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February 20, 2023

More gun violence: One dead, 10 injured in two Memphis shootings police believe are connected

One person was dead and 10 were injured after two early morning shootings in Memphis, Tenn., that police believe are connected. The shooter — or shooters — remain at large, police said.

The first shooting occurred shortly before 12:45 a.m. at Live Lounge on East Shelby Drive in the Whitehaven neighborhood, where police found two victims, who were transported to a hospital in critical condition.

Five more shooting victims left the scene in private vehicles to seek treatment at hospitals for noncritical injuries, police said. They had been released from the hospital by late Sunday morning, police said.


https://www.aol.com/news/one-dead-10-injured-two-155237733.html

Gun humpers are already screaming "what gun laws will prevent this" and "gun laws only hurt victims." They really seem to love bloodshed.
February 20, 2023

More gun violence: Three teenage girls and gunman dead in Texas shooting

GALENA PARK, Texas (AP) — Authorities say three teenage girls, including one who was pregnant, were fatally shot by man who also sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl who later escaped then fatally shot himself.

No names have been released.

The killings occurred at the home of the gunman's girlfriend in the Houston suburb of Galena Park at about 10:30 p.m. Saturday.

The girls who were killed were 19, 14 and 13, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.

The 38-year-old man then attacked the 12-year-old and then told her to run out of the house, Gonzalez said. She grabbed a 1-year-old baby girl and fled.


https://www.aol.com/news/three-teenage-girls-gunman-dead-225546810.html

This qualifies as a mass shooting.
February 19, 2023

In the 1920s, these MAGAts worked to outlaw the evolutionary theory and science classes

In the 2020s, these MAGAts work to outlaw the history of the US and social studies classes.

Amazing that every 20s in American history, we have this annoying great awakening crap happen.

1720s
1820s
1920s
2020s

February 19, 2023

Nevada officer slams student recording police, kneels on him

Source: AP via AOL

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A school police officer in Las Vegas was captured on cellphone video last week slamming a high school student to the ground and pinning him underneath his knee, prompting an investigation and renewed calls from Nevada activists who want to see police removed from schools and more resources for students.

The Clark County School District Police Department said the Feb. 9 encounter outside Durango High School in suburban Las Vegas unfolded while officers were investigating a report of a firearm near the campus, but school officials have not released further information, including whether a weapon was found.

District Police Chief Mike Blackeye said in a statement Wednesday that the officer was reassigned to other duties pending the outcome of the investigation into his actions, and Superintendent Jesus Jara said he has called for a “complete review” of the police department’s use of force policy.

The department has not released body camera or dashboard camera videos of the incident, nor has it released the name of the officer. But the local NAACP chapter, in a statement Wednesday calling for the officer's termination, identified him as Lt. Jason Elfberg.

Read more: https://www.aol.com/news/nevada-officer-slams-student-recording-150421771.html



Another day, another instance of police brutality.

On edit, don't read the comments. Lots of victim blaming and "you do what the police tell you" authoritarian badge licking.

All my comments get banned there if I bother to post almost immediately. Apparently calling out MAGAts on their BS gets them running to moderators and whining.
February 17, 2023

Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity discussed wanting a Fox News reporter fired after she pushed back on

Source: Business Insider

Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity discussed wanting a Fox News reporter fired after she pushed back on Trump's election lies

Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity discussed trying to have a Fox reporter fired for a fact-checking tweet.

The Fox News commentators took issue with the reporter's rejection of Trump's 2020 election lies.

A new court filing in Dominion Voting Systems' lawsuit again Fox includes troves of text messages.

Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity discussed trying to have a Fox News reporter fired in November 2020 after she publicly pushed back against then-President Donald Trump's election lies, according to a new court filing.

A 200-page motion for summary judgment in Dominion Voting Systems' defamation lawsuit against Fox News released Thursday includes several deposition excerpts, as well as texts from top Fox News figures, including anchors Carlson, Hannity, and owner Rupert Murdoch, detailing the panic and acrimony permeating Fox News in the aftermath of Trump's loss to then-Democratic candidate Joe Biden.

Fox News was the first network to call Biden's win in Arizona on November 3, 2020, setting off fury and fear among Fox employees after several Trump allies eviscerated the network for its projection, according to the court documents. Carlson worried in text messages, cited in the motion for summary judgment, that the call would destroy Fox's "credibility," suggesting to a producer that Trump could "easily destroy us if we play it wrong."

In the days following the election, the network's coverage became increasingly focused on Dominion Voting Systems as Trump and others in his camp spread baseless allegations about voting machine fraud, according to court documents and prior reporting.

Read more: https://www.aol.com/news/tucker-carlson-sean-hannity-discussed-020459265.html



They don't even hide it.
February 17, 2023

Super Bernie World - game on steam I just found.

Check out who the enemies are. I couldn't stop laughing.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1258040/Super_Bernie_World/

February 17, 2023

Louisiana police officer charged in shooting death of unarmed man

Source: ABC News Via AOL

A Louisiana police officer was charged Thursday in connection with the shooting death of an unarmed man earlier this month, police said.

Shreveport Police Officer Alexander Tyler, 23, was arrested after a review of body camera footage and "other relevant evidence" by the Louisiana State Police Bureau of Investigations, the department said in a statement.

The officer was charged with negligent homicide and was booked into the Caddo Correctional Center, LSP said.

Tyler is accused of fatally shooting 43-year-old Alonzo Bagley, who is Black, on Feb. 3 after he and other officers responded to a domestic disturbance call at an apartment complex where Bagley lived, according to police.

Read more: https://www.aol.com/louisiana-police-officer-charged-shooting-032426301.html



From the article:

"Flight does not mean shoot to kill," (the family's attorney) said during a press conference Thursday. "Flight does not mean you are the judge, jury and executioner, and that's what happened. That was what happened in this case...and it is an incident that we see far too often in the state. It's an incident that we see far too often around this country."


Another day, another police misconduct story.

It's just a few bad apples.

Cue the police defenders in 5, 4, 3, 2. . .
February 17, 2023

Suspect in custody after 2 Jewish men reportedly shot following religious services in LA: Police

Source: ABC News

Police are investigating after two Jewish men were reportedly shot after leaving religious services in Los Angeles within 24 hours.

The Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement Thursday night that it believes the suspect, who is now in custody, "is responsible for the two shootings in West Los Angeles" on Wednesday and Thursday.

"The facts of the case led to this crime being investigated as a hate crime," the LAPD said, also adding: "In an abundance of caution, there will continue to be an increased police presence and patrols around Jewish places of worship and surrounding neighborhoods through the weekend."

According to law enforcement sources, the suspect allegedly has a history of animus toward the Jewish community.

Read more: https://www.aol.com/2-jewish-men-reportedly-shot-010600430.html



We Jews have been targeted since the rise of the Catholic Church. It will never end.
February 11, 2023

Kevin McCarthy FURIOUS At Republicans For Embarrassing Him During State Of The Union-Farron Cousins



Speaker Weak and Stupid doesn't need any help being an embarrassment.
February 11, 2023

From Star Wars "This is how freedom is destroyed, with thundering applause."

Florida just passed a new law allowing DeSatan to continue is disgusting "ship them anywhere else" policy for migrants.

Migrants are the new "Jews" of Nazi Germany.

We've already had Agent Orange's camps with concentration.

We have our Einsatzgruppen but they don't actually "officially" kill migrants, just round them up, dehumanize them, and put them anywhere to get them out.

We have our gestapo, the Border Patrol.

We have our methods to move people, lie to them, get them to sign papers allowing it, then putting them on "cattle car" buses and shipping them to a place "that will be better."

We did this to our own citizens in 1917 in Bisbee, AZ who wanted to form a miner's union and few said anything. . .why not against the most marginalized of groups?

Nationalism is abound, xenophobia is rampant, bigotry and sexism is mainstream, and religious hatred has been normalized. Also, warmongering is rearing its ugly head. . .all in one political party.

We'll to 1933, folks. All we need is an Olympics and a Night of Broken Glass and the conversion is complete.

"But it's the law" is such a weak ass defense for horrible policy. The Fugitive Slave Law, Slavery, anti-Suffrage Laws, anti-miscegenation laws, denying the vote to people old enough to kill, and denying marriage for all were also laws. "But it's the law" is the new "we're only following orders."

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Name: Aram Katz
Gender: Male
Hometown: Sullivan County, NY
Home country: USA
Current location: Phuket, Thailand
Member since: Tue Mar 23, 2021, 11:44 AM
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About AZLD4Candidate

Demoralized, depressed, and destroyed by American immigration law written and pushed for in 1952 by two xenophobes determined to keep people out at the height of McCarthyism and the Cold War.
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