation.
” After setting a useless 11pm curfew last night , de Blasio moved the curfew to 8pm on Tuesday following the previous night ’ s incidents , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ keep people safe , so I ’ m extending the curfew to Tuesday.
” Cuomo also took a shot at Trump , both during his briefing and in a tweet .
Leaders of NYPD police unions castigated the mayor for “ abandoning ” the city ’ s police .
President Trump , of course , responded by echoing Cuomo ’ s criticisms of de Blasio , but in typical Trump fashion .

Andrew Cuomo’s daily coronavirus press conference on Tuesday focused almost entirely on last night’s riots, as looters and criminals, emboldened by NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio’s refusal to call in the heavies, ransacked luxury goods stores down Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, and caused chaos across the city.
During the briefing, the governor said that neither Mayor de Blasio nor the NYPD did their job last night. Cuomo said he offered to send in the national guard to de Blasio and all other mayors in the state, but the mayor said the city could handle it. He also said he offered to send in state police backup, but de Blasio – fearing being labeled as a “facist” by some idiot with a rose-emoji in his or her twitter profile – again demurred.
Cuomo added that he believed the mayor “underestimated” the problem, and that the looting needs to stop “today.” Cuomo added that he has the option to “displaced” the mayor and send in the national guard, but said he has been reluctant to take this option, saying it would introduce “a chaotic situation” within “a chaotic situation.”
“You would have to take over the mayor’s job. You would have to displace the mayor. A) I don’t think we’re at that point. B) that would be such a chaotic situation, in the midst of an already chaotic situation.”
After setting a useless 11pm curfew last night, de Blasio moved the curfew to 8pm on Tuesday following the previous night’s incidents, claiming “our first priority is to keep people safe, so I’m extending the curfew to Tuesday.”
Cuomo also took a shot at Trump, both during his briefing and in a tweet.
There are those who want to intentionally blur the lines between peaceful, legitimate protesters and looters. The president is among them. They want you to watch the videos of the looting — not the video of Mr. Floyd being murdered. Don't fall for it. — Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) June 2, 2020
Leaders of NYPD police unions castigated the mayor for “abandoning” the city’s police.
President Trump, of course, responded by echoing Cuomo’s criticisms of de Blasio, but in typical Trump fashion.
NYC, CALL UP THE NATIONAL GUARD. The lowlifes and losers are ripping you apart. Act fast! Don’t make the same horrible and deadly mistake you made with the Nursing Homes!!! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 2, 2020
New York City put on an 11:00 P.M. CURFEW last night. No wonder they ripped the place apart. Should be 7:00 P.M. CALL UP THE NATIONAL GUARD. #SAVENYC — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 2, 2020
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wearechange--2020-06-02--Note to Rioting Americans: Why Looting a Gun Store Isn’t Such a Great Idea

As social unrest worsens by the day , criminals have masked themselves as protesters and have started to loot high-end stores across the country .
Mobs ransacking stores has been most evident in nearly every major metro in the last 3-5 days .
“ When looting on Fifth Ave. , “ protesters ” might want to skip over the Rolex outlet , ” we noted Monday , due mostly because every Rolex has a unique serial number that would make it hard to resell .
It was also pointed out that Apple laptops and other Apple products , as well @ @ @ @ @ @ @ location trackers — again , harder to resell on the black market .
Our message today is clear : .
There are several reasons behind this .
The first is that store owners and or employees are most likely armed to the teeth and will shoot .
That is exactly what happened when a group of people attempted to break into Firing Line Inc. in South Philadelphia early Tuesday were met with a barrage of gunfire by the owner , who was waiting inside .
NBC10 Philadelphia said the gunshop owner defended his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to break-in .
The owner shot and killed one man as chaos and destruction have transformed the city of “ brotherly love ” into the city of “ brotherly hate.
” Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small told NBC10 that thousands of 911 calls for burglaries , looting , vandalism , and large crowds had been seen in recent days .
As for the second reason of why not to loot a gun store , well , like Rolex watches , there are serial numbers hidden on every registered gun .
This makes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and harder to resell if stolen .
Now , if the objective of looting a gun store is not for profit but rather anarchy on the streets of Philadelphia , well , that ’ s another conversation… One man attempts to defend his retail shop , gets beaten up by a mob .
Here ’ s one shop owner not playing around with a looter .

As social unrest worsens by the day, criminals have masked themselves as protesters and have started to loot high-end stores across the country. Mobs ransacking stores has been most evident in nearly every major metro in the last 3-5 days.
“When looting on Fifth Ave., “protesters” might want to skip over the Rolex outlet,” we noted Monday, due mostly because every Rolex has a unique serial number that would make it hard to resell. It was also pointed out that Apple laptops and other Apple products, as well as most other expensive electronics, have location trackers — again, harder to resell on the black market.
Our message today is clear: Don’t loot gun stores . There are several reasons behind this. The first is that store owners and or employees are most likely armed to the teeth and will shoot.
That is exactly what happened when a group of people attempted to break into Firing Line Inc. in South Philadelphia early Tuesday were met with a barrage of gunfire by the owner, who was waiting inside.
NBC10 Philadelphia said the gunshop owner defended his store when a group of people attempted to break-in. The owner shot and killed one man as chaos and destruction have transformed the city of “brotherly love” into the city of “brotherly hate.”
Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small told NBC10 that thousands of 911 calls for burglaries, looting, vandalism, and large crowds had been seen in recent days.
As for the second reason of why not to loot a gun store, well, like Rolex watches, there are serial numbers hidden on every registered gun.
This makes the weapon easily traced by the government and harder to resell if stolen. Now, if the objective of looting a gun store is not for profit but rather anarchy on the streets of Philadelphia, well, that’s another conversation…
One man attempts to defend his retail shop, gets beaten up by a mob.
MAN SAVAGELY BEATEN BY MOB FOR DEFENDING HIS BUSINESSpic.twitter.com/ncU9Ywec7n — The_Real_Fly (@The_Real_Fly) June 2, 2020
Small businesses crushed by rioting Americans.
15 years my dad supported our family with this shop ? pic.twitter.com/cUf6tca9sN — Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) June 2, 2020
Here’s one shop owner not playing around with a looter.
This shop owner is not playing any games. pic.twitter.com/6lr5xqhAy0 — Big League Politics (@bigleaguepol) June 2, 2020
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wearechange--2020-06-03--Something Bigger Is Happening Here…

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wearechange--2020-06-03--US Lawmakers Push To Take Legal Immunity And Military Weapons Away From Cops

In response to the massive protests that have developed around the United States in recent weeks , US lawmakers are now pushing for monumental police reforms that seek to limit legal protections for violent cops , and strip police departments of their military equipment .
The measures are being introduced or supported by both Republican and Democratic lawmakers .
US Representative Justin Amash , a long-time conservative who has been a vocal critic of Trump and a friend of the Libertarian party has gained bipartisan support for his “ Ending Qualified Immunity Act , ” which hopes to hold police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ duty and would finally allow for civil lawsuits against police .
“ The brutal killing of George Floyd is merely the latest in a long line of incidents of egregious police misconduct .
This pattern continues because police are legally , politically and culturally insulated … That must change so that these incidents stop happening , ” Amash said in a letter to congress , according to the NY Times .
As National Guard and SWAT teams have been deployed to protests throughout the country , Senator and former presidential candidate Cory Booker @ @ @ @ @ @ @ police departments nationwide , which would include stripping them of their military weapons and gear .
Booker ’ s bill would also push for an end to qualified immunity for police , and the creation of a national police misconduct registry , and a ban on the use of chokeholds for police .
“ Cities are literally on fire with the pain and anguish wrought by the violence visited upon black and brown bodies .
There ’ s no one singular policy change that will fix this issue tomorrow .
We need an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ police training and practices , and ensure greater accountability and transparency , ” Booker said .
Despite Donald Trump ’ s harsh words for the protesters , his usually supportive Republican cohorts have been open to discussing police reform .
Even Senator Mitch McConnell called the death of George Floyd unacceptable and recognized the anger that people are feeling was legitimate .
“ In no world whatsoever should arresting a man for an alleged minor infraction involve a police officer putting his knee on the man ’ s neck for nine minutes while @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t breathe ’ and then goes silent .
Our nation can not deafen itself to the anger , the pain and the frustration of black Americans .
Our nation needs to hear this , ” McConnell said .
Similar legislation is being proposed by numerous other lawmakers , including Democratic Senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii , who said that police having military gear only serves to further escalate tensions between the police and the people .
“ It is clear that many police departments are being outfitted as if they are going to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in terms of maintaining the peace , ” Schatz said .
Representative Ruben Gallego , a former Marine , agreed that military weapons are not needed to police communities in the United States .
“ As a combat veteran and proud Marine , very little of my equipment or training was relevant to policing Phoenix or other American communities .
Our neighborhoods aren ’ t war zones , ” Gallego said .

In response to the massive protests that have developed around the United States in recent weeks, US lawmakers are now pushing for monumental police reforms that seek to limit legal protections for violent cops, and strip police departments of their military equipment. The measures are being introduced or supported by both Republican and Democratic lawmakers.
US Representative Justin Amash, a long-time conservative who has been a vocal critic of Trump and a friend of the Libertarian party has gained bipartisan support for his “Ending Qualified Immunity Act,” which hopes to hold police accountable for the crimes they commit on duty and would finally allow for civil lawsuits against police.
“The brutal killing of George Floyd is merely the latest in a long line of incidents of egregious police misconduct. This pattern continues because police are legally, politically and culturally insulated … That must change so that these incidents stop happening,” Amash said in a letter to congress, according to the NY Times.
As National Guard and SWAT teams have been deployed to protests throughout the country, Senator and former presidential candidate Cory Booker introduced a list of sweeping reforms to police departments nationwide, which would include stripping them of their military weapons and gear.
Booker’s bill would also push for an end to qualified immunity for police, and the creation of a national police misconduct registry, and a ban on the use of chokeholds for police.
“Cities are literally on fire with the pain and anguish wrought by the violence visited upon black and brown bodies. There’s no one singular policy change that will fix this issue tomorrow. We need an entire set of holistic reforms to improve police training and practices, and ensure greater accountability and transparency,” Booker said.
Despite Donald Trump’s harsh words for the protesters, his usually supportive Republican cohorts have been open to discussing police reform. Even Senator Mitch McConnell called the death of George Floyd unacceptable and recognized the anger that people are feeling was legitimate.
“In no world whatsoever should arresting a man for an alleged minor infraction involve a police officer putting his knee on the man’s neck for nine minutes while he cries out ‘I can’t breathe’ and then goes silent. Our nation cannot deafen itself to the anger, the pain and the frustration of black Americans. Our nation needs to hear this,” McConnell said.
Similar legislation is being proposed by numerous other lawmakers, including Democratic Senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii, who said that police having military gear only serves to further escalate tensions between the police and the people.
“It is clear that many police departments are being outfitted as if they are going to war, and it is not working in terms of maintaining the peace,” Schatz said.
Representative Ruben Gallego, a former Marine, agreed that military weapons are not needed to police communities in the United States.
“As a combat veteran and proud Marine, very little of my equipment or training was relevant to policing Phoenix or other American communities. Our neighborhoods aren’t war zones,” Gallego said.
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