Thursday, July 23, 2020

Foley...

Defund police: NYPD moves remaining Occupy City Hall protesters ...
Go ahead boys-Make my day.

A line of NYPD officers in riot gear cleared out the remaining Occupy City Hall protesters from their month-long encampment early Wednesday, police confirmed.
The officers began pushing the remaining occupants north on Centre Street toward Foley Square around 4 a.m.
Seven people were taken into custody during the operation but they were not immediately charged.
About 70 people, including both protesters and the homeless, were camped out when the NYPD contingent moved through, WABC-TV reported.
The goal of the Occupy City Hall protest, which started last month, was to demand $1 billion in cuts to the NYPD’s budget. The encampment remained for weeks after the City Council approved the cuts.

The police appears to disagree. Just a thought.

Tear-Gassed...

Fires set, fences moved: Police call Portland protest a riot ...

A riot was declared in Portland just after midnight Thursday morning after Mayor Ted Wheeler’s tense visit with protesters-- where he was booed, told to resign, given a list of demands and tear-gassed by federal agents.
His visit ended with his security detail engaging in a struggle with protesters late Wednesday night as they worked to get the mayor to safety, a report said.
Earlier, he moved with protesters to the fence outside of the federal courthouse where he stood at the front and was tear-gassed along with the crowd, according to New York Times correspondent Mike Baker.
Wheeler left, a few protesters following him tried to push against his security team once he had entered a building. Others threw water bottles and other projectiles at the glass door, according to Baker.

It is a sad situation when people get hurt as a result of foolishness.  Just a thought.

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Redundant...

Cuomo slams cops for not stopping looting as NYPD decries 'packs ...

The NYPD has nixed two key enforcement units and reassigned their officers to work on gun violence prevention, The Post has learned.
Police brass officially pulled the plug on the Traffic Congestion Mitigation unit at 1 a.m. Friday with the transfer of the unit’s 114 members.
The unit, which conducted a majority of NYPD’s enforcement on moving vehicles before its dissolution, was disbanded because it was “redundant,” an NYPD spokesperson said. Traffic enforcement agents who write parking tickets were not impacted.
Police brass also nixed NYPD’s roughly 85-person homeless outreach unit after the City Council and Mayor Bill de Blasio decided to take the responsibility away from cops entirely.
The approximately 200 cops have been reassigned to other precincts.

Well, that is 200 extra officers in a time that the budget and the slow of the economic activities decreased dramatically. Some reduction in budget is in order.

Sunday, July 19, 2020

Deliver...


It's not just women who face post-marriage struggles. 7 newly ...


Women, on average, tend to be more attracted to men who have a relatively narrow waist, a V-shaped torso, and broad shoulders. Women also tend to be more attracted to men who are taller than they are, and display a high degree of facial symmetry, as well as relatively masculine facial dimorphism.

Many men honestly do not know what women want, and women honestly do not know why men find what they want so hard to comprehend and deliver.” Deborah Tannen
 Deborah Tannen

Soul...

A thinking woman is a scary woman


The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is 'What does a woman want?'

Matter...

NYPD officer injured during arrest of women smearing paint on ...

Two women were arrested after police said they dumped cans of black paint on the block-long mural on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue.
It marked the third such act of vandalism targeting the street art since Mayor Bill de Blasio helped paint the mural in front of President Trump’s namesake tower on July 9.
Bystanders shot video of the chaotic scene showing police surrounding a Black woman as she used her hands to spread paint on the mural's bright yellow letters.

Refund the police," the woman screamed. “Jesus matters! 

We will never support Black Lives Matters!.”

Saturday, July 18, 2020

Shifting...

Readers sound off on double talk, dead ends and better days - New ...


Mayor Bill de Blasio should take responsibility for the city’s crime wave instead of shifting blame to state judges, the court system’s spokesman said Thursday. Earlier in the day, de Blasio said the courts should be in charge of keeping New Yorkers safe from a surge in shootings.
“I am imploring everyone at the Office of Court Administration, please, we need our court system to run again. We cannot keep this city safe if we don’t have a functioning court system, it has been too many months already. “Please hear our plea because that’s what will keep our communities safe,” De Blasio said.
But Lucian Chalfen, spokesman for the Office of Court Administration, said judges never stopped working.
“Throughout this pandemic, through the unceasing hard work and dedication of judges, non-judicial staff and court officers, the New York State Court system has continued to function. We have never closed: not for one day, not for one hour, not for one minute,” Chalfen said.
“Clearly the Mayor continues to refuse to take any responsibility for his actions, instead shifting the blame,” he added.

Blame...

Wave of Violence is About Economics? - Seth Barron

Stand Down...

Looters ransack stores, clash with police after peaceful march ...

A New York City store owner is suing Gov. Andrew Cuomo, accusing state and city leaders of failing to send in law enforcement to respond to the rioting that happened during recent protests, according to the attorney handling the case.
The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Domus Design Center, an interior design business located on Madison Avenue in Manhattan, also names Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea as co-defendants.
“Basically, the city and state government owe a duty to the individual storefronts to protect them," attorney Sal Strazzullo said.
My law firm believes [that] through depositions, we’re going to be able to find that the city or state had intelligence in regards to these criminals that looted these stores and didn’t do anything about it,” he added.
Strazzullo continued, “The lackeys that are politically appointed in the NYPD probably were told to stand down and basically it is a travesty."
He added that he believes more businesses will join as plaintiffs to make it a class-action lawsuit, seeking more than $100 million in damages.

Apples...

Editorial cartoon (1) July 15, 2020