Saturday, June 7, 2025

Will Derek Chauvin and the other police officers finally receive true justice?

 John Dale Dunn    

"Astonishingly, Mitchell boasted to the state attorneys how he threatened Baker into changing his diagnosis. These key memoranda are public records. If I have them, so must Judge Cahill, but he has ignored them."

The mob surrounding the courthouse the day before jury selection in Derek Chauvin’s trial, by Chad Davis

"For four years, since Derek Chauvin was tried in a kangaroo court and convicted, I have been working with support from prominent investigative journalist, editor, and author, Jack Cashill, to right this wrong. We are committed to justice for the four officers involved in the May 25, 2020, death of felon George Floyd, who died from a cardiac arrest due to a bad heart while resisting arrest.

"Floyd was not murdered. The officers on the scene—Chauvin, Tou Thau, Alex Kueng, and Thomas Lane —were doing their job according to Minneapolis Police Department policy, directives, and training, not committing a crime. Thankfully, the last three months have seen numerous positive developments for our position and efforts to reverse the officers’ convictions.

Big deal number one: the medical examiner’s troubling testimony

"I have written many times in American Thinker and elsewhere that Chauvin and his colleagues are innocent. They did not kill George Floyd. Floyd died from cardiac arrest while being restrained. The excitement, stimulation, and exertion—not to mention the methamphetamines—put an unbearable strain on a huge man with severe heart disease. The officers could only see his size, not his heart.

"I have detailed elsewhere how Dr. Roger Mitchell, a black activist and then the DC medical examiner, put pressure on Hennepin County Medical Examiner, Dr. Andrew Baker to change his original autopsy conclusions. I recorded on video two demonstrations to emphasize that the prone restraint used by the MPD was chosen as policy because it was appropriate, not lethal or harmful. Those interested can see one of the videos here." . . .

John Dale Dunn is a 50-year emergency and corrections physician and a 40-year attorney in Brownwood, Texas.

Pelosi's Congressional Democrats cowered in fear before Black Lives Matter: TD

The Bella Ramsey Disaster; Her nonbinary identity impacted her portrayal of a teenage girl.

"Bella Ramsey’s decision to pursue a nonbinary identity hurts her performance in The Last of Us, and it will continue to hurt her in future female roles. Her effort in her personal life to distance herself from being a woman will resound in those performances."
Woke sources call her "they" and "their"

"HBO went all-out for its adaptation of the wildly successful and critically acclaimed video game The Last of Us. For the first season, the network threw a $73 million budget at the project, an amount that exceeds the budget given to the first five seasons of Game of Thrones, HBO’s most financially successful show. The plan was for The Last of Us, which was given the network’s coveted Sunday night slot, to become one of the marquee shows on the streaming platform Max (soon to be renamed back to HBO Max) and to draw in years of subscribers.
"That was the plan. But then HBO cast a woman who believes that she is not a woman to play the lead role of a girl named Ellie. Disaster has followed.
"Bella Ramsey, who plays Ellie, used the press tour for the show’s first season to come out as nonbinary. “I guess my gender has always been very fluid,” she told the New York Times. “Someone would call me ‘she’ or ‘her’ and I wouldn’t think about it, but I knew that if someone called me ‘he’ it was a bit exciting.”
"According to the LGBTQIA+ Wiki, those who take on a nonbinary identity can adopt roles as diverse as having “multiple genders,” experiencing “gender fluidity,” or having a different experience with gender “that doesn’t necessarily cause one to be genderless.” In other words, what exactly Bella Ramsey means by identifying as nonbinary is unclear, but she seemingly believes that she is neither a woman nor a man, but some constructed category in between.
"In practice, her nonbinary identity means that she seeks to hide her femininity and disassociate herself from it. For The Last of Us, this physically manifested in her decision to bind her breasts during filming. Even she admitted that this is dangerous from a health perspective." . . .

When Access Breeds Arrogance: Elon Musk’s Betrayal of Donald Trump

 Yassin Fawaz   

"What once appeared as a promising alliance has unraveled into a one-sided betrayal. Musk’s recent public attacks on Trump—from spreading baseless accusations regarding Trump’s alleged involvement in the Epstein files to even calling for impeachment—feel less like principled criticism and more like personal vendettas."

"In politics and business, access is power. It opens doors, builds alliances, and can forge lasting partnerships. But what happens when access leads not to loyalty, but to arrogance? The recent fallout between Elon Musk and Donald Trump provides a cautionary tale about the dangers of misplaced trust and the consequences when respect is thrown aside.

"Access to the highest levels of government or industry isn’t given lightly. It reflects not just personal favor but a deep responsibility—the trust to represent and uphold certain values and relationships. However, when that access is abused or taken for granted, it can quickly lead to fractured bonds and damaging fallout.

The Oval Office Access That Went Too Far

"During Trump’s presidency, Elon Musk was granted unusual access to the Oval Office. Unlike typical guests or advisors who maintain a professional demeanor, Musk reportedly walked in and out like he owned the place—often dressed in a casual, nightclub-like style rather than the formality the White House commands. This wasn’t just a fashion statement; it symbolized a deeper problem.

"In Washington, appearances matter. The Oval Office is not just any office; it is the epicenter of American power and diplomacy. Entering it dressed like you’re headed to a nightclub isn’t just breaking dress code—it’s a subtle signal of disrespect to the institution and the officeholder. This kind of casual disregard for decorum can erode respect from colleagues, the public, and even the leader himself.

"Such casual disrespect sends the wrong message, not just to Trump but to the public. It suggested Musk saw himself as more than a guest—as if he held ownership over the relationship, the office, and ultimately, Trump himself. This attitude planted the seeds for a growing divide that would soon surface publicly.

"Donald Trump showed considerable patience putting up with this behavior longer than most would have expected. But such tolerance only goes so far." . . .

President Trump has an amazing capacity to overlook insults and venom cast his way. Most notably the friendly treatment he gave Joe Biden after Biden's numerous speeches all but calling for the death of Mr. Trump. TD