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Lieutenant Richard Zimmerman, who heads the Minneapolis Homicide Department, testified at Derek Chauvin’s trial for the murder of George Floyd, and told the court that Chauvin’s movements were “totally unnecessary. “
Chris McGreal of the Guardian told the story and reported that Zimmerman, a four-decade veteran and the oldest force officer, said he had never been trained to do that, hitting a knee on his neck was a strategy of restriction and arrest.
“If her knee is on a person’s neck, you can kill her,” Zimmerman said.
Chauvin, who faces charges of second- and third-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and, in all likelihood, up to 40 years in prison, has called for him not to be blamed on claiming that his movements were carried out in accordance with police protocol.
But Floyd, who died after being immobilized against the floor for more than nine minutes with Chauvin’s knee around his neck, was already handcuffed, which Zimmerman said was enough to keep him safe.
“Once you jam or handcuff a person, you want to get them out of the lie position as soon as imaginable because it restricts their breathing,” Zimmerman said.
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According to the Associated Press, about 25 million Americans may soon see an increase in food aid under a new policy enacted through the Biden administration.
USDA estimates show that the new program will send about $1 billion according to the month.
“This is a genuine accumulation of benefits that will make it a little to keep food on the table,” Lindsay Nako, director of litigation and education at the Impact Fund, who represented California plaintiffs at the Western Center on Law
The resolution marks a shift from former President Trump’s opposition to food aid. Pennsylvania and California lawsuits against Trump’s agriculture secretary Sonny Perdue were settled last week through Tom Vilsack, who in his seat under Biden’s administration reports the Washington Post.
California, the state with the largest population, is expected to get the most out of this change, with an accumulation of approximately $120 million according to the month.
“Snap’s emergency constructions that were legal in Congress last year were not distributed lightly, and poorer families, who have the least ability to absorb the economic shocks caused by Covid, earned little or no accumulation of emergency benefits,” Vilsack said in a statement. “As a component of President Biden’s commitment to providing financial assistance and ensuring that each and every circle of family members can put food on the table, today’s movements will provide much-desired help to those who want it most. “
Vice President Kamala Harris issued a saying that Officer William Evans, who was killed today in the line of duty, “made the greatest sacrifice” on behalf of the American people.
Officer Evans served in it for 18 years.
Law enforcement has known Noah Green as the deceased suspect guilty of the death of a U. S. Capitol police officer in today’s violent attack, however, an investigation is still ongoing and the government has still shown a motive.
The New York Times reports that 25-year-old Green of Indiana, a self-proclaimed follower of Louis Farrakhan, who spent decades spreading anti-Semitic perspectives, and his black nationalist movement, the Nation of Islam.
Green’s Facebook account, which was deleted on Friday, showed that the young man had fought during the previous year and had also published articles on the “end of time” and the antichrist.
“To be honest, the last few years have been difficult, and the last few months have been more difficult,” Green wrote. “I have undergone some of the vital and maximum tests of my life. Lately I am unemployed after leaving my job, partly due to problems ».
Green also shared on social media his confidence that the federal government was thinking about him.
Hours before his car crashed into U. S. Capitol police, killing one and injuring the other, Green posted Instagram stories linking Farrakhan videos and a caption that read, “America is the number one enemy of blacks!”, CNN reports.
In March, he credited the leader of the Nation of Islam for saving him from the “terrible afflictions I probably suffered through the CIA and the FBI, the government agencies of the United States of America. “
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In his Facebook post, Green wrote that he had taken a drug “unknowingly” and suffered side effects.
“The minister is there to save me and the rest of humanity, even if it means facing death,” he wrote, referring to Farrakhan. “Be able to repudiate yourself and adhere to it, take your cross. “
The moment the officer, who went through the car used in today’s attack on the U. S. Capitol, is in good condition, the USCP said in a tweet.
The officer’s call was not released.
According to CNN, retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré, who noted a desire to tighten security on Capitol Hill after January 6, said that today, the formula did what it intended.
“The security formula that worked today was the availability of the Capitol Police in front of the car, then the barriers, the stamps that entered after September 11,” Honored to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer said. “Unfortunately, today we lost Agent Evans, but overall, this formula worked. The Capitol Police responded, he was arrested. The formula worked.
Representative Matt Gaetz’s communications leader resigned, letting the Florida Republican conduct a federal investigation into whether he had sexually trafficked a minor or a spokeswoman.
Luke Ball, who worked with Gaetz in the congressman’s three terms, is known as one of his closest and oldest collaborators, the New York Times reports.
Gaetz, who has attracted national attention as Trump’s vocal best friend, has denied paying for sex or the most sexual friend with a 17-year-old girl. The 38-year-old congressman said the accusations stem from a $25 million extortion plot.
The New York Times reported last week that the Justice Department had connected Gaetz with Joel Greenberg, a former Florida tax collector who was charged last year on sexual trafficking charges.
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The Times reviewed receipts from Cash App, a cell payment app and Apple Pay showing Mr. Gaetz and Mr. Greenberg to one of the women, and a payment from Mr. Greenberg to a momentary wife. The women told their friends that the bills were for sex with the two men, according to two others close to the conversations.
Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an executive order prohibiting government companies and agencies from requiring evidence that a user has been vaccinated, according to the New York Times.
Claiming that the requirement of such evidence would “reduce individual freedom”, “undermine patient privacy” and “create two categories of citizens on the basis of vaccination”, the order states that “it is mandatory for the basic rights and confidentiality of Floridans and the relaxed movement of industry within the state. “
Companies that do not comply may simply not be eligible for public funding.
So-called “vaccine passports” still have some other matter of political division, and Republican governors have begun to speak out against them as the government exaggerates, even though Biden’s administration does not aim to be unscathed or issue them.
Several other countries have already followed the idea. Israel is the first to deploy its programme and, along with other European countries, is contemplating its own versions, adding the UK.
Alexander Mayorkas, the secretary of Homeland Security, issued a response to the attack on the Capitol this afternoon.
“My mind and prayers are with the family, friends, and colleagues of the U. S. Capitol police officer who lost his life protecting the very symbol of our democracy,” Mayorkas said.
“There is still much to make a decision about this attack and DHS is providing its entirety to the Capitol Police and the Mayor of DC Bowser. “
The USCP knew the officer killed in the attack as William “Billy” Evans, an 18-year veteran of the force.
After two fatal attacks on the US Capitol, the US and its allies in the Middle East have been a member of the U. S. But it’s not the first time A few months apart, questions are being asked about the security measures, which hardened after January 6, and are extensive enough, Vox reports.
A review of security measures released last month revealed that capitol police had “little staff, insufficient staff and insufficient training” to protect the country’s government headquarters from long-term attacks.
In a 15-page draft report commissioned through House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, retired Army General Russel Honoré called for the addition of 854 officers, 424 to specialize in intelligence, dignitary coverage and operational planning.
It also expands the fence, in specific barriers “easy to erect and deconstruct”.
About 4 miles of 7-foot-tall “non-evolutionary” steel fences were around the Capitol complex after the January 6 riot, however, they were dismantled in March, according to Vox.
Rep. Tim Ryan told reporters today that new permanent security additions were being made through lawmakers. “We will review everything at this stage, adding the fence,” he said, noting that there are still many unknowns about today’s incident.
“We can’t go too far without knowing that we have the ability of the Capitol to harden it,” he added.
This is Gabrielle Canon, who connects from the West Coast to introduce you to Friday afternoon’s news.
President Biden issued a violent attack today on the US Capitol. But it’s not the first time Which resulted in the death of Officer William Evans and wounded another police officer at the U. S. Capitol. But it’s not the first time
“We know how complicated this has been for the Capitol, everyone who paints there and those who do,” Biden said in the statement, after expressing his condolences to Evans’ family. His death is the time of death on the east line of service. year for the Capitol Police, which also lost an officer in the January 6 attack, and the seventh in the agency’s history, according to the Associated Press.
Here is Biden’s full statement:
Jill and I had a heartbroken when we were informed of the violent attack at a security checkpoint on the floor of the U. S. Capitol. U. S. , who killed the police officer of the U. S. Capitol. But it’s not the first time William Evans and left a partner fighting for his life. of The relatives of Countess Evans and of all those who mourn his loss. We know how complicated this has been for the Capitol, everyone who paints there and those who do.
I receive in-progress information from my Homeland Security advisor and will receive additional updates as the investigation progresses.
I would like to express the nation’s thanks to the Capitol Police, the National Guard Immediate Response Force and others who responded temporarily to this attack. While we mourn the loss of the brave Capitol police officer, I have ordered the White House flags to be waved in the middle of the pole.