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Malcontentment Happy Hour: February 8, 2021

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Our live webcast from the Seattle Anarchist Jurisdiction

The show from February 8, 2021, featured David Obelcz and our co-host Jennifer Smith.

  • Winter weather is coming and King County has told local communities not to open warming centers
  • Find a COVID Shot WA at www.findacovidshot.org is helping Washington seniors and BIPOC communities get on vaccination lists
  • Malcontented Minutes – our new speed round of news
    • Michigan man killed by baby shower cannon explosion
    • Amanda Gorman becomes the first poet to open a Super Bowl game
    • Black-owned eTailers are creating a one-stop-stop for BIPOC founded beauty products
    • Seattle based Magistrate Judge releases Ethan Nordean – US District Judge says not so fast
    • Queer artists of color are dominating 2021 LGBTQIA art exhibitions
    • Fiona the Cincinnati Zoo hippo turns 4-years old
    • Ten-years old BIPOC Bellevue girl builds a website to share positive COVID news
    • Virginia and Nebraska push to advance bills striking unenforceable gay marriage bans from state constitutions
    • The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Subversion & the Art of Slavery Abolition
    • Florida man in Florida stadium runs onto the field during the Super Bowl
  • Black History Month
  • Bothell protest car attack goes unpunished

BIPOC, Editorial, Five Facts, Health and Lifestyle, LGBTQIA, Local, National

Malcontentment Happy Hour: February 6, 2021

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Our live webcast from the Seattle Anarchist Jurisdiction

The show from February 6, 2021, featured David Obelcz and our co-host Jennifer Smith.

  • Olympia homeless protest and direct action leaves everyone unhappy
  • Malcontented Minutes – our new speed round of news
    • Jenoah Donald shot by Clark County Sheriffs
    • Seattle student helps seniors sign up for COVID vaccine
    • Florida man with Florida forehead tattoo arrested in Florida
    • Louisiana library turns down grant for program on Black history and civil rights
    • Police officer fired for taunting fellow officer over COVID fears
    • J Lo and A-Rod reality stars in reality drama
    • New York State repeals “walking while trans” law
    • Biden Administration signs memorandum to advance LGBTQIA rights globally
    • Man buys every tamale he can find in Chicago to give to homeless
    • Kansas City Chief’s mascot causes grumbles as Super Bowl arrives
  • COVID-19 Five Fast Facts
  • Reading recommendations for Black History Month
  • David and Jennifer provide their insurrection update
  • Commentary on transphobia in our community

BIPOC, National

Two Louisville detectives fired in Breonna Taylor case

Five Fast Facts

  • Detectives Myles Cosgrove and Joshua Jaynes were fired Tuesday night for their involvement in the shooting death fo Breonna Taylor
  • Joshua Jaynes was fired for his role in securing the search warrant, violating department policy for truthfulness and search warrant preparation
  • Myles Cosgrove sent a caustic e-mail to officers within the department calling himself a “sacrificial lamb” and pleading with officers to “do nothing” while in the line of duty
  • Both Cosgrove and Jaynes met with the outgoing police interim police Chief Yvette Gentry on Monday with counsel to appeal their terminations, per Kentucky law
  • Cosgrove and Jaynes have 10 days to appeal their firings to the Police Merit Board

The Louisville Metro Police Department has officially fired two detectives and sanctioned others for their actions surrounding the raid that left Breonna Taylor, 26, dead in her apartment.

Detectives Myles Cosgrove and Joshua Jaynes, who were fired Tuesday, are the latest detectives the department has terminated in connection with the fatal police shooting of Taylor.

Read more at USA Today

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Officer Rustin Sheskey will not be charged in shooting of Jacob Blake

UPDATED – January 5, 2021, 3:06 PM

[KENOSHA] – (Malcontent News} Prosecutors in Kenosha, Wisconsin have accounted that Officer Rustin Sheskey, nor any other police officer will be charged with the police shooting of Jacob Blake.

Five Fast Facts

  • Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley has announced that no officer will be charged in the shooting of Jacob Blake
  • Graveley says they conduct hundreds of interviews and hired an outside expert on the use of force
  • Gravely said that he would be unable to prosecute the case because Blake armed himself, and he could not argue against “self-defense”
  • He stated that the police, witnesses, and Blake were cooperative with the investigation
  • As part of the press conference, they played the 911 call that came in to dispatch and showed the information that officers were provided on the call

Jacob Blake was shot seven times on August 23, 2020, by Kenosha police officers responding to a domestic violence phone call. Blake’s children were in the backseat of the car when he was shot. He survived the shooting but is permanently disabled.

His shooting resulted in days of civil unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin with multiple injuries, and two protesters shot to death by 17-year old Kyle Rittenhouse.

The District Attorney has made their report available as a PDF

Digital Presentation of the Factual and Legal Conclusions in the Officer-Involved Shooting of Jacob BlakeDownload

This is a breaking news story and will be updated.

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Malcontentment Happy Hour: December 24, 2020

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Our live webcast from the Seattle Anarchist Jurisdiction

The show from December 24, 2020, featured guest host, Jennifer Smith.

  • The police shooting of Andre Hill in Columbus, Ohio
  • Donald Trump puts 5M into poverty by refusing to sign the COVID Relief package and Omnibus bills
  • December is the deadliest month for COVID, and the IHME increases its projections
  • The incredible journey of Deb Haaland
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BLM protesters march after shooting of Kevin Peterson Jr.

Black Lives Matter protesters, mostly dressed in black bloc, held a vigil at Cowen Park in Seattle on Friday for Kevin Peterson Junior. Peterson Jr. was shot and killed by three Clark County sheriffs deputies in Hazel Dell, Washington, on Thursday, October 29. Hazel Dell is located about 12 miles north of Portland, Oregon.

Protesters gather in response to the Kevin Peteson, Jr. police shooting in Hazel Dell, Washington.

On Thursday night, Clark County Sheriff deputies pursued Kevin Peterson, Jr. as part of an alleged drug investigation. Initially, Clark County Sheriff’s office stated that Peterson Jr. had a gun, had fired at deputies. Later on Friday, officials walked back the statement.

“Soon after the foot chase began, the man produced a handgun, and the officers backed off. A short time later, the subject encountered three Clark County deputies who all discharged their pistols. During the crime scene investigation, a Glock model 23, 40 caliber pistol was found near the deceased by independent crime scene investigators.”

Battle Ground Police Chief Mike Fort

Olivia Selto, Peterson Jr’s. girlfriend, reported she was on a video call at the time of the pursuit and witnessed Peterson Jr. get shot. She said that deputies did not check his condition as the call remained connected, and then terminated the call on the phone.

Initially, the Camas Police Department took on the investigation, but I-940 does not allow for neighboring police departments to investigate police shootings. The Battleground, Washington Police Department is acting as the public liaison for the investigation.

Back in Seattle, a group of approximately 50 people marched through the streets of the University District calling on bystanders to “get into the streets.” The march received a positive response from observers and gained several participants along Greek Row near the University of Washington. The Seattle Police Department reported that windows were broken at a Starbucks, and several arrests were made.

David Obelcz contributed to this story.