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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/memphis-unrest-police-shooting_n_5d021716e4b0304a120a34a3 MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Armed officers and an angry crowd faced off after a Tennessee man was fatally shot by U.S. Marshals in a working-class Memphis neighborhood. People in the crowd threw rocks and bricks, with 25 officers suffering mostly minor injuries during the tense clash Wednesday night in the Frayser community in north Memphis. Officers cordoned off several blocks near the scene. By 11 p.m., officers had used tear gas and most of the crowd dispersed, police director Michael Rallings said at a Thursday morning at a news conference. Three people were arrested. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Keli McAlister said the Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force went to a Frayser home to look for a suspect with felony warrants. Marshals saw the man get into a vehicle and then proceed to ram task force vehicles several times before exiting with a weapon, McAlister said. Marshals then opened fire, killing the man who died at the scene. McAlister did not say how many marshals fired or how many times the man was shot. One local official identified the victim as Brandon Webber and said he was shot several times in his family’s front yard. Family members confirmed to the Daily Memphian that the 21-year-old Webber died. In identifying Webber on Twitter early Thursday, Shelby County Commissioner and mayoral candidate Tami Sawyer said “Every life lost should matter...every single one. How many times will this be ok? It cannot continue to be.” Memphis police officers were called in to help with crowd control as word of the shooting spread on social media. As more protesters showed up, more Memphis officers and Shelby County sheriff’s deputies arrived at the scene. The situation then escalated, and officers donned protective riot gear as people threw rocks and bricks. Police cars and a nearby fire station were damaged, Rallings said. The TBI is called in to investigate police-involved shootings by district attorneys in Shelby and other counties in the state. TBI investigators then give their report to the district attorney, who will decide whether to pursue charges against officers involved. The police director implored residents to wait until the TBI finishes its investigation before spreading possible misinformation about the shooting. “I need everyone to stay calm,” Rallings said. While police support the right of people to demonstrate, Rallings said “we will not allow any acts of violence.” Passion Anderson, a 34-year-old student, drove her 13-year-old son to the scene early Thursday, after protesters had gone and the scene had calmed down. She grew up in Memphis, but left to Ohio before moving in November to the Frayser neighborhood, a mostly low- to middle-income area north of downtown. Anderson said she worries about her son’s safety every day in Memphis which like other large cities, struggles with violent crime. “I just want him to see this, know what’s going on, to be conscious,” she said from the driver’s seat of her car, with her son in the passenger seat. “I fear for him all the time.” So according to the mayoral candidate, it is not OK for the US Marshals to defend themselves from someone with multiple warrants, who is armed, ramming their vehicles to avoid arrest. The result was the revenge and handling efforts to calm being put on the local police.

Sorry but things are black and white. But there's really not much to see but equipment.

I definitely don’t make 6 figures but when I left Michigan City to teach in crown Point I immediately made more (not a ton) money in CP without coaching than I did in MC coaching 2 sports. Gotta do what’s best for you and your family

I agree with your point about equal pay. Concerning their running up the score against Thailand; normally I would abhor this kind of behavior but you have to look at how the World Cup tournament is structured. The U.S. women had every incentive to keep scoring, because goal differential could decide who finishes first in Group F. The U.S. and Sweden—who knocked out the women's team at the 2016 Olympics—are the likely teams to finish first and second in their group. If they tie head-to-head, goal differential would determine who has to play Canada or the Netherlands, and who gets to play the second-place team in Group B. That’s worth the running up the score IMHO.

https://reason.com/2019/06/12/how-oakland-cops-gamed-the-system-to-earn-30-million-in-overtime-pay/#comments A couple things here. 1. Can't the Golden State Warrior pay for their own security? and 2. Do all government employees get both overtime pay and comp time for the same work? That’s just crazy. As one of the comments to this article state: "That’s basically saying that every overtime hour costs the department 3x the cop’s base pay. And that’s before the cascading effect mentioned in the article."

https://reason.com/2019/06/13/union-battles-inmates-who-want-to-work-as-firefighters/ Yet another reason why public sector unions should be outlawed, they use the force of government to reduce competition. Despicable.

USA soccer star Megan Rapinoe refuses to sing national anthem before World Cup match: https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/448157-usa-soccer-star-megan-rapinoe-refuses-to-sing-national-anthem Ohh, the outrage. Funny that you see plenty of professional baseball, basketball, and football players not actually sing along to the national anthem and nothing is mentioned.

So catering to the target market means showing "max patriotism"? Is an NFL player standing but not singing along to the national anthem somehow a political statement?

Feminists Say It's Sexist To Criticize Female Athletes For Excessive Celebration. That's Insanely Stupid.: https://www.dailywire.com/news/48376/walsh-feminists-say-its-sexist-criticize-female-matt-walsh

Is Accepting Information About a Political Opponent From a Foreigner 'an Assault on Our Democracy'?: https://reason.com/2019/06/13/is-accepting-information-about-a-political-opponent-from-a-foreigner-an-assault-on-our-democracy/ Nope, it doesn't make sense.