Oakland shooting near Juneteenth celebration leaves 1 dead, several hurt https://www.foxnews.com/us/oakland-shoot...ad-several-hurt Two armed men seen running from the scene have been arrested, the department said By Brie Stimson | Fox News
A shooting near a Juneteenth celebration in Northern California on Saturday evening left at least one person dead and several others wounded, police said.
Shots rang out after around 1,000 people had gathered at Lake Merritt in Oakland for the holiday commemorating the historical end of slavery. Bullets struck six victims between ages 16 and 27, Oakland Police said in a statement.
A 22-year-old victim died of his wounds at a hospital, the department confirmed. -- excerpt, rest at link above --
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
Video: Flint Police Shoot Dead 19-Year-Old Woman After Juneteenth Celebration – BLM Is Getting Ready For Protests https://www.usasupreme.com/video-flint-p...iders-protests/ June 20, 2021 George Rowe 25 Views 5 Comments # Black Lives Matter, BLM, Flint, Juneteenth, MICHIGAN, Police, Police Officer, Video, Videos
A 19-year-old woman shot by police Saturday during a Juneteenth celebration parade in Flint has died of her injuries, according to the Michigan State Police.
The woman, from Flint, was shot by a Flint police officer after she allegedly drove up to the officer and fired at him at about 2:14 p.m., police say.
The officer, who was injured, then shot the suspect. The incident took place on Saginaw Street near Leith Street.
The woman was taken to the hospital for treatment, where she died of her injuries, police said.-- excerpt, rest at link above --
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
Juneteenth Celebration Turns Violent In Long Branch, NJ As Video Shows A White Girl Getting Brutally Beaten https://conservativeus.com/juneteenth-ce...getting-beaten/ June 20, 2021 Alex Hall 3 Views 1 Comment blm, Juneteenth, New Jersey, Video, Videos
Long Branch, NJ police in full riot gear were dispatched to the vicinity of Pier Village Saturday night after a Juneteenth celebration turned violent.
According to Domigos Saldidas, public safety director of Long Branch, multiple officers from neighboring towns and State Police responded to help disperse the crowds.
“Right now we’re trying to have peace in Long Branch,” Saldidas said.
In one video recorded at the scene, people could be seen dancing on top of a moving car.-- excerpt, rest at link above --
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
The push to make Juneteenth--which is today, June 19--a federal holiday was a memorable one in part because it was such an overwhelmingly bipartisan effort. At least that's why it should be memorable.
As Landon and I covered, legislation to do so passed with unanimous consent in the U.S. Senate and by 415-14 in the U.S. House of Representatives. President Joe Biden signed the bill into law in a signing ceremony on Thursday, the day after it passed the House.
Since Juneteenth this year falls on a Saturday, federal workers were given off Friday, June 18.
Those present at the signing ceremony included members of the Congressional Black Caucus; Republican Sen. John Cornyn and Democratic Rep. Shiela Jackson Lee, who are both Texans; and 94-year old Ms. Opal Lee, considered the grandmother of Juneteenth.
On June 19, 1865, slaves in the Confederacy learned they had been freed over two years prior from the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth has special significance for Texas, as the order came from Galveston.
The significance of the bipartisan commemoration was tainted almost immediately.[...]
This virtue signaling does not end with the president.
In an op-ed for MarketWatch, singer Macy Gray used Juneteenth as an excuse to claim "For Juneteenth, America needs a new flag that all of us can honor," in which she likened the American flag to the Confederate flag:
President Biden, Madame Harris and members of Congress: the American flag has been hijacked as code for a specific belief. God bless those believers, they can have it. Like the Confederate, it is tattered, dated, divisive, and incorrect. It no longer represents democracy and freedom. It no longer represents ALL of us. It’s not fair to be forced to honor it. It’s time for a new flag.
Countless others have used the day as an excuse to call for reparations.-- excerpt, rest at link above --
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
Queens Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called out her House GOP colleagues who voted against establishing “Juneteenth” as a federal holiday.
“They were all men and they were all white. Like all white men. There weren’t even women. Like no diversity in it,” AOC told TMZ in an on-the-street interview on Capitol Hill.
“It just goes to show that there is a lot of denialism and that also kind of ties into why they don’t want us to teach the history of racism in our school either,” she added, taking a shot at statewide GOP efforts to curb critical race theory being taught in public schools.-- excerpt, rest at link above --
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
LONG BRANCH, NJ – Police in Long Branch responded to a post-Juneteenth beach party in the area of Pier Village after reports of fights and vandalism had local residents, tourists and businesses concerned. Police in the city were supported by surrounding agencies after things got out of control. Police reported four arrests.
“Yesterday, a beach party of what turned out to be thousands of young people from all over the state gathered along the beachfront around Pier Village,” the city’s Public Safety Director wrote in a statement. “The gathering started as a social media post which enticed young people to come to Pier Village and attracted visitors who traveled by train and car.At around 5 PM drinking and unruly behavior began at this gathering and visitors were asked to leave the beach.The City of Long Branch Police Department acted professionally based on their experience and training. The crowd was eventually dispersed. The police arrested four individuals for disorderly persons offenses.”-- excerpt, rest at link above --
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
Juneteenth violence: At least 8 killed, dozens injured during Saturday shootings https://www.foxnews.com/us/juneteenth-vi...urday-shootings Shootings on new holiday reported during events in more than a half dozen states By Stephanie Pagones | Fox News
At least eight people were fatally shot and dozens were injured during parties or gatherings on or related to the Juneteenth holiday injured in seven parts of the country, according to officials and local reports.
Shootings on Saturday – a newly declared federal holiday honoring Juneteenth – were reported during events in Colorado, California, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Indiana and South Carolina, among others, with at least 33 wounded, according to authorities and multiple reports.
Speaking to reporters following multiple shootings in her city on Saturday, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw noted that many began the day celebrating the designation of Juneteenth as a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery but "we again found ourselves lamenting as an otherwise beautiful afternoon had been sullied with gun violence."
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
Juneteenth Revelers Twerk on Ambulance Carting Away Victims of Celebratory Oakland Shooting, 1 Dead and 5 Wounded Violence erupted across the country as people celebrated the newest federal holiday https://nationalfile.com/juneteenth-reve...-and-5-wounded/ Jack Hadfield June 21, 2021
After an ambulance attended a deadly shooting in Oakland, California, Juneteenth revellers proceeded to twerk on and jump on the vehicle, not stopping their party for anything.
As many black Americans celebrated Juneteenth, the newly-instituted federal holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in Texas, violence erupted across the country in many of these street parties. In Oakland, California, a deadly shooting killed a 22-year-old man and injured four other males between 16 and 27 and one woman in her 20s, close to the Lake Merritt Amphitheatre, where people had been partying all day. Two men ran from the scene and were arrested with guns on them, police say. Covfefe Coffee
“Out of the corner of my eyes I saw a guy with a gun pointing at a car,” said Andrew Simpson, who was jogging close to the lake when the shooting happened. “Everyone started sprinting and screaming,” Simpson told the Bay Area News, with other witnesses claiming many had jumped into the water to escape the violence. In a statement, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said that the “joyous” Juneteenth celebrations were “marred by a senseless act of gun violence.”
However, the EMTs did not have an easy time responding to the shooting. As they arrived at the scene, the revellers continued to party, with no regard of the seriousness of the situation that just occurred. Video footage has gone viral on Twitter, showing Juneteenth partiers not only ignoring the Oakland shooting, but taking full advantage of the ambulance as a vehicle for their own fun. -- excerpt, rest at link above --
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
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