Prelude To Detroit: Trump Launches Operation Legend - DHS Goes To Chicago After Mass Shooting At Funeral Of Another Mass Shooting

Contrary to what local mayors and governors bemoan as an encroachment upon their sovereign powers to govern, the purpose of the government is to protect its most precious treasures, the heirs of perpetuity, or, more intuitively recognized as children.

When children are beaten, drugged, raped, tortured, lab ratted, and murdered by gun violence, you have a breach of the fiduciary duty, to protect the posterity of the children's trust, in a blatant breach of oath to the public and private office held, where the parental right to keep and bear the arms of that body corpus can be terminated.

 DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services.

In the DeShaney v. Winnebago County, SCOTUS rendered its decision to the question:

Does a state's failure to protect an individual against private violence constitute a violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?

"No. The Due Process Clause does not impose a special duty on the State to provide services to the public for protection against private actors if the State did not create those harms. "The Clause is phrased as a limitation on the State's power to act, not as a guarantee of certain minimal levels of safety and security; while it forbids the State itself to deprive individuals of life, liberty, and property without due process of law, its language cannot fairly be read to impose an affirmative obligation on the State to ensure that those interests do not come to harm through other means."

The Rehnquist Court demonstrated a severe lack of awareness in the parens patriae doctrine in DeShaney v. Winnebago County , because, that defendant did in fact violate the Due Process clause to protect the child, as child protection had been placed under Trade and Commerce Law back in 1976, federally funded by CAPTA in 1974, solidifying the basis of the initial argument that it was the inherent right of the state to protect its heir in perpetuity. Therefore, the state violated federal anti-commerce law and the due process contained within of 15 U.S.C. 15 (c), obfuscated within child welfare policies.

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Attorney General William P. Barr Announces Launch of Operation Legend

LeGend Taliferro, a four-year-old boy who was shot and killed on
 June 29th in Kansas City, MO

Today, Attorney General William P. Barr announced the launch of Operation Legend, a sustained, systematic and coordinated law enforcement initiative across all federal law enforcement agencies working in conjunction with state and local law enforcement officials to fight the sudden surge of violent crime, beginning in Kansas City, MO.  Operation Legend was created as a result of President Trump’s promise to assist America’s cities that are plagued by recent violence.

Operation Legend is named after four-year-old LeGend Taliferro, who was shot and killed while he slept early in the morning of June 29 in Kansas City, the latest in a string violence to plague Kansas City in recent weeks.  Kansas City has already reached 100 homicides this year, a 40 percent increase from last year.

“President Trump has made clear: the federal government stands ready and willing to assist any of our state and local law enforcement partners across the nation responding to violent crime.  Operation Legend will combine federal and local resources to combat the disturbing uptick in violence by surging federal agents and other federal assets into cities like Kansas City, a city currently experiencing its worst homicide rate in its history,” said Attorney General Barr.  “The Department’s Operation Legend is named in honor of one of Kansas City’s youngest victims, four-year old LeGend Taliferro who was shot in the face while sleeping in his bed.  LeGend’s death is a horrifying reminder that violent crime left unchecked is a threat to us all and cannot be allowed to continue.”

As part of Operation Legend, Attorney General Barr directed federal agents from the FBI, U.S. Marshal Service, DEA and ATF to surge resources to Kansas City in the coming weeks to help state and local officials fight the surge of violent crime.  They will be working alongside state and local law enforcement agencies. Department of Justice assets will include over 100 FBI agents, U.S. Marshals, DEA agents, and ATF agents.

In addition, Timothy A. Garrison, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri will be surging additional resources from his office to ensure he is able to handle an anticipated increase in prosecutions.

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Happy Black History Month! Jussie Smollett Indicted - Wait For Detroit

Just wait for Detroit.

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Jssie Smollett, former 'Empire' actor, indicted again in connection with alleged Chicago attack, clerk's office says

A special prosecutor filed six new charges against Jussie Smollett Tuesday for filing false police reports in an alleged attack in Streeterville in January 2019.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Cook County Clerk's Office confirmed Tuesday that special prosecutor Dan Webb has indicted former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett in connection with the alleged attack in Streeterville in January 2019.

Webb released a statement, saying a Cook County grand jury returned a six-count indictment against Smollett, charging him with making four separate false reports to Chicago police "related to his false claims that he was the victim of a hate crime, knowing he was not the victim of a crime."

Webb said he has arranged with Smollett's lawyers to have the actor voluntarily turn himself in for his arraignment on Feb. 24 at 9:30 a.m.

Smollett claimed he had been attacked by two men who yelled racist and homophobic slurs at him. He was originally charged with 16 counts of felony disorderly conduct for allegedly lying to police about the alleged attack. Police said Smollett staged the attack on himself because he was unhappy with his "Empire" salary.

WATCH: Timeline of Events in Jussie Smollett case

"Empire" actor and R&B singer Jussie Smollett told Chicago police in January that two men physically attacked him and yelled racial and homophobic slurs. There have been dozens of twists and turns since then.

Police and prosecutors said Smollett orchestrated the attack with the help of the Osundairo brothers. One brother was an extra on "Empire" and the other was Smollett's personal trainer.

The Osundairo brothers released a statement on the new charges, saying, "The Osundairo brothers are aware of the new charges brought against Jussie Smollett today by the grand jury. As stated before, they are fully committed to the public knowing the truth about what occurred on January 29, 2019. The Osundairo brothers will continue to cooperate with that process and they thank the Special Prosecutor's office for their tireless work in seeing that justice was administered."

All charges against Smollett were dropped in late February 2019 in exchange for community service and forfeiture of his $10,000 bond payment.

Webb, a former US Attorney in Chicago, was appointed as special prosecutor after the charges were dropped to review the Cook County State's Attorney's Office's decision.

Further prosecution of Smollett is "in the interest of justice," Webb said in a lengthy statement on the new charges Tuesday.

Webb said his investigation was into whether Smollett should be further prosecuted for alleged false police reports, and whether any person or office involved in the investigation engaged in any wrongdoing, including the Cook County State's Attorney's Office.

He said he "disagrees with the state's attorney's" original decision to drop the charges against Smollett after he was initially indicted, said he found the evidence "was strong" and that the state's attorney provided no proof there was no evidence that would have justified dropping the case against the actor, or previous similar case history.

He said he has not yet reached any conclusions as to the second part of the investigation, including in regards to the State's Attorney's Office, and that his investigation into whether any person or office involved in the investigation engaged in wrongdoing is ongoing.

At a Tuesday afternoon news conference where a group of African American pastors were endorsing her, Webb was accused of trying to influence the March 17 primary in which Foxx's opponents have tried to make the Smollett case a political issue.

"It's very interesting that Dan Webb at this moment, as we are a month away from an election, is now offering charges," said Rev. Otis Moss, III. "This seems very similar to when James Comey intervened in reference to the national election, and so we are seeing, at this moment, some politicization of this particular election. And as a coalition we will not stand for people who are trying to step in and muddy the waters. We need people who are ethical, who are qualified, and who are progressive."

Foxx spoke at the same event.

"I am an elected leader and I have to be accountable for the actions of not only myself but my office. And I don't run from that responsibility," she said.

She added that, as she said before, she believes her mistake was in how transparent her office was about their handling of the Smollett case.

The Cook County State's Attorney's Office released a formal statement Tuesday afternoon, saying, "As the Cook County State's Attorney's Office does in all cases, the Special Prosecutor reviewed the facts, evidence, and the law, and determined charges were appropriate in this matter. We are unable to comment further as the matter is pending."

Judge Orders Special Prosecutor To Examine Smollett Probe

CHICAGO (AP/WBBM NEWSRADIO) — A veteran Cook County Judge decided Friday that a special prosecutor will be appointed to look at how the Jussie Smollett case was handled by State’s Attorney Kim Foxx. Jussie Smollett could still face criminal charges. 

Cook County Judge Michael Toomin cited unprecedented irregularities in how State’s Attorney Kim Foxx handled the case - improperly recusing herself, but not her office, after having contact with Smollett representatives and then quietly dropping 16 felony counts of disorderly conduct.

Foxx had been in contact with a relative of Smollett and had been approached by former first lady Michelle Obama's one-time chief of staff on behalf of Smollett's family, and she explained at the time that she was recusing herself to avoid "even the perception of a conflict" of interest.

In his ruling, Toomin said he had no problem with Foxx's recusal, but that she had no right to select someone from her office to handle the prosecution, saying what she did amounted to naming her own special prosecutor.

"There isn't an office of the 'acting state's attorney.' It existed only ... in the imagination of Ms. Foxx," Judge Toomin said.

Foxx has been under fire for her handling the investigation, including from the Chicago Police Department and the former mayor. Her office charged Smollett with 16 counts of disorderly conduct after police concluded that Smollett had staged the early-morning Jan. 29 attack on himself and had paid two acquaintances to help him pull it off. But it stunningly dropped all of the charges weeks later, prompting an outcry from police and leading a former state appellate judge, Sheila O'Brien, to call for a special prosecutor.

In calling for a special prosecutor, O'Brien said it appeared to her and others that Smollett had "received special treatment" from Foxx's office.

“I did this because it had to be done and no one had done it,” she said. “The law of the special prosecutor is very obvious and it is very clear. It had to be done. Somebody had to do this and who was going to do it – the other state’s attorneys? They can’t do that to their own boss.

“The most important thing, as the judge indicated, the confidence in our judicial system will be restored to all of us; that this case will be handled by somebody who does not have a conflict,” O'Brien said.

Foxx defended her handling of the case and said she would welcome an independent investigation. But her office opposed such a special prosecutor, explaining that the investigation would just duplicate the efforts of a county inspector general's office probe that is already underway.

Jussie Smollett can still be tried for allegedly staging a racist and homophobic attack on himself.

Gloria Schmidt, the attorney for the Osundairo brothers who were allegedly paid by Smollett to stage the attack, said they are fully ready to cooperate.

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Cocktails & Popcorn: What Do A Special Prosecutor, Jussie Smollet, Bobby Rush, Hillary Clinton & Rahm Emanuel Have In Common?

Q: What do a special prosecutor, Jessie Smollet, Bobby Rush, Hillary Clinton & Rahm Emanuel have in common?

A: The Children's Defense Fund.

Dem Rep. Bobby Rush Defends Handling Of Smollett Case: "Police Sworn Enemy Of Black People"

Special prosecutor named to look into Jussie Smollett case

CHICAGO (AP) — A judge appointed a special prosecutor Friday to look into why the Chicago state's attorney's office abruptly dropped the case against Jussie Smollett, leaving open the possibility that the former "Empire" actor could yet face charges in what police say was a phony attack on himself that he staged to get attention.

Smollett, who is black and gay, maintains that he was the target of a racist and homophobic attack in January. But if the special prosecutor, former U.S. Attorney Dan Webb, determines that the charges shouldn't have been dropped, he could recommend that they be reinstated or that new charges be brought.

Webb, who was appointed by Cook County Judge Michael Toomin during a Friday hearing, told reporters afterward that he would move the investigation along as quickly as possible. Such probes typically include impaneling a special grand jury, issuing subpoenas, taking witness statements and a final report.

"I intend to expedite everything. But the facts will take me where they take me," Webb said. "I'm going to start fresh and see where it goes."

The Cook County state's attorney's office charged Smollett in February with 16 counts of disorderly conduct for allegedly staging the attack and lying about it to investigators. However, it dropped the charges a month later with little explanation, angering city officials and the police.

Webb, who served as U.S. attorney in Chicago during the 1980s before going on to become arguably the city's most high-profile defense attorney of the last few decades, has been tapped to serve as a special prosecutor on five previous occasions. His list of high-profile clients has included former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, tobacco company Philip Morris and, more recently, Ukrainian energy oligarch Dymitro Firtash.

As a special prosecutor in 2012, Webb was asked to reopen the investigation into the death of David Koschman, who died after being punched in 2004 by then-Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley's nephew. After an investigation of more than a year that included testimony from nearly 150 witnesses, Webb determined that charges were warranted.

Toomin said the 73-year-old Webb wasn't the first person he considered for the Smollett case. The judge was required by law to first see if the state attorney general, the appellate prosecutor or a state attorney from elsewhere in Illinois wanted the job. During Friday's hearing, he suggested few expressed interest in leading an investigation whose outcome will inevitably spark outrage in some quarters.

"I might say that the responses were less than enthusiastic, as you might expect," Toomin told the courtroom.

A former state appellate judge, Sheila O'Brien, petitioned for a special prosecutor earlier this year in what many believed was a long-shot to reopen the case. But in a surprise decision, Toomin ruled in June that a special prosecutors was, in fact, called for, citing "unprecedented irregularities" in how the case had been handled.

A Smollett spokeswoman declined to comment Friday. But in court filings last month, Smollett's attorneys sharply criticized Toomin's decision to appoint a special prosecutor with broad powers, calling the process a "travesty of justice."

Smollett, now 37, told police he was walking home early on Jan. 29 when two masked men approached him, made racist and homophobic insults, beat him and looped a noose around his neck before fleeing. He said his assailants, at least one of whom he said was white, told him he was in "MAGA country" — a reference to President Donald Trump's campaign slogan, "Make America Great Again."

Several weeks later, authorities alleged that Smollett had paid two black friends $3,500 to help him stage the attack because he was unhappy with his salary as an actor on "Empire" and wanted to drum up publicity for his career.

In his June ruling, Toomin suggested that the county's state's attorney, Kim Foxx, mishandled the case by appointing a top aide to oversee it after she recused herself.

Foxx had been in contact with a Smollett relative and was approached by former first lady Michelle Obama's one-time chief of staff on behalf of Smollett's family. Foxx explained at the time that she was recusing herself to avoid "even the perception of a conflict" of interest.

Foxx has said that Smollett was treated no differently than thousands of other defendants in low-level cases whose charges have been similarly dropped. She also publicly wondered if her being black had anything to do with the criticism she received.

She released a statement Friday pledging her office's "full cooperation" with Webb's investigation.

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Even Police Have Voting Rights: Chicago police union announce no confidence vote on Smollett prosecutor Kim Foxx

This is what democracy looks like, a journey back to the public square, the first step of due process.

Police have powers of the vote, to transfer their voices, to bear witness to the public, by bearing their arms of the Fraternal Order of Police.

This is just getting started.

Suburban police chiefs, FOP give Kim Foxx no-confidence vote in latest fallout over Jussie Smollett case

A group of suburban police chiefs joined with the Chicago Fraternal Order of Policeto give Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx a vote of no confidence Thursday in the latest fallout over her office’s abrupt dismissal of charges against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett.

FOP President Kevin Graham and some 30 suburban police leaders from across Cook County took it a step further at a news conference, calling on Foxx to resign from her elected office.

“People standing around me can give you countless examples of how Ms. Foxx’s lack of prosecution has cost our members and police officers … an enormous amount of problems,” Graham told reporters. “Not to mention the fact that the people in Cook County are depending on prosecutors to put people in jail and charge them accordingly.”

Foxx’s office issued a brief statement on her behalf that defended her record and hinted that she would not resign and planned to seek re-election.

“I was elected by the people of Cook County to pursue community safety, prevent harm, and uphold the values of fairness and equal justice,” Foxx said in the statement. “I’m proud of my record in doing that, and I plan to do so through the end of my term and, if the people so will it, into the future.”

At the news conference at FOP headquarters, Jack Touhy, president of the South Suburban Chiefs of Police Association, said it was “pretty unheard of” for the north, west and south suburban police associations to join “so tightly” together on one issue.

Steve Stelter, first vice president of the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police who also serves as police chief in west suburban Westchester, said Foxx has let down Cook County residents, suggesting she has not fulfilled campaign promises, including “rebuilding public trust, promoting transparency, (being) proactive in the safety of our communities.”

A letter from the North Suburban Association of Chiefs of Police cited the Smollett case but attacked Foxx on a broader front for what it alleged was her office’s failures to more generally “hold offenders accountable.”

“It appears your strategy to address non-violent crime in Cook County is to decriminalize or ignore it, regardless of any collateral cost which is born overwhelmingly by individual communities and their police agencies,” said the letter from the group representing more than 30 police departments in the north and northwest suburbs.

Foxx has faced a firestorm of criticism after her office dismissed a 16-count felony indictment against Smollett without the actor acknowledging guilt during an unannounced court hearing last week.

Smollett, who was accused of staging a racist and homophobic attack on himself in downtown Chicago, did a victory lap, claiming he was wrongfully accused all along and saying the city of Chicago owed him an apology.

Kim Foxx: I welcome an outside review of how we handled the Jussie Smollett case »

With Foxx stumbling over her handling of the Smollett case, the police chiefs — and others — are clearly seizing on an opportunity.

The clash with police chiefs who favor a tougher stance on nonviolent crime is not surprising since the African-American state’s attorney won election in 2016 as a reform candidate, unseating incumbent Anita Alvarez in the Democratic primary with promises of sweeping change.

Her office has backed reform of the cash bond system to ensure nonviolent detainees who can’t post small amounts of money don’t languish in jail, moved to deprioritize certain nonviolent crimes such as shoplifting and halted prosecutions of people accused of driving on licenses that have been suspended or revoked for financial reasons — such as failure to pay child support, tolls or parking tickets.

In its letter to Foxx addressed Monday, the north suburban chiefs group criticized the policy changes on shoplifting and traffic offenses as well as the office’s more recent decision not to prosecute marijuana cases.

“These decisions add to the continuing resource burden on police agencies,” said the letter, written by Duane Mellema, the group’s president and the deputy police chief of Park Ridge. “We continue, as we are required, to investigate and make arrests for these offenses for which accountability and deterrence are greatly diminished.”

The letter went on to suggest that Foxx’s policies are affecting officers’ ability “to reduce and deter criminal activities.”

“The fact that you and your staff have made these decisions without consultation with our departments undermines any statement you have made that the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office is working with us to maintain safe, crime free communities.”

Mellema called the Smollett case “the latest and most egregious example” of Foxx failing to hold criminals accountable for their actions.

Chicago police “diverted significant resources, and a substantial portion of a limited overtime budget to build this case with your staff,” he wrote. “To have the charges dismissed with no explanation and a sealed court file shows a lack of respect for the professionals you work with.”

The letter also criticized the felony review process — when assistant state’s attorneys work with police to decide whether charges should be brought — under Foxx, saying prosecutors often give “contradictory guidance” to suburban police departments and are often not responsive to their questions.

As a result, the letter said, “Our officers must explain your decisions not to prosecute to our local victims.”

Smollett, who is African-American and openly gay, has said he was walking from a Subway sandwich shop to this apartment in the 300 block of East North Water Street about 2 a.m. Jan. 29 when two men wearing masks attacked him, shouted racial and homophobic slurs and placed a noose around his neck.

Chicago police initially began a hate crime investigation but eventually said their investigation showed Smollett, 36, staged the attack.

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Jussie Smollett, NAACP, Children's Defense Fund & The Unfolding Tale Of False Claims

When you have your entire licensed profession, come forth, to bear witness, in the content of its character, in the official use of its seal, to say that you messed up, you messed up.

This is deeper than Jussie Smollet because his sister sits on the board of the Children's Defense Fund, a money laundering trafficking tiny humans network that funds campaigns.

What better way to kick off the official Child Abuse Propaganda Month than with a propaganda campaign to cover up what they are doing!

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I believe this is not just linked up to campaign funding, but also election interference because the NAACP is involved and they were mean to my Sweetie.

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DEFANGO: Jussie Smollet Criminal Case Dropped 'Whitewash of Justice' - #Coloredrevolution Update - NAACP

"Will run Detroit psyops for campaign funding"

Is Jussie Smollet the new superhero for the NAACP?

I only ask because the NAACP has some issues, itself. 

See, it goes like this.

Once upon a time, the Meanies were really mean to my Sweetie.

So, what had happened was someone asked my #Superfans to look into it, because it goes all the way back to Watergate.

Watergate is part of the Civil Rights History of the U.S., but the Meanies are trying really, really hard to rewrite it by what I call the #coloredrevolution because it is how they get elected and make money, of which I prefer to call stealin'.

Yes, the #coloredrevolution has to do with dark psyoptics because they are throwing shade to what they did.

See, it goes like this.

Someone called this entire investigation years ago, in multiple venues within the law enforcement communities, and in multiple legislative actions, like the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016, which had to do with Watergate and Whitewater re-investigations and the lack of action by the FBI and DOJ.

So, what had happened was, one day, some "Legal Geniuses" (trademark pending) came up with the really cleaver idea of co-opting and bastardizing, proactively, mind you, any possible legal investigation of what they were about to do, and that was their Detroit #MeToo Moment to cloak their egregious election interference operations.

The "Legal Geniuses" (trademark pending) came up with the idea of an "anti-lynching" bill which was nothing but a propaganda project by having Kamala Harris and Corey Booker take the lead an introduce, replete with a full scaled, campaign finance, money laundering, called "Justice for Victims of Lynching Act".

The Anti-Lynching Bill, itself, was dumb because they, once again, had transmographied U.S. history by flushing the legacy of John Conyers, Jr., down the toilet to save their asses for jacking up the 2016 election.

Well, that just gave me the Saddy Face because it seems it came out of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, which is not incorporated, but a subset of the Smithsonian Institute.

They were running anti-lynching psyops to secure more federal grants for more propaganda to generate more revenues.

The NMAAHC operates under the Smithsonian, with over $6 Billion in assets, because it is not incorporated. I am not finding any corporate registration of the organization which leads me to believe it is a passthrough for money laundering, just like the NAACP.

The "Legal Geniuses" (trademark pending) destroyed the legacy of Emmet Till Act because it is about investigating stuff that went on during the civil rights era, or, for those of you who are just jumping aboard this ship of WATERGATE, for the nasty stuff that went on behind the scenes to cover up the Child Abuse Protection Treatment Act, modern day human trafficking.

And you know who was over Watergate?

Yes, the same individuals who pulled off the Detroit #MeToo Moment, wanted to make sure they suppressed any form of legal precedent in the forms of impeachment, simply for the fact that the impeachment process was originally constructed with the intentions of Hillary Clinton winning the 2016 General Election.

But she did not.

Because she was hoisted by her own petards.

Because it was another #coloredrevolution operation by "Legal Geniuses" (trademark pending).

These are the same people who were stealing' children, land and votes, as a right of ascension, a residual of the peculiar institution, by any means necessary.

These are the people who are running foreign corporate, funded psyops in the form of reparations propaganda.

These individuals are just another group of operatives who will do whatever it takes to keep their hair and nails "did".

First Assistant to the Cook County State Attorney Joseph Magats -- who replaced Kim Foxx when she recused herself from the Smollett case -- just did an interview explaining why he and his office dropped all their charges against Jussie ... but it raises more questions that answers. First off, Magats says one big factor in why they dropped the charges has to do with the fact that Jussie doesn't have a violent criminal history, not to mention that this wasn't a violent crime. Magats says his office prioritizes violent crimes in Chicago, and felt this case wouldn't be the best use of resources. For the record, he says he made this decision alone ... without consultation from Kim Foxx. Links to sources:

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