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April 6, 2021
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-04-04/bystander-intervene-derek-chauvin-asian-attacks
In the last week, we saw another horrific anti-Asian assault on video. A 65-year-old woman was walking to church in New York City when she was brutally attacked by a man on a street near Times Square. The assailant said, “You don’t belong here,” as he kicked her in the chest and stomped on her while she was on the ground.
The footage from an apartment building captured the vicious attack, allowing authorities to identify and arrest a suspect. The video also caught the behavior of security guards who witnessed the assault from inside the building. Stunningly, rather than intervening to help, one of the guards slowly walked toward the woman. Then he closed the door, leaving her alone on the sidewalk a few feet away.
Reacting on Twitter, Sherrilyn Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, wrote, “I have seen similar scenes from history of bystanders who turned away. It is a sign of danger for our society… We need to understand, what did these security guards think they were securing in that moment?”
This is exactly the right question. We think part of the answer is about identity.
Since the 1960s, social psychologists have been studying why bystanders fail to intervene when strangers need help. Among other factors, people are significantly more likely to assist victims if they believe that they share an identity — a common group membership — with them.
*snip*
Why do bystanders fail to intervene when they see others in pain?
https://twitter.com/naacp_ldf/status/1379456417229324300Tweet text:
Legal Defense Fund
@NAACP_LDF
“I have seen similar scenes from history of bystanders who turned away. It is a sign of danger for our society … We need to understand, what did these security guards think they were securing in that moment?” - @Sifill_LDF
People attend an Asian American anti-violence press conference outside the building were a 65-year-old Asian woman was attacked in New York on March 30, 2021. - New York police were searching Tuesday for a man who violently attacked an Asian-American woman as bystanders seemingly looked on without intervening, the latest incident of anti-Asian violence in the United States. The attack, which took place on a sidewalk...
Op-Ed: Why do bystanders fail to intervene when they see others in pain?
Social identities can cause us to extend care to people within our boundaries but withhold our concern from people we think are on the outside.
latimes.com
8:30 AM · Apr 6, 2021
Legal Defense Fund
@NAACP_LDF
“I have seen similar scenes from history of bystanders who turned away. It is a sign of danger for our society … We need to understand, what did these security guards think they were securing in that moment?” - @Sifill_LDF
People attend an Asian American anti-violence press conference outside the building were a 65-year-old Asian woman was attacked in New York on March 30, 2021. - New York police were searching Tuesday for a man who violently attacked an Asian-American woman as bystanders seemingly looked on without intervening, the latest incident of anti-Asian violence in the United States. The attack, which took place on a sidewalk...
Op-Ed: Why do bystanders fail to intervene when they see others in pain?
Social identities can cause us to extend care to people within our boundaries but withhold our concern from people we think are on the outside.
latimes.com
8:30 AM · Apr 6, 2021
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-04-04/bystander-intervene-derek-chauvin-asian-attacks
In the last week, we saw another horrific anti-Asian assault on video. A 65-year-old woman was walking to church in New York City when she was brutally attacked by a man on a street near Times Square. The assailant said, “You don’t belong here,” as he kicked her in the chest and stomped on her while she was on the ground.
The footage from an apartment building captured the vicious attack, allowing authorities to identify and arrest a suspect. The video also caught the behavior of security guards who witnessed the assault from inside the building. Stunningly, rather than intervening to help, one of the guards slowly walked toward the woman. Then he closed the door, leaving her alone on the sidewalk a few feet away.
Reacting on Twitter, Sherrilyn Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, wrote, “I have seen similar scenes from history of bystanders who turned away. It is a sign of danger for our society… We need to understand, what did these security guards think they were securing in that moment?”
This is exactly the right question. We think part of the answer is about identity.
Since the 1960s, social psychologists have been studying why bystanders fail to intervene when strangers need help. Among other factors, people are significantly more likely to assist victims if they believe that they share an identity — a common group membership — with them.
*snip*
April 6, 2021
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/06/economy/imf-us-economy-recovery/index.html
IMF says US economy is growing at its fastest pace since 1984
https://twitter.com/wasoncelou/status/1379497564983164932Tweet text:
UvT Watches Baseball
@WasOnceLou
IMF says US economy is growing at its fastest pace since 1984 - CNN #BidenBoom
The US economy is growing at its fastest pace since 1984
President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus package will boost the US economy and drive faster global growth this year, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday, though it warned that many...
cnn.com
11:13 AM · Apr 6, 2021
UvT Watches Baseball
@WasOnceLou
IMF says US economy is growing at its fastest pace since 1984 - CNN #BidenBoom
The US economy is growing at its fastest pace since 1984
President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus package will boost the US economy and drive faster global growth this year, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday, though it warned that many...
cnn.com
11:13 AM · Apr 6, 2021
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/06/economy/imf-us-economy-recovery/index.html
April 6, 2021
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/05/politics/honore-capitol-police-mission-congressional-staff-background-checks-cnntv/index.html
Washington (CNN) — The leader of a task force that reviewed security failures around the January 6 insurrection reiterated his call on Monday for background checks on all congressional staff following yet another deadly attack at the US Capitol.
But Retired Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré, speaking to CNN's Jim Sciutto, also pushed back on claims that the Capitol Police is unable to currently fulfill its mission of protecting lawmakers, calling the assertion "BS."
Honoré said that his team did not investigate allegations that some Republican lawmakers and staff gave tours to those who later participated in the January 6 riot, but said he continues to support recommendations for conducting background checks on everyone working at the Capitol -- a potentially massive undertaking that raises several logistical and political questions. Currently, there is only a background check process for staffers who apply for security clearances.
"We made recommendations that everyone coming into the Capitol give background checks, the entire Congressional staff," Honoré said. "We do think that everyone going into the Capitol, that works there, should have complete background checks and we need to improve the ability to process people with vestibules outside of the Capitol so people can comes in, be quickly screened and go through using the best technology."
*snip*
Russell Honor calls for background checks on all congressional staff
https://twitter.com/reflectingman/status/1379442077780615175Tweet text:
D.K.R. Boyd
@ReflectingMan
Russell Honoré: Head of Capitol security review calls for background checks on all congressional staff - CNNPolitics
Head of Capitol security review calls for background checks on all congressional staff
The leader of a task force that reviewed security failures around the January 6 insurrection reiterated his call on Monday for background checks on all congressional staff following yet another...
cnn.com
7:33 AM · Apr 6, 2021
D.K.R. Boyd
@ReflectingMan
Russell Honoré: Head of Capitol security review calls for background checks on all congressional staff - CNNPolitics
Head of Capitol security review calls for background checks on all congressional staff
The leader of a task force that reviewed security failures around the January 6 insurrection reiterated his call on Monday for background checks on all congressional staff following yet another...
cnn.com
7:33 AM · Apr 6, 2021
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/05/politics/honore-capitol-police-mission-congressional-staff-background-checks-cnntv/index.html
Washington (CNN) — The leader of a task force that reviewed security failures around the January 6 insurrection reiterated his call on Monday for background checks on all congressional staff following yet another deadly attack at the US Capitol.
But Retired Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré, speaking to CNN's Jim Sciutto, also pushed back on claims that the Capitol Police is unable to currently fulfill its mission of protecting lawmakers, calling the assertion "BS."
Honoré said that his team did not investigate allegations that some Republican lawmakers and staff gave tours to those who later participated in the January 6 riot, but said he continues to support recommendations for conducting background checks on everyone working at the Capitol -- a potentially massive undertaking that raises several logistical and political questions. Currently, there is only a background check process for staffers who apply for security clearances.
"We made recommendations that everyone coming into the Capitol give background checks, the entire Congressional staff," Honoré said. "We do think that everyone going into the Capitol, that works there, should have complete background checks and we need to improve the ability to process people with vestibules outside of the Capitol so people can comes in, be quickly screened and go through using the best technology."
*snip*
April 6, 2021
US Navy confirms 'active shooter incident' at Fort Detrick; says US sailors were involved.
https://twitter.com/rothschildmd/status/1379481681292222465Tweet text:
Mike Rothschild
@rothschildmd
Fort Detrick is the home of the US' biological defense and research programs, so this is bound to spark some conspiracy theories. Looks like two wounded and the shooter was killed.
Jonathan Lemire
@JonLemire
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — US Navy confirms 'active shooter incident' at Fort Detrick; says US sailors were involved.
10:10 AM · Apr 6, 2021
Mike Rothschild
@rothschildmd
Fort Detrick is the home of the US' biological defense and research programs, so this is bound to spark some conspiracy theories. Looks like two wounded and the shooter was killed.
Jonathan Lemire
@JonLemire
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — US Navy confirms 'active shooter incident' at Fort Detrick; says US sailors were involved.
10:10 AM · Apr 6, 2021
October 30, 2020
Fauci says 'maybe we should be mandating' masks. Here are his top 5 reasons why.
https://twitter.com/spiroagnewghost/status/1322038518315589632Tweet text:
Spiro Agnew’s Ghost
@SpiroAgnewGhost
Fauci says it's time for the US to 'put aside these extraordinary excuses' and mandate masks
Fauci says 'maybe we should be mandating' masks. Here are his top 5 reasons why.
"If people are not wearing masks, then maybe we should be mandating it," Fauci recently told CNN. There are at least 5 reasons why he thinks so.
news.yahoo.com
Spiro Agnew’s Ghost
@SpiroAgnewGhost
Fauci says it's time for the US to 'put aside these extraordinary excuses' and mandate masks
Fauci says 'maybe we should be mandating' masks. Here are his top 5 reasons why.
"If people are not wearing masks, then maybe we should be mandating it," Fauci recently told CNN. There are at least 5 reasons why he thinks so.
news.yahoo.com
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