Beltway Insider: Biden Addresses Tyre Nichols Murder, Covid/Vaccine Totals, Brian Sicknick, Victim/Suspect

President Biden addressed Americans and the family of Tyre Nichols as the horrifying videos capturing the brutality of the five officers beating the unarmed and subdued Nichols, in a scene comparable to the 1991 Rodney King case.

The President's job approval rating, according to the website fivethirtyeight.com, for the period ending January 28, 2023 decreased by 2.3% to 41.6% of those polled who approve of his effectiveness as President and those who disapprove of his effectiveness increased by 1.8% to 52.8% of those polled who disapprove of his effectiveness. A slight 3% of the population polled have no opinion. Ratings are calculated weekly.


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Memphis Police Beating: Tyre Nichols

Memphis Police have terminated the five black police officers accused of second-degree murder of Tyre Nichols, an unarmed 29-year-old black man, who was beaten, kicked, tasered, pepper sprayed and denied medical assistance, after an unmarked police car stopped him for allegedly reckless driving.

Nichols, who complained he was having trouble breathing, was beaten for more than three minutes with the majority of the heinous attack captured on several video cams. The tapes show officers kicking and punching the victim even as he was clearly not resisting.

"Tyre Nichols died on Jan. 10, days, after he was involved in a traffic stop conducted by the Memphis Police Department that left him critically injured. Nichols fled the traffic stop scene, and the police began to chase him. Police brutalized him to the point of being unrecognizable," famed Civil Rights attorney Ben Crump said in a released statement posted on Twitter. He further said, "Tyre suffered extensive bleeding caused by a severe beating."

After the beating, which was captured on video cam and police body cam, police officers were heard discussing details of the event in order to ensure corroboration of the timeline. We understand the taser was deployed, a handcuffed and subdued suspect was pepper sprayed, and the officers were clearly winded, and angry they had to chase the suspect who was in fear of his life.


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The former officers involved were members of the elite crime fighting unit, SCORPION, which has been disbanded due to the Nichols murder. Each of the officers involved were veterans of the force, with a minimum of three years to six years of service. Terminated and charged are former Memphis Police Officers Tadarrius Bean and Demetrius Haley both hired August of 2020; Emmitt Martin, III, hired March 2018, Officer Desmond Mills, Jr., hired March 2017, and Officer Justine Smith hired March 2018, were all terminated.

"After a thorough review of the circumstances surrounding this incident, we have determined that five MPD officers violated multiple department policies including excessive use of force, duty to intervene, and duty to render aid," Memphis Police Department Chief Cerelyn "CJ" Davis said in a released statement.

Both the FBI and Tennessee Attorney General's office have opened investigation into the possibility of civil rights abuses against the officers.

A second shift Fed-Ex employee, Nichols was on his way home, when he was stopped by an unmarked police car, ordered to exit the vehicle and was immediately surrounded by multiple officers who began yelling commands and expletives. He attempted to comply, and was clearly concerned. From the body cam footage, it appears as if the officers had immediate knowledge of an egregious outstanding violation in which the protocol was excessive and aggressive force.

"This is not just a professional failing. This is a failing of basic humanity toward another individual," Davis said, saying the five officers and others who were involved in his death "failed our community, and they failed the Nichols family. That is beyond regrettable," Foxnews.com reported.

The murder of Tyre Nichols echo's of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Rodney King, and other high profile police brutality cases, which stemmed from abuse of power. In most cases, the police perpetrators were white, in the case of Tyre Nichols, all the officers who participated in the brutal heinous, and inhumane beating were black.

While it is more than a belief of elitism, the civil war within the race has never been more obvious or evident as it is when viewing the body cam video of Tyre Nicholas.

President Biden, VP Harris, and leaders across the nation have voiced outrage. Both Biden and Harris issued statements which can be seen here for Biden and Harris. Excerpts are below.

President Biden Statement

"We must do everything in our power to ensure our criminal justice system lives up to the promise of fair and impartial justice, equal treatment, and dignity for all. Real and lasting change will only come if we take action to prevent tragedies like this from ever happening again. That is why I called on Congress to send the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act to my desk. "

VP Kamala Harris Statement

"Congress must act with urgency and pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. To truly honor Tyre Nichols' memory, and the memory of so many others before him, we must demand that our justice system lives up to its name."


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Brian Sicknick Alleged Killer Sentenced

Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, 42, arrived at work on January 6, 2021 with the full understanding there could be trouble. The recent victory by President Joseph Biden over former President Donald Trump had been contested with social media blowing up with messaging of an impending gathering contesting the election results.

By that afternoon, he would be in the middle of what has become known as the January 6 insurrection.

"The night of Jan. 6, 2021, Brian D. Sicknick texted his brother exhausted but in good spirits after an hours-long battle defending the U.S. Capitol: "I smell like BO, weed, OC spray and CS gas," reported The Washington Post.

The next day Sicknick would be dead. A coroner has ruled his death was natural causes. His initial report indicted he suffered two mini-strokes the following day. The images of that day still linger in the minds and memories of the public, and for those police officer in the middle of the insurrection the trauma of that day lingers on.

As justice is illusive, two men were charged with using chemical spray on Sicknick. They were sentenced this week. A packed courtroom, filled with Capitol Police, presented a silent tributed to their fallen brother.

Julian Khater, 32, pleaded guilty to chemical spraying the officer and was sentenced to seven years in prison. His accomplish, George Tanios, who admitted to buying and handing the spray to Khater, was sentenced to the five months served.

Paul Pelosi Video Released; Shows Idling Police

The body cam video of Paul Pelosi, husband of former Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi begin bludgeoned by a hammer-wielding suspect occurred as two San Francisco police officers were casually speaking with Pelosi and the suspect.

Video shows one police officer checking his cellphone on the walk from the car to the house. Even as Pelosi stood with one hand on the hammer, the police refuse swift action and allowed the 82 year old Pelosi to be bludgeoned before springing into action.

Vaccine Totals

As of January 28, 2023, in the United States, 958,826,425 vaccines have been distributed, with a 14-day increase of 11,577,080 and 666,511,603 have been administered with a 7-day increase weekly increase of 2,302,656 doses. More than 90% of the population have received the two-dose vaccine. (Date from the CDC). As of January 28, 2023, 13,156,047,747 vaccines doses have been administered worldwide.

Coronavirus Totals

Mandates have been altered or lifted in most urban areas with limited exceptions, and the population is encouraged to maintain personal protective practices. Masks are optional and tolerated. Vaccines and boosters are still considered the most effective agents against contracting the Coronavirus.

For the week ending January 28, 2023, the total of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide reached 752,517,552 people, with a 14-day increase of 90,972,294 with a total worldwide death toll of 6,804,419 deaths, and a 14-day death rate increase of 103,972. (Data from The World Health Organization).

COVID U.S. Totals

Infections rates in the United States are also on the rise. For the 14-day period ending January 28, 2023, the total confirmed cases rose to 102,171,644 people with new confirmed cases increasing by 653,415 with a 14-day average of 46,672 cases per day. The coronavirus has claimed 1,103,615 total deaths, adding 8,466 more deaths over the 14-day period. (Data from the CDC).

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Beverly Crest Mass Shooting; Third in 10 Days

A mass shooting in the posh neighborhood of Beverly Crest, which borders Beverly Hills, left three dead and four wounded, two critically.

"According to the Los Angeles Police Department. Officers responded to multiple 911 calls of a shooting with people down. During a press conference, Sgt. Bruce Borihanh said the shooting occurred in front of a home that they believe has been used as a short-term rental," ABC7.com reported.

For Californian's it is the third mass shooting this week. On January 21, 2023, in Monterey Park, in East Los Angeles, only 20 miles from today's shooting, a 72-year-old man opened fire in a ballroom dance studio and murdered 11 people and injured nine others. Just 48 hours later, in Half Moon Bay, in Northern California, seven people were murdered in what has been described as a workplace dispute.


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Victim/Suspect, a Documentary Examining Police Practices, Premieres at Sundance

Victim/Suspect, directed by Nancy Schwartzman recently premiered at Sundance Film Festival, tells the story of a shocking trend in American policing as rape victims are routinely interrogated, threatened, accused of lying and coerced into "admitting" they lied which leads to charges against the female victims, and in some cases imprisonment.

The systemic police corruption was uncovered by reporter Rae De Leon, and The Center for Investigative Reporting, initially explains her background, and how investigative news reporting became her passion. Most importantly, we also understand the stories go through a rigorous vetting process.

Skepticism, devil's advocate, are also part of the journalists backpack of tools, and we understand when the victims are introduced and are told yes, but the admitted guilt, made plea deals, so essentially it's a non-story story. Yes, the adage associated with reporting rape is never truer than in these cases, rape once by the perpetrator, raped again by the system.

Of course the national statistics on rape don't help either, of every 1000 cases only 6 see the inside of a courtroom. Prosecutors reply heavily on their detectives, who may or may not be dedicated, who may or may be devoted or who may as this film presents have clear bias.

Overweight, sympathy fuck gone bad, felt guilty for the one-night stand, she wanted it, she was, blah, blah, blah. Detectives are cruel, even to the point of asking victims with no memory, those who have been drugged, and can present evidentiary support, to regurgitate details they cannot and then present no memory as a victim wanting to cover for the rapist.

Even with a sitting president who as vice-president championed the "It's on Us" initiative to stop campus rape, the statics are skewed as victim's often refuse to press charges, which in the mind of the perpetrator is permission to commit rape after rape after rape. And let's not even talk about affluent rapists, who lawyer up so fast and begin the ad hominin attacks on the victim, in order to control the narrative, before the results have arrived or those who can provide incentive to hush things up.

Horrifying, sickening and traumatizing, are some of the reactions posted after Victim/Suspect premiered at Sundance Film Festival. The documentary, which was bought by Netflix, will begin streaming sometime in 2023.

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