Pam Bondi has 3 arrested for "domestic terrorism" in cases against Tesla

In a robust display of law and order, U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi has thrown down the gauntlet, announcing on Thursday that three miscreants now face charges for their audacious assaults on Tesla properties across the nation. This is not a mere slap on the wrist; it’s a resounding crack of the whip.

“The days of committing crimes without consequence have ended,” Bondi declared with steely resolve in her statement. And she’s not mincing words: “Let this be a warning: if you join this wave of domestic terrorism against Tesla properties, the Department of Justice will put you behind bars.” No equivocation, no pandering—just the cold, hard promise of justice.

The statement lays out the stakes with stark clarity: these three, should they be convicted, will face a mandatory minimum of five years in the clink, with the prospect of two decades behind bars looming large. This is not a game for the faint-hearted; it’s a serious reckoning for those who thought they could wreak havoc and saunter away unscathed. Bondi’s message is unmistakable: the rule of law still has teeth, and it’s ready to bite.

The statement didn't identify the arrestees but gave a brief synopsis of each case. The cases detailed in the statement appeared to match cases announced in recent days and weeks by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

On the first defendant mentioned, the DOJ said:

One defendant, also armed with a suppressed AR-15 rifle, was arrested after throwing approximately eight Molotov cocktails at a Tesla dealership located in Salem, Oregon.

The case appears to be a reference to Adam Matthew Lansky, 41, who was arrested for allegedly “throwing Molotov cocktails at a local car dealership” and allegedly firing “multiple firearm rounds into a building and at least one vehicle,” according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon.

On the second defendant, the DOJ said:

Another was arrested in Loveland, Colorado after attempting to light Teslas on fire with Molotov cocktails. The defendant was later found in possession of materials used to produce additional incendiary weapons.

The case appears to be a match to Justin Thomas Nelson, 42, who the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado says was arrested on “one count of malicious destruction of property for a series of incidents at the Tesla dealership in Loveland, Colorado.”

On the final defendant mentioned, the DOJ said:

In Charleston, South Carolina, a third defendant wrote profane messages against President Trump around Tesla charging stations before lighting the charging stations on fire with Molotov cocktails.

The case appears to be a match for a case out of the USAO’s District of South Carolina against Daniel Clarke-Pounder, 24, who was arrested “on criminal charges related to an arson at a North Charleston Tesla charging station.”

Tesla CEO Elon Musk responded to the arrests with a post on X that said, “The hammer of justice strikes.”

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Biden understands the "Passion" of his anti-Semitic base and sympathizes with them

We seek tolerance and respect for every person in order to make this world a place where all can enjoy a life of dignity and hope, no matter their race, faith or ethnicity--from the Abraham Accords Declaration

It's more than ironic that Joe Biden calls former President Donald Trump a Nazi, especially since Trump recognized Jerusalem the capital of Israel and was instrumental in the Abraham Accords along with his Jewish son-in-law Jarod Kushner. 

Meanwhile Biden and his administration is calling for Israel to cease fire after Israelis were raped, burned, beheaded and slaughtered in their beds on October 7 last year. His administration isn't asking Hamas nor Hezbollah to do the same.

And worse is the fact that Biden's Secretary of State Antony Blinken, a Jew, continues to pursue policies that reward anti-Semitism, such as when he restored funding to Mahmoud Abbas, a freaking Holocaust denier who promotes anti-Semitic blood libel and "pay to slay" policies for killing Jews, including Jewish children.

So who's the real Nazi here? 

Anyway, our houseplant-in-chief spoke at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC on Monday. While he mumbled, a Hamasshole fan shouted, “Ceasefire now! Ceasefire now! Ceasefire now!” 

Biden immediately replied, “That’s all right. That’s all right,” 

But another Hamasshole lover, worried that the Jews were winning the war continued, “Will you call for a ceasefire?” Members of the audience betting that Biden would live to finish another term as our alleged President shouted, “Four more years! Four more years! Four more years!”

Biden then stated in the mush-mouth way he has, “Look, folks, I understand their — I understand their passion. And I’ve been quietly working — I’ve been quietly working with the Israeli government to get them to reduce and significantly get out of Gaza. I’ve been using all that I can to do that. But I understand the passion.”

The only reason Israel is in Gaza is because of the unprovoked Hamas attack that killed over 1,200 Israelis in one day. Israel was out of Gaza, forcibly removing every single Israeli, including the dead and buried, in 2005. The following year Gazans voted Hamas into power and this is what they got. 

The Hamassholes invaded Israel and committed the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, an event that Abbas denies ever happened.

Biden has the moral clarity of a person who sees no problem with burning a baby alive in an oven. 

He hasn't even been able to pressure Hamas to release our hostages, much less Israeli hostages.

I have no sympathy for him and his dementia.

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Sister of S.C. church shooter arrested on weapons charges

The 18-year-old sister of Charleston, S.C., church shooter, was arrested Wednesday for carrying a knife, pepper spray and marijuana in her high school, authorities say.

Morgan [first names only] also posted a Snapchat critique about the National Student Walkout protest against gun violence that took place Wednesday, according to the Post and Courier of Charleston, S.C.

"Your [sic] walking out for the allowed time of 17 min. They are letting you do this, nothing is going to change what (the expletive--probably starts with the letter 'f') you think it's gonna do? I hope it's a trap and y'all get shot we know it's fixing to be nothing but black people walkin' out anyway," the genius wrote.

Morgan was taken to the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center. A $5,000 bond carried a judge's condition that she not return to A.C. Flora High School.

The school's principal sent a letter to parents, telling them about the incident.

Dylann, Morgan's brother, was convicted on federal charges in 2016 and pleaded guilty to state charges in 2017 in connection with the June 2015 murders of nine black churchgoers at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston.



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Dylann Roof pleads guilty--gets ultimate sentence

Dylann Roof, convicted Charleston church murderer pleaded guilty Monday to state charges of murder. Perhaps this was the only good thing the young white supremacist did because it spared his victims and their families a second trial.

Roof, whose age and IQ match at 23, is set to be taken to a federal prison in another state where he will eventually be put to death on charges of hate crimes and the obstruction of the practice of religion in connection with the shooting of 9 innocent black church-members of Emanuel AME Church. 

Judge J.C. Nicholson gave Roof nine consecutive life sentences in state prison after Roof's grand daddy testified about how the killings affected them personally.

However, last year, Roof was found guilty of 33 federal charges and sentenced to death during a separate hearing this year. He pleaded guilty to 13 counts, including murder, and attempted murder.

"The impact at Mother Emanuel has been far reaching," Pastor Eric Manning said. "We visit the crime scene every day." Pastor Manning currently leads the congregation.

In true Christian style, Blondelle Gadsden, sister of murdered victim Myra Thompson, said, "Even though we're at a point where death has been the sentence for him, my heart still goes out to him in hopes that he would repent to save himself from himself. I can't think of anything worse that he could do at this point than to not accept Christ and try to make his days on this earth a little bit more peaceful."

Eva Dilligard wasn't as generous. Her sister, Susie Jackson was also a victim of Roof and said, "I think somebody doing something like that, he should get death . . . I'm very sorry. I'm a child of God. But he hurt the entire family."

Roof's grandfather and Columbia attorney, Joe Roof, also spoke: "I want everyone to understand that nothing is all bad, and Dylann is not all bad."

Actually, I believe ISIS is all bad, but hey, that's just me.

Grandfather Roof said that he and his wife pray for the Emanuel families every night, and are sensitive to their problems.

"We have been distressed and just sick over what has happened to these families," he said.

Dylann Roof was unapologetic at his federal trial. He fired his defense team for the sentencing portion of the trial and ended up with a white supremacist idiot for a lawyer. He called no witnesses--perhaps because those who witnessed what he did were either dead or seriously wounded. He also put forth no evidence of his own. Perhaps a psych review would have helped--it sure wouldn't have hurt.

Roof ended his brilliant closing statement with: "I have the right to ask you to give me a life sentence, but I'm not sure what good it would do anyway. I still feel like I had to do it."

Yeah, the devil made him do it.


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Roof gets death sentence

Dylann Roof, the baby-faced man who, in 2015, walked into the Emanuel AME Church, in Charleston, S.C., sat with the Bible study class, then pulled out a gun and began shooting them one by one, killing nine innocent people, was sentenced to what he deserves: death.

He still has no remorse for his victims. 

It was the same jury that convicted him that reached the unanimous verdict on the sentence. When the sentence was declared, Roof silently looked at the floor.

Once the jury left the courtroom, the racist Roof asked Judge Richard Gergel for new attorneys. In spite of the fact that the fool acted as his own lawyer, he still apparently blamed them for his sentence. 

It wasn't as if Roof had "Better Call Saul" Goodman as his attorney (see Netflix), he had David Bruck, a renown lawyer and capital punishment opponent.

Gergel told Roof that he could make that argument at his formal sentencing hearing Wednesday morning.

Earlier, Roof made his closing argument in which he denied that he was filled with hatred.

The idiot racist said: "Wouldn't it be fair to say that the prosecution hates me because they're trying to give me the death penalty? Anyone who hates anything, in their mind has good reason for it. And sometimes that's because they've been misled and sometimes it isn't. But I would say that in this case the prosecution, along with anyone else who hates me, are the ones who have been misled."

His closing was over in five minutes. His last sentence was: "That's all." 

The prosecution's closing statement was two hours long. 

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jay Richardson told the jurors: "The defendant had come not to learn, not to receive the Word, but he came with a hateful heart and a Glock 45."

And on Richardson went, discussing each victim by name, what they meant to the community and their families, and the terrible loss by their untimely deaths. He contrasted the victims, these "particularly good people" with Roof's racist views and "his belief in Hitler as a saint, as an icon, as someone to be emulated."

He showed the jury photos of Roof mugging for the camera with a pistol pointed at it during target practice. 

The unfortunate part of the conviction is that the sentencing may take years before it's carried out. Appeals take time and the state will be feeding this piece of work for quite some time.

The jury of three black people and nine whites sentenced Roof to what to the same thing he gave.


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Dylann Roof: "Nothing wrong with me psychologically"

Dylann Roof, the white supremacist who, in 2015, shot and killed 9 people at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC and is now in the penalty phase of his trial now that he's been found guilty.

In his opening statement on Wednesday, Roof  explained why he's acted as his own attorney, saying he wanted to keep lawyers from introducing mitigating evidence about his mental health and urged jurors to ignore anything the defense team may have said about this topic.

"There is nothing wrong with me psychologically," Roof said, but does not have the credentials to self-diagnose. In fact, even psychologists who may themselves be suffering from a psychological disorder, often don't have the ability to self-diagnose because they're too subjective.

Roof addressed the same jurors who convicted him last month and now they must decide whether he should spend the rest of his life in prison, or face execution.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Nathan Williams, in his opening statement for the prosecution, argued for the death penalty, reminding jurors of the racist motive for the murders and Roof's apparent lack of remorse. He argued that any of the murders alone would warrant the death penalty.

"Taken together, they justify the most significant penalty available to you," he said.

Roof plans to call no witnesses but the prosecution has started calling on victim's relatives to speak on the impact their losses have had on them. Roof told the court he would offer a closing argument.

While Roof's decision to represent himself goes against the advice of his own lawyers, not everyone believes it's a bad decision. Philip Holloway, a criminal defense lawyer not involved in this case, said that this may be a rare instance where self-representation might be beneficial to Roof.

"Dylann Roof has little, if anything, to argue in his favor," Holloway told FoxNews.com. "About the only thing he can do, and it's sort of a Hail Mary, is to stand in front of the jury himself and make his opening statement and make the closing argument because they get to hear from him personally. And if he has any hope of swaying the jurors, it's doing it that way without being subject to cross-examination."

Judge Gergel has imposed movement restrictions on Roof within the courtroom. He may not approach witnesses or the jury while speaking and while seated at the defendant's table must remain in a chair furthest from the jury and relatives of the relatives of the victims.

Dylann Roof is a stupid racist who, if anyone deserves the death penalty, it's him. If he had an ounce of remorse, I might see it differently, but he is obviously glad he killed those good people.


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The Citadel: the 'Religion of Special Needs' loses

The Citadel is Dixie's West Point and has been so since 1842. Located in Charleston, South Carolina, it is one of six Senior Military Schools in the country. It has 17 academic departments, 19 major subjects and 36 minors. Students are required to live on campus for their 4-year bachelor's degree.

The Citadel is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The school combines physical challenges, academics and military discipline.

The South Carolina Corps of Cadets is one of the largest uniformed student bodies in the United States and all members are required to participate in ROTC.

The mission statement of The Citadel reads:

To educate and develop our students to become principled leaders in all walks of life by instilling the core values of The Citadel in a disciplined and intellectually challenging environment. A unique feature of this environment for the South Carolina Corps of Cadets is the sense of camaraderie produced through teamwork and service to others while following a military lifestyle.

Note the operant words "uniformed," "military" and "camaraderie." 

An American Muslim student admitted to the class of 2020 Corps of Cadets requested permission to wear a hijab, or Islamic headscarf. Religious headscarfs are against the uniform regulations of The Citadel and therefore the young woman was denied permission. 

Citadel President Lt. General John Rosa released a statement explaining that the decision to reject the request came from an "essential" need to standardize the appearance of the cadets regardless of their religious requirements.

Thus, Jews cannot wear yarmulkas, Sikhs cannot allow their hair to grow beyond a specified length nor wear their traditional turban, and Amish cannot wear their straw hats and black coats. 

And so on.

But Islam always presents itself as "the religion of special needs," and wants the rest of the world to accommodate them, rather than the reverse. An example of this occurred at Catholic University in Washington D.C. where Muslims requested that offensive crosses be removed from the school because it distracts them from prayer.

The use of uniforms, particularly at a military academy, is to bring a sense of camaraderie and instill a singleness in purpose. 

"This process reflects an initial relinquishing of self during which cadets learn the value of teamwork to function as a single unit. Upon graduation, The Citadel's graduates are prepared to enter a life committed to principled leadership in military service and civilian careers," Rosa said in the statement. 

Rosa made it clear that in spite of the rejected request, religious beliefs are respected at The Citadel and freshman cadets meet with many faith-based organizations. The school also offers places of worship as well as the accommodation of dietary and prayer requirements.

What they don't offer is Sharia compliance, but the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is doing its best to break that barrier and force all American institutions, private and governmental, to become Sharia compliant or face consequences in the future.

CAIR is an un-indicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation trial that linked the Muslim Brotherhood to terrorist organizations such as Hamas.

A spokesman for the family of the Muslim future student says the prospective cadet is disappointed over the rejection of being Sharia compliant.

Ibrahim Hooper spoke with the woman to tell her the hijab is off, but Hooper said the woman will not attend The Citadel this fall unless they give in to Sharia law. 

And CAIR, as is their 'go-to' move, will be suing the school.

Why we allow organizations with terrorist ties in our country is beyond belief. All they want, as the Muslim Brotherhood goals show, is to "destroy [their] miserable house from within." 

Just look at Europe and Sharia--this is their goal and "Democracy can go to hell."


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Our Racial Divider in Chief

Our Divider in Chief is still talking about slavery and how it is "still part of our DNA." Why is it that there are some among us who cannot stop talking about race? Why is everything they see in terms of race? 

Because it is a form of psychological projection whereby these people defend their own impulses by attributing them to others while denying them existing within themselves.

When those 9 black church members were killed by a crazy racist white man in Charleston, S.C., Obama said in an interview "Racism, we are not cured of it. And it's not just a matter of it not being polite to say nigger in public. That's not the measure of whether racism still exists or not. It's not just a matter of overt discrimination. Societies don't, overnight, completely erase everything that happened 200 or 300 years prior."

His race consultants

Nobody on the right is arguing with him that racism still exists. In fact, it probably, and unfortunately, will always exist in the human experience. But he, as the first black president (yes, I know he's "half white," but he doesn't seem to push that so much on the public) should show pride in the American people for electing him.

Is it okay for a black president to use the "n" word? Does his black skin give him the license to utter a racial slur?

No more than a Jew making anti-Semitic comments or a Christian calling a "Piss Jesus" a work of art. It's legal, but it doesn't feel okay.

Sure, there are racists in America, but not all of them are white. Many of them are people who talk about "white privilege" and hate us for being born with less melanin. That's as crazy as the slime ball who killed those dear church goers in South Carolina.


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Ramadan Fireworks Celebration

Muslim terrorists have killed at least 37 tourists on a beach in Tunisia, attacked a factory owned by a USA-owned gas factory in France, and left the head of a businessman on the fence outside that facility. The head had Arabic writing on it and my guess is that it has something to do with Islam and the West. 

Terrorists also destroyed a mosque in Kuwait--Ramadan is in full swing.

Fox News said they have no confirmation that these attacks were coordinated by ISIS, but when your head is being cut off by Islamic terrorists, does it really matter all that much? The France beheaders left an ISIS flag next to the severed head so the probability is high that ISIS at the very least inspired it, and ISIS took credit for the Kuwaiti blast as well.

And liberals are worried more about the Confederate flag.

Socialist French President Francois Hollande said, "The attack was of a terrorist nature since a body was discovered, decapitated and with inscriptions." 

No kidding, genius.

These attacks were very likely in response to ISIS spokesman, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani's call for Jihad of the Sword. Fox News said that this "would represent a hideous perversion of Islam's most holy period, which began June 17 and ends July 17."

Fox News sounds as if they are apologizing for the rest of Islam by calling it a hideous perversion of the religion. 

Dear Fox News, I have some news for you. Islam has never been a religion of tolerance and peace. If you don't know that, ask the Jews--not the liberal Jews of the USA, they see themselves as Democrats who happen to be born Jewish--but the European Jews and conservative Jews who know better after centuries of Islam's religious call for anti-Semitic behavior.

Ask the Christians who are aware of the true history of the Crusades--a response to the Islamization of Europe.

Kuwait City Mosque Bombing

Al-Adnani claims that Ramadan is a time of "calamity for the infidels," and he includes Shi'ites and apostate Muslims (Muslims who wised up and left the religion) in a recent audio message. 

"Muslims everywhere, we congratulate you over the arrival of the holy month. Be keen to conquer in this holy month and to become exposed to martyrdom," al-Adnani said, not actually volunteering his own martyrdom for the cause. (Those scumcrumpets never do what they want others to do for them.)

Nearly simultaneous to the French attack, a gunman opened fire with an automatic weapon on a beach in Sousse, Tunisia. He killed 37 and wounded 36, consisting of Tunisians, Germans, Brits and Belgians.

The third attack in a Shia mosque in Kuwait CIty left at least 25 dead and over 200 wounded. A suicide bomber from an ISIS affiliate targeted Shi'ite Muslims because they aren't Sunni Muslims and therefore had to die, according to the Sunni version of the religion of peace. The attack came after midday prayers at the Imam Sadiq Mosque. 

The one area that Both Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims agree in is that Jews must all be killed and eventually Christians, along with atheists, gays, lesbians, transgender, Hindus, Jains, Buddhists, and Muslim women who go to school or get raped.

In the meanwhile, President Obama did a victory break dance after the Supreme Court determined that same sex marriage should be allowed in all 50 states. He made a short, loin-felt speech and was immediately whisked off to the funeral of Rev. Clementa Pinckney at TD Arena in Charleston, SC. 


One can only hope that he doesn't see fit to play some golf later on.


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Who or what murdered those 9 innocent Americans?

At what point is it going to take the American public to come together and realize that politics is not only dividing us as a country, but is a form of schizophrenia that would make a Martian scratch his six heads in confusion?

An obvious mentally deranged 21-year-old racist sat with his victims for an hour, spoke with them, accepted their Christian hospitality, and then methodically shot them, reloading several times in this horrific act.

Before Roof began shooting, a parishioner confronted him and attempted to calm him. According to Syvia Stevenson Johnson, cousin of the slain pastor, Rev. Clementa Pinckney, Roof allegedly shouted: "No. You've raped our women and you've stolen and you've taken over the country, so no, this must be done."

Still, there are many liberals who don't blame the shooter; they blame the gun. Some blame the Confederate flag for the killing of 9 African-American Bible study attendees. 

It's a form of schizophrenia suffered by the left that has gone undiagnosed since Obama took the White House and made the office of the president "too cool for school."

Objects don't "do" and thus cannot be assigned blame for the act of a human hand. Guns, knives, ice picks, scissors, hammers, and swords are tools that can serve a good or bad purpose but that fully depends on the human being using it. Hell, even icicles can kill, so maybe liberals should embrace global warming and save the lives of the innocent victims whose killers saw the Alfred Hitchcock movie where an icicle was used as the murder weapon and the evidence was destroyed by melting.

But no matter what happens, liberals will try to "never let a good crisis go to waste," as Winston Churchill said and Rahm Emmanuel repeated.

Before the first African-American victim was laid to rest, Obama blamed gun control. In other words, he blamed the gun for the massacre. Somehow he believes that if there were even more strict gun control laws, Dylann Roof would have complied with it and wouldn't have broken the law. (I think I just heard a 6-headed Martian laugh.)

But the most serious schizophrenic reaction, if one is to take the purveyor of this crap seriously, is the article by Ta-Nehisi Coates article in The Atlantic. It's the liberal way of blaming the racist shooting on all white people, not merely Roof.

"Coates' military utility cap has killed more innocent victims than ISIS"

The article focuses on the South Carolina statehouse where the Confederate flag flies. Coates writes:

The Confederate flag's defenders often claim it represents "heritage not hate." I agree--the heritage of White Supremacy was not so much birthed by hate as by the impulse toward plunder. Dylann Roof plundered nine different bodies last night, plundering nine different families of an original member, plundered nine different communities of a singular member. An entire people are poorer for his action. The flag that Roof embraced, which many South Carolinians embrace, does not stand in opposition to this act--it endorses it. That the Confederate flag is the symbol of white supremacists is evidenced by the very words of those who birthed it.

Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery subordination to the superior race is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth . . . 

And Coates blathers on about how Roof honored the flag with his sacrifice--which he chickened out of at the end. Coates assumes that Roof is even aware of Confederate history and has the cerebral synapses to symbolically express it in his crazed actions. 

Roof has the mental capacity of a wall. He clearly is a racist and he clearly hates the successes of the African-American community. But to blame a flag? That is sooo MSNBC. 

We still have racism in our country--there is no doubt about that because racism is part of the human condition, albeit the exception, rather than the rule. The race hustlers, like Al Sharpton, Jessie Jackson stand to gain by bringing race into the equation of every interaction between blacks and whites. President Obama uses race for political gain. 

Mr. Coates should know better than to blame a flag.

But maybe Coates does know better and simply has the need to express his own hatred for white Americans. Or maybe he's just out trying to make a buck off his copious vocabulary and racist Sharptongue.

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Now is the time to come together as a nation

Some people are saying that now is a time for America to come together. They say this after the horrific massacre that occurred Wednesday night in Charleston, SC when a 21-year-old racist went into a black church, and methodically began shooting them as he reloaded several times in the process. He had sat and spoke with them an hour before the shooting began.

The alleged shooter, Dylann Storm Roof, was caught and taken into custody. He has already confessed to authorities.

Some people are saying that this incident will bring the community together in solidarity against hate crimes. Maybe it will be the catalyst of tougher restrictions on the mentally ill, but as it now stands, the gun restrictions that currently exist are plenty tough. 

Today, people have come together in prayer. Their race does not factor into the mix as they join hands and bow their heads to pray for the deceased. This coming together is about the human race.

"He said blacks were taking over the world. Someone needed to do something about it for the white race," said Joseph Meek Jr., a former classmate of Roof.

The Department of Justice will be investigating this as a hate crime, but there is no doubt that they will arrive at that conclusion. 

South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is calling for the death penalty and I hope this racist gets it.

When the shooting occurred, Al Sharpton announced that he will go to South Carolina "because there's gold in them thar hills." 

Okay, he didn't actually say that but I bet the thought crossed both of his brain cells. To his credit, however, he didn't blame Fox News for the shooting and didn't call for gun control.


South Carolina Rep. Todd Rutherford (D-Columbia) and President Obama did, respectively. 

This is disgusting and ill-timed. This is not the time to make false accusations or political points. To use this tragedy to make political or ideological points in unconscionable and people need to wise up.

Now is the time for America to come together.





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The Tragic Death of Walter Scott

The death of Walter Scott was caught on video showing how he was running away from the cop who stopped him for a broken taillight. The cop assumed the shooting position and fired 8 rounds into Scott's fleeing back. 

Unless something falls from the sky in court, I cannot fathom how the cop, Michael Slager, will not be found guilty of murder.

The incident took place in Charleston, S.C. and was extremely disturbing. 

Here was a man, obviously scared, running from the police officer only to be gunned down and handcuffed as he lay on the ground, probably already dead. There's more to the story but that isn't what this post is addressing.

Rev. George Hamilton, the minister who presided over Walter Scott's funeral, told the hundreds gathered there that the shooting of a black man by a white man was the act of a racist cop. This has a high probability of being true, but it is not a fact, at least not yet.

"All of us have seen the video," Rev. Hamilton said. "There is no doubt in my mind and I feel that Walter's death was motivated by racial prejudice." He called Slager a disgrace to the North Charleston Police Department, and I don't disagree.

Apparently, Rev. Hamilton believes things based on "feelings" from personal beliefs that came from learning them; it is internal "evidence" that satisfies his belief system.

Perhaps religious people are better able to put more credence in their beliefs about something that lack external proof or evidence, than, say, a detective, scientist, or a defense attorney. 

I am not implying that religious people are wrong about the existence of God, for example, simply that it's easier for them to believe in something they feel strongly about without clear proof that their belief is justified. It's called "faith."

"This particular cop was a racist. You don't Tase a man and then shoot," Rev. Hamilton said, and thankfully added, "we will not indict the entire law enforcement community for the act of one racist."

Mr. Scott was described by the minister as a born-again Christian, "not perfect," but told the people gathered that nobody is perfect.

Mr. Scott on left, Race-baiter on right

According to The New York Post, the Rev. Al Sharpton is expected to make his voice heard on Sunday at the vigil for Mr. Scott. That should be uplifting and a voice of reason and love. After all, Rev. Al is a man of God, right?

"Where Al sees a buck, you can count on that schmuck."



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