Kelly Kandah, who owns a cupcake bakery that was one of the hundreds of businesses attacked and ransacked during recent riots, says she&#8217;s been receiving threats for cooperating with law enforcement officials investigating those responsible for using peaceful protests as cover for violence.
<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/cleveland-business-owner-receiving-threats-for-cooperating-with-police-after-store-was-looted">Speaking to Fox News on Monday</a>, Kandah, who owns Colossal Cupcakes in Cleveland, Ohio, said she&#8217;s received notes and messages threatening to loot, ransack, and burn down her store if she reopens.
Kandah, the outlet reports,  said the threats &#8220;include people telling her that when her store is rebuilt, &#8216;it’s going to get hit again.'&#8221;
&#8220;She said she also received complaints that her cooperation with investigators is &#8216;unfair,&#8217; that she shouldn’t be cooperating with the FBI and that what she is doing is &#8216;against the cause, which I&#8217;m actually absolutely for the cause, but it&#8217;s upsetting people that I would involve the police over something such as property,'&#8221; according to Fox.
Kandah&#8217;s store was targeted by looters and rioters who took advantage of massive anti-racism and anti-police brutality protests that swept the nation following the death of George Floyd, a black man who perished while in the custody of the Minneapolis Police Department.
She and her staff hid in the back of the store, hoping to protect themselves and the shop&#8217;s expensive bakery equipment while rioters broke the store&#8217;s windows and ransacked the dining room.
“My family built it up, [I] listened to it get absolutely destroyed,&#8221; she said in an interview last month. “That whole time we were locked in there … I just listened to everything getting shattered and crushed.”
In a follow-up interview Monday, Kandah said that, while the rioting has ended, the violence has not.
“I was showing some of the damage and I was leaving, a friend and myself, and someone walking by approached us and said, ‘When the store rebuilds, when you rebuild this, I&#8217;m going to come back and destroy it again and you.’ He kept walking and was gone,&#8221; she said.
The threat, Kandah said, was made in reference to her decision to cooperate with local and federal law enforcement agencies who are seeking answers about the riots, specifically how they began, who was involved, and whether the riots were organized by Antifa or some other criminal enterprise.
She also says she&#8217;s not alone in being scared to reopen.
“It&#8217;s just really sad,” Kandah told Fox. “Unfortunately my store is not open right now and I&#8217;m so involved with the community and I&#8217;m so involved with our inner-city schools and I&#8217;m so for the cause that I do a lot of community service. Right now, I can&#8217;t. I don&#8217;t have anything being brought in to be able to donate as much as I usually do.”
Authorities have made dozens of arrests relating to riots and looting, but most of the perpetrators, the Department of Justice says, aren&#8217;t connected to any larger organization. The FBI, instead, is taking a look at how rioters and looters, who used and disrupted the protests over George Floyd&#8217;s death, received funding. Arrests that point to a larger criminal organization may come later.
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Owner Of Ohio Bakery Ransacked By Rioters Says She’s Getting Threats For Cooperating With Law Enforcement

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Flavortown.
That&#8217;s what thousands of people want to rename Columbus, Ohio, according to a new petition posted on <a href="https://www.change.org/p/mayor-ginther-columbus-city-council-change-the-name-of-columbus-ohio-to-flavortown?recruiter=7952210&amp;utm_source=share_petition&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&amp;utm_term=tap_basic_share&amp;recruited_by_id=5e426d40-a83a-11e6-9060-add9ca63c063">change.org</a>.
And the petition poster sounds serious.
&#8220;Beloved Buckeyes one and all,&#8221;  wrote someone identifying himself as Tyler Woodbridge. &#8220;Columbus is an amazing city, but one whose name is tarnished by the very name itself. Its namesake, Christopher Columbus, is in The Bad Place because of all his raping, slave trading, and genocide. That&#8217;s not exactly a proud legacy.&#8221;
&#8220;Why not rename the city Flavortown? The new name is twofold. For one, it honors Central Ohio&#8217;s proud heritage as a culinary crossroads and one of the nation&#8217;s largest test markets for the food industry,&#8221; Woodbridge added. &#8220;Secondly, chef-lebrity Guy Fieri was born in Columbus, so naming the city in honor of him (he&#8217;s such a good dude, really) would be superior to its current nomenclature. &#8221;
Fieri, famed for his blond spikes, often says &#8220;That&#8217;s Flavortown!&#8221; when tasting a dish on his show &#8220;Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives.&#8221;
The petition &#8212; signed by more than 16,000 people by Sunday morning &#8212; comes as the legacy of Christopher Columbus is once again being called into question amid race riots across the U.S. in the wake of the death of George Floyd, who died on Memorial Day while in the custody of Minneapolis police.
&#8220;The Christopher Columbus statue at Columbus’ City Hall is one of several across the country that are slated to come down,&#8221; <a href="https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/america-in-crisis/petition-underway-to-rename-columbus-ohio-flavortown-as-city-removes-christopher-columbus-statue">ABC-7</a> reported. &#8220;Statues in both San Francisco and Sacramento are also in the process of being removed. A separate statue of Christopher Columbus in Columbus, Ohio, will come down from the center of Columbus State Community College&#8217;s campus.&#8221;
“For many people in our community, the statue represents patriarchy, oppression, and divisiveness. That does not represent our great city, and we will no longer live in the shadow of our ugly past,” Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther wrote in a statement. “Now is the right time to replace this statue with artwork that demonstrates our enduring fight to end racism and celebrate the themes of diversity and inclusion.”
The petition poster says he&#8217;s not sure how the city&#8217;s name can be changed. &#8220;I&#8217;m not up to date on my Columbus town charter, so whether it takes a council vote or a petition or a town referendum &#8212; let&#8217;s get the ball rolling for a more flavorful tomorrow.&#8221;
Luckily, the petition is not like some internet contests, which have led to some unusual names.  When the Natural Environment Research Council ran a contest to name its newest polar research ship, the vote was overwhelmingly in favor of &#8220;RRS Boaty McBoatface.&#8221;
And if Columbus is changed to &#8220;Flavortown,&#8221; residents have a clear leader waiting in the wings.
On one show, Fieri declared himself &#8220;mayor of Flavortown.&#8221;
Look for a petition on that next.
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Petition Draws Support To Rename Columbus, Ohio, ‘Flavortown’ After City Removes Christopher Columbus Statue

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An animal hospital in Ohio that specializes in animal eye care has said it would provide free services to police horses injured during the riots and protests in the state and nearby Lexington, Kentucky.
The Animal Eye Institute posted on Facebook last week that it was not trying “to get political,” but wanted to help any injured police horses.
“We aren’t in any way going to get political here, but if any police horses have eye injuries from protests from Columbus down to Lexington, we will treat them for free,” the hospital wrote. “Just call the office or send us an email. The big gentle giants don’t deserve to be hurt.”
WJW <a href="https://fox8.com/news/ohio-animal-hospital-offers-free-care-for-police-horses-injured-during-weekend-protests/">reported</a> that protesters threw objects at mounted officers in Columbus over the weekend, though it is unclear if any animals were hurt. The Animal Eye Institute said it would treat for free animals from Columbus to Lexington, Kentucky.
Protests have erupted across the country in response to the police-involved death of Minneapolis resident George Floyd, who died after an officer held his knee to Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes. Protests in many cities have turned into violent riots as police officers have been attacked (as well as fellow protesters), buildings and cars have been burned, and businesses have been looted.
WJW <a href="https://fox8.com/news/columbus-mayor-enacts-city-wide-curfew-indefinitely-after-3-days-of-violent-protests/">reported</a> that protests in Cincinnati and Columbus turned violent. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) activated the National Guard on May 31 to help stop the violence, as many demonstrators “chose to throw objects at police, break and vandalize city property, set fires to buildings and vehicles, and broke into businesses.”
Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther instituted a curfew between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. but exempted:
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<li>Members of the news media;</li>
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“I understand the anger and frustration that has led to these protests – and I share them. Racism, discrimination and injustice have led us to this moment. I want to assure our residents we are making real change and are committed to confronting racism where we see it,” Ginther said in a press release. “But at this moment some people are intent on causing chaos and destruction, not on creating positive change in our community and threaten to drown out the voice of demanding justice and our collective safety.”
In Lexington, the protests didn’t appear to get violent. When one protester knocked over a trash can, another with a megaphone told them to pick it up.
The Cincinnati protests have also turned violent, with rioters throwing bottles and rocks at police, starting fires, and vandalizing businesses.
“Nationwide <a href="https://fox8.com/news/1400-people-arrested-in-17-u-s-cities-as-protests-continue-over-the-death-of-george-floyd/">more than 1,400 people in 17 U.S. cities </a>have been arrested since Thursday,” WJW reported.
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Ohio Animal Hospital Offering Free Care To Any Police Horses Injured During Riots

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Jeff Pastor, a member of the Cincinnati city council and a Republican, pleaded with his community during an interview with WLWT-TV to stop the violence and to stop encouraging kids to attack cops.
Violent riots have broken out in Cincinnati and a number of other U.S. cities following the police-related death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Pastor spoke as tears streamed down his eyes while teenagers attacked cops nearby.
“What I can’t understand is that, this is the Cincinnati police. This is not Minneapolis police. And what they’re doing is absolutely horrendous,” Pastor began. “As a member of city council, this is my first time ever seeing something like this. When this first happened in 2001, I was only 17 years old, right? I can’t understand for the life of me what is going on right now in the city of Cincinnati.”
Pastor continued, saying he would “be here until these folks and other folks are protected.”
It was at this point that Pastor began to break, explaining to WLWT-TV that young teenagers were being encouraged to attack cops.
“Let me tell you something, there are people down here who are encouraging 14-year-old kids,” Pastor said as his eyes began to water. “These babies are 14 years old, man, and they’re encouraging them to throw f***ing bottles at the cops. And these grown people are encouraging our babies to fight.”
He continued: “This is not their fight. And I don’t give a f*** how mad or angry you are with what is happening with the police, but these 15-year-old kids have nothing to do with this, man.”
Pastor went on to explain that the cops in Cincinnati had nothing to do with what happened in Minneapolis.
“These cops, black cops, white cops, or whatever, they did not do anything. And I’m not here to take one side or the other, but what I’m suggesting to the people of Cincinnati is that, what type of success are you going to have with attacking these people that have nothing to do with this?” he asked.
“And what I’m saying is, is that you got people down here that are literally encouraging kids to attack cops. You are encouraging the kids to attack cops and they’re using Emmett Till, they’re using Martin Luther King to justify why these 14- or 15-year-old kids should be out here. These are former students of mine, you see what I’m saying?” he continued.
Emmett Till was lynched in 1955 after a white woman accused him of making inappropriate passes at her. Decades later, Carolyn Bryant admitted she had lied when she claimed Till grabbed her waist and uttered obscenities.
Pastor then implored residents of Cincinnati to stop the violence.
“I am saying, I am imploring, that before this pops and this gets bad – they’re throwing bricks, they just threw a brick at the f***ing cops – it’s wrong. I’m telling you it’s wrong,” he continued. “And I’m so nervous and I’m so scare for these kids. They’re kids. There are kids around, there are kids across the street who live downtown and City West, and these people are out here encouraging them.”
Pastor then used his status “as an elder in the African-American community” to call on other African-Americans to stop encouraging kids to commit crimes.
“If any African-American is encouraging these 14- and 15-year-old kids to be out here, they are wrong. That’s wrong. These cops didn’t do anything to George Floyd. This is wrong. I don’t give a f*** how you see it. It’s wrong,” Pastor concluded, before apologizing for swearing.
Candace Owens posted the video of Pastor&#8217;s interview.
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If you watch one video about these protests please let this be it. This made me cry. 
I have said since day one that this is nothing but a ploy by white liberals, which will destroy another generation of black youth. These <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AntifaTerrorists?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AntifaTerrorists</a> are targeting black kids &amp; neighborhoods <a href="https://t.co/F5eykXOw8X">pic.twitter.com/F5eykXOw8X</a>
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WATCH: Black Cincinnati City Councilman Lashes Out At Those Encouraging Kids To Attack Cops: ‘This Is Wrong.’

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At the end of the March, Republican Governor Mike DeWine issued a statewide <a href="https://nationalpost.com/pmn/health-pmn/ohio-becomes-sixth-u-s-state-to-declare-coronavirus-lockdown">lockdown</a> order in an effort to &#8220;slow the spread&#8221; of the China-originated novel coronavirus. The virus, however, has apparently been spreading in Ohio since January, health officials now claim, after reviewing information gained from antibody testing.
&#8220;Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Amy Acton announced Monday that they have found five different cases in five different counties that the date of onset of symptoms was in January,&#8221; reported <a href="https://www.wlwt.com/article/antibody-testing-reveals-covid-19-has-been-in-ohio-since-january-health-officials-say/32438290#">WLWT5 News</a>.
&#8220;We are doing a lot more investigation, our disease detectives are going back to take a look at that and see if they were associated with travel,&#8221; said Dr. Acton. &#8220;These cases now, we can pick them up because of the antibody testing. We are going to learn more and more about this disease, how long it was here in Ohio, how long it was spreading as we do more and more testing.&#8221;
As noted by WLWT5, health officials estimated Monday that there are 1,357 confirmed and probable coronavirus-related deaths in the state. The state defines &#8220;probable&#8221; cases as individuals who showed symptons consistent with COVID-19 infection before death but were never tested for the virus.
“Every piece of evidence that I can lay my hands on indicates that we’re at an absolutely crucial time in this war and what we do now will make all the difference in the world,” Gov. DeWine said back in March, announcing the lockdown measures, according to the <a href="https://nationalpost.com/pmn/health-pmn/ohio-becomes-sixth-u-s-state-to-declare-coronavirus-lockdown">National Post</a>. “What we do now will slow this invader. It will slow this invader so our health care system … will have time to treat casualties.”
As noted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bombshell-autopsy-reveals-covid-19-hit-california-in-early-february-not-march">The Daily Wire</a>, Santa Clara County Public Health officials announced last month that autopsy results indicted COVID-19 had been circulating in California since early February, though the first reported coronavirus case in the nation was marked on February 29 in Washington State. &#8220;The first coronavirus death in Santa Clara County was initially marked on March 9,&#8221; the report added.
On Thursday, DeWine said “virtually all retail will open back up” via this &#8220;Responsible Restart Ohio Plan&#8221; set for Tuesday, <a href="https://www.wsaz.com/content/news/Gov-DeWine-announces-opening-dates-for-restaurants-bars-and-personal-services-570280891.html">WSAZ3 News</a> reported.
“What we are trying to marry is the science and the practicality of that profession or that business,” the Republican said during a press briefing on Thursday. &#8220;Every business is different, every profession is different. By bringing people in who understand that and do it every day &#8211; we believe we have come up with the best practices.”
According to the plan, even barbers and the beauty service industry would be allowed to safely reopen come May 15.
&#8220;We put a working group together to look at best practices for reopening barbershops, hair salons, day spas, nail salons, and other services. The reopening date for these services will be May 15,&#8221; the governor posted.
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We put a working group together to look at best practices for reopening barbershops, hair salons, day spas, nail salons, and other services. The reopening date for these services will be May 15. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ResponsibleRestartOhio?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ResponsibleRestartOhio</a> <a href="https://t.co/bSQ5vAtSNv">pic.twitter.com/bSQ5vAtSNv</a>
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The reopening of daycare services, however, were delayed by DeWine on Tuesday.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bombshell-autopsy-reveals-covid-19-hit-california-in-early-february-not-march">Autopsy Reveals COVID-19 Hit California In Early February, Not March</a>
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Governor Mike DeWine

Coronavirus Has Been Spreading In Ohio Since January, Months Before The Lockdown

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In an interview with ABC&#8217;s &#8220;This Week&#8221; Sunday, Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine admitted that his statewide mandate that Ohio residents wear face masks while in stores was &#8220;a bridge too far&#8221; because people are simply &#8220;not going to accept the government telling them what to do.&#8221; In a candid moment, the governor explained his political rationale for ultimately rescinding the order.
&#8220;You did something that not too many politicians do: you did an about face,&#8221; &#8220;This Week&#8221; co-anchor Martha Raddatz said to DeWine, who was streaming in from Cedarville, Ohio. &#8220;You first announced that everyone would be required to wear face masks when retailers opened, and then you reversed yourself when some of your citizens said it was offensive. Talk me through the thinking on that — because we&#8217;re just talking about face masks. &#8221;
&#8220;Face masks are very important, and our business group came back and said every employee, for example, should wear a face mask. So we&#8217;re continuing that, whether it&#8217;s retail or wholesale, whatever it is, every employee is going to have a face mask,&#8221; DeWine replied.
But while employees in the state are required to wear face masks, the Republican governor explained, he has pulled back the initial order requiring that customers do the same because that degree of government imposition was just &#8220;too far&#8221; for many residents.
&#8220;It became clear to me that that was just a bridge too far, that people were not going to accept the government telling them what to do,&#8221; said DeWine. &#8220;We put out dozens and dozens of orders, that was one that just went too far.&#8221;
&#8220;At the same time we pulled that back, I said this is highly recommended,&#8221; the governor added. &#8220;For most people, unless you&#8217;ve got a physical reason you can&#8217;t wear a mask, and we understand that, but when you go into a retail store that is the kind thing to do because I worry — and we should all worry — about the folks who are stocking shelves in grocery stores, the people in the checkout line who work there all day, and we&#8217;ve got to try to protect them.&#8221;
DeWine made sure to praise Ohioans for how they&#8217;ve handled the lockdown measures thus far and for their success in &#8220;flattening the curve,&#8221; then presented a candid explanation for why he ultimately felt compelled to reverse himself on the order.
&#8220;My ability to communicate to the people of Ohio, frankly, I thought, was going to be really impeded and we were going to get hung up on the mandatory masks for someone going in as a customer — and it just wasn&#8217;t going to work,&#8221; said DeWine.
&#8220;So you gotta know what you can do and what you can&#8217;t do,&#8221; the governor added with a laugh.
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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine tells <a href="https://twitter.com/MarthaRaddatz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MarthaRaddatz</a> his statewide order mandating face masks be worn in stores went &quot;too far.&quot;
&quot;It became clear to me that that was just a bridge too far. People were not going to accept the government telling them what to do.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/KUQPYmxrRD">https://t.co/KUQPYmxrRD</a> <a href="https://t.co/qBiBq4PYMm">pic.twitter.com/qBiBq4PYMm</a>
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As <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/ohio-governor-face-mask-order/story">ABC News</a> highlights, DeWine was &#8220;one of the first governors to implement statewide closures amid the novel coronavirus outbreak — closing schools on March 12 and postponing state primaries on March 17.&#8221;
&#8220;While Americans across the partisan divide agree that state <a id="_ap_link_coronavirus_Coronavirus_" href="https://abcnews.go.com/alerts/coronavirus" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">coronavirus</a> restrictions on businesses are appropriate, a new <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/americans-uneasy-returning-normal-restrictions-loosen-poll/story?id=70423858" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ABC News/Ipsos poll</a> shows Democrats are more concerned about contracting the virus while Republican respondents would be more likely to get out if and when the rules change,&#8221; ABC notes.
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Demonstrators Protest Coronavirus Lockdowns At Ohio State Capitol

WATCH: Ohio Governor Admits He Went ‘Too Far’ In Social Distancing Order, Gets ‘Frank’ About Why He Rescinded It

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It&#8217;s not just happening in Michigan, it&#8217;s also building in North Carolina and Ohio. Backlash to the &#8220;lockdown&#8221; orders is coming in multiple forms in multiple states, including a &#8220;gridlock&#8221; protest against Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer&#8217;s overzealous &#8220;closing and banning,&#8221; the &#8220;Reopen NC&#8221; movement against North Carolina&#8217;s Gov. Roy Cooper&#8217;s (D) &#8220;not warranted, nor sustainable&#8221; stay-at-home orders, and a demands by Guy Fawkes-masked protesters calling on Gov. Mike DeWine (R) to &#8220;Open Ohio.&#8221;
As The Daily Wire reported Monday, Michigan&#8217;s Whitmer is under increased fire over what more than 200,000 petition signees say is her &#8220;failure,&#8221; &#8220;lies&#8221; and overreach.
&#8220;Recall Governor Whitmer,&#8221; a change.org <a href="https://www.change.org/p/michigan-state-house-impeach-governor-whitmer">petition</a> with over 200,000 signatures reads. &#8220;Her failure’s during the Covid-19 Corona Virus is causing more Michiganders to get sick. Closing and banning various non essential business’s and activities while leaving others open. Further promoting the pandemic. She has lied since day one with her #Fixthedamnroads which she has failed to do anything in this regards. The response to #PFAS was negligence and completely removing funding for #PureMichigan clearly shows her lack of anything positive for the State of Michigan.&#8221;
Along with the recall petition, the Michigan Conservative Coalition has <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/10/michigan-governor-deems-easter-bunny-tooth-fairy-essential-workers-frustrated-residents-plan-protest/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">announced</a> &#8220;a vehicle rally to surround the Capitol Building&#8221; scheduled for Wednesday at noon. The goal, as <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/coronavirus-stay-at-home-orders-protests-economy">Fox News</a> explains, is to &#8220;bring traffic to a gridlock in Lansing and protest the &#8216;Stay Home, Stay Safe&#8217; executive order by Whitmer, a Democrat, mandating what businesses could stay home, what some businesses could sell and ordering people in her state against any gatherings – no matter the size or family ties.&#8221;
&#8220;Michigan’s typical small business owners obey laws, but they may not notice the progressive agenda being pushed by our radical leftist Governor Whitmer,” said Rosanne Ponkowski, president of the organization behind the demonstration.
Similar pushback has begun in North Carolina, as <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexBerenson/status/1249674933967507457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fpolitics%2Fcoronavirus-stay-at-home-orders-protests-economy">noted</a> by former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson: &#8220;Now this is viral growth: a North Carolina Facebook group called #ReopenNC began last Thursday and has 21,000 members already; it is calling for a protest tomorrow. North Carolina, population 10.4 million, has 81 #COVID deaths and 331 people hospitalized.&#8221;
&#8220;We are residents of North Carolina that stand for The Constitution and demand our officials Reopen NC no later than April 29, 2020,&#8221; the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1071729406534210/">ReopenNC Facebook page</a> reads. &#8220;We are losing our small businesses, which are the backbone of our economy. The shutdown is not warranted, nor sustainable for our area. The vulnerable can be isolated or protected in other ways, without sacrificing our entire state economy. It&#8217;s important to note, several other states have not enacted stay at home orders.&#8221;
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And last week in Ohio, as noted by Fox News, &#8220;dozens of protestors carrying placards and wearing Guy Fawkes masks ignored Ohio’s social-distancing guidelines to demonstrate on steps of the state’s capital building in Columbus against Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, and his administration’s handling of the outbreak. Demonstrators held signs reading &#8216;Open Ohio,&#8217; &#8216;Quarantine worse than virus,&#8217; and &#8216;Social distancing or social conditioning. We do not consent.'&#8221;
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While the governors of the &#8220;locked down&#8221; states are continuing to try to keep residents from breaking social distancing mandates, Americans have lost jobs as a devastating rate. Over the course of just three weeks after much of the country went on lockdown, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/unemployment-claims-top-6-million-for-second-straight-week-even-higher-than-predicted">17 million</a> Americans filed for unemployment, while a recent report found that almost a third of apartment renters <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nearly-a-third-of-apartment-renters-missed-a-payment-in-the-first-week-of-april">failed</a> to pay rent in the first week of April.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michigan-gov-whitmer-bans-residents-from-buying-seeds-or-plants-and-gatherings-of-any-size">Michigan Gov. Whitmer Bans Residents From Buying Seeds Or Plants — And Gatherings ‘Of Any Size’</a>
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Lockdown Backlash Builds: Protests Organized In Multiple States

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) signed off on the full use of vital mask sanitation technology hours after Republican Governor Mike DeWine (OH) appealed to President Donald Trump for assistance in the apparent dispute.
As noted by <a href="https://businessjournaldaily.com/dewine-fda-limiting-use-of-battelle-tech-is-reckless/">Business Journal Daily</a>, the FDA originally authorized nonprofit Battelle Memorial Institute &#8220;to sterilize 10,000 surgical masks in Ohio daily, despite its ability to sterilize up to 160,000 masks daily in the state alone.&#8221;
Gov. DeWine slammed the agency in a <a href="https://businessjournaldaily.com/dewine-fda-limiting-use-of-battelle-tech-is-reckless/">statement</a> on Sunday, calling the move &#8220;reckless.&#8221;
“The FDA’s decision to severely limit the use of this life-saving technology is nothing short of reckless,” the GOP governor said. “Battelle’s innovative technology has the capability to protect healthcare professionals and first responders in Ohio and across the country, but in this time of crisis, the FDA has decided not to support those who are risking their lives to save others.&#8221;
&#8220;This is a matter of life and death,&#8221; DeWine added. &#8220;I am not only disappointed by this development, but I’m also stunned that the FDA would decline to do all it can to protect this country’s frontline workers in this serious time of need.”
Seeking authorization, DeWine then appealed directly to President Trump: &#8220;DeWine said he appealed directly to President Donald Trump to allow broader adoption of the system, and Ohio&#8217;s attorney general threatened to sue if FDA didn&#8217;t act quickly to authorize more extensive use,&#8221; reported <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/29/ohio-dewine-trump-administration-mask-ruling-154378">Politico</a>.
&#8220;If Battelle’s technology for sterilizing face masks for re-use works safely, limiting it to only 10,000 a day is foolish. If it doesn’t, allowing it at all is reckless,&#8221; Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost posted to Twitter Sunday night. 
&#8220;Hoping [Donald Trump] intervenes today — but if not, I’ve got my team researching a lawsuit for tomorrow,&#8221; the AG added.
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If Battelle’s technology for sterilizing face masks for re-use works safely, limiting it to only 10,000 a day is foolish.
If it doesn’t, allowing it at all is reckless.
Hoping <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> intervenes today — but if not, I’ve got my team researching a lawsuit for tomorrow.
&mdash; Dave Yost (@Yost4Ohio) <a href="https://twitter.com/Yost4Ohio/status/1244295364129230848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 29, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Within hours, DeWine was able to obtain the full authorization, for which he specifically thanked President Trump and the FDA for acting quickly to reach resolve.
“I want to thank President Trump for his leadership and Dr. Hahn of the FDA for approving the use of this life-saving technology that Battelle has developed,” a statement from DeWine said, as reported by <a href="https://www.nbc4i.com/community/health/coronavirus/gov-dewine-fda-limits-battelles-ppe-mask-sterilizing-technology-to-only-10k-a-day/">NBC4</a>. “This will not only help Ohio’s healthcare workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis, but Battelle will also be helping health care workers in hot spots throughout the country including New York and Washington state.”
“We‘re grateful that the President and the FDA moved quickly to help us get this solution back up and running,” added Lt. Governor Jon Husted. “This Ohio-driven solution has the potential to save lives now and in the future across the United States.”
Trump announced the advances during a press briefing on Monday.
“Each machine, now, can disinfect 120,000 masks per day. Now, think of that,” the president told the public, according to <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-touts-fda-approval-for-machine-that-can-disinfect-120-000-masks-per-day">The Washington Examiner</a>. “It’ll be just like a new one. It can go up to about 20 times for each mask. So, each mask can go through this process 20 times.&#8221;
“They have two in Ohio, one in New York, and one will soon be shipped to Seattle, Washington, and also to Washington, D.C. So, that’s going to make a tremendous difference,” Trump added.

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FDA Authorizes Vital Mask Sanitation Technology Hours After Ohio Gov Appeals To Trump 

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On Friday, March 20, the Ohio Attorney General’s office <a href="https://www.dispatch.com/assets/pdf/OH34675321.pdf?vcrmeid=6saFsKqA30uopb10lVbo1w&amp;vcrmiid=KLWddqIr60CjfOaBq0B90Q">issued a letter</a> to Planned Parenthood of Southwest Ohio’s Cincinnati Surgery Center and <a href="https://www.dispatch.com/assets/pdf/OH34659321.pdf">another</a> to the Women’s Med Center in Dayton that pointed out that the non-essential and or elective surgeries and procedures utilizing personal protective equipment the two organizations were continuing to perform must be canceled.
But as the pro-life organization <a href="https://www.liveaction.org/news/ohio-ag-facilities-halt-elective-abortions/">Live Action</a> pointed out, Planned Parenthood of Southwest Ohio’s Cincinnati Surgery Center thumbed its nose at the state, writing on its <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ppswo/photos/rpp.45323637297/10158108317382298/?type=3&amp;theater">Facebook page</a> the very next day that it was “complying” with the order, but added, “Under that order, Planned Parenthood can still continue providing essential procedures, including surgical abortion … Our doors remain open.”
In the letter to Planned Parenthood of Southwest Ohio, Attorney General Dave Yost’s office had written:
<blockquote>On March 17, 2020, the Ohio Department of Health issued an order pursuant to the Department’s powers under R.C. 3701.13. That order (attached) cancelled all non-essential or elective surgeries and procedures utilizing personal protective equipment (“PPE”) as of 5:00 p.m. on March 18, 2020. The order was issued, in part, to preserve PPE for health care providers who are battling the COVID-19 pandemic that is spreading in our state and also to preserve critical hospital capacity and resources.
The Ohio Department of Health has received a complaint that your facility has been performing or continues to offer to perform surgical abortions, which necessarily involve the use of PPE. On behalf of the Department, you and your facility are ordered to immediately stop performing non-essential and elective surgical abortions. Non-essential surgical abortions are those that can be delayed without undue risk to the current or future health of a patient. The Department of Health has outlined criteria to consider when determining whether a procedure is essential (see attached order). If you or your facility do not immediately stop performing non-essential or elective surgical abortions in compliance with the attached order, the Department of Health will take all appropriate measures.
This is an unprecedented time in the state’s history and everyone must do their part to help stop the spread of this disease.</blockquote>
LiveAction noted, “According to <a href="https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2020/03/21/ohio-abortion-clinics-ordered-closed-yost-under-health-directors-order/2891100001/">The Columbus Dispatch</a>, one abortion facility spokeswoman whom the news outlet contacted &#8216;pointed to a statement from a consortium of gynecological groups saying clinics should remain open,’ disregarding the state of Ohio’s order.”
Ohio Right to Life president Michael Gonidakis wrote to Ohio Planned Parenthood President Iris Harvey, “By performing surgical abortions, your company is putting the health and safety of all Ohioans in danger. Your current noncompliance will undoubtedly contribute to the spread of COVID-19 and put the lives of first responders, nurses and doctors in danger.”
As Live Action noted, the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists recently stated in a <a href="https://aaplog.org/press-release-aaplog-statement-on-acog-abortion-agenda-during-covid-19-pandemic/">press release</a>:
<blockquote>Continuing to perform elective abortions during a pandemic is medically irresponsible. Abortions use up much needed resources such as masks, gloves, and other personal protective equipment. The practice also potentially generates more patients to be seen in already overburdened emergency rooms &#8230; Uterine perforation and hemorrhage can occur with surgical abortions. Because most abortion providers do not manage their own complications, instead instructing women to go to an ER if they have problems, emergency rooms who are already struggling to keep up with the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to need to provide care to these women.</blockquote>

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Ohio Planned Parenthood Ignores State Order Banning Elective Surgical Abortions During Coronavirus Crisis

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Ohio Republican Governor Mike DeWine announced on Monday night that he and Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Amy Acton were ignoring a judge&#8217;s ruling and postponing Ohio&#8217;s presidential primary on Tuesday due to the coronavirus outbreak.
&#8220;During this time when we face an unprecedented public health crisis, to conduct an election tomorrow would force poll workers and voters to place themselves at an unacceptable health risk of contracting coronavirus,&#8221; DeWine wrote on Twitter. &#8220;As such, @DrAmyActon will order the polls closed as a health emergency. While the polls will be closed tomorrow, Secretary of State @FrankLaRose will seek a remedy through the courts to extend voting options so that every voter who wants to vote will be granted that opportunity.&#8221;
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As such, <a href="https://twitter.com/DrAmyActon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DrAmyActon</a> will order the polls closed as a health emergency. While the polls will be closed tomorrow, Secretary of State <a href="https://twitter.com/FrankLaRose?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FrankLaRose</a> will seek a remedy through the courts to extend voting options so that every voter who wants to vote will be granted that opportunity.
&mdash; Governor Mike DeWine (@GovMikeDeWine) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovMikeDeWine/status/1239736020763127809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2020</a></blockquote>
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DeWine&#8217;s announcement came shortly after &#8220;Judge Richard A. Frye of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas rejected the state’s request to push back voting to June 2,&#8221; The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/16/us/politics/virus-primary-2020-ohio.html">reported</a>. &#8220;Dan Tierney, a spokesman for the governor, said Mr. LaRose would seek through the courts to have another date set for in-person voting in Ohio.&#8221;
Acton issued a Director&#8217;s Order on Monday night that stated: &#8220;To conduct an election at this time would force poll workers and voters to face an unacceptable risk of contracting COVID-19. COVID-19 is a respiratory disease that can result in serious illness or death, is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which is a new strain of coronavirus that had not been previously identified in humans and can easily spread from person to person.&#8221;
Acton then documented the progression of the coronavirus in a nearly 2-page long timeline before concluding, &#8220;Accordingly, to avoid an imminent threat with a high probability of widespread exposure to COVID-19 with a significantly risk of substantial harm to a large number of people in the general population, including the elderly and people with weakened immune systems and chronic medical conditions, I hereby ORDER all polling locations in the State of Ohio closed on March 17, 2020. This Order shall take effect immediately and remain in full force until the State of Emergency declared by the Governor no longer exists, or the Director of the Ohio Department of Health rescinds or modifies this Order.&#8221;
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Here is the three-page order signed tonight by <a href="https://twitter.com/OHdeptofhealth?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@OHdeptofhealth</a> Director <a href="https://twitter.com/DrAmyActon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DrAmyActon</a> that closes all polling locations in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ohio?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Ohio</a> due to the risk of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#COVID19</a> faced by both voters and poll workers. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19OhioReady?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#COVID19OhioReady</a> <a href="https://t.co/XRd4zJH4so">pic.twitter.com/XRd4zJH4so</a>
&mdash; Governor Mike DeWine (@GovMikeDeWine) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovMikeDeWine/status/1239745738789306368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Early Tuesday, the Ohio Supreme Court denied a legal challenge to the state delaying the primary. A candidate in Wood County had filed the action Monday alleging the delay of the primary violated election laws,&#8221; The Columbus Dispatch.  &#8220;Only four justices participated in the ruling, which was issued without an opinion. After the court ordered the state to respond by 1:30 a.m., with the state quickly filing a motion to dismiss, the justices cast their votes shortly before 4 a.m. Justices Judith French and Sharon Kennedy, who are seeking re-election this year, and Justice Patrick DeWine, the governor’s son, recused themselves from participating.&#8221;
This report has been updated to include additional information.

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Ohio Ignores Judge’s Ruling, Shuts Down Polls To Protect People

On Sunday, the governors of both Ohio and Illinois issued orders to close all restaurants and bars for dine-in customers. This comes in response to the growing coronavirus pandemic.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine said the following in a series of tweets:
<blockquote>We will be issuing an order closing all bars and restaurants in <a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/hashtag/Ohio?src=hashtag_click">#Ohio</a> beginning at 9:00 tonight. Establishments can stay open for carry-out and delivery. What we can&#8217;t have is people congregating and seated.
I&#8217;m aware that this will impact many, many good workers. I can&#8217;t tell you how sorry I am, but we will work to mitigate the suffering. It is our goal for everyone to get through this.
Every day we delay, more people will die. If we do not act and get some distance between people, our healthcare system in #Ohio will not hold up. The loss won&#8217;t only be those impacted by #COVID19, but the danger is also to everyone else who needs hospital care for other issues.</blockquote>
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Establishments can stay open for carry-out and delivery. What we can&#8217;t have is people congregating and seated. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#COVID19</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19OhioReady?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#COVID19OhioReady</a> <a href="https://t.co/3EaBWeeMdr">pic.twitter.com/3EaBWeeMdr</a>
— Governor Mike DeWine (@GovMikeDeWine) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovMikeDeWine/status/1239276197718171648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2020</a></blockquote>
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker said the following in a series of tweets:
<blockquote>There are no easy decisions to make as we address this unprecedented crisis – we must do what science and experts say will keep people safe. With that said, I am ordering all IL bars and restaurants to close to the public as of close of business Monday, Mar. 16 through Mar. 30.
We are working with restaurant owners and food delivery services across the state to ensure restaurants can safely keep their kitchens open to continue food delivery to people in their homes. Additionally, we are allowing drive-through and curbside pickup for restaurants to serve the public over this period.</blockquote>
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We are working with restaurant owners and food delivery services across the state to ensure restaurants can safely keep their kitchens open to continue food delivery to people in their homes.
— Governor JB Pritzker (@GovPritzker) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovPritzker/status/1239295392338018304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2020</a></blockquote>
On Friday, President Trump declared a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-trump-unleashes-full-power-of-u-s-government-to-fight-coronavirus">national emergency</a> in response to the coronavirus. The order will free up $50 billion to help in the fight against the pandemic.
The president stated:
<blockquote>To unleash the full power of the federal government &#8230; I am officially declaring a national emergency. Two very big words. The action I am taking will open up access to up to $50 billion of very important and a large amount of money for states and territories or localities in our shared fight against this disease.</blockquote>
The coronavirus has also begun to impact the Democratic <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/following-louisiana-georgia-postpones-democratic-primary-amid-coronavirus-concerns">primary process</a>, with Georgia and Louisiana postponing their primaries, which were originally scheduled for March 24 and April 4, respetively. As of publication, no plans have been announced to postpone the next batch of Democratic primaries in Arizona, Florida, Illinois, and Ohio, which are set to take place this Tuesday.
The coronavirus, which originated in China’s Hubei province, has infected more than 158,000 people worldwide, leaving over 6,000 dead, reports <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/coronavirus-map-confirmed-cases-2020-n1120686">NBC News</a>, which cites its own reports, as well as the “World Health Organization, state government leaders, and health officials.”
There have been 3,510 confirmed cases in the United States, and 67 deaths.

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Governors Of Ohio And Illinois Issue Orders To Close Restaurants And Bars In Attempt To Curb Coronavirus Spread

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The governor of Ohio said Sunday he wouldn’t be surprised if schools would be closed for the remainder of year due to concerns over the spread of the coronavirus.
Gov. Mike DeWine (R-OH) appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union” with fill-in host Brianna Keiler to discuss what he was doing in his state to protect residents from the coronavirus, which has killed 57 people in the United States so far, though no one in Ohio has died so far. Keiler told DeWine that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said “that school closures of 2-4 weeks are actually unlikely to have an impact on mitigating the spread of this virus.” She then said she wondered whether Ohio schools would be closed for the remainder of the school year and asked if it was possible.
“Absolutely,” DeWine responded. “This is all projections. I’m just going by what medical experts are telling us. This may not peak until the latter part of April or May. So, we’ve informed the superintendents while we closed schools for three weeks, that the odds are this is going to go on a lot longer and it would not surprise me at all if schools did not open again this year.”
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The odds are &#8220;this is going to go on a lot longer and it would not surprise me at all if schools did not open again this year,” Ohio <a href="https://twitter.com/GovMikeDeWine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GovMikeDeWine</a> says about the long-term impact of the coronavirus. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CNNSOTU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CNNSOTU</a> <a href="https://t.co/i0luWcQVzX">pic.twitter.com/i0luWcQVzX</a>
— State of the Union (@CNNSotu) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSotu/status/1239183110471913473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2020</a></blockquote>
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At a news conference on Friday, DeWine announced that Ohio now had 26 confirmed cases of coronavirus – 12 women and 14 men. He said seven people have been hospitalized but no one has died, WLWT5 <a href="https://www.wlwt.com/article/live-gov-mike-dewine-gives-update-on-covid-19-in-ohio/31545216">reported</a>. He also announced that starting Monday, Ohio k-12 schools, including public, private, and charter schools, would be closed for three weeks in an attempt to prevent the spread of the virus, though he added this would not apply to Ohio’s child care systems, the outlet reported.
&#8220;We have a panel of 14 doctors,&#8221; DeWine told Fox News host Sandra Smith. &#8220;We also reached out to other experts yesterday and it was clear that we had to take this action in regard to our schools.&#8221;
DeWine also announced that all public gatherings of more than 100 people would be banned for the time being. He said he has been relying on “experts” who have said that every six days the number of projected undiagnosed cases will double.
&#8220;You just think about that,&#8221; he mused. &#8220;We are in some tough times in Ohio. And, it&#8217;s very, very important for us to do everything we can do slow this down.&#8221;
On Thursday, Fox <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/health/ohio-likely-has-100000-coronavirus-cases-top-health-official-says">reported</a> that top health officials in Ohio announced there were an estimated 100,000 undiagnosed cases of coronavirus in the state. Dr. Amy Acton, director of the Ohio Department of Health, said the “virus is among us, but we can’t see it yet.”
“Just the fact of community spread says that &#8230; at the very least 1% of our population is carrying this virus in Ohio today,” she said, as <a href="https://www.wdrb.com/news/ohio-s-top-health-official-estimates-people-in-ohio-infected/article_a1169122-64da-11ea-866b-b3ed4b637ee4.html">reported</a> by WDRB. “We have 11.7 million people &#8230; so the math is over 100,000. So that just gives you a sense of how the virus spreads, and is spreading quickly.”

Ohio Governor: ‘It Would Not Surprise Me At All If Schools Did Not Open Again This Year’

Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Amy Acton, standing next to Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, claimed on Thursday that over 100,000 people in the state have the coronavirus, which originated in China.
&#8220;This is certainly an unprecedented time,&#8221; Acton said. &#8220;It is this one in 50 years pandemic that we&#8217;ve been planning for, we talk a lot about in my over 30 years in public health, but we have never seen a situation exactly like this.&#8221;
&#8220;We know now, just the fact of community spread, says that at least 1%, at the very least 1% of our population is carrying this virus in Ohio today,&#8221; Acton later claimed. &#8220;We have 11.7 million people, so the math is over a 100,000. So that just gives you a sense of how this virus spreads and is spreading quickly.&#8221;
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Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Amy Acton: “We know now, just the fact of community spread, says that at least 1%, at the very least 1% of our population is carrying this virus in Ohio today. We have 11.7 million people, so the math is over a 100,000.” 
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<blockquote>This is certainly an unprecedented time. It is this one in 50 years pandemic that we&#8217;ve been planning for. We talk a lot about in my over 30 years in public health but we have never seen a situation exactly like this.
We talked yesterday about the steps we&#8217;re taking in the playbooks we&#8217;re following, but I really have to commend our Governor Mike DeWine and our lieutenant governor, these are the hard decisions and believe me there&#8217;s no one exact right, exact perfect, but the steps we&#8217;re taking now will absolutely save lives and I&#8217;ll go over again why it&#8217;s so important that it changes the impact on our health care system.
First of all we do have five positive cases as the governor mentioned our fifth case is a 55 year old male near where I grew up, Trumbull County, and he is in the ICU. This is a man who has a family and kids who are also quarantined and many contacts and our local health departments are busy at work letting folks know if they have been in contact with this gentleman. We have 30 negative tests but at this moment, when I came in, 52 people under investigation and as I said before those rings and rings are out there I can&#8217;t tell you the number of contacts right now it&#8217;s in the hundreds that are also being told to self quarantine. so, this ripple effect I&#8217;m seeing spread throughout Ohio, it is counties far and wide and and we do most definitely have community spread.
I know it is very very hard for us to get our heads around this and we&#8217;re all sort of waking up to our new reality and one of the things we&#8217;re going to begin to put on our website, we began today, are a series of fact sheets and checklists to help you kind of figure out what is this new norm going to be like so I really want people to stay tuned for that. We are basically slowly shutting down most of the our structures of society, we&#8217;re asking people to stay at home in the hopes that they don&#8217;t engage in this logarithmic spread of disease as the governor said that was such a key clue to this. It doubles every six days and if you think about it, everyone who&#8217;s not spreading it, me not spreading it to two to three other people and those two to three other people going out, that is how we can slow this down. It&#8217;s so crucial the moves we&#8217;re making in the next two to three days and all our pandemic plans we hope to do these measures I&#8217;ve talked about a little more slowly but as we can see we&#8217;re in a crisis situation now we&#8217;re moving quickly taking decisive action now will greatly slow down this disease and stop this trajectory.
We know now, just the fact of community spread, says that at least 1%, at the very least 1% of our population is carrying this virus in Ohio today. We have 11.7 million people, so the math is over a 100,000. So that just gives you a sense of how this virus spreads and is spreading quickly.</blockquote>

Ohio Department Of Health Director Suggests Over 100,000 Ohioans Have Coronavirus Right Now

Shortly after a high-profile lawsuit was filed in Connecticut against a recent state policy allowing biological males to participate in girls&#8217; sports, legislators in Ohio are taking action to &#8220;Save Women&#8217;s Sports&#8221; from transgender athletes.
In a <a href="http://www.ohiohouse.gov/jena-powell/press/representative-powell-proposes-the-save-womens-sports-act">press release</a> in late-February, the Ohio House of Representatives announced a new bill, the &#8220;Save Women’s Sports Act,&#8221; proposed by Republican state representatives Jena Powell and Reggie Stoltzfus that &#8220;seeks to promote fairness to all and preserve the integrity of school sports&#8221; by keeping biological males out of female athletic events.
&#8220;The Save Women’s Sports Act ensures that women are not forced to compete against men playing on women’s sports teams,&#8221; reads the release. &#8220;The bill would designate male and female sports teams be based upon the biological sex of an individual, meaning that biological males cannot play on female teams.&#8221;
The legislation would apply to all public schools and private schools that are members of state or national athletic associations.
&#8220;The Save Women’s Sports Act is a fairness issue for women,&#8221; Powell said at a February 25 press conference announcing the bill. &#8220;This bill ensures that every little girl who works hard to make it on a podium is not robbed of her chance by a biological male competing against her in a biological female sport. We want every little girl to achieve her athletic dream here in the state of Ohio.&#8221;
In her comments promoting the new bill, Powell specifically cited recent developments in Connecticut in which two transgender runners have dominated girl&#8217;s track in the state. Titles that were held by nine different girls in the year prior to the state&#8217;s new pro-transgender policy went into effect, Powell noted, have been held by just two biological male runners since.
&#8220;The legislation goes further to protect a school or college who preserve women-only teams from being punished by a government entity under a state or local non-discrimination law,&#8221; the press release explains. &#8220;Additionally, the bill allows any student a private right of action who may be deprived of an athletic opportunity or is harmed by a school or college that violates this act and protects the student from any retaliatory actions taken by any school. The bill also creates a process to resolve any disputes over a student’s sex and respectfully accommodates those who have an intersex condition or disorder of sexual development to demonstrate they are, in fact, a female. Further, the Save Women’s Sports Act also will make sure biological men who identify as a female cannot be categorized as a woman to compete against women in sports.&#8221;
As Powell referenced, Connecticut has gained national attention due to recent eye-opening developments in its high school track competitions. The dominance of the competition by two biological males who identify as female in the state over the last three years has resulted in a high-profile lawsuit from Alliance Defending Freedom on behalf of three female runners.
&#8220;Ever since the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference adopted a policy that allows males who identify as female to compete in girls’ athletic events, boys have consistently deprived Selina Soule, Alanna Smith, and Chelsea Mitchell of honors and opportunities to compete at elite levels,&#8221; ADF said in a February 12 <a href="https://www.adflegal.org/detailspages/press-release-details/high-school-athletes-file-suit-to-protect-fairness-in-girls-sports">press release</a> announcing its lawsuit against Connecticut&#8217;s new policy. &#8220;Mitchell, for example, would have won the 2019 state championship in the women’s 55-meter indoor track competition, but because two males took first and second place, she was denied the gold medal. Soule and Smith likewise have been denied medals and/or advancement opportunities.&#8221;
&#8220;The <a title="complaint" href="https://adflegal.blob.core.windows.net/mainsite-new/docs/default-source/documents/legal-documents/soule-v.-connecticut-association-of-schools/soule-v-connecticut-association-of-schools---complaint.pdf?sfvrsn=f1ed93a9_4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">complaint</a> filed in Soule v. Connecticut Association of Schools with the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut explains that CIAC’s new policy and others like it pose a concrete threat to Title IX gains because &#8216;inescapable biological facts of the human species [are] not stereotypes, &#8220;social constructs,&#8221; or relics of past discrimination. As a result of these many inherent physiological differences between men and women after puberty, male athletes consistently achieve records 10-20% higher than comparably fit and trained women across almost all athletic events, with even wider consistent disparities in long-term endurance events and contests of sheer strength such as weight-lifting,'&#8221; the release details.
&#8220;As a result of CIAC’s policy, two males were permitted to compete in girls’ athletic competitions beginning in the 2017 track season,&#8221; the release explains. &#8220;Between them, they have taken 15 women’s state championship titles (titles held in 2016 by nine different Connecticut girls) and have taken more than 85 opportunities to participate in higher level competitions from female track athletes in the 2017, 2018, and 2019 seasons alone.&#8221;

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A Cleveland suburb was rocked Friday by an Amber Alert alleging a 12-year-old boy had been kidnapped.
Police immediately began searching for the missing boy and the suspects, 19 News <a href="https://www.cleveland19.com/2019/12/27/cleveland-police-search-year-old-boy-that-was-car-stolen-citys-west-side/">reported</a>. They found them driving the mother’s stolen 2008 Saturn Vue and pursued. The men crashed the car and tried to run, but they were apprehended.
Police then discovered that the child had not been kidnapped, and the mother made up the story to get police to look for her stolen car. The Amber Alert was cancelled with a notice that the mother had lied.
Cleveland Police Sgt. Jennifer Ciaccia released a statement regarding the mother’s deception.
“Preliminary information indicates that this child was never in the car and was possibly at home the whole time,” Ciaccia said in the statement. “The officers on scene are going to be making reports due to the mother making false police reports. The case will be referred to the detective bureau for follow up &#8230;”
Ciaccia, according to 19 News, said the mother had not been charged. Ohio law allows the mother to be charged with a first-degree misdemeanor charge for filing a false police report.
The outlet reported that her 12-year-old boy was safe at home with his father during the whole ordeal.
19 News sent reporter Kelly Kennedy to the mother’s home in Cleveland’s East Side. When the reporter arrived, the mother was not keen to tell her side of the story.
“&#8217;Why are you here? And then you’re all talking about a hoax and all of that s**t! Can you get the f*** off my porch? I don’t even know how y’all know where I live at or none of that,&#8217; the mother said,” according to 19 News.
Kennedy then told the mother that “Police gave us that information.”
When the mother asked why Kennedy was at her home, the reporter said she wanted “to know if you filed a false police report.”
The mother said: “It’s not true.”
Kennedy then asked her several times if her son was in the car, as she told police. The mother just kept saying “It’s not true.”
Kennedy asked yet again: “Well, was your son in the car when it was stolen?”
The mother then closed her front door.
Women falsely claiming their children were abducted is nothing new. In September 2018, Florida mother Charisse Stinson told police her 2-year-old son had been kidnapped. The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2018/09/05/mom-who-claimed-son-was-kidnapped-admits-she-left-him-to-die-in-woods/">reported</a> at the time that Stinson later admitted that she had hit the boy, causing seizures, and then left him to die in the woods.
In July 2018, another Florida mom, Tammy Steffen, told police her former business partner had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/woman-allegedly-faked-her-daughters-kidnapping-ashe-schow">tried to abduct her 12-year-old daughter</a>. Police later determined that Steffen staged the kidnapping to get back at the former business partner. Surveillance footage showed the man was in another city at the time of the alleged abduction attempt. More surveillance footage showed Steffen purchasing supplies later “discovered” as part of the abduction. Police suspected Steffen lied to get back at the former business partner because she believed he somehow prevented her from winning an online fitness contest.

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Oberlin College&#8217;s president is still saying that Gibson&#8217;s Bakery, which won a $44 million judgment against the Ohio school in a libel lawsuit back in June, has a history of racism, according to an interview she gave to CBS&#8217;s Ted Koppel.
<a href="https://legalinsurrection.com/2019/11/ted-koppel-despite-verdict-oberlin-college-president-still-makes-allusions-to-a-pattern-of-racist-behavior-by-gibsons-bakery/#more-299344">Legal Insurrection</a>, which closely followed the case between Oberlin and Gibson&#8217;s Bakery reports that Carmen Twillie Ambar told Koppel that the school&#8217;s campaign against the bakery wasn&#8217;t necessarily the result of a single &#8220;racial&#8221; incident, but rather a &#8220;series of things that happened&#8221; before the incident that gave rise to the lawsuit.
In November of 2016, Gibson&#8217;s Bakery, which also sells sundries and alcohol, caught an African-American Oberlin student stealing two bottles of wine. A chase ensued between a bakery employee and the alleged shoplifter and ended with an altercation between Gibson&#8217;s Bakery employees and three students. The three students were arrested and one was later charged with theft and use of a false ID.
What should have been a straightfoward incident exploded when Oberlin students began protesting the bakery, accusing it of racism and discrimination. Worse, according to emails unearthed during the discovery phase of the trial, the College appeared to have encouraged the protests and reimbursed students who purchased materials for demonstrations.
Gibson&#8217;s sued Oberlin for libel and won. A jury awarded the bakery a staggering $11 million in their lawsuit and later, after a separate trial on punitive damages, an additional $33 million. A court later reduced the settlement to $25 million to come in line with Ohio&#8217;s tort caps, but Gibson&#8217;s was awarded $6.5 million in legal fees.
As Legal Insurrection&#8217;s Prof. William Jacobson points out, Oberlin may have lost in court, but they&#8217;re determined to win in the court of public opinion. They tried to get one of the bakery&#8217;s employee&#8217;s Facebook posts unsealed, ostensibly to prove that he was motivated by racial animus (it failed), they&#8217;ve appealed the jury verdict claiming their own &#8220;free speech&#8221; was violated when they lost the libel trial and were relieved of nearly $50 million. They agreed to the interview with CBS, perhaps believing the mainstream media network might take their side.
The school&#8217;s president ended up suggesting that Oberlin has done nothing wrong because the bakery has a history of discrimination (emphasis added).
<blockquote>KOPPEL: …. But to this day, the president of Oberlin makes allusions to a pattern of racist behavior, if not the specific incident that set things off three years ago.
AMBAR: Well, the students pled guilty to the shoplifting. Um, there has been some debate about whether it was shoplifting or  false ID.
KOPPEL: It was both.
AMBAR: Right. Well, I think that, that one of the things that the college has always said is that the college has not, doesn’t condone shoplifting, doesn’t condone bad behavior by its students in any way, shape or form. But what led up to the protest, and I think that’s sort of kind of the core issue here, was some series of things that happened before. Some perspectives about people’s experiences in the store.
KOPPEL: Tell me about, tell me about those then. And be specific. What specific incidents are you referring to that happened before?
AMBAR: Right, well, I think that the specific incidents would be, the perception by faculty and students and staff and other people in the town that there had been disparate treatment with respect to people of color in the store. The way I would phrase it, kind of different lived experiences.</blockquote>
Lived experiences are, of course, not concrete. And Ambar seems to tread perilously close to reiterating the sentiment that Oberlin was punished for: smearing the bakery with allegations of racism.
Oberlin College <a href="https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/lorain-county/oberlin-college-announces-it-will-appeal-verdict-in-gibsons-bakery-case/95-2dcde2a4-086d-4092-8640-a9aa74352f90">announced in early October</a> that it intends to appeal the jury verdict, citing the long-term financial health of the school (something that has, apparently, never bothered them before). The college also claims that the award &#8220;sets a troubling precedent for free speech.&#8221;
&#8220;The College and the town of Oberlin have been vital to one another since 1833, and we value our long-term relationships with the town’s citizens and businesses. We also have a mission to support free inquiry, allow faculty and students to ask difficult questions and to reach and express their own conclusions. The judgment in this case effectively punishes us for doing just that,&#8221; Oberlin said in a statement. &#8220;The verdict and judgment in this case set a precedent that endangers free speech on campuses and for all Americans. The jury was allowed to award substantial damages for speech that is protected by the Constitution. The case should absolutely be reviewed by an appellate court.&#8221;
Gibson&#8217;s, in turn, has filed a cross-appeal, challenging the court&#8217;s revision of the jury&#8217;s award, suggesting that the award cap violates their due process rights.

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President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign launched a “Make Campus Great Again” program for the fall, and College Democrats aren’t happy about it.
The program kicked off at the University of Akron on Monday, with more than 50 students from that school and Cleveland State University, Walsh University, and Kent State University gathered at an event to show support for Trump and get trained on registering voters for the 2020 election. The program is managed by Trump Victory, a joint entity between the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee, working with the Ohio Federation of College Republicans. The two groups teamed up to launch a Trump Victory Leadership Initiative throughout Ohio colleges and universities to train and recruit campus activists for the president’s re-election efforts.
The campaign was not expecting such a large turnout, so additional attendees ended up standing. As student activists gathered, the College Democrats of Ohio released <a href="https://twitter.com/collegedemsohio/status/1173684721127002112?s=21">a statement</a> saying the president “is not welcome on our campuses.”
“From siding with for-profit colleges to attacking Title IX protections the Trump Administration is working consistently to attack the interests of college students,” said College Democrats of Ohio President Eva Holtkamp in the statement. “Students know that Trump is bad for our future, which is why youth voter turnout across the country jumped in 2018.”
As for the Trump administration’s support of for-profit colleges, the U.S. Education Department rescinded an Obama-era rule that required for-profit colleges — but not nonprofit colleges — post debt-to-earnings ratios. That rule also didn’t consider other reasons why students might not find well-paying jobs after graduation, the Trump administration said.
And the Trump administration did not attack Title IX protections; rather, it strengthened them by requiring colleges to provide due process for students accused of sexual misconduct and ensuring the definition of sexual harassment and assault was consistent with what the Supreme Court has previously ruled.
“Ohio’s students are organizing to vote Donald Trump out of the White House,” Holtkamp continued.
RNC spokesperson Mandi Merritt responded to the Democrats’ statement, saying it demonstrated the lack of freedom of thought on college campuses.
“The Democrats’ statement proves our point that freedom of thought is being suppressed on campuses across America. The ‘Make Campus Great Again’ program is giving students the support and resources they need to stand up and speak up when Leftists threaten to shut down free think. Trump Victory is proud to support students who value President Trump’s winning agenda and encourage a climate where differences in opinion are encouraged, not suppressed,” Merritt said.
RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel added that conservatives on college campuses have been subjected to bullying for their political views.
“Freedom of thought is being suppressed in college classrooms across America. Conservative students, in particular, are being bullied by liberal professors and peers to either submit to the socialist, Leftist ideology or sit quietly,” McDaniel said. “The RNC and our joint ‘Trump Victory’ operation launched ‘Make Campus Great Again’ to give students the support and resources they need to stand up and speak up. When it comes to issues college students care about, like securing a job after graduation, the choice is clear: a booming economy under President Trump or a government takeover of every aspect of their lives under Democrat leadership.”
For example, just this week Boston University <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/51922/straight-out-leftist-playbook-boston-univ-cuts-james-barrett">stymied an appearance</a> by Daily Wire Editor-In-Chief Ben Shapiro by cutting the potential audience in half and demanding a large security fee.

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Early Monday, thousands of United Automobile Workers (UAW) union members began a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/51813/watch-gm-strike-officially-begins-heres-how-much-james-barrett">national strike</a> of General Motors in what many feared might turn out to be a painful and ultimately costly showdown between workers and management. According to <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/17/white-house-general-motors-strike-1735740">Politico</a>, the Trump administration is trying to save both sides the trouble by intervening in a way that aligns more with the goals of the union, a move that could end up having a significant impact on the 2020 election. The White House, however, denies the claim.
In what is the union&#8217;s first national strike in over a decade, UAW members, including those employed at the GM plant in Flint, Michigan, picked up the picket signs early Monday and called on the company&#8217;s leadership to come to terms with embattled union leaders for higher wages, increased job security, and better health care coverage. The national strike involves around 48,000 UAW members employed by GM.
<a href="https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2019/09/15/uaw-strike-gm-autoworker-contract-talks/2333883001/">The Detroit Free Press</a> reported Monday that the strike could end up costing GM around $400 million a day, while the striking autoworkers would find themselves taking home just $250 a week in strike wages from the UAW&#8217;s $850 million fund. As workers told reporters that they feared the fallout of the impasse, the White House has reportedly decided to step in on the side of the union — or at least that&#8217;s what Politico&#8217;s sources say.
&#8220;The White House is seeking to end the United Auto Workers strike against General Motors with an agreement that would reopen an assembly plant in Lordstown, Ohio that GM shut down in March,&#8221; Politico reported Tuesday. The White House&#8217;s efforts would effectively align the administration with the UAW.
&#8220;Federal mediation is always possible, if that&#8217;s what they want,&#8221; Trump told the press Monday, in comments reported by Politico. &#8220;Hopefully, they&#8217;ll be able to work out the GM strike quickly. We don&#8217;t want General Motors building plants outside of this country.&#8221;
Citing &#8220;two people close to the matter,&#8221; Politico names both National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow and White Houst trade and manufacturing adviser Peter Navarro as allegedly being engaged in the discussions.
While the move could end up helping Trump in both Michigan and Ohio in 2020 — both states which were key in his electoral victory in 2016 and in which his approval ratings have been declining — Deputy Press Sec. Judd Deere told Politico that its big &#8220;White House intervenes&#8221; scoop is &#8220;false.&#8221;
&#8220;This story is false,&#8221; Deere told the left-leaning outlet. &#8220;The Trump Administration, including Larry Kudlow and Peter Navarro, are not involved in the negotiations between the UAW and GM. As President Trump has said, we would like to see a fair and speedy conclusion to these talks.&#8221;
In its <a href="https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/general-motors/2019/09/16/strike-uaw-workers/2338281001/">coverage</a> of the strike the Detroit Free Press spoke to a number of the striking UAW members, some of whom expressed concern about the potential impact of the walkout.
&#8220;My concern is not just for myself, but for the many other families that are affected by this strike,&#8221; UAW member Ralph Burchart told the Free Press&#8217;s Phoebe Wall Howard. &#8220;Our kids are grown and married, but I have co-workers with younger children who would have a much harder time of it if this is an extended strike. My hope and prayer is that a reasonable contract that benefits both parties would be agreed upon sooner rather than later.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/49407/will-trump-win-latest-trumps-national-and-state-josh-hammer">Will Trump Win? The Latest On Trump’s National And State-By-State Approval Ratings.</a>
This article has been revised for clarity.

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On Thursday, a former Ohio high school cheerleader accused of murdering her newborn daughter and burying her in her family’s backyard was acquitted of all murder-related charges.
Brooke Skylar Richardson, who is now 20, was acquitted of aggravated murder, involuntary manslaughter, and child endangerment. She was sentenced to three years&#8217; probation for a lesser charge of gross abuse to a corpse.
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On May 7, 2017, Richardson, who was 18 years old at the time, secretly gave birth to her daughter at 33 weeks&#8217; gestation and buried her in her family&#8217;s backyard. The remains of the baby were found roughly two months later, according to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/ohio-ex-cheerleader-found-not-guilty-killing-newborn-daughter-she-n1054086">NBC News</a>, after an OB-GYN reported that the teen told her she gave birth to a stillborn and buried her.
Due to the baby&#8217;s decay, the cause of death was unable to be determined, subsequently straining the jury&#8217;s ability to determine that the baby was murdered by Richardson beyond a reasonable doubt.
The prosecution team argued that the teen set up &#8220;the perfect crime&#8221; to murder her baby girl and protect her &#8220;perfect life.&#8221;
&#8220;Shortly, after murdering her daughter and placing her daughter in the dirt, and not even having the decency to cover it with a blanket, she sent two elated text messages: My belly is back, my belly is back,&#8221; assistant prosecutor Steven Knippen said in court, according to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/ohio-ex-cheerleader-found-not-guilty-killing-newborn-daughter-she-n1054086">NBC</a>.
The prosecution argued that the defendant&#8217;s &#8220;mother was obsessed with her appearance and constantly monitored her weight,&#8221; <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/ohio-woman-killing-newborn-text-mom-burying-baby-prosecutors">Fox News</a> reported.
Knippen also asked why the baby, if born a stillborn, was secretly buried.
&#8220;If it came out not breathing, why didn&#8217;t she try to get it help?&#8221; the prosecutor asked. &#8220;If she thinks something is wrong, why didn&#8217;t she get her parents, her brother, call 911 or go to the hospital?&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/cheerleader-18-showed-flat-belly-19570386">The Daily Star</a> reported that Richardson sent a gym selfie to her mother the day the baby was buried, holding up her T-shirt and showing off her belly. &#8220;I am literally so excited now just for dinner to wear something cute yayyyy my belly is back and now I&#8217;m takin (sic) this opportunity to make it amazing,&#8221; the text reportedly said.
Before sentencing was doled out, Tracy Johnson was one of the many people to offer a statement before the court. Johnson is the baby&#8217;s paternal grandmother — the mother of the baby&#8217;s father, Trey Johnson, according to the <a href="https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/brooke-skylar-richardson-learn-her-sentence-today-after-acquittals-most-serious-charges/4o33pZaW9gLzn9mpDOEe7O/">Dayton Daily News</a>.
&#8220;Her selfish decision was not her only choice,&#8221; Johnson said of Richardson. &#8220;She had a way out.&#8221;
During her sentencing on Friday, Richardson acknowledged that she can be &#8220;selfish&#8221; but noted that she is &#8220;getting better.&#8221;
&#8220;I would do anything you ask,&#8221; she told the judge, according to <a href="https://www.insideedition.com/judge-rules-brooke-skylar-richardsons-family-can-give-baby-annabelle-a-proper-burial-56017">Inside Edition</a>. &#8220;I can sometimes be selfish, but I&#8217;m getting better. I&#8217;m forever sorry. I&#8217;m so sorry. I&#8217;ve hurt a lot of people. I am really, really sorry. And I understand.&#8221;
According to Ohio-based NBC affiliated <a href="https://www.nbc4i.com/news/state-news/prosecutor-woman-killed-her-baby-to-keep-her-perfect-life/">WCMH</a>, Richardson will be eligible to remove the charges from her record if she abides by the terms of her probation for the next three years.
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A man from Toledo, Ohio, was charged Friday with illegally stockpiling ammunition and for making threats against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), whom he said “should be shot.”
Timothy J. Ireland, 41 was also charged in U.S. District Court “with being a felon in possession of a firearm, being a fugitive in possession of a firearm, and making interstate threats,” the Toledo Blade reported. The interstate threat charge was related to his statements regarding Ocasio-Cortez.
Ireland faces up to 25 years in prison – the threat charge has a maximum sentence of five years and each firearms charge has a maximum sentence of 10 years, according to the Blade. More from the outlet:
<blockquote>The United States Capitol Police received information on July 23 that threatening statements were posted on Facebook, according to a criminal complaint filed in the case. The statements were perceived to be threats against Ms. Ocasio-Cortez.
A screen shot was provided to Capitol Police of a news story related to the congressman with linked comments that stated: “She should be shot. Can’t fire me, my employer would load the gun for me.”
The statement was made from a Facebook page whose listed user was Tim Ireland of Toledo, according to the complaint. U.S. Capitol Police officers stated in the complaint that Ireland admitted in a call with them on Aug. 2 to making the statement and that “he was very proud of that post he made.” He also said he has firearms and always carries them concealed, according to the complaint.</blockquote>
Neither Ireland’s attorney, nor Ocasio-Cortez’s office commented for the Blade article.
Ocasio-Cortez is one of conservatives’ most disliked congresswomen due to her <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/48556/ocasio-cortez-says-concentration-camp-comments-not-ryan-saavedra">consistently</a> <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/45036/ocasio-cortez-lies-about-southern-border-wall-ryan-saavedra">false statements</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/43194/aocs-green-new-deal-proposal-one-stupidest-ben-shapiro">radical policy proposals</a>.
She was previously included on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/43747/former-coast-guard-lieutenant-self-proclaimed-ashe-schow">a hit list</a> compiled by a self-proclaimed white nationalist, Christopher Paul Hasson, who was arrested in February. Hasson had read the manifesto of Anders Behring Breivik, a right-wing terrorist who murdered 77 people in Norway in 2011. The former U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant also included House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), whom he referred to as “Sen blumen jew,” on the list.
Ocasio-Cortez is part of a “squad” of four congresswomen who routinely spout anti-Semitic language. Another member of the squad, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/45643/man-arrested-allegedly-calling-death-threat-ilhan-ashe-schow">received a threat</a> from a 55-year-old New York man.
In April, Patrick W. Carlineo, Jr., was arrested for allegedly calling Omar’s office the previous month, asking her staffer if the congresswoman was a terrorist, and suggesting he’d “put a bullet in her [expletive] skull.” Carlineo’s threats could land him up to 10 years in prison and/or a $250,000 fine.

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Owner Of Ohio Bakery Ransacked By Rioters Says She’s Getting Threats For Cooperating With Law Enforcement

Petition Draws Support To Rename Columbus, Ohio, ‘Flavortown’ After City Removes Christopher Columbus Statue

Ohio Animal Hospital Offering Free Care To Any Police Horses Injured During Riots

WATCH: Black Cincinnati City Councilman Lashes Out At Those Encouraging Kids To Attack Cops: ‘This Is Wrong.’

Coronavirus Has Been Spreading In Ohio Since January, Months Before The Lockdown

WATCH: Ohio Governor Admits He Went ‘Too Far’ In Social Distancing Order, Gets ‘Frank’ About Why He Rescinded It

Lockdown Backlash Builds: Protests Organized In Multiple States

FDA Authorizes Vital Mask Sanitation Technology Hours After Ohio Gov Appeals To Trump

Ohio Planned Parenthood Ignores State Order Banning Elective Surgical Abortions During Coronavirus Crisis

Ohio Ignores Judge’s Ruling, Shuts Down Polls To Protect People

Governors Of Ohio And Illinois Issue Orders To Close Restaurants And Bars In Attempt To Curb Coronavirus Spread

Ohio Governor: ‘It Would Not Surprise Me At All If Schools Did Not Open Again This Year’

Ohio Department Of Health Director Suggests Over 100,000 Ohioans Have Coronavirus Right Now

After Trans Runner Lawsuit, Ohio Legislators Step In To ‘Save Women’s Sports’ From Biological Males

Woman Told Police Her Son Was Kidnapped So They Would Look For Her Stolen Car

Despite $44M Libel Verdict, Oberlin College Still Saying Gibson’s Bakery Had A Pattern Of Racist Behavior

Trump Victory Launches ‘Make Campus Great Again’ Event, Democrats Pounce

Report: Trump Sides With The Union In GM Strike; White House Responds

WATCH: Woman Cleared Of Murdering Newborn Daughter, Secretly Burying Her In Backyard

Man Charged After Saying Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ‘Should Be Shot’ And Stockpiling Ammunition

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