This man apparently was fed up with CHAZ, the Capital Hill Autonomous Zone in Seattle, and decided to take matters into his own hands. The unidentified man started ripping apart booths and tossing tables in CHAZ on June 25, the video shows. The man also can be heard lecturing bystanders, saying “this is not a Black movement.” CHAZ, also known as the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP), is located in downtown Seattle. Spanning six blocks, it is a self-proclaimed autonomous zone that organizers described as a cop-free area. Later in the video, an unidentified Black woman is heard telling CHAZ residents that “the Republican Party is the party of the Blacks.”
Like many people, my exasperated friend, and others I know, are mesmerized and frightened by daily news reports on the number of COVID-19 cases. You can cite all the data you want, such as these from the U.S.:
It’s good news all around. But you turn on the television and get a different message.
People worry about sending their children to school this fall.
Some display authoritarian views as they excuse politicians for destructive errors merely because they showed “strong leadership.”
If you’re wondering why so many people don’t see the world the way you do, engage them in conversation...
“Videos and photographs of the mob flooded social media as they shouted various messages throughout the residential neighborhood and tore down American flags,” the Daily Wire reported.
Human Events Managing Editor Ian Miles Cheong shared footage of protesters shouting “Eat the rich!”:
Later, he tweeted a video of protesters in Los Angeles shouting “No justice, no peace! No racist police!” as they tore down an American flag attached to a building:
In another video, the protesters in Beverly Hills shouted, “Abolish capitalism now!” while they continued their march through the neighborhood...
Surprise! Gun sales explode in Minnesota after riots, #
"Gee, whodathunkit?
Let’s allow the streets to burn, demand the dismantling of the police department, and then call concern over property crimes and assaults a symptom of “privilege.” Minnesotans have responded by rediscovering one of the core purposes of the Second Amendment — mainly first-time firearms buyers, local CBS affiliate WCCO reports.
“People are really scared,” one gun-store owner says, and they should be:
...Background checks in Minnesota spiked in March as COVID-19 hit the United States, with more than 96,000 filed — the most for any month in 20 years.
...What happens when civic authority retreats?
Those with the most credible threat of violence fill the vacuum.
That’s what happened in the riots themselves, and that’s what happened in Seattle, too... Read all.
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg rolled out new rules for the platform in a Facebook post Friday, most notably that the company would place labels on posts from public officials that violate user policies. The Facebook post stated that “problematic content” from public officials would include “a prompt to tell people that the content they’re sharing may violate [Facebook] policies.” Zuckerberg mentioned that “newsworthy” posts found in violation of user policies would not be removed, however, stating that “seeing speech from politicians is in the public interest.”
Biden calls protests 'right and necessary,' urges Americans to turn 'anguish into purpose'
"Former Vice President Joe Biden, the apparent Democratic presidential nominee, released a statement just after midnight Sunday morning, calling the protests “right and necessary” while urging peaceful demonstrations over violence. “I know that a grief that dark and deep may at times feel too heavy to bear,” he said in the statement. “I know. I also know that the only way to bear it is to turn all that anguish into purpose.”
He urged Americans to use their pain to make change.
“We are a nation in pain, but we must not allow this pain to destroy us,” he said."
History for June 29 - On-This-Day.com George W. Goethals 1858, William Mayo 1861, Antoine de Saint-Exupery 1900 John Toland 1912, Slim Pickens 1919, Gary Busey 1944 1953 - The Federal Highway Act authorized the construction of 42,500 miles of freeway from coast to coast. 2007 - The first generation Apple iPhone went on sale.
On Friday night, a group of Black Lives Matter activists began shouting a political script in a Target store in Washington, D.C.
The verbal assault was led by a male with a bullhorn, who read the script in portions which were were then shouted back by the rest of the group.
Yet, pretending that these figures never existed, or eradicating the memory of the good they performed, will continue the march toward a false sense of place — one that is not based on what was, but on what the folks in power wish had been. That is a self-delusion that escapes reality. We must live in the real world where bad men did good things and good men did bad things — and intelligent people recognize this. You can escape reality. But you cannot escape the consequences of escaping reality. Those consequences will be the inevitable repetition of a past we should never forget.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 63% of American Adults still regard being a police officer as one of the most important jobs in our country today, down only slightly from 68% three years ago.
...Blacks (67%) are the most concerned about public safety where they live, compared to 63% of whites and 65% of other minority Americans..."
Fans of Best of the Web Today--Michael Smith "Law enforcement is necessary because crime exists. Crime was not created to give law enforcement officers a job. The situations of George Floyd and Rayshard Brooks were significantly different but share an important commonality - both men had extensive criminal histories which clearly factored into the perspective of the police during the interaction with both men. Those histories informed the low enforcement officers on the scene that a negative reaction to detainment was at least possible, if not likely. Minneapolis is about to find out about predicates. They are about to find out that abolishing law enforcement officers does NOT eliminate crime. One thing of which you can be sure, any amount of funding that gets cut from the budget as they "defund the police" will never be returned to the taxpayer - more ineffective social programs are in the offing."
Abilene, Texas, officials announced they will not enforce Governor Greg Abbott’s new Coronavirus order, which calls for the closure of bars and reduces allowable restaurant capacity amid an increase in new cases. Governor Abbott ordered all bars closed effective noon local time Friday, June 26. The executive action also requires restaurants operating at 75 percent capacity to return to 50 percent beginning the following Monday. Outdoor public gatherings will also be capped at 100 and leaves local authorities to decide if capacity may be increased.
More than 20,000 dead registered voters could receive mail-in ballots in California: Court brief "A court briefing in California alleges tens of thousands of dead registered voters could receive mail-in ballots in the 2020 presidential election.
Amicus briefs filed by the Public Interest Legal Foundation in California allege 23,000 dead people have not been removed from voter rolls in the state.
“California has a history of demonstrating that automation in voting processes will cause errors. Auto-mailings to active registrants won’t protect the state from sending ballots to dead and duplicated registrants — especially those who’ve shown an acknowledged willingness to take advantage of extra votes,” PILF President J. Christian Adams said in a statement... Read all.
Minneapolis Council members get private security after threats | FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - The City of Minneapolis is spending $4,500 a day for private security for three council members who have received threats following the police killing of George Floyd, FOX 9 has learned. A city spokesperson said the private security details have cost the city $63,000 over the past three weeks. The three council members who have the security detail – Andrea Jenkins (Ward 8), and Phillipe Cunningham (Ward 4), and Alondra Cano (Ward 9)– have been outspoken proponents of defunding the Minneapolis Police Department... Read all.
The protest zone in Seattle that has been occupied by anti-police protesters for the past two weeks has mostly dissolved after several nights of shootings and calls from the mayor to end the protest, Fox News reported.
“I rise today on behalf of every black family that has been robbed of a child,” the Massachusetts congresswoman and member of “the Squad,” said.
“On behalf of every family member that has been forced to see their loved one lynched on national television.
Driving while black.
Jogging while black.
Sleeping while black.
We have been criminalized for the very way we show up in the world.
Under the harsh gaze of far too many, my black body is seen as a threat, always considered armed.”
“Centuries of institutionalized oppression will not be undone overnight, for racism in America is as structural as the marble pillars of this very institution," the Democrat added. "With the power of the pen we must legislate accountability, dismantle these systems, and move in the direction of justice and healing. ...Black Lives Matter is a mandate from the people. It’s time. Pay us what you owe us. Our black skin is not a crime, it is the beautiful robe of nation builders.”
Joe Biden says he'd use executive powers to force Americans to wear masks in public - CBS News
"..."I would go back to making sure that everybody had masks," Biden said.
Both he and the interviewer wore masks and stood eight feet apart.
"The one thing we do know is that these masks make a gigantic difference. I would insist that everybody in public be wearing that masks," Biden continued... Read all.
Roy W. Spencer
"Here's the location of the temperature sensor at Tampa International Airport, which recorded a record all-time high of 99 deg. F for Tampa yesterday
(UPDATE: contrary to news reports, it tied the high in June 1985).
While it was an unusually hot day, partly because of the Saharan air layer overhead, temperatures from this station will obviously be affected by interstate highways, runways, and jet traffic that did not exist in, say, 1950."
Surprise! Gun sales explode in Minnesota after riots, #
Biden calls protests 'right and necessary,' urges Americans to turn 'anguish into purpose'
"A court briefing in California alleges tens of thousands of dead registered voters could receive mail-in ballots in the 2020 presidential election.
Minneapolis Council members get private security after threats | FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul
