BLM Supporter Sentenced To 10 Years Prison For Violence During Portland Riots

An Indiana man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for playing a significant part in fueling violence during the 2020 Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests and rioting in Portland, Oregon.

Malik Fard Muhammad, 25, was sentenced on Tuesday for “repeatedly and intentionally jeopardizing the lives of police officers, destroying public property, and encouraging others to commit violence during protests that occurred in Portland in 2020,” according to the Justice Department.

In addition to 10 years in prison, Muhammad gets three years of supervised release. Although the DOJ did not mention the Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests in the press release, Muhammad was arrested in 2020 following evidence collected at a BLM protest turned riot.

During the BLM demonstrations that ended in violence on Sept. 21, 2020, Muhammad threw a beer growler made into a Molotov cocktail on a police officer sitting inside his vehicle. The officer jumped out when he saw the firebomb, which did not blow, hurtling towards him.

Muhammed was arrested and charged with attempted aggravated murder, attempted assault in the first degree, attempted murder in the first degree, and unlawful manufacture of a destructive device, along with other crimes.

“Anyone who thinks they can get away with trying to murder police officers and destroy this city should think again,” Police Chief Chuck Lovell said in a statement last year announcing Muhammed’s arrest.

“Holding accountable those individuals whose sole focus is violence and destruction, like Mr. Muhammad, is central to our ongoing effort to support the rights of all Oregonians,” said Scott Erik Asphaug, U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon.

The district attorney’s office said that Muhammad intentionally and repeatedly jeopardized the lives of police officers, engaged in activities that destroyed public property like smashing the Oregon Historical Society’s windows, while calling on others to commit violence.

“The right to protest peacefully is absolute,” said ATF Seattle Field Division Special Agent in Charge Jonathan T. McPherson. “But it is clear Mr. Muhammad didn’t come to exercise his rights. He came from out-of-state to bring violence to our community.”

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/blm-supporter-sentenced-10-years-prison-violence-during-portland-riots

The Biden Administration Plans To Allow Boys In Girls Bathrooms And Locker Rooms Under Title IX Revision

On Thursday, The Biden administration officially proposed extending Title IX’s protections to transgender students, no longer a measure meant to protect women but also any biological sex who identifies otherwise.

The proposed changes would expand protections against discrimination based on sex under Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments to include “sexual orientation” and “gender identity,” according to a DOE press release.

The department proposed the Title IX change on the 50th anniversary of the civil rights law, which bars schools that receive federal funding from discriminating based on sex.

“Over the last 50 years, Title IX has paved the way for millions of girls and women to access equal opportunity in our nation’s schools and has been instrumental in combating sexual assault and sexual violence in educational settings,” Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said in a statement.

“As we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of this landmark law, our proposed changes will allow us to continue that progress and ensure all our nation’s students – no matter where they live, who they are, or whom they love – can learn, grow, and thrive in school,” Cardona said.

The proposed change will require every sex-separated space, program, building, bathroom, and locker room to accommodate transgender individuals. Sarah Perry of The Heritage Foundation told the Daily Caller in May that the change means that persons “who may feel as though they are women, even though biologically, they are men,” would share the same private space.

The proposed changes could force schools to allow biological males into women’s bathrooms to receive federal funding.

The proposed change would also overhaul how schools handle sexual assault and sexual harassment allegations. The overhaul would end the changes made by the Trump administration, intending to make the process more equitable for accused students.

President Joe Biden has called the Trump administration’s changes “shame and silence survivors” and promised to revise the directives.

In a fact sheet accompanying the proposed change, the administration said the revision will “restore vital protections for students in our nation’s schools which were eroded by controversial regulations implemented during the previous Administration.”

“Those regulations weakened protections for survivors of sexual assault and diminished the promise of an education free from discrimination,” the department said.

Under the new rules, the administration details that using the wrong gender pronouns to address a fellow student or improper use by faculty is considered sexual harassment.

The new rules would roll back constitutional protections for students accused of heinous crimes, including the right to a live hearing to cross-examine their accuser and the witnesses against them. The new rules would allow a “single investigator” model that allows a single person to act as investigator, judge, jury, and executioner.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/06/biden-administration-plans-allow-boys-girls-bathrooms-locker-rooms-title-ix-revision/