Black Lives Matter-Ugliness of Racism.

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Donations for ex-marine charged in killing of homeless man top $2M
Author of the article:Kevin Connor
Published May 15, 2023 • Last updated 14 hours ago • 2 minute read
A fundraiser for an ex-marine charged in the killing of a homeless man on a New York subway has exceeded (US)$2.2 million.

A fundraiser for an ex-marine charged in the killing of a homeless man on a New York subway train has exceeded $2.3 million US — well over $3 million in Canadian dollars.


Daniel Penny’s legal team said the donations keep rolling in because the subway chokehold case “struck a chord” with people across the U.S.


Jordan Neely, 30, a former street performer with a long history of mental illness, died during a May 1 subway ride in Manhattan.

Money raised for Penny’s legal defence fund on GiveSendGo — $2.33 million US as of Monday night — is intended to help the 24-year-old fight criminal charges he faces.

Penny was charged last week with second-degree manslaughter for allegedly choking and killing Neely.

Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg is trying to secure a grand jury indictment so the case can go ahead, Penny’s lawyer Steven Raiser said.

“The outpouring of support for Danny is always measured by the amount raised, but what is even more telling is that tens of thousands of people from all over the world have taken the time to donate,” Raiser wrote in an email to the New York Post.


“This level of support demonstrates that the situation forced upon him in that subway car earlier this month, and his subsequent arrest, has struck a chord in the psyche of New Yorkers and has been echoed nationwide,” he wrote.

“The message being sent by this massive showing of support is that any attempt to undermine the right and duty to protect one another against an imminent threat will be challenged.”

Penny’s lawyers, who launched the GiveSendGo campaign on his behalf, have said he didn’t want to kill Neely.

Neely’s family has maintained Penny should be tried for murder.

Raiser said Penny put Neely in a chokehold to defend himself and others on the subway.

“This guy is a hero in my eyes,” one anonymous donor wrote. “He should get a medal for what he did, not jail time … We need to take our city back. God bless this guy for trying to help.”

Donations for ex-marine charged in killing of homeless man top $2M

A fundraiser for an ex-marine charged in the killing of a homeless man on a New York subway has exceeded (US)$2.2 million.

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Click here to Give now to Daniel Penny's Legal Defense Fund by Raiser & Kenniff, P.C.

Daniel Penny is, a twenty-four-year-old college student and decorated Marine veteran, facing criminal charges stemming from him protecting individuals on a NYC subway train from an assailant who later died. Funds are being raised to pay Mr. Penny’s legal fees incur...

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[Taxslave2]

Lawyers always win.

I can think of two that lost. I had to laugh. Both were the liar for scammers I was trying to collect money from for development work. Neither got paid for their work.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Lawyers don't always win. In every court case, 1 lawyer loses. They do usually get paid.

 

[Ron in Regina]

I thought I’d find something here about the NYC pregnant nurse and the Citi-Bike thing. Apparently she tried to take an eBike that matched the serial# on her receipt for its renal from a bunch of teenagers.

A white Manhattan hospital worker accused of taking a Citi Bike from a young Black man paid for the two-wheeler they were disputing over and has the receipts to prove it, her lawyer alleged while firing back at news stories portraying her as racist.

The video was initially posted on Twitter on May 13 and has been viewed more than 40 million times. It appears to show a white woman in NYC Health + Hospitals scrubs arguing with a young man over a Citi Bike that he says he has already rented. The man has his hand on the bike while Comrie screams, “Please help me.”

It’s unclear what happened before the minute-and-a-half video began, but the man doesn’t appear to touch Comrie in the posted clip, nor does he appear to verbally threaten her.

Sarah Comrie is six months pregnant, had just finished a 12-hour shift at Bellevue Hospital, and then tried to get on an eBike.

"You’re acting," the man recording the video says. "She’s fake-crying. Stop fake-crying."

Comrie eventually steps away from the bike and the video stops.

Many people on social media criticized Comrie, with some pointing out the risk placed on young Black men who are accused of wrongdoing by white women. Prominent civil rights lawyer Ben Crump tweeted that she "grossly tried to weaponize her tears to paint this man as a threat.

"This is EXACTLY the type of behavior that has endangered so many Black men in the past!" Crump wrote, etc…

Bellevue Hospital, which is operated by NYC Health + Hospitals, previously issued a statement and called the video "disturbing." It said the employee was now on leave and "will remain on leave pending a review."

I’m sure some Lawyers are going to win in this case also. Justin Marino, who is representing Comrie, says the documents show the six-month pregnant physicians assistant had booked the Citibike outside of Bellevue Hospital after finishing her shift.

The documents show that the ride was ultimately canceled, and she wasn't charged, before booking another bike minutes after the incident.

Mr Marino called the caught-on-tape interaction “incomplete” and lacking facts.

He said after the health care worker wrapped up her 12-hour shift, she got on an available bike, “which no individuals were on or touching”, and paid for it through the Citi Bike app on her phone.

As she backed it up from the docking station, a group of five people approached her and claimed the bike was theirs, he said.

“One or more individuals in that group physically pushed her bike (with her on it) back into the docking station, causing it to re-lock,” Mr Marino said in the written statement.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/social/nyc-hospital-karen-paid-for-citi-bike-at-centre-of-viral-fight-with-black-man-lawyer-says/news-story/a1bd82ac2e3456af3b1f0d0c3f06e794

 

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Woman who called cops on Black bird-watcher faces skeptical court in employment appeal
Author of the article:Reuters
Reuters
Jonathan Stempel
Published May 19, 2023 • 2 minute read
Amy Cooper, a Canadian woman, has apologized after a video went viral showing her calling police to say she felt threatened by an African-American man who asked her politely to leash her dog in New York’s Central Park.
Amy Cooper, a Canadian woman, has apologized after a video went viral showing her calling police to say she felt threatened by an African-American man who asked her politely to leash her dog in New York’s Central Park.
NEW YORK — A U.S. appeals court on Friday appeared unlikely to reinstate a lawsuit by Amy Cooper, the white woman who called police on a Black bird-watcher in New York City’s Central Park, accusing her former employer of illegally firing and defaming her.


Judges of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan expressed skepticism after Cooper’s lawyer said Franklin Templeton’s statements following the May 25, 2020, viral video incident suggested the company had “facts unknown to the public” to justify terminating Cooper and branding her a racist.


“I’ve got to admit, the film is an eye-popper,” Circuit Judge Barrington Parker, part of a three-judge panel, told Cooper’s lawyer Matthew Litt.

He said Franklin Templeton might have worried about people seeing Cooper, a former insurance portfolio manager, display bad judgment and a short temper. “Why would you want to keep her on your payroll?” he asked.

Circuit Judge Rosemary Pooler suggested the video spoke for itself, asking: “What more would you have had them do?”


Litt said Franklin Templeton crossed a line. “This was not about race until social media and the defendants made it about race,” he said.

In the video, Cooper confronted bird-watcher Christian Cooper, who is not related, and said she would tell police “there’s an African-American man threatening my life” after he asked her to leash her dog to comply with park rules.

The video was taken the same day a Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd, sparking nationwide protests about racial injustice. Critics labeled Cooper “Central Park Karen,” using a pejorative for an entitled white woman.

Franklin Templeton, part of San Mateo, California-based Franklin Resources Inc, said on May 26, 2020, it fired Cooper following an internal review and that “we do not tolerate racism of any kind.”

Its lawyer Bryan Killian told the appeals court it was unreasonable to see the company’s statements as “anything other than a response to the video.”

The court did not say when it will rule. Cooper was appealing U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams’ dismissal of her case last September.

Woman who called cops on Black bird-watcher faces skeptical court in employment appeal

A U.S. appeals court on Friday appeared unlikely to reinstate a lawsuit by Amy Cooper, the white woman who called police on a Black bird-watcher in New York City's Central Park

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Jordan Neely, subway rider choked to death, is mourned at Harlem church
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Deepti Hajela
Published May 19, 2023 • 2 minute read

NEW YORK — Friends, family members and civil rights leaders gathered at a Harlem church on Friday to mourn Jordan Neely, whose chokehold death on the New York City subway set off a debate about vigilantism, homelessness and public safety.


A former Michael Jackson impersonator who had been struggling with mental illness and homelessness in recent years, Neely died May 1 when a fellow subway rider pinned him to the floor of a subway car in a chokehold that lasted several minutes.


The fatal struggle was recorded on video by an onlooker who said Neely had been yelling at other passengers as he begged for money, but hadn’t attacked anyone.

Last week the man who pinned and choked Neely, Daniel Penny, was charged with manslaughter by the Manhattan district attorney. Penny’s lawyers say he was acting to protect himself and other passengers after Neely made threatening statements.

The Rev. Al Sharpton told worshippers that Neely’s life should be celebrated, “but we should not ignore how he died.”


Sharpton, who delivered the eulogy at Harlem’s Mount Neboh Baptist Church, said Neely died “not because of natural causes but because of unnatural policies.”

Neely’s death and Penny’s subsequent arrest polarized New Yorkers and people beyond, with some saying Penny, who is white, was too quick to use deadly force on a Black man who posed no real threat, and others saying the 24-year-old U.S. Marine Corps veteran was trying to protect people on the train and shouldn’t be punished.

Sharpton noted that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, called Penny a “good Samaritan” last week and shared a fund-raising link for Penny’s legal defense.

Sharpton said the Biblical parable of the good Samaritan is about coming to the aid of someone in need.


“A good Samaritan helps those in trouble,” Sharpton said. “They don’t choke him out.”

Sharpton added, “What happened to Jordan was a crime and this family shouldn’t have to stand by themselves.”

While Neely had a history of disruptive behavior — he had been arrested many times and pleaded guilty this year to assaulting a stranger — friends and relatives have said they don’t believe he would have harmed anyone if Penny had just left him alone.

Sharpton said Neely was screaming for help.

“People keep criminalizing people that need help,” he said. “They don’t need abuse, they need help.”

Elected officials including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and New York Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado were among the hundreds attending the funeral, which was at the same church where the funeral for Neely’s mother, Christie Neely, was held after she was murdered when Nelly was 14.

Jordan Neely, subway rider choked to death, is mourned at Harlem church

Friends, family members and civil rights leaders gathered at a Harlem church on Friday to mourn Jordan Neely

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[spaminator]

I thought I’d find something here about the NYC pregnant nurse and the Citi-Bike thing. Apparently she tried to take an eBike that matched the serial# on her receipt for its renal from a bunch of teenagers.

A white Manhattan hospital worker accused of taking a Citi Bike from a young Black man paid for the two-wheeler they were disputing over and has the receipts to prove it, her lawyer alleged while firing back at news stories portraying her as racist.

The video was initially posted on Twitter on May 13 and has been viewed more than 40 million times. It appears to show a white woman in NYC Health + Hospitals scrubs arguing with a young man over a Citi Bike that he says he has already rented. The man has his hand on the bike while Comrie screams, “Please help me.”

It’s unclear what happened before the minute-and-a-half video began, but the man doesn’t appear to touch Comrie in the posted clip, nor does he appear to verbally threaten her.

Sarah Comrie is six months pregnant, had just finished a 12-hour shift at Bellevue Hospital, and then tried to get on an eBike.

"You’re acting," the man recording the video says. "She’s fake-crying. Stop fake-crying."

Comrie eventually steps away from the bike and the video stops.

Many people on social media criticized Comrie, with some pointing out the risk placed on young Black men who are accused of wrongdoing by white women. Prominent civil rights lawyer Ben Crump tweeted that she "grossly tried to weaponize her tears to paint this man as a threat.

"This is EXACTLY the type of behavior that has endangered so many Black men in the past!" Crump wrote, etc…

Bellevue Hospital, which is operated by NYC Health + Hospitals, previously issued a statement and called the video "disturbing." It said the employee was now on leave and "will remain on leave pending a review."
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I’m sure some Lawyers are going to win in this case also. Justin Marino, who is representing Comrie, says the documents show the six-month pregnant physicians assistant had booked the Citibike outside of Bellevue Hospital after finishing her shift.
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The documents show that the ride was ultimately canceled, and she wasn't charged, before booking another bike minutes after the incident.

Mr Marino called the caught-on-tape interaction “incomplete” and lacking facts.

He said after the health care worker wrapped up her 12-hour shift, she got on an available bike, “which no individuals were on or touching”, and paid for it through the Citi Bike app on her phone.

As she backed it up from the docking station, a group of five people approached her and claimed the bike was theirs, he said.

“One or more individuals in that group physically pushed her bike (with her on it) back into the docking station, causing it to re-lock,” Mr Marino said in the written statement.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/social/nyc-hospital-karen-paid-for-citi-bike-at-centre-of-viral-fight-with-black-man-lawyer-says/news-story/a1bd82ac2e3456af3b1f0d0c3f06e794

 

[55Mercury]

I thought I’d find something here about the NYC pregnant nurse and the Citi-Bike thing. Apparently she tried to take an eBike that matched the serial# on her receipt for its renal from a bunch of teenagers.

A white Manhattan hospital worker accused of taking a Citi Bike from a young Black man paid for the two-wheeler they were disputing over and has the receipts to prove it, her lawyer alleged while firing back at news stories portraying her as racist.

The video was initially posted on Twitter on May 13 and has been viewed more than 40 million times. It appears to show a white woman in NYC Health + Hospitals scrubs arguing with a young man over a Citi Bike that he says he has already rented. The man has his hand on the bike while Comrie screams, “Please help me.”

It’s unclear what happened before the minute-and-a-half video began, but the man doesn’t appear to touch Comrie in the posted clip, nor does he appear to verbally threaten her.

Sarah Comrie is six months pregnant, had just finished a 12-hour shift at Bellevue Hospital, and then tried to get on an eBike.

"You’re acting," the man recording the video says. "She’s fake-crying. Stop fake-crying."

Comrie eventually steps away from the bike and the video stops.

Many people on social media criticized Comrie, with some pointing out the risk placed on young Black men who are accused of wrongdoing by white women. Prominent civil rights lawyer Ben Crump tweeted that she "grossly tried to weaponize her tears to paint this man as a threat.

"This is EXACTLY the type of behavior that has endangered so many Black men in the past!" Crump wrote, etc…

Bellevue Hospital, which is operated by NYC Health + Hospitals, previously issued a statement and called the video "disturbing." It said the employee was now on leave and "will remain on leave pending a review."
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I’m sure some Lawyers are going to win in this case also. Justin Marino, who is representing Comrie, says the documents show the six-month pregnant physicians assistant had booked the Citibike outside of Bellevue Hospital after finishing her shift.
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The documents show that the ride was ultimately canceled, and she wasn't charged, before booking another bike minutes after the incident.

Mr Marino called the caught-on-tape interaction “incomplete” and lacking facts.

He said after the health care worker wrapped up her 12-hour shift, she got on an available bike, “which no individuals were on or touching”, and paid for it through the Citi Bike app on her phone.

As she backed it up from the docking station, a group of five people approached her and claimed the bike was theirs, he said.

“One or more individuals in that group physically pushed her bike (with her on it) back into the docking station, causing it to re-lock,” Mr Marino said in the written statement.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/social/nyc-hospital-karen-paid-for-citi-bike-at-centre-of-viral-fight-with-black-man-lawyer-says/news-story/a1bd82ac2e3456af3b1f0d0c3f06e794

There were other bikes there, by the looks of it, so why would they make a claim to that specific bike? Perhaps there was a stash on it? Rock or fenny would explain it, for sure.

 

[Taxslave2]

There were other bikes there, by the looks of it, so why would they make a claim to that specific bike? Perhaps there was a stash on it? Rock or fenny would explain it, for sure.

Most likely they were trying to prove how tough they are. After all, a nurse is very dangerous.

 

[55Mercury]

Most likely they were trying to prove how tough they are. After all, a nurse is very dangerous.

yeah. like, why would 5 people concern themselves with one bike?

 

[Ron in Regina]

There were other bikes there, by the looks of it, so why would they make a claim to that specific bike? Perhaps there was a stash on it? Rock or fenny would explain it, for sure.

Five of them, claiming the one eBike the six months pregnant nurse was on, was their rental?

It’s plausible…

yeah. like, why would 5 people concern themselves with one bike?

Maybe they’re circus performers, and they needed to practice?

 

[55Mercury]

Five of them, claiming the one eBike the six months pregnant nurse was on, was their rental?
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It’s plausible…

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Maybe they’re circus performers, and they needed to practice?

that, or there were some well-hidden cubans on board.

 

[spaminator]

Marine Daniel Penny speaks out on NYC subway chokehold killing of Jordan Neely
Author of the articleenette Wilford
Published May 22, 2023 • Last updated 1 day ago • 2 minute read
The death of Jordan Neely -- widely identified as a Michael Jackson impersonator who often performed on the train -- earlier this month sparked outrage.
The death of Jordan Neely -- widely identified as a Michael Jackson impersonator who often performed on the train -- earlier this month sparked outrage.
Former marine Daniel Penny has broken his silence on Jordan Neely’s subway death in New York City.


The 24-year-old spoke in the media about that deadly day, saying it wasn’t a racial issue, but rather a broken system “that so desperately failed us.”


“This had nothing to do with race,” Penny told the New York Post, adding that it was not like “anything I’d experienced before. This was different; this time was much different.

“I judge a person based on their character. I’m not a white supremacist. I’m a normal guy,” Penny said.

His attorney, Thomas Kenniff, told the paper that passengers on the train that day could vouch for his client.

“There are numerous witnesses from all different walks of life who have absolutely no motive to do anything other than to recount what actually happened,” Kenniff said. “They are uniform in their recollection of events.”


Neely, 30, was riding a northbound F train in Manhattan when he began harassing passengers, authorities said.

“He starts to make a speech,” Juan Alberto Vazquez, who filmed the nearly four-minute-long horrifying incident, previously told the Post.

“He started screaming in an aggressive manner. He said he had no food, he had no drink, that he was tired and doesn’t care if he goes to jail. He started screaming all these things, took off his jacket, a black jacket that he had, and threw it on the ground.”

Penny then stepped in to subdue him, placing his arms around Neely’s neck. A physical struggle ensued, with other passengers stepping in to hold Neely down, which ultimately led to Neely losing consciousness, WABC reported.


He was rushed to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Neely was a Michael Jackson impersonator who had a history of mental illness.

His death was ruled a homicide by the city’s medical examiner.

Penny was charged with second-degree manslaughter on May 12, and is currently out on a $100,000 bail.

When asked what he would say to Neely’s family, Penny told the Post, “I’m deeply saddened by the loss of life. It’s tragic what happened to him. Hopefully, we can change the system that’s so desperately failed us.”

He added that he has no regrets and would do it again if he had to.

“You know, I live an authentic and genuine life,” Penny said. “And I would — if there was a threat and danger in the present… I always do what I think is right.”

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Shocking video shows NYC subway passenger putting unhinged man in deadly chokehold

Troubling video footage captures the moment a 30-year-old is knocked out by a wannabe hero straphanger and held in a chokehold until he dies on the F train.

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Exclusive | Daniel Penny, charged in Jordan Neely death, breaks silence: ‘I am not a white supremacist’

“I’m deeply saddened by the loss of life,” Penny said ” It’s tragic what happened to him. Hopefully, we can change the system that’s so desperately failed us.&#8…

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Marine Daniel Penny speaks out on NYC subway chokehold killing of Jordan Neely

Daniel Penny has broken his silence on Jordan Neely’s subway death in New York City, saying it wasn’t a racial issue.

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[Tecumsehsbones]

So. . . Penny didn't like his speech, so he killed him?

"Ain't that America?"
--John Cougar Mellencamp

 

[petros]

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Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Megyn Kelly rips hospital after pregnant worker put on leave following bike dispute
Sarah Comrie's behaviour was 'a little odd' but not racist, the commentator said

Author of the articleostmedia News
Published May 24, 2023 • Last updated 1 day ago • 2 minute read

A pregnant New York City hospital worker who got into a dispute over a public bike rental following her shift was put on leave from her job.


And that has conservative commentator Megyn Kelly fuming at the hospital.


Sarah Comrie, a white physician’s assistant at Bellevue Hospital who is six months pregnant, is seen in a video that has gone viral on social media yelling, “Help. Help me. Please help me,” as she and a Black teenager try to claim a Citibike rental.

Comrie, 36, has been accused on social media of being racist over the exchange earlier this month.

Following the incident, the hospital released a statement saying it was aware of the video.

“The provider is currently out on leave and will remain on leave pending a review,” a spokesperson told CBS News. “As a health system we are committed to providing an environment for our patients and staff that is free from discrimination of any kind.”

Kelly called out the hospital for immediately jumping to that conclusion.

“What discrimination?” Kelly asked on her SiriusXM show. “They are accusing their own staffer of being racist in that encounter.”



Kelly does admit that Comrie’s behaviour was “a little odd” while calmly crying for “help” during the dispute.

“But it’s not racist,” she added. “This woman’s life has been ruined, she’s not back at her job, she’s expecting a baby. I’m sure she’s feeling emotional to begin with. We all know you get a little spicy when you have a baby growing inside you.”

A lawyer representing Comrie says she has proof the rental was hers, revealing to The Daily Mail that the receipt number she has matches the number displayed on the bike in the viral video.

She is also in hiding following alleged death threats due to the incident, her lawyer added.

“What’s at play is what social media did to this woman who’s literally a hero, and has done nothing but help people and within one minute effectively tries to ruin her life,” her attorney Justin Marino told Fox News.

“She’s been called a racist, she’s been called a thief …. We plan to purse that.”

A GoFundMe page, set up by her uncle Bob Roe to clear her name,” has raised more than $121,000 (C$164,000) as of noon Wednesday.

“The facts have since proven this is a lie, but the damage has been done,” Roe wrote after Comrie was labelled a racist.

“She holds racial justice and equity dear, and has dedicated her life to serving NYC’s most challenged individuals. She does not wish to become a cause celebre, but the legal bills to save her livelihood and her reputation obviously are mounting.”

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Attorney for NYC hospital worker slams media after viral bike dispute: 'Without question' she's been 'defamed'

A New York City health care worker is facing death threats, her attorney claims, after being accused of racism in a rental bike dispute that went viral on social media.

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Megyn Kelly slams NYC hospital for placing pregnant worker on leave

Megyn Kelly slammed a New York City hospital for placing a pregnant physician's assistant on leave after she was falsely accused of stealing black man's Citibike.

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Megyn Kelly rips hospital after pregnant worker put on leave following bike dispute

A pregnant New York City hospital worker, who got into a dispute over public bike rental following her shift, was put on leave from her job.

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Good Ol’ Southern Hospitality From @bridget_529 😂🤣

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Patrisse Cullors Plays Victim AGAIN

#Shorts #CandaceOwens #News #Politics #Culture #PopCulture #DailyWire #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #Insolvency #Bankrupt #Bankruptcy #GeorgeFloyd #GreatestLie #Pat...

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Black Lives Matter shows US$8.5M deficit in 2022 while execs were paid millions
Author of the articleenette Wilford
Published May 25, 2023 • Last updated 1 day ago • 2 minute read

Black Lives Matter is hemorrhaging cash, according to its 2022 financial records.


BLM’s Global Network Foundation, a non-profit that grew from the 2020 George Floyd protests, plunged US$8,559,748 into the red.


The group saw the value of its investment accounts drop by nearly $10 million, with fundraising down 88% year-over-year.

The filings show the non-profit recorded revenue of $8.5 million — but spent more than $17 million. The group has also been left with $30 million in assets, down nearly $11.75 million from where it started the financial year.

In 2021, the group earned nearly $42 million after expenses.

But financial woes, be damned! The organization still paid out millions to relatives of the founder and a board member.

According to an independent auditors’ review of the previous two years, a company owned by Shalomyah Bowers, who replaced founder Patrisse Cullors when she quit, was paid $1.69 million “for management and consulting services.”


Board member Danielle Edwards also owned a firm “which was paid $1,063,500 for consulting services,” the online review said.

Cullors’ brother, Paul Cullors, was the only salaried employee in 2022, earning nearly $125,000, with $15,000 in “other compensation” for unspecified security.

His security firm Black Ties LLC received an even bigger paycheque of $756,330, in keeping with what it was paid in 2021.

“A sibling of the former Executive Director owned a security and protection company, which was paid $1,602,185 for security services,” the auditors’ review noted, according to the Washington Free Beacon.

“While Patrisse Cullors was forced to resign due to charges of using BLM’s funds for her personal use, it looks like she’s still keeping it all in the family,” Paul Kamenar, an attorney for the watchdog group National Legal and Policy Center, told the Free Beacon.


BLM also agreed to pay $600,000 to an unidentified former board member’s consulting firm “in connection with a contract dispute,” the Free Beacon noted.



Former managing director Kailee Scales earned the only other salary, nearly $115,000, though her payment was listed as “ongoing severance.”

The five listed board members reported receiving no income from the group.

Cicley Gay, the activist group’s chair current chair, was reportedly brought in to get a handle of BLM’s finances — even though she has personally filed for bankruptcy in 2005, 2013 and 2016, the Free Beacon reported.

Cullors resigned from BLMGNF in 2021 after she was outed for spending millions on real estate in Los Angeles and Atlanta, though she denied using the organization’s money.

In its filings, BLM said it was “working inside and outside of the system to heal the past, reimagine the present, and invest in the future of black lives through policy change, investing in our communities, and a commitment to arts.”

It added: “We are building a community of healing and nurturing ecosystems that support black communities impacted by oppressive structures and injustice.”

Black Lives Matter Hemorrhaged Cash in 2022, Tax Documents Show

Black Lives Matter bled cash and suffered blistering investment losses in 2022, according to a copy of its tax return obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.

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Black Lives Matter shows US$8.5M deficit in 2022 while execs were paid millions

Black Lives Matters is hemorrhaging cash, according to its 2022 financial records.

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Body-cam footage shows indicted ex-police officers laughing at man who died in custody
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Michael Goldberg
Published May 25, 2023 • 3 minute read
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A Mississippi grand jury has indicted two former police officers on murder charges and another ex-officer on a manslaughter charge in the death of Murriel, a Black man seen on video being pinned down and repeatedly shocked with stun guns during a New Year's eve arrest. Officials in the state capital of Jackson released body camera footage Wednesday, May 25, 2023 that showed then-officers Avery Willis, Kenya McCarty and James Land struggling to handcuff Keith Murriel as he was apparently stunned numerous times over 10 minutes.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Three former police officers who were indicted by a Mississippi grand jury laughed at a man who died in their custody, with one of them questioning whether to call an ambulance for the man immediately, body-camera footage shows.


Officials in the state capital of Jackson announced Wednesday that a Mississippi grand jury had indicted two former police officers on murder charges and another ex-officer on a manslaughter charge in the death of a Black man seen on video being pinned down and repeatedly shocked with stun guns during a New Year’s Eve arrest. The city released hours of body-camera footage detailing the encounter, which The Associated Press reviewed.


The officers had tackled Keith Murriel while arresting him for allegedly trespassing at a hotel after they asked him to leave the building’s parking lot. The footage showed then-officers Avery Willis, Kenya McCarty and James Land struggling to handcuff Murriel as he was stunned numerous times for over 10 minutes.


McCarty and Willis are Black, and Land is white, according to Melissa Faith Payne, a city spokesperson.

After officers handcuffed Murriel, they placed him horizontally in the back of a patrol car. Seventeen minutes of the hourlong body-camera footage shows officers trying to place Murriel inside the vehicle. The remaining 43 minutes of the footage don’t show paramedics arriving or the officers checking on Murriel to see if he needed immediate medical aid. The footage is broken up into multiple clips, and it is unclear whether officers attended to Murriel off-camera.

What is clear is that during that 43-minute period, the officers laughed about the encounter.

“I hope (he) is asleep. Because if he’s asleep, it’ll be a good ride,” Willis is heard saying on camera, using a racial slur to refer to Murriel. “It was funny seeing (his) feet in the air ⦠In the beginning, it was funny. After a while it got annoying.”


After officers left Murriel in the patrol vehicle, Willis said he was going to call a sergeant to ask when officers should call an American Medical Response, or AMR, ambulance.

“I don’t know if he wants to wait until we get down (to the station) to do this, until I give him AMR,” Willis said. “That way he’s at least already down there, because if we open the door, he’s going to try to get out.”

The clip from Willis’ body camera ends after one hour. Paramedics arrived 12 minutes into the next clip from Willis’ body camera. When a paramedic opened the back door of the patrol vehicle, he noticed Murriel wasn’t breathing.

McCarty then told one of the paramedics Murriel was “on something.” The Jackson Police Department has not indicated whether any narcotics were detected in Murriel’s toxicology report.


Paramedics performed CPR before transporting Murriel to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. On Willis’ body-camera footage, he can be heard telling someone Murriel choked on his own vomit.

Daryl Washington, an attorney for Murriel’s family, said the language and tactics used by the officers justified their indictment.

“It makes you wonder how these officers act when they are not captured on their own body cam,” Washington said. “But these officers knew that their body cams were on, and they felt very comfortable because they believed nothing would happen to them. Fortunately, Keith’s family is not going to allow this to be swept under the rug like a lot of these cases usually are.”

Murriel’s family has filed a civil lawsuit against the officers. Washington said city officials did not give them enough time to view the footage before it was released to the public. Some family members saw the footage for the first time in news reports.


“We expected to at least have a couple of days or so to prepare ourselves,” he said.

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said at Wednesday’s news conference that the city was now releasing body-camera footage because a Mississippi Bureau of Investigation probe of the death had been completed. The officers — all ex-members of the Jackson Police Department — were indicted on May 12.

Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones told WJTV-TV that Land is out of jail on a $75,000 bond, and McCarty is out on a $150,000 bond. The sheriff said as of Wednesday, Willis had not been arrested. The Hinds County Sheriff’s Office did not respond to a phone message Thursday afternoon about whether he had been arrested.

Attorneys for McCarty and Land did not immediately respond to email and phone messages. The Hinds County District Attorney’s Office and Hinds County Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond to inquiries about whether Willis had retained an attorney.

Body-cam footage shows indicted ex-police officers laughing at man who died in custody

The officers had tackled Keith Murriel while arresting him for allegedly trespassing at a hotel.

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