While many modern rap artists have a contentious relationship with law enforcement, Lil Wayne stands out as a glaring exception to this rule. The 39-year-old Grammy Award winner can’t forget the time a white police officer saved him after a botched suicide attempt at the age of 12. Now he speaks up for cops because of what one did for him.
Lil Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., reiterated his personal stance on police as anti-cop rhetoric reached a fever pitch in 2020 following the death of George Floyd.
“My life was saved when I was young,” he <a href="https://www.instagram.com/2cool2bl0g/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=417f5ab1-756f-4cc2-85a0-ba455715a891">told</a> listeners during an appearance on Apple Music’s Young Money Radio in June of that year. “I was 12 or something, I think. Shot myself. I was saved by a white cop, Uncle Bob. So you have to understand … you have to understand the way I view police, period. I was saved by a white cop.”
“There was a bunch of black cops jumped over me when they saw me at that door, laying on the floor with that hole in my chest. He refused to,” Carter continued. “Those black cops jumped over me, and ran through the crib, and said, ‘We found the gun, we found this, we found that.’ He said, ‘I found this baby on this floor. I need to get to a hospital.’ He didn’t wait for an ambulance. He took his car. He made somebody drive it, and he made sure that I lived.”
The “Lollipop” singer had talked about his experience with “Uncle Bob” (former officer Robert Hoobler) even before sharing that incredible story in 2020. 
At the 2018 BET Hip-Hop Awards, Carter described how Uncle Bob treated him following the shooting. 
“He brought me to the hospital himself. He refused to wait, he kicked in the doors. He said, ‘You get whatever you gotta do and you make sure this child make it’ … Not only did he refuse to sit, not only [didn’t] he give me to the doctors and leave, he refused to leave, he stayed and made sure that I made it.” 
As for perceived racism among police, Carter admits it does exist but cautions critics to take a look at individual officers, not to vilify the law enforcement profession as a whole. 
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lil-wayne-on-floyd-death-stop-blaming-entire-police-force-entire-race-there-are-a-bunch-of-facts-we-think-we-know-that-we-dont-know">reported</a> in May 2020 that Lil Wayne asked people to  be “very specific” when reacting to Floyd’s death and other headlines and to not blame the “entire force” or an “entire race.”
“I think when we see these situations, I think we also have to understand that we have to get very specific,” Wayne told rapper Fat Joe via Instagram Live, according to Rap Up. “We have to get so specific and what I mean by that, we have to stop viewing it from such a broad view, meaning we have to stop placing the blame on the whole force and the whole everybody of a certain race or everybody with a badge.”
“We have to get into who that person is,” he continued. “If we want to place the blame on anybody, it should be ourselves for not doing more than what we think we’re doing.”
The rapper insisted that many activists are quick to act before knowing all the details. He defended staying silent on controversies surrounding racial injustice simply because he’s not sure what really happened. 
“The reason people always ask me why you don’t say this, why you don’t do that, what else am I gonna do after that?” Carter said. “Some people put a tweet out and they think they did something. Some people wear a shirt, they think they did something.”
“I mean, what you gon’ do after that?” Wayne emphasized. “Did you actually help the person? Did you actually help the family? Did you actually go out and do something?”
“If I ain’t about to do all that, then I ain’t about to do nothing,” he continued. “I pray for them.”
Carter said protestors need to have clear goals when they demonstrate for change.
“What we need to do, we need to learn about it more,” he said. “If we want to scream about something, know what we’re screaming about. You wanna protest about something, know what we protesting about.”
“It’s a bunch of facts that we think we know that we don’t know,” the hip hop star concluded. “If we want to get into it, know what we talkin’ about before we talk about it.”
As for experiencing racism, the top-selling artist has a surprising take as well. Wayne <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PBf_H3z63A">discussed</a> how he’s been blessed enough to avoid it mostly while commenting on Colin Kaepernick kneeling in protest during the national anthem at NFL games in 2016. 
“I have never, you know never is a strong word, dealt with racism, and I’m glad I didn’t have to. I don’t know if it’s because of my blessings… but it is my reality,” he said. “I thought it was over; I still believe it’s over. But obviously it isn’t.”
“We all want someone to figure out what’s going on first, and then put a stop to it — or try to put a stop to it — everybody come together and figure something out, and maybe, just coming together is the solution,” he continued.
Carter’s outlook on police reform is thoughtful and logical, which stands in stark contrast to how most rappers treat the topic. His attitude stems from his love for Uncle Bob, who he offered to help financially before the officer’s passing in 2022.
Per <a href="https://pagesix.com/2021/08/17/lil-wayne-offered-money-to-ex-cop-who-saved-his-life/">Page Six</a>, Hoobler recalled connecting with the rapper in 2019 and being offered money if he wanted it. Though the retired officer declined Wayne’s generosity, he did say he was “glad he saved a life that mattered.”
Carter posted a tribute to Uncle Bob upon hearing about his death in July.
“Everything happens for a reason. I was dying when I met u at this very spot. U refused to let me die. Everything that doesn’t happen, doesn’t happen for a reason. That reason being you and faith. RIP uncle Bob. Aunt Kathie been waiting for u. I’ll love &amp; miss u both and live for us all,” he captioned a photo of Hoobler shared to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CgbEexPrkSc/">Instagram</a>.

_Harding – Lil Wayne And The Police Officer Who Saved His Life

The Heartwarming Story Of Rapper Lil Wayne And The Cop Who Saved His Life

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The lawyer for a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california">California</a> dermatologist accused of poisoning her husband with drain cleaner said this week that the claims made by the husband are &#8220;defamatory.&#8221;
In an interview with <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/attorney-explains-why-the-irvine-doctor-accused-of-poisoning-her-husband-poured-drano-into-cup/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBS Los Angeles</a> Wednesday, David Wohl, the attorney for Dr. Yue &#8220;Emily&#8221; Yu, said that while Yu was using Drano drain cleaner in the kitchen, she was not using it in an attempt to poison him. Wohl said that the allegations made by Yu&#8217;s husband, Dr. Jack Chen, are &#8220;absurd&#8221; and &#8220;defamatory,&#8221; and part of a &#8220;desparate&#8221; ploy to retain custody of their children as part of a divorce.
&#8220;The idea that my client, who is a 45-year-old well-respected dermatologist in Orange County, would destroy her life, destroy her children&#8217;s life, and try to kill her husband is just completely absurd and untrue — and for that matter defamatory,&#8221; Wohl told CBS Los Angeles.
Wohl said that the family was dealing with plumbing issues, and any time his client was pouring the drain cleaner into a cup, it was to deal with those plumbing issues, and she poured the cleaner into a cup so that it would not splash. &#8220;Any time that she poured Drano into a cup, it was completely empty,&#8221; Wohl claimed. &#8220;It was for facilitating use in the sink or any other particular part of her house that was clogged as far as the drainage goes, but she never poured any Drano or any chemical into any drink that the father or her husband used or was drinking, ever. That’s completely untrue.&#8221;
The lawyer said he did not know if Chen ingested drain cleaner, and if so, how. &#8220;But we do know that he was desperate for a divorce filing,&#8221; Wohl said. &#8220;He was desperate to have reasons to gain custody of the children. And we believe completely that these claims that he has made are all part and parcel of that effort.&#8221;
Yu was arrested by Irvine police last week after her husband brought images of Yu allegedly pouring drain cleaner into his lemonade to police, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-dermatologist-arrested-after-husband-gives-police-compelling-video-evidence-she-was-poisoning-him" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a> reported Tuesday. In court documents obtained by the New York Post, Chen alleged that Yu had put drain cleaner in his lemonade on at least three occasions in July. According to his lawyer, via CBS Los Angeles, Chen told police that he&#8217;d been noticing a chemical taste in his lemonade and had been sick for months.
He was diagnosed with stomach ulcers, gastritis, and inflammation of the esophagus. Suspecting his wife, Chen installed a &#8220;nanny cam&#8221; in their kitchen, court documents showed. Footage from the camera allegedly shows Yu pouring the drain cleaner into a cup, which Chen then drinks from. Chen then provide the footage to police.
“He became ill and his condition worsened over the past month and as a result of him examining his routine he grew suspicious of his wife and placed a video camera in the home they shared and discovered evidence he believes supports the fact that she was poisoning him,” Irvine police Lt. Bill Bingham told Fox News. Bingham said that police found the video footage he provided “to be compelling.”
Yu has been suspended from work, but was bailed out of jail and has not been charged as of Wednesday, CBS Los Angeles reported.

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‘Desperate For A Divorce Filing’: Lawyer For California Doctor Calls Husband’s Poisoning Allegations ‘Defamatory’

'Desperate For A Divorce Filing': Lawyer For California Doctor Calls Husband's Poisoning Allegations 'Defamatory'

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/florida" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Florida</a> sheriff is slamming a woman who allegedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/crime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">killed</a> her pet Chihuahua by drowning the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/animal-rights" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dog</a> in her pool last October.
Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey recently posted a video to social media of a woman holding her dog underwater. Ivey cut the video of the incident, which occurred last fall, but included a clip of him walking suspect Erica Black into jail on charges of animal cruelty. The 32-year-old woman was already being held in jail on charges of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon after allegedly stabbing a 68-year-old man twice, SpaceCoastDaily.com <a href="https://spacecoastdaily.com/2022/08/watch-brevard-sheriff-ivey-jails-most-despicable-excuse-for-a-human-being-ive-ever-seen/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
“This woman, Erica Black, is without question the most despicable excuse for a human being I’ve ever seen in my life,” Ivey <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EML9Mc-xMEM" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in the video.
“The video of her drowning her chihuahua is the most horrific thing I’ve ever seen in my life,” he added.
Ivey also pledged to keep Black in his jail for the rest of her life.
“I’m not going to show you the entire video because it is so graphic and so disgusting, it makes me sick,&#8221; Ivey added in the video. &#8220;There’s a special place in hell for this woman, and until she gets there, she’s going to rot in our jail.”
The sheriff even ended his video with a message targeted specifically at Black.
“You know, usually when I’m walking people in, I have something to say to them,&#8221; he said. “I’m disgusted by you.&#8221;
The sheriff&#8217;s office also warned that other potential animal killers will also be taken to the slammer should they attempt to kill their pet on Ivey&#8217;s turf.
&#8220;IF YOU DROWN YOUR DOG IN A POOL SHERIFF IVEY IS GOING TO PERSONALLY WALK YOUR BUTT INTO JAIL!!&#8221; the Brevard County Sheriff&#8217;s office <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=477960094153221&amp;ref=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a Facebook video post.
Florida sheriffs have recently built quite a reputation for themselves as being straight-talking no-nonsense enforcers of the law.
In May, Sheriff Grady Judd in Polk County, Florida, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/we-are-going-to-shoot-you-graveyard-dead-florida-sheriff-lays-the-hammer-down-on-potential-school-shooters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> reporters, “If you come to a school in this county, armed, we’re going to do our best through either our guardians, our school resource officers, or our school resource deputy sheriffs to eliminate the threat outside of the school before they ever get to the children. We’re trained to do that.”
“This is the last thing you’ll see before we put a bullet through your head if you’re trying to hurt our children,” Judd <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/we-are-going-to-shoot-you-graveyard-dead-florida-sheriff-lays-the-hammer-down-on-potential-school-shooters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>, while holding a picture of two police officers carrying firearms. “We are going to shoot you graveyard dead if you come onto a campus, with a gun, threatening our children or shooting at us.”
Ivey&#8217;s video message can be seen here:
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‘Special Place In Hell For This Woman’: Florida Sheriff Furious After ‘Despicable Excuse For A Human’ Drowns Chihuahua

Florida Sheriff Furious After 'Despicable Excuse For A Human' Drowns Chihuahua

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Dogs

Florida

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california">California</a> lawmakers are considering a proposal that would get rid of lengthy solitary confinement practices in prisons and other detention facilities.
The measure, called the <a href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2632">California Mandela Act</a>, would end solitary confinement periods “for more than 15 consecutive days” and not allow over 45 days in total over a period of 180 days. The bill would also make it so that a facility cannot put a person in solitary confinement if they are part of a “special population,” which includes certain people who are 25 years old or younger, those who are at least 60 years old, pregnant, recently postpartum, “or has recently suffered a miscarriage or terminated a pregnancy.” The specification also applies to people who have a physical or mental disability.
The bill must be passed by the state Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday for it to continue. A potential drawback of the measure could be its price tag. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation reportedly estimated that it would cost the state over $1 billion to follow the law due to the new requirements. However, the proposal’s supporters released a <a href="https://imadvocates.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Solitary-Cost-Report-AB2632.pdf">report</a> saying the bill would save the state at least $60 million per year because it would cut down on solitary confinement costs.
“Solitary confinement is torture,” Hamid Yazdan Panah, advocacy director for Immigrant Defense Advocates, which is in favor of the bill, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/11/us/california-solitary-confinement.html">told</a> The New York Times. “If we a long time ago accepted that torture is unacceptable in our jails and prisons, then we really have to take this issue seriously.”
Employees at the facility would also be required to check in on the person in solitary confinement at least twice each hour, and more often if the person appears to be suicidal or “is demonstrating unusual behavior.” Mental health or medical personnel would be required to examine the person every 24 hours, and a mental health professional would also need to examine the person every 48 hours for continuing solitary confinement.
The bill would also change the traditional structure of solitary confinement by requiring the person who is in solitary confinement to be given out-of-cell programming for at least four hours each day, with at least one recreational hour.
Yazdan Panah told the Times that around 4,000 people are in solitary confinement at any period of time, and these new guidelines would bring that amount down by 70%.
“We’re housing individuals in a cell the size of a parking stall, with no real outlet, with no interaction with other people for extended periods of time,” Assemblyman Chris Holden, who introduced the bill, told the Times. “It’s just unacceptable.”

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California Considers Reducing Maximum Solitary Confinement Time In New Bill

California Legislature Considers Changing Solitary Confinement Guidelines In Bill AB2632

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Prison

Three people are dead and at least 39 homes damaged after an explosion leveled a house in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/indiana">Indiana</a> Wednesday afternoon.
The explosion rocked a neighborhood in Evansville, with drone footage showing one house completely destroyed from the blast. The coroner confirmed that three people had died from the explosion, Tristate <a href="https://www.tristatehomepage.com/news/local-news/house-explosion-reported-on-n-weinbach/">reported</a>. One other person was reportedly in the hospital after surviving the explosion.
It was not immediately clear what caused the massive explosion. A spokesperson for the Evansville Fire Department told Tristate that the gas and electric company CenterPoint made no detection of gas after arriving on the scene. The spokesperson added that 11 of the houses affected will be uninhabitable.
Fire Chief Mike Connelly <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/10/us/evansville-indiana-explosion/index.html">said</a> in a news conference that there could be more victims found as the search continues. &#8220;There could be other victims, we have not completed our search. The buildings are not yet safe to enter,&#8221; Connelly said, adding, &#8220;Initial survey of the damage is that 39 houses have been damaged from either severe to minor damage.&#8221;
The explosion occurred in the same neighborhood as a 2017 explosion that killed two people, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/14news/videos/518975913315484/">according</a> to 14 News reporter Randy Moore.
People near the scene described their homes and businesses shaking when the explosion happened. Vincent Taylor <a href="https://www.14news.com/2022/08/10/watch-authorities-respond-following-house-explosion-evansville/">told</a> 14 News that he was working on the roof of a house two blocks away from the blast when he heard the explosion and saw debris falling from the sky. Taylor said he got to the scene moments later, and described it as &#8220;total devastation.&#8221; &#8220;Their houses are totally gone. It’s bad,&#8221; he remarked.
According to officials, most of the homes in the neighborhood were unoccupied at the time of the explosion other than some pets. Eight different agencies were on the scene Wednesday afternoon, and Connelly said an arson investigation had been launched.
“Our thoughts are with those closely involved with the explosion that happened on N. Weinbach this afternoon,” the Evansville Police Department said in a statement. “As more information becomes available the respective agencies investigating will be able to provide more information.”
This article has been expanded after publication to include additional information.

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House Explodes In Indiana Leaving 3 Dead, 39 Homes Damaged

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Sitting members of Congress – and several others — marked the 8th anniversary of 18-year-old <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/biden-seems-to-suggest-michael-brown-was-victim-on-anniversary-of-death-obama-biden-doj-said-officer-acted-in-self-defense/">Michael Brown&#8217;s</a> death in Ferguson, Missouri, by promoting the long-debunked claim that he was &#8220;murdered&#8221; and had been shot while holding his hands up in surrender.
<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/left-tries-rewrite-story-saint-michael-brown-ben-shapiro/">Brown</a> was fatally shot by former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson — who initially attempted to detain Brown because he matched the description of a suspect in a <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/leftists-say-michael-brown-didnt-strong-arm-rob-frank-camp/">strong-arm robbery</a> at a local convenience store — and according to the police report, Brown attempted to pull Wilson out of his marked vehicle and grappled for his service weapon. He was reportedly running toward Wilson, who had by then exited the vehicle, when he was shot.
One witness, who later admitted to fabricating the claim, alleged that Brown had been trying to get away from Wilson when he was killed — and claimed that he had his hands up in surrender at the time of the shooting.
According to multiple investigations, however — including one undertaken by then Attorney General <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/black-lives-matter-a-movement-built-on-the-illusion-of-martyrdom/">Eric Holder</a> — the shooting was ultimately deemed justified and Wilson was not charged.
&#8220;This morning, the Justice Department announced the conclusion of our investigation and released a comprehensive, 87-page report documenting our findings and conclusions that the facts do not support the filing of criminal charges against Officer Darren Wilson in this case,&#8221; Holder said in a statement marking the close of the investigation. &#8220;Michael Brown’s death, though a tragedy, did not involve prosecutable conduct on the part of Officer Wilson.&#8221;
Despite that, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) went ahead on Tuesday with the assertion that Brown had been &#8220;murdered&#8221; by police.
&#8220;Today marks eight years since Michael Brown was murdered by police in Ferguson, MO,&#8221; Jayapal tweeted. &#8220;We need to honor Michael&#8217;s life with action. Let&#8217;s keep fighting to dismantle white supremacy, so we can ensure racial justice for all.&#8221;
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Today marks eight years since Michael Brown was murdered by police in Ferguson, MO.
We need to honor Michael’s life with action. Let’s keep fighting to dismantle white supremacy, so we can ensure racial justice for all.
&mdash; Pramila Jayapal (@PramilaJayapal) <a href="https://twitter.com/PramilaJayapal/status/1557013334532276224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Congresswoman Cori Bush (D-MO), who was among the protesters on the ground in Ferguson in the days after the shooting, made the same claim.
&#8220;8 years ago today, Michael Brown Jr. was murdered, so we took to the streets for over 400 days. We were maced and tear-gassed, &amp; beaten by police — all for saying that Mike&#8217;s life mattered,&#8221; Bush tweeted, leaving out several key details such as the number of police officers who were attacked and the number of businesses that were <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/11/25/366452769/ferguson-businesses-burn-crowds-confront-police-in-overnight-chaos">looted and/or burned</a> by the protesters she claimed were simply &#8220;saying that Mike&#8217;s life mattered.&#8221;
&#8220;Our fight for justice will not stop. We do this for Mike Brown,&#8221; she added.
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8 years ago today, Michael Brown Jr. was murdered, so we took to the streets for over 400 days.
We were maced, tear-gassed, &amp; beaten by police—all for saying that Mike’s life mattered.
Our fight for justice will not stop. We do this for Mike Brown. ✊🏾
&mdash; Cori Bush (@CoriBush) <a href="https://twitter.com/CoriBush/status/1557214781756657666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Civil Rights attorney Ben Crump, who has made a name for himself through a series of high-profile cases involving police officers and minorities, took the claim a step further and repeated the debunked claim that Brown had his hands raised in surrender when he was killed.
&#8220;8 years ago, Michael Brown was killed, with his hands up in surrender, by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson. Michael&#8217;s future was stolen from him mere DAYS after he attended his high school graduation ceremony. We’ll ALWAYS remember him! Rest In Power, Mike,&#8221; he tweeted.
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8 years ago, Michael Brown was killed, with his hands up in surrender, by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson. Michael&#39;s future was stolen from him mere DAYS after he attended his high school graduation ceremony. We’ll ALWAYS remember him! Rest In Power, Mike.🙏🏾 <a href="https://t.co/8vhnGGgEe0">pic.twitter.com/8vhnGGgEe0</a>
&mdash; Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/AttorneyCrump/status/1557038011556237313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Several people pushed back on the claims, however, like St. Louis-based radio host Annie Frey. &#8220;Peddling the Hands Up lie drains all credibility from your cause. I follow you because I value seeing your side of this issue. But this is a LIE and you&#8217;re using it for your own personal benefit. It&#8217;s disgusting,&#8221; she said.
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Peddling the Hands Up lie drains all credibility from your cause. I follow you because I value seeing your side of this issue. But this is a LIE and you&#39;re using it for your own personal benefit. It&#39;s disgusting. <a href="https://t.co/HaDIFaQh2Y">https://t.co/HaDIFaQh2Y</a>
&mdash; Annie Frey (@anniefreyshow) <a href="https://twitter.com/anniefreyshow/status/1557259786806231041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Activists Across The Country Gather For March For Our Lives II To Protest Against Gun Violence

Sitting Members Of Congress — And More — Commemorate Ferguson Police Shooting By Lying About It

Sitting Members Of Congress Commemorate Ferguson Police Shooting By Lying About It

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A 16-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california">California</a> teenager has gone missing in Northern California, and officials are now investigating the situation as an abduction.
Volunteers and members of law enforcement, as well as three helicopter teams, continued to search the Lake Tahoe region on Tuesday for 16-year-old Kiely Rodni, who vanished from a party that took place at the Prosser Family Campground in Truckee, California, over the weekend.
The teen was last <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/Search-for-teen-missing-from-Truckee-campground-17361481.php">seen</a> at a large party at the campground after midnight on Saturday. The gathering included over 100 people, the sheriff’s office has said, and up to 250 people, who came all the way from the Bay Area, per organizers. The social event was advertised on social media sites, such as Snapchat, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
Authorities have <a href="https://www.kcra.com/article/why-amber-alert-not-been-issued-missing-16-year-old-kiely-rodni/40849917">said</a> they are investigating the disappearance as an abduction, but are also considering other possibilities.
“We are treating her disappearance as an abduction right now because we have not been able to locate her vehicle,” sheriff spokesperson Angela Musallam reportedly <a href="https://abc17news.com/news/2022/08/09/search-intensifies-for-california-teen-kiely-rodni-who-may-have-been-abducted-after-a-party/">said</a>. A spokesperson <a href="https://www.kcra.com/article/why-amber-alert-not-been-issued-missing-16-year-old-kiely-rodni/40849917">told</a> NBC affiliate KCRA 3 on Tuesday that the designation permits them to use detectives and other tools, but they don’t have proof that suggests an abduction happened.
An Amber Alert has not been issued for the case, to the confusion of some, but according to California Highway Patrol Truckee, there aren’t enough details to warrant the alert.
For an Amber Alert to be created, the victim must be 17 years of age or younger or have a disability. He or she must also t be in impending danger of serious harm or death, and information must be present that could assist in the discovery if shared with the masses. There also must be a confirmed abduction, the only criterion this case does not have yet.
Friends and family members are continuing the search as they hold out hope that Kiely will return.
“I can’t believe it. There has to have been one person — there were people sitting in cars, there were people everywhere around this place,” Kiely’s friend Sammi Smith <a href="https://abc17news.com/news/2022/08/09/search-intensifies-for-california-teen-kiely-rodni-who-may-have-been-abducted-after-a-party/">told</a> KCRA.
Smith <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/kiely-rodni-missing-abducted-california-teen-b2140897.html">told</a> The Independent, “Right now we believe that it is an abduction case &#8230; she was in no state to drive and she wouldn’t have made it far or would have crashed.&#8221;
“At 12:36 a.m. she called me … and this is the last call anybody had with her. We said ‘love you, good night. Get home safe,’ and that’s the last thing we heard of her,” Samantha said on Monday. The outlet noted that a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office said the group couldn&#8217;t say if Samantha was the last person to talk to Kiely, but a little after midnight, her phone was shut off.
Kiely’s mother, Lindsey Rodni-Nieman, has <a href="https://twitter.com/PlacerSheriff/status/1556471618309742592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1556471618309742592%7Ctwgr%5E1b0aa57c82f2116fcd32309d9694e9f10b30f33e%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kcra.com%2Farticle%2Ftip-line-started-locate-missing-16-year-old-truckee%2F40829157">spoken</a> out, trying to get people to provide information. “My head is all over the place and I’m terrified. Bad thoughts are very strong and hard to keep at bay,” Rodni-Nieman told KCRA. “But I’m trying to hold out hope, you know, that we’ll find her, that she’ll come home.”
“Despite the numerous resources we have utilized, Kiely and her vehicle are still missing,” the sheriff’s office said. “We are currently coordinating with the California Highway Patrol, Truckee Police, FBI, and the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office as we continue our search for Kiely.”
Police dive unites have also <a href="https://cerespost.com/police-dive-teams-join-the-search-for-kiely-rodni-16-at-a-760-acre-reservoir/">reportedly</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/9Breakingnew/status/1557106763303878658">joined</a> the search.
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Police dive teams join the search for Kiely Rodni, 16, at a 760-acre reservoir <a href="https://t.co/1Z6zr1zDe0">https://t.co/1Z6zr1zDe0</a>
&mdash; 9 Breaking News (@9Breakingnew) <a href="https://twitter.com/9Breakingnew/status/1557106763303878658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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A <a href="https://www.findkiely.com/">website</a> for the search was created, which explains that Kiely has blonde hair, hazel eyes, and is 5’7” and 118 pounds. She was last seen with a black tank top and green dickies pants on. Kiely’s <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/Search-for-teen-missing-from-Truckee-campground-17361481.php">car</a> is a silver 2013 Honda CRV.
A $50,000 <a href="https://www.kcra.com/article/tip-line-started-locate-missing-16-year-old-truckee/40829157">reward</a> is also being advertised for details that lead to Kiely’s discovery. A GoFundMe was also <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/increase-kielys-reward-lets-bring-her-home">established</a> to increase the reward amount a few days ago.
An anonymous tip line has been established as well, at (530) 581-6320, option 7. People with information should <a href="https://ktla.com/news/search-for-missing-teen-kiely-rodni-in-northern-california-investigated-as-an-abduction/">reach</a> out to the Placer County Sheriff’s Office at 530-886-5375.

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California Teen’s Disappearance Being Investigated As Abduction

16-Year-Old Kiely Rodni Disappeared From Northern California Truckee Campground, Authorities Investigating As Abduction

kidnapping

Teenagers

Gabby Petito&#8217;s family members have filed a multi-million dollar wrongful-death lawsuit against the police department in Moab, Utah, alleging that law enforcement should have done more to prevent their daughter&#8217;s death.
According to a <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/gabby-petito-family-files-50-million-wrongful-death-lawsuit-utah-polic-rcna41980?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma">report</a> from NBC News, Petito&#8217;s family is claiming that the Moab City Police Department made critical mistakes during a brief interaction with their 22-year-old daughter and her then-fiancé Brian Laundrie — and that if the police had done things differently, their daughter might not have been found dead just a few weeks later.
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BREAKING: Family of Gabby Petito announces $50 million wrongful death lawsuit against police in Moab, Utah, accusing the department of failing to properly investigate her domestic violence case and protect her. <a href="https://t.co/ubyd5UitQO">https://t.co/ubyd5UitQO</a>
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Petito&#8217;s family filed a notice of intent on Monday against the Moab City Police Department — along with former-Chief Bret Edge, former&#8211;Assistant Chief Braydon Palmer, Officer Eric Pratt, and Officer Daniel Robbins — seeking $50 million in damages.
According to the filing, the family is alleging that police officers who spoke with Petito and Laundrie — after the two were <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/where-did-he-hit-you-new-police-footage-emerges-in-gabby-petito-case-revealing-violent-fight/">spotted fighting</a> — should have recognized the situation as a domestic violence case and pursued it accordingly.
The interaction in question took place on August 12, 2021 — and at the time, a visibly shaken Petito told police that she had slapped Laundrie and that he had grabbed her face. Both Petito and Laundrie assured the police that they loved each other and neither wanted to press charges against the other.
The 22-year-old blonde was <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/breaking-fbi-confirms-body-found-in-wyoming-is-gabby-petito-rules-death-a-homicide/">found dead</a> in Wyoming&#8217;s Bridger-Teton National Forest on September 19th — approximately three weeks after officials believe she was killed — and the cause of death was reported to be homicide by manual strangulation.
<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/i-ended-her-life-heres-what-brian-laundrie-wrote-in-his-notebook-before-he-killed-himself/">Laundrie</a>, who quickly became a person of interest once Petito was officially declared a missing person, was found dead in Florida&#8217;s Carlton Reserve the following month. He reportedly died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head — and admitted in writing to &#8220;ending&#8221; Petito&#8217;s life, but said that he had done so only after she had fallen while hiking.
But according to an <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/report-finds-utah-police-made-mistakes-encounter-gabby-petito-brian-la-rcna12024">independent review</a> of the case, police reportedly should have classified the case as a domestic violence incident — but instead it was recorded as a mental/emotional health issue.
Based on that report, Petito&#8217;s family is alleging that the police officers at the scene — who were reportedly trained to recognize the signs of abuse — should have immediately realized that &#8220;Gabby was a victim of intimate partner violence&#8221; and provided her with &#8220;immediate protection&#8221; from Laundrie.

North Port, Florida Police Hold News Conference Regarding Case Of Missing Women Gabby Pepito

Gabby Petito’s Family Slaps Utah Cops With $50 Million Wrongful-Death Suit

Gabby Petito's Family Slaps Utah Cops With $50 Million Wrongful-Death Suit

Brian Laundrie

Gabby Petito

Lawsuit

Utah

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-police-department-nypd">New York police</a> are looking for three teenage boys suspected of recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/robbery">stealing</a> a six-year-old girl&#8217;s scooter with at least one of the suspects punching her in the chest during the attack.
According to the New York Police Department (NYPD), the <a href="https://pix11.com/news/local-news/brooklyn/girl-6-punched-in-scooter-robbery-by-teens-in-brooklyn-nypd/">attack</a> took place on July 28. The scooter was estimated to be worth $30.00. The three teenagers in the security footage provided by the authorities appear to be black. The NYPD is requesting help from the public in locating the suspects.
The apparent mugging is just the latest crime in New York City. According to the NYPD, <a href="https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/news/p00056/nypd-citywide-crime-statistics-july-2022">arrests</a> for major felonies &#8220;are up nearly 29% so far in calendar 2022, compared with the first seven months of 2021.&#8221;
&#8220;We know that any crime increase in our city is wholly unacceptable,” NYPD Commissioner Keechant L. Sewell <a href="https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/news/p00056/nypd-citywide-crime-statistics-july-2022">added</a> in a statement. “Everyone who lives, works, and visits here deserves to be safe, and the members of the NYPD will tolerate nothing less – but we cannot do it alone.&#8221;
Sewell placed the blame for the increase in crime on illicit firearms, as well as faults within the criminal justice system.
&#8220;When violent criminals are willing to carry illegal guns on our streets and brazenly shoot at innocent people, they must face real consequences,&#8221; Sewell remarked. &#8220;And when rampant, revolving-door recidivism erodes the public’s trust in the criminal justice system, we must make efforts to refocus that system on what matters most: the victims. All of us need to be pulling in the same direction, so that we can best deliver on the public-safety promise we make to every New Yorker, every day.&#8221;
New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) ran for election in 2021 with a promise that he would be tough on crime. Earlier this week, a journalist asked Adams when that campaign pledge would become a reality.
&#8220;When will we expect crime to drop?&#8221; the reporter said. &#8220;You&#8217;ve been in office seven months; you ran on a platform of lowering crime. When we can expect to see those decreases in crime?&#8221;
Adams claimed that his administration is doing everything it can to curtail violence, but that the public needed to jump aboard and help out.
&#8220;When we get all our partners on board. We&#8217;re doing our job,&#8221; he responded. &#8220;And we also need the public on board.&#8221;
&#8220;The public must really — as they have indicated in polling — that public safety is a major issue &#8230; we&#8217;re doing our job,&#8221; he said in an exasperated tone.
&#8220;NYPD is taking thousands of guns off the streets. We are making arrests. [There are] a high level of arrests for violent crimes. You&#8217;re seeing with that — that which is in our span of control, we&#8217;re doing it to the maximum,&#8221; he remarked.
The exchange can be seen here:
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Three Teenagers Steal 6-Year-Old Girl’s Scooter, Punch Her In Chest In Brooklyn: Police

Three Teenagers Steal 6-Year-Old Girl's Scooter, Punch Her In Chest In Brooklyn: Police

Child Abuse

Robbery

A retired <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/washington">Washington, D.C.</a> police lieutenant shot and killed a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/police">police officer</a> Thursday during a training session inside a city library, police said.
In a news conference Thursday afternoon, a Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert Contee said said the shooting happened in the city&#8217;s Anacostia Library, a public branch of the city&#8217;s library system. Maurica Manyan, 25, of Indian Head, Maryland, who worked as a public library special police officer, was allegedly shot by Jesse Porter, 58, in the incident. Porter was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter, <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/ex-officer-charged-in-fatal-shooting-at-dc-special-officer-training/ar-AA10lGpR">police told News4</a>.
&#8220;Officers arrived at this location and found a library police officer unconscious suffering from a gunshot wound,&#8221; Contee said. &#8220;What we&#8217;ve learned so far, is that there was a training that was taking place.&#8221;
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The female officer, described as a &#8220;library police officer,&#8221; was pronounced dead at an area hospital. Other library police officers, as well as the retired lieutenant, were being interviewed late Thursday afternoon, according to officials.
Metropolitan Police officials were working with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia in the investigation into exactly what happened. Porter was conducting training on how to use an extended baton made by a company called ASP, Contee said.
&#8220;The training was being conducted by a retired member of the Metropolitan Police Department, a retired lieutenant, who was conducting training in one of the training rooms, and at some point &#8230; at the end of the training, the retired lieutenant fired a shot from a weapon that struck this police officer,&#8221; Congee said.
Sources told News4 that Porter drew a handgun to illustrate how quickly it could be done, but fired one shot, striking the special police officer in the chest. Homicide detectives were called to the scene and were looking into why the trainer had live ammunition.
“I don’t have answers as to why the live firearm was in ASP baton training,” Contee said.

Crime Scene

Retired D.C. Police Lieutenant Shoots, Kills Fellow Cop in Library Training Session: Police

Guns

Washington D.C.

Law enforcement officials in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/indiana">Indiana</a> released new information Thursday afternoon about the car crash that killed U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) and three other people this week after initial reports about what happened were apparently inaccurate.
Initial reports said that a vehicle that was traveling northbound crossed lanes and hit the vehicle that was carrying Walorski and two political aides.
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/ecsonews">The Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office</a> released new information indicating that it was the vehicle carrying Walorski that crossed lanes and hit the other vehicle.
&#8220;The information from the preliminary investigation at the scene, as to the direction of travel of the vehicles, was not correct,&#8221; the statement said, noting that witnesses and video evidence has changed law enforcement&#8217;s understanding of what happened. &#8220;Both confirm that the maroon Buick LeSabre driven by Edith Schmucker, 56, Nappanee, Indiana, was southbound on SR 19 south of SR 119 and the silver Toyota RAV 4, driven by Zachery Potts, 27, Mishawaka, Indiana, was northbound on SR 19.&#8221;
&#8220;The Toyota RAV 4 crossed the centerline for reasons that are unknown at this time and the two vehicles collided,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;All occupants of both vehicles were confirmed to have been wearing seatbelts and airbags did deploy.&#8221;
The Sheriff’s Office said that it is continuing to investigate the accident by collecting evidence and talking to witnesses.

Congress Mourns The Passing Of U.S. Representative Jackie Walorksi

Police Change Story About Events That Led To Crash That Killed U.S. Congresswoman

Car Crash

Congress

House Republicans

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday announced that a total of four officers, current and former, from the Louisville Metro Police Department have been federally charged for their involvement in the fatal raid on the apartment of Breonna Taylor.
In September 2020, Kentucky Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced that no officers would be indicted for murder in Taylor&#8217;s case. The 26-year-old&#8217;s death sparked racially-charged protests and riots.
Garland announced Joshua Jaynes, Brett Hankison, Kelly Goodlett, and Kyle Meany had been slapped with charges for several alleged crimes, including lying to obtain a warrant that was used to search the home, the New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/04/us/breonna-taylor-officers-charged.html">reported</a>.
By allegedly lying, some of the officers “violated federal civil rights laws, and that those violations resulted in Ms. Taylor’s death,&#8221; Garland said.
After the feds began poking around the incident, Garland said at least three of the now-charged officers misled investigators, with two “[agreeing] to tell investigators a false story.”
Taylor was fatally shot by plainclothes officers who raided the woman&#8217;s Louisville, Kentucky, home back in March 2020.
Though the mainstream narrative surrounding Taylor’s death initially promoted the idea that she was killed when officers raided her home without knocking, media reports, testimony, and a statement from AG Cameron indicate that officers involved did knock before the raid.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-what-the-media-didnt-tell-you-about-breonna-taylors-shooting">Exclusive: What The Media Didn’t Tell You About Breonna Taylor’s Shooting</a>

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