Zero Tory MPs show up for 'vital' debate on racism – 'What message does this send?'
Conservative MPs have been criticised after not turning up for a debate about racism towards people of east and south-east Asian heritage during the coronavirus pandemic.
Labour MP Sarah Owen, who led the debate, said: “It sends a really, really damning message.”
Kelly Tolhurst was the only Conservative to attend the debate – but this was in her capacity as a communities minister. “You’re here because you had to be,” she was told.
Speaking at the end of the debate in Westminster Hall on Tuesday, Luton North MP Owen – one of two people of east or south-east Asian heritage to have been elected to the House of Commons – pointed to the empty seats next to Tolhurst where Conservative MPs could have sat.
Surprise surprise, bananas are obviously far more important than the slaying in France. Is this an Antifa thread?
Someone that was cleverer would have noticed that the banana story was posted on September 18th, which was about a month before the slaying in France. I do not claim to be telepathic, nor do I feel responsible for updating every thread on the forum.
Mark and Patricia McCloskey sue news photographer, say they are being ridiculed St. Louis couple was photographed brandishing weapons at protesters
The St. Louis couple who brandished guns at protesters passing their home have sued a news photographer who documented the event, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
Mark and Patricia McCloskey filed a lawsuit Friday that accuses UPI’s Bill Greenblatt of trespassing on their property to take photographs.
The suit also names the news service and Redbubble, a company with U.S. headquarters in San Francisco that makes print-on-demand products from user-submitted designs. The McCloskeys claim the dissemination of Greenblatt’s images has caused them “humiliation, mental anguish and severe emotional distress,” the Post-Dispatch said.
T-shirts for sale on Redbubble label the couple “Ken & Karen,” pejorative shorthand for people having an inflated sense of entitlement.
The suit does not name Laurie Skrivan, the Post-Dispatch photographer whose images were used by the Associated Press.
The McCloskeys, who are personal-injury lawyers in their 60s, stood outside their home in a gated neighborhood of St. Louis on June 28 and yelled at protesters who were on their way to the home of Mayor Lyda Krewson. Patricia McCloskey held a handgun, and her husband had a rifle.
The couple was indicted last month by a St. Louis grand jury for unlawful use of a weapon and tampering with evidence. Each charge is a felony and carries a sentence of up to four years in jail and a fine of $10,000.
“It is illegal to wave weapons in a threatening manner at those participating in nonviolent protest,” the city’s chief prosecutor said when she filed charges.
The evidence tampering charge concerns the handgun Patricia McCloskey held. She contended it was a prop gun and was inoperative on June 28; prosecutors say she tampered with it before it was turned over to police.
Even if you feel justified in brandashing a weapon to protect your property.
1. You don't need to hold your finger on the trigger of a pistol 2. You can keep the safety on on your automatic weapon
Both of those acts are wreckless and could have resulted in a needless loss of life.
The only immediate threat to life was from the couple to the protestors who were clearly walking past the property on the way to their destination.
1. Yes 2. Yes
Were the guns loaded or blanks?
I don't think anything is clear here and this has been a bit of a side track from a bigger issue. We can only use our own perception on what we each think on what is happening.
Cammy
He was just on the telly saying that the guy getting off the murder charge was good for America. I noticed that he has started to dye his hair a different colour, and done away with his bins, presumably in favour of contacts, since he decided to run for The Senate. Same old guns though, and same poor taste in women.
Pardoned Gun-Waving Couple Won't Get Weapons Back, Fine Refunded: Judge
The St. Louis couple who notoriously brandished guns as racial justice protesters walked past their home will not be getting their weapons back nor their fines refunded, a judge has ruled.
Mark McCloskey, who ran a failed race for the state’s open Senate seat last year, and his wife, Patricia McCloskey, were pardoned in August 2021 by Missouri’s GOP Gov. Mike Parson.
The McCloskeys had earlier pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges for assault and harassment in the 2020 confrontation. The couple turned over a Colt AR-15 rifle and a Bryco .380-caliber pistol to authorities as part of the plea agreement. But Mark McCloskey soon afterward posed, smiling, in a photo on social media with a new AR-15.
The McCloskeys were honored speakers at the 2020 Republican National Convention, where Donald Trump was nominated as the party’s presidential candidate.
Mark McCloskey sued to retrieve the confiscated firearms — and for a refund of an $872.50 fine after the couple’s pardon.
But Circuit Judge Joan Moriarty rejected the suit Wednesday, ruling that the couple are “required to follow through with their end of the bargain” despite the pardon, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
“While the governor’s pardon does clear plaintiff’s record of the conviction, his guilt remains, and the terms of an agreement that predicated said guilt also remains,” Moriarty added.
The lawyer garnered just 3% of the vote in the Senate GOP primary race last year against Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt.
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Police tracked down Louie Kincella as the customer who sent the banana and he was arrested at his home on January 17. He was then charged on April 3.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/wetherspoons-customer-sent-banana-black-151508355.html
Conservative MPs have been criticised after not turning up for a debate about racism towards people of east and south-east Asian heritage during the coronavirus pandemic.
Labour MP Sarah Owen, who led the debate, said: “It sends a really, really damning message.”
Kelly Tolhurst was the only Conservative to attend the debate – but this was in her capacity as a communities minister. “You’re here because you had to be,” she was told.
Speaking at the end of the debate in Westminster Hall on Tuesday, Luton North MP Owen – one of two people of east or south-east Asian heritage to have been elected to the House of Commons – pointed to the empty seats next to Tolhurst where Conservative MPs could have sat.
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/zero-tory-mps-attend-racism-debate-183556007.html
Is this an Antifa thread?
I do not claim to be telepathic, nor do I feel responsible for updating every thread on the forum.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8892435/Damning-inquiry-Labour-anti-Semitism-finds-party-broke-law-Jeremy-Corbyn.html
St. Louis couple was photographed brandishing weapons at protesters
The St. Louis couple who brandished guns at protesters passing their home have sued a news photographer who documented the event, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
Mark and Patricia McCloskey filed a lawsuit Friday that accuses UPI’s Bill Greenblatt of trespassing on their property to take photographs.
The suit also names the news service and Redbubble, a company with U.S. headquarters in San Francisco that makes print-on-demand products from user-submitted designs. The McCloskeys claim the dissemination of Greenblatt’s images has caused them “humiliation, mental anguish and severe emotional distress,” the Post-Dispatch said.
T-shirts for sale on Redbubble label the couple “Ken & Karen,” pejorative shorthand for people having an inflated sense of entitlement.
The suit does not name Laurie Skrivan, the Post-Dispatch photographer whose images were used by the Associated Press.
The McCloskeys, who are personal-injury lawyers in their 60s, stood outside their home in a gated neighborhood of St. Louis on June 28 and yelled at protesters who were on their way to the home of Mayor Lyda Krewson. Patricia McCloskey held a handgun, and her husband had a rifle.
The couple was indicted last month by a St. Louis grand jury for unlawful use of a weapon and tampering with evidence. Each charge is a felony and carries a sentence of up to four years in jail and a fine of $10,000.
“It is illegal to wave weapons in a threatening manner at those participating in nonviolent protest,” the city’s chief prosecutor said when she filed charges.
The evidence tampering charge concerns the handgun Patricia McCloskey held. She contended it was a prop gun and was inoperative on June 28; prosecutors say she tampered with it before it was turned over to police.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/11/09/mccloskeys-sue-news-photographer-say-they-are-being-ridiculed/
I noticed that he has started to dye his hair a different colour, and done away with his bins, presumably in favour of contacts, since he decided to run for The Senate.
Same old guns though, and same poor taste in women.
The St. Louis couple who notoriously brandished guns as racial justice protesters walked past their home will not be getting their weapons back nor their fines refunded, a judge has ruled.
Mark McCloskey, who ran a failed race for the state’s open Senate seat last year, and his wife, Patricia McCloskey, were pardoned in August 2021 by Missouri’s GOP Gov. Mike Parson.
The McCloskeys had earlier pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges for assault and harassment in the 2020 confrontation. The couple turned over a Colt AR-15 rifle and a Bryco .380-caliber pistol to authorities as part of the plea agreement. But Mark McCloskey soon afterward posed, smiling, in a photo on social media with a new AR-15.
The McCloskeys were honored speakers at the 2020 Republican National Convention, where Donald Trump was nominated as the party’s presidential candidate.
Mark McCloskey sued to retrieve the confiscated firearms — and for a refund of an $872.50 fine after the couple’s pardon.
But Circuit Judge Joan Moriarty rejected the suit Wednesday, ruling that the couple are “required to follow through with their end of the bargain” despite the pardon, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
“While the governor’s pardon does clear plaintiff’s record of the conviction, his guilt remains, and the terms of an agreement that predicated said guilt also remains,” Moriarty added.
The lawyer garnered just 3% of the vote in the Senate GOP primary race last year against Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt.
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/pardoned-gun-waving-couple-wont-164324619.html