More Trans Violence

The New York Post reports: "Trans attacker fatally stabs man, breaks knife off in his skull after being mocked for using women’s bathroom at McDonald’s." To be clear, the man that Kelly Day murdered was not part of the group that had mocked him/her at the McDonald's. Rather, the fatal incident occurred hours later, after the murdered man--Larry Young--got into an argument with Day before walking away, crossing a street to a gas station. Day followed Young and started arguing with him again, before attacking him. "Surveillance footage shows Day holding a knife above Young as he lay on the ground, before allegedly stabbing him 13 times in the head, neck and upper shoulders, the Tribune reported." Day then apparently called 911, claiming he/she had acted in self-defense, before fleeing the scene. Day changed her story in a subsequent 911 call. She is being charged with first degree murder. 

Death In Paradise: 4 Dead In Mass Shooting In St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Apparently these types of shootings do happen in other countries. From the New York Post:

    A shooting near the capital of St. Vincent and the Grenadines left four people dead and four others wounded Friday night, prompting an intensified police response in the Caribbean island nation as authorities search for those responsible.

    Gunfire erupted shortly before 10:30 p.m. in the Green Hill community near Kingstown, according to Acting Commissioner of Police Trevor Bailey, who addressed the killings during a Saturday news conference. 

    Officers responding to the scene found two bodies on a public road, while a woman was found dead inside a vehicle parked nearby, Bailey said. 

    A fourth victim was discovered on an adjacent piece of land. All four appeared to have suffered gunshot wounds.

Four other people were wounded.  The police are investigating whether this shooting was related to one on Saturday at a different part of the island. The article continues:

    The killings come as authorities grapple with gun and gang violence across the small island nation. Smith said 37 murders have been recorded in St. Vincent and the Grenadines so far this year.

    Bailey acknowledged that police have seen instances of retaliatory violence involving rival groups but did not link the Green Hill killings to gang activity. Asked whether criminal groups could be connected to the latest violence, police said the investigation had not reached a point where they could make such a determination. 

School Shooting Leaves At Least 6 Dead

 Only in America, according the liars on the left: "School shooting leaves at least six dead and many more injured after 16-year-old embarks in gun rampage in Philippines," with the article noting "[t]he incident follows two fatal gun incidents since June at schools in the Philippines, where school shootings were previously rare." At least 17 others were injured, according to the report. The article adds:

    Last month, a student live-streamed himself shooting and killing another student in a classroom in Zamboanga in the country's south before taking ‌his own life.

    In June, at least three students were killed and about 20 others injured in an attack at a public high school in Tacloban, where two classmates opened fire on campus.

    The Philippines has relatively strict gun ownership regulations, including background checks and psychological evaluation requirements, although illegal firearms remain in circulation.   

According to Wikipedia:

In order to possess a firearm in the Philippines, a person must be at a minimum age of 21 years and pass a background check to be issued a License To Own And Possess Firearms (LTOPF). They must also take a firearms training and safety course. Any history of mental illnesses or domestic violence within the individual or the family will cause an applicant to have their request rejected. 

The Cartels Have Gone High Tech

RodMartin.org has published an article entitled "The Cartels Have Gone High-Tech. We’re Still Underestimating Them." Unfortunately, most of this article is behind a spam wall (you have to provide an email and register). But what is available to read is interesting:

    Many civilians hold preconceived notions about criminals and their activities. Some are surprised to learn that criminals are not all bumbling, uneducated brutes, and that their ranks include highly intelligent businesspeople, scientists, and engineers. Professionals carry this same burden. Preconceived notions abound.

    For years, many experts felt confident that fentanyl would not be abused, simply because it was so potent and dangerous. More than 500,000 Americans have died from fentanyl-driven synthetic opioid overdoses since 2005.

    Strange submarines were once dismissed as Bigfoot sightings, urban legend, and nothing more. Then, in 1996, the United States Coast Guard captured an intact semisubmersible narcosub 100 miles off the coast of Costa Rica. It had a carbon-fiber hull, diesel-electric power, thermal-blocking, water-cooled exhausts, and satellite navigation. A clandestine shipbuilding program was operating in the jungles of South America. The myth of the narcosub was shattered.

    El Chapo’s communications network told a similar story. What looked like disposable SIM cards and burner phones turned out, once an FBI-turned IT specialist gave up the details, to be a private VoIP network running on servers scattered across Canada and the Netherlands. The network was complete with automated wiretap software, spyware for real-time GPS tracking, and counter-surveillance tools aimed at cartel rivals and Mexican state officials.

    The Zetas were thought to rely on off-the-shelf walkie-talkies and pirate frequencies. They were actually running an air-gapped, military-grade multistate radio command network.

    Even the small stuff got underestimated. Los Viagras ran what looked like a low-grade Wi-Fi extortion racket in rural Michoacán, charging residents $25–$30 a month, a simple municipal shakedown worth $150,000 a month on paper. Then cyber-forensics specialists opened the seized routers and found firmware built for deep packet inspection, MAC address logging, and traffic redirection. In other words, a signals intelligence network for monitoring police radios and triggering an internet kill-switch during military operations.

The article then moves on to presumably discuss the recent discovery of an illegal cryptocurrency mining operation which was allegedly drawing power from infrastructure linked to a nearby hydroelectric system, in Tlaola, Puebla state, Mexico. The linked news article goes on to relate:

    Crypto mining — which uses powerful computers to generate virtual assets such as bitcoin — represents a new frontier in Mexico's fight against organised criminal groups, which have extended their reach beyond drug trafficking and extortion into the murkier realm of financial crime.

    In Puebla, authorities discovered 300 graphics processing units (GPUs), 80 medium-voltage terminals and eight satellite antennae — all geared to compete against millions of other machines to solve puzzles and create valuable new crypto coins.

    While a relatively modest operation by international commercial standards, it is the fourth such crypto farm uncovered in the area since early last year.

    "Drug cartels appear to have reached a new level of sophistication," said David Saucedo, a Mexico-based security analyst, adding that setting up such an operation would have required technical expertise and backing from a well-financed group, such as one of Mexico's most powerful cartels.

And:

    Electricity is the biggest cost for mining crypto, as energy prices have increased and the process of minting a single unit of virtual currency has become more resource-intensive.

    The University of Cambridge's Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index estimates the cost of minting one bitcoin — the most widely used cryptocurrency — at nearly $45,000. This would still bring a substantial profit when sold at current prices of around $78,000.

    "If they were stealing the electricity, the main costs of the operation would be, well — nothing," said Samuel Leon, an expert in energy theft at Mexico's Iberoamericana University, referring to the Puebla operation.

    Mexican authorities said they are investigating whether the crypto farm was stealing electricity from a nearby hydroelectric dam. 

The news article also adds:

    Three other similar crypto farms were found last year in the vicinity of the nearby hydroelectric dam in northern Puebla. Local authorities said they are collaborating with nearby states to investigate the possibility of more hidden operations.

    Similar raids have taken place in Brazil, the US and Southeast Asia, including a major bitcoin mining operation in Thailand that spanned five provinces. 

 To quote from the movie Predator, "Pretty sophisticated for half-assed mountain boys."

Immigration In A Microcosm

The New York Post reports about a grandmother that stupidly opened her home to "Erik Eduardo Navarro, 26, of Orange County, after he showed up at her home claiming all his belongings had been stolen," and he needed a place to stay before an upcoming interview. 

    The kindhearted woman took him in, cooked for him every night and came to believe he was a “sweet kid” down on his luck.

    After two weeks, Navarro began “making demands and taking over her home,” the family said.

    Garcia then allegedly told Navarro on Aug. 25 that it was time to leave, which set him off.

    Navarro allegedly took up a metal baseball bat and began clubbing her while she was sleeping.

    Family described the brutal ordeal, which only ended after he believed the grandmother was dead, in a GoFundMe.

    “She was in and out of consciousness, and every time she woke up, he would beat her again,” the family said. “This lasted for hours. He stopped only after she completely lost consciousness and apparently believed she was dead. He then took her phone, credit cards, keys, E-bike, and other belongings and fled.” 

Important Lesson On How Not To Be Shot

Don't hold house parties at 6 a.m. on a Sunday. Per the report, "[a] woman was killed early Sunday after someone fired multiple gunshots into a vacation home in Boise’s West Bench neighborhood, according to police," with officers responding just before 6 a.m. 

    A large number of people were inside the home when police arrived, and officers initially did not know the identity or location of the suspect, according to Boise police. The area was secured, the home was evacuated and officers cleared the residence while interviewing witnesses.

    Boise Fire Department crews and Ada County Paramedics attempted life-saving measures, but the woman died at the scene. No other injuries were reported.

    Investigators said evidence indicates a party was taking place when an unidentified suspect drove by in a sedan and fired multiple shots at the home before leaving the area. 

    The home was being used as a short-term vacation rental at the time of the shooting, police said. 

Update:  Police have released the names of the victim and one of the two suspects. Victim is Hispanic and the named, adult suspect also appears to be Hispanic. No information on the juvenile suspect. The local media referred to the two suspects as "teens" following the trend of media elsewhere to conceal the race of criminals. 

Weekend Reading #71

Some longer or more involved reading:

• Greg Ellifritz has a new Weekend Knowledge Dump at his Active Response Training blog.  Some of the more notable items:
• Greg links to the most recent Range Master newsletter, which itself has several items of interest including the drill of the month, some comments about the importance of institutional memory (i.e., history of techniques), and why 00 buckshot is the best buckshot size for self defense.
• Speaking of institutional memory, Greg notes that over the course of his career, he has "seen how the events encountered in historical police gunfights have completely changed training doctrine and equipment use for both police and armed citizens alike," and indicates that he is going to start a series discussing some of the most important law enforcement shootings and events that changed police training, gear and doctrine. In that vein, he links to an article about the Norco Bank Robbery. 
• Something that we may need to think about is whether to get involved in the defense of a stranger. Greg links to a piece that raises the issue of whether we are best serving our family if we do so.
• A historical article on combat using a Bowie knife. In the 19th Century, there were schools of fencing across the United States that specialized in teaching how to use this weapon.
• A review of Federal Punch in .22 LR as a defensive round. Short take: "But the .22 LR Federal Punch round stands above [other .22 LR rounds] in terms of performance and delivers penetration approaching the levels of .22 Magnum or even .380 ACP."
• Lucky Gunner's testing of ballistics from varying barrel lengths shooting .300 BLK. The testing didn't show much gain from using a longer 16" barrel over the short barrels. Conclusion: "The real advantage of .300 Blackout is flexibility rather than raw ballistics. You get solid performance inside 150 yards, it’s easy to run in a suppressed, short barreled rifle, easy to switch between subsonic and supersonic ammo without changing anything else about the gun, and there’s no shortage of factory loads for either." 

• John Wilder muses about "The Passing Of The American Empire?" First he lays out his case that the United States really does preside over an empire. Then he provides thoughts on whether we are in an empire in decline and where we are at on that path. 
• A long video (41 min.) rather than a read: "How cartel drug smuggling actually works, according to a trafficker"--Business Insider. 
• "Jim Corbett: Eradicator of Man-Eating Tigers & Conservationist"--Shooting Times.  If you like reading about the great dangerous game hunters, you've probably heard of Jim Corbett. If not, Corbett was tasked with hunting man-eating tigers and leopards in colonial India and became a bit of hero. But he also championed preservation of the big cats, with a national park in India named after him. And his caliber of choice was the 7x57mm Mauser (aka, .275 Rigby)--something that would probably be considered underpowered for hunting the big cats in this era. This article give a short biography of his life.  A couple more articles about Corbett:
• "Edward James Corbett - Hunter Turned Conservationist"--Nature Safari India. 
• "Inside Hunter Jim Corbett’s Legendary Showdowns With History’s Scariest Man-Eating Big Cats"--All That Is Interesting. 
• "Inside the disappearance of Hollywood starlet Jean Spangler that saw Kirk Douglas dragged into investigation... after mysterious note bombshell"--Daily Mail. An interesting article if you like true crime stories:

    In Hollywood's golden age, Jean Spangler was just one of countless young starlets dreaming of a fairytale rise to fame.

    With her porcelain doll looks and willowy 5ft8 frame, along with a resume of film bit parts, Spangler seemed destined to make some kind of mark in Tinseltown - even if it was not with her name in lights alongside darlings Betty Grable or Olivia De Havilland. 

    Tragically, the fame Spangler would so desperately seek would not come from her onscreen appearances, but her haunting disappearance in 1949.

    All Spangler left behind was a ripped purse, a mysterious note and a young daughter who never knew why her mother failed to come home. 

    The vanishing of the 26-year-old even saw megastar Kirk Douglas dragged into the fracas.

    Theories swung wildly - from her death during a botched abortion to Spangler leaving LA with gangsters.  

The article also notes that "Spangler disappeared just two years after the heinous murder of Elizabeth Short, who is immortalized in true crime history as the Black Dahlia. Spangler's striking resemblance to Short, combined with her work at Florentine Gardens, owned by Short's acquaintance and murder suspect Mark Hansen, saw police wonder if she was another victim of the killer." Unfortunately, Spangler's case has never been solved and remains open.

Lies, Damn Lies, and Mass Shootings

You may have noted over the years that the number of mass shootings widely varies and this is because of the various definitions of mass shootings floating around, and the media just picks the one that advances their narrative. Kevin Downey Jr. raises this point in an article at PJ Media where he points out:

The Rockefeller Institute of Government, a left-leaning "think tank" affiliated with the State University of New York (SUNY), has a different definition of a mass shooting (I added the bold again and will explain why):

A mass shooting is an incident of targeted violence carried out by one or more shooters at one or more public or populated locations. Multiple victims (both injuries and fatalities) are associated with the attack, and both the victims and location(s) are chosen either at random or for their symbolic value. The event occurs within a single 24-hour period, though most attacks typically last only a few minutes. The motivation of the shooting must not correlate with gang violence or targeted militant or terroristic activity.

The commie progs at the Rockefeller Institute have taken it upon themselves to declare that mass shootings "must not correlate with gang violence or targeted militant or terroristic activity." Why? Because they don't want black people or Muslims involved in the mass shooting statistics. The drooling MAGA redneck needs to be their mass shooting boogeyman. If you subscribe to the Gun Violence Archive's definition of a mass shooting, black people, mostly males, are responsible for no fewer than 70% of mass shootings, and that is a conservative figure. Then there are the Muslims. And don't get me started on the transamabob mass shooters... yet.

He goes on to note that other leftist groups have different definitions, but those definitions are still intended to make it appear that whites are responsible for the majority of "mass shootings" and to downplay the role of blacks, Muslims, "and Decepticons who shoot up, among other things, Christian schools." 

Massacre Inside Church In Haiti - 40+ Dead

The Daily Mail reports: "Massacre inside church leaves 40 dead with victims 'executed' during 'night of terror' in gang-ravaged Haiti." An excerpt:

    'The bandits raided a displaced persons camp located in a church. They executed several people. There are fatalities and dozens of wounded. Some people were abducted by the criminals.'

    Jean added that among other places the assailants targeted a site housing people who had already fled violence. 

    The UN have estimated a total death toll of at least 47 victims and 22 more injured in the overnight gang raid. They added that figures could change.   

Also:

    Powerful gangs under a broad alliance have for years cemented their influence over Haiti's capital ​and expanded to nearby regions, despite attempts by foreign nations to reinforce the country's outgunned police. 

    Attacks in Kenscoff over two months in early 2025 ​saw more than 260 people killed and 200 homes destroyed or set on fire, forcing 3,000 people to flee, according to U.N. ​estimates.

    Nearly a dozen more attacks have taken place since, including rapes, kidnapping, arson and livestock theft.

    Several locals accused the government of not doing enough to help protect residents amid the ongoing gang violence.

 This is what civilizational collapse looks like. 

The Diversity Report #35

 A selection of articles showcasing the benefits of diversity, equity and inclusion: 

• "Make All of America Muslim?"--Tierney Real News Network. From the lede: "Most people are not aware that Hillary Clinton brought Huma Abedin and the Muslim Brotherhood into the White House in the 1990s and then shortly thereafter 9/11 happened."
• "California high school students given Qurans, encouraged to wear hijabs during class trip to mosque: suit"--New York Post.  
• "UK Gov’t Publishes Pamphlet to Inform Migrants That Rape is Wrong, Sex With Children Is a Crime"--Breitbart. It's hard for some to adapt to Western norms.
• "Italy: Vatican Says No — Removes Controversial pro-Migrant Priest Who Housed Illegals"--Breitbart. The priest, Father Massimo Biancalani, was housing up to 200 migrants at a time in the parish rectory and grounds. "According to the Florence-based Controradio, Biancalani also acknowledged to reporters that the Vicofaro parish has suffered from a decline in attendance and sacraments as a result of his housing of migrants, and affirmed, 'This has been known for some time because, unfortunately, welcoming migrants triggers fears.'"
• "Captain in fatal NY Harbor boat tragedy is illegal immigrant: ‘Criminal is off our streets’"--New York Post. From the lede:

    The captain of an illegal charter boat that flipped in New York Harbor, killing a mom and her baby, is an illegal immigrant from El Salvador who is now in federal immigration custody, The Post has learned.

    Manuel Hernandez, 46, a limo driver without a boating license, was in the US illegally when he capsized the overloaded 21-foot vessel on Aug. 8, drowning Sara Sanchez and her baby daughter, Antonella Garcia, the Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday. 

• "Migrant boat smashes into girl, 17, leaving her with multiple fractures - then continues to Italian beach after men on board decide not to help her"--Daily Mail. They didn't even slow down. Per the article, "[a] 28-year-old Algerian man, who was allegedly at the helm of the boat, has been arrested on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration and causing extremely serious bodily injuries."
• Oh the humanity! "Illegal Migrants Lose Beach Vacations, Lake Swims Due to Trump Deportations"--Breitbart. 
• "Karmelo Anthony prosecutor reveals trove of evidence jury never saw — including disturbing texts: ‘Low key on the verge’"--New York Post. The specific evidence mentioned in the article are:
• He was stalking his ex-girlfriend and, hours before the stabbing, sent her a picture of a knife and stating: “I’m low key on the verge,” i.e., ready to commit a violent act.
• He was obsessed with fights, guns and knives.
• And a "juvenile criminal history, which included graffiti that included 'vile racist stuff.'"

A Daily Mail article on the same topic adds to the list:

Convicted killer Karmelo Anthony allegedly fantasized about stabbing someone and 'licking the blood off the blade' just hours before murdering Austin Metcalf, prosecutors revealed. 

And, "while living in Baton Rouge, his parents enrolled him in a special LSU program for children who struggled to control their aggression and 'keep their hands to themselves.'" So, basically, he was an incel who hated white people and fantasized about stabbing someone. 

• "Chucky-mask-wearing suspect unmasked as Zymire Hughes after allegedly asking jogger ‘are you ready to die?’"--New York Post.
• "Couple are mercilessly rammed down by speeding G-Wagon stolen by four teens who led police on hours-long chase, cops say"--Daily Mail.  According to the article, "[a] beloved couple were killed in a horrific car crash after a Mercedes G-Wagon, allegedly occupied by four teens who were fleeing police in New Jersey, smashed head-on into their vehicle." One of the teens was Nayshaun Brown, 18, with the seemingly mandatory tarantula head hairstyle. 
• "Suspect arrested in shooting rampage at Virginia State University days before classes begin"--Daily Mail. Could have been Obama's son. 
• "Chaos as THREE separate mass shootings erupt across the US, with terrified victims in Virginia, Kentucky and Chicago running for cover"--Daily Mail.  
• "Feral teen looting mob seen descending on Oakland 7-Eleven like plague of locusts"--Daily Mail.  
• "Wisconsin State Fair descends into chaos as brawl breaks out in final hours of annual festival"--New York Post.  "Dozens of unidentified brawlers — who appeared to be teens — raced through the food court to attack each other as the fracas got out of hand near the north end of the fairgrounds behind the grandstand of The Milwaukee Mile Speedway, according to video obtained by Fox6 Milwaukee."
• "ICE seeks to remove crazed mom who poured hot wax on her kids, started fire at home"--New York Post.  Meliza Campos-Sanchez is an illegal alien from Cuba. 
• "Somalian refugee honored by Minnesota charged in $4.5M Medicaid, sex-trafficking scheme"--ABCNews4.com. 

    Salman Ahmed Elmi, who was awarded the Outstanding Refugee Award for Entrepreneurship by the Minnesota Department of Human Services in 2021, was charged with a total of eight counts of aiding and abetting theft on Thursday, the National Review reported.

    Elmi and three associates — Frank Reeves, Viktoriya Komonash, and Andrea Sampson — ran Reva Health, Reva Autism, Helpful Housing, and Homefelt Assisted Living, which they used to bill more than $4.5 million to Medicaid since 2023.

    According to prosecutors, Elmi himself billed Medicaid for more than $1 million in unprovided or ineligible services.

    Elmi and his associates also allegedly recruited homeless and drug-addicted young women in a pay-for-sex scheme. The group rented apartments in the women’s names using fake pay stubs and began stealing victims’ identities to bill Medicaid in their name, according to court filings. 

• "NY woman busted in ISIS-linked plot to bomb state Capitol after converting to Islam, cheering 9/11 attacks: feds"--New York Post. Jessica Bowie converted to the Religion of Peace five years ago and adopted the name "Aisha Saif". She took her new religion seriously:

    “Blowing kafirs [non-Muslims] brains out is beautiful,” she told someone who turned out to be an FBI informant, the complaint said. 

[snip]

    A search of Bowie’s social media revealed many fanatical pro-radical Islamist and anti-American posts in the weeks leading up to her planned attack, according to the complaint.

    On May 28, an account linked to Bowie posted, “Praise be to Allah for September 11th,” according to the FBI complaint.

    On May 8, another account believed to be Bowie told another user in Arabic, “I will poison these infidels,” the complaint alleges.

• "Kids as young as 11 among the illegal vendors swarming Brooklyn Bridge: ‘They are everywhere’"--New York Post. An excerpt:

The illicit vendors — many of them immigrants — have been a nuisance on the historic bridge for years. By 2023, the span was jammed with so many peddlers that one frustrated local described it as a “disgusting, mile-long souvenir shop and flea market.” 

• "Virginia mother stabbed to death on jogging trail 'by teenage migrant coworker' who was caught entering US illegally two years ago... then released"--Daily Mail.  
• But it's perfectly legal in India! "Vile woman caught dumping huge bag of trash into stunning lake filled with ducks... before being extremely rude to onlooker who confronted her"--Daily Mail. 
• But that's how its done in Africa! "Outrage after man is filmed doing LAUNDRY in scenic Maine river and filling its waters with detergent that's toxic to nature"--Daily Mail. 
• "Outrage as school shows kids as young as 14 extremely graphic abortion, sex and transgender art"--New York Post. They've told us for years they were coming for the kids. 
• "North Carolina Trans Activist Has a Modest Proposal for the Children of 'Bigots'"--Town Hall.  According to the article, a "transwoman" going by the name Katerina Day went to a school board meeting in Wake County, North Carolina, to demand that parents opposed to the grooming of their children be named and their children expelled from schools. 

An Update On The Salt Lake Church Shooting

 The video I had linked to the other day suggested that something that the Church could have done to avoid the shooting was to cancel the funeral. But a news report from KUTV indicated that police did not notify the Church about the tip off they received of potential violence. From the article:

    KUTV asked UPD whether they notified the local church about the “problems” tip, and, if so, when that notification was made; whether there was any discussion of sending everyone away with the possibility of a problem; and, if no notification was made, why?

    UPD Assistant Chief Justin Hoyal said officers were not aware of the funeral until they received the tip shortly before the shooting.

    Police did not notify the church because of how “last minute” the information was, and there was no credible threat, according to Hoyal.

Louve Jewel Thieves Hired By "Sponsor"

 In a July 14 article, the Robb Report relates: "The Louvre Jewelry Heist’s Suspects Say a ‘Mysterious Sponsor’ Recruited Them." The article begins:

    The two prime suspects in the infamous 2025 Louvre jewel heist claimed they were recruited by a “mysterious sponsor,” according to statements made to Paris judicial authorities that were published by Le Monde over the weekend.

    Arrested one week after the robbery and indicted on charges of “organized gang robbery,” Abdoulaye N., 40, and Ghelamallah A., 36, remained silent for months in pre-trial detention. In June, however, they appeared before investigating judges and, for the first time, offered an expanded account of the theft of the French Crown Jewels from the museum’s Apollo Gallery. According to the men, they were hired two or three days before the crime by a sponsor whom they do not name. That sponsor is reportedly still sought by police.  

    The alleged mastermind reportedly sent the pair a video filmed inside the Apollo Gallery, showing the royal jewels on display, along with concise instructions: break the gallery’s windows and retrieve the jewelry from the display cases. Abdoulaye N., a former motocross social media star who, by his own admission, was in desperate need of money, said he was promised between 15,000 and 20,000 euros to break into the Louvre—“maybe more,” depending on the outcome.

There's a lot more, so be sure to read the whole thing. As far as I can find, it appears that a total of 7 people have been arrested in relation to the crime, but the stolen jewelry has not been recovered. As you have probably already deduced, the suspects sort of named in the article are not really French. ABC News indicates that "[o]ne of the suspects has dual citizenship in France and Mali, and the other is a dual citizen of France and Algeria, investigators said, adding that both were already known to police from past burglary cases." 

VIDEO: Another LDS Church Shooting - Tongan Gang Connection

I'd seen a couple news reports about this shooting, but this video gives more details than either of the news reports, plus analysis. The shooting--like another very early this year--was a gang shooting at a funeral for a Tongan held at an LDS Church. The police had been warned beforehand, and there was a police presence in the area, but the shooting happened anyway. It also serves as another lesson in "diversity is our strength". 

 VIDEO: "Another LDS Church Shooting and the Tongan Crip Connection"
Christian Warrior (26 min.)

Gun & Prepping News #93

Some links that may be of interest: 

• "Fudd Friday: The Brush-Busting Question"--The Firearm Blog. Some information on firearms that do a bit better on penetrating brush based on testing by Francis E. Sell decades ago:

    Sell hunted deer on foot for many years, very successfully, and attacked the brush-busting question as scientifically as possible. He set up tests where he fired at targets behind bushes and measured bullet deflection afterwards.

[snip]

     Sell blasted away with a very wide range of cartridges, trying to determine the optimum bullet weight and shape, as well as velocity. His findings: A velocity between 2,200 and 2,500 fps deflected the least, and was also less likely to have the bullet blow up when hitting a branch or twig. He found that a bullet weight of 150 grains or heavier also made a big difference. He did not note any significant difference between different bullet shapes, and also did not note any difference resulting from bullet diameter—6.5x55 and .270 performed well, along with cartridges using .30-caliber and even .35-caliber bullets. He did, however, note a test where 500-grain .45-70 bullets performed inconsistently in his test, with two bullets “screaming off into the forest” when fired at a target through brush, and then the next two bullets showing no deflection at all.

    Funnily enough, Sell noted that high-velocity, high-performance cartridges fared poorly in his brush-busting experiments. Conversely, the .30-30 performed very well in his test, particularly when loaded with a 170-grain bullet. ... 

• "The .44 Best?"--Guns Magazine. An in depth look at the .44 Special and a good caste bullet and load:

    I cast the bullets for my handloads, usually from an MP-Molds 6-cavity aluminum mold. I started with a brass 2- cavity hollow point (HP) mold, soon progressing to a 4-banger after being so impressed by the quality. When Mihac Previc, owner of MP Molds, offered an aluminum 6-cavity mold, I quickly jumped on board. The molds are a direct copy of Elmer Keith’s Hensley & Gibbs 503. Bullets cast from it usually run 15 grains heavier than Elmer’s other design, the Lyman 429421.

    I’d venture to say my 6-banger has birthed a thousand-plus pounds of lead over the years. My slugs are then powder coated with a polymer coating and baked at 400 degrees for 20 minutes. These PC coated projectiles are then seated over a charge of Alliant Unique powder in a Starline Brass cartridge case.

    Since this isn’t YouTube, I will divulge the powder charge of 7.5 grains of Unique, but most diehards know this. The load is nostalgically referred to as the “Skeeter Load” from the millions of Skeeter fans who know a good thing when they see it. Loved for its balance of power, bullet diameter and acceptable recoiling characteristics, Skeeter Skelton’s popularity and warm writing style did more to promote this load and cartridge than anything. This charge weight provides a fuel-efficient 933 loads per pound of precious Unique powder.

• "Jeff Cooper’s Color Code: You’re Doing it Wrong"--Breach Bang Clear.  The author notes:

    At some point in the 1970s, Jeff Cooper created what is often called the Color Code.

    When he originally thought it up, and as he taught it, his purpose was to describe a shooter’s “…capacity…to cross the psychological barrier that inhibits [the] ability to take deadly action,” i.e., his or her mental preparation to press the trigger on a live target.

However, the Color Code was subsequently reinterpreted (misinterpreted) from describing a psychological commitment to using force to describing a level of situational awareness.

• "How to Read a Room Before You Sit Down"--Option Gray.  An excerpt:

    When you walk into any space, you’re building a quick picture of the environment before you commit to a position in it. This doesn’t require a full tactical assessment. It requires about ten seconds of actual attention before you sit down.

    Exits first. Where are the ways out? The front door is obvious. What’s less obvious is the kitchen exit, the emergency door at the back, the hallway that connects to a side entrance. You don’t need to memorize all of them. You need to know that they exist and roughly where they are.

    Sight lines next. Where can you sit and see the entrance? Seeing who comes through the door before they see you, or before they can close the distance on you, is a meaningful advantage in almost any situation. It costs you nothing to position for it.

    Then the room itself. Who is in it? How many people, where are they seated, is anyone paying unusual attention to entrances or exits? This doesn’t mean treating every stranger as a threat. It means taking a picture of the baseline so that anything that changes later registers as a change. 

There is a lot more, including where to sit.  

• "Magazine Spring Myths"--Guns Magazine.  An excerpt:

Firearm springs wear out because they are repeatedly cycled. Recoil springs, which travel through nearly their full range of motion with every shot, have one of the highest duty cycles in a firearm and are rightly considered routine maintenance items. Magazine springs, by comparison, typically see far fewer complete compression cycles over their lifetime. That’s why a well-made magazine spring can remain fully loaded for decades with little effect, while a recoil spring in a heavily used pistol may legitimately need replacement after several thousand rounds. 

• "Threadlocker How-To // The Glue That Binds Us"--Recoil Magazine.  It goes over how to read thread pitch, why you want to use a torque wrench and not over tighten screws, before getting to the subject of the title and discussing what is Loctite and how it works before getting to application:

    While some of the newer offerings of Loctite offer some oil and solvent resistance, I find that thoroughly degreasing all the threads to be bonded using a strong solvent is an absolute must. My favored method is removing all the screws I needed to coat at once and dipping them in my small steel bench ramekin full of MEK. I let them sit for a few minutes, then remove and blow dry with compressed air. I strongly advise the use of rubber gloves and that this be done in a well-ventilated area. This stuff is super gnarly and will for sure give you face cancer.

    For the most effective bond, the adhesive must coat the complete length of the thread engagement area. Loctite is a thixotropic formula, which means it is thick and viscous under static conditions, and as it spreads along a surface under capillary action, it becomes thinner and will seem almost self-guiding. You’ll find a modest drop on a section of threads will find its way around the circumference and “creep” up and down the helix. When threaded in, this action compounds and the adhesive will work its way up and down the length of the threads quite easily. 

    For large parts, applying to both faces provides the most adequate adhesive application as well as for blind-hole assemblies such as cap screws — threadlocker should be applied to both the bolt and the mating threads. If applied only to the screw going into a blind hole, air pressure tends to force the liquid threadlocker out of the hole as the bolt is torqued down. The anaerobic process hardens in minutes at room temperature and fully cures within 24 hours. 

    When determining the amount to use, it’s important to remember that less is more, and dipping the screw to the head will not make it “more better.” The space between threads allowed by tolerances is actually quite a bit smaller than you think, and the location that the adhesive is applied is much more important than the amount. If you’re trying to determine which level of adhesion fits your specific needs, start on the low end and work your way up gradually and try experimenting a bit if you have the time and resources.

The article also discusses tips on removing screws or bolts secured with Loctite, so read the whole thing.

• "Springfield Armory SA-35 4″ Compact"--The Truth About Guns.  A shorter barrel, no magazine safety, better sights, larger safety levers, improved feed ramp to better feed hollow points, etc.
• "KelTec PR57 Review: How Accurate Is This Top-Loading 5.7 Pistol?"--Ammo Land. This is the 5.7 pistol that was designed for concealed carry. 

    With factory sights and a rest, five five-shot groups at 25 yards averaged 2.65 inches. The groups were plagued with flyers. One four-shot group was 7/8 of an inch. The pistol could shoot better than the aging eyes of the shooter.  The pistol shot about 3 1/2 inches high at 25 yards.

    The Viridian optic was mounted. Five five-shot groups were fired from a rest while sighting in the PR57. At 25 yards, the average group, center to center, was 2.01 inches. Five five-shot groups, fired at 100 yards, averaged 7.6 inches from a rest. There was considerable vertical stringing, which was attributed to an unsatisfactory rest. 23 of the 25 shots fit into a 5 x 8-inch box at 100 yards. The shots were fired deliberately, about a minute per shot.

• "NITECORE NPL25 GL Weapon Light and Green Laser"--The Shooting Wire.  The two main points about this is that (i) it is fairly compact, and (ii) it has a mounting system that allows it to easily adapt to different accessory rails:

    The NPL25 has a sliding plate that can adapt to the rail slot on a wide range of guns. There’s a sprung button on the left side of the light that moves that toothed bar up, releasing the plate. You then slide it to the position you need and release the button to lock it in place. Easy peasy with no plates to hold onto and (inevitably) lose in about 36 hours.

    On a pistol like the FN (above) that has a standard Pic rail, you can a few options as to placement of the sliding plate. On a gun like the G19 (below) with just one slot, it’s easy to adjust and mount it right where you need it. NITECORE ships the NPL25 with a small “Picatinny rail adapter” piece that screws into the two holes you see above, but I mounted the light without a problem without the adapter.

• "10 Essential Skills Every Prepper Needs to Thrive"--prepHERedness. The ten skills (or groupings of skills) discussed in this article are: 

1. Water storage and purification;
2. Food storage and preservation;
3. Cooking from scratch;
4. Medical skills;
5. Making cleaning and sanitation supplies;
6. Basic home repairs;
7. Basic sewing and clothing repair; 
8. Home gardening;
9. Self defense; and,
10.  Using a HAM radio.

And some other articles discussing important skills for prepping:

• "Skills and Knowledge That Make Preppers Resilient and Self-Reliant"--The Provident Prepper.
• "Homesteading Skills Every ‘Prepper’ Must Learn"--Rural Living Today. 
• "Ultimate List of Prepper Skills"--Rogue Preparedness. 
• "Prepper Survival Skills List"--Happy Preppers. 

• "Water Preparedness Starts at Home: Why I Replaced My Berkey with Phoenix Filter Elements"--Apartment Prepper.  The author explains:

I’ve owned a Berkey system for years, and recently I replaced my aging filter elements with the new Phoenix Gravity New Millennium Edition™ filter elements. If you’re a Berkey owner wondering what your replacement options are, here’s why I made the switch and why I think every household should have a plan for safe drinking water.

• "There's One Predator That Terrifies Bears And Mountain Lions Alike"--Science Alert. They are generally much more afraid of you than you are of them. There was recent research out of Africa that similarly showed that the large animals there were more likely to avoid the sound of human voices than even the sound of a lion. 
• "Why UK crime victims’ families always sound so similar talking to the media"--Quotulatiousness. 

    This is incredible. I always wondered how family liaison officers from RICU or the CRS reliably got the families of victims murdered by political or racial terrorists to provide such anodyne, don't look back in anger public statements. I figured in most cases it would be concern trolling, with legal threats held in reserve.

    This lays the technique bare, using interviews conducted both with victim's families and former police officers. Liaison officers serve as anesthetic patches that get slapped on the open wounds of the migration war. They apply therapeutic techniques to calm and reassure the families, establishing dependent relationships and using the trust they build to guide them away from saying anything inflammatory when the time comes to speak to the public. If families become noncompliant in this respect, they're threatened with causing a mistrial should they speak too openly about their feelings.

    That isn't all RICU does, of course. ‘Communications’ includes a huge propaganda arm, which uses every tool at its disposal, including battalions of fake social media profiles. You have to wonder how much of the culture war of the last decade or more was pure hallucination. 

Mass Shooting ... In Thailand

The New York Post is reporting that a teen in Thailand killed his grandparents and then went to the Debsirin Nonthaburi School in Bangkok where he killed 6 more people, plus himself.  Fifteen people were injured. It appears that the teen used a semi-auto pistol, which is strange because in Thailand you have to be at least 20 years old to obtain a permit to possess a firearm; and you have to undergo a thorough background check in order to get a permit. It is also illegal to carry in public without a permit with heightened penalties for carrying at certain locations such as schools. 

    The Post goes on to relate: 

    It is the second school shooting in Thailand this year after a teacher died and a student was injured in the south of the country in February.

[snip]

    Gun ownership and gun violence are not uncommon in Thailand, which has seen a series of deadly shootings in the past six years, with children among the victims.

    Thailand’s worst mass killing by a single perpetrator in its recent history took place in 2022, when a former policeman ran amok in a three-hour gun-and-knife attack in the northeast that killed 36 people including 22 children stabbed as they slept at a daycare center.

    A gunman killed five people including security guards and a vendor at a Bangkok market in July 2025 before turning the gun on himself, while a teacher died in the southern city of Hat Yai in February this year when a shooter opened fire at a school where she worked.

    In 2020, a soldier killed 29 people in a shooting rampage in Nakhon Ratchasima. 

    And in 2023, a 14-year-old used a modified handgun to kill two people and wound five others at a luxury Bangkok shopping center.

    After the 2023 shooting, Anutin, who was then serving as interior minister, ordered a raft of gun control measures, including a short-term ban on new licenses, import restrictions, and banning of people under 20 years from shooting ranges.

    Longer-term measures also included a medical certificate assessing the mental health and psychological condition of gun owners as well as a specified validity period for some gun licenses.

And, of course, the knee-jerk response from politicians is to impose even more gun laws.  The thing here is that gun laws will not stop someone intent on killing others--they will obtain firearms through other means (avoiding the permitting process) or select a different means of killing (which is why we see more knife/machete attacks and vehicular attacks in Europe). Rather, all the laws do is disarm the victims. 

FBI Data: Murders By Race

From Guns America: "FBI Murder Data Reveals Who Commits Homicides, Who Victims Are." Not surprisingly to anyone that pays attention to facts over propaganda, "[a]ccording to the FBI data analyzed by the CPRC, Black offenders accounted for 56.4% of known murderers in 2024." Also, "[t]he report also compares each group’s share of murderers with its share of the overall U.S. population." And the results?

If every demographic group committed murders strictly in proportion to its share of the population, everyone would score 1.0. Instead, the CPRC found one group stood far apart from the rest. Black males registered 8.3, White males were 1.2, and every other demographic group came in below 1.0. 

And if you think the White ratio seems high, you are correct because it lumps Hispanics with Whites; and we know from other studies that Hispanics commit homicides at rates well above those of Whites. 

VIDEO: Fauci Is Toast

Mark Dice has a video montage showing Dr. Fauci contradictions and misinformation, as well as the useful idiots that believed his pronouncements. I am disappointed, however, that few people seem to be focusing on his statements in his diary that Covid would have lethality rates about that of seasonal flu, and then a short time later publicly stated that it would be ten times worse.  

 VIDEO: "Dr. Fauci is TOAST"
Mark Dice (17 min.)

No, He Should Be Hung

Yuri Bezmenov: "Fauci Should Be in Jail, Not Georgetown." Excerpt:

Dr. Anthony Fauci committed crimes against humanity for ruining countless lives. He perjured himself lying about everything from the lab leak, school closures, and COVID mandates including the jab that never stopped the spread. Yesterday, he plead the fifth. In addition to his $400,000/year government pension and taxpayer-funded security, Dr. Anthony Fauci is now a Distinguished University Professor of “The Science” at Georgetown. 

The Diversity Report #34

 A selection of articles showcasing the benefits of diversity, equity and inclusion: 

• "Trump’s Science Report: Visa Migrants ‘Sideline’ Many American Scientists"--Breitbart. An excerpt:

    Nationwide, at least 1.5 million white-collar jobs are held by non-immigrant foreign contract workers, most of whom arrived via the H-1B program. The universities’ foreign scientists get their work permits via the controversial H-1B, J-1, and Optional Practical Training programs.

    The science sweatshops financially exclude roughly 50 percent of young American technology and science graduates. The Americans, unlike most foreign students from poor countries, need to get well-paid 9-to-5 jobs to pay off their college debt, live a normal life, get married, and have kids.

    One side result is large-scale discrimination against non-white Americans in favor of Asian migrants.

    Amid this replacement migration, foreigners on visas now comprise more than 40 percent of the PhD students in the hard sciences, and roughly 25 percent of students in “applied life sciences,” the Kratsios report says. This critical population includes many students from China and India who bring their own national loyalties and home-country economic ties with them. 

• "Sanctuary California: Biden-Released Illegal Alien Accused of Raping 6-Year-Old Girl at Daycare"--Breitbart. 

    An illegal alien released into the United States by the Biden administration is now accused of raping a 6-year-old girl at a daycare in Sacramento, California, a sanctuary jurisdiction.

    Last year, illegal alien Gokhan Bagci of Turkey was arrested by the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office and charged with lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14 years of age. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged a detainer against Bagci that same day.

    According to police, in July 2025, Bagci was working at the Mather Childcare Center when he allegedly lured a 6-year-old girl into a closet pretending to play hide-and-seek with her. Once in the closet, police allege that Bagci sexually assaulted her.

    Following the sexual assault, police allege Bagci took the girl into a bathroom where he raped her. Police have said there may be more child victims. 

• "ICE, FBI Agents Arrest Illegal Alien Accused of Attempting to Rape Girl in Indiana"--Breitbart. 

Javier Cereque-Perez, an illegal alien from Mexico, was arrested by ICE and FBI agents before being turned over to the Fishers Police Department to face two counts of attempted rape, one count of sexual misconduct with a minor, and one count of sexual battery. 

• "A New, Fungal STI Is Quietly Emerging: Everything You Should Know About TMVII"--Yahoo.

    Vasilios Papapitsios noticed a scaly, itchy rash on their buttocks after a shower on March 13, which raised alarm bells for the long-time STI awareness advocate. Papapitsios, a South Carolina resident who uses they/he pronouns, usually stays up to date on the latest on sexual health news. He had been reading about an emerging sexually transmitted illness (STI) just a few weeks prior: a fungal infection, with the largest known cluster of cases reported in Minneapolis in July 2025, colloquially called TMVII.

    "I just showed up [at my local health clinic] and said, 'I think I have a fungal infection that's a new STI,'" Papapitsios tells Them. "They didn't even know what I was talking about. My doctor had to look it up."

[snip]

    According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Infection (CDC), TMVII is a fungal infection that can spread through sexual contact, but also by sharing towels and linens or any skin-to-skin touch. Patients and experts alike are concerned about the lack of response to TMVII, given that most of its cases have presented in men who have sex with men. The U.S. government has a track record of mishandling, ignoring, and actively cutting research funding of infectious diseases that disproportionately impact queer people. Coupled with the fact that it can take weeks to run a test for TMVII, some experts are concerned that the fungal infection has silently been spreading to epidemic proportions without intervention. 

• "FBI captures fugitive on ‘Most Wanted Fraudsters’ list who allegedly led $547M Medicare scheme"--New York Post. 

Khalid Satary, 54, was cuffed in the Middle East on Monday after more than three years on the lam for allegedly orchestrating a scheme to defraud Medicare of over $547 million, the US Department of Justice announced on Tuesday. 

• "Illegal Migrant Trucker from India Arrested for Allegedly Stealing $2.8M in Chemicals"--Breitbart. 

    Officials say Deepak Kumar, 31, illegally picked up the cargo in Pennsylvania on June 25, then drove off with the toxic compound.

    Tungsten oxide powder is used in armor-piercing bullets, ceramics, lasers, optical products, and high-tech windows, according to the New York Post.

    After the theft was reported to police, investigators used a Flock camera system to track Kumar’s semi and the vehicle was located in Indiana traveling on Interstate 70 near Greenfield.

• "Road rage driver who allegedly killed boxing star Hannah Rapp is career criminal with lengthy rap sheet"--New York Post.

Charles Eric Medina, 31, was arrested on manslaughter charges for fatally striking Rapp, a 26-year-old up-and-coming featherweight fighter, with his car while she was cycling with her boyfriend, Will Pollalis, in Brazos County, Texas, on Saturday.

• "California’s Fourth of July plunges into hell as stores looted, police horses charge and fires break out"--New York Post.  

    Fourth of July descended into mayhem across parts of Southern California as unruly crowds overwhelmed packed-out fireworks displays, looted stores, ignited fires and saw cops charge on horseback.

    The worst unrest erupted in Newport Beach, where Independence Day revelers poured into Orange County, choking traffic and triggering a police response as disorder spread near the pier.

    Authorities ultimately shut down businesses from the Newport Pier to Pacific Coast Highway as officers moved in to restore order.

• "Hasan Piker Calls Mao ‘One of the Great Leaders’"--National Review. From the lede:

    Hasan Piker, the leftist influencer, has millions of followers across Twitch, YouTube, and other platforms. And so it is not without interest that he has described Mao as “one of the great leaders of this world” and that, when challenged about this, he conceded that “there was a lot of f***ing excesses, let’s be real, but. . . .”

    Ah yes, there is always a “but.”

    The “but” in this case was that “the People’s Republic of China would not exist without Mao Zedong.”

    True enough. Then again there were tens of millions of Chinese who would have existed for quite a bit longer were it not for Mao or his republic. And many of those did not meet their deaths because of yet another catastrophic communist “reform,” but because they were, in one way or another, murdered.

 Reminder: Hasan Doğan Piker is the son of Turkish immigrants. 

• "Mystery as Democrat nepo-baby lands $411k-a-year council job over 400 other applicants... including THREE who scored better than her during selection process"--Daily Mail. 

    Questions are being raised over how the daughter of a congresswoman landed a $411,000-a-year council job over three other candidates who reportedly scored better than her in interviews. 

    Erica Lee Carter, 46, the daughter of late Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, was appointed as the Harris County Administrator earlier this year in a hotly contested hiring process with over 400 applicants. 

    The role is one of the best paid government jobs in Harris County, which covers over five million people including the city of Houston, with applications coming from CEOs and politicians across the country.  

• "Woke activist group says State of New York must offer reparations to ALL black people living there"--Daily Mail. 

    Civil rights groups in New York have released a report demanding reparations for black residents, arguing that decades of deliberate racial inequality must be amended. 

    The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), the local chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, and the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) released a report last week titled, The Other New York: The Legacy of Slavery and the Case for Reparations Now. 

•  "Dr. Oz claims NY Medicaid program is being ripped off by Chinese crime syndicate"--New York Post. 

    Federal Medicaid czar Dr. Mehmet Oz said New York’s overblown $110 billion spending on medical bills is sickening — as he claimed Chinese crime syndicates are ripping off the Empire State.

    The TV doctor-turned-Trump administration official, blasted New York’s Medicaid program as rife with fraud in an interview Sunday as he outlined an alleged scheme that included millions of dollars in fraudulent medical bills.

    “Social safety net programs are being defrauded. They’re being hurt oftentimes by foreign governments or foreign-run criminal syndicate organizations,” Oz, administrator of the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, said Sunday on 77 WABC ‘s the “Cats Roundtable” program. 

Shilo Hendrix Found Guilty Of Using Racial Slur

MPR News reports: "Rochester jury finds woman who hurled racial slurs at a Black child on a playground guilty." Guilty of what? One count of disorderly conduct toward Sharmake Omar, the man who filmed her; but she was acquitted on a second charge of disorderly conduct for her conduct toward the kid that stole her baby's food. "She was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine, was placed on probation and ordered to complete community service," the article relates. Since she isn't facing jail time unless she violates probation, it is doubtful she will appeal the case, which is probably what the judge is counting on since the conviction rests on very shaky Constitutional grounds as this article from FIRE explains: "Shiloh Hendrix’s conviction can’t be squared with the First Amendment."

    Unless the trial record contains some critical fact absent from public reporting, that conviction cannot stand under the First Amendment.

    The video merely shows a heated verbal exchange between Hendrix and Omar. No threats. No violence. Nothing beyond words. However much offense they caused, that simply does not justify the government imprisoning, fining, or otherwise punishing the speaker. A public argument does not become a crime because a speaker used a particular word.

    The jury reportedly was instructed on the quaint “fighting words” doctrine. Although still technically an exception to the First Amendment, the Supreme Court recently threw cold water on “fighting words,” observing it “has not upheld a conviction under the fighting-words doctrine in 80 years.” That case was 1942’s Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire, involving a man who had choice words for a police officer. It’s a good thing the fighting-words exception has been sharply limited and arguably erased by the Court’s subsequent speech-protective decisions. Violent individuals shouldn’t have a veto over what others can say.

    Even if the “fighting words” doctrine still has a pulse, it’s very hard to see how it applies to Hendrix’s comments. The doctrine is, at most, confined to a tiny category of face-to-face insults that, under the circumstances, are likely to provoke an immediate violent reaction. But courts have made clear that even the most taboo racial slurs are not fighting words per se. And, as the video shows, Omar solicited Hendrix — who was walking away while carrying her child — to repeat the slur so he could capture it on video and shame her. She did so and then continued walking away. Nothing about the interaction suggests Hendrix’s words were likely to provoke an immediate violent response.

What this case is really about is punishing an uppity white woman. If the races had been reversed and she had been calling out "cracker" at a white kid, the prosecutor would have laughed at the mere suggestion that a criminal offense had occurred. 

    But perhaps the deeper lesson here is that we need to deport people like Omar. The kid's father obviously wasn't that upset about the incident. So why was Omar following a white woman around in a park and filming her? Had he been filming her before this incident? Or did he manufacture this whole incident in order to make money (he has raised over $40,000 on SpotFund)?