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News/Politics 11-26-14

What’s interesting in the news today?

I’m starting my weekend early, so Open Thread. 🙂

Here’s a couple to start things off.

1. Since the grand jury refused to indict Officer Wilson many are calling on the feds to step in and charge him with federal violations. Only one problem with that. They can’t really make a case against him, although I doubt that stops them if the DoJ and Obama decide to push on anyway.

From TheWashingtonPost a little over a month ago–  “Justice Department investigators have all but concluded they do not have a strong enough case to bring civil rights charges against Darren Wilson, the white police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Mo., law enforcement officials said.

When racial tension boiled over in Ferguson after the Aug. 9 shooting, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. traveled to the St. Louis suburb to meet with city leaders and protest organizers in an effort to bring calm. He assured them that the federal government would open a civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of Michael Brown. But that investigation now seems unlikely to result in any charges.

“The evidence at this point does not support civil rights charges against Officer Wilson,” said one person briefed on the investigation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case.

Justice Department officials are loath to acknowledge publicly that their case cannot now meet the high legal threshold for a successful civil rights prosecution. The timing is sensitive: Tensions are high in greater St. Louis as people await the results of a grand jury’s review of the case.”

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2. I told you about this guy last week. What was unknown at the time was just how close a relationship he had with the Obama White House.

From TheWashingtonTimes  “A prominent gay rights activist charged last week with sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy is a strong supporter of President Obama who has visited the White House more than a half-dozen times in the past two years, visitor logs show.

Terrence P. Bean, 66, who raised more than a half-million dollars for Mr. Obama’s re-election campaign in 2012, last visited the White House on May 30 when he met with the president, first lady Michelle Obama and political adviser David Simas.”

“White House visitor logs show that Mr. Bean, co-founder of the Human Rights Campaign, a leading gay rights group, also has visited the White House on at least six other occasions since June 2012. On one visit in 2013, Mr. Bean brought along Kiah Lawson, described in news reports as his ex-boyfriend, who is also charged with sexually assaulting the juvenile.

The White House had no comment on whether the president still considers Mr. Bean an ally. Some observers have credited Mr. Bean for helping to sway Mr. Obama into supporting same-sex marriage two years ago.

“He has the president’s ear,” former Oregon Gov. Barbara Roberts once said of Mr. Bean.”

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7 thoughts on “News/Politics 11-26-14”

  1. 2. Beyond all that’s wrong with Mr. Bean and Mr. Obama, I am not comfortable besmirching someone on the basis of his supporters. That’s a knife that could cut many different ways.

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  4. What Mr. Bean is accused of is all too common in Hollywood and the rest of the entertainment industry. The entertainment industry is the heart and the treasury of Organized Perversion. It also is a critical funding source for Democrats.

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  5. what is the lesson and who is to learn it.

    People keep talking about how we need to learn the lesson of Ferguson. The question I am asking is what is the lesson and who is to learn it. Who told the truth and who lie to the American People (without the facts) in order to promote a cause? When you look at the facts that was revealed in the G.J. , it does not line up with the story line the Media (ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, PBS, CNN), the White House, The Justice Department, and others were telling us.

    First Fact, young Mr. Brown was shown on video, robbing a story and man handling the clerk a few minutes before his encounter with Mr. Wilson. This shows the young man was not who the media try to portray him as.

    Second Fact, young Mr. Brown was walking in the middle of the road causing traffic problems and was ask to get off the road. In which he decided not to obey. Which shows the disrespectfulness for the officers, he had or was taught. This shows again, the young man was not who the media try to portray him as.

    The Third fact, is what lead to the death on Mr. Brown. When the report came over the radio as to what the person who robbed the story looked like. Mr. Wilson did what all police officers would have done. He try to stop Mr. Brown, because he fit the image of the robber. When Mr. Wilson try to stop him, Mr. Brown (who just man handle a clerk) Mr. Brown decide for whatever reason, he would assault, Mr. Wilson the officers. After the gun went off inside the vehicle, Mr. Brown decide to run away. But for some reason he stopped after, Mr. Wilson got out of the vehicle and try to bull rush him. Why? We do not know. May be he wanted to scare Mr. Wilson, so as not to follow him, or the drugs in his system made him feel he could do no wrong and he wanted to finish what he start in the Vehicle. We do not know, but The end result of Mr. Brown’s action from the robbery, to the assault of the Officer, to the trying to bull rush the officer, end with Mr. Wilson feeling he had to do something that all Officers wish they would not have to do. Fire his weapon.

    So again what is the lesson and who is to learn it? Who told the truth and who lie to the American People (without the facts) in order to promote a cause?

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