{"id":117581,"date":"2021-09-18T08:00:48","date_gmt":"2021-09-18T12:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=117581"},"modified":"2021-09-17T22:53:01","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T02:53:01","slug":"stupid-people-of-the-week-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=117581","title":{"rendered":"Stupid people of the week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Florida deputy fired after telling inmate he looked like George Floyd, asking him to say ‘I can’t breathe’<\/h3>\n

A Lee County Sheriff’s Office deputy has been fired after telling an inmate he resembled George Floyd and asking him to say “I can’t breathe,” words Floyd spoke before dying under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer in 2020.<\/p>\n

Internal affairs reports released Wednesday showed appointments being withdrawn for Deputy First Class Rodney Payne for the Floyd comments. Payne’s firing came Aug. 26.<\/p>\n

Allegations against Payne included two claims of improper conduct in July 2021 while he worked in corrections at the Core Facility Community Programs Unit.<\/p>\n

An internal affairs investigation found Payne had made a remark to a specific inmate that he looked like George Floyd and asked him to say “I can’t breathe.”<\/p>\n

Payne made the comment in the presence of his immediate supervisor.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source; USA Today<\/a><\/p>\n

Guard soldier caught in uniform trying to transport cocaine, complaint says<\/h3>\n

An Alabama National Guard soldier was arrested Sept. 13 for attempting to transport a kilogram of cocaine in Hidalgo, Texas, a city that straddles the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a federal criminal complaint.<\/p>\n

Spc. Derrick Sankey, a 21-year-old assigned to the 2025th Transportation Company, was picked up during an undercover operation by Homeland Security Investigations agents based in nearby McAllen, the complaint stated.<\/p>\n

He was in uniform and driving a marked Border Patrol vehicle when he took possession of the cocaine, the complaint added. Sankey was deployed to Texas as part of the Defense Department\u2019s border support mission, military officials said.<\/p>\n

Sankey told law enforcement that he thought he would be paid $1,000 for the pickup and transport of the narcotics, HSI special agent David Racca wrote in the complaint.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source; Army Times<\/a><\/p>\n

Doctor Wants To Be \u2018Scary To The Public\u2019 And Inflate COVID Numbers, \u2018If You Don\u2019t Get Vaccinated, You Know You\u2019re Going To Die\u2019<\/h3>\n

National File has obtained a recording of a Zoom video conference call between physicians and a marketing director at Novant Heath New Hanover Regional Medical Center, a group of 20 hospitals, clinics, and offices that treat patients in North Carolina and South Carolina.<\/p>\n

In the recording, Mary Rudyk, MD tells Director of Marketing Carolyn Fisher and another hospital employee that she wants the hospitals to become more \u201cscary to the public\u201d by inflating the number of COVID-19 patients, and by using messaging that falsely tells individuals \u201cIf you don\u2019t get vaccinated, you know you\u2019re going to die.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the clip, Fisher seems confused by questions raised by Rudyk regarding how COVID-19 patients are counted. After Fisher explains this process, Rudyk asserts that the hospitals should become \u201cscary\u201d in their messaging about COVID-19, inflate their total number of COVID-19 patients by counting those who have recovered, and suggest that people will die without taking one of the controversial COVID-19 vaccines.<\/p>\n

The video was obtained from an internal source at Novant Health, and was recorded earlier this week. The clip features three speakers: Rudyk, Fisher, and Shelbourn Stevens, president of who promises to speak with MacDonald about inflating the count of COVID-19 patients \u201coffline.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the first speaker seems to answer a question about how COVID-19 patient counts are determined and shared with the public, MacDonald responds, \u201cI guess my feeling at this point in time is, maybe we need to be completely a little bit more scary to the public.\u201d She then introduces her idea to inflate the total number of COVID-19 patients by counting patients who recovered. \u201cThere are many people still hospitalized that we\u2019re considering post-COVID, but they\u2019re not counted in those numbers,\u201d Rudyk explains, \u201cSo how do we include those post-COVID people in the numbers of the patients we have in the hospital?\u201d<\/p>\n

At this point Fisher, apparently confused, asks Rudyk to clarify if she is suggesting the hospital release the total number of patients treated at the hospital \u201csince the beginning of COVID,\u201d which Rudyk says is an even better idea.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s better still, and that\u2019s something that I can take to someone else, but I think those are important numbers. The patients that are still in the hospital, that are off the COVID floor, but still are occupying the hospital for a variety of reasons,\u201d said Rudyk, before a male doctor interrupted to inform her that those patients are considered \u201crecovered.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still she persists: \u201cI think that that needs to be highlighted as well, because once you\u2019re off isolation you drop from the COVID numbers, that\u2019s exactly right.\u201d The male doctor agreed, \u201cCarolyn, we can talk offline about how we run that up to marketing,\u201d before being cut off by Rudyk.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I just want to say we have to be more blunt, we have to be more forceful, we have to see something coming out: \u2018If you don\u2019t get vaccinated, you know you\u2019re going to die,’\u201d Rudyk said, laughing. \u201cI mean let\u2019s just be really blunt with these people.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source; National File<\/a><\/p>\n

Drunk man crashes SUV, calls wife, who crashes into his vehicle on way to pick him up<\/h3>\n

An Indiana husband and wife were involved in separate crashes at the same location, just minutes apart, and both would later fail field-sobriety tests, investigators said.<\/p>\n

According to a statement from the Indiana State Police, Donald Ricketts was driving north on State Route 165 in Posey County when he crossed the center line and side-swiped a tractor-trailer that was heading the other direction.<\/p>\n

The collision happened a short distance from Ricketts\u2019 Poseyville home, so the 56-year-old man called his wife, 55-year-old Cheral Ricketts, and asked her to come to the scene and pick him up, the ISP report said.<\/p>\n

When Cheral Ricketts arrived, she collided into her husband\u2019s vehicle, \u201cwhich was still in the roadway from the previous crash,\u201d according to the ISP statement.<\/p>\n

Donald Ricketts registered a blood-alcohol level of .28 percent, more than three times the legal limit of .08 in Indiana. His wife registered a BAC of .22 percent.<\/p>\n

Donald Ricketts was admitted to Deaconess Gibson Hospital for treatment of a minor medical issue, while Cheral Ricketts was booked into the Posey County Jail.<\/p>\n

Both of the Ricketts\u2019 vehicles were totaled. The tractor-trailer driver was not hurt.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source; MSN<\/a><\/p>\n

Seattle judge sets shockingly low bail on drive-by shooting of cop<\/h3>\n

King County District Judge pro tem David O set shockingly low bail for two suspects accused in a drive-by shooting against a Renton officer. Police officers are livid, and the judge won\u2019t return requests for comment.<\/p>\n

According to police documents, Frankie Taijon Robertson is accused of firing 15 rounds at a Renton police officer as she was idling at a stoplight just about a block away from the precinct. Lamonta Joseph Steward was allegedly driving the vehicle. Police say this was a targeted shooting.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors asked for $1 million for Robertson and $250,000 for Steward. While O found probable cause, he lowered the bail to just $50,000 each.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard to understand what David O thought when he offered such low bail. (O is his full last name).<\/p>\n

The shooting was caught on surveillance video, which was noted in the police documents submitted during the suspects\u2019 first appearances. A Glock with an extended, high-capacity magazine was found in the car. It even noted that Robertson, a convicted felon, is a suspect in another shooting at a police officer.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt Mr. Robertson\u2019s first appearance, we asked the first appearance judge to set bail at $1 million,\u201d King County Prosecutor\u2019s Office spokesperson Casey McNerthney said. \u201cWe believe that the bail set Thursday afternoon by a District Court judge ($50,000) was not appropriate given Mr. Robertson\u2019s dangerous actions posed to multiple people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Somehow, the Renton officer was not injured in the shooting.<\/p>\n

At a charging hearing in front of a separate judge, Robertson\u2019s bail was increased to $500,000, fixing Judge O\u2019s error. Steward\u2019s bail remained the same.<\/p>\n

So what could motivate O to go so easy on these two suspects? You need to look at his background.<\/p>\n

Like so many King County judges who tend to offer light sentences, O has a background as a defense attorney. In this case, he\u2019s currently a defense attorney.<\/p>\n

As a judge pro tempore, he doesn\u2019t sit on the bench full-time; he\u2019s a substitute judge called in when necessary. His full-time job is to defend criminals. Indeed, he brags that he focuses all of his time on criminal law instead of diversifying his legal offerings. Who needs to focus on constitutional or family law when you can devote your life to defending suspects accused of domestic violence, sex crimes, and hit and run?<\/p>\n

Judges are supposed to leave their bias outside of the courtroom. But in this case, it doesn\u2019t seem like O was willing to betray his loyalty to criminal suspects.<\/p>\n

I spoke with O briefly on Friday morning. After he confirmed he was the judge on the case, he said he was driving and that he would speak to me later in the afternoon. He didn\u2019t pick up the phone when I called several times a few hours later. He didn\u2019t respond to a voicemail either.<\/p>\n

Renton officers were understandably livid. So, too, were Seattle officers who have been working on several open cases where they suspect Steward\u2019s involvement.<\/p>\n

Renton Police Chief Jon Schuldt released a statement thanking the community for its support, but chided the judge for lowering the bail from what the prosecutor recommended.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey do deserve their due justice afforded them by our just system, but a high bail ensures that they would stay incarcerated pending that process. Both, through their actions, have clearly demonstrated a disregard or concern for the rights and safety of others,\u201d Schuldt wrote.<\/p>\n

This was just the latest slap in the face for police in a region that doesn\u2019t take their safety seriously. Officers routinely work hard, long hours, putting their lives on the line, only to see suspects walk with low bails or no charges. This time, one of their own was nearly gunned down, and a judge doesn\u2019t care?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source; My Northwest<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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