NBC News; Baltimore will no longer prosecute drug possession, prostitution, low-level crimes
Biden Brings The Troops Home
Biden administration dismisses federal charges against Portland rioters;
They have dropped charges such as assault on a law enforcement officer, arson, and other violent crimes. Many have been dropped with prejudice, meaning they can’t be re-litigated in the future. According to a local news outlet, federal prosecutors have dismissed more than one-third of the pending charges from last summer’s violent protests in Portland.[…]
The local news report takes great pains to quote those involved who claim that these decisions were not motivated by politics, but rather by limited resources, large caseloads, COVID-19, and other factors. It strains credulity, however, to think a new direction has not taken hold among the federal law enforcement system as a new president has taken over and begun reversing every Trump agenda item it can target.
President Trump very publicly made law and order a theme of his reelection campaign, and a centerpiece of his agenda to get America back on track. With this quiet, under-the-radar move to cease the pursuit of justice for violent riot crimes, the Biden administration is sending a subtle, yet very clear, opposite message. To the new administration, law and order are selective, arbitrary, and dependent upon the politics of the offender.
(Now is the time at SDA when we juxtapose!)
They Went From “Flatten The Curve” To “Put Your Hands Behind Your Back” So Fast We Didn’t Even Notice
Take a fucking knee. https://t.co/mkWQfBqeuY
— Katewerk (@katewerk) December 20, 2020
Jonestown Precinct
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
Jonestown Precinct
“Tell Me About Your Childhood”
Root Causes
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.”
Cowtown Precinct
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.
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
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.
Jonestown Precinct
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…
“Mayor Lori Lightfoot” Is Not The Name Of A DC Comics Character
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
Jonestown Precinct
.@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
Jonestown Precinct
Jonestown Precinct
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.
“We appreciate you guys, we really do”
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.
“The most horrific displays of hate I’ve ever seen”
Portland police describe protests (full video)
h/t Larry
The Branch DeBlasions
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.
Everything Old Is New Again
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
Antifa in Sturgis
Defund the police.
Sturgis —-So many Patriots …Antifa picked the wrong crowd ..pic.twitter.com/v4ASK2jwwz
— Ruthann (@TeaBoots) August 16, 2020
Before And After Bandwidth
“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…https://t.co/t1h98bS69U
— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) August 16, 2020