Cooper Cams Get Reality Check

I have talked about this before but since it’s back in the news, it’s time to take another whack at Jim Cooper.

For those that think they can find everything on the Internet, I have some bad news; namely, people pay good money to have unfavorable things purged from the Internet. This includes deleting pages and purging or altering search engine results. Thus, you won’t find the following: in his first run for Sacramento County Sheriff, candidate Jim Cooper pledged to fix the department’s budget shortfall by installing traffic cameras like he had done as an Elk Grove City Councilman. Yep, Cooper said that traffic cameras should be used to fully fund the Sheriff’s budget. Thankfully Scott Jones won and kept Sacramento County from becoming a police state.

Jim Cooper — Official Bill Mill Portrait

Flash forward about a decade. Cooper is now Sheriff and in charge of the department’s budget. Local station KCRA ran this article about the department.

Red light cameras in Sacramento are no longer in operation after the sheriff’s office pulled the plug on the program due to financial reasons.

Why Sacramento put the brakes on its red light camera system and how drivers are reacting

Wait, What? Cameras pulled for fiscal reasons? Jim how can this be?

Maybe if Cooper had actually attended all his MBA classes and done the homework instead of letting his study group carry him across the finish line, maybe then he might have a clue about economics…

As it turns out, it costs money to run a traffic camera program and the county was losing its fiscal butt.

The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office managed the program. Sheriff’s office spokesperson Amar Gandhi told KCRA 3 the program was meant to be cost-neutral, but it cost the department $898,000 per year, which was higher than the money generated from violation tickets.

The next sentence in the story is no surprise:

On Thursday, the sheriff’s office could not provide a specific number of tickets given or a total revenue amount from tickets given.

Yep, Jim, it’s not free money. In typical government fashion, they don’t know how many tickets were issued or how much revenue was collected. Also note that the Sheriff’s Department was administering the program. This is curious. Usually, these programs are farmed out to a third-party vendor, and they give a cut (or percentage if you prefer) of whatever they collect to the county. Sounds like it would be hard under such an arrangement to lose almost a million dollars a year. Clearly more cameras are needed not less. If only the right people were in charge…

KCRA goes on to report that the department had operated 23 cameras. Let’s do the math. That means for each camera, the county lost $39,044. Oh, each ticket issued by a Cooper Cam was a fine of $480. That means if each camera issued 81 more tickets (just over one more a week), then the program would be in the black; except that so many folks had their hands in the till that this doesn’t work in reality.

Map of Sacramento County Cooper Cams

The story then ends lamenting the public harm that will result because the Cooper cams are no longer in operation.

KCRA concludes their article with:

People driving around the county will still see the cameras in place for right now. The sheriff’s office said it is up to the company that was contracted to install them to take them down. It is unclear when that will happen.

So, the county didn’t own the cameras, or run the day-to-day operations but got a percentage of each ticket issued and still lost about a million dollars? How? Wanna bet a person related to a Steinburg or Pelosi or other Democrat crime family owns the Cooper cam company or is a beneficiary thereof.

The Drunken Jedi Sentenced

Jorge Riley aka the “Drunken Jedi” was sentenced by Judge Amit Mehta to 18 months in prison for his role in the “Insurrection” on January 6th.  I use air quotes on insurrection because I do not think the Democrats, liberal Republicans or media types actually know the true definition of insurrection. 

As far as Riley’s sentence, color me shocked.  I was thinking 5-6 years in prison to be honest.  Mostly because Jorge filmed a lot of his antics, bragged about it online, and put things all over social media.  As far as I know, he is the only person arrested for his behavior on Jan 6th that claimed to be armed. Riley got one hell of a lifeline from this judge.  Judge Mehta is also hostile towards Donald Trump and his supporters, again I’m shocked Riley is getting only 18 months.

This may seem overtly mean and come off as sour grapes but sentences like this will never change a person.  I see a lot of my sister in Jorge.  They are one in the same; they never learn a lesson, so they don’t change their behavior.  Jorge quite literally had a backpack filled with vodka he sipped from a siphon at GOP meetings and conventions.  I cannot tell you how many times I was treated to the saying “Jesus loves you” at early morning hours at conventions with the stench of booze on his breath.  Many friends of mine who were officers at the functions allowed his behavior to continue.  He is paying for it now. 

The reality of the situation is Jorge never was a guy who made get out the vote calls, knocked on doors or did much to help the party at all.  I will never understand how he always got a pass from leadership.  Even more, they gave him a lifetime achievement award after he was released from jail.  The irony of that group.

Riley got a gift from the judge, compare the sentences of the leader of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.  They got decades in prison.  If I were Jorge, I would change my life.  I do not know how old Riley is but the book isn’t closed on his life, it’s just a series of bad chapters so far.  I know drugs/alcohol are prevalent in our prison system, I think it would be wise for Jorge to give up those vices.  I was always told he drank/drugged due to his PTSD from serving in the military, but during one of his hearings he admitted to having never left the USA.  So, what is causing this PTSD?  He obviously didn’t serve over seas.

In closing I will say this, I do not support the actions on January 6th, not one bit.  But it all could have been avoided.  Folks if you live in the Midwest or East Coast, you didn’t see what the blog staff here did.  In every single contested state, Biden would get out to a large lead, and eventually the result would be a Trump win by a couple.  Well around 11:00pm they announced that Detroit, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, and other large cities would quit counting until morning.  Oh, the rural areas would keep counting, just not big cities.  When morning came suddenly Trump would be trailing by about 45,000 votes in each of those states, so basically the opposite effect happened.  Maybe Trump did lose fair and square, but let’s be honest; the optics don’t look great there.  It appears some sort of fraud likely occurred.  Again, if the counting continued, I would say he lost legitimately.

However, it does not excuse the behavior of January 6th.

The Chief

Minnesota Democrat Becomes a Fire Breathing Conservative

Blogger’s note:  Troll is the satirical blogger for the site, he like all on the editorial board wish this person (we do not assume gender in CA) a speedy recovery.

Now that that’s out of the way…. here’s the story.

A Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party official who once vowed to “dismantle” the Minneapolis Police Department is now calling for tougher crime laws after she was beaten and bloodied in a carjacking outside her home this week.

Shivanthi Sathanandan, the second vice chairwoman for the DFL, shared news of her attack in a Wednesday Facebook post, where she fumed that the four young suspects need to be brought to justice.

“I have a broken leg, deep lacerations on my head, bruising, and cuts all over my body. And I have rage,” wrote Sathanandan, who said the beating occurred in front of her 4-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son around 7:45 p.m. Tuesday.

“These men knew what they were doing. I have NO DOUBT they have done this before. Yet they are still on OUR STREETS. Killing mothers. Giving babies psychological trauma that a lifetime of therapy cannot ease. With no hesitation and no remorse,” Sathanandan continued.

Anti-cop Minnesota Democratic Party official left bloodied in violent carjacking — now calls for tougher crime laws

Alright Troll…. atttttaaaaaccccckkkkk

First of all, WTF is a Shivanthi?  Sounds like something that used to add time to your sentence if you were an inmate in person.   Like an object used to attack someone with intent to kill.

I had to re-read this story. I was wondering where the white perpetrators yelled “this is MAGA country” like they did when Jessie Smollett got smoked.  Oh wait, neither happened.

So, you’ve got a broken leg, cuts, bruises, and have RAGE! Kinda like when George Floyd got killed and you demanded all the black folks get reparations and reduced sentences?

Karma also has a sense of humor it seems.  Sorry toots, you got what you deserved.

I really love the line about the young people needing to be brought to justice… take young people out of the sentence and replace it with cops or police and you get her statements from 2 years ago.  Chances are you and your stupid sheep likely reduced the sentencing guidelines and threshold for these offenses to the point where they are out on bail (if there’s even bail in the land of 10,000 mistakes).

As far as the perpetrators being repeat offenders who had likely done that before?  Yeah, I’d say you’re correct.  And since you were advocating letting them out early! They learned their lesson so well they did it again!  No hesitation or remorse?  How about you show a little of both toots?  Maybe a mea culpa (aka saying sorry) to the police.

Here is more from our flip-flopping democrat re-moron.

“I’m now part of the statistics. I wasn’t silent when I fought these men to save my life and my babies, and I won’t be silent now. We need to get illegal guns off of our streets, catch these young people who are running wild creating chaos across our city, and HOLD THEM IN CUSTODY AND PROSECUTE THEM,” she said.

“Look at my face. REMEMBER ME when you are thinking about supporting letting juveniles and young people out of custody to roam our streets instead of HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS.”

Your target audience doesn’t know what statistics are since they were likely replaced in school by gender affirmation or African American studies curriculum.  Interesting you use the term fought; I think even the mention of that word gets you a minimum 10 years in California.

I still don’t know why this person didn’t say she was the victim of an insurrection.  Think about it. They would immediately have surveillance tape of the suspects, have them arrested, and they could have indicted Trump and charged him with another crime… just because.  The only difference is at this insurrection there actually was violence.

Ahh yes, we need to get illegal guns off the street and catch the people causing chaos… where were those words during the BLM rioting and looting?

Hold them accountable?  If I was a suspect and got caught, I would make certain I’m photo graphed in a BLM bandana, and a George Floyd shirt.

Here is a photo of Shivanthi.

Ahhh, I love my woke, social justice warrior, trans friendly, whackos battered not fried, how about you?

Here’s Shivanthi after the attack.

Sathanandan thanked the “incredible” Minneapolis PD for assisting in the terrifying experience — a far cry from her attitude toward law enforcement three years ago, when she posted online that she and other activists were “going to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department.”

Here she is before it….

“MPD has systematically failed the Black Community, they have failed ALL OF US. It’s time to build a new infrastructure that works for ALL communities. If you are still disagreeing with that BASIC FACT, I’m not sure what to say to you,” she said in the June 5, 2020, post — less than two weeks after George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police.

So ummmm why didn’t you call a social worker to handle this issue?  Maybe they didn’t get enough participation trophies as a kid?

Minnesota DFL Chairman Ken Martin told KSTP in a statement Thursday that he was “heartbroken at the news of Shivanthi’s attack.”  

“It is my sincere hope that the people who assaulted Shivanthi are quickly brought to justice and face punishment commensurate with the severity of their crimes,” Martin said. “My heart goes out to Shivanthi and her family and I hope their recovery from such a horrifying experience is as swift as possible.”

Yup, if I were on the police force, I wouldn’t work too hard to hunt them down.  If I were on a jury, I would vote not to convict.  Sorry, not sorry when you defund, demoralize, and cut police departments, don’t be surprised when crime takes off.  The only crime these kids are guilty of in my mind isn’t going further.  Again, sorry, not sorry.

I guess you can say a leftist is just a conservative that hasn’t had the crap beaten out of them yet?

Troll

Commentary from Chief:

Here is the lesson embedded in the story.  This lady wanted to be on the front lines during George Floyd and BLM.  She called for defunding and dismantling the police.  It was her turn to shine and try to cut an ad for when she inevitably runs for office.  All was well for her, let black and brown people out of jail, reduce thresholds for crime, and get rid of the “killers” with a badge.  Crime went up, but it didn’t bother her. She likely lives in a high end gated part of town, immune from these issues.  Her people and voters like it that way.  Then she got her ass beat.  Now it’s time to “re-fund” the police.  Now it’s time for justice.  Her hold them accountable and lock them up comments are rich… coming from someone who said the opposite earlier.  Good luck is what I will say to you.  You are nothing more than a classic tribalist, as long as it’s good for you, you are fine with it.  Too bad it took you getting your face kicked in to realize police are needed.  Sadly, I hope it happens to more of your brethren so they will come around as well.  This is why Johnnie Does carries a Glock. These perps get near him and realize they are on the business end of his gun, they get to steppin’ awfully quickly.  Anyone want to take bets this lady’s Google.com search is filled with “how do I buy a gun” “how do I legally carry a gun” etc. searches?  She just found out the hard way that these folks she calls oppressed and affected by racism are actually just bad people.  They have no respect or care for humanity, just like their Lord and Savior George Floyd.

Reap what you sew democrats.

PS Oh I heard CA is going to shut down more prisons and Donald Trump is being indicted for this as well.  Sadly, only one of those things is true… I’m not sure which one.

PPS  Here are some pics of hope Hicks, because…well she is hot and Troll has a thing for her.

CA Doesn’t Give a F*** about Crime Anymore

The title of this blog says it all. 

A family member of mine passed on a Fox News article saying CA is trying to change a law so if you are doing life without parole you can petition to be re-sentenced.  Yup. 

A bill that would allow killers serving a life sentence without parole to possibly be re-sentenced cleared a major hurdle Friday in California’s Democratic-led state Legislature

The state Assembly Appropriations Committee advanced Senate Bill 94, which now moves to the next phase of voting. The bill would allow California prison inmates serving a sentence of life without parole (LWOP) for certain crimes to petition for re-sentencing if the offense occurred before June 5, 1990, and the completion of at least 25 years of their sentence. 

Those convicted of first-degree murder of a police officer would be exempt. Those who are re-sentenced would have the opportunity to someday go in front of a parole board, which could deny them release. 

In a social media post, state Sen. Dave Cortese, a Democrat who introduced the bill, simply said he was “thrilled that these key bills of mine passed the Assembly Appropriations Committee.”

California Dem-led committee advances bill to let killers serving life without parole request re-sentencing

The State Senator is “thrilled” folks.

The CA GOP had a couple quotes in the article but let’s face it, they are complicit.  They care more about being re-elected than actually doing anything to stop these things.

If they cared, they would have pushed a referendum to repeal prop 47 aka the “shoplift all you want” law.  The prop passed with 59% of the vote, the dirty little secret is I’d bet quite a few Republicans and Independents voted in favor.  This is the America they want.  Crimes that used to be felonies became misdemeanors; misdemeanors became not chargeable. 

Look at the results.

The manager of the CVS near my house told me they get taken for about $2,500 each weekend.  Keep in mind I live in a rural part of town, so the store being hit for that much that often is telling about how much is happening in more populated areas.  The CVS north of me has the liquor locked up, along with other likely highly shoplifted items like razors, and Tide Pods.  The Home Depot near my house? Quite a few items are kept under bars and padlocks.  Yes, it’s like a third world country.  On KCRA 3 news app, there is a story almost weekly of a “flash mob” going to a store and looting it.  It’s not just bad parts of town, it’s happening all over.  Oakland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Jackson, Roseville, and Monterey.  It’s all over.  No store is immune or exempt, Target and Dick’s Sporting Goods are just the 2 most recent to share that millions in inventory are walking out the front door unpaid for.

The dirty little secret?  Even if we started caring about crime and criminalizing it again, we can’t.  You may have missed it, but Gavin Newsom and Democrats in the legislature here have shut down Deuel Vocational institute in Tracy and CA Correction Center in Lassen County.  There is another prison in Riverside closing in 2025, and I believe we shut down a women’s prison, and are exiting the last privately run prison in 2024.  I believe we also have shut down all juvenile facilities and if you commit murder prior to the age of 18 you get out of prison at 25.  I believe there are plans to shut an additional 5 prisons at some point in the future as well.

You see folks during the “plandemic,” aka Covid, you were so scared of catching the flu that you sat by while CA went full libtard.  You allowed prisons and jails to release people “who were at risk of dying from Covid.”  Sentences were reduced, in some cases jail time didn’t even apply any longer.  In my home county of Sacramento, a DUI causing death offender was sentenced to probation, no jail time.  The Attorney General and local District Attorneys allowed rioting and looting during George Floyd protests to go unscathed.  Crimes are no longer prosecuted, worse yet stores are told not to try to stop shoplifters. 

The bottom line, if you don’t charge folks with a crime, and those who you do charge aren’t sentenced to jail time, or you release folks early, let’s face it, you do not need prisons.  The CA Democrats are doing exactly what they wanted.  They scared you into thinking Covid would kill everyone, and we had to be compassionate.  The only ones now not being shown compassion are the “January 6th rioters.”  They are getting/doing years of hard time; some just for using the restroom and then exiting the Capitol.

The Chief

Jorge Riley (Drunken Jedi) Cops a Plea

by The Chief

Jorge Riley, a local Sacramento GOP activist, pled guilty last week to charges relating to his storming of the Capital to “Stop the Steal” a couple years ago.  In exchange for pleading guilty, he will only have 1 count on his record, the other 4 will be dismissed.

This comeuppance has been a long time coming for Riley, he has been on a destructive path for years.  Riley has a rap sheet that makes career criminals jealous.  I know of at least 1 DUI, likely more, and a slew of charges related to unpaid child support.  I am not sure of the number of kids and how many women they are by.  Riley also is a heavy drinker, I refuse to say he has a problem, because he never has a problem finding the bottle.

Riley was arrested a couple months after the “Stop the Steal” rally at the Capital.  Not due to anyone ratting him out, he ratted out himself.  Riley is a Grade A braggart when it comes to his Facebook and other social media.  He posted over 150 messages and videos according to the complaint against him.  Worst yet, the man has never had an unspoken thought; his rantings (likely fueled by booze) target minorities, Democrats, women and other groups.  His comments are typically vile in nature making even this single male blogger cringe.  One may ask why no one tried to stop his behavior…that’s because those around him and in power supported it.  I literally saw him countless times at GOP meetings and conventions literally walking around with a backpack filled with vodka that he was drinking through a siphon.  He reeked of hard liquor, so much so I could barely tell what brand it was.  My understanding is his use of drugs and alcohol was to cope with PTSD or some type of condition he got while in the military.  My issue?  During a hearing, his attorney admitted Riley has never been outside the US.  I’m trying to be sensitive to mental health, but I just think Riley is an addict.

I have a source who claims Riley had numerous outbursts at his initial hearings here in Sacramento at the federal courthouse.  So much so he was ordered held on no-bail.  Annoying a judge isn’t the best move when that person is likely to sentence you.  NOTE:  The venue was moved to DC so it will be a different judge who heard the guilty plea and will handle sentencing.  Riley was also far from the model prisoner at Sac County jail, having to be moved multiple times due to being a Grade A dickhead.  AKA normal behavior for Riley.

Riley is still in a lot of trouble, preliminary reports are a federal lockup of 41-51 months, another report said maximum of around 20 years, a different report had a line about judge Amit Mehta considering “enhancements.”  I would bet he is looking at around 6 years in jail, his behavior, plus his bragging and some of his comments online will hang him.  The judge is seeing that Riley is not sorry or repentant at all.  Problem for Riley is that he is facing federal not state time. The feds typically do not do good time credits for behavior, he will serve his entire sentence.  (Riley’s indictment and plea can be found in this article.)

My hot take:  Riley is a clown and piece of work, more so it’s his enablers that made this happen, he was never reigned in.  Sue Blake, Terry Mast (RIP), Craig DeLuz, Bill Cardoza and others routinely looked the other way or supported him.  In the case of Cardoza, he was even stupid enough to post to Facebook the local CRA chapter giving Riley a lifetime achievement award.  DUMB

Riley is going away for a while, but the CRA and other groups should not be left unscathed.  Sorry, not sorry.  They needed to remove Riley as a member and put pressure on the local group to do the same.  Riley is a net negative, not a single redeeming quality about him.  Yet several of the members attacked my conservative credentials.  Yup they chose a drunken moron over me.

The irony in this whole bit?  Riley was a never Trump guy, like most of the rest of the CRA.  It’s sad.    

Spin on Paul Pelosi Attack–Hit Job in a Box

Yep, before the wounds were cleaned from Paul Pelosi getting hammered, the Democrat spin machine was ramping up to frame Republicans.

Below is an early report from Associated Press and CBS News.

San Francisco – The suspect in the attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, appears to have been an active online participant in multiple conspiracy theories railing against perceived censorship and government control, and engaging in hate speech and antisemitism.

Pelosi attack suspect David DePape embraced hate speech, multiple conspiracy theories

DePape was known for embracing multiple conspiracy theories on subjects such as voter fraud, climate change, and the COVID pandemic on at least two different online forums. He also has posted antisemitic screeds and entries defending former President Donald Trump and Ye, the rapper formally known as Kayne West who recently made antisemitic comments.

In other posts, the writer said Jews helped finance Hitler’s political rise in Germany and suggested an antisemitic plot was involved in Russia’s recent invasion of Ukraine.

In a Sept. 27 post, the writer said any journalists who denied Trump’s false claims of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election “should be dragged straight out into the street and shot.”

An Aug. 24 entry titled “Q,” displayed a scatological collection of memes that included photos of the deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and made reference to QAnon, the baseless pro-Trump conspiracy theory that espouses the belief that the country is run by a deep-state cabal of child sex traffickers, satanic pedophiles and baby-eating cannibals.

“Big Brother has deemed doing your own research as a thought crime,” read a post that appeared to blend references to QAnon with George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984.”

In an Aug. 25 entry titled “Gun Rights,” the poster wrote: “You no longer have rights. Your basic human rights hinder Big Brothers ability to enslave and control you in a complete and totalizing way.”

DePape’s posts frequently fixated on the subject of government or tech company “censorship.” One blog has subject tabs with such labels as “Pedophile normalization,” Creationism,” and “Facts are Racist.”

Another website has categories such as “Climate Hysteria,”  “Da Jewbs,” and “Groomer Schools.” The web hosting service WordPress removed one of the sites Friday afternoon for violating its terms of service.

DePape also posted memes and conspiracy theories on Facebook about COVID vaccines, the 2020 election and the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. Two of DePape’s relatives told CNN that he was ‘out of touch with reality,” estranged from his family, and confirmed that the Facebook account – which was taken down by the social media company on Friday – belonged to him.

All weekend the media was regurgitating this story or ones in a similar vein.

Folks, as a Trump supporter, this article looks very embarrassing and maybe even damaging to the cause; however, virtually every assertion in the above quotations is a bald-faced lie. David DePage had no websites or Facebook pages. Yep. It was a psyop.

The mainstream media attributed two websites to the man arrested with Paul Pelosi on early Friday morning, David DePape. However, this all appears to be another far-left farce.

David DePape was found with Paul Pelosi early Friday morning in his underwear at the Pelosi home by police in San Francisco. The mainstream media immediately tried to cover for the Pelosi family. They then attempted to align the man in his underwear found with Paul Pelosi as a conservative. But it was all a lie.

EXCLUSIVE: Two Far-Right Websites Attributed to David DePape to Smear Conservatives Were Scraped Friday and Deleted Saturday

In addition, the media tried to frame DePape as a conservative based on websites that were reportedly his. DePape was homeless and a drug addict but the media insisted he was running a conservative website? Makes perfect sense.

Fox News reported:

Facebook disabled DePape’s profile early Friday and declined to answer questions. At least two online blogs under DePape’s name are stocked with posts from the years of 2007 and 2022 speaking of “censorship,” “Big Brother,” and pedophiles. One contained calls for violence and antisemitic content. It was not immediately clear that he was responsible for the posts, and San Francisco police did not immediately respond to questions about DePape’s online presence.

The L.A Times:

In the months before police accused him of attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband Friday morning, David DePape had been drifting further into the world of far-right conspiracies, antisemitism and hate, according to a Times review of his online accounts.

In a personal blog that DePape maintained, posts include such topics as “Manipulation of History,” “Holohoax” and “It’s OK to be white.” He mentioned 4chan, a favorite message board of the far right. He posted videos about conspiracies involving COVID-19 vaccines and the war in Ukraine being a ploy for Jewish people to buy land.

DePape’s screeds included posts about QAnon, an unfounded theory that former President Trump is at war with a cabal of Satan-worshipping elites who run a child sex ring and control the world. In an Aug. 23 entry titled “Q,” DePape wrote: “Either Q is Trump himself or Q is the deepstate moles within Trumps inner circle.”

The problem is the websites cited by the mainstream media that were supposedly aligned with DePape were created on Friday and they are no longer active today, Saturday.

The site Godisloving.wordpress.com was opened on Friday and shutdown on Saturday.

If you try to link to it now, you will find it has been shut down

The other site listed, www.frenlyfrens.com/blog is no longer active as well. It too was created on Friday and shut down on Saturday. The only activity on this site as well was in the last two days.

If you read the article quoted above, the author is correct in stating the sites were created Friday October 28 and taken down Saturday the 29th. I verified it. Since he wrote the article, archive.org has attempted further backups. Following the URL will take you to a jump page stating the site is down.

The moral of the story is that facts are irrelevant because Democrats just make-up their own. This is the intersection of “he who frames the issue, wins the debate” and “never let a good crisis go to waste”.

With just a week until election day, would you really expect anything else?

Retraction: Kiely Rodni Blog

I was wrong, I’ll admit I was wrong.  I apologize to the family of Kiely Rodni.  Rodni was discovered by a dive team the other day.  In her car, which was found upside down in Prosser Reservoir.   I said I would retract my comments if I was wrong and I am a blogger of my word.

Again, my apologies.

However, I just want to point a couple things out.  First, I was stating an opinion, not fact.  Second there were quite a few bloggers on the internet saying way worse things than anything on this blog.

I do find it odd her body/car were recovered by a dive team in a matter of hours when several different police/government agencies and volunteers searched the same area/lake for weeks.  I also find it odd a “friend” of Kiely’s left her at 12:20am just 10 minutes before Kiely was going to leave the party.  The same “friend” said Kiely was very drunk.

Again, we retract the blog, and I apologize to those close to Kiely. 

But I will make this remark in closing.  To the family of Kiely Rodni I would be very careful to whom you refer to as your daughter’s friends.  I used air quotes earlier because I think these so called “friends” were using your daughter.  It appears to me you are a somewhat well-off family, in the sense that you own a lodge.  Kiely seems to have made friends seeking out your wealth more so than seeking out companionship.  If you are in disbelief or thinking I have a tin foil hat on, ask yourself this question.  Why would my daughters’ friends abandon her when she is obviously intoxicated?  I can guarantee if I was intoxicated none of my friends would leave me behind.

Again, I am sorry your daughter was not found alive.  My theory was she had run away with someone, and it runs out to be untrue.  Now it appears she drove home and took a wrong turn/road/etc and ended up in the lake.

Chief

Toxicology report is due in 4-6 weeks, but I do not think it will tell us anything we don’t already figure is true.  May she rest in peace.

My Thoughts on Kiely Rodni’s Disappearance

Editor’s Note: I was sent this several days ago. At this point it may be m00t but I wanted to post it anyways.

Trigger warning:  This article will share commentary, not fact, purely speculation about the disappearance of 16-year-old Kiely Rodni a couple of weeks ago.  This may be disturbing to some readers; we recommend you find another article/site to click on.

Note:  This is solely 1 person’s opinion, I hope I am wrong, and hope Rodni is found and returned home alive.

Kiely disappeared from a party in the Truckee area roughly 2 weeks ago, she is 16 years old.  My understanding based on what I have read/seen is this was supposed to be a small party on Prosser Lake that took on a life of its own with between 200-300 folks in attendance.  Sounds like a lot of drinking and drugs were present, and an age group ranging from early high school age to about 40-year-olds.  A very eclectic mix indeed.  Rodni texted her mother circa 11:30 pm saying she would be leaving in 45 minutes, she was never heard from again, her cell phone last pinged around 12:30 am.  Her car also disappeared.

To be crystal clear we here at ReallyRight hope for her being found surviving, but this is where the story goes off the rails.

First, her boyfriend did not make the trip. After texting her that he was having a bad day (at 10:30) her only response was “sorry you are going through this.”  Folks every couple I see is basically attached at the crotch these days.  Seriously, the BF didn’t make the trip?  Rodni didn’t seem too concerned about him looking at that text conversation. 

Next let’s look at this statement from her friend

“I just want her to come back and be OK and just to know that she’s loved and that we all looked for her and that we all loved her through this and stuff,” Magdalene Larson said.

That is an awfully odd statement, we hope you come back, and that you are loved?  Past tense?

Rodni’s best friend, Mags Larson, was also in attendance at the party but left shortly after arriving. 

“She wasn’t in a state where she could have driven very far. She was inebriated,” she said, implying that Kiely must have been taken because they would have found her if she drove.

“We don’t know if it was someone who was attending the party or a predator,” she continued.

“We also don’t know if there’s someone she planned to go and meet who we don’t know about yet. It is a nightmare.”

So, the best friend abandons her shortly after the party started?  We used to have a saying in college “bros before Hoes” for guys, “chicks before dicks” for ladies.  This meant you never left someone behind at a party, period.  Especially when drinking heavily.  I’m sorry, this “friend” in my humble opinion knows far more then she is letting on.  You do not leave a friend who is hammered at a party with a bunch of other people.  Makes no sense.  She left shortly after arriving, yet knew her friend was very drunk?  Odd, nice friends you have Rodni.

Unless…

There is a massive cover up happening. Before completely writing this theory off hear me out.  Turns out Rodni was wearing a couple different sweatshirts that night, one saying “Odd Future” another saying, “You do not want to be forgotten you just want to disappear.”  Very odd choice of slogans for a teen attending a party with a bunch of total strangers.  I think Rodni is alive. She met someone online and went to the party to meet up with them.  Her BF appears aloof, and seemingly carefree.  Her friends bounced out of the party like a jack in a box, leaving a drunk Kiely alone.  I am not insinuating this is a hoax, I believe she ran off with someone, and I think her friends know damn good and well who.  I think the hundreds of tips coming in are to throw the authorities off the scent.  She had to have left the area, as her car is nowhere to be found.  No clues about her disappearance are known either, just friends speaking in past tense about her.

Me thinks a couple of the friends are not even close to being forthcoming.  I hope and pray Rodni is found alive, and I think she is.

Why?

No body, no car.  There was a young girl abducted from Tennessee by her teacher and they were on the lam for about a month before they were found in rural northern California.  I think something similar is going on here.  I think Rodni knows the person, and I have my doubts about the abduction theory.

In closing, I hope she is found and returned home.  I hold out hope as nothing material from any tip has been proven to lead to anything.  No grown person, let alone their vehicle, disappears like a fart in the wind and no one notices.  I would sweat her friends right now if I’m law enforcement.  Just a bit of persuasion might break this case open.

The Chief

Editor’s Comment: Chief I beg to differ, I think she met the Reaper and will remain forever 16.

Saint Stephon Clark the Martyr gets his Settlement

Thursday night on KCRA News, the outfit that brought you innocent black child gets “Rodney King’d” by white cops, had this doozy of a report about the deceased Stephon Clark.  The City of Sacramento settled with Clark’s parents for the tidy sum of 1.7 million, this is in addition to the 2.4 million paid to his 2 children.  Being shot by the police while being under the influence of every drug known to man, plus alcohol, plus domestic violence, threatening texts, and robbery pays well in this area.  Trust me that 4.1 million is likely to be more than pretty much any middle-class family’s lifetime earnings.

Here are some highlights from the “report.”

On Friday evening, Clark’s brother ⁠— Stevante Clark ⁠— held a news conference to respond to the announcement of the settlement. Stevante Clark said that, despite the settlement, he will continue to call for the officers involved to be fired, charged and prosecuted.

Stevante is the piece of trash who during a city council meeting jumped on the dais and told the Mayor to “F*** Off” and other choice vocabulary.  He has about as much credibility as Geoffrey the Giraffe of Toys’ R Us fame.

“He was a loving, loving, loving father,” Stevante Clark said of his brother. “He was a proud father. He was love and light.”

Well in that case maybe the settlement was low, seemed like a great dad, coked out of his mind on drugs to the point his grandparents wouldn’t let him in the house.  Judging by the texts and his criminal rap sheet, Clark was the opposite.

Clark said he and others planned to protest Saturday afternoon at p.m. at Stockton and Fruitridge Roads to continue to call for the officers’ resignation. Stevante Clark also said, in honor of Stephon Clark’s birthday Wednesday, events would be held throughout the weekend in his memory.

“There’s no reason I should be out here talking about my brother’s legacy, defending my brother’s legacy, when the officers who murdered him should be proving their innocence in court,” Stevante Clark said during the news conference. “We always have to relive the death of Stephon.”

Ah, yes, a protest during these Covid times, monkey pox is prevalent, but its ok. Let us all gather to protest the death of a clown who got what he deserved.  Um…, your brother’s “legacy,” what exactly do you mean by that?  By the way, you are innocent until proven guilty you dumb hood rat.  You would know that if you took any history class or been called to jury duty, but that assumes you receive anything from the government other than a benefit card paid with this blog’s workers taxes!  As far as reliving the death of your brother…. take the 4.1 million, buy a place in Granite Bay.  You will never have to relive it again, and you can celebrate his legacy as he dun got you out da hood.  I mean your friends will call you an “Oreo” or say you’re “not really black” but live it up.

The Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office and the California Attorney General’s Office said in March 2019 that the officers would not face criminal charges.

The wrongful death lawsuit filed against the city and the two police officers claims the officers racially profiled Clark and used excessive force when they shot and killed him in March 2018.

The city’s attorney Susana Alcala Wood said in a statement on Friday that the most recent settlement is “the best path forward for all involved parties including our community.”

The Clark family has agreed that the settlement brings an end to the legal action.

“Stephon Clark’s death was a tragedy that brought pain and sorrow to his family and to our entire city,” Mayor Darrell Steinberg said. “Everyone wishes this heartbreaking event had not occurred. A family lost a son, a grandson, a brother, and a father.”

The Sacramento DA was an Independent and the Attorney General was police hating Xavier Becerra.  They found no reason to charge the cops.  The police profiled Clark?  Really? It was several 911 calls, him evading arrest, and running through other folk’s yards, and trying to break into a neighbor’s house.  Yes, Sacramento’s mayor is correct the death of Clark brought pain to the families of 2 police officers.  They are basically persona non-grata in this area, I hope both were able to transfer and move on.  The city is going to feel pain too, this settlement will be paid for by increased tax money… but nothing another ½ cent sales tax can’t fix!

Blame the police, tax the people, remember Stephon Clark.

Saint Stephon Clark the Martyr……Pray for Us!

The Chief

What we call news in Sacramento

Check out this whopper of a story transmitted by KCRA 3, the local news channel in our town. “Elk Grove family claims 11-year-old was tackled at State Fair, asks for termination of officers involved

An Elk Grove family claims that 11-year-old Elijah Hunter was tackled by police at the California State Fair last week on Kids Day.

Hunter’s family, their attorney, Black Lives Matter Sacramento and the Greater Sacramento National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) gathered on Monday saying that his civil rights were violated and they’re now asking for policy changes regarding security at Cal Expo.

Cynthia Martin, Elijah’s mother, said in a news conference that his shirt was covered in blood.

“They [Cal Expo police] knew that they injured him because they provided the first-aid before we even made it to Kaiser hospital, where he received further treatment,” Martin said.

Just think about that for a minute, no actual reporting just releasing statements from BLM, NAACP and the victim’s family and attorney.  Notice they make it clear they want people terminated.  Notice the bolded words of “covered in blood” more on that later in the article.  By the way, if officers injure someone, even shooting a criminal they have a duty to attempt lifesaving measures until fire/ambulance/etc. personnel show up. 

Looking at this article it would appear this is Rodney king part 2 electric boogaloo right?  Wrong.

But, in a statement to KCRA 3, Darla Givens, a spokesperson at Cal Expo, said the youth only suffered a small cut. Givens also added that police were called about a child attempting to steal items from fair vendors, climbing over a safety fence and almost being hit by a roller coaster ride.

Ahh, now we get clarity our little saint was trying to steal items from vendors, jumped over a safety fence, (those are usually about 6 feet high mind you) and almost was hit by a roller coaster.  This coming from Cal Expo officials not the police mind you.

Of course, it didn’t stop local NAACP President Betty Williams from continuing a false narrative…

However, advocates like Betty Williams, who is the president of Greater Sacramento NAACP said that nothing excuses the behavior of Cal Expo officers toward the minor.

“What makes him different from any other 11-year-old? I’ll tell you what it is. He’s Black. He’s a Black man, a Black male. It doesn’t matter your age when it comes to this society and law enforcement. You are treated differently,” Williams said.

Sorry, officers taking down a person has nothing to do with whether they are black, brown, Asian, white, or any other color.  Your son was acting a fool and so out of control officers were forced to take him to the ground.  Sounds like his safety was at risk, I’ve never gotten so close to a roller coaster it almost hit me.  He was trying to steal items…. he was being a punk and a thug.

Oh, check this out little thug’s parents were even there that day…

The family and attorney are also concerned about a document that they say Elijah was forced to sign without any family members present.

Cal Expo officials said that when their policies are violated, fairgoers are asked to not return and sign a document agreeing to such.

Sure, I guess the little thug wasn’t 18 yet, but regardless he will be perma banned from Cal Expo since he cannot follow basic rules, like don’t act like a criminal. 

But what upsets me most here is this is the last paragraph of the article, buried at the end mind you…

KCRA 3 asked the family for photos of the injuries, but they refused to provide those. However, in photos that they sent to KCRA 3 last week, he had a bandage on one of his elbows and a visible blood stain on his shirt about the size of a nickel.

Hmm, the family won’t provide photos?  That’s odd.  His shirt was covered in blood I thought?  I figured he was a disjointed mess?  Beat up so bad his body would require multiple surgeries?  Well, I guess this wasn’t Rodney King part 2 after all.  Once again, it’s a sad story of a young thug causing trouble, not following orders who got the business from a police officer or two.  I’m sorry but if you run, and it sounds like this thug did, they will be tackling/tasing/taking down you.  The sad part is he seems to be a young man with no family in his life, who lets their 11-year-old go to the fair unsupervised?  Sounds like zero family was around as they objected to him signing a form banning himself from the fairgrounds permanently.  Maybe if parents were there this would have all been avoided?

Bottom line this is irresponsible journalism at its finest, notice how they make the incident sound like he was beaten within an inch or two of his life?  Only to at the very bottom in essence refute that?  Why do they get statements from the parents, NAACP, and others but ignore the police organization?  This is because they can create a false narrative of “white police, black victim” when in reality it was a thug acting out, running away, and then being finally subdued.  This is how false narratives of “hands up…. don’t shoot” get started.

The good news here for the family is they will likely get a 6-figure settlement, it’s what we do here in Sacramento, crime pays.  Then the incident will go away.

Sad!

The Chief