Following the tragic death of George Floyd while in the custody of the Minneapolis police department, corporations and sports teams have been tripping over each other in a game of wokesmanship. Sports commentator and former basketball star Charles Barkley says it&#8217;s becoming a &#8220;circus.&#8221;
Speaking with <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/power-lunch/">CNBC’s Power Lunch</a> on Friday, Barkley said sports organizations should focus more on real, tangible issues instead of cheap sloganeering.
“We need police reform, we need prison reform,” he said. “My concern is turning this into a circus instead of trying to do some good stuff.”
Last week, the NBA announced that it would be permitting players to emblazon their jerseys with social justice messages when the shortened season begins in Orlando, Florida. Barkley believes that sports fans should be given a break from that, given the hardships they face from COVID-19.
“The last thing they want to do is turn on the television and hear arguments all the time. It’s going to be very interesting to see how the public reacts,” he said.
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&#8220;I think you’d have to be foolish to think we could go that whole three months without getting positive tests, but I think we are all flying in the dark right now and I don’t think anybody knows what’s going to happen,&#8221; he said. &#8220;That’s a lot of money for these players&#8230; and they can put it back in their community. So I think that’s the main reason to play.&#8221;
The collective losses for two years could be up to $2 billion for the NBA players.
On the issue of kids returning back to school in the fall, Barkley said that he fears prolonged closures would be detrimental to children.
“You’d have to be a fool to think your kids will be safe in school right now,” he said. “A lot of kids who are at home don’t have access to the internet. That really makes the gap between the rich and poor even more so. This is a critical time in our country,” he added.
“I just hope we get some adults who know what they are doing and stop screwing around and dividing our country,” he added.
Last month, Charles Barkley condemned the &#8220;Defund the Police&#8221; movement by praising the many police officers who do a good job.
“We need the cops, most of the cops do a fantastic job, but instead of defunding and all this other stuff, let’s just do police reform. Everybody should be on board for that whether you’re a Democrat, Republican, conservative or liberal,” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/charles-barkley-dismisses-defund-police-movement-most-cops-do-a-fantastic-job">he said</a>.
“The Democrats and the Republicans can’t even talk about police reform,” he continued. “That’s the number one thing they should do before they do anything else. That’s something we have been talking about since [former NFL quarterback Colin] Kaepernick kneeled, and these clowns in the Democratic Party and Republican Party, that’s the number one thing they should do before they do anything else.&#8221;
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The Match: Champions For Charity

Charles Barkley: Sports Could Become A Woke ‘Circus’

Charles Barkley

George Floyd

Former US Ambassador Ken Blackwell says voters must hold their leaders responsible for unrest and violence that has left hundreds of stores smashed, looted, and burned in major American cities.
In recent weeks, violent riots have ravaged cities across the United States and sympathetic local officials have stepped back as activists have taken over city blocks. As homicides have spiked, some officials have attempted to use the pandemic to cover up for years of high murder rates.
“It’s time that these local communities make folks pay for an absence of leadership. They must change leadership. They must say enough is enough,” Blackwell told The Daily Wire. Blackwell has a decades-long record of public service, including as the ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council and as Mayor of Cincinnati from 1979-80.
Protests swept the country in May after George Floyd, a black man, died in police custody on Memorial Day. Cell phone video of the incident showed a Minneapolis police officer kneeling on Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes. The officer’s conduct was widely condemned by police groups and public safety experts, and the officer himself has been charged with second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
Black Lives Matter activists and some public officials led calls to “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/opinion/sunday/floyd-abolish-defund-police.html">abolish</a>” police departments. In Minneapolis, the city council <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/minneapolis-city-council-advances-plan-to-abolish-police-department-11593188831">voted</a> to remove the city’s police to help undo “longstanding systemic oppression, racial oppression,” according to councilman Jeremiah Ellison.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, both Democrats, approved significant cuts to their cities’ respective police departments. The extra funding, they said, will be diverted to social programs targeting minority communities.
Accusations of systemic racism allow local officials to claim they care about black communities while ignoring the real threat to black people: communities left vulnerable by a lack of law enforcement and prosecutions against criminal behavior, according to Blackwell.
“Every single one of these cities have been run by Democrats, in some cases as long as 40 years. And the reality is when you look at the numbers, most of these black Americans that are being slaughtered have been killed by other men and women of color,” Blackwell said. “The second that a black man dies in police custody, left-leaning actors and politicians begin calling for sweeping reforms to combat the boogeyman of racial inequality and systemic racism, even when they know perfectly well that the deaths don’t reflect that.”
“I really think we have to shine a spotlight on the reality in these major cities that if black lives really matter to the left and to Black Lives Matter incorporated, they should be leading peaceful protests demanding that these folks at the local and state level do their jobs,” Blackwell continued.
As riots ripped through Minneapolis, Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey ordered police officers to abandon one of the cities precincts. Arsonists took over the building and burned it to the ground along with numerous other structures. Preliminary estimates <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/federal-government-denies-disaster-aid-for-minneapolis-riots-11594513653">say</a> that fires caused $15 million in damage.
In Seattle, Mayor Jenny Durkin allowed activists to take over six city blocks for over a month as they demonstrated for sweeping reforms. Durkin removed police from the area and allowed vandalism and crime to run rampant. She eventually ordered police to take back over the area after a bloody weekend when several people, including a 17-year-old boy, were killed.
“If you just go back to the last 90 days and the rash of acts of domestic terrorism and criminality that visited many of these cities, I mean people saw their livelihoods go up in flames. Others were afraid to leave their homes, and many who depend on public transportation no longer have a community pharmacy or a convenience store for these essentials like food and medicine,” Blackwell said.
“This disruption was caused by folks, not protesting the wrongful death of George Floyd, but these were professional disrupters and anarchists committed to this notion of fundamentally transforming America. And they don’t do it based on numbers or any discernable pattern of systemic racism,” Blackwell continued.
Blackwell says that voters must punish local and state officials that have failed to protect the citizens and communities they govern. The best way to heal black communities and others in the wake of rampant violence is to change the combative attitude toward police that is being pushed by leaders in cities such as Atlanta, St. Louis, and Chicago.
“I am fond of saying that capital is for cowards. People don’t invest capital in unsafe environments, and so in order to turn these communities around economically, we must in fact make sure that we convert them from killing fields to fields of opportunity, to fields of dreams,” Blackwell said.
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Protesters Demonstrate In D.C.

‘Enough Is Enough’: Former Mayor Says Local Officials Should ‘Pay’ For Disappearing During Riots

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The Trump administration rejected a $500 million federal aid request from Minnesota after Democrat Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Democrat Mayor Jacob Frey failed to stop significant damage from being inflicted on the city in response to the death of George Floyd.
“We’re asking our federal partners to step up and help our communities recover,” Walz said in a statement at the start of the month. “We need to come together to ensure Minnesotans who were victims of this destruction have access to critical infrastructure they need so they can go to the grocery store, pick up their medication, and live their lives. Together, we will rebuild.”
Estimates provided by the state said that an estimated 1,500 businesses were destroyed by violent rioters who burned down many of the businesses and looted countless stores. The state said that the estimated damage exceeded $500 million.
The Trump administration reportedly did not approve the request after the Democrat mayor and governor failed to stop the damage from happening in the first place.
“The Governor is disappointed that the federal government declined his request for financial support,” Walz&#8217;s office said in a statement. “As we navigate one of the most difficult periods in our state’s history, we look for support from our federal government to help us through.”
After Floyd&#8217;s death, violent left-wing rioters attacked Minneapolis&#8217;s 3rd Precinct station and Frey ordered the police to stand down and retreat.
The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/03/us/minneapolis-government-george-floyd.html">reported</a>:
<blockquote>As the night wore on, dozens of buildings burst into flames, without a fire crew in sight. A six-story apartment building that was still under construction collapsed into a ball of fire. A high-tech factory was set ablaze. Residents called 911 desperate for help, but dispatchers were overwhelmed.
Over three nights, a five-mile stretch of Minneapolis sustained extraordinary damage. The police precinct house itself was set on fire, after the mayor gave orders to evacuate the building. A month later, the city is still struggling to understand what happened and why: Not since the 1992 unrest in Los Angeles has an American city suffered such destructive riots.</blockquote>
The Minneapolis city government, which is controlled by Democrats, has repeatedly demonized police officers and members of the city council have advocated for defunding the police department in recent weeks even as violent crime has <a href="https://freebeacon.com/national-security/are-minneapoliss-police-protests-causing-a-crime-wave/">surged</a> since Floyd&#8217;s death.
Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender was asked by CNN following the Democrats&#8217; calls for defunding the police department what people should do if their homes are broken into.
Bender <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-minneapolis-city-council-president-asked-who-to-call-if-someone-breaks-into-your-house-after-dismantling-police-says-step-back-check-your-privileg">responded</a> by saying, “Yes, I mean, I hear that loud and clear from a lot of my neighbors, and I know, and myself too, and I know that that comes from a place of privilege because, for those of us for whom the system is working, I think we need to step back and imagine what it would feel like to already live in that reality where calling the police may mean more harm is done.”
Bender later <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-grills-minneapolis-city-council-president-how-do-you-stop-killers-without-police-she-struggles-to-respond">struggled</a> in a separate interview on CNN to explain what should happen in a killer was running around on the loose shooting people.
While members of the Minneapolis City Council were advocating for defunding the police department many of them were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/minneapolis-city-council-oks-charter-amendment-to-cut-police-some-of-them-now-get-private-security-after-threats">receiving</a> expensive private security protection at taxpayer expense.
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MINNEAPOLISPOLICEDEATH

Trump Denies Federal Aid Request From Minnesota After Democrat Governor, Mayor Fail To Stop Damage, Report Says

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Police officers are asking for help in the search for the assailants who attacked Ohio man Eldon Hawkins, who is 58 years old and has cerebral palsy, during a violent left-wing protest on May 31, shortly following the death of George Floyd.
Floyd died after an arrest back in May, triggering left-wing Black Lives Matter and Antifa activists to protest, loot, and destroy property in cities across the nation.
Columbus Police have released compiled video footage (see below) of the violent attack, asking citizens to identify those involved.
After Hawkins visited a local Arby&#8217;s restaurant and accidentally missed the street he was supposed to turn on, the video shows a group of protesters swarm the man&#8217;s car. Hawkins attempts to back up and leave the area but, instead, accidentally hits a wheel of a protester&#8217;s bike.
That&#8217;s when the protesters trashed Hawkins&#8217; car with him still inside, an attack which included the throwing of a bicycle at his front windshield, opening his car doors, and stealing goods from his truck.
Moreover, according to <a href="https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/man-with-cerebral-palsy-attacked-during-protests-police-searching-for-persons-of-interest">ABC 6 On Your Side</a>, police said the protesters &#8220;acted violently toward others who came to help the man and stop the violence.&#8221;
Hawkins is not remaining silent about the attack.
The victim described what happened during a Columbus City Council meeting on Monday and slammed the protesters for their violence and vandalism.
&#8220;As Hawkins remembers it, he was driving east on Broad Street to his Downtown apartment after visiting an Arby’s restaurant in Franklinton,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dispatch.com/news/20200708/protesters-turned-on-man-in-car">The Columbus Dispatch</a> noted, citing Hawkins&#8217; testimony. &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y43RbW90eM">The video</a> shows that he had passed High Street and was blocked. He backed his vehicle up at a low speed and struck a person on a bicycle with his back bumper.&#8221;
Then his car was swarmed. “They threw a bicycle on my windshield and started kicking my doors and windows. It scared the life out of me,” said Hawkins.
According to the victim, there were “some nice people who came and pulled me out of the car.&#8221;
“It’s one thing to protest, but when people start breaking windows and spray painting the F-word, that’s turning this beautiful city into a dive,” Hawkins criticized.
The 58-year-old recalled protesting with his father, a union man, years ago. “We did not break one window, and we did not spray paint foul language, because this is our city,” he said. “If troublemakers don’t like it, they can leave.”
As noted by ABC 6 On Your Side, the Columbus Division of Police is asking anyone with knowledge about the assailants&#8217; identifies to please call Det. Steven Nace at 614-645-2119. The Dispatch also noted that anonymous tips can be passed along through Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS (8477).
WATCH (warning: graphic content):
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Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-protesters-storm-baptist-church-harass-children-assault-parishioners-hows-your-head-feel-pastor">WATCH: Protesters Storm Baptist Church, Harass Children, Assault Parishioners: ‘How’s Your Head Feel, Pastor?’</a>
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A protester holds a placard that says Black Lives Matter

Disturbing Video Shows Disabled Man Violently Attacked By Protesters. Now He’s Speaking Out.

The “Great Awokening” – the bizarre combination of hypersensitivity and inhuman cruelty among left-wing social justice mobs – is not a grassroots political movement, and certainly not an anti-establishment revolution. It’s performance art organized by and for America’s progressive elites. It may look angry and unpredictable and subversive, but for the elites who run America’s cultural, academic, political, media, and entertainment institutions, it’s about as threatening as a spa day.
Let me break down this farce for you.
Deep down, what do leftist elites really care about? No, not social justice or racism or economic inequality. What they really care about is their own power, privilege, and prestige.
Now, how do the George Floyd protests threaten any of that? Are reporters at the New York Times or directors in Hollywood or Silicon Valley billionaires or corporate CEOs or tenured academics or Joe Biden threatened by calls for police reform? Of course not. Everyone is for sensible police reform, on the left and the right.
Ok. What about the uglier side of the anti-police demonstrations &#8211; the rioting and looting and statue destruction and the quasi-religious demands for “anti-racist” rhetoric and atonement for “white privilege”? Again, what cost does this impose on Democratic or progressive elites? Words are cheap, after all.
Corporate PR departments can easily switch their Twitter avatars to black boxes or rainbow flags, and add “Black Lives Matter” or whatever other hashtag-of-the-day to their websites without giving up any of their power. Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer can have photo-ops wearing African kente cloths and “Like” Colin Kaepernick’s Instagram posts… but the leaders of the Democratic Party are still the same septuagenarian white, millionaire insiders they have always been. Hollywood stars stuck in their mansions during the COVID quarantines have been more than willing to film themselves acting ashamed and “taking responsibility” for America’s sins, but… will they be asked to hand their next blockbuster movie or TV series over to actors of a different race, ethnicity, or gender identity? Of course not.
To progressive elites, this supposed “long hot summer” is more like a long, hot bath.
They’re demanding we erase the names of Confederate generals from our public spaces. But they’re silent on renaming elite institutions like Yale, Georgetown, and Rice Universities, whose founders were up to their ears in slavery. Why? Well, you see, because those are their institutions (not like military bases with all those guns and patriotism – ick!). Progressives control those elite institutions and confer prestige and privilege onto young progressives. To change those names would cost the woke elites the exclusive cultural cache they really care about and jealously hoard.
Socialists don’t have any problem with concentrating elite power, so long as they hang on to it. They’re fine with a mob mentality and even with mob violence, so long as it’s your power and freedom and property and job and reputation they are attacking.
The Left’s violence and hypocrisy are a threat, but – to conservatives – they are also an opportunity: an opportunity for conservatives to show the American people that they don’t have to be afraid, and can stand up to these bullies. The core truth about mobs is that they are all cowards at heart. As menacing as they seem, they only do what their victims let them get away with.
It’s up to us to tell them no. To tell these entitled frauds that the party is over, and to start taking back our streets. It’s not enough to tweet our support for the cops or vote for President Trump in the fall. We have to be as present as the mob and answer their hate for America with our love for America. Where are the demonstrations for Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses Grant? Where are the protests against the protesters and for our police?
Most Americans are not professional agitators. Most Americans have more important things to do – raising their kids, holding down their job (or jobs), paying the bills, maybe saving for a house or college tuitions. But the freedom to do those things may well depend on keeping the mob at bay. The Left is very openly trying to unmake America; if we want to keep our republic, we’re going to have to stand up for it.
The Democrat elite has already capitulated to the mob, to the violence and the terror. It’s up to Republicans to seize this moment, speak out and defend America’s communities from lawlessness – or their voters will soon find someone else who will. And this may very well be President Trump’s seminal moment – when his call to “Make America Great Again” becomes a call to unite in our love for each other and for our America.
Jim DeMint is chairman of the Conservative Partnership Institute, author of <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.amazon.com_Saving-2DAmerica-2DSocialism-2DProgressive-2DAttacks_dp_1642932809&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=cnx1hdOQtepEQkpermZGwQ&amp;r=AA442jMvbCURPtZiNmMNtJBnripGQYCHw7_DqJFkmec&amp;m=QAyOpesfRTD8fHPyzMg2wJDY7tRK0RYHs4s-jBXxFbg&amp;s=s3vEXTMlnswxSQp11Y-13Y-GLczny59ELjbnMq4wur8&amp;e=" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u%3Dhttps-3A__www.amazon.com_Saving-2DAmerica-2DSocialism-2DProgressive-2DAttacks_dp_1642932809%26d%3DDwMFaQ%26c%3Dcnx1hdOQtepEQkpermZGwQ%26r%3DAA442jMvbCURPtZiNmMNtJBnripGQYCHw7_DqJFkmec%26m%3DQAyOpesfRTD8fHPyzMg2wJDY7tRK0RYHs4s-jBXxFbg%26s%3Ds3vEXTMlnswxSQp11Y-13Y-GLczny59ELjbnMq4wur8%26e%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1594307647123000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHVcPcokgpJOKV8eCexK0C_GJCZIg">Saving America From Socialism</a>, and currently serves on President Trump&#8217;s Economic Recovery Taskforce. He is a former U.S. senator from South Carolina.
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DE MINT: Trump Can Unite America Against the Woke Mobs

Antifa

Woke

Video captured on Sunday night appears to show Detroit police officers attempting to drive through a crowd of protesters who surrounded and climbed on top the vehicle, after the back window was shattered, according to police spokesperson Sgt. Nicole Kirkwood.
A report form the Detroit Free Press said the incident occurred at around 9:30 p.m. on Sunday night following a protest at Patton Park.
&#8220;As protesters were trying to return to the park, police allegedly set up a roadblock — and that&#8217;s when things turned violent,&#8221; <a href="https://www.theblaze.com/news/video-detroit-police-plow-through-protesters?utm_content=buffere1f90&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=tw-theblaze">The Blaze</a> noted. &#8220;The video shows the police car accelerating through the crowd as protesters began pounding on the vehicle and some hoisted themselves up on the hood. The car started and stopped aggressively in apparent attempt to fling the individuals off the vehicle and clear the path.&#8221;
The footage shows protesters both in front of the police vehicle or on top the hood as the officers drive forward, seemingly attempting to shake off the individuals by breaking quickly.
Sgt. Kirkwood told <a href="https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/video-shows-detroit-police-cruiser-plowing-into-demonstrators-during-sunday-night-protest" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-ol-has-click-handler="">WJBK-TV</a> that authorities &#8220;were attempting to redirect traffic when the crowd of protesters became agitated and surrounded the vehicle,&#8221; The Blaze noted, adding that the spokeswomen said protesters smashed the rear window of the police vehicle.
The video reportedly first appeared online from a social media user named Ethan Ketner, who claims to be one of the involved protesters.
&#8220;Detroit Police Department just ran straight through a bunch of our protesters,&#8221; Ketner posted via <a href="https://www.facebook.com/eketner/videos/10222888863632001/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-ol-has-click-handler="">Facebook</a>. &#8220;Myself and 10-12 others were struck by this reckless driver who somehow has a badge. Someone was trapped on the hood and eventually tossed as the officer swerved to throw him off.&#8221;
&#8220;These officers drove into our protest after we walked past their vehicles,&#8221; he added. &#8220;They did not need to drive past us for emergency purposes because they had other officers on the other side ready. This was a clear act of aggression.&#8221;
Last month, protests over the death of George Floyd quickly turned violent across the nation. Floyd, who is black, died following an arrest that, according to viral video, shows a police officer holding his knee on the 46-year-old’s neck for more than eight minutes.
Since Floyd’s death, all four officers involved in the arrest have been fired, the FBI and Department of Justice have opened official investigations, and Derek Chauvin, the officer at the center of the incident, was taken into custody and charged with second-degree murder.
Following the first week of unrest, Terrance Floyd, brother to the deceased, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/george-floyd-brother-urges-peace-says-message-getting-lost-in-rioting-my-brother-was-about-peace">called for peace</a>.
“I just had to come down here to speak to people and let people know that, just channel your anger elsewhere,” he said. “Don’t tear up your town, all of this is not necessary, because if his own family and blood is not doing it, then why are you? If his own family and blood are trying to deal with it and be positive about it, and go another route to seek justice, then why are you out here tearing up your community?”
“Because when you’re finished and turn around and then you wanna to go buy something, you done tore it up,” added Terrance. “So now you messed up your own living arrangements. So just relax. Justice will be served.”
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Detroit Police Department drove into 10-12 protesters including myself. Multiple people are going to the hospital. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NoJusticeNoPeace?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NoJusticeNoPeace</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/detroitpolice?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#detroitpolice</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GeorgeFloyd?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GeorgeFloyd</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BreonnaTayor?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BreonnaTayor</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PoliceBrutality?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PoliceBrutality</a> <a href="https://t.co/etj3a6ejzN">pic.twitter.com/etj3a6ejzN</a>
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Protests Continue Around Detroit After Police Officer Allegedly Punched Woman

WATCH: Officers Drive Through Crowd Of Protesters After Back Window Shattered

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John Wayne’s son has blasted a new move by California Democrats demanding that Orange County’s John Wayne Airport be renamed because they feel the famed western actor uttered “racist and bigoted statements” nearly 50 years ago.
&#8220;Let me make one thing clear &#8212; John Wayne was not a racist. I know that term is casually tossed around these days, but I take it very seriously. I also understand how we got to this point,&#8221; Ethan Wayne said in a statement to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/john-wayne-son-responds-resolution-airport-renamed">Fox News</a> on Monday.
&#8220;There is no question that the words spoken by John Wayne in an interview 50 years ago have caused pain and anger,&#8221; Ethan said, referring to the late actor’s 1971 interview with Playboy. &#8220;They pained him as well, as he realized his true feelings were wrongly conveyed. The truth is, as we have seen in papers from his archives, he did not support &#8216;white supremacy&#8217; in any way and believed that responsible people should gain power without the use of violence,&#8221; Wayne said.
&#8220;Those who knew him, knew he judged everyone as an individual and believed everyone deserved an equal opportunity,&#8221; Ethan added. &#8220;He called out bigotry when he saw it. He hired and worked with people of all races, creeds, and sexual orientations. John Wayne stood for the very best for all of us &#8212; a society that doesn’t discriminate against anyone seeking the American dream.&#8221;
Wayne said it &#8220;would be an injustice to judge him based on a single interview, as opposed to the full picture of who he was.&#8221;
County Democrats on Friday passed a resolution demanding that the county’s airport be renamed, adding that all likenesses of Wayne &#8212; photos, statues, everything &#8212; be removed from the airport, which was named in John Wayne&#8217;s honor in 1979, shortly after the western actor died.
“The Democratic Party of Orange County condemns John Wayne’s racist and bigoted statements, and calls for John Waynes&#8217; [sic] name and likeness to be removed from the Orange County airport, and calls on the OC Board of Supervisors to restore its original name: Orange County Airport,” says the <a href="https://orangecountydemocrats.com/wp-content/uploads/RESOLUTION-TO-REMOVE-JOHN-WAYNE-FROM-ORANGE-COUNTY-AIRPORT.pdf">resolution</a>, passed Friday.
The board cited remarks Wayne made in a 1971 interview with Playboy.
“I believe in white supremacy until the blacks are educated to a point of responsibility. I don’t believe in giving authority and positions of leadership and judgment to irresponsible people,” he said in the interview 49 years ago. “I don’t feel guilty about the fact that five or 10 generations ago these people were slaves,” he said at another point.
The demand comes as liberals across the country are pushing to tear down monuments and rename buildings and institutions that they deem to be racist.
The Democrats&#8217; resolution applauds a “national movement to remove white supremacist symbols and names [that is] reshaping American institutions, monuments, businesses, nonprofits, sports leagues, and teams, as it is widely recognized that racist symbols produce lasting physical and psychological stress and trauma particularly to Black communities, people of color and other oppressed groups, and the removal of racist symbols provides a necessary process for communities to remember historic acts of violence and recognize victims of oppression.&#8221;
Wayne, who starred in dozens of movies, including “Stagecoach” in 1939 and “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” in 1962, also addressed Native Americans in his Playboy interview.
“I don’t feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. … [O]ur so-called stealing of this country from them was just a matter of survival,” he said. “There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.”
But Ethan Wayne said that portrayal is wrong.
&#8220;The current focus on social justice is absolutely valid and necessary. But attempts by some to use it for political advantage distract from real opportunities for reform,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;One thing we know – if John Wayne were here today, he would be in the forefront demanding fairness and justice for all people,&#8221; said Wayne&#8217;s son. &#8220;He would have pulled those officers off of George Floyd because that was the right thing to do. He would stand for everyone’s right to protest and work toward change.&#8221;
Floyd died on Memorial Day while in the custody of Minneapolis police.
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Colorado Rockies outfielder Ian Desmond announced Monday that he will be opting out of the league this year in a lengthy Instagram post that references George Floyd and decries racism in the MLB and his struggles as a mixed-race American.
&#8220;The image of Derek Chauvin&#8217;s knee on the neck of George Floyd, the gruesome murder of a Black man in the streets at the hands of a police officer, broke my coping mechanism,&#8221; Desmond posted via Instagram on Monday. &#8220;Suppressing my feelings became impossible.&#8221;
&#8220;In clubhouses we&#8217;ve got racist, sexist, homophobic jokes or flat-out problems,&#8221; the 11-season player continued. &#8220;We&#8217;ve got cheating. We&#8217;ve got a minority issue from the top down. One African American GM. Two African American managers. Less than 8% Black players. No Black majority team owners.&#8221;
&#8220;If baseball is America&#8217;s pastime, maybe it&#8217;s never been a more fitting one than now,&#8221; the outfielder said. &#8220;The golden rules of baseball&#8211;don&#8217;t have fun, don&#8217;t pimp home runs, don&#8217;t play with character. Those are white rules.&#8221;
“If we didn’t force Black Americans into white America’s box think how much more we could thrive,” he added.
Speaking of his experience as a biracial American, Desmond said he always dreaded &#8220;checking boxes&#8221; with regard to his race, often feeling like he didn&#8217;t totally fit in.
&#8220;The biracial seat is a completely unique experience,&#8221; he wrote, &#8220;and there are so many times you feel like you belong everywhere and nowhere at once. I knew I wasn&#8217;t walking around with the privilege of having white skin, but being raised by a white mother (an incredible mother), I never fully felt immersed in Black culture.&#8221;
&#8220;I almost always check Black,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Because I felt the prejudice. That&#8217;s what being Black meant to me: do you feel the hurt? Do you experience racism? Do you feel like you&#8217;re at a slight disadvantage?&#8221;
The 34-year-old cited the risks of COVID-19 and his need to be home to answer his &#8220;three boys&#8217; questions about Coronavirus and Civil Rights and life&#8221; as reasons for opting out this season.
&#8220;The COVID-19 pandemic has made this baseball season one that is a risk I am not comfortable taking,&#8221; Desmond wrote at the end of the post.
&#8220;With a pregnant wife and four young children who have lots of questions about what&#8217;s going on in the world, home is where I need to be right now,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Home for my wife, Chelsey. Home to help. Home to guide. Home to answer my older three boys&#8217; questions about Coronavirus and Civil Rights and life. Home to be their Dad.&#8221;
As noted by <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29385606/rockies-ian-desmond-opting-playing-2020-citing-high-risk-amid-pandemic">ESPN</a>, &#8220;Desmond had been due $5,555,556 for the prorated share of his $15 million salary, part of a $70 million, five-year contract, according to The Associated Press. He is owed $8 million next year, and his deal includes a $15 million team option for 2022 with a $2 million buyout.&#8221;
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Virginia Senate Democrats are proposing the reduction of the charge of assault on a police officer from a felony to a simple misdemeanor offense.
The proposal, one of 28 championed by the Virginia Senate Democratic Caucus to reform the state&#8217;s law enforcement systems, would get rid of the current law that considers an assault of a police officer a Class 6 felony and imposes a mandatory minimum term of confinement of six months.
The <a href="https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title18.2/chapter4/section18.2-57/">Virginia code</a> states:
<blockquote>If any person commits an assault or an assault and battery against another knowing or having reason to know that such other person is a judge, a magistrate, a law-enforcement officer … a correctional officer  … a volunteer firefighter or any emergency medical services personnel member who is employed by or is a volunteer of an emergency medical services agency or as a member of a bona fide volunteer fire department or volunteer emergency medical services agency … such person is guilty of a Class 6 felony, and, upon conviction, the sentence of such person shall include a mandatory minimum term of confinement of six months.</blockquote>
The Virginia Senate Democrats issued a statement reading, “The deaths of [George] Floyd, [Ahmaud] Arbery and [Breonna] Taylor have awoken Americans and Virginians to long-standing problems in policing in America. After people are arrested, additional damage is done by a criminal justice system that has been streamlined to produce convictions and punishment instead of rehabilitation and justice.”
As the <a href="https://forthuntherald.com/virginia-senate-democrats-consider-defelonizing-assault-against-law-enforcement-officers/?fbclid=IwAR31Gk5scNJWs55Z8zkvh9FjEVEuBNkJMbNwPz7Va_tiZsoKYuUsDpepjpk">Fort Hunt Herald</a> reported, “<a href="https://forthuntherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Virginia-Senate-Democratic-Caucus-VSDC-Memo-Criminal-Justice-Reform-Proposals.pdf">The Virginia Senate Democratic Caucus’ list of proposed reforms includes</a>:
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<li>Prohibit No Knock Warrants</li>
<li>Ban Sex With Individuals Arrested by Law Enforcement</li>
<li>Prohibit Hiring of Officers Fired or Resigned During Use of Force Investigations</li>
<li>Create a Decertification Procedure for Law Enforcement Officers*</li>
<li>Ban chokeholds and strangleholds</li>
<li>Require Attempts at De-escalation Prior to Use of Force</li>
<li>Require Warnings Before Shots Fired</li>
<li>Require Law Enforcement to Exhaust All Other Means Prior to Shooting</li>
<li>Create Duty to Intervene by Fellow Law Enforcement Officers</li>
<li>Prohibit Shooting at Moving Motor Vehicles</li>
<li>Require Departments to Create a Use of Force Continuum</li>
<li>Require Comprehensive Reporting by All Law Enforcement Agencies Including Use of Force Data</li>
<li>Defelonize Assault on Law Enforcement Officer (Return to Misdemeanor Offense)</li>
<li>Cancel HB599 Funding (Virginia supplemental funding for local police departments) After Local Police Have Disproportionate Use of Force Incidents in their Jurisdiction</li>
<li>Create Local Authority for a Marcus Alert System – System to Report Acute Mental Health Crises</li>
<li>Create Local Option for Citizen Review Board Empowered to Investigate, Fire and/or Discipline Officers</li>
<li>Confirm Prosecutors’ Authority to Drop Charges*</li>
<li>Enhance Courts’ Ability to Expunge Charges for Dismissed Charges, Substance Convictions and Pardoned Offenses*</li>
<li>Prohibit Searches of Person or Vehicle Based on Odor of Marijuana Without Probable Cause for Other Offenses*</li>
<li>Prohibit Stops for Equipment Violations Not Covered by State Vehicle Inspection</li>
<li>Secondary Offense For Dangling Objects, Extinguished Tag Light, Tinted Windows or Loud Exhaust</li>
<li>Jury Sentencing Only at Option of the Accused*</li>
<li>Eliminate Commonwealth’s Right to Demand Jury Trial When Jury Trials Suspended for State of Emergency*</li>
<li>Require Agencies to Determine Cost Savings for Introduced Criminal Justice Legislation</li>
<li>Allow Earned Sentence Credit for Good Behavior During Prison*</li>
<li>Create Discretion for Compassionate Release for Terminally Ill or Permanently Disabled Prisoners*</li>
<li>Virginia Rental Assistance Fund for Families Economically Impacted by COVID</li>
<li>Require and Reimburse Localities for Postage Prepaid Envelopes for Absentee Voting*</li>
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Pop star and left-wing political activist Taylor Swift said Friday that she found the two gender options on the U.S. Census &#8220;so upsetting,&#8221; maintaining that it was an &#8220;erasure&#8221; of &#8220;transgender&#8221; and &#8220;nonbinary&#8221; people.
Swift made the comments during a Stonewall Day livestream while applauding the recent Supreme Court ruling regarding transgenderism and Title VII.
&#8220;[It was] a really good step forward with the Supreme Court ruling,&#8221; Swift said, according to <a href="https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/9409947/taylor-swift-trans-erasure-census">Billboard</a>, adding, &#8220;but we still have so far to go with the LGBTQ community.&#8221;
&#8220;I got my census the other day and there were two choices: male and female. And that erasure was so upsetting to me,&#8221; the &#8220;Lover&#8221; singer added.
Swift described the two-gender option as &#8220;a really brutal way of dismissing&#8221; transgender and nonbinary citizens. &#8220;We need to make sure we elect people who care about all communities,&#8221; the 30-year-old said.
As noted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-supreme-court-rules-lgbt-individuals-protected-from-job-discrimination-under-title-vii">The Daily Wire</a>, Justice Neil Gorsuch sided with liberals in the landmark Supreme Court decision on Title VII, &#8220;which protects workers from employment discrimination on the basis of gender, can be interpreted to include discrimination based on sexual orientation, extending the protections of federal employment law to LGBT individuals.&#8221;
Swift, who was largely apolitical for years prior to the midterm 2018 elections, earlier this month <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taylor-swift-blames-trump-for-riots-vows-his-2020-election-loss-stoking-flames-of-white-supremacy">shifted blame</a> to President Donald Trump for the looting, arson, and rioting in Minneapolis, a Democrat-run city, following the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after a disturbing arrest that was captured on viral video.
“After stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism your entire presidency, you have the nerve to feign moral superiority before threatening violence?” Swift posted via Twitter, reacting to a tweet from the president condemning the rioters.
“‘When the looting starts the shooting starts’???” she posted, quoting a segment of Trump’s full two-tweet condemnation of violence.
“We will vote you out in November,” Swift vowed, tagging Trump’s personal Twitter handle.
Trump&#8217;s remarks were seemingly taken out of context by Swift.
As later reiterated by the POTUS, Trump was advocating for the destruction to stop, before it leads to &#8220;shooting.&#8221;
“Looting leads to shooting,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-seeks-to-clarify-tweet-minneapolis-looting-leads-to-shooting">clarified</a> via Twitter, &#8220;and that’s why a man was shot and killed in Minneapolis on Wednesday night &#8211; or look at what just happened in Louisville with 7 people shot. I don’t want this to happen, and that’s what the expression put out last night means. It was spoken as a fact, not as a statement.”
“It’s very simple, nobody should have any problem with this other than the haters, and those looking to cause trouble on social media. Honor the memory of George Floyd!” the president added.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taylor-swift-blames-trump-for-riots-vows-his-2020-election-loss-stoking-flames-of-white-supremacy">Taylor Swift Blames Trump For Riots, Vows His 2020 Election Loss: ‘Stoking Flames Of White Supremacy’</a>
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Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), who has been leading the Senate GOP’s police reform bill, responded to an accusation from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) that Republicans were “trying to get away with the murder” of George Floyd through the police reform legislation.
“It was the most outrageous, sinful comment I’ve heard as a public official, period. I thought to myself that, how in the world does this woman sitting, standing in front of a $24,000 refrigerator, have the sense to jump into the bottomless pit of race politics,” Scott told radio host Guy Benson in an interview on Friday.
“Why in the world would she want to do that? There’s only one answer, by the way. One answer: It’s because she’s lived so long in a state of privilege that she has forgotten that it is the Republican Party that voted more for the civil rights-era legislation than the Democrats,” continued the Republican senator. “It is because she has forgotten that it was President Trump, and the criminal justice reform done in 2018, that made up for the Democrats’ 1994 crime bill.”
“She’s forgotten that it’s the school choice movement that frees more kids in poverty from the poor education system, brought to us by the Democrats and the teachers’ union, than they’ve ever seen. She has forgotten so much about reality, that she spends too much time in an alternate universe. But the facts are simple. Why in the world would she stoop so low? And it’s simply this: They believe, actually believe this, that campaigning on police brutality is more important than solving police reform,” said Scott.
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🔥LISTEN <a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorTimScott?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenatorTimScott</a> unloads on Pelosi (full segment posted at <a href="https://t.co/YSiTKdgyfS">https://t.co/YSiTKdgyfS</a> after the show) <a href="https://twitter.com/GuyBensonShow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GuyBensonShow</a> <a href="https://t.co/DkQxieLIJk">pic.twitter.com/DkQxieLIJk</a>
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) <a href="https://twitter.com/guypbenson/status/1276607576466231301?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 26, 2020</a></blockquote>
As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-block-republican-police-reform-bill-kill-hope-of-passing-legislation-amid-protests">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported, Democratic senators blocked Scott’s legislation outright earlier this week, a move that prevented the measure from even undergoing a debate or undergoing additional changes in the Senate.
“They don’t want a debate, they don’t want amendments, they’ll filibuster police reform from even reaching the floor of the Senate unless the majority lets the minority rewrite the bill behind closed doors in advance,” said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).
During an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pelosi-wont-apologize-for-saying-senate-gop-trying-to-get-away-with-murder-absolutely-positively-not">appearance</a> on MSNBC on Wednesday, Pelosi also said she would “absolutely, positively not” apologize to Senate Republicans for accusing them of trying to get away with George Floyd’s murder with the police reform bill.
“The fact is — people say — I think, you, frankly, in the press have given them far too much credit for a bill that does nothing. They’re saying, ‘Well, you have their bill; they have theirs.’ Yeah, our bill does something; theirs does nothing,” said Pelosi.
Senator Angus King (I-ME), who typically caucuses with Democrats and was one of three non-GOP senators to vote for moving the legislation forward, expressed concern that voting the legislation down “will end the discussion of this subject in the Senate for the foreseeable future, and leave us with nothing to show for all the energy and passion that has brought this issue to the forefront of public consciousness.”
Scott made similar remarks on the Senate floor when arguing for bringing the bill to the next step of the legislative process, which could have resulted in a bill Democrats would have preferred more than the original: “The irony of the story is that today and through June and July what we’ll have is – instead of getting 70 percent of what you wanted, or more – you’re going to get zero.”
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Senate Republicans Introduce Police Reform Legislation

‘Most Outrageous, Sinful Comment’: Scott Blasts Pelosi For Accusing Senate GOP Of Trying To Get Away With Floyd’s Murder

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The leaders of the Democratic Party in Washington, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, are so dedicated to seeking justice for Floyd Taylor —wait — George Taylor —George Kirby — wait — just whom are they seeking justice for?
According to Schumer, it’s Floyd Taylor. According to Pelosi, it’s George Kirby, as can be seen below:
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpeakerPelosi</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/chuckschumer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@chuckschumer</a>, you are doing such an honorable job of honoring Floyd Taylor, I mean, George Taylor, um I mean, George Kirby&#8230;&#8230; <a href="https://t.co/14ilSGrrtH">pic.twitter.com/14ilSGrrtH</a>
&mdash; Jason Howerton (@jason_howerton) <a href="https://twitter.com/jason_howerton/status/1276560108328235009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 26, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Unable to process the name of George Floyd, in whose name she has championed protests across the nation, Pelosi apparently was referring to the great comedian and superb impressionist George Kirby, who came to fame in the 1960’s and appeared on shows such as The Ed Sullivan Show, The Dean Martin Show, The Jackie Gleason Show, Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, and The Tonight Show with Johnny Cason.
As for Schumer, it’s unlikely that he was referencing the real-life blues singer Floyd Taylor; it’s more likely he was conflating the names of George Floyd, who died after a Minneapolis police offer knelt on his neck, and Breonna Taylor, an emergency medical technician who was fatally shot by Louisville Metro Police Department officers in March.
One might think that Pelosi and Schumer might remember George Floyd’s name more easily; after all, here are some statements from the two Democrat power brokers:
Earlier this week, Pelosi <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pelosi-republicans-george-floyd">ranted</a> of Senate Republicans:
<blockquote>For something to happen, they&#8217;re going to have to face the realities of police brutalities, the realities of the need for justice in policing, and the recognition that there&#8217;s many good people in law enforcement, but not all. And that we have to address those concerns. So, when they admit that, and have some suggestions that are worthy of consideration — but so far they were trying to get away with murder, actually — the murder of George Floyd.</blockquote>
On Wednesday, Schumer was asked, “What’s your reaction, do you think it was appropriate for Speaker Pelosi to say that Republicans are quote, getting away with murder of George Floyd?”
Schumer <a href="https://grabien.com/story.php?id=294995">answered</a>, “Pelosi’s answered that question herself and whatever — what she said was fine with me.”
Another <a href="https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/62520-0">statement</a> as recently as Thursday from Pelosi : “Madam Speaker, exactly one month ago, George Floyd spoke his final words, ‘I can&#8217;t breathe,’ and changed the course of history in our nation.  I’ll never forget that, nor will many others.  I also will never forget his calling out for his mama right there at the end.”
Last September, speaking at her weekly press conference, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi elicited laughs from reporters when she used air-quotes to describe President Trump’s mind. While discussing gun control, a reporter asked, “Have you spoken with him? What do you think he’s wrestling with?”
Pelosi replied, “You want me to tell you what goes on in the president’s ‘mind?&#8217;” She made air-quotes with the fingers of both hands.
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House And Senate Democrats Unveil Policing Reform And Equal Justice Legislation

WATCH: Pelosi, Schumer Can’t Remember George Floyd’s Name

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A Minneapolis community, just a few miles away from where George Floyd died while in the custody of the Minneapolis Police Department, pledged to &#8220;check its privilege,&#8221; allowing hundreds of transients and homeless individuals to take up residents on their front lawns and pledging not to call the police to handle incidents of drug abuse and mental illness.
Now that same town&#8217;s residents are concerned things have gotten out of hand. Crime is rampant and the homeless encampment now has more than 300 people.
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/24/us/minneapolis-george-floyd-police.html?action=click&amp;module=Well&amp;pgtype=Homepage&amp;section=US%20News">The New York Times reports</a> that Powderhorn Park residents &#8212; mostly left-leaning white women &#8212; were instrumental in declaring their town a &#8220;safe zone&#8221; for the underprivileged and pressing the town&#8217;s residents to agree to a pact not to call the police or other public safety resources if they felt threatened. After all, their opposition to crimes, including property damage and theft, was born of white privilege.
&#8220;In light of Floyd’s police-involved death,&#8221; the New York Post added, &#8220;residents there have vowed to avoid calling the cops, feeling that doing so could put people of color in danger. But now with hundreds of outsiders flooding the park — drawing in more car traffic, including drug dealers, and resulting in at least two overdoses — the neighbors are facing a moral dilemma.&#8221;
In preparation for the project, the women &#8220;promised to ignore any property damage, including to their own homes, and filed for a block party permit to limit cars in the neighborhood,&#8221; the Post continues. Instead, the women agreed to call a community service organization, the American Indian Movement, to handle incidents of violence or potential violence, and to help constructively quell concerns of mental illness and drug use.
Now, though, some of those same women are trying to come to terms with what&#8217;s happened to Powderhorn Park.
&#8220;I’m not being judgmental,” one resident, who will no longer allow her children to play in the park-turned-encampment told the NYT. “It’s not personal. It’s just not safe.”
Another resident was forced to confront his own white privilege when he called the cops on teenage boys who tried to rob him of his car at gunpoint. After accidentally giving them house keys, they abandoned their attempt and stole a different neighbors car. He ended up dialing 911 &#8212; a move he now regrets because it was just &#8220;instinct,&#8221; and it likely put the would-be carjackers in danger.
“Been thinking more about it,” that resident told the NYT. “I regret calling the police. It was my instinct but I wish it hadn’t been. I put those boys in danger of death by calling the cops.”
&#8220;[I]t was scary but the cops didn’t really have much to add after I called them,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I haven’t been forced to think like this before. So I would have lost my car. So what? At least no one would have been killed.&#8221;
The park at the center of town had just 25 tents when it formed up, but now the homeless encampment has 300 residents, many of whom are suffering from some form of mental illness or who are known drug users.
That doesn&#8217;t bother the progressives who&#8217;ve vowed to avoid allowing law enforcement to handle criminal situations.
&#8220;My feeling around it is those are symptoms of systemic oppression,” one resident explained. “And that’s not on them.”
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Minnesota Town Goes Woke, Pledges Not To Call Cops, Is Now ‘Overrun’ By Homeless Encampment

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House Democrats overwhelmingly <a href="http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2020/roll116.xml">voted</a> on Thursday, 231 to 176, to block a Republican resolution that called for justice for George Floyd, condemning riots, and opposing efforts to defund or dismantle police departments.
The <a href="https://republicanleader.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/RESOLUTION_xml.pdf">resolution</a>, introduced by Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL), does the following:
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<li>Calls for justice for George Floyd.</li>
<li>Calls for justice for officers and others who have suffered from violence at the hands of extremists</li>
<li>Strongly condemns the violence, riots, and looting in the United States</li>
<li>Recognizes that violent opportunists use the cover of legitimate protests by their fellow citizens to sow chaos</li>
<li>Recognizes that the actions of those committed to violence does not diminish the rights of other Americans to peacefully protest</li>
<li>Urges peace and order to be restored</li>
<li>Expresses that those responsible for these violent acts be held criminally responsible for their actions</li>
<li>Strongly opposes any effort to establish autonomous areas within the sovereign territory of the United States</li>
<li>Strongly opposes efforts to defund, dismantle, or disband police forces</li>
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&#8220;What happened in Minneapolis we all know was a tragedy,&#8221; Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) said. &#8220;Never should have happened. Wrong as wrong could be, and his family deserves justice.&#8221;
&#8220;There is a big difference between peaceful protest and rioting,&#8221; Jordan continued. &#8220;There is a big difference between peaceful protests and violence. There is a big difference between peaceful protest and attacking police officers. And there is certainly a big difference between peaceful protest and forming CHAZ or CHOP or any type of autonomous zone.&#8221;
Jordan also noted that the resolution strongly opposed defunding the police, which comes at a time where crime rates have soared across the country in recent weeks.
WATCH:
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🚨🚨 Democrats just BLOCKED a vote on <a href="https://twitter.com/RepGregSteube?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepGregSteube</a>&#39;s resolution that calls for: • Justice for George Floyd • Condemns violence &amp; rioting • Prevents defunding of police <a href="https://t.co/4j1cOeExwf">pic.twitter.com/4j1cOeExwf</a>
&mdash; Mark Bednar (@MarkBednar) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkBednar/status/1276191410023272451?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 25, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Democrats Block Resolution That Opposes Defunding Police. Comes As Nation Battles Riots, Soaring Crime.

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Earlier this month, Ghana’s Ministry of Tourism, Arts, and Culture extended an invitation to black Americans to leave the United States and resettle in Ghana, declaring that American blacks should &#8220;leave where you are not welcome.&#8221;
Ghana&#8217;s invitation comes as social unrest hits the States concerning alleged racism and police brutality, though such notions have been <a href="https://www.manhattan-institute.org/the-myth-of-systemic-police-racism">challenged</a> by some academics.
“We continue to open our arms and invite all our brothers and sisters home,&#8221; said Barbara Oteng-Gyasi, <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/ghana-accra-barbara-oteng-gyasi-floyd-disapora-1509845">Newsweek</a> reported. &#8220;Ghana is your home. Africa is your home. We have our arms wide open ready to welcome you home. Please take advantage, come home build a life in Ghana, you do not have to stay where you are not wanted forever, you have a choice and Africa is waiting for you.”
The tourism minister called &#8220;racism&#8221; a &#8220;deadly pandemic&#8221; in the U.S., during a ceremony for the death of George Floyd, a black man who died last month following a disturbing arrest caught on viral video, though there is no evidence that alleged racism played a role in Floyd&#8217;s death.
“Racism in America continues to be a deadly pandemic, for which for more than 400 years now, our brothers and sisters in the United States of America have yearned for a cure,&#8221; Oteng-Gyasi said. &#8220;We gather in solidarity with brothers and sisters to change the status quo. Racism must end. We pray and hope that George Floyd’s death will not be in vain but will bring an end to prejudice and racial discrimination across the world.”
As noted by Newsweek, government officials in the capital of Ghana launched an initiative called &#8220;Beyond the Return,&#8221; encouraging investment in the nation.
&#8220;We feel that given the wealth that African Americans and black Americans have, given that spending power, travel budgets of blacks in America, we felt that it&#8217;s about time that we start that conversation that, instead of moving to any other destination, come back to where you came from,&#8221; said Akwasi Agyeman, CEO of Ghana&#8217;s Tourism Authority, according to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/going-ghana-black-americans-explore-identity-living-africa-n1225646">NBC News</a>.
NBC said officials told them the country is making a pathway to citizenship easier for foreigners and reforming the visa process to make Ghana more accessible to travelers, seeking &#8220;to increase tourists&#8217; visits from 1 million to 8 million by 2027.&#8221;
The news outlet connected black Americans returning to Africa amidst &#8220;feelings of displacement for some in the black community linger as police-involved violence makes national headlines.&#8221;
&#8220;You think that, oh, America&#8217;s so great,&#8221; said Amma Aboagye, who was raised in Maryland and has resettled in Ghana. &#8220;But when you go there, your body is weaponized. Your body is seen as a threat. You, as a black man, being on the street, laughing, dapping up your people that you do in your village and everybody thinks is normal. When you go somewhere else, it&#8217;s seen as violent. It&#8217;s seen as disruptive.&#8221;
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Ghana Minister Invites African-Americans To Leave U.S., Resettle In Ghana: Leave ‘Where You Are Not Wanted’

Tearing down statues is all good &#8212; at least according to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Protesters from Black Lives Matter and other groups are marauding through cities in the wake of the death of George Floyd while in the custody of Minneapolis police, and some are pulling down statues &#8212; it doesn&#8217;t matter which statues, just statues. Cuomo says that all &#8220;healthy.&#8221;
“It’s a healthy expression of people saying let’s get some priorities here and let’s remember the sin and mistake that this nation made and let’s not celebrate it,&#8221; the Democrats said Tuesday on MSNBC.
The attacks on monuments celebrating Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, and World War II veterans are also &#8220;good statements,&#8221; the governor said.
“People are making a statement about equality, about community, to be against racism, against slavery, I think those are good statements,” Cuomo said.
The governor&#8217;s comments came a day after the American Museum of Natural History announced that it&#8217;s moving its famed statue of Teddy Roosevelt inside the museum.
&#8220;The bronze statue of Theodore Roosevelt, on horseback and flanked by a Native American man and an African man, which has presided over the entrance to the American Museum of Natural History in New York since 1940, is coming down,&#8221; museum president Ellen Futter told The <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/arts/design/roosevelt-statue-to-be-removed-from-museum-of-natural-history.html?smtyp=cur&amp;smid=tw-nytimes">New York Times</a>.
&#8220;Over the last few weeks, our museum community has been profoundly moved by the ever-widening movement for racial justice that has emerged after the killing of George Floyd,&#8221; Futter said. &#8220;We have watched as the attention of the world and the country has increasingly turned to statues as powerful and hurtful symbols of systemic racism.&#8221;
&#8220;Simply put,&#8221; said Futter, “the time has come to move it.&#8221;
The Times said the statue has &#8220;come to symbolize a painful legacy of colonial expansion and racial discrimination.&#8221;
Actor Ben Stiller offered an idea. He starred in all three of the &#8220;Night At The Museum&#8221; movies along with co-star Robin Williams, who portrayed Roosevelt in the films.
Stiller thinks maybe it&#8217;d be a good idea if the statue honoring the 26th president should be replaced with one of Williams, who committed suicide by hanging himself in 2014 after struggling with Lewy body dementia.
The 54-year-old actor wrote on Twitter: “How about replacing it with a statue of Robin Williams. He deserves one.”
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How about replacing it with a statue of Robin Williams. He deserves one.
&mdash; Ben Stiller (@RedHourBen) <a href="https://twitter.com/RedHourBen/status/1274827610778931203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 21, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Mayor Bill de Blasio agreed with the museum, calling it &#8220;the right decision and the right time to remove this problematic statue.&#8221;
“The statue has representations that clearly do not represent today’s values,” de Blasio said at a press conference Monday. “The statue clearly presents a white man as superior to people of color. And that’s just not acceptable in this day and age.”
&#8220;The American Museum of Natural History has asked to remove the Theodore Roosevelt statue because it explicitly depicts Black and Indigenous people as subjugated and racially inferior,&#8221; de Blasio said in a statement. &#8220;The City supports the Museum’s request.&#8221;
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Protests Continue Around Black Lives Matter Plaza In Washington, DC

Gov. Cuomo Says Protesters Tearing Down Statues Is ‘Healthy Expression’

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) claimed on Tuesday that Republicans were &#8220;trying to get away with&#8221; the &#8220;murder of George Floyd.&#8221; The claim is not supported by any factual realities as Democrats control nearly everything pertaining to the area where Floyd was killed in Minneapolis.
In an interview with CBS Radio host Steve Futterman, Pelosi claimed that there were Republicans not wanting to go as far as Democrats in terms of police reform legislation because &#8220;they were trying to get away with murder actually, the murder of George Floyd.&#8221;
Futterman did not offer any push back over the highly controversial statement from Pelosi, which is not backed up by any evidence considering the fact that Minnesota&#8217;s governor is a Democrat and the city of Minneapolis is largely controlled by Democrats.
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Nancy Pelosi, rhetorical arsonist. 
Pelosi accuses Republican senators of &quot;trying to get away with murder, actually, the murder of George Floyd&quot; <a href="https://t.co/ip1C2S9ocH">pic.twitter.com/ip1C2S9ocH</a>
&mdash; Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveGuest/status/1275557507818291204?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2020</a></blockquote>
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PARTIAL TRANSCRIPT:
<blockquote>CBS HOST STEVE FUTTERMAN: I think I’d like to start off with the idea of having some police reform legislation. Is there any hope that something’s going to pass because I know the Republicans have introduced something in the Senate which seems to be something that Democrats don’t even want to deal with.
HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI: What we have put together in the House of Representatives will make a difference, make a difference in justice in policing, make a difference in reducing brutality in terms of interactions with police and minority communities especially. We’re very proud of the work that we did, that we have done, and will pass on Thursday in the House of Representatives. What the Senate did as was said by Senators Schumer, Booker, and Harris is unsalvageable. It used words, but it doesn’t take action, so it doesn’t make any difference. It’s unfortunate. They’re just going to have to up their ante in terms of their sincerity in trying to make a change, get a job done.
FUTTERMAN: Is there any hope that two sides can reach some compromise? I mean, you’ve been in this business long enough I think you know when things might be able to work out and I think you also know frankly when things can not be worked out. Is there someway that the two sides could reach some compromise to at least get something passed?
PELOSI: Well, you be the judge. We’re saying no chokeholds, they’re saying maybe, you know, they’re not saying no chokeholds. I mean there’s a big difference there. What’s the compromise? Some chokeholds? I don’t see what the compromise is. We’re saying no racial profiling, maybe some. So, the point Steve, is the following: they understand that there’s a need to get something done. The press has given them so much play for this bare [inaudible] unsalvageable piece of legislation and then say well can’t you compromise with that? No, because it is no and we are yes. It isn’t maybe. And so, in other words, for something to happen, they’re going to have to face the realities of police brutality, the realities of a need for justice in policing, and the recognition that there are many, many good people in law enforcement, but not all, and we have to address those concerns. So, when they admit that and have some suggestions that are worthy of consideration, but so far they were trying to get away with murder actually, the murder of George Floyd.</blockquote>

Speaker Pelosi Briefs Press In Weekly News Conference

Pelosi: Senate GOP Is ‘Trying To Get Away With’ The ‘Murder Of George Floyd’. CBS Offers No Pushback.

Rich Walker Sr., the first black director of the Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis, battled CBS’ Gayle King on Tuesday morning concerning the host&#8217;s claim that black people feel &#8220;under siege&#8221; and are being &#8220;targeted&#8221; by white officers in Minneapolis, following the death of George Floyd.
&#8220;Let&#8217;s address the elephant in the room, how black people feel in your city, that black men are under siege by white police officers, and that they&#8217;re targeted in a disproportionate rate,&#8221; King said.
&#8220;I think, absolutely, the media&#8217;s push is to drum-up as much racial issues and stress as there is,&#8221; answered Walker, adding that he is not &#8220;denying the fact that the city needs to grow.&#8221;
An irritated King responded, &#8220;Is it a media problem, Rich, is this a media problem? The media created this?&#8221;
&#8220;What I&#8217;m saying is, the narrative that is being pushed in the media is that white police officers are out on these streets just to kill black men,&#8221; Walker told King, &#8220;and that is absolutely farthest from the truth.&#8221;
The union director noted that radical anti-cop activist group &#8220;Black Lives Matter&#8221; only seems to stress the black lives of those killed by officers, not all black lives.
&#8220;Yes, we have encounters with civilians in the city that turns for the worst, and that&#8217;s my actual problem with some of what &#8216;Black Lives Matter&#8217; [stands for],&#8221; he said. &#8220;I actually believe in what &#8216;Black Lives Matter&#8217; stands for, but it should stand all the time, not just when a police officer, or a white police officer, or an Asian police officer has a fatal encounter with an unarmed person.&#8221;
&#8220;We are not defending the actions of Officer [Derek] Chauvin,&#8221; he said of the officer at the center of the Floyd arrest, who has been charged with second-degree murder. &#8220;What happened to Mr. Floyd is a tragedy, but we weren&#8217;t out there.&#8221;
&#8220;What we&#8217;re saying is,&#8221; Walker continued, &#8220;the narrative needs to stop. It needs to stop. Police officers are not out here just randomly hunting black people to kill &#8217;em.&#8221;
Floyd, who is black, died on May 25, following an arrest where an officer held his knee on the neck of the 46-year-old for over eight minutes. Footage of the incident surfaced online and sparked nationwide protests and riots.
In the same interview, Walker told Gayle he&#8217;s the &#8220;first African American ever elected to the Minneapolis Police Officers Federation in 152 years.&#8221;
&#8220;You know what I see?&#8221; he stated. &#8220;I see progress. We are progressing forward.&#8221;
Walker also commented on the available social media footage of the Floyd arrest (<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-mn-police-union-boss-weve-been-barred-from-viewing-body-cam-footage-in-george-floyd-case-administration-broke-our-policy">the union has reportedly been barred from viewing the body camera footage</a>): “Any human being that watched that, knows that that shouldn’t [have] ended they way that it did,” he said. “But we also know that there is more to the story.”
“They say he never resisted in the statements released. We don’t know if he never resisted because we haven’t seen from the time the officer stopped him until the point he was on the ground,” he added.
WATCH (relevant comments begin at the 4:15-mark):
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First on <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSThisMorning?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CBSThisMorning</a>: Leaders from the Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis speak out about the death of George Floyd &amp; calls for reform. Leaders call the video &quot;horrific&quot; but caution there could be &quot;more to the story,&quot; urging the release of more video from the incident. <a href="https://t.co/XzUb1W15ma">pic.twitter.com/XzUb1W15ma</a>
&mdash; CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSThisMorning/status/1275405473903230976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-mn-police-union-boss-weve-been-barred-from-viewing-body-cam-footage-in-george-floyd-case-administration-broke-our-policy">WATCH: MN Police Union Boss: We’ve Been Barred From Viewing Body Cam Footage In George Floyd Case, ‘Administration Broke Our Policy’</a>
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WATCH: First Black MN Police Union Director Battles Gayle King Over Media’s ‘Racial’ Cop Narrative: ‘Absolutely’ False, ‘It Needs To Stop’

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Lt. Bob Kroll, president of the Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis, said Tuesday during an interview with CBS&#8217; Gayle King that the administration has violated policy by refusing to allow the union leaders to view body camera footage involved with the George Floyd arrest.
Floyd, who is black, died on May 25, following an arrest where an officer held his knee on the neck of the 46-year-old for over eight minutes. The social media footage, surfaced online and sparked nationwide protests and riots.
According to Mr. Kroll, his team has only been allowed to see what the public has seen, barring him from being able to come forward with an &#8220;informed&#8221; decision on the arrest, particularly when it comes to the supporting officers involved.
&#8220;Lets talk about the incident,&#8221; King said, &#8220;I wanna know from each of you, what you thought when you saw the video of George Floyd and Officer [Derek] Chauvin.&#8221;
&#8220;That&#8217;s part of the problem, Gayle, is we were not allowed to see the video,&#8221; answered Kroll. &#8220;The administration broke our policy, which gives us the ability to see, to review the video.&#8221;
&#8220;So, we were blindsided, we only saw the social media video,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;In all other officer-involved critical incidents, we are entitled to review. What I&#8217;ve seen of it is only what the public has seen on the cellphone, and it is horrific.&#8221;
&#8220;How much more do you need to see to determine, to come out and say that this is not all right?&#8221; King pressed.
&#8220;Any human being that watched that, knows that that shouldn&#8217;t [have] ended they way that it did,&#8221; said union director Rich Walker Sr. &#8220;But we also know that there is more to the story.&#8221;
&#8220;They say he never resisted in the statements released. We don&#8217;t know if he never resisted because we haven&#8217;t seen from the time the officer stopped him until the point he was on the ground,&#8221; he emphasized.
King, growing visibly irritated, admonished the leaders for wanting to see the body camera footage before definitively speaking out, suggesting the social media footage was enough.
&#8220;We would just like to see what we are entitled to in our agreement in our policy, [which] is our officer&#8217;s body camera footage,&#8221; Kroll contended. &#8220;It might shed some light that we&#8217;re unaware of. Right now, we cannot make an informed decisions about the other officers who do not appear on camera.&#8221;
The CBS host became even more irritated, telling the union leaders that by asking for the body camera footage, they are causing &#8220;extreme upset&#8221; to many. King even accused the leaders of engaging in the so-called &#8220;blue wall of silence, again.&#8221;
&#8220;We&#8217;d love to see more,&#8221; Kroll responded, adding, &#8220;This has been a failed exercise in leadership, here. We wish we could have an early opinion in this, but it&#8217;s up to the administration to stick with policy and give us what we&#8217;re entitled to under policy.&#8221;
&#8220;It does look and sounds horrible, I completely agree with you Gayle,&#8221; the union leader added.
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AHEAD: <a href="https://twitter.com/GayleKing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GayleKing</a> speaks to Police Officer Federation of Minneapolis President Lt. Bob Kroll in his first interview since four MN police officers were charged in the death of George Floyd.
First on <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSThisMorning?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CBSThisMorning</a>, hear more from Kroll and other police union leaders. <a href="https://t.co/Rx0Bfgl09X">pic.twitter.com/Rx0Bfgl09X</a>
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Minneapolis Police Federation president, officer Bob Kroll, December 2015

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The Ramsey County Jail allegedly segregated minority employees, barring them from visiting the fifth floor of the jail, in order to help protect them from the potential “racialized trauma” associated with holding Derek Chauvin, a former police officer charged in the death of George Floyd. 
The Twin Cities Pioneer Press <a href="https://www.twincities.com/2020/06/21/eight-non-white-jail-employees-file-lawsuit-after-told-to-stay-away-from-derek-chauvin/">reported</a> that the eight employees have filed a complaint with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights alleging discrimination. According to Bonnie Smith, an attorney who represents the employees, the employees were told that their skin color made them a “liability.&#8221;
“Can you imagine being a person who worked hard to get the job of your dreams … and then being told you can’t perform your job because of the color of your skin? It’s horrible. It’s outrageous,” said Smith during a press conference. 
According to <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/minority-jail-officers-barred-guarding-cop-charged-george/story?id=71370624">ABC News</a>, a Hispanic employee alleged in the complaint that they realized they had been segregated after arriving on the third floor and noticing “the employees of color were all on that floor.” The <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/us/derek-chauvin-detention-police-officers.html">New York Times</a> reported that some officers considered quitting on the spot, and others began to cry. 
Superintendent Steve Lyndon told the sheriff after the incident was reported that he was actually trying to protect the officers from experiencing “acute racialized trauma.”
“Recognizing that the murder of George Floyd was likely to create particularly acute racialized trauma, I felt I had an immediate duty to protect and support employees who may have been traumatized and may have heightened ongoing trauma by having to deal with Chauvin. Out of care and concern, and without the comfort of time, I made the decision to limit exposure to employees of color to a murder suspect who could potentially aggravate those feelings,” said Lyndon. 
“Shortly after making the decision, Corrections staff expressed concern with the change and within 45 minutes I realized my error and reversed the order. I then met with the individuals that were working at the time and explained to them what my thought process was at the time and assured them that the decision was made out of concern for them and was in no way related to a concern regarding their professionalism or Chauvin’s safety. I realized that I had erred in judgement and issued an apology to the affected employees,” he said. 
The complaint accuses the county of singling out and segregating officers “because we could not be trusted to carry out our work responsibilities professionally around the high-profile inmate — solely because of the color of our skin,” reported the Pioneer Press.
The Times reported that the employees who filed the complaint have requested Lyndon be removed from oversight of the jail, bias training be made available, and the county provide an unspecified amount of compensation for missed shifts and emotional distress. 
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Charles Barkley: Sports Could Become A Woke ‘Circus’

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Trump Denies Federal Aid Request From Minnesota After Democrat Governor, Mayor Fail To Stop Damage, Report Says

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