Washington D.C. Accused of Manipulating Crime Data
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer requested the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department to hand over all of its records related to an internal investigation into allegations that it manipulated crime data in the district.
A House Oversight report last year found the then-outgoing police chief manipulated crime statistics by pressuring commanders to create the appearance that the situation in the nation’s capital is better than the numbers in fact show.
Comer said in a letter to interim MPD Police Chief Jeffery Carroll that his committee has learned that the department’s internal affairs department has completed its probe, and he is now demanding all related documents and communications in MPD’s possession. Click here to read more.
Over 50 House members accuse South Korea’s new left-wing government of attacking US companies, favoring China
Members of Congress blasted South Korean leadership over a “left-wing government closely aligned with China,” that they accused of “attacking” American companies and showing favoritism to Chinese-led businesses.
In a letter led by Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Rep. Michael Baumgartner, R-Wash., more than 50 members of the House of Representatives expressed their concern to Republic of Korea (ROK) Ambassador to the United States Kyung-wha Kang over what they deemed to be “discriminatory” business practices from the ROK.
Unearthed video: Jocelyn Benson ‘very proud’ to be on Southern Poverty Law Center board of directors
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has said she’s “very proud” of her work at the disgraced Southern Poverty Law Center, but whether that changed with a criminal indictment against the nonprofit last week is unclear.
Benson appeared on a Detroit PBS’ American Black Journal broadcast in 2015, while serving as dean of Wayne State University Law School, to heap praise on the SPLC, where she served on the executive board until 2019.
As the panel discussed an upcoming event featuring SPLC founder Morris Dees, civil rights attorney Dean Robb quipped: “Guess who’s on the board of the Southern Poverty Law Center? Dean Jocelyn Benson.”
“Yes,” Benson beamed. “I’m very proud.” Click here to read more.
COVID Cover-Up: Hiding Star Researcher Ralph Baric’s Ties to Global Pandemic
In March 2020, a couple of months after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the United States, editors at the journal Nature Medicine appended a note to a coronavirus study it had published five years prior.
“We are aware that this article is being used as the basis for unverified theories that the novel coronavirus causing COVID-19 was engineered,” the journal editors wrote. “There is no evidence that this is true; scientists believe that an animal is the most likely source of the coronavirus.”
The prestigious journal appears to have taken this extraordinary action for two reasons. Click here to read more.
Seattle’s drug diversion plan falters as open-air use persists in neighborhood hotspots
SEATTLE — In neighborhoods like Little Saigon, near 12th and Jackson, the drug crisis is hard to miss.
Crowds gather on sidewalks, some openly using drugs while others sell stolen goods. The area has become one of Seattle’s most visible hotspots for crime, disorder, and overdose response.
“With the summer weather heading our way, especially this past week, we saw an explosion of folks on 12th and Jackson and so we are concerned,” said Tanya Woo, a former city councilmember who runs a business in the Chinatown-International District. “We have elders that walk up there to buy their groceries, and finding our seniors trying to navigate through crowds of people engaged in fentanyl use and sales, it’s just distressing.” Click here to read more.
