An <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI</a> agent was carjacked in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/washington-d-c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington, D.C.</a>, on Wednesday, according to authorities, adding another high-profile incident in the nation&#8217;s capital this year in which rampant <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/crime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">crime</a> has impacted federal officials and their families.
Law enforcement sources <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/fbi-special-agent-carjacked-washington-dc/story?id=105255780&amp;cid=social_twitter_abcn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told ABC News</a> the victim, identified as a special agent, was driving a blue Chevy Malibu that contained the agent&#8217;s body armor and radio when the vehicle was stolen at gunpoint in the afternoon near the 1200 block of Constitution Avenue NE.
The FBI released a statement to media in the evening that said, &#8220;At this time, we can confirm that an FBI employee was carjacked on the afternoon of November 29. The vehicle was recovered, and the FBI Washington Field Office and the Metropolitan Police Department&#8217;s Carjacking Task Force are investigating.&#8221;
D.C. police said the federal agent reported two suspects taking the vehicle and the car was found in the 1000 block of 15th Street SE about 25 minutes after officers were called to respond, <a href="https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/fbi-employee-carjacked-near-capitol-hill/3482394/?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_DCBrand" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to NBC Washington</a>.
The Daily Wire reached out to the FBI and D.C. police seeking the latest information. On Thursday afternoon, the FBI released a poster showing images of the suspects and offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to their arrests.
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On November 29, 2023, two suspects carjacked an <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FBI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FBI</a> agent at gunpoint in Washington, D.C. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FBIWFO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FBIWFO</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/DCPoliceDept?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DCPoliceDept</a> are seeking information that leads to the suspects&#39; identification and arrest. If you have a tip, call 202-278-2000. <a href="https://t.co/dDnARsmhFw">https://t.co/dDnARsmhFw</a> <a href="https://t.co/Th3e0LzLNN">pic.twitter.com/Th3e0LzLNN</a>
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Crime is <a href="https://wjla.com/news/local/washington-dc-crime-surge-auto-thefts-carjacking-violence-metropolitan-police-department-mpd-investigations-arrests-stolen-vehicles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">surging</a> across the nation&#8217;s capital in 2023, affecting people from all walks of life and prompting a push to <a href="https://wtop.com/dc/2023/11/amid-crime-surge-dc-lawmakers-weigh-harsher-punishments/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">implement harsher penalties</a>. Preliminary <a href="https://mpdc.dc.gov/page/district-crime-data-glance" target="_blank" rel="noopener">police data</a> show more than 6,300 reports of auto thefts — which amounts to roughly a 93% spike compared to this time last year — and <a href="https://mpdc.dc.gov/page/carjacking" target="_blank" rel="noopener">911 &#8220;carjacking offenses&#8221;</a> while violent crime has also risen. Car theft is so rampant in D.C. that local officials recently began handing out <a href="https://dcist.com/story/23/11/01/dc-car-theft-police-distribute-air-tags/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">free tracking tags</a> for residents to put in their cars in case the vehicles get stolen.
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A couple weeks ago, a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/secret-service" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Secret Service</a> agent tasked with protecting Naomi Biden, a granddaughter of President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a>, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-granddaughters-secret-service-detail-opens-fire-during-car-break-in" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly opened fire</a> during an unoccupied government vehicle. Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-congressman-carjacked-at-gunpoint-in-washington-d-c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">carjacked by armed individuals</a> last month. In February, Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-democrat-assaulted-in-elevator-of-dc-apartment-building" target="_blank" rel="noopener">assaulted</a> in the elevator of her apartment building.
&#8220;An FBI Agent was carjacked at gunpoint in our nation’s capital this afternoon. You&#8217;re not even safe in Democrat-run Washington, D.C.,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/RepTroyNehls/status/1729977915503190402" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) in a post to X on Wednesday.

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A 16-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nebraska" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nebraska</a> teen was arrested earlier this week after allegedly stabbing and murdering her newborn.
The teen, identified on the Sheridan County Court docket as Chloe D. Coplen Anderson, was charged as an adult on two counts: first-degree murder and use of a weapon to commit a felony.
Authorities responded to a call on Monday of a juvenile who had given birth at home, and that the baby wasn’t breathing.
According to an <a href="https://nebraska.tv/news/local/nebraska-teen-charged-with-first-degree-murder-in-newborns-death-details-emerge-from-arrest-affidavit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">affidavit</a> obtained by NTV News, the responding officer heard the teen’s mother yelling that her daughter had hurt the baby, referred to as a boy. The officer reported finding the baby with its throat slit and bearing multiple stab wounds around its body.
The affidavit further reported that the child was discovered hidden in an empty plastic dog food bag and a trash bag, covered by clothes in his teen mother’s closet. The teen reportedly admitted to the murder of her child, per the mother’s account to police.
“[She said] it was dead, that she killed it,” said the teen’s mother.
Sheridan County Attorney Jamian Simmons confirmed in a statement <a href="https://chadronradio.com/gordon-teen-charged-with-1st-degree-murder-for-allegedly-stabbing-her-newborn-to-death/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">submitted</a> to ChadonRadio that they believe the teen committed the murder.
“[After] subsequent investigation, it is believed that a 16-year-old female gave birth at home to an infant and is alleged to have intentionally killed the infant by inflicting multiple stab wounds,” stated Simmons.
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Anderson’s next court hearing is scheduled for November 16 at 1:30 p.m. Her case number is CR230000392.
There have been several high-profile cases of teenage mothers allegedly killing their children this year.
In July, a 17-year-old Florida mother allegedly put a lethal dose of fentanyl in her baby’s bottle. The Nassau County teen claimed she thought she put cocaine, not fentanyl, in the bottle.
In September, an 18-year old Utah mother was arrested after allegedly killing her premature baby.
Arguably one of the more high-profile cases occurred at the start of this year.
19-year-old Alexee Trevizo, a senior in high school at the time, gave birth in a hospital bathroom in January and allegedly put her child in the trash, where the baby died. Trevizo claimed to police that her child was stillborn. The New Mexico teenager was arrested for first-degree murder in May.
An autopsy of the newborn declared homicide to be the cause of death.
During a pre-trial hearing in August, Trevizo asked for permission to attend New Mexico State University (NMSU) in person while awaiting trial. The judge granted Treviso permission to do so. Additionally, despite prosecutors’ opposition to pretrial release, the judge also granted Trevizo permission to attend prom, walk in her high school graduation, and spend the summer in Texas with her grandparents.
A petition <a href="https://www.change.org/p/get-alexee-trevizo-off-nmsu-campus?redirect=false" target="_blank" rel="noopener">created</a> in August for NMSU to retract Trevizo’s admission has nearly 28,000 signatures.

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16-Year-Old Nebraskan Arrested After Allegedly Stabbing, Murdering Her Newborn

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Four current and former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/los-angeles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles Sheriff&#8217;s Department</a> employees have died by suicide over 24 hours in a shocking tragedy that has rocked the city&#8217;s law enforcement community.
Three current employees and one former employee died by suicide in a 24-hour span that began on Monday.
The first death was of Commander Darren Harris, who had served as the sheriff&#8217;s department&#8217;s chief spokesperson during his 25-year career. Harris was reportedly found dead in his Santa Clarita home Monday morning with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Los Angeles Times <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-11-07/four-current-and-former-l-a-sheriffs-department-employees-died-of-suicide-in-a-24-hour-span" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Later on Monday afternoon, authorities found the body of Sergeant Greg Hovland at his Quartz Hill home. Another employee was found dead just after sunset at a home in Stevenson Ranch. The next day, around 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, a fourth sheriff&#8217;s department employee was reported dead by suicide at a Pomona hospital. Sheriff’s homicide detectives responded to the scene.
Already this year, four other sheriff&#8217;s department employees had died by suicide, an agency spokesperson <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-11-07/four-current-and-former-l-a-sheriffs-department-employees-died-of-suicide-in-a-24-hour-span" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
Sheriff Robert Luna said the department’s Homicide Bureau would investigate the deaths and urged deputies to check on each other in the wake of the deaths.
“We are stunned to learn of these deaths, and it has sent shock waves of emotions throughout the department as we try and cope with the loss of not just one, but four beloved active and retired members of our department family,” Luna <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-11-07/four-current-and-former-l-a-sheriffs-department-employees-died-of-suicide-in-a-24-hour-span" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Tuesday in a statement.
“During trying times like these it’s important for personnel regardless of rank or position to check on the well-being of other colleagues and friends,” the sheriff said.
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Luna said the department is “urgently exploring avenues to reduce work stress factors to support our employees’ work and personal lives.” The sheriff added that the department’s Psychological Services Bureau and the Injury and Health Support Unit is working to provide counseling and other resources to the families of the officers.
Since the pandemic, many in law enforcement <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-police-hiring-crisis-is-gripping-u-s-cities-and-towns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">say</a> police departments have been suffering from flagging morale thanks to a wave of anti-police sentiment that peaked with the police killing of George Floyd in 2020. In some cases, city councils slashed police budgets, leaving some police chiefs feeling abandoned as they are stretched thin trying to keep residents safe.
Many police departments have also seen a mass exodus of officers over the last several years, along with difficulty hiring new officers.
If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline or go to <a href="http://speakingofsuicide.com/resources" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources</a> for a list of additional resources.

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Law enforcement officials in southern <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California</a> said on Tuesday that they executed a search warrant at the home of a pro-Palestinian activist that they suspect was involved in the death of a pro-Israel protester at the start of the week.
The incident where 69-year-old Paul Kessler was killed happened at a Sunday event in Thousand Oaks where there were competing pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian rallies.
Ventura County Sheriff Jim Fryhoff said at a press conference that law enforcement identified a 50-year-old suspect who was one of the pro-Palestinian protesters.
&#8220;During the investigation at the scene, deputies determined that the altercation with Mr. Kessler, he fell backward and struck his head on the ground,&#8221; he said. &#8220;What exactly transpired prior to Mr. Kessler falling backward isn&#8217;t crystal clear right now.&#8221;
Kessler was transported to a local hospital and he remained conscious and responsive for a period of time until he succumbed to his injuries early Monday morning.
The Major Crimes Bureau (MCB) subsequently launched a criminal homicide investigation into the incident and investigators have not ruled out that a hate crime was committed.
&#8220;Yesterday afternoon, detectives obtained a search warrant for the suspect and the suspect&#8217;s residence,&#8221; said Fryhoff. &#8220;At 4:58 p.m. detectives conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle driven by the suspect in the city of Simi Valley. The suspect was detained &#8230; until the completion of the search warrant and he was released at 6:15 p.m. During the detention of the suspect, detectives executed a search warrant at the suspect&#8217;s residence in the city of Moorpark.&#8221;
Dr. Christopher Young, the chief medical examiner for Ventura County, said at the press conference that a CT scan at the hospital found that Kessler sustained &#8220;intracranial injuries, which included swelling of the brain and hemorrhage surrounding the brain.&#8221;
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&#8220;The autopsy demonstrated non-lethal injuries to the left side of Mr. Kessler&#8217;s face,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Additional injuries included injury to the back of the head, these injuries are consistent with and typical of injuries sustained from a fall. Internal injuries also are consistent with a fall which included skull fractures, swelling of the brain, and bruising to the brain.&#8221;
Young said that the injuries to the front of Kessler&#8217;s face were &#8220;consistent with a blow to the face,&#8221; which is separate from the injuries to the back of his head caused by him falling and hitting his head on the ground.
&#8220;The cause of death has been certified as blunt force head trauma, the manner of death is homicide,&#8221; Young said. &#8220;When a manner of death of homicide is made, it&#8217;s simply stating that the death occurred at the hands of another person or the actions of another person contributed to the death of the person.&#8221;

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Police Execute Search Warrant On Pro-Palestinian Suspect Involved In Death Of Jewish Protester

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The FBI seized more than 220 pounds of drugs in Massachusetts last week in a massive drug bust — believed to be the most drugs ever found in a single spot in New England.
The FBI task force found 10 million doses of drugs with a street value of $8 million during a search on November 1 in Lynn just north of Boston, the Justice Department <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/over-220-pounds-suspected-controlled-substances-seized-including-pills-shaped-resemble-heart#:~:text=The%20seizure%20included%20nine%20kilograms,be%20upwards%20of%20%248%20million." target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a press release Monday. The stash included eight million doses of fentanyl and methamphetamine laced pills and powder.
Among the drugs were 20 pounds of pink, heart-shaped, fentanyl-laced pills that were &#8220;pressed to look like candy,&#8221; the Justice Department said.
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Authorities also found brown rock and powder-like substances, which tested positive for cocaine and other drugs, and counterfeit Adderall pills believed to contain methamphetamines.
Three men were arrested in connection with allegedly running the &#8220;large-scale drug trafficking organization,&#8221; authorities said.
A 25-year-old man, Emilio Garcia, also known as &#8220;6&#8221; and a 33-year-old man, Sebastien Bejin, also known as Bash, were each charged with two counts, including possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute. A third 40-year-old man, Deiby Felix, was charged with just one count of possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute.
If convicted, the men face up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 for each charge.
They are scheduled to appear in court on November 13.
FBI Director Christopher Wray said that the seizure &#8220;saved lives in communities throughout Massachusetts.&#8221;
“Not only was this seizure one of the largest in the history of Massachusetts, but some of the pills were created to look like candy, potentially presenting an enormous risk to children,&#8221; Wray said.
The number of doses is greater than the number of people living in Massachusetts, said Acting U.S. Attorney Joshua S. Levy for the District of Massachusetts.
“The fact that we now are seeing fentanyl-laced pills pressed to resemble candy only underscores the urgency of this fentanyl crisis,” Levy said.
Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is cheap to make and easily transported, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/portland-sees-biggest-fentanyl-bust-in-sheriffs-office-history">is about</a> 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine. Because it is often cut with other drugs, users may often be unaware that they are consuming the powerful substance, which can be deadly even in small doses.
As little as two milligrams of fentanyl weighing the same as a few grains of salt can cause a fatal overdose, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/portland-sees-biggest-fentanyl-bust-in-sheriffs-office-history">according</a> to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).
Fentanyl has been on the rise in the U.S. for years. In a public safety alert, the DEA <a href="https://www.dea.gov/alert/dea-laboratory-testing-reveals-6-out-10-fentanyl-laced-fake-prescription-pills-now-contain#:~:text=It%20is%20a%20highly%20addictive,considered%20a%20potentially%20deadly%20dose." target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that six out of ten fentanyl pills the agency tests contain a potentially lethal dose.
In 2022, more than two-thirds of the 107,081 drug overdose deaths involved synthetic opioids, mostly illegal fentanyl, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Law enforcement officials in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/colorado" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Colorado</a> said this week that the 20-year-old Latino male who was found dead with a large number of weapons at an amusement park is believed to have committed suicide rather than carry out a potential attack.
The man was found with multiple firearms, a large quantity of ammunition, real and fake explosive devices, and was wearing body armor with a ballistic helmet. A bomb squad detonated the explosive devices at the park.
&#8220;Given the preparation, given the amount of weapons and the amount of ordnance he had it almost seemed highly likely that he intended to use those against the community,&#8221; Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario said at a press conference, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/diego-barajas-medina-fbi-checking-social-media-cellphone-colorado-man-dead-guns-explosives-glenwood-caverns-adventure-park/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to CBS News. &#8220;We took notice right away. This wasn&#8217;t an ordinary potential suicide. This gentleman was carrying a large amount of weapons. And then subsequently we also found some explosive devices. Some of those explosive devices were fake but some of those explosive devices were also real.&#8221;
The FBI and other law enforcement agencies are now assisting Garfield County with investigating the man to determine what might have been going on. Officials are looking at phone records, social media accounts, and talking with people who went to school with him.
&#8220;Speaking with family and doing a search on his room at his home, we don&#8217;t see any history, we don&#8217;t see any reason. We don&#8217;t see any motive,&#8221; Vallario said. &#8220;He was just completely under the radar.&#8221;
Some friends interviewed by CBS News said that he was quiet and kept to himself. The man&#8217;s brother <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/brother-says-heavily-armed-man-found-dead-colorado-amusement-park-woul-rcna123061" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> NBC News that he &#8220;wouldn’t talk to any of us.&#8221;
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&#8220;I can tell you that when I first saw this, it was definitely a realization that this type of danger has come to quiet Glenwood Springs, Colorado and fortunately for whatever reason — we may never know — although he was very highly prepared, very highly weaponized, whatever his preparation was he chose instead, as we believe at this point, to commit suicide,&#8221; Vallario said.
Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-with-multiple-guns-explosives-found-dead-at-colorado-amusement-park" target="_blank" rel="noopener">located</a> between Aspen and Vail along Interstate 70 in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, on a mountaintop setting overlooking the city, according to its website. The amusement park offers several attractions, including roller coasters, zip lines, a gondola, and mountaintop dining.
Brandon Drey contributed to this report.
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Legal representation for Minneapolis Police officer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-derek-chauvin-sentenced-for-murder-of-george-floyd">Derek Chauvin</a> has filed a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an appeal to the contentious and highly-publicized case concerning the death of George Floyd. Attorney William Mohrman, doing an interview with The Daily Wire, said his client was denied the right to a fair trial, and emphasized how the jury was biased from the outset, especially one specific juror.
Chauvin was sentenced in 2021 to over 20 years behind bars after a jury found him guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd’s death. Videos of the arrest and of Floyd’s detainment on the ground by Chauvin went viral in 2020, sparking protests and riots across the U.S. and even Europe. Holding the trial in Minneapolis, where the incident occurred, effectively guaranteed Chauvin an unfair trial, Morhman said.
&#8220;Under the Sixth Amendment of the U. S. Constitution, every criminal defendant is guaranteed a right to a fair trial,&#8221; the attorney explained. &#8220;And part of that fair trial-right is not to be tried in a location where the jurors have either been exposed to extensive pre-trial publicity, or there has been such community outrage and the like that the jurors, before they even were impaneled before the trial, would have concluded the defendant&#8217;s guilty, or would have been pressured into rendering a guilty verdict.&#8221;
&#8220;When that happens,&#8221; Mohrman said, &#8220;the Supreme Court precedents require that the case be moved to another location or venue, as the law puts it.&#8221; However, that&#8217;s not what happened with Chauvin&#8217;s case.
&#8220;During the questioning, I would say the vast majority &#8212; not only the vast majority, probably 75 to 80 percent of the jurors &#8212; expressed concerns for their own personal safety as a result of being impaneled on the jury,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Virtually every juror had obviously heard about the case, knew about the riots, had seen the videos that were taken when George Floyd was arrested; virtually all the jurors have seen that, so it&#8217;s difficult in a case like that to impanel the jury where the jurors haven&#8217;t formed firm conclusions before the trial even starts.&#8221;
Mohrman said their &#8220;primary argument&#8221; is that &#8220;due to the riots that took place in Minneapolis, every juror who was impaneled had a stake in the outcome of the trial, because no juror would want to see their communities burned again in riots.&#8221;
&#8220;Minneapolis suffered half a billion dollars in damage, and all of the jurors, or virtually all the jurors during jury questioning, expressed concerns about another riot breaking out,&#8221; he added.
Mohrman also noted outside factors before and during the trial that could have prejudiced jury members, who were not sequestered in the sense most Americans might expect. Jurors, for example, went home each night, and then met at an undisclosed location in the morning and were brought into the courthouse with heavy security.
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The attorney said that Minneapolis announced a <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/12/us/george-floyd-minneapolis-settlement/index.html">27 million dollar</a> settlement with Georgie Floyd&#8217;s estate in the middle of the trial, and noted rather notorious comments from Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters. The Democrat traveled to Minneapolis and <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/19/politics/maxine-waters-derek-chauvin-trial/index.html#:~:text=Asked%20what%20protesters%20should%20do,mean%20business%2C%E2%80%9D%20she%20said.">told</a> BLM protesters that if there is no guilty verdict, they should “stay on the street,” “get more active,” and “get more confrontational.” Further, the National Guard was deployed by Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) just before the trial. Mohrman argues this was done to prepare for another riot in case Chauvin were to be acquitted &#8212; potentially sending another clear message to the jury that they better convict. 
The attorney also made the argument of potential juror misconduct regarding a specific juror, Juror 52.
“Almost immediately after trial, Juror 52 was on a radio show, being interviewed about his experience as a juror,&#8221; Mohrman explained. &#8220;He expressed happiness at being on the juror panel. Then he said he was really happy with the messages sent to the Minneapolis Police Department because during his life he had had 50 encounters with the Minneapolis police department &#8212; all of them negative. And in one of them, he had a gun pulled on him. Now again, he filled out a juror questionnaire prior to trial saying, to the best of my recollection, he was at least neutral on the Minneapolis Police Department.&#8221;
&#8220;And then the other thing that&#8217;s even more disturbing is that video evidence was found on the internet Juror 52 participated in a &#8216;Get Off Our Necks&#8217; BLM rally in Washington, D.C., in August of 2020,&#8221; the attorney added. &#8220;So, again, he answered questions prior to trial saying he had not been at any protests.&#8221;
Morhman said this case should be taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court, especially because of what he sees as the nationwide implications of the trial’s outcome.
“All over the country, police departments in the inner cities are having difficulty hiring police officers,&#8221; he explained, &#8220;and there&#8217;s a debate out there as to why that&#8217;s happening, but two of the primary reasons that are being articulated as to why it&#8217;s happening is, number one, as a result of the trials up here in Minneapolis, and particularly Mr. Chauvin&#8217;s case, if a police officer gets caught up in an ambiguous situation with a suspect, trying to arrest a suspect who&#8217;s resisting arrest, and something happens where the suspect dies, police officers are concerned that they&#8217;re now going to be charged with second degree murder, and looking at a 20 to 40 year sentence for that, which is essentially a life sentence. Police officers are extremely concerned about that, and that&#8217;s why you&#8217;ve had numerous officers around the country who have retired, and why inner city police departments are having trouble hiring new officers.”
The U.S. Supreme Court only hears about 100 appeals of the 7,000 or so cases it’s asked to review annually. But if the court agrees to review the case, and agrees Chauvin did not get a fair trial, the former officer would get a new trial. There is also a Federal Civil Rights conviction against Chauvin, for which he is serving over 20 years concurrently with his state sentence. Challenging this sentence would be a separate legal action following a potential acquittal from a new trial.

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Courts

Derek Chauvin

Minneapolis

The two <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/las-vegas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Las Vegas</a> teens accused of running over and killing a retired police chief were seen laughing and allegedly flipping off the victim&#8217;s family in court this week.
Jesus Ayala, 18, and Jzamir Keys, 16, appeared for a hearing in Clark County court on Tuesday.
Both teens are facing murder charges after a disturbing video that went viral showed the pair filming themselves driving into a cyclist.
The distressing, graphic video of the killing shows the teen driver speeding up behind 64-year-old Andreas “Andy” Probst, a former police chief, while he was on his morning bike ride around 6 a.m. on August 14.
In court on Tuesday, the teens initially sat down covering their faces, attempting to hide from the cameras.
Later, they could be seen smiling, giggling while covering their mouths, and conversing with each other.
Ayala also pointed his middle finger toward the victim&#8217;s widow, Crystal Probst, she <a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/courts/teens-facing-murder-charges-laugh-gesture-at-victims-family-in-court-2927429/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
At one point, Ayala’s public defender, David Westbrook, appeared to be laughing alongside the teen in the courtroom, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIUDOp4CaSI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to video from KTNV.
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The teens were also caught on video smirking at the victim&#8217;s family as they left the courtroom.
The victim&#8217;s family later slammed the teens&#8217; behavior in court.
“How can you sit there after taking a man’s life, and act like such an entitled p***k?” Taylor Probst, Probst&#8217;s 27-year-old daughter, told the press outside the courthouse. “They really had no remorse, that this is just a game to them.”
Bodycam footage from Ayala&#8217;s arrest also <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8LnfH6O7Ms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">showed</a> the teen saying he bet he would be out in 30 days.
&#8220;You think this juvenile [expletive] gonna do something? I&#8217;ll be out in like 30 days, watch. I&#8217;ll bet you,&#8221; Ayala told the officer while sitting in the back of the patrol car.
Initially, the teen who was driving the car was <a href="https://ktla.com/news/local-news/2-las-vegas-teens-charged-with-murder-in-death-of-retired-bell-police-chief/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested</a> on suspicion of a hit and run, but since the video of the killing came to light, both teens were charged with murder and are being tried as adults.
In the video, the driver can be heard saying “Ready?” to his friend in the passenger seat, who is laughing and filming.
“Yeah, get his a**,” the passenger responds.
The car then mows down the former police chief, who is thrown onto the windshield, cracking it and sending glass shards flying into the car. He tumbles over the car before landing on the ground several feet away from his bike.
Authorities said the pair of teens had been on a crime spree that morning, which included <a href="https://news3lv.com/news/local/las-vegas-police-arrest-second-suspect-in-hit-and-run-death-of-man-riding-bicycle" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stealing</a> at least four cars and hitting a 72-year-old man a half hour earlier that left him with non-life-threatening injuries.
Before he was killed, Probst was a 35-year law enforcement veteran and headed the police force in Bell, California, before retiring in 2009 and moving to Las Vegas.

US-CRIME-SHOOTING

Teens Accused Of Mowing Down Retired Police Chief Laugh, Allegedly Flip Off Victim’s Family In Court

Las Vegas

Nevada

Let&#8217;s say you&#8217;re a 25-year-old adult male living in Compton, California, and you flip burgers for a living. Then one day, after a fight with your parents or your siblings, you decide you&#8217;ve had enough of the day-to-day. You get high and no-show at work. You go on a road trip with your friends to Las Vegas for a long weekend. It&#8217;s all very fun and irresponsible behavior, and as it happens, it&#8217;s not exactly unheard of in places like Compton.
Then let&#8217;s say your boss at the burger shop notices you didn&#8217;t show up for work. And he reports you missing. Following company protocol, he calls the police, and tells them that you&#8217;re AWOL. He says he has no idea why this is happening, or what&#8217;s going on. 
How should law enforcement respond in that situation? 
Starting next summer, in the biggest state in the country, the answer to that question will depend on one thing: your skin color. If you&#8217;re black, the cops will respond to your boss&#8217; call by buzzing every cell phone in the state, telling millions of people to be on the lookout for you. State authorities will plaster your name and description all over billboards on the interstate. They&#8217;ll even put you on television, in the ticker at the bottom of all the college football games. That&#8217;s if you&#8217;re black, to be clear. If you happen to be white, on the other hand, well, it’s a different story. If you&#8217;re white, the authorities will do precisely none of that. Instead, they&#8217;ll hang up the phone and tell the burger guy he&#8217;s wasting their time.
If that sounds far-fetched, you should know that it&#8217;s not. It is, in fact, what&#8217;s coming very soon in the state of California. It&#8217;s the result of a new law that was just signed by California&#8217;s governor and future presidential candidate, Gavin Newsom. Under this law, if black people age 25 and under go missing for any reason, then law enforcement has the authority to issue something called — and I’m not making this name up — an &#8220;Ebony alert.&#8221; This is kind of like an Amber alert, but in several key respects, it&#8217;s very different. Watch:
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There&#8217;s a lot going on here, starting with the fact that California already has something called &#8220;Feather alerts&#8221; for Indians. And now they&#8217;re adding &#8220;Ebony alerts&#8221; to the mix, because naturally, when you think of black people, you think of the word &#8220;ebony,&#8221; just like feathers come to mind when you&#8217;re talking about native Americans. I suppose there are more stereotypical and insulting names they could have come up with. But these are still pretty bad.
For the record, I had to double-check that news clip to make sure it wasn&#8217;t satire. But it&#8217;s real. They really have &#8220;Feather alerts&#8221; out west. People in California will be sleeping, or watching a football game, or drinking some zesty craft beer, and then they&#8217;ll get a &#8220;Feather alert&#8221; on their phones. And they&#8217;re expected to drop everything they&#8217;re doing and scramble to find some missing &#8220;indigenous person&#8221; once they see a Feather alert pop up. That&#8217;s a real thing that happens in California, at least since last year, when &#8220;Feather alerts&#8221; were implemented.
This, however, didn&#8217;t strike anyone in California as being completely and totally absurd. We can speculate as to why that might be. Maybe a lot of Berkeley grads honestly believe that white supremacist cowboys are still out there, tormenting the indigenous peoples at every turn. Whatever the case, they do indeed have &#8220;Feather alerts&#8221; in California, and they&#8217;re not joking about it. This is serious business.
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Given that simple, if incredible fact, you have to wonder why California authorities haven&#8217;t deployed a whole assortment of other stereotypical alerts for every conceivable ethnicity under the sun. They have an alert that&#8217;s tailor-made for Indians, but why stop there? The possibilities are endless. They could have a &#8220;General Tso&#8217;s alert&#8221; for missing Asians, for example. They could implement a &#8220;Sombrero alert&#8221; for Hispanics, or a &#8220;Leprechaun alert&#8221; for missing Irish Americans. Of course the Left doesn&#8217;t care about two of those three groups, so this probably wouldn&#8217;t happen. But given that they&#8217;re now embracing every stereotype imaginable, in their quest to be &#8220;anti-racist,&#8221; it&#8217;s not hard to picture something like this down the line.
On second thought, by the way, I think “Kung Pao” alert has a better ring to it. And if they don’t implement this for missing Asian people, then at least this would be a good system to put in place for when the Uber Eats driver doesn’t show up with your Chinese food order. 
At the same time, if you paid close attention to that news clip, you probably have more pressing concerns. For example, you might wonder why black people need a separate system of emergency alerts at all. For one thing, Amber alerts don&#8217;t do much, no matter what your skin color might be. As a recent USA Today <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2023/02/23/amber-alert-missing-children-usa-today-data-analysis-finds-kids-rarely-helped/11089397002/">analysis</a> found, &#8220;Amber Alerts are extremely rare and, even when they are used, it’s unclear how much they help bring children home safely.&#8221;
On top of that, the data we have suggests that the Amber alert system isn&#8217;t discriminating against anyone. According to that same analysis, &#8220;From 2017 through the end of 2021, Black children made up 37% of missing-child reports and nearly 37% of Amber Alerts &#8230; indicating the alerts are issued proportionately.&#8221;
So what&#8217;s the problem exactly? What conceivable reason could there be to implement yet another iteration of a useless system that clearly isn&#8217;t discriminatory in any way? Here&#8217;s an NAACP flack and California state Senator Steven Bradford to explain:
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First of all, note how they frame this. They say these Ebony alerts are for &#8220;Black youth and young black women.&#8221; But these new Ebony alerts in California, by law, will also sound for 25-year-old black males. Let&#8217;s just be clear about that.
Moving on — what they&#8217;re saying is that a lot of black people who vanish aren&#8217;t being counted as &#8220;missing persons&#8221; and therefore aren&#8217;t eligible for Amber alerts. And they&#8217;re saying that&#8217;s racist. To understand their argument, you need to know that, in order for authorities to issue an Amber Alert, by law, authorities need some evidence that a child was abducted, or disappeared for some reason against their will. If there&#8217;s no evidence of that, then that child is not classified as &#8220;missing.&#8221; They&#8217;re classified, instead, as &#8220;runaways.&#8221;
What the proponents of Ebony alerts are saying is that the police are deliberately misclassifying black people as &#8220;runaways&#8221; just to cook the missing persons data, because of course, the police are racist. In fact, that&#8217;s exactly what California legislators state in the text of their legislation on Ebony alerts. We don&#8217;t have to guess about this. Here&#8217;s what California lawmakers put in the bill:
<blockquote>Being identified as a runaway can also be a legal loophole for law enforcement, because when a child is listed as a runaway, the police are allowed to delay response and investigation time. In cases where the child is mislabeled as a runaway, this delay is crucial time that could be spent locating a child in danger.</blockquote>
So, they&#8217;re just coming out and saying that the police are lying about the large number of black runaways. The cops are taking advantage of a &#8220;loophole&#8221; in the law, so that black youth can be abducted without any investigation. That&#8217;s the claim, which is spelled out in legislation from the California State Assembly. They can&#8217;t think of another conceivable explanation for why a lot of black people might be unaccounted for. Their theory is that all these young black people are being abducted, and all the racist cops have decided to conspire to hide that fact. They know that all these missing black people definitely can&#8217;t have anything to do with the fact that 70% of black children are born to unmarried mothers. They also know it can&#8217;t possibly be related to the fact that more than 64% of black children grow up in single-parent homes. None of that is relevant, in their view.
Instead, California&#8217;s legislature is convinced that the problem is racist cops, who have apparently decided, in unison, not to investigate missing persons cases involving black people. And the California government&#8217;s solution to that invented problem is to implement the same solution that South Africa implemented long ago, which is race-based policing, where people with preferred skin colors are entitled to a police response, while people of disfavored skin colors are ignored. They&#8217;re codifying this into law.
Here&#8217;s the key part of this new Ebony alert legislation in California:
<blockquote>A law enforcement agency may request that an Ebony Alert be activated if that agency determines that an Ebony Alert would be an effective tool in the investigation of missing Black youth, including a young woman or girl.</blockquote>
That&#8217;s it. That&#8217;s all that&#8217;s necessary. There&#8217;s no requirement that authorities suspect an abduction, or some kind of kidnapping. That&#8217;s the standard for issuing a statewide alert for non-black people when they go missing, under the Amber alert system. The text of this new legislation in California admits that. Here&#8217;s what it says: 
<blockquote>The Amber Alert system must fulfill strict criteria for the message to be broadcast. If these criteria are not met, an AMBER Alert cannot be issued, and the child is labeled as a runaway.</blockquote>
But the Ebony alert system does not have to obey any such restrictions. It&#8217;s enough, according to this new legislation, for authorities to determine that an Ebony alert would be an &#8220;effective tool&#8221; for finding a young black person who&#8217;s missing. There are no other standards outlined in the law. There&#8217;s just a bunch of suggestions. The bill goes on to state, for example, that if a black youth disappears under &#8220;unexplained&#8221; circumstances, then that could be sufficient to trigger the statewide alert. By contrast, non-black victims essentially have to show they&#8217;ve been kidnapped.
Let&#8217;s take stock of what&#8217;s happening here. The state of California is taking a system that doesn&#8217;t appear to work, which is the Amber alert system, and they &#8216;re duplicating it — only this time, they&#8217;re baking in a policy of explicit racial segregation. It&#8217;s not even clear how this will work, by the way. Let&#8217;s say a 17-year-old black teenager goes missing. Does that teenager get an Amber alert, in addition to an Ebony alert? And for that matter, what happens if an elderly native American disappears? Do they get a Feather alert, along with a Silver alert? Is there some way to combine all these categories, and have an Ebony Silver Feather alert? All it would take is a black guy who identifies as a native American, and we can do it. We can achieve the singularity. The possibilities are truly endless.
Or maybe, in that scenario, the 17-year-old black teenager wouldn&#8217;t get an Amber alert. Maybe he&#8217;d just get an Ebony alert. In that case, California will have established a truly segregated emergency alert system, with a separate alert for whites and blacks. At that point they might as well go all the way, and change &#8220;Amber alert&#8221; to &#8220;Ivory alert.&#8221;
Of course, either scenario is insane and counterproductive. It defies logic, really. Think about it. If you&#8217;re really worried about racist cops and MAGA Republicans who supposedly aren&#8217;t trying to find missing black people, why would your solution be to categorize all future missing persons alerts by race? Now the racist cops and MAGA Republicans can simply ignore the alerts for whatever race they don&#8217;t like. You&#8217;re making it easier for them.
Again, we can mock this all day. But all of these contradictions and inconsistencies aren&#8217;t simply the inevitable result of top-down, state-driven social engineering. They&#8217;re also the inevitable result of the worldview of California politicians, and liberals more generally, who refuse to recognize reality even when it hits them in the face. The truth is that a lot of young black people do run away from their homes. They do it voluntarily. And the reason they do it is that, when they were young, their fathers may have run away from them. That is a tragedy that repeats itself, generation after generation. It&#8217;s one of the reasons every urban center in this country is getting more dangerous every year.
But predictably, instead of doing something about that problem — instead of addressing the crisis of single-parent homes in the state of California — Democrats have once again decided to blame their political opponents. They&#8217;re saying the cops are responsible. They&#8217;re claiming MAGA Republicans are behind it. That&#8217;s the explanation they&#8217;ve settled on.
As a result, a lot of Californians are about to wake up at 3:00 am to random, blaring alerts on their cell phones, along with all the earthquake notifications and the push alerts about newly deposited poop on the sidewalk. Of course, many Californians will decide to opt out of these alerts indefinitely, because they&#8217;re too constant and too annoying. A lot of police resources will be wasted pursuing &#8220;runaways&#8221; who left home voluntarily. And in the end, black people will continue to disappear. 
Unless something extraordinary occurs, this cycle will continue — unburdened, as Kamala Harris might say, by what has been. For California liberals like Gavin Newsom, that&#8217;s good enough. For everyone else — and especially for every non-Ebony person who goes missing in the state of California — this sends a very clear message. It is an explicit betrayal of the race-neutral system of laws that this country has upheld for generations.
This new law in California needs to be struck down, as quickly as possible. It must be condemned by every Republican politician and conservative power center in this country. If that doesn&#8217;t happen — if your race can somehow dictate how you&#8217;re treated by the police — then nothing else matters, really. All of the debates about Ukraine and the debt ceiling and the speaker of the House pale in comparison. When they come for you, whatever the charge may be, you will be judged on the basis of characteristics you cannot control. If you&#8217;re not &#8220;indigenous&#8221; or a &#8220;person of color,&#8221; then no cell phone alert will sound when you disappear. There will be no signs on the highway telling motorists to be on the lookout for someone matching your description. You will be isolated and demonized and condemned. You will be classified as a &#8220;runaway&#8221; and forgotten immediately. That&#8217;s a depressing realization, in some respects. It may seem demoralizing. But in reality, it&#8217;s clarifying. It tells you something important.
It communicates, loud and clear, the intent of the people who hate you more than anything else in the world. It tells you that everything they pretend is an injustice is, in reality, a punishment that they desperately want to inflict on you.
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California Passes An ‘Anti-Racist’ Law So Insane That It Seems Like A Joke

California Passes An 'Anti-Racist' Law So Insane That It Seems Like A Joke

Amber Alert

Anti-Racism

Blacks

Matt Walsh

Racism

Readers Pass

Former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nfl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NFL</a> player Sergio Brown was taken into custody this week after police issued a warrant for first-degree murder in connection with the death of his mother.
NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ex-nfl-player-sergio-brown-arrested-faces-murder-charge-death-mother-rcna119907" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the 35-year-old former defensive back was taken into custody by law enforcement officials on Tuesday in San Diego and was awaiting to be extradited to Illinois to face charges related to the death of his 73-year-old mother, Myrtle Jean Simmons-Brown.
Brown was found dead in a creek behind her Chicago home back in mid-September from what officials said were injuries sustained from an assault.
Brown was captured by law enforcement after Mexico deported him back to the U.S. after authorities obtained a warrant for his arrest.
CNN said that his deportation from Mexico &#8220;was not without incident&#8221; as he allegedly &#8220;created a disturbance on an extradition flight from Mexico City to Tijuana and was threatened with removal by the plane’s captain.&#8221;
Brown&#8217;s brother, Nick Brown, posted on social media the day after learning of his mother&#8217;s death: &#8220;My brother Sergio is still missing. If anyone knows where he is I want him to know that I love you and please come home.&#8221;
&#8220;It’s a sad but hopeful time, and we will all get through this together,” he added. &#8220;Mom always told me, ‘tough times don’t last,’ and our last conversation about tough times being temporary is my beacon of hope. Mom, thank you for being strong, caring, diligent, fancy, funny, and for saving my art. I won’t let you down.&#8221;
The family issued a statement last week asking for law enforcement to make an arrest, saying that there was sufficient evidence to do so.
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“We implore law enforcement agencies, particularly the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, to work diligently and thoroughly in pursuit of truth and accountability for Myrtle Jean Simmons-Brown. No family should bear the weight of uncertainty regarding the circumstances of their loved one’s passing,” the family said through their attorney.
They added that they had not spoken to Sergio, but were praying for his well-being and his immediate return to the U.S.

Sergio Brown

Former NFL Player Deported Back To U.S. To Face Charges For Allegedly Murdering Mother: Reports

Football

Carlee Russell was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/crime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found guilty</a> this week of charges related to her fabricated claims earlier this year that she was abducted in Alabama.
Hoover Municipal Judge Brad Bishop found the 26-year-old guilty on Wednesday of falsely reporting to law enforcement authorities and falsely reporting an incident.
The judge recommended one year in jail, nearly $18,000 in restitution, and two additional fines of over $800 each, according to a <a href="https://www.al.com/news/2023/10/carlee-russell-convicted-of-faking-abduction-what-happens-next-in-the-case.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from a local Alabama publication.
Russell admitted to law enforcement back in July that she fabricated her entire story. Her attorney, Emory Anthony, provided a statement to law enforcement at the time and asked that authorities read the entire statement at their press conference.
“There was no kidnapping on Thursday July 13,” the statement said. “My client did not see a baby on the side on the road.”
“My client apologizes for her actions to this community, the volunteers who were searching for her, to the Hoover Police Department and other agencies as well, as to her friends and family,” the statement continued. “We ask for your prayers for Carlee, as she addresses her issues and attempts to move forward, understanding that she made a mistake in this matter. Carlee again asks for your forgiveness and prayers.”
Russell is reportedly going to appeal the verdict to the Jefferson County Circuit Court in an effort to take the case to a trial by jury.
The Alabama Attorney General&#8217;s office said in July that they intended to &#8220;fully prosecute this case&#8221; because they did not view it as a &#8220;victimless crime.&#8221;
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&#8220;There are significant hours spent, resources expended, and not only that, but the many men and women civilians who wore those yellow vests on a hot afternoon and in the evening looking for someone they thought was abducted, trying to be of assistance,&#8221; the office said.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/carlee-russell-gets-bad-news-after-her-suspicious-kidnapping-story-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Carlee Russell Gets Bad News After Her Suspicious Kidnapping Story</a>

Carlee Russell

Carlee Russell Found Guilty In Alabama Court Of Fabricating Kidnapping

Alabama

Fraud

A new California law signed this week sets up a statewide &#8220;Ebony Alert&#8221; system to prioritize searches for missing black children and young adults.
The &#8220;Ebony Alert&#8221; notification system, which is similar to an Amber Alert, will allow local law enforcement to ask the California Highway Patrol to activate the alert when a black person aged 12 to 25 goes missing.
Like the Amber Alert, the Ebony Alert will use electronic highway signs to notify people about the missing black person. The Ebony Alert law encourages radio, television, cable, satellite, and social media systems to cooperate with disseminating the alert&#8217;s information.
California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom signed the <a href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB673" target="_blank" rel="noopener">law</a> on Sunday. It will go into effect on January 1.
The law was created in response to the large number of missing black children and adults who the law says &#8220;receive less media attention to the fact that they are missing.&#8221;
“Data shows that Black and brown, our indigenous brothers and sisters, when they go missing there’s very rarely the type of media attention, let alone AMBER alerts and police resources that we see with our white counterparts,” <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/california-just-created-ebony-alert-find-missing-black-children-rcna119679" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> state Senator Steven Bradford (D), who spearheaded the legislation.
In addition, black children and young women are “disproportionately represented on the lists of missing persons,” Bradford said.
In California, an Amber Alert requires the victim to be under 17 or have a proven disability, there must be a reason to believe the child is in danger, and an Amber Alert cannot be used for custodial disputes or runaways.
Advocates for the Ebony Alert <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/california-just-created-ebony-alert-find-missing-black-children-rcna119679" target="_blank" rel="noopener">argue</a> that black children often get classified as runaways, meaning they will not get an Amber Alert.
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However, the bill quickly attracted criticism, with many social media users branding the legislation racist for separating missing children by the color of their skin.
&#8220;So that ain&#8217;t racist? Cause first of all, my name is Amber, and I&#8217;m black. So why can&#8217;t black people have Amber Alerts,&#8221; one TikTok user <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@starringamberr/video/7288426205982870826" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a video. &#8220;Pay attention right now to how Democrats are still in 2023 telling black people that we need to be segregated from white people in order to get them to pay attention to us.&#8221;
&#8220;That has to be the most racist s*** ever. If a child is missing, why do we care if it&#8217;s black, purple, yellow, or green?&#8221; another TikTok user <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@waterman.c/video/7288336475140148526" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a>.
An Instagram user sarcastically <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/10/10/californias-new-ebony-alert-missing-black-children-women-causing-outrage/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suggested</a> a &#8220;Juan alert&#8221; for Hispanic missing children.
&#8220;Why do we need a separate alert for black and brown kids? How about actually LOOKING for these kids instead of creating ways to segregate us even more!?&#8221; another Instagram user <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CyOI8igqklh/?img_index=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
Other users supported the Ebony Alert system, with several calling for every state to adopt it.

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