Roundup
It’s another one of those days with a lot of things to cover, so here’s a roundup.
(1) I’m waiting for more information on the Indianapolis FedEx shooting, but the shooter has been identified by police as 19-year-old Brandon Scott Hole, whose residence has been searched. He was a former FedEx employee, so perhaps this is a case of workplace violence caused by some grudge. He is believed to have killed himself after shooting his victims, who appear to have been chosen randomly. I assume we’ll learn more as time goes on.
(2) Matt Taibbi had an article out in March that has a handy list of media lies concerning Trump and Russia. Now we can add the NY Times’ bounty story, which was bogus.
(3) And while we’re at it, here’s one from Glenn Greenwald back in March that I may have missed at the time. It’s about how the leftist media often uses other leftist media stories to “independently confirm” the sham stories.
(4) The Marxist BLM founder with all the pricey homes says, by way of explanation of how her behavior isn’t at odds with her Marxism: ““I see my money as not my own. I see it as my family’s money as well.” Well, that certainly is in line with Marxist tradition in the USSR and all around the world, isn’t it?
(5) Here’s a wrapup of the Chauvin trial so far, by “shipwreckedcrew” at RedState:
As I tell all my clients before and during the course of a jury trial, there is no meaningful way I have found in nearly 35 years of trying cases to predict what a jury will do after deliberating as a group…
As a purely academic matter, I’m certain I will come out with a view that Chauvin’s attorney did far more than should be necessary to establish “reasonable doubt” as to all the charged offenses.
If this was a case tried in a federal court, at least half the evidence presented by the prosecution would have never been allowed…
If Chauvin is convicted – which I predict he will be on at least the manslaughter charge – I’m quite confident his conviction will eventually be overturned by a federal court of appeals. The process for him to get to that point will be long and complicated. But, in my opinion, there are simply far too many aspects of the trial process that have been imposed on him, both by the prosecution and by the Judge, which have fatally undermined his right to due process under the Fifth Amendment and his right to a “fair trial” under the Sixth Amendment.
I agree that Chauvin is likely to be convicted on the manslaughter charge, but I also think a hung jury is possible. I think that, given the evidence, he should be acquitted of all charges, but I am fairly confident that that is the least likely outcome. I am less sure than shipwreckedcrew that any conviction will be overturned on appeal, although I think it should be.
A lot depends on the courage of those jurors. Then, the courage of the appeals court judges.
” I’m waiting for more information on the Indianapolis FedEx shooting, but the shooter has been identified by police as 19-year-old Brandon Scott Hole, whose residence has been searched. ”
I have seen a number of comments that he was known to police and FBI for suicide threats. The FBI closed his file (no surprise there) for “lack of evidence.” He was not in DC on Jan 6.
Federal Bureau of Incompetence, now the higher levels in the Bureau of Incompetence may not be disappointed that he killed 8 people. Advance the narrative after all …
I have been following the story of Patrisse Cullors and her growing real estate portfolio with some interest. Two questions occur to me:
First, I am mildly surprised that she has not yet defended her behavior by saying she is only following the example of that proud socialist Bernie Sanders.
Second, how is it that she does not yet have her own show on the Home and Garden Network?
I suspect the Chauvin is a dead man. If acquitted, he will be murdered in revenge, if imprisoned, he will be killed for the same reason. The Left will see to that. His location will be provided to the press, the press will make it public, and the Sturmadbtielungen will take care of the rest.
John F. MacMichael,
You are warm, but have the wrong TV show. I think she is angling for a spot on Dancing With The Stars. She’s got a new dance routine: F___ White Supremacy, Get Free, Electric Slide.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TH5Ml3P6FA
(Sponsored by Decker Brands, UGG footwear, and the Hammer Museum. That’s the museum funded by Armand Hammer {of Arm and Hammer fame} and Occidental Petroleum.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/04/you_missed_the_uggpatrisse_cullors_eff_white_supremacy_electric_slide.html
SCOTTtheBADGER:
Darren Wilson, the officer who shot Michael Brown and was ultimately not tried and is therefore free, is still alive as far as I know. Has he changed his name and/or moved? I don’t know, but he seems to have survived. Same for Zimmerman – still alive, and as far as I know he’s never changed names or hidden himself. I don’t know what either does for protection.
Neither ever went to prison. If Chauvin does, that would be a different situation. But I have read that former cops are housed apart from the general prison population, in order to protect them. Of course, that doesn’t provide 100% protection, but it would help.
Both Wilson and Zimmerman are the better part of a decade ago. The hate and acceptance of violence by the Left has grown since then.
@ScotttheBadger:
Do you always use Nazi analogies and/or terminology when talking about what the Left is doing in this Year of Our Lord 2021?
If so, why?
Has your head been subtly hacked such that that you use the language of your imaginary childhood Sunday Afternoon TV Movie enemies to describe your real enemies in the here and now? Seems a bit smart at first look, but using words loaded with a certain historical context tends to do funny things to ones cognitive space and fence off fruitful areas of investigation and thought.
I saw something quite similar in 2019 in HK. All the Big Brained People were calling the police crackdown a White Terror. How this helped in dealing with an enforcement action run by a Maoist-Leninist (far more Leninist these days) organisation with long-established doctrines and procedures for repressing dissent and managing the physical and propaganda battle spaces I’m obviously too stupid to comprehend.
I think Chauvin gets convicted on the manslaughter charge but ultimately is freed on appeal.
I’m more interested in Officer Potter’s fate, who apparently made an honest mistake in Brooklyn Center using her gun instead of her taser in trying to apprehend a fleeing warranted prisoner. She also is charged with a felony. I’m surprised that the rest of the BC police force has not turned in their badges. Will they be charged with murder if they run a red light in pursuit of a suspect and hit a pedestrian? Why would they do anything more than sit in their cars and drink coffee when any mistake they make on duty can result in loss of their freedom?
And why is all of this happening in deep blue areas? They are supposed to be enlightened. They have strict gun control laws and educated citizens.
No riots and no police “murders” in my red city in my red state.
“I see my money as not my own. I see it as my family’s money as well.”
To each according to their needs, from each according to their abilities, comrade. Her needs are mighty. And she is amply proving her abilities, now isn’t she?
I would think the village would take care of her family’s earthly needs. Someone said it takes a village ….. was that another Marxist?
The best Chauvin can realistically hope for is a hung jury. It will only take one incredibly brave juror. Those with a criminal law background are free to correct me, but my understanding is when a jury is hung, how each juror voted is not a matter of public record. They might personally disclose it subsequently, but it won’t automatically be public information.
Unless I’m wrong? If so, even a hung jury is highly unlikely. No juror, no matter how fair minded and diligent they may be, is likely to publicly put on the record they held out for acquittal, thereby putting their personal safety and security in grave jeopardy.
I don’t get around Pressthink much any longer.
When I did, I got some angry responses from the question wrt Rather and Memogate. Would the average news consumer think this was CBS and CBS alone? Would the average news consumer recall which network it was? Did the stain spread to other outlets? And once the print media picked it up, did the stain disappear just…..because?
Point is that nobody’s dumb enough to think the Veritas sting at CNN showed attitudes restricted to a couple of insiders at one network.
Was it PBS or NPR where one of the insiders said Trump supporters needed to be put into re education camps? One of those. Or maybe….some other.
Journalists, if they even bother, will insist somebody getting busted is a one-off ant not representative. Doesn’t matter. The average news consumer can’t recall, a year later, where he heard the Big Deal that got busted. Had to be one of them. Or another.
Greenwald, Taibbi and Weiss are getting to be must-read journalists. Honest left wing journalists…
What a concept!
Wonder who Taibbi and Weiss voted for in November….
(Just kidding….)
Kudos to Patrisse Cullors for being, I suspect, one of the few—if not the only—BLM member(s) with the courage to be honest; for her “can do”, outside-the-box initiative (combining the best that the American Dream and the Little Red Book have to offer—Red, White ‘n Blue Guards?); and for her luxurious if not exactly “Marianne-on-the-barricades” ‘do and threads.
Indeed, if Has ‘bro(TM) has any business sense, they’ll be marketing Comrade Cullors for all she’s worth—yes, “Patrisse” will be giving “Barbie” a run for her money—in which case she’ll be able to buy a few dozen more prime properties…for her “family”….
Maybe even start a book club, get a TV show going, and an invitation to 1600 Penn. Ave. (heaven forfend one should call it the WH).
…while giving the these-days-much-maligned American Dream a huge shot in the arm.
The sky’s the limit.
File under: “Mommy, I want to be just like Patrisse”…
Oops, I seem to have gotten the wrong “angle” on this “story”…
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/terror-white-supremacists-blm-denounces-coverage-co-founders-real-estate-buys-while
Apologies…
Barry Meislin:
Good point about Bari and Matt and voting. I would bet quite a bit of money that both voted for Biden or at least abstained. I am nearly certain they did not vote for Donald Trump.
It’s an interesting phenomenon. People can write about the dangers of the press, the Democrats, the left, and all the racial stuff the Democrats support, and still refuse to vote for the mean-tweeting vulgar guy Trump. That’s why I think that someone like DeSantis is seen by the left as a big threat – he seems so far, anyway, to be a fighter and yet more “refined” than Trump, and therefore less objectionable in style.
Yep, DeSantis is the Next Big Threat.
Expect the corrupt media and bent info-techs to act accordingly.
(The “60-Minutes” hatchet job on him—as well as the deep-sixing of the interview on masks with some major science editors—are merely the foul foretastes of the toxic things to come….)
Weiss probably voted for Bidet. But I could imagine Greenwald and Taibbi abstaining or voting third party (Howie Hawkins, perhaps?). But I agree, it’s unlikely either voted for Trump.