NC Renegades

So much for that terrible May jobs report: one month after the BLS reported the worst jobs report since 2010, moments ago the BLS reported that in June jobs increased by a whopping 287K, the highest increase since the 295K reported in October 2015, despite a downward revision to last month’s 38K which is now up 11K.

The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for April was revised from +123,000 to +144,000, and the change for May was revised from +38,000 to +11,000. With these revisions, employment gains in April and May combined were 6,000 less, on net, than previously reported. Over the past 3 months, job gains have averaged 147,000 per month.

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I had a conversation yesterday concerning the death of two black men at the hands of the police. But before I go further, I want to first state that these two men’s names should not be forgotten: Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. Too often, the names of people are glossed over to help us “forget”. Can you name the four Americans who died in Benghazi?

The point of the conversation was whether we should resist when we are being placed under arrest or being “detained”. A conversation with a former Georgia state police officer defined resisting arrest as anything the officer wants it to be. Whether you resist on not, the officer may use that term. Unless a camera is filming the incident.

I will resist arrest if it means submission. But submission for me is probably different than what most people consider it to be.

If you “resist” arrest, does that justify the police shooting you? In the case of Mr. Castile, there was no resistance. I have to wonder why so many police were necessary for a traffic stop. Maybe more information will come out in the future.

So what is the interesting question? It actually is two questions:

1. Under what conditions will you “resist” arrest?
2. Under what conditions does resisting arrest allow the police to shoot you?

David DeGerolamo

If there were any lingering doubts about the professionalism and integrity of FBI Director James Comey, he unequivocally cleared them up in testimony yesterday before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Simply put, Comey established that he couldn’t possibly be more of a political whore if he was trolling the streets in ripped fishnet stockings and wearing a stained sandwich board offering “Blowjobs For 10¢.”

In a bizarre proceeding which consisted of Republicans questioning the FBI Director, alternating with Democrats fellating him, Comey stuck to his claim that no charges should have been brought against Hillary Clinton despite the fact that there was an overabundance of evidence of guilt, and that any other human being would be harshly punished and prosecuted for her wildly inappropriate actions.

He also kept an admirably straight face as, piece by piece, he revealed that the FBI’s investigation was a complete sham – intended to protect Mrs. Clinton’s political aspirations rather than our national security.

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Do you understand what is happening? Do we have to choose sides?

There are so many dividing factors in this country now that no two people could agree on a consensus.

• Race
• Religion
• Socio-economic class
• Political party
• Sexual orientation
• Education
• Age

Maybe the real questions are: Who is benefiting from this division and what will be the consequences? If you are choosing sides, choose wisely with the help of God.

David DeGerolamo

• WARNING GRAPHIC VIDEO: Timeline of Dallas shooting
• VIDEOS: Obama comments on Dallas police tragedy | Audio of dispatchers alerting officers released
• VIDEOS: 5th officer killed after sniper opens fire in Dallas | Eyewitness describes hectic scene at protest
• VIDEOS: Dallas police describe the deadly shootings | Police apprehend suspect in Dallas shooting
• VIDEOS: Protesters run for cover after gunfire begins | Witness: Officers were running towards shooting
• VIDEOS: Witness describes injured police officers | Eyewitness account of shooting in Dallas
• VIDEOS: Bernard Kerik talks about officer shooting, protests | Fatal police shooting aftermath livestreamed
• VIDEO: Obama: Criminal justice reform is not an attack on police
• ‘HEARTBROKEN IN MINNESOTA’: DOJ to to monitor probe into deadly police shooting

What offends the folks at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill? Jesse Watters investigates on ‘The O’Reilly Factor’

Two police officers were shot in downtown Dallas Thursday night during a protest over the shooting of two black men by officers in Louisiana and Minnesota.

KDFW, citing a uniformed officer, reported that the officers were shot. Their condition was not immediately known.

KDFW cameras captured protesters running away from the scene of the shooting shortly before 9 p.m. local time. A cameraman approached the scene and captured officers apparently lying on the ground.

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