The 2 week thing is growing old.
Everything is always habbening in 2 weeks.
It's enough time to stall (for another delay), but short enough to keep hopes up.
Just like that short casket, it's the optics game that is wearing thin.
Statue of Queen Victoria defaced with 'Black Lives Matter' and 'slave owner’ graffiti
A memorial to Queen Victoria in Leeds has been defaced with the words “racist” and “slave owner” following a wave of Black Lives Matter protests.
The monument, situated at Woodhouse Moor in the Hyde Park area of the city, has also been spray-painted with the words “educate”, “colonise”, “justice” and “Black Lives Matter”.
The memorial – designed by sculptor George Frampton – features a large stone plinth with a sculpture of the monarch on top.
It was first erected outside Leeds Town Hall in 1905 and was later moved to another site in the city.
Leeds City Council say it supports freedom of speech but that the graffiti will be removed.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/queen-victoria-statue-leeds-defaced-103824181.html
Homicides in Los Angeles Increase 250 Percent from Previous Week
The Los Angeles Police Department announced that murders increased by 250 percent last week in the wake of national unrest following the death of George Floyd,and just as Los Angeles officials announced plans to slash the city’s police budget by up to $150 million.
The LAPD announced that, compared to the previous week, “homicides went up 250% and victims shot went up 56%” from May 31 to June 6. The department also said that the city had seen four separate shootings — one resulting in a homicide — over the last 24 hours.
Last week, Mayor Eric Garcetti said that the city would “identify $250 million in cuts so we can invest in jobs, in health, in education and in healing,” for women and minority communities, and the black community in particular. L.A. Police Commission President Eileen Decker then revealed that $100 million to $150 million would come in reductions to the police budget.
Garcetti said there would be cuts “to every department, including the Police Department, because we all have to be part of this solution together. We all have to step up and say, ‘What can we sacrifice?’” The stance marks a major shift from Garcetti’s position of just a few weeks ago, when he proposed significantly increasing the LAPD budget during the 2020-21 fiscal year from $1.189 billion to $1.86 billion.
The city’s police union, the Los Angeles Police Protective League, responded to the announcement by warning the cuts would not make the city safer.
“What you need to do is ask the citizens of Los Angeles, Do they feel comfortable with cutting $150 million from the police budget?’ I would say, No.’ Can you imagine if that money was cut and the same situation happened in a year or two? I think it would be 10 times worse,” Detective Jamie McBride, a member of union’s board of directors, said in response to the news.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/homicides-los-angeles-increase-250-125611007.html
Next up after they close the courts so there won't be hearings, gotta release all those inmates… Lather, rinse, repeat.
Nearly 1,000 inmates test positive for COVID-19 at IE state prison
Nearly 1,000 inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 at a state prison in Riverside County, what seems to be the worst coronavirus outbreak to hit California's prison system.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/nearly-1-000-inmates-test-203838279.html