From the city that has banned non-essential walking.
NEW: L.A. County DA George Gascon has issued a directive to prosecutors that the following misdemeanors will be declined for prosecution, with exemptions.
-Trespassing
-Disturbing the peace
-Driving without license
-Prostitution
-Resisting arrest
Details/exemptions below @FOXLA pic.twitter.com/uVsIC4Dg43— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) December 8, 2020
I have long argued that the root cause of looting is not shooting looters;
Florida’s governor has drafted “anti-mob” legislation to expand already controversial Stand Your Ground laws — to allow people to shoot looters, according to a report.
A draft of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ proposed bill expands the list of “forcible felonies” under Florida’s self-defense law to include criminal mischief causing “interruption or impairment” of a business, according to the Miami Herald, which obtained a copy through a records request.
It also specifically allows force against those looting, which the draft defines as burglary within 500 feet of a “violent or disorderly assembly.”
Under the cloak of darkness as the U.S. election results roll in, Calgary city council sets the stage for taking $20 million from the cops and giving it to social agencies.
If they make the cash grab at city budget time later this month for a “community safety investment framework” designed to address, among other things, “any gaps in racially and culturally appropriate services,” it will be a $20-million defunding of the city police.
The Seattle City Council is considering new legislation that would create a legal loophole that would make substance addiction, mental illness or poverty a valid legal defense for nearly all misdemeanor crimes committed in the city.
The legislation, which passed the General Assembly and has been sent to Virginia Governor Ralph Northam to be signed into law, bans law enforcement officer from stopping vehicles for driving without headlights, driving without working tail lights or brake lights, or driving with expired registration unless it has been expired for at least three months…
We live in a simulation. So here’s Mayor Lori Lightfoot of Chicago dressed as a low effort superhero called the Corona Destroyer. pic.twitter.com/gdfGh4ByOO
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) October 1, 2020
.@TorontoPolice officers vehicle surrounded after they responded to reported street racing over the weekend. Police continue to investigate, possible charges in the future #Toronto pic.twitter.com/Re4kGrPVvZ
— Andrew Collins (@ACollinsPhoto) September 14, 2020
The chickens come home to roost.
….Meanwhile outside of Ted Wheeler‘s condo 🤣 pic.twitter.com/13s0GrjRyB
— Karli 🇺🇸 (@KarluskaP) August 29, 2020
@MrAndyNgo – Security for @tedwheeler’s condo said a while ago they called police but no one has showed up so far.
Solid work by the New York Times’Christiaan Triebert. (thread)
A teenager faces charges in shootings that left 2 people dead in Kenosha, WI. The @nytimes Visual Investigations team reviewed hours of livestreams to track 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse’s movements during and leading up to the shootings. [THREAD] https://t.co/FRCYlS5wgH
— Christiaan Triebert (@trbrtc) August 27, 2020
More on his assailants.
Portland police describe protests (full video)
h/t Larry
New York City is home to 118 billionaires, more than any other American city. New York City is also home to nearly one million millionaires, more than any other city in the world. Among those millionaires some 8,865 are classified as “high net worth,” with more than $30 million each.
They pay the taxes. The top one percent of NYC taxpayers pay nearly 50 percent of all personal income taxes collected in New York. Personal income tax in the New York area accounts for 59 percent of all revenues. Property taxes add in more than a billion dollars a year in revenue, about half of that generated by office space.
Kyle Shideler — The more I dig into the radical terrorists of the late 70s early 80s, the more they just keep showing up in our modern discourse. it’s a literal Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon.
— David Hines (@hradzka) August 17, 2020
Defund the police.
Sturgis —-So many Patriots …Antifa picked the wrong crowd ..pic.twitter.com/v4ASK2jwwz
— Ruthann (@TeaBoots) August 16, 2020
“But NYC always always bounces back.” No. Not this time.
“But NYC is the center of the financial universe. Opportunities will flourish here again.” Not this time.
“NYC has experienced worse.” No it hasn’t.
A Facebook group formed a few weeks ago that was for people who were planning a move and wanted others to talk to and ask advice from. Within two or three days it had about 10,000 members.
More…
Everything is fine in NYC…pic.twitter.com/t1h98bS69U
— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) August 16, 2020
Are now fully in control.
I've been exchanging messages with friends about what what's happening in our cities: NY, Philadelphia and LA especially. A lot of disturbing things are not making the news. Even Republicans aren't drawing attention to it. Here's a message from a friend about life in NY today:
— Mike (@Doranimated) August 13, 2020
It’s an amazing thread, just keep scrolling. (if you don’t want to read it on Twitter, the first portion has been collected by Ace.)
Related: Minneapolis Tells Residents With Riot-Wrecked Buildings They Can’t Clean Up Until They’ve Paid Their 2020 Property Taxes in Full.
The Oregon State Police announced on Thursday that it was pulling out its roughly 100 state troopers from protecting the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse in downtown Portland after the city’s district attorney announced that he is not pursuing charges against the rioters who have been arrested.
“When the dawn patrol’s got to tell you twice, they’re gonna do it with a shotgun.”
That’s a lyric from Steely Dan, but it also reflects what seems to be a new trend in two of America’s bluest cities: The replacement of police with civilian militias. (The press prefers to call them “neighborhood patrols” since they’re in Democratic cities).
There are some people who might favor this as a step forward for civil rights and racial justice, but the facts to date don’t support such a reading. In two cities where the police have pulled back from urban areas, they’ve been replaced by armed gangs demanding protection money, increased violence and, yes, prejudice against people who “don’t belong.” Anyone with a brain and a bit of historical knowledge could have seen this coming, which is no doubt why it eluded so much of our political class.
Related: Seattle City Council on Monday approved millions of dollars in police budget cuts, their black police chief resigns.
But it should be. Bridges Raised, Roads Closed in Chicago After Rioting, Looting Breaks Out
All bridges along the Chicago River were raised throughout The Loop, according to CBS Chicago.
Chicago’s Officer of Emergency Management said on Twitter that streets are closed in the city’s Magnificent Mile shopping district as well as Gold Coast and South Loop neighborhoods. The Illinois State Police also blocked some expressway ramps into downtown.
Meanwhile, the Chicago Transit Authority announced that train and bus services to the downtown area were suspended “at the request of public safety officials.”
The measures came after mass looting took place in the downtown area, with reports of numerous businesses being ransacked and vehicles set on fire.
Hundreds of people swept through the Magnificent Mile and other parts of downtown Chicago early Monday, smashing windows, looting stores, confronting police and at one point exchanging gunfire with officers, authorities said.
The officers had stopped several people on Lake Street near Michigan Avenue when shots were fired from a passing car around 4:30 a.m., nearly five hours into the widespread vandalism, according to police spokesman Tom Ahern. No officers were shot but a squad car was hit, he said. It was not known if anyone in the gunman’s car was shot.
Ahern said other officers were injured through the night. Earlier, an officer was seen slumped against a building by Grand and Wabash avenues as other other cops tended to him. It was unclear what had happened to him. Ahern had no details on the injuries.
The looting began shortly after midnight as people darted through broken store windows and doors along Michigan Avenue carrying shopping bags full of merchandise. Cars dropped off more people as the crowd grew. At least one U-Haul van was seen pulling up.
Flashback: “I have never seen the likes of this,” Sadlowski-Garza said. “I’m scared.”
Andy Ngo has more on Twitter.
Aftermath of one area looted in Chicago last night. #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/f9GsrjwS8m
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) August 10, 2020