It means “we screwed up BIG TIME.” “We” refers to the four cops, the police department that failed to properly supervise them, and the city government that failed to properly oversee the police department. It also says, “We’re sorry,” but no apology can be a[...]
Posts Tagged ‘George Floyd Protests’
March 9th, 2021 - 9:22 pm § in Law and Courts
What they’re asking potential jurors in the George Floyd murder trial
Ex-cop Derek Chauvin (photo, right), charged by prosecutors with murdering George Floyd, will soon go on trial. Selecting an impartial jury will be challenging, not only because of the enormous publicity the case has received, but also because many people have strong feelings about it. The jury ques[...]
December 20th, 2020 - 11:02 am § in Racism
Cackling cop brags about driving into protesters (video)
It took months to pry body-cam video from Boston police of a June 1, 2020, protest in which bystanders were injured; they’re now suing the city. In this expletive-laced rant, a Boston cop laughs and brags about running into protesters with an unmarked police car. The incident is now the subjec[...]
November 19th, 2020 - 12:35 pm § in Law and Courts
Kenosha killer used $1,200 stimulus check to buy AR-15
Teenaged vigilante Kyle Rittenhouse, 17 (mugshot, left), who is awaiting trial for shooting three people in Kenosha, Wisconsin, told the Washington Post he bought the gun “with money from a government stimulus check, using a friend to make the purchase because he is too young to buy a firearm.[...]
October 30th, 2020 - 7:42 pm § in Law and Courts
Kenosha shooter extradited to Wisconsin
An Illinois judge rejected defense arguments and ordered Kenosha shooting suspect Kyle Rittenhouse extradited to Wisconsin, where he faces life in prison if convicted of murder. Less than an hour later, he was transported from an Illinois juvenile detention facility to the Kenosha County Jail. His l[...]
October 26th, 2020 - 2:46 pm § in Law and Courts
“All lives splatter”
This article contains news and liberal commentary Summer Taylor, 24, was killed on July 4, 2020, while on a closed freeway with other protesters in downtown Seattle by a driver who entered the freeway by driving the wrong way on an exit ramp, maneuvered around barriers, and then drove through the cr[...]
Who are the violent protesters?
This article contains news with liberal commentary. Trump insists leftist radicals are behind violent protests, but “review of thousands of pages of court documents tells a different story,” the Associated Press reported on Friday, October 23, 2020. “Very few” of the proteste[...]
October 7th, 2020 - 11:32 am § in Law and Courts, Racism
Derek Chauvin is released on bail
Derek Chauvin, the fired Minneapolis cop charged with murder for choking George Floyd to death while Floyd lay handcuffed on the pavement, was released from jail on Wednesday, October 7, 2020, after posting $1 million bail. News reports say Chauvin posted a bail bond. The bond (here) doesn’t s[...]
BLM protester charged with attempted murder for car attack
This article is news and liberal commentary. A BLM protester who ran over two Trump supporters in Long Beach, California, on Saturday, September 26, 2020, is being charged with attempted murder. Both victims were hospitalized with broken bones nad other serious injuries. Read story here. The inciden[...]
Law and order comes to Portland
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown is sending state troopers to Portland and creating a unified command structure among the various state and local law enforcement agencies who will be policing a Proud Boys demonstration on Saturday, September 26, 2020, at which thousands of armed rightwing vigilantes may show [...]