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Georgia sheriff under scrutiny after heated clash with local police officer<\/h3>\n

A confrontation between a north Georgia sheriff and a local police officer has led a local district attorney to call for a special prosecutor to investigate Towns County Sheriff Kenneth Henderson.<\/p>\n

Tensions erupted during a December 2024 incident between Henderson and Hiawassee, Georgia, Police Officer Jos\u00e9 Carvajal, a combat veteran who served in both the U.S. Navy and Army. Carvajal was responding to a shooting out of his jurisdiction to help Deputy Austin Bradburn, who had been shot in the leg.<\/p>\n

According to body camera video obtained exclusively by Atlanta News First Investigates, Carvajal used his military training to direct the use of a tourniquet to stop the bleeding and called in a description of the suspect.<\/p>\n

Sheriff confronts officer over evidence<\/h4>\n

The confrontation began when Henderson arrived at the scene and questioned Carvajal about handling the deputy\u2019s gun.<\/p>\n

In the chaos of providing aid, Carvajal accidentally picked up the deputy\u2019s weapon instead of his own. Carvajal can be seen on video putting the gun back in the holster, but other emergency personnel on scene told him to take the gun.<\/p>\n

Carvajal then secured it in his waistband once he realized it was evidence:<\/p>\n

When Carvajal said he wouldn\u2019t touch the gun again until the Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrived, Henderson became increasingly agitated. The situation escalated when Carvajal walked away, telling the sheriff to \u201cget away from me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Henderson followed Carvajal and put his hands on the officer, spinning him around:<\/p>\n

Atlanta News First Investigates obtained Carvajal\u2019s body camera footage, and that of three deputies on scene, through sources. The footage is evidence in two open investigations and is therefore not subject to release through open records.<\/p>\n

Multiple deputies captured on body camera expressed shock and dismay at their sheriff\u2019s actions. Some held their boss back during the altercation.<\/p>\n

Strickland: \u201cThat\u2019s f*****g ridiculous. That\u2019s the most f*****g ridiculous g*****n s**t I\u2019ve ever f*****g seen in my life.\u201d (Strickland resigned within weeks to join the Georgia State Patrol.)
\nStrickland: \u201cY\u2019all seen the sheriff put his hands on Jos\u00e9 first, right, didn\u2019t you?\u201d
\nAnother deputy: \u201cThat\u2019s what I saw.\u201d
\nStrickland: \u201cI\u2019m not lying. When the GBI talks, that\u2019s what it\u2019s going to be.\u201d
\nStrickland also criticized Henderson\u2019s priorities: \u201cHe\u2019s more f*****g concerned with the f*****g city of Hiawassee than the g*****n shot deputy. This isn\u2019t the first, it isn\u2019t the second time, this isn\u2019t the third f*****g time.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There’s more at the source; Atlanta News First<\/a><\/p>\n

Chicago mayor quotes MLK to argue law enforcement is a ‘sickness that has not led to safe communities’<\/h3>\n

Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson gave a fiery news conference where he condemned President Donald Trump\u2019s crackdown on crime. At one point, he said, “Jails and incarceration and law enforcement is a sickness that has not led to safe communities.”<\/p>\n

During the news conference Tuesday, Johnson was asked about Trump\u2019s suggestion he might send the National Guard to Chicago. Trump\u2019s model of using anti-crime crackdowns was touted as a success by Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser, who had initially expressed concern.<\/p>\n

“Is there any reason for the president to deploy National Guard troops or other armed military personnel to Chicago to focus on crime or violence?” the reporter asked.<\/p>\n

Johnson responded by paraphrasing a quotation from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., saying, “You know, Dr. King referred to militarism as a sickness. Unfortunately, this president is full of that sickness. There are no circumstances under which the deployment of American soldiers should be sent in cities across America.”<\/p>\n

Later in the same news conference, Johnson noted there were 970 murders in Chicago in 1974, 828 murders there in 1995, 778 murders in 2016 and more recently 805 murders there in 2021. He said that while even one murder is too many, he is upset by the idea that more law enforcement is the answer that people propose.<\/p>\n

“I get so sick and tired of people in this country and in this city that believe that the only thing that you can offer Black people and poor people is jails, incarceration and police officers,” he said. “Dr. King said this right here in Chicago, the National Conference on New Politics. What did he say? He said, \u2018Militarism is a sickness.\u2019 I am trying to eradicate the sickness from this city and from this country.”<\/p>\n

He went on to argue that nobody in Chicago has asked him to use troops to bring down crime, arguing he is using other methods to do so, and that law enforcement is actually harmful to the community.<\/p>\n

“The fact of the matter is we are driving violence down in this city, and we’re using every single resource that’s available to us. Jails and incarceration and law enforcement is a sickness that has not led to safe communities.” he argued. “I’m going to work hard every single day to protect the people who are caught up in the violence in this city. Guess why? You want to know why? Because the vast majority of them look like me.”<\/p>\n

He then asserted that the methods he is employing are working, and he refuses to let Trump\u2019s administration take credit for it if they get involved.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to a White House spokesperson, who replied, “If these Democrats focused on fixing crime in their own cities instead of doing publicity stunts to criticize the president, their communities would be much safer.<\/p>\n

“Cracking down on crime should not be a partisan issue, but Democrats suffering from TDS are trying to make it one. They should listen to fellow Democrat Mayor Muriel Bowser, who recently celebrated the Trump administration\u2019s success in driving down violent crime in Washington, D.C.”<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to Johnson’s office for additional comment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source; Fox News<\/a><\/p>\n

Ashland County Fair board boots Ashland County Democratic Party booth for \u2018offensive\u2019 buttons<\/h3>\n

Ashland County Fair officials booted the Ashland County Democratic Party booth on Thursday following the political party\u2019s sale of \u201coffensive buttons\u201d directed toward President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

The Ashland County Fair posted on Facebook around 8 p.m. on Thursday that it had been \u201cmade aware of offensive buttons in the Democrat booth.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are a family friendly fair and do not condone this from any vendor\/merchant. We apologize for those who saw the display. The democrat (sic) party has been asked to pack their booth up for this year so they not be here (for the remainder) of our fair week. This is not political, we just can\u2019t have this at our county fair,\u201d reads the post.<\/p>\n

As of 11:45 p.m. the post had been shared 478 times with 967 comments on the Ashland County Fair\u2019s Facebook page.<\/p>\n

Heather Sample, chair of the Ashland County Democratic Party, declined to comment Thursday evening because she is waiting to speak with a lawyer.<\/p>\n

The Ashland Fair Board did not respond to a request for comment on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

A Facebook user took a photo of the buttons. They depict a red hat with words such as \u201cFascist\u201d and \u201cResist.\u201d Smaller text reads \u201cIs he dead yet?\u201d and \u201cOne day, we will wake up to his obituary.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some of them also contained \u201c8647,\u201d a political code interpreted by some as a call to violence against President Trump.<\/p>\n

Ashland County Sheriff Kurt Schneider said he would contact the U.S. Secret Service on Friday to follow up, according to Fox 8 in Cleveland.<\/p>\n

\u201cViolence shouldn\u2019t be tolerated in any way, in any venue in any jurisdiction in the United States and it certainly won\u2019t be tolerated here in Ashland County,\u201d he told Fox 8.<\/p>\n

Political emotions have heightened in the United States over the past week in the wake of conservative activist and commentator Charlie Kirk\u2018s assassination in Utah on Sept. 10.<\/p>\n

Since the murder, there have been mass disciplinary and retaliatory actions taken against various people for commentary or social media posts believed to celebrate, justify, or trivialize Kirk\u2019s murder, encourage further political violence, denigrate Kirk, or tarnish his legacy.<\/p>\n

On Sept. 17, late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s show was suspended indefinitely after his comments about the Kirk case on the Sept. 16 episode.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

Don’t Believe the Kremlin’s Lies About Race in Russia<\/h3>\n

Francine Villa thought she\u2019d found refuge. As a Black woman disillusioned with American racism and police violence, she moved to Russia in 2019 and began building a life she believed would be safer, freer and more humane.<\/p>\n

She became a Russian citizen. She gave birth there. She even starred in an RT documentary called \u201cBlack in the U.S.S.R.\u201d, praising Russia for offering the kind of racial peace she never found in the United States.<\/p>\n

Then last week, her neighbors beat her in her own Moscow apartment block. They called her racial slurs. They blocked her entry. They punched her in the face. Her two-year-old child witnessed it all. And when she went to the police, they did what Russian police do best when it comes to racist violence: absolutely nothing.<\/p>\n

As someone who\u2019s Black and Russian myself, I wasn\u2019t shocked. I was furious, but not surprised. Because I didn\u2019t flee the West \u2014 I fled Russia. I left because racism there isn\u2019t an aberration. It\u2019s as common as the air.<\/p>\n

I was born and raised in Russia. I didn\u2019t go there seeking freedom. I came into the world in a country that taught me from childhood that my Blackness made me foreign, suspect or disposable. Every Black person in my family has been physically assaulted at least once. Not just insulted \u2014 assaulted. In parks, on public transport, in apartment blocks like Francine\u2019s.<\/p>\n

One time I was walking home after surgery, still dizzy from anasthesia. Neighbors I\u2019d never seen before started shouting at me, accusing me of being drunk or on drugs. They demanded to know who my landlord was. I told them I owned the apartment. They laughed in my face. A Black person owning property? To them, that was unthinkable.<\/p>\n

This is what Francine walked into. Not a sanctuary, but a pressure cooker. She believed in the lie that many Westerners, especially Black ones, want to believe: that if racism is so loud in the U.S., maybe it\u2019s quiet somewhere else. Maybe you can leave it behind.<\/p>\n

You can\u2019t. And in Russia, racism isn\u2019t quiet. It\u2019s just unspoken. Or worse \u2014 it\u2019s normalized.<\/p>\n

In Russia, prejudice isn\u2019t seen as a problem. It\u2019s seen as common sense.<\/p>\n

The N-word gets dropped like it\u2019s nothing. It\u2019s in jokes. Cartoons. Schools. State media. People say it casually in front of children, say it about children. It\u2019s not rare. It\u2019s an inescapable part of the culture.<\/p>\n

The only difference between the U.S. and Russia is that in Russia, no one even pretends to care. There are no diversity statements, no public reckonings, no shallow corporate DEI committees. Just raw, untreated contempt.<\/p>\n

And if you speak up, you\u2019re too sensitive. If you get attacked, it\u2019s just a misunderstanding. If your neighbors beat you and scream slurs, well, maybe you provoked it.<\/p>\n

Francine didn\u2019t know that. She believed the fantasy that the Kremlin loves to sell. The one where the United States is racist and broken, while Russia is morally pure. She starred in propaganda films perpetuating that myth. She gave interviews saying she felt free and safe.<\/p>\n

Then reality hit.<\/p>\n

When she was useful, she was praised. When she was beaten, she was abandoned.<\/p>\n

Francine\u2019s story only made news because of the irony. The woman who praised Russia for its racial harmony gets assaulted in her own stairwell. But if she hadn\u2019t done that RT documentary, would we even know about her case? Would anyone be covering it?<\/p>\n

I doubt it. Because this violence isn\u2019t rare.<\/p>\n

Ask any Black person who\u2019s lived in Russia long enough.<\/p>\n

It goes beyond Francine. The Kremlin likes to present itself as Africa\u2019s friend \u2014 hosting summits, preaching anti-colonial solidarity, building \u201cAfrican villages\u201d in Russia. Yet when it comes to real Black people within its borders, the welcome fades fast.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

More at the source; The Moscow Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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