Louisiana Voice

Well, what a shock.

The FBI has taken complete CONTROL OF THE INVESTIGATION into the ICE murder of Renee Good in Minneapolis Wednesday.

That ought to bring closure quickly with the likes of Kash Patel heading up our top crime investigating organization. I mean, look how quickly he jumped the gun on the Charlie Kirk assassination and how smoothly he announced the detaining of the wrong person in the Brown University and MIT killings.

How many of us place complete trust in the FBI these days? Or the U.S. Department of Justice?

In case there’s still lingering faith that they’ll do the right thing, I present as Exhibit 1, the Epstein files. They were on Attorney General Pam Bondi’s desk. Then they didn’t exist at all. Then they were bogus files concocted by Obama and finally, they have turned into more than two million pages that still have not been turned over in violation of law.

And in the process of commandeering the Minneapolis investigation, of course, the feds, led by Patel and Bondi, and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem—all cheered along by Yam Tits Trump—have completely shut out the Minnesota agency that investigates officer-involved shootings. Remember, it was Bondi as attorney general of the state of Florida, who dropped an investigation into Trump University after Trump made a $25,000 contribution to her campaign.

No one asked me, but I’d say that was a pretty cheap price for a political whore.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, caught up in an investigation of fraud in his state (an irony that should not be lost on Americans, considering Trump’s own brushes with—and convictions of– fraud cases of his own), said it would be “very, very difficult for Minnesotans” to accept that an investigation that excludes the state could be fair.

In effect, the feds will be investigating a shooting by a federal official who was acting on behalf of one of the agencies investigating him and two other agencies who have a vested interest in the outcome of said investigation.

What could possibly go wrong?

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As a matter of policy, I don’t normally respond to readers’ comments in the form of a new post. But I suppose there are exceptions to just about any rule so, here goes.

A reader who calls herself Zoe (but in reality, is someone else altogether, but I’ll respect her wish for anonymity and keep her name in confidence) who often takes issue with what is written here. That is her right as a citizen. Everyone has a right to his or her opinion but not to concocting one’s own facts. That is what she’s done with her latest comment and I have to call her out on it.

You can read her entire comment at the end of the post below this one.

At one point, she asks, perhaps rhetorically, “How many times have we seen someone aim a vehicle as a weapon and drive in the direction of a police officer. and that person be charged with attempted murder?”

Well, according to today’s Washington Post (you know, the publication owned by Jeff Bezos that’s not allowed to editorialize against the Trump administration), “A frame-by-frame analysis of video footage, however, raises questions about those accounts. The SUV did move toward the ICE agent as he stood in front of it. But the agent was able to move out of the way and fire at least two of three shots from the side of the vehicle as it veered past him, according to the analysis.”

Zoe then tells us, “The officer has no obligation to “move” other than self-preservation.”

I suppose there’s some validity to that if the officer is stupid.

Then Zoe says, “And let us get down to the core of the matter. Illegals are, by law, not supposed to be here.”

Okay, we’ll concede that but in this case the victim was a U.S. citizen, born and bred. And she didn’t even have brown skin and she was (gasp! blonde).

Now here’s where Zoe reverts to form for the Trumpites in managing to shift blame for anything that goes wrong to Biden when she says, “No country tolerates what the Biden Administration did to this country by allowing this to happen.”

So, now we learn that the killing of an American citizen is Biden’s fault. Don’t you just love the way they always manage to twist things around so that it’s someone else’s fault for everything? But just for fun, let’s turn it around on them and suggest, rhetorically, of course: if this had occurred during the Biden or Obama administrations, Zoe and her friends would be in a state of apoplexy.

Next, she says, “Trump has tricked you people into defending criminals, non-citizens, Narco Dictators, communists, fraudulent behavior in government….”

Afraid not, Zoe. No one is defending criminals and we certainly do not defend Maduro (though we certainly question the act of bombing unknown individuals in boats or invading another country for oil). Nor do we defend non-citizens (though we all, including Zoe, depend on them for roofing, carpentry, landscaping and picking our vegetables and fruits that we enjoy). And just who is defending “Narco Dictators” when the former president of Honduras, Nasry Asfura who was responsoble for introducing 400 tons of cocaine into this country and whose weakening of the rule of law in Honsuras appears to have contributed to the mass emigration of all those “non-citizens” to the U.S. pardoned by Trump? And finally, Zoe, it seems rather hypocritical to accuse anyone of defending “fraud” when one considers all the fraud perpetrated by one Donald J. Trump (Trump University, 5 bankruptcies, setting up a dummy “supply” corporation to avoid paying income taxes (a classic tax fraud scheme) and so brazenly defrauding of a non-profit to help cancer-stricken children as to have the entire Trump family banned from operating another non-profit. Communists, Zoe? C’mon. Whose head is it that can only be found by Putin’s proctologist? Trump absolutely adores Putin and Kim Jong Un. And it was Trump who practically gave away the Nividia Chip store to China’s communist regime.

You gotta love the way you can attack Democrats for every nuance, every hint of scandal while, at the same time, continuing to ignore, gloss over and otherwise condone the sins of one who does absolutely nothing for average Americans while taking care of his billionaire friends.

Zoe, I’m sorry, but you’ve lost touch with reality with your infatuation with Agent Orange.

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Five years ago today, a couple of thousand thugs, prodded on by Donald Trump, stormed the U.S. Capitol in an unprecedented attempt to overturn the will of the American people as reflected in the results of the 2020 presidential election. It was not, as U.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Georgia) described it–appearing to look like a “normal tourist visit.” Normal tourists don’t smear human feces on the wall of the People’s House. Normal tourists don’t attack police officers with flag poles that held the American flag. And true Americans don’t look the other way at outright insurrection spurred on by an American president (Trump was still president on that day) who, when he returned to office four years later, pardoned nearly every one of the insurrectionists.

Now, one U.S. Representative from Louisiana has shown the courage to state the obvious in reflecting on that day that had Rep. Josh Hawley running like the frightened child that he was.

Rep. Troy Carter, representing Louisiana’s 2nd Congressional District, has offered his thoughts on one of the darkest days in American history.

Sadly, it’s more than Reps. Clay Higgins, Julia Letlow, Mike Johnson or Steve KKK Scalise (Cleo Fields was not in Congress at the time and so did not witness the carnage firsthand) or Sens.–especially our senators–John N. Kennedy or Bill Cassidy have done. They obviously prefer to look the other way and pretend that all was dandy on Jan. 6, 2021. They are either brainwashed or the brainwashers, take your pick. Whichever you choose, they are, one and all, too cowardly to stand up for their country.

At any rate, here are Rep. Troy Carter’s thoughts about that internal attack on America and the concept of the right of American people to choose in a free and fair election:

“Five years ago today, our nation witnessed something we never believed possible in a modern American democracy. A violent mob, fueled by deliberate misinformation and incited by the words and actions of a sitting president, stormed the United States Capitol in an effort to overturn a lawful election and halt the peaceful transfer of power. This was not spontaneous outrage. It was the predictable result of months of lies that undermined confidence in our electoral system and encouraged Americans to see one another as enemies rather than fellow citizens.

“The attack left people dead, law enforcement officers injured, and the seat of our democracy desecrated. But the deeper damage was to something less visible and far more fragile: the public’s faith in democracy itself. When leaders normalize falsehoods, attack the legitimacy of elections, and excuse political violence, they weaken the very guardrails that have held this republic together for more than two centuries. History teaches us that democracies rarely collapse all at once. They erode when the rule of law is treated as optional and when power is pursued without regard for truth or consequence.

“Even now, I feel the gravity of January 6 every time I walk through the Capitol. This building is not just marble and stone. It is a symbol of our shared commitment to self-government. To attack it is to attack the idea that in America, leaders are chosen by the people and held accountable by the law.

“January 6 must remain a warning, not a footnote. Defending democracy requires more than remembrance. It demands courage from those in power, honesty from those who lead, and vigilance from all of us. We owe it to future generations to protect free and fair elections, reject political violence in all forms, and reaffirm that no individual is above the Constitution. Our democracy is only as strong as our willingness to defend it, especially when it is tested.”

To that, I would add a sincere “thank you” to Rep. Carter.

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