Author: Blazingcatfur

Angry crowd gathers at scene where aunt says Columbus officer shot her teenage niece

…Hazel Bryant told The Dispatch that she is the aunt of the 15-year-old girl who was shot. The girl lived in a foster home there on Legion Lane and got into an altercation with someone else at the home, she said.

Bryant said her niece had a knife, but maintained that the girl dropped the knife before she was shot multiple times by a police officer.

Protesters with Black Lives Matter signs, megaphones and a loudspeaker joined the crowd gathered behind crime scene tape about a half-block away from the shooting scene.

“We don’t get to celebrate nothing,” K.C. Taynor said through a megaphone of the Chauvin verdict. “…In the end, you know what, you can’t be Black.”

Kiar Yakita of the Black Liberation Movement, said she is not surprised that another police shooting happened. “Why did they kill this baby?” she asked aloud.

Hana Abdur-Rahim, with the Black Abolitionists Collective, said, “We are in a literal genocide. We are fighting for our lives.”

Meanwhile in NYC reconciliation reigns…

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Corbella: Trudeau’s reckless budget burdens the kids he claims he’s helping

Apparently the promised $100 billion in stimulus infrastructure spending wasn’t enough for the federal Liberal government.

Despite warnings by numerous economists, think tanks and even Canada’s Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO), Chrystia Freeland’s first federal budget, released Monday, promises an extra $101.4 billion on infrastructure spending over three years and that poses a grave risk to Canada’s fiscal health by massively increasing our debt and by pumping too much printed money into the economy.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government

WTF?

I coulda told ya it would come to this – Evil robot sex doll vows to ‘take over the world’ after humans destroy themselves

Palate cleanser – Mother cat carries her newborns to bed so they can sleep together with owner

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The violent virtue-signalling of Western intervention – From Afghanistan to Libya, our puffed-up elites have caused chaos.

The violent virtue-signalling of Western intervention – From Afghanistan to Libya, our puffed-up elites have caused chaos.

Democracy was going to be delivered to Libya, they said. The good guys would be propelled to power in Syria, they told us, ridding the world once and for all of the pox of Assadite authoritarianism. Afghanistan would take its place among the league of modern nations, they trilled, its backward, brutal culture of terrorism and misogyny being replaced by a shiny new nation free of the Talbian, the burqa and heroin. And Iraq? Iraq was going to be a post-Saddam paradise. Leftist laptop bombardiers assured us it would be a paragon of multiculturalism, with trade unionists to the fore. Others said it would just finally be a normal nation, a friend to the West. We can ‘cure the world’, as Tony Blair announced in 2001, perusing the globe from the dizzy perch of a new, virtuous imperialism.

Poll: 48% of Americans Say Leaving Afghanistan is a ‘Good Idea’

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inAfghanistan, USA

Bat Out Of Hell composer Jim Steinman dies

Bat Out Of Hell composer Jim Steinman dies

Jim Steinman, the colourful composer behind hits like Bat Out Of Hell and Total Eclipse Of The Heart, has died at the age of 73.

His brother Bill told the Associated Press that the songwriter and producer had died of kidney failure on Monday after being ill for some time.

I was in high-school. Bat Out Of Hell was the best album ever. We probably listened to it about 50 times during a drunken all weekend party when my friends folks were out of town. Yea on reflection that is a little embarrassing, but it still brings a smile.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inPassings

Who Killed Adam Toledo? How did a 13-year-old boy end up in an alley with a gun at 2:30 on a Monday morning?

Who Killed Adam Toledo? How did a 13-year-old boy end up in an alley with a gun at 2:30 on a Monday morning?

On March 29, just after 2:30 AM, Chicago’s ShotSpotter alert system detected eight or nine gunshots in the West Side, largely Latino, neighborhood of Little Village, where gangs like the Latin Kings and Two Six have made gunplay a regular part of life. Chicago police officer Eric Stillman and his partner sped toward the gunshots once they received the ShotSpotter alert, doubtless hoping to nab the perpetrators and spare the community additional carnage. When they arrived on the scene, almost immediately after those shots were fired, they happened upon two individuals. One of them—who we now know to be 13-year-old Adam Toledo—took off on foot and, at one point, pulled a gun with his right hand. Stillman gave chase, and the world saw what happened next—at least the part highlighted (and, in one case, deceptively edited) by media outlets, many of which elided the actual events of Toledo’s shooting.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime

Rep. Tlaib’s Comments on ‘Inherently Racist’ Policing Are ‘Reckless and Disgusting’: Detroit Police Chief

Detroit Police chief James Craig said on Monday that it was “reckless and disgusting” for Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) to say that policing in the United States is “inherently & intentionally racist.”

In an appearance on CNN, the police chief was asked about Tlaib’s fiery tweet, in which she claimed that the recent police-involved shooting of Duane Wright “wasn’t an accident” and that “policing in our country is inherently & intentionally racist.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Depolicing", Batshit Crazy Homicidal Progressives, Batshit Crazy Progressive Racists

The fast-food industry is innovating and reducing face-to-face contact with customers

“…Chipotle opened its first digital-only location last November. Last summer, Starbucks announced it would close 400 traditional stores and open 300 “pickup-only” stores. Taco Bell recently announced it would open a digital-only “cantina” in New York’s Times Square.”

Federal budget 2021 by the numbers: From a $15 minimum wage to $10 a day child care

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Derek Chauvin Trial Verdict – Guilty on all counts

Derek Chauvin Trial Verdict – Guilty on all counts

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on Tuesday was found guilty of murdering George Floyd during his arrest last year.

Jurors deliberated for more than 10 hours over two days before reaching a verdict in the high-profile and closely watched case stemming from Floyd’s May 25, 2020, death — which kicked off worldwide protests against police brutality and racial injustice.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in#BlackLivesMatter

‘No Way Back’: Top UK Royals Opposed to Prince Andrew’s Return, Media Says

Prince Charles and Prince William are now reportedly sorting out the “future business of the monarchy” and will design tailor made roles for its seven senior members.

While Prince Andrew attended the funeral of his father Prince Philip last weekend, his future within the British royal family is uncertain, the Daily Mirror reports.

According to the newspaper, Buckingham Palace sources have revealed that both Prince Charles and his son Prince William are “totally aligned” that there’s “no way back” for Prince Andrew in the wake of the controversy regarding his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, the late convicted sex offender.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Woke Royals"

Man charged after drive-by shooting at National Guard soldiers in Minneapolis

A 28-year-old man has been arrested in connection to the drive-by shooting of a group of Minnesota National Guard soldiers this week that left two injured.

The Minnesota U.S. Attorney’s Office charged Andrew Thomas with one count of illegal possession of a firearm on Monday. Minneapolis police say they arrested Thomas Sunday night driving the vehicle caught on camera during the shooting.

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Canada’s border restrictions to remain in place another month, at least

Canada’s border restrictions to remain in place another month, at least

OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says Canada’s international and U.S. border restrictions will be in place for another month, at least.

In a pair of announcements made Tuesday, Blair said that Canadian and U.S. officials have agreed to keep the border between the two countries closed to non-essential travel, as well as the existing restrictions on non-U.S. international travel into Canada will be extended until May 21.

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Verdicts reached in Derek Chauvin murder trial

Verdicts reached in Derek Chauvin murder trial

Jurors have reached verdicts in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who faces charges of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in George Floyd’s death last year. The verdict will be announced in announced in open court between 3:30 and 4 p.m. CDT. (4:30 to 5 PM Toronto time)

Jurors, who were sequestered, reached their decision after hearing closing arguments from the prosecution and defense Monday. They started deliberations afterward. Jurors heard from 44 witnesses over 14 days of testimony. The trial began seven weeks ago on March 8 with jury selection, and was livestreamed across the world by several media outlets on multiple platforms.

What are the charges against ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd?

He’s toast. The only thing to wonder about is the extent of the celebratory rioting that will follow.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in#BlackLivesMatter

Richard Dawkins loses ‘Humanist of the Year’ award after comparing trans people to Rachel Dolezal

British evolutionary biologist and famed atheist Richard Dawkins has been stripped of his “Humanist of the Year” award following tweets comparing transgender people to Rachel Dolezal, a White activist who self-identifies as Black.

The American Humanist Association announced in a statement Monday it was withdrawing the award given to Mr. Dawkins in 1996 after it determined he was “no longer deserving of being honored” by the organization.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBig Tranny

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey Says Chauvin Killed Floyd ‘Regardless of the Outcome of This Trial’

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey Says Chauvin Killed Floyd ‘Regardless of the Outcome of This Trial’

While a jury was still deliberating the fate of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the alleged murder of George Floyd, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey couldn’t keep himself from weighing in during a press conference by saying that it doesn’t really matter what the jury ultimately decides, George Floyd “was killed at the hands of police.”

Which is exactly what the jury is there to decide based on actual facts and evidence – but Frey’s got some political points to score.

Jurors remain in deliberations into the afternoon in Derek Chauvin murder trial

Jurors remained in deliberations into the afternoon Tuesday in the Derek Chauvin murder trial, one day after being given the case late Monday.

The jury heard nearly six hours of closing arguments from opposing attorneys Monday in Hennepin County District Court about whether the former Minneapolis police officer should be convicted or acquitted of killing George Floyd on May 25 at 38th and Chicago by pinning him to the pavement until he died.

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