When a corrections system focuses entirely on equality of outcome; and when the administrators of the policy are wilfully blind (in that they never addresses the source behavior); and when the non-compliant variables within the system refuse to modify behavior – the only administrative option left is to remove the consequence.
FYI the racial composition of Oakland’s public school system is about 32 percent black, a little under 40 percent Hispanic, about 15 percent Asian and about 12 percent white, according to Oaklandreads.org
(Via Truth Revolt) Board members of California’s Oakland Unified School District unanimously voted on Wednesday to cease suspending students for what they call “willful defiance.” Those behaviors can include swearing/yelling at teachers, refusing direct orders, texting, and storming out of class, to name a few.
The reason?
Concern that too many black students are being suspended for willful defiance.
One sophomore student, Dan’enicole Williams, told the San Francisco Gate, “They never take time out, if someone is sleeping in class, to ask what’s wrong. They may be acting that way because they didn’t eat the night before.” (more…)

Blair Jackson (NeJame Law Partner) represented Matthew Apperson at his bond hearing. $35k bond, no contact order, June 23rd indictment hearing scheduled with Judge Debra Nelson.  (Yes, THAT same Debra Nelson…)

LAKE MARY, Fla. —  A judge set a $35,000 bond for the man accused of shooting at George Zimmerman Saturday morning.

Matthew Apperson was ordered to turn in any guns to the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office within 24 hours od his release and to have no contact with Zimmerman.

“I don’t care whether you’ve been shopping at Publix for two hours and have a full cart of groceries or whatever. you see Mr. Zimmerman walking through that door, you’re the one that has to leave,” the judge said.
Apperson’s attorney wouldn’t comment on the judge’s order. (more…)

Marilyn Mosby announced her independent “direct action” charges against the Baltimore Six police officers, with a national press conference.  Immediately after her presser Marilyn Mosby appeared on CNN, ABC, NBC and MSNBC national networks.  Mosby later appeared with the musician Prince, on stage with the family of Freddie Gray, at a Justice for Freddie Gray benefit concert.
However, soon after announcing her charges, the facts behind the case began to surface and the case began falling apart.   Now, with the very real possibility of a nation awakening to the political and activist motives, she is asking the court to impose a gag order – so she can hide the fraud and delay public knowledge.
BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore prosecutors are seeking a gag order as they pursue a criminal case against six city officers in the case of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old man who died a week after suffering a spinal injury while in police custody.
A court document that references the gag order, obtained by The Associated Press, is dated Wednesday. Assistant State’s Attorney Antonio Gioia wrote that the gag order motion was mailed to defense attorneys.
Rochelle Ritchie, a spokeswoman for State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, confirmed Friday the office is seeking a gag order. She declined to provide further details. (more…)

The man who shot at George Zimmerman, Matt Apperson, was arrested at approximately 6:40pm.   Charges:

…”Mr. Apperson did intentionally fire into the vehicle, occupied by George Zimmerman, without provocation”…

• One count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
• One count of aggravated battery with deadly weapon.
• One count of firing deadly missile into an occupied vehicle.

#BREAKING: Matthew Apperson booked into jail. Mug shot here. #WFTV. pic.twitter.com/ArGtIZgSZi

— Ryan Hughes (@RyanHughesNews) May 16, 2015

[scribd id=265486447 key=key-1G05RbvhAS3hbt5YFlEQ mode=scroll]
(Hat Tip Dice Greed) Something very interesting about [Arrest Report]. There are places where text has been redacted but it is still in the report as white text on a white background. You can still see it when you copy & paste the text into another place.
The redacted text in full says:

“During the investigation, I learned that Apperson has exhibited unusual behaviors in which he had recently been admitted to a mental institution. It appears that Apperson has a fixation on Zimmerman and has displayed some signs of paranoia, anxiety, and bipolar disorder.”

JUST IN: Matthew Apperson may not be bailed, according to jail website. #WFTV.

— Ryan Hughes (@RyanHughesNews) May 16, 2015

(more…)

South Carolina officer was standing at a gas station in Moncks Corner (just north of Charleston) talking to customer when he was ambushed by shooter and shot multiple times. 

South Carolina – Berkeley County Sheriff Lt. Will Rogers is out of surgery and in stable condition at MUSC after suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in Moncks Corner at 10:30 p.m. Thursday night.

The incident happened at the Exxon at Highway 52 and Cypress Gardens in Moncks Corner. The shooting happened in the Moncks Corner Police Department jurisdiction.
Officials say Lt. Rogers was talking to a customer at the gas station when the suspect came up and shot him several times.
Lt. Rogers was a candidate for Berkeley County Sheriff in the GOP Primary.
The suspect was driving a Black Santa Fe SUV with tag number 542-85W. The vehicle was found shortly after a BOLO on the vehicle was released. (more…)

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will receive the death penalty for his role in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that killed three people and injured more than 200.
Tsarnaev was found guilty on all 30 charges in the bombing and its aftermath by the same jury in April. The jury had to unanimously agree to sentence him to the death penalty. (Story)

Media again playing GUESS THE RACES: Level 4 Media Cloaking Device Activated !  “Jacksonville”, “Students”, “two men”, “approximately 18-years old”, “one was not wearing a shirt”:

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — School officials say two students have been shot on a school bus in Florida.
[…] A spokesperson for the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) said Thursday that witnesses reported seeing two men, who looked approximately 18 years old, firing at the bus. One was not wearing a shirt, the spokesperson said.
[…]  Ford says the bus serves three alternative educational schools in the area of the shooting.  (read more)

You won’t find the race of the shooters described if you look through the Associated Press report on the shooting either (link)
Another media report goes further with a description of events, even giving the name of a victim, but stops short when it comes to the shooters; leaving this dangling participle: (more…)

Clearly unstable bad guy steals a truck then leads a city police car on a chase.  Bad guy then pulls over, reverses and rams police officer and vehicle, takes off again.  Bad guy then encounters Sheriff officer, rams his car bursting it into flames – takes off again.  Bad guy encounters third officer, pulls over and attacks officer while trying to take his gun.  Officer shoots and wounds bad guy.
I doubt you could find a better representative video showing how various law enforcement agencies are fearful of doing their job amid the current anti-police climate.  In this video the County Sheriff is almost apologetic for law enforcement having to do their job.

@12:30 of Video  …”We are glad that he is white, and we shouldn’t have to be worried about that. We do not want any backlash or violence in this community because people have been misinformed”…

(Hat Tip Partyzantski) who shares: …”This video shows the mentality behind the mob feral behavior. The guy, acting out of good faith, goes to pull the warring factions apart. He ends up hospitalized. People were calling for him to be killed. This is barbarism.
[…]  Here is a safety tip for all: If you are in a place and all of a sudden the demographic changes, GTFO. Just drop your burger or whatever and LEAVE with all those you came with. Get out and get separation. Keep walking away. Get away. NEVER interpose yourself. As an outsider, it is an affront to the warring factions. Cops know domestic calls are potentially some of the most violent, these situations are dangerous for the same reasons”...
NEW YORK – BROOKLYN (PIX11) — Another disturbing teen melee broke out inside a Brooklyn McDonald’s Friday, and this time, the brawlers turned their violence on an innocent man trying to break the fracas up and on employees of the fast food joint.

(more…)

It is a sentiment that runs rampant within the current administration. The State Department says radical Islam will stop beheading if they can just implement a Jobs for Jihadist program; now the Education Secretary says Chicago gangs will stop shooting if they have a Jobs for Thugs program. Then again, we thought the unemployment “problem” was fixed now….
(CNSNews.com) – Education Secretary Arne Duncan said on Tuesday that he has met with gang leaders in his hometown of Chicago and they’ve told him that it’s a lack of jobs that keeps them on the streets.

“We have to have jobs for young people,” Duncan said at the National Summit on Youth Violence Prevention in Crystal City, Va. “I probably shouldn’t say this in a room like this, but occasionally when I go home I’ll sit down with some of the gang leaders – back home in Chicago.” (more…)