Republican senator exposes Biden judicial nominee's anti-police lie: 'No data to back it up'
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) grilled a Biden judicial nominee on Wednesday over an exaggerated anti-police accusation, ultimately catching the nominee in a lie.
What happened?
During a Senate confirmation hearing for Nusrat Jahan Choudhury, whom Biden has nominated to be a U.S. federal district judge in New York, Kennedy pressed her for once claiming that American police kill unarmed black men every day.
"This is a really simple question, counselor. Do you believe that cops kill unarmed black men in America every single day? You said it at Princeton," Kennedy asked.
"Senator, I said it in my role as an advocate," Choudhury responded.
"Oh, OK. You didn’t mean it," Kennedy replied mockingly.
"Senator, I said it in my role as an advocate to make a rhetorical point," Choudhury followed up.
Sen. John Kennedy: "Do you believe cops kill unarmed Black men in America every single day? You said it at Princeton."\n\nJudicial nominee Choudhury: "I said it in my role as an advocate to make a rhetorical point."\n\nSen. John Kennedy: "So when you say something incorrect it's ok?"pic.twitter.com/xF79I58jAo— The Hill (@The Hill) 1651113060
Kennedy then pressed Choudhury on how she can justify making untruthful claims, rhetorical or not, and whether she actually believes what she said.
"So, when you say something that’s incorrect, it’s OK to excuse it by saying, ‘Oh, I was being an advocate’? What do you believe? Do you personally believe that cops kill unarmed black man every single day in America?" Kennedy asked.
Choudhury deflected from answering the question, but Kennedy pressed further.
"Senator, I believe law enforcement have an important and challenging job in this country ..." Choudhury began to say.
"That’s not what you said, though, counselor," Kennedy interjected. "I just think that’s an extraordinary statement to make, with no data to back it up — none whatsoever. There’s no basis for you saying that. And you knew it then, and you know it now. How can someone one possibly believe that you’re gonna be unbiased on the federal bench?"
When Choudhury claimed that her records shows that she has "worked collaboratively" with multiple law enforcement agencies to "solve complex problems," Kennedy fired back, "Your record shows that you believe cops are guilty until proven innocent."
"Your record shows that if a cop — if a cop shoots a criminal it’s the cop’s fault, and if a criminal shoots a cop it’s the gun’s fault. I’ve read your record. I’ve read your record," Kennedy continued, "and I don’t appreciate you not answering the question straight up. I would respect you a lot more if you’d just tell us what you believe and not try to hide it."
What do the statistics show?
Statistics compiled by the Washington Post, which meticulously tracks police shootings, show that Choudhury's claim could not be farther from the truth.
In fact, police shot and killed 1,055 people last year. Just six of those fatalities were unarmed black men, the fewest number since the Post has been tracking police shootings (search the Post's database here).
Press sec. STUNS, blames 'systemic racism' for Ma'Khia Bryant's death
On the latest episode of "The Rubin Report," BlazeTV host Dave Rubin talked about White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki's comments about the police-involved shooting of Ma'Khia Bryant in Columbus, Ohio.
Despite bodycam footage showing that the 16 year old was about to stab another person when the police officer shot her, Psaki blamed "systemic racism and implicit bias" before promising more "laws and legislation" for police departments around the country.
"The killing of 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant by the Columbus Police is tragic. She was a child," Psaki said during a press briefing. "We're thinking of her friends and family and the communities that are hurting and grieving her loss.
"We know that police violence disproportionately impacts Black and Latino people in communities, and that Black women and girls, like Black men and boys, experience higher rates of police violence. We also know that there are particular vulnerabilities that children in foster care, like Ma'Khia, face. And her death came ... just as America was hopeful of a step forward after the traumatic and exhausting trial of Derek Chauvin and the verdict that was reached. So our focus is on working to address systemic racism and implicit bias head on and, of course, to passing laws and legislation that will put much-needed reforms into place at police departments around the country," she added.
"There's no evidence this had anything to do with racism. That was an officer trying to make sure that one girl didn't kill another girl. In a civil society, you're not allowed to stab other people with knives," Dave said before sharing a few statistics that seemingly refute the "police violence disproportionately impacts Black and Latino people" narrative.
Dave also discussed Lebron James' deleted tweet which doxxed the police officer involved, showed how NBC selectively edited their reporting to obscure that Ma'Khia Bryant was wielding a knife, and then did a special "ask me anything" question-and-answer session on a wide-ranging host of topics, answering questions from the Rubin Report Locals community.
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More than 36 street gangs in Chicago reportedly vow to shoot on sight any cop who has a weapon drawn in public
The FBI has reportedly told Chicago-area law enforcement to be on the lookout for dangerous gang members just looking for a reason to kill cops.
What are the details?
According to a Monday night report from WLS-TV, approximately 36 street gangs have vowed to "shoot on-sight any cop that has a weapon drawn on any subject in public."
The report, obtained by WLS, is titled "Pact Made by People Nation Gang Factions to 'Shoot On-Site' [sic] Any Police Officer with a Weapon Drawn."
The report allegedly originated from Chicago FBI officials on Aug. 26 and states that "members of these gang factions have been actively searching for, and filming, police officers in performance of their official duties."
The purpose of such surveillance is purportedly to "catch on film an officer drawing his/her weapon on any subject and the subsequent 'shoot on-site' of said officer, in order to garner national media attention."
Some gangs purported to be involved in the activity include the Black P Stones, El Rukns, Latin Kings, and Vice Lords.
The FBI notification — titled a "Potential Activity Alert" — is sometimes issued when there are potential threats to local law enforcement officials and emerges from a "contact whose reporting is limited and whose reliability cannot be determined."
The station reports that the information could emerge "from a police street source, a cooperating witness in an ongoing case, or from discussions overheard on a wiretap or other surveillance recording."
'People are seeking to do harm to cops'
Chicago Police Department Superintendent David Brown says that the conditions in Chicago are ever deteriorating and wholly believes that there is an imminent threat to police officers amid escalating tensions across the U.S.
"I think it's bigger than a suggestion," Brown says. "I think 51 officers being shot at or shot in one year, I think that quadruples any previous year in Chicago's history. So I think it's more than a suggestion that people are seeking to do harm to cops."
Brown added, "We need police officers, and as community members, we need to push back fervently against lawlessness."
Over the weekend, at least 54 people were shot in Chicago — including two Chicago police officers.
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Harvard professor needed ‘police protection’ after publishing study condemned by Claudine Gay
Although Claudine Gay has since stepped down as the president of Harvard University, she once wielded her powers to further the woke agenda.
Many are aware of Gay’s refusal to address anti-Semitism on campus and the alleged plagiarism in her academic work, but fewer are familiar with how she attempted to destroy the career of Dr. Roland G. Fryer, a professor of economics at Harvard.
What was Dr. Fryer’s crime? Publishing research that found no racial disparities behind the killings of unarmed black men in Houston, Texas.
Pat Gray plays a clip of an interview of Dr. Fryer explaining his research:
“Yes, we saw some bias in the low-level uses of force — everyday pushing up against cars and things like that — people seemed to like that result. But we didn't find any racial bias in police shootings,” Dr. Fryer explained, adding that this research took place over a year’s time and involved the help of eight others.
However, because the result wasn’t what he expected, he restarted the research with eight new RAs.
“They came up with the same exact answer,” he said, but when he published his findings, “all hell broke loose.”
“It was a 104-page, dense academic economics paper with a 150-page appendix, okay? It was posted for four minutes when I got my first email [saying], ‘This is full of s***’ ... and I wrote back, ‘How'd you read it that fast?!’"
“I had colleagues take me to the side and say, ‘Don't publish this; you'll ruin your career,”’ Dr. Fryer continued. “I said to them, ‘If the second part showed bias, do you think I should publish it then?’ and they said, ‘Yeah, then it would make sense.”’
Thankfully, Dr. Fryer wasn’t swayed by his colleagues and responded with, “I guarantee you, I’ll publish it.”
His boldness didn’t come without consequence though.
“I lived under police protection for about 30 or 40 days,” he said. “I was going to the grocery store to get diapers with an armed guard. It was crazy.”
“People don’t like the truth,” says Pat.
“All he did was present facts, but that'll get you in trouble,” agrees Keith Malinak.
To hear more of Dr. Fryer’s story, watch the clip below.
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