(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
Following the guilty verdict in Derek Chauvin’s trial, journalist Michael Tracey noted an odd trend among our elected leaders, corporations, and other cultural institutions. Keep in mind, Chauvin was not charged with nor convicted of any racial motivation in the murder of George Floyd. Even Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said there was no evidence that the crimes were race-related in an interview with
60 minutes:
“If we’d had a witness that told us that Derek Chauvin made a racial reference, we might have charged him with a hate crime. But I would have needed a witness to say that on the stand. We didn’t have it. So we didn’t do it,” he said.
Lewes Patrolman First Class Casey Crapps is the 2020 recipient of the Elaine Bisbee Award.
The award is handed out each year to a city employee who displays dedication, dependability, reliability and excellent work habits, and who is team-oriented and committed to providing quality service.
Crapps has been a member of the department for three years.
“During his time here, he has continually demonstrated both professional and positive work skills through his interactions with both the public and his fellow officers,” said Mayor Ted Becker. “He has demonstrated his commitment to the success of the LPD and the Lewes community at large.”
911 caller reported man doing quick-draws with gun in Lents Park leading up to fatal shooting by Portland police
Updated 8:10 PM;
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A 911 caller reported that a man in Lents Park was “acting like James Bond” and “like a cowboy” by doing quick-draws with a gun but not pointing it at anybody, responding Portland police Officer Zachary DeLong told dispatchers.
Only minutes later, DeLong shot and killed Robert Douglas Delgado, 46, according to a timeline and a dispatch recording released Monday by police of the fatal shooting last Friday.
DeLong arrived at the park
at 9:36 a.m.
and alerted dispatch that he saw the man by the east side of the park, with no shirt on and black pants, according to the radio transmissions. The officer