Death of George Floyd and Subsequent Riots.

[Infidel144]

The Dominick Black case is set back until in Jan. Inside info has it that his lawyer has not yet petitioned for dismissal on grounds that Rittenhouse was legally entitled to be in possession of the rifle, and Binger (the lead prosecutor in the Rittenhouse case), who is (also) prosecuting this case, has suggested that if there is a dismissal he will drag it through the full appeals process (and thus cost the defense tens of thousands more dollars).

[Infidel144]

'It's just crazy': 12 major cities hit all-time homicide records
"It's worse than a war zone around here lately," police official said.
At least 12 major U.S. cities have broken annual homicide records in 2021 -- and there's still three weeks to go in the year.


Of the dozen cities that have already surpassed the grim milestones for killings, five topped records that were set or tied just last year.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/12-major-u...ry?id=81466453

[PointOfViewGun]

'It's just crazy': 12 major cities hit all-time homicide records
"It's worse than a war zone around here lately," police official said.
At least 12 major U.S. cities have broken annual homicide records in 2021 -- and there's still three weeks to go in the year.

Of the dozen cities that have already surpassed the grim milestones for killings, five topped records that were set or tied just last year.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/12-major-u...ry?id=81466453

And the connection to this thread?

[Cope]

The drastically increased homicide rate in the US coincided with the 2020 riots and subsequent liberal attacks on police/policing. The trend has been discussed extensively throughout this thread. The most obvious case study is hyper-liberal city of Portland, where there were 1100 shootings in 2021 and a 220% rise in homicides since 2019. In response to the death of George Floyd, rioting became common, the police budget was cut by $15m and the special gun violence unit was disbanded. Nearly 200 officers have quit the force since August last year.

[Infidel144]

The drastically increased homicide rate in the US coincided with the 2020 riots and subsequent liberal attacks on police/policing. The trend has been discussed extensively throughout this thread. The most obvious case study is hyper-liberal city of Portland, where there were 1100 shootings in 2021 and a 220% rise in homicides since 2019. In response to the death of George Floyd, rioting became common, the police budget was cut by $15m and the special gun violence unit was disbanded. Nearly 200 officers have quit the force since August last year.

Cope smart!

[Lord Thesaurian]

The drastically increased homicide rate in the US coincided with the 2020 riots and subsequent liberal attacks on police/policing. The trend has been discussed extensively throughout this thread. The most obvious case study is hyper-liberal city of Portland, where there were 1100 shootings in 2021 and a 220% rise in homicides since 2019. In response to the death of George Floyd, rioting became common, the police budget was cut by $15m and the special gun violence unit was disbanded. Nearly 200 officers have quit the force since August last year.

B-b-ut 1980! Covid! White people! Oh my!

The U.S. experienced its largest-ever single year homicide spike in 2020, and crime now polls as one of the top voter concerns. This has many criminal-justice-reform advocates and their media allies scrambling to convince Americans that things aren’t really so bad, no matter what the data say.

The claim that crime isn’t as bad as it was in the 1990s is no longer true for a long list of American cities, many of which have either surpassed or are currently flirting with that decade’s homicide tallies. Philadelphia just shattered its all-time annual homicide record with a full month remaining in 2021, as have Louisville, Ky.; Indianapolis; Columbus, Ohio; Austin, Texas; Tucson, Ariz.; St. Paul, Minn.; Portland, Ore.; Albuquerque, N.M.; and Fayetteville, N.C. Other cities, like Cincinnati; Trenton, N.J.; Memphis, Tenn.; Milwaukee; Kansas City, Mo.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Denver; Cleveland; Jackson, Miss.; Wichita, Kan.; Greensboro, N.C.; Lansing, Mich.; and Colorado Springs, Colo., saw their highest homicide tallies since 1990 last year.

Shushing skeptics by pointing out that things aren’t as bad in the aggregate as they were 30 years ago invites an obvious question: So what?

https://www.wsj.com/articles/yes-the...ce-11638988699

Asked last week at a press briefing whether the pandemic was to blame for the surge in crime, as President Biden has suggested, the White House press secretary Jen Psaki declared that, yes, the virus is “a root cause in a lot of communities.”

There it is. That old progressive standby: the “root cause,” the all-encompassing absolution that simultaneously strips criminals of agency and Democratic politicians of responsibility for the consequences of their policies.

But it’s the thinking behind the “it’s the pandemic that’s to blame” that is doing most to foster the climate of lawlessness. The idea that criminals are the victims—of circumstances, their upbringing, the cruel society that nurtured them—is a very old one. It seems to come in cycles. Each time, we have to learn the hard way that denial of individual responsibility is the quickest route to social disorder.

It’s back again, this time under the guise of “racial reckoning.” It began in earnest during the Black Lives Matter protests and accompanying riots. We were told that whatever violence was being committed then was justified, and that looting businesses was a kind of postmodern form of reparations for centuries of oppression.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-t...ce-11638802657

[PointOfViewGun]

The drastically increased homicide rate in the US coincided with the 2020 riots and subsequent liberal attacks on police/policing. The trend has been discussed extensively throughout this thread. The most obvious case study is hyper-liberal city of Portland, where there were 1100 shootings in 2021 and a 220% rise in homicides since 2019. In response to the death of George Floyd, rioting became common, the police budget was cut by $15m and the special gun violence unit was disbanded. Nearly 200 officers have quit the force since August last year.

The article makes it quite clear with the graph it presents. The homicides have been consistently going up for the past 5 years. Last time I checked life was not retroactive.

[Cope]

Smollett is found guilty of five counts of felony disorder for lying to police about an alleged hate crime.

[sumskilz]

Smollett is found guilty of five counts of felony disorder for lying to police about an alleged hate crime.

#JusticeForJussie

[Heathen Hammer]

I for one am glad that Smollett's attacker was found guilty for his heinous crimes.

[Infidel144]

LittleBinger, the Rittenhouse prosecutor, gave an interview to New York State Bar Association past president David Miranda:
https://nysba.org/prosecutor-defends...mits-mistakes/

Vaguely amusing for incorrect assertions about law, claims that Rittenhouse had an automatic rifle, incorrect statements of fact, weird assertions about the right of others to self-defense, LittleBinger really likes Grosskreutz.
Though LittleBinger does correct Miranda about the gun was taken across statelines, that idiots are still repeating though it has been known to be false since shortly after the shootings.

[irontaino]

Chauvin pleads guilty for a reduced sentence. Resigned oinking noises were heard in court.

[Infidel144]

Update on the Dominick Black case:
"On Friday, Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger filed a proposed plea agreement. It suggested Black would plead no contest to a non-criminal citation, and pay a $2,000 fine, and the felony counts would be dismissed. The proposed deal was first reported by kenoshacountyeye.com.

Judge Schroeder could reject the deal, or still just dismiss the original felony counts based on his ruling about the minors-with-firearms law in the Rittenhouse case."
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/...er/9133259002/