While the media scramble for mugshots of #WalterScott, this is him.
Rest in peace.
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Hey Chips.
{{{{{COS}}}}}
This shot is to good for the media.
I can’t believe they shot him in the back so many times.
Congrats COS!
Thank you chips. It’s a lovely picture.
My heart cries…yet again.
Hope this is the turning point on confronting police racism heads on.
I hope that, too. And that’s also what a lot of people thought 50 years ago. Much has changed, yes. But a lot of the racism was just buried within the generations of bigots, chatted about at the feed troughs, only to surface again. How the police act is just part of it.
Ms. Chips - I. can’t. even!
Go with God, Walter Scott. Goodnight TOD. Thank you, bless you. Bless our Preaident and First Lady for bringing out our Better Angels.
R. I. P.
On a lighter note: I feel like VC….. I posted on last thread 10 minutes after a new one had already started :( refresh button is my enemy
GN folks….I leave you with Rhambo circa 2011
Child, if you’re feeling like VC a) you’re feeling good, and b) you are in good company. :grin:
G’Night and sweet dreams.
I must have missed this. (haven’t read the article)
Not the ruling we were hoping for but, in the end, PBO and good sense and compassion will prevail.
Vicki, I agree with you (while silently sighing that PBO has to always carry so much of the weight).
This is the same GOP racist judge that imposed the original hold. An appeals court is considering the case now whether to lift the hold or not.
Thanks, Bill. I didn’t read the link, was going by the date of the tweet. Duh on me!
Another immigration decision?
April 07, 2015, 04:15 pm
Appeals court sides with Obama over 2012 deportation program
A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit against an Obama administration program delaying deportations of certain illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children.
The unanimous opinion from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals comes as a separate case on whether President Obama’s expanded immigration executive actions can proceed.
In the decision on Tuesday, the court ruled plaintiffs, the state of Mississippi and agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) did not provide enough evidence to prove they were harmed by the 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that allows qualifying illegal immigrants to apply for work permits.
“We conclude that neither the agents nor the state of Mississippi has demonstrated the concrete and particularized injury required to give them standing to maintain this suit,” the court’s opinion states.
Mississippi had argued that immigrants granted work permits through DACA would have raised costs for the state associated with schools, healthcare programs and law enforcement. Mississippi cited a 2006 study estimating the net cost of illegal immigration at $25 million per year.
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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/238116-appeals-court-sides-with-obama-over-2012-deportation-program
If this hasn’t been posted yet—Good news from Ferguson.
Turnout increased dramatically and now there are 3 black council members and 4 white members. A gain of 2 more AA and a win of 2 out of 3 open seats. Moving towards more accurate reflection of the community.
Congratulations to all who worked so hard to get this result.
I see that Meta posted these happy returns and some good photos on the previous thread.
Ferguson is on the right track tonight.
See you tomorrow, TOD.
Also, President Obama did interviews with CNN (Sanjay Gupta) & CBS (medical corr. Vesser I think is his name) on climate change/health effets that will air tomorrow morning 6-9a.m. EST on CNN, 7-9 EST CBS This Morning.
Ok, GN!
I’m so sorry, RIP Mr. Scott, and condolences to his family. Will this ever stop.
Good evening TOD. Finally, proof police officers lie. I am so glad this jerk that murdered Walter Scott is being charged with murder.
It is a blessing that someone was present and alert to video this police execution of an innocent man. The video is clearly irrefutable. Police murder of innocent and unarmed black men is a fact that must be revealed and stopped.
Gentle folks, *I* am heading out the side door to go and read for a bit before trying out the land of Nod. G’Night y’all. G’Morning to those enjoying a morning somewhere.
good night TOD …. totally repulsed and disgusted ….
Thank you for the message in that tweet, Bob. How long?
UPDATE: Traffic Changes Announced For Obama Visit
An aerial view of Emancipation Park and its precints which will be affected by the changes for the Obama visit.
The authorities have released details of the traffic changes to be implemented on Wednesday and Thursday for the visit of US president Barack Obama and regional Heads of Government.
At a press conference at Jamaica House a short while ago, the police also announced that Emancipation Park in New Kingston will be closed at midday on Wednesday.
The president will be staying at The Pegasus.
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http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20150407/update-traffic-changes-announced-obama-visit
Goodnight, TODville.
it’s daily mail tabloid trash but still worth reading
How Snowden helped three terror groups: Al-Qaeda linked extremists said to have changed way they communicate after leaks by the traitor
At least three terror groups plotting attacks against Britain have changed their communication methods since the leaks by Edward Snowden, it was claimed last night.
The Al Qaeda-linked networks have altered their tactics since the fugitive stole intelligence files from GCHQ and the US National Security Agency, according to a report.
Extremist websites have also moved to protect their digital communications by releasing encryption programmes for followers, making it harder for extremists to be tracked down.
Evidence of the harm done to intelligence agencies across the world after the former CIA contractor leaked 1.7million classified documents in 2013 is compiled in the first comprehensive public analysis of the leaks by the Henry Jackson Society security think-tank.
The Snowden files revealed details about covert attempts by agencies to view citizens’ private information by gathering internet histories, emails, text and call records and passwords.
Now the Henry Jackson Society has found that at least three Al Qaeda affiliates are known to have altered their communications, using human couriers instead of email and mobile phones.
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On Monday, Snowden revealed he had not read all the top-secret dossiers he stole before handing them to newspapers including the Guardian – a move which has put lives in jeopardy from terrorists.
He claims he had to act because the US and other Western governments’ policies were a ‘threat to democracy’.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3029500/How-Snowden-helped-three-terror-groups-Al-Qaeda-linked-extremists-said-changed-way-communicate-leaks-traitor.html
Good lord, you are here! I never thought to check before saying my final good night so now I can’t hang around to chat because at the end I’d have to say a 3rd g’night. #thatdb2many :grin: :grin: Toodle-di-doo! See you in a while!
#gobacktobed.
#whywhatareuplanning #verysuspiciousiam
#didntanswerquestion
#haveievah?
#onrareoccasionsadmittedly #turningovernewleafalwayspossibility
#nevah
Snowden could have been someone if he’d stayed in the US and supported black people against the police who are killing them. THAT is the threat to democracy in the US.
I just read the report on the death of Walter Scott - written by media supporting the police - BEFORE the video was available. This is how the police get the media to write up every shooting in which they are involved. Some wonderful sentences
“A statement released by North Charleston police spokesman Spencer Pryor said a man ran on foot from the traffic stop and an officer deployed his department-issued Taser in an attempt to stop him. That did not work, police said, and an altercation ensued as the men struggled over the device. Police allege that during the struggle the man gained control of the Taser and attempted to use it against the officer. The officer then resorted to his service weapon and shot him, police alleged.
It was not immediately clear how many times Scott had been shot or where on his body he was wounded. ”
mmmm - It was not known that EIGHT shots were fired into the BACK of the victim. Why would that not be known?
http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20150404/PC16/150409635
Okay, I’m really truly going to bed as soon as I finish writing this. Can you believe I actually spent hours going through the list of over 1000 tweeters that I was following in order to cull my list? I was intending to go to the end, but really can’t take any more tonight. Must say though that I noticed a couple of TODobots from TODland that *I* follow who do not follow me. Hmmmm. :grin: GOOD **night** ….oops, it really Good Morning!
After all the sound & fury, the ferguson turnout was still pathetic 30%. Still, better than the tragic 12% turnout last time, I guess.
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-ferguson-election-20150407-story.html
POTUS on full court press regarding the Iran deal. In addition to interviews with NYT/Friedman and NPR/Inskeep:
“The president has also argued in support of an agreement in private conversations with journalists. On Monday afternoon, he met with roughly a dozen opinion writers and editors at the White House for a nearly two-hour, off-the-record meeting focused primarily on the Iran deal, according to sources familiar with the gathering.
Sources said that the group of journalists included The New Yorker’s Dexter Filkins, The Daily Beast’s Michael Tomasky, The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, New York’s Jonathan Chait, The New York Times’ Carol Giacomo, The Wall Street Journal’s Gerald Seib and a quartet from the Washington Post: David Ignatius, Ruth Marcus, Eugene Robinson and Greg Sargent.
The Huffington Post Washington Bureau Chief Ryan Grim also attended the private meeting, but did not discuss the substance of the meeting for the purpose of this article.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/07/obama-journalists-iran_n_7016400.html?1428438243
So where are Chips an DannyO?
:grin: Greetings TODobots!
Good question, vc. Heheh. They will appear………all in good time. Blessed day to you.
Thank you, TnMG. I’m just poking CC (not DannyO) because she dared question my movements recently. :grin:
Good morning TOD,
For some reason I just cannot bring myself to watch the video of Mr. Walter Scott.
I am truly numb.
Mr. Bobfr, your tweet helped me to be able to fall asleep after I retweeted it . And for that I am grateful.
I can’t watch it either LDS.
Morning!
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/04/08/early-bird-chat-504/