Gilead
Police White supremacist gangs
Fig. 1. Image credited to Darnella Frazier, made from a video posted to Facebook, of Minneapolis white supremacist gangster Derek Chauvin’s knee on George Floyd’s neck, May 25, 2020, via ABC News,[1] fair use.
Um, yeah, Greensburg’s finest here:
[Greensburg Police Chief Shawn] Denning is charged with two counts of aiding and abetting the distribution of cocaine and three counts of aiding and abetting the distribution of methamphetamine, according to a complaint filed in federal court in Pittsburgh by the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Denning, 41, of Delmont also is charged with conspiring to distribute controlled drugs from about June 2021 through October 2022, according to the complaint that was unsealed on Tuesday.[2]
Greensburg is in Westmoreland County but is relatively cosmopolitan for that county. At one point, it even had a vegan restaurant that I never made it to because it was a breakfast and lunch only place.
But because it’s in Westmoreland County, which is very conservative, Greensburg is also where prominent conservatives, including Donald Trump, have gone to hold rallies.
Shawn Denning was promoted to police chief in March 2022 even as the Drug Enforcement Agency was already investigating him.[3]
Jeff Himler, “Greensburg police chief out, charged with drug distribution,” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, January 25, 2023, https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/greensburg-police-chief-charged-in-federal-court-with-conspiring-to-distribute-drugs/
Gilead
Donald Trump
Coup attempt
Fig. 1. “Jake Angeli (Qanon Shaman), seen holding a Qanon sign at the intersection of Bell Rd and 75th Ave in Peoria, Arizona, on 2020 October 15.” Photography by TheUnseen011101 [pseud.], October 15, 2020, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Elon Musk had already restored Donald Trump’s account on Twitter.[4] Now Trump will be getting his Facebook and Instagram accounts back.[5] There is, I suppose, still the matter of YouTube,[6] but otherwise, Trump very nearly has his previous social media presence restored.
That said, Trump will supposedly face increased penalties should he repeat his stunt of using Facebook or Instagram to attempt to delegitimize an election in the future.[7] Musk has imposed no similar restriction.
Rachel Weiner, “Four other Oath Keepers found guilty of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy,” Washington Post, January 23, 2023, https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/01/23/oathkeepers-verdict-seditious-conspiracy-jan6-guilty/
Maggie Haberman, “Classified Documents Found at Pence’s Home in Indiana,” New York Times, January 24, 2023, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/us/politics/mike-pence-classified-documents.html
Clare Duffy, “Meta says it will restore Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts,” CNN, January 25, 2023, https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/25/tech/meta-facebook-trump-decision/index.html
- [1]Catherine Thorbecke, “Derek Chauvin had his knee on George Floyd’s neck for nearly 9 minutes, complaint says,” ABC News, May 29, 2020, https://abcnews.go.com/US/derek-chauvin-knee-george-floyds-neck-minutes-complaint/story?id=70961042↩
- [2]Jeff Himler, “Greensburg police chief out, charged with drug distribution,” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, January 25, 2023, https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/greensburg-police-chief-charged-in-federal-court-with-conspiring-to-distribute-drugs/↩
- [3]Jeff Himler, “Greensburg police chief out, charged with drug distribution,” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, January 25, 2023, https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/greensburg-police-chief-charged-in-federal-court-with-conspiring-to-distribute-drugs/↩
- [4]Liz Moyer, “Elon Musk Reinstates Trump on Twitter. Trump Shrugs,” Barron’s, November 20, 2022, https://www.barrons.com/articles/elon-musk-reinstates-trump-on-twitter-trump-shrugs-51668964354; Kelly Rissman, “Donald Trump’s Twitter Account Has Been Reactivated But Will He Return?” Vanity Fair, November 20, 2022, https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/11/donald-trump-twitter-account-has-been-reactivated; Vlad Savov, “Musk Welcomes Ye Back to Twitter After Inviting Trump’s Return,” Bloomberg, November 20, 2022, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-21/musk-welcomes-ye-back-to-twitter-after-inviting-trump-s-return↩
- [5]Clare Duffy, “Meta says it will restore Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts,” CNN, January 25, 2023, https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/25/tech/meta-facebook-trump-decision/index.html↩
- [6]Rachel Lerman, “Trump has been suspended from YouTube,” Washington Post, January 13, 2021, https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/12/trump-youtube-ban/↩
- [7]Clare Duffy, “Meta says it will restore Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts,” CNN, January 25, 2023, https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/25/tech/meta-facebook-trump-decision/index.html↩