MAGAtards kill another black man

Here4money said:
and the MAGAtard lynchings continue:

https://theintercept.com/2020/06/01...y-of-david-mcatee-on-the-street-for-12-hours/
LOUISVILLE POLICE LEFT THE BODY OF DAVID MCATEE ON THE STREET FOR 12 HOURS

THE BODY OF David McAtee laid in the streets of Louisville, Kentucky, for over 12 hours on Monday. McAtee had been killed by law enforcement just after midnight on Sunday, May 31, amid days of protests over police violence nationwide. Noon the next day, protesters were gathered at the site. McAtee’s body was still there.

McAtee, the owner of a local barbecue business and a beloved community figure, was shot and killed after Louisville police and the National Guard opened fire on a crowd that had gathered at a parking lot on 26th and Broadway. As the owner of YaYa’s BBQ, McAtee was known to give police officers free meals. Bystanders and witnesses have said that the crowd was not protesting when the police arrived. Police claim that they were returning fire after the crowd began shooting.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear attributed the killing to the Louisville Metro Police Department and the National Guard. Police officers, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said, had not activated their body cameras in violation of policy. Police Chief Steve Conrad was fired as a result, but retains his pension. Acting Chief Robert Schroeder, at the press conference, seemed to walk back Beshear’s statement pending investigation. “We do not know who shot him,” he said, “we do not know if it was related to a separate incident, if it was due to the shots fired by our officers and the National Guardsmen soldiers who accompanied them.” The press conference did not address why McAtee’s body was left outside, and Louisville police did not respond to a request for comment.

Robert LeVertis Bell, a community activist who’s running for the Louisville Metro Council in the 4th District, was among the hundreds of protesters who had gathered at the scene early Monday afternoon. He said the crowd was made up mostly of members of the community, not experienced activists, who were angry and hurt. “We were already dealing with the death of Breonna Taylor,” he said, referring to the police shooting of a young black woman two months ago.

“Even if they had some sort of legitimate, procedural reason for [keeping the body at the scene] you’d think they would have in mind the trauma that they’re inflicting when they do that, especially having experienced that with the Mike Brown case in Ferguson,” Bell said. “That’s the first thing I thought, that this was terrorism… because it’s terrorizing, even if they don’t intentionally try to do it.”

Protests of police brutality around the country saw escalating violence over the weekend, with police driving vehicles into crowds and firing rubber bullets, tear gas, and flash grenades, in clashes that have gone viral on social media. Police have arrested more than 4,100 people over days of demonstrations, according to a tally from the Associated Press, and several protesters have been killed. On Saturday night in Omaha, Nebraska, Jake Gardner, a white bar owner, shot and killed James Scurlock, a 22-year-old black man, outside his establishment. On Monday, prosecutors said the man acted in self defense and would not be charged. Calvin L. Horton Jr. was shot and killed outside a pawnshop in Minneapolis. Chris Beaty, a former football player, and Dorian Murrell were also shot and killed in separate incidents in Indianapolis over the weekend, though it was not immediately clear who was responsible for either killing. A protester died in St. Louis after reportedly being dragged on the highway by a FedEx truck.

At the mayor’s press conference, Kentucky State Rep. Charles Booker, a Louisville native who is challenging Mitch McConnell for Senate in 2020, spoke for the community. “My voice is strained because I’ve been doing a lot of yelling and crying as well,” he said, and called for police officers involved in Taylor’s death to be relieved of their duties and for the investigations in Taylor’s death to be expedited. “To lose your job when someone has died at your hands is a small price to pay.”
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Here4money said:
Joe needs to strike while the iron is hot and push for federal mandates for police cams. The measure has historically been opposed by cons but this is a prime example of how good cops can be cleared. He'd have bipartisan support no doubt. He can even play the both sides angle here.

Call it the George Floyd act and attach other police and enforcement reform measures like weed legalization, training, bail bond reform, scrap private prison contracts, go wild.
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https://www.npr.org/2021/05/25/1000...floyds-family-on-1st-anniversary-of-his-death
George Floyd's Family Meets With Biden Amid Negotiations Over Police Reform Bill

President Biden lauded the courage of George Floyd's family after meeting with them on the first anniversary of his murder by a Minneapolis police officer, a killing that launched protests and calls for police reform nationwide.

The family visited with Biden and Vice President Harris at the White House on Tuesday and also met with congressional leaders in Washington, D.C.

The meeting with Biden and Harris lasted approximately an hour, and was kept private. The White House said those attending included Floyd's mother and daughter, three brothers and a nephew.

Biden told reporters that the meeting went "incredibly well."

"On every anniversary you're happy people remember, but it also brings everything back immediately like it happened that day. It takes a lot of courage to go through it," Biden said of the Floyd family.

Rodney Floyd, one of Floyd's brothers, told reporters after their meeting that Biden and Harris "showed great concern" for them, asking after their emotional state and self-care.

Biden said that the first thing Floyd's daughter, Gianna, did was to run over to him and give him a hug. "She said, 'I'm really hungry. Do you have any snacks?' "

Acknowledging that his wife might be upset, Biden said he listed off some of the available snacks — including ice cream and Cheetos, and possibly chocolate milk.

Biden had hoped Congress would pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act by the first anniversary of his death.

Brandon Williams, Floyd's nephew, told reporters that Biden's deadline was discussed in the White House meeting.

Referring to the president, Williams said, "He's not happy about it not being met, but all in all he just wants the bill to be right and meaningful and that it holds George's legacy intact."

Biden told reporters that he had spoken with congressional negotiators and was hopeful that there would be an agreement "sometime after Memorial Day."

Philonise Floyd, another of Floyd's brothers, said, "If you can make federal laws to protect ... the bald eagle, you can make federal laws to protect people of color."

Earlier Tuesday, the family visited with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who said she hoped Congress "can bring comfort to your family" by passing the police overhaul bill named after Floyd.

The Democratic-led House of Representatives already approved a measure in March, but it remains tied up in negotiations with Senate Republicans, led by South Carolina's Tim Scott, the chamber's only Black Republican.

Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., said getting "a substantive piece of legislation" is "far more important than a specific date." She vowed to work on a compromise measure "until we get the job done" and said "it will be passed in a bipartisan manner."

In a statement, Biden said he appreciates "the good-faith efforts from Democrats and Republicans to pass a meaningful bill out of the Senate. It's my hope they will get a bill to my desk quickly. We have to act."

Qualified immunity as the sticking point

Differences over whether the measure should contain provisions making it easier to sue police officers over allegations of brutality appear to be the biggest stumbling block to an agreement.

A group of progressive House lawmakers, led by Reps. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Cori Bush of Missouri, sent a letter on Friday urging their colleagues to support an end to qualified immunity.

"I believe that eliminating qualified immunity for law enforcement officers must be included in any bill that gets passed in the Senate, just like what we did on our side in the House, and it ultimately needs to be signed into law by the president," Bush told NPR. "I have made that a red line; there has to be a clear red line with that."

Asked about the first anniversary of Floyd's killing, Bush said that "one year later, not enough has changed," noting the number of people who were killed in encounters with law enforcement since former officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck.

"Not enough new laws are in place, whether they're local, state or federal laws," she said. "Our work in Congress is to save lives, so we have to do the work to shift towards making and implementing policies that will prevent these injustices from happening in the first place."

The White House also announced Tuesday that Biden will travel to Tulsa, Okla., on June 1, marking the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, when an armed white mob killed as many as 300 people in the prosperous Black community of Greenwood, known as Black Wall Street.
 
Tony Stark said:
Unfortunately republicans will water it down to the point where its worthless and Biden will probably accept.
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Cons:
The deaths resulting from loose gun regulation is the price of freedom
Also cons:
A decrease in the police state is unacceptable and sacrificing some freedoms is necessary.
 
Here4money said:
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Yep.Doesn't take a genius to figure that out.Im thinking Dems are just betting blacks will still come out to vote for Biden if nothing is done because Trump or Desantis is worse but they will be probably be shocked like Hillary was.I usually vote,donate and volunteer for presidential elections but if no meaningful police reform bills are passed by 2024 I probably wont be doing either. I think many black voters will do the same,enough to cost him the election.
 
Here4money said:
Cons:
The deaths resulting from loose gun regulation is the price of freedom
Also cons:
A decrease in the police state is unacceptable and sacrificing some freedoms is necessary.
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If even one vote is counted incorrectly, the whole
Election should be thrown out.

if one innocent man is killed by the police so be it.
 
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