Who the Cops Shot
Glenwood Springs Police Officers shot and killed Richard Grande on September 2. Grande suffered from mental illness and was “known to live in his vehicle.” Police claim he drew a weapon upon contact. Body camera footage has not been released.
Montrose County Sheriff Deputy shot and injured one person suspected of auto theft on September 8.
NYPD Officers shot four people over a $2.90 subway fare. When the suspect pulled a knife, the two officers opened fire, hitting two bystanders, another NYPD officer and the suspect.
Gunnison Police Department Officer, Daniel Huff was charged with incest and sexual assault on September 26.
Paramedic Convicted of Elijah McClain’s Death Resentenced to Probation
On September 13, a judge reduced the sentence of paramedic Peter Cichuniec, who was convicted in the death of Elijah McClain. The paramedic had his sentence reduced from five years in prison to four years of probation after spending less than six months in prison. Elijah, who was black, was killed in 2019. His needless death in part fuelled the 2020 uprisings for justice.
Halt the Dolores Monument, Part of Right-Wing Misinformation Network
The Center for Western Priorities released a report exposing the shadowy cabal of right-wing and conspiracy groups opposing conservation in the west. Many in western Colorado have been fooled into supporting the Halt the Dolores Monument, without realizing that they now stand shoulder-to-shoulder with anti-vaxxers, election deniers and the Heritage Foundation.
5th American Citizen Killed in West Bank Since 2021
Secretary of State Blinken can’t count. Recently, when American and Turkish citizen Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was killed by Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank, Blinken said that she was the second American killed by Israel. But in reality, at least five Americans have been killed by Israeli troops since Blinken took office. In January 17-year-old Tawfiq Ajaq was shot in the head on the way to a barbecue in the West Bank. Similarly, last week Mohammad Khdour, also 17 years old, also on his way to a barbecue, was killed in the West Bank. In August of 2022, Omar Assad, a small business owner from Milwaukee, died in custody of IDF soldiers. Again in 2022, Israeli forces killed Palestinian-American Journalist Shireen Abu Aklen. Other Americans killed in the West Bank since 2003 include Rachel Corrie, Furkan DoGan, Orwa Hammad, and Mohmoud Shaalan. If you really want to go down the rabbit hole, google the “USS Liberty.”
Saudi Arabian Officials Aided 9/11 Terrorist
Propublica is reporting that twenty-three years after the attacks of 9/11, two Saudi Arabian officials did in fact knowingly aid two of the 9/11 hijackers. Ongoing FBI investigations, an ongoing lawsuit by the families of the victims of 9/11 against the Saudi Arabian government and recently declassified documents all paint a picture quite different than the 9/11 commission report. Saudi Arabia is a rogue state that the US will support regardless of how many women they execute, journalists they cut into pieces, or even after 15 of the 19 hijackers were found to be Saudi Arabian. The deal struck by President Truman with the Saudi Arabian royal family right after WWII, of course, still holds. The deal–“You sell us your oil and we will protect your tyranny.”
Venezuela Arrests Coup Plotters: Americans
Wilbert Joseph Castañeda Gomez, a former US Navy Seal, was one of six foreign nationals arrested for their part in an attempted coup against the socialist government in the wake of an election contested by the opposition and the United States. Another two Americans, two Spaniards and Czech citizens have been arrested in what the Maduro government calls a CIA-backed plan to overthrow the government. This tracks with 20 years of US sanctions and covert actions against the popular Chavista government.
BLM Rounds Up Wild Horses
Over 100 horses were rounded up out of the Little Bookcliff Wild Horse herd by the BLM despite protests. At least one horse broke a leg and had to be euthanized leaving its foal orphaned
Israel Invents Brand New War Crime
On September 17, Israel detonated thousands of pagers, that they had somehow rigged with explosives, across Lebanon. The next day Walkie-Talkies and off-grid solar batteries across Lebanon exploded. The total number of people injured is in the thousands. At least 12 people have been killed, including an eight-year-old girl. We will never look at our phones the same way again.
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