June 28, 2021

USA: Author Of '1619 Project' Hails Stalinist Cuba’s 'Education'. CRT Author Argues The Most Threatening Racist Movement In America Today Are The Normal American's Push For A Race-Neutral Society.

Frontpage Mag
written by Humberto Fontova
Monday June 7, 2021

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and fellow Republicans are demanding Pres. Biden’s Education Department block a planned history education proposal that invokes the 1619 Project. "Americans do not need or want their tax dollars diverted from promoting the principles that unite our nation toward promoting radical ideologies meant to divide us," McConnell wrote.

“In order to truly be antiracist, you also have to truly be anti-capitalist…the origins of racism cannot be separated from the origins of capitalism. The origins of capitalism cannot be separated from the origins of racism." -- Professor Ibram X. Kendi, Big Kahuna of Critical Race Theory, which Biden’s Education Dept. wants force-fed to our schoolchildren.

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"What Mitch McConnell and others like him want is for our children to get a propagandistic, nationalistic understanding of history that is not about facts...” -- Nikole Hannah-Jones, author of The New York Times' 1619 Project.

And speaking of propaganda vs facts—and of Nikole Hannah-Jones:

“'Education is the cornerstone of the (Cuban) revolution. Nearly everywhere among the magnificent Havana architecture signs speak of equality and liberation through education. An illiterate person is a person prevented from developing his human condition,' Jorge Gonzales Corona (Cuban Communist apparatchik) told us." -- A euphoric Nikole Hannah-Jones after a Potemkin tour of Stalinist Cuba.

“Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.” -- Vladimir Lenin. Appropriately enough, Castroite Cuba’s most famous “elite” high school is named for Lenin.

“This summer [2008] I traveled to Cuba with six journalists, documenting the experiences of the African diaspora in the Western Hemisphere for the Institute for Advanced Journalism Studies in North Carolina. While there, I found a Cuba you may not know. A Cuba with a 99.8 percent literacy rate, the lowest HIV infection rate in the Western Hemisphere, free college and health care…When Castro took power, fewer than one-quarter of Cubans were literate. Many couldn't afford school. One of Castro's first acts was to universalize education…. Cuba's universal health care system is seen by many as a world model.” -- Nikole Hannah-Jones.

Fact-Check: In fact, when Castro took power, which was barely 50 years after a devastating war of independence that cost Cuba almost a fifth of her population, Cuba boasted almost 80 per cent literacy and budgeted the most (23 % of national expenses) for public education of any Latin American country.

Fact-Check: In 1958 Cuba had a higher standard of living than Ireland and Austria, almost double Spain and Japan’s per-capita income, more doctors and dentists per capita than Britain and lower infant mortality than France and Germany — the 13th lowest in the world, in fact. Today Cuba’s infant-mortality rate — despite the hemisphere’s highest abortion rate, which favorably skews the figure -- is much lower from the top. So relative to the rest of the world, Cuba’s health care has worsened under the Castros and a nation with a formerly massive influx of European immigrants needs machine guns, water cannons and tiger sharks to keep it’s people from fleeing, while half-starved Haitians a short 60 miles away turn up their nose at any thought of immigrating to Cuba.

Without Castro, Cuba’s full literacy would have come about probably as quickly and without firing squads, mass graves and a political incarceration rate higher than Stalin’s. Most countries in Latin America with lower literacy rates than Cuba in 1958 have done just that.

Better still, before the Castros and Che Guevara converted Cuba into an intellectual, moral and material sewer, Cubans were actually educated —not indoctrinated with worthless Marxist claptrap, as will many U.S. schoolchildren if Biden’s Education Dept. prevails.

Instead of being force-fed essentially the same Marxist imbecilities the 1619 Project and Critical Race Theory force-feed their hapless victims, children in pre-Castro Cuba were allowed (encouraged, actually) to read such as George Orwell and Thomas Jefferson, not just the arresting wisdom and sparkling prose of Che Guevara. A specimen:

"To the extent that we achieve concrete successes on a theoretical plane — or, vice versa, to the extent that we draw theoretical conclusions of a broad character on the basis of our concrete research — we will have made a valuable contribution to Marxism-Leninism, and to the cause of humanity."

I quote "this intellectual, this most complete human being of our time" (Jean Paul Sartre’s description of Che Guevara) exactly. Cuba’s prisons aren’t its only torture chambers. With such reading assignments Cuba’s classrooms amply qualify for an inspection by Amnesty International.

“Black Cubans especially are wary of outsiders wishing to overthrow the Castro regime,” Nikole Hannah-Jones reported after her Potemkin Cuban tour. “They admit the revolution has been imperfect, but it also led to the end of codified racism and brought universal education and access to jobs to black Cubans. Without the revolution, they wonder, where would they be.”

They would have been spared the bootheel, lash and slave-yoke of a totalitarian regime which jailed and tortured the longest-suffering black political prisoners in the modern history of the Western hemisphere, that’s where. Many Cuban blacks suffered longer incarceration in the dungeons of Che and the Castros than Nelson Mandela suffered in South Africa’s. Eusebio Penalver, Ignacio Cuesta Valle, Antonio Lopez Munoz, Ricardo Valdes Cancio and many other Cuban blacks suffered almost 30 years in the Castros’ prisons. Bloodied in their fight against Hannah-Jones’ tour guides, they remained unbowed.

But have you ever heard any of their names mentioned by the U.S. media? Eusebio Penalver became a U.S. citizen and lived in Miami for almost 20 years. He would have been a cinch for the media to track down. Has CNN interviewed any of them? Have you ever see any of them on 60 Minutes, or read about them in The New York Times? Have you ever heard of them on National Public Radio during Black History Month, seen them on the History channel or AandE? Has the NAACP or Congressional Black Caucus mentioned them?

As Ernesto “Che” Guevara wrote in his famous Motorcycle Diaries (“overlooked” in the famous movie,) "The Negro is indolent and spends his money on frivolities and drink, whereas the European is forward-looking, organized and intelligent.” And as he famously sneered at a black Cuban questioner during a press conference in early 1959 who asked him what the revolution planned for blacks: “We’ll do for Cuban blacks exactly what Cuban blacks did for the Cuban revolution. By which I mean: nothing!”

Che was much too modest. “Nothing” is not at all an accurate description of Castroite treatment of Cuba’s blacks. In fact, these lily-white European soldiers sons (Fidel and Raul) along with Che forcibly overthrew a Cuban government where Cuban blacks served as President of the Senate, Minister of Agriculture, Chief of Army, and Head of State (Fulgencio Batista, a grandson of slaves who was born in a palm-roofed shack). Not that you’ll learn any of this from the liberals’ exclusive educational source on pre-Castro Cuba: The Godfather II movie, or –gulp—if Biden’s Education Dept. gets its wish, from the writings and blathering of Nikole Hannah-Jones.

In fact: “(Pre-Castro) Cuba had probably the nearest thing to perfect equality between whites and blacks in the world.”

“Aaaaw come ON, Humberto!” some amigos snort. “Let’s not get carried away here! I mean, it’s one thing to correct the left’s historical exaggerations! But let’s not exaggerate in the other direction, for crying out loud!"

Fair enough, amigos. Fine, then don’t take it from me. Take it from Life Magazine (not exactly a bastion of “embittered-right-wing-Cuban-exiles-with-an-axe-to-grind) where the “perfect equality between the races” statement formed the headline on an article they wrote about Cuba in Nov. 1938.
UPDATE 7/2/21 at 3:17pm: Added info below.

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USA: A Christian Non-Profit Is Challenging The IRS After The Agency DENIED THEM Tax-Exempt Status Saying The Bible’s Teachings Are Typically Affiliated With The Republican Party And Candidates.

Breitbart News
written by Katherine Hamilton
Saturday June 19, 2021

A Christian non-profit is challenging the Internal Revenue Service after the agency denied them tax-exempt status saying “the Bible’s teachings are typically affiliated with the Republican Party and candidates.”

Christians Engaged describes itself as educational, Christian, and non-partisan, and operates out of Garland, Texas. Its three main goals, as described by the non-profit, include:
To awaken, motivate, and empower ordinary believers in Jesus Christ to: pray for our nation and our elected officials regularly, vote in every election to impact our culture, and engage our hearts in some forms of political education or activism for the furtherance of our nation.
The non-profit works to show Christians how to “civically engage as part of their religious practice” but does not promote specific parties or candidates or earn money for political causes, according to the organization’s appeal letter to the IRS.

The non-profit first applied to become a 501 (c)(3) in late 2019. They received a rejection letter on May 18, 2021, from Exempt Organizations Director Stephen A. Martin saying the group “engage[s] in prohibited political campaign intervention” and “operate[s] for a substantial non-exempt private purpose and for the private interests of the [Republican] party.”

Martin alleged in his letter that the group does not meet requirements for tax exemption because biblical causes tend to favor the Republican Party:
Specifically, you educate Christians on what the Bible says in areas where they can be instrumental including the areas of sanctity of life, the definition of marriage, biblical justice, freedom of speech, defense, and borders and immigration, U.S. and Israel relations. The Bible teachings are typically affiliated with the [Republican Party] and candidates. This disqualifies you from exemption under IRC Section 501(c)(3).
The First Liberty Institute, which is representing Christians Engaged, sent an appeal letter to the IRS on June 16, saying Martin’s decision mischaracterizes the nature of the non-profit and infringes on first amendment liberties.

“From its religious perspective, Christians Engaged provides nonpartisan religious and civic education, focusing on encouraging and educating Christians to be civically engaged as a part of their religious practice,” according to the appeal letter.

Lea Patterson, who is representing Christians Engaged and serves as counsel with First Liberty Institute, said the decision from the IRS is strange and not in line with their past practices. Patterson said the IRS is discriminating based on religion.

“If the IRS going forward thinks that Bible teaching is Republican-affiliated, then that could endanger the tax-exempt status of many religious organizations — including potentially churches, which obviously teach the Bible with some frequency,” Patterson told Breitbart News on Saturday.

In the denial letter, the IRS pointed out that the leadership of the organization is or has been heavily involved in other Republican organizations in the past. However, these affiliations are separate and do not intersect with Christians Engaged. President Bunni Pounds is a former congressional candidate, 15-year political consultant, and a motivational speaker. Vice President Trayce Bradford is the former president of Texas Eagle Forum – a statewide pro-family advocacy group, former prayer leader, and an organizer for Promise Keepers.

“We just want to encourage more people to vote and participate in the political process. How can anyone be against that?” Pounds said in a release.

In the appeal letter, Patterson pointed out that the IRS has approved 501(c)(3) status for several other organizations that behave almost identically to Christians Engaged. Most notably, the letter mentioned a non-profit Michelle Obama started called Civic Nation, whose “When We All Vote” initiative says its mission is:
[T]o change the culture around voting and to increase participation in each and every election by helping to close the race and age gap. Created by Michelle Obama, When We All Vote brings together individuals, institutions, brands, and organizations to register new voters across the country and advance civic education for the entire family and voters of every age to build an informed and engaged electorate for today and generations to come. We empower our supporters and volunteers to take action through voting, advocating for their rights, and holding their elected officials accountable.
“Denying tax-exempt status for Christians Engaged while recognizing the exempt status of other organizations who encourage civic engagement from different viewpoints demonstrates the IRS’s impermissible viewpoint discrimination,” Patterson said in the appeal letter.

Patterson also noted that Martin is not following protocol when he assumes that Christian values belong to one political party.

“The IRS states in an official letter that Biblical values are exclusively Republican. That might be news to President Biden, who is often described as basing his political ideology on his religious beliefs,” Patterson said.

Going forward, Christians Engaged must wait while the IRS goes through its official internal administrative appeal process over the next few months. If they are denied again, the IRS and Christians Engaged could end up in federal court, Patterson said.

“Our client’s hope is that they get approved and recognized as a 501(c)(3),” she said.

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USA: Nike CEO Said "Nike Is A Brand That Is Of China And For China." Explains Nike Anti-American Sentiment And Their Close Ties To The Racist Marxist Black Supremacists In America.

BBC News, UK
written by Staff
Thursday June 24, 2021

The boss of Nike has made a robust defence of the firm's business in China after facing a consumer boycott there.

Chief executive John Donahoe said "Nike is a brand that is of China and for China" in response to a question about competition from Chinese brands.

Mr Donahoe was speaking during a call with Wall Street analysts about Nike's latest earnings report.

The comments come after the sportswear giant was recently hit by a backlash over statements about Xinjiang.

Mr Donahoe made the comments during a discussion on Nike's fourth quarter earnings, which showed revenues had doubled to a better-than-expected $12.3bn (£8.8bn) for the three months to the end of March.

That helped it bounce back to a $1.5bn profit, from a $790m loss during the depths of the pandemic a year earlier.

The figures also showed that revenue in China rose to more than $1.9bn, but missed Wall Street expectations of $2.2bn.

Mr Donahoe said he remained confident that China would continue to be a fast-growing market for the company due to its many years of investment there.

"We've always taken a long term view. We've been in China for over 40 years," he said.

"Phil [Knight] invested significant time and energy in China in the early days and today we're the largest sport brand there," he said in reference to Nike's co-founder and former chief executive who first saw the potential for growth in the country.

Nike did not immediately respond to a BBC request for further comment.

The company's shares rose by more than 14% during after-hours trade in New York.

Why was Nike boycotted in China?

Several Western brands, including Nike and Swedish fashion retailer H&M, recently faced a backlash from Chinese shoppers after the firms expressed concerns about the alleged use of Uyghur forced labour in cotton production.

In March, a group of Western countries imposed sanctions on officials in China over rights abuses against the mostly Muslim Uyghur minority group.

The sanctions were introduced as a coordinated effort by the European Union, UK, US and Canada.

In December, the BBC published an investigation based on new research showing China was forcing hundreds of thousands of minorities including Uyghurs into manual labour in Xinjiang's cotton fields.

What is Xinjiang and who are the Uyghurs?
  • Xinjiang, China's biggest region, produces about a fifth of the world's cotton. An autonomous region in theory, in reality it faces restrictions which have only increased in recent years
  • Millions of China's Uyghurs, a Muslim minority that sees itself as culturally and ethnically close to Central Asian nations, live in Xinjiang
  • In recent decades, mass migration of Han Chinese (China's ethnic majority) to Xinjiang has fuelled tensions with Uyghurs which has at points flared into deadly violence
  • This has resulted in a massive security crackdown and an extensive state surveillance programme, which critics say violate Uyghur human rights. China says such measures are necessary to combat separatism and terrorism
  • Uyghurs have been detained at camps where allegations of torture, forced labour and sexual abuse have emerged. China has denied these claims saying the camps are "re-education" facilities aimed at lifting Uyghurs out of poverty
PJ Media
written by Bryan Preston
Monday June 28, 2021

Nike, the global brand that sells billions of shoes and other sports equipment every year, would not be possible without the freedoms of the United States. It started in Oregon as Blue Ribbon Sports, importing and selling Japanese shoes before designing its own. It flourished and become one of the most successful American brands in the world. Nike could use that brand power to be an advocate for American values, if it shared them.

Nike has thrived under American freedoms but over the past few years, as it went woke, it signaled that it was growing skeptical if not hostile to its home country.

There was, most notably, its decision to hand former NFL QB Colin Kaepernick a $50 million contract after he knelt during the National Anthem to protest, he claimed, police brutality. Kaepernick’s activism since then has made clear that he was protesting America itself. Nike has kept him on and paid him more each month than many Americans make in a decade.

Nike recently held its quarterly earnings meeting. It has run afoul of the Chinese Communist Party for criticizing that party’s ghastly and racist slave labor practices. This criticism has put deals with China in jeopardy, putting a lot of money at risk. It’s put Nike in the position of making a choice.
“Nike is a brand that is of China and for China,” [Nike] CEO John Donahoe told Wall Street analysts last week in response to a question about competition from Chinese companies during a call about fourth-quarter earnings, the BBC reported.
That’s pretty clear. Donahue added that Nike always takes the “long view,” which in this context looks back at Nike’s 40 years in China and can be taken to mean that in the long run, he believes China will eclipse the United States.

Or he’s simply bowing to China’s brutal communist masters for the sake of making more money, hoping that Americans don’t get wind of his comments or have a problem with them.

Or a bit of both.

During the month of June, Nike has pretty much rejected the American flag as a symbol of inclusion.
Wall Street seems fine with Nike’s choice.
The company’s shares rose by more than 14% during after-hours trade in New York.
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CGTN China media published March 20, 2021: China urges the West to address problems of racism, xenophobia violence
WION published May 5, 2020: Gravitas: Wuhan Coronavirus. African nations unite against China. A senator in Nigeria has introduced a motion - accusing China of institutional discrimination against Nigerians in China. WION's Palki Sharma tells you how African nations are calling out China.
AP Archive published November 16, ๐Ÿ‘‰ 2016 ๐Ÿ‘ˆ China Company Apologizes for Racist Ad. A Chinese cosmetic firm is apologizing for an ad that is being called insensitive and racially biased. The ad begins with a Black man flirting with an Asian woman. After he's given a Qaiobi laundry detergent drop and stuff into a top loading washer, he emerges as an Asian man in a clean white t-shirt. The ad is being criticized as another sign of Chinese attitudes towards Africans.
UPDATE 6/28/21 at 10:26pm: Added info below.

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USA: San Francisco Mayor Announced That $3.75 Million Will Be Diverted From Law Enforcement Budgets To Black Organizations. DEFUNDING THE POLICE With A NO BAIL District Attorney UGH ๐Ÿ˜’

Breitbart News
written by Penny Starr
Thursday May 6, 2021

The mayor of San Francisco announced Wednesday that $3.75 million will be taken FROM the city’s police and sheriff’s office budget to go to help black organizations.

Mayor London Breed issued a statement about the Dream Keeper Initiative that will fund “nonprofits that serve the black community.”

“Across this country, and in our city, we’ve seen how the black community’s economic growth and prosperity has historically been disrupted and marginalized,” Breed said in the statement. “We have invested our resources in a way that lifts up and supports African American small business owners, entrepreneurs, and the entire community.”

The San Francisco Chronicle reported on the development:

As part of the initiative, the Office of Economic and Workforce Development awarded funds to 17 black-serving community organizations to provide services for African American businesses, entrepreneurs, and their communities in San Francisco.

Organizations awarded the funds include the San Francisco African American Chamber of Commerce, San Francisco Housing Development Corporation, and the Children’s Council of San Francisco.

The funds will be used to provide economic relief from the pandemic; help start, stabilize, or grow existing Black businesses by offering consultations and legal guidance; and support African American cultural preservation events. Funds will also be used to establish community hubs that stimulate cultural and business development and provide education and resources in historically African American neighborhoods such as Bayview-Hunters Point, Fillmore/Western Addition, Potrero Hill, and Visitacion Valley.

“This funding represents an investment in the community and addressing the wealth and opportunity gaps created by years of biased policies and approaches,” Sheryl Davis, executive director of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission, said in a statement.

“There is tremendous talent and potential that has been stifled by our biased policies and strategies,” Davis said.

Neither the report nor the statements explained what portion of law enforcement’s budget would be affected by the cuts.
KRON4 News, Bay area local
written by Alexa Mae Asperin
Tuesday June 22, 2021

SAN FRANCISCO – A new poll released Tuesday by the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce shows 8 out of 10 residents in San Francisco consider crime has worsened in recent years.

It’s the second year in a row residents are saying crime has increased – with 70% feeling the quality of life in San Francisco has declined.

Suspect arrested for string of violent crimes in San Francisco According to the poll, a high number of respondents cited the city’s homeless crisis and crime as the leading problems.

Around 88% of people said homelessness has worsened in recent years, and 80% viewed addressing this homeless crisis a high priority.

Here are some other key findings from the poll:
  • 60% believe it should be a high priority for San Francisco to maintain funding for police academy classes in order to recruit younger, diverse, progressive members to replace those who have retired or left the San Francisco Police Department
  • 76% say it should be a high priority for the city to increase the number of police officers in high-crime neighborhoods
  • 82% want to see more caseworkers on the streets to help individuals suffering from mental illness 
  • 74% support providing more temporary shelter for homeless individuals
The CityBeat Poll offers a glimpse into San Francisco voter sentiments, attitudes, and opinions on issues including quality of life, housing and affordability, and transportation.

The poll is released annually.
The New York Post
written by Hannah E. Meyers
Thursday June 17, 2021

The viral video was quasi-farcical: A thief in a San Francisco Walgreens on Monday balanced on his bike as he skimmed it down the aisles, filling his black garbage bag with merchandise, looking like a larcenous Santa Claus as he then coasted past the store’s guard out into the California sunshine.

But there was nothing funny about the social crisis on display. The scene captured in that video puts paid to the lie that “progressive” policies that excuse crime and weaken law enforcement are about a deep and fundamental respect for people. Quite the opposite.

Clearly, San Francisco is in trouble. Walgreens officials stated in May that thefts in its Frisco stores quadrupled their national average. The chain has had to shutter 17 locations where merchandise was getting lifted rather than bought.

This is no coincidence. Permissive state and local policies and attitudes have signaled to thieves that San Francisco is a perfect “shopping” destination: a mecca for organized retail crime.

In 2014, a statewide law (Proposition 47) reclassified nonviolent thefts as misdemeanors for stolen goods worth less than $950. California’s property crime immediately spiked from below the national average to above it and has continued to grow. And San Francisco, as of 2019, had twice the property-crime rate per resident — 1 in 18 — as the rest of California; not to mention that San Francisco’s rate of violent crime per resident is 50 percent above California’s.

In January 2020, San Francisco’s new “progressive” district attorney, Chesa Boudin (a son of convicted cop killers), made decreasing penalties for nonviolent offenses a cornerstone of his agenda. He also crusaded to ban cash bail, reduce prison populations and pursue non-incarceration.

That year, while burglaries were down nationwide, they rose in San Francisco by 50 percent; motor-vehicle theft, up around 4 percent nationwide, shot up in San Francisco by 22 percent. As the petition for one of the two recall efforts against Boudin stated: “In 2020, violent crime, home invasions, rampant and unchecked drug dealing and business-property theft have turned our city upside down.”

Everyone goes toward greatest opportunity and least risk. Thieves flock to San Francisco, unconcerned by what amounts to the vague threat of a citation should they be detained — which is unlikely, as police make arrests in less than 3 percent of reported thefts, and these cases rarely get prosecuted.

These same patterns are afoot here in New York City, where crooks travel from The Bronx, where Duane Reade stores (a subsidiary of Walgreens) are manned by armed guards, to the easy pickings of less-secured Upper West Side locations. As in Frisco, Gotham’s shoplifters steal whatever they can fence. They include ice-cream nabbers, who clear out shelves of Hรคagen-Dazs cartons to resell to bodegas and individuals for whatever profit they can turn.

Despite the naรฏve handwringing of the likes of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, most such thieves aren’t desperate mothers stealing baby food. In San Francisco, for example, professional crime accounts for 85 percent of CVS’s dollar losses, according to a company official. It is the province of full-time crooks and drug addicts, who fence the stolen goods to feed their addictions.

Last year, Bay Area sting operations on fencing rings recovered approximately $8 million of stolen merchandise from retailers including CVS, Target and Walgreens. Add the fact that the city’s overdose deaths doubled those from COVID-19 and the widespread entrenchment of squad homeless encampments, and the picture that emerges is an urban dystopia.

Boudin and likeminded policymakers in the Big Apple may think that removing the barriers to shoplifting shows a lofty empathy for offenders or an enlightened indifference to “low-level” crime. In fact, such neglect underwrites drug addictions and professionalizes criminal fencing rings. It shows zero compassion for mistreated store workers, whose daily jobs involve inconvenience, indignity and danger from cocky crooks — and, in at least 17 locations around Frisco, ultimately unemployment.

The anti-anti-crime attitude, moreover, harms the residents around those 17 locations, who have lost easy access to amenities and filled prescriptions. And it tells pharmacy shareholders that investing in the business isn’t worth it.

Monday’s blasรฉ biking thief treated the rule of law like a joke — because that’s what the law has become in San Francisco and dozens of blue-governed cities.

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The Commie funded Democrats say the complete opposite of what is reality. He's expressing his own perception of reality that is NOT actually happening in the real world. (emphasis mine)

The Citizens, serving Rockdale and Newton Counties
written by Dan Simon, CNN
Wednesday June 23, 2021

Suspected burglars hit again and again, police chief says

From the San Francisco Police Department's perspective, recent crime problems boil down to two factors: not enough cops on the street and a revolving door of criminals.

"These same people ... are going into the stores and snatching property," San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott told CNN. "Once we arrest them, we find out they've been arrested over and over again. It's frustrating."

While overall crime decreased last year, burglaries in the city exploded -- up 52%. The Richmond District alone saw a spike of 370%, records show.

Meantime, only 11 of the city's top 25 repeat offenders for burglary are in custody, according to police.

"We're at our wits' end," said Richie Greenberg, a former mayoral candidate who is leading an effort to recall San Francisco's chief prosecutor.

Many lay blame with District Attorney Chesa Boudin, a former public defender. Since he was elected in 2019, Boudin has enacted controversial policies, such as ending cash bail, aimed at releasing people from incarceration (Los Angeles DA recently took THE SAME path).

At the height of the pandemic, Boudin reduced the prison population by nearly 50%.

"We have a rogue DA," Greenberg said.

Boudin said the city's most pressing problems are better addressed at the root level. "The reality is we are never going to police or prosecute our way out of problems like poverty, mental illness and homelessness. The United States leads the world in locking people up and it has not made us safer," he said.

Chief Scott, on the other hand, says, "If you don't want people to sit in jail for running in the store and taking a garbage bag full of property, then put enough police officers out there to prevent it."

Beyond the statistics is the brash nature of some recent property crimes. One man just last week was caught shoplifting at a Walgreens Pharmacy in plain view of a security guard and as CNN affiliate KGO-TV's camera rolled.

The suspect was arrested after allegedly trying to steal from another store. Walgreens has closed 17 stores in San Francisco over the past five years due to organized crime rings, it said.

"Every single day -- anytime they want," a Walgreens clerk said of shoplifters who often take items like paper towels from his shop on busy Geary Avenue. "Sometimes there's a group of shoplifters."

The store has practically half its merchandise locked up to thwart thieves, a fact that now symbolizes everyday life here.

UPDATE 6/28/21 at 5:25pm: Added info below.

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June 27, 2021

Long Live Disco! Happy Sunday Night Vibes...๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ˜˜ Because it feels like that kind of night. ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ‘✨ Let's Celebrate LIFE. ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŒŸ Cheers! ๐Ÿฅ‚


I don't have a care in the world. Shift your focus. Right now you can be sad all night long because of an unfortunate situation you find yourself in OR you can realize that you can't fix whatever is bothering you tonight so you're going to decide to lift your spirit up, be happy and dance. Then revisit that whatever you want to call it later. Don't let the cares of this world steal your joy.

I hope you're having a great night too doing whatever it is that puts a smile on your face. ๐Ÿ˜Š

BIG hugs! Dance. Enjoy yourselves. Life is way too short. ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ˜˜✨๐Ÿ’–

People of the world, let's feel the energy of the dancefloor together wherever we are and dance, dance, dance...๐Ÿ˜ ENJOY!


I would love to hear song suggestions from all of you that I should add to my Long Live Disco playlist I created on YouTube. These songs bring back such great fun filled memories for me. I have no regrets. All of my past experiences, both the good and the bad, have made me who I am today and for that I am grateful. Each experience was a puzzle piece to my life story. The message I share with you below helps us to realize life puzzle pieces falling into place as they should. Even when we don't understand the why of an experience. Love you! ๐Ÿ’–

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This was before deadly diseases came out of laboratories
and before lab crack cocaine hit the streets.


 ๐Ÿ’– 1979 World Disco finals ๐Ÿ’–

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