Author: Blazingcatfur
Protests, vigil take place across Columbus for some reason after knife wielding assailant Ma’Khia Bryant attempted to stab a black girl and was lawfully shot by police officer
They gathered in a circle Wednesday night, the crowd more than 200 strong, standing on the broken and weedy patch of parking lot pavement and chanting the 16-year-old girl’s name.
Say her name. Ma’Khia Bryant. Say her name.
‘No opportunity’ to de-escalate: Use-of-force experts say Columbus officer obeyed training
An Ohio criminal-justice professor who studies the fatal use of force by law-enforcement officers didn’t hesitate to render an opinion after watching body-camera video of a Columbus police officer fatally shooting a 16-year-old girl Tuesday afternoon on the city’s Southeast Side.
“My first impression is that the officer was legally justified in using deadly force,” said Philip Stinson, a Bowling Green State University professor who has compiled nationwide statistics on fatal shootings that have led to criminal charges against officers.
Because facts don’t matter.
Head of woke school admits Critical Race Theory has a serious problem
Paul Rossi was a math teacher at the prestigious Grace Church school in New York. However, when he suggested that the school’s deep dive into a woke “anti-racist” curriculum was racist and students were being silenced, the school shut him down. Rossi then wrote an open letter that went deservedly viral, leading to his being fired. Rossi next pointed out that the head of the school had agreed with him that the Critical Race Theory operating in the school was anti-White. When the school head denied saying that, Rossi had the receipts to prove he was lying. It’s time to call all these people to account.
7 Reasons Why Democrats Are Obsessed With Race
From the perspective of power politics, it makes perfect sense.
It’s almost impossible for a Democrat to get through the day without saying something about race – something really stupid.
Last week, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Biden’s UN Ambassador, said white supremacy is “weaved [sic] into our founding documents [including the Constitution] and principles.” You know, like “all men created equal” and “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.” You gotta be a Klansman to believe that stuff.
Bret Weinstein: Democrats are riding the BLM wave. But they don’t have the power to control it.
Writing about his native Portland in UnHerd this week, evolutionary biologist Bret Weinstein painted a bleak picture of the city. What was once a liberal paradise moulded in the image of 1990s Portlandia quickly descended into something much darker: a city overrun by Left-wing rioters appeased by a weak mayor, and a police force who look on and do nothing.
This crisis, according to Weinstein, is largely a result of the city’s mono-political climate in which one party, namely the Democrats, are allowed to operate unchecked. Yesterday, Bret joined Freddie Sayers for an UnHerd members event to discuss whether the events in Portland were a sign of things to come.
His answer was chilling…
After the Floyd verdict: the US is not a racist dystopia
George Floyd’s killing united America in outrage. But some want to use it to keep us permanently divided.
A jury has unanimously found police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. The verdict was delivered almost 11 months after a viral video showed Floyd gasping for breath under Chauvin’s knee, leading to widespread outrage in the US and across the world.
Scientists Are Mixing Human Body Parts With Robots And Monkeys. We Don’t Want To See What’s Next
It’s been a big month for sci-fi primates. On Apr. 8, Elon Musk’s start-up Neuralink announced they created a cyborg monkey who can play MindPong using a brain chip. The following week, scientists at the Salk Institute in California revealed they successfully grew human-macaque embryos in test tubes. These hybrid babies were aborted at 20 days.
h/t Marvin
Jesse Kline: Chrystia Freeland’s budget tries to paper over failed COVID response
Budgets are inherently political documents in which the government always tries to put a positive spin on what it’s done and what it’s planning to do. But the Liberal government’s 2021 budget seems rosier than most. Which is amazing considering the year we’ve just been through, and the uncertainty of the year ahead. If we can glean anything from this document, it’s that Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland sure knows how to polish a turd.
Could war with China be lost in cyberspace?
“It’s bad, Sandy.”
“What’s bad?” he asked Hendrickson.
“The Ford and the Miller, they’re gone.”
“What do you mean gone?”
That dialogue is an exchange between two characters in a novel that imagines a future war with China.
The plot includes a devastating surprise attack in which the United States loses two aircraft carriers, 35 other warships, and thousands of sailors after Chinese cyberwarfare blinds the U.S. Navy and disables satellite-reliant weapons.
Net-zero won’t cure the climate but it may kill Canada
Last November the federal government introduced its Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, which establishes our pathway towards reaching that goal by 2050. But don’t hold your breath. It took a full decade to build 12.5 km of electric light rail in Ottawa, arguably the largest green-energy project in Canada over that time. To electrify the rest of Canada’s transportation sector in three decades, as well as our industrial and domestic energy sectors, the new Act starts by convening an advisory board to consult with Canadians on the best pathways to this target . . . tick tock.
The Postal Service is running a ‘covert operations program’ that monitors Americans’ social media posts
The law enforcement arm of the U.S. Postal Service has been quietly running a program that tracks and collects Americans’ social media posts, including those about planned protests, according to a document obtained by Yahoo News.
The details of the surveillance effort, known as iCOP, or Internet Covert Operations Program, have not previously been made public. The work involves having analysts trawl through social media sites to look for what the document describes as “inflammatory” postings and then sharing that information across government agencies.
The Horror! Buff State investigating after instructor says she’s ‘sick’ of ‘Black Lives Matter’
SUNY Buffalo State College says it is looking into comments made by a part-time lecturer after a video clip surfaced online of the instructor saying she was “sick” of Black Lives Matter.
In a roughly 20-second video clip posted on Instagram, the instructor says, “This is me speaking honestly, and you guys have to respond honestly with what you think, with what you feel about this. So I am sick of (audio cuts out) about Black Lives Matter. Alright? I said it.”
h/t Marvin
Columbus police release more graphic bodycam video of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant trying to stab a woman before being shot dead by rookie cop
Columbus police on Wednesday released additional body camera video showing 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant lunging at another young woman with a knife before she is fatally shot by a police officer.
During a press conference held by police leaders and city officials, Interim Chief of Police Michael Woods identified the officer who shot Bryant as Nicholas Reardon and revealed that he has been on the force only since December 2019.
Police released three body camera recordings, along with two 911 calls reporting the disturbance that ultimately led to the shooting.
Canada’s new climate change target will exceed 40% cut in emissions: Radio-Canada sources
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will take advantage of Joe Biden’s climate summit on Thursday to unveil Canada’s new, more ambitious climate target.
Radio-Canada has learned that Trudeau will not announce a specific figure but rather a range for greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets.
According to information obtained by Radio-Canada, the new Canadian goal is to exceed a 40 per cent reduction from 2005 emission levels by 2030. The target is not expected to go beyond a 45 per cent reduction.