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  • #46
    Video at link. The man is a senior - should have been safe walking at 8am with a German Shepherd, but was not.


    Southeast Portland man held at gunpoint, hit by car while walking his dog
    • Audrey Weil
    • Updated Oct 22, 2021 | Posted on Oct 22, 2021
    ...
    Realizing he didn’t have his phone or wallet, he decided he and his dog Greta should make a run for it.

    But as they tried to get away, the car hit him.

    "That’s when I thought, 'I’m dead, they’re gonna shoot me and they’re gonna go,'" Wenberg said. "When I was laying on the ground the only thing going through my mind was my wife is gonna be alone, she’s gonna lose me."

    He said there must have been three or four young teenagers in the car. They drove off, Greta was unharmed, and with his broken leg, Wenberg crawled to neighbors houses to call 911. A homeless man helped him get someone to find his wife.

    "I can’t believe we’ve gotten to this point," he said.

    He said what scares him is people could be so brazen to do something like this in the middle of a neighborhood during the day.

    He fears criminals are emboldened amid rising gun violence and a police force stretched too thin.

    "Our city is supposed to take care of the citizens," Wenberg said...
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    i love myself. the quietest. simplest. most powerful. revolution ever. ---- nayyirah waheed

    "...there’s an obvious contest that’s happening between different sectors of the colonial ruling class in this country. And they would, if they could, lump us into their beef, their struggle." ---- Omali Yeshitela, African People’s Socialist Party

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      • #48
        Source: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tan...ampaign=buffer


        What we know about the increase in U.S. murders in 2020
        By John Gramlich

        The U.S. murder rate rose 30% between 2019 and 2020 – the largest single-year increase in more than a century, according to data published this month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The findings align with a separate tabulation of the nation’s murder rate published in September by the FBI.

        The CDC tracks murders by analyzing information contained in death certificates. The FBI tallies murders by collecting information from thousands of law enforcement agencies across the country. Despite their different methodologies, both sources point to a sharp rise in the U.S. murder rate during the pandemic year of 2020, even as the rate itself remained well below the level of earlier decades.

        Below are some key takeaways from the two new sets of government data...

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        • #49

          Entire police department resigns in Missouri
          Officers reported a number of reasons for why they resigned.
          By Christian Spencer | Sept. 10, 2021

          Story at a glance:
          • An entire Missouri police department, including the police chief and his officers, resigned.
          • Kimberling City Police Chief Craig Alexander resigned on Aug. 23.
          • The mass resignation reportedly caught Mayor Bob Fritz of Kimberling City off guard.
          ...
          About 2,600 officers from New York retired in 2020, according to The New York Times, compared to the 1,509 who retired the year prior.

          Portland, Ore., had 69 officers resign and 75 retire from April 2020 to April 2021, compared to 27 and 14 the previous year, respectively.

          In Seattle, resignations went from 34 to 123 and retirements went up from 43 to 96.
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          i love myself. the quietest. simplest. most powerful. revolution ever. ---- nayyirah waheed

          "...there’s an obvious contest that’s happening between different sectors of the colonial ruling class in this country. And they would, if they could, lump us into their beef, their struggle." ---- Omali Yeshitela, African People’s Socialist Party

          (My posts are not intended as advice or professional assessments of any kind.)
          Never forget Excalibur.

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          • #50
            Source: https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/loca...ision/2683456/


            Gov. Evers Deploys National Guard to Kenosha Ahead of Kyle Rittenhouse Trial Decision
            With the potential for unrest, Evers said the state will provide support and resources to help keep residents safe.
            Published 3 hours ago • Updated 3 hours ago

            Hundreds of Wisconsin National Guard troops have been activated in preparation for a possible verdict next week in the Kenosha murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, according to Gov. Tony Evers' office.

            Approximately 500 troops are reporting for active duty and will partner with law enforcement as the city braces for the possibility of unrest.

            Prosecutors and defense attorneys for Rittenhouse have rested their cases, and closing arguments are set to begin next week.

            "We stand ready to support our communities during times of need,” Maj. Gen. Paul Knapp, Wisconsin’s adjutant general, said in a news release. “In close coordination with the governor, we have assembled approximately 500 Soldiers to help keep the Kenosha community safe, should a request from our local partners come in.”...

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            • #51
              Second female teacher in her 60's brutally attacked by students whom I've read about recently.


              Iowa investigators seek motive in murder of Spanish teacher

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              i love myself. the quietest. simplest. most powerful. revolution ever. ---- nayyirah waheed

              "...there’s an obvious contest that’s happening between different sectors of the colonial ruling class in this country. And they would, if they could, lump us into their beef, their struggle." ---- Omali Yeshitela, African People’s Socialist Party

              (My posts are not intended as advice or professional assessments of any kind.)
              Never forget Excalibur.

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              • #52
                He looked so happy on Monday in the picture at the cancer center.

                MEMPHIS, Tenn. — (WREG) Memphis-based rapper Young Dolph was killed Wednesday in a shooting at a cookie shop in Memphis, according to preliminary information from Memphis Police. He was 36. Memphis…

                Rapper Young Dolph dead in Memphis shooting

                by: David Royer
                Posted: Nov 17, 2021 / 01:11 PM CST
                Updated: Nov 17, 2021 / 06:17 PM CST

                MEMPHIS, Tenn. — (WREG) Memphis-based rapper Young Dolph was killed Wednesday in a shooting at a cookie shop in Memphis, according to preliminary information from Memphis Police. He was 36.

                Who is Young Dolph? Rapper killed in Memphis shooting

                Memphis Police were on the scene of a shooting Wednesday afternoon at 2370 Airways Boulevard near Ketchum in Memphis.

                Officers and witnesses could be seen in front of a broken window at Makeda’s Butter Cookies, a bakery in a strip shopping center that Young Dolph had visited recently. See video of his visit to Makeda’s in July.
                Young Dolph, whose real name is Adolph Thorton Jr., was a graduate of Hamilton High School in Memphis. Last year, he donated $25,000 to the school for new sports equipment and supplies.

                Young Dolph’s first album, King of Memphis, was released in 2016 and peaked at No. 49 on the Billboard charts. His hits include “Get Paid.”

                On Monday, he was at the West Cancer Center outside Memphis with rapper Key Glock to give away 200 Thanksgiving turkeys...
                ...
                The threat of retaliatory violence and unrest had state Rep. London Lamar of Memphis, and City Councilman JB Smiley, calling for a citywide curfew Wednesday night.
                ...
                At one point, a woman in a truck pulled up to the scene, telling police she had a shooting victim in her vehicle. That shooting was apparently unrelated to the Young Dolph shooting. EMTS began treating the man on the scene....
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                i love myself. the quietest. simplest. most powerful. revolution ever. ---- nayyirah waheed

                "...there’s an obvious contest that’s happening between different sectors of the colonial ruling class in this country. And they would, if they could, lump us into their beef, their struggle." ---- Omali Yeshitela, African People’s Socialist Party

                (My posts are not intended as advice or professional assessments of any kind.)
                Never forget Excalibur.

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                • #53
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                  • #54
                    Hundreds protest Rittenhouse acquittal across US: https://apnews.com/article/kyle-ritt...1288148a84b728

                    Insane moment dozen Portland cops are cornered in garage by 200 protesters during riots over Kyle Rittenhouse verdict: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...e-verdict.html

                    The Media's Verdict on Kyle Rittenhouse, Why so many got this story so wrong: https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/the...le-rittenhouse

                    The Rittenhouse Verdict Shouldn’t Have Been a Surprise. Rittenhouse was no hero. But the failure of the media helps explain why so many people expected him to be convicted: https://www.persuasion.community/p/t...rdict-shouldnt


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                    • #55
                      In 2018, after a local news crew filmed Ryan Nichols rescuing dogs abandoned by their owners after Hurricane Florence, the former Marine appeared on the “Ellen DeGeneres Show.” Not only did DeGeneres…

                      Terror in the Capitol Tunnel

                      The D.C. Medical Examiner’s Office concluded Rosanne Boyland died of a drug overdose but that autopsy result is highly suspicious.
                      By Julie Kelly
                      November 18, 2021

                      n 2018, after a local news crew filmed Ryan Nichols rescuing dogs abandoned by their owners after Hurricane Florence, the former Marine appeared on the “Ellen DeGeneres Show.” Not only did DeGeneres commend Nichols’ longtime work as a search-and-rescue volunteer, she donated $25,000 to the Humane Society in his name and gave Ryan and his wife, Bonnie, a $10,000 check to pay for the honeymoon they had missed the year before so Ryan could assist rescue efforts in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.

                      But instead of heading to Hawaii, the Nicholses used the generous donation to buy a rescue boat. With his Marine buddy and best friend, Alex Harkrider, at his side, the pair has participated in “dozens of hurricane rescues and disaster relief efforts,” according to Joseph McBride, Nichols’ attorney.

                      Three years after his appearance on the DeGeneres show, Nichols was featured on another program, but this time, Nichols spoke from the fetid confines of a political prison in the nation’s capital. And instead of telling a heroic story of saving dogs drowning in rising flood waters, Nichols told Newsmax host Greg Kelly a harrowing tale of what he saw at the U.S. Capitol on January 6.

                      “We showed up in good faith . . . to protest the election results but never would have imagined we would encounter the horrors that we did on the west terrace and in the tunnel that day,” Nichols explained to Kelly in a phone interview on November 9. “When I saw women being beaten and in distress, my rescue instinct kicked in and I knew I had no choice but to help rescue them.”

                      Nichols’ account is detailed in an appalling new court filing that confirms what American Greatness has reported for months: on January 6, D.C. Metro and Capitol police assaulted nonviolent protesters with explosive devices, rubber bullets, tear gas, and in some cases, their own fists and batons. A tunnel on the lower west side of the Capitol building became a dangerous—and, likely for at least one protester, deadly—battle scene as police viciously attacked American citizens on the “hallowed” grounds of the U.S. Congress...
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                      i love myself. the quietest. simplest. most powerful. revolution ever. ---- nayyirah waheed

                      "...there’s an obvious contest that’s happening between different sectors of the colonial ruling class in this country. And they would, if they could, lump us into their beef, their struggle." ---- Omali Yeshitela, African People’s Socialist Party

                      (My posts are not intended as advice or professional assessments of any kind.)
                      Never forget Excalibur.

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                        • #57
                          Source: https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/20...d-crime-spree/


                          Thieves Swarm East Bay Stores, Pharmacies, Dispensaries In Brazen Weekend Crime Spree
                          By Wilson Walker
                          November 22, 2021 at 8:39 pm

                          OAKLAND (KPIX) — Mobs of thieves went on a weekend crime-spree, robbing department and jewelry stores, cannabis dispensaries and pharmacies. Dozens of businesses were hit.

                          David Massey was one of those who showed up to the Walgreens on High Street Monday, only to find the pharmacy closed after a robbery on Sunday.

                          “You know, they tell you to go over to Alameda, go down the street,” says David Massey of Oakland. “Then all of them have to be verified, and here we are right before Thanksgiving.”

                          Massey depends on his pharmacy.

                          “I’ve got cancer,” he explains. “So I’m trying to get certain medications filled and they tell you to go to another Walgreens.”...

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                          • #58
                            Source: https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/23/busin...eft/index.html

                            Best Buy CEO: Jump in theft is traumatizing staff
                            By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business
                            Updated 3:55 PM ET, Tue November 23, 2021

                            New York (CNN Business)Best Buy CEO Corie Barry said theft is a growing problem at the company's stores — and it is implementing added security measure to safeguard employees and shoppers.

                            "This is traumatizing for our associates and is unacceptable," Barry said on a call with analysts Tuesday. "We are doing everything we can to try to create [an] as safe as possible environment."

                            Barry said the company is implementing a number of tactics to minimize theft and protect staff and customers. For example, Best Buy is locking up more products and hiring security when appropriate.

                            Barry said organized retail crime is on the rise at Best Buy. The tactic involves an organized "gang" of people who steal entire shelves of high-value products, such as electronics, to resell them for a profit.

                            The crime surge is becoming such a problem that it is hitting Best Buy's (BBY) profits and could hurt its ability to retain and attract more employees in a tight labor market, Barry said in an interview Tuesday on CNBC's "Squawk on the Street."...

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                            • #59

                              An Upper West Side man is cold-cocked in Chelsea. An unhinged stranger throws a roundhouse at a woman outside a subway station on the Upper West Side. A Catholic deacon and another man are pummeled…

                              An Upper West Side man is cold-cocked in Chelsea.
                              Random ‘sucker-punch’ assaults leave frightened NYC residents on edge

                              By Dean Balsamini

                              April 17, 2021 5:46pmUpdated

                              An unhinged stranger throws a roundhouse at a woman outside a subway station on the Upper West Side.

                              A Catholic deacon and another man are pummeled in separate smackdowns in the Bronx.

                              It’s up for debate whether this spate of disturbing incidents is a return of the so-called knockout game, the sick spree of assaults that terrorized New Yorkers a few years ago, but it’s a still a gut-punch to frightened residents already on edge.

                              One poster to the Upper West Side Together Facebook group put members on high alert two weeks ago after two friends walking past the subway station exit on Central Park West and 87th Street encountered a man dressed in black coming out of the subway.

                              He tried “tried to sucker punch” the girl, whose boyfriend then chased him off.

                              “My friend was screaming, ran to a building on CPW (Central Park West) where doorman called police,” the poster explained.

                              An Upper West Side man responded, “This is happening all over. I was sucker punched by a disturbed man in Chelsea” — and left with two black eyes.

                              On Monday a stranger punched a 67-year-old man in the face on a Queens subway platform in an apparent unprovoked attack, police said.

                              The suspect walked up to the man shortly before 10 a.m. as he waited for a Manhattan-bound 7 train at the Court Square station.

                              “These incidents aren’t happening in front of officers. They are happening due to opportunists taking advantage of the anti-police, anti-accountability era,” NYPD Sgt. Joseph Imperatrice, the founder of Blue Lives Matter NYC and a 15-year-veteran, told The Post.

                              “It is a dangerous time to be out and about strolling in New York City. The combination of criminals and mentally ill individuals roaming the streets equals disaster waiting to happen...
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                              i love myself. the quietest. simplest. most powerful. revolution ever. ---- nayyirah waheed

                              "...there’s an obvious contest that’s happening between different sectors of the colonial ruling class in this country. And they would, if they could, lump us into their beef, their struggle." ---- Omali Yeshitela, African People’s Socialist Party

                              (My posts are not intended as advice or professional assessments of any kind.)
                              Never forget Excalibur.

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