🧵Meet Courtney Price and her 17-month-old son Waylon.
She was taking care of her baby when Ohio's @ElyriaPolice SWAT team showed up at her home, threw a flashbang grenade into the residence, then broke the door in.
It was the wrong home.
After breaking into the home, the officers led Courtney outside in handcuffs while her baby was still inside.
Waylon suffered serious injuries from the flashbang and was diagnosed with chemical pneumonitis, which is inflamation of the lungs.
To make matters worse, Waylon suffers from a condition that requires him to be fed through a feeding tube since he cannot eat with his mouth.
He was born prematurely and has a slew of health issues which were exacerbated by the flashbang grenade.
Police Chief Bill Pelko denied that the officers had the wrong house because they went to the address on the search warrant.
He also claimed that the officer did not throw the flashbang into the home, but threw it outside the home.
Unfortunately for them, video footage from the neighbor's house clearly shows the officer throwing the grenade into the home.
🧵Remember the first time you cut into a frog or rat while learning about biology in school?
For me, it was one of the most interesting lessons I learned – even though I wasn’t great at cutting in the right places.
There has been an ongoing debate over the practice, with entities like PETA doing their best to save the frogs and other animals.
However, it appears that this effort is just one of several that PETA has undertaken to inject its warped ideology on animal rights into the classroom.
In a recent video, Genesis Butler, founder of Youth Climate Save, argues in favor of using alternatives to actual animals for dissection.
However, there are several problems with PETA’s arguments.
🧵1/ Connecticut's law enforcement faces a massive scandal involving manipulated traffic stop reporting.
An audit uncovers a disturbing pattern of state troopers inflating records to boost their productivity.
The implications are deeply troubling.
2/ At least 100 officers were found fabricating traffic reports to inflate their numbers.
This raises concerns about officers' credibility and their ability to handle serious criminal cases.
How can we trust those tasked with upholding the law?
3/ An audit reveals "a pattern of record manipulation," suggesting that 25,966 traffic stops between 2014 and 2021 were false, and up to 58,553 may have been inaccurately reported.
The motive was a desire to appear more productive by artificially inflating their numbers.
🧵1/THREAD: It's Time to Revisit The Role of Armed Citizens in Preventing Mass Shootings
The Jacksonville shooting reignites debates on gun rights. But one key point is often overlooked: Armed citizens can & do prevent or mitigate mass shootings. Here's why this is crucial.👇
2/Ever heard a news report detailing how an armed citizen foiled a mass shooting? Likely not. Yet, the Crime Prevention Research Center @CrimeResearch1 reveals these incidents happen far more frequently than reported.
3/The FBI states that armed citizens stopped only 14 out of 302 active shootings from 2014-2022. Sounds low, right? Well, CPRC’s report suggests a more accurate number: 157 out of 440!
🧵The War on Drugs has been raging for over 50 years. The initiative, which has significantly reshaped American politics, society, and the economy, has been a staple of Americanism for over five decades.
The U.S. government has spent over $1 trillion since the War on Drugs was launched. Unfortunately, even a cursory glance at the numbers shows that the return on this investment has been severely lacking.
In 1971, President Richard Nixon launched the War on Drugs, a campaign that aimed to eradicate all social, economic, and health problems associated with drugs and drug abuse.
🧵 A federal judge has ruled in favor of Jeremy Story, a Texas pastor who found himself behind bars after exposing corruption in his local school district. The decision comes after a fiery legal battle between members of the community in Round Rock, TX and the local government.
The situation began in 2021 when Story and others confronted the school board over a series of issues, one of which was the hiring of Superintendent Hafedh Azaiez.
“When you’re hiring a new Superintendent on a school board, you have to give the public a little over two weeks to vet whoever becomes your final candidate."
Round Rock's school board did not do this, which violates Texas law.