"She Was A Child!" White House Decries Police Shooting Of Knife-Wielding Black Teen

https://www.zerohedge.com/poli...l-shooting-teen-girl

While not entirely surprising to those who can fog a mirror, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki's response to the police shooting of a knife-wielding black teen in Columbus suggests either she did not view the video of the event, or The White House could not give two f**ks about facts when there's racial division and anti-cop hatred narratives to sow.

Specifically, Psaki called the fatal police shooting of the teenage girl, "tragic" and said that President Biden has been briefed on the matter.

“The killing of 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant by Columbus police is tragic. She was a child. We are thinking of her friends and family and the communities that are grieving her loss,” Psaki said at a briefing when asked whether Biden had been briefed on the shooting, replying in the affirmative.

Then Psaki piled on, noting that Ma'Khia's death came amid a moment of hope for progress in fighting racism in policing:

“We know that police violence disproportionately impacts Black and Latino communities and that Black women and girls, like Black men and boys, experience higher rates of police violence. We also know that there are particular vulnerabilities that children in foster care like Ma'Khia face."

Even Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther (a Democrat) understood the context, saying at a news conference:

“We know, based on this footage, the officer took action to protect another young girl in our community. But a family is grieving tonight."

Indeed they are, but the family of girl who was about to be killed by the "peaceful" teen who was shot by the police are also likely extremely thankful for law enforcement's swift action to save their daughter's life.

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Yesterday's guilty verdicts in the George Floyd murder case will almost certainly send former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin to prison for the rest of his life once the sentence is finally handed down next month. But already more police shootings are capturing the nation's attention.

Roughly one week after the Civilian Office of Police Accountability of Chicago released body camera footage depicting the shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo, sparking national outrage, footage of yet another police shooting of a teenager has just been released.

Columbus police on Tuesday night released bodycam footage showing an officer’s fatal shooting of a 16-year-old girl earlier in the day. Police have not identified the teen, but family members told 10TV she was Ma’Khia Bryant. Bryant’s aunt told The Columbus Dispatch that Bryant lived on the block at a foster home.

In a social media post, Bryant’s mother described her daughter as a "peaceful, loving little girl" who had a "motherly nature about her" and "promoted peace."

The shooting has already sparked protests in the city that threaten to spread nationwide.

The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is conducting an independent probe of the shooting according to Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther.

The truncated video begins at the moment the officer exits his vehicle and then encounters the teen who appears to be armed with a knife while chasing another girl outside of a home.

Seconds into the encounter, the girl who was being chased falls on the lawn in front of the cop. The officer screams at the girl wielding the knife to "get down".

As the teen swings the weapon toward the second girl, the officer fires several shots, striking the teen. In the video, a black-handled blade resembling a kitchen knife can be seen in the video lying on the sidewalk next to the girl.

Police were called to the home at around 1645ET on Tuesday with reports of an attempted stabbing.

In the video below, which depicts a police press briefing where the video was played, the relevant footage begins at around the four-minute forty-five-seconds mark.

LeBron James Tweets Image Of Columbus Cop, Threatens "You're Next"

https://www.zerohedge.com/poli...threatens-youre-next

Of course, knowing the facts is racist and assuming the only reason that the police officer "murdered" this "peaceful" teen was "systemic racism" is how we are being trained to think... and that appears to have triggered wannabe social-justice-warrior (and basketball player) LeBron James who tweeted an image of the suspected police officer (CNN reported him as Nicholas Reardon) in the incident to his millions of Twitter followers... with the threat "you're next".

James clearly got told, presumably by his lawyers (or Jack Dorsey or quite frankly, any sane rational human being) to take that down and just 20 minutes later, the basketball star deleted this disgusting tweet.

more at link.

The following thought is why I would never be allowed to be supreme ruler of the nation. That said, I think turn about is fair play with these rioters. Were I king and didn't want streets red and slippery, I'd organize my own mob of righteously indignant citizens. I'd had them quietly arrive at the protest and each member of my mob would choose a member of the agitating mob and shadow that individual all the way home. Once we know where they all live then we protest and harass them where they live. I think it wouldn't take long before they got the message.

I understand it's fantasy. The truth is I am not that patient and would likely choose to scatter the mob from a distance.

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Va. Police Department Fires Cop Over Donation to Kyle Rittenhouse Legal Fund
The VA police are going after a LEO who donated $25 to Kyle Rittenhouse

Just Wow!

That does not surprise me one bit...

It is Norfolk, VA

A destitute run down squalor of a City
The epitome of a third world sh**t hole

The irony is that the guy worked Internal Affairs.

If it would not be for Dam Neck, Norfolk Naval Station etc.. The place would be like Detroit when all the auto plants left.

I would rather walk a beat, or sight see in Helmand or downtown Kandahar and feel safer than Newport News or Norfolk

Norfolk VA has issues. Firing that cop isn’t going to make Norfolk any better. A few years ago a friend of mine was shot and killed by Norfolk PD. The guy lost his job, wife and basically lost his mind all in one night. He refused to comply during a standoff, killed a police K9 and was then shot. For a long time I was mad at Norfolk PD for releasing a dog on someone in that mindset and situation but ultimately my friend died because of the actions he made and his refusal to comply. It’s a damn shame so many people in this county cannot seem to look past the color of ones skin and focus on the content of their character. Why is it so hard for them to grasp the concept of personal responsibility and accountability?

I won’t say on this public forum what I think should happen to the rioters. I’ll just say I am 100% beyond sick of their stupid bullshit.

I think it should be weapons free on rioters and looters. Kill a few thousand of them and that will be a good start.

No one has the balls to give the order.

Maybe what needs to happen is that a business owner whose business has been destroyed identifies the rioters then loots & destroys their homes. This shit will stop real quick then.

How long have some of these cities like Portland been rioting? A year? Taking over, setting fire to & damaging government buildings? Where the hell else on earth is that allowed?

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It’s a damn shame so many people in this county cannot seem to look past the color of ones skin and focus on the content of their character. Why is it so hard for them to grasp the concept of personal responsibility and accountability?

That sums it up right there. And it’s because the Democrats, starting with LBJ and the great society, have told them they don’t have to take responsibility for themselves. All they have to do is vote Democrat.

Black trans lives matter protesters and cops came to blows Thursday night after the protesters apparently sprayed a statue near Columbus Circle - and at the entrance of Central Park - with anti-cop graffiti and red paint resembling blood.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ne...ultiple-arrests.html

Here's an idea on how to make the criminals want the police back:

Shut down all police departments, all law abiding citizens receive an AR-15 and Glock 19 with 1,000 rounds of .223 and 500 rounds of 9mm. Open season on criminals.

The criminals will be the ones wishing the police were still around...

My thought was that once President Trump had won re-election, he would make sure a real DOJ was in place and start prosecuting antifa and black lies matter for the criminals they are. But the election was stolen so that couldn't happen.

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Here's an idea on how to make the criminals want the police back:

Shut down all police departments, all law abiding citizens receive an AR-15 and Glock 19 with 1,000 rounds of .223 and 500 rounds of 9mm. Open season on criminals.

The criminals will be the ones wishing the police were still around...

My thought was that once President Trump had won re-election, he would make sure a real DOJ was in place and start prosecuting antifa and black lies matter for the criminals they are. But the election was stolen so that couldn't happen.

Also make gated communities/property illegal, force them to tear down walls/fences and make private security illegal. Watch Hollyweird elites and the like shit themselves.

Sorry Ted, you let the Genie out of the bottle. Orange man bad is gone, now try to put it back in.


Portland mayor: Time to ‘take our city back’ from violent protesters

https://nypost.com/2021/04/24/...-violent-protesters/

The mayor of Portland, Ore. has asked for the public’s help putting an end to the violent protests that have ravaged his city since Black Lives Matter riots first erupted last spring.

“They want to burn, they want bash, they want to intimidate, they want to assault,” Mayor Ted Wheeler said Friday, while announcing the city would extend its state of emergency through Monday.

“If BLM leaders can show the courage to stand up to this mob, then we all should,” said the mayor, singling out the “the self-described anarchist mob” responsible for “criminal intimidation and violence.”

“Together we can make a stand … and take our city back.”

“Our job is to unmask them, arrest them and prosecute them,” Wheeler said of the violent offenders. “If you have any information, please contact the police.”

Portland has suffered yet another wave of violence over the past week, according to reports.

Last Friday night, a riot erupted with fires and gunshots. A mob destroyed windows at the First Christian Church and the Oregon Historical Society, while the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall was defaced with anti-cop graffiti.

And on Monday night, rioters caused nearly $20,000 worth of damage to a local Boys and Girls Club.

haha. he wants the public's support for taking back the city? he unleashed the violent blm, who took over the city, on the public. and the public either condoned it or were left to fend for themselves.

this is the public from which he pleads for support? Ha!

Remove him from office first. Someone who uses the BLM for political gains should be tried as traitors and terrorists.

Wheeler is a feckless cockwomble. I'm surprised he's still in office. He may as well not be, as seriously as anyone takes him.

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“If BLM leaders can show the courage to stand up to this mob, then we all should,” said the mayor, singling out the “the self-described anarchist mob” responsible for “criminal intimidation and violence.”

This idiot knows damn well that BLM is the mob responsible for the criminal intimidation and violence but he's too much of a coward to say it.

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Va. Police Department Fires Cop Over Donation to Kyle Rittenhouse Legal Fund
The VA police are going after a LEO who donated $25 to Kyle Rittenhouse

Just Wow!

Just thinking, what would happen if a donation like this was sent in the name of some progressive?

On what basis was he fired? This is what passes for reasonable, even to the mentally defective left? How does the police chief explain why a kid was left to defend a place against rioters when that should have been done by adult LE? Isn’t he at least a little embarrassed that a kid is filling in the shoes of professional LE?

^^^^^^. Yeah, that one screams wrongful termination if all he did was contribute something money to a cause. There either has to be more to the story or the City can expect to cut a nice check to the former cop.