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Bill Pearson's avatar

Starting wars, stopping wars...meh. I see crazy when American citizens have been murdered on the streets of Minneapolis and no one is held accountable. NO ONE!

That's crazy Steve.

Chris J. Karr's avatar

Main Street is 5th Avenue now, and all of his goons enjoy the same immunity.

Curtis Stinespring's avatar

I vote for Trump using outrageous behavior and statements to get what he wants. He seems to be reluctant to take the actions he threatens but sometimes he must in order maintain his image.

Bill Pearson's avatar

Tell that to Good, Pretti and now the nearly blind Nurul Amin Shah Alam in Buffalo. But let's be honest Curtis it's pretty easy maintaining his "image" as a scum bag tough guy when all he ever does is punch down on those below his weight class.

Curtis Stinespring's avatar

Ms. Good and Mr. Pretti should never have tried to violently interfere with immigration law enforcement. Their deaths were unfortunate but what else can anarchists expect when they have no common sense or respect for the law?

Regarding Mr. Alam:

“Mr. Shah Alam was identified by the Erie County Medical Examiner earlier today and his family was subsequently notified,” City Hall spokesperson Ian Ott said in a statement.

The cause of death was determined by the examiner to be "health-related in nature," ruling out death by exposure and homicide, Ott said."

Bill Pearson's avatar

Come on Curtis, after all these years you're better than that kind of response.

Or maybe not, clearly you believe the bullshit they are spewing.

Steve Berman's avatar

Let’s be civil. After all these years, I expect that from everyone here. Especially you Bill.

Curtis Stinespring's avatar

Well Bill, I clearly saw videos of Good accelerating her vehicle LEO toward LEOs in a threatening manner. I also clearly saw videos of Pretti uncontrollably and violently confronting LEOs and then returning later, armed and just as belligerent. All either had to do was to let ICE do their jobs and they could both be sitting at home complaining on left wing blogs about ICE.

I have no reason to disbelieve official statements about Mr. Alam's demise. Why is there no information or questioning about why his family was not more involved?

Your complaints seem to be based only upon extreme prejudice toward the Trump administration.

Victoria Bell's avatar

This is just a guess, but do you hate and have zero respect for Donald Trump and his admin? I'll continue reading Racket News, although for a different reason than I used to. I used to read Racket for its mostly unbiased reporting. I have an agreement with myself to challenge assumptions, so now Steve Berman's reporting can check that box. I hope all the new writers don't veer this far to the left, though.

Chris J. Karr's avatar

Don't worry - there are plenty of ex-GOP folks here who have zero respect for Trump (and his administration) for the mockery he's made of conservatism (small gov't, fiscal responsibility, personal integrity, etc.) from the right.

That said, he has been a useful idiot in revealing the all the folks who were more interested in proximity to power than wielding power toward some principled end.

Steve Berman's avatar

Nope. No hate here. I respect the office. I question Trump’s motives because it’s clear he lies about many things.

Cameron Sprow's avatar

If you think Steven Berman is around the bend on Trump, try David Thornton.