Tuesday, July 8, 2025

The Diversity Report #30

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

    A large demonstration took place late Saturday night outside Lakewood Police Department headquarters, as community members gathered to protest the arrest of Binyomin Kubani, a local father of eight and member of the Orthodox Jewish community.

    The protest, which drew hundreds of participants, including the roshei yeshiva of Beth Medrash Govoha, centered on what demonstrators described as an unjust and improperly handled arrest. Kubani was taken into custody Thursday after a 15-year-old male claimed he was solicited at a Route 88 car wash.

    Protesters argued the youth had previously worked for Kubani and was asked again if he wanted to assist in cleaning a van.
 

Apparently there was some special agreement between the police and the Jewish community that was violated in this instance: "Law enforcement procedures typically involve interviewing both parties and establishing a timeline before making an arrest." 

    Four people were killed and 14 others wounded when gunfire erupted outside a Chicago nightclub Wednesday night, CBS Chicago reported, citing authorities.

    Police said a drive-by shooting occurred around 11 p.m. outside the Artis Restaurant and Lounge nightclub on the 300 block of West Chicago Avenue in the Near North Side neighborhood of the Windy City.

    Revelers were leaving the “high-end dining and nightlife destination” after an album release party for Chicago-based rapper Mello Buckzz.
 

Near the end of the march, a group of protesters turned violent, breaking the windows of storefronts and looting a number of businesses. In one case, a protester slammed a butter knife against the window of a restaurant where people were hiding, and another person painted "kill a gringo" on a nearby wall.
On Sunday afternoon, responding to the riots over the weekend, [Mexican President] Sheinbaum said Mexican nationals living in the U.S. are “heroes” and denounced President Trump’s attempts to enforce federal immigration law.  

    Lorena, a 24-year-old Colombian asylum seeker who lives in Houston and is due to give birth in September, pored over media reports on Friday morning. She was looking for details about how her baby might be affected, but said she was left confused and worried.

    "There are not many specifics," said Lorena, who like others interviewed by Reuters asked to be identified by her first name out of fear for her safety. "I don't understand it well."

The new rule gets rid of the 30-day period of notice of the intent to fine requirement before a fine is issued. Now, the announcement said, DHS immigration officers are authorized to send fines to undocumented migrants by regular mail, shortening the process that applies if migrants contest their files.

    The new law targets landlords, business owners, and “sanctuary sympathizers” who knowingly harbor illegal aliens in exchange for rent or services — a Class E felony punishable by up to six years in prison and fines up to $3,000.

    For cases involving children under 13, the penalty escalates to a Class A felony, with potential sentences of up to 60 years. 

The usual anti-Americans have crawled out of the woodwork, though:

 A coalition including the Southeastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, TIRRC, ICAP, and the American Immigration Council has sued in federal court to block the law, citing First Amendment and Supremacy Clause violations.

The suit apparently alleges that the law is illegal because it usurps federal authority over immigration and because it violates the Church's right under the First Amendment to express their faith by offering services to illegal aliens. But the law doesn't prevent them from offering services to illegal aliens, it only prevents them from doing so in return for compensation.   

    The study found that 59 percent of non-citizen households (e.g., green card holders and illegal immigrants) used one or more major welfare program.

    This compares to 39 percent of US-born households who receive one or more major welfare program.

    Illegal aliens not only broke the law to enter the country but they’re sucking our resources dry. 

    Officials say Alexis Osmani Gonzalez-Companioni, 27, was driving on I-20 near Wills Point, Texas — which is just east of Dallas — when he ran into a number of vehicles that had been stalled on the highway due to another accident farther up the road, according to KTVT-TV.

    Gonzalez-Companioni’s truck initially collided with a pickup truck carrying five people. Four were killed by the collision and a fifth was airlifted to a hospital in critical condition. The collision also crumpled a number of other vehicles and caused one other semi-truck to jackknife, which ended up killing another car driver, making the fifth fatality in the accident. 

    Federal authorities have unraveled several schemes by the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea (DPRK) that were used to fund its regime through remote information technology (IT) work for U.S. companies, resulting in two indictments, tech and financial seizures and an arrest.

    The Department of Justice (DOJ) said Monday that North Korean actors were helped by individuals in the U.S., China, the United Arab Emirates and Taiwan to obtain employment with over 100 U.S. companies, including Fortune 500 companies. 

    Arturo Gamboa, who was found injured while dressed all in black near a dropped AR-15-style rifle, was arrested and booked into jail on a murder charge.

    However, the investigation suggests he never fired — and the deadly shots were instead from two event “peacekeepers” who confronted Gamboa after seeing him “pull out an AR-15-style rifle from a backpack and begin manipulating it,” the department said. 

    Arturo Gamboa, 24, never fired his weapon, but he was arrested on suspicion of murder Saturday. He had not been formally charged as of Wednesday evening, according to police records.

    His arrest stems from statements provided to law enforcement by two volunteer “peacekeepers,” who said they saw Gamboa raise an assault-style rifle and point it into a crowd of people.

    But a new video appears to show Gamboa pointing his rifle down toward the ground and moving away from three gunshots fired by a safety volunteer.

    Police said the permit for the protest did not specify that there would be armed security.

    Protest organizers have not said whether or how the safety volunteer who shot Ah Loo was trained or explained why he was armed. All attendees, including those in safety roles, were asked not to bring weapons, according to Sarah Parker, a national coordinator for the 50501 Movement. Parker’s organization on Thursday said it was disassociating from a local chapter of the group that helped organize the Utah protest. 

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