Is there any racist graffiti created that isn’t done by minority students anymore? It seems every time a racist KKK event is reported, the eventual perpetrators are members of the targeted class.
A small college in Michigan last weekend reported a race crime but after further review, it was just another hoax:
Albion College and the Albion Department of Public Safety say a student is responsible for racist graffiti found in a dorm last weekend.
Albion police brought the 21-year-old Black male in for questioning on April 6, according to Chief Scott Kipp. The student admitted to creating most of the graffiti, and video evidence from Albion’s Campus Safety Department confirms the statements made by the student, Kipp said.
The student was released after questioning, Kipp said. Once the investigation is complete, the information will be submitted to the Calhoun County Prosecutor’s Office for any charges related to the incident, he said.
The graffiti, which included racist epithets and multiple references to the Klu Klux Klan, was discovered in a stairwell inside Mitchell Towers on Friday, April 2, university officials said. P
Racist graffiti found in Mitchell Towers (Twin Towers) at Albion College. The graffiti which is extremely racist was written on walls in the stairwell.
City Watch is in possession of photograph’s of the graffiti but at this time will not release them due to it being so offensive. We will follow up soon with more information.
Update:
The graffiti was discovered by staff this afternoon and reported to Campus Safety. It is unkown if Public Safety in Albion has been contacted.
College officials sent out a series of tweets after the individual who created the graffiti was caught:
They have been immediately removed from campus and placed on temporary suspension while we conduct a full investigation as part of our student judicial process. (2/5)
JUST IN: New York to offer one-time payments of up to $15,600 to illegal immigrants who lost work during the pandemic – NYT — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) April 8, 2021
When President Joe Biden took office on January 20, one of his first executive actions was to rescind a number of former President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.
Each one of Biden’s decisions has essentially signaled to the rest of the world that the United States’ southern border is open. Halting construction of the border wall and providing incentives for illegal immigrants to flock to America was Biden theoretically opening his arms to anyone and everyone who could — and would — make it to the southern border.
Days before Biden was sworn into office, caravans from Central America began making the trek towards the U.S. They knew they had to get to the border before Biden’s first 100 days were up, with a limited timeframe to capitalize on Biden’s policy shift.
“What I want for my people, I just want patience and pass to the U.S. because they have a new president,” a Honduran national said in mid-January. “President Biden is going to help all of us. He’s giving us 100 days to get to the U.S. and give us a paper so we can get a better life for our kids and our family.”
Biden’s campaign promises — like providing health care and amnesty to illegal immigrants — are almost certainly what caused the spike in illegal crossings at the southern border. Combined with areas where the border wall is incomplete and limited Border Control resources, a full out crisis spawned in no time.
We repeatedly hear about the border crisis, but no one wants to be honest about why this crisis exists. When America’s immigration rhetoric is soft, the drug cartels pounce. They see America’s vulnerabilities and play on that weakness. They know they can make thousands of dollars every single time a person crosses into the U.S. That is why they are going full speed, taking as many people as possible on their journeys to America. They have a limited window, and have to use it wisely.
But the human smugglers — commonly referred to as “coyotes” — are getting creative. They are using social media platforms, like Facebook, to appeal to those who are desperate to come to the United States. According to NBC News, coyotes are promising Central Americans a “100 percent safe journey.“
“‘Travel to Mexico to the United States. Costs $8,000. 100 percent safe,’ reads a recent post written in Spanish. ‘Cross through Matamoros. You walk one hour, after in automobile until you arrive to your relative.’
The Spanish-language posts identified by NBC News were found on public Facebook pages with names like ‘Migrants from Various Countries in Mexico’ and ‘Migrants in the Mexico-U.S.A. Border Awaiting Hearing.’
…
An apparent smuggler posted a picture of a family with luggage, wearing masks and sitting together on what appears to be a plane. ‘Make your dream a reality in the United States. We are here to help you,’ the caption reads. ‘The journey is safe and reliable and the price is $4,500 leaving from Monterrey to San Antonio, Texas.’”
One of the greatest concerns, according to Department of Homeland Security officials, is that migrants hire coyotes once they arrive in Mexico, using social media platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp to connect with the smuggler. The migrants, however, know nothing about the coyotes they are hiring, yet they have to put their full trust in this stranger. Not only are their hopes and dreams on the line, but so are their lives.
The saddest part is that coyotes see each of these migrants as cash cows, not as human beings. They have no regard for human life, which becomes evident every time an unaccompanied minor is discovered abandoned in the middle of the desert, alone, to fend for themselves.
For example, as The Daily Wire reported, a 10-year-old Honduran boy’s mom and dad sent him to the United States — alone — with a coyote and a group of other migrants. The group went to sleep but when the boy woke up, every single person was gone. He was left in the middle of the Texas desert by himself.
“I came with a group, they dumped me and I don’t know where they are,” the young boy said through tears. “They can rob me. They can kidnap me. I am afraid.”
A Border Patrol agent came across the boy and transported him to the unaccompanied minor holding facility in Donna, Texas.
The Biden administration’s soft immigration rhetoric, along with promises for “free” health care and a pathway to citizenship is playing right into the drug cartel and the coyotes’ hands.
The border crisis is no longer solely about protecting America’s interests and our national security. It is now about protecting innocent human life, especially young children. And it is why this crisis needs to be addressed. Immediately.
Beth Baumann is a Political Reporter at The Daily Wire. Follow her on Twitter @eb454.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
The Daily Wire is one of America’s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming amember.
Incredible surveillance footage shows an 82-year-old man fighting off a would-be carjacker wielding a gun at a gas station in Atlanta, Georgia, last month.
What happened?
"I’m just glad to be alive," the elderly victim, who has chosen not to be identified, told WAGA-TV in an interview about the incident.
He described to the local news outlet how he was just pumping gas at 2:30 in the afternoon in southeast Atlanta last month when he was approached by the suspect.
"I thought he was going to shoot me," the victim said. "As I put my gas nozzle back and was getting ready to get in the car, I turned around and he was there with a gun in his pants, and showed part of it. He just said ‘Give it up’ and I asked ‘To give what up?’ and he said ‘You know what I’m talking about. Give me them keys.’"
Video of the incident released by the Atlanta Police Department then shows the victim hurriedly grabbing medical records from the front seat of the car when he saw an opportunity to fight back against the assailant.
"I saw he wasn’t looking and I grabbed his arm with the gun in it and we started ‘tussling’ and we hit the ground," the victim recalled. Footage shows the assailant’s gun was tossed in another direction during the scuffle.
82-year-old tackles suspect in armed carjacking attempt www.youtube.com
What else?
After getting up off the ground, the suspect allegedly grabbed the gun again, pointing it at the victim, saying, "Do you want me to shoot you? Don’t make me shoot you, man."
The elderly male then ran into the convenience store seeking help, while the suspect attempted to steal the car. But after the suspect was reportedly unable to get the vehicle to start, he fled the scene.
"Oh, it scared me! It scared me. I thought he was going to shoot me," the victim recalled, adding that criminals are now starting to pick on who they assume to be vulnerable people.
"They are getting desperate. That’s [why] they are changing to the most vulnerable people now," he said. Only in this instance, the suspect definitely misjudged the vulnerability of his target.
By releasing the video, Atlanta police hope the public will assist them in identifying the suspect, who they reportedly described in a police report as male teenager with dreadlocks.
Anyone with information is encouraged to call Crime Stoppers’ Atlanta tip line at 404-577-TIPS (8477). The full video of the incident made available by the Atlanta Police Department can be seen below.
Attempted Car Jacking Suspect from 580 McDonough Blvd on 3/11/2021 youtu.be
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott revealed there are "very credible allegations" of children being mistreated and sexually abused at a migrant facility in San Antonio. During a Wednesday press conference, Abbott called for the Biden administration to shut down the migrant facility at the Freeman Coliseum Expo Center in San Antonio and petitioned that the children be transferred to other federally run facilities.
"The Biden administration has caused this crisis and has repeatedly failed to address it," Abbott proclaimed. "The Biden administration opened borders. The administration failed to plan for the influx of children that they invited to come. Now they face allegations of despicable child abuse and neglect. This must end."
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services both received tips that migrant children were being abused at the Freeman Coliseum.
"Children at this facility are being sexually assaulted," Abbott claimed. "Second, there are not enough staff to safely supervise the children at this facility. Third, some children in this facility are not eating throughout the day. And fourth, children with COVID are not being physically separated from children without COVID."
"We don’t know the total number of children abused," the Republican governor of Texas said.
"It is my understanding, the allegations come from more than one person who has been in this facility," Abbott said at the news conference outside of the Freeman Coliseum.
"To end this abuse, the Biden administration must immediately shut down this facility," Abbott declared. "The children who are in this facility should be moved to other federally run facilities where the federal government has the space, personnel, and resources to ensure their safety."
"The Biden administration has already said they have other locations across the entire country," Abbott said. "Certainly they must have locations that have better staff, better safety measures, and situations where children would not be subject to abuse like this."
"Thousands of children have already been sent to multiple locations across the state of Texas, and from every location that I’ve have heard about in the state of Texas the number of children far exceeds what is allowed by law," Abbott added.
"President Biden’s disastrous decisions caused this crisis, and his administration must act now to protect these children, secure the border, and end this crisis," Abbott said in a press release.
Abbott has ordered the Texas Department of Public Safety and Texas Rangers to open an "immediate" investigation into the accusations. The investigation will be headed by Richard Henderson, senior Texas Rangers lieutenant.
I’m asking @TxDPS & TX Rangers to investigate allegations of child abuse & neglect inside the Freeman Coliseum migr… https://t.co/M9NzYWidqN
San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg described the allegations as "disturbing if true" and called for a "thorough investigation."
A White House spokesperson responded to the allegations of maltreatment of illegal immigrants on Wednesday night.
"The Biden Administration takes the safety and well-being of children in its care very seriously," the White House statement reads. "Currently we see no basis for Governor Abbott’s call to shut down the San Antonio Freeman Coliseum as an intake site, however, his claims will be looked into and investigated by the Department of Health and Human Services."
Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff said he was skeptical of the accusations.
"I’ve been out there, I’ve seen what’s going on," Wolff told KENS. "They’re getting three hot meals a day, they’re getting two snacks a day. There’s a separate tent where up to 300 of them are cohorted if they do have COVID."
"Health and Human Services (representatives) are out there, Homeland Security is out there, Federal Protective Services is out there. They’ve got … different agencies. CDC’s out there," Wolff said. "I’ve not heard anything until the governor came down and said this. I just don’t know if it’s true or not, what he’s saying."
The first 500 migrant boys arrived at the facility on March 29 from El Paso during the illegal immigration surge. The minors, ages 13 to 17 years old, received a medical screening, clothes, toiletries, and food, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. As of Wednesday, the Freeman facility was housing 1,645 minors, 283 of whom have tested positive for coronavirus and "remain in medical isolation," HHS officials told KENS.
Up to 2,100 migrant children could be housed at the Freeman Coliseum, Bexar County officials told KSAT-TV. Plus there are an additional 300 medical beds available at a separate facility.
Wolff said the minors would stay at the facility for five to nine days, but those who tested positive for COVID-9 would be housed for two weeks.
Last month, Abbott blasted the Biden administration for "unsafe" conditions at two other Texas migrant facilities. Abbott warned of "serious water issues" at the migrant housing facility in Midland and of a COVID-19 outbreak at the Carrizo Springs migrant facility.
"The Biden Administration has been an abject failure when it comes to ensuring the safety of unaccompanied minors who cross our border," Abbott slammed the administration’s handling of the border crisis. "The conditions unaccompanied minors face in these federally run facilities is unacceptable and inhumane."
Gov. Abbott says state received allegations of mistreatment of migrant children at San Antonio tempo www.youtube.com
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government picked up nearly 19,000 children traveling alone across the Mexican border in March, authorities said Thursday, the largest monthly number ever recorded and a major test for President Joe Biden as he reverses many of his predecessor’s hardline immigration tactics.
A complex mix of factors in the United States and Central America drove the increase. It has coincided with the Biden administration’s decision to exempt unaccompanied children from pandemic-related powers to immediately expel most people from the country without giving them an opportunity to seek asylum. Children are instead released to “sponsors” in the U.S., usually parents or close relatives, while being allowed to pursue their cases in heavily backlogged immigration courts.
“Confounding,” “conundrum,” “confusion,” these are the words that NBC’s Today show used on Thursday to describe the good news that COVID cases were declining in certain states. The reason for them being so baffled? Cases of the virus were falling in southern states with Republican governors and spiking in northern states with Democratic governors, leading the network liberal hacks to try to explain away a trend that didn’t fit their partisan narrative.
“Why are COVID cases dropping in states that have eased restrictions, yet climbing in ones with tight restrictions still in place?,” perplexed co-host Hoda Kotb asked while teasing the upcoming report. She promised viewers: “We’ll dig into that trend that have some health experts scratching their heads.”
In another tease minutes later, Kotb promoted “an inside look at the nation’s confounding trends when it comes to the coronavirus.” Fellow co-host Savannah Guthrie explained: “Yeah, we’re going to go behind the numbers and find out why there’s a surge in certain states and a decline in others, and why people in those states could be getting a false sense of security.”
Introducing the segment in the 7:30 a.m. ET half hour, co-host Craig Melvin again declared that “the trends in COVID cases across the country that have health officials really scratching their heads.” Guthrie chimed in: “Yeah, some states with stricter rules are now seeing surges and then many that were reopened right away and abandoned mask mandates are experiencing sizable drops.”
Reporting from Florida, correspondent Sam Brock remarked: “…you look at the backdrop over my shoulder, you can understand what is driving people down here to vacation and spurring fears that we would see an explosion of cases.” However, he then admitted that media doomsday predictions had been proven false: “So far it’s only been a modest uptick.” Brock added: “And from Georgia and Mississippi to Texas and Arkansas, those states with lax rules on COVID protocols have all seen double digit drops in cases.”
As the taped portion of the segment played, Brock proclaimed:
Call it a COVID conundrum. In states with the strictest measures in the country, like Michigan, Pennsylvania, and much of New England, cases are on the rise. While in the south, states like Arkansas and Texas, that have reopened businesses and ripped away mask mandates, are seeing their numbers drop.
Much of the report was spent advancing theories that “might explain the apparent contradiction,” everything from suggesting southern states weren’t testing enough to discover supposed hidden COVID surges to arguing young people vacationing in those states were contracting the virus and bringing it back to their home states. Zero evidence was presented to back up any of this speculation.
The notion that Republican governors might be doing a better job responding to the pandemic and distributing vaccines than Democratic governors was not even entertained as a possible explanation for the discrepancy in case numbers.
Instead, Brock worried that the policies of state GOP leaders were being reaffirmed: “Do medical experts worry it’s emboldening those leaders who said this is a good idea to loosen restrictions?” Dr. Neil Gandhi, Regional Medical Director at Houston Methodist Hospital, warned: “We worry about if there’s a perfect storm brewing.”
If cases were declining in blue states and increasing in red states, NBC would likely be crowing, “We told you so!” Instead, with the opposite happening, the network just can’t accept that all their fearmongering about loosening lockdown restrictions might have been wrong.
NBC’s COVID puzzlement was brought to viewers by Lincoln and Dove. You can fight back by letting these advertisers know what you think of them sponsoring such content.
Here is a full transcript of the April 8 segment:
7:40 AM ET
CRAIG MELVIN: We are back, In-Depth Today at 7:40. And this morning, the trends in COVID cases across the country that have health officials really scratching their heads.
SAVANNAH GUTHRIE: Yeah, some states with stricter rules are now seeing surges and then many that were reopened right away and abandoned mask mandates are experiencing sizable drops.
HODA KOTB: So what is going on? NBC’s Sam Brock is in Florida, he’s digging deeper a into those numbers. Sam, good morning.
SAM BROCK: Guys, good morning, you look at the backdrop over my shoulder, you can understand what is driving people down here to vacation and spurring fears that we would see an explosion of cases. So far it’s only been a modest uptick. And from Georgia and Mississippi to Texas and Arkansas, those states with lax rules on COVID protocols have all seen double digit drops in cases. We wanted to find out what’s going on behind the case count.
[ON-SCREEN HEADLINE: “State” of Confusion; Why Have Some Areas Become Hot Spots?]
Call it a COVID conundrum. In states with the strictest measures in the country, like Michigan, Pennsylvania, and much of New England, cases are on the rise. While in the south, states like Arkansas and Texas, that have reopened businesses and ripped away mask mandates, are seeing their numbers drop.
GOV. ASA HUTCHINSON [R-AR]: I’m announced today that the statewide mask mandate will be lifted.
GOV. GREG ABBOTT [R-TX]: People and businesses don’t need the state telling them how to operate.
BROCK: So what might explain the apparent contradiction? One theory, differences in testing rates. Alabama has experiences one of the biggest dips in reported infections, more than 50% in two weeks, but it’s also dead last in the U.S. for COVID testing. Only 56 tests per hundred thousand people. That’s a fraction of what you’ll find in places like Vermont, Massachusetts, and New York, where numbers are surging.
How much does lack of adequate testing have to do with the numbers that we’re seeing right now?
DR. AILEEN MARTY [INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERT AT FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY]: When you don’t test, you’re blind. And when you are not testing, you have a false sense of what the real problem is in your community.
BROCK: Another theory, COVID fatigue. In Michigan, where people are just coming out of lockdown for the first time in months, cases are up more than a 100% as demographics shift.
DR. VINEET CHOPRA [CHIEF OF HOSPITAL MEDICINE AT MICHIGAN]: What’s different in this wave is these are younger individuals between the ages of 30 and 60, the vast majority of which are not currently vaccinated.
BROCK: Texas, on the other hand, began reopening its doors months ago and just jammed 40,000 people into the Rangers ballpark, many without masks.
DR. NEIL GANDHI [REGIONAL MEDICAL DIRECTOR AT HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL]: A lot of individuals in the southern part of the U.S., and especially here in Texas, have already been exposed to the coronavirus. So many individuals already have coronavirus antibodies.
BROCK: That leads us to the risky behavior we’ve seen in places like Miami Beach, Florida. Where numbers have only increased sightly. Theory number three, that young people are acting as carriers, as doctors say they’re returning to other states, taking the virus with them.
DR. MARTY: Those are the least likely to show up for testing. And when those younger individuals infect older individuals or more vulnerable individuals, that takes time.
BROCK: Bottom line, health experts say the falling figures in the south might be giving a false sense of security.
Do medical experts worry it’s emboldening those leaders who said this is a good idea to loosen restrictions?
DR. GANDHI: We worry about if there’s a perfect storm brewing. If we remember, this virus always takes 10 to 14 to 21 days to develop. We might just be seeing the early effects of that right now.
GUTHRIE: Yeah, a lot of those southern states are also quite a bit warmer, too, so people are outside, might be a little bit safer. What about the variants? That’s got to play a role here too, Sam.
BROCK: A significant role. Michigan, for example, Savannah, has a very high prevalence of the U.K. strain. That’s also true of states like Minnesota. Both of them have seen cases skyrocket. But Savannah, there are outliers as well. In Florida, where I am, there are more documented cases of the U.K. strain here than any other state in the country by far. And yet so far, a 17% increase in the last two weeks, very small compared to some of these other states. Savannah?
GUTHRIE: Alright, Sam, thank you.
United States Customs and Border Protect (CBP) reported a record number of illegal immigrants taken into custody at the United States-Mexico border in March — the most in nearly two decades, according to an official release.
CBP released the numbers on Thursday, showing 172,331 people taken into custody for trying to jump the United States’ southern border. A chart from The Washington Post, posted to social media, shows just how shocking and unprecedented the number is compared to previous years. CBP, the outlet notes, had to “redo” the chart and “stretch the Y-axis” in order to effectively demonstrate the number of migrants.
NEW: CBP has published March numbers showing 172,331 taken into custody, the most in nearly two decades.
The Washington Post also noted that the new numbers seem to contradict the Biden administration’s stated excuse that the border situation is no different now than in previous years.
“U.S. agents took more than 171,000 migrants into custody last month, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection figures that contradict Biden’s claims that his administration is facing an influx no different from previous years,” the Post said Thursday. “The rapid increase in border arrests and detentions — which has more than doubled since January — underscores the magnitude of the challenge facing an administration that has promised more humane and more welcoming immigration policies.”
The “child migrant crisis” that has plagued the Biden administration continued unabated in March, with nearly 19,000 new children intercepted and taken into U.S. border patrol custody, the single largest number ever recorded.
“Authorities encountered 18,890 unaccompanied children in March, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, well above previous highs of 11,475 in May 2019 and 10,620 in June 2014 reported by the Border Patrol, which began publishing numbers in 2009. Before then, Mexican adults made up most of those crossing the border,” the Tribune noted.
“March’s count was roughly double the 9,457 unaccompanied kids encountered by CBP in February and more than five times the tally of 3,221 in March 2020,” the outlet noted. “The huge increase in children traveling alone — some as young as 3 — and families has severely strained border holding facilities, which aren’t allowed to hold people for more than three days but often do. It’s left the government scrambling to find space and hire staff to care for children longer-term until they can be placed with sponsors.”
The number of child migrants taken into custody in March nearly matches predictions made just months ago by officials within the Biden administration. In February, the Domestic Policy Council warned the Biden administration that it would need to scale up its capacity to detain children on the border because unaccompanied minor border crossings were expected to jump by 45%.
An estimated 15,500 children are currently in U.S. custody, many being held for longer than the 72-hour limit put in place by an Obama administration-era court order.
On Thursday, The Daily Wire reported that Texas officials are now concerned about conditions in at least one facility converted to a temporary shelter for migrant children after receiving complaints of neglect and abuse — and even allegations of sexual assault — at the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, which is housing hundreds of the unaccompanied minors.
“Earlier today, The Texas Health and Human Services Commission and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services separately received tips that allege child abuse and neglect at the federal government’s Child and Migrant facility at the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio behind me,” Texas Governor Greg Abbot said in a press conference Thursday morning. “These problems are a by-product of President Biden’s open border policies and the lack of planning for the fallout from those disastrous policies.”
Vice President Kamala Harris, who was placed in charge of handling the situation at the southern border, has yet to comment on the numbers and is not scheduled to pay a visit to the border this week. Instead, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will tour select areas on the border on Thursday, in an event closed to the press.
The Daily Wire is one of America’s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.
