Far-left Dems accused of trying to ‘provoke a mob’ in NYC: ‘Throwing matches in a tinderbox’
Fox News contributor Douglas Murray criticized the left’s reaction to an incident on the New York City subway in which a homeless man was killed. Murray said on “Outnumbered” that some Democrats, like Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Pressley, want to “provoke mobs.”
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DOUGLAS MURRAY: Of course, people like Nikole Hannah-Jones, like AOC, like a number of members of the Squad and others. You actually have to ask what they want when they do this thing, when they ramp up the rhetoric like this. To describe what happened as a lynching, as a public execution, to make all of these claims is like seeing people standing beside what they know to be a tinderbox and just like striking matches and throwing them into it to see what catches.
And you see it from the protest, What is this ‘Burn it down?’ I mean, it’s not even about justice. It’s justice as I see it and have judged it based on a tiny clip from this terrible incident saying justice is I want it or I’m going to burn everything down. Well, there are still cities across America that were burnt down. And guess what? They haven’t been built back again. So that’s what people should focus on at moments like this, not ramping up the rhetoric and trying to provoke mobs and groups into terrible outrages.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced Wednesday that “senior, experienced prosecutors” are investigating the subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely as violent clashes with police erupted Wednesday in New York City.
Neely, 30, was reportedly having a mental episode on the F train Monday, yelling and pacing back and forth, when a Marine veteran tackled him to the ground and put him in a chokehold, according to witnesses and police.
Two other straphangers helped restrain him, and video that captured part of the encounter shows Neely, a Michael Jackson impersonator, slowly go limp then die.
The city’s medical examiner determined that the manner of death was homicide caused by compression of the neck.
The man who shot the now viral cellphone video, freelance journalist Juan Alberto Vazquez, told The New York Post that Neely “started screaming in an aggressive manner” and complaining that he had no food and nothing to drink. The Marine veteran allegedly held Neely in a chokehold for 15 minutes, according to Vazquez.
The vet, when reached by phone, politely declined to comment.
The 24-year-old veteran was taken into custody and released, sparking public outrage, with groups of protesters calling his actions “murder” and clashing with police in the subway station where Neely died and on the streets nearby in Lower Manhattan.
The NYPD arrested five protesters Wednesday on charges ranging from making graffiti to resisting arrest, obstruction and harassment. Demonstrator Isabel Penzlien, 48, was charged with assault, reckless endangerment and other alleged crimes.
Fox News’ Rebecca Rosenberg contributed to this report.
WI Gov. Evers orders special election to fill newly-minted state Senator’s Assembly seat
Gov. Tony Evers ordered a special election Friday to fill an open Assembly seat representing Milwaukee’s northern suburbs.
Republican Dan Knodl represented the 24th Assembly District from 2009 until last month, when he won a special election to fill a state Senate seat left vacant after longtime Republican incumbent Alberta Darling retired in November.
Evers issued an executive order setting a special election for Knodl’s seat on July 18, with a primary set for June 20 if necessary. Candidates could begin circulating nomination papers Friday. They must turn them in to the state elections commission by May 23.
NYC program for mentally ill people like Jordan Neely couldn’t answer 1 in 4 calls last year
The Big Apple’s pilot program to combat 911 alerts concerning mentally ill people, like homeless man Jordan Neely, was unable to answer nearly 1 in 4 calls for help last year.
Cam Newton says his dreadlocks are a reason he is not on an NFL roster
Cam Newton is not his 2015 MVP self anymore, but the three-time Pro Bowler says there’s another reason why he’s still a free agent.
Over the years, Newton has grown out his hair for dreadlocks, and he suggests that’s a reason why he remained unsigned throughout the 2022 season and is still looking for a job.
“It’s been hindered. And I’m not changin’,” he said on Josina Anderson’s “Undefined” podcast.
“People have hinted towards to say like, ‘Cam, we want you to go back to the 2015 clean-cut Cam. But that was a different me. Right now, where I’m at, it’s about embracing who I am.”
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The New England Patriots signed him during his dreadlocks phase, and he started 15 games for them in 2020. He returned to the Carolina Panthers in 2021 and played in eight games.
But before rejoining the team that selected him with the first pick in 2011, he said teams were insinuating he should have gotten a haircut.
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“There was hints toward it,” he said, via Bleacher Report. “And I gained a lot of great counsel from a lot of people. And the thing that is always mentioned is, ‘Yo, Cam, you scarin’ people the way you look.’
“And I would say, ‘Yo, like I’m not gonna name names, but there’s other quarterbacks that’s in the league that don’t look like me, but they got long hair. They don’t scare them, do they?’ So, we can go tit for tat, tat for tit with it. But I would just turn and nod to that and say, ‘That’s not the reason why I’m not in the NFL.'”
Newton reportedly turned down an offer from at least one team last season.
He has said previously he does not plan on cutting his hair until one of his daughters gets married.
Since helping the 15-1 Panthers to a Super Bowl during his MVP season, Newton has gone 30-36 as a starter with an 81.4 quarterback rating. His last Pro Bowl nod was in 2015.
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/cam-newton-says-dreadlocks-reason-why-he-is-not-on-nfl-roster
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‘Yellowstone’ to end but ‘the Dutton story continues’: Everything you need to know about the state of the hit franchise.
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