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'Guns are flying off the shelf:' Permit applications in Chicago up more than 500% amid coronavirus pandemic and George Floyd fallout

Katherine Rosenburg-Douglas
Chicago Tribune
Thu, 25 Jun 2020 16:03 UTC

Take your pick. The pandemic, the police killing of George Floyd, the presidential election. Protests, looting, calls to "defund the police."

Any one of such similar events historically has been enough to push some people off the fence, prompting them to finally buy a gun or add to their collection.

But with a wave of crises crashing across the country, more than 40,000 Illinoisans applied for a gun permit in a little more than two weeks this month, more than 500% over this time last year, according to Illinois State Police.

Gun sales are soaring at Mark Glavin's gun shop in Elgin, from an average of 10 a day last year to as many as 200 a day this year. With so many gun purchases, he said, ammunition also can be hard to find.

Up to 140 police officers injured during illegal street parties and protests

Andy Gregory
Independent
Fri, 26 Jun 2020 18:32 UTC

"Up to 140-odd" police officers have been injured while responding to protests and illegal parties in the past three weeks, according to the Metropolitan Police Commissioner.

Speaking after officers faced attacks in London for the second night in a row, Dame Cressida Dick condemned aggression towards police at illegal parties as "utterly unacceptable".

The Scotland Yard chief said the force has a "duty" to stop unlawful music events during the coronavirus pandemic and vowed: "We will be prepared this weekend."

At least 22 officers were reportedly injured while responding to a street party in Brixton on Wednesday night, with footage showing a police car being destroyed and officers being chased down streets.

Comment: Human beings need to be able to connect with eachother another as a fundamental means of regulation. Remove this basic need and you naturally get dysfunction on the mass level. This is incredibly dangerous and destructive.

Gunmen injure Mexico City police chief, 3 dead in attack allegedly carried out by Jalisco New Generation cartel

abc30.com
Fri, 26 Jun 2020 15:50 UTC

A high-sided construction truck and a white SUV pulled into the path of Mexico City's police chief just as dawn was breaking Friday on the capital's most iconic boulevard and assailants opened fire with .50-caliber sniper rifles and grenades on his armored vehicle.

The cinematic ambush involving two-dozen gunmen left chief Omar García Harfuch wounded with three bullet impacts and shrapnel. Two members of his security detail were killed, as was a woman who happened to be driving by.

The high-powered armament and brazenness of the attack suggested the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and hours after the attack, García blamed them via Twitter from the hospital.

"This morning we were attacked in a cowardly way by the CJNG," García tweeted, using the Spanish-language acronym for Mexico's most violent criminal group.

Social media alternative Parler doesn't censor, fact-check posts, CEO says

Ann W. Schmidt
Fox News
Sat, 27 Jun 2020 08:56 UTC

There's a new social media app trying to give Facebook and Twitter a run for their money -- without the censorship.

Instead of using fact-checkers or a "third party editorial board," Parler moderates posts based on FCC guidelines and Supreme Court rulings, Parler CEO John Matze told Fox News' Neil Cavuto on Friday.

"It'll feel very similar to Twitter, which I'm sure many people are accustomed to," Matze said. "However ... we take a really firm stance that we want to be unbiased."

If someone does post something inaccurate on Parler, Matze said the app would not fact-check it. Instead, other users would be able to comment.

"They can make any claim they'd like, but they're going to be met with a lot of commenters, a lot of people who are going to disagree with them," Matze said. "That's how society works, right? If you make a claim, people are going to come and fact check you organically."

Portland protesters set barricades alight & face-off with riot police

RT
Fri, 26 Jun 2020 00:00 UTC

© REUTERS/Terray Sylvester
Police disperse protesters rallying against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Portland, Oregon on June 13, 2020.

Serious clashes erupted overnight between police and protesters in Portland, Oregon, on the one-month anniversary of George Floyd's killing in Minneapolis, with riot cops reportedly using tear gas as the crowd lobbed projectiles.

Eyewitness footage from the scene shows lines of riot police bearing down on the protesters after a hundreds-strong crowd reportedly erected a barricade and then set it alight.

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Warning Signs? NJ Politician, 3 others Charged with voter fraud in Mail-In Election

Jennie Taer
saracarter.com
Fri, 26 Jun 2020 00:00 UTC

Michael Jackson, Councilman-elect Alex Mendez

The New Jersey Attorney General's office announced voter fraud charges Wednesday against four individuals, including a city councilman and an elected city councilman, according to a press release.

Paterson City Councilman Michael Jackson, Councilman-elect Alex Mendez, and two other men are alleged to have exploited the mail-in voting process in the May 12th Special election in Paterson, New Jersey.

The investigation was opened when U.S. Postal Inspection Service found hundreds of mail-in ballots stuffed in a single mailbox in Paterson and a number of additional ballots in a mailbox in Haledon.

"Today's charges send a clear message: if you try to tamper with an election in New Jersey, we will find you and we will hold you accountable," said Attorney General Grewal. "We will not allow a small number of criminals to undermine the public's confidence in our democratic process."

NYT fails again with tweet on Serbia-Kosovo meeting falsely says it was Serb leader who was indicted for war crimes

RT
Fri, 26 Jun 2020 08:41 UTC

A Balkans meeting planned in Washington was canceled after Hashim Thaci of Kosovo was indicted with war crimes. But somebody at the New York Times apparently thought the Serb must be the default villain in every story.

"The White House had planned to host the presidents of Serbia and Kosovo on Saturday. Then Kosovo's leader was charged with war crimes," starts the Gray Lady's story on the failed summit.

But when it was shared on NYT Twitter account, the premise mysteriously morphed, stating that it was the Serbian leader who had been indicted. Subsequent tweets described the accused party accurately, while the erroneous one, which some readers found amusing, was deleted.

Comment: See also: The Weight of Chains: US/NATO Destruction of Yugoslavia (Documentary)

Project Veritas insider exposes anti-Republican bias among Facebook moderators: 'Gotta get Trump out of office!' - Update: Facebook HR director fired

Project Veritas
Tue, 23 Jun 2020 18:01 UTC

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Facebook content moderator: 'If someone is wearing a MAGA hat, I am going to delete them for terrorism'

Project Veritas today released one of the most damning undercover investigation reports — this time insiders used hidden cameras to document rampant censorship occurring at social media giant: Facebook.

Recordings captured Facebook content moderators bragging about deleting posts and comments supporting President Donald Trump and conservative causes.

"Zach McElroy's story raises serious doubts about the Capitol Hill testimony of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who gave lawmakers the impression that his company only takes content that could cause harm, such as relating to terrorism or hate speech, but never for politics," said James O'Keefe, Project Veritas' founding CEO.

Comment: Facebook and other social media platforms have made their left-wing bias so clear it's amazing that removing their Section 230 protections is still only a conversation.

UPDATE 25/06/2020: Project Veritas reports that Senior HR business partner Leslie Brown was terminated by Facebook apparently for comments aired in the latest expose:

'Occupy City Hall': Protesters demand $1B budget cut for NYPD

Justine Coleman
The Hill
Wed, 24 Jun 2020 06:16 UTC

Protesters calling themselves "Occupy City Hall" have camped out in New York to call for a cut of at least $1 billion to the city's police department budget. The more than 100 protesters began camping out in front of New York City's City Hall beginning Tuesday night, and say they will stay there until their demand is met.

The cut would represent one-sixth of the New York Police Department's $6 billion budget.

The protesters say the money should be redistributed to "community reinvestment" like social services, housing, health care and education. The protests organized by VOCAL-NY come ahead of the city's June 30 deadline to finalize its budget, including for the police department. VOCAL-NY said in a release:

"Mayor [Bill] de Blasio has thus far rejected this demand, which is unconscionable. We have questions about City Council promises to support our demands, because we have not seen their plan outside of a vague press release. We view this lack of transparency and specific public commitments as a red flag."

Comment: Legit reforms? Vote pandering? Could be both, but in the current societal climate, many important decisions are the outcome of a rush to judgement. NYC thinks social applications replace the need for law enforcement. In a devolving milieu, can anyone trust the snap solutions of herd mentality?

Eco-hypocrite Bezos unveils massive virtue-signal for Seattle stadium's new neon name

RT
Thu, 25 Jun 2020 23:07 UTC

Amazon boss and world's richest man Jeff Bezos has bought the naming rights to Seattle's KeyArena complex, and will rename it Climate Pledge Arena. Yet behind the gesture lurks a company accused of eco-hypocrisy.

Bezos announced the purchase in an Instagram post on Thursday, saying the name will serve "as a regular reminder of the urgent need for climate action." The e-commerce kingpin said that the National Hockey League (NHL) venue will "be the first net-zero-carbon-certified arena in the world," will generate no waste, and will use reclaimed rainwater in its ice system.

Comment: The name is a regular reminder of bad science sold to clueless people as: 'the green gospel'. That is not to say the plans for a facility that is self-contained and implemented with efficiencies is undesirable.

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'Guns are flying off the shelf:' Permit applications in Chicago up more than 500% amid coronavirus pandemic and George Floyd fallout

Up to 140 police officers injured during illegal street parties and protests

Gunmen injure Mexico City police chief, 3 dead in attack allegedly carried out by Jalisco New Generation cartel

Social media alternative Parler doesn't censor, fact-check posts, CEO says

Portland protesters set barricades alight & face-off with riot police

Warning Signs? NJ Politician, 3 others Charged with voter fraud in Mail-In Election

NYT fails again with tweet on Serbia-Kosovo meeting falsely says it was Serb leader who was indicted for war crimes

Project Veritas insider exposes anti-Republican bias among Facebook moderators: 'Gotta get Trump out of office!' - Update: Facebook HR director fired

'Occupy City Hall': Protesters demand $1B budget cut for NYPD

Eco-hypocrite Bezos unveils massive virtue-signal for Seattle stadium's new neon name

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