ABC News legal analyst and co-host of “The View” Sunny Hostin said on Thursday’s broadcast that it should not be acceptable in America while discussing the fatal police shooting of Ma’Khia Bryant in Columbus, OH. Hostin said, “My question is, you know, why is deadly force always the first order of business and especially the first order of business when it comes to Black and Brown people in this country? I mean, when is it OK, and why is it OK? We shouldn’t live in a country quite frankly where it’s acceptable for the police to shoot a 16-year old four times in the chest over a fight. It goes from zero to execution very, very quickly when there is a Black or Brown person involved.” She continued, “She was 16-years old, in foster care. Yes, she was yielding a knife, but there were other girls also allegedly attacking her. Let’s compare apples to apples. Let’s compare this young girl, 16-years-old or 17-years-old, to other 17-year-olds. Let’s compare her to Kyle Rittenhouse. He was carrying an assault weapon. Do you know what officers did? The video shows the police shared water with him and thanked him for his presence. After the shooting, he was able to leave the scene, even though caught on video, he walked towards police with his hands up as protesters yelled he had shot people. Let’s also compare him to the Atlanta shooter Robert Aaron Long. He was taken into custody without incident. You know what the officer said who arrested him, that he was having a really bad day. How about comparing him to Dylan Roof? He killed nine churchgoers. He was treated so kindly by police that he was taken to a Burger King. Was de-escalation a possibility here in this case? Not with this black girl, not at all.” Follow Pam Key on Twitter @pamkeyNEN ...
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Police: 51-Year-Old Nichelle Thomas Shot Dead In Park Slope
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A woman was shot dead in Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon. The Crime Scene Unit remained at the scene and had a corner taped off as it investigated what lead up to the killing of the victim, CBS2’s Ali Bauman reported. READ MORE: COVID Impact: Jersey City Schools In-Person Learning Back On, But Some Parents Have Concerns About Phased-In Approach NYPD officers were searching the block for evidence near a deli on 4th Avenue and St. Marks Place in Park Slope , where the woman was shot in the head on the sidewalk at around 1 p.m. The victim has been identified as 51-year-old Nichelle Thomas, of Brooklyn. READ MORE: Broadway Actors, Workers Take To The Streets To Denounce Producer Scott Rudin, Demand More Inclusion From Union Police say 28-year-old Latisha Bell, of the Bronx, has been arrested and is charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon. Police are asking anyone with information to call CrimeStoppers. MORE NEWS: Newborn Twins Found Dead In Queens Check back soon for more information on this developing story. ...
Thursday Marks The 17-Year Anniversary Of Pat Tillman’s Death
Thursday is the 17-year anniversary of Pat Tillman dying in Afghanistan. On April 22, 2004, the former Arizona Cardinals star defensive player was killed by friendly fire while on a patrol in Afghanistan. (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football) Pat Tillman left the Arizona Cardinals to enlist in the U.S. Army after 9/11. He turned down a $3.6M contract offer at 25 years old. Tillman was killed in Afghanistan 17 years ago today. RIP. pic.twitter.com/OEumN5QDBX — Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 22, 2021 In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on 9/11, Tillman decided to step away from millions of dollars in the NFL and chose to enlist in the military. Before long, he was a member of the elite Army Rangers, and he met a tragic end on this day 17 years ago. He had it all in the NFL, could have kept cashing massive checks but he decided to give himself to something bigger. In the end, he made the ultimate sacrifice. 17 years ago, we lost Pat Tillman. This is what motivated a hero. (via @AZCardinals ) pic.twitter.com/4hZu4CIWWd — NFL (@NFL) April 22, 2021 Even 17 years later, Tillman’s death still hits people very hard. In our current culture, we’re taught it’s good to be selfish. Tillman did the exact opposite in life. He gave up a great life in the NFL to fight on behalf of the country that had helped make him a star. Today, we have LeBron James taking shots at cops and athletes and celebrities doing anything to stay in the spotlight. Tillman recognized that we’re all meant to be part of something bigger. We simply don’t have many guys like him left. Thinking of Pat Tillman today, all those who serve, and the amazing families supporting them. Thank you. @pattillmanfnd pic.twitter.com/ynrJ4DIpHV — Michael Signora (@NFLfootballinfo) April 22, 2021 So, on this day, take a moment to remember Tillman’s sacrifice in ...
Farage and Reform Party Throw Weight Behind Anti-Lockdown Fox to Replace Sadiq Khan in London Mayoral Race
A “new patriotic alliance” which will see Brexit leaders Nigel Farage and Richard Tice with the Reform party back Laurence Fox’s Reclaim party candidacy against Sadiq Khan has been announced. The electoral pact which will see the Reform — previously known as the Brexit Party — back Laurence Fox’s London mayoral candidacy in return for Fox backing the Reform Party’s London Assembly candidates in May’s votes was announced in London’s Hyde Park on Thursday morning. The announcement came just hours after Breitbart London’s exclusive interview with Mr Fox where he summarised his policy platform as: “Don’t tell me what to do. Fuck off.” Smoking a hand-rolled cigarette and wearing a cravat, Fox spoke to a group of supporters and journalists in the park and remarked: “It is a great honour for me to announce an electoral pact for May between the Reform and Reclaim parties. It is Your London, Reclaim it and Reform it.” FOX & TICE: Delighted to announce that @reformparty_uk and @thereclaimparty have formed pact: we are endorsing Laurence for Mayor and Laurence is endorsing our candidates for the London Assembly on May 6th pic.twitter.com/iChBXncw2i — Richard Tice (@TiceRichard) April 22, 2021 Richard Tice, who was once described as Nigel Farage’s ‘CEO’ of the Brexit Party and who now leads its successor Reform UK after Mr Farage stepped back from frontline politics, joked that the alliance was like a The Fox and Tice pub — a riff on traditional English bar names — free of coronavirus rules. He said on Thursday morning: “It is wonderful to have this pact with Laurence. The word ‘freedom’ is so important, it is so precious and yet so vulnerable… we have taken it for granted. And the truth is, Londoners, we have lost so many of our freedoms, and we want them back. Freedom from the tyranny of lockdown, free from the musty masks that harm our children. “Free to open our businesses, restaurants, pubs… We want our freedoms back from the ...
US Supreme Court Curbs FTC’s Power to Recoup Ill-gotten Gains
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday made it more difficult for the Federal Trade Commission to force scam artists and companies that engage in deceptive business practices to return ill-gotten gains obtained from consumers, ruling in favor of a criminally convicted payday lender who challenged the agency. The 9-0 ruling, authored by liberal Justice Stephen Breyer, prompted Democrats in both chambers of the U.S. Congress to promise to pursue legislation to restore the FTC's powers to seek monetary remedies in court on behalf of consumers. The Supreme Court "ruled in favor of scam artists and dishonest corporations, leaving average Americans to pay for illegal behavior," acting FTC Chairwoman Rebecca Kelly Slaughter said. "With this ruling, the court has deprived the FTC of the strongest tool we had to help consumers when they need it most." The ruling was a victory for businessman and racecar driver Scott Tucker, who was convicted in 2017 on racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering charges. The business practices of Tucker and his company, AMG Capital Management, targeting low-income borrowers led to the largest court-ordered settlement in the FTC's history, totaling $1.27 billion. The justices found that the agency overstepped its authority in its practice of seeking court orders to make fraudsters return money improperly obtained from consumers in the form of restitution or disgorgement. Business groups have complained that the FTC aggressively extracted billions of dollars in monetary awards from companies in recent years. The ruling limits the agency's authority to seek restitution under one section of a U.S. law called the Federal Trade Commission Act that lets it sue lawbreakers and authorizes judges to issue permanent injunctions. The justices ruled that the provision does not give judges the authority to order defendants to return money to consumers. The FTC said that it had used the so-called 13(b) authority to return $11.2 billion ...
