So the Leftists are anti-Israel and pro 'Islam' (the terrorist part of all that) - so I guess they are all backing this hostage taker in the Texas Synagogue.

 

The first of many more to come..I'll assume this was a failed attempt at radicalizing the members of that Texas based synagogue.

 

The hostage taker is definitely far right. The only difference between him and the Trump domestic terrorists is the God they pray to. Other than that the are the same religious fanatics, use intimidation and violence for political means, and want to end democracy and overthrow the government.

 

Proving once again..you're talking right out your tainted nasty asshole...trolling hack fuck.

Most likely a Crime Boss Biden and the Ho(half cracker 3.0) Administrations inbred illegal entries...maybe even was one that was flown here from Afghanistan under the approval of the Crime Boss Biden and the Ho(half cracker 3.0) Administration

 

...nothing like getting out in front of it eh?...bet it really pissed you off to find out that this shithole country didnt supply that terrorist...it was a British Citizen...ya douche bag.
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Michigan’s Dana Nessel Speculates ‘White Supremacy’ to Blame for Texas Synagogue Terrorist Attack

Attacker was British citizen, demanded release of ‘Lady Al Qaeda’---

As the hostage situation at a Texas synagogue developed on Saturday, Michigan's attorney general, Democrat Dana Nessel, raised the possibility that white supremacists were behind the attack.

Appearing on MSNBC on Saturday afternoon, about an hour after it had been reported that the attacker was demanding the release of imprisoned terrorist Aafia Siddiqui, Nessel said her "biggest concern" was that the attack was a "hate crime" or "domestic terrorism," pointing to "white supremacy organizations."
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/mi...o-blame-for-texas-synagogue-terrorist-attack/

 

Wisconsin Dem Frontrunner Sponsored Bill To Eliminate Cash Bail
As state legislator, Mandela Barnes tried to bar courts from considering the severity of a defendant's crime

The Democratic frontrunner in Wisconsin's Senate race sponsored a bill that would have ended cash bail and barred courts from using the severity of a defendant's crimes to argue against their release.

As a state legislator in 2016, Mandela Barnes introduced legislation to eliminate "monetary bail as a condition of release for a defendant charged with" a crime. Instead of setting bail, Wisconsin courts would be "required to release a defendant before trial" unless they found "by clear and convincing evidence" that the defendant would "cause serious bodily harm to a member of the community" if released. Under the bill, however, courts could not "use the nature, number, and gravity" of the crimes in question as the sole reason to keep someone behind bars, severely limiting prosecutors' ability to argue that the defendant would be a risk to the community.

Barnes's bill—which died in committee—came years after Milwaukee County district attorney John Chisholm espoused similar views in his inaugural campaign. Those views have faced renewed criticism in Wisconsin after Chisholm set what he later called an "inappropriately low" bail amount in the case of Darrell Brooks, who allegedly killed six people in a Christmas parade rampage just weeks after a domestic violence arrest. Chisholm, who in 2007 "guaranteed" his policies would put murderers back on the streets, let Brooks walk on $1,000 bail days before the parade tragedy.

Fond du Lac County district attorney Eric Toney said Barnes's proposal would erode the ability of prosecutors to keep dangerous people in custody.

"These liberal proposals take tools away from prosecutors and allow dangerous criminals to remain free, making Wisconsin more dangerous," Toney, who is running for attorney general, told the Washington Free Beacon. "Violent criminals must be kept behind bars, period."

Barnes, who did not return a request for comment, has already faced attacks from Republicans over his ties to radical criminal justice activists.

In September, the Democrat traveled to San Francisco to fundraise with the city's district attorney Chesa Boudin, the son of left-wing terrorists who has ended cash bail and declined to prosecute serial offenders. California state senator Scott Wiener also attended the event—Wiener has called to abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which he labeled a "force of oppression" that makes "communities less safe."


Months later, Barnes received an endorsement from the Center for Popular Democracy (CPD), a liberal activist group at the center of the movement to defund police. Barnes headlined a November CPD event to thank the group for its support, saying he was "very honored" to land its endorsement given its "amazing work … in states all across the country." CPD organized a number of "defund police" rallies in the summer of 2020, which the group says played a direct role in local officials' decisions to cut tens of millions of dollars from their police budgets. CPD also sponsors DefundPolice.org, a "comprehensive web resource where organizers can find everything they need for their campaign to defund police in one place."

Barnes became Wisconsin's lieutenant governor in 2019 after he and running mate Tony Evers defeated Republican incumbents Scott Walker and Rebecca Kleefisch by 1 point. Barnes now holds a 29-point lead in the Democratic primary race to succeed Republican incumbent senator Ron Johnson, internal polling from September shows. Other prominent Democrats vying for the nomination include state treasurer Sarah Godlewski, Milwaukee Bucks senior vice president Alex Lasry, and county executive Tom Nelson.

Should Barnes emerge from the crowded contest, it's unclear who he would face in November 2022—Johnson has not yet announced whether he will run for reelection.

 

Murders Spike to All-Time Highs in Democrat-Run US Cities

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Twelve U.S. cities this year have surpassed their all-time homicide record.

Philadelphia, which recorded the highest number of the 12, had more than 500 homicides in 2021, the most it's had since its previous record homicide year in 1990. Of the dozen cities, five broke records set in 2020. At least three, including Philadelphia, Louisville, Ky., and Portland, Ore., were the site of mass protests and riots following the murder of George Floyd and the police shooting of Breonna Taylor. All have Democratic mayors.

Former law enforcement officials have suggested the homicides are due to the dwindling number of police officers, declines in arrests, and the ongoing effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Retirements by law enforcement officers rose 45 percent from 2020 to 2021. And the FBI reported in September that the United States saw its largest yearly increase in homicides ever—a 30 percent jump since 2020. FBI crime data also show arrests are down nationwide. In 2020, there were only 7.63 million arrests, the fewest in 25 years.

"Nobody's getting arrested anymore," Robert Boyce, a retired chief of detectives for the NYPD, told ABC News. "People are getting picked up for gun possession and they're just let out over and over again."

The problem of declining arrests comes on the heels of efforts made by progressive district attorneys who favor diversionary programs and community-building to locking up criminal defendants. The attorneys criticize the use of cash bail in the justice system, which they say criminalizes poverty.

One such attorney, Milwaukee County district attorney John Chisholm, admitted in November he had set an "inappropriately low" bail amount for Darrell Edward Brooks Jr., the man who plowed his SUV through a parade in Waukesha, Wis., killing six and injuring scores. More than a decade earlier, Chisholm said progressive attorneys should expect such an outcome and that it does not undermine their justice reform efforts.

"Is there going to be an individual I divert, or I put into [a] treatment program, who's going to go out and kill somebody?" Chisholm said in 2007. "You bet. Guaranteed. It's guaranteed to happen. It does not invalidate the overall approach."

Michael Nutter, Philadelphia's former Democratic mayor, has blamed the city's crime wave on its progressive district attorney Larry Krasner. In a Tuesday editorial he wrote for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Nutter called on Krasner to resign if he "does not have the fortitude or the guts" to do his job and prosecute criminals.

"Krasner should … send a message to the shooters, murderers, and criminals of this city by committing to actually prosecute them, rather than coddle them, make excuses, reduce or drop charges," Nutter said. "He should commit to locking them up for carrying illegal weapons or shooting people."

Chisholm and Krasner both rose to office on contributions from left-wing billionaire George Soros, who gave millions of dollars to their campaigns.

The 12 cities that saw record-high homicides are Philadelphia; Rochester, N.Y.; Columbus, Ohio; Indianapolis; Louisville, Ky.; St. Paul, Minn.; Portland, Ore.; Tucson, Ariz.; Toledo, Ohio; Baton Rouge, La.; Austin, Texas; and Albuquerque, N.M.

 

Why Can’t We Talk About the Murder Wave?
Two years in, pols and media still deny crisis, dodge role of defund and decarceration

During a weekly briefing last Monday, Philadelphia district attorney and prominent "progressive prosecutor" Larry Krasner sought to downplay the surge in violence his city has endured over the last two years.

"We don't have a crisis of lawlessness, we don't have a crisis of crime, we don't have a crisis of violence," Krasner said. "It's important that we don't let this become mushy and bleed into the notion that there is some kind of big spike in crime."

Those claims are at odds with the facts on the ground. Philadelphia has seen over 500 homicides this year, the most in 60 years; shootings, which began surging last year, remain well above pre-2020 norms. As former mayor Michael Nutter (D.) put it in a blistering op-ed, "I'd like to ask Krasner: How many more Black and brown people, and others, would have to be gunned down in our streets daily to meet your definition of a ‘crisis'?"

Krasner's comments, though, typify a rhetorical approach adopted by prominent politicians, think tanks, and the media amid a record surge in homicides across the country. Since murders began rising in the wake of last summer's anti-police protests, progressives have sought to discount or otherwise wave away the spike and conspicuously avoided discussing the role of the diminished criminal justice system. This wariness reflects a progressive fear of "tough on crime" rhetoric but is likely to cost them electorally—if it has not already.

Many have followed Krasner's approach, downplaying the surge as "just" a homicide spike. In June, for example, the Guardian published a "factcheck" of the "‘crime wave’'narrative police are pushing," insisting that the increase was really only in murders and adding that "Americans overall are much less likely to be killed today than they were in the 1990s, and the homicide rate across big cities is still close to half what it was a quarter century ago." A recent report from Democratic think tank Third Way similarly emphasized that "contrary to the media narrative, overall crime decreased in 2020 compared to 2019," only belatedly noting the record increase in homicides and gun violence.

Murders did surge in 2020, FBI data show, by roughly 30 percent, the highest one-year percentage increase on record. But so did aggravated assaults—a proxy for shootings—and carjackings. Early evidence suggests that things worsened over 2021: Among nearly 90 cities tracked by the data firm AH Datalytics, roughly two-thirds have seen homicides continue to rise in 2021. At least 12 major cities have already hit all-time homicide records, including 5 that have tied or topped records set last year. As Manhattan Institute senior fellow (and my colleague) Rafael Mangual has documented, dozens of smaller cities have seen the same record surge in homicides. In many jurisdictions, things are as bad as they were in the 1990s. In fact, if trends continue, the AH Datalytics data suggest, 2021 will see the most big-city murders since 1995.

A host of factors are likely behind this spike, but a leading contender is the decrease in policing capacity, manpower, and morale following last summer's anti-police protests and riots in the wake of George Floyd. Many big cities experiencing big homicide spikes have also reported a dramatic drop-off in police staffing, as cops flee for less hostile employers in the suburbs. Court closures and a massive reduction in daily jail populations likely also contribute, further reducing the capacity of the criminal justice system to identify, detain, and prosecute serious offenders.

But political leaders, aided by the media, have downplayed or ignored the role of these changes. In November, the New York Times cited "dozens of interviews" with "criminologists, city and state officials and people close to murder victims," all of whom "could not name a single, direct cause of the spike in homicides" except possibly "the continued destabilizing effects of the coronavirus pandemic." Recent Washington Post coverage of rising homicides in D.C. gives the police unions a hearing but lets city officials get away with attributing the increase to illegal guns and pandemic interruptions. Axios Chicago similarly linked the city's surge to illegal guns, a standard but dubious talking point of Chicago's various Democratic mayors.

Krasner's assertion that "it’s important that we don't let this become mushy and bleed into the notion that there is some kind of big spike in crime" represents a longstanding sense among progressives that tough-on-crime rhetoric, combined with an "if it bleeds it leads" ethos at major publications, contributes to public misconceptions about the crime level, in turn fueling political support for policing and incarceration. But a commitment to the obverse—depolicing and decarceration—seems to have encouraged leaders like Krasner to insist there is no reason to be worried, even when there is.

Such denialism is likely to play poorly in an electorate where more than three in four voters across all parties say violent crime is a "major problem." Republican Glenn Youngkin used rising crime rates against Democratic opponent Terry McAuliffe in his successful bid for the Virginia governorship this past year. Particularly if murder rates continue to rise, Republicans are likely to take the same tack in the coming midterm elections next November—with potentially disastrous consequences for Democrats.

 

Well...we have more Soros funded hack fucks claiming that lawlessness is the new norm and the GOP States should fall in place or be ridiculed and demonized as terrorists that are against the Constitution.

GOP States Are Pushing for Stricter Penalties for Protesters

Last year, all around the country, people took to the streets in an unprecedented uprising for racial justice. After the police killing of George Floyd, the Black Lives Matter movement reignited in all 50 states.

And we also saw brutal crackdowns by the police on protesters. In just the first few days of demonstrations, police around the U.S. arrested more than 10,000 protesters. Many arrests were for violating curfews and failing to disperse.

And this year, more people are beginning to take to the streets to protest the continued barrage of police killings. But as demonstrations continue in the U.S., some lawmakers around the country are looking at stricter legal penalties for protesting. Oklahoma and Iowa recently passed laws that grant immunity to people who strike protesters with their cars. And in Florida last week, Governor Rick De Santis signed legislation to create harsher penalties for existing public disorder laws.

The Takeaway spoke with Nora Benavidez, the director of U.S. Free Expression Programs at PEN America, and Elly Page, senior legal advisor at the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law, working with the U.S. Protest Law Tracker.

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And we all know that the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law is funded by Soros.

 

5 kids shot in Chicago — Pastor Brooks asks where is BLM, NAACP?
Pastor Corey Brooks said there would be outrage if 5 children were shot anywhere else in America




CHICAGO – Aside from his Rooftop Revelations series, Pastor Corey Brooks wanted to share his brief thoughts on the five children shot in Chicago in the last 24 hours.

We strongly encourage you to watch the accompanying video so you may hear the pastor in his own words.

Tonight, my heart breaks.

One of the reasons why I'm on this roof and in this tent is to bring to you the awareness that you need to know about the violence in the city of Chicago.

I can't believe that I'm having to tell you this. But, in Chicago, over the last 24 hours, there have been five children who have been shot.

The ages of these shooting victims in Chicago, since noon today, are a girl, 11; a boy, 15; a boy, 16; another boy, 16; and another girl, 17. That's five children shot in less than 24 hours. If this happened in any other community in America, it would be total outrage, and I mean, outrage.

The question that I want to ask is: Where is Black Lives Matter? Where is ... unfortunately, I have to say it, the NAACP? Where are all these organizations that say they support and are committed to black lives, but when we have five young people shot, no one is saying a word?

Just like I said, if this was any other community in America, there would be so much outrage. There would be so much noise being made. But because it's on the South Side of Chicago, because it's some little black boys and little black girls, nobody really gives a damn.

That's all I want to say.

Follow along as Fox News checks in Pastor Corey Brooks each day with a new Rooftop Revelation.

For more information, please visit Project H.O.O.D.

 

No photo op for dead kids unless they were killed by a cop or a white guy.

 

true, it does'nt suit the medias agenda,

 

MSNBC's Tiffany Cross urges liberals to 'pick up a weapon and get involved' in 'war' for democracy
'Get involved because this is for the safety and lasting of the country,' she said



MSNBC host Tiffany Cross urged fellow progressives to "pick up a weapon and get involved" in the "war" for the survival of the country on Saturday.

Cross was discussing alleged Trump election interference with Democrat state representative Jasmine Crockett, who is running for Congress in Texas, during Saturday’s edition of MSNBC’s "The Cross Connection" when the duo speculated about how to fend off Republicans who could object to future results.


MSNBC host Tiffany Cross urged liberals to "pick up a weapon and get involved" in the "war" for democracy. (MSNBC)


"How do we as a country protect this democracy when these folks don't like the outcome of the next election, and Jasmine, you know, you're running for Congress in Texas where this is a problem, where they have partisan poll watchers, an open-carry state. It's a very fragile situation that we're in right now," Cross said. "What's your message to the people that you're running to represent? And what's your message to our viewers today?"

Crockett responded that "the role that Black women play in democracy" isn’t talked about enough by the media, but she will fight for them in the ongoing "war" against people who oppose liberal viewpoints.

"So there's a bigger story that I think is brewing, and that is that Black women have consistently fought for our democracy on every single level," Crockett said. "And I think that Black women will continue to fight for our democracy. And that's exactly what I plan to do. I don't plan to give up. I know that I wouldn't be here but for those that fought before me, so I'm going to continue this fight. We can't let up. If we say we've been defeated, then they have won. This is a war. This isn't a battle, and we absolutely will win this war."

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MSNBC’s "The Cross Connection" namesake host agreed that it’s a "war," and took the analogy a step further.

"It is indeed a war. And I have to say, they have won some battles, Jasmine, but we have to keep our eye on the war. And everybody needs to pick up a weapon and get involved because this is for the safety and lasting of the country," Cross said.

She appeared to be speaking metaphorically, but the language was still striking given the ongoing media conversation about charged rhetoric in politics and the press.

Cross, who has emerged as one of MSNBC’s most liberal voices, also recently blasted Republican members of Congress as "White supremacists."

 

Union Pacific Considers Rerouting Trains Around Los Angeles Amid Railcar Theft Spike
Railroad faults no-cash bail, lack of sentencing



Union Pacific, the nation's largest railroad franchise, is considering rerouting its trains around Los Angeles amid a spike in railcar thefts, according to a CBS News affiliate.

In the past year, Los Angeles County has seen a 160 percent jump in criminal rail theft, with October 2021 showing a 356 percent increase from the year before. Offenders have stolen from, assaulted, and even committed armed robbery of Union Pacific employees, amounting to "$5 million in claims, losses, and damages," according to the company. The railroad is faulting L.A. County district attorney George Gascón's (D.) "well-intended social justice goals," such as no-cash bail, for the railway theft spike.

"Criminals are caught and arrested, turned over to local authorities for booking, arraigned before the local courts, charges are reduced to a misdemeanor or petty offense, and the criminal is released after paying a nominal fine," Union Pacific general director of public affairs Adrian Guerrero wrote in a letter to Gascón. "In fact, criminals boast to our officers that charges will be pled down to simple trespassing—which bears no serious consequence."

CBS 2 photojournalist John Schreiber has documented the rail theft spike, posting videos of tracks in the region littered with thousands of ravaged boxes, packages, and bags.



Echoing calls from defund the police activists to "reimagine public safety," Gascón in December 2020 sent a special directive for L.A. County to dismiss misdemeanor offenses such as trespassing, drug possession, loitering, and resisting arrest. The directive also orders deputy district attorneys "to waive fines and fees" for offenders unable to afford legal representation.

About 90 containers are being compromised a day, according to Union Pacific. The company also said it has not been notified of any court proceedings after making more than 100 arrests on its own. It said it has employed additional special agents to combat the theft spike and is exploring the use of "drones, specialized fencing, trespass detection systems, and other measures."

The district attorney's office told CBS 2 reporter Kristine Lazar it has filed some cases involving burglary and grand theft but has dismissed others "due to insufficient evidence." It affirmed that it "takes Union Pacific's concerns seriously and hopes to discuss this issue more in the coming weeks," the office said in a statement.

 

Indiana Lawmakers Crack Down on Bail Charities After Grisly Murders
Bill would block bail funds from paying bond for accused felons

Indiana lawmakers are working to crack down on bail charities after one such nonprofit sprung two defendants from jail who were subsequently charged with grisly murders.

Republican legislators have crafted a bill to regulate bail funds after local press reported that a national nonprofit called The Bail Project bonded out two accused offenders subsequently charged with homicides in Indianapolis. An Indiana state Senate committee on Tuesday heard testimony about the bill from Nikki Sterling, the mother of one of the people allegedly murdered by a Bail Project client.

"In principle, aiding an individual who stole food to feed their family is admirable," Sterling told the committee on Tuesday. "However, The Bail Project is bailing out offenders with violent criminal histories. And sadly, it's the very communities they claim to be advocating for that are now in harm's way by having these dangerous individuals back out on the street."

The Bail Project's Indianapolis clients who prompted the new legislation are Travis Lang and Marcus Garvin. Lang has been charged with the Oct. 1 shooting death of 24-year-old Dylan McGinnis, Sterling's son. The Bail Project and a for-profit bail bondsman helped Lang post a $5,650 bond for a drug charge, despite prior felony prosecutions for burglary and resisting law enforcement.

Garvin is accused of murdering his girlfriend, 30-year-old Christie Lynn Holt. Garvin allegedly stabbed Holt 51 times because he suspected her of cheating on him, then attempted to dismember her body before disposing of it near a creek.

Garvin was out on a $1,500 bond with an ankle monitor at the time of Holt's murder. He was arrested in December 2020 for stabbing a customer at a gas station where he worked the checkout counter. Garvin allegedly followed the customer out of the station's convenience store, stabbed him in the back, and resumed checking out customers until authorities arrived, according to the Indianapolis Star.

Indianapolis is one of many American cities struggling against a surge of violent crime. It’s a crisis of many causes. Some cities have poured huge sums into diversionary programs at the expense of law enforcement, while police grapple with the same staffing shortages plaguing the private sector. And many jurisdictions curtailed pretrial detention in the name of COVID mitigation, a boon for repeat offenders. Indianapolis set a record for murders in 2021, and more than 700 people were wounded in shootouts.
https://freebeacon.com/policy/indiana-lawmakers-crack-down-on-bail-charities-after-grisly-murders/

 

Milwaukee authorities launch homicide investigation after 6 found dead

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Police are searching for answers after a welfare check resulted in the discovery of six bodies in a Milwaukee home. On Sunday, authorities responded to calls from concerned neighbors. This led to officers finding four men and one woman dead from gunshot wounds.

“Upon their arrival, entry into the residence was made and five individuals were found deceased,” announced Asst. Police Chief Paul Formolo of the Milwaukee Police Department. “Four of the deceased are adult males and one is an adult female.”

Overnight, the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed a sixth homicide victim, a male, was recovered at the location. Asst. Chief Formolo said the deaths are all being treated as homicide, but law enforcement doesn’t believe there is an active threat to those in the area.

“At this time, the motive and information regarding any involved suspects is not known to us right now as this is an ongoing investigation as you can see,” stated the police official. “However, there is no information to suggest that there is a threat to the community.”

Milwaukee’s local leaders have condemned the apparent attack as horrific. They also offered their condolences to the families and friends of the victims.


“We are sick and tired of it and we as a community, that means all of us have to be sick and tired enough that we step up and do something,” said Arnitta Holliman, director of Milwaukee’s Office of Violence Prevention.


This incident comes as the city has been experiencing rising crime with 2021 presenting the highest number of homicides for any year on record.

Autopsies for the six victims are scheduled for Monday and authorities are expected to provide an update for the community in the coming days.

 

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Monday announced a plan to end gun violence in a city reeling from the fatal shooting of a police officer and a spate of violent crimes, as he promised to increase police officers in New York's most violence-plagued communities. Lisa Bernhard produced this report.
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San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin sued for turning back on Asian attack victim as anti-AAPI hate crimes soar 567%
The San Francisco Police Department reports a 100% increase in hate-crime victims in 2021 compared to the previous year

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An Asian-American man who was violently attacked in 2019 is suing San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, accusing the prosecutor of mishandling the case against his assailants – who beat him with a baseball bat, threatened him with a glass bottle and told him: "I’m going to kill you," court papers show.

Anh Lê’s lawsuit against Boudin was filed just one day before the San Francisco Police Department announced an astonishing 567% increase in hate crimes against Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) individuals.

"I am a survivor of a horrendous attack that took place in San Francisco with no consequences to the attackers."

— Anh Lê, 69-year-old crime victim
The now-69-year-old victim slammed the liberal district attorney for refusing "to uphold the fundamental rights of Asian American victims of racially-motivated violence," and in turn failing to "recognize their humanity," the lawsuit states.

"In this case, as disturbing as the attack on Mr. Lê is, equally disturbing is his mistreatment by the DA’s office in the aftermath of his violent attack by the Tanner family," the complaint charges, referring to the suspect in the case. The 111-page suit was filed Monday in the Northern District of California.


"I am a survivor of a horrendous attack that took place in San Francisco with no consequences to the attackers," Lê said during a news conference announcing the suit. He said suspect Jimmy Tanner, whom he described as being 250 pounds, was arrested for felony terroristic threat, felony elder abuse and battery – but ultimately got off with a misdemeanor.


Anh Lê

He added: "Justice has not been served."

Lê was walking in San Francisco’s Chinatown on the afternoon of Nov. 2, 2019, when he saw a teenager riding his bicycle "very quickly on a crowded sidewalk" and headed toward him and other pedestrians, court papers state.

"You have to be careful, there’s people all over," Lê allegedly told the youth. The teen’s father, Jimmy Tanner, was nearby, according to the suit.

Devolved into violence
But what started with an allegedly polite request devolved into violence.


"Without provocation, Tanner attacked Mr. Lê on a crowded sidewalk, threatened him with glass bottle, and told him, "I’m going to kill you!" the lawsuit states. "While Tanner was attacking Mr. Lê, Tanner’s son struck Mr. Lê repeatedly with a baseball bat."

The father and son then allegedly followed Lê for half a block before he could cross the street and call 911.

A spokesperson for the attorney representing Tanner did not immediately provide Fox News with a comment as of Wednesday afternoon, but noted that they would soon have a statement contradicting Lê's allegations.




Lê, who is Vietnamese-American, suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder after the attack, he said.

Lê later learned that Tanner and his son were linked to two more incidents in Chinatown that day, when they "terrorized Americans of Asian descent," according to the complaint.

A spokesperson for the San Francisco police did not immediately respond to Fox News’ request seeing information pertaining to the allegations.


‘Slap on the wrist’
Boudin’s office then ignored Lê’s requests for help, failed to tell him about plea-bargaining discussions, told him he was not allowed to attend hearings related to the case against the Tanners, and never gave him the chance to read his victim impact statement – despite the existence of Marsy’s Law, which says that victims of crimes are allotted certain rights, the lawsuit alleges.

The DA’s office then gave Tanner "a slap on the wrist" plea deal that involved one year of probation but no jail time. Boudin’s office notified Lê "after the fact via a cursory email," the suit states.


Image from lawsuit against San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin shows email sent to attack victim Anh Lê notifying him of suspect's fate (Anh Lê v. Chesa Boudin et al )

Neither Tanner nor his son was charged with a hate crime, the lawsuit states.

"Of course, not every violence crime against a member of Asian American community is a hate crime," the complaint continues, "but here the Tanners’ violent unprovoked attacks on multiple groups of Asian Americans in Chinatown on the same day were evidently racially motivated."

Rachel Marshall, director of communications for Boudin's office, told Fox News Digital on Wednesday that Boudin "has been a steadfast advocate for improved victim services and support for the AAPI community."


"DA Boudin has presided over an historic expansion of Victim Services; has implemented new policies to improve language access to the courts; and has promoted Kasie Lee — who has a lengthy track record of advocacy in the AAPI community — to Chief of Victim Services," she said in a statement, in part. "DA Boudin has consistently sought additional funding to support victims. We will not stop fighting to ensure that every victim’s needs are met."


San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin speaks to reporters before his swearing-in ceremony in San Francisco, Jan. 8, 2020. (Associated Press)

Marshall noted that the charging decision was made under former District Attorney Suzy Loftus. Marshall said police did not recommend hate crime charges in the case.

‘Pushed aside’
To make matters worse, the lawsuit claims, Boudin’s office allegedly refused for months to correct entry errors in the protective order barring Tanner from going near Lê and his other victims – failing to correctly state Lê’s full name and providing the wrong age for him.

"Unfortunately, Mr. Lê was ignored, pushed aside, and shuffled around like one of the DA’s office’s many files," the lawsuit continues. "Instead of treating Mr. Lê as an individual and a citizen who had suffered a brutally racially-motivated attack, the DA’s office made Mr. Lê feel invisible."

"Mr. Lê was ignored, pushed aside, and shuffled around like one of the DA’s office’s many files."

— Lawsuit against San Francisco DA

Boudin’s Twitter profile boasts the phrase "people powered" and is riddled with tweets in support of the AAPI community and victims of targeted attacks against Asian American individuals. "Together with other Bay Area prosecutors, we stand in support of the AAPI community and denounce hate and violence," he wrote in a tweet from March 2021 – while Lê’s case was still ongoing – featuring a joint statement from himself and other local leaders.

 

Hollywood Producer Ryan Kavanaugh Fleeing L.A. over Crime, Homelessness, High Taxes: ‘It’s Not the Pandemic, It’s Policy’



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Hollywood producer Ryan Kavanaugh is fleeing Los Angeles, California, amid rising crime, homelessness, and higher taxes. Flight from the Democrat-run city is trending as “a growing chorus of Hollywood executives are talking about leaving the city,” one entertainment industry insider told The Wrap.

Ryan Kavanaugh, American film financier and founder and CEO of the video-sharing app Triller — who grew up in Los Angeles and has called it home for 47 years — is now getting ready to pick up and move his family and business headquarters to Florida.



Kavanaugh — who’s backed over 200 films, including Limitless, Hancock, Mamma Mia!, and The Social Network — told TheWrap that the main reason why he’s looking to flee L.A. is due to the city’s rising crime, homelessness, and California’s anti-business policies.

“I grew up here, I grew up in Brentwood, and I was allowed to be on the streets,” he said. “I would never let my kids walk (alone) in Brentwood — how many times do you have to be out in Los Angeles and see feces in the streets before you just don’t want to be here anymore?”


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A LAPD police officer stands at the corner of Fairfax Avenue and Sunset Boulevard where a body covered in a white sheet lies on the pavement in Los Angeles. (VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)

Kavanaugh added that he doesn’t blame the Chinese coronavirus pandemic for what he sees transpiring throughout L.A., bur rather, city and state government regulations that he says have made it more difficult to prosecute criminals, and local leaders who have failed to address a homelessness crisis.

“It’s not the pandemic, it’s policy,” he said.


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Moreover, the murder of Jacqueline Avant — wife of famed music executive Clarence Avant and mother-in-law of Netflix’s Ted Sarandos — who was killed by an intruder in her Beverly Hills home last month, is contributing to a feeling of insecurity as crime hits closer to home for the elite, experts told The Wrap.

“A new tipping point emerged late last year with the murder of philanthropist Jacqueline Avant in her Beverly Hills home,” Gene Del Vecchio, adjunct professor of marketing at USC’s Marshall School of Business, said.

“It so shocked the protected community that even the liberal Beverly Hills city council voted to recall the liberal Los Angeles district attorney George Gascón,” Del Vecchio added. “When crime hits home, it becomes personal, and people act by either fighting, as with the Gascón recall, or by leaving.”

And Kavanaugh is not the only one among Hollywood’s wealthy residents who have recently decided to leave the city.

Veteran network TV executive Ted Harbert — most recently chairman of NBC Broadcasting — not only fled Los Angeles, but the United States altogether, telling The Wrap that he has moved to Portugal, where he is building a house because, “#americatoocrazy.”

UFC commentator and podcaster Joe Rogan also moved from California to Texas last year.

California has seen a surge in homicides in recent years as the state continues to buckle under high crime that has been allowed to fester under Democrat rule. In 2020, the state saw 2,202 homicides, up a colossal 31 percent from 2019, making it the deadliest year in the state since 2007, according to the California Department of Justice.