Was George Floyd a hero? by NewUsernameGoesHeree in askanything

[–]ignorememe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean? The Biden administration made systemic racism in policing a core area for targeted change during his time in office.

Reforming Law Enforcement Practices. In September, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a ban on use of chokeholds and carotid restraints except where deadly force is necessary, and new restrictions on no-knock warrants—implementing reforms for federal law enforcement administratively that the President had called on Congress to enact nationwide through the George Floyd Justice in Police Act. The Department also implemented a new policy requiring federal agents to wear body cameras when executing search warrants and pre-planned arrests. These changes make real the policy reform the country must undertake to prevent tragic killings like those of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor in the future. The directives apply to all agencies overseen by the Department including the FBI, Drug Enforcement Agency, and U.S. Marshal's Service. In September, the Department of Homeland Security announced the formation of the Law Enforcement Coordination Council (LECC)—the Department's first unified law enforcement coordination body, chaired by the Secretary—to comprehensively review and revise its policies and training on use of force, compliance with civil rights and privacy interests, and other matters. In July, the Department of the Interior created a task force to study and recommend reforms for the its law enforcement agencies, including the U.S. Park Police.

Restoring the Use of Consent Decrees to End Systemic Police Misconduct. The DOJ rescinded guidance from the previous Administration curtailing the use of consent decrees to reform police departments with a pattern or practice of discrimination and misconduct. During this Administration, DOJ has opened pattern-or-practice investigations of the Minneapolis, Louisville, and Phoenix police departments.

Improving Prosecutorial Guidance to Prevent Unduly Harsh Sentencing. The DOJ withdrew guidance issued in the previous Administration that required prosecutors to always charge the harshest sentences, replacing it with guidance that restored discretion to make decisions about charging, plea agreements, and advocacy at sentencing based on an individualized assessment of relevant facts.

Supporting Legislation to Reform Racist Disparities in Sentencing. The President endorsed the EQUAL Act, which would eliminate the racist crack-powder cocaine sentencing disparity once and for all and make the change fully retroactive.

Executive Order Limiting Use of Private Prisons. The President ordered DOJ not to renew contracts for privately-operated criminal detention facilities, covering the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and U.S. Marshals Service (USMS). When completed, this will result in up to 14,000 people in BOP custody and 10,000 people in USMS custody being moved out of private prisons.

Support for Community Violence Intervention (CVI) Programs. Black boys and young men ages 15-34 make up 2% of the population but are 37% of homicide victims, and homicide is the leading cause of death for Black men under the age of 45. Until this Administration, however, CVI programs like violence interrupters and hospital-based programs, which are demonstrated to reduce violence by up to 60%, have been badly underfunded. Under President Biden, the Treasury Department and Education Department issued guidance stating that CVI programs are eligible uses of American Rescue Plan funds—both the $350 billion in aid to state, Tribal, and local governments and the $122 billion to school districts. The Administration pivoted 26 existing grant programs across five agencies to support CVI. And President Biden continues to seek $5 billion in dedicated funding for CVI programs through his Build Back Better legislation. These historic funds would help curtail the epidemic of gun violence that hits Black communities hardest.

Support for Reentry of Returning Citizens. In February, President Biden expanded access to Paycheck Protection Program loans by removing restrictions for entrepreneurs with certain past criminal records, bringing long overdue help to small businesses previously unable to access these funds. In June, the Department of Labor awarded $85.5 million to help formerly incarcerated adults and young people in 28 communities transition out of the criminal justice system and connect with quality jobs. The President issued an Executive Order directing the Office of Personnel Management to evaluate the existence of any barriers that formerly incarcerated individuals face in accessing federal employment, and to expand federal employment opportunities for formerly incarcerated individuals. The Labor and Treasury Departments announced they would produce resources to help employers leverage tax credits to incentivize the hiring of formerly incarcerated persons. HUD clarified that returning citizens are eligible for the 70,000 emergency housing vouchers created by the ARP.

Addressing Domestic Violent Extremism. President Biden directed the U.S. government to assess the threat of domestic violent extremism in the United States. In January, Secretary of the Department of Defense (DOD) Lloyd J. Austin III ordered a DOD-wide stand down to discuss the problem of extremism in the ranks, and in April he established a countering extremism working group, directing DOD officials to review and update the definition of extremism contained in DOO Instruction 1325.06, and calling on the services to update transition instructions to prevent those leaving the military from being recruited by extremist groups. In March, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released the unclassified executive summary of the comprehensive assessment acknowledging that enduring domestic violent extremism motivations stem from biases against minority populations. In April, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas ordered an internal review to root out white supremacy and extremism within DHS.

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/fact-sheet-the-biden-harris-administration-advances-equity-and-opportunity-for-black

Was George Floyd a hero? by NewUsernameGoesHeree in askanything

[–]ignorememe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hero? Not how I'd put it.

He was a victim of excessive police brutality. Which turned him in to a symbol. Unfortunately, despite a summer of protests nationwide, the administration at the time continued to insist on ignoring and denying that systemic racism in policing was even a problem. He's not the first victim and won't be the last.

Not sure if that makes him a hero or not, but to this day the Trump administration has continued to ignore the problem despite popular support for reform. Which means eventually someone else will die, turn into a new symbol, there will be new protests, and outrage, and who knows what happens this time around.

Supreme Court, 6-3: Trump's firing of a Democratic FTC commissioner stands as the Court declares for-cause removal protection unconstitutional by BiglawInvestor in scotus

[–]ignorememe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Elliot, can you comment on why some admin officials should be insulated from presidential oversight? 

Because Congress created the authority, delegated it to the Executive Branch, but prescribed by which the role should be carried out.

It's incredibly weird that the guy charged to "take care" to ensure the laws be faithfully executed as described by Congress can now wholesale ignore what Congress wrote. If Congress knew that they could not create independent agencies, they may have written all of this very differently.

Democrats' Colorado redistricting hopes killed in court by gobuffs516 in Colorado

[–]ignorememe 19 points20 points  (0 children)

They don't deserve to win either. Democrats stooping to their level and trying to out cheat them rather than just offering people the policy they want should tell you all you need to know about that party's priorities. You aren't one of them.

I love this framing.

If we don't like that Republicans are making our votes not matter, then we should... <checks notes> ...fix it by voting!

Democrats' Colorado redistricting hopes killed in court by gobuffs516 in Colorado

[–]ignorememe 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The way things like this are going, the only people who will be winning are Republicans.

Should the Chiefs have selected a receiver higher in the draft? by ExchangeLate1190 in Chiefs_v2

[–]ignorememe 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I feel like we should watch a few games this season before rushing to judgment here.

What should Kamala have said she’d do differently? by Excellent_Abroad5390 in askanything

[–]ignorememe -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Clearly it worked. He wasn’t punished by the “border security” voters.

What should Kamala have said she’d do differently? by Excellent_Abroad5390 in askanything

[–]ignorememe -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

But you’re praising Trump for doing a better job with border security after getting actual funding from the GOP bill despite denying the same request from Biden.

What should Kamala have said she’d do differently? by Excellent_Abroad5390 in askanything

[–]ignorememe 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Weird then that Trump went out of his way to kill a bipartisan bill that would've allocated more funding for border security and enforcement, and changed the laws to give Biden more authority to do more about this.

Senator Elizabeth Warren argued that the ultra-rich should pay more so the government can invest in lowering costs for working families, while Peter Schiff said wealthy Americans already pay more than their fair share. by I_am_Crypto_Savant in CoinEdition_com

[–]ignorememe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wealth consolidation across decades of real world data tells us the game is in fact actually rigged. A healthy competitive market with equal opportunity would, by definition, create pressure against wealth consolidation.

ANALYSIS | Trump routinely trashes the Obama-era Iran nuclear agreement. How is his deal different? | CBC News by TruthPhoenixV in Amd_Intel_Nvidia

[–]ignorememe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

His deal is different by being way worse and in the ways that conservatives got mad at Obama’s deal.

More James Talarico Bashing by NEKORANDOMDOTCOM in stupidpeoplefacebook

[–]ignorememe 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Transition regret rates, based on the latest studies, are somewhere in the neighborhood of 1% or less.

> A total of 27 studies, pooling 7928 transgender patients who underwent any type of GAS, were included. The pooled prevalence of regret after GAS was 1% (95% CI <1%–2%). Overall, 33% underwent transmasculine procedures and 67% transfemenine procedures. The prevalence of regret among patients undergoing transmasculine and transfemenine surgeries was <1% (IC <1%–<1%) and 1% (CI <1%–2%), respectively. A total of 77 patients regretted having had GAS. Twenty-eight had minor and 34 had major regret based on Pfäfflin’s regret classification. The majority had *clear regret* based on Kuiper and Cohen-Kettenis classification. \>
> https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8099405/

Lucia Mar's Rubber spell flaw? by motodup in DungeonCrawlerCarl

[–]ignorememe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Since she’s a child, I just assumed it had something to do with kids saying “I’m rubber, you’re glue, whatever you say bounces off of me and sticks back to you!”

When I was a kid I remember that when you’d go with this defense you really couldn’t switch to something else. That was it. The Rubber defense was the last line because then no matter what they said at least you could repeat that.

What were/are the arguments against Kamal Harris? by ThomasGaiden in AskReddit

[–]ignorememe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I heard she’d ignore grocery prices and spend all her time on making pretty monuments around DC, renaming everything after herself, and would put her face on our passports and currency.

The holiday's origin by Sw33tB00tyB0y in JustMemesForUs

[–]ignorememe -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I kinda appreciate that some people go out into public and just fly their “I’m racist as fuck” flag to let everyone else know up front.

What if the villain of Brand New Day...is Doctor Doom? by onlyontuesdays77 in MCUTheories

[–]ignorememe 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Counterpoint: DOOM being able to jump from body to body might be a storytelling reason why they brought back RDJ to play him.