Copitalism: How the Police State Acclimates Us to Being Modern-Day Slaves

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ACORDING TO FUNKTIONARY:

Copitalism – Police-State authoritarian force, usurped power and repression over men and women wielded in furthering the interests of commerce and the protection commercial property; any benefit whatsoever accruing to citizens exists in spite of this Corporate Police State monster. Any pause is probable cause—so don’t stop, ‘get it-get it’ and bring the noise.

slaves – disarmed men and women. 2) men and women whose property (labor) and belongings (household goods) are taxed directly. 3) those who serve their own fears, their own petty and often self-destructive desires. A generation born into debt to pay off the debt of a previous generation are defacto slaves. Jet-set twenty-first century slaves take comfort in the certainties of mental captivity and fear the uncertainties of being free. (See: Labor, Household Goods, Inventory, F.E.A.R., Real Tax, Property, Federal Register, SSN, “Government,” Human Resources, Pixilated People, IRS, & “Greater System”)

From [HERE] Like the proverbial boiling frogs, the government has been gradually acclimating us to the specter of a police state for years now: Militarized police. Riot squads. Camouflage gear. Black uniforms. Armored vehicles. Mass arrests. Pepper spray. Tear gas. Batons. Strip searches. Surveillance cameras. Kevlar vests. Drones. Lethal weapons. Less-than-lethal weapons unleashed with deadly force. Rubber bullets. Water cannons. Stun grenades. Arrests of journalists. Crowd control tactics. Intimidation tactics. Brutality.

This is how you prepare a populace to accept a police state willingly, even gratefully.

You don’t scare them by making dramatic changes. Rather, you acclimate them slowly to their prison walls. Persuade the citizenry that their prison walls are merely intended to keep them safe and danger out. Desensitize them to violence, acclimate them to a military presence in their communities, and persuade them that only a militarized government can alter the seemingly hopeless trajectory of the nation.

It’s happening already.

Yet we’re not just being acclimated to the trappings of a police state. We’re also being bullied into silence and subservience in the face of outright injustice and heavy-handed political correctness, while simultaneously being groomed into accepting government tyranny, corruption and bureaucratic ineptitude as societal norms.

What exactly is going on? [MORE]

Preliminary Analysis Shows that Either the Government Tried to Kill Trump or It’s All a Hoax or a Miracle (Coincidence): Secret Service and Police Knew Shooter Was On the Roof but Allowed Him to Shoot

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According to FUNKTIONARY:

coincidence theories – the naïve belief that problems (and solutions to them) happen spontaneously, that nothing is ever foreseen, plotted, planned or conspired through collusion by the wealthy and powerful. (See: Pathocracy, Fronts, Predictive Programming, Conspiracy Theories, Laws, Technetronic Age, WARS & Council on Foreign Relations)

“wet jobs” – black operations Intelligence cover name denoting a covert political operation where bloodshed is required. 2) FBI Hostage Murder Team. U.S. Army Special Forces, attached to the Phoenix Project / Operation, obey orders to “destabilize targeted governments by murdering government officials, elites, professionals, bankers, military leaders, teachers, professors and medical professionals.” America now uses FBI Division 5, CIA Division 4, and elements from within the Department of Defense (DOD) and Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) for its dirty work called “wetworks” operations where assasinations are carried out on behalf of the psychopathic controlling elite and their interlocking families and crime syndicates. “America is also a country of assassinations of our countrymen...OUR countrymen...” ~James Baldwin. Black operatives along with badged assassins use trap and kill zones setup in advance designed to trap and kill anyone entering it. When bullets are hitting your conveyance before you even have a chance to react then that’s a kill zone. “Find your line—make a stand. Don’t give up! It matters how you stand.” ~Challice Finicum. When you read and truly understand the implications of the Public Rights Doctrine, Civil Rights Act of 1866, 14th Amendment, Corporate Person hood, Nationality Act, US v. Babcock, Adminstrative Procedures Act, and others, you will realize that the republic was overthrown via legislation. Act is if you are free and you will be reminded that you are not and be me with the force continuum. May the Force be With You instead! (See: CIA, FBI, Black Flask Brigade, Force Continuum, Jackals, Free-Range Slavery, Government, Murder, Violence, Police State, Tyranny, Injustice & Bush Family Crime Syndicate)

"Missiles Fired Like Rain" at Unarmed People who Were Told They Were in a Safe Area by Barbaric IsrAliens: At least 90 Killed, 300 Injured, in Air Strike on Designated "Humanitarian Zone" in Gaza

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From [HERE] An Israeli air strike killed at least 90 Palestinians in a designated humanitarian zone in Gaza on Saturday, the enclave’s health ministry said, in an attack that Israel said targeted Hamasmilitary chief Mohammed Deif.

It was unclear whether Deif was killed. “We are still checking and verifying the results of the strike,” an Israeli military official told reporters.

The militant Islamist group Hamas said in a statement that Israeli claims it had targeted leaders of the group were false and aimed at justifying the attack, which was the deadliest Israeli attack in Gaza in weeks.

Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu said it remained unclear whether Deif had been killed, telling a news conference: “Either way, we will get to the whole of the leadership of Hamas.”

Displaced people sheltering in the area said their tents were torn down by the force of the strike, describing bodies and body parts strewn on the ground.

“I couldn’t even tell where I was or what was happening,” said Sheikh Youssef, a resident of Gaza City who is currently displaced in the Al-Mawasi area. [MORE]

British Medical Journal Conservatively Estimates that IsrAliens Have Murdered at Least 186,000 Palestinians in Gaza Genocide

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From [HERE] As many as 186,000 Palestinians may be killed directly or indirectly by the Gaza war, correspondence published by the British medical journal, the Lancet, has predicted*.

“Even if the conflict were to end immediately, many indirect deaths will continue to be recorded in the coming months and years due to causes such as reproductive, communicable and non-communicable diseases,” stated the correspondence from three authors, Rasha Khatib, Martin McKee and Salim Yusuf.

The death toll could exceed this figure, they said, “given the intensity of this conflict; destroyed healthcare infrastructure; severe shortages of food, water and shelter; the population’s inability to flee to safe places; and the loss of funding to [the UN agency for Palestinian refugees] Unrwa, one of the very few humanitarian organisations still active in the Gaza Strip”.

Dr Rasha Khatib is described on the Lancet website as affiliate of the Advocate Aurora Research Institute, Milwaukee, US, and the Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine; Prof Martin McKee is an affiliate of the Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London; and Dr Salim Yusuf is an affiliate of the Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Their prediction is based on a June 19th report by the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry that 37,306 Palestinians had been killed since Israel launched its war on Gaza in response to the October 7th attack on it by Hamas, in which 1,200 people were killed and more than 250 taken hostage, according to Israel.

The authors said the figure adopted as the base for their projection was “likely an underestimate” due to the thousands of bodies under rubble. The health ministry collects data on “people dying in its hospitals or brought in dead” as well as from “reliable media sources and first responders”, the correspondence said.

In recent conflicts, the authors said, “indirect deaths range from three to 15 times the number of direct deaths”. Their projected figure of 186,000 overall deaths was reached by applying “a conservative estimate of four deaths per one direct death. They said this would amount to 7.9 percent of Gaza’s 2.3 million Palestinians.

Although Gaza health ministry data is contested by Israeli authorities, the three authors said the ministry’s figures had been accepted by “Israeli intelligence services”, the United Nations humanitarian agency and the World Health Organisation. [MORE]

Former CIA Officer Claims Israel Massacred Its Own Citizens on October 7th to Launch Genocide

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From [HERE] The intrepid Haaretz reporters delivered a gut punch to Bibi Netanyahu and his persistent effort to blame all the Israeli deaths on October 7 on Hamas terrorism. Haaretz says, “no.”

Gaza Division operations and airstrikes in the first hours of October 7 were based on limited information. The first long moments after the Hamas attack was launched were chaotic. Reports were coming in, with their significance not always clear. When their meaning was understood, it was realized that something horrific had taken place.

Communication networks could not keep up with the flow of information, as was the case for soldiers sending these reports. However, the message conveyed at 11:22 A.M. across the Gaza Division network was understood by everyone. “Not a single vehicle can return to Gaza” was the order. . . .

Documents obtained by Haaretz, as well as testimonies of soldiers, mid-level and senior IDF officers, reveal a host of orders and procedures laid down by the Gaza Division, Southern Command and the IDF General Staff up to the afternoon hours of that day, showing how widespread this procedure was, from the first hours following the attack and at various points along the border. . . .

The Erez border crossing was not the only place this happened. Information obtained by Haaretz and confirmed by the army shows that throughout that morning, the Hannibal procedure was employed at two other locations penetrated by terrorists: the Re’im army base, where the divisional headquarters were located, and the Nahal Oz outpost in which female spotters were based. This did not prevent the kidnapping of seven of them or the killing of 15 other spotters, as well as 38 other soldiers. . . .

One case in which it is known that civilians were hit, a case that received wide coverage, took place in the house of Pessi Cohen at Kibbutz Be’eri. 14 hostages were held in the house as the IDF attacked it, with 13 of them killed. In the coming weeks, the IDF is expected to publish the results of its investigation of the incident, which will answer the question of whether Brig. Gen. Barak Hiram, the commander of Division 99 who was in charge of operations in Be’eri on October 7, was employing the Hannibal procedure. Did he order the tank to move ahead even at the cost of civilian casualties, as he stated in an interview he gave later to the New York Times?

The Hamas attack on October 7 was not a chaotic terrorist action. It was a professional military raid and caught the Israelis completely unprepared. As noted by Haaretz, the Israeli response was uncoordinated mayhem. One aspect ignored in the Haaretz report is the hundreds of vehicles destroyed by Israeli attack helicopters. Israeli forces had no way of knowing if those vehicles were occupied by Hamas fighters or a mixture of Hamas personnel and Israeli hostages. If a legitimate investigation is ever conducted, I think the Israeli public will be shocked to learn that more than 50% of the Israeli deaths that day were inflicted by Israeli military forces trying to prevent Israeli hostages from being taken into Gaza.

How do I come up with that number? There are photos of the vehicles destroyed by Israel on October 7. It appears that more than 500 were hit with air-launched rockets and destroyed. If there was only one Israeli in each of those vehicles (odds are there were more), there were at least 500 Israeli casualties from that alone. We know the names of the Israeli dead. How many were in those cars?

Frankly, there is no difference between Hamas kidnapping Israeli civilians and military personnel and Israel grabbing Palestinians off the streets of the West Bank and locking them up in Israeli prisons with no charges. Same thing. Except the West likes to portray Hamas as mindless terrorists and the Israelis as professional soldiers taking proactive measures against potential terrorists. [MORE]

"2 Asian Men with a Bike:" Did NY Cops Have a Legal Basis to Stop Nyah Mway Before They Killed 13 yr old? Height/weight/build/hair/clothing/age are Unnecessary to Media and Police who Disregard Rights

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ONLY POSSIBLE CAUSE IS NECESSARY TO STOP NON-WHITES IN RACIST SYSTEM WITH IMAGINARY RIGHTS. The city of Utica is still grieving the loss of 13-year-old Nyah Mway, who was shot and killed by a white Utica police officer on June 28. Mway, whose family name is Nyah, was a Karen refugee born in Myanmar, a onetime British colony previously known as Burma.

Blurry body camera footage released by police shows officers screaming “gun” before one tackles and punches Mway, and another officer opens fire. The teen had just graduated from middle school. He was shot in the chest and died at Wynn Hospital. He was recently laid to rest in Utica. [MORE]

On Saturday morning, a march was held for Mway in Utica, with those in attendance demanding justice.

Many community members say they believe the shooting and killing of Nyah Mway was not justified after he fled from Utica police officers after being stopped on the street and pointed what appeared to be a handgun at officers. Police later identified the weapon as a pellet gun.

According to the NY Times and other dependent media who parrot the government, the police stopped him and a friend who was straddling a bike on a quiet, working-class street around 10 p.m., officials said. The officers were investigating robberies and suspects described as Asian males with a black firearm. One suspect had been on a bike and the other had been walking, the police said.

When one officer asked to pat the boys down to “make sure you have no weapons on you,” Nyah fled, police body-camera footageshows. An officer chased after him, and the footage, when slowed down, shows Nyah turning with an object in his hand. The officer can be heard yelling “gun!” before tackling the teenager. Nyah held onto the object while he was on the ground, the police said. Seconds later, the footage shows, a second officer arrives. A gunshot is heard, but not seen.

The police said later that the object in Nyah’s hand was a pellet gun. [MORE] Also, Nyah was not involved in any robberies.

Despite the fact that this incident happened over 2 weeks ago, few particulars have been released by police. The police and its media want to focus the public on their narrative about a toy gun and whether it was visible to cops.

However, the initial stop by the police appears to be unconstitutional - that is, if you believe in such things as the 4th Amendment’s guarantee to be free from unreasonable stops, searches and seizures by government agents.

In order for the police to stop you the Supreme Court has ruled that police must have reasonable articulable suspicion that there is criminal activity afoot and the person detained is involved in the activity. Police may not act on on the basis of an inchoate and unparticularized suspicion or a hunch - there must be some specific articulable facts along with reasonable inferences from those facts to justify the intrusion. With regard to an anonymous tip, the Supremes have said that apart from the tip the officers must have a reason[s] or facts to suspect an individual of illegal conduct AND police must have predictive information that can be corroborated. [MORE] and [MORE]. The Court has specifically said that an anonymous tip about alleged gun possession by itself will not justify a stop and frisk. [MORE].

Furthermore, In order to frisk you the Supreme Court has ruled that the police must have independent reasonable articulable suspicion that the person is armed and dangerous before they may touch you or put their hands on you (a cursory patdown for weapons). Police may not act on on the basis of an unclear and unparticularized suspicion or a hunch - there must be some specific, actual & articulable facts along with reasonable inferences from those facts to justify the intrusion. In evaluating the legality of a police stop all that matters is what the cops knew and what they saw at the time of the stop; that is, the first hand knowledge the police had in the present moment of the stop. A court will only consider what an officer observed or knew at the time of the stop. What cops subsequently learned from records checks, court records or from the media is not relevant to a 4th Amendment analysis. 

Here, the police ordered the 2 teenage boys to stop and then sought to touch them (pat them down). The cops acted without a warrant and the boys were not free to go. Thus, they were stopped within the meaning of the 4th Amendment. At the time of the stop the police the boys were not engaged in criminal activity. Also, when the police sought to frisk them they apparently had no specific, actual & articulable facts that led them to believe that either one was armed. Police claim they stopped them because they were reportedly looking for 2 Asian men with a bike. Such a description is endlessly vague, especially in an Asian neighborhood, because it could fit the description of countless people each and any day. That is, the police apparently were on the lookout for every and any Asian male with a bike. The police had no other details to identify the suspect such as height, weight, build, complexion, age, hair length, hair style, distinguishing characteristics (tattoos, walked with a limp etc), type of clothing (shirts, pants, color, style) etc. The only thing cops corroborated at the time of the stop was that a bike was present and they both looked Asian - innocent facts that do not support an inference of involvement in a crime to justify a a stop. Obviously, the two teenagers were not men - nor was Nyah built like a man (see photos). Only a racist could find this factually unsupportable police stop reasonable. As such, the stop by the police violated the so-called 4th Amendment rights of both teens and was unlawful.

However, in reality, the 4th Amendment is just words on paper. In real life, especially in regard to Black and Latino people, brazen cops so frequently abuse their power that no black shopper, pedestrian, motorist, juvenile, adult or black professional of any kind—could make a compelling argument that so-called constitutional rights provide them any real protection from cops or from the government in general.

Although the supreme court has never quantified probable cause to justify an arrest or search legal scholars explain that it turns on assessment of probabilities in particular factual contexts and involves less than a 50% likelihood of accuracy. Perhaps “non-whiteness” is part of said factual context analysis when police use their uncontrollable discretionary power to stop, search, detain, arrest and/or kill non-whites? Or perhaps legal truths have little to do with reality. The undeceiver Jeremy Locke points out that “slavery is not a concept of totality . . . The ultimate slavery is murder . . .Slavery is found both in the partial and complete destruction of freedom.” The use of unprovoked force against another person is an attempt to dominate or control them and is a form of slavery.

Regardless of the 4th Amendment and its so-called protections from government intrusion, we are all naturally endowed with inalienable rights - rights that we possess because we are human beings (regardless of whether we have earned them or not). Said inalienable rights are necessary to human dignity and autonomy - these rights include freedom of movement, self-defense and the right to be left the fuck alone. Elite racists and totalitarian authorities generally disregard or fail to even acknowledge such rights of non-whites.

Here, for instance the official public narrative articulated by the media for Nyah Mway’s story begins with the gun - not whether cops had any right to stop him in the first place. No information from NY Times, WSJ, CNNN, MSNBC or CBS bothers to mention anything about the sufficiency of information about the stop. In an authoritarian system of racism white supremacy, elite racists act as though they merely confer rights or privileges onto non-whites (like master’s favors or spray-on “rights” that can be turned on and off like a light switch or “rights” that only elites can assert or validate).  It is telling that racist suspect Mayor Michael Galime rejected any suggestions that the shooting was racist. “What I witnessed on the bodycam footage and all of the reports I read leading up to that incident, there was no reference or any indication that there was any racism,” Such an ignorant statement only makes sense if you understand racism to simply mean bad words, disrespect or hatred - as white liberal ‘belief pushers’ dogmatically and consistently preach. To Galime, it would only be racist if the cop made a racial slur when he pulled the trigger. The undeceiver Neely Fuller Jr. explained, "If you don't understand racism/white supremacy, everything else that you think you understand will only confuse you." In reality racism is domination of non-whites by whites in a white over black system. In this system of vast unequal power Government authorities can stop non-whites whenever they want to. When they do so, they act on behalf of elite whites and white residents. To racists, the means justify the result -  which is the opposite of stated purpose of the so-called 4th Amendment but nevertheless satisfies their goal of dominating non-white persons.

The only thing upholding the 4th amendment is your belief in it. You only have rights if an authority says that you do. Your possession of "Rights” given to you by a magical government, which functions as your master, is cult belief. Rights are myths. Believe in them at your own risk.

NYPD Officer Found Guilty of Assault. How Much Jail Time will a Liberal NYC Judge Give Thug Cop for Rapidly Punching a Defenseless Homeless Man 6X in the Face? [probably none]

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From [HERE] A New York City police officer, Juan Perez, was found guilty of assault for punching a homeless man in the face six times while he was on top of him.

Mr. Perez, who worked in the Sixth Precinct and retired in 2023, was charged with third-degree assault and pleaded not guilty. On Thursday, he was found guilty by a judge, Maxwell Wiley, after a bench trial. He will be sentenced in September and faces up to 364 days in jail, the Manhattan district attorney’s office said.

Mr. Perez has been named in two other lawsuits over complaints of excessive force, which were settled. Perez retired from the police department last year - as unwanted NYPD cops are basically un-fireable.

The incident took place while Perez and his partner were on patrol in November 2021. The victim, Borim Husenaj, was 26 years old at the time and police claimed he was allegedly acting erratically in the Greenwich Village neighborhood, holding a bottle.

When the police stopped the homeless man he was not under arrest for any crime.

According to the indictment filed last year, Perez and his partner approached Husenaj, leading to a verbal exchange. Perez pushed Husenaj against a wall and attempted to handcuff him. A scuffle ensued, and Husenaj and Perez fell to the ground, where Perez proceeded to punch Husenaj multiple times while he was defenseless on the ground.

Perez called for an ambulance, believing the man was intoxicated, prosecutors said in a news release from the DA’s office. After a continued verbal back and forth, Perez is accused by prosecutors of pushing the man against a wall to handcuff him.

The man was not under arrest at the time, the statement of facts details, adding that the victim told Perez he was placing the wrong person under arrest.

Both Perez and the man fell to the ground and began to struggle. Perez’s partner then helped subdue the man, according to the news release, which says Perez “proceeded to rapidly punch the victim six times in the face, while he was lying on the ground defenseless.”

“He was brought to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with a broken nose and significant swelling,” the release said.

The man was unconscious for at least one minute and while later testing showed the man was intoxicated, “all objective evidence makes clear that he was also in the throes of a serious psychiatric crisis,” prosecutors said in the statement of facts.

As a result of the assault, Husenaj suffered a broken nose and other emotional and psychological injuries.

Racist suspect Patrick Hendry, the president of the city’s police officers’ union, said in a statement that the conviction would send a “chilling message to every police officer.”

“Cops are being violently attacked on the streets every day,” Mr. Hendry said. “If this is what happens when we try to protect ourselves, we won’t be able to protect the public."

Tragically, he moved to Kosovo to live with family members in January 2022 and took his own life two months later. The lawsuit filed by Husenaj’s estate against Perez and New York City claimed that the assault exacerbated Husenaj’s fear and paranoia, contributing to his suicide.

Legal director Chris Dunn from the New York Civil Liberties Union commended the district attorney’s office for holding Perez accountable, emphasizing the importance of police officers being subject to the law like everyone else. Dunn highlighted the need for more police accountability in cases of misconduct and abuse of power.

The guilty verdict against Perez serves as a reminder of the responsibility that law enforcement officers hold in maintaining public trust and safety. It also underscores the significance of addressing instances of police misconduct to prevent further harm to individuals and communities. Public officials and advocacy groups continue to emphasize the importance of upholding accountability and justice within the police force to build trust and ensure equitable treatment for all. lol. We’ll see how much “justice: happens when this JackOfficer is sentenced.

Congressional Puppeticians Order State Department to Cover Up Israel’s War Crime Death Toll from Gaza Holocaust

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From [HERE] On June 26, the United States House of Representatives passed an amendment barring the State Department from citing the Gaza Health Ministry’s death toll statistics for the Israel-Hamas war. Once signed into law, it will effectively halt discussions of the war's deaths.

The House voted 269-144 for a revision to the Department of State appropriations bill proposed by a bipartisan group led by Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL). A group of 62 Democrats joined all but two Republicans in voting for the measure. The provision "prohibits funds appropriated by this act to be made available for the State Department to cite statistics obtained from the Gaza Health Ministry."

The health ministry has been cited by the department and news agencies for decades amid conflict in Gaza. Its daily death toll during the current conflict that began in October has served as a primary source for understanding the war's impact on Palestinians in the territory. It is the only official entity tracking death data in Gaza.

Palestinian-American congresswoman Rashida Tlaib slammed the vote in Congress, which critics allege is an attempt to hide the scale of the devastation wreaked on Gaza by Israel. "Since 1948, Mr. Speaker, there has been a coordinated effort, especially in this chamber, to dehumanize Palestinians and erase Palestinians from existence," Tlaib said in a speech addressing the House before the vote. "My colleagues want to prohibit our own U.S. officials from even citing the Palestinian death toll."

The Michigan representative reminded her colleagues of the tens of thousands killed by Israel in Gaza, highlighting the number of children among those dead. "Six children are killed in Gaza every single hour. But Palestinians are not just numbers. Behind these numbers are real people, mothers, fathers, sons, daughters who have had their lives stolen from them and their families torn apart and we should not be trying to hide it," she added and then slammed the anti-Palestinian racism in their chamber. [MORE]

Washington lifts 'hold' on shipment of 500 Pound Bombs for Israel to Continue US Financed Murder, Genocide in Gaza

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From [HERE] The US government has lifted a two-month hold on shipments of 500-pound bombs for Israel, according to US officials who spoke with Reuters on 10 July.

In early May, the White House announced a hold on a shipment of 1,800 2,000-pound bombs and 1,700 500-pound bombs to Israel, citing “concerns” these would be used to flatten Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah, where over a million Palestinians had taken refuge at the time.

Nevertheless, despite earlier warnings from US President Joe Biden and EU states that a full-scale military operation on Rafah would be considered a “red line,” the Israeli army has destroyed the city with impunity, killing scores of Palestinians along the way.

When pressed by reporters whether the devastation unleashed on the overcrowded city crossed Biden’s “red line,” White House officials claimed they “[had] not seen Israel smash into Rafah.”

“Everything that we can see tells us that they are not moving into a major ground operation in population centers in the center of Rafah,” US national security spokesman John Kirby said in late May. 

According to the Washington Post, Wednesday’s decision to lift the hold on the 500-pound bomb shipment followed a “pressure campaign by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and pro-Israel lobbyists … including the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), demanding the resumption of all weapons shipments regardless of their lethality.”

Officials who spoke with the US daily claim that the “500-pound bombs were never a serious concern for the Biden administration.” [MORE]

Terrorcrat Netanyahu to avoid Europe on way to US in Fear of ICC arrest warrant

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From [HERE] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will avoid stopping in Europe over fears about an impending arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his role in the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, according to reports in Israeli media.

The premier’s office recently “reviewed” whether or not to stop in Europe when he heads to the US capital to deliver a speech before the US Congress on 24 July.

Israel’s Kan broadcaster revealed that, after considering several options, Netanyahu decided to take a direct flight to Washington with a limited number of passengers on board, as the so-called “Wing of Zion” is unable to make a transatlantic flight while carrying a full load.

Other options included requesting to stop in countries “closer” to Israel, such as the Czech Republic or Hungary. However, Netanyahu preferred to abstain from layovers altogether and fly directly to Washington.

Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant face charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Gaza, including the starvation of civilians as a weapon of war, wilfully causing great suffering, wilful killing, intentional attacks on a civilian population, and extermination, among other charges.

Many of Israel’s closest allies – including Germany – have confirmed they would enforce an ICC arrest warrant against the prime minister if he visits the country and the warrant is issued. [MORE]

Ben Crump Calls for Justice after Hotel Guards Murdered D'vontaye Mitchell by Smothering Black Man to Death [unlike cops, security can be fired, have no immunity or Authority to Use Force Offensively]

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From [HERE] After the killing of a Wisconsin man who was held down outside a hotel by multiple security officers during a mental health emergency, leading civil rights attorney Ben Crump joined the family of the slain man in calling on authorities to deliver justice.

D’vontaye Mitchell, 43, was killed on 30 June during an encounter with security personnel at the Hyatt Regency hotel in downtown Milwaukee, NBC News reported. No one has been charged in connection with the case, and police reportedly indicated that they were not even conducting a criminal investigation for the time being.

The hotel is one of the three main venues for the Republican national convention, which is taking place in Milwaukee from 15 to 18 July.

“I know the national media is going to be coming and covering a lot of stuff related to the convention,” Crump said during Monday’s press conference about Mitchell’s killing. “A major part of the narrative needs to be justice and … justice in Milwaukee for D’Vontaye Mitchell.”

Video of Mitchell’s final moments showed four hotel security guards holding him down. Mitchell was experiencing a mental health crisis, according to Crump, and one of the guards appears to be kneeling on his body.

In the video, Mitchell is heard grunting and screaming for help. He was later pronounced dead by first responders who were summoned to the hotel.

The Milwaukee county medical examiner’s office has since determined that Mitchell’s preliminary manner of death was a homicide, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. The Milwaukee police department told the Journal Sentinel that they are not conducting a criminal investigation at this time.

In a statement, representatives of Hyatt said the hotel had suspended the employees involved in Mitchell’s killing while it conducted an internal investigation.

“We extend our heartfelt condolences to Dvontaye Mitchell’s family, all those who knew and loved him, and the Milwaukee community in light of this tragedy,” the statement said. “Hotels franchised under Hyatt’s brands are required to comply with Hyatt’s mandatory safety and security standards and ensure that the hotel is a safe and secure environment for guests, colleagues and the public.

“As the investigation continues, Hyatt is fully committed to supporting efforts to help ensure accountability for the circumstances that led to the death of Dvontaye Mitchell.”

Lawyers representing Mitchell’s family said his death was reminiscent of the killing of George Floyd, a Black man who was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on his neck for nine and a half minutes in 2020. Floyd’s murder – captured on video – ignited street protests worldwide.

On Monday, Crump and Mitchell’s family held a press conference outside the hotel, demanding that the killing not be “swept under the rug” with the convention set to bring thousands to Milwaukee, the Journal Sentinel reported.

Alabama Authorities Plan to Murder Keith Gavin Despite Finding that his Attorney was “Constitutionally Ineffective” in Violation of his Right to [mannequin like] Counsel

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From [HERE] The State of Alabama plans to put Keith Gavin to death on July 18—the state’s third execution date so far this year—despite constitutional flaws that undermine the reliability of his sentence.

Mr. Gavin was convicted of capital murder in the shooting death of a delivery driver and sentenced to death in 1999 after his appointed lawyers presented virtually nothing in mitigation at the penalty phase. 

A federal court found in 2020 that Mr. Gavin’s lawyers were ineffective in violation of Mr. Gavin’s right to counsel and held that the constitution requires a new sentencing trial, but the decision was reversed on appeal.

Questions About the Reliability of Mr. Gavin’s Death Sentence Persist

The Constitution guarantees effective assistance of counsel, which means that defense lawyers representing a person facing the death penalty are expected to investigate and present evidence demonstrating why the jury should reject the death penalty and impose a life sentence.

There was compelling evidence about Mr. Gavin’s life that could have persuaded the jury to choose life imprisonment without parole in his case. 

Keith was born into a family struggling with histories of drug abuse, alcoholism, and incarceration and, as the federal court found, “grew up in a gang-infested housing project in Chicago, living in overcrowded houses that were in poor condition, where he was surrounded by drug activity, crime, violence, and riots.” 

Keith tried to shield his 11 brothers and sisters from their abusive father by taking the blame for them and was frequently beaten with extension cords, sticks, hoses, and his father’s fist. 

In Chicago, Keith was the frequent target of gang violence and was brutally beaten at 17 and hospitalized. When he retaliated he was sent to prison, where he was frequently stabbed by gang members and continued to be victimized. Despite the constant threat of violence, Mr. Gavin earned his GED and took college courses in prison, and with only one major disciplinary write-up in 17 years, he became what the State’s expert called a model prisoner, which was a critical fact related to the jury’s decision to impose a sentence of life imprisonment without parole or death.

But Mr. Gavin’s jury never heard this evidence because, as the federal district court found, his lawyers failed to do the investigation and preparation that the constitution requires.

As Mr. Gavin’s mother lamented, “her son had no money to retain a ‘real attorney.’” Instead, he was appointed counsel who, the federal court found, “did not conduct an adequate background investigation, did not pursue all reasonably available mitigating evidence, and did not make a reasonable effort to present the mitigating evidence they had.”

Mr. Gavin’s lawyers “were totally unprepared for the penalty phase,” the court held. They called only two witnesses at the penalty phase—a minister who did not know Mr. Gavin before his arrest and Mr. Gavin’s mother. Counsel spoke with the minister for only five minutes before putting him on the stand and got his name wrong in front of the jury, and admitted at the start of his mother’s testimony that they had not prepared her for her testimony.

The jury deliberated for just 75 minutes before returning a verdict recommending the death penalty. Despite the lack of mitigating evidence, only 10 jurors voted for death—the bare minimum required to return a verdict for death under Alabama law at the time. Just a single juror’s vote was the difference between life and death.

The trial court determined that Mr. Gavin’s counsel had failed to present evidence of even a single mitigating circumstance. The court followed the jury’s advisory verdict and imposed the death penalty.

The federal court found that trial counsel’s failures undermined the reliability of Mr. Gavin’s death sentence. Because defense counsel presented no mitigating evidence, the jury did not have the information they needed to make a sound and just decision about whether to impose the irrevocable sentence of death. 

But the federal appeals court reversed, ruling that the lower court was not authorized to order a new hearing merely because it found a constitutional violation. Instead, the Eleventh Circuit held, the federal court was required to defer to the state court’s decision, even if that decision was clearly wrong. [MORE]

“Innocence epidemic” Continues: Larry Roberts becomes the 200th Person Exonerated from Death Row [who are the real criminals when an innocent person is sentenced to death?]

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From [HERE] Larry Roberts, the 200th exoneree, was wrong­ful­ly con­vict­ed in 1983 for the mur­der of a fel­low pris­on­er and prison guard at the California Medical Center in Vacaville, California. The only wit­ness­es to these stab­bings were fel­low pris­on­ers who tes­ti­fied against Mr. Roberts; he was sen­tenced to death for both killings. Years lat­er, the California Supreme Court over­turned Mr. Roberts’ con­vic­tion for the death of the prison guard but left his death sen­tence in place. After 41 years, the California Attorney General’s Office has now agreed with a U.S. dis­trict court judge who grant­ed Mr. Roberts a new tri­al and has said it will not retry him. Mr. Roberts’ exon­er­a­tion is a pow­er­ful reminder of the fal­li­bil­i­ty of the death penal­ty, and one more rea­son 50% of the American pub­lic no longer believes their gov­ern­ment can fair­ly use the death penalty.

In 2021, the Death Penalty Information Center dubbed this national reality an “innocence epidemic” when the number of death row exonerations had reached 185 people. Two recent exonerations have brought the number to 200: the June 19, 2024 exoneration of Kerry Cook in Texas and the July 1, 2024 exoneration of Larry Roberts in California. [MORE]