In the wake of this morning’s Empire State Building shooting – in which Jeffrey Johnson is accused of killing a former coworker and wounding up to eight bystanders – New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has issued a statement. “Earlier this morning, a man who had been fired from his job about a year ago began shooting. He killed one person, at least nine shot. Some may have been accidentally shot by the police,” Bloomberg said as a summary, adding: “I ask everyone to keep victims in their thoughts. This is a terrible tragedy, and it would be no doubt more tragic without the heroic acts of the policemen. Every day, the police put their lives on the line to save lives bravely. “NYC is the safest big city in the country, but we are not immune to the national problem of gun violence. This is the beginning of an investigation. Two are dead — the perpetrator and his victim. He does not appear to have a criminal record [at this time]. We’re just starting this investigation.” Bloomberg is an outspoken supporter of stricter gun control laws . It will be interesting to see what sort of action, if any, he takes in response to this tragedy.
This mom is a monster ! A Kansas City woman was charged Saturday with abusing her 10-year-old daughter who weighed just 32 pounds when she was found locked in a closet that reeked of urine. The 29-year-old woman faces charges of assault and child abuse and endangerment in Jackson County Circuit Court. The Associated Press is not naming the mother to protect the child’s identity. Prosecutors are requesting that bond be set at $200,000. Officers freed the girl after responding Friday morning to a call to a child abuse hotline. Neighbors told police that they didn’t know the malnourished child taken from the public housing complex even lived there. When officers first arrived, two women told the officers that the mother had left about 20 minutes earlier with two girls, whom they described as “clean and well fed,” a Kansas City officer said in the probable cause statement. A social services worker said there should be three children at the home. But the women insisted, “No, we have lived here for several years, and she only has two daughters that stay here, and we have never seen the other girl, but we heard she stays with the father or an aunt,” the probable cause statement said. Officers ultimately made their way into the apartment, where they found a portable crib pushed up against a bedroom closet, which was tied closed. The officers asked if anyone was inside, and a child’s voice answered “yes,” the probable cause statement said. The girl told officers that her mother took her sisters out to breakfast, but she didn’t go because “she messes herself.” The girl was transported to a Children’s Mercy Hospital, where she was diagnosed with multiple skin injuries. Hospital staff said she had gained just 6 pounds since she last was at the hospital six years earlier. The girl told detectives who interviewed her at the hospital that her mother puts her in the closet “a lot,” that she doesn’t get to eat every day and that she “does not want to go back home anymore.” The girl also said she gets in trouble “because she keeps peeing on herself” and her mother will “punch her on her back real hard,” according to the probable cause statement. The mother was arrested later Friday and the two younger children were placed in protective custody. The mother told police she doesn’t let the 10-year-old leave the house because she knows the girl is malnourished and would “get in trouble if someone saw her.” The mother’s boyfriend, who is not the girl’s father and hasn’t been charged, said he hadn’t seen the girl in about a year. He said that when he asked about her, the mother told him she was with her aunt or in her room because she was in trouble. He said he never knew the mother put the girl in the closet or “he would have done something about it,” the probable cause statement said. Mike Mansur, a spokesman for the Jackson County prosecutor’s office, said the mother hasn’t said why she singled the girl out. This is just sick and sad! We hope this little girl gets placed in a home where can be properly loved and taken care of. Source
Is the Stop-and-Frisk policy anything more than a racial profiling tool being used to criminalize minorities? A silent march by thousands of people in New York City protesting police “stop-and-frisk” tactics on Sunday was punctuated by an explosion of loud voices. “We’ve got to fight back, we can’t be silent!” a group of activists shouted as they passed the home of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, just off Fifth Avenue. Critics say the NYPD’s practice of stopping, questioning and searching people who police consider suspicious is illegal and humiliating to thousands of law-abiding blacks and Hispanics. Last year, the NYPD stopped more than 685,000 people, mostly black and Hispanic young men — up from about 97,000 a decade earlier, according to the New York Civil Liberties Union, which also was to join the march. About half of those stopped are frisked, and about 10 percent are arrested. “In most cities, when you ask who gets beaten up by the cops, the answer comes back: black people, people of color, and the gay community,” Benjamin Jealous, head of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said on MSNBC. Jealous said that “the notion that this make us safer really defies logic,” noting that other large cities have cut their crime rate without resorting to stop-and-frisk methods. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly defend the policy, saying the program keeps guns off New York streets and helps stop crime before it happens. Speaking at a Christian cultural center on Sunday in Brooklyn, Bloomberg said he is working with police to ensure that people are treated respectfully when they are stopped. “I cannot in good conscience walk away from work that I know will save the lives of so many of our brothers and sisters, and I will not,” the mayor said. Do you agree with the Stop-and-Frisk police? Or is it just another way for the police to harass people of color and other minority groups? Source
Cyan Banister is the CEO of Zivity.com, a site that features tasteful amateur nude models, an online community, and photo contests up the ying-yang. An example is “Science is awesome!,” which calls for pics based on that statement. The latest contest is being sponsored by Banister herself and its call for entries is inspired by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s plan to shrink cup sizes for sugary… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Reason Magazine – Hit & Run Discovery Date : 01/06/2012 03:14 Number of articles : 2
Rick Santorum’s top bankroller, Foster Friess, told MSNBC that “In my days, the gals put Bayer aspirin between their knees and it wasn’t that costly.” Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The New Civil Rights Movement Discovery Date : 16/02/2012 19:31 Number of articles : 2
(Photo: Getty) After a press conference announcing a dean for the city’s new tech campus, Mayor Michael Bloomberg fielded multiple questions about his enthusiasm level for New York Knicks sensation, Jeremy Lin. Mr. Bloomberg was hardly enthusiastic when asked whether he’s in the throes of the famous “Linsanity” gripping fans throughout the five boroughs. “Do not own a sports team, that’s my only advice,”… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Politicker Discovery Date : 16/02/2012 19:40 Number of articles : 2
Jimmy Van Bramer (Photo: Facebook) At a press conference today celebrating the success of New York City’s film industry, Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer took some time to jokingly compliment Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s dashing good looks: “I did just want to say there’s a bit of a saying: Politics is show business for ugly people,” he began to the audience’s laughter. “I did want to make note that our Mayor… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Politicker Discovery Date : 26/01/2012 23:39 Number of articles : 2
Paul Simon, who memorably performed “The Boxer” to open the first Saturday Night Live episode after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, was also featured today at New York City’s 9/11 Memorial ceremony. Watch the singer’s acoustic version of “The Sound of Silence” now. Paul Simon – The Sound of Silence (9/11 Memorial) Said Mayor Michael Bloomberg at the event: “Although we can never un-see what happened here, we can also see that children who lost their parents have grown into young adults, grandchildren have been born and good works and public service have taken root to honor those we loved and lost.”
Gateway Pundit is zeroing in on New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s defense of his decision about who NOT be involved in the actual 9/11 memorial ceremony on Sunday. Religious leaders, rescue workers, police officer and other key first responders are not being included as program participants. “We just don’t have room for them,” Bloomberg says. The New York City Police Department had to honor… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Blaze Discovery Date : 10/09/2011 16:37 Number of articles : 2
Both Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg are urging political leaders in Washington to work out a deal to raise the debt ceiling, something that has been hamstrung by partisan back-and-forth between President Barack Obama and House Republicans. Cuomo, after signing a law to stiffen penalties against drivers who send text Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Capitol confidential Discovery Date : 12/07/2011 21:18 Number of articles : 2
