Anonymous ID: 4f6d47 June 11, 2020, 8:03 a.m. No.9573930   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>4061 >>4122 >>4254 >>4347 >>4466

No More OBAMA TRAITORS ADVISING ANYTHING!!

 

Obama AG Loretta Lynch to advise New York in probe of NYPD in wake of George Floyd protests

 

New York state officials announced Wednesday that Loretta Lynch, who served as attorney general in President Obama's administration from 2015 to 2017, will "help guide and support" authorities' ongoing investigation into the NYPD's interactions with the public in the wake of George Floyd protests.

 

The move came despite concerns over the numerous consent decrees that Lynch's Justice Department (DOJ) arranged with police departments, which observers said actually increased crime rates by disincentivizing policing and causing police to pull out of dangerous neighborhoods.

 

The consent decrees asserted that numerous police departments across the country were engaged in systemic racism. Critics, however, said the DOJ was improperly concluding that disparate enforcement numbers were necessarily evidence of police racism.

 

“There is no greater responsibility of government than the protection of its citizens,” Lynch said in a statement. “It is time to examine recent events to ensure that all New Yorkers receive truly equal protection under the law. I look forward to working with Attorney General [Letitia] James and her outstanding team on these important issues.”

 

Amid the protests during the past two weeks, some NYPD officers have been run over by cars, shot, and stabbed; others have drawn scrutiny for actions that were widely broadcast and, in some cases, heavily edited on social media. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio at one point called for an officer to be fired when a short video showed him brandishing a gun at protesters; a full video then emerged showing the officer's supervisor had just been hit by a brick.

 

Separately, the mayor initially defended other officers filmed driving through protesters who were attacking their police vehicles before calling for an investigation. And an NYPD officer has been charged with assault for pushing a woman to the ground, although more details of the episode remained unclear.

 

The episodes in New York and across the country came as President Trump has called for police reforms, while some Democrats and the Black Lives Matter group want the total defunding of police departments.

 

Against that backdrop, Lynch, along with NYU Law professor Barry Friedman, are set to serve as "special advisers," the city said in a press release that touted Lynch's past probes into "several large police departments" to determine whether agencies and police officers were "engaging in patterns or practices of unlawful conduct."

 

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Anonymous ID: 4f6d47 June 11, 2020, 8:22 a.m. No.9574164   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>4254 >>4347 >>4466

Robert Baden-Powell statue to be given 24-hour security by council following protests

 

A statue of Robert Baden-Powell will receive 24-hour security after it was placed on a target list by anti-racism protesters, Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole council has said.

 

A group of local residents vowed to defend the statue of the founder of the Scout Movement in Poole Quay, Dorset, after the council said it would be temporarily removed.

 

The monument was included on a list of statues to be toppled due to Baden-Powell’s associations with the Nazis and the Hitler youth programme, as well as his actions in the military.

 

Vikki Slade, leader of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council, tweeted the decision to remove it was taken following a "threat", adding: "It's literally less than 3m from the sea so is at huge risk.”

 

The council later changed its mind and decided to keep it in place.

 

A crowd of local residents gathered around the statue on Thursday, vowing to protect it and to stop the council from removing it.

 

A statue of Robert Baden-Powell will receive 24-hour security after it was placed on a target list by anti-racism protesters, Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole council has said.

 

A group of local residents vowed to defend the statue of the founder of the Scout Movement in Poole Quay, Dorset, after the council said it would be temporarily removed.

 

The monument was included on a list of statues to be toppled due to Baden-Powell’s associations with the Nazis and the Hitler youth programme, as well as his actions in the military.

 

Vikki Slade, leader of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council, tweeted the decision to remove it was taken following a "threat", adding: "It's literally less than 3m from the sea so is at huge risk.”

 

The council later changed its mind and decided to keep it in place.

 

A crowd of local residents gathered around the statue on Thursday, vowing to protect it and to stop the council from removing it.

 

Sharon Warne, 53, suggested controversial statues should have information panels installed explaining the positive and negative points about the figures they depict.

 

She said: "He had a bad past but he was the founder of the Scouts which today is a great organisation and it's ridiculous to get rid of him."

 

Mark Howell, the local authority's deputy leader, described the statue as “much-loved” and said it had been at risk of damage or destruction.

 

“We know that local people feel proud of Lord Baden-Powell’s and the Scout movement’s links with Poole, and that some people feel that we would be giving in to the protesters by temporarily removing the statue,” Cllr Howell said.

 

“However, we feel it is responsible to protect it for future generations to enjoy and respect.

 

“We will not be removing the statue today as the foundations are deeper than originally envisaged and we need further discussions with contractors on the best way to remove it safely.

 

“Although we cannot say when any temporary removal may take place, we will be providing 24-hour security until it is either removed or the threat diminishes.”

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/robert-baden-powell-statue-dorset-114428702.html