Comedian and popular podcast host <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/pedophiles-and-stolen-art-joe-rogan-has-a-very-low-opinion-of-the-vatican/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Rogan</a> mocked the media for taking him seriously when he cracked a joke over the summer suggesting that it would be acceptable in Los Angeles to &#8220;shoot the homeless.&#8221;
Rogan, who made the comment to fellow comedian Tom Segura during a July episode of &#8220;The Joe Rogan Experience,&#8221; was talking about the growing homelessness crisis in Los Angeles in conjunction with the city&#8217;s failure to crack down on <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/george-gascon-claims-l-a-county-is-safer-in-some-areas-because-of-his-policies-despite-rise-in-violent-crime-over-past-year/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">violent crime</a>.
The conversation began with Segura, who pointed out that homeless camps were considered &#8220;personal property&#8221; and therefore it was illegal to remove them.
&#8220;You’d get arrested. Hilarious. But they wouldn’t arrest you if you shot somebody. Maybe you should just go shoot the homeless people,&#8221; Rogan replied — and the clip quickly went viral, generating outrage on social media.
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Sickening. Joe Rogan, who’s worth millions, pontificates on the plight of homeless people, then decides the best solution may be just to “shoot the homeless people”. <a href="https://t.co/mgBGmarzgP">pic.twitter.com/mgBGmarzgP</a>
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Rogan responded to his own comment — and the outrage that followed — during a recent appearance on Segura&#8217;s podcast, &#8220;2 Bears, 1 Cave.&#8221;
His chief complaint with regard to the backlash was that there was an ever-growing list of things that no one was allowed to joke about.
&#8220;Oh, my God. The thing that, you know — you probably lose track of this all the time because it happens to you like every day,&#8221; Segura replied. &#8220;But when I did your podcast last and we talked about homeless people &#8230;&#8221;
Rogan began to laugh, and Segura continued, &#8220;You go, ‘I think we should shoot them.’ And I go, ‘I like your ideas.’ And then news outlets, they took the, it was end quote. It was like, ‘He says this, Rogan says this. Tom says, I like your idea. These guys are endorsing violence against homeless.’ And then they go, ‘And then it happened. A homeless person was killed. And this is what these guys are — this is what these guys are.’”
Rogan responded by reading a headline about his comments: “Under fire for joke intended as political jab.”
&#8220;I was under fire? I wasn’t even aware I was under fire. That’s what’s hilarious. I didn’t even have any idea. I didn’t pay attention and didn’t affect me at all,&#8221; Rogan continued, voicing surprise when he learned that Segura had actually gotten a number of messages about the comments.
&#8220;We should just explain what we actually said. What I actually — what we were actually saying is that if you shot them, no one would care because they don’t do anything about violence,&#8221; Rogan continued. &#8220;That’s what we’re saying. We weren’t saying you should shoot the homeless people. We were saying like, you can’t touch their stuff.&#8221;
Segura kept the segment going, pivoting to another joke that he said would likely get him into just as much trouble. &#8220;There’s a huge spike in actual violent crime. And to be clear, I was part of the group that paid to have the homeless people that were on Cesar Chavez in — here in Austin drowned in Lake Travis.&#8221;
&#8220;Imagine someone saying that they thought that we were serious,&#8221; Rogan laughed. &#8220;It’s out of context. But all they do is get more people to listen. They don’t understand that they work for you. When they do stuff like that, that’s free advertising.&#8221;
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‘Free Advertising’: Joe Rogan Mocks Media For Freaking Out About ‘Shoot The Homeless’ Comment

Joe Rogan Mocks Media For Freaking Out About 'Shoot The Homeless' Comment

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Los Angeles officials are challenging the accuracy of the most recent count of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/homelessness">homeless</a> people living in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/los-angeles">Los Angeles County</a>, which found zero homeless people in the Venice Beach area, sometimes called the &#8220;ground zero&#8221; of homelessness.
Two city councilmen, whose districts saw an increase in their homeless populations according to the count, suggested the data may be flawed.
Earlier this month, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority released the <a href="https://www.lahsa.org/news?article=895-lahsa-releases-2022-great-los-angeles-homeless-count-results-released">results</a> of its homeless count, which was conducted in February.
The count found that there were about 69,000 homeless people in Los Angeles County, up 4.1% from 2020. In the city of Los Angeles there were nearly 42,000 homeless people, up 1.7% from 2020.
However, the count appeared to suffer from irregularities, including a dramatic drop from 509 homeless people to zero in the Venice Beach area, an area known for its homeless problem.
&#8220;During the Count, we received several reports of user and technological errors resulting from a lack of training and poor internet connectivity,&#8221; <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-09-24/doubts-raised-over-the-los-angeles-homeless-count-is-it-time-for-a-new-way">said</a> Ahmad Chapman, LAHSA’s communications director.
&#8220;Despite these errors, we are confident in the accuracy of this year’s homeless Count because LAHSA and its partners took several steps to account for what was happening in the field,&#8221; Chapman said.
The agency did not directly address the eyebrow-raising count of zero homeless people in the northwest quarter of Venice.
As a result, last week Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez introduced a pair of motions requesting audits of both the 2022 count and previous years&#8217; counts as well as an evaluation of whether an outside party should conduct counts in the future.
Meanwhile, some of Los Angeles&#8217; 15 city council districts saw a more pointed increase in their homeless population than others, the count showed.
Councilman Bob Blumenfield&#8217;s west San Fernando Valley district saw a 60% rise in unsheltered homeless people since 2020, according to the count, even though more than 200 homeless people moved to a shelter.
Blumenfield is one of the council members requesting more scrutiny of the count.
&#8220;I go out in our community for homeless outreach at least once a month, and my staff is on the streets every day,&#8221; Blumenfield <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-09-24/doubts-raised-over-the-los-angeles-homeless-count-is-it-time-for-a-new-way">said</a>. &#8220;The increase of people who are unsheltered per the LAHSA Count does not reflect the reality that we see. More transparency over this process would be incredibly welcomed because we are simply not getting answers that add up.&#8221;
Blumenfield suggested in a <a href="https://blumenfield.lacity.org/lahsacount2022">statement</a> that empty tents and RVs among other factors may have contributed to skewed results.
&#8220;A count of RVs and tents can’t assess if the owner also has a shelter bed,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I hope more work will be done to make sure these numbers are the best reflection of what’s happening in the West Valley.&#8221;
Councilman Kevin de León requested more clarity on the results showing that his downtown Los Angeles district had 231 fewer homeless people in shelters and 1,818 more people on the street than in 2020. Since 2020, De León&#8217;s district has <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-09-24/doubts-raised-over-the-los-angeles-homeless-count-is-it-time-for-a-new-way">provided</a> hundreds of new shelter beds.
Each district must provide housing for 60% of its homeless population under a settlement in a federal court case, meaning the totals directly affect the work of council members.

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Los Angeles Officials Challenge Latest Homeless Count That Found Zero Homeless In Venice Beach

Los Angeles Officials Challenge Latest Homeless Count

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A young mother who was slammed into by a teenage driver while she was carrying her eight-month-old baby ripped leftist Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón for not notifying her the youth was going to plead for early release.
The teenager was sentenced to five to seven months in a juvenile probation camp after he hit the woman — identified as Rachel — in the Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles in August 2021 while he was intoxicated, then fled in a car that he had stolen.
“I remain incredibly disappointed with the justice system in LA but I am unsurprised to learn that I am yet again being denied my rights as a victim to participate and use my voice in the judicial process. F*** George Gascón,” Rachel told <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/los-angeles-wrong-way-hit-run-driver-plowed-mom-baby-stolen-car-wants-early-release">Fox News Digital</a>.
Rachel had hoped for a harsher initial sentence for the teenager, who had no driver’s license and was already on probation for felony poisoning after he allegedly spiked a high school girl&#8217;s drink. She had expected that any hearing for the teenager would come near the end of his probation in early November.
“I thought those were the last moments of our lives; we were dead,&#8221; she said in a victim impact statement, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11237809/LA-hit-run-driver-plowed-mom-baby-asks-let-punishment-EARLY.html">The Daily Mail</a> reported. &#8220;That feeling, along with the memory of a car accelerating directly into us, will haunt me forever. &#8230; As the car approached me and my child, I stopped walking and moved the stroller and myself up against a building on the right side of the road to ensure that we gave the reckless driver plenty of room to pass. As the car got dangerously close to us, KB turned the wheels in our direction and accelerated as he aimed to kill us.”
“I was also told that his record would be wiped clean when he turns 18,” she added. “How on earth can that be? He tried to murder two innocent pedestrians. Murder. And we have video evidence. My child would be dead if I hadn&#8217;t been there to protect him.”
“George Gascón doesn&#8217;t value my life or the life of my child, or any other victim out there and would rather reward the monsters like KB by demonstrating to them that their actions have no consequences,” she said. “DA Gascón is telling him and every other thug in LA County that it doesn&#8217;t matter if you try to murder people. Why are Gascón’s policies prioritizing the livelihood of rotten monsters when my child, my baby, who is incapable of protecting himself, is left to fend for himself, and is essentially being told his life doesn&#8217;t matter?”
When a 26-year-old man, Hannah Tubbs — who claims to be a transgender woman — pled guilty to sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl as a teen, Gascón insisted the man should be tried as a juvenile. Then his staff “learned that Fox News was preparing to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/los-angeles-hannah-tubbs-jailhouse-phone-calls">publish</a> jailhouse recordings in which Tubbs crowed about receiving a light sentence and spoke derisively about the victim,” the <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-02-21/gascon-reversed-himself-sentence-hannah-tubbs-who-assaulted-child">Los Angeles Times</a> reported, and Gascón changed his mind.
“Line prosecutors told The Times the turnabout was especially galling because the jail recordings have been known inside the district attorney’s office for at least a month and did not alter Gascón’s approach previously,” The Times added.

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‘F*** George Gascon’: Young Mother Who Was Carrying Baby When Teenage Driver Hit Her Lashes Out

Young Mother Who Was Carrying Baby When Teenage Driver Hit Her Lashes Out At George Gascon

George Gascon

On May 6th, 2003, I arrived in the United States for the first time as a missionary for my church. My 23-hour flight from Accra, Ghana landed at LAX around noon, and I was plunged right into the heart of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area. It was my first time on a plane and my first experience outside of Ghana. I had turned 19 earlier that year and had completed my freshman year of college. I expected to experience some culture shock but did not know exactly how it would manifest. 
I was greeted at the airport by the husband-and-wife patrons of the California Los Angeles mission, along with another young, white man, who was much taller and larger than I was but who was only a year or so older. I soon learned he was from Clinton, Utah. He had been assigned to be my trainer and was tasked with helping me acclimate to my new circumstances. As I picked up my bags at baggage claim, the monumental change in my surroundings began to set it.
In my 19 years growing up in Ghana, the idea of race was never a major point of contemplation or topic of discussion. Because of my parent’s line of work and responsibilities, I had limited interactions with people from various parts of the world, including tourists, church leaders, exchange students, and philanthropists, many of whom were white. However, I never viewed those interactions in the context of racial identity. All I wished for at the time was to have an opportunity to visit and possibly move to America someday.
Now here I was in Los Angeles, my dreams having finally been realized, trying to make sense of the dizzying feeling that ran through my entire body. Everything looked and felt different, including what I thought was the unbearably cold 64-degree weather. 
Amid my sensory overload, one thing was inescapable: For the first time in my life, I was a minority &#8211; not just in terms of race, but also in language, culture, and anything else one could imagine &#8211; and that was scary.
My two years in Los Angeles were equal parts emotionally exhilarating and intellectually eye-opening. It was educational, solemn, and humbling, and the experience gave me a window into American life from a perspective rarely encountered, even by those born in this country. I spent most of my time going door to door, visiting, teaching, volunteering, and serving people from all walks of life in the Greater Los Angeles Area.
My service spanned many affluent cities like Bel Air, Beverly Hills, Westwood, and Malibu as well as areas like South Central LA, Compton, Lynwood, and Watts. One pattern that was unavoidably apparent was the fact that the areas I perceived as having a lower socio-economic status also happened to mainly be demographically black. This correlation deeply troubled me and kindled a desire to discover why that was the case and what, if anything, could be done about it.
Prior to my immigration to the US, I knew about America’s unfortunate and regrettable history with slavery and the profound evil perpetrated against people of African descent, who were taken and transported against their will by the hundreds of thousands to the West. I was also aware of the structural and systemically racist laws, policies, and jurisprudence established to keep blacks subjugated, disenfranchised, and segregated from the promise of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, acknowledged in America’s Declaration of Independence as sacrosanct and unalienable.
In contrast, I also knew and celebrated the phenomenal strides America had undertaken to offer atonement for the grave injustice of slavery and the subsequent atrocities committed against people who would later be rightfully recognized as fellow citizens entitled to every right and privilege of being American. From my perspective, this monumental shift represented the true essence of Americanism as manifested in the will of its citizens to fight and to lay down their lives and, as Martin Luther King Jr. would have put it, to bend the proverbial arc of history towards justice.
In fact, I believed so much in the transformation of America towards true racial equality that I had nary a hint of hesitation or misgiving about coming here, making this country my home, and going about my way to achieve the American dream. Owing to the myriad numbers of black Africans who have immigrated to the United States, it stands to reason that my assessment is not at all unique.
So, why are so many black people born and raised in America unable to see this country as I and millions of other immigrants do? Why do they believe they cannot achieve similar levels of socio-economic success as so many black immigrants have? Who or what is behind the subtle but increasingly undeniable reverberations of racial tension in America? Are the sentiments of black leaders who continue to decry America as systemically racist to be taken seriously? Are there any special interests, political or otherwise, profiting by perpetuating the ominous cloud that surrounds and permeates race relations in America? The answers to these questions and many others will be crucial to the true racial healing that is long overdue in America.
The bottom-line in the interim is that we cannot achieve the healing we seek by dismissing or shrugging off the concerns of our fellow citizens under a blanket supposition that our country has moved past all real or perceived inequities against them. We must first be willing to approach the issue with empathy and be prepared to listen attentively to their concerns. We must also recognize and acknowledge that many blacks in America have been subject for generations to what I believe is a racism industrial complex, for lack of a better term. This consists of opportunistic charlatans, shrewd politicians, and shady organizations that create an exaggerated, bleak narrative about blacks as a cudgel in order to gain influence and raise money to line their own pockets.
I believe organizations like BLM and others are vehicles expressly established to gin up, manipulate, and leverage the emotions of black people to drive social and political agendas that would otherwise be dead on arrival in America. I also believe that many of the policies championed by one of the major political parties in America appear compassionate on the surface, but inevitably lead to the continued disintegration of the social fabric necessary for any community to prosper and thrive long term. These, I believe are among the modern-day structural obstacles that undergird the pervasive under-achievement of American-born blacks.
So, does being born black materially affect a person’s ability to live and thrive in America? The short answer is yes, but not because of the color of one’s skin as it was in times past. Being born black by all available statistics relegates a child to growing up in a poor or underserved neighborhood nearly 50% of the time. About  70% of the time, that child will be born out of wedlock to an unmarried mother. Around 64% of the time, that child will grow up without a father or a positive male role model in the home. 
These are the obstacles that society must fight to eliminate because their relationship with socio-economic success is not just correlative; it is causative. The more time we spend wallowing in the false idea that all racial disparities are a result of racism, the more we neglect the necessary conversations and viable solutions that hold the key to unlocking America’s stalemate on race relations.
Alma Ohene-Opare is an immigrant from Ghana who became an American citizen after 18 years of living in America. He is a graduate of BYU, is married with four children, and currently lives and works in Utah. Alma is also the Co-founder of <a href="https://unstuq.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UnstuQ</a> &#8211; a mobile app that helps individuals and friends take the pain out of deciding where to eat.
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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‘For The First Time In My Life, I Was A Minority’: What Immigrating To America Taught Me About Race Relations

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/woman-accused-of-causing-deadly-los-angeles-crash-charged-with-murder-history-of-reckless-driving">Mercedez Benz-driving nurse</a> who caused a fiery crash that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-baby-literally-flew-arrest-made-after-video-shows-fiery-mercedes-crash-pregnant-woman-and-5-more-killed-officials">claimed six lives</a> in Los Angeles FaceTimed her sister speaking nonsense mere moments before impact, the nurse&#8217;s sister says.
Nicole Linton, 37, killed half a dozen people when she allegedly blasted through a red light at 130 mph, causing a multi-car crash that sent a baby through the air and started a fire. Her older sister, Kim Linton, says she spoke to Nicole via FaceTime several minutes before the crash, and the call led her to believe her younger sister was having a manic bipolar episode.
“You know when you have a dream and you remember fragments of the dream? That’s how she was talking,” Kim told <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-09-19/nurses-mental-struggles-remained-hidden-until-fiery-l-a-crash">The Los Angeles Times</a>. “She’d just say one or two words, then something else. &#8230; I was just confused.”
Nicole Linton was arrested and charged with six counts of murder and five counts of gross vehicular manslaughter. She has <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/09/12/nurse-nicole-linton-denied-bail-in-fatal-los-angeles-car-crash-case/">reportedly</a> been denied bail and is in county jail.
Medical records submitted by Linton&#8217;s lawyers in court say that Linton doesn&#8217;t remember the incident or what happened before it. &#8220;The next thing she recalled was lying on the pavement and seeing that her car was on fire,&#8221; said Dr. William Winter, the doctor who treated her after the crash, <a href="https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/nicole-linton-nurse-la-crash-17410537.php">according</a> to Chron.
Prosecutors, however, say evidence from the Mercedes Benz electronic control unit indicates that she didn&#8217;t lose consciousness. They also called her driving a &#8220;NASCAR-worthy performance,&#8221; an apparent reference to her speeding.
Nicole Linton had a history of psychiatric episodes, according to The Los Angeles Times.
In 2018, she jumped on top of a police cruiser and came to believe that her family was recording her. She was later committed to a psychiatric ward. In 2019, she jumped out of a first-story apartment window, injuring herself. Several months later, she was found running naked around the apartment complex.
“Witnesses at the location described defendant as angry, talking nonsense, screaming, chasing the maintenance crew and hitting vehicles driving through the parking lot,&#8221; a motion describing the incident states, reports the news agency.
Camille Linton, another older sister, says watching the video of the crash reminds her of those episodes.
&#8220;When I see that video, I don&#8217;t see Nicole driving,&#8221; <a href="https://nicolelintonstory.com/">says</a> Camille Linton. &#8220;I see her mental illness driving. Something must&#8217;ve happened that caused her to completely disassociate with reality.&#8221;
Asherey Ryan, 23, and Reynold Lester were on their way to a pregnancy check-up when they, along with their one-year-old boy Alonzo, were killed, <a href="https://ktla.com/news/local-news/windsor-hills-crash-victim-son-and-fiance-were-headed-to-pregnancy-checkup/">reports</a> KTLA. Asherey was nearly nine months pregnant, and Linton has been charged with the death of the unborn child as well. Nathesia Lewis, 43, and Lynette Noble, 38 — who were friends — were also killed.

Multiple people were killed in a fiery crash near a Windsor Hills gas station at the intersection of West Slauson and South La Brea avenues

Sister Says She Had Confusing Call With Nurse Moments Before Fiery Crash

Nurse Charged In Fiery Crash Was Speaking Nonsense Moments Before Impact, Sister Says

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Superstar Ice-T said the reason you won&#8217;t see celebrity rappers like himself, Snoop Dogg, and more wearing jewelry in public is because Los Angeles is &#8220;a dangerous place.&#8221;
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ice-t">64-year-old</a> actor took to his Twitter Wednesday and doubled-down on earlier comments he made about the California city&#8217;s &#8220;Gang culture&#8221; not being &#8220;a game.&#8221; It came following the murder and robbery of rapper PnB Rock, who was killed while out to eat at a restaurant in Los Angeles on September 12.
&#8220;People are still hitting me up about my comments about LA Gang culture,&#8221; the &#8220;New Jack City&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/twitter-users-react-to-rapper-ice-ts-joke-about-being-robbed-by-high-gas-prices">star</a> tweeted to his nearly two million followers.
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People are still hitting me up about my comments about LA Gang culture.If you NOTICE, LA rappers don&#39;t wear a lotta Jewelry&#8230; Me, Snoop, Cube, Dre, Game, Kendrick..The list goes on.. It&#39;s not cause we&#39;re broke. LA is just a Dangerous place,rapper or not. Why test the streets..
&mdash; ICE T (@FINALLEVEL) <a href="https://twitter.com/FINALLEVEL/status/1570063236770185216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 14, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;If you NOTICE, LA rappers don&#8217;t wear a lotta Jewelry&#8230; Me, Snoop, Cube, Dre, Game, Kendrick..,&#8221; he added. &#8220;The list goes on.. It&#8217;s not cause we&#8217;re broke. LA is just a Dangerous place, rapper or not. Why test the streets..&#8221;
On Monday, the superstar tweeted that, &#8220;I&#8217;m done explaining LA Gang culture&#8230; MFs [motherf***ers] will not listen. It&#8217;s not a game.. At all.&#8221;
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I&#39;m done explaining LA Gang culture&#8230; MFs will not listen. It&#39;s not a game.. At all.
&mdash; ICE T (@FINALLEVEL) <a href="https://twitter.com/FINALLEVEL/status/1569715334730375169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 13, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Cardi B appeared to agree after she told her 23 million followers that PnB Rock was in a &#8220;bad location&#8221; after news surfaced about the rapper&#8217;s death.
&#8220;He [Rock] was in a bad location and people stay outside plotting. It&#8217;s very irresponsible and inconsiderate to blame her for something so tragic. We should be sending nothing but love to her and his family at this time,&#8221; she tweeted.
The 30-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rapper">rapper</a> was robbed and killed while he was at Roscoe&#8217;s House of Chicken and Waffles, a soul food restaurant chain in the south part of the city, with his girlfriend, police <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rapper-pnb-rock-shot-and-killed-in-l-a-days-after-talking-about-criminals-targeting-rappers">said</a>.
&#8220;What occurred was the victim, along with a female witness, were in this area eating at a restaurant when they were approached by at least one suspect, who brandished a firearm and demanded property from the victim,&#8221; Los Angeles Police Captain Kelly Muniz shared during a press conference. &#8220;The suspect then shot the victim multiple times, and removed property and then left the location in a getaway car.&#8221;
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‘Gang Culture’: Rapper Ice-T Says ‘LA Is Just A Dangerous Place’

'Gang Culture': Rapper Ice-T Says 'LA Is Just A Dangerous Place'

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Rapper PnB Rock was shot and killed during a robbery in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/los-angeles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles</a> Monday.
The 30-year-old Philadelphia native <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rapper" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rapper</a> was robbed while he was eating lunch with his girlfriend at Roscoe&#8217;s House of Chicken and Waffles, a soul food restaurant chain in South <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/los-angeles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles</a>, police said. The &#8220;Selfish&#8221; and &#8220;Jealous&#8221; rapper was approached by a suspect who demanded jewelry and other valuables. Police said the suspect shot the rapper almost immediately, before stealing some valuables and escaping.
&#8220;What occurred was the victim, along with a female witness, were in this area eating at a restaurant when they were approached by at least one suspect, who brandished a firearm and demanded property from the victim,&#8221; Los Angeles Police Captain Kelly Muniz said during a press conference Monday, via <a href="https://6abc.com/pnb-rock-shot-philadelphia-rapper-killed-south-los-angeles-roscoes-chicken-waffles/12226006/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">6ABC Philadelphia</a>. &#8220;The suspect then shot the victim multiple times, and removed property and then left the location in a getaway car.&#8221;
Police said they received a call at around 1:23 p.m. local time, and found a male suspect with gunshot wounds. Video from the incident shared on social media showed the rapper lying on the floor of the restaurant as several people attempted to render aid. 6ABC reported that at least one person tried to perform CPR. PnB Rock was pronounced dead at 1:59 p.m. local time, the <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2022-09-12/rapper-pnb-rock-shot-at-l-a-restaurant" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles Times</a> reported.
<a href="https://ktla.com/news/local-news/pnb-rock-killing-what-we-know-about-the-crime-and-search-for-suspect/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Multiple outlets</a> reported that the suspect may have tracked down the rapper using social media. PnB Rock&#8217;s girlfriend posted a photo of her meal on Instagram, tagging the Roscoe&#8217;s franchise. That post has since been deleted. Police said they would be looking into whether the post contributed to the attack, but they could not &#8220;verify&#8221; that at the time, 6ABC reported.
The attack came just days after PnB Rock talked about his experience with crime in Los Angeles. In an interview with DJ and podcaster <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rPZDzArXl4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DJ Akademiks</a> last week, the rapper talked about an incident where a group of men started harassing him and his family in a store; he left and drove away to another store, but the group followed him, then continued harassing him.
PnB Rock also said that criminals in Los Angeles are much bolder than criminals in Philadelphia, and unafraid to commit crimes in broad daylight. “Where I’m from, we like sneaky criminals,” he said. “In L.A., it’s like they bold.” The rapper said that robberies of other rappers had become common recently; in 2020, rapper Pop Smoke was killed during a home invasion robbery, the LA Times reported. Authorities told the Times that a trend of so-called &#8220;follow home&#8221; robberies has emerged in the city.
PnB Rock, whose real name is Rakim Hasheem Allen, was born in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia. His stage name is taken from the corner of Pastorius and Baynton streets, a street corner near where he grew up. He was part of a wave of rappers who first rose to prominence with his mixtape RnB 3, released under Atlantic Records. His 2016 song &#8220;Selfish&#8221; topped out at #51 on the Billboard Hot 100, and he broke out when he was featured on fellow rapper YFN Lucci&#8217;s 2016 hit single &#8220;Everyday We Lit,&#8221; which peaked at #33 on the Billboard chart. He was named to the Freshman Class of 2017 by XXL Magazine.

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New details have emerged in the case of a registered nurse facing 90 years behind bars for a fiery crash last month in Los Angeles that killed six people, including an unborn baby and an 11-month-old child.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/woman-accused-of-causing-deadly-los-angeles-crash-charged-with-murder-history-of-reckless-driving" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nicole Linton</a>, who&#8217;s been charged with six counts of murder and five counts of gross vehicular manslaughter in connection to the multi-vehicle wreck, was driving a stunning 130 mph for at least five seconds before the incident, court documents claim.
“Further analysis reveals that her speed at impact was in fact 130 mph and that she floored the gas pedal for at least the 5 seconds leading into the crash, going from 122 mph to 130 mph,” a court filing obtained by the Los Angeles Times said.
The prosecution dismissed the defense team&#8217;s claim that Linton was unconscious during the crash, stating that the registered nurse had “complete control over steering, maintaining the tilt of the steering wheel to keep her car traveling directly toward the crowded intersection.”
“This NASCAR-worthy performance flies in the face of the notion that she was unconscious or incapacitated,” the filing added.
Linton allegedly zoomed down La Brea Avenue at 90 mph in her Mercedes-Benz, blasting through a red light as dozens of cars crossed Slauson Avenue. Video footage shows the vehicle t-boning a black sedan and starting a raging fire by a nearby gas station.
Last week, a court filing argued that the 37-year-old was dealing with a &#8220;frightening&#8221; mental health crisis at the time of the incident and may have even lost consciousness, <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/08/31/nicole-linton-may-have-lost-consciousness-before-fatal-la-crash/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the New York Post.
“Mental incapacitation and unconsciousness are, of course, complete defenses to crimes under California law,” the nurse&#8217;s defense team said.
Linton was also allegedly fully naked while on a FaceTime call with her sister during her lunch break on August 4, the day of the crash, court filings say.
The deadly crash took the lives of six people, including pregnant mother Asherey Ryan, her 11-month-old son Alonzo Quintero, and her boyfriend Reynold Lester, who were all on their way to a prenatal checkup. The unborn child was 8 ½ months along and set to be named Armani Lester.
The other two victims were friends Nathesia Lewis, 42, and Lynette Noble, 38. The injuries to Lewis&#8217; body were so severe that she could <a href="https://atlantablackstar.com/2022/08/16/unbeknownst-to-us-family-of-victim-killed-by-icu-nurse-in-crash-did-not-know-she-was-dead-for-days/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> only be identified by DNA.
“She has to pay for what she did,” Lewis’ boyfriend Clarence “Moezart” Hamlin said of Linton. “She can’t get away with this.”
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Brandon Drey contributed to this report 
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Le’Veon Bell dropped Adrian Peterson with a thunderous right hand Saturday night in a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/earnie-shavers-boxing-legend-whose-power-shook-ali-and-even-sylvester-stallone-dead-at-78" target="_blank" rel="noopener">boxing match</a> between two former great <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nfl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NFL</a> running backs.
Bell, who starred for the Pittsburgh Steelers, bounced around with four teams, then retired after last year, scored a technical knockout over Peterson, the future Hall of Famer, in the fifth round. Bell dropped the one-time Minnesota Vikings star and future Hall of Famer with a right hand at Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles, <a href="https://www.sportingnews.com/us/boxing/news/leveon-bell-vs-adrian-peterson-live-fight-updates-results-highlights-social-gloves-boxing/y2norbt2zexelekbmuusswpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to The Sporting News</a>.
&#8220;I appreciate everybody&#8217;s love and support, for real,&#8221; Bell, 30, said after the fight. &#8220;That&#8217;s really what kept me going. Honestly, all the hate &#8230; that motivates me.&#8221;
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Leveon Bell just knocked out Adrian Peterson to officially kick off the NFL season <a href="https://t.co/f4GznfKskJ">pic.twitter.com/f4GznfKskJ</a>
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Bell, who famously sat out the 2018 season in a bid to get a new contract or force the Steelers to trade him, then never regained his All-Pro form, said he intends to pursue professional boxing.
The exhibition fight was an undercard match on a night promoted as &#8220;Social Gloves: No More Talk.&#8221; It began slowly with four rounds of circling and jabbing, although Bell hit the canvas in what was ruled a slip in the second round. In the fifth round, Bell caught Peterson with a straight right to the chin, dropping him. A wobbly Peterson rose to his feet, but the referee stopped the fight.
Unlike Bell, who played for the New York Jets, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Kansas City Chiefs after leaving Pittsburgh, Peterson, 37, has not announced retirement plans. The NFL’s fifth all-time leading rusher, the former Oklahoma star has 14,918 rushing yards and played four games last season between the Tennessee Titans and Seattle Seahawks. He has played 15 seasons in the NFL.
Peterson said he agreed to the bout to have fun and stay in shape for a potential return to the NFL.
The top of the card featured YouTube star Austin McBroom, a former college basketball player with 6.4 million Instagram followers, but he was knocked down five times and defeated by AnEsonGib. Also on the card, former NBA star Nick Young, who calls himself “Swaggy P,” faced social media influencer Malcolm Minikon.
Young, a 6-foot, 7-inch former Los Angeles Lakers forward and ex of Australian rapper Iggy Azalea, was sent flying through the ropes by an illegal headbutt from Minikon that stopped the fight.

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One of the nation&#8217;s largest school districts has been targeted in a cyberattack.
The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) released a statement on Tuesday revealing the recent ransomware attack on its technology systems.
&#8220;Los Angeles Unified detected unusual activity in its Information Technology systems over the weekend, which after initial review, can be confirmed as an external cyber attack on our Information Technology assets,&#8221; the LAUSD&#8217;s <a href="https://achieve.lausd.net/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&amp;DomainID=4&amp;ModuleInstanceID=45662&amp;ViewID=5a34c2e3-8f9c-41db-86d5-75dba1e91cc2&amp;RenderLoc=0&amp;FlexDataID=122767&amp;PageID=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> read.
&#8220;Since the identification of the incident, which is likely criminal in nature, we continue to assess the situation with law enforcement agencies. While the investigation continues, Los Angeles Unified has swiftly implemented a response protocol to mitigate Districtwide disruptions, including access to email, computer systems and applications,&#8221; it added.
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Los Angeles Unified Targeted by Ransomware Attack
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The school district emphasized classes would continue on Tuesday. Backup mechanisms were put into place to ensure a safe school environment if network issues continue.
LAUSD also noted that the White House, Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the Education Department were investigating the weekend&#8217;s ransomware effort.
In addition to posting an update on its Twitter account and other social media platforms, the school district shared a post notifying all students and employees of the requirement to change passwords on LAUSD accounts.
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The post noted that delays may occur due to high demand on the system.
The LAUSD first reported <a href="https://twitter.com/LASchools/status/1566920835616481280" target="_blank" rel="noopener">districtwide technical issues</a> on Monday due to &#8220;an external source.&#8221; Users of the website were met with a pop-up message notifying them of an outage.
The nation&#8217;s second-largest school district serves more than 600,000 students at more than 1,000 schools. LAUSD also operates more than 200 independently operated public charter schools, Variety <a href="https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/l-a-unified-school-district-ransomware-attack-hack-1235361483/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The district&#8217;s boundaries &#8220;stretch across 720 square miles and include the City of Los Angeles as well as all or parts of 31 municipalities and several unincorporated regions of Southern California.&#8221;
The school system is not alone in facing cyberattacks. A January report revealed that California ranked the <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/report-california-most-targeted-state-for-ransomware-attacks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">highest</a> among states in the nation for ransomware attacks. Nationwide, ransomware attacks on U.S. schools and colleges cost an <a href="https://www.comparitech.com/blog/information-security/school-ransomware-attacks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">estimated</a> $3.56 billion in 2021.
Nationally, the U.S. continues to address the threat of cyberattacks. Last month, Sen. Angus King (I-ME) and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to urge better protection for the healthcare sector from attacks on threats on technology systems.
“With cyber threats growing exponentially, we must prioritize addressing the [health care and public health] sector’s cybersecurity gaps,” the two lawmakers <a href="https://www.king.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warning-of-cyberthreats-to-health-care-networks-cyberspace-solarium-co-chairs-urge-biden-administration-to-improve-security" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
“Ransomware attacks on the sector have skyrocketed in the past two years as opportunistic criminals recognized that hospitals may pay quickly to resolve issues and protect patient safety,” it added.

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A man who claimed rock band <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nirvana-wins-naked-baby-legal-battle-as-judge-dismisses-lawsuit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nirvana</a>’s use of his baby picture on an iconic 1990s album cover was child porn saw his lawsuit tossed yet again by a federal judge Friday.
Spencer Elden, whose picture as a naked, four-month-old baby graced the cover of the classic grunge album “Nevermind,” waited too long to sue the band, U.S. District Judge Fernando Olguin ruled from a Los Angeles courtroom. Although frontman Kurt Cobain killed himself in 1994, Elden’s latest suit named Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic, Cobain&#8217;s widow Courtney Love, and photographer Kirk Weddle as defendants
“Plaintiff fails to allege that he knew of a violation that occurred while he was a minor or an injury that forms the basis of the claim within 10 years of filing this action,” Olguin wrote.
The photo, which featured which depicted Elden swimming toward a dollar bill on a fish hook, was taken by Weddle in 1991 at the Pasadena Aquatic Center in California.
Elden has lodged various versions of the same lawsuit only to have them <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nirvana-wins-naked-baby-legal-battle-as-judge-dismisses-lawsuit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dismissed repeatedly</a>.
In 2003, Elden, who was just 12 at the time, told Rolling Stone he was “probably gonna get some money from it.” In 2016, he had the image tattooed on his chest.
Elden’s lawyer claimed in the suit filed last year that the statute of limitations should be extended because his injuries including emotional distress, lost earning capacity and “loss of enjoyment of life” persisted into adulthood.
Olguin said recognizing that argument would mean Elden could sue Nirvana anytime, for the rest of his life.
The album, which features the songs “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and “Come as You Are,” sold more than 30 million copies and made Nirvana and Cobain, its singer and guitarist, superstars. But just three years later, Cobain killed himself with a shotgun blast to the head at age 27, according to police.
He left a suicide note addressed to his imaginary friend  Boddah that said he had not “felt the excitement of listening to as well as creating music … for many years.”
A toxicology report detected high levels of heroin in his body.
Grohl, who was Nirvana’s drummer, switched to guitar and went on to found rock giants the Foo Fighters.
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a free hotline for individuals in crisis or distress or for those looking to help someone else. It is available 24/7 at 1-800-273-8255.

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Los Angeles is scrambling to combat a surge in crime in some of its most popular celebrity haunts and tourist destinations, including Hollywood.
Amid spiking homicides, flash mobs of looters, and “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cars-will-start-disappearing-really-soon-lapd-pledges-to-crack-down-on-street-takeovers">street takeovers</a>,” crime has risen across the city, but now it’s seeping into some of the areas known for nightlife and tourism.
In Hollywood, homicides have <a href="https://lapdonlinestrgeacc.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/lapdonlinemedia/2022/08/hwdprof.pdf">spiked</a> 100% since last year, and shootings have risen by a third. Robberies have risen 16% to over 400 robberies so far this year, burglaries are up almost 5% to nearly 400, and car theft is up 11% to over 600 incidents. Since 2020, violent crime overall has risen 35% in the Hollywood area.
Across Los Angeles County, homicides have risen 30% since 2020 to more than 200 homicides so far this year, as of the end of July. Shootings are up 43% since 2020 to nearly 800. 
To combat the rising crime, the LAPD is sending hundreds more officers to neighborhoods like Hollywood that have seen significant crime surges.
In August, the Los Angeles City Council responded to citizens&#8217; concerns by approving an extra $216,000 for more police officers to patrol the Hollywood area. 
Councilman Mitch O’Farrell, who represents the Hollywood area and introduced the motion for more police funding, said his message is that, “If you plan to come to Hollywood to commit crime, you are not welcome” and those who do will be arrested, prosecuted, and jailed. 
It remains to be seen whether O’Farrell can back up that threat though as criminal justice enforcement has been a challenge in Los Angeles in recent years. 
The culture of lawlessness in the city has led to some eye-popping crime sprees.
This month, a flash mob of about 100 looters swarmed a 7-11 convenience store and made off with whatever they could carry, including snacks, cigarettes, and lottery tickets. Those suspects are still at large. The incident happened just after midnight during a so-called &#8220;street takeover.&#8221; The same group allegedly blocked a nearby intersection so they could do donuts with their cars.
A similar incident happened several weeks prior when a mob of looters overran a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/ChXJuXhlWEQ/?hl=en">liquor</a> store in the city, filling duffle bags with bottles of alcohol before fleeing. A similar scene happened at the Nordstrom store in Century City Mall where 14 people rushed into the store around 8 p.m., stealing armloads of high-end purses and other items. 
Police officials have said they want to crack down on these types of group theft incidents.
&#8220;We really want to prevent this from becoming a new trend, where they think that they show up and take over a street or a freeway, or any part of the city that they’re just going to be able do whatever they want, come into a store and take what they want, and we’re here to basically say that’s not going to happen,&#8221; LAPD detective, Ryan Moreno said at a press conference in August.
Earlier this summer, the LAPD issued a community alert due to an increase in violent street robberies. Police reported a string of crimes in which victims were followed home after leaving trendy shopping areas or nightclubs and restaurants and then were held up at gunpoint.
At least one man was shot in the chest after an armed robber demanded his phone and wallet.
This sense of lawlessness is what led to the recall effort against Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon, which so far has not been successful.
The recall effort submitted more than 715,000 signatures, but nearly 200,000 of them were ruled invalid, about a 28% rejection rate, so the recall will not be on the ballot.
A source from within the district attorney&#8217;s office said the recall committee is attempting to get a review of those rejected signatures, but for now the recall effort has failed. 
Gascon avoided the recall by about 40,000 signatures. 
Recent polling from UC Berkeley and the Los Angeles Times <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-08-26/california-election-2022-bass-leads-caruso-poll">suggests</a> Gascon would likely have been recalled if the measure made the ballot. In that poll, 41% of respondents supported the recall, compared to just 20% who opposed it. 
The 28% signature rejection rate for Gascon&#8217;s recall campaign is the highest on record compared to past recalls. When Governor Gavin Newsom faced a recall in 2021, the rejection rate for those signatures was about 20%. Back in 2003, California Governor Gray Davis was successfully recalled, the first in U.S. history. The rejection rate for that signature drive was about 15%. 
However, an <a href="https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2022/08/18/exclusive-recall-gascon-committee-failed-to-pre-validate-signatures-hired-incompetent-vendors-n614367">investigation</a> by RedState showed there were serious concerns about the contractor charged with collecting the signatures in the first place, which may account for the high rejection rate.
San Francisco residents voted overwhelmingly in June to recall progressive District Attorney Chesa Boudin over his failure to control crime in the city. Other cities that also have progressive district attorneys such as Philadelphia, which is struggling with gun violence, have <a href="https://billypenn.com/2022/07/08/krasner-impeachment-philadelphia-district-attorney-harrisburg-republicans/">floated</a> ousting them as well.

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