DEFUND THE POLICE!
What will be next completely disband the police like Minneapolis did?
Now the city of Minneapolis is complaining about the increase of crime, and no police to call!
A prime example of reaping what you sow.
Related news headline: Seattle City Council votes to override Mayor Jenny Durkan’s vetoes of police and public-safety changes to 2020 budget. --Seattle Times.
Quote: " The veto-override votes on the three bills were preceded by more than an hour of public comments, with most speakers urging council members to “hold the line” against the mayor and demonstrate they were listening to the Black Lives Matter movement. Several council members then sharply defended the bills as reasonable first steps toward revamping public safety in Seattle."
Related stories:
Seattle to Pay Ex-Pimp $150,000 to Come Up With 'Alternatives to Policing'--PJ MEDIA
TODAY'S TOP STORY...
Cantwell-Cosponsored Legislation to Improve Response to Missing, Murdered Native Women and Girls Heads to President’s Desk for Signature.
Seattle leads country in total number of murdered Native women, Tacoma in highest number of missing individuals
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, bipartisan legislation cosponsored by U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) to help federal, state, and Tribal law enforcement agencies better respond to disappearances and murders of Native American women and girls passed the U.S. House of Representatives. Savanna’s Act would increase coordination among all levels of law enforcement, increase data collection and information sharing, and empower Tribal governments with resources they need to respond to these cases. The legislation now heads to President Trump’s desk for signature into law.
Senator Cantwell, an original sponsor of the legislation, said: “The statistics on murdered and missing Indigenous women in the U.S. are horrific. Savanna’s Act is finally going to the President’s desk and he should sign it immediately. Law enforcement must do a better job to protect indigenous women. This law will require new, much-needed protocols, training, and reporting of statistics. This is a huge victory for indigenous women and for the Seattle Indian Health Board – their original report drew important attention to this critical issue.”
Native American women and girls have faced devastating levels of violence in the United States. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, nearly half of all Native American women have been raped, beaten, or stalked by an intimate partner; one in three will be raped in their lifetime; and on some reservations, women are murdered at a rate 10 times higher than the national average. A 2019 report by the Seattle Indian Health Board found 506 unsolved cases of missing and murdered Native women and girls nationwide. Washington state has the highest number of cases of any state, and of 71 urban areas studied, Seattle is the highest city.
Another report released last year by the Washington State Patrol on the crisis called for more coordination between Tribal, federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. It found 56 cases of missing Native women in Washington state – 20 of the cases were in Yakima County, and 12 were in King County.
Specifically, Savanna’s Act would:
Provide training to law enforcement agencies on how to record tribal enrollment for victims in federal databases.
Provide training and technical assistance to tribes and law enforcement agencies for implementation of the developed guidelines.
Improve Tribal access to certain federal crime information databases and mandate that the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Interior consult with Indian Tribes on how to further develop these databases and increase access to them.
Require the U.S. Department of Justice, Department of the Interior, and Department of Health and Human Services to solicit recommendations from Tribes on enhancing the safety of Native women and improving access to crime information databases and criminal justice information systems during the annual consultations mandated under the Violence Against Women Act.
Require the creation of standardized guidelines for responding to cases of missing and murdered Native Americans and Alaska Natives, in consultations with Tribes, which will include guidance on inter-jurisdictional cooperation among Tribes and federal, state, and local law enforcement.
Require statistics on missing and murdered Native women and recommendations on how to improve data collection be included in an annual report to Congress.
The legislation is named after Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind, a 22-year-old member of the Spirit Lake Tribe who disappeared on August 19, 2017, while eight months pregnant. Eight days later, her body was found in the Red River north of Fargo, North Dakota. Police determined her death to be caused by “homicidal violence.”
Addressing the epidemic of violence against Native women has long been a priority for Senator Cantwell. Cantwell joined Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) in introducing Savanna’s Act in the Senate, saying in part at its Senate passage, “Finally there is recognition of the urgency of helping Native American women with Senate passage of this bill.” In 2013, as Congress considered the re-authorization of the Violence Against Women Act, Cantwell spoke out in a Senate floor speech about the importance of addressing violence against Native women and successfully fought to prevent efforts to remove language from the bill aimed at enhancing domestic violence protections for women in Tribal communities.
TODAY'S HEADLINES...
WORLD NEWS HEADLINES:
Impact on workers of COVID-19 is ‘catastrophic’: ILO
COVID-19 has had a “catastrophic” impact on workers, the head of the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Wednesday, with lost working hours higher than originally forecast, and equivalent to 495 million full-time jobs globally in the second quarter of the year.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/09/1073242
UN stands ready to support landlocked nations in pandemic recovery.
The UN system is standing in solidarity with landlocked developing countries, which lack access to vital trade links, and supporting them in their efforts to rebuild once the global coronavirus pandemic abates, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/09/1073232
Myanmar: Mounting child death toll during Rakhine village assaults must end, urges rights expert.
The assaults by security forces in Myanmar on villages in Rakhine state “need to stop”, and a ceasefire should be declared immediately, said the UN independent rights expert on the situation across the country on Tuesday.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/09/1073092
NATIONAL HEADLINES:
FDA Launches the Digital Health Center of Excellence--FDA
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it is launching the Digital Health Center of Excellence within the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH).
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-launches-digital-health-center-excellence
HUD SECRETARY BEN CARSON VISITS SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FACILITY FOR LOW-INCOME SENIORS IN IOWA.
https://www.hud.gov/press/press_releases_media_advisories/HUD_No_20_155
Administration Announces $200 million from CDC to Jurisdictions for COVID-19 Vaccine Preparedness
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is announcing upcoming action by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide $200 million to jurisdictions for COVID-19 vaccine preparedness. --HHS
BUSINESS & FINANCE HEADLINES:
Oil Trader Indicted in International Bribery and Money Laundering Conspiracy Involving Corrupt Payments to Ecuadorian Officials
A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of New York returned an indictment today against a trader at the U.S. subsidiary of a multinational oil distributor and trading company (Trading Company), for his alleged participation in a five-year international bribery and money laundering scheme involving corrupt payments to Ecuadorian officials. --DOJ
Treasury Amends Regulations to Restrict Revenue Sources to the Cuban Regime.
WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) amended the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR) to further implement the President’s foreign policy to deny the Cuban regime sources of revenue.--US TREASURY DEPT.
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm1134
IRS: Drought-stricken farmers, ranchers have more time to replace livestock.
WASHINGTON — Farmers and ranchers who were forced to sell livestock due to drought may have an additional year to replace the livestock and defer tax on any gains from the forced sales, according to the Internal Revenue Service.
STATE NEWS HEADLINES:
State announces new COVID relief funds to support nonprofits helping youth.
Commerce joins forces with School’s Out Washington to fund nonprofits straining to provide after school and summer programs, mentoring and social-emotional supports.
WDFW seeks comment on periodic status reviews for Gray and Humpback Whales.
OLYMPIA – The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is seeking public input on its draft periodic status reviews for Gray and Humpback Whales.
https://wdfw.wa.gov/news/wdfw-seeks-comment-periodic-status-reviews-gray-and-humpback-whales
WDFW hosts online digital open house for South-Central WA, Sept. 28.
YAKIMA – Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) director Kelly Susewind and South-Central Regional Director Mike Livingston are hosting an online meeting to discuss the vital role of public lands for people and wildlife in Yakima, Kittitas, Franklin, and Benton counties from 7 to 8 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 28.
https://wdfw.wa.gov/news/wdfw-hosts-online-digital-open-house-south-central-wa-sept-28
MORE NEWS HEADLINES...
Hanford contractors to pay $58 million to settle claims of overbilling federal government--Spokesman Review
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2020/sep/22/hanford-contractors-to-pay-58-million-to-settle-cl/
Seattle Police Department should ban tear gas, remind officers to protect protesters’ rights
The former court monitor for the Seattle Police Department says it should ban the use of tear gas, rewrite its crowd-control policies and remind officers that they are there to protect protesters' rights, not violate them.---Seattle Times
Will Seattle see a surge of people leaving for the suburbs?--Seattle PI
Health officers concerned about weekend political rally Clallam reports one new case, Jefferson no new infections---PDN
https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/health-officers-concerned-about-weekend-political-rally/
Editorial note: I take it they're referring to the Clup rally in Port Angeles on Saturday, that over 1000 people were in attendance. I imagine if they were holding a BLM rally, that drew 1000's of people, there be no "concern" about covid-19 restrictions. Proving the point it's okay to hold riots, but not okay to attend church services without fallowing Inslee's covid-19 restrictions!
Both Are In The Same Church, But Media Love Joe Biden’s Faith And Hate Amy Coney Barrett’s
Biden's faith has been celebrated, but potential SCOTUS nominee Amy Coney Barrett is already facing questions and criticism about her faith in the same religion.--The Federalist
Ilhan Omar fires back at Trump: ‘This is my country’--Washington Times
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/sep/23/ilhan-omar-fires-back-trump-my-country/
Biden would rather not talk about the open Supreme Court seat--Washington Examiner
