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Getting online has gotten increasingly difficult and expensive last four months. Worse, access is outside since most establishments are closed or limited to drive-thru operations. Lap tops are not designed to be used in such an environment. Extremely difficult to see the screen. Time for the readership to step up and provide assistance. TC 7-24-20

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Brother dearest. ... Been awhile, hasn't it, Bro? A little antsy? Wondering when the next shoe is about to fall, that is, when you'll be fully exposed for the thieving son of a bitch you truly are? Patience. All in good time, good buddy. When I'm damned good and ready. Timing just right. After all, a son of a bitch who's stolen his father's estate needs to be fully exposed publicly for whom and what he is, don't you think? Indeed, a public service for your neighbors, professional associates, family, and friends, etc..

Conveniently, forget? Others need to protect themselves against a fraud who masquerades as both a teacher and a counselor, no? -- How the hell did you ever pass an MMPI some forty years ago to get hired? You're not stable. Have not been. ... Must have really been pissed off at the old man to rip off an estate, no? How much did you steal while he was alive and supposedly under your care?

How much did you bribe law enforcement to ignore a complaint I filed with them years before the old man died? How much did you bribe the prosecutor to ignore a complaint filed with her several years ago? How much? Use the old man's money to bribe the bitch? Her cohorts? Your law enforcement shysters? While there may indeed be no justice from a corrupt system, fortunately, I do have a way to publicly expose you for the goddamned thieving son of a bitch you truly are.

... Unlike our grandmother who scrubbed floors on her hands and knees during the Depression for peanuts, only to have what little she had stolen by her son, our uncle, another goddamned thieving son of a bitch just like you. Remember how, surprise, surprise, there was no life insurance when our grandfather died? Despite the fact our grandmother gave her thieving bastard son premium money year after goddamned year? Only, as the thieving son of a bitch he truly was, to have pocketed it. Again, just like you.

Remember when he booted her out of the house she had bought him when he had had enough of her? -- Despite the fact he had lied and promised she could stay the rest of her life? She had to climb two flights of stairs on an ulcerated leg to get to a bathroom he had never built for her at ground level as falsely promised. Nothing ever happened to the thieving son of a bitch as far as justice was concerned. Worse, he was never exposed publicly for the thieving son of a bitch he truly was.

Will be different for you, Bro. While you've bought off authorities, you will be publicly exposed. In great detail. In good time. When I'm damned good and ready. When exposure will do the maximum figurative damage to your goddamned sordid reputation. -- Just the truth, brother dearest, however. Just the truth.

Irony of ironies? When the thieving son of a bitch died, and our mother was finally informed he had passed, she cried for her brother, -- the bastard thief who stole from her mother. Sad, isn't it? Too bad she's not still alive to see you publicly exposed for the goddamned thieving son of a bitch you,yourself, truly are. As was he. Not in a court of law you've bought off, however. Right here.

In good time. Again, when I'm damned good and ready. Employing the very same tactics used against Amanda Wright of Wells Fargo. -- On steroids, however, since all dirty family laundry will be aired. All of it. No threat. A promise. Emails sent to your neighbors, friends, professional associates, businesses you deal with. Although an enormous amount of work, all doable courtesy of the Internet. Despite being some 1,800 miles away. -- Small world, isn't it, Bro? Enjoy the stolen loot, you son of a bitch. Forget? It's all you have.

Brother dearest. Save all the check stubs from the old man's accounts? Fraudulently sign any of them yourself? Think this material couldn't be obtained from the banks either through discovery or a criminal investigation? Still own the house on Condict Rd.? Any other properties besides this one and the old man's you stole with the help of your shyster bastard? Be interesting to see how far your assets extend and where. Think all that information isn't accessible? That I won't determinedly obtain it?

That not only an extensive Internet search will be conducted that will likely take months to complete? But an extensive background check as well? Think the Catholic high school you attended shouldn't be informed of the thievery of one of its graduates? Think the clerics there would be appalled at their failure to teach you right from wrong? How about both universities? Think neighbors in the old man's neighborhood won't be informed of your deception? Think they don't have a right to know?

Ever follow the advice of Dr. Bert Wiser, psychological statistics professor at MSU? That is, get treatment for your achingly debilitating instability? Is that why you wound up looting the old man? Or, is it simply a convenient excuse you'll use to defend the indefensible? Think this will end any time soon? That is, public exposure of you as a thieving son of a bitch? We're just getting started, Bro. Just getting started.

Don't like it? Tough shit. Sue me you thieving son of a bitch. Would use discovery to learn and post on this website all there is to know about you, your activities, predilections, business 'deals,' as well as all your financial transactions, etc.. All of it. Would certainly avoid the expense of an extensive background check on you, thieving brother dearest.

Even if you were successful in court, there is nothing for you to take, this remains, as well, a homesteading state where minimal assets are protected anyway. This site is hosted in an overseas country that doesn't particularly like government intrusion, remains not prone to cooperate. Besides, can always upload to another webhost in still yet another country. The possibilities are endless, Bro. Just takes willingness, effort, unshakable determination.

Even if I lost it all would be more than worth it to expose you for the goddamned thieving son of a bitch you truly are. Even if you bribed a goddamned nazi 'judge' to remove posted material, would not cooperate and be more than willing to rot in jail. Would certainly keep reposting it all no matter the cost and/or personal consequences every time it was taken down. Forget, you thieving son of a bitch? I never ever give up.

Since all I seek is your exposure for the thief you truly are, would all be worth it. For the sake of principle. All the work, financial cost, as well as the time I am about to dedicate to this effort, you deceptive, unstable, sick, thieving son of a bitch. Unlike you, I live on principle and have absolutely nothing to lose. You do. Will certainly take great pleasure and satisfaction in doing all I can to publicly expose you for whom and what you are.

To say nothing of placing enormous pressure on prosecutors you and your equally corrupt shyster son of a bitch apparently bribed. Don't like it? Again, tough shit. Chew harder. The public needs to know to protect itself. From you and your shyster bastard. People who live and travel in your circles as well. Including his. As a thief, you and he can't be trusted by anyone. You'll determinedly f--k them.

More than willing to provide this truly public service. People certainly need to know whom and what you are. What you have sadly become. You certainly weren't brought up to be a thieving son of a bitch. What happened? Where did you lose yourself, Bro? -- Never mind. ... Truly doesn't matter. Only your exposure.

Hey, Bro? Remember me? How soon they conveniently forget. ... Half asleep? -- Out to lunch? ... In your own perverse little world? That of a criminal? Wake up. Conveniently, gutlessly forget? Insanely believe you're someway, somehow off the hook? Think again. We're not done. You remain a thief who will be exposed for whom and what your are. What you certainly have become. No question about that. Patience, you thieving son of a bitch. Exposure is coming. Promise.

Think I don't have time? Truly believe the ongoing Presidential fiasco ends no matter who wins? The murderous decay in law enforcement gets resolved any time soon? Criminal Wells Fargo employees from local Kingsland bank manager Amanda S. Wright right up to and including CEO John Stumpf get prosecuted in the near future despite egregious criminal activity? Wouldn't hold my breath, would you?

Think I don't have time to handle all this and your public exposure for the estate-stealing criminal son of a bitch you've truly become? How could you steal from the old bastard, you incredibly sad sack of shit? Certainly weren't brought up to be a thief. What happened to you? Where'd you lose yourself?

No question, 2017 will be a most remarkable, defining year for you, Bro. Public exposure for the thieving piece of shit you've sadly become. It's on the way. Promise. Hope you sue. Nothing for you to take. Tough, isn't it? Certainly, makes me judgment proof. Will certainly, as well, take advantage of discovery. Publish every detail I can get my hands on. No matter the consequences. Only consideration? Prime directive? Your exposure for whom and what you are.

Readers? This not-so-brotherly piece of shit stole from our father. Manipulated the old man to line his pockets. Just like our uncle on my mother's side of the family did to my grandmother. Runs in the family. Our family. ... Right, Bro? This game now gets played my way, -- not yours, you son of a bitch. That is, no more U.S. Mail tag.

Anything sent by mail will be refused, returned unopened. Want contact? Email. libertyinperil@riseup.net. Quick. Easy. Better yet? A digital record. Permanent. Easily accessible. Easily uploaded to this site when and if it becomes necessary. The shyster bastard you hired to steal the estate shouldn't expect escape, either, from public exposure as the thieving piece of shit he, like you, truly both are. Unscrupulous thieves.

Sincerely hope that piece of crap sues as well. Nothing to take. Discovery again would be published no matter the personal cost. Nothing quite like public exposure, is there? Especially, when it is nothing but the truth and there is absolutely nothing to lose exposing two pieces of criminal shit for whom and what they are. Two pieces of gutless human excrement who looted an old man. ... Right, Bro?

There is no better disinfectant than sunlight, readers. Glaring sunlight. Dazzling brilliance. Amazing how the roaches run for cover. Equally pointedly, how vermin on two legs manage to so easily prey on the elderly courtesy of the out of control fascist police-state we now live in. While there'll never be any justice vis a vis this theft, there will be exposure to the brilliant light of day for both criminal perpetrators. Count on it, you not-so-brotherly criminal son of a bitch.

Hey, Bro? Hear of Old Sturbridge Village? Haven't? ... Not lying, are you, you thieving son of a bitch? You and your long-term companion EC conspire, bequeath some of the old man's loot to this museum? An achingly stingy gift of $250-$499, -- considering the size of the estate? The CEO and Board have any idea you stole it? Think they'd care? -- Just getting started, dearest, dearest Bro. ... Delusionally believe I haven't more than enough time, resources, determination to expose you for the thieving piece of crap you truly are? ... Under $500 back in 2013? Remarkably parsimonious with stolen money aren't you? What does it feel like to have gutlessly ripped off an incompetent old man? -- Dear old Dad. Certainly, look forward to digging much deeper into how you and your shyster lawyer managed to bamboozle and loot the old bastard. Back in the day, certainly wouldn't have fallen for your bullshit. Would have kicked your worthless, thieving ass out the door. Intend to expose it to the light of day. Indeed, a public service. Seatbelts on, you thieving son of a bitch. Tally ho!

... Brief aside, dear readers, for a most exceptional reason. -- Although infrequent, pressing ongoing personal business must come first on rare occasion. Hope you agree, moreover, find it entertaining, -- as this writer did crafting what follows. Principle trumps all. Remains prime mover, prime directive no matter what.

This pressing issue involves a family thief. A heartless predator preying on the elderly who must be held accountable, exposed to the light of day. Especially, since authorities failed to do their job. The following is part of that continuing effort to expose this piece of shit for whom and what he is:

Hey, Bro? Guess what? Me, again. Most determined pain in the ass. Miss me? An inconvenient, nagging hemorrhoid that simply won't go away no matter what. -- A pile with a smile that takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'.

... Delusionally think this most persistent nemesis of yours conveniently disappeared to parts unknown, vanished in thin air? To give a turd a break? Wake up. Not a chance, you thieving son of a bitch. ... When you insanely believe this writer's gone and you're finally in the clear, guess what, here I am, right in your face.

Despite what's going on across our formerly great country, always have more than enough time for personal business. That is, exposing you, Bro, to the glaring light of day. A pathetically greedy predator. Your target, who else, the elderly. Most defenseless, vulnerable, an easy fleece. -- Thought you'd steal from the surly old curmudgeon with impunity, no consequences?

Successfully escape accountability? Avoid detection, all responsibility? Blatant theft of an old man's estate? A little help from a bought and paid for hopelessly greedy unprincipled shyster? Supposed cake walk due to 1800 miles separation? No one to hold you accountable? Your feet to the fire? What could you possibly been thinking?

You've read this publication before. Know precisely who and what I am, what I do. Never give up. Never say die. Ignore all obstacles. Know full well Liberty In Peril modus operandi remains as relentlessly ferocious, blindingly intense as ever.

No punches pulled. No slack. No personal consideration. Certainly, not for a gutless son of a bitch, no more than a thieving predator. Looted target, guess who, dear old dad. Pitiful. Delusionally believe you had the booty coming? An entitlement? For having had to put up with his shit all those years? Wake up.

Hear of Historic Deerfield? Of course, you have, you lying son of a bitch. Forget? You're one of their not-so-generous 'benefactors.' ... With all the money stolen from our father's estate, only bequeath them a piss poor $40 bucks?

Unbelievable. An achingly tight, cheap, thieving, worthless piece of duplicitous crap. ... Write-off? Negligible. ... Feather in the cap? How? Delusionally believe your treachery would never see the light of day? What planet do you live on?

Board of Trustees Chair Anne K. Groves know full well you looted the estate? How about President Philip Zea? Think both don't have a right to know? How about Anne Lanning, Vice President For Museum Affairs? To say nothing of Susan Martinelli, Vice President For Business Affairs?

These officials are entitled to know precisely whom they're doing business with. A thief. Gutless phony. Blow-hard fraud. Hoity-toity dandy. Worse? An unprincipled thief who stole from his father. ... Glaring light of day sucks, doesn't it, Bro? No escaping the unvarnished truth, this most bitter reality. Not a chance.

Saddest of all? Back in the day, Hell would have frozen over before anyone would have have been able to rip off the craggy old bastard. Remember quite well how intent, determined he was not to be fleeced late in life by a sick son of a bitch like you.

A leech. Ironic, isn't it? Gutless rip off of an old man who couldn't adequately handle his affairs any longer. How do you sleep nights?

Fraud runs in the family, clearly. History repeating itself. Right in the footsteps of our grandmother's son, who callously ripped off his mother decades ago. Again, another achingly pathetic piece of human excrement. Just like you. Intend to lay it bare. Methodically. Painstakingly. In great detail. Living, breathing color.

For all to see. A public service. Exposure of the criminal piece of human excrement you truly are. For sustained public review. A goddamned thief. Pissed? Chagrined? Nonplused? Tough shit. Sue. Would certainly immediately post all discovery no matter the consequences.

All snail mail will be returned unopened. No phone tag. Got something to say? Email. Say it right here. On this website. In public. For the world to see. Will be posted in its entirety. No editing. Unlike you, this writer doesn't lie, cheat, steal. Honors his word. Intend to expose you precisely for whom and what you are.

Duplicitous predator who preyed on his own father. Blinding exposure to benefit the community. Have nothing to lose providing this public service, but you do. No better disinfectant than sunshine.

.. Think the old bastard not spinning in his grave? -- Old lady not doing the same? One thing for certain. Neither brought you up to be a goddamned thief. Yet, here we are. ... Until next time, Tally Ho!

... Hey, Sheriff? Is it true Llano County Attorney Becky Lange has advised you to stay out of the "Berardi Property Rights Denial-Damage To Pace Arrow-Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764" fiasco? That right, Bill? Isn't that obstruction of justice? Also true your deputies have advised the Bolens to accept the status quo and not force the no-trespassing issue with Greene? If so, isn't that also obstruction and official oppression? When will you do your job, Bill? As an elected official, you answer to the public, forget? -- No honor? ... No honor at all? If the foregoing allegations are indeed true, didn't you swear an oath to uphold the law and Constitution? Why aren't you doing so? No guts?

Your deputy has been accused of abusing authority. What action have you taken other than ignore the complaint? Why aren't both Rodriguez and the County Attorney under criminal investigation? The County Attorney appears to be obstructing justice, accepting the word of Greene in lieu of two surveyor companies who strongly assert otherwise. Both the County Attorney and District Attorney have ignored complaints. Par for the course in Llano County, isn't it? Failed to do their jobs. No surprise there, right, Bill? Both receiving 'special consideration' up to and/or including a bribe from Greene? Regardless, clearly, no justice in Nazi Llano County. Bottom line? Desperate need for an outside criminal investigation. Conveniently, forget? This County is ruled by men, certainly not rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Precisely, why there is desperate need for a new federal agency whose sole function would be to investigate, arrest, charge, and prosecute criminal law enforcement, prosecutors, and judges in a special court whose only mandate would be to adjudicate such cases. Total independence. Until that happens, the criminal bastards who falsely believe they run and own this hell hole County will continue to do as they please.

Some salient quotes occurring later on in this edition vis a vis unfinished business County officials continue to ignore:

... "No justice. Precisely, why there is desperate need for a new federal agency whose sole function would be to investigate, arrest, charge, and prosecute corrupt, abusive, criminal officers, prosecutors, and judges in a special court that would adjudicate only these cases. Total independence. The only way to rein in these criminals, particularly the murderers in blue.

Sadly, the achingly clueless bastards in law enforcement don't need a legitimate reason to kill. Enjoy carte blanche to murder on the job. Nearly always, with impunity. ... Right, Sheriff? Sue the living shit out of the jackbooted motherf--kers, the department, and the city. Any officer engaged in, or threatening this kind of unnecessary violence needs to be criminally prosecuted. Not protected and coddled. Not put on paid leave, -- no more than a paid vacation. Not sent home without pay to catch up on his beauty sleep.

Firing is egregiously insufficient. How can the law enforcement community be trusted? No foreign power, no terrorist organization, not even the criminal element presents a greater threat to life, liberty, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties than the criminal jackbooted bastards in law enforcement. ... Right, Sheriff? Madam County Attorney? "Sonny Boy?"

These are extremely dangerous times for our formerly great country. ... Hear the rumble? An unwanted dreaded second American revolution catastrophically looming. -- As our legislators and other government officials figuratively 'fiddle while Rome burns.'

Not good enough. Nowhere near. Short of an unwanted dreaded second American revolution, only one way for these atrocities to end. Again, time for a new federal agency whose sole function would be to investigate, arrest, charge, prosecute corrupt, abusive, criminal officers, prosecutors, and judges in a special court whose sole function would be to adjudicate such cases. Total independence.

Local and state authorities are egregiously incapable of handling these cases. Tend to protect their own. ... Right, Sheriff? Goes with the territory, doesn't it, Bill? Precisely, why there is no faith or trust in your criminal jackbooted bastards. Local authorities here in Nazi Llano County have their heads figuratively, securely lodged so far up their clueless ass their eyeballs are turning inside out. Protect and coddle your clueless, out of control officers. Imagine that.

Unadulterated, blatant ongoing horse shit. ... Right, Bill? F--k these jackbooted bastards. Aren't worth a crap. Continually abrogate their oaths of office to protect and defend the United States Constitution. ... Right, Sheriff? Includes not only deputies, but the brass as well. No principles. No honor. Lying, conniving, abusive, murderous jackbooted thieving thugs. The American Civil Liberties Union needs to step up and represent the victims of abusive law enforcement.

To say nothing of innocent civilians all across our formerly great country who are victimized by abusive police. Need far better representation than a public defender. Forget? It's how the bastards in government line government coffers. All too often, looting the innocent. Those on the bottom of the food chain. ... Right, Sheriff?

No justice. The American Way. Nazi America. When is this shit finally going to end? All of it. Wake up, Sheriff. Again, where is dashcam video of the killing of Jeffrey Gray Wise, 52, of Austin by DPS and the Llano County Sheriff's Office? Two hundred sixty nine weeks, now. A goddamned disgrace.

Why are you still sitting on this information? What are you hiding, Sheriff? What is the identity of the officers who killed Wise? Too gutless to release this information to the public that pays your salary and that of your goons? Reportedly, there were three officers involved in the shooting. Who the hell are they?

When will the goddamned 'law' 'enforcement' community finally stop making excuses for engaging in outrageous criminal activity including blatant murder, violent assault, sexual assault, theft, drug trafficking, etc.? List can go on and on. Protecting its own no matter what it does or doesn't do? Convenient, isn't it, Sheriff? Again, no foreign power, no terrorist organization, not even the criminal element presents a greater threat to life, liberty, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties than all branches and levels of government, -- including law enforcement.

Corruption within law enforcement remains an existential threat to life, liberty, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties. So what else is new? ... Right, Bill? Same old duplicitous, aggressively stupid shit occurs right here in Nazi Llano County. ... Doesn't it, Sheriff?

Think it'll change any time soon? Don't hold your breath, readers. Not how things work in Nazi America, right, Sheriff? Highly reminiscent of how your goons operate though, isn't it, Bill? Forget? 'Stupid is as stupid does.' F--ked up is f--ked up no matter where, no matter how. Problem throughout all law enforcement.

Including right here in Nazi Llano County, right, Sheriff? Too many officers clearly have their heads securely lodged where the sun seldom shines. Egregious insanity continues to be perpetrated by the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue. Ongoing issue. All over our formerly great country.

Not just in Dallas as in the Guyger case, but all over the nation. No end to it. Surprised? Why? In today's increasingly national socialist climate anything goes, right, Bill? Live in a de facto fascist police-state, quickly transitioning to the Trump nazi's Fourth Reich. Certainly, a problem here in Nazi Llano County, isn't it, Sheriff? Your goons, however, aren't held accountable when they egregiously f--k up. Ever.

Precisely why you refuse to release information on your deputies to the long-suffering public? That is, employment history, criminal background, results of drug testing, etc.. ... Got to protect your criminal jackbooted thugs preying on the citizenry with virtual impunity, right, sir?

Equally pointedly, why hasn't Llano County Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764 been held criminally accountable for egregious abuse of power involving denial of property rights to a Kingsland property owner? To say nothing of consequent resultant physical damage done to a motor home on that property. Why are you protecting this clueless son of a bitch, Sheriff?

Why hasn't he been prosecuted for official oppression? Where is financial compensation for the damage this jackbooted piece of human excrement is responsible for? Ferociously pointedly, why are the District Attorney and the County Attorney continuing to protect this jackbooted piece of shit? He and others like him present an exigent threat to life, liberty, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties.

Equally to the point, why are your jackbooted pieces of human excrement refusing to enforce Berardi's property rights? Your goons have failed to take action against Theresa Ahrens when she tore down a no trespassing sign and barrier on Berardi's property. Have you, your goons, and/or Madam County Attorney been bribed by Johnny Greene?

Ahrens frequently drives all the way through Berardi's property. Coup de grace? When Berardi complained to Llano County Deputy Idle about the trespassing, the officer's response was insane. Said the Sheriff told him to tell Berardi since Ahrens believes she owns his property she can't be charged with trespassing. Perfect Catch-22, right, Sheriff? You're not fit for office, Bill. Bribed by Johnny Greene?

Why is Theresa Ahrens allowed by your goons to dictate what vehicles can and cannot be parked on Berardi's property? Ahrens claims she has proof the property belongs to her where the vehicle was parked. Has failed to produce it. Surveyors say otherwise. Back up Berardi. Yet, your jackbooted bastards refuse to enforce Berardi's property rights. Why? Somebody lining somebody's pockets, Sheriff?

Ms. Ahrens micro-mini portable 'house' is parked on an unused unmarked Llano County road. Imagine that. Madam County Attorney well-aware. Has done nothing. Shit squat. Egregiously ignored her oath of office. Someone bribing you, Becky? Lining your pockets, Counselor? Paying you not to sell the unused unmarked County road to Berardi? Doesn't the County want and need the sale money, to say nothing of the resultant tax income?

No question, County and State agencies remain determinedly, concertedly, achingly incapable of criminal investigation of their own. Precisely, why a new federal agency desperately needs to be created whose sole function would be to investigate, arrest, charge, prosecute corrupt, abusive, criminal officers, prosecutors, and judges in a special court whose sole function would be to adjudicate only such cases. Total independence. Certainly, go a long, long way to cleaning up this cess pool County. Rein in the outrageously corrupt, abusive, achingly inept, self-serving assholes who run and own this hell hole.

Sheriff, you falsely claim the Kingsland County Commissioner has the authority to resolve this ongoing property rights issue. Clearly, doesn't. You, Madam County Attorney, and "Sonny Boy" are certainly an egregious impediment, continue to determinedly stonewall. Someone's pockets are being lined. Again, where's financial compensation for the damage Llano County Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764 is directly responsible for to the Pace Arrow? Why hasn't he been prosecuted for this damage, to say nothing of infringement of Berardi's property rights? -- Just getting started, Sheriff. Far more to come.

-- You're not doing your jobs, Sheriff. You've got a loose vicious dog problem in Kingsland, Bill. When will you and the troops finally do something about this ongoing issue? Certainly, a recurring problem on Skyline, particularly on occasion at the intersection of Odessa. Pedestrians, runners, and cyclists are at risk. Too busy lining County coffers with bogus tickets?"

Wiley B. "Sonny" McAfee
District Attorney
33rd and 424th Judicial Districts
Llano, TX 78643

Re: Berardi Property Rights Denial-Damage To Pace Arrow-Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764

The enclosed emails were sent to the Llano County Attorney and Sheriff, respectively, vis a vis the above matter. Remain unanswered. The County Attorney appears to be protecting and defending the deputy at behest of Kingsland property owner Johnny Greene. May have received some consideration from Greene up to and including a bribe. Are the County Attorney, Greene, and the Deputy under criminal investigation? If not, why not?

Tim Chorney, Publisher
Liberty In Peril
Formerly,
The Llano Ledger
www.libertyinperil.com
P.O. Box 151
Buchanan Dam, Texas 78609

Rebecca Lange, Llano County Attorney
Llano County Attorney's Office
Llano, Texas 78643

Re: Berardi Property Rights Denial-Damage To Pace Arrow-Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764

As you're well aware, we have an outrageously corrupt, abusive, achingly inept Llano County Sheriff's Office here in Nazi Llano County. Worse, you and your office aid and abet these SS jackbooted bastards in black. The issue at the moment is the same it's been the last six months.

How is it two surveyor companies, the Appraisal District, the Tax Office, the Precinct 3 Commissioner, even the goddamned Sheriff himself now states Kingsland resident James Berardi owns the lots in contention all these months?

Yet, you ludicrously assert that's not the County's legal position. It's not? Why not? You claim you're not a real estate expert. Rather than accept the advice of two surveyor companies, the Precinct 3 Commissioner, the Appraisal District, the Tax Office, and even the Sheriff himself, you've inexplicably chosen to follow the advice of property owner Johnny Greene, -- who conveniently happens to be reportedly in the oil industry.

Question to be asked. Could you have received any 'consideration' in return, -- up to and including a bribe? Only way to know for sure is for the District Attorney to conduct a criminal investigation. Apparently, there has been none. If not, why not?

Equally pointedly, why hasn't Llano County Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764 been held criminally accountable for egregious abuse of power involving denial of property rights to this Kingsland property owner? To say nothing of consequent resultant physical damage done to a motor home on that property.

Our achingly useless, worthless, gutless Sheriff has ignored an email vis a vis the damage this jackbooted thug is responsible for. Interestingly, his fellow officers believe him to be an idiot. Yet, the Sheriff continued to defend this piece of human excrement until he realized this entire fiasco would not be swept under the carpet.

Rodriguez is indeed an idiot. Would you believe this piece of crap ordered the motor home to be moved on to an unmarked unused Llano County road? That motor home has indeed been moved back to where it was parked before Rodriguez forced it to be moved. Why hasn't the County paid for the cost of moving it back? To say nothing of the damage.

Equally pointedly, why is it the County has allowed Theresa Ahrens to park and live in her tiny cottage on that very same road? Why hasn't she been evicted by the County? Why was she assessed taxes on an adjacent improvement she doesn't own?

Why is it, Counselor, Johnny Greene is paying for the attorney retained by Ms. Ahrens? Is Greene attempting to make this all go away by bribery? Greene has also informed Berardi he is going to sue. For what? Has Greene lost his mind?

What about Wells who installed a $4500 septic system on a lot turns out he does not own as a result of Greene, an outrageously inept County, to say nothing of the Llano County Attorney who remains equally determinedly clueless?

How about Bolen who hasn't a pot to piss in, but was nonetheless f--ked over by Greene to say nothing of an egregiously inept County, to say nothing of you and your goddamned equally incompetent office?

None of this is going away, Counselor, -- any time soon. Will not be swept under the carpet as all the other crap going on in this hell hole County. Not a chance. Expect a full expose in this publication whether or not this outrageous fiasco finally gets resolved. Including full public exposure of both the Sheriff and his jackbooted thug.

Tim Chorney, Publisher
Liberty In Peril
Formerly,
The Llano Ledger
www.libertyinperil.com
P.O. Box 151
Buchanan Dam, Texas 78609

Bill Blackburn, Sheriff
Llano County Sheriff's Office
2001 N. State Hwy. 16 Suite A
Llano, Texas 78643

Archive and retain all reports vis a vis damage to the Pace Arrow resulting from egregious abuse of authority perpetrated by Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764, on the Berardi property in Kingsland on 8-16-17.

Tim Chorney, Publisher
Liberty In Peril
Formerly,
The Llano Ledger
www.libertyinperil.com
P.O. Box 151
Buchanan Dam, Texas 78609

Wake up, Sheriff. Again, where is dashcam video of the killing of Jeffrey Gray Wise, 52, of Austin by DPS and the Llano County Sheriff's Office? Two hundred sixty nine weeks, now. A goddamned disgrace. Why are you still sitting on this information? What are you hiding, Sheriff? What is the identity of the officers who killed Wise? Too gutless to release this information to the public that pays your salary and that of your goons? Reportedly, there were three officers involved in the shooting.

Who are they, Sheriff? Their past history? An ongoing investigation remains a lame bullshit excuse. How can you and your goons be trusted when you refuse to disclose information? Two hundred sixty nine weeks. Especially, your egregious failure to disclose the identity of the officers who pulled the trigger. To cover your sorry ass, Sheriff? Those of your thugs? The people have a right to know what happened, how it went down. You don't understand that, Sheriff? Sadly, clearly, you answer to no one. Including taxpayers. Especially, taxpayers.

Until you and your goons come clean, doubt will remain this was indeed a good shoot. The longer you drag your feet, the greater the doubt. Think not? Wake up. Your credibility has tanked. Isn't getting any better as this bullshit continues unabated. Two hundred sixty nine weeks. Still no identification of the officers involved ... Can't get your stories straight? In line? Discrepancy between LCSO and DPS? Wake up, Sheriff. The public no longer buys the bullshit. No longer trusts you. On this and many, many other issues. You have no credibility. Absolutely, none.

Readers, this is but one of about four other highly questionable killings by law enforcement in Llano County in the last decade or so. There was one within the City of Llano, another in a field near Fuzzy's Corner, Buchanan Dam, yet another in Point Tella, Buchanan Dam, still another in Tow. If there are any others I may have neglected to mention, kindly email.

It's time the public be fully informed. -- Know what we're dealing with here and how 'law' 'enforcement' operates in this hell hole County. If these jackbooted bastards are not reined in, the life lost could be many others courtesy of a law enforcement system that is no longer accountable to anyone. ... Right, Sheriff? TL? "Sonny Boy?" Madam County Attorney?

The Sheriff seems to have no clue the people who pay him and his goons are entitled to know whom is killing whom and why. This shit always seems to be swept under the carpet. Ignored. The attitude of these jackbooted sons of bitches is trust us. They can't be. They've lied too many times. Refuse to be accountable to anyone. We live in a goddamned fascist police-state where law enforcement does as it pleases. Usually, with impunity. This has to change.

The Texas Rangers have become rubber stamp to atrocities committed by law enforcement. This also has to change. No one is holding law enforcement accountable any longer. No one. No one in state or federal government. This is precisely why Ferguson triggered such an uproar. There was no justice there. None here. None anywhere. Officers are abusive, corrupt, inept.

Falsely ticket and arrest the innocent to line County coffers. Court fees charged continue to be horrendous. -- Aren't taxpayers already looted to pay these costs? Aren't you not only double f--king those falsely accused, but taxpayers also hellaciously looted to pay the very same costs? Yet, the criminal bastards in power in Llano continue to pile on the fees. This is nothing more than goddamned bullshit. This money finds its way into the pockets of the corrupt, abusive bastards who falsely believe they run and own this hell hole.

Would you believe the last time the Sheriff's Office happened to be 'audited' during the Garrett regime, reportedly, auditors couldn't figure out what went where and why? Yet, surprise, surprise. Nothing was done. There has to be transparency. There is none. Why would these thieving bastards want any? ... Right, Sheriff? TL? How else could they so easily steal and loot with virtual impunity? Worse, this reinforces jackbooted power in this goddamned, godforsaken hell hole County.

The public has a right to know the histories of the Sheriff's goons. Clearly, the Sheriff doesn't think so. That is, where they came from. Why they left where they were. What is happening here is the Sheriff is using 'personnel matters' as a convenient excuse to deny the public access to the history of outrageously corrupt, abusive, inept officers who are no more than criminals themselves.

He's protecting his outrageously corrupt, abusive, inept jackbooted bastards. Worse, the standards imposed by sheriff's offices statewide with the exception of metropolitan counties are well below those of DPS and city police departments. Why? So the corruption, abuse, ineptness, and outright stealing can continue unabated? This has to change. ... Can't have that, can we? Sheriff? TL?

The public should understand Llano County authorities have it all sewn up. Did you know the Texas Attorney General does not have the authority to investigate and prosecute County authorities on his own? The District Attorney has to call for an investigation by the Texas Rangers. Then, the State can prosecute if it so chooses.

Consequently? Guess what? Nothing will happen. Nothing ever does. The goddamned corruption continues unabated until you, the public, pressure authorities. Precisely, why we all enjoy the 'best' government money can buy. Literally. Without question, the corrupt, abusive, inept sons of bitches are all bought and paid for. Firmly clamped to the taxpayer tit. Dependent on money looted from innocent citizens caught in their web. Phony fines and court costs cleverly designed to f--k the innocent and enrich the pieces of shit who falsely believe they run and own Llano County. Right, Sheriff? TL? "Sonny Boy?" Madam County Attorney?

Interestingly, the former Sheriff and District Attorney were reportedly forced to retire after an outrageous scandal involving a drunk driving police officer from out of town. Including special treatment of the drunken son of a bitch that no other citizen caught doing the same would have been afforded. An honest, honorable Llano County Deputy suffered the consequences. Forget? Great officers do not last in this hell hole County. ... Right, Sheriff? TL? "Sonny Boy?" Madam County Attorney?

With all ongoing abuse in this goddamned County, one thing remains for damned sure. We're just getting started, Sheriff. You will continue to be exposed for whom and what you and your corrupt, abusive, inept jackbooted bastards have become, truly are, not what you phonies purport to be, that is, how you continue to f--k over a public you've falsely sworn to protect and defend. -- Exposure, the only way short of an unwanted dreaded revolution to force desperately needed change in a goddamned fascist police-state. The Fourth Reich.

Have your jackbooted thugs been tested for steroids, Sheriff? If you've nothing to hide, Bill, release the results of all drug testing. 'Personnel matters?' Bullshit. Looted taxpayers have the right to know. They're footing the bill for all this goddamned corruption, abuse, ineptness. When will you and the boys end the shakedowns? Looting of the innocent to line County coffers? No honor at all?

Where are your swastika armbands, you fascist son of a bitch? You and your thugs remain out of uniform. Once again, Sheriff, and ad nauseum, did you and/or your goons pressure Schilling to exit the race? Did you steal the election? If so, an aggressively stupid, achingly gutless public gets what it truly deserves. One of the most corrupt, abusive, inept 'law' 'enforcement' agencies in our formerly great country.

While the business and church communities stood tall during the recent Kingsland flood catastrophe, there was one glaring exception. On 10-17-18, the Antlers Coffee Shop closed due to storm-related failure of the Kingsland water system. Patrons, however, are routinely allowed to get online outside even when the shop is closed.

A long-term coffee shop customer entered the hotel lobby to ask the desk clerk whether wifi was still up and running after the catastrophe. She said it was and told the patron he could get online inside the closed shop. She then asked him to have another regular customer who had just arrived outside to come in and get out of the cold as well.

Antlers co-proprietor Rick apparently quickly got wind of both customers, made quite a jackass of himself emulating the petulant narcissist currently occupying the Oval Office. Aggressive stupidity at a time the Kingsland business community is indeed suffering, can least afford it. Further proof positive of the old adage 'can fix ignorant, can't fix stupid.'

Why would, why should both customers put up with this? Think this hasn't happened to others?

Highly reminiscent of our outrageously bought and paid for judiciary, Llano County prosecutors, Sheriff Bill Blackburn and his criminal SS jackbooted bastards in black who continue to egregiously disgrace themselves and the badge, do as they please regardless of the law and Constitution, carefully consider the following. It's appalling. Runs against the grain of everything our formerly great country once stood for. No longer.

Llano County DA "Sonny Boy" is in the news. Received an award. The DailyTrib reports:

"The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission recognized District Attorney Wiley “Sonny” McAfee on August 22 for his efforts in prosecuting natural and cultural resource violations as well as environmental crimes. The commission named the 33rd and 424th district attorney the 2019 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Prosecutor of the Year. McAfee serves Burnet, Llano, Blanco, and San Saba counties. Elected in November 2012 and taking office on January 1, 2013, he has been instrumental in a number of high-profile cases involving Texas game wardens and Texas State Park police officers."

The District Attorney has ignored a complaint filed earlier by this publication regarding special treatment accorded Texas oil man Johnny Greene by the Llano County Attorney and Sheriff vis a vis a property dispute involving a local banker, three other local property owners with homes encroaching on land they don't own, one of which is on an unused Llano County road. To say nothing of damage to a Pace Arrow motorhome on that property. All a result of egregious abuse of authority by Llano County Deputy Leroy Rodriguez, Badge #764. The circumstances of this fiasco can be found above in each and every edition of this publication since this happened two and a half years ago. The Sheriff, the County Attorney, and the District Attorney have all determinedly, concertedly ignored this ongoing, unresolved fiasco raising one ferociously pointed question. How much were they bribed?

Cowardly fail to financially and/or materially support those fighting for all civil and constitutional rights and liberties at great personal cost and risk? Get what you truly deserve.

Last three months been getting online at the Kingsland HEB. Met quite a few readers at the picnic table. -- People I didn't personally know, but who came up and introduced themselves. Certainly, grateful for your concern, caring, and moral support. One of the Front End managers, Kevin, had granted permission to plug in and access HEB Customer wifi at the picnic table some three months ago. Someone in County government must have subsequently complained. Three months after the fact. LOL. Finally got the boot 6-27-20 from the achingly gutless Store Manager who couldn't, or wouldn't stand up to pressure from this asshole.

Pathetic, isn't it? LOL. Certainly, knew it was coming. Hard to believe it took three months. LOL. Apparently, the gutless Store Manager, Monty, sent out the second in command, Dan, to deliver the happy news. Spoke to him awhile, but sadly as expected, he had nothing substantive to say. Other than, "leave." LOL. Advised him to send out the clearly reluctant Store Manager who apparently wanted to avoid the encounter. Finally, came out. Imagine that.

Asked the Store Manager, Monty Young, for a business card. Remarkably, he had none. Couldn't be, could it? LOL. An HEB Store Manager with no business card? How is that possible? Unlimited corporate greed? Aryan arrogance of a privately-owned corporation? Or, was he simply lying? Informed him he'd indeed be front and center in this next edition.

Before getting into specific detail vis a vis my conversation with the Store Manager, it must be stated staff at the Kingsland HEB is second to none. Have known many of them for years. Work extremely well together as a team. Certainly, exceptionally customer-friendly. The problem with this store is not staff. Not even the Store Manager and Assistant Manager per se, -- who apparently, despite their denials, had been pressured by someone. It's the HEB corporate management suite at the root of most of the problems at this store.

The following salient issues were discussed with the Store Manager before I left. -- Interestingly, none of which he denied. LOL. Readers, have you noticed cheaper generic products are either continually out of stock or discontinued? Especially, after the store changed its product line weeks before the pandemic. Apparently, in an effort to emulate the Marble Falls store that caters to the Horseshoe Bay elite.

New larger shopping carts were brought in to the Kingsland store so shoppers would supposedly buy more product, increase store sales. Shelves are restocked 24 hrs. Staff was unhappy because aisles are too narrow for the larger carts. Makes it harder to stock shelves when the store is open. Not only that, makes it much more difficult for shoppers to navigate the narrow aisles.

Product pricing has steeply increased. They accomplish this both by directly raising prices, as well as in engaging in deception, that is, downsizing product. One recent glaring example is their generic bleach. For awhile, it was unavailable, out of stock. Then, it was downsized from three quarts to two. Price remained at $1. A 33% increase. Done deceptively. At a time when inflation is supposedly non-existent. What ever happened to the HCF quart and a half ice cream that sold for $1.99? Long since gone. Both aforementioned products had already been downsized once before. LOL. List can go on and on. Unbridled corporate greed.

As I reminded the Store Manager, Kingsland residents, for the most part, are poor, young, elderly, and/or disabled, etc. This store now caters to the rich who live on the lake and Sunrise Beach. Not sustainable. ... Especially, if the shit finally hits the fan vis a vis the Trump nazi, and/or a second shutdown occurs courtesy of the raging, poorly-handled, achingly mismanaged pandemic.

To store employees, all of whom I admire, consider personal friends, courageously provide your ongoing grievances to this publication. I will publish them while protecting your identity. If you won't stand up, nothing changes.

As I informed the Store Manager, the problem in Kingsland is the fact HEB has no substantive competition. What is desperately needed is a Walmart or other major corporation to rattle the cage of local HEB management as well as the corporate management suite. Until that occurs, nothing changes, shit happens. ... Right, Monty? Dan?

In the last two and a half weeks or so, three middle-aged women tripped and fell on the curb by the picnic table. Third time, 6-26-20. Took the Store Manager and Assistant Manager quite some time to exit the store and arrive with ice to quell the swelling of the woman who had fallen hard on her face. I subsequently asked Monty to consider painting the curb iridescent red or orange to avoid injury and a future lawsuit.

Responded couldn't be painted red since it wasn't a fire zone. Could certainly be painted orange or some other bright color. If management doesn't care about a lawsuit, where is its concern for the pain and suffering if a customer trips, falls, and suffers serious injury? ... Couldn't care less, Monty? -- Or, is it, shortsightedly, insurance will indeed take care of it? Wake up. Just a matter of time before someone gets seriously injured and sues the living shit out of HEB. Even if HEB prevails in court, it loses. Consider the cost of bad publicity.

To the credit of management, both the Store Manager and Assistant Manager return carts to the front of the store, sanitize them, and pick up trash. Recently, associates informed me the Store Manager wasn't happy about the performance of the Assistant Store Manager. LOL. Apparently, ole' Dan got too good at hiding in the store, shirking cart and other duties, etc. LOL. That's apparently changed. ... Trouble in paradise, boys? LOL. Itching to retire, Dan? LOL. Give me a break. Never a dull moment, -- at customer and staff expense.

Finally, to the motherf--ker in County government who likely complained, don't flatter yourself. Three months? What took so long you gutless piece of shit? LOL. No matter what, Liberty In Peril will remain up and running. Despite the fact it's been more than 21 years, just the very beginning. Far more to come. Far more County corruption, malfeasance, criminal activity to be followed up, and/or exposed. LOL. ... Bribed by Johnny Greene, Madam County Attorney?

Tim Chorney, Publisher
Liberty In Peril
Formerly,
The Llano Ledger

Before getting on with the usual fare, readers may wish to take time to read the following email exchange between Discount Electronics and this writer regarding its highly questionable business practices regarding refurbished lap tops:

Subject:    Re: Re: Your Discount Electronics Order Confirmation (#81644)
From:    libertyinperil@riseup.net
Date:    Wed, August 19, 2020 11:47 am
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'How long is this machine under warranty? Received the error message yesterday while booting up: "Alert! The AC Power Adapter wattage and type cannot be determined. The battery may not charge. The system will adjust the performance to match the power available."

'Talked to a local tech who told me I needed the original power supply that came with the Dell lap top, not a cheap foreign replacement. Can you provide any help with this? Since both batteries can't be recharged, I can't use this machine off the grid.'

'On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 1:14 PM <libertyinperil@riseup.net> wrote: Thanks for the quick reply. For your information, this machine has been a piece of crap. Not worth the money spent. Intend to fully inform my readership.'

'Tim Chorney, Publisher
Liberty In Peril
formerly,
The Llano Ledger
libertyinperil.com'

'This is the first we've heard from you about any issues. You were welcome to contact us during the warranty period.'

'On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 1:34 PM <libertyinperil@riseup.net> wrote: That's bullshit. You replaced the battery forget? Usually, I don't piss and moan. Too busy fighting for your lost civil and constitutional rights and liberties. Been problems with the operating system I dealt personally with. Didn't complain. Dealt with a key that came off the keyboard. Another key that wasn't always making proper contact. The plastic finish on the surface of the lap top has grown sticky, apparently deteriorating. The problem that irritated me the most and is unacceptable is the latest issue with the goddamned power supply. The tech I spoke with told me this is a problem he encounters all the time with cheap Chinese knockoffs of the original. This machine was not cheap. You certainly could have afforded to do far better. Will see what my readers think, -- They're as tired of getting ripped off as I am. Business community lining its pockets by selling shit products. Nazi America. Bottomless greed.

'Beside the point. Discount Electronics knowingly sold a defective product. Knew that it was only a matter of time the power supply would fail. There's a principle involved here. One that I intend to make abundantly clear to my readers. While you can't seem to understand this, they will. Thanks for the additional fodder.'

Readers are advised there is a sticker on the back of the power supply stating: "Please remove this sticker." It cannot be easily removed. Will not peel off. Have hesitated to scrape it off since doing so might obliterate anything underneath it, -- if anything. It is not covering a vent and there is no technical reason that it be removed. Certainly, did not affect operation of the supply for the last year and four months I've had the machine.

"A 10-year-old boy who died in the Big Sioux River saved one of his younger siblings who had fallen into the water, family members said. The body of Ricky Lee Sneve was recovered Saturday night, Lincoln County sheriff's officials said. His mother, Nicole Eufers, told the Argus Leader that Ricky was out on the river with his dad and siblings when several fell into the water near Hudson, in southeastern South Dakota. Eufers said Ricky jumped in to save his sister Chevelle and got her to shore, but when his father and siblings turned around, Ricky was missing. "Ricky gave his life trying to do what he knew was best," his uncle wrote in a post on GoFundMe. As of Wednesday morning, the site had raised for than $27,000 for the family. Lincoln County Sheriff chief deputy Chad Brown, who responded to the scene, told CBS affiliate KELO-TV that three boats several dive teams searched for the boy. It took four hours for crews to recover the body of the 10-year-old. "The river may look calm and fun to play in, but it's very important that people have life jackets on, are supervised, especially kids, because no parent should have to go through something like this. It's tragic," Brown said. The boy's father, Chad Sneve, said his son was the type of boy to do anything for anyone. Ricky was smart, dedicated and conservative, Sneve said. "He was generous, kind and special in more ways than I can begin to explain," Chad Sneve said. "He was my everything, and he touched everyone he encountered." He was the oldest of Eufers' four children and had one step-sibling. "He taught me how to love and appreciate life. He never failed to amaze me," Eufers said."

Uncommon Valor. No greater love. No finer example. A top of the line teacher. Best of the very best. CBS News reports:

"John Butler, a teacher at Hahnville High School in Boutte, Louisiana, had a pretty good reason for standing in his socks during the school's graduation ceremony. He had given a student, Daverius Peters, the shoes off of his own feet. "Daverius came up to me in a panic and he said, 'Mr. John, they're not going to let me graduate.' And I said, 'Why?' And he said, 'Because of the shoes that I'm wearing,'" Butler said. A school representative barred Peters from the ceremony, saying his black sneakers with white soles didn't meet the dress code. The 18-year-old said he was pacing outside when he saw Butler's familiar face and told him what happened. "It was just a no-brainer to me to just take my shoes off and give them to him," Butler said. They were big shoes to fill — two sizes too big. "So I just slipped them on like slippers" Peters said. He told CBS News that, in that moment, "I felt the joy. The whole day, I couldn't wait to 6 o'clock, couldn't wait to get ready to graduate across the stage." Peters described Butler as a "motivator" and said "he's a hero." "Be kind to one another, be thoughtful, be empathetic, try to understand where other people are coming from. I just try my best to be the best human that I possibly can best for my kids. And I try to lead by example every day," Butler said."

"A 3-year-old boy has died after falling out of a window at his family home and being mauled to death by the family's two pit bulls when he landed in the backyard. The incident occurred at approximately 5:30 p.m. on Thursday in Elizabeth, New Jersey -- about 6 miles south of Newark -- when police say the boy somehow managed to fall out of a window, landed in the backyard of the family home and was subsequently and savagely attacked by the family's two dogs, according to New York City ABC station WABC. Neighbors say that the mother immediately reacted and went to rescue her son but that it was a horrendous scene as she tried to pull the dogs off of the little boy. "I saw the mother, she was full of blood in her hands, her shirt," neighbor Maria Rocha told WABC in an interview after the attack. "And I was like, 'what happened?' so I came here because it was full of police and she told me, 'My baby, my baby, I went to the bathroom and my baby fell out the window.'" The little boy was rushed to Trinitas Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead shortly after 6:30 p.m., according to WABC. Acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay Ruotolo, Elizabeth Police Chief Giacomo Sacca and Police Director Earl Graves said the circumstances are under investigation no charges have been filed at this point. Witnesses interviewed by WABC said that the dogs were quite aggressive and that the yard that the boy fell into was full of dog feces, motorcycles, power tools and debris. "Whenever I would pass by the dogs would always bark," another neighbor, Angela Perez, told WABC. "You could tell they were aggressive." Animal control responded to the scene after the ordeal, secured the dogs and transported them to another location. Neighbors say they are in shock over the tragic death of the 3-year-old boy. "I went to the uncle and he said the dogs got to his neck and then I pushed the baby out of the [way of] the dogs and still the dogs were [holding] his legs," Rocha described to WABC. "They killed the boy right then and there." "I didn't sleep all night," Rocha continued. "My heart is broken. I didn't sleep all night. "I cannot believe this happened to a little 3-year-old. He's a baby. Could be mine, could be somebody else. He's a baby, and killed by dogs?" Authorities are still investigating the incident and are urging anybody with any information pertaining to this case to contact Prosecutor's Office Detective Richard Acosta at 908-347-0404 or Detective Michael Tambini at 908-472-4301. Said Rocha to WABC: "I just hope that he didn't suffer, you know what I mean. I hope he didn't suffer, that it was quick."

Jesus Christ. It is insane to have vicious dogs in a household, and/or on the premises with children, the elderly, and/or the infirm.

"After her arrest, she found her explicit photos sent to a strange number. A state trooper answered the line. Albert Kuehne, a former Minnesota state trooper, admitted on Tuesday to texting himself nude images from the phone of a woman he detained on suspicion of drunken driving. Minnesota State Trooper Albert Kuehne sat in his cruiser in March 2020 and scrolled through a phone belonging to a 25-year-old woman he’d just detained on suspicion of drunken driving. As paramedics evaluated the woman, who had crashed her car, he clicked through her photos. Hours later, the woman’s boyfriend noticed something alarming on her MacBook, which was synced to her phone: Outgoing texts messages to an unknown phone number with nude and partly clothed pictures of the woman attached. When they called that unfamiliar number, Kuehne answered."

"This week, because of that discovery, Kuehne, 37, admitted that he sent himself three explicit photos of the woman, and then deleted the outgoing messages on the woman’s phone to try to cover his tracks. Kuehne pleaded guilty Tuesday to a misdemeanor charge of nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images, according to court records. Kuehne, a member of the Army Reserve, will be sentenced later this month. A lawyer for Kuehne did not immediately respond to The Washington Post’s request for comment. Kuehne, who lives in Dayton, Minn., a suburb almost 30 miles northwest of downtown Minneapolis, was placed on administrative leave in May last year and was ultimately fired in October. “We hold troopers to a high standard, and the conduct outlined in this complaint is reprehensible and inconsistent with the core values of the Minnesota State Patrol,” a Minnesota State Patrol spokesman told KSTP."

"Three years before the incident, Kuehne, along with another trooper and a trainee, was suspended after chasing a man who was driving over the speed limit. The chase ended with the suspect running his car into a playground and hitting three children ages 2, 3 and 4. Two of the children were severely injured; all three survived. Local authorities questioned the merit of the chase, which occurred in a residential area. But Kuehne later returned to duty. On March 25, 2020, he responded to a call about a one-vehicle car crash off Interstate 94 in Minneapolis. When he arrived at the scene after 4 p.m., he detained the driver because he suspected that she had been driving under the influence, according to court records. Video from a camera in the cruiser showed the woman in Kuehne’s back seat, using her cellphone to make a call. Once she hung up, Kuehne told her to “give me the phone now,” the complaint said. Minutes later, as paramedics treated the woman, Kuehne went through the phone, found the images and texted them to himself. “The images in question show Victim either nude or partially nude. Two of the photos show Victim’s exposed breasts,” the complaint said. The camera in the patrol car showed the trooper alone in his vehicle with the phone at 4:44 p.m. — the same time stamp as the text messages. The woman was home later that evening when her boyfriend noticed the text messages on her computer. Although Kuehne deleted the messages from the woman’s phone, they still appeared on her computer, which was synced to her iCloud account. “Victim’s boyfriend contacted the unknown phone number and the person on the other end of the call eventually identified themselves as the defendant,” the complaint said. The woman then contacted a lawyer who reported the incident to police. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension opened an investigation. During interviews with investigators, the woman “denied giving the defendant permission to access her phone. She denied giving the defendant permission to view photos of herself or to send himself the photos,” court documents said. Law enforcement officers arrested and charged Kuehne in June 2020 with two felony counts of harassment with bias, because the victim is a woman. Kuehne’s charges were reduced to a misdemeanor on Tuesday after he took a plea deal."

This is not justice. It's bullshit. Special treatment accorded a jackbooted bastard in blue.

Cowardly fail to financially and/or materially support those fighting for all civil and constitutional rights and liberties at great personal cost and risk? Get what you truly deserve. Forfeiture of liberty. At the hands of outrageously corrupt and abusive government.

In follow-up to a case covered repeatedly in this publication and elsewhere, ABC News(AP) reports:

"The unarmed Black man who was fatally shot in April by sheriff's deputies in North Carolina died from a “penetrating gunshot wound of the head,” according to the official autopsy results released Thursday. Andrew Brown Jr. also was shot in the right arm and suffered lacerations and other wounds to his right thigh, right arm and upper back. He had a low level of methamphetamine in his bloodstream. But it “likely did not play a role in Mr. Brown’s cause or manner of death,” which was homicide, the report said. The examination offers few new details about the shooting in Elizabeth City that continues to reverberate through the small eastern North Carolina community. Since the shooting, residents have marched in protest of Brown's death and have been calling for police reforms. One of the deputies who fired his gun at Brown handed in his resignation last week. And an FBI probe into the shooting is ongoing. Attorneys for the Brown family said in a statement that autopsy results “prove what we’ve always known to be true: Pasquotank County deputies executed Andrew Brown Jr. with a kill shot to the back of the head."

"Armed deputies were serving drug-related warrants at Brown's home when they surrounded Brown in his BMW. His car backed up and moved forward before several shots were fired at and into his vehicle. Attorneys for his family have repeatedly said Brown was trying to get away, while authorities have said he was using his car as a weapon."

"An independent autopsy commissioned by Brown's family shortly after the April 21 shooting had already found that he was shot in the back of the head. Prosecutor Andrew Womble confirmed that finding at a news conference last month, during which he said the deputies were justified in shooting Brown. The state autopsy released Thursday said emergency medical providers were dispatched to the scene of the shooting at about 8:25 a.m. and found Brown lying on the sidewalk “pulseless with cardiopulmonary resuscitation in progress.” “Crew members noted a significant amount of blood near Mr. Brown,” the report stated. “Upon assessment, he was noted to have what were believed to be gunshot wounds of the head. Injuries were felt to be non-survivable and he was pronounced dead at the scene" at 8:32 a.m. Brown family attorneys said in their statement that “we are confident that the truth will be revealed and justice will prevail” and “we won’t stop fighting for transparency and accountability from law enforcement and the district attorney.”

Hard to believe that will ever happen since the district attorney continues to lie.

No justice. Precisely, why there is desperate need for a new federal agency whose sole function would be to investigate, arrest, charge, and prosecute corrupt, abusive, criminal officers, prosecutors, and judges in a special court that would adjudicate only these cases. Total independence. The only way to rein in these criminals, particularly the murderers in blue.

"A terrifying scene was captured on video in Arkansas where a state trooper deliberately bumped a pregnant woman's car, causing it to hit the median and flip over. The officer said he performed the approved maneuver because the driver was speeding and didn't pull over. The driver, Janice Harper, said it was not safe to stop, CBS News' Jericka Duncan reports. The video is now evidence in a lawsuit. Harper was on her way home from the movies last July when Arkansas State Trooper Rodney Dunn tried to pull her over for going too fast. Video from Dunn's dash camera shows within seconds of turning on his overhead lights, Harper moves into the right lane, slows down and turns on her hazards while continuing to drive. Dunn hits Harper's car about two minutes later. The maneuver caused the SUV to spin on the highway, hit the inside wall and flip. Dunn can be heard calling for EMS before pulling over and talking to Harper while helping her out of the car. "Are you the only one in the vehicle?" Dunn asks. "Yes, I'm pregnant," Harper replies to him. Then Dunn can be heard telling her, "Well ma'am, you've got to pull over when we tell you." Harper points out to Dunn that her flashers were on. "It doesn't matter ma'am," he says. Harper says, "I thought it would be safer to wait until the exit." "No ma'am, you pull over when law enforcement stops you, OK," Dunn replies. According to an Arkansas state driver's license guide, when being stopped by law enforcement a driver should "activate your turn signal or emergency flashers to indicate to the officer that you are seeking a safe place to stop." A new lawsuit from Harper claims "there were no exits or shoulder for [Harper] to safely exit the highway." In the video, Dunn tells Harper that he performed a "PIT maneuver" for "when people flee from us or don't stop." "I wasn't fleeing," she replies. Court documents allege Dunn "executed a negligently performed PIT maneuver" — a pursuit intervention technique which put "her life and the life of her unborn child at risk." Harper told Little Rock station KLRT she thought she was going to lose her baby. "What if I had kids in the car? I mean, he wouldn't have known. Did that matter?" Harper told the station. "What was going through his head? What made him think this was OK?" Harper's baby was OK and is now 4 months old. While the full extent of injuries is not known, the Harpers' attorney said they have heard from several other people saying similar things have happened to them. CBS News reached out to the state police for comment and have not heard back."

"A former Missouri police officer campaigning for a state House seat last year repeatedly told a woman to deny that they had sex years ago while she was drunk and he was on duty, the woman says. Emily Orf, 26, spoke to The Associated Press about her interactions with now-Rep. Chad Perkins, after the allegations became public last month. Orf said the allegations are true. She told the AP that she had not spoken to Perkins for years until he called her last year and suggested that she deny what had happened to a police chief who was investigating. She said Perkins, a 42-year-old Republican, has been apologetic but told her that if she wanted to avoid getting her name “dragged through the mud,” she could either tell Frankford police Chief Joshua Baker they never had sex or tell him they had sex but not while she was drunk and not while Perkins was on duty as a Bowling Green police officer. She said he’s called her roughly eight times in the past year to say the same thing and provided AP with screenshots of phone records showing some of the calls and texts from his phone number."

"Perkins — who has said the relationship was consensual but denied they had sex when he was on duty or she was drunk — told the AP on Thursday that he never suggested Orf deny anything and “never put any pressure on her to say anything that wasn’t true.” Orf recalled falling asleep in her car at a park sometime around April 2015, when she was 20 years old, and waking up to Perkins knocking on her car window. She told AP she had gotten into an argument with her then-boyfriend and had been drinking. Orf said Perkins talked to her about the fight and drove her around in his police car for what seemed like a long time before he had sex with her in the backseat. She said she was still drunk and remembers only bits and pieces. “He probably should’ve just taken me home to my parents if he knew where they lived, or just let me sleep there so I could fight off my drunk,” Orf said. Asked by the AP Thursday whether he ever had sex with her while she was drunk and he was on duty, Perkins said: “No, absolutely not.” He said he took her home that night in 2015. “We did not have sex while I was on duty,” Perkins said. “But even if I did, that wouldn’t have been a crime committed. So why would I lie about any of that?” Orf said the two had sex again after that but she was also drunk then. The AP typically does not name victims of potential sexual misconduct, but Orf gave permission to identify her. Orf has hired St. Louis attorney Al Watkins to handle questions. Orf said she previously knew of Perkins through the federally funded Drug Abuse Resistance Education, or D.A.R.E., program. He was her officer. Perkins' law enforcement license is inactive, which means he hasn’t been working as a police officer recently and can’t return to the job immediately. The allegations became public after Baker, the Frankford police chief, in April forwarded information about it to law enforcement agencies in a position to investigate potential criminal wrongdoing and to state House leadership, who forwarded it to the House Ethics Committee. The Highway Patrol now is conducting a preliminary inquiry. In police reports, Baker and a former detective also claimed that Pike County Sheriff Stephen Korte discouraged an investigation because of Perkins' political ambitions. Perkins officially opened a campaign committee to run as a Republican for state representative in November 2019. Voters elected him in November 2020. “We can’t prove any of this, Chad needs to win this, it’s important and the girl is loose,” the detective claimed Korte said during a September 2019 conversation, according to a police report. Korte has denied saying that and has dismissed the claims against Perkins as “sour grapes” brought forward by law enforcement officials with political vendettas. Perkins made the same argument Thursday and said Baker and the detective are unreliable based on their past behavior during a local election dispute involving Baker's wife. “Emily and I are both the victims of a couple of cops that hate me so much they’re willing to humiliate a young woman who didn’t want to have anything to do with this,” Perkins said. The former Pike County detective in a police report said he first brought the claims to Korte in September 2019 after he anonymously received printed copies of messages between Perkins and the woman. The woman in a May 2015 message confronted Perkins about him sharing details about their relationship with another person, writing: “I’m sure you left out the part where u were on duty and I was drunk.” Orf verified those messages to the AP. Korte told the AP he flagged the claims to the Bowling Green police chief and spoke with both Perkins and the woman. “At some point I might have talked to her, I can't remember when,” Korte previously told the AP. “I didn’t document it because she said, ‘No yeah, we hooked up,’ I think was her exact words.” Orf said she never spoke to Korte. Bowling Green police Chief Don Nacke said Korte never contacted him about Perkins and that he wasn’t aware of the claims against him until recent media reports. Nacke said there are no records of any disciplinary action against Perkins when he was an officer."

"Police lines have made headlines, with the actions of some officers becoming front page fodder. But there are other "back page" stories – stories I have personally told over the years, about officers who go above and beyond. And although these stories are far less touted, they are equally reflective of the men and women who serve. These are the officers who take time to play basketball with the neighborhood kids; mow grass for senior citizens; and give rides to people in need, either home from work … or much further. A couple years ago, Officer Jeff Turney responded to a call in Glendale, Arizona from the family of a 94-year-old man who was about to drive himself 2,000 miles to Florida. Turney shut that down … then took a week of vacation to see he got there safely."

"Then there's Brian Grigsby and Troy Dillard, of Little Rock, Arkansas, who found an Alzheimer's patient out wandering. "I mean, he was pretty adamant," said Dillard. "He wasn't going home until he got those flowers," Grigsby said. Flowers? "That's what he wanted. He wanted flowers for his wife because tomorrow was Mother's Day." So, instead of driving the man right home, they took him to a shop, and even helped pay. "We had to get those flowers," Grigsby said. "We had to get them. I didn't have a choice!" I also met Pittsburgh detective Jack Mook, who came across two brothers at a boxing gym. Mook said they were being abused and neglected by their foster parents. "They have had it as worse as any other kid that's ever lived in the city of Pittsburgh, living conditions-wise. And that's just, I had enough of it." So, this bachelor cop adopted them. And finally, Denver Police Officers Monique Sedberry and Alicia Martinez, who were called to a school one day. "This was one of the tougher calls for us," said Sedberry. "His teacher had called 911, saying that he was being bullied and he wanted to end his life." Not only did they help Victor Jiron in that moment, they formed an everlasting bond. "He's like our family; he's like our little brother," Sedberry said. Hartman asked Jiron, "Is it helpful to you that they've stayed in your life?" "Yeah, every time I wanted to talk to them, they would answer," he replied. "They'd be there?" "Yeah." This is what's possible when a police badge is worn over a loving heart. These are the results when officers choose to draw their most disarming weapon: compassion."

"Steve Hartman has been a CBS News correspondent since 1998, having served as a part-time correspondent for the previous two years."

California teen beaten by four jackbooted bastards in blue. CBS News reports:

"Four police officers in Southern California were placed on administrative leave Wednesday after a disturbing video showed them beating and kicking a teen boy inside a Dick's Sporting Goods Store last week, CBS Los Angeles reports. Glendale police said the officers, some who were assigned to the Glendale Galleria shopping center, were responding to an alleged theft Saturday night, and while trying to detain the 17-year-old, a struggle ensued in the sports gear store and force was used by officers. Footage provided to CBS Los Angeles showed three plainclothes officers hitting the boy, who was suspected of shoplifting. A fourth officer, who was wearing a uniform, entered the fight and is seen kicking the boy in the face. In an unedited version of the video, the teenager could be heard saying, "I can't breathe" while one of the officers could be heard saying, "Stop resisting." Four officers involved in the arrest were put on administrative leave after the station showed Glendale police the video. Melissa Navarette, a sister to the teen victim, told CBS LA that the clip was "really hard to watch." "We got traumatized," she told the station. "We have, like, all of the video stuck in our head." One of the witnesses, who wasn't identified, recorded the incident with his cellphone and spoke with CBS LA. "The officer that wasn't even there to begin with, that ran up on this situation, and as soon as he arrived, he just decided I'm going to kick this kid in the face," he said. The teen suffered injuries to both his eye and head, per CBS LA. While focused on the victim's recovery, family members hope the video leads to additional training and improved measures to prevent incidents like the one Saturday. According to police, stolen merchandise was recovered. The teen was arrested for petty theft and resisting an officer by force. The Glendale Police Department said it will continue its investigation of the incident. "Glendale Police Officers are held to a high standard and we work hard to maintain the trust of our community," a police statement read, obtained by CBS LA. "We take these types of incidents very seriously. Appropriate actions will be taken following the investigation."

"A federal jury has found a former suburban St. Louis police detective with a string of past misconduct allegations guilty in an excessive force case for kicking a defenseless person during a 2019 arrest. Ellis Brown III was convicted Thursday of felony deprivation of rights under color of law for repeatedly kicking a man who was face-down and restrained, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Steven Kolb had led St. Ann police officers on a chase in April 2019 through north St. Louis before his car and several police cars crashed, prosecutors said. Kolb then got out of his car and initially tried to flee before lying on his stomach in a bank parking lot with his hands outstretched. The incident was captured on bank surveillance video, and prosecutors said it showed Kolb had surrendered and was not a threat. “Ellis Brown was interested in one thing and one thing only: retribution,” U.S. Attorney Sirena Wissler said in her closing argument. Prosecutors said the beating required Kolb to be flown by medical helicopter to hospital for treatment of broken ribs and broken bones in his face. Defense attorney James Towey said in his closing argument that Brown could have believed Kolb had a weapon, though no weapon was found. “Police work is a very dangerous job,” Towey told the jury. “They make split-second decisions.”

"Brown was the former head of the St. Ann police detective bureau at the time of the 2019 arrest and carried a string of misconduct complaints on his record when he joined the department in 2017. He had come to the St. Ann department — which has hired several officers accused of misconduct at other departments — after leaving the St. Louis Police Department during a state of Missouri disciplinary investigation in which he and his partner were accused of following a vehicle that crashed, then not reporting the crash or helping the driver. Investigators say Brown also lied about how he spent his time that night. Brown denied the misconduct, but state officials placed his police license on probation. Brown also was one of two officers who shot and killed 25-year-old Kajieme Powell in St. Louis in 2014 while investigating reports that Powell stole an energy drink and snacks from a market. Local prosecutors later declined to charge the officers, who said Powell approached them with a knife. Several criminal cases involving Brown in St. Louis were later thrown out when lawyers found he submitted nearly identical language in 19 search warrant applications."

Amazing how prosecutors continue to protect and coddle the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue. Precisely, why there is no faith or trust in law enforcement.

"The family of Alton Sterling, a Black man fatally shot by a White police officer in Baton Rouge, has settled a wrongful-death lawsuit against the city for $4.5 million, bringing a years-long legal battle to a close. Attorneys for Sterling’s five children said in a statement Friday they had agreed to dismiss the case in exchange for the payout, which was approved by city officials earlier this year. “This settlement, which was reached through hard work and collaboration between attorneys for Mr. Sterling’s family and the Baton Rouge City Council, will allow the city to heal and provide a pathway for Mr. Sterling’s children to be provided for financially,” the attorneys said. The agreement comes after months of wrangling over what the city would offer the family. The city’s governing body, the East Baton Rouge Metro Council, rejected three settlement offers before greenlighting the final figure. In November, the council nixed a proposed $5 million settlement offer, falling one vote short of approval. Officials passed the $4.5 million offer in February, just weeks before the case was set to go to trial. In a statement Friday, Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome voiced sympathy for Sterling’s family and called the settlement an “important step." “This undoubtedly marks a milestone in this traumatic chapter of our community’s history — as this chapter closes, we must remember that the work continues,” she said. “We must work together to implement changes in policy and in our community to ensure that no other families in Baton Rouge will endure this loss, trauma, or heartbreak.” Sterling, 37, was shot and killed in July 2016 outside a convenience store where he was selling CDs. Two officers responded to a call about a man threatening someone with a gun and, according to video from the scene, immediately shouted profanities at Sterling while threatening to open fire on him. Although Sterling did have a gun — a loaded .38-caliber handgun found in his right pocket — it was unclear whether he was reaching for it when officers tackled and shot him. Neither of the officers were criminally charged. Blane Salamoni, the officer who fired the shots, was fired from the department in 2018 but, after appealing the decision, was allowed to resign retroactively without compensation or back pay. The other officer, Howie Lake II, was suspended for three days after police officials said he violated the department’s “command of temper” policy."

Until these jackbooted bastards in blue are held criminally accountable, nothing will change. Their murderous behavior will continue unabated.

"Sterling’s death was one of several high profile incidents of police violence that set off a wave of racial justice protests during the summer of 2016 and prompted widespread cries for greater accountability from law enforcement. Hundreds of people were arrested during demonstrations in Baton Rouge. A mural of Sterling was painted at the Triple S Food Mart where he was killed. In the wake of the fatal shooting, city officials rewrote the police department’s use-of-force guidelines to encourage officers to de-escalate situations when possible and give warnings before using deadly force. The updated guidelines also banned chokeholds and firing into vehicles unless there’s an imminent threat. The Sterling family attorneys applauded what they said were “significant policy changes." In their statement Friday, they said they hoped the new standards “will ensure that no other family has to endure the trauma and heartbreak that Mr. Sterling’s family went through and will create a better future going forward for Baton Rouge residents.” The family’s lawsuit, filed in 2017, named the two officers, the police department, and then-Police Chief Carl Dabadie, who retired that year. The case was brought by three women with whom Sterling fathered children. The lawsuit claimed the fatal shooting of Sterling fit a pattern of excessive force and racial profiling at the department — a type of allegation common in officer-involved shooting cases that allows plaintiffs to seek damages that exceed caps on wrongful death payouts from government agencies. The lawsuit also alleged that negligent training and a lack of supervision contributed to Sterling’s death. “This is a situation we’ve dealt with now for over five years," Baton Rouge Mayor Pro Tem LaMont Cole told the Advocate, “and I’m glad to see it coming to an end.”

Until these bastards are held criminally accountable for their murderous behavior, shit squat changes.

"The children of a Black man killed by police in Louisiana's capital city five years ago have accepted a $4.5 million settlement from the local government, the man's family and the city's mayor said Friday. Alton Sterling's 2016 shooting by a Baton Rouge police officer was captured on video and sparked anger and protests in the city's Black community. Sterling's family issued a statement Friday confirming acceptance of the settlement after news outlets reported that court documents showed they had moved to have the suit dismissed last month. The settlement had been approved earlier in the year by the Metro Council for Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish. "This settlement, which was reached through hard work and collaboration between attorneys for Mr. Sterling's family and the Baton Rouge City Council, will allow the city to heal and provide a pathway for Mr. Sterling's children to be provided for financially," said the statement issued through the family's attorneys. It also expressed hope that reforms implemented by the department will prevent future deaths. "As a community, we must work together to implement changes in policy and in our community to ensure that no other families in Baton Rouge will endure this loss, trauma, or heartbreak," Mayor Sharon Broome said in her statement. The officer who shot Sterling during a struggle outside a convenience store lost his job and another officer was suspended. Neither was charged criminally after state and federal investigations."

"The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Sterling's five children in 2017 by their mothers. It sought damages for violation of Sterling's civil rights and claimed the local government was negligent in its hiring, training and supervision of Blane Salamoni, the officer who fired the six shots that killed Sterling. The agreement will pay $1 million upfront to Sterling's children from East Baton Rouge Parish's insurance reserve funds, WBRZ-TV reported, with the remaining money being paid in equal installments over the next four years. The initial funds will be allocated from the city-parish's Insurance Reserve Fund, with the remaining payments pulled from the annual operating budget. Sterling was fatally shot by Baton Rouge police responding to a complaint of a man with a gun outside a convenience store on North Foster Drive in 2016. Widespread protests followed after cellphone video of the encounter was spread online."

For this country to survive, trust in law enforcement is required. CBS News reports:

"Norman Rockwell had this way of capturing what was best about America. "The Runaway" locked in the image of a little boy's trust in and hero worship of a cop. That was 1958. Even today, you'll still find people picking up an officer's tab for lunch, just because. "It happens quite often, quite often," said Lt. Kami Maertz, a watch commander for the Clay County Sheriff's Office in a northeastern corner of Florida. "What do they say?" asked "Sunday Morning" senior contributor Ted Koppel. "They normally will come up and introduce themselves, and just let us know that they live within our county, and let us know that they appreciate what we are doing. And then, they'll usually pay it without even telling us." In the case of Officer Adam Deming, a 14-year veteran with the police in Charleston, South Carolina, it was a haircut: "One of the barbershops that I go to in the area that I am assigned, actually the last two months, I've had some stranger pay for my haircut." Because? "Just because; I'm not 100% sure," Deming replied. "I didn't know who they were. I guess just out of respect. One of them I didn't even get to shake his hand; he disappeared before I finished my haircut." So, these small gestures of appreciation still occur, and they happen in all parts of the country. Petr Speight, a patrol officer in Montgomery County, Maryland, said, "A couple of weeks ago someone had brought me breakfast, to say thank you. Yeah, you will get that. You definitely will get that." Koppel said, "Good, that must make you feel …" "It gives you a glimmer of hope that, you know, whether they say it or not, people still want you there, and they're aware you're there, and they want to thank you in some way," Speight said."

"It seems counter-intuitive, just a year after George Floyd's killing, but public trust in law enforcement has actually gone up over that year. A USA Today/Ipsos survey last March showed 69% of Americans trust police to promote justice and equal treatment of all races. That's up 13% from 2020. Even so, Officer Speight said a lot of his colleagues are talking about considering quitting."

"Just because of the, so much of the anti-police sentiment, not being treated well," he said. "Those kind of things are just discouraging people from wanting to stick around. Things have just changed, the way people view us and the way they view our role in society and our jobs."

"Koppel asked, "When you talk about the way people treat you, what do you mean?" "It was always there before, it was a little bit, not as much," Speight said. "But nowadays, people tend to come at us more with an antagonistic tone. It's no more respect for authority or respect that we're here to help you or to resolve a situation. People just come at us with total anger, from both sides."

For damned good reason. It's the abuse of authority. The criminally violent behavior of the jackbooted bastards in blue.

"You're facing the double whammy: You're a Black cop, so you're getting it from both sides?" "Yes," he said. "It's hard because viewing me as another Black, African American, they see me just as the uniform, just as a police officer." Koppel asked, "Do you get a feeling of resentment from other African Americans, where they're saying, 'Come on, how could you?'" "Yes. Yes. They've called names, everything, instead of kind of appreciating that they're seeing another face in law enforcement that looks like theirs. I'm still a traitor, an Uncle Tom, you name it, I'm it." Senior Lead Officer Deon Joseph has been with the Los Angeles Police Department for 25 years. "Before I was a cop, I was a young, African American male. Still am relatively young!" he laughed. "But back then, it was the same thing. I was only exposed to the negative. I grew up in the Rodney King era. I joined an activist group that espoused the same things that we're hearing today. The music I listened to, the movies I watched, everything was geared toward telling you that police officers were evil. But the difference between myself and the rest of the community is, I was one of the few that stepped across the line and saw the other side. "And what I saw on the other side was, the vast majority of officers are decent human beings. But yes, there is a negative exception that we all need to work hard to try to root out. And I think we're trying to do that."

"Koppel asked, "Over the years the L.A. police force has had a bad rap as far as racism is concerned. That's not gonna strike you as a news bulletin." "Well, I take the position that we've evolved," Joseph said. "We're not the department that we were in the 1960s, '70s, or even the '90s. If you went to a roll call today, you wouldn't see just blond-haired, blue-eyed White guys anymore. You would see Hispanics, Blacks, people from the LGBTQ community, people from all different faiths and walks of life." "What are you seeing on the street? Do you get the sense that people recognize and appreciate the changes you're talking about?" "Well, I would say, prior to the pandemic, we were seeing that," Joseph replied. "And then what happened in Minneapolis, that horrible tragedy with George Floyd. So, a lot of people just ended up making up their own minds that all police are bad, that all police are inherently evil. And that's something that we're trying to combat as we speak."

That's distortion of reality by a relatively small percentage of the population. Indeed, not all cops are bad. An increasing number of them, however, are. That's not sustainable. The problem is we don't know precisely how pervasive corruption is within law enforcement. That's perpetrated by police chiefs and district attorneys who support, protect, defend, and coddle the criminal jackbooted bastards in blue no matter what they do or don't do.

"On the other side of the country, at a high school on Johns Island, part of which falls within the city limits of Charleston, S.C., local cops show up for a monthly community circle. School Resource Officer Adam Deming, with the Charleston Police, initiated the program after the death of George Floyd. Koppel asked, "What's the biggest issue as far as that community appears to be concerned?" "So, inside of the school they trust me," Deming said. "They trust the officers that I bring in. But outside of the school walls, they don't know if they can trust someone who isn't me, or who isn't one of the group that they've been able to have these open dialogues with. And that's the question: How do we bridge that gap?"

"These meetings are helpful and well-intentioned, but they're no match for examples of police misconduct, captured on a cell phone video and distributed worldwide on social media. Deming said, "From my standpoint in the school, I feel like sometimes I'm taking two or three steps forward in the right direction and gaining the trust of more of my students and more of the community, and then an incident happens – whether it be local or whether it be nationwide – and it knocks me back." Six years ago, North Charleston Police were at the center of a national firestorm when video went viral of a 50-year-old African American, Walter Scott, being shot in the back while running away from police. He'd been stopped for having a non-functioning taillight. Koppel asked, "You had a situation in your community that got national attention. What was the reaction?" "I've been told not to comment, I guess, on the Walter Scott incident," Deming replied. "That's what I'm just being told. Sorry."

That's a problem. A big problem. Precisely, why law enforcement has zero credibility.

"The City of North Charleston reached a $6.5 million settlement with Walter Scott's family. The White police officer who killed him is serving a 20-year prison sentence. "This isn't because of one incident; this is a bunch of incidents that've happened that are now easier to understand or see because they're literally recorded," said Patrick Skinner, a detective in Savannah, Georgia. "I don't speak for any department, but I know that there are many, many, many, many police officers that get it right. And I'm certain that there are departments that get it right. But as we've seen, every single department in every city is one video away from disaster."

"On Saturday evening on a boardwalk in Ocean City, Md., police enforcing a ban on vaping surrounded and tackled a teen as an agitated crowd gathered around. Then, one officer repeatedly kneed the teen in the stomach. “Stop resisting!” one of the officers yelled. Later, police used a Taser on another man in the crowd and battled a third who picked up a bicycle. The incident, which was caught in viral videos, left four teenagers arrested, authorities said. Ocean City officials pledged to review the officers’ actions but also noted in a news release, “Our officers are permitted to use force, per their training, to overcome exhibited resistance.”

"But the videos left many critics questioning whether police needed to use such force over a vaping ordinance."

It's how these criminal jackbooted bastards in blue get their cookies off abusing power. Only, to be reinforced by City officials.

"Many also responded to a separate video, which shows a man on a boardwalk with his hands raised above his head who is suddenly Tasered by police. Many sharing the video, which has been viewed more than 1 million times as of early Monday, said the man was also stopped for vaping over the weekend in Ocean City. Police have yet to confirm those details. “Attorney General [Brian Frosh] can you please investigate these multiple incidents involving police and unarmed Black teens in Ocean City, MD?” Sherrilyn Ifill, the president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, said in a tweet Sunday evening that included the video and tagged Maryland’s Democratic attorney general. The videos are the latest flash point over how police use Tasers. In April, a police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minn., shot and killed 20-year-old Daunte Wright, an unarmed Black man, saying she mistook her handgun for a Taser. The officer, Kim Potter, who resigned from the police department following the incident, was charged with second-degree manslaughter."

As reported earlier in this publication, her assertion is not credible. This is an experienced officer who wore her firearm on her right hip, Taser on her left. Not only that, the 'feel' of her hand gun and Taser are distinctly different.

"The incident came in a city that has faced recent questions over its police force’s tactics on its tourist-packed boardwalk. Around this time last year, Ocean City police officials said they had opened a review after an officer was caught on camera wrapping his arms around a man’s neck during an arrest over an open alcohol container. In that incident, the officer appears to threaten the person shooting the video with a Taser, but appears not to use it. On Saturday, authorities said they were patrolling the boardwalk on foot when they noticed a group of teenagers vaping, according to a news release. The officers informed the group that vaping on the boardwalk was prohibited under a local ordinance, except in designated areas. As the group walked away, officers noticed one of the teenagers starting to vape again, officials said. Police said the man, 19-year-old Brian Everett Anderson, did not provide identification and became “disorderly.” When they moved to arrest him, Anderson resisted, the authorities allege. As police were arresting Anderson, authorities said that 19-year-old Kamere Anthony Day was “yelling profanities” and “approached” the officers. Although police told him to back up, authorities allege Anderson continued to approach them and then resisted arrest. Meanwhile, authorities said, 18-year-old Jahtique Joseph John Lewis tried to hit an officer with a bicycle and also resisted arrest. Khalil Dwayne Warren, 19, was later arrested for standing on private property next to two “no trespassing signs,” officials said. He then became “disorderly” when told to move, officials claim."

"Video of the scene shows police repeatedly using force during the arrests. As a crowd filmed the encounters, multiple police officers pushed one of the men against the wall after he grabbed an officer’s bicycle. Soon after, another teenager pushed one of the officers, prompting an officer to knee him and a third to hit him with a Taser. In the second video, a single young man faced several officers with his hands raised on an emptier-looking stretch of boardwalk. After he lowered one of his hands toward a backpack, police hit him in the stomach with a Taser and he fell to the ground. “He was standing there!” one witness can be heard yelling in the video. Another said, “You all did that for no reason.” The man’s mother identified him as 18-year-old Taizier Griffin. She said the video shows her son being hit with a Taser on the evening of June 6 while he was in Ocean City with a group of friends for Senior Week. She said witnesses told her he was walking on the boardwalk with a tobacco vape when police stopped him and said he wasn’t allowed to vape there. Griffin put the vape in his pocket and began to walk away, his mother told The Post. Witnesses told her an officer then grabbed for his arm multiple times and Griffin pulled away before he, as the footage shows, raises his hands up. “They end up slamming him back on the ground and hog tying him at his feet," said Griffin’s mother, who did not want to be identified by name because of privacy concerns. “I’ve never seen police do that.” She said her son was arrested and is facing charges, including assault in the second degree. An online database for the police department shows Taizier Griffin was arrested on June 6 and notes a second-degree assault charge. Her son, she said, was "extremely scared” following the incident. "He’s young, that kind of thing would scare anybody.” The four teens arrested on Saturday, all of whom are from Harrisburg, Pa., were charged with counts including disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and second-degree assault. They were released after appearing in Maryland District Court. The videos left many critics incredulous of the city’s explanation for why force was warranted. “There aren’t enough words,” tweeted Benjamin Dixon, a liberal commentator, along with the video of police clashing with the teenagers. “This can’t be reformed.”

That's right. It can't. It's aggressive stupidity on the part of law enforcement that destroys all faith and trust in law enforcement.

"One woman was killed and three people were injured after a man plowed his car into a group of protesters in Minneapolis late Sunday. The suspect is in police custody after demonstrators pulled him from his vehicle following the crash, police said. Officials had not identified the driver or the victim as of Monday, but Garrett Knajdek told the Minneapolis Star Tribune that his older sister, Deona M. Knajdek, of Minneapolis, was the protester who was killed. Police said the victim died at a hospital. “She was using her car as a street blockade, and another vehicle struck her vehicle and her vehicle struck her,” Garrett Knajdek told the paper, saying he learned the details of his sister’s death from their mother and police. Deona Knajdek, who has 11- and 13-year-old daughters, was just days shy of her 32nd birthday when she was killed. The deadly crash happened just after 11:30 p.m. in the city’s Uptown neighborhood near the site where 32-year-old Winston Boogie Smith Jr. was fatally shot on June 3 by members of a U.S. Marshals task force who were trying to arrest him on a felony weapons charge. Three other people were treated for injuries, including one person who was also struck by the driver, police said; none of the three injuries were life-threatening, they said. As of Monday, details about the driver’s identity and his potential motive were unknown, although Minneapolis police spokesman John Elder said that “preliminary investigation indicates that the use of drugs or alcohol by the driver may be a contributing factor in this crash.” A Black Minneapolis man was shot by a U.S. Marshals task force. Investigators say there’s no video evidence. “Based on the information available, it does not seem possible at this time to say if the crash was accidental or intentional,” Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender, whose 10th Ward encompasses the Uptown crash site, said in a newsletter to constituents Monday. “This stretch of road, like many in our community, is one of the highest crash corridors in the City.” At least three states — Florida, Iowa and Oklahoma — have recently softened penalties for motorists who hit protesters with a vehicle. The new laws, all of which were passed this year by Republican-controlled legislatures, have been criticized by civil rights advocates who see the laws as a way to chill free speech — particularly around racial justice issues. Florida’s law in particular adds new protections for “historic markers,” a provision seen by critics as a clear response to recent Black Lives Matter protests of symbols such as Confederate statues. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) touted the law at an April news conference as “anti-rioting, pro-law enforcement.” The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida condemned the bill as a “political stunt” and wrote in a statement at the time: “It is no coincidence that these bills were introduced by politicians who harshly criticized these calls for racial justice and police accountability.”

Time for law enforcement to smarten up. Why so many in-custody suicides? ABC News reports:

"William Harvey, 60, was at the station for questioning on an aggravated assault. Five Georgia officers have been fired after a 60-year-old man died by suicide while alone in a police interview room, the department said. William Harvey had been taken to Savannah police headquarters on April 3 for questioning in an aggravated assault investigation, the Savannah Police Department said. Officers left the interview room and returned to find Harvey unconscious, with injuries to his neck made by his shoelaces, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, whose agents were brought in to investigate. The GBI ruled Harvey's death a suicide. All officers connected to the incident were placed on administrative leave, police said, and the Savannah police's professional standards unit launched an investigation into the four officers involved. At the end of the police department's investigation, a corporal and a sergeant in the department were fired, police said Monday. Then in late April, the professional standards unit opened a second investigation after an officer sent a group chat message to other officers referring to the in-custody death investigation, the department said. The message "had an inappropriate meme/GIF attached," police said, though they did not elaborate on the content of the message."

Why not? The public is entitled to this information. Forget? It pays officer salaries.

"That investigation ended with three more firings of a sergeant, a corporal and an officer, police said. Four of the five officers appealed their firing to the police chief and the city manager; all of the terminations were upheld, police said. Savannah Mayor Van Johnson said in a statement to ABC News Tuesday, "I am devastated that Mr. William Harvey died while under the care, custody and control of the Savannah Police Department." "While we cannot provide justice for the Harvey family, we can ensure accountability for the policies we did not follow and the actions we did not take," Johnson said. "I do not believe that there was malicious intent on the part of the officers involved, but the result was deadly. And for that, I believe the decision to terminate was appropriate."

No question. Why are the city and department continuing to sit on all the details? Who is being protected?

"If you or a loved one is experiencing suicidal thoughts, The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support. Call 1-800-273-8255 for help."

In follow-up to a case covered repeatedly in this publication and elsewhere, the Justice Department reverses course. The Washington Post reports:

"The Justice Department, in a letter signed by Attorney General Merrick Garland, has reversed a decision made during the Trump administration and will allow FBI agents to cooperate in the manslaughter prosecution of two U.S. Park Police officers after the fatal shooting of Bijan Ghaisar. The change of heart could provide a big boost to Fairfax County prosecutors, and lawyers for the Virginia attorney general who’ve joined the case, who will now have access to the agents who investigated the November 2017 shooting of Ghaisar by Officers Lucas Vinyard and Alejandro Amaya. After a short pursuit on the George Washington Memorial Parkway, during which Ghaisar stopped and then pulled away twice, Ghaisar drove into a neighborhood in the Fort Hunt area and stopped a third time. When he started to roll away again, a video shows, Vinyard and Amaya fired 10 times, killing the unarmed Ghaisar. The FBI handled the case because the Park Police are federal officers. After a two-year investigation, the Justice Department’s civil rights division decided in November 2019 not to charge Vinyard and Amaya. Then in February 2020, Assistant Attorney General Eric S. Dreiband informed Fairfax prosecutors that the FBI would not be allowed to cooperate with a local investigation because the department might be defending the officers, which it ultimately decided to do, and that would be a conflict of interest."

Outrageous, isn't it? The bottom line should always be justice. Not bullshit.

"Fairfax prosecutors pursued the case anyway, without the agents who performed the investigation or all of their case files. And last October a special grand jury indicted Vinyard, 39, and Amaya, 41, on charges of involuntary manslaughter and reckless use of a firearm. The officers’ lawyers then moved the case to federal court in Alexandria, where federal law allows federal agents to be tried. Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring assigned some of his attorneys to join Fairfax in the case, at the request of Fairfax Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano. After the Trump administration gave way to the Biden administration, Herring and Descano wrote a letter last month to the newly installed attorney general, asking the Justice Department to reconsider both the decision not to charge the officers and the decision not to cooperate with Fairfax. They said that in-car camera footage captured by a Fairfax police cruiser showed “yet another young person of color being killed by law enforcement,” and that “the most significant impediment” to obtaining justice in the case was “the Trump Administration.” Garland’s response, dated June 1 and obtained Monday by The Washington Post, said he had authorized Justice personnel “to contact the Commonwealth’s Attorney immediately to discuss your requests for access to information about the federal investigation and any evidence in the possession of the FBI. We will share with the Commonwealth all appropriate information and evidence,” consistent with procedural rules on federal cooperation with local investigations. Garland’s letter did not discuss whether the Justice Department was reconsidering its decision not to charge the officers, or the December decision to assist with their defense in the manslaughter case. The Justice Department also is defending the Park Police in a wrongful-death suit filed by Ghaisar’s family, in which the officers were dismissed as defendants. The officers remain on paid leave. A Justice Department spokeswoman declined to comment on why the department had changed its mind."

“We welcome the Justice Department’s decision to further cooperate in the case against the U.S. Park Police officers who took Bijan Ghaisar’s life,” Herring and Descano said in a joint statement. “We remain fully committed to pursuing justice for the family and community in this case, and are encouraged that the Justice Department is cooperating with this pursuit.” “This is a preliminary step in the Ghaisar family finally getting justice,” said Thomas G. Connolly, a lawyer for the Ghaisars. “But that’s all it is, a first step.” Connolly, a former federal prosecutor, also sent a letter to the Justice Department seeking reconsideration of the case, saying that “firing repeatedly at an unarmed man through the window of his vehicle after responding to a minor traffic accident [is] certainly sufficient to support a prosecution.”

"The next big step in the case is scheduled for August. That’s when a hearing is set to determine whether a federal judge should dismiss the Fairfax charges because the federal officers can’t be charged in state court if their actions were “necessary and proper.” Fairfax prosecutors said they probably would take about a week to put on evidence that the shooting was neither necessary or proper. The “supremacy clause” of the U.S. Constitution holds that states must defer to federal law, and the officers have argued that they have already been cleared by the Justice Department, and acted properly because they feared Ghaisar would run over Amaya. Now the FBI agents who originally investigated the case could testify in that hearing, rather than the Fairfax officers and detectives who picked up the case after the FBI was barred from participating. When the Justice Department’s civil rights division decided not to charge Vinyard and Amaya with federal criminal civil rights charges, the announcement noted the decision did not preclude anyone else from investigating the case. So then-Fairfax prosecutors Raymond Morrogh and Casey Lingan in late 2019 quickly obtained many of the FBI files, worked with FBI agents to build a case, and were prepared to seek murder indictments against Vinyard and Amaya in December 2019. But the Justice Department would not grant permission for the FBI agents to testify."

What webs we weave. Precisely, why the 'Justice' Department has its problems with credibility.

"After Descano took over as Fairfax prosecutor in January 2020, he was soon greeted by the letter from Dreiband, responding to the request for FBI cooperation made by his predecessors. Dreiband said the Interior Department, on behalf of the Park Police, had asked the Justice Department to defend both the wrongful-death civil suit filed by the Ghaisars and a possible criminal case. Dreiband said the Justice Department was considering both requests, and ultimately it did join the defense in both cases. “The Department is unable to authorize Department employees,” Dreiband wrote, “including FBI agents, to appear before a state grand jury in Fairfax County.” Dreiband said prosecutors could use Fairfax police to review the FBI case files, “conduct their own investigation, and testify.” That is the course Descano took, enlisting veteran Fairfax homicide detective Chris Flanagan to review the case and present it to a special grand jury. Two Fairfax patrol officers who followed the pursuit and were present at the shooting also are available to testify. Also last year, Descano sent a letter to Dreiband requesting hundreds of documents missing from the FBI case files that had been provided to Fairfax and other redacted information, and there has been no indication that the FBI cooperated with that, either. Garland’s letter seems to indicate that the FBI will now provide those documents."

In follow-up to a case covered repeatedly in this publication and elsewhere, NPR reports:

"It's been nearly a year since police officers in Loveland, Colo., injured an older woman with dementia and then laughed at the footage of her arrest. The fallout continues. Two of those officers resigned and are now facing criminal charges, including assault and excessive use of force. They and the city are being sued in federal court. The rest of the police force — there are 118 sworn officers — is undergoing additional de-escalation training. The case has drawn national attention to a problem that experts say is widespread across law enforcement agencies: Police often lack the skills to interact with people suspected of crimes who are in mental distress or have physical disabilities. In June, a Walmart employee called police and said a woman, later identified as 73-year-old Karen Garner, tried to leave without paying for $14 worth of items. Officer Austin Hopp arrived first. His body camera video showed him pulling up as she walked down a road and then wrestling her to the ground after she failed to respond to his questions. Afterward, Garner's attorneys say, she sat in jail for several hours with a dislocated and fractured shoulder as Hopp and two other officers laughed while watching the body camera video of her arrest. According to a federal complaint, Garner has dementia and also suffers from sensory aphasia, which impairs her ability to understand. Her violent arrest has other older people in the area worried about potential encounters with police, Loveland resident June Dreith told the police chief during a public meeting last month. "They are now seriously afraid of the police department," Dreith said."

For damned good reason. The criminal jackbooted bastards in blue have no regard for the law, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties. None.

"Hopp faces felony charges of assault and attempting to influence a public servant — a charge related to allegations of omissions when reporting the arrest — as well as official misconduct, a misdemeanor. Another officer, Daria Jalali, also resigned and is charged with three misdemeanors: failure to report excessive force, failure to intervene and official misconduct. Neither Hopp nor Jalali has entered a plea in court. A third officer, who watched the video with them, resigned but has not been charged. An independent assessment of the Loveland Police Department by a third-party consultant is underway. The city and involved officers face a federal lawsuit, filed by Garner in April, alleging excessive use of force and violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Loveland Police Chief Robert Ticer has characterized Garner's arrest as an issue with an individual officer, not with the department's operations. The city's police are undergoing Alzheimer's awareness training. "Our training currently, in the past and present, is always to make sure our officers are up to speed on as much training as they can on how to interact with people in crisis who may have mental health issues," Ticer said during the public meeting in May at department headquarters. The Loveland Police Department, like many others, requires officers to be trained to respond to people with mental illness and developmental disabilities. But no national standards exist. The amount of training law enforcement officers receive on interacting with disabled people varies widely."

"On the whole, we're doing terrible," said Jim Burch, president of the National Police Foundation, a nonprofit organization focused on police research and training. "We have to do much, much better at being able to recognize these types of issues and being more sensitive to them." While comprehensive data on the frequency of negative interactions between police and people with mental disabilities is lacking, interactions with the criminal justice system are common. The Bureau of Justice Statistics has estimated about 3 in 10 state and federal prisoners and 4 in 10 local jail inmates have at least one disability. "There's a very large number of people that police are coming into contact with that have an intellectual disability or mental health challenge," Burch said. "Do we have a systemic problem? We think that we do."

"Colorado requires a minimum of two hours of training on interacting with special populations, including people with disabilities, although legislation aims to improve on that by creating a commission to recommend new statewide standards. Loveland's officers are certified in crisis intervention training. The department also has a co-responder program, which pairs law enforcement officers with mental health clinicians, although this team was not called during Garner's arrest. Since that arrest, questions remain about the department's readiness to interact with people who have challenges. "We could always use more and more training. We could train every single week for eight hours a day, but we could do that all the time and never go out on calls," said Sgt. Brandon Johnson, who oversees training. "It's just balancing our available workforce and our time and our service to the community and our staffing levels."

Sounds like excuse making. Egregious insensitivity, callousness to what seems to be an exponentially worsening, increasingly dire, outrageously unacceptable abuse of power.

No end to the corruption. In follow-up to a case covered earlier, CBS News reports:

"A policeman has been charged with murder and two officers charged with attempted murder in connection with the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy, Honolulu prosecutors said Tuesday. The charges come after a grand jury last week declined to indict the same three officers in the shooting that killed Iremamber Sykap on April 5. CBS affiliate KGMB-TV reports Prosecuting Attorney Steve Alm said his office reviewed more than 1,300 pages of police reports, 70 body camera videos and 40 videos from other nearby cameras. Geoffrey H.L. Thom was charged with one count of murder in the second degree. Zackary K. Ah Nee and Christopher Fredeluces were each charged with one count of attempted murder in the second degree. Thom is a five year veteran of the Honolulu Police Department. Ah Nee and Fredeluces have served in the department for three and 10 years, respectively. All three officers face up to life in prison without parole if convicted. Interim Honolulu Police Department Chief Rade Vanic said he was surprised by the prosecutor's decision to seek charges after a grand jury decided not to indict. "This is highly unusual, and we are not aware of a similar action having been taken in the past. While we await the court's decision, we will continue to protect and serve the community as we have always done," he said in a statement. The officers will have their police powers removed, and they will be assigned to desk duty."

"Malcom Lutu, the president of the state police officers' union, said in a statement: "We continue to trust the process and will continue to stand by our officers."

"Police have said Sykap was driving a stolen Honda linked to an armed robbery, burglary, purse snatching and car theft and led officers on a chase before the shooting. Deputy Prosecutor Christopher Van Marter said in court documents that Thom fired 10 rounds into the rear window of the Honda "without provocation." Eight of the shots hit Sykap, injuring him in the back of the head, back of the neck, upper back and left arm. Sykap was pronounced dead after arriving at the hospital. Fredeluces fired one shot but did not hit Sykap, he said. Van Marter said that while Thom claimed the Honda rammed into his patrol car, body camera footage didn't show that. Thom's patrol car sustained "a few minor paint chips and some black scuffmarks," Van Marter said. He said Ah Nee fired multiple times at Mark Sykap, Iremamber's brother who was also in the car. Mark Sykap suffered gunshot wounds in his right shoulder and right hand. Police have refused to release officer body camera footage from the shooting. However, KGMB-TV obtained the footage last month. The video shows one officer directly behind the Honda when he fires 10 consecutive shots at the back of the driver's seat. The Honda then accelerates."

"Bodycam video from the 4/5 fatal police shooting of a teen shows the officer who fired first, shot 10 x's through back windshield of a stolen Honda. No juvenile faces are seen, which is part of HPD's argument to w/hold the videos. More here: https://t.co/cnxteK7NlY #HawaiiNewsNow pic.twitter.com/Q9ptFUpUCy
— Lynn Kawano (@LynnKawano) May 20, 2021"

"Matt Dvonch, special counsel to the Honolulu prosecutor, said it's not unusual for prosecutors to ask a judge to find probable cause that a crime has likely been committed after a grand jury has declined to indict a person. He said the prosecution wasn't bringing any new evidence for the case that they didn't have when the case went before the grand jury. Eric Seitz, an attorney representing Sykap's family in a civil lawsuit against the city and as-of-yet unidentified police officers, said he was gratified prosecutors were pursuing the case. "We have suspected from the beginning when we began to get information about how the events unfolded, that the shooting was entirely unjustified," he said. "Now that we've seen the further evidence that's contained and attached to the charges, there's no question in our minds that this was an event that could have been and should have been prevented." The family's lawsuit alleges negligence, assault and battery. It asks a state court to award damages, reimburse costs and declare that the officers' use of deadly force was unlawful and unauthorized. Jacquie Esser, a state deputy public defender who is not involved in the case, said it's critical that police be held accountable for when they use excessive force and kill unarmed people or if they commit misconduct. "This is a huge step towards accountability, which is critical for the community's trust in their policing system," she said. The three officers were scheduled to appear in court on June 25."

"The white Honda evaded a caravan of Honolulu police cars for about 10 minutes in April before officers finally cornered it at a red light. As police surrounded the idling car, two rear passengers jumped out and ran. The driver and front passenger, though, remained unmoved, ignoring orders from police to exit. Then came a rapid round of gunfire. An officer standing behind the vehicle hit Iremamber Sykap, the 16-year-old driver, eight times with his 9mm Glock, killing him. Another fired a shot through the driver’s window. Moments later, a third officer fired four shots, hitting the passenger in the hand and shoulder. Now, the three officers involved in the shooting have all been charged. Prosecutors said body camera footage contradicted the officers’ claims that the teen had tried to drive into them and that they were protecting nearby pedestrians. The decision by Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Steven S. Alm, which came days after a grand jury declined to indict the officers, stunned local police authorities. “We are surprised by the prosecuting attorney’s announcement to see charges against the officers after a grand jury comprised of citizens decided not to indict them,” interim HPD chief Rade Vanic said in a statement. “This is highly unusual, and we are not aware of a similar action having been taken in the past.”

It's about time. What took so long? The bottom line is supposed to be justice, -- not protection of murderous, criminal, jackbooted bastards in blue.

"But Alm said despite the grand jury’s ruling, the evidence was still strong enough to charge officer Geoffrey H.L. Thom, 42, with second-degree murder and officers Zackary K. Ah Nee, 26, and Christopher J. Fredeluces, 40, with second-degree attempted murder. “The evidence supports the conclusion that the defendants’ use of deadly force in this case was unnecessary, unreasonable and unjustified under the law,” the prosecutors said in the criminal complaint filed Tuesday. If convicted, all three face mandatory life sentences with the possibility of parole, according to prosecutors, as well as at least 20 years without the possibility of parole because their alleged crimes involved semiautomatic firearms. It is unclear if the officers have lawyers yet. The three officers were in patrol cars on April 5 when they received a dispatch at about 4:42 p.m. that a caller had reported spotting a white Honda Civic, which was reported stolen two days prior, at Kawaikui Beach in East Honolulu. “The car was allegedly connected to several offenses, including an armed robbery, a purse snatching and a theft,” the criminal complaint said. Shortly after arriving, they spotted the car driving out of the park and heading west. When the officers tried to pull over the Honda, it sped away, sparking a high-speed chase down the highway and eventually onto side streets. Ten minutes later, police pinned in the car at a red light. Thom, a five-year veteran, and Fredeluces, a 10-year veteran, were in the same patrol car and pulled up next to the driver’s side, where Sykap sat. Ah Nee, who had been on the force for three years, stopped his car in front of the Honda. Another officer in a third vehicle stopped behind the car. As Thom and Fredeluces got out, two passengers jumped out of the Honda’s rear and sprinted away. The officers then demanded that Sykap, and the front passenger, his brother Mark Sykap, 18, get out. By that point, Fredeluces, who was standing on the driver’s side of the white Honda, “had drawn his firearm and was pointing it at the interior” of the car, according to the indictment. Thom then pulled out a 9mm Glock semiautomatic firearm as Ah Nee tried to open the front passenger’s door — but it was locked. He also had his semiautomatic gun drawn and was pointing it at the car. Moments later, “Thom, without provocation, started firing his firearm into the rear window of the white Honda,” prosecutors said. He fired a total of 10 rounds."

“The gunshot wound to the back of the head fractured Iremamber’s skull and entered his brain,” the indictment said. “One of the two shots to the back of Iremamber’s neck fractured his spine. One of the four gunshot wounds to Iremamber’s back lacerated his aorta — a through-and-through fatal wound. Iremamber also suffered extreme internal bleeding due to gunshot wounds to his left lung.” Fredeluces, who was within two feet of Iremamber Sykap, fired a single round into the driver’s door, just above the handle. It did not hit Sykap. The car, which was in drive when the 16-year-old was shot, then started moving forward, hitting Ah Nee’s patrol car and then starting toward an empty sidewalk. Then Ah Nee, “without provocation, fired four shots,” prosecutors said. The car went up over a sidewalk and through a fence before landing in a canal. Two of the rounds struck Mark Sykap. One went into his right shoulder and the other into his left hand. Iremamber Sykap was later pronounced dead at a hospital. His brother was treated and released that night. In his police reports, Thom said he fired the rounds to protect himself because the “white Honda ‘assaulted’ and ‘rammed’ into his patrol car,” according to the complaint."

"But prosecutors pointed out that the car had only paint chips and scuff marks, suggesting a minor impact. Thom also claimed the car “ ‘reversed’ directly at him,” and that it drove forward toward Fredeluces, despite body-cam footage reviewed by prosecutors that showed the car did not move. Fredeluces was also never in front of the vehicle — he was on the driver’s side. Fredeluces wrote that he heard the gunfire and thought it was coming from inside the car. “However, before confirming his belief, he fired his 9mm Glock firearm into the driver’s door,” prosecutors said. Ah Nee said he thought he saw the “butt of a firearm on the lap of the front seat passenger,” according to the indictment. But body-cam footage, according to prosecutors, showed a “thin square object on his lap, which does not resemble a firearm.”

"He added that he fired to “protect himself, other officers and members of the public.” But prosecutors noted that there were no pedestrians nearby. “Neither the white Honda, nor its occupants posed any threat to any person at that time,” prosecutors said. Last month, Sykap’s mother and grandmother filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against HPD, the city and the county. The family alleged that HPD officers were harassing and threatening them. Among other demands, the family requested HPD release the officers’ body-cam footage. Alm, the prosecuting attorney, brought the evidence before an Oahu grand jury on June 9. But the jurors declined to indict. The police union praised the decision."

Precisely, why law enforcement has zero credibility. Protect its own no matter what they do or don't do.

“This is the first time ever since I’ve been an officer, which is 30-plus years, I’ve never seen a case go to grand jury before the case being wrapped up — closed — so this is new territory for us,” said Malcolm Lutu, the president of the State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers. “I believe in the process that our officers go through. … But mostly, I believe in the training,” Lutu added. The union did not immediately respond to The Washington Post’s request for comment regarding the charges. The police chief said Thom, Fredeluces and Ah Nee will be put on desk duty pending trial. The three officers, who received summonses on Tuesday, are due in Honolulu District Court on June 25."

"Yamina Party leader Naftali Bennett will take over as Israeli prime minister Sunday in the first substantial leadership change in the past two decades. Agreements were signed Friday with eight parties to form a new coalition government that will oust Benjamin Netanyahu, the country's longest-serving prime minister. Netanyahu was unsuccessful in his attempts over more than two years to form a ruling coalition. He has held the prime minister post since 2009 and served an earlier stint between 1996 and 1999. He will relinquish the role amid corruption inquiries. Under a coalition plan announced last week, Bennett will serve as prime minister for two years and then will be succeeded by Yesh Atid Party leader Yair Lapid in 2023. "The Israeli public deserves a functioning and responsible government which places the good of the country at the top of its agenda. That's what this unity government has been formed to do. All the partners in this government are committed, first and foremost, to the people of Israel," Lapid said. Unlikely coalition members including the United Arab List -- the only Arab party to take part in national politics since 1974 -- came together to oust Netanyahu. The coalition will work to strengthen the nation's healthcare sector, supporting religious structures and fighting crime in the Arab sector. Netanyahu has been connected to many scandals over his tenure and earlier this year underwent a corruption inquiry over accusations he purchased favorable media coverage of his administration."

"The Israeli parliament voted Sunday to confirm a new unity government, ending Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year run of leadership over the country. Yamina Party leader Naftali Bennett, 49, will replace Netanyahu, 71, as prime minister after reaching agreements with eight other parties to form a coalition government after the Knesset voted 60-59 to approve the government. Bennett spoke before the Knesset vote Sunday as he faced opposition from Netanyahu's Likud Party who called him a "criminal" and a "liar." Addressing what he described as a divide within the nation's government Bennett said it was "time for responsible leaders from different parts of the nation to stop this madness." "I am proud of the ability to sit with people with very different opinions," he said. "At the decisive moment, we took responsibility." Yesh Atid Party leader Yair Lapid, who will succeed Bennett as prime minister in 2023, did not deliver the speech he had prepared for the parliament floor and instead admonished the hecklers for interrupting Bennett's speech. "I am skipping the speech I planned to deliver today because I'm here to say one thing -- to ask for forgiveness from my mother," he said. "My mother is 86 years old and we don't ask her to come to Jerusalem lightly. But we did it because I assumed that you would be able to get over yourselves and behave with statesmanship at this moment and she would see a smooth transition of government." Netanyahu said it was his "honor to work night and day for our beloved country" but criticized Bennett for his efforts to take on leadership and said he would fight to regain control from the opposition. "If we are destined to be in the opposition, we will do it with our heads held high until we bring down this dangerous government," he said."

"In response to the weakening of the federal voting rights law by the Supreme Court in 2013, Attorney General Merrick Garland made a commitment to expand the Justice Department's efforts to protect voting rights, announcing a series of actions aimed at confronting state and local efforts that he said "will make it harder to vote." "We are scrutinizing new laws that seek to curb voter access, and where we see violations of federal law, we will not hesitate to act," Garland said at a speech at the Justice Department Friday. "We are also scrutinizing current laws and practices, in order to determine whether they discriminate against Black voters and other voters of color." Since over a dozen states have passed new laws making it more difficult to vote, Garland pointed to some jurisdictions that, "based on disinformation, have utilized abnormal post-election audit methodologies that may put the integrity of the voting process at risk and undermine public confidence in our democracy." To counter this, he said that the Justice Department will increase the size of the enforcement unit that tracks state and local efforts to enact voter restrictions and vowed to prosecute those responsible for the rise in violent threats against election workers. In the next 30 days the department will be doubling the Civil Rights Division's enforcement staff. The addition of more attorneys and resources comes in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, which saw an uptick in threats targeting state and local election officials and poll workers and rising disinformation around access to the ballot box. Garland pledged the department would "investigate and promptly prosecute" any threats that violate federal law, and committed to partnering with other federal agencies to combat disinformation surrounding elections, which he said "intentionally tries to suppress the vote." There are currently several Republican-led states considering legislation that would add limits to voting access in the wake of President Trump's electoral loss and a rise in mail-in voting in the 2020 elections due to the coronavirus pandemic. As of mid-May, state legislators have enacted at least 22 bills with restrictive voting provisions in 14 states, according to the Brennan Center for Justice. Congress is considering two major pieces of voting rights legislation, the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, named for the late congressman and civil rights icon. At the end of the month, the Senate will take up the For the People Act, an expansive but controversial voting and elections reform bill, but it is expected to be blocked by Republicans who argue that it is a federal overreach."

Republican fascists have bought the Trump nazi's bullshit. Their backing of this traitor is itself traitorous.

"The House is currently working on the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, or H.R. 4, which has yet to be introduced. The bill would restore a key provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that was gutted by the Supreme Court in 2013. The Voting Rights Act established a formula to determine which areas should be covered by Section 5, which required jurisdictions with a history of racial discrimination to submit any changes to voting laws to the Justice Department or a panel of federal judges for approval, a practice known as preclearance. But the Supreme Court struck down the formula in Shelby County v. Holder in a 5 to 4 decision along ideological lines."

Sadly, the U.S. Supreme Court is a 5-4 Republican-owned nazi court. Fascism, nazism, national socialism defined as the pernicious blend of government, business, and religion. 'Justified' by perversion and bastardization of the latter.

"The House subcommittee that oversees federal elections is currently conducting field hearings to compile evidence on whether racial discrimination in voting is occurring in certain jurisdictions, and create a new formula. Once those hearings are concluded, the bill will be written and considered later this year. But, like the For the People Act, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act faces significant opposition from Senate Republicans and faces an uphill battle to passage."

These Republicans are traitors. Clearly, don't believe in liberty, rule of law, all civil and constitutional rights and liberties.

"NAACP President Derrick Johnson praised Garland's announcement in a statement on Friday, but said that it is "a race against time" to protect voting rights as more restrictive state laws on voting rights are implemented. "From the appointment of Kristen Clarke (to lead the Civil Rights Division) to the ongoing fight to pass the For The People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, we are encouraged by the new tone on voting rights set by the Biden-Harris Administration," Johnson said. "But the uphill battle to protect our most sacred and fundamental right, the right to vote, is far from over. Today's announcement from the Attorney General speaks to the level of urgency that is needed to protect our democracy and ensure that our voices are heard."

"Attorney General Merrick Garland is coming under increasingly intense criticism from progressives who say he is protecting former President Donald Trump. But it's not Trump who stands to be the primary beneficiary of Garland's shield; it's President Joe Biden."

"The points of tension are myriad, from backing the last administration's immigration and environmental policies to defending Trump in a defamation suit brought by E. Jean Carroll, who says Trump sexually assaulted her and later caused her harm by saying she lied about it. But the line of demarcation is singular: Garland will take all of the heat for Biden's promise that he would bolster the rule of law by keeping a healthy distance — maybe more than a healthy distance — from the Justice Department. "More than anything, we need to restore the honor, the integrity, the independence of Department of Justice in this nation that has been so badly damaged," Biden said when he introduced Garland as his choice to be the nation's top prosecutor in early January. "I want to be clear to those who lead this department, who you will serve. You won’t work for me. ... Your loyalty is not to me. It’s to the law, the Constitution, the people of this nation, to guarantee justice."

"One of the institutions Garland is guarding is the presidency, which both now and in the future offers shelter for Biden. For time immemorial, the Justice Department, from one president to the next, maintains positions that limit the exposure of the executive branch to legal jeopardy and public embarrassment. That was the case recently when DOJ asserted executive privilege to limit the scope of former Trump White House counsel Don McGahn's testimony to Congress about the Russia investigation. "In this instance, and in others, the assertion of executive privilege appears designed to obscure the president’s misdeeds, and the DOJ’s support of that claim sets back efforts to bring the truth about Trump’s presidency to light," Claire O. Finkelstein, a University of Pennsylvania law professor, and Richard Painter, who was an ethics lawyer in President George W. Bush's White House, wrote in Slate. So it should come as little surprise that DOJ is fighting to keep secret deliberations surrounding then-Attorney General William Barr's decision not to prosecute Trump over possible obstruction of justice in the Russia investigation. But Democrats are furious over that effort."

"Nine of the 11 Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee wrote to Garland in mid-May to urge him not to appeal a federal judge's ruling that DOJ had to fully release an Office of Legal Counsel memo explaining Barr's decision. They noted that District Judge Amy Berman Jackson had slammed the Trump-era Justice Department for misleading the court about the contents of the memo. "Relying on inaccurate statements to support baseless assertions of the deliberative process privilege is problematic in any case; it is all the more indefensible when DOJ is arguing against the disclosure of documents related to serious abuses of power by President Trump," the senators wrote. DOJ filed a motion to appeal the ruling while releasing some of the redacted memo. Similarly, Garland's Justice Department is trying to protect former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos from having to testify in a student loan case. And, even though Biden railed against Trump using the department to defend him in Carroll's lawsuit — both before and after the election — Garland's decision to take Trump's side in that case will provide a stronger argument for Biden and his successors if they use federal resources to defend themselves in civil suits."

"For some of Biden's supporters, Garland's moves are a sign that Biden is keeping faith with the vow to strengthen institutions and depoliticize American justice. Some of his allies believe it's better politically — and for the country — to move on from Trump than to remain fixated on him. But for progressives, these decisions and others are reason to question whether Garland was the right pick to lead the department. They are eager to hold Trump accountable for what they see as potentially criminal activity. He was twice impeached by the House but acquitted by the Senate both times. And they see a Democratic attorney general allowing a former Republican president to surf above the law."

"Their voices were amplified this week when The New York Times reported that Trump's Justice Department pursued an investigation into members of the House Intelligence Committee that subpoenaed metadata from Apple. That probe is closed, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said in an interview with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, but it points to a "terrible abuse of power" by Trump in using the agency to go after his political adversaries in Congress. "It violates, I think, the separation of powers, but it also makes the Department of Justice a fully owned subsidiary of the president's personal legal interests," said Schiff, who was targeted in the subpoena. At a Senate hearing Wednesday, Garland defended DOJ's course and sought to draw a line between issues of law and those of policy. "The job of the Justice Department in making decisions in law is not to back any administration, previous or present; our job is to represent the American people," Garland said. "Matters of policy of course are completely different, and that explains why we have reversed policies of the previous administration many times over the last three months and why we have initiated our own policies that are distinctly different from those of the previous administration," he said. That's the other way Garland provides cover for Biden: Because the president is taking pains to show the department is independent, he can distance himself more easily from unpopular policy positions. At the same time Garland is taking hits from the political left, he has also taken actions that should please progressives — even though they often get less attention than Trump headlines. For example, the Justice Department is now defending the Affordable Care Act, which it fought under Trump, and it reversed a Trump-era policy denying federal grant money to so-called sanctuary cities. And on Friday, Garland announced DOJ would double the number of staff dedicated to protecting voting rights within the department's Civil Rights Division."

"Some legal experts say it's too early to pass judgment on an attorney general who has been in office for less than four months. "He has a huge mess to clean up after four years of the Trump administration flouting the rule of law and norms of decency and politicizing the Justice Department," said Kim Wehle, a former federal prosecutor and a law professor at the University of Baltimore. "The fact that he isn’t reflexively taking stands that many would expect a Biden DOJ to do politically is a good thing for the legitimacy of the department," Wehle said. "He has discretion to exercise, to be sure, and he is using it. I think it’s too early for condemnation or praise."

"Darnella Frazier, the teen who recorded a comprehensive video of the killing of George Floyd last May, was recognized on Friday by The Pulitzer Prize board. Frazier, who was 17 at the time of the incident, was awarded a special citation for "courageously recording the murder of George Floyd, a video that spurred protests against police brutality around the world, highlighting the crucial role of citizens in journalists' quest for truth and justice," the organization said. Frazier also testified during the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, who was found guilty in April of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of Floyd. "He was in pain," Frazier said of Floyd during her testimony. "It seemed like, he knew ... he knew it was over for him. He was terrified. He was suffering. This was a cry for help." The teen made a now-famous 10-minute cellphone video capturing Chauvin kneeling on Floyd's neck as he was in police custody on May 25, 2020. A Washington Post-Ipsos poll conducted on June 14, 2020, found that 79% of Americans said they had seen the video. On the one-year anniversary of Floyd's death, Frazier released a statement about what she witnessed and how it changed her. "I am 18 now and I still hold the weight and trauma of what I witnessed a year ago," she said. "It's a little easier now, but I'm not who I used to be. A part of my childhood was taken from me." Frazier also was honored last year by PEN America, the literary and human rights organization, with the PEN/Benenson Courage Award for actions. In addition to Frazier, the Pulitzer Prize board this year recognized other work covering the killing of Floyd. The staff of the Star Tribune in Minneapolis won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting "for its urgent, authoritative and nuanced coverage of the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis and of the reverberations that followed," the board said. The photography staff of The Associated Press also was honored for Breaking News Photography "for a collection of photographs from multiple U.S. cities that cohesively captures the country's response to the death of George Floyd."

A time capsule. We've come a long, long way in the last fifteen months. ABC News reports:

"As the world rapidly shut down last March and thousands of airplanes went out of service and into long-term storage in the desert, a Delta Air Lines pilot tucked a handwritten note inside a tray table only to be found by a pilot who would someday bring that plane back into service. First officer Chris Dennis wrote "It’s March 23rd and we just arrived from MSP [Minneapolis - St. Paul International Airport]. Very chilling to see so much of our fleet in the desert," according to Delta. As the fallout from the pandemic paralyzed air travel, dozens of planes had been arriving each day in Victorville Airport, an airport with no commercial service about two hours outside of Los Angeles primarily used to store airplanes for long periods of time. A note saying: "If you are here to pick up then light must be at the end of the tunnel" was found in a Delta aircraft that had been in long term storage for more than a year. It was written by the last pilot who brought it to storage. First Officer Dennis had heard talks of a two-week lockdown but had no idea when the world would return to normal or when that aircraft would fly again, according to the airline. Another Delta pilot flew to Victorville 435 days later to bring Delta plane 3009 back into service. Inside the cockpit, he found the letter. "If you are here to pick up then the light must be at the end of the tunnel. Amazing how fast it changed. Have a safe flight bringing it out of storage!" the note read. Delta shared this story in a Facebook post that has now been liked by more than 7,000 people. The post says, in part: "Those 57 words, which captured so much of the uncertainty and emotion we all felt in March 2020, underscored the gravity of the trip, and how optimistic he now feels about the direction we're heading in. Ship 3009 is now prepared to take the skies once again. While the world certainly has changed over the past year, one thing is for certain: we won't be taking that open runway for granted anytime soon."

While Biden has his problems, he's a breath of fresh air compared to the Trump nazi. The Washington Post reports:

"If anyone doubted that much of the world felt a great sense of relief when Joe Biden became president, a new survey of attitudes in countries around the world confirms as much. But the survey also underscores the degree to which people in other countries have concerns about the health of America’s democracy after Donald Trump’s presidency."

"The survey, produced by Pew Research Center, was released just as Biden was beginning his first trip abroad as president with meetings in which reestablishing U.S. leadership among allies and rallying democracies is a major priority. The survey showed an overnight change in attitudes across 12 countries since the end of Trump’s presidency: Favorable impressions of the United States jumped from 34 percent before Trump left office to 62 percent now. And while 17 percent had said they had confidence “in the U.S. president to do the right thing regarding world affairs” at the end of Trump’s presidency, 75 percent express confidence in the president today."

"Biden’s early actions as president have played well. Across the group of 16 nations included in the survey, a median of 89 percent approves of the administration’s decision to rejoin the World Health Organization. A median of 85 percent approves of Biden’s move to reenter the Paris climate accord. Big majorities approve of his idea to organize a summit of democracies, as well as the decision, after some hesitation, to allow more refugees into the United States, a reversal from Trump’s policy. On personal attributes, Biden, not surprisingly, bests Trump. Not even a fifth of those abroad saw Trump as well qualified to be president, while more than 3 in 4 say that of Biden. Nine in 10 saw Trump as arrogant and 7 in 10 regarded him as dangerous. For Biden, just 13 percent see him as arrogant and 14 percent see him as dangerous. Perceptions of the United States ebb and flow with changes in administrations. The reaction to Biden’s arrival as president is similar to what happened when Barack Obama succeeded George W. Bush. Bush was highly unpopular, especially in Europe, as a result of the Iraq War, while Obama had become a warmly regarded figure even before he was elected. Next came a sharp drop in perceptions of the United States and its leadership after Trump won the White House. Now Biden is enjoying a burst of approval."

"The survey results show that Biden is speaking to a receptive audience in Europe as he attends the Group of Seven meeting in England and then sessions with leaders at NATO and the European Union in Brussels before his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday in Geneva. His message, that “America is back,” which he has articulated from the first days of his presidency, is something European leaders and their constituents have wanted to hear after years in which Trump questioned the value of transatlantic organizations and multilateral alliances and belittled some of the leaders of America’s closest allies. That’s the good news for Biden. The not-so-good news from the survey is that despite the confidence that people abroad express about the change in administrations, there are continuing doubts about the strength of American democracy."

"The survey found that, across the countries included, a majority of people (56 percent) say the United States is a “somewhat reliable partner,” an equivocation that underscores the doubts that now exist. World opinion is evenly divided on the question of whether the U.S. political system works well, though just 6 percent say it works “very well” and 44 percent say it works “somewhat well.” More concerning is how people see U.S. democracy. A minority (17 percent) say the United States is a good example for other democracies to follow. Twenty-three percent say this country has never been a good example. The biggest group, 57 percent, says the United States used to be a good example but has not been in recent years. Biden has multiple objectives this week, among them is to reassert U.S. leadership among the major democracies in a way that provides concrete evidence of his claim that America is back. The decision by the United States to donate 500 million doses of coronavirus vaccines to poorer countries as part of an overall G-7 commitment of 1 billion doses is one such step. He also wants to show a united front among U.S. allies as he heads to his meeting with Putin, which will be the most closely watched and analyzed event of his trip. Similarly he will be trying to engage others to join in a mutual effort to check a rising China."

"Biden has made the promotion of democracy another centerpiece of his trip overseas. Writing in The Washington Post before he left, he said, “This trip is about realizing America’s renewed commitment to our allies and partners, and demonstrating the capacity of democracies to both meet the challenges and deter the threats of this new age.” He then posed questions that he hopes the week-long trip will begin to answer: “Can democracies come together to deliver real results for our people in a rapidly changing world? Will the democratic alliances and institutions that shaped so much of the last century prove their capacity against modern-day threats and adversaries?” The Pew survey is a reminder that, however pleased America’s allies are to see a president restate the importance of alliances and international organizations, there remains a nagging question among people in other countries about America’s internal divisions and the state of the U.S. political system. How well Biden deals with those issues at home will be as or more important than what he says abroad."

"During the 2020 election, many politicians and analysts overseas expressed reservations about how much the outcome of the November election would say about the future of the United States. While hoping that Biden would defeat Trump, more than one said, in essence, they would wait until the 2024 election to decide whether Trump or Trumpism was still a potent force. They saw America as an inward-looking nation dealing with deep cultural cleavages, a reckoning on race and threats to democratic institutions. Biden cannot alleviate all these reservations with his first trip abroad, or perhaps with any dealings with world leaders. The answer will come from what happens at home over the next many months, as the fallout from Trump’s presidency continues to spread division and disinformation and Biden works to enact an enormously domestic agenda. Major decisions on that agenda await Biden upon his return later in the week. The most pressing will be the question of his infrastructure package and whether he can win agreement on a bipartisan package or move ahead on a Democrats-only strategy. His first attempt, through negotiations led by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), collapsed as he was leaving for Europe. Now a broader, bipartisan group of senators has come up with a plan of its own. The White House, while not dismissive, was reserved in response."

"Biden has said repeatedly that the United States and other democracies must show that they can deliver for their people better than authoritarian adversaries. That’s the focus of his costly domestic package, only a small portion of it now enacted into law. Meanwhile, the threats and challenges to democracy at home continue, and the rest of the world is waiting to see whether Biden or anyone else can fix what is broken."

Hard to believe that will happen any time soon since Republicans are traitorously, treasonously stonewalling every step of the way.

"Documents released Tuesday by the House Oversight Committee detail then-President Donald Trump’s repeated efforts to pressure the Department of Justice to pursue his unsubstantiated claims of election fraud in the 2020 presidential election and help overturn Joe Biden’s victory. The emails illustrate the behind-the-scenes efforts Trump's White House took to pressure federal officials while he simultaneously pushed the same false claims on Twitter. The messages were sent from mid-December to early January and were made public by House Oversight and Government Reform Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y. Among the efforts was pressure on the Department of Justice to intervene in lawsuits being pursued by Trump's campaign and supporters to get the Supreme Court to overturn the results. At the end of December, Trump’s White House assistant emailed then-Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and other top Justice Department officials with a draft legal brief that the president wanted them to file with the Supreme Court. Kurt Olsen, a private attorney for Trump, also contacted department officials requesting the federal agency file the brief. The 54-page brief called on the Supreme Court to declare that Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona and Nevada had administered the 2020 presidential election in violation of the Electors Clause and the 14th Amendment, claiming that the states changed election rules without legislative action. All six were swing states that Trump lost. “Those unconstitutional changes allowed election irregularities in various forms,” said the complaint, which called on the high court to authorize a special election in those states to appoint new presidential electors. Trump's vocal public efforts to overturn the election were highly unusual, but had the DOJ intervened on his behalf it would have been viewed as an extraordinary use of the powers of the presidency to overturn the will of voters."

Called treason by a nazi president who falsely swore an oath to uphold the United States Constitution.

"The messages are also riddled with conspiracy theories, and the Oversight Committee's staff members cited at least five instances when then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows inquired about rumors that were circulating on the internet at the time but for which there was no supporting evidence. For example, Meadows emailed Rosen a translated document from a person in Italy who claimed without evidence that he had “direct knowledge” of a plot that involved Italians changing the election results and then loading them into “military satellites.” The pressure campaign reached its crescendo on Jan. 1, just five days before the Capitol riot and Congress' affirmation of the certified electors. On that day, Meadows emailed Justice Department leaders about the Italy conspiracy and complaints in Georgia and New Mexico, a state Trump lost by more than 10 points. "Pure insanity," Richard Donoghue, who was the acting deputy attorney general, wrote to Rosen in response to Meadows' latest email promoting the theory. Meadows' email had linked to a Youtube video featuring Brad Johnson — a retired CIA official whose LinkedIn says he now offers commentary on the far-right, pro-Trump cable channel One America News Network — also making the baseless claims of Italian malfeasance. In response to Donoghue, Rosen wrote: "Yes." "After this message, I was asked to have FBI meet with Brad Johnson, and I responded that Johnson could call or walk into FBI's Washington Field Office with any evidence he purports to have," Rosen continued. "On a follow up call, I learned that Johnson is working with Rudy Giuliani, who regarded my comments as 'an insult.' Asked if I would reconsider, I flatly refused and said I would not be giving any special treatment to Giuliani or any of his 'witnesses,' and re-affirmed yet again that I will not talk to Giuliani about any of this." It was not clear whether the call Rosen detailed was with Meadows. In response to another message from Meadows on New Year's Day pushing to investigate ballots in Fulton County, Georgia, Rosen wrote to Donoghue: "Can you believe this? I am not going to respond to the message below." "At least it's better than the last one," Donoghue said, referencing the Italy conspiracy Meadows shared, "but that doesn't say much."

Yet, no one held accountable for promulgating false bullshit, bald-faced lies?

"The documents begin with correspondence on Dec. 14, the day states certified Electoral College votes in the 2020 election and sealed Trump's defeat. Trump’s assistant sent an email to Rosen with the subject line “From POTUS” and attached materials that listed “talking points” about a “cover-up of voting crimes” in Michigan, a state that Trump lost by more than 154,000 votes. About an hour after the email was sent, Trump announced that Attorney General William Barr would be stepping down from his position and Rosen would be taking over as acting attorney general. Just after midnight the following day, Trump tweeted: “This is BIG NEWS. Dominion Voting Machines are a disaster all over the Country. Changed the Results of a landslide election … ” It's a claim that Trump made repeatedly during his efforts to overturn the election, but which there has never been evidence provided to substantiate."

Why hasn't this congenital liar been held accountable for attempting to steal the election?

"Emails from the end of December and early January showed that White House officials, including Meadows, directed then-Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Clark to advance the election fraud claims by reaching out to a U.S. attorney in Georgia, Byung J. Pak. NBC News previously reported that Trump was considering firing Rosen at the time and replacing him with Clark. In the end, Trump was unsuccessful in getting his Justice Department to take legal action to overturn the presidential results. A few days after Biden’s inauguration, Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz announced that he would investigate whether any current or former officials engaged in an “improper attempt to have DOJ seek to alter the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.” Maloney said Tuesday that she has asked that Meadows and the former Justice Department officials involved in the pressure campaign appear for transcribed interviews before the committee."

When will these traitors be held accountable for their crimes? When? This was a deliberate attempt by Trump and his henchmen to overthrow the results of an election. Yet, no one held accountable? No one?

The effort to expose Wells Fargo egregious deceptive trade practices continues. Several years ago to determinedly apply renewed pressure on our truly worthless, egregiously self-serving Texas Attorney General, now Governor, an excoriating email was sent to the bastard. Copies of which were also passed on to both offending Wells Fargo officers. A copy was also sent to the Davis campaign and others at the time.

Voters did have a right to know as Attorney General, the GOP candidate for Governor apparently selectively investigated, or not, bona fide complaints filed by citizens against banks too big to fail. Possibly, Wells Fargo could have lined his pockets in some fashion. That has yet to be determined.

The bastard and his office, no matter what, failed to respond to the complaint originally snail mailed several years ago. This material, figuratively targeting Wells Fargo and the governor 'wannabe' now Governor, had been posted and can be found by scrolling all the way down and clicking on the links well below. ... Governor? Wells Fargo bribe you to look the other way?

Will continue to do all I can to publicly expose this to all, both in this publication and elsewhere. Have done precisely that with the following email sent to Matt Turner, Matt Turner Video Services, Marble Falls, TX. A copy of it was also sent to Wells Fargo officer Amanda Wright. She has, indeed, been promoted branch manager. Reverse Darwinism. Survival of the unfittest.

This young woman has indeed been rewarded by the Wells Fargo corporate management suite for engaging in criminal deceptive trade practices and her undying loyalty to her corporate masters. The process to update those already informed of this fiasco has finally been completed. This latest material can be found by clicking onWells Fargo Deceptive Trade Practices Salvo 240, 2-8-19 .

-- Despite the fact these businesses were, and are, being egregiously f--ked by these very same bastards. Tough, isn't it? Impossible to entertain any sympathy for cowardice, however. Especially in view of the fact this writer has placed himself in great jeopardy taking on these corrupt, abusive, inept criminal bastards. Alone.

Exactly, why you see no investigative material highly critical of these sons of bitches in other local rags. Sadly, cowardly, all advertising income immediately dries up. Consequently, the bastards continue their criminal chicanery with impunity. On a rampage. Thus, you get what you truly deserve. Always. Precisely, why this earlier name change to Liberty In Peril remains appropriate. -- Despite the fact this writer has not yet left the area. Ten years after originally intending to do so. Thirty years in this goddamned godforsaken hellhole.

This writer, then and now, remains primarily interested in state, federal, and international issues. Another reason for this publication name change. Despite the fact I stupidly cluelessly remain here, local issues must be addressed. Can't be ignored. That's where you come in dear readers. Have the courage to inform this writer of local abuse, corruption, ineptness you are aware of, have personally experienced.

... Information these criminal bastards do all they can to conceal, cover up. Otherwise, how can they effectively sustain the charade and intended result? Loot confiscation through a boot heel on the throat of the citizenry.

The only way, short of an unwanted dreaded second American revolution, to force badly-needed change is to expose all this to the light of day. These bastards are beginning to understand they have a problem. No question, the growing rage of those they've abused, looted, egregiously f--ked. It's time to stand up. Expose this corruption to glaring sunlight. Otherwise, as fools, cowards, you will remain under their thumb. From the loftiest business owner to those on the bottom of the food chain. Wake up. Grow a pair.

Still don't think that likely to happen. After all, you're bought and paid for. Owned. Not only by your government masters, but their masters. The corporate management suite. Your employers. Think not? Wake up. You're human chattel. Corporate-owned, bought and paid for. Precisely, why you cowardly, compliantly, literally bare your asses for corporate inspection by the company doctor. Willingly, compliantly, cowardly piss in a cup under employer supervision. To sit in front of a keyboard or stock shelves all day. You have no control of your lives. You're owned. Forget? For a measly salary, no job security, reduced to no benefits. At a time of record corporate profits and cash reserves.

Then, you gallingly complain about the oppression as you tolerate egregious theft of your labor. Not only by your corporate masters, but their bought and paid for government lackeys. Too cowardly to stand up, allow disclosure of your identity when you rightfully complain to this publication of being mercilessly f--ked. Some of you falsely arrested, criminally assaulted, bogusly fined for 'offenses' you did not commit. To line County coffers. Keep the peasants in line and under control. A fascist police-state. Nazi America.

Again, yet another reason why this publication is called Liberty In Peril. Most galling? Nothing changes if you fail to step up and challenge corrupt, abusive, inept authority. Too afraid, cowardly compliant to let the bastards know who you are. Did it ever occur to the cowards out there if the identity of the accuser is kept under wraps the bastards will falsely claim it's all made up by this publication? Thus, conveniently killing all credibility. Wake up.

Cowardice is unbecoming, unworthy of our formerly great country. Insult to injury? There are the hopelessly deranged who believe the chicanery reported here to be manufactured anyway. No matter the effort. No matter the research. No matter the proof. Wake up. This writer cannot do it alone. Snowball's chance in hell. Then again, cowardice, delusion is always amply, justly rewarded. Always. You continue to 'enjoy' the very best government money can buy. Literally.

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