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Monday, September 07, 2020

Filmmaker says new movie ‘The Trump I Know’ humanizes the president, highlights his faith and family

The upcoming film, “The Trump I Know,” aims to give viewers a look into the faith and family life of President Donald Trump, as told from the perspective of the women in his family and those who've worked with him in the White House.

Producer Joe Knopp is gearing up for his latest film release set to premiere in October. In this new film, Knopp gives viewers a glimpse behind the scenes into the life of the 45th president of the United States from the perspective of those who know him best.

The documentary was born after Knopp struck up a friendship with Lara Trump, the president's daughter-in-law, while premiering his pro-life film, “UnPlanned,” for the White House staff. Lara Trump then introduced the filmmaker to other women in the Trump family, as well as those who work in his administration and for his reelection campaign. Knopp said each person provided him with insights into a side of the president that the world has yet to see.

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Biden Ad Attacking Trump Plan That Doesn't Exist Receives 4 Pinocchios in Washington Post Fact Check

The truth is that the Biden campaign lied, according to The Washington Post, which awarded the campaign its maximum rating for untruthfulness over a recent ad.

The ad states that,“If Trump gets his way, Social Security benefits will run out in just three years from now. Don’t let it happen. Joe Biden will protect Social Security.”

The Post explains how false Biden's claims are and outlines Trumps exact plan for Social Security.

Trump campaign spokesman Zach Parkinson said, “America’s seniors can rest assured that President Trump will always protect Social Security, unlike Joe Biden who bragged in the 1990s about his efforts to ‘freeze’ benefits.”

2 million back petition to shut down Pornhub over sex trafficking, child abuse videos

A petition calling for the dismantling of PornHub, the largest pornography hosting website in the world that critics say profits off of and enables sex trafficking as well as child abuse, has surpassed 2 million signatures.

The petition launched in February by Laila Mickelwait, director of abolition for the Sacramento-based nonprofit ExodusCry, has received signatures from 192 countries, according to a statement sent to The Christian Post Tuesday.

The petition and corresponding website allege, with notable evidence, that the site has been enabling and profiting off of crimes like rape, abduction, sexual assault and sex trafficking.

The petition even yielded a letter from U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., in March asking Attorney General Bill Barr to conduct a federal investigation into the porn website and its parent company, MindGeek.

A group of lawmakers in Canada did likewise, asking the same of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

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Woman Gets Letter Saying She Tested Positive for COVID, But She’s Been Dead for 6 Months

A woman in Shelby County, Tennessee, which includes Memphis. recieved a letter from the local health department which reportedly said she tested positive for COVID-19 after taking the test June. 20.

The issue is that she passed away in hospice care on Feb. 16 after a battle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to KTHV-TV in Memphis.

“It’s been six months, almost seven, since she passed away,” said her son, Troy Whittington.

“There was no testing that was done at that time. On her death certificate it was stated she died, what the cause of death was, and it was not COVID-19. It was COPD.”

Whittington said the letter arrived recently (the letter is dated Aug, 20), even though the purported test was conducted in June, making it useless in more than one respect.

After receiving the letter, he contacted the Shelby County Health Department, which, he said, confirmed they had her on record as having taken the test June 20.

500 Ethiopian Christians slaughtered in door-to-door attacks since June

At least 500 Christians have been killed in an ongoing spate of coordinated door-to-door attacks and thousands of traumatized survivors have fled for their lives over the last two months in southern Ethiopia’s Oromia regional state, including its capital Addis Ababa, according to reports.

Members of Qeerroo (which means “bachelors”), a youth movement of men from the ethnic Oromo group who have traditionally been Muslim, have allegedly gone on a killing spree in some parts of the Oromia regional state, extending south, southeast and east of Addis Ababa, since the assassination of a popular Oromo singer, Hachallu Hundessa, on June 29, according to Barnabas Fund, an international Christian aid agency.

“Some of the Qeerroo militants held lists of Christians and were helped by local authorities, often run by Muslims in the Oromia region, to find individuals, particularly those actively involved in supporting the Church,” the agency reported, after receiving reports from its regional contacts.

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12-year-old suspended after teacher spots toy gun during virtual class

A 12-year-old boy in Colorado got a five-day suspension for flashing a toy gun across his computer screen during an online art class, according to a report.

The toy gun was neon green and black with an orange tip featuring the words on the handle: “Zombie Hunter.”

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said although the teacher thought it was a toy gun authorities still did a welfare check on Isaiah Elliott without parental notification.

“It was really frightening and upsetting for me as a parent, especially as the parent of an African-American young man, especially given what’s going on in our country right now,” Curtis Elliott, Isaiah’s father, told KDVR.

“The virtual setting is not the same as the school setting,” the dad added. “He did not take the toy gun to school. He’s in the comfort of his own home. It’s a toy.”

The Grand Mountain school said in a statement: “We follow all school board policies whether we are in-person learning or distance learning. We take the safety of all our students and staff very seriously. Safety is always our number one priority.”

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Police allow pro-lifers to paint 'black preborn lives matter' outside Baltimore Planned Parenthood

At 5 a.m. on Saturday, pro-lifers in Baltimore and with Students for Life of America gathered to paint “black preborn lives matter,” covering the street with the large letters outside of a Planned Parenthood facility. The group called it a “success” after no arrests were made.

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White, Rich & Privileged Member of The ‘New African Black Panther Party’ Facing Serious Prison Time After Rampage

I know I am not the only one who has noticed a peculiar phenomenon occurring at many Black Lives Matter ‘protests.’  Most of the participants are usually …. white.  We are finding out today, that some of them are not just white, they are also rich, privileged and violent.
The New York Post reported on the arrest of Clara Kraebber an Upper East Side of Manhattanite, and 20 year old female, who was one of either individual arrested Friday night after a three hour long ****show.  Police said the rampage is going to cost about $100,000 to clean up after and fix the damage of.
Fox News reported that ‘the protest was organized by groups calling themselves the “New Afrikan Black Panther Party” and the “Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement.”
Look at her picture one more time and then think about what her fellow ‘New Afrikan Black Panther’s’ must really think about little Miss Privilege (allegedly) smashing windows, before being whisked away to her summer home … yup, her parents have a summer home, and you guess it, it’s in Connecticut.
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How five members of Joe Biden’s family got rich through his connections

Political figures have long used their families to route power and benefits for their own self-enrichment. In my new book, “Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power by America’s Progressive Elite,” one particular politician — Joe Biden — emerges as the king of the sweetheart deal, with no less than five family members benefiting from his largesse, favorable access and powerful position for commercial gain. In Biden’s case, these deals include foreign partners and, in some cases, even US taxpayer dollars.

The Biden family’s apparent self-enrichment involves five family members: Joe’s son Hunter, son-in-law Howard, brothers James and Frank, and sister Valerie.

When this subject came up in 2019, Biden declared, “I never talked with my son or my brother or anyone else — even distant family — about their business interests. Period.”

As we will see, this is far from the case …

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Recovering addict saved from drowning by boat full of partying priests

It was a miracle on the lake.

A drug counselor and recovering addict kayaking in Lake George, near Albany, had his prayers answered when he capsized in deep choppy water and was saved by a gaggle of priests partying on a Tiki boat.

Jimmy MacDonald got separated from his wife and step kids while on the water after taking pictures on his new cellphone.

As he tried to make his way back, MacDonald hit choppy water and capsized. Wearing an ill-fitting life jacket, he tried desperately to right his kayak and keep his $1,400 phone from getting wet.

“That’s when I said, ‘Alright, I think I might die today. I think this might be it’,”

But, Nearby, Greg Barrett, a captain for Tiki Tours, heard his call.MacDonald was pulled out of the water by Barrett and his passengers — a boatload of priests and seminarians from the Paulist Fathers, a Catholic retreat on the lake.

“How funny is it that I’ve been sober for seven years and I get saved by a tiki bar?”

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El Chapo appeals life sentence, claiming his trial was unfair

Convicted Mexican drug lord Joaquin ” El Chapo” Guzman has appealed the life sentence he was handed a year ago, arguing that his prosecution was rife with “rampant excess and overreach” by the feds and court system.
Defense lawyer Marc Fernich filed the paperwork late Friday in the United States Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York, a year after Guzman, 63, the head of Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa drug cartel, was sentenced to life plus 30 years. He’s been kept in isolation at a supermax prison in Colorado since then.
“Chapo Guzman’s prosecution was marred by rampant excess and overreach, both governmental and judicial,” Fernich wrote in the 250-page appeal, filed under seal to avoid making confidential material from the investigation public.
Guzman was found guilty of running a massive, drug trafficking empire that for decades pumped billions of dollars worth of narcotics into the U.S.


Study: Firearm Homicide Rate for Black Men 29 Per 100,000; White Men 2 Per 100,000

A new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine claims to have discovered marked geographical disparities between the homicide and suicide rates among black and white men.

Researchers compiled data on homicides and suicides committed with guns in all fifty states, focusing specifically on non-Hispanic black and white males.

They found significant differences between the two demographics. In gun-related incidents, black men are more likely to die in homicides while white men are more likely to die in suicides.

But while they found no geographical trends related to homicides, 6 of the top 10 states with the highest gun-related suicide rates among whites are located in the south and the other four are located in the west. Northern and eastern states boast the lowest suicide rates among white men.

“The most surprising thing to me when I was conducting the analysis was how different the rates were across states,” Corinne Riddell, a postdoctoral researcher at McGill University in Canada who was the lead author of the study.

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NY assistant principal goes off at Rochester protests: ‘F–k the police!’

The assistant principal of an upstate high school has sparked outrage with a Facebook Live video he recorded during the Rochester protests — in which he screamed, “F–k the police!”

Steven Lysenko, a ninth-grade AP teacher at Spencerport High School in suburban Rochester, complained about officers targeting protesters even though “we didn’t do anything but chant and sing,” according to copies of the video that have gone viral online.

“Our peacekeepers ended up shooting pepper spray at us for singing and chanting and telling them what a s—ty-assed job they were doing,” he complained in the clip, which was saved and shared on social media.

“They can f–k right off, America!” he shouted.

Antifa riots could be part of Democrat power grab: Devine

Imagine you were at a restaurant and BLM-Antifa protesters descended on you, threw your food on the ground, broke plates, overturned chairs, tossed a potted plant into your oyster platter and forced you to leave.

That’s what happened in upstate Rochester Friday night at the Ox and Stone, and across the road at Swan Dive, when hundreds of protesters chanting “Black Lives Matter” chased off frightened diners.

“We’re shutting your party down,” a woman shouts in footage aired by FreedomNews TV.

The oyster-platter incident reportedly occurred atKorean steakhouse Cote in the Flatiron district. Protesters brandishing a “Death to America” anarchist banner and chanting “Every city, every town, burn the precinct to the ground,” left a trail of destruction in the city Friday night.

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Epstein reportedly had secret ‘lair’ at famed Michigan art school

Pedo-perv Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell didn’t just allegedly troll the streets of London, Arizona and New York for their victims. The dastardly duo had a secret lair on the Michigan grounds of Interlochen Centre for the Arts — the famed fine arts boarding school for children, according to one alleged victim.
In exchange for donations and hosting fundraisers at his New York mansion, the school allowed Epstein to build The Jeffrey Epstein Scholarship Lodge (now available to rent as The Green Lake Lodge).
According to the Daily Beast, one alleged victim who is suing the pedophile’s estate for $22 million alleges she was recruited at the school in 1994 while a 13-year-old music student, and was abused over a period of four years by Epstein and that Maxwell “regularly facilitated” the abuse and was “frequently present.”

Wealthy NYC woman busted in BLM rampage

That’s rich.

One of the Black Lives Matter protesters facing felony rioting and misdemeanor graffiti charges —after a window-smashing free-for-all in Manhattan — is a wealthy Upper East Sider whose mother is an architect and whose father is a child psychiatrist.

Clara Kraebber, 20, is one of eight people arrested Friday night after a roiling, three-hour rampage that police say caused at least $100,000 in damage from Foley Square up to 24th Street.

“Every city, every town, burn the precinct to the ground!” the group chanted as it moved up Lafayette Street while busting the plate glass facades of banks, Starbucks and Duane-Reades.

The protest was organized by groups calling themselves the “New Afrikan Black Panther Party” and the “Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement.”

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FDA rejects drug touted as possible COVID-19 ‘cure’ by MyPillow CEO

The FDA on Friday gave its safety thumbs down to Oleandrin — the extract the MyPillow CEO has pushed as a possible coronavirus cure.

Oleandrin, could not “reasonably be expected to be safe” as a dietary supplement, the Food & Drug Administration wrote in a letter to Phoenix Biotechnology, which had applied for the agency’s approval.

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, who sits the board of Phoenix Biotechnology, was touting Oleandrin to President Trump and the White House last month as a promising — but unproven — “cure” for the coronavirus, Axios reported at the time.

“This thing works — it’s the miracle of all time,” Lindell, said in a contentious CNN interview Anderson Cooper while discussing the possible use of Oleandrin as coronavirus antidote last month.

BLM Storms Stage at #WalkAway Rally in Dallas, Punches Security Guard, Gets Smashed to the Ground — Police Arrest Security Guard

Brandon Straka and his #WalkAway movement held a rally in Dallas, Texas today. During the rally the local Black Lives Matter mob stormed the stage. The young BLM Democrat then put his fist in the security guard’s face when he was forcibly removed from the stage area.

The entire event was caught on video.

That’s when the black security guard leveled the BLM terrorist and tossed him away from the area.

Police came and arrested the #WalkAway security guard.
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Trump accuses Democrats, ‘Fake News Media’ of joining forces to spread lies

President Trump on Sunday accused the Democrats of being in cahoots with the “Fake News Media” to conduct a false information campaign about him in the run-up to this November election, following reports that he disparaged America’s war dead.
“The Democrats, together with the corrupt Fake News Media, have launched a massive Disinformation Campaign the likes of which has never been seen before. They will say anything, like their recent lies about me and the Military, and hope that it sticks,” the president wrote on Twitter.
“But #MAGA gets it!” he said, referring to his Make American Great Again supporters.

Nurse Goes Rogue, Schools CNN Host on Trump's Excellent Response to COVID

CNN doesn’t necessarily seem as if it read the room before the network has certain guests on.

Take Michele Morrow, a nurse from North Carolina. She’s been in the profession for over a quarter of a century. She attended a reopening protest in Raleigh in April, criticizing on video the stringency of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s lockdown measures.

Morrow, who voted for President Donald Trump in 2016 and plans to do so again this year, was part of a CNN panel of voters last week having a socially distanced discussion about the 2020 election in typically contentious fashion.

However; Morrow ended up not being a guest that fits the networks narrative, as Marrow quips back at the hosts' criticism of of President Trumps early response to the pandemic.

“He was the one who closed off all travel at the beginning of February. Do you guys remember what was happening in January? There were no other elected officials that were even thinking about COVID, because they were busy doing their impeachment.

The look on “New Day” co-host Alisyn Camerota’s face right after Morrow mentioned impeachment is absolutely priceless. Really, the clip could have just been that and it would have gotten as many likes.

Virginia Beach school officials say internet issue is 'affecting schools across the East Coast' on first day of classes

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Officials and parents with Virginia Beach City Public Schools say they're experiencing issues on the first day of virtual learning.
News 3 reached out to school officials after concerned parents described the situation to us as 'complete confusion' and 'chaos'.
The Pubic Information Officer with VBCPS responded saying that, "Our internet filtering provider is having an issue that is affecting schools across the East Coast."
So if you're a concerned parent at home, you're not alone.

Portland police deploy tear gas, declare riot after protester catches fire

Dramatic new video from Portland shows a protester catching on fire on Saturday night.

Shattered glass is heard out of frame before the camera pans to a man whose lower legs have ignited — and who frantically runs away from another small fire in the street near a police line in the city, according to the video uploaded by Twitter user Tayler Hansen.

As the man runs in panic and in flames, police can be heard declaring the protest a riot; they begin deploying tear gas.

Fellow protesters work to extinguish the burning man. Police in riot gear also rush toward the suffering man, but their offer of assistance was rebuffed.

‘F*ck White People!’ – BLM-Biden Supporters Scream at Elderly Couple Dining Outdoors in Pittsburgh, Steal Their Drinks Off Table (VIDEO)

This is how Biden supporters treat elderly Americans.

Black Lives Matter terrorists screamed obscenities at elderly people dining outdoors in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Sunday.

“F*ck 12 and f*ck white people! You old dick!” one BLM militant yelled to a peaceful elderly white man sitting at a table.

A woman then marched over to the couple, grabbed a drink from their table and drank out of it!

So much for worrying about Covid-19!

Other violent Biden supporters were breaking glassware and intimidating diners.

Another Black Lives Matter terrorist physically assaulted a white man walking his bike on Penn Avenue near The Standard Market & Pint House.

American Airlines policy allowing BLM pins faces backlash from workers

There’s pin-demonium brewing at American Airlines.

Top brass at the nation’s largest commercial jet carrier is facing turbulence from within after it announced that flight attendants are now allowed to wear Black Lives Matter pins on their uniforms while on duty.

The move has irked some of American’s white New York staffers, including those who have spouses or relatives who are cops — because they consider the BLM movement divisive and anti-police, saying it promotes or condones violence.

“I take offense to this,” one veteran flight attendant said in an email to airline management obtained by The Post. “Serious offense. My husband is a LEO (Law Enforcement Officer), as was my deceased father and as far as I’m concerned ALL LIVES MATTER.”

“I am completely disgusted at the fact that we can’t show support for our GOD, our COUNTRY, our LEOs but when it comes to BLM organization (which is controversial in itself), American Airlines says that’s obviously different,” she wrote. “And we can. How is that right? Well, I don’t feel included.”

Maryland Mail Carrier, Accomplice Indicted For Allegedly Stealing Credit Cards, Identities Of Victims, Businesses

A mail carrier in Maryland and another man were indicted this week on numerous charges stemming from a scheme in which they allegedly stole credit cards and identities of people and businesses on the carrier’s route and opened fake bank accounts in their names.

The justice department said a grand jury indicted Johnson Ogunlana, 24, of Middle River, and Samson Oguntuyi, 29, of Atlanta, on charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and mail fraud, access device fraud, aggravated identity theft, theft of mail by a postal employee and destruction of mail by a postal employee. Both men are Nigerian nationals.

The indictment accuses Ogunlana and Oguntuyi of working with other people to steal credit and debit cards from the mail, open fake accounts in the victims’ names and set up fake businesses and then use the stolen cards and stolen checks for purchases.

In total, the duo is accused of stealing at least $565,000 from two businesses and the identities of at least eight postal customers in Brooklyn, Maryland. Both face decades in prison if found guilty.

Confessions of a voter fraud: I was a master at fixing mail-in ballots

A top Democratic operative says voter fraud, especially with mail-in ballots, is no myth. And he knows this because he’s been doing it, on a grand scale, for decades.

Mail-in ballots have become the latest flashpoint in the 2020 elections. While President Trump and the GOP warn of widespread manipulation of the absentee vote that will swell with COVID polling restrictions, many Democrats and their media allies have dismissed such concerns as unfounded.

But the political insider, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he fears prosecution, said fraud is more the rule than the exception. His dirty work has taken him through the weeds of municipal and federal elections in Paterson, Atlantic City, Camden, Newark, Hoboken and Hudson County and his fingerprints can be found in local legislative, mayoral and congressional races across the Garden State. Some of the biggest names and highest office holders in New Jersey have benefited from his tricks, according to campaign records The Post reviewed.

“An election that is swayed by 500 votes, 1,000 votes — it can make a difference,” the tipster said. “It could be enough to flip states.”

Baltimore City Looking For Volunteers To Help With Recycling, Trash Pickup

The city of Baltimore is now asking if people want to volunteer to help the city pick it's trash and recycle.

Recycling services have been suspended until at least November, as city crews focus on trash pickup.

Baltimore City Council President Brandon Scott said that he will be mobilizing his office to support in the effort until regular services can resume.

“In these challenging times, we must pull together as a community and be willing to think outside of the box,” Scott said.



Website Behind Hit Piece Claiming Trump Called Dead Troops ‘Losers’, Owned By A Biden Mega-Donor, Laurene Jobs

There is no question that President Trump has his political opponents, on both sides of the isle, frustrated, emotional and prone to making outlandish mistakes.

Last week the known leftist/globalist publication ‘The Atlantic” published a shockingly absurd article, featuring anonymous ‘sources,’ entitled ‘Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers.’

There are plenty of things you can attack President Trump on as the man is not perfect, but his respect for the troops and law enforcement is not one of them. If anything, those who say that he listens to, and trusts the Military Industrial Complex TOO much, have more of a point.

Fox News reporter destroyed the fake hit piece.

Grocery store chain says employees can't wear American flag masks because they're 'offensive' — it quickly changes course after backlash

North Carolina-based grocery chain Food Lion will now permit its employees to wear American flag-themed face masks while working at its stores.

The company went viral earlier this week after one of its employees revealed he quit after being told to avoid wearing his American flag-themed mask.
According to a recent report from WCTI-TV, the move appears to be in response to the employee — as well as his supporters — demanding such masks after the company initially prohibited them.
Controversy initially brewed after employee Gary Dean, a 69-year-old U.S. Air Force veteran showed up to work wearing an American flag-printed mask.
Dean said that a store manager told him that someone found the mask offensive, and informed Dean that he could no longer wear the mask while working.

"As a veteran, my dad being a World War II hero, my best friend killed in Vietnam, out of respect for them, I can't just say, 'No, I'll take my flag and put it in my pocket," Dean said.

So instead, he quit — and his story began to gain traction across the internet.

Days later, the company changed its stance on the masks.

Teachers’ Union Refuses to Teach At School — But Pack In For Sharpton’s 50,000 Race “Get Off Our Necks” Rally in DC

Photos showed staffers from the country’s second-largest teachers’ union holding signs in close proximity to each other. Randi Weingarten tweeted a photo of herself embracing two other union bosses, elbow bumping Martin Luther King III, posing with the head of the Human Rights Campaign, and then with Al Sharpton, who has one arm loosely draped across her body.

Unless the AFT head shares a household with Sharpton, that’s not social distancing. But photos repeatedly show Sharpton in tight groups of people, sometimes without a mask.’

There has been a lot of debate over whether or not children should return to school because of, you know, ‘the thing.’ From the jump, President Trump has said that America’s children should be back in their classrooms. OF course, if Trump is for it, the left was against it.



Trump Tweets Baltimore Is ‘The Worst In Nation,’ Once Again Endorses Kimberly Klacik

President Trump on Sunday once again took aim at Baltimore in a series of tweets, calling the city “the WORST IN [sic] NATION.”

Over three tweets Sunday morning, the president urged voters in the 7th congressional district, which also includes portions of Baltimore and Howard counties, to elect Republican Kimberly Klacik this fall. Klacik is facing off again against Rep. Kweisi Mfume, who took over the spot left vacant following the death of Rep. Elijah Cummings.



Trump, who has tweeted favorably about Klacik in the past, also wrote that “Baltimore will turn around, and I will help. Crime will go way down, money and jobs will pour in,” if she’s elected.

“Baltimore is last in everything, WHAT THE HELL DO YOU HAVE TO LOSE!” he added.

Protesters rally in support of Portsmouth Police Chief placed on administrative leave

PORTSMOUTH, Va. - A group of people came out to City Hall on Sunday in support of Police Chief Angela Greene.
Portsmouth Police Chief Angela Greene was placed on administrative leave Friday.
The decision was made weeks after Greene announced that state Sen. Louise Lucas, NAACP members, school board members and public defenders had felony warrants issued in relation to their participation in a June 10 Confederate monument protest where a man was severely injured.
Virginia Beach Attorney Timothy Anderson hosted the event to show support for Chief Greene
"I think the community is sick of watching protesters come in and destroy property and treat police like they're the bad guys and we had a police chief who actually stood up to that and enforced the law she didn't make a law up she enforced a law that was on the books. Because it involved people in high places the city manager decided to suspend her from her job for that which is unbelievably outrageous," Anderson said.
VA Lt. Governor tweeted, about the incident saying, “It’s wrong to target our leaders, particularly our African- American leaders."

U-Haul Trucks Set Ablaze By Protesters Owned By Black Man Who Placed ‘Black Owned’ Sign Outside. He’s ‘Livid’

A Rochester man is “livid” after his business was targeted by protesters ostensibly outraged over the death of Daniel Prude, a black man who died about a week after an interaction with the Rochester Police Department (RPD) back in March.

As more violent rioting took place Saturday night, lasting into early Sunday morning, protesters torched a store that encompasses a U-Haul service — a store owned by a black man — leaving at least three of the vehicles destroyed by the alleged arson.

According to the photos, it appears Mr. Barksdale placed a “Proud to be Black Owned” sign outside the business, which was clearly ignored by rioters allegedly protesting racial injustice.

“Multiple trucks on fire at U-Haul on State Street at Brown. Rochester fire just arriving now,” Molineaux reported early Sunday morning.