WORLD NEWS
U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals extends block on Texas’s SB4; border still open!
A divided appeals court has upheld a preliminary injunction against the State of Texas, continuing to stall the enforcement of Senate Bill 4 (S.B. 4), a state law targeting illegal immigration that allows the state to arrest and deport suspected illegal immigrants.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s decision, in which one member of the three- judge panel dissented, follows conflicting rulings over the law that the Supreme Court briefly allowed to take effect last week.
The high court sent the case back to the 5th Circuit, which then halted enforcement while it considered the latest appeal.
The majority’s opinion said, in part, that “The United States has broad powers and rights granted by the Constitution and Congress regarding immigration matters.”
They further argue that neither the State of Texas nor their dissenting colleague has offered enough explanation as to why the United States should be barred from suing the state over the law.
They added that the “Eleventh Amendment operates only to protect States from private lawsuits—not from lawsuits by the federal government.”
The court identified what it said is a clear indication that Congress has fully occupied the field of immigration, particularly regarding the entry, reentry, and removal of noncitizens. This federal dominance, the court reasoned, leaves no room for states to enact independent immigration laws like S.B. 4.
The ruling also pointed to possible conflicts between S.B. 4 and existing federal immigration laws. The court expressed concern that the state law could undermine the federal government’s comprehensive and unified approach to immigration enforcement and foreign relations.
UN Chief wants slavery reparations after generations of discrimination
U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres has declared reparations are due now to compensate for the trans-Atlantic slave trade as a way to tackle “its legacy” in today’s society, including “systemic racism and white supremacy.”
In a statement to mark the U.N. International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery, the veteran Portuguese Socialist said past colonial powers “laid the foundations for a violent discrimination system based on white supremacy that still echoes today.
“Descendants of enslaved Africans and people of African descent are still fighting for equal rights and freedoms around the world. Today and every day, we reject the legacy of this horrific crime against humanity.
“[…] We call for reparatory justice frameworks to help overcome generations of exclusion and discrimination.”
The Caricom reparations commission was set up to seek reparations, including debt cancellations and support to tackle public health crises, from former colonial powers such as the United Kingdom, France and Portugal.
The demand for financial reparations has also been heard in the United States.
U.S. NEWS, POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
Two bodies recovered; 4 remain missing after Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore
Six construction workers are missing and presumed dead after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.
On March 27, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told The Epoch Times at a briefing the men were from El Salvador, Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala. This confirmed a statement issued earlier in the day by the Mexican Consulate in Washington.
Also today, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador told reporters two of the missing men are Mexican nationals. Three Mexicans fell into the Patapsco River in the early hours of March 26, and one was saved.
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chair Jennifer Homendy, in a Wednesday evening press conference in the aftermath of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, said there were 56 containers with 764 tons of hazardous materials in DALI’s cargo—“mostly corrosives, flammables, and miscellaneous hazardous materials.”
The miscellaneous materials include lithium-ion batteries, according to the NTSB chair.
“Some of the hazmat containers were breached. We have seen [sheen] on the waterway,” said Ms. Homendy. She added that other authorities “are aware of that, and… will be in charge of addressing those issues.”
The two bodies were found in a pickup truck approximately 25 feet below sea level in the area of the middle span of the bridge, according to officials.
The data recorder from the ship has been recovered and is in the possession of the NTSB.
New York Judge denies Trump team’s request to file motions!
New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan denied two motions from former President Donald Trump’s defense attorneys on March 26. They had requested permission to file new motions and for case documents and correspondence to be made public.
In one order, Justice Merchan pointed out that the filing of new motions is permitted, but only after a one-page pre-motion is submitted to the court and approved first. In the other, he pointed to a previous protective order he entered which requires some personal information in the case files to be redacted.
“The Court advises counsel that it expects and welcomes zealous advocacy and creative lawyering,” Justice Merchan wrote. “However, the Court also expects those advocates to demonstrate the proper respect and decorum that is owed to the courts and its judicial officers and to never forget that they are officers of the court. As such, counsel is expected to follow this Court’s orders.”
Justice Merchan, who this week set an April 15 trial date, started the order by criticizing the defense’s attempts to “repeatedly” delay the trial. He noted that on March 7, the defense tried once again when they filed a motion to adjourn the trial based on presidential immunity.
“The motion was filed a mere two and a half weeks before the scheduled trial date,” Justice Merchan wrote. The next day, he issued an order prohibiting the filing of new motions without first obtaining permission from the court by filing a one-page “pre-motion letter.”
Defense attorneys had argued that the order was a violation of the Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial because it could block the party from filing new motions. Justice Merchan explained the order was meant to “efficiently manage the case at bar” by giving the parties the necessary time to file “valid” arguments.
He pointed out he had “the inherent authority to exercise discretion in the management of its docket,” rejecting the Sixth Amendment argument as “without merit.”
RFK, Jr.’s sisters worries that his independent presidential bid could help Trump win the election!
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s sister is concerned that his independent presidential bid could undermine President Joe Biden’s reelection prospects and potentially bolster former President Donald Trump’s chances of winning instead.
Mr. Kennedy’s siblings had previously denounced his decision to run for president as an independent candidate, calling it “perilous” and “dangerous to our country.”
During an interview with CNN on March 25, Rory Kennedy explained that they viewed Mr. Kennedy’s independent bid as dangerous because they believed his campaign was “siphoning” votes from President Biden.
“I feel strongly that this is the most important election of our lifetime. And there’s so much at stake, and I do think it’s going to come down to a handful of votes and a handful of states,” she told the news outlet.
“And I do worry that Bobby just taking some percentage of votes from Biden could shift the election and lead to Trump’s election,” said Ms. Kennedy, the youngest daughter of late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy.
Mr. Kennedy trails in a three-way race with President Biden and President Trump, according to a December Reuters/Ipsos poll. The same poll showed him drawing more support from President Biden’s potential voters than President Trump’s.
Mr. Kennedy has picked Silicon Valley lawyer Nicole Shanahan, who was formerly married to Google co-founder Sergey Brin, as his running mate. Ms. Shanahan, 38, helped fund and create Mr. Kennedy’s $7 million Super Bowl campaign ad.
Mr. Kennedy said that Ms. Shanahan “shares my indignation about the participation of Big Tech as a partner in the censorship and their surveillance, and the information warfare that our government is currently waging against the American people.”
Judicial Watch fights DOJ’s attempt to move Ashli Babbit lawsuit to DC
Attorneys for the estate of Ashli Babbitt have filed opposition to an attempt by the U.S. Department of Justice to move a $30 million wrongful-death lawsuit brought by her widower from San Diego federal court to Washington.
The DOJ filed a motion for change of venue in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, where Aaron Babbitt filed suit in January for the shooting death of Ms. Babbitt, 35, by Lt. Michael Byrd at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
A hearing on the request is scheduled for April 8 in San Diego before U.S. District Judge Cynthia Bashant, a 2014 appointee of President Barack Obama.
Robert Patrick Sticht, a Los Angeles-based attorney for Judicial Watch Inc.—which represents Mr. Babbitt in the lawsuit—filed a motion saying the litigation in Ms. Babbitt’s death would not get a fair hearing in Washington D.C.
“It’s no secret that the District of Columbia is a hostile forum for Jan. 6 defendants,” Mr. Sticht wrote in his 20-page response to the DOJ venue motion. “It’s also prejudicially biased against Ashli Babbitt.”
Mr. Sticht cited remarks made on June 5, 2023, by U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton of Washington when he sentenced defendant Daniel Goodwyn to 60 days in jail for entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds on Jan. 6.
“You cannot convince me that somehow what she was doing was somehow justified and the police did not have a justification for taking the actions that they took,” Judge Walton said about Ms. Babbitt, according to the court transcript. “You can’t convince me of that.”
“Walton made other biased comments on the record,” Mr. Sticht wrote, “Including, ‘Well, she shouldn’t have been coming through the window,’ and ‘this man who was protecting the Capitol [Byrd] ends up being called a thug … that is just mind-boggling.’”
Mr. Sticht added, “Unfortunately, Judge Walton is speaking what many others are at least thinking behind the bench in the District of Columbia.”
Ms. Babbitt, an Air Force and National Guard veteran from Ocean Beach, California, was shot by Mr. Byrd at 2:44 p.m. on Jan. 6 at the entrance to the Speaker’s Lobby at the U.S. Capitol.
At the time, she was attempting to climb into a broken window to the right of the entry door during rioting in the hallway. She was pronounced dead at 3:15 p.m. that day at a local Washington hospital. In the $30 million lawsuit, Judicial Watch called the shooting an “ambush murder” and asserted that Mr. Byrd, now a USCP captain, was negligent in the use of his firearm and in his faulty assessment that the unarmed, 5-foot-2-inch Ms. Babbitt posed an imminent threat to his life.
Former Senator Joe Lieberman dies at 82 …
Joe Lieberman, four-term U.S. Senator for Connecticut and Al Gore’s running mate in the 2000 presidential election, has died at the age of 82. Lieberman’s family stated that he died “due to complications from a fall.”
Pennsylvania court rules in favor of signature verification for mail-in voting
The U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of signature verification for mail-in
voting in the state of Pennsylvania.
In a 2-1 ruling by three Democrat-appointed judges, the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a previous ruling from a federal district court that struck down the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s 2022 ruling that required a “dated signature requirement” for mail-in voting.
“The Pennsylvania General Assembly has decided that mail-in voters must date the declaration on the return envelope of their ballot to make their vote effective,” the ruling said. “The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania unanimously held this ballot-casting rule is mandatory; thus, failure to comply renders a ballot invalid under Pennsylvania law.”
Pennsylvania, RNC Chairman Michael Whatley hailed the decision as a “crucial victory for election integrity.”
ECONOMY & BUSINESS
Trump Media shares surge again!
Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group surged higher again on Wednesday, marking
another boost to former President Donald Trump’s financial portfolio.
The company’s stock rose 14.2 percent to $66.22 on Wednesday. On Tuesday, the shares started trading under the ticker symbol DJT, Donald Trump’s initials, after the merger of Trump Media with Digital World Acquisition Corp., the special-purpose acquisition company set-up to take Trump’s social media platform Truth Social public.
The increase follows a Tuesday rise of 16 percent, lifting the company’s market valuation to roughly $8 billion. Trump’s portion—around 60 percent of the company—is estimated to be worth about $4.8 billion.
The rapid rise in the price of the shares has many on Wall Street skeptical and investors have been mocked by Trump’s critics. Some have compared it to the “meme stock” surges that boosted the prices of shares of companies like AMC and GameStop a few years ago.
It is still an open question about whether Trump will be able to use this windfall to meet the requirement to post a $175 million bond to appeal the civil fraud case in New York that results in a $454 million judgment against him.
The shares are subject to a six-month lockup period which bars him from selling his stake or using it as collateral for a loan, though Trump could seek a waiver from the company’s board. The board would likely have to find the waiver is in the best interest of the company and its shareholders.
The company’s shares are not widely followed by Wall Street analysts, so there is no consensus price target. During the first nine months of 2023, Trump Media reported a revenue of $3.4 million against a loss of $49 million. Many technology start-ups—including Twitter, Amazon, and most recently Reddit, have gone public while losing money.
Disney reaches a settlement with the State of Florida’s District Board
Disney’s legal battles against its new governing body, the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District (CFTOD), appear to be coming to an end.
On March 27, the CFTOD Board of Supervisors voted in favor of a settlement offered by the company, which agreed to drop two active lawsuits against CFTOD after it replaced the former Disney-appointed Reedy Creek Improvement District Board more than a year ago.
Disney also agreed to concede that the eleventh-hour development agreement that it made with the Reedy Creek Improvement District in a final attempt to retain its autonomy was null, void, and unenforceable.
In exchange, among other concessions, CFTOD would drop its counterclaims against Disney; recognize Disney’s ownership of permits issued by the South Florida Water Management District, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the Florida Game and Fresh Water Commission and not impede on them; and negotiate a development agreement.The board voted unanimously.
Sam Bankman-Fried to be sentenced today in the cryptocurrency scandal
Former crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried faces the potential of decades in prison when he is sentenced today for his role in the 2022 collapse of FTX, once one of the world’s most popular platforms for trading digital currency.
Bankman-Fried, 32, was convicted in November of fraud and conspiracy — a dramatic fall from a year earlier when he and his companies seemed to be riding a crest of success that resulted in a Super Bowl advertisement and celebrity endorsements from stars like quarterback Tom Brady and comedian Larry David.
A jury found that Bankman-Fried illegally used money from FTX depositors to cover his expenses, which included purchasing luxury properties in the Caribbean, alleged bribes to Chinese officials and private planes.
Prosecutors recommended a prison sentence of 40 to 50 years.
Start walking … Democrat-run NYC approves $15 toll on cars entering Manhattan
Democrat-run New York is poised to become the first U.S. city to hit drivers with punitive tolls after transit officials on Wednesday approved a $15 fee for most motorists headed to the busiest part of Manhattan.
AP reports members of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board approved the congestion pricing impost, expected to go into effect in June.
The board waved through only minor changes to a plan presented to the public months ago while rejecting all requests for exceptions by dozens of groups of commuters.
The vote authorizes a $15 toll on most commuter passenger vehicles each and every time they drive into Manhattan south of 60th Street, a zone that’s south of Central Park, during daytime hours.
Tolls are higher for larger vehicles, and lower for late-night entries into the city, as well as for motorcycles.
Such schemes have been implemented in London, Stockholm, Milan and Singapore where private motorists are routinely punished for entering the busiest and most popular parts of those cities.
Pushback has been swift and targeted in central London by locals furious at the charges imposed as they go about their daily business.
To enter Manhattan, commuters from other states and boroughs already pay around $15 in bridge and tunnel tolls — and the congestion fee will come on top of that.
Daily parking costs already run $25 to $50 in the congestion zone, which includes a dozen neighborhoods in Manhattan that are south of 60th street.
If the plan survives anticipated legal challenges, New York will become the first U.S. city to implement a congestion pricing scheme.
In 2017, Virginia officials implemented a toll system to reduce congestion during rush hour on Interstate 66 near Washington, DC.
HEALTH
Stress creates a 4-fold increase in the spread of cancer (study)
A breakthrough discovery links stress hormones with a fourfold surge in the spread of cancer, shedding light on why patients under severe stress often have lower survival rates.
“There’s probably very few situations that are as stressful as being diagnosed with cancer and undergoing cancer treatment,” Mikala Egeblad, cancer researcher and senior author of the study, told The Epoch Times.
Understanding the stress–cancer link may open up new ways to protect patients from the adverse effects of stress as part of cancer care.
The team of scientists from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) found that glucocorticoids—a type of stress hormone—play a role in creating a metastasis-friendly environment.
Compound found in broccoli could help dissolve blood clots and prevent strokes!
Researchers from the Heart Research Institute (HRI) in Australia have found that a common vegetable eaten by millions every day may be able to prevent and treat a leading cause of death worldwide.
The study, published in the journal ACS Central Science, shows results from a three-year investigation into how a natural chemical found in broccoli can help dissolve blood clots and improve the action of a common clot-busting drug used to treat an acute ischemic stroke.
Researchers discovered that the natural chemical in broccoli, sulforaphane, may improve the performance of tPA and could lead to newer, safer, and more effective medications for acute stroke.
For instance, an intact piece of broccoli doesn’t contain sulforaphane. It isn’t until it’s chopped or chewed that it undergoes a chemical reaction that produces sulforaphane. Sulforaphane’s antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties are designed to protect the plant, but when ingested by humans, studies have found sulforaphane has numerous anti-cancer and health-protective qualities.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Rand Corporation: Internet of Bodies may lead to Internet of Brains
The Internet of Bodies ecosystem may lead to the Internet of Brains sometime between 2035 and 2050, according to a UK Defence-commissioned RAND report.
Commissioned by the UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory and conducted by RAND Europe and Frazer Nash Consulting, the study “Cultural and technological change in the future information environment” looks at six technologies and information environments and their implications for British defense.
They include:
- Automated information systems
- A virtual metaverse
- Augmented and mixed reality
- Advanced connectivity
- Human augmentation
- Information security
A major theme running through these information environments is transhumanism — the merger of humans and machines.
According to the report, “Advances in object connectivity may eventually extend to human bodies. Researchers refer to the potential development of an internet-linked network of human-connected devices collecting end users’ biometric data as an ‘internet of bodies […] An ‘internet of bodies’ may also ultimately lead to an ‘internet of brains’, i.e. human brains connected to the internet to facilitate direct brain-to-brain communication and enable access to online data networks.’“
The Internet of Bodies and the coming Internet of Brains fall specifically under the category of “human augmentation technologies,” which “refer to technologies that enhance human capabilities, either physically or cognitively.”
According to the report, the technological applications most associated with human augmentation include:
- Wearable devices and implants for tracking and analyzing physiological and environmental data (e.g. biochips and implantable sensors). These technologies aim to achieve real-time continuous monitoring of physiological data to understand human health conditions and performance
- Sensory augmentation technologies such as hearing and retinal implants designed to improve or augment sensory activities, particularly vision and hearing. Smart prosthetics are a related category, including exoskeletons, i.e. whole-body robotic suits that enhance end users’ physical capabilities and improve their mobility, strength, endurance and other abilities
- Brain-computer or brain-brain interfaces that establish direct communications between human brains and/or computer devices
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Yellen is yellin’ again; does any of it make sense?
On yesterday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stated that a key plank of President Joe Biden’s agenda to lower costs is by “creating incentives to dramatically improve the use of clean energy in the United States” and “over time, this will help lower household energy costs.”
Host Andrea Mitchell asked, “[H]ow can you — I know you’re in Georgia today — help get the message to people that the economy is better and improve it even more, get those grocery prices down, help bring down the prices that people are feeling at their kitchen table?”
Yellen responded, “So, the President has indicated, and I certainly agree, that getting the cost of living down should be our number one economic priority. And he’s proposed many different ways of doing this. But one important way is by lowering energy prices and diminishing their volatility. Right now, when Putin invades Ukraine, or there are supply disruptions in the Middle East, we can see oil and energy costs skyrocketing, harming America’s families. And the Inflation Reduction Act is a comprehensive piece of legislation that’s creating incentives to dramatically improve the use of clean energy in the United States. I’m here in Georgia today to visit a company called Suniva, which manufactures solar cells. And this is, of course, a key input into solar panels. We have been very heavily dependent — overdependent on China for our supplies of these goods. And the incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act have incentivized Suniva to reopen their solar cell plant and to manufacture cells in the United States. And, as I said, over time, this will help lower household energy costs. But, in addition, it’s making our supply chains more resilient. And, very importantly, it is creating very good jobs, and jobs, most of which don’t require a college education and in parts of the country that haven’t seen a great deal of investment in recent decades. And Andrea, this is happening all over the country in things related to clean energy, in batteries, electric vehicles, wind. But it’s also happening in semiconductors as a consequence of the CHIPS and Science Act, a bipartisan bill that was passed two years ago, and, of course, a tremendous number of jobs relating to the bipartisan Infrastructure Act.”
GARDENING, FARMING & HOMESTEADING
18 Must-Plant Trees to Line Your Driveway for Year-Round Beauty
What can be more picturesque and relaxing than driving, riding or also walking along a driveway lined with green, lush and beautiful trees? Not only will you feel and breathe in the fresh and oxygen rich air that comes from their leafy crowns in summer, but you will also feel like your journey is in the very midst of Nature, like in the countryside, or even in a florid forest, and often brightened up by colorful and fragrant flowers as well.
However, picking the right variety of tree for your driveway can be a challenge… Will it fit your garden design and landscape? Will it thrive in the growing conditions you can offer it? Will it be too big, too small, or even too slow growing for you to enjoy the final effect? And what about maintenance?
But fortunately, you have taken thethe right path, and you are now at a gate; open it and you will find all the best tree varieties for your needs and driveway, and lots of practical tips to make the best choice possible!
2ND AMENDMENT
Florida Sheriff encourages homeowners to shoot home invaders!
Sheriff Bob Johnson of Santa Rosa County, Florida, stands by 2022 comments he made encouraging homeowners to shoot intruders and points out the odds of a dead intruder committing another offense are “zero.”
Johnson’s initial 2022 comments have made the rounds on social media;
In a March 27, 2024, FOX News interview Johnson stood by his comments, noting, “I said [at the press conference] if you shoot accurately, and you kill the guy, you save taxpayers money. And I also said that if somebody gets killed during a home invasion, the odds of them re-offending are zero. And we like those odds, which we do.”
He continued, “And in Santa Rosa County, we have a very high percentage of the population that have weapons, and I promote the use of them if you’re in your house. And somebody kicks your door in because they’re not coming in to give you a hug or to give you cookies, they’re coming in to commit felonies.”
Johnson made clear there have not been any home invasions in Santa Rosa County since the 2022 video in which he expressed support for homeowners shooting intruders.
CANCEL CULTURE
The Missouri teen who suffered a critical head injury after being slammed into the pavement during a brawl had been suspended from school the previous day for being involved in another fight, a new report revealed.
The viral March 8 fight where Kaylee Gain, 16, sustained a skull fracture and brain bleed at the hands of a 15-year-old girl was preceded by a fight between Gain and her opponents’ friend, sources told the New York Post.
“It is unclear if Gain was the aggressor or the target in that earlier fight,” the outlet noted.
The publication added that sources said Kaylee and the girl seen slamming her head in the ground were members of “two rival friend groups” at Hazelwood East High School in St. Louis.
The 15-year-old combatant, who remains in custody at a juvenile detention facility on felony assault charges, has no violent history according to her defense attorney, Greg Smith.
Shocking video of the devastating brawl, which took place about a mile from the high school, shows several teens senselessly beating each other as the 15-year-old girl is seen bashing Kaylee’s head into the street — after Kaylee threw the first punch.
Many people online were outraged at the fight video, presumably recorded by another student, arguing that Kaylee’s opponent went way too far when cracking the teen’s skull in retaliation.
Kaylee’s father, Clinton Gain, announced on Friday that his daughter had made progress after spending two weeks in a coma.
Because Kaylee is white and the other girl is black, the fight video also ignited racial tensions.
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey told conservative commentator Benny Johnson that the girl “absolutely needs to be tried as an adult” and that he is open to bringing forth hate crime charges.
Bailey also claimed the school district’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies allowed the fight, which took place off of school grounds and after school hours, to occur.
“I am launching an investigation into Hazelwood School District after a student was senselessly assaulted by another student in broad daylight,” Bailey said in a statement obtained by the Associated Press. “The entire community deserves answers on how Hazelwood’s radical DEI programs resulted in such despicable safety failures that has resulted in a student fighting for her life.”
Hazelwood School District is majority black, with only two percent of the students being white, according to state education department data.
District lawyer Cindy Reeds Ormsby wrote in a Tuesday letter to Bailey that his “obvious racial bias against majority minority school districts is clear.”
“Do you honestly believe, again, without any official verification or specific knowledge, that the fight on March 8th was a result of a racial issue between the female students that was caused by the HSD belief in the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion for all?” Ormsby wrote in the letter, also obtained by the AP.
“What community do you represent as the Missouri Attorney General? Do you represent all citizens of Missouri? Or only the white citizens?”
While a hearing on whether or not to try the teen as an adult is set to take place next week, a petition has been put up on Change.org to get her to be tried as a juvenile instead.
The petition, organized by a woman named Yaya Seven, identified the 15-year-old as Maurnice DeClue, and claimed she was “defending herself from harassment and bullying.”
“She is multilingual, speaking four languages including Spanish and Korean, plays the violin in the school orchestra, played on her school’s volleyball team and was recently selected for college-level AP classes due to her academic excellence,” the page states.
“Prior to an incident on March 8th where she was seen defending herself from harassment and bullying, she had never been in trouble,” Seven continued. “Her work as a scholar was tainted by the bullying she had to endure at school.”
She went on to condemn the “racial divisions” she said were incited by the fight and AG Bailey, and requested that “all aspects of her life be considered during indictment and sentencing.”
Seven also reported that the DeClue family has “received multiple racist death threats and have had people trying to dox them and release protected and personal information about the family and Maurnice.”
A rival petition organized by Ryan Smith simply states, “This needs to be handled in the adult court system based on the brutality of the assault.”
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