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Chop...

The head of Seattle's police union lamented the lack of "leadership" in the city Saturday after reports emerged that an early morning shooting in the so-called 'CHOP' left one person dead and another in critical condition.

"On June 20th, at approximately 2:30 AM, East Precinct officers responded to a report of shots fired in Cal Anderson Park," a statement on the blotter said.

"This is inside the area referred to as the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP). Officers attempted to locate a shooting victim but were met by a violent crowd that prevented officers safe access to the victims. Officers were later informed that the victims, both males, had been transported to Harborview Medical Center by CHOP medics.

"Officers responded to Harborview and were informed that one of the victims, a 19-year-old male, had died from injuries. The other victim, also a male, unknown age, remains in the hospital with life-threatening injuries."

Well, did these folks achieved life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?

You Go...

Supporters of President Donald Trump filled the streets Saturday around the Tulsa stadium where the president will hold his first rally in months, ready to welcome him back to the campaign trail.

The crowd filtered into the 19,000-seat BOK Center for what is expected to be the biggest indoor event the country has seen since restrictions to prevent the COVID-19 virus began in March. 

Trump also plans an outdoor event, and officials are expecting about 100,000 people to converge on the city.

Loreee...

Lore-Elisabeth Blumenthal, 33, faces two counts of felony arson for her role in setting ablaze two Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) vehicles 'following peaceful protests' on May 30. 

FBI agents used Instagram posts of the burned cars, along with 500 photos from various photographers, to identify the wording on the woman's shirt: 'KEEP THE IMMIGRANTS, DEPORT THE RACISTS,' the FBI agent explained in his affidavit, VICE reports. 

Agents discovered that the shirt was custom made and sold on Etsy and found that a user - Xx Mv - had posted a review about purchasing the shirt. The URL belonging to the Etsy was 'alleycatlore.' The page listed Philadelphia as being where the user lived.

The FBI then Googled 'alleycatlore' and found a user named 'Lore-Elisabeth' on Poshmark. Agents then looked up 'Lore-Elisabeth Philadelphia' and found a LinkedIN page for a woman who works as a massage therapist for a company in the Philadelphia area.

Authorities then used videos from the company's Vimeo account to identify tattoos that matched Blumenthal to the woman at the protests. 

Authorities found a phone number on the website and then used it to identity the woman's address and DMV photo. 

While this occurred, Etsy provided purchasing records - following a subpoena - and confirmed that Xx Mv purchased a shirt. The subpoena also revealed that the items were sent to a Lore Elisabeth in Philadelphia.  

Where does this anger comes from? And who will pay for the damage? Just a thought.

Cop Free...

Seattle police Chief Carmen Best said there is no “cop-free” zone in the city after a local business owner said he called 911 more than a dozen times when protesters vandalized his business but police never showed up.

“There is no cop-free zone in the city of Seattle,” Best said. “I think that the picture has been painted in many areas that shows the city is under siege. That is not the case.”

Best was referring to the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP), previously called CHAZ, a six-block area near downtown Seattle that includes a police precinct that was abandoned amid escalating tensions with George Floyd protesters.

John McDermott, who owns an auto shop just outside of the CHOP, told KIRO-TV a protester broke into his store, stole money from his cash register and tried to set fire to the building. The owner's son said he detained the suspect.

Do we need the cops or just let it be. 

Where there is no cops, the outcome, fairness, protection, etc. Will be lost for all. 

In the fire...

In the fire service my life was in the hands of black, brown, red, yellow and white toned people. 

We were friends, we were combatants, we had each others back when the devil danced. 

We train, we sweat, we blessed together. We come together from all over town; we come together from all religions. We are a family unto ourselves. 

We were and will always be Family!!!

Assistance...

The black man seen carrying an injured white man to safety during a chaotic scene at protests in London told CNN he did it to avoid catastrophe.

The image of Patrick Hutchinson's selfless act has now spread across the globe. Hutchinson told CNN it was the first Black Lives Matter protest he attended, and he helped the white man because he didn't want the main reason for the protests to be lost in one moment of violence.

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The media is promoting their own engrossment or at least their continuous ignorance.

This is a human being helping another human being out of danger.  So is others around him assisting.

Adding a color to the person wasn't in the mind of this group.  Just a thought.

Watchdog...

The MTA’s multimillion-dollar effort to shrink the homeless population in the city’s subways has been an expensive bust, the agency’s watchdog says in a damning new report.

Complaints about vagrants in the system surged after the agency last year revamped its $5 million annual effort to get the unsheltered out of the subways and into shelters — while homeless-related train delays continued apace, MTA Inspector General Carolyn Pokorny’s office found.

The “very expensive” and “minimally effective” program cost at least $2.6 million in overtime on top of the contact but 10-person teams of MTA cops and social workers from contractor Bowery Residents’ Committee lured just three transients out of the system per station per night, the report said.

“On the nights OIG staff observed the program, dozens of apparently homeless individuals stayed on the trains for every 1 that accepted services,” IG staff wrote.

Range...

Assembly...

The New York Daily News reports Emily Gallagher once pulled down her pants and mooned a couple that she saw having sex in Syracuse  and blogged about it on Live journal in 2003. 

Gallagher, a Rochester native who was a 19-year-old student at Ithaca College at the time, said the incident happened while she was visiting friends in Syracuse.  

Not only did I stare at people who were having sex in front of a window, but I remained even after they noticed me,” she wrote. “I waved, smiled, and when the girl flipped out I mooned her. You’d think i was on drugs ... but no!”

Gallagher, now 36 and living in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood.

Gallagher is running against longtime NYS Assemblyman Joe Lentol for District 50.

Precious assets, cheek to cheek.       Just a thought.