Footlocker Looted Again Despite $200 Million in Donations to BLM Causes

<div><img class="ff-og-image-inserted" src="https://api-assets.infowars.com/2021/04/130421nike.jpg" /></div> <p><strong>Footlocker stores in Minnesota were looted and trashed once again despite the company having donated $200 million dollars to Black Lives Matter causes in the past year.</strong></p> <p>Minnesota has been hit with yet more violent unrest over the last two nights in response to the police killing of Daunte Wright, who was shot by a female officer who mistook a gun for a taser.</p> <p>Footage from Sunday night showed looters breaking into a shoe store and stealing Nike trainers, because apparently justice for Daunte Wright looks an awful lot like getting your hands on a brand new pair of Air Max.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true" readability="9.0357142857143"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Apparently police officers shot someone in Minneapolis, we don’t know all the details yet, but people are already looting Nikes. Looks about right <a href="https://t.co/3EUL6ffBfp">pic.twitter.com/3EUL6ffBfp</a></p> <p>— Harry Khachatrian (@Harry1T6) <a href="https://twitter.com/Harry1T6/status/1381471715168026627?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2021</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Looters also targeted Footlocker, with footage from the scene showing the store completely cleaned out.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true" readability="4.7883211678832"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Foot Locker in AT&T store completely looted. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BrooklynCenter?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BrooklynCenter</a> <a href="https://t.co/6kLGOUN63D">pic.twitter.com/6kLGOUN63D</a></p> <p>— Rebecca Brannon (@RebsBrannon) <a href="https://twitter.com/RebsBrannon/status/1381502446824996866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2021</a></p> </blockquote> <p>By the end of the night, around 20 Brooklyn Center businesses had been looted as well as sporadic looting in surrounding areas, and the chaos was repeated last night.</p> <p>Apparently, the opportunistic thugs who looted both stores didn’t care too much for Nike and Footlocker’s commitment to helping Black Lives Matter causes.</p> <p>Back in June, Nike <a href="https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/equality/501369-nike-inc-announces-40-million-donation-to-black-community">pledged</a> $40 million over four years to “black community organizations” in a bid to help tackled “systemic racism and police brutality.”</p> <p>“”Systemic racism and the events that have unfolded across America over the past few weeks serve as an urgent reminder of the continued change needed in our society. We know Black Lives Matter. We must educate ourselves more deeply on the issues faced by Black communities and understand the enormous suffering and senseless tragedy racial bigotry creates,” John Donahoe, President and CEO of Nike said in the statement.</p> <p>However, Nike’s financial commitment was dwarfed by Footlocker, which <a href="https://hypebeast.com/2020/6/foot-locker-black-lives-matter-initiative-announcement">pledged</a> a whopping $200 million after the George Floyd riots which went to BLM causes, “investing in youth-centric Black-owned businesses” and served as a means of “enhancing the lives of our team members and our customers in the Black Community through Economic Development and Education.”</p> <p>Apparently, that education didn’t include educating young black males that “justice” has nothing to do with stealing the latest pair of high-end sneakers.</p> <p>———————————————————————————————————————</p> <p><strong>ALERT!</strong></p> <p>In the age of mass Silicon Valley censorship It is crucial that we stay in touch.</p> <p>I need you to sign up for my free newsletter <a href="http://summit.news/newsletter">here</a>.</p> <p>Support my sponsor – <a href="https://bit.ly/TURBOFORCE">Turbo Force</a> – a supercharged boost of clean energy without the comedown.</p> <p>Also, I urgently need your financial support <a href="https://www.subscribestar.com/paul-joseph-watson">here</a>.</p> <p>———————————————————————————————————————</p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.infowars.com/posts/footlocker-looted-again-despite-200-million-in-donations-to-blm-causes">https://www.infowars.com/posts/footlocker-looted-again-despite-200-million-in-donations-to-blm-causes</a>

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Black Journalist Suspended From Twitter For Criticising BLM Founder’s Property Spending Binge

<p><strong>Sports journalist Jason Whitlock has been locked out of his Twitter account for daring to criticise the Marxist founder of Black Lives Matter who recently spent millions on FOUR new homes.</strong></p> <p>Whitlock <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9463851/Black-reporter-LOCKED-Twitter-criticizing-BLM-says-company-gone-far.html">slammed Twitter’s actions</a>, emphasising that “BLM is one of Big Tech’s sacred cows,” adding “I’ve been harping on the fraudulence and the financial grift of BLM for years.”</p> <p>“I think Twitter has been looking for an excuse to de-platform me,” Whitlock further told the Daily Mail.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" readability="6.0869565217391"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true" readability="6.4927536231884"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">If you look at Whitlock's timeline now, there's no notation from Twitter that his account his locked, but they removed the tweet. <a href="https://t.co/DYOFXuh0Ni">pic.twitter.com/DYOFXuh0Ni</a></p> — Ryan Glasspiegel (@sportsrapport) <a href="https://twitter.com/sportsrapport/status/1380640866839232512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2021</a></blockquote> </div> </figure> <p>In further comments, Whitlock noted that he isn’t going to remove the tweet at the behest of Twitter.</p> <p>“They want you to remove the tweet to start your 12 hour sentence. Why should I remove the tweet? They have already removed it. I sat back and said I’m going to do nothing, and see where this story goes.” Whitlock stated.</p> <p>“I’m going to play Nelson Mandela in the Twitter jail,” he added.</p> <p>Whitlock also urged that BLM leaders are “making millions of dollars off the backs of these dead black men who they wouldn’t spit on if they were on fire and alive.”</p> <div class="wEvdP9U4"><a href="https://www.infowarsstore.com/winter-sun-vitamin-d?ims=bilsq&utm_campaign=WinterSunBIS40&utm_source=Infowars+Hero&utm_medium=Banner&utm_content=WinterSunBIS40Hero" target="_blank"><img src="https://api.directus.libertycdn.com/uploads/_/originals/WS-hero-385.png" /></a></div> [embedded content] <p>As we <a href="https://summit.news/2021/04/09/black-lives-matter-co-founder-buys-1-4-million-home-in-area-with-just-1-6-black-population/">noted last week</a>, Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors has chosen to live in one of the whitest areas of California after purchasing a $1.4 million dollar home in an area that has a black population of just 1.6 per cent.</p> <p>In further reports it emerged that Khan-Cullors purchased several other homes at a cost totalling around $3.2 MILLION.</p> <p>BLM raised $90 million last year, according to reports, yet it is unknown where the finances are being routed, prompting members <a href="https://www.the-sun.com/news/2687130/blm-leader-probe-founder-patrisse-cullors-3million-luxury-homes/">to call for an independent review of the organisation.</a></p> <p><em>Drew Hernandez of https://drewhlive.com/ joins The Alex Jones Show to break down the corrupt foundation of race baiting profiteering leftists.</em></p> <p>———————————————————————————————————————</p> <p><strong>ALERT!</strong> In the age of mass Silicon Valley censorship It is crucial that we stay in touch.</p> <p>We need you to sign up for our free newsletter <a href="http://summit.news/newsletter">here</a>.</p> <p>Support our sponsor – <a href="https://bit.ly/TURBOFORCE">Turbo Force</a> – a supercharged boost of clean energy without the comedown.</p> <p>Also, we urgently need your financial support <a href="https://www.subscribestar.com/paul-joseph-watson">here</a>. ———————————————————————————————————————</p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.infowars.com/posts/black-journalist-suspended-from-twitter-for-criticising-blm-founders-property-spending-binge">https://www.infowars.com/posts/black-journalist-suspended-from-twitter-for-criticising-blm-founders-property-spending-binge</a>

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Google Shadow Bans Searches For “Riots Today” Following Violent Unrest in Minnesota

<div><img class="ff-og-image-inserted" src="https://api-assets.infowars.com/2021/04/130421riot.jpg" /></div> <p><strong>Amidst yet another night of violent unrest in Minnesota, Google is effectively shadow banning searches for “riots today” despite other search engines providing links to stories about the riots when the same search term is used.</strong></p> <p>Black Lives Matter agitators rioted and looted for a second night in Minnesota despite the deployment of the National Guard.</p> <p>The unrest is in response to the police shooting of Daunte Wright, who resisted arrest after cops stopped him for a traffic violation.</p> <p>The killing is being described as an example of “systemic racism” despite the fact that Wright was shot by a dumb female officer who mistook a gun for a taser.</p> <p>Apparently, Google is keen to not have the disorder that followed be described as “riots,” despite the fact that is precisely what happened.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true" readability="5.8666666666667"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">WOW Search Results for "Riots Today" on DuckDuckGo vs Google (4/12/21) <a href="https://t.co/i9ocM8jbxC">pic.twitter.com/i9ocM8jbxC</a></p> <p>— Luke Rudkowski (@Lukewearechange) <a href="https://twitter.com/Lukewearechange/status/1381801560498388998?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2021</a></p> </blockquote> <p>A search for the term “riots today” returns results pertaining to the January 6th incident at the Capitol and the Brixton riots, which took place 40 years ago.</p> <p>In comparison, searching for the same term on DuckDuckGo provides numerous links to stories about the riots (despite them being described as “protests” by most mainstream media sources).</p> <p>The top news search result on Microsoft Bing also returns a story about the Minnesota riots.</p> <p>Twitter also continues to describe the chaos as “protests,” despite even Joe Biden himself asserting that looting and attacks on buildings aren’t a legitimate form of protest.</p> <p>Once again, despite the fact that Wright’s killing is blatantly being exploited by opportunistic thugs to commit crimes that have nothing to do with “justice” or “peaceful protest,” the media and the Big Tech establishment continues to run defense for violent BLM-inspired scumbags.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true" readability="9.0869565217391"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Get ready for another round of articles.</p> <p>'Why burning down small businesses and looting Nike for the latest Air Max is a legitimate form of protest'. <a href="https://t.co/WpVy8pJ0qY">pic.twitter.com/WpVy8pJ0qY</a></p> <p>— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) <a href="https://twitter.com/PrisonPlanet/status/1381582548724252674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2021</a></p> </blockquote> <p>———————————————————————————————————————</p> <p><strong>ALERT!</strong></p> <p>In the age of mass Silicon Valley censorship It is crucial that we stay in touch.</p> <p>I need you to sign up for my free newsletter <a href="http://summit.news/newsletter">here</a>.</p> <p>Support my sponsor – <a href="https://bit.ly/TURBOFORCE">Turbo Force</a> – a supercharged boost of clean energy without the comedown.</p> <p>Also, I urgently need your financial support <a href="https://www.subscribestar.com/paul-joseph-watson">here</a>.</p> <p>———————————————————————————————————————</p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.infowars.com/posts/google-shadow-bans-searches-for-riots-today-following-violent-unrest-in-minnesota">https://www.infowars.com/posts/google-shadow-bans-searches-for-riots-today-following-violent-unrest-in-minnesota</a>

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Squad Democrat Tlaib Demands “No More Policing”

<div><img class="ff-og-image-inserted" src="https://api-assets.infowars.com/2021/04/GettyImages-1182970781.jpg" /></div> <p><strong>Michigan Democrat Rashida Tlaib, a member of the so called ‘squad’ of extreme leftist representatives, tweeted Monday that there should be “no more policing” as riots erupted in Minnesota following the shooting of Daunte Wright by cops.</strong></p> <p>Tlaib declared that the incident in which Wright was shot “wasn’t an accident” and that “policing in our country is inherently and intentionally racist.”</p> <p>Tlaib also asserted “I am done with those who condone government funded murder,” further proclaiming that policing “can’t be reformed”:</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" readability="9.0791139240506"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true" readability="11.46835443038"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">It wasn't an accident. Policing in our country is inherently & intentionally racist.</p> <p>Daunte Wright was met with aggression & violence. I am done with those who condone government funded murder.</p> <p>No more policing, incarceration, and militarization. It can't be reformed.</p> — Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) <a href="https://twitter.com/RashidaTlaib/status/1381745303997534216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2021</a></blockquote> </div> </figure> <p>Tlaib was immediately taken to task over the remarks, with Senator Ted Cruz branding her comments “insane”:</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter"></figure> <p>Even those on the left called out Tlaib’s extremism:</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter"></figure> <p>Others agreed:</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" readability="7.3767857142857"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true" readability="8.6785714285714"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">"No more policing"?</p> <p>Ok. All politicians who want to defund & eliminate the police should lead by example & start with their own security detail, personal neighborhoods, & gov't offices.</p> <p>Give up your protection… <a href="https://t.co/Y94yDtJYjJ">https://t.co/Y94yDtJYjJ</a></p> — Bob Woodson (@BobWoodson) <a href="https://twitter.com/BobWoodson/status/1381774341365465091?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2021</a></blockquote> </div> </figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter"></figure> <p>Others suggested that Tlaib’s comments might be adopted as a slogan for the Democrats in 2022:</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter"></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" readability="6.185534591195"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true" readability="6.185534591195"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">I'm not sure if she was drunk when she wrote this or the social media intern was drunk. But "no more policing or incarceration" is just what conservatives have been begging for someone like her to be foolish enough to declare. <a href="https://t.co/Suc5CRV1c6">https://t.co/Suc5CRV1c6</a></p> — Jeff B., who on earth is this guy?? (@EsotericCD) <a href="https://twitter.com/EsotericCD/status/1381791964941668352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2021</a></blockquote> </div> </figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" readability="7.1294117647059"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true" readability="8.0205882352941"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">"No more policing."</p> <p>The same people trying to take your guns away are openly calling for the police to be disbanded and for criminals to run free.</p> <p>No rational person wants to live in a country where violent criminals roam the streets and innocent civilians are disarmed. <a href="https://t.co/Zz437FCb3I">https://t.co/Zz437FCb3I</a></p> — David Hookstead (@dhookstead) <a href="https://twitter.com/dhookstead/status/1381763049032400898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2021</a></blockquote> </div> </figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter"></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter"></figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" readability="6.5194346289753"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true" readability="6.9540636042403"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Democrats are so radical that not only do they want to destroy the 2nd Amendment to disarm us so we can't defend ourselves from criminals, they don't even want police to exist to defend us from criminals!!! <a href="https://t.co/AGQf6i0Xcb">https://t.co/AGQf6i0Xcb</a></p> — Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a href="https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1381799694372835328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2021</a></blockquote> </div> </figure> <p>Others noted that Tlaib’s words could lead to more unrest and violence:</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter"></figure> <p>Meanwhile, fellow squad member Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ilhan-omar-says-violence-is-basic-part-of-police-interactions-with-minorities">declared</a> that “violence is a basic part of police interactions with communities of color. It must stop.”</p> <p>Joe Biden and Kamala Harris also both <a href="https://www.infowars.com/posts/joe-biden-kamala-harris-tweet-support-for-duante-wrights-family/">tweeted support</a> Monday for the family of Duante Wright.</p> <p>Last year it was reported by the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/nyregion/nyc-shootings-surge.html?referringSource=articleShare">New York Times</a> that Gun violence is up 358% in New York City since June 2019 as police are being stripped of resources in Democrat run cities nationwide.</p> <p>The explosion in gun violence dovetailed with the <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/all/nypd-disbanding-unit-last-chapter-stop-frisk-n1231135">disbanding of NYPD anti-crime units</a>, a decision that meant around 600 plainclothes officers were taken off targeted raids and reassigned.</p> <p>In addition, Democrat imposed “reforms” have meant that around 40% of people arrested on gun possession charges were released without bail in 2019.</p> <p>Figures also show that other Democrat run cities including <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2020/6/6/21282353/chicago-crime-statistics-may-2020-overall-down-shootings-murders-up-unrest-protests-gun-violence">Chicago</a> and <a href="https://www.startribune.com/downtown-east-leads-minneapolis-neighborhoods-in-crime-increase/567777542/">Minneapolis</a> have experienced a massive uptick in gun violence.</p> <p>Despite the crime spike, the Minneapolis City Council <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2020/06/12/minneapolis-city-council-unanimously-votes-to-replace-police-with-community-led-model/">unanimously passed a resolution</a> to replace the police department with a “community-led public safety system.”</p> <p>While the likes of Tlaib and her squad call for abolishing the police, the vast majority of black Americans are <a href="https://summit.news/2020/08/07/gallup-poll-80-of-black-americans-disagree-with-abolish-police-agenda/">diametrically opposed to such action</a>.</p> <p>Last year after unrest and violence targeting police, Harvard university Professor Roland Fryer <a href="https://summit.news/2020/06/16/harvard-professor-defunding-the-police-is-not-a-solution-and-could-cost-thousands-of-black-lives/">urged that defunding the police would cause more loss of life</a>, citing figures showing that there are “450 excess homicides per year” when police are not able to do their jobs proficiently.</p> <p>“Defunding the police is not a solution and could cost thousands of black lives,” professor Fryer wrote in an email to <a href="https://www.thecollegefix.com/harvard-professors-research-defunding-the-police-could-cost-thousands-of-black-lives/">the College Fix</a>.</p> <p>Fryer has recently authored a research paper titled <a href="https://www.nber.org/papers/w27324.pdf">“Policing the Police: The Impact of “Pattern-or-Practice Investigations on Crime,”</a> noting that police are less present when ‘viral incidents’ occur, meaning crime, including homicides increase… a lot.</p> <p>———————————————————————————————————————</p> <p><strong>ALERT!</strong> In the age of mass Silicon Valley censorship It is crucial that we stay in touch.</p> <p>We need you to sign up for our free newsletter <a href="http://summit.news/newsletter">here</a>.</p> <p>Support our sponsor – <a href="https://bit.ly/TURBOFORCE">Turbo Force</a> – a supercharged boost of clean energy without the comedown.</p> <p>Also, we urgently need your financial support <a href="https://www.subscribestar.com/paul-joseph-watson">here</a>. ———————————————————————————————————————</p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.infowars.com/posts/squad-democrat-tlaib-demands-no-more-policing">https://www.infowars.com/posts/squad-democrat-tlaib-demands-no-more-policing</a>

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Rand Paul: Fauci Is A “Petty Tyrant”

<div><img class="ff-og-image-inserted" src="https://api-assets.infowars.com/2021/04/GettyImages-1228424072.jpg" /></div> <p><strong>Senator Rand Paul reacted to Anthony Fauci’s declaration that Americans should still not be socialising despite having been vaccinated by labelling the White House medical advisor a “petty tyrant”.</strong></p> <p>Fauci appeared on MSNBC Sunday and announced that people should still be refraining from eating and drinking together indoors, as well as suggesting that the vaccinated may need more ‘booster’ shots to maintain protection against the coronavirus.</p> <p>Senator Paul hit back at Fauci, accusing him of  ignoring “100 years of vaccine science”.</p> <p>Paul added that Fauci’s “only real theme is ‘do what I say’ even when it makes no sense.”</p> <p>“If you’ve recovered or been vaccinated – go about your life. Eat, drink, work, open the schools,” Paul continued, adding “Enough with the petty tyrants!”</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" readability="9.7666666666667"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true" readability="13.318181818182"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Fauci continues to ignore 100 years of vaccine science.</p> <p>His only real theme is “do what I say” even when it makes no sense.</p> <p>If you’ve recovered or been vaccinated – go about your life. Eat, drink, work, open the schools.</p> <p>Enough with the petty tyrants! <a href="https://t.co/HiZR9JRuTI">https://t.co/HiZR9JRuTI</a></p> — Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) <a href="https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/1381634181248258048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2021</a></blockquote> </div> </figure> <p>Paul also tweeted links to recent stories of mask madnsss, including the <a href="https://summit.news/2021/04/09/video-high-school-coach-fired-after-refusing-to-enforce-insane-outdoor-masks-during-sports/">firing of a track coach</a> for not forcing athletes to wear masks during races, and that of a pregnant mother removed from church by police for not wearing a mask.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" readability="6.4733840304183"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true" readability="6.9049429657795"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Wearing a mask outside is senseless and not supported by any science</p> <p>Time To Push Back’: Track Coach Fired After Not Enforcing School’s ‘Senseless’ Outdoor Mask Mandate | The Daily Wire <a href="https://t.co/ZYHFIxsrft">https://t.co/ZYHFIxsrft</a></p> — Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) <a href="https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/1380468250035752961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2021</a></blockquote> </div> </figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" readability="7.0431893687708"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true" readability="7.9235880398671"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">What to think when your priest calls the police to arrest you for not wearing a mask? Maybe it’s time to choose a new church?</p> <p>Pregnant mother escorted from Texas church for not wearing mask and issued trespass warning from police <a href="https://t.co/zoBsB2AeDP">https://t.co/zoBsB2AeDP</a></p> — Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) <a href="https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/1379246688448176131?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2021</a></blockquote> </div> </figure> <p>The Senator also urged Americans to get vaccinated “if you think you need or want it” and then to throw away the masks and reclaim freedom:</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" readability="7.049504950495"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true" readability="7.9306930693069"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">I urge everyone to get the vaccine if you think you need or want it. And then I urge everyone in America to throw away their masks, demand their schools be open, and live your lives free of more government mandates and interference. <a href="https://t.co/RV7IoWkxQm">https://t.co/RV7IoWkxQm</a></p> — Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) <a href="https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/1379420521184571394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2021</a></blockquote> </div> </figure> <p><em>Owen Shroyer guest hosts The Alex Jones Show to expose Fauci’s clamp down on the people who refuse to live in fear of the globalist medical tyranny.</em></p> <p>Paul has repeatedly clashed with Fauci over the latter’s obsession with masks and lack of clarity on the science of the COVID pandemic.</p> <p>Most recently, two weeks ago, <a href="https://summit.news/2021/04/01/rand-paul-pages-fauci-with-cdc-confirmation-that-vaccinated-and-recovered-cannot-pass-on-covid/">Paul urged Fauci</a> to follow the CDC’s latest findings that the vaccinated do not carry the virus:</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" readability="5.2408376963351"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true" readability="4.8376963350785"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">paging Dr Fauci:  please end the mask theater now that cdc admits evidence that the vaccinated do not carry the virus. <a href="https://t.co/ux2vcVHdnd">https://t.co/ux2vcVHdnd</a></p> — Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) <a href="https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/1377281116068012048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 31, 2021</a></blockquote> </div> </figure> <figure class="wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" readability="5.9385245901639"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true" readability="5.9385245901639"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Dr. Fauci, great news! T cell immunity after natural infection shown to include variants. Do we still need to wear multiple masks after we’ve recovered or been vaccinated?<a href="https://t.co/sSsE66wJbs">https://t.co/sSsE66wJbs</a></p> — Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) <a href="https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/1377318712630448142?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 31, 2021</a></blockquote> </div> </figure> <p>The Senator clashed with Fauci last month, telling him “You’ve been vaccinated and you parade around in two masks for show. You can’t get it again.” </p> <figure>[embedded content]</figure> <p>“There’s virtually zero percent chance you’re going to get it and you’re telling people that have had the vaccine who have immunity — You’re defying everything we know about immunity by telling people to wear masks who have been vaccinated,” Paul charged during the hearing.</p> <p>Fauci has <a href="https://summit.news/2021/02/01/a-week-after-saying-wear-two-masks-fauci-says-it-wont-make-a-difference/">repeatedly flip flopped</a> on the efficacy of masks, and has admitted that there is <a href="https://summit.news/2021/03/11/video-fauci-admits-there-is-no-science-behind-continued-lockdown/">little science </a>behind lockdown restrictions.</p> <p>Nevertheless, <a href="https://summit.news/2021/03/22/propaganda-dr-fauci-childrens-book-on-the-way/">Facui</a> still will not drop the mask charade, even <a href="https://summit.news/2021/02/22/fauci-masks-on-into-2022-return-to-normality-depends-what-you-mean-by-normality/">suggesting </a>that the world needs to carry on wearing them into 2022, and that <a href="https://summit.news/2021/03/29/video-fauci-says-kids-need-to-wear-face-masks-to-play-together/">children should be wearing them</a> in order to play together, until they are <a href="https://summit.news/2021/03/19/fauci-claims-babies-toddlers-need-to-be-vaccinated-for-herd-immunity-touts-2022-as-viable-timeline/">all vaccinated from the age of 6 months old.</a></p> <p>———————————————————————————————————————</p> <p><strong>ALERT!</strong> In the age of mass Silicon Valley censorship It is crucial that we stay in touch.</p> <p>We need you to sign up for our free newsletter <a href="http://summit.news/newsletter">here</a>.</p> <p>Support our sponsor – <a href="https://bit.ly/TURBOFORCE">Turbo Force</a> – a supercharged boost of clean energy without the comedown.</p> <p>Also, we urgently need your financial support <a href="https://www.subscribestar.com/paul-joseph-watson">here</a>. ———————————————————————————————————————</p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.infowars.com/posts/rand-paul-fauci-is-a-petty-tyrant">https://www.infowars.com/posts/rand-paul-fauci-is-a-petty-tyrant</a>

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What the Supreme Court got wrong about homicides committed by cops

<div><img class="ff-og-image-inserted" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/12369W1aWf_VCUtfEeG8LUjKdgM=/0x0:6882x3603/fit-in/1200x630/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22429807/1232075056.jpg" /></div> <p>On Wednesday, more than one week into the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the killing of George Floyd, Chauvin’s lawyer read an excerpt from the department’s manual governing the use of force.</p> <p>“The ‘reasonableness’ of a particular use of force,” the manual stated, “<a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/trial-over-killing-of-george-floyd/2021/04/07/985004569/watch-live-police-expert-testifying-against-chauvin-cites-use-of-excessive-force">must be judged from the perspective of the reasonable officer on the scene</a>, rather than with the 20/20 vision of hindsight.”</p> <p>Minneapolis <a href="https://heavy.com/news/minneapolis-police-department-training-manual/">revised its manual after Floyd’s death</a> to place <a href="https://post.ca.gov/Data/Sites/1/post_docs/training/PC832Materials/PC%20832%20Workbooks/PC_832_VOL_4_V-3.0.pdf">clearer and tighter constraints</a> on officers engaged in the use of force. But the vague rule laid out in the version of the manual that was in effect during Floyd’s fatal encounter with Chauvin is fairly typical of the guidance provided to officers in the field.</p> <p>As Sgt. Jody Stiger, a member of the Los Angeles Police Department called by prosecutors in the Chauvin trial, testified, most police departments derive their policies governing the use of force from <a href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/490/386/"><em>Graham v. Connor</em></a><em>. Graham</em> is a 1989 Supreme Court case that, in the words of scholars Osagie Obasogie and Zachary Newman, “<a href="https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1343&context=nulr">established the modern constitutional landscape for police excessive force claims</a>.”</p> <p>The language Chauvin’s lawyer read from the police manual was <a href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/490/386/">lifted, word for word</a>, from the Court’s decision in <em>Graham</em>.</p> <p>Authored by Chief Justice William Rehnquist, one of the primary proponents of a <a href="https://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/mirandas_reprieve">tough-on-crime approach</a> that often animated the Court’s decisions during his tenure, the <em>Graham</em> opinion warns that police accused of using excessive force often have to make difficult decisions in highly stressful situations. In determining whether an officer acted reasonably, Rehnquist wrote for his Court, “the calculus of reasonableness must embody allowance for the fact that <a href="https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/490/386.html">police officers are often forced to make split-second judgments</a> — in circumstances that are tense, uncertain, and rapidly evolving — about the amount of force that is necessary in a particular situation.”</p> <p>Perhaps even more significantly, <em>Graham</em> left cops with little guidance on just what limits the Constitution places on use of force by police. As then-University of Virginia law professor William Stuntz wrote six years after <em>Graham</em> was handed down, “<a href="https://repository.law.umich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3107&context=mlr">one searches in vain</a> for any body of case law that gives” <em>Graham</em>’s vague reasonableness standard “some content.”</p> <p>Yet, while some academics did criticize <em>Graham</em>’s approach early on, many prominent commentators outside of the academy <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-1989-supreme-court-ruling-is-unintentionally-providing-cover-for-police-brutality/2020/06/08/91cc7b0c-a9a7-11ea-94d2-d7bc43b26bf9_story.html">only</a> <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/society/chauvin-supreme-court/">recently</a> have started to think of <em>Graham</em> as a major wrong turn by the Supreme Court. Though three justices joined a partial dissent by Justice Harry Blackmun that criticized some parts of Rehnquist’s decision, all nine justices agreed with most of Rehnquist’s reasoning. That includes Justice Thurgood Marshall, the legendary civil rights lawyer.</p> <p>But with the benefit of hindsight — and with the benefit of empirical evidence showing that clear legal rules lead to better policing — <em>Graham</em> now looks like a serious error by the Court. As Rachel Harmon, a law professor at the University of Virginia and author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Law-Police-Aspen-Casebook/dp/1454891130" has-subtag="true" data-cdata='{"subtag_max_length":99,"subtag_delim_length":2,"subtag_key":"ascsubtag","subtag_query_data":{"ascsubtag":"[]vx[p]22137874[m]m-placeholder[s]s-placeholder[t]w[c]c-placeholder[r]r-placeholder[d]d-placeholder"},"encode_subtag":false}'><em>The Law of the Police</em></a><em>,</em> told me in an email, “<em>Graham</em> offers a standard focused on judging the use of force after it has happened,” and it “offers very little guidance to officers and departments about how to use force.”</p> <p>It does little, in other words, to advise police on how they can avoid conduct that might needlessly injure or kill a criminal suspect.</p> <p>It’s unlikely that clearer rules would have saved George Floyd’s life. As Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo testified at Chauvin’s trial, Chauvin “absolutely” violated department policy when he knelt on Floyd’s neck after Floyd was already subdued and handcuffed.</p> <p>But clear rules can ensure that cops tossed into a dangerous and uncertain situation can fall back on those rules, rather than making a potentially deadly decision with only their fear to guide them. As law professors Brandon Garrett and Seth Stoughton <a href="https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6535&context=faculty_scholarship">wrote in a 2017 article</a>, <em>Graham</em>’s “‘split-second’ approach presents obvious problems from the perspective of law enforcement supervisors, who cannot provide meaningful guidance about or oversight of how officers react in the moment in an objectively reasonable way.”</p> <p><em>Graham</em> was correct about one thing. Officers do sometimes find themselves in “tense, uncertain, and rapidly evolving” encounters where they have to make quick decisions about how to use force. But if we want these officers to make the right decision in these fraught moments, police departments need to provide them with clear guidance on how they should react.</p> <p>And the Supreme Court’s vague “reasonableness” standard does nothing of the sort.</p> <p>On a fall night in 1974, Officer Elton Hymon arrived at the scene of an alleged home break-in. He soon found Edward Garner, an <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2005/12/alito-s-blank-check-for-cops.html#:~:text=Edward%20Garner%20was%20a%2015,were%20found%20on%20his%20body.&text=After%20Edward%20Garner's%20death%2C%20his,civil%20rights%20had%20been%20violated.">eighth-grade boy weighing about 110 pounds</a>, in the backyard of the home. Hymon later admitted that he was “reasonably sure” that Garner was unarmed. Yet, as Garner attempted to climb a fence at the edge of the yard, Hymon shot him in the back of the head and killed him.</p> <p>Police later found a stolen purse and $10 in Garner’s possession.</p> <p>The stunning thing about Garner’s death, which formed the basis of the Supreme Court’s decision in <a href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/471/1/"><em>Tennessee v. Garner</em></a> (1985), is that Officer Hymon had every reason to believe that he acted lawfully when he killed an unarmed 15-year-old boy who’d committed a fairly minor act of theft.</p> <p>A Tennessee state law provided that, after an officer notifies a suspect of their intention to arrest the suspect, if “he either flee or forcibly resist, the officer may use all the necessary means to effect the arrest.” In other words, state law clearly permitted police to use deadly force against fleeing felony suspects.</p> <p>Nor was Tennessee particularly unusual in this regard. As Justice Sandra Day O’Connor noted in her dissenting opinion in <em>Garner</em>, in 1985 “nearly half the States” still followed a “venerable common law rule authorizing the use of deadly force if necessary to apprehend a fleeing felon.” As a 1736 treatise described that common law rule, “it is no felony” for a law enforcement officer to slay a suspect who “<a href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/471/1/">shall either resist or fly before they are apprehended</a>.”</p> <p><em>Garner</em>, which abandoned that common law rule in a 6-3 decision, represents a “<a href="https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6535&context=faculty_scholarship">high-water mark</a>” in the Court’s decisions governing use of force by police, according to Garrett and Stoughton. Unlike future decisions like <em>Graham</em>, <em>Garner</em> laid down a fairly clear rule that police could follow when determining whether to use deadly force against a fleeing suspect.</p> <blockquote> <p>Where the officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a threat of serious physical harm, either to the officer or to others, it is not constitutionally unreasonable to prevent escape by using deadly force. Thus, if the suspect threatens the officer with a weapon or there is probable cause to believe that he has committed a crime involving the infliction or threatened infliction of serious physical harm, deadly force may be used if necessary to prevent escape, and if, where feasible, some warning has been given.</p> </blockquote> <p>Under <em>Garner</em>, in other words, police would no longer use their own judgment to decide whether to fire on a fleeing suspect. The Court told police when they could use deadly force — if the suspect “poses a threat of serious physical harm,” if they “threaten[] the officer with a weapon,” or when the suspect “committed a crime involving the infliction or threatened infliction of serious physical harm” — and thus informed police that they could not use deadly force against other fleeing suspects.</p> <p>The impact of <em>Garner</em> on police behavior was swift and dramatic. According to a 1994 study by criminologist Abraham Tennenbaum, homicides committed by police <a href="https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6811&context=jclc">dropped about 16 percent in the nation as a whole</a> after <em>Garner</em> was decided. In states that previously followed the unconstitutional common law rule, “the reduction was approximately twenty-four percent (23.80%).”</p> <p>A more recent appeals court decision bolsters the proposition that clear legal rules are effective in reducing police violence.</p> <p>In <a href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=16814097488745741272&hl=en&as_sdt=6&as_vis=1&oi=scholarr"><em>Estate of Armstrong v. Village of Pinehurst</em></a> (2016), the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit heard an allegation that police used excessive force when they repeatedly used a taser to subdue a mentally ill man, who died during his encounter with the police. Though the Fourth Circuit ruled in favor of the cops, on the theory that the officers were protected under a doctrine known as “<a href="https://www.vox.com/2020/6/3/21277104/qualified-immunity-cops-constitution-shaniz-west-supreme-court">qualified immunity</a>,” the court also laid down several limits on the use of tasers by police.</p> <p>“A police officer may <em>only</em> use serious injurious force, like a taser, when an objectively reasonable officer would conclude that the circumstances present a risk of immediate danger that could be mitigated by the use of force,” Judge Stephanie Thacker wrote for her court. She added that “‘physical resistance’ is not synonymous with ‘risk of immediate danger.’”</p> <p>The Fourth Circuit oversees federal litigation in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, and a 2017 report by Reuters found that eight major cities in those states adopted stricter policies governing the use of tasers by police in the immediate wake of the <em>Armstrong</em> decision. These policies proved <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-taser-ruling/special-report-breathe-ronald-breathe-the-court-case-curbing-taser-use-idUSL2N1L70TH">very successful in reducing the use of tasers</a>.</p> <blockquote> <p>In Baltimore, police used Tasers 47 percent fewer times last year than in 2015, according to records reviewed by Reuters. Deployments fell 65 percent in Virginia Beach; 60 percent in Greensboro, North Carolina; 55 percent in Charleston, South Carolina; and 52 percent in Huntington, West Virginia. Norfolk, Virginia, saw deployments plunge 95 percent.</p> </blockquote> <p>As Professor Harmon told me, cases like <em>Garner</em> and <em>Armstrong</em> demonstrate that “when courts provide clearer guidance, it can make a difference.” Regarding the <em>Armstrong</em> case, Harmon told me that she “would want to know more about what officers used instead of tasers before throwing a victory parade, but it does illustrate the power of the law, when courts actually provide specific and meaningful guidance to the police.”</p> <p>The facts of <a href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/490/386/"><em>Graham v. Connor</em></a> are as shocking as the facts are in <em>Garner</em>, even though they did not result in anyone’s death.</p> <p>Dethorne Graham was a Black man and a diabetic living in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1984, when he felt the beginning of an insulin reaction. Because such a reaction is treated with sugar, Graham asked a friend to drive him to a convenience store so he could buy some orange juice. But when they arrived at the store, there was a long line. Fearing he would not be able to buy the juice fast enough, Graham immediately left and asked his friend to take him to a friend’s house instead.</p> <p>A police officer witnessed Graham’s very brief visit to the store and deemed it suspicious, because the cop pulled Graham and his friend over and would not let the two men go even after Graham’s friend explained Graham’s medical condition to the cop.</p> <p>At one point, while Graham was waiting for the officer to let him go, he got out of the car, ran around it twice, and then passed out on the curb. Erratic behavior <a href="https://casetext.com/case/burns-v-city-of-redwood-city-2">can be a symptom of a diabetic emergency</a>, but the police apparently took Graham’s behavior as a sign of something sinister. After more officers arrived on the scene, Graham was handcuffed and forced face-down onto the car’s hood. When Graham told the police to check his wallet for a decal indicating that he is diabetic, an officer told him to “shut up.”</p> <p>They eventually let him go after they received a report that Graham hadn’t done anything wrong at the convenience store.</p> <p>And yet, despite these disturbing facts, the Supreme Court’s decision emphasized that police must deal with “tense, uncertain, and rapidly evolving” situations when they encounter someone like Dethorne Graham.</p> <p><em>Graham</em> didn’t say that there are no limits on police conduct. In addition to holding that police must behave as a “reasonable officer” would behave, the Court also listed several factors that lower courts could consider when an officer is accused of excessive force, “including the severity of the crime at issue, whether the suspect poses an immediate threat to the safety of the officers or others, and whether he is actively resisting arrest or attempting to evade arrest by flight.”</p> <p>But these were simply factors that could be considered, not bright-line rules that gave clear guidance to police about what kind of conduct is permitted. And the <em>Graham</em> case itself suggests that these factors offer little protection for many victims of excessive force.</p> <p>After all, Graham himself committed no crime. He posed no threat to anyone, and he neither resisted arrest nor attempted to flee. But the Supreme Court sent his case back down to a trial court for a second hearing, and <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolabmoreperfect/episodes/mr-graham-and-reasonable-man">Graham ultimately lost his case</a>.</p> <p>One possible explanation for the lopsided vote in the <em>Graham</em> case — again, much of the decision was unanimous — is that the Supreme Court hands down decisions that are intended to be read and applied by lawyers and judges, not by police officers.</p> <p>Despite <em>Graham’s</em> admonition that judges should evaluate an officer’s conduct without “the 20/20 vision of hindsight,” courts are in the business of hindsight. Lawsuits, by their very nature, do not arise until <em>after</em> an alleged legal violation has occurred. So, when an officer is hauled into Court due to allegations of excessive force, <em>Graham</em> reminds judges that they will probably know more about the circumstances that led to that allegation than the officer reasonably could have known at the time.</p> <p>Yet, while <em>Graham</em>’s holding may offer a useful reminder to judges, we also know that police departments use decisions like <em>Graham</em> to shape their own policies and training manuals. And the sort of open-ended legal standards that judges are accustomed to applying to individual cases do not provide adequate guidance to police officers. A vague standard may be useful for a judge with a law degree, years of legal experience, and months to study the facts of a particular case. But such standards are inadequate for a cop who, <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/02/08/a-closer-look-at-police-officers-who-have-fired-their-weapon-on-duty/">often for the first and only time in their career</a>, is caught in a dangerous situation with their gun drawn.</p> <p>Nevertheless, since <em>Graham</em>, the Court has only doubled down on its preference for vague, flexible standards over clear legal rules governing police. In <a href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=18309800007705573319&hl=en&as_sdt=6&as_vis=1&oi=scholarr"><em>Scott v. Harris</em></a> (2007), for example, the Court ruled in favor of police officers who, during a high-speed chase, rammed a suspect’s car off the road and caused him serious injury.</p> <p>Yet, rather than evaluating this case under the fairly clear rule laid out in <em>Garner</em> — <em>Garner</em>, after all, was a case about when police can use potentially deadly force against a fleeing suspect — <em>Scott</em> arguably abandoned <em>Garner</em>’s approach altogether. While the fleeing motorist’s “attempt to craft an easy-to-apply legal test in the Fourth Amendment context is admirable,” Justice Antonin Scalia wrote for the Court, “in the end we must still slosh our way through the factbound morass of ‘reasonableness.’”</p> <p>“Whether or not Scott’s actions constituted application of ‘deadly force,’” Scalia added, “all that matters is whether Scott’s actions were reasonable.”</p> <p>As one federal judge wrote just a few months after <em>Scott</em> was decided, under the <em>Scott</em> decision, “<a href="https://casetext.com/case/sharp-v-fisher">there is no <em>Garner</em> bright-line test</a>.” There is only a vague “reasonableness” test.</p> <p>One major problem with this approach is that it gives virtually no guidance to police departments when they draft their own policies guiding the use of force, and it can lead individual officers to guess what kind of behavior is acceptable if they are in a situation that might require force. As Harmon, the UVA professor, writes, the Supreme Court’s current framework “<a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1129022">does not answer adequately the most basic questions about police uses of force</a>: when a police officer may use force against a citizen, how much force he may use, and what kinds of force are permissible.”</p> <p>Again, it’s unlikely that a more rules-based approach, like the one the Court took in <em>Garner</em>, could have saved George Floyd’s life. Chauvin appears to have shown such extraordinary disregard for his department’s policies that even his own police chief testified against him at his murder trial.</p> <p>But clear rules can and do save lives. According to Tennenbaum’s study of <em>Garner</em>, that decision “reduced the total number of police homicides <a href="https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6811&context=jclc">by approximately sixty homicides a year</a>.”</p> <p>That’s 60 people a year who would have died if the Court hadn’t given clear guidance to police officers.</p> <br /> <br /> source <a href="https://www.vox.com/22373833/supreme-court-police-killings-homicide-derek-chauvin-graham-connor-shooting-fourth-amendment">https://www.vox.com/22373833/supreme-court-police-killings-homicide-derek-chauvin-graham-connor-shooting-fourth-amendment</a>

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