[arista]

[Biden’s Summit of the Americas Is Threatened by Boycotts,
Confusion.]
Reported on Al JazeeraHD

[Latin American heads of state are threatening
to skip the event in Los Angeles,
putting at risk the White House’s agenda
in a region gripped by upheaval.]


[President Andrés Manuel López Obrador
of Mexico said he would not attend
the summit if the Biden administration carries
out its intent to not invite Latin America’s
autocratic governments.

Erin Schaff/The New York Times]


https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/12/w...-boycotts.html

[arista]

[Janet Yellen admits she was ‘wrong’ about
inflation threat
US Treasury secretary’s comments come
as Biden signals seriousness about tackling rising prices]




[Janet Yellen, the US Treasury secretary, conceded
she was “wrong” last year about the threat posed
by rising inflation while insisting that Joe Biden’s
administration has quickly focused on taming soaring prices.
“I think I was wrong then about the path that
inflation would take,” Yellen told CNN on Tuesday,
in a rare admission of error from a senior US official.]



FT Site

[Alf]

[Alf]

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Alf

Meh. It was "only" for the Primaries, it's not like it was part of the Presidential that Biden won.

[arista]

[arista]

Stupid Lady Standing in the Road

[Alf]

Originally Posted by arista

Stupid Lady Standing in the Road

No need for that by the Secret service guy. She didn't look like she was stopping or attacking the cars, she was just speaking on her megaphone and then got assaulted. That guy could have quite calmly walked her over to the side instead he wanted to abuse his authority and assault her.

[bots]

she resisted arrest to, so she didnt exactly help herself

[Alf]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

she resisted arrest to, so she didnt exactly help herself

Where?

She was taken by surprise by a man dragging her away and then flinging her to the ground. From the video there she'd done nothing to deserve an arrest. It's perfectly legal to walk in public speaking into a megaphone.

[Alf]

Here's a different angle.

What are they gonna charge her with? It doesn't look like she broke any laws. She was just protesting on her megaphone. She's quite right to say "Get off me" she's being attacked.

It also looks like the guy hits her in the face.

[arista]

Yes Alf
Makes her look even worse

She could have a Bomb in her bag

Very illegal to walk in the road near
the Presidents motorcade

[Alf]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes Alf
Makes her look even worse

She could have a Bomb in her bag

Very illegal to walk in the road near
the Presidents motorcade

If it's illegal to walk in the road near the Presidents car then it's should be illegal to walk in the road near any car, he shouldn't have special privliges that the tax payers don't have.

The guy already dragged her away to the side, he didn't need to sling her to the ground, hit her in the face and then arrest her, she didn't do anything illegal, she was just protesting.

The police wouldn't come to the average citizens help in a situation like this but a guy in a bullet proof car is protected by them with force.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Alf

If it's dangerous to walk in the road near the Presidents car then it's dangerous to walk in the road near any car.

The guy already dragged her away to the side, he didn't need to sling her to the ground, hit her in the face and then arrest her, she didn't do anything illegal, she was just protesting.

The police wouldn't come to the average citizens help in a situation like this but a guy in a bullet proof car is protected by them with force.

The Police officer did have to put her on the floor
she was resiting.


Yes Bullet Proof,
But like I said
she could have a bomb in her bag

[Alf]

Originally Posted by arista

The Police officer did have to put her on the floor
she was resiting.


Yes Bullet Proof,
But like I said
she could have a bomb in her bag

The next time you walk down the street and cross the road you could have a Bomb for all the Police know. Should they jump on you just incase?

She was quite clearly from the pictures we see just shouting into her megaphone at the passing cars.

If they thought she did have a Bomb then why would they tackle her? Surely they'd shoot her?

[arista]

Originally Posted by Alf

The next time you walk down the street and cross the road you could have a Bomb for all the Police know. Should they jump on you just incase?

She was quite clearly from the pictures we see just shouting into her megaphone at the passing cars.

If they thought she did have a Bomb then why would they tackle her? Surely they'd shoot her?

Because the president just driving past
they had to tackle her.
Tense Timing

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Alf

it should be illegal to walk in the road near any car

I believe it actually is in much of the US.

https://legaldictionary.net/jaywalking/

I absolutely agree that hitting her in the face was completely needless though. I think it was a regular cop though - not secret service?

[Alf]

[Alf]

Who is Mark Middleton? Who did he used to work for? What happened to him earlier this year?

[Parmy]

Disgusting pigs, any threat was neutralized as soon as the fat pig grabbed her round the neck..there was no need to flip her over his shoulder onto the ground, his other dirty piglets could easily have aided him in taking her off to a quiet corner where a warning would have done..

Instead we get a male cop wrestling on the ground with a woman who is irate with the way she was man handled.

[arista]

Their Job is to Protect
the President,

She was Stupid to walk out in the road

That Motorcade was driving fast.

[Alf]

Originally Posted by arista

Their Job is to Protect
the President,

She was Stupid to walk out in the road

That Motorcade was driving fast.

The puppet President was well protected in his highly protected armoured car moving at speed. A woman speaking on a megaphone offered zero danger to him.

Being stupid isn't a crime, she didn't get run over because she didn't go in front of the cars, she was at the side of them on her megaphone whilst they passed by. She seemed aware where she was and what traffic was coming in which direction.

[arista]

This is not a Criminal Charge
coming up on Trump.

But this congressional inquiry is going to be Live
on USA TV.

[Former US President Donald Trump orchestrated
last year's Capitol riot in an "attempted coup",
a congressional inquiry has heard
as a prime-time hearing opened into the raid.

Liz Cheney, the Republican vice-chair of the
committee, said Mr Trump
had "lit the flame of this attack".
Bennie Thompson, a Democrat, said the riot
endangered American democracy.
Trump supporters stormed Congress on
6 January 2021 as lawmakers met to
certify Joe Biden's election victory.
After almost a year of investigation,
the Democratic-led
US House of Representatives select committee
opened on Thursday evening
by showing clips from interviews it
conducted with members of
Mr Trump's inner circle.]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-61753870

[Alf]

Originally Posted by arista

This is not a Criminal Charge
coming up on Trump.

But this congressional inquiry is going to be Live
on USA TV.

[Former US President Donald Trump orchestrated
last year's Capitol riot in an "attempted coup",
a congressional inquiry has heard
as a prime-time hearing opened into the raid.

Liz Cheney, the Republican vice-chair of the
committee, said Mr Trump
had "lit the flame of this attack".
Bennie Thompson, a Democrat, said the riot
endangered American democracy.
Trump supporters stormed Congress on
6 January 2021 as lawmakers met to
certify Joe Biden's election victory.
After almost a year of investigation,
the Democratic-led
US House of Representatives select committee
opened on Thursday evening
by showing clips from interviews it
conducted with members of
Mr Trump's inner circle.]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-61753870

Who's Ray Epps? Have the BBC discussed him?

[arista]

Originally Posted by Alf

Who's Ray Epps? Have the BBC discussed him?

No.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Epps



Why the Hell would they, Alf?


It was a ITV news Camera team inside
the white house


Not BBC