Terence Crutcher Case Heads to Jury. SCOTUS Race Case. Senators Press 2020 Election Truth

After a decade, the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Betty Shelby, the white police officer who killed unarmed Terence Crutcher in 2016, is not entitled to qualified immunity. This decision revives the Crutcher family's wrongful death lawsuit against Shelby personally, allowing the case to proceed to trial and potentially expose a 'corrupt cover-up' by the city of Tulsa.

The family attorney, Deario Solomon Simmons, stated, 'Our case was dismissed. It was revived yesterday by the 10th circuit and a powerful opinion and we are excited about this opportunity to finally get some justice for the Crutcher family.' The host clarifies the suit is against Shelby personally, not the city, which was dismissed from the case.

Former President Trump signed an executive order attempting to limit mail-in voting by directing the postal service to only send ballots to an 'approved list of voters' and requiring individual barcodes on envelopes. This order is widely considered unconstitutional and is expected to be immediately challenged in court, as it contradicts existing voting procedures and is seen as an attempt to suppress votes.

Host Roland Martin stated, 'This fool has now signed an executive order limiting mail and voting... it's unconstitutional order.' Political law attorney Nicole Robinson added, 'Just like most of his executive orders they have been challenged in the court and we have to remember that he's actually not winning right now.'

During Senate confirmation hearings, several of Trump's judicial nominees repeatedly refused to directly state that Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election or that the U.S. Capitol was attacked on January 6, 2021. Their evasive, 'canned' responses, citing constitutional processes without affirming facts, were criticized by senators as demonstrating a lack of independence and impartiality essential for a federal judge.

Senator Blumenthal pressed a nominee, 'Who won the 2020 election?' The nominee responded, 'Under our constitution, the electoral college... votes for the president and then that is certified by Congress.' Senator Sheldon Whitehouse expressed amazement at the 'Orwellian' denial of reality, stating it 'fundamentally show[s] a complete lack of independence and backbone and impartiality.'

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Pitchfor v. Kaine, a Mississippi death penalty case where the defendant, Terry Pitchfor, claims his constitutional rights were violated due to racial discrimination in jury selection. The same prosecutor and judge involved in Pitchfor's 2006 trial were also implicated in a 2019 Supreme Court decision that overturned another inmate's conviction for similar misconduct, highlighting a pattern of excluding Black jurors in a county that is 40% Black.

The host noted, 'The fact that the same prosecutor, the same judge in this previous case are being challenged here.' Attorney Nicole Robinson added, 'If the court accepts this so-called ridiculous race-neutral argument... then the right to a fair jury is just meaningless.'

A new report, 'The Ultimate Overcomers: Black Women in Business in the Anti-DEI Era' by New Strategies and the Aramenta Project, reveals the severe economic impact of anti-DEI policies. The study found 53% of Black women entrepreneurs lost contracts/clients, 70% reported losses of $100,000 or more in revenue, and 68% experienced revenue declines that delayed or canceled business growth plans.

Nick Colbert Johnson, founder of B Collective and the Aramenta Project, stated, 'We are looking at the last year and this very intentional impact on DEI. We know that that is code and it is very specific for a particular demographic... black people particularly black women.' Dr. Avis Jones-Deaver added, 'Collectively, this elite group of business owners earned some $1.7 billion in revenue prior to the onset of these actions.'

In response to anti-DEI attacks, Black women business owners are actively building internal economic ecosystems. This involves intentionally doing business with one another, providing loans, aggregating market strategies, and pursuing acquisitions of existing Black-owned businesses to create a 'both/and' strategy of fighting legal battles and fostering collective economic growth.

Nick Colbert Johnson detailed, 'We started doing business with one another. We started giving loans to one another. This was um what we are saying is the both strategy.' She also mentioned, 'We're in the process of doing a 52 million acquisition it to futureproof all of our professional service businesses.'