by Michael Rushford · Jul 13, 2020 9:29 am
Today’s execution of triple murderer Daniel Lee was stayed by a federal district judge as reported by Ronn Blitzer and Bill Mears of Fox News. District Judge Tanya Chutkan ruled this morning that the Department of Justice was trying to rush through the process to execute Lee and two other federal murderers set for execution later this week. A quick appeal of the judge’s ruling is likely.
by Katherine.Stiplosek · Jul 10, 2020 12:57 pm
After nearly 2 decades of postponement, white supremacist Daniel Lewis Lee is scheduled to be executed on Monday. As reported in the Washington Free Beacon, this will be the first Federal execution in 17 years. Should it proceed as planned, Lee’s execution will mark the culmination of continued efforts by Attorney General William Barr to restart the death penalty.
Lee is facing the death penalty for the 1996 murder of the Mueller family, including husband and wife William and Nancy Mueller, and their eight-year-old daughter, Sarah. Lee, and his accomplice Chevie Kehoe were members of a white supremacist group that envisioned the a white ethnostate as the future of the US, supporting their cause with the proceeds of their killing spree. The duo suffocated William and Nancy before torturing and murdering their daughter, later dumping the bodies in a bayou and joking the family was now on a “liquid diet”.
by Michael Rushford · Jul 10, 2020 11:49 am
While many local papers, television and radio news broadcasts have been reporting widespread increases in violent crime in most large U.S. cities this year, the focus of the national media has been on the dominant issues of the liberal narrative. These include systemic racism, particularly in law enforcement, horror stories about the pandemic, particularly in states where Republican Governors have ended lockdowns, and endless criticism of the President and anyone who supports him. Yesterday NBC news broke ranks, and actually reported on the spike in shootings, but still managed to spin it to fit the narrative.
by Katherine.Stiplosek · Jul 7, 2020 9:33 am
Amidst a global pandemic and a nation full of political tensions, this year’s 4th of July weekend proved to be another marker of civil unrest.
In Chicago, gun violence left at least 17 people killed, with another 63 injured. Two of these deaths are children, continuing a string of children fatally shot in recent weeks.
by Bill Otis · Jul 3, 2020 9:02 pm
The types — mostly white — who went to Columbia and NYU Law and take the limo out to their weekend place in the Hamptons are none too pleased with the NYPD. Their man, Mayor Bill de Blasio, just cut the police budget by a billion dollars, in a time of dramatically rising violent crime.
But New Yorkers who lead ordinary lives have a different view. Asked about the prospect of abolishing the police, the response made up in common sense what it lacked academic refinement: “That would be suicide.”
The commentary in the Western Journal lays it on the line.
by Katherine.Stiplosek · Jul 1, 2020 2:27 pm
Part 2 of a three part series.
On Tuesday, June 16, President Trump signed an executive order, establishing preliminary measures taken by the federal government to begin police reform.
Trump’s speech started strong, as he revealed in his Rose Garden remarks that he’d had met with nine families who had lost members as a result of police brutality or racially motivated killings. As he unveiled the details of the new order, he addressed his private meetings with the families of Ahmaud Arbery, Botham Jean, Antwon Rose, Atatiana Jefferson, Jemel Roberson, Michael Dean, Darius Tarver, Cameron lamb, and Everett Palmer. Continue reading . . .
by Katherine.Stiplosek · Jun 29, 2020 12:07 pm
After the Supreme Court refused to take up a case challenging the federal government’s new execution protocol, as noted in Kent’s post below, federal executions are set to resume in July.
by Michael Rushford · Jun 29, 2020 10:45 am
A survey of four U.S. cities finds that crime and particularly shootings have increased significantly since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and widespread protesting organized by Black Lives Matter. Luke Barr of ABC News reports that data compiled by the Police Executive Research Forum found that during the third week of June 72 people were shot in New York City. An official from the NYPD suggested that the pandemic-related release of inmates from Rikers Island had contributed to the increased violence. “[W]e’re seeing a large uptick of parolees involved on either end of the gun, as either the shooter or the victim,” he said. Continue reading . . .
by Michael Rushford · Jun 12, 2020 1:59 pm
Police Departments in U.S. cities where the largest George Floyd protests occurred are reporting substantial increases in burglaries, shootings and murderers over the first week of June. The Associated Press and Stephanie Pegones of Fox News report that burglaries and shootings increased dramatically in Minneapolis, where Floyd died on May 25. Nineteen people were shot and two killed during the initial week of protests. There were 250 burglaries during the same period, a 220% increase over the same week last year. The week of protests in Chicago resulted in the deadliest 24-hour period in 60 years, with 18 people killed. Police reported orchestrated burglaries where multiple cars would pull up to a store then thieves smashed the windows, loaded merchandise into the cars and drove away. In another case, thieves called police to report a burglary in a mall, then broke into and looted a box store on the other side of town.
by Kent Scheidegger · Jun 9, 2020 5:02 pm
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