The question on my mind today is: Who is your queen? Who is your king?
It’s been especially on my mind as I watched Queen Elizabeth’s funeral and black America’s subsequent reaction, which has painted Elizabeth as a murdering, complicit colonist who doesn’t deserve praise or respect.
I’ve responded to the colonialist critique many times on previous programs and interviews. And I could easily respond to it now.
I think the more fruitful discussion lies in highlighting the stark contrast of how figures, such as Queen Elizabeth, are painted by woke scolds — and therefore many members of the black community — versus who they hold up and revere as heroes for the black community.
What you’ll notice immediately is that the black heroes are often criminals or, as I’ve repeatedly pointed out, characters who can easily be painted by the media as victims of an “oppressive” system. And black enemies are often figures with outstanding character, e.g. Queen Elizabeth.
The most recent example of this dichotomy comes from Uju Ana, a Nigerian professor from Carnegie Mellon. In response to the queen’s death, she tweeted something truly disgusting, vicious, and repulsive. “I heard the chief monarch of a thieving, raping, genocidal empire is finally dying. May her pain be excruciating,” she said.
I want to focus in on the word “raping.” You would assume that — because Uju so vehemently condemned it in the case of England — she would be against it in other cases.
Do you remember Jacob Blake? He was a black man who was fatally shot after his girlfriend called law enforcement on him over a “domestic dispute.” She had previously alleged she had been — I apologize if this is too graphic — digitally raped by him.
Uju Ana had something very different to say about rape then: “Jacob Blake is a family man. His sister Letetra Widman reminds us all that he has people and he is somebody’s people. No image you paint of him erases that.”
In other words, Uju Ana — and the media with her — doesn’t care that a black woman called law enforcement because she was obviously scared for her life. Nor did she care that Blake had been accused of digital rape.
This happens over and over again.
So again, who are the people we are told we should celebrate? Who are our kings and queens?
Consider Karen Attiya, a columnist for the ultra-woke Washington Post, who had a similar response to Queen Elizabeth’s death. She tweeted, “Black and brown people around the world who were subject to horrendous cruelties and economic deprivation under British colonialism are allowed to have feelings about Queen Elizabeth. After all, they were her subjects, too.”
But what did Karen — that’s a perfect name for her — say about George Floyd? Her words for Floyd were glowing. After his death, she suggested he win “Time’s Person of the Year.”
Floyd, who’s criminal record included multiple accounts of drug use, physical assault, and theft. Floyd, who’s alleged “victimhood” did nothing but damage to the inner-city communities destroyed by subsequent riots. Floyd, who’s name was used to legislate policies that have worsened crime in those same struggling communities. I explore Floyd’s troubled history extensively in my documentary “The Greatest Lie Ever Told,” which will drop very soon.
For Karen — and therefore the media and the Left — these hurting communities and their deeply rooted problems are never the focus. It’s always boogeymen like the white queen in Britain. Or it’s “uncle tom” Candace Owens, who has the audacity to criticize the heroes they crown.
This cancer destroying black Americans extends beyond the political sphere. It’s cultural as well.
So who’s our queen in black America today?
Beyoncé, who will often sexualize herself to sell <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljceAs9WMqY">products,</a> is our new queen. And we have other idols. Rappers, who live and sing about degenerate lifestyles. What food products do we allow corporate America to sell us? Popeyes, sponsored by a wonderful role model in Megan Thee Stallion, or McDonald’s, sponsored by Travis Scott.
It’s time for black America to return to the thriving culture it had before the Left began the great welfare experiment. Believe it or not, black Americans, before the 1960s, were well married and outpacing white Americans in terms of economic growth — all while enduring Jim Crow laws.
But this fell apart when president Lyndon Baines Johnson, an avowed racist, extended a government hand and offered incentives for mothers to not marry fathers; the government became the new surrogate father.
Yes — it’s time black Americans reject the degenerate culture and crooked heroes that the Left will continue to push.
It’s time we find new kings and queens which display repute and character. Or else we will continue to be destroyed.

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A young conservative British commentator took aim at American leftists who mocked the British for mourning their beloved Queen Elizabeth, who died last week.
Sophie Corcoran, who has appeared on Sky News and other outlets and boasts 124,000 Twitter followers, said the same critics across the pond were likely mourning the death of George Floyd two years ago. The outspoken 20-year-old noted Floyd&#8217;s criminal past, as well as the Left&#8217;s violent way of showing its outrage over his killing at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer.
“Dear Americans who mock us for mourning our beloved queen,&#8221; Corcoran tweeted. “She dedicated her entire life to her duty and our country even just two days before her death. You mourned a man who pointed a gun at a pregnant woman by burning cities to the ground. We are not the same.”
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Dear Americans who mock us for mourning our beloved queen, She dedicated her entire life to her duty and our country even just two days before her death. 
You mourned a man who pointed a gun at a pregnant woman by burning cities to the ground. 
We are not the same.
&mdash; Sophie Corcoran (@sophielouisecc) <a href="https://twitter.com/sophielouisecc/status/1569480188962144263?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 13, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Corcoran’s mention of a pregnant woman apparently referred to an incident in August 2007, in which Floyd was <a href="https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-us-news-ap-top-news-hip-hop-and-rap-houston-a55d2662f200ead0da4fed9e923b60a7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> was arrested and charged with aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon after &#8220;he and five other men barged into a woman’s apartment, and Floyd pushed a pistol into her abdomen before searching for items to steal.&#8221;
The 2020 riots that followed Floyd’s death killed at least 25 people and caused as much as $2 billion in damages across the nation, according to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/ny-times-ignores-18-deaths-2-billion-damage-gop-bills" target="_blank" rel="noopener">estimates</a>.
Corcoran has previously made waves for her staunch support of the state of Israel. In June 2021, she wrote a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/glasgowfoi/posts/2970594393176726" target="_blank" rel="noopener">column for the Jewish Telegraph</a> explaining her support for the Jewish state.
“I don’t have to be Jewish and I don’t have to be Israeli to know it is the right thing to do,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;Why wouldn’t I support the only democracy in the Middle East’s right to exist?”
Corcoran&#8217;s backing of Israel has subjected her to threats and  abuse because &#8220;the Instagram culture of woke, poorly informed infographics&#8221; prompts ill-informed people to deny the Jewish State&#8217;s right to exist, she wrote. But she called on people of all faiths to stand with Israel and not give in to the anti-Semitic mob.
“I have been on the receiving end of an astronomical amount of vile abuse, not only online but also in person,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;I received many abusive messages on Twitter for defending Israel’s right to exist, including repeatedly being told to kill myself and threats such as people wanting to ‘smash a bottle’ in my face and throw acid at me.
“If that isn’t bad enough, I was threatened to be ‘jumped’ by people from my sixth-form who I didn’t even know, and had to stay away from that part of the building for my own safety,” she added. “We must not give in to the abuse. We must never give in. Stand with Israel.”

The Coffin Carrying Queen Elizabeth II Transfers From Balmoral To Edinburgh

Young Brit Slams U.S. Leftists Mocking Mourning Of Queen: You Mourned George Floyd

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Long before <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/college-board-debuts-george-floyd-inspired-african-american-studies-ap-class">George Floyd</a> tragically died under the knee of disgraced former police officer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/just-in-derek-chauvin-appealing-murder-conviction-in-george-floyd-case">Derek Chauvin</a> on a Minneapolis street in May of 2020, police officers across the country were being maligned as racist murderers by the media and their puppeteer politicians.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last eight years, you most likely saw or heard the fiery rants at the anti-police BLM protests.
Chants like “Hands up, don’t shoot” were heard, referring to the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson in August of 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. “I can’t breathe” was the mantra for the tragic death of Eric Garner in 2014 in New York City, and then “All night, all day, we will fight for Freddie Gray,” was heard in the streets of Baltimore following Freddie Gray’s fatal encounter with police.
Those catchphrases and the names of the deceased, along with others who have died in violent encounters with police, were plastered on the jerseys of prominent athletes all across the sports world, of which some took a knee during the national anthem in protest of a “racist” country.
Hollywood celebrities starred in PSAs maligning the police. The NBA painted Black Lives Matter on their basketball courts, while former Mayor Bill de Blasio did the same on 5th Avenue in Manhattan.
It was reported that Brown, Garner, and Gray were murdered by racist police officers roaming the streets looking to shoot “people of color.” It was broadcasted that they were victims of a systemic racism that permeates through the 18,000 police departments across the country and the courts in all of those jurisdictions.
No matter that those departments and courts &#8211; especially those in large metropolitan cities like New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago &#8211; have been run by liberal lawmakers for decades and are among the most racially diverse in the world.
No matter that each state and city has its own police department acting independently of each other.
No matter that they have their own chiefs, commissioners, district attorneys, and mayors making and enforcing the laws and dictating policy.
In each of the officer-involved shootings detailed above, the fiction that was shoved down the public’s throat by corrupt, irresponsible, leftist media, in order to create a narrative and shape public opinion against the police, isn’t even close to the truth.
The public has been lied to, manipulated, and used, and the effects of the propaganda these ideologues are spewing will continue to be felt by citizens for many years to come. It’s what many in the law enforcement community are beginning to refer to as the “Ferguson Effect.”
The tallest tale the media told was in Ferguson, Missouri. Within hours of Michael Brown’s death, the media dubbed him “The Gentle Giant.” To further cement their characterization of him as an innocent, lovable teenager, they adorned the front pages of their newspapers and websites with his high school graduation photo and another seemingly innocent, prepubescent photo of him wearing headphones.
Initially, there was no mention of him having committed a strong-arm robbery of a convenience store moments before his deadly encounter with officer Wilson. 
There was no mention that Wilson was a six-year veteran of the department with a spotless disciplinary record. Rather, officer Wilson was vilified as a cold-blooded murderer who executed an innocent young man and an aspiring student.
Brown’s sidekick, Dorian Johnson, had a story the propagandist hacks in the media seemed to be waiting for. Johnson insisted that Brown was shot in the back while running away from Wilson, and he was then executed while kneeling on the ground with his hands up, begging for his life.
No matter the story had almost no corroboration from anyone. It fit the false narrative the media was all too ready to broadcast. 
Violent riots and looting sprang up in the streets of Ferguson, and, as the city burned, people sat in their living rooms watching the carnage, listening to the pundits and faux journalists spew outrage at another injustice due to the so-called systemic racism of our criminal justice system and our out-of-control cops.
There was no way of knowing that virtually none of what Johnson said was true. 
No way of knowing that, years later, all of the six accused officers in the Gray case would be exonerated in court by grand juries of their peers in their liberal cities. 
No way of knowing that those same officers would be reinstated in their jobs or that the prosecutor in the case would be forced to resign for prosecutorial misconduct. 
No way of knowing that police officer Daniel Pantaleo, accused of murdering Garner, would not be indicted.
No way of knowing that it wasn’t the first time Dorian Johnson was accused of lying to the police &#8211; Johnson had an active warrant for filing a false police report in nearby Jefferson County in 2011.
Any doubt that Johnson was lying was quickly dismissed by the word of a St. Louis County Grand Jury and then United States attorney general Eric Holder &#8211; perhaps the most left-winged, corrupt attorney general in the history of the country before Merrick Garland.
Yet, by March of 2015, the <a href="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press-releases/attachments/2015/03/04/doj_report_on_shooting_of_michael_brown_1.pdf">Justice Department’s comprehensive investigation</a> and report into the death of Michael Brown completely exonerated officer Wilson and rejected Johnson’s story. The forensic evidence was overwhelming and succinctly corroborated Darren Wilson’s step-by-step version of the events. Wilson was not a criminal. He was a hero.
Aside from the great loss of Michael Brown’s life and the pain caused to his family, other damage resulted from this incident. Police Officer Darren Wilson and his family were destroyed in the aftermath. He was stripped of his livelihood and reputation before the fires in Ferguson were extinguished. 
<a href="https://www.thebluemagazine.com/new-blog/2019/4/12/the-dirty-work-of-protection-winning-the-battle">Charles H. Webb</a> said it best when he said, “There is no nice way to arrest a potentially dangerous, combative suspect. The police are our bodyguards; our hired fists, batons and guns. We pay them to do the dirty work of protecting us. The work we’re too afraid, too unskilled, or too civilized to do ourselves…We just don’t want to see how it’s done.”
Unfortunately, what happened in Ferguson, and in the years following, has made police officers afraid to do their jobs.
A <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/11/20/survey-says-more-than-half-nypd-wishes-they-werent-blue/">recent survey</a> conducted by the NYPD in 2022 found that 80% of its officers and their supervisors feared aggressively fighting crime for fear of lawsuits or being unfairly disciplined.
Experienced officers are retiring or resigning in droves, and, while they walk out the door in places like New York City, departments are struggling to recruit qualified candidates. In the <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/07/05/nypd-makes-fitness-tests-easier-after-increased-retirements/">NYPD’s July 2022</a> class, they were only able to recruit half the number they hoped for, even after lowering physical fitness standards for new applicants.
For the police officers coming in and those who remain, the leftist, anti-police propaganda has made the job of policing extremely difficult. This is especially true in large, liberal run cities where rules implemented in the name of protecting the public from the “lawless cops” have compromised the safety of the officer in the street and completely neutered their ability to enforce the law.
There is, however, a glimmer of hope. Things are changing. More people are paying attention. Residents in the higher crime areas and those who no longer feel safe in their upscale neighborhoods are beginning to make noise. They are clamoring for more police on the street. They aren’t buying the insane notion that less incarceration makes us all safer. That is where the change has to start. The people of these cities have to demand it from their political leaders.
As I’ve stated in other columns: change starts at the top. Let’s hope this is the beginning of real change and a major step toward removing the handcuffs from our brave officers in the street and making the Ferguson Effect a thing of the past.
John Dove is a retired NYPD Detective Lieutenant and the former co-executive producer of CSI-NY starring Gary Sinise.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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The Ferguson Effect: How False Media Narratives Fueled A Generation Of Anti-Police Activism

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A new Advanced Placement (AP) course inspired by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/george-floyd">George Floyd</a> will soon be available at dozens of U.S. high <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/education">schools</a>.
The College Board, which <a href="https://apstudents.collegeboard.org">administers</a> the SAT and AP courses, announced the new African American Studies AP course last week.
The new course will be available to students at 60 high schools across the country as part of a pilot program that will not count for college credits this year. AP courses typically allow high school students to earn early college credit.
About 200 high schools will offer the course in the 2023-24 school year, and it will become even more widely available the following year.
The course will cover about 400 years of history as well as some literature, politics, and geography.
Trevor Packer, head of the College Board&#8217;s AP program, said George Floyd&#8217;s death and the backlash to it had a direct impact on the organization introducing the new AP course.
Floyd died in police custody in May 2020 after a Minneapolis law enforcement officer knelt on his neck during an arrest for about nine minutes, including after he passed out. His death sparked national outrage that led to violent riots in metropolitan areas around the country and popularized the &#8220;Black Lives Matter&#8221; movement. The Minneapolis cop, Derek Chauvin, was convicted of murder in April last year and was sentenced to more than 22 years in prison.
&#8220;The events surrounding George Floyd and the increased awareness and attention paid towards issues of inequity and unfairness and brutality directed towards African Americans caused me to wonder, ‘Would colleges be more receptive to an AP course in this discipline than they were 10 years ago?'&#8221; Packer <a href="https://time.com/6207652/ap-african-american-history-class/">told</a> Time Magazine.
Packer also said the class &#8220;will introduce a new generation of students to the amazingly rich cultural, artistic, and political contributions of African Americans.&#8221;
&#8220;We hope it will broaden the invitation to Advanced Placement and inspire students with a fuller appreciation of the American story,&#8221; he <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/advanced-placement-african-american-studies-class-rollout-us-high-schools-college-board/">told</a> CBS.
The College Board has not added any new AP courses since 2014.
The course&#8217;s content is not yet publicly available. The College Board said it plans to publish the whole curriculum on the AP Program website in spring 2024.
The new course comes as at least 20 states have moved to crack down on Critical Race Theory content in school curricula, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/critical-race-theory-states-cracking-down">including</a> Florida, Michigan, and New Hampshire.
CRT is an ideology that claims racism is systemic and permeates every aspect of American culture, and is also the explanation for all “inequities” between races. It has become a controversial issue among parents in school districts across the country as some do not want CRT taught in schools, while others support including it in curricula.
Last year, a large group of Republican senators wrote a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona criticizing the Biden administration&#8217;s proposal that public education respond to &#8220;the urgency of improving racial equity throughout our society, including in our education system.&#8221;
The administration&#8217;s proposal would &#8220;double down on divisive, radical, and historically-dubious buzzwords and propaganda,&#8221; the senators <a href="https://www.republicanleader.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/FINAL%20DOE%20Civics%20Education%20Signed%204.29.21.pdf">wrote</a>.
&#8220;Americans never decided our children should be taught that our country is inherently evil,&#8221; the letter continued.

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A top leader in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/black-lives-matter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Black Lives Matter</a> Global Network Foundation was accused in a lawsuit filed this week of stealing millions of dollars from the organization through a &#8220;scheme of fraud and misrepresentation.&#8221;
The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Thursday by Black Lives Matter Grassroots, accused Shalomyah Bowers, one of three <a href="https://blacklivesmatter.com/meet-the-black-lives-matter-global-network-foundations-growing-board-of-directors/">members</a> of the group&#8217;s board of directors, of stealing more than $10 million from the far-left activist group for his own personal use.
The Los Angeles Times <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-09-02/black-lives-matter-leader-accused-of-stealing-10-million-from-organization">noted</a> that Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation raises funds through donations that are then distributed to Black Lives Matter Grassroots, which is &#8220;the umbrella organization for local chapters of the group.&#8221;
The lawsuit pinned federal and state-level investigations into the group on Bowers&#8217; alleged actions, accusing him of using the group&#8217;s funds as a “personal piggy bank” and causing the group &#8220;irreparable harm” in a mere matter of months.
“While BLM leaders and movement workers were on the street risking their lives, Mr. Bowers remained in his cushy offices devising a scheme of fraud and misrepresentation to break the implied-in-fact contract between donors and BLM,” the lawsuit said.
Bowers and the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation’s board of directors claimed that those who filed the lawsuit were effectively racists.
“They would rather take the same steps of our white oppressors and utilize the criminal legal system which is propped up by white supremacy (the same system they say they want to dismantle) to solve movement disputes,” the organization said.
Bowers was hired by Marxist Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors in 2020, the year of the George Floyd riots, to help raise money for the group.
Cullors announced last May that she was resigning from the group amid controversy and widespread criticism over the <a href="https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/five-months-blm-protestors-trashed-americas-cities-after-the-election">violent riots</a> that broke out across the U.S. in 2020, the group’s <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/black-lives-matter-disrupt-nuclear-family-website">extreme ideas</a>, and controversy over Cullors’ lavish lifestyle, which <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/04/10/inside-blm-co-founder-patrisse-khan-cullors-real-estate-buying-binge/">included</a> buying &#8220;four high-end homes for $3.2 million in the U.S. alone.&#8221;
Cullors <a href="https://apnews.com/article/ca-state-wire-george-floyd-philanthropy-race-and-ethnicity-0a89ec240a702537a3d89d281789adcf">claimed</a> that criticism from detractors did not factor into her decision to resign, adding, “Those were right-wing attacks that tried to discredit my character, and I don’t operate off of what the right thinks about me.”
After Cullors stepped down, the mothers of Tamir Rice, Breonna Taylor, and others <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/benefitting-off-the-blood-of-our-loved-ones-mothers-of-tamir-rice-breonna-taylor-slam-patrisse-cullors-black-lives-matter">lashed out</a>, accusing both BLM and Cullors of using their children’s deaths to raise money, but failing to pass the money on to black families in need.

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Two <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/atlanta" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Atlanta</a> police officers who shot and killed 27-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rayshard-brooks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rayshard Brooks</a> outside a Wendy&#8217;s restaurant in June 2020 will not face charges for using deadly force, authorities announced Tuesday.
Pete Skandalakis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys&#8217; Council of Georgia, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/rayshard-brooks-shooting-officer-no-charges-910f8d1812fc7775d621242aaccbad9d">said</a> Officer Garret Rolfe, who shot Brooks twice in the back, and Officer Devin Bronson, of the Atlanta Police Department, faced a &#8220;dynamic situation&#8221; that was &#8220;quickly evolving.&#8221; Such factors prompted the special prosecutor to drop the charges against the officers.
On June 12, 2020, Rolfe and Brosnan responded to a call about a man who fell asleep at the wheel while waiting in the drive-thru lane of a Wendy&#8217;s restaurant in South Atlanta. The officers approached Brooks and spoke to him for nearly 40 minutes before concluding that the 27-year-old man had imbibed too much alcohol.
Patrol car and body-cam footage from the officers revealed Brooks admitting that he consumed alcohol before his encounter with law enforcement. He would later consent to a portable field alcohol test that came back above the legal limit of .08 blood alcohol content. As soon as the officers tried to detain Brooks, he resisted arrest and wrestled his way out of the officers’ control, who both fell to the ground during the incident, resulting in Brosnan&#8217;s concussion.
While the officers struggled to apprehend Brooks, he snatched Brosnan&#8217;s Taser and attempted to fire at Rolfe while fleeing the scene.
That&#8217;s when Rolfe fired three bullets at Brooks, and ultimately killed him.
&#8220;Based on the facts and circumstances confronting Officer Rolfe and Officer Brosnan in this case, it is my conclusion the use of deadly force was objectively reasonable and that they did not act with criminal intent,&#8221; Skandalakis said, per <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11139069/Two-Atlanta-police-officers-NOT-face-charges-fatal-shooting-Rayshard-Brooks.html">Daily Mail</a>.
The Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/rayshard-brooks-shooting-officer-no-charges-910f8d1812fc7775d621242aaccbad9d">reports</a> that Skandalakis called it &#8220;a peaceful encounter that all of a sudden becomes a violent encounter.&#8221;
Authorities terminated Rolfe the following day and would later announce warrants against the officer, including felony murder, aggravated assault, and violation charges. However, less than a year later, authorities overturned the decision in May 2021 after a board review determined the city did not follow the proper procedures in disciplining the officer, who had been in the force for six years.
A warrant against Brosnan included charges of aggravated assault and violating his oath.
The Atlanta Police Department said it respects the special prosecutor’s decision in the case and has faith in criminal justice system.
&#8220;Both Officer Garrett Rolfe and Officer Devin Brosnan are still employed with APD,&#8221; the department said, according to <a href="https://www.ajc.com/news/crime/breaking-no-charges-for-apd-officers-in-fatal-shooting-of-rayshard-brooks/KDDYTQKCCNF6HMH2ZRVHFKJEK4/">The Atlanta Journal Constitution</a>. &#8220;They are currently on administrative duty. Both officers will undergo Georgia P.O.S.T. recertification and training.&#8221;
Brooks&#8217; death came amid ongoing violent riots and protests that raged across the United States by Antifa agitators and some Black Lives Matter activists over the death of George Floyd, who was killed a few weeks before by Minneapolis police officers.
Just 24 hours after the two Atlanta policemen killed Brooks, rioters burned down the Wendy&#8217;s restaurant where the incident occurred.
&#8220;Black lives do matter,&#8221; Skandalakis said during a press conference, according to Daily Mail. &#8220;I&#8217;ve spent my entire career representing black victims of crime. I understand that the encounters between police and the African American community at times are very volatile. But I would ask them to look at the facts of this case, and this isn&#8217;t one of those cases.&#8221;
&#8220;This is a case in which the officers were willing to give Mr. Brooks every benefit of the doubt, and unfortunately, by his actions, this is what happened,&#8221; he added.

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Charges Dropped Against Atlanta Officers In Rayshard Brooks Shooting

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U.S. Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, wrote a histrionic resignation letter to then-President Donald Trump after federal officials cleared rioters out of Lafayette Square back in the summer of 2020.
Then-Attorney General William Barr <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ag-barr-protesters-in-d-c-were-not-peaceful-hundreds-of-officers-injured-media-promoting-big-lies">dismissed</a> claims by the mainstream media that those in Lafayette Park were &#8220;peaceful protesters.&#8221; Barr noted that the rioters repeatedly assaulted police by throwing bricks and flammable liquids at the officers.
&#8220;There were fires set in not only St. John’s Church, but a historic building at Lafayette was burned down,&#8221; Barr said. &#8220;They broke into the Treasury Department … and they were injuring police.”
Barr further noted that what the media was missing about the incident was that &#8220;this was not an operation to respond to that particular crowd, it was an operation to move the perimeter one block.&#8221;
A year later, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-wins-federal-judge-tosses-most-of-blms-claims-against-president-bill-barr-us-officials-over-lafayette-park-incident">dismissed</a> a number of claims leveled at Trump, Barr, and other U.S. government officials over what Black Lives Matter and the American Civil Liberties Union claimed was an unnecessary show of force in Lafayette Square.
A <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/15/inside-the-war-between-trump-and-his-generals">report</a> in the New Yorker this week included the self-aggrandizing resignation that Milley, a controversial military figure who has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gen-mark-milley-compared-trump-supporters-to-nazis-these-are-the-same-people-we-fought-in-world-war-ii">demonized</a> Trump supporters, wrote in wake of the event.
Milley&#8217;s resignation letter, which he never submitted, reportedly stated:
<blockquote>I regret to inform you that I intend to resign as your Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Thank you for the honor of appointing me as senior ranking officer. The events of the last couple weeks have caused me to do deep soul-searching, and I can no longer faithfully support and execute your orders as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It is my belief that you were doing great and irreparable harm to my country. I believe that you have made a concerted effort over time to politicize the United States military. I thought that I could change that. I’ve come to the realization that I cannot, and I need to step aside and let someone else try to do that.
Second, you are using the military to create fear in the minds of the people—and we are trying to protect the American people. I cannot stand idly by and participate in that attack, verbally or otherwise, on the American people. The American people trust their military and they trust us to protect them against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and our military will do just that. We will not turn our back on the American people.
Third, I swore an oath to the Constitution of the United States and embodied within that Constitution is the idea that says that all men and women are created equal. All men and women are created equal, no matter who you are, whether you are white or Black, Asian, Indian, no matter the color of your skin, no matter if you’re gay, straight or something in between. It doesn’t matter if you’re Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Jew, or choose not to believe. None of that matters. It doesn’t matter what country you came from, what your last name is—what matters is we’re Americans. We’re all Americans. That under these colors of red, white, and blue—the colors that my parents fought for in World War II—means something around the world. It’s obvious to me that you don’t think of those colors the same way I do. It’s obvious to me that you don’t hold those values dear and the cause that I serve.
And lastly it is my deeply held belief that you’re ruining the international order, and causing significant damage to our country overseas, that was fought for so hard by the Greatest Generation that they instituted in 1945. Between 1914 and 1945, 150 million people were slaughtered in the conduct of war. They were slaughtered because of tyrannies and dictatorships. That generation, like every generation, has fought against that, has fought against fascism, has fought against Nazism, has fought against extremism. It’s now obvious to me that you don’t understand that world order. You don’t understand what the war was all about. In fact, you subscribe to many of the principles that we fought against. And I cannot be a party to that. It is with deep regret that I hereby submit my letter of resignation.</blockquote>
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Donald Trump

Lafayette Park

Mark Milley

A federal judge sentenced one of the four <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/minneapolis">Minneapolis</a> police officers Thursday charged in connection with the murder of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/george-floyd">George Floyd</a> in May 2020 to two and half years in prison for depriving Floyd of his civil rights.
Former Minneapolis Police Officer Thomas Lane was found guilty by a federal jury earlier this year for depriving Floyd of his constitutional right that would have allowed him to be free from a &#8220;police officer&#8217;s deliberate indifference to serious medical needs&#8221; when he saw Officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on Floyd&#8217;s neck.
The jury found that Lane&#8217;s failure to aid Floyd led to his death. Lane also pleaded guilty in May to one charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter of George Floyd.
&#8220;The tragic death of George Floyd makes clear the fatal consequences that can result from a police officer&#8217;s failure to intervene to protect people in their custody,&#8221; Kristen Clarke, assistant attorney general for the Justice Department&#8217;s Civil Rights Division, <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-minneapolis-police-officer-thomas-lane-sentenced-30-months-prison-depriving-george">said</a>. &#8220;Had this defendant and other officers on the scene with Derek Chauvin taken simple steps, George Floyd would be alive today.”
Clarke said Lane&#8217;s sentence should serve as a reminder that every law enforcement authority has a duty and obligation to protect people in custody.
U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger for the District of Minnesota said Lane knew that Floyd needed medical aid, but chose passivity rather than action.
&#8220;As a sworn law enforcement officer, he failed to uphold his duty to step in and save a man&#8217;s life,&#8221; Luger said.
While prosecutors initially requested Lane at least get just over five years in prison, Floyd&#8217;s family asked for the harshest possible sentence. However, the officer&#8217;s punishment falls on the lower end of federal guidelines.
The Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/death-of-george-floyd-police-minneapolis-thomas-lane-ffc19860301d277a32a18e1067bc4d4e">reports</a> Floyd&#8217;s brother, Philonise, called Lane &#8220;an accessory to murder&#8221; and the sentencing &#8220;insulting.&#8221;
Judge Paul Magnuson of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, who sentenced Lane, told him he violated the law because he didn&#8217;t get up and remove Officer Chauvin from an unconscious Floyd.
The jury also convicted the other former officers, Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng, of an additional charge of failing to intervene to stop former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Authorities said sentencing has not yet been scheduled for Thao, who held back onlookers during Floyd&#8217;s arrest, and Kueng, who pinned Floyd&#8217;s back during the restraint.

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Former Minneapolis Police Officer Sentenced To 2 And A Half Years In Prison For Violating George Floyd's Civil Rights

Derek Chauvin

Minneapolis

A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/missouri">Missouri</a> jury quickly delivered justice Wednesday to the family of a beloved former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/st-louis">St. Louis</a> police captain who was shot dead by a thug while trying to protect a friend’s business during riots and looting in June of 2020.
Stephan Cannon, 26, was found guilty in the murder of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/david-dorn">David Dorn</a>, a 77-year-old black man whose killing became a key inflection point in the riots over police brutality that followed the death of George Floyd.
&#8220;Justice has been served,&#8221; Dorn’s family told reporters outside the courthouse in videos posted online.
The jury took just over three hours to come back with guilty verdicts against Cannon for first-degree murder, first-degree robbery, first-degree burglary, stealing $750 or more, unlawful possession of a firearm and three counts of armed criminal action.
&#8220;I’m very glad that justice was served for Capt. Dorn,&#8221; said Paul Mauro, an attorney and former NYPD inspector who has been closely following the case. &#8220;But make no mistake – the conditions that allowed his killing should never have occurred.”
<div id="attachment_412688" style="width: 426px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-412688" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-412688 size-large" src="https://www.dailywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Screen-Shot-2022-07-21-at-6.21.24-AM-416x576.png" alt="A Missori jury took just over three hours to convict Stephan Cannon of the murder of former St. Louis Police Cape. David Dorn." width="416" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/07/Screen-Shot-2022-07-21-at-6.21.24-AM-416x576.png 416w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/07/Screen-Shot-2022-07-21-at-6.21.24-AM-217x300.png 217w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/07/Screen-Shot-2022-07-21-at-6.21.24-AM.png 566w" sizes="(max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px" />A Missori jury took just over three hours to convict Stephan Cannon of the murder of former St. Louis Police Cape. David Dorn. (St. Louis Police Department)</div>
Dorn was responding to a burglar alarm on June 2, 2020 at Lee’s Pawn and Jewelry, a store owned by his friend, when he confronted a pack of looters. Cannon, who was among them, shot Dorn dead on the sidewalk outside the shop in an incident the aftermath of which was filmed and briefly shared to Facebook Live. Prosecutors played it in court.
Prosecutors proved Cannon was the gunman, showing only he was standing on the nearby corner from which the shots were fired. Police later recovered a handgun, televisions from the pawnshop and pieces of Cannon’s dreadlocks from an apartment where he was staying.
Riots rocked St. Louis and a number of other major U.S. cities in 2020 following the death of Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer. Hundreds of Black Lives Matter protests devolved into riots, <a href="https://www.axios.com/riots-cost-property-damage-276c9bcc-a455-4067-b06a-66f9db4cea9c.html">causing</a> billions of dollars worth of damage to major U.S. cities. On the night of Dorn’s death, four St. Louis officers were shot and dozens of other businesses were damaged or burglarized.
Dorn’s widow, Ann Dorn, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-relive-that-horror-watch-david-dorns-widow-emotionally-recount-her-husbands-death-plead-for-an-end-to-nightmare-of-riots-and-looting">recounted</a> the night of her husband’s death during a speech at the 2020 Republican National Convention.
“As I slept, looters were ransacking the shop. They shot and killed David in cold blood, and then live-streamed his execution and his last moments on Earth,” Ann Dorn in her August 2020 speech. “David’s grandson was watching the video on Facebook in real time, not realizing he was watching his own grandfather dying on the sidewalk.”
Dorn served 38 years in St. Louis’ Metropolitan Police Department and six more as chief of police in Moline Acres. Last year, Dorn received <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/david-dorn-retired-police-captain-killed-in-june-burglary-receives-act-of-heroism-award">the Congressional Medal of Honor Citizen Honor Award</a>, an accolade only given to a handful of people each year, for his performance of an extraordinary act of courage and sacrifice on the night he was killed.
Cannon, who will be sentenced Sept. 13, faces life in prison without parole.

David Dorn

Jury Delivers Justice For David Dorn, Beloved Ex-St. Louis Cop Killed by 2020 Riot Thug

Jury Delivers Justice For David Dorn, Beloved Ex-St. Louis Cop Killed by 2020 Rioter

Crime

Murder

Riots

St. Louis

Fans of the hit series “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television">Live PD</a>,” which was canceled following the death of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/george-floyd">George Floyd</a> in 2020, will be pleased to learn that it’s coming back to television.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/entertainment">A&amp;E series</a> never suffered from a lack of popularity. Per the <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/07/19/live-pd-is-back-as-on-patrol-live-two-years-after-being-canceled">New York Post</a>, “Live PD” was the network’s top-rated show and had just been renewed for 160 episodes when it got canceled. Just one year after it got axed, A&amp;E’s primetime viewership tanked by 49%, per <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/video/one-live-pd-cancellation-e-194500732.html">Yahoo</a>. Popular spinoffs “Live PD: Police Patrol” and “Live PD Presents: PD Cam” also got canned.
The popular show is being reborn on the cable television network Reelz as “On Patrol: Live” and will once again feature Dan Abrams as the host. The series shows live footage of police officers on patrol across America.
“This show has become a part of my DNA, and I certainly want a partner who feels the same way,” Abrams told The Post. “Reelz is really excited about this series; they’re committing a lot of their entire network to the series and are going to put their marketing behind it.”
Abrams was devastated when “Live PD” was canceled. The cancellation came at a time when the relationship between cops and civilians became very strained, with massive waves of protests sweeping the country, sometimes turning violent. The long-running series “Cops” also got canceled that summer after running for 32 seasons. That show was revived in 2021.
“To all of you asking whether #LivePD coming back. . .The answer is yes. All of us associated with the show are as committed to it as ever. We are still discussing some specifics but I want to assure the #LivePDNation that we are not abandoning you,” Abrams <a href="https://twitter.com/danabrams/status/1270519124561735680">shared</a> on Twitter in 2020, just after the cancellation. Now two years later, he’s fulfilling that promise. 
“I was very clear when the show was taken off that I was disappointed in the decision,” the “Live PD” host told the publication. “I understood it, but I felt strongly that the show belonged on the air. There were a number of times where I said on social media that I felt that by the end of 2021 the show would be back on the air … but it was really important to find the right partner.”
“We have a lot of people in this community who are into the show and are really invested in it [and] we didn’t want a short-term commitment. This is a show about being there with the police departments and embedding with them and becoming part of those communities, to some degree,” he continued.
Abrams said he expects “some backlash” to the show’s return from people unfamiliar with the premise. 
“Look, policing is controversial, that’s the point of the show, to show police doing what they do, and what they do can be controversial,” he said. “I’m prepared [for the criticism] and the producers are prepared for it — but, most importantly, people who watched the show regularly are now really excited about this new version.”
“I think in an era where people are generally more supportive of body cameras on police officers, on both sides now, that people would say this is a good thing to see more police in action,” Abrams concluded.
&#8220;Live PD&#8221; premieres July 22 on Reelz.

PD LIVE Archive

‘Live PD’ Is Back After Being Canceled In 2020 Following Death Of George Floyd

'Live PD' Is Back After Being Canceled In 2020 Following Death Of George Floyd

Entertainment

Television

Seattle law enforcement lost more than 400 officers while crime surged to its highest level in two decades after city officials voted to defund some of its police services following the George Floyd riots in 2020.
With officers experiencing &#8220;exhaustion and low morale,&#8221; Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://harrell.seattle.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2022/07/SPD-Recruitment-and-Retention-Plan.pdf?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> Wednesday a $2 million recruitment and retention plan to restore and rebuild the Seattle Police Department as the staffing crisis impacts public safety.
&#8220;In One Seattle, every person has an absolute right to safety,&#8221; Harrel said. &#8220;But we cannot deliver without a well-staffed and well-trained police department.&#8221;
The Associated Press reported the plan includes $1 million from savings in unspent officer salaries — approved by the City Council — that would go towards recruitment and hiring bonuses.
Harrel&#8217;s plan reports the department has depleted to the point where authorities cannot effectively deliver essential services, citing the number of trained and deployable officers fell to its lowest level in over 30 years.
The department had approximately 1,300 officers patrolling the city right before Black Lives Matter reimagined policing in America. But over the last three years, residents have felt the effects of the BLM narrative, with the number of officers dwindling to just shy of 950 officers.
Staff shortage has limited the number of calls to only life-threatening emergencies, serious crimes in progress, and other circumstances while limiting their efforts to address &#8220;low-priority&#8221; calls and conduct follow-up investigations for high-priority calls.
&#8220;This inability to respond frustrates the people of Seattle, who expect to see police officers addressing their needs and providing a full array of police services,&#8221; the report reads.
The Seattle Times <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/seattles-botched-experiment-with-defund-the-police-now-could-mean-unwinding-10000-tows/#:~:text=The%20City%20Council%20initially%20cut,left%20while%20crime%20has%20soared." target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> city officials cut the police budget by approximately 20% while violent crime escalated.
<a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/seattle-continues-to-go-backward-on-crime-as-much-as-30-years-back/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reports</a> show gunfire in the city soared over 95%, while robberies reached up to 30% and aggravated assaults at 33%.
Interim Police Chief Adrian Diaz told the Associated Press the city needs to add 500 more officers over the next five years while maintaining its current roster. However, 109 employees have left this year so far.
Fox News <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/six-cities-pace-pass-violent-crime-2022" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> President Joe Biden told local authorities to use American Rescue Plan funds to prioritize public safety in anticipation of a summer crime wave.
&#8220;Do it quickly, before the summer, when crime rates typically surge,&#8221; Biden <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/six-cities-pace-pass-violent-crime-2022" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;Taking action today is going to save lives tomorrow.&#8221;
&#8220;So, use the money,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Hire the police officers. Build up your emergency response systems. Invest in proven solutions.&#8221;

Demonstration in Seattle

‘Low Morale’ From Seattle Police Department Harms Public Safety, Mayor Announces $2 Million Recruitment Plan

'Low Morale' From Seattle Police Department Harms Public Safety, Mayor Announces $2 Million Recruitment Plan

Seattle

Violent Crime

The city of Washington, D.C., just tallied its 100th homicide of the year — a threshold typically not crossed until October.
June is the earliest month that tragic record has been broken since 2003, <a href="https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/crime/dc-100-homicides-earlier-than-any-year-since-2003/65-da799db4-d5b5-44ba-96f4-7b917b7aa85e">according</a> to a local CBS affiliate. D.C. Police Union Chairman Gregg Pemberton recently <a href="https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/crime/dc-100-homicides-earlier-than-any-year-since-2003/65-da799db4-d5b5-44ba-96f4-7b917b7aa85e">claimed</a> that the city&#8217;s recent &#8220;police reform&#8221; is to blame for the rise in homicides, among other crimes.
“This increase in crime is due to the DC Council’s implementation of misguided ‘police reform’ legislation,” Pemberton told the outlet.
In 2020, in wake of the George Floyd riots and nationwide calls to &#8220;defund the police,&#8221; the D.C. city council <a href="https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/verify/defund-police-mpd-black-lives-matter-protests/65-29baa332-d23d-40b3-82e1-6e0e8d8de384">voted</a> to cut millions of dollars from the police department and repurpose that money toward other community efforts. Since then, more than 500 police officers have left or retired from the D.C. police.
&#8220;The Council’s actions have had a chilling effect on professional and responsible policing,&#8221; Pemberton <a href="https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/crime/dc-100-homicides-earlier-than-any-year-since-2003/65-da799db4-d5b5-44ba-96f4-7b917b7aa85e">told</a> the press. &#8220;Other major cities that have passed similar legislation have also experienced the mass departure of police personnel and, as a result, surges in crime. While the Council does its business inside a building protected by armed security, police officers in the real world are unable to do the impactful and necessary tasks needed to protect the public and apprehend violent criminals.&#8221;
WUSA9 also <a href="https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/crime/dc-100-homicides-earlier-than-any-year-since-2003/65-da799db4-d5b5-44ba-96f4-7b917b7aa85e">reported</a> that in the nation&#8217;s capital, homicides &#8220;in 2022 have increased 16% this year, over last year’s 14% increase. Homicides in Ward 1 are up 166% this year. Robberies citywide are up 32%. And so far this year, there have been nearly 200 carjackings in D.C.&#8221;
Fox News recently <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/major-cities-pace-pass-2021-homicide-halfway-2022">reported</a>, &#8220;Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Baltimore, Milwaukee, and Atlanta have all seen homicide numbers outpace their mark from 2021 halfway through this year, with Milwaukee seeing the largest spike of the group&#8230;Wisconsin&#8217;s largest city has recorded 96 homicides as of June 17 compared to 77 at this time a year ago, a 24.7% increase.&#8221;
In late June, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that new police officers in the capital will receive a $20,000 signing bonus.
&#8220;We know how critical it is to have a fully staffed and resourced MPD, and that requires us to hire strong talent and to retain experienced officers,” Bowser said while announcing the plan. “These hiring bonuses will help MPD recruit and hire more officers to keep our city safe.”
The plan will take place on an &#8220;expedited&#8221; schedule, The Washington Examiner <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/dc-mayor-unveils-20-000-hiring-bonus-to-recruit-more-police-amid-rise-in-crime">noted</a>.
“We sent the budget to the council in March, and that budget will be available on Oct. 1. But the chief came to me, and he said, ‘Mayor, it is my job to tell you what we need. And what we need is to be able to put those bonuses in place right now so that we are competitive,’” Bowser said. “We have a lot going for us, and I want everybody to understand that this government won’t stop until we drive down violent crime.”

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