The Feminisation Of The Justice System...

The US district judge Colleen McMahon on Friday granted James Cromitie, 58, compassionate release from prison six months after she ordered the release of his three co-defendants, known as the Newburgh Four, for similar reasons. The four men from the small river city 60 miles north of New York City were convicted of terrorism charges in 2010.

Yes, it seems that these men - all the usual suspects, of course - wouldn't have dreamed of being terrorists if some undercover agents hadn't said 'Hey, buddy, fancy doing a bit of terrorism?'...

And we aren't talking about small acts here, either: 

Prosecutors in the high-profile case said the Newburgh defendants had spent months scouting targets and securing what they thought were explosives and a surface-to-air missile, aiming to shoot down planes at the air national guard base in Newburgh and blow up synagogues in the Bronx. They were arrested after allegedly planting “bombs” that were packed with inert explosives supplied by the FBI.

But for Colleen, that's apparently not enough to mark them out as terrorists. 

Cromitie was bought into the phony plot by the federal informant Shaheed Hussain, whose work has been criticized for years by civil liberties groups. McMahon called him “most unsavory” and a “villain” sent by the government to “troll among the poorest and weakest of men for ‘terrorists’ who might prove susceptible to an offer of much-needed cash in exchange for committing a faux crime”.

Yes, their only 'crime' is to be susceptible to incitement to terrorism. Apart from that, they are just normal American citizens... if you believe that, I've got a bridge to sell you, Colleen!

Lawrence, Cromitie’s attorney, said on Saturday he had not yet been able to reach his client, but that Cromitie’s family was very happy. “I’m obviously thrilled that Mr Cromitie will be released from prison, but still believe that his conviction was entirely the product of government entrapment,” Lawrence wrote in an email.

You know how he could have avoided that conviction? He could have said 'No, sorry, I'm not a terrorist' when the government agents came looking for a patsy. 

Hey, It Was Panto Season, After All…

 

Well, actually… oh yes there was!

Usual suspects, of course!

"Do Something About Knife Crime....Wait, Not That!"

The Met says the scheme, known as Project Alpha, helps fight serious violence, with the intelligence gathered identifying offenders and securing the removal of videos glorifying stabbings and shootings from platforms such as YouTube.

The unit, comprising more than 30 staff and launched in 2019 with Home Office funding, scours social media sites looking at drill music videos and other content.

Who could possibly object to th...

Oh. Of course.

Stafford Scott, a veteran community campaigner, said he feared the project was part of a continued assault on young black people.

Only the ones that want to shoot or stab their fellow black people, Stafford. Are you in favour of that, then?

“Young people use social media to magnify their lived experience. It is a tool for projection, you can’t rely on it for detection,” he said. “It is racially motivated, racially driven and involves racial stereotypes.”

Ever wonder why there's no unit set up to monitor young people of other origins? Why there's no Portugese, Spanish or Samoan drill videos?

Should've Gone To SpecSavers Hooters!

A self-proclaimed preacher who attacked a takeaway boss and left him with severe brain damage after complaining about an ‘inappropriately dressed’ female member of staff has today been jailed for more than eight years.

Blimey, the Church of England is getting a bit feisty, isn't it? 

Oh, wait...

Hamdi Braiek was offended that a woman working at Mukhtar Hussain’s business Mix Grill 91 in Maidstone, Kent, ‘had her boobs hanging out in his face’ and told her she should cover-up.

Just a few hours earlier he had punched another woman in a shopping mall in an unrelated transphobic attack, a court heard.

Lovely! 

Braiek, an Uber Eats delivery driver who did national service in Tunisia and has no previous convictions, will have to serve two-thirds of his jail term before he can be considered for parole.

When can he be considered for deportation? Or is the answer, 'never'..? 

The court heard Braiek was on police bail at the time of the offences on May 30 having been charged in respect of punching his landlord in the street just two days earlier. That matter is yet to be dealt with by magistrates.

Don't bother. Put him on the next flight to Rwanda.