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They were eventually slowly released, sometimes one by one so they had no independent witness present. On released they were each surrounded by a large group of police to have their photo and personal details taken.
Many were young, some minors. They were detained long after public transport had closed for the night many with no battery life on their phones, and little money.
It has been reported that one young woman was hit with a baton by a police officer in riot gear for asking to be released because her dad was expecting to meet up with her.
There were some disturbances, but protesters who had thrown water bottles at police escaped the kettling.
President of Chicago Police Board hit with batons during protest
“This is the duality I live with as a black man in America, even one who is privileged to be part of systems of power,” Foreman said.
By Alexandra Kelley
The president of the Chicago Police Board, Ghian Foreman, said Friday that he was struck with batons by police officers as they clashed with protesters on the South Side of the city. Like many other cities, they were protesting police brutality in light of the death of George Floyd, a black man who died during an arrest on May 25.
The Chicago Tribune reports that Foreman was not participating in the demonstrations, but encountered it on a walk when it became confrontational. He said during a Police Board press conference that he was hit about five times in his legs with batons.
“It was chaos. It was a no-win situation on both sides,” Foreman said of the clash.
Foreman told the press that he shared his experience to reinforce his position on police accountability as well as the fact “that it seems ironic that someone in a public-facing position could also become a victim of police aggression.”
“This is the duality I live with as a black man in America, even one who is privileged to be part of systems of power,” he explained. “I am not exempt from what any other black man faces on the streets.”
Foreman has served on the Police Board since 2010 and has been president since 2018. He confirmed that the situation is being investigated by Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability, and emphasized that aggressive confrontations like his should be avoided.
“There is important work to be done,” Foreman said. “If we are to improve police officer training, better educate them on de-escalation techniques and develop a peer support program in the next 90 days as we have been asked to do, we cannot afford to lose focus now.”...
You think they didn't know him?
We learned nothing more after Ferguson unrest.
(We did though).
Because the Canadian-based Uranium One has mines in Wyoming, U.S. authorities were compelled to review the sale of this company to Rosatom. The Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States (“CFIUS”) is charged with reviewing foreign investments with potential impacts on national security. It has nine members:
The Secretaries of Treasury, State, Defense, Homeland Security, Commerce, and Energy;
The Attorney General;
United States Trade Representative and Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
While CFIUS reviews transactions and flags security threats, it does not have the power to stop them; only the President can do that. In her capacity as Secretary of State, Clinton’s objection could not have stopped the sale, nor could she have unilaterally approved it. The Secretary of State is one of nine votes within CFIUS that makes a recommendation to the President to accept or reject. In this case, the committee did not raise any security concerns. Furthermore, even right wing media cites no direct evidence that she intervened on Uranium One’s behalf, for or against.
The deal did not transfer any uranium from the U.S. to Russia, let alone “20 percent of U.S. uranium” to Russian ownership.
Where does the “20 percent” claim even come from? First, there is a big difference between capacity and supply. Uranium One’s Wyoming facilities could theoretically process 20 percent of uranium produced domestically in the United States, but production capacity does not equal physical supply, and those facilities have never produced anywhere near that quantity. Moreover, no uranium was transferred to Russia from the United States. The United States already imports the overwhelming majority of uranium it uses from countries like Kazakhstan, Canada, and Russia.
After Rosatom acquired Uranium One, it couldn’t just export uranium from the United States to Russia anyway. Why? The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) would have to grant an export license first, which it didn’t do. In fact, the NRC made clear in 2010 that “no uranium produced at either facility may be exported” to Russia. While a small shipment of yellowcake uranium received approval for export from the United States to Canada in 2012—with the Obama administration then approving the transfer of a portion of that shipment to Europe—no exports of uranium from those facilities have taken place since.
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