[MoTeaSuh Tribe Sad because Massa' Sad] Maj Toure on How The Black Boule Cost Kamala Harris the Election as the Quisling's Campaign is Summarily Crushed

ACCORDING TO FUNKTIONARY:

Quisling – the name for a traitor, coined in April, 1940, meaning one who is content to accept the yoke of the conqueror for the sake of being given office and trinkets, even against the feeling and expression of the conquered people, and moreover, prepared to use the force continuum against his/her own people to impose the conquerors decrees. (See: SNAGs)

The Moteasuh Tribe – the miseducated coin-operated buck-dancing, sole-shuffling, politically dis-appointed kneegrows who pander to Massah’s agenda—Mo’ Tea Sir? This tribe of sorry-ass kneegrows follow the dictates and even orchestrates the marching bandits of racism white supremacy as spewed forth from the mouthpieces of political power within the borders of the Witches Castle. It’s the Condi-Clarence-Powell complex—that is, those who do Massah’s bidding as if you weren’t kidding yourself that you were doing otherwise. Keep your eyes on the lies, the liars, and the disguise

Black Voters Didn't Lose Anything. Kamala is a Frivolous SNigger, Way Out of Her Depth. Liberals Have a Roster of Other Tokens Who Can Also Grimace and Point and Give Them Nothing for Their Vote

Despite their ONGOING DETERIORATING AND poor social and economic condition, Black voters rarely demand anything in exchange for their votes. Claud Anderson explains, “Both White and Black candidates for public office, various political parties, and this nation, all get a free ride with Black voters.”

Anderson STATED, “Black voters are led to believe there are two purposes to vote: 1) to elect the White candidate who is best able to lead and control resources or 2) to elect the Black candidate who is most deserving of a public job and personal recognition. The most we get is personal satisfaction that the candidate we supported won. We play politics just to play. Others play for the benefits of winning or being in the winner's circle. We often support campaign issues that do not benefit us. Blackness is excluded, but we hope that through some miraculous twinge of conscience, once in office the former candidate will offer us some spoils as supporters. We demand nothing and that is basically exactly what we get. We have yet to learn to play politics by the basic rules. We should stay out of any political game that promises that we will get nothing even when our candidate wins.“ THE GREAT REBEL AND UNdeceiver Steve Cokely called SUCH nonsense “playing for your sandwich.”

NORMAN Kelley explained, ‘Democrats have no SUBSTANTIVE messaging aimed specifically at black people. And why would they need TO? Democrats know they will suffer no sanctions from disgruntled, EMASCULATED blacks.’

From [HERE] She’s wildly, catastrophically, incontestably out of her depth.

Over the last couple of years, as familiarity has bred contempt, and contempt has bred exasperation, I have got into the habit of distilling into uncustomarily blunt terms what I think of our most prominent political aspirants. My modest verdict on the incumbent president, Joe Biden, was that he was “an asshole.” My considered take on his predecessor, Donald Trump, was that he is “a lunatic.” Herewith, to complete the trilogy, I will offer another candid take: Kamala Harris is an idiot.

Like the little boy staring at the naked emperor in the famous fairy tale of yore, I can scarcely believe what I am seeing before my eyes. Since she replaced Joe Biden on the ticket, reporters have struggled mightily to find kind ways of describing Harris’s ineluctable inability to convey anything comprehensible, complex, or concrete. Harris, the New York Times has variously proposed, has been “strategically vague,” “light on detail,” and “careful.” Alternatively, she has “put her own stamp on the art of the dodge”; learned to respond “to unpleasant questions without answering them”; and shown an ability to “avoid delineating her stance on some issues.” And yet, if one were to search for a single world to sum up her candidacy, that word, apparently, would be “joy.”

I disagree. I think that word would be “idiot.” Harris isn’t “vague” or “careful” or disinclined to “delineate her stance.” She’s wildly, catastrophically, incontestably out of her depth. She’s not “light”; she’s dull. She’s not a “dodger”; she’s a fool. She’s not “joyful”; she’s imbecilic. As Gertrude Stein once said of Harris’s hometown, Oakland, there’s no “there there.” She’s a nullity, a vacuum, an actress, an empty canvas that is incapable of absorbing paint. Search through Harris’s historical press clippings and you will be astonished by the vastness of space, for, in more than two decades of analysis and reporting, Harris has not once been credited with a single valuable or original idea. What you see on TV is what you get in private: a broken battery-operated toy that can’t talk, that can’t argue, that can’t laugh in the right places, and that badly malfunctions if expected to transcend the superficial. Asked by Stephanie Ruhle what would happen to her plan to “raise corporate taxes” and make “billionaires and the top corporations” pay “their fair share” if the “GOP takes control of the Senate,” Harris seemed unable to process the concept. “But we’re going to have to raise corporate taxes,” she replied. “And we’re going to have to raise — we’re going to have to make sure that the biggest corporations and billionaires pay their fair share. That’s just it.”

Shakespeare observed that the wish is father to the thought. Add in the corollary that the thought is the father of the word, and one begins to understand Harris’s problem — which is that she has no useful thoughts because she has no useful wishes, and she has no useful words because she has no useful thoughts. “Why,” asks the commentariat, “has she not improved her answers over time?” The answer is simple: Because she has not improved her thinking over time. It may be true that, in addition to being an idiot, Harris is “nervous,” or “overwhelmed,” or “indecisive,” but, properly understood, those are less separate diagnoses than symptoms of the same underlying ill. The word-salads; the awkward cackle; the stunned repetition of agnostic phrases — they are all byproducts of Harris’s debilitating suspicion that she has no earthly clue what she’s doing. She can’t debate policy because she’s never examined policy. She can’t sell a worldview because she’s never had a worldview. She can’t deftly navigate a paradox or a hypocrisy or a surprise, because, like a man attempting to cover up his infidelities, her political promiscuity has left her tangled in a web of no rhyme, reason, or design. Harris’s aim in each and every moment is to get through the next minute, the next hour, or the next day without being conclusively exposed as a cipher.

Last week, Harris was asked on The View what she would do differently than Joe Biden, and, though that remains the key issue in the election, it became clear that she’d never considered the matter before it hit her ears. A few hours later, when talking to Stephen Colbert, she still didn’t have an answer to the layup. She won’t have one tomorrow, or next week, or next year, either. This is who she is, who she was, and who she will always be. She cannot outrun it. If Americans notice prior to November 5, she will lose and retire in ignominy. If they notice a little later, she will win but be disdained within a matter of weeks. Donald Trump’s gift to the nation was to prove to a new generation that character is destiny. Kamala Harris is set to confirm that idiocy is, too.

Dumbocrats Lose Their Half $Billion Bet that Women Voters are Only Concerned w/a Court Created “Right” to End the “Potential Life” of an Unborn Baby in the 3rd Trimester

From [HERE] It is no exaggeration to say that Kamala ran on abortion. Turns out, Americans don’t love it as much as she thought.

Americans have remained pretty consistent on their position regarding abortion, which is one of nuanced toleration. There is, of course, a stark difference between the public tolerating an issue and championing it, and Democrats could not grasp this. Progressive organizations literally paraded abortion pills, revered “Freeda Womb,” and distributed abortion-related paraphernalia on the streets. Kamala’s campaign was nothing short of an abortion-themed “pride parade,” and voters didn’t want to join.

Democrats love to claim that a vote against unrestricted abortion is a vote against women. A political illustration went viral before the election, displaying a father at the voting booth, glancing back guiltily at his young daughter. The girl asks, “Who are you voting for, Daddy?” to which the flannel-wearing father responds, “You.” The cartoon implied that fathers ought to vote for Kamala so their daughters will keep their “right” to an abortion.

The best response I have seen was a short post on X, “Your daughter is capable of so much more than aborting her kids.”

The Democrats bet way too heavily that women across the country would vote solely on “reproductive rights,” i.e., for unlimited abortion access. After the Dobbs decision of 2022, the Left has tried to turn abortion “rights” into a rallying call for all women, as though all women support third-trimester abortions.

Harris supporters used images of the Handmaid’s Tale, rhetoric of sexual slaver, and tragic stories of pregnant women dying from medical malpractice in an attempt to fearmonger Harris all the way into the Oval Office. Further, Kamala’s campaign also spent an unprecedented amount on pro-abortion messaging. [MORE]

Liberal Authorities Left White Man to Die in Hennepin County Jail. Ignored for Several Days as He Crawled on His Hands and Knees, Begged for Medical Help in Slow Torturous Death: Gov To Pay $3.4M

From [HERE] Hennepin County will pay $3.4 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of Lucas Bellamy, the son of St. Paul Penumbra Theatre founder Louis Bellamy, after he was left to die in a Hennepin County jail despite crawling on his hands and knees and begging for help while in custody over several days in 2022.

A court filing for the distribution of wrongful death proceeds notes, “This settlement is believed to be one of the largest settlements ever reached in Minnesota for a death occurring in a jail.”

Messages were left with spokespeople for Hennepin County and Hennepin Healthcare, both named as defendants in the lawsuit, for reaction to the settlement.

The lawsuit was brought in January by Louis Bellamy. It stated that his son pleaded repeatedly to be taken to the hospital, but deputies and medical staff ignored those pleas. Lucas Bellamy, who was 41, was found unresponsive in his cell on July 21, 2022. He died from a perforated bowel.

The lawsuit read, “Lucas spent the last day of his life ... desperately begging nurses and jail guards to see a doctor.” It also stated a that Hennepin Healthcare provider had ordered that he return to the emergency department “for any new concerning symptoms.”

Lucas Bellamy (right) squatting from pain in a Hennepin County jail cell.

The suit continued to say that instead of getting care, “Hennepin Healthcare and county employees left Lucas to crawl around on the floor like he was subhuman, like he was an animal, while he slowly and painfully died from the effects of the hole in his intestine.”

The lawsuit named as individual defendants nurses Roselene Omweri, Kay Willis and Michelle Diaz, and Deputy Lucas Weatherspoon.

State records also show all three nurses hold active licenses with no disciplinary history. Weatherspoon is now an officer with the Minneapolis Police Department.

Family members said Bellamy was in jail after being arrested in Maple Plain. Court records show he was charged with fleeing police in a suspected stolen vehicle and possessing brass knuckles. His family added that his death was likely connected to chronic drug abuse.

Bellamy’s father, mother and sister spoke at a media briefing after the suit was filed and touched on their grief and disgust with the treatment of their loved one depicted in the jail video.

“I’ve seen tragedy on the stage,” Louis Bellamy said, “and I can tell you, honestly, that I could not have built anything more callous, more disrespectful to … humanity, human existence than what I witnessed on that tape.”

Liberal Prosecutors Fail to Charge Anonymous White DC Park Officer who Killed Dalaneo Martin: Cop Crept Into the Backseat of Parked Car, Woke Up Black Teen Then Shot Him in the Back, Posed No Threat

From [HERE] A U.S. Park Police officer will not face charges, federal prosecutors in Washington DC announced Thursday, citing insufficient evidence. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had opened a civil investigation into the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Dalaneo Martin on March 18, 2023. The announcement comes two days after the US Park Police released police bodycam footage of the shooting.

the shooting, which occurred when Washington Metropolitan Police and US Park Police were called to a neighborhood in northeast Washington, D.C. on the morning of March 18. Once there, officers found Martin in the driver’s seat of a suspected stolen car with the ignition on. The video shows the teen was asleep in the drivers seat of the car. The seat is reclined all the way down

“Here’s the plan,” one of the officers is heard saying in the video. “He’s knocked out. The back window is just plastic. I’m going to try to cut that out quietly. If he gets startled, doesn’t wake up, then we’re going to try to get in there, grab him before he puts that car in gear.” In response, another officer said, “If he takes off, he takes off. Just don’t get caught inside of that car.”

It’s not clear why the police didn’t simply just gently knock on the window to wake up the teen.

The U.S. attorney’s office in a statement said the decision not to charge the unidentified officer in the 2023 death of the driver, Dalaneo Martin, followed a “careful, thorough and independent review” of materials that determined the office could not prove “beyond a reasonable doubt that the United States Park Police Officer is criminally liable for Mr. Martin’s death.”

“This decision is deeply troubling and sends a disturbing message to our community that it is okay for officers to use deadly force against children in the community,” Andrew O. Clarke, one of the Martin family’s attorneys, said in a statement Thursday. “Dalaneo was never posed a direct threat to the officer’s safety or to others in the vicinity. Yet, seconds later, he paid the ultimate price in an encounter that never should have ended in the use of lethal force.”

The Martin family is represented by a group of attorneys including Clark, William H. “Billy” Murphy, who secured a $6.4 million settlement with the city of Baltimore following the in-custody death of Freddie Gray, and Ben Crump, who oversaw a $27 million settlement with Minneapolis following the 2020 death of George Floyd.

Police later discovered a firearm inside the vehicle. Senior D.C. officials said at the time the officers did not know about the gun until after the vehicle had crashed.

After Martin was struck, the vehicle continued to travel northbound on 36th Street, where it crashed into the side of a house. The Park Police body-cam footage ends with the officers rendering aid to Martin, who can be seen lying on grass near the vehicle.

Martin’s family on Thursday criticized authorities for not releasing the name of the officer who shot him.

“I am heartbroken but we will not allow this decision to deter us from seeking justice,” Terra Martin, Martin’s mother, said in a statement.

At Any Rate, Puerto Rico Actually Has a Serious Trash Problem Due to Limited Landfill, No Recycling and Poor Waste Management [racism is not words, NGHR is what is being Done to Us, not said about us]

Speech by Itself Cannot be Racism. It is Conduct (Evicting, Miseducating, Incarcerating, Denying, Firing, Deceiving, etc) Elite WHITES Use Their Weaponized Definition of Racism to TRY TO Salvage Kamala's Campaign

Once we understand what a "nigger" is, we will understand that a made-up word DOES NOT DEFINE WHO WE ARE; it defines WHAT IS BEING DONE TO US.

From [HERE] Puerto Rico is grappling with a pressing trash problem that’s not just a visual blight, but a serious threat to its stunning landscapes, marine life, and the environment. The urgency of this crisis is underscored by its far-reaching impacts on health, tourism, and the economy. Let’s delve into the reasons behind this crisis, its profound effects on Puerto Rico, and the ongoing efforts to restore the island to its former glory. 

Trash Problem Overview

The Puerto Rico trash problem has been growing for decades. With a population of around 3.2 million, the island generates about 3.7 million tons of waste yearly. Despite being small, the island’s landfills are full and there’s no proper recycling infrastructure. This trash crisis affects everything from health to the economy so solutions are crucial for Puerto Rico’s future.

Why So Much Trash in Puerto Rico?

Here are the main reasons:

1. Limited Landfill Space: Puerto Rico’s landfills have been full for years and many are already at capacity.

2. No Recycling Programs: Recycling is scarce and only 10% of waste is recycled on the island.

3. High Consumption: Like everywhere else, Puerto Rico has a high consumption of goods, plastic, and single-use items.

4. Tourism: Tourism brings millions of visitors to the island every year and more trash.

5. Weak Waste Management Infrastructure: Hurricanes and other natural disasters have weakened the waste infrastructure making cleanup efforts harder.

These two factors create a cycle of waste accumulation and put a lot of pressure on the environment and the people of Puerto Rico. [MORE]

Trump Flipped the Single Most Latino County in America

From [HERE] President-elect Donald Trump’s overwhelming victory on Tuesday confirms it: the Obama coalition is dead and buried.

After former President Barack Obama’s 2008 and 2012 victories brought together an incredibly diverse voter base of various identity groups, Democrats thought they had it made. Even 2016 didn’t dissuade them from this notion — many considered that election an outlier bump in the road.

However, Trump’s 2024 victory shattered that coalition, not because of the victory itself but because of how it was achieved.

Trump didn’t just bring out white voters — he won over unprecedented numbers of minorities as well.

This included, perhaps most notably, Hispanics.

Nowhere was this better exemplified than in Starr County, Texas, the most Hispanic county in America.

No Republican has won the county, the population of which is 97 percent Hispanic, in over a century, since 1892 to be precise.

But that all changed on Tuesday.

Trump won 57.7 percent of the county’s vote compared to Vice President Kamala Harris’ 41.8 percent, according to Newsweek.

This is a big shift from even the past two elections.

In 2020, President Joe Biden won Starr County by grabbing 52 percent of the vote. The 2016 Democratic victory (of the county, that is) was even more decisive with Hillary Clinton garnering a whopping 79 percent.

But this year, it shifted over to Trump’s column as did many once-blue counties across the United States.

This shift in Hispanic support wasn’t isolated to one red-state county. From 2020 to 2024, Hispanic support for Trump jumped from 32 percent to 46 percent.

That’s a 14-point swing!

Trump also won 39 percent of the Asian vote, 13 percent of the black vote (including 21 percent of black men) and a solid majority — 65 percent — of the American Indian vote.

People of all backgrounds, colors and creeds came out to vote for Donald Trump. [MORE]

Kamala Harris Campaign $20 Million in Debt After Blowing Over $1 Billion

From [HERE] and [HERE] Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign fell $20 million in debt during the final week of her campaign, according to several sources.

Christopher Cadelago, the California bureau chief for Politico wrote in a post on X that Harris’s campaign had “ended with at least $20 million in debt,” according to two sources familiar with the situation.

“Harris raised over $1 billion and had $118 million in the bank as of Oct. 16,” Cadelago added in his post.

A Kamala campaign staffer confirmed to Breitbart News that reports that Harris’s campaign was “$20 million” in debt are “real,” adding that Jen O’Malley Dillon, the Harris campaign chair reportedly “blew through a billion dollars in a few months.”

The concerts that the Harris campaign held with celebrities such as Katy Perry, Lizzo, Eminem, and Bruce Springsteen were reportedly “all Jen’s idea,” the campaign staffer explained.

“Jen blew through a billion dollars in a few months, and it was all Jen’s idea to do all the concerts,” the campaign staffer said.

As a result of being $20 million in debt, Rob Flaherty, the deputy campaign manager for Harris’s campaign is reportedly “currently shopping around the Kamala fundraising email list to anyone who wants” to try to raise the money back for the campaign, the staffer told Breitbart News. [MORE]

Exit Polling Data Shows 1 in 5 Black Men and 45% of All Latinos Voted for Trump

From [HERE] and [HERE] Veteran pollster Henry Olsen told The Post that under Trump’s leadership the GOP had been welcoming in working-class voters only “in fits and starts” until last night.

As for the Harris campaign, Olsen added, the Democratic nominee “was not hitting her targets” early on last night, including shoring up suburban women and retaining high levels of support among black and Hispanic voters.

“She could have minimized some of the loss of the black community by making it up in the suburbs with women,” he said. “But when the votes came in it was quite clear she was not running up the score.” 

Strikingly, Trump’s support among white voters dropped by 3 percentage point from 2016 — and Harris gained 8 points among white voters.

In total, 12% of black voters reported casting ballots for Trump in 2024, compared with just 8% eight years earlier. Twenty percent of black men said they supported the former president over Harris.

Asian voters voted for Trump by 38%, which was a nine-percentage-point increase from 2016. That’s the same margin that left the Democratic party by 2024.

Among Latinos, 45% broke for him this cycle, whereas just 29% voted for him in 2016 — a 16 percentage point shift.

A majority (54%) of Latino men helped fuel that rise for the soon-to-be 47th president.

The share of the electorate who is Latino has also grown significantly — from less than 12% in 2016 to 14.7% this year.

Going Too Far to Help Her White Liberal Masters? Black FEMA Supervisor Who Ordered Workers to Deny Storm Assistance to Homes of Trump Supporters is Relieved of Duty

From [HERE] FEMA official Marn’i Washington ordered her staff to avoid assisting homes with Trump flags in their yards following the aftermath of a recent hurricane in Florida. Marn’i wanted them to suffer for their support for Donald Trump.

A whistleblower came forward with text messages revealing FEMA official Marn’i Washington ordered relief workers to purposely skip over homes in Florida displaying Trump signs in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton.

According to internal messages obtained by The Daily Wire, FEMA discriminated against Trump supporters in need of help in the aftermath of the most recent hurricanes that passed through the Southeast.

“Whistleblowers say that relief workers were told it was “best practice” to pass over houses “advertising Trump.”” The Daily Wire reported.

The workers would enter into the system that they made no contact with the residents, blaming the directive: “Trump sign, no contact per leadership” [MORE]

Poll Shows Brandon Johnson is the Most Unpopular Mayor in Chicago History: Disapproval Rating at 80%, Approval Rating at 14%

From [HERE] A brief Corner note to point out that congratulations are in order for Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson, now the most unpopular mayor in the history of the city. Yes, a new local poll (from Change Research, and with a solid sample size) is out today with numbers for several local Chicago politicians, and they are grim: The only real question is the extent to which we here hate every single miserable last person or institution in this city and state. Chicago Teachers Union president Stacy Davis Gates (who sends her kid to private school, incidentally) is about as well liked as cholera, with a sparkling -8 approval rating. The Chicago public-school system itself scores -16 net favorability, which at least leaves it better positioned than the CTU (at -21 favorability) and Brandon Johnson’s handpicked new school board (at -34).

Bringing up the rear in this list of utterly unloved political hacks is none other than Mayor Johnson himself, with an approval rating of only 14 percent. And it’s not as if people have failed to form an opinion about him; his disapproval rating is now an incomprehensible 79 percent. Even more hilariously, a full 51 percent of all voters specifically view Johnson “very unfavorably.” I wasn’t exaggerating when I said that the City of Chicago has never had a mayor it despises more universally than Brandon Johnson. [MORE]

Elite Liberals Run Out of Utility for Their Black Strawboss, London Breed, Ousted as Mayor of San Francisco

From [HERE] London Breed, San Francisco’s first Black female mayor, who steered the city through the pandemic but also saw its quality of life sink, conceded her re-election race on Thursday.

Ms. Breed said in a news conference at City Hall that she had called Daniel Lurie, an heir to the Levi Strauss fortune who has never held elected office, to congratulate him on his win.

“Being mayor of San Francisco has been the greatest honor of my lifetime,” she told journalists in a meeting room off her office. “I’m beyond grateful to our residents for the opportunity to serve the city that raised me.”

The Associated Press had not yet called the race, though local news outlets did. Ms. Breed said she thought it would take “a miracle” to change the outcome at this point.

In the months and years following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and racial-justice riots of 2020, San Francisco became a poster child for blue-city decline and disorder. Downtown offices emptied, blowing a hole in the city’s budget. Businesses fled amid increasing crime. Massive homeless camps took over sidewalks, giving residents and tourists another reason to avoid downtown.

In 2020, Breed caved to the anti-police fever, slashing the police and sheriff’s office budgets, and redirecting $120 million to racial-justice causes. Breed said that the city was “prioritizing investments in the African American community around housing, mental health and wellness, workforce development, economic justice, education, advocacy and accountability.”

More recently, Breed has backed tough-on-crime ballot initiatives to increase police powers and require welfare recipients to undergo drug screenings. She has also has cracked down on homeless camps and beefed up a program to bus the homeless out of the city, angering many far-left homeless advocates. [MORE]

Arizona Rejects Restrictions on Governor's Emergency Powers [the power to act on "important matters" free of accountability or timely legal checks reveals true nature of demockery]

From [HERE] Arizonans voted against Proposition 135, a ballot measure that would have enshrined an "Emergency Declarations Amendment" to the constitution limiting the ability of their governor to extend emergency declarations among others. 56.8 percent of Arizona voters went against the proposition, with 68 percent of the vote counted as of press time.

Two years ago, Governor Doug Ducey signed a similar bill limiting the duration of a state of emergency to 30-day increments, which are eligible for extensions up to 120 days without the legislature's approval. Proposition 135 would have set a hard cap of 30 days for states of emergency and prohibited the governor from extending them without approval from state lawmakers. Absent a decision from the state legislature, the declared state of emergency would automatically end after the allotted 30 days.

Under the ballot measure, certain types of emergencies—like a state of war, fire, and floods—would not be subject to the 30-day limit. Additionally, the legislature would have had the authority to alter or limit the governor's powers when lawmakers extend an emergency declaration.

Apart from the amendment's effects on emergency declarations, it also required the governor to call a special session upon the petition of "at least one-third of each house of the legislature," according to the ballot's language. Under current law, two-thirds of lawmakers in both chambers must vote in favor of a special session to force the governor to call one. 

Republican lawmakers holding majorities in both chambers voted in 2023 for the amendment to be included on the 2024 ballot; no Democrats voted to include the ballot measure. The bill's sponsor, state representative Joseph Chaplik (R–Scottsdale), cited the 700-day plus COVID-19 emergency order as a key reason for his support of the measure, according to The Arizona Republic. Rep. Chaplik told The Arizona Republic that the proposition would have allowed special sessions to occur immediately following a governor's "abuses [of] their emergency power."

Opponents of Proposition 135 cited concerns over the state's ability to respond to emergencies. Requiring legislative approval might have slowed down the resources that states of emergency are meant to help allocate. The allocation of state resources, temporary suspension of regulations, enhanced information gathering, and speedy authorization of stricter public safety measures are all reasons states of emergency are declared. [MORE]

To Try to Control It's Uncontrollable “Servants” Dallas Voters Nix Major Tool of Police Harassment: 'I Smelled Marijuana.' Blacks are Disproportionately Stopped/Degraded in City Controlled by Liberals

Black suspects disproportionately arrested in Dallas

Dallas Police Stop Blacks at Disproportionately High Rates, Traffic Stop Data Show

From [HERE] The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to hear a case involving a Texas police officer, Roberto Felix Jr., who shot and killed a motorist, Ashtian Barnes, after stopping him for toll violations tied to the rental car he was driving. The issue in Barnes v. Felix is whether that use of deadly force, which happened after Felix leaped onto the car as Barnes began driving away, should be assessed based solely on "the moment of the threat" or based on an analysis that includes the circumstances that produced the threat. But another detail of the encounter reflects the role that the purported odor of marijuana plays in police stops that may lead to humiliating searches, cash seizures, arrests, or, as in this case, potentially lethal violence.

When Felix asked Barnes for his driver's license and proof of insurance, a federal judge noted in 2021, "Barnes informed him that he did not have his license and that he had rented the vehicle a week earlier in his girlfriend's name." Barnes started "reaching around the vehicle and rummaging through papers." Felix told him to stop "digging around" and "asked Barnes whether he had anything in the vehicle he should know about, claiming he smelled marijuana." Although a search conducted after Felix killed Barnes found no marijuana, the alleged odor helped escalate the encounter, indicating that Felix suspected Barnes of criminal activity as well as toll violations.

A ballot initiative that Dallas voters overwhelmingly approved this week aims to avoid such escalation. In addition to generally barring local police from arresting people for marijuana possession misdemeanors, Proposition R) says "Dallas police shall not consider the odor of marijuana or hemp to constitute probable cause for any search or seizure." That seemingly modest restriction undercuts an excuse that in practice gives cops the discretion to stop, harass, and search pretty much anyone by claiming to smell pot.

Proposition R reflects an ongoing controversy over marijuana odor and probable cause. In states that have legalized marijuana for medical or recreational use, some courts have held that the smell of cannabis, whether detected by a human or a police dog, can no longer justify a search, since it does not necessarily constitute evidence of a crime. And while Texas has not legalized marijuana for any use, it has legalized hemp, which comes from the same plant species and cannot be distinguished from marijuana without a laboratory test to measure THC content.

In 2019, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed House Bill 1325, which changed the state's definition of "marihuana" to exclude "hemp, as that term is defined by Section 121.001" of the Texas Agriculture Code. Consistent with federal law, Section 121.001 defines "hemp" as "the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of that plant, including the seeds of the plant and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis."

The difference between legal "hemp" and prohibited "marihuana," in other words, is the THC concentration, which cannot be measured by smell or even by a field test. "Before H.B. 1325," Dallas attorney Jon McCurley notes, "marijuana's distinct and readily recognizable odor often [led] law enforcement to believe that a criminal act was occurring." But after H.B. 1325, "simply detecting the odor of marijuana may not be enough to justify a search or seizure under the Fourth Amendment because in order to search or get a warrant, law enforcement officials must have probable cause that a crime has been committed or is about to be committed."

Police are "trained to recognize marijuana," a College Station, Texas, police officer told the CBS affiliate in Bryan after H.B. 1325 was enacted. "Coming from someone who's been around hemp as well, they are very similar. They look the same; they smell the same."

The law enforcement complications created by hemp legalization went beyond the justification for searches. After H.B. 1325 passed, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg, whose jurisdiction includes Houston, the state's biggest city, said her office would no longer accept possession cases involving misdemeanor quantities of marijuana (less than four ounces) "without a lab test result proving that the evidence seized has a THC concentration of over .3%." She added that "felony marijuana charges will be evaluated on a case by case basis by our Office" and "in the proper instances, such charges may be taken while lab test results are pending." [MORE]

If Your Servants Can Act on Behalf of Themselves are You Still the Master? Honolulu Cops Sway Representatives to Reject Settlement for Lindani Myeni, a Black Man They Killed. Liberal DA Supports Cops

From [HERE] The Honolulu City Council decided Thursday not to vote on a proposal that would have the city paying $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit over the 2021 police shooting of a South African rugby star.

Last month, the council postponed a vote to approve the settlement after hearing hours of highly charged testimony from the family of Lindani Myeni, Honolulu’s police chief, and a large number of police officers who appeared. alongside other city officials in a show of opposition to a proposed settlement. [MORE]

City Council members ultimately postponed voting on whether to approve the settlement

Council Chair Tommy Waters said in a statement: “I have decided to cancel the upcoming vote on the proposed lawsuit settlement, shifting the matter to the judiciary system, where it rightly belongs. This decision reflects the Council’s commitment to allowing legal experts to address the facts and merits of a civil case in court versus at a legislative hearing. The Council recognizes the importance of upholding judicial due process and believes that the courtroom is the most suitable setting to ensure a fair and transparent examination of these facts.

“During our last Full Council meeting in October, the discussion around the Myeni case escalated, turning the Honolulu City Council meeting at Kapolei Hale into what resembled a heated civil trial, with speakers presenting passionate arguments and facts from both sides. It is clear that the legal framework and procedural safeguards of the judiciary system are best equipped to handle this matter. I will not permit these public hearings to devolve into a spectacle for grandstanding or serve as a substitute for a court of law.”

Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Steve Alm said in a statement Thursday:

“I am pleased that the settlement in the Myeni case was rejected.

“My office did an independent investigation of all the available evidence in this case and determined that the Honolulu Police Officers involved acted professionally and appropriately. Our investigation also determined that no charges would be filed as a result of the Officers’ use of deadly force in this incident.

“Settling this case would also say that the officers involved were motivated by racial prejudice. There was zero evidence of that.

The two officers who shot Myeni, Brent Sylvester and Garrick Orosco, who was seriously injured, were cleared of wrongdoing in June 2021 by Alm’s office, which declined to pursue charges against them. 

The officers had responded to the scene of an alleged unlawful entry call in April after Lindani mistakenly entered a house which was an Airbnb where an Asian couple was staying. Lindani, who was a tourist on vacation with his wife and 2 children, believed it to be the temple next door.

When he entered he alarmed the couple. A doorbell video shows the 29-year-old arriving at the house, taking off his shoes before entering through an open door and then quickly leaving after his presence confused the Asian couple. In the video Myeni is heard repeatedly apologizing to them as he exited. The couple frantically overreacted and called 911 and during an emotional call reported him as dangerous and claimed to be terrified. 

Due to the fact that the door was open and there was no signage indicating “no trespass” to the public, said entry most likely was not unlawful - despite being unwanted. in other words, Lindani did not commit a crime. Additionally, the couple gave inconsistent stories about what happened - and definitely did not appear to be “terrified” on the video. [MORE]

Police responding to the 911 call immediately approached and then shot and killed him a short time later outside the house. 

The video reveals the fact that cops never announced themselves in a very dark area at night as they shined a bright light into the Black man’s face. As the cops quickly ran up on him and put their hands on him he defended himself.

A lawsuit filed on his behalf said he likely mistook the home for a temple next door that’s open to the public. Unarmed, the Black man from South Africa was wearing a traditional Zulu headband with a tuft of fur at the forehead.

Doorbell and police bodycam camera footage had shown Myeni ignoring commands to get on the ground. The camera then shows a stun gun fired by police either malfunctioning or having no effect on Myeni.  

Most importantly the video also shows that an officer fired several gunshots at Myeni before identifying themselves as 'Police!' 

In this matter the cops were the aggressors who initiated a violent assault in the dark on a Black man without announcing themselves. The Black Man was unarmed and apparently trying to get away from his unknown assailants. Thus, deadly force, which was already unavailable to them because they were the aggressors, could not have been applied because the cops were not facing an imminent, deadly attack from an unarmed Black man defending himself against their aggression and trying to flee. [MORE]

Lakewood Settles Said Joquin’s Lawsuit for $8M; Liar Cop Shot Black Man to Death After He Rolled a Stop Sign. No Charges Filed by Prosecutor, Cop Still Has Job in City Controlled by Elite Liberals

From [HERE] The family of a 26-year-old Black man shot to death by a Lakewood police officer during a traffic stop has settled a lawsuit after the city agreed to pay his family $8 million Thursday.

Said Joquin died May 1, 2020, after officer Michael Wiley pulled him over for running a stop sign. His death sparked community protests.

The settlement now brings the total payment for deaths involving Wiley to $21 million. A previous case involving the death of Fife resident Leonard Thomas was settled for $13 million.

“The result brings some justice to the family,” said attorney Jack Connelly, who handled both cases.

TRAFFIC STOP

On May 1, 2020, at approximately 4:00 p.m. in the afternoon, Wiley and another Lakewood police officer stopped Joquin’s vehicle after seeing him run a stop sign, according to a statement released by the investigative team. According to a tort claim filed by Joquin’s family, Wiley rear-ended Joquin’s car and approached him with gun drawn, saying “shut the fuck up or you’ll get shot.” According to a statement by investigators, officers saw a gun on the floor of the vehicle. The officers held both Joquin and his passenger at gunpoint waiting for backup, according to the statement. [MORE]

12. Officers parked in such a manner that the shooting was not captured on the dashcam video of Officer Schueller. Defendant Wiley's vehicle was not equipped with video or audio.

13. After officers learned that there was a firearm in the vehicle under the driver's seat, still in its case, they immediately escalated the situation, drawing their weapons and pointing them at Said and his passenger, Angel Vargas.

14. Said had his hands up as he was directed to do so and responded to Defendant Wiley, which was captured on audio recording that he did not want to get shot. Wiley continued to escalate the situation, regardless of the fact that Said posed no threat of harm. Wiley improperly set up a situation in which he ordered Said to put Said's hands on Said's head and told Said he was going to get shot. "Keep your hands on your head. You're going to get shot dude."

15. Defendant Wiley held his gun, trained on Said for a prolonged period of several minutes as Said complied with officer commands. After several minutes of an unnecessarily escalated and heightened circumstance with guns aimed at Said and Angel, Defendant Wiley ultimately fired four rounds at close range into Said's body, upper chest and arm, killing him.

16. Defendant Wiley killed Said because Said moved his hands. Wiley later tried to claim that Said "lunged" for the gun, but this never happened. The gun was in a closed holster under the seat and not available for use. Defendant Wiley improperly handled the situation and killed Said for moving his hands. As a result of the wrongful and negligent shooting, Said was declared dead at the hospital.

17. This complaint is filed against the City of Lakewood for its unreasonable failure to maintain a properly trained police force, its negligent retention of officers who had been found to have previously wrongfully killed a citizen, its failure to properly train its officers regarding the proper use of deadly force and how to handle a situation without unnecessarily escalating it and its deliberate indifference to the constitutional rights of citizens, including Plaintiffs.

Defendant Wiley was left on the LPD police force in 2017 even after having committed multiple civil rights violations, having punitive damages assessed against him, and having wrongfully killed an unarmed citizen.

Joquin’s family didn’t believe Wiley’s story. “I feel like it was overkill,” Dawn Kortner, Joquin’s mother, said in 2021. “He took steps that shouldn’t have been taken. I feel like he was being overly aggressive, and I want him to be held accountable for what he did. He shouldn’t get a pension and sit at home and enjoy his kids when we can’t enjoy Said anymore.”

In 2022, Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney Mary Robnett declined to file charges against Wiley for Joquin’s death. In a letter sent to Lakewood Police Chief Mike Zaro, she detailed why she believed Wiley was justified in killing Joquin. The letter discusses Joquin’s “unpredictable and dangerous behavior” by running a stop sign on a busy road in front of police, bullet trajectory evidence showing the 26-year-old no longer had his hands on his head when shot by Wiley and a handgun found on the floorboard near Joquin’s feet. An internal investigation had already found Wiley’s actions in the Joquin shooting to be within policy. Wiley is still employed as a Lakewood Police officer, according to city spokesperson Brynn Grimley.

Shreveport Police Sued for Murdering Fleen Myles During Suspect Stop for Tinted Windows. Unarmed Black Man, who was a Passenger, Posed No Threat and Wasn’t Under Arrest When Cop Shot Him to Death

From [HERE] The death of Fleen Myles III has sparked outrage and highlighted the ongoing issue of police violence against Black individuals in Shreveport, Louisiana. Myles, a 33-year-old Black man, was killed by police after having been harassed by officers for months. This incident is not an isolated case but part of a troubling pattern of harassment and violence perpetrated by law enforcement in the area.

The incident

On Nov. 5, 2023, Fleen Myles accepted a ride from Jacobi Brown in the predominantly Black neighborhood of Sunset Acres. During the ride, Shreveport police pulled over Brown for a window tint violation. Despite having no reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing, officers began to harass Myles, demanding identification. Myles showed them his insurance identification, but it was deemed insufficient, leading to his forced exit from the vehicle.

In a panic, Myles fled on foot, prompting Officer Maverick Caldwell II to pursue him. The situation escalated when Caldwell threatened to shoot Myles, who stumbled and fell in a residential carport. Despite being unarmed and attempting to comply, Myles was shot multiple times by Caldwell, resulting in fatal injuries.

A history of police abuse

The lawsuit, filed by Myles’ family on Nov. 4, 2024, details a long history of police abuse in Shreveport, particularly against Black residents. It highlights that Black individuals are over six times more likely to be shot and killed by police compared to their white counterparts. The Shreveport Police Department has faced numerous allegations of excessive force and harassment, with many cases involving minor offenses escalating into violent confrontations.

For instance, the lawsuit references the shooting death of unarmed Alonzo Bagley in January 2018, which led to federal charges against the officer involved. Similarly, Anthony Childs was killed in 2019 for a minor infraction related to the city’s now-repealed “sagging pants” ordinance, showcasing the systemic issues within the SPD.

The role of informants

According to the lawsuit, the harassment of Myles began when police suspected his nephew of a shooting incident. After Myles refused to act as an informant against his family member, he became a target for police surveillance and harassment. This raises critical questions about the ethics of using individuals as informants, particularly when it involves family members.

As noted by Bakari Sellers, one of the attorneys representing Myles’ family, the SPD’s actions have created a climate of fear among residents.

Unzealous White Prosecutor Fails to Get His Grand Jury to Charge Omaha Cop who Fatally Shot Cameron Ford. White Cop Claimed Unarmed Black Man “Rushed” at Him During a No-Knock Raid

From [HERE] Grand jury results are in for 13 cases presented to them by Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine.

On Thursday, the grand jury returned a “no true bill” for all of them — including the death of 37-year-old Cameron Ford, who was shot and killed by Omaha SWAT Officer Adam Vail during a no-knock search warrant in August.

“No true bill” means the grand jury will not indict him — that the evidence did not persuade them that there is probable cause to believe the officer committed a crime.

Following the shooting, Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer recommended that the officer be fired from his position, saying Vail was in violation of the department’s protocol when issuing the warrant in the early morning hours of Aug. 28.

“The internal affairs process and investigation were comprehensive and thorough. During the course of the investigation, I did not see or uncover any criminal intent on the part of Officer Vail. Nonetheless, I cannot ignore my determination that policy and procedure violations occurred,” Schmaderer said in a statement in September.

Vail remains an active duty Omaha Police officer. HR will hear his case as part of the employee’s due process rights. If he is officially fired, the case would be appealed and — based on the union contract — it would go to an arbitration hearing.

The Omaha Police Officers Association has expressed their support of Vail following the incident.