This video footage is from the official YouTube channel of 6abc Philadelphia. It shows a mass looting event that happened at an Apple store in Philadelphia on September 26, 2023:
Watching that video, I really have to wonder: What is the mindset of a person who steals a traceable iPhone, which has GPS tracking, and which can be bricked (i.e., rendered unusable) by the Apple store immediately after it is stolen?
Other stores in Philadelphia were also looted during this mass looting event.
Jessica Mann, a managing attorney at Shaka Johnson, is a lawyer for Dayjia Blackwell, one of the alleged looters in Philadelphia.
I don’t know if Blackwell appears in the above video.
After this multi-store, recent mass looting event in Philadelphia, Blackwell was charged with six felonies and two misdemeanors, including burglary and conspiracy.
Blackwell is an online video streamer known as “Meatball.” She live streamed the recent mass looting event in Philadelphia.
“It sickens me to witness the media’s complicity in what can only be described as an all-out assault on black and brown people, as their character and actions are mercilessly vilified”
I can’t speak for other critics of the looters. But it is my policy to never criticize someone for something that is not under their control. Therefore, I make zero criticism of anyone for their skin color. On the other hand, it is my policy to criticize people for the choices that they make. And looting is a choice. Therefore, I will continue to criticize people who choose to loot. And I will not fall for this lawyer’s false accusations of racism.
Furthermore, not all of the looters were black or brown.
6abc Philadelphia published these mugshots of some of the alleged looters. As you can see, not all of them are black or brown.
This video is from the official YouTube channel of ABC News. In this video, Stanford says:
“This had nothing to do with a protest. What we had tonight was a bunch of criminal opportunists take advantage of a situation, and make an attempt to destroy our city.”
The U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division is seeking up to 10 experienced attorneys for the position of Trial Attorney in the Voting Section in Washington, D.C. The Civil Rights Division is primarily responsible for enforcing federal statutes and executive orders that prohibit, among other things, unlawful discrimination in voting, education, employment, housing, police services, public accommodations and facilities, and federally funded and conducted programs. The Voting Section enforces federal statutes designed to safeguard the right to vote. These statutes include the Voting Rights Act, as amended; the National Voter Registration Act; the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act; and the Help America Vote Act.
Trial attorneys are responsible for conducting investigations, litigation, and other activities addressing all aspects of the Voting Section’s enforcement duties. These positions may require extended hours and some positions may involve significant travel.
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DUTIES:
The core duties of Trial Attorneys in the Voting Section are: conducting investigations to assess alleged violations of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) and other voting statutes enforced by the Section, including reviewing investigative files, materials and records, and applying relevant case law, interviewing witnesses, requesting additional information and documents, analyzing data and evidence, and drafting written recommendations for further investigation and/or enforcement litigation; developing cases for trial, including conducting written discovery and depositions, developing litigation and trial strategy, drafting complaints, motions and other court filings, representing the United States in federal court at arguments, evidentiary hearings and trial; negotiating settlement agreements and/or consent decrees resolving enforcement matters; assisting in coordinating the federal observer program during elections; and assisting in the administrative review of voting changes submitted pursuant to the preclearance requirements of the VRA. The complexity of the matters assigned, and the level of supervision required, varies depending on the Trial Attorney’s years of specialized experience.
Qualifications:
MINIMUM FEDERAL QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Applicants must possess a J.D. degree, be an active member of the bar in good standing (any jurisdiction), and have a minimum of three (3) years post-J.D. experience. Applicants must have substantial litigation experience, such as handling discovery, litigation strategy, motions practice, brief writing, interviewing witnesses, taking and defending depositions, trial preparation, trial practice, and negotiations. Applicants must have excellent interpersonal skills, be mature and self sufficient, communicate effectively orally and in writing, and possess excellent professional judgment.
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In addition, the following qualifications are preferred: (1) substantive knowledge of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) and other statutes enforced by the section; (2) familiarity with the various analytical approaches utilized to review voting changes under Section 5 of the VRA; (3) experience investigating and/or litigating voting rights or civil rights cases; (4) federal judicial experience; (5) experience serving as the lead attorney in federal court cases; (6) familiarity with statistical methodologies used in civil rights cases; (6) and fluency in Spanish, Chinese, Korean, or vietnamese languages.
Current salary and years of specialized experience will determine the appropriate salary level within the GS-14 to GS-15 range ($105,211.00 through $155,500.00 per annum). Final selection for these positions will be subject to budgetary funding constraints.
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Sometimes a public defender is forced to take a case they don’t want, but that’s not what happened here. At 0:49, Hillary Clinton says:
“The prosecutor called me a few years ago, he said he had a guy who had been accused of rape, and the guy wanted a woman lawyer. Would I do it as a favor for him?”
At 1:48, she says:
“He took a lie detector test. I had him take a polygraph, which he passed, which forever destroyed my faith in polygraphs. [laughter]”
This child molester could have gotten 30 years to life in prison. But at 5:55 Hillary says that she:
“Got him off with time served in the county jail, he’d been in the county jail about two months.”
Hillary Clinton chose to defend a child molester whom she knew was guilty. She saved him from spending decades in prison. And after she was done, she laughed about it.
Dan from Squirrel Hill's Blog 