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Q: MouseLeave eventhandler is too slow I'm using the MouseLeave event to check if the user left my form and to close my window, but using
this.MouseLeave += new System.EventHandler(this.InvisibleForm_Leave);
is too slow, only if I'm going to leave my form slowly the event is fired, moving it in a normal way / a little bit faster I don't get a leave event.
Therefore I tried to check on my own if the mouse left my form or not:
private void checkPos()
    {
        Rectangle rec = this.Bounds;
        while (true)
        {
            Point point = new Point(Cursor.Position.X, Cursor.Position.Y);
            if (!rec.Contains(point))
            {
                Console.WriteLine("leaving");
                this.Close();
            }
            Thread.Sleep(100);
        }
    }

started in a own thread after creating the form:
public MyForm()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        Thread m_mouseListenerThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(this.checkPos));
        m_mouseListenerThread.Start();
    }

But with this I have more or less the same problem, leaving the area still returns true after checking it with rec.Contains(point) only after a second he is going to execute the if code, but sometimes he's getting it in an instant.
The second problem with this is that I'm getting a thread exception in the this.Close(); line in the checkPost() method:

Cross-thread operation not valid: Control 'MyForm' accessed from a thread other than the thread it was created on.

Now I don't really know how to implement the mouse leaving part in another way.

A: I don't think MouseLeave performance is the issue here.  I've used the MouseLeave (in combination with MouseEnter and MouseMove) to automatically fade in/out forms.  It works :).
Here's a sample form with just a Label:

If MouseLeave is handled for both the Label and the Form, the event handler always fires regardless of how fast I move the mouse.  For example:
this.label1.MouseLeave += new System.EventHandler(this.HandleMouseLeave);
this.MouseLeave += new System.EventHandler(this.HandleMouseLeave);

private void HandleMouseLeave(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   Debug.WriteLine(string.Format("MouseLeave: {0}", DateTime.Now));
}

However, if I remove the MouseLeave handler for label1, I am able to reproduce the behavior that you are seeing.  If I move the mouse slowly from label1 (orange) to the form (green) and outside, the event fires.  If I move the mouse quickly from label1 to outside of the form, the event does not fire.
So, what I think is happening is that a child control of your form is firing a MouseLeave event, and you are not handling that event.  The reason you see the event fire when you move the mouse slowly is because you are hovering over the form area long enough to produce the event.
Further, spawning a separate thread to monitor MouseLeave events is not a good approach.  Your performance will suffer as this thread polls for an event state (as opposed to waiting for an event), you are creating an unnecessary headache of starting/stopping the threads, and you will need to invoke back onto the UI thread whenever you want to do anything with the form (as you have learned).  If you have the time to revisit the MouseLeave event approach, I would highly recommend that you do so.  Good luck!

A: *

*For the mouse leaving part, I am not quite sure. Maybe you can try to handle that by MouseMove event?

*For the invalid cross-thread operation issue, you simply cannot access a control which is owned by another thread (it's the UI thread in your case). Use Control.BeginInvoke or Control.Invoke instead.

A: I faced same problem, do that:

*

*put timer in form.

*Put your code in timer tick event like mouse leave:
Label1.BackColor=Color.PaleGreen;

*Set timer interval to less than 30

*Use this function
protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e)
{
    base.OnLoad(e);
    timer1_Tick(label1(example), e);
}

*Put this in formload event
timer1.Tick += timer1_Tick;

the code will run very quickly and easy , you will never see any problem like this again

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The Resurrection of Racism and the Erection of a Wall Part VI: Trump's Racism, the Squad and Israel
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There are at least five areas in which Israel has moved to the centre of American politics: Donald Trump's racism; the BDS movement; diaspora-Jewish Israeli relations; the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Iran. I begin with the first, as much for continuity as anything else, and will include a discussion of the second in this blog.
Recently, Donald Trump, in his racist attack on four Democratic congresswomen of colour – Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan – told them they could go back to where they came from, though all four were American citizens and three were born in the United States. Soon after the massive tsunami of criticism hit him, he began to use Israel as a cover for his racism. Israel has now been inserted front and centre into the debate over his combined misogyny and white entitlement as Trump has tripled down on his attacks, but tried to shift the centre of gravity of his diatribe from his racially-charged comments to a defence of Israel.
According to Trump, the four members of "The Squad" are not only incapable "of loving our country," but carry with them a visceral hatred of Israel. "They should apologize to America (and Israel) for the horrible (hateful) things they have said." This pairing of the cover-up of his racism with a defence of Israel is not a one-off remark, but has quickly emerged as a central theme of his campaign for re-election.
Trump defended his 14 July remarks by claiming that the four congresswomen hate the United States, support terrorists, are communists, are destroying the Democratic Party, and, last but far from least, carry a deep loathing for Israel and characterized their views as both anti-Israel and antisemitic 11 different times in twitter attacks as well as at rallies. In reality, the four congresswomen have very different views of Israel, both from each other and certainly from Donald Trump's characterization.
Tlaib, a Palestinian-American, is the most critical of Israel. She supports a one-state solution, a bi-national state in line with the views of a small minority of Jewish Zionists, such as Martin Buber, at the time the state was founded. More recently, the one-state solution has been generally deemed to be an impossibility as a bi-national solution and is adamantly rejected by Palestinians if the drift to a Jewish-dominated greater Israel emerges. However, a slight majority of Palestinians now agree with Tlaib and support a one-state solution based on an equality of both the Palestinian and Jewish nations.
In May, when Tlaib was interviewed about the creation of the state of Israel, she talked about her relatives who lost their jobs and their land at the time and added, "All of it was in the name of trying to create a safe haven for Jews, post the Holocaust, post the tragedy and horrific persecution of Jews across the world at that time." She then made a second surprising point. "And I love the fact that it was my ancestors that provided that, right?" and that thought gave her a "calming feeling."
Republicans juxtaposed the phrase "calming feeling" with Tlaib's reference to the Holocaust, when there was no such connection in what she said. That inspired House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to ask GOP leaders to apologize for distorting what Tlaib said. However, Tlaib engaged in her own distortion. Only a small minority of Palestinians welcomed creating a "safe haven" for Jews during the Holocaust. The Palestinian political leadership openly, especially the grand mufti of Jerusalem, Mohammed Amin al-Husseini, cooperated with the Nazis.
Rep. Ilhan Omar, in contrast, in an op-ed in The Washington Post in March, urged both sides "to move toward a peaceful two-state solution. (my italics) Omar recognized that Israel has been the historical homeland of the Jewish people. "The founding of Israel 70 years ago was built on the Jewish people's connection to their historical homeland, as well as the urgency of establishing a nation in the wake of the horror of the Holocaust and the centuries of anti-Semitic oppression leading up to it." She added, however, that, "We must acknowledge that this is also the historical homeland of Palestinians. And without a state, the Palestinian people live in a state of permanent refugeehood and displacement. This, too, is a refugee crisis, and they, too, deserve freedom and dignity." She has urged the U.S. to take, "A balanced, inclusive approach to the conflict," one that "recognizes the shared desire for security and freedom of both peoples."
President Donald Trump said almost the same thing last September when he expressed his support for a two-state solution. Ironically, he later said that he would endorse a one-state solution if it was agreed upon by both peoples. The difference is that Omar has vociferously supported the rights of Palestinians, opposed Israeli settlement policy in the West Bank and criticized the lobbying efforts of AIPAC. Trump in one of his tweets wrote that, "they (only Omar made this slip for which she later apologized) accuse people who support Israel as doing it for the Benjamin's." Omar had used this slang term for $100 bills to infer that US policy on Israel was in good part determined by Jewish political donations, a characterization that relied on a standard antisemitic trope of Jewish money deforming the democratic political process.
Trump repeatedly treats the four congresswomen as having a singular mind set on Israel and has accused them of talking "about Israel like they're a bunch of thugs." They "are anti-Israel" and "hate Israel." However, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts is an open supporter of Israel. Yet he included her with those who "hate Israel with a true and unbridled passion." This was well after The Times of Israel ran a story in November 2018 called, "How we got Ayanna Pressley Wrong on Israel."
As a city councillor in Boston for 11 years, Pressley received strong support from the Jewish community there. She is an open supporter of Israel, backs a two-state solution and opposes BDS, though she opposes making BDS illegal on the basis of the First Amendment. "I steadfastly support a two-state solution that will safeguard Israel's future as a Jewish and Democratic state, and establish a sovereign and independent Palestinian [state]. … We must avoid efforts to unilaterally blame and deny legitimacy to either side, and should instead work towards building a just solution that recognizes the trauma suffered by both populations." Yet Pressley voted for the House of Representatives recent motion this July, that was passed by an overwhelming majority – 398 – 17. 16 Democrats voted against the resolution including Tlaib and Omar.
The motion opposed "efforts to target American companies that are engaged in commercial activities that are legal under United States law, and all efforts to delegitimize the State of Israel," and accused the BDS movement of undermining "the possibility for a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by demanding concessions of one party alone and encouraging the Palestinians to reject negotiations in favor of international pressure." The resolution also urged "Israelis and Palestinians to return to direct negotiations as the only way to achieve an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict" and offered Israel increase.
This was in dramatic contrast to an amendment to an anti-BDS resolution two months earlier that was defeated 222-200. The amendment would have preventing firms that support the anti-Israel BDS movement from receiving tax subsidies as part of Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act intended to boost retirement savings. d security aid. Even before the vote, the resolution had been sponsored by 350 members from both parties to send a powerful message that the House of Representatives "explicitly rejects discrimination directed against the Jewish state through economic, cultural and political boycotts."
Most disquieting, however, Trump has accused all four congresswomen of being "antisemitic"; they talk about "evil Jews," he said. Omar once in 2012 tweeted about the "evil doings of Israel," but that is very different than calling Jews evil. Moreover, Omar also apologized for that remark.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) has tweeted her support for Omar, not for her position on Israel, but for her right to criticize both Israel and American foreign policy in the Middle East. In response to criticisms of Omar by Rep. Vargas, AOC asked if he would explain whether "it's unacceptable to even 'question' US foreign policy."
AOC, though also critical of Israel, particularly its policies in dealing with Gaza, on a PBS Firing Line show in 2018, clearly and unequivocally stated that she supports a two-state solution. "I believe absolutely in Israel's right to exist. I am a proponent of a two-state solution." However, she also called the deaths of Gazans "a massacre" and added, "I hope my peers have the moral courage to call it such. No state or entity is absolved from the mass shooting of protesters. There is no justification. Palestinian people deserve basic human dignity, as anyone else. Democrats can't be silent about this anymore."
She defended her position by sometimes arguing that she was not intimately familiar with the details of the conflict – it was not exactly at her kitchen table as she grew up – and that she approached the issue as a humanitarian activist rather than as a Middle East policy wonk. That, however, was not a sufficient justification for Israel supporters who criticized Hamas for continuing to lob mortars and send incendiary devices into Israel.
It would appear that AOC bought into the Al-Jazeera line that the July 2018 activities on the border of Gaza and Israel were simply protests about "the right of return" rather than deliberately organized challenges to current Israeli policies, especially with regard to Gaza. In another controversy, in June AOC called U.S. detention facilities on the Mexico-U.S. border "concentration camps." She refused to withdraw the phrase in the face of an understandable backlash that rejected the equation of the border facilities, however horrific, with concentration camps.
The bottom line, the four congresswomen have varied views of Israel and are critical to different degrees. None of them is antisemitic nor even anti-Israel per se, even Tlaib, who supports a one-state solution. Leaders around the world have been correctly revolted by Trump's racism and even for his demand that the four women "apologize to the people of Israel for saying the US internment facilities for illegal immigrants were like 'concentration camps'."
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Hero police officer sues chief constable over racial and religious discrimination
On Thursday 16th January, 2020, at the Leeds Employment Tribunal centre, a final hearing into claims of racial and religious discrimination against West Yorkshire Police will open. A serving police sergeant, Umer Saeed, is the claimant. An accomplished individual, with a BSc degree in Business Administration and Management and over 20 years experience as a police officer; a large part of that in specialist roles.
The hearing is expected to last for twelve court days with some highly-charged evidence expected to be heard from the witness box. Cross-examination is likely to be a lively affair as WYP's 'go-to' counsel, Olivia Checa-Dover, yet again takes the stage. She has recently represented the police in two other high profile civil court cases, featuring a Bradford doctor, Abdul Rashid (read more here) and a retired police constable, Kerry Perkins (read more here).
Umer Saeed is represented by Rebian Solicitors and their instructed barrister is Adam Willoughby of Broadway House Chambers.
As many have done before him, Saeed alleges that the 'cover-up' of discrimination, both against him and others in the force area, goes to the very top of the force's hierarchy. It is anticipated that around twenty witnesses will give testimony to the tribunal, unless their witness statements are admitted into evidence in the meantime. It is customary in these proceedings for the police to turn up with a small army of lawyers, witnesses and observers, regardless of cost to the taxpaying public.
The well-informed might, quite rightly, muse as to why the chief constable did not take steps to compromise the Saeed claim, with its high potential for serious reputational and financial damage to the force. But it may well be that he was overruled by the Police and Crime Commissioner's highly litigious chief executive, Fraser Sampson. A noted wastrel when public funds are in issue. His wider role also encompasses general counsel to the police, giving him overall control of the force's legal department. Indeed, from personal experience, I can say that he regards the WYP Head of Legal Services with scarcely concealed disdain.
The PCC signs off all cheques for the police, of course, as part of his statutory remit. His office has not responded to a press enquiry on the subject of diversity and inclusion – and how they come to be facing the class, and scale, of allegations made by Sergeant Saeed.
Interest in the case is, undoubtedly, heightened when one takes into account the standing of Umer Saeed as a nationally known figure in Black and Muslim staff associations. He is Chair of the West Yorkshire Black Police Association, and General Secretary and a Cabinet Member of the National Black Police Association.
He is also a trained Police Federation representative and speaks four languages; Arabic, Punjabi, Slovak, Urdu. He joined the police service in June, 1999.
In February 2015, he received national prominence when he broke into the kitchen window of a burning house and saved the lives of a mother and two young children in Ireland Wood, Leeds. It was an outstanding act of bravery and Saeed had this to say of his heroism: "The smoke was acrid and I couldn't breathe but I was focused on finding them and getting them out in one piece. It was quite a disorientating situation with the smoke alarm going off."
His District Commander, Temporary Chief Superintendent Mabs Hussain, quite rightly commended the officer's work: "PC Saeed clearly displayed the qualities of bravery and professionalism that we so often see from our officers and staff in situations where people are in danger.
"He could see this family needed immediate help and his training gave him the confidence to assess the situation and intervene to bring them to safety from a potentially life-threatening situation."
Hussain has since moved onto Greater Manchester Police, in controversial circumstances (read more here), and a well placed source on his old patch tells me he has not sustained that support for his fellow BME officer over Saeed's discrimination claims. This would surprise few close to the seat of the action at both GMP and WYP, as 'top brass' closing ranks at the first sign of trouble for them, either individually or as as a police force, is de rigeur. Indeed, Hussain has been reported recently as claiming that well-evidenced and highly publicised criticism of his present chief constable, Ian Hopkins, by some distance the worst in the country (read more here), constitutes 'a hate campaign'.
As a footnote, and by way of balance, it should be noted that, back in 2013, Umer Saeed also featured in the high profile Anthony Ramsden case, involving WYP and the thoroughly disgraced Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), following an assault at Leeds United football ground in 2011. A widescale, dishonestly grounded 'cover-up' by both the police force and watchdog was, eventually, exposed.
A High Court case that followed is now an oft-cited legal authority in police complaints cases. Saeed was one of six Police Support Unit (PSU) officers giving evidence whom the force, and the IPCC, claimed ALL corrobated one another. When disclosure was eventually wrested from WYP, not ONE single statement corroborated ANY other. The judgment (read in full here) did not reflect the full transcipt of the proceedings which, at very considerable expense, Mr Ramsden took the trouble to obtain. Another demonstration of the seemingly unwritten public policy of at least some of the local judiciary that demands every conceivable accommodation be granted to West Yorkshire Police when determining matters potentially adverse to the public's confidence in them.
No criticism of PC Saeed (as he was then) should be inferred: Even though he was the only officer who admitted striking a member of the public, in the subject area outside the Elland Round ground, with his long baton, and, therefore, the one most likely to have hit Mr Ramsden, his witness statement was easily the most frank, and credible, of the six.
I declare a professional interest, having acted as police complaints advocate for Mr Ramsden, and being adjacent to the facts throughout. I also assisted in the placement of widespread local, regional and national media coverage of the case.
Over the past ten years there has been persistent, and often very damaging, publicity over the way West Yorkshire Police treats its black and minority ethnic (BME) officers and, on the evidence of some troubling civil court cases, members of the public of colour, too.
In May 2009, the Sunday Telegraph published an article following the leaking of a dossier that was highly critical of the force's notorious Professional Standards Department and their discriminatory handling of complaints against BME's. This followed a series of accusations from the officials at the local branches of the Police Federation and the National Black Police Association. The WYP talking head was Deputy Chief Constable, David Crompton, later to fall into repeated disgrace as chief constable at beleagured South Yorkshire Police (read more here). He denied there was a problem.
In March 2011, PC Kashif Ahmed had all ten charges against him dismissed by a judge at Bradford Crown Court after revelations about the seriously flawed way officers had investigated the case. HHJ Peter Benson, ruling in his favour to stay the prosecution, found that there was a "very significant irregularity and impropriety at the root of the investigation" and the whole process was "tarnished".
Judge Benson described two police witnesses, Detective Sergeant Penny Morley and Detective Constable Karen Wade who gave evidence in court during Ahmed's application to dismiss the case, as "evasive." He went on to say that Morley, who opened a CD document containing privileged contact between Mr Ahmed and his solicitor, had not told the truth. It is beyond incredible that Morley remained a much-favoured officer in WYP's Professional Standards Department until 'retiring' late last year. Her personal friendship with ACC Angela Williams, who has publicly described Morley as 'wonderful', enabled her to re-start at WYP as a civilian officer immediately after her warrant card was handed in. Obviously, on this evidence, being called a liar and rubbish at the job, by a circuit judge, is no handicap in the ranks of West Yorkshire Police.
Kash Ahmed later issued a civil claim against the police alleging a "witch hunt" against him by the PSD officers, led by another disgraced officer, DCI Steve Bennett (read more here). Having to represent himself in court against the force solicitor, experienced counsel and a small army of officers giving evidence against him, his claim, perhaps understandably, only succeeded in part and he had a sizeable costs award ordered against him.
Dr Rashid, whose civil claim is referred to in the second paragraph of this article, is a highly respected professional, of Asian origin, who also claims, with considerable justification, that he was the subject of a "witch hunt" by WYP and that, in the particular circumstances of his case, if he had been a white, middle-class doctor he would not have been subjected to the same degrading, disproportionate, disgraceful treatment. His civil claim was dismissed after a extraordinarily one-sided hearing, but he was recently given permission to appeal the decision of Mr Recorder Nolan QC, by a High Court judge. The hearing of the appeal is presently listed for 13th February, 2020 in the High Court in Leeds.
Olivia Checa-Dover unsuccessfully sought to have me removed from the press seats during the Rashid hearing, questioning my accreditation and claiming (unspecified) inaccuracies in the reporting of the case (read in full here). The other two articles flowing from that ten day court hearing stand unchallenged. One exposes a prima facie case of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice by six WYP officers (read the damning details here). Miss Checa-Dover also objected, unsuccessfully, to my presence in the press seats at the hearing of the Kerry Perkins claim, telling opposing counsel that I had a "vendetta" against her. Yet another in an increasingly long line of ludicrous and unsubstantiated submissions. Unsurprisingly, that gained no traction, either. Miss Perkins has also robustly appealed the judgment of HHJ Neil Davey QC, whose decision did not appear to reflect what I heard from the press box. Indeed, one might say that Miss Checa-Dover might well have written it for him.
Dismissing the remaining parts of the Kashif Ahmed claim against the police, which had included negligence, false imprisonment and theft, HHJ Mark Gosnell said: "I fully accept that Mr Ahmed was convinced in his belief that he had been the victim of a witch hunt, but I consider the officers involved merely carried out their jobs to the best of their ability and were not motivated by any ulterior motive in dealing with the claimant."
West Yorkshire Police then sought to bankrupt the promising young officer, who holds two law degrees and a diploma in policing. Ahmed now works in Bradford as a legal consultant. The genesis of the entire dispute between force and BME officer was over the use of a car parking space behind Millgarth Police Station, in central Leeds, to which DCI Bennett took exception. The same Bennett whom three years earlier had called a junior Asian officer into his office to verbally abuse him, including calling him a c**t, in an attempt to bully the constable into pulling back on an investigation.
That action was later to unravel in the conjoined Operations, Lamp and Redhill, into the ex PC Danny Major miscarriage of justice (read more here). An allegation has been made that Bennett perverted the course of justice in an attempt to protect PC Kevin Liston, arguably one of the worst officers to ever wear a police uniform (read more here) and the key witness against Major.
After the Ahmed and Danny Major 'investigations' (the term is used loosely), in which he was senior investigating officer, Bennett was rewarded with promotion to superintendent. I declare a further interest, insofar as I was the on-record complaints advocate for the Major family betwen 2012 and 2015.
A close working colleague of Bennett's was Chief Superintendent Sarah Brown. In fact, from 2010 to 2011 she was head of WYP's Professional Standards Department. I had significant dealings with her and found her unreliable and lacking in integrity. Like Bennett, she had also been city commander of Leeds, with its dreadful history of racism, in the earlier part of her career (read more here). Whilst in that role, and under her previous name and rank of Chief Inspector Sarah Sidney, she was at the forefront of a racial discrimination case involving Detective Sergeant Raham Khan that ultimately reached the House of Lords (the senior appellate court in those days) where a damages award to Sgt Khan, upheld in the Court of Appeal, was set aside by three Law Lords. The full judgment can be read here. Put plainly, Khan alleged that Sidney did not promote him on account of his skin colour. A matter she, of course, denied.
In March, 2011 a Bradford minority ethnic, Anwar Gillespie (whom I have met in his home), received substantial damages and an apology from WYP after the intervention of specialist police complaints lawyer, Iain Gould (read more here). Whilst racism was not alleged, Mr Gillespie told me at the time that he felt the colour of his skin was a factor in him being singled out for an unprovoked, unwarranted and brutal attack upon him, outside of his home and in front of his neighbours.
In June 2012, BBC Radio's File on 4 reported on alleged widespread and serious racism within WYP. The least impressive of the six serving and former police officers interviewed on the programme was Temporary Chief Constable, John Parkinson. He did little, or nothing, to allay concerns. Of the six officers, past and present, interviewed by the BBC, Parkinson came across as the least impressive. Listen to the full broadcast here.
Karma was to visit Ajaz Hussain, who was the force solicitor (later promoted to Legal Services Director) who drove the Raham Khan case all the way to the Lords. In early 2012, there was a reshuffle of the top management in West Yorkshire Police and he lost his job. The roles of Legal Services Director and Force Solicitor (at that time carried out by Mike Percival) both disappeared. A new role was created and Percival was selected to fill it. Hussain then alleged racial discrimination against David Crompton and issued a claim form in the employment tribunal (read more here). The outcome of that claim has never been made public, but it did not pass without controversy and resulted in the suspension of Hussain's 'ACPO police friend', Neil Rhodes, whom at the time was the chief constable of Lincolnshire Police (read more here) and had fallen foul of the duplicity of Fraser Sampson.
In 2013, two police whistleblowers opened up a can of worms into how certain aspects of vital police operations were badly run and lives put at risk by their superior officers within West Yorkshire Police. One of those was a minority ethnic. They were both then subjected to a series of detriments in what appeared to be a concerted campaign to humiliate and smear them. Because of the roles that the officers undertook, for at least parts of their careers, it is unwise to do any more than make reference to the tribunal appeal finding, available in the public domain, which forensically sets out the matters in issue (read more here). It does not make pretty reading for WYP.
In April, 2014 a Bradford woman of African descent, Oluwatoyin Azeez, was viciously assaulted by a police officer who had unlawfully entered her home on the pretext of checking on her lodger. The force went to the most extraordinary, and sustained, lengths to cover up for the perpetrator, who falsely alleged that he had been asaulted by Ms Azeez. That miscreant officer, instead of being drummed out of the force, didn't even face a misconduct meeting, let alone a criminal court. But, once more, the intervention of solicitor, Iain Gould, was pivotal. At the end of a bitterly fought three year legal battle – again irregardless of the cost to the public purse – Ms Azeez finally received a substantial damages payment and, much more crucially to her, an apology (read the full harrowing story here).
In April 2016, the incumbent chief constable, Dionne Collins, appointed an Asian police constable as the force's Positive Action Co-Ordinator. The following month Amjad Ditta, a trained firearms officer, was alongside her giving evidence at the Home Affairs Parliamentary Select Committee.
Following publication of the Committee's Inquiry Report, which called for "urgent and radical" action, Collins acknowledged more needed be done to increase diversity and inclusion among the workforce and said she was determined that the organisation should be more representative of its communities.
"We are currently recruiting police officers for the first time in five years and this gives us an excellent opportunity to increase our workforce not just by people from black and minority ethnic communities, but from all diverse groups, such as people who are lesbian, gay or bisexual.
"The police service has been in the media headlines a lot recently, often for negative reasons. My challenge to people who may be put off by that is, come and find out what West Yorkshire Police is about in 2016. A career with West Yorkshire Police offers genuinely exciting opportunities, but we can only properly serve all our communities by building a truly representative Force and I am determined to do that."
West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner Mark Burns-Williamson added: "I have worked with the Temporary Chief Constable (Ms Collins) to ensure we are doing all we can to ensure communities are aware of my commitment to equality and diversity within the organisation and in the police service".
Whilst Collins and Burns-Williamson were shamelessly uttering these shallow words, before MP's and the television cameras, they were jointly, ludicrously and very cynically, frustrating the civil claim of Oluwatoyin Azeez. In reality, and grounded in hard evidence, what West Yorkshire Police is about is lying and covering-up – and the commitment to equality and diversity is an expensive box-ticking sham.
Eighteen months after his televised appearance in Parliament, PC Ditta disappeared without trace. With both the force press office and the chief constable refusing to answer my questions regarding his whereabouts or his reason for the removal both from his diversity role and other front line duties. He dramatically re-appeared, over two years later, at Bradford Magistrates Court charged with sexual touching. Supported by his staff association, he is expected to plead not guilty at a plea and trial preparation hearing at the city's Crown Court on 20th January, 2020. He now answers to the name of Amjad Hussain.
In December, 2017 another race and religious discrimination claim against West Yorkshire Police was compromised on the second day of the final hearing. It is assumed that a confidentiality clause was part of the settlement. No others details are available at present, but enquiries are ongoing. Again, this is on the watch of Dionne Collins: On the one hand preaching diversity and inclusion, on the other officers having to go to court as the force continues to discriminate against them.
At least two other WYP BME officers appeared Tribunal with racial discrimination claims during this period. Both were, regrettably, unrepresented and had their claims dismissed. One was yet another Collins favourite, PC Tayyaba Afzal, having designed the force's specialist niqab headwear for Muslim female officers. The other was an applicant for a role as a Driver Trainer.
PC Amjad Ditta (now known as Hussain) and PC Tayyaba Afzal pictured together in Bradford in 2017.
Dionne Collins was approached for comment. She did not even have the courtesy to acknowledge the communication.
In September, 2018, another case involving a BME officer surfaced as an exclusive on this website, later picked up from here by the national press. The officer concerned, C/Supt Tyron Joyce, was also another favourite of the now retired Collins. Joyce was peremptorily removed from his post as Chief Operating Officer at the National Police Air Service, which shares headquarters in Wakefield with West Yorkshire Police, amidst bullying claims. The complaints investigation into the allegations against Joyce was, unsurprisingly given the incompetents that populate the force's Professional Standards Department, described as 'a cack-handed debacle'. He also told a junior colleague at the time: "I've been in trouble before with PSD. They tried to do my legs, so I have to be careful what I say to staff" (read more here).
Joyce does, however, always have a trump card to play: In 2013, after the present chief constable, John Robins, (at the time an assistant chief constable) had recommended him for the Police National Accreditation Course (PNAC) it was said by Robins to Tyron Joyce; "You are now my tick in the diversity box". That may explain why, at the end of the disciplinary process, Joyce was handed the plum chief supers role within WYP: Commander – Operational Support based at, and in charge of, the entire Carr Gate Complex on the outskirts of Wakefield.
I will be reporting from the opening of the Umer Saeed hearing. It promises to be an interesting case: A retired and highly decorated WYP officer told me recently that, whatever the outcome of the tribunal proceedings, the force may well be set back at least a decade in terms of BME recruitment as a result of the adverse publicity the case will attract. As a well-connected person of Asian origin, and one who has defeated WYP in court several times, it is taken as read that he knows exactly what he is talking about.
Finally, it should be remembered that the 'mother' of all tribunal claims is a West Yorkshire Police case. Angela Vento, a probationer BME officer, took her force to tribunal following serious discrimination against her in the late 1990's. Her claim form pleaded racial and sexual discrimination, but the former allegation was dismissed at an early stage by the tribunal.
Eventually the Court of Appeal ruled on the matter and the framework for tribunal awards – and the scales of damages accounting for different levels of detriment – is still in use today. Albeit, the figures have been adjusted upwards to reflect inflation. For the legal nerds amongst my readers they may wish to check out the full CoA judgment (read here).
Page last updated at 1320hrs on Friday 15th January, 2020
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Operation Barium too hard to swallow?
On 7th July, 2009 I wrote to Sir Norman Bettison, then Chief Constable of my local police force. He was offered intelligence over the misconduct of a number of his junior officers and a newspaperman's instinct that all was not well within West Yorkshire Police.
Shortly afterwards, I received a telephone call from his staff officer at the time, Chief Inspector Christopher Rowley. Recently, and controversially, appointed to disgraced South Yorkshire Police as an assistant chief constable (read more here).
It matters little that CI Rowley's call was a fob-off, delivered in an unattractive manner. It was to lead, indirectly, to a challenge never before faced by a police force: Scrutiny by investigators, not part of any official oversight body, who were to determined to show the true face of a police force that considered itself completely unaccountable to anyone.
At the time of my letter being sent to Bettison, one of his gilded protégés was Mark Gilmore. He was one of five assistant chief constables in a Command Team that was to become almost entirely discredited: Bettison's career ended in ignominy as he became engulfed in a number of scandals, with his role in the Hillsborough Disaster aftermath being much the highest profile.
Bettison's deputy chief constable was none other than David Crompton. Also widely known as 'Disaster Dave' and for whom Hillsborough was also to prove his nemesis (read more here).
Two other of the disgraced chief's assistants, John Parkinson (later to succeed him as temp0rary chief constable) and Geoff Dodd, were to retire from the police service with clouds hanging over them. Dodd was connected to the framing and jailing of a promising young police constable and, after the Operation Lamp investigation into that miscarriage of justice was completed, but before the report was published, he sailed into the sunset clinging to his gold plated pension. Parkinson was also deeply involved in the PC Danny Major cover-up, amongst a significant number of other misdemeanours, about which more can be read here.
My first interaction with Parkinson was in May 2010, as he was portfolio holder for the notorious Professional Standards Department in West Yorkshire Police. Just under two years later I wrote to him and promised I would drive him out of the police service, based on the evidence I held. He probably laughed it off at the time, but a year later he was gone.
Mark Gilmore, having been recruited in 2008 by Bettison from a sinecure as staff officer to ACPO president Sir Hugh Orde, was given a special projects role in the procurement and delivery of profit for investment (PFI) schemes at WYP. Bettison was, at the time, vice president of the now-defunct ACPO.
A number of new divisional headquarters around the county and a massive project at the force's operational support and training centre at Carr Gate, near Wakefield were built as a result of the PFI financing. The total sums involved have been reported in the local press as totalling £300 million, yet the company appointed to facilitate the financing appeared to be carrying a net current deficit of several million pounds.
There is a well-grounded suspicion that the PFI schemes are a ticking timebomb as far as future debt is concerned. As soon as time and funding allow, this is to form the subject a separate forensic investigation by me.
In July 2011, Gilmore was appointed as deputy chief constable to another big city force. He joined another Bettison protégé who was chief constable of Northumbria Police, Sue Sim. Recently in the news as a whistleblower exposing concerning practices amongst senior officers in her former force (read more here). Bettison and Sim worked together at Merseyside Police, during the former's controversial reign in Liverpool.
It is not known, at this stage, whether Gilmore was intended to be one of the subjects of his former chief's scathing and wide-ranging criticisms. Incredibly, it is West Yorkshire Police who have been sent to investigate Mrs Sims' complaints.
Less than two years later, Gilmore was back at West Yorkshire Police having been crowned as chief by the newly-elected Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), Mark Burns-Williamson.
Sources close to the process suggested at the time that Gilmore had defeated John Parkinson, Mark Milsom, an ACC with WYP and most famous for running a BMW X5 police car through a red traffic light and into the side of a bus in Leeds city centre, and Phil Gormley, at the time chief constable of Norfolk Constabulary, a formet Metropolitan Police assistant commisssioner and, presently, chief constable at Police Scotland.
The largely invisible Gilmore was later to controversially refuse to prosecute Milsom over the ramming of the bus in City Square, saying after a lengthy investigation that "it was not in the public interest". A decision that was to leave most West Yorkshire folk, and many of the front line officers in their police force, entirely bemused (read more here).
The very few policing commentators who were aware of the shortlist could only stand shocked at the decision to select Gilmore ahead of Gormley. Burns-Williamson, who prior to his appointment had been Chair of the police authority for ten years, appeared to place emphasis on the fact that Gilmore was a known entity – and his experience in the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) was particularly relevant.
Those in the know had an entirely different perception: Gilmore knew where a whole pile of WYP corruption bones were buried and it was felt that Burns-Williamson didn't want anyone from 'outside the circle' poking around and asking questions.
I wrote an article that was first published on the uPSD website at the end of April 2013 that set out in some detail the extent of the alleged 'cover-ups' to which Gilmore was, at the very least, a passive party (read more here). It was a formidable list. For his part, Burns-Williamson was content to continue as though none of this corruption existed. Indeed, his oft-repeated mantra during the election campaign that brought him to power in 2012 was that "there is no corruption in West Yorkshire Police". He didn't repeat it in the campaign in May, 2016.
It took just fourteen months before his PCC, so effusive at the time of his appointment, had to remove his 'chosen one' from police HQ. Mark Gilmore was suspended from duty in June, 2014. This move was prompted by a PSNI investigation into the awarding of police vehicle contracts in Northern Ireland.
Seven men were arrested by detectives working on the case at the time and questioned on suspicion of offences including bribery, misconduct in public office and procuring misconduct in public office. Gilmore was not one of those detained. In a statement he insisted that "I have conducted myself with the honesty and integrity expected of someone in my position and have 31 years unblemished professional record". He presented himself at a Belfast police station, voluntarily, for an interview under caution.
He added: "I have fully co-operated with the investigation and will continue to do so. I hope to work with the Police and Crime Commissioner to bring about a quick and positive resolution to this matter so I can return to serving the people of West Yorkshire as soon as possible."
The criminal investigation was concluded a year later with no charges being laid against Gilmore. His suspension was lifted by Burns-Williamson, but he was immediately placed on gardening leave. The effect was, more or less, the same. Gilmore was barred from West Yorkshire Police premises and could have no contact with any of the officers over whom he, notionally, had command. The criminal investigation was replaced by a misconduct probe led by Assistant Chief Constable Tim Jacques of Lancashire Police. It was codenamed Operation Barium. The terms of reference and cost for that probe are currently the subject of a freedom of information request.
The cost at this point to the taxpayers of West Yorkshire of funding two chief constables was in the region of £200,000. Burns-Williamson sought to deflect criticism by concocting a role with the National Police Chiefs Council (formerly ACPO in all but name) whereby Gilmore was supposed to be occupied by the implementation of an intranet system for the chief officers involved with the Council.
Bradford councillor, Michael Walls, a member of the police scrutiny panel said at the time: "It seems improper that the West Yorkshire taxpayer is funding an officer on a very significant salary, to undertake work benefitting the residents of London". Which wasn't quite accurate, but the sentiment was well meant.
Burns-Williamson, meanwhile, was deaf to the criticism and appeared to be clinging grimly on to the hope that Gilmore would be cleared by the Barium probe and he could return to police HQ.
On 9th August 2016, almost 26 months since he was suspended, Gilmore announced he was retiring from the police service and would not be returning to the West Yorkshire force, irrespective of the outcome of Operation Barium.
As ever with Burns-Williamson, there is a troubling deceit about such matters and it now revealed that the report was delivered by Lancashire Police on 26th July, 2016 to the Commissioner's office. A spokesman says that the PCC plans to publish the report 'as soon as practicable', but fails to clarify why that cannot be immediately. It also remains unclear, at present, as to whether Operation Barium's remit covered Gilmore's involvement in the highly lucrative PFI building contracts.
The Chair of the police scrutiny panel, Alison Lowe, a close Labour party ally of Burns-Williamson, says he is currently on holiday and that she didn't expect to be briefed by him until the next panel meeting in September. She didn't even know that the report had been in Burns-Williamson's hands for the past two weeks. Which, given my own extensive experience of dealing with Cllr Lowe's hapless panel, is entirely in character. She added that she felt that Gilmore's retirement was a "good thing". But made no mention of the huge burden placed on the taxpayer for the previous 26 months amounting to a sum in excess of £600,000.
The last words, at least until the Barium report is put under the x-ray, goes to Mark Polin, Chair of the Chief Police Officers Staff Association (CPOSA). He said in May, 2016: "Mark Gilmore remains committed to working alongside the police and crime commissioner to serve the communities of West Yorkshire".
Mr Polin added "We are disappointed at the length of time the investigation has taken, which follows satisfactory resolution of the Northern Ireland and IPCC investigations, and Mr Gilmore looks forward to this matter being resolved as soon as possible."
It is understood that CPOSA's insurers have been underwriting Gilmore's legal fees in defence of any contemplated actions against him. Mr Polin was not so forthcoming when contacted for comment this week.
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Spider-Man: No Way Home — out Thursday in cinemas — is, on the floor, probably the most formidable live-action Spider-Man film Sony Pictures has produced. As the No Way Home trailers have already revealed, the brand new Spider-Man film brings collectively three eras of Spider-Man, with villains from Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield's runs as Peter Parker leaping into the Marvel multiverse. We get Dr. Norman Osborn/ Green Goblin (Willem Dafoe) from Spider-Man, Dr. Otto Octavius/ Doctor Octopus (Alfred Molina) from Spider-Man 2, Flint Marko/ Sandman (Thomas Haden Church) from Spider-Man 3, Curt Connors/ Lizard (Rhys Ifans) from The Amazing Spider-Man, and Max Dillon/ Electro (Jamie Foxx) from The Amazing Spider-Man 2. It's all taking place — in a single Spider-Man film.
This permits Spider-Man: No Way Home — from returning director Jon Watts — to take a nostalgic journey down reminiscence lane, although I would not go thus far to say that it is standing on the shoulders of giants. To be truthful, most of the villains No Way Home brings again come from some horrible (The Amazing Spider-Man 2) and forgettable (Spider-Man 3, The Amazing Spider-Man) Spider-Man films. That stated, Spider-Man: No Way Home does its greatest to solid them in a brand new mild and redeem them as greatest it will possibly. Dafoe and Molina naturally fare higher, the latter being half of what's nonetheless among the best superhero films of all time. But although it'd really feel just like the universe is increasing — we've got a correct multiverse — actually, the Spider-Man universe is collapsing on itself in No Way Home. There are not any new characters launched on this spherical.
That stated, Spider-Man: No Way Home does attempt to deepen the Peter Parker fantasy. As one of many youngest superheroes round — Tom Holland's Spider-Man, nonetheless within the remaining 12 months of highschool, is the youngest live-action model — Parker nonetheless retains the view that there's some good in everybody. He's totally optimistic, albeit short-sightedly naïve. At its coronary heart, the brand new Spider-Man film — written by the returning duo Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers — is about Peter actually grappling with what it takes to be morally good. Like how a lot are you able to endure earlier than you break and drop what you stand for. If you are going to stay by your ideas, some sacrifices should be made to avoid wasting others. Parker's aunt May (Marisa Tomei) believes that serving to one individual is like serving to everybody — however at what private price?
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Spider-Man: No Way Home sends Holland's Peter Parker to some darkish locations, although it is by no means too distant from one other crumb of nostalgia it will possibly't dangle in your face quickly after. It's like bits of pathos are combined in with dollops of, "Oh look, fond (and not-so-fond) memories of other Spider-Man movies." After all, there's the larger matter of how this — the return of actors from outdated Spider-Man films — all feels very very similar to a cynical business enterprise. Spider-Man: No Way Home ends in a barely reassuring means that looks like Sony Pictures is likely to be glad to place a lid on issues, however we have at all times identified that nothing is hallowed or everlasting for Hollywood. They will dig up and exhume whomever they need, even when they need to achieve this through hokey digital means.
Picking up proper the place we left off in Spider-Man: Far From Home, we discover Parker's common life upending in entrance of his eyes. Cameras and a focus comply with him in all places — he is probably the most well-known individual on this planet now, we're repeatedly informed — with some even coming for him, believing that he actually did kill Quentin Beck/ Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal), the Far From Home holograph-specialist villain who introduced himself as a dying hero to the world by manipulating footage. More importantly for Parker although, it is impacting the lives of these round him: his girlfriend MJ (Zendaya) and greatest good friend Ned Leeds (Jacob Batalon) are rejected from faculties, and he and his aunt have to maneuver houses to remain protected. Having had sufficient, Parker comes up with the worst doable thought.
As you may need already glimpsed within the Spider-Man: No Way Home trailers, Parker asks Dr. Stephen Strange/ Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) to solid a spell that will make folks neglect that Peter Parker is Spider-Man. Set apart the stupidity round Peter asking for such a loopy favour — there are such a lot of superheroes who must stay with the burden of their id being within the open — what makes it extra insane is how casually Doctor Strange agrees to his request. Strange waves off Wong's (Benedict Wong) warnings by saying they've used such spells for a lot tinier stuff previously. Okay then. But invariably, issues take for a flip for the more serious after Parker realises that he isn't correctly conveyed his request: the spell Strange is casting will make everybody neglect Peter Parker is Spider-Man. You know, together with MJ, Ned, and May.
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Tom Holland as Peter Parker, Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange in Spider-Man: No Way Home
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This could be hilarious had been we not coping with characters who wield such highly effective reality-shattering magic within the energy of their palms — or are pals with characters who wield reality-shattering magic. But the planning in Spider-Man: No Way Home is simply typically silly for probably the most half. Parker usually makes doubtful decisions upon doubtful decisions that permit the No Way Home plot to propel. That he trusts villains who're making an attempt to kill him, and who've opposed others like him in their very own universes, speaks volumes of how simply he trusts. Spider-Man: No Way Home solely works for those who simply settle for the journey you are being taken on, as a result of its inner logic falls aside too simply. Some of it's performed for laughs, however somebody must knock some sense into the heroes finally.
Spider-Man: No Way Home additionally by no means actually justifies that Peter must go down the route he chooses for himself. He simply throws himself into conditions with out warning. If Parker actually is being seen just like the villain by the world all due to how the Mysterio reveal is being spun, I'm positive there's so much out on this planet to counter that narrative. Why are no of the Avengers (or no matter is left of them) stepping as much as the plate to defend Parker? Though at some degree, the truth that misinformation can change into so pervasive — the face of it, J. Jonah Jameson (J.Ok. Simons), is modelled after a far-right conspiracy nut like Alex Jones — does say one thing about our personal world.
And it isn't clear if Spider-Man: No Way Home good points sufficient by merging the three Spider-Man eras. It is aware of it is asking a whole lot of its viewers at instances, which is why the villains intentionally discuss out loud about their previous as if they're introducing themselves in case the viewer would not know them. Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures need everybody to comply with alongside, clearly. The former has anticipated followers to observe all of its films (and now additionally TV exhibits), however with this, they should have seen 5 different Spider-Man films as effectively to correctly take pleasure in?! There are different characters too in Spider-Man: No Way Home, for which you require extra data outdoors of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. You might simply take them at face worth for they're launched simply for use later down the road in different Marvel titles.
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Willem Dafoe as Green Goblin in Spider-Man: No Way Home
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And regardless of being the third-longest MCU film with a 148-minute runtime, Spider-Man: No Way Home would not actually have the time to construct on the villains. Sure, there's a whole lot of poking enjoyable at how this universe is supercharged in comparison with the opposite ones — there's all kinds of magic right here, and we've got the Avengers ("Are they a band?" a beloved character jokes) — and jokes aimed on the names and origin tales of the villains (Otto Octavius? LOL. You fell right into a vat of eels? Hah. You fell right into a supercollider? Damn.) But the precise extra character layering is valuable little in reality.
Moreover, with so many characters that want display time, Holland as soon as once more performs second fiddle and supporting standing in his personal films. We additionally lose a lot of the world created round Holland's Spider-Man within the final two films. The indisputable fact that Parker is within the final 12 months of college would not matter in any respect. Save for MJ and Ned, whose presence additionally appears questionable sometimes, there's precisely one scene for the remainder of the lot: his different classmates and his academics. May's boyfriend Happy Hogan (Jon Favreau) will get a few scenes, and May a couple of greater than that.
The large query of whether or not Spider-Man: No Way Home stands by itself two ft is quite inconceivable to reply given how deeply it's woven into the material of 5 different Spider-Man films. But extra crucially, it's immaterial. No Way Home is proof that with the assistance of Marvel Studios, Sony Pictures is ready to dream greater now. It by no means lacked the urge for food nevertheless it had at all times lacked the artistic chops to take action. Now, with the steerage of the shared movie universe grasp — Marvel did a fake-out with these multiverse shenanigans in Far From Home, earlier than introducing them on Loki — it is lastly delivered a Spider-Man film that is directly a mouth-watering prospect for monetary analysts, and a button-pushing deal with for Spider-Man followers of all ages.
There's pleasure in seeing the outdated be remixed with the brand new. But it is also one among diminishing returns. Rather than inform utterly new tales, as we speak's movie executives are so large on IP that they're now reaching into their very own previous. The Flash, releasing in November 2022, is about to do one thing comparable for the DC Extended Universe — with Michael Keaton's Batman dropping in from the 90s, and Ben Affleck's model from the DCEU itself. It would possibly even attract Robert Pattinson's Batman from The Batman, out in March 2022. Who can actually say? What Spider-Man: No Way Home exhibits is that Hollywood can and won't let something relaxation endlessly.
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Tom Holland as Peter Parker, Jacob Batalon as Ned Leeds, Zendaya as MJ in Spider-Man: No Way Home
By bringing collectively all their earlier Spider-Man films into one entire, Sony Pictures is respiration new life into them once more. (It's why we're seeing new 4K Blu-ray releases of older films, alongside dozens of latest toys and unfathomable merchandising alternatives.) And by handing a bizarre clear slate to Holland's Parker — one would possibly argue it is a lesson in loss, grief, anger, and the true impact his life has on these round him — Sony and Marvel have arrange their Spider-Man franchise in such a means that by the top of this film, the pleasant neighbourhood superhero might actually go anyplace. Because for Parker, with nice energy would possibly come nice duty, however for Hollywood, with nice energy merely comes extra greed.
Spider-Man: No Way Home is out Thursday, December 16 in India in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu.
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Harvey Weinstein Latest Domino to Fall During #MeToo Movement
by Golden Herring
Many prominent people have seen their careers stalled because of allegations of sexual misconduct during #MeToo movement.
How The Mighty Have Fallen
A new day is here.
The bro culture and babe culture are over in the workforce.
No longer can men or women abuse their power and force themselves upon others and threaten someone's livelihood if they do not play the game.
The first domino to all was probably comedian/actor Bill Cosby, once known as America's dad.
After years of rape allegations getting ignored, Cosby ended up in a prison cell.
Upon Cosby's punishment, many began wondering about other high profile celebrity men like Harvey Weinstein and their own checkered past.
But on Feb. 24, Weinstein got the Cosby treatment as well.
Musical genius R. Kelly even found himself behind bars after surviving allegations of statutory rape dating back to the early 1990s.
While many believed that the justice system held African-American entertainment titans to a stricter code of conduct, a look at the #MeToo movement in totality shows that justice might finally be colorblind at last.
Harvey Weinstein—For years, Harvey Weinstein reigned supreme as a Hollywood kingmaker. He could make stars by snapping his fingers. And he could break careers down if he did not like a particular actor. But the term casting couch seems tame considering that over 100 women accused Weinstein of sexual assault and/or sexual harassment. However, on Feb.24 Weinstein got convicted of two crimes, criminal sexual act in the first degree (Miriam "Mimi" Haleyi) and rape in the third degree (Jessica Mann).
Bill Cosby—The whispers surrounding Bill Cosby's alleged mistreatment of women have followed his career since the early days. Cosby even openly joked about using the aphrodisiac Spanish Fly on his popular comedy albums of the 1970s. But despite the allegations, Cosby wielded too much power in Hollywood for people to truly speak out. When comedian D.L. Hughley challenged Cosby during a taping of a radio show about his alleged sexual assaults, Hughley's career almost went up in smoke. Although Cosby held considerable power in the radio, television and film industry, he could not control the Internet. So when comedian Hannibal Buress went viral talking about the rumors, Cosby's career (and freedom) disappeared like those who try to challenge the rich and powerful in Hollywood.
Matt Lauer—Matt Lauer had to have it so much that he had a way of locking a door from his desk, trapping his female colleagues in his office. That's some real 21st century sexual harassment right there. His modus operandi seemed tacky with a little bit of technology. As a present Lauer once gave a co-worker a sex toy, explaining in a note how he wanted to use it on her. He dropped his drawers in front of one colleague, fully exposing himself. When the co-worker appeared visibly shaken, Lauer reprimanded her. That's privilege and power when a woman gets reprimanded for not responding to unwanted sexual advances from her male colleague. Although she turned down Lauer's advancements, the former co-host of NBC's "Today" saw his career advancements halt completely. Now "Today" has two female co-anchors. Today is truly a new day thanks to the #MeToo movement.
Roger E Ailes—Sometimes, people will do anything to further their career. That often means accepting sexual harassment and sexual assault just to keep their dreams alive. But unlike Weinstein, Roger E. Ailes did not just control the careers of many talented journalists as head of Fox News, he also controlled many conservative politicians, helping three Republican presidents reach the White House by creating their media strategies. Those past presidents included former President Richard Nixon, former President Ronald Reagan and former President George H.W. Bush. Ailes also advised the campaign of President Donald Trump. If a person wanted to make it in conservative media or conservative politics, Ailes was a kingmaker. But when former Fox News journalist Gretchen Carlson complained about retaliation and sexual harassment at the hands of Ailes, and had receipts to back her allegations, Ailes got dethroned, which helped spark the #MeToo movement in the first place.
R. Kelly—R&B legend R. Kelly called himself the "Pied Piper of R&B" for crying out loud. The "Pied Piper" used music to lead children away, never to be seen again. Fans and foes saw him on a sex tape with a girl that looked underage. He married the late R&B songstress Aaliyah when she was 15-years-old. But it took the #MeToo movement and the documentary "Surviving R. Kelly" to finally stop his alleged reign of terror against underage girls.
Jason Mitchell—Actor and New Orleans native Jason Mitchell had a bright future ahead of him. His performances in "Straight Outta Compton" and "Mudbound" made him a burgeoning star. Awards seemed likely in his future. And unlike many other stars shot out of the sky by the #MeToo movement, Mitchell allegedly did his dirt at a time when everyone in Hollywood and corporate America should have known that sexual harassment would not be tolerated. But that did not stop him because he allegedly sexually harassed a co-star on "The Chi" and got dropped from the critically acclaimed television show. He also got dumped by his agent and dropped from the Netflix film, "Desperado." The alleged sexual misconduct got so bad that Mitchell's "The Chi" co-star Tiffany Boone had to bring her fiancé, actor Marque Richardson ("Dear White People") on set when she shot scenes with Mitchell.
Kevin Spacey—Sexual harassment, sexual misconduct and sexual assault works in a multitude of ways. The victims can be female. The victims can be male. The culprits can be male. But the culprits can also be female. It also knows no sexuality either as actor Kevin Spacey had to fight accusations of groping and making unwanted sexual advancements towards a male massage therapist boy during a 2016 massage. Another man also accused Spacey of fondling him at restaurant in Nantucket, Mass. when he was 18-years-old. The allegations led to the canceling of the Netflix show, "House of Cards," which starred Spacey.
This article was published on Friday 28 February, 2020.
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MIAMI – Four Haitians who were among a group of Caribbean nationals found clinging to the hull of their capsized boat off the coast of Miami have been released from federal custody.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement had detained the survivors as part of an investigation into the accident that killed four women in the early hours of Oct. 17 seven miles east of Miami.
The four Haitians from that "failed smuggling venture have been processed and are no longer in ICE custody," U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Nestor Yglesias said late Tuesday.
Haitian-American author Edwidge Danticat, whose elderly uncle died in U.S. custody after fleeing violence in Haiti in 2004, had joined other community leaders Monday to call for the survivors' release.
It was not immediately clear whether another survivor, a Bahamian citizen, remained in detention.
Six other Jamaican and Bahamian survivors each face a federal charge of attempting to re-enter the U.S. after being deported. One also faces an attempted smuggling charge.
Five defendants are scheduled to be arraigned Oct. 31 in Miami federal court, and the sixth defendant's arraignment is scheduled for Nov. 4.
One of the four victims has been identified as a Haitian woman. The other three women's identities have not been released.