ADEQUACY OF POLICE TRAINING IN AMERICA: DOUBTFUL AND QUESTIONABLE.

ICHEOKU says certain developments during the past few weeks necessitated this appraisal of police training in America, to see if it is in fact adequate and professionalized enough as should be expected.  Could a better trained police, with the right mindset and disposition, have avoided some of the incidents which occurred this past weeks. Could a reimagined police outfit act in a manner which would avoid the frequent triggering of public dissatisfaction against the police, expressed in riots, protests and vandalism. 

Other professionals in other fields of life are usually held to a higher standard and when they err in the execution of their profession, are held responsible for professional malpractice and misconduct because of a breach of the professionalism which they hold out to possess. So, why not police professionals too and why are they not held to the same standard of higher expectations, such that whenever they fail to live up to it, they are similarly held to account for breaching their professed professionalism. What causes the constant failure to act professionally by the police or is it the inadequacy of their training that is to blame or what?

On February 4th 2021, a police officer Darrian Jarrott was gunned down during a traffic stop on Interstate-10 highway in New Mexico by an AR-15 assault rifle wielding criminal Omar Felix Cueva. The whole incident was captured on the police officer's dash cam which ICHEOKU has viewed several times, trying to figure out what exactly led to what. In conclusion, ICHEOKU says that the police officer was partly at fault for at least not having a fighting chance when the confrontation  erupted. He was too lackadaisical and carefree in conducting the whole exercise and thus compromised his safety by being so cavalierly in dealing with the driver. 

First he made a traffic stop of a completely unknown driver in a truck, he proceeded to the passengers side of the vehicle where the driver informed him that he has a firearm which would have set off all red alert alarm in his head. But instead of ordering the driver to remain put inside his vehicle and rushed back to his squad car to call for backup, he asked the driver if he could take the firearm off him for his own safety. Then he watched the driver alight from his vehicle as he casually walked back to meet with the driver towards the tailgate of the pickup truck. At which time the mad criminal raised his assault rifle and point blankly shot and killed the officer from across the bed of the truck. 

Everything was captured on the cop's dashboard camera and it could have been prevented or at least the police officer would have had some time to react and space to return fire in defense of himself. But he was caught unawares and he put himself in that dire straits by the manner he conducted the traffic stop encounter with an unknown driver in a pick up white Chevy truck. Why would a well trained police officer conduct a traffic stop in this manner; of a completely unknown stranger who was driving a truck and whose background he does not know. 

What if he was an armed and dangerous wanted criminal, a murderer or violent rapist. Why did the police officer take matters concerning his safety for granted and not effectively police the driver while he was exiting his vehicle with the usual command of show me your hands, gradually open the door with your right hand and slowly alight from the vehicle. Why did the police officer put himself in the defenseless position he was in by walking back to his squad car in tandem with an unknown driver who has already admitted to having a firearm was coming out of his pickup truck. Where was the police officer's backup officers and why did he allow the driver to exit the pickup before he could have his eyes completely affixed on the driver. 

ICHEOKU has been pulled over before but the experience was definitely different from what was seen in the video out of New Mexico. So, is it possible that the officer was a new recruit with no real experience on how to properly protect himself while conducting a traffic stop. Even when he sighted the rifle, instead of reflectively beating a quick defensive retreat, he became transfixed, as he looked at the pointed barrel and it was seconds too late. A better trained and experienced police officer would have ducked and ran back towards the front of the pickup truck in a life saving lightening speed mad dash. But it is now Monday night quarterbacking as ICHEOKU is not particularly blaming the police officer for his death, but that his lack of sufficient alertness possibly due to inadequate police training could have contributed to his killing. 

First he did everything wrong in the manner he handled the traffic stop, as police officer do not normally leave the driver's side of a vehicle unattended to while they approach the passenger's side. Second, they do not allow a driver to exit the vehicle without being totally in charge and completely focused on the driver. He had no complete visual on the driver to ensure that he had no pointed weapon in his hands, which of course proved fatal as he had one and it ended the officer's life. 

There are several commands which precedes the exiting of a driver from a traffic stopped vehicle which the police officer did not implement, which if he had done would have made a whole lot of difference. If his training was adequate and he was not a newbie, them he unreasonably exposed himself to the danger which took his life.  He let his guard and it proved a very costly mistake. May his soul now rest.

The other case which ICHEOKU wants to discuss pertaining to this topic, the adequacy of police training in America, is the latest shooting and killing of an unarmed black man in Brooklyn Minnesota. A white police officer Kimberly Potter shot and killed Duante Wright and claimed that she mistook her gun for a taser; and this police woman has been with the Brooklyn police department for more than 25 years, but wants people to believe her tall tale. She is an experienced police officer by all standards imagined and must have pulled her gun and taser several times in the past.  She is therefore well acquainted with the feel of the butt of gun and taser or at least is affixed with it, assuming she sincerely believed her own sect of peculiar facts.  

She must also have fired both weapons and is aware how their triggers respond including difference in their heaviness or weight. A matter made worse because she was even on a training drive beat of a new police recruit when they made the traffic stop leading to the killing too Daunte Wright. So, to believe her explanation is to accept that she herself was not a properly trained police officer as that is the only other thing which could possibly explain the gravity of her mistake, assuming she indeed made a mistake. 

It is therefore evident from the circumstances that there is no adequate training or continuing education or assessment retraining going on at various police departments where police officers are constantly updated and upgraded in the knowledge of their profession's best practices. It is also possible that she was simply overworked, tired and not functioning at the highest level of required alertness when she discharged her weapon killing the young black man. 

It is unfortunate that another black man has to die in the hands of a white police officer because of lack of proper diligence in the handling of a police gun. It might also be a willful indifference on her part with regard to a black person's life that made her not to be overly conscious of which of her two weapons she actually pulled out and fired. All these suggests that some of these police officers are not well prepared through adequate training, both mentally and psychologically, for the duty which they are asked to discharge. 

Any well trained and experienced police officer should automatically, like a clock work, know which holster he or she puts the gun and taser and which side of the harness the teargas, handcuffs and baton are. It is just like having the mouth, the nose, the eyes and the ears and nobody mistakenly puts food in the eyes or hurriedly puts eye drop into the nose or a vaporizer into their eyes. Certain things come to us sort of naturally because of their repetitiveness and a police officer of 25 years experience should have become so acquainted with her weapons not to just mistakenly shoot somebody to death with her gun which she allegedly mistook for her taser. 

Therefore, it is about time police academies in America rejig their training to ensure that every officer they graduate understands the burden of the badge they were. They are professionals just like other professionals in the country and they cannot be allowed to make mistakes which ordinary lay persons might be excused for. The message needs to be continuously driven into the men and women in blue that there will be consequences for their unprofessional behavior and that they will be held accountable for any poor judgment on their part in conducting their duties especially those resulting in death or which caused serious bodily harm to any member of the public which they swore an oath to serve and protect. 

Most of these cases that result in the shooting deaths of people in America by the police or the killing of police officers as well in America are somewhat otherwise avoidable deaths. Every effort should be made to prevent such deaths whenever possible as the ensuing resignations of such involved officers is no longer enough. Proactive measures to prevent deaths from occurring is better than the after the fact blame game including destructive riots and protests which always follow. The police should exercise additional caution and restraint before they pull the trigger, except in a life and death threatening situation when they have no meaningful alternative. 

The police should also protect themselves better and always be on alert non stop while on clock in order to prevent suffering such fate as befell the officer in New Mexico. Enough of the never ending police grabbing news headlines about police killings and police being killed in America. An extended training and continuing training and retraining of police officers might help in mitigating this ugly never ending damaging police tale in America which is now a readily recurring decimal. 

KAMALA HARRIS AND MEGHAN MARKLE: TWO OVER ENTITLED QUEENS.

Like Meghan Markle who wanted to be a real life princess but loathes the responsibilities which come with it, it seems that Kamala Harris only wants the perks which come with the office which she occupies in White House but is not ready for the duties which come with it. 

It is over four weeks now since Joe Biden appointed her the Immigration Tsarina in charge of the Southern border illegal immigration boondoggle, but it appears that she is not ready to do the heavy lifting required in tackling the problem. She also seemed to have shirk the responsibility and have buck passed it back to the Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and you wonder whether she did not know that the Homeland Secretary's office was in existence when Joe Biden asked her to do the job. 

But no, it is such a dirty, mean, low life job not befitting her Queenly status and she turned it down without even visiting the ground zero for a first hand assessment. ICHEOKU says is there a problem in the contraption which the Deep State clobbered together and foist on the nation? Only time will tell. 

DEFENSE COUNSEL WAS WRONG: DEREK CHAUVIN HAD INTENT.

ICHEOKU says former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin will be convicted, period. There is no other acceptable alternative to his conviction. There is a disturbing video and there is also the wishes of Black Lives Matter and their ANTIFA collaborators that he should be convicted as a tradeoff to their destroying Minneapolis, its surrounding cities and more other cities throughout America. 

His conviction will be a far less price to pay in exchange, so he will be thrown to the dogs in order to keep them quiet. The defense counsel raising the issue of his lack of intent to commit murder is sort of silly because although Derek Chauvin did not have the mens rea when he began the kneeling, but he formed it automatically when he heard George Floyd say "I can't breathe" and continued to kneel on his neck. So, the two necessary elements for a guilty verdict are present: the required intent to murder George Floyd and the act of murdering George Floyd. The verdict: GUILTY!

NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT MINISTER IS A JIHADIST TERRORISTS SYMPATHIZER.

ICHEOKU says his name is Ali Isa Patanmi and he is the currently serving Minister in charge of Nigeria's Communications  and Digital Economy Ministry. 

What a shame of Nigeria and another incontrovertible evidence that jihadists have permeated the government of Muhammadu Buhari, the reason Boko Haram and other jihadists organizations, including the murderous Fulani herders, are having a field day in Nigeria, kidnapping, raping, maiming, killing, looting and burning; just because they have government insiders supplying them logistics and giving them feedbacks. 

Has Joe Biden has not heard about this or not been briefed by his security team that the government of Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria is harboring a terrorists sympathizer who celebrated the World Trade Center terrorists attack in New York which killed more than 3,000 people, majority of who were American citizens. What is the CIA even waiting for before they drone Muhammadu Buhari's Communication Minister, Ali Isa Pantami, for his well established  support of Islamist terrorists. 

The minister is unabashedly an Islamist jihadist and terrorists sympathizer. He prayed for Taliban to achieve victory in Afghanistan. He prayed for Al Qaeda to defeat the West in their global campaign of terror and he also prayed for ISIS to defeat America in Iraq and Syria. He mourned when Osama Bin Laden and al-Baghdadi were killed and prayed for them to find an everlasting peace in heaven. He is also an itinerant Islamic preacher and once vowed to be a suicide bomber and jihadist himself, fighting the infidels. 

This is the type of person Muhaamaud Buhari of Nigeria tolerates in his government and you wonder why American government under Joe Biden has not read the riots act to him. That a jihadist who hates America is publicly serving in a Nigerian government which America and the rest of the Western governments supports and deals with is simply abominable, to say the least. So, when will the order go out from the White House to Aso Rock that this fella, as with anybody who supports terrorism, cannot be allowed to continue to serve in Nigerian government. #ResignPantamiOrBeFired.  

JENNIFER LOPEZ: SIMPLY TOO OLD TO EXPECT TOO MUCH IN LOVE.

ICHEOKU says she missed her opportunity at a "happily ever after" when she walked away from Puff Diddy following the December 1999 New York night club shooting incident. Since then she has been restless in love, even though "love don't cost a thing", jumping from one man to another in search of the elusive happiness and affection. Those men who she has been with who we publicly know are Ojani Noa, P. Diddy, Chris Judd, Ben Afflect, Marc Anthony, Drake and then Rodriguez, her latest break up. How will she explain her unlucky in love experience to her daughter is always the question in many people's mind.

Jenny From The Block's biggest problem is that she is still expecting too much from the men who still come around her, forgetting that she is no longer a spring chicken. As a 51 year old severely overused woman, mother and even old enough to be a grandmother,  she should be grateful that some men still find her good enough to date. These men should  be forgiven if their eyes once in a while stray or they even periodically go out of the way to get some elsewhere; provided they later return home back to her. But instead of being mindful of the fact that nature has played a fast one on her as it does with every mortal, she still expects exclusive love from famous people dating her, despite their being much sort after by much younger and much more beautiful women without children, as additional unwanted attention divider. Put in another way, Jennifer Lopez should rather be grateful that some of these men still finds her attractive amidst the cutthroat competition out there with so many under 25 luscious damsels. 

She is no longer what she used to be thirty or twenty years ago when she was the it, the hottest chic around, who every man who could wanted to have beside them. So, her present "I am good enough to be your only love" and "it is just me or nothing" or "I will not share you with anyone"  attitude will not serve her very well. The temptation out there is simply too much that it will be very difficult for her to find a rich and famous, high net worth, able man, whose eyes will not be darting around or even publicly flirting with much younger women from time to time. Her all or nothing posture will not work and if she insists, she will either have to remain single and lonely for a long time or she will eventually have to settle for a less famous man who is not as rich as those she likes to date. It is a fact of life that circumstances sometimes dictates conscience and wise people adjust accordingly by settling for the available if their desirable is not available.

But what is even the derivative value in dating such a spent bullet, who so many men have been through that she could easily pass for an "In and Out" burger joint. She has had her moment in  the sun and yes, she was the it when it lasted; but not anymore. She is now too old to stay very competitive in the dating field, particularly with the type of men she would rather date and tolerate. Fifty one years for anybody is old and for a woman still in the dating field, it becomes one heck of an inhibitor. At her age and the lengthy history of men who have been through her, she is literary like a left over food which should be otherwise sour by now if not for refrigeration. But she is rich and medical and physical sciences and of course good nutrition and healthy habits have kept her looking better than she would otherwise be, but that has not diminished the fact that is a 51 year old mother of two, some of whose mates are already grandmas.

ICHEOKU says she is simply too old to still be too choosey. How many grandmothers are still out there, wagging their tail feathers, expecting a rich and famous man to look at them. What Jennifer Lopez really needs is no longer another man, but a psychiatric evaluation to figure out why she goes through men with the frequency she does; and then follow it up with a psychological counseling on how to curb her libidinous inclinations that drives her insatiable desire for men. In some other cultures, only a pensioner/widower will be looking at her way by now, so she is indeed lucky that she is still getting propositions. She should therefore learn how to make necessary accommodations for her men to sometimes use their wandering eyes and if they stray a little, just pretend as if she did not know about it. 

This is only a commonsensical solution and our mothers and grandmothers deployed it to achieve their long lasting marital experience. Men sometimes do stray and it will be foolhardy to expect a man to become an enoch just because you said so, admitted some men are very loyal when they love and really care about someone. Women, too. ICHEOKU says would have suggested that she pack it up with men and quit trying, but since she likes men as is obviously evident, she should learn to adjust her expectations accordingly in order to help her secure a lasting companionship. But hey, it is only Jennifer Lopez that will rightly advise Jennifer Lopez going forward and hopefully she will advise herself properly and also listen to her advise. Until then, best of luck to her. 

PRINCE PHILLIP SIGNS OFF FOREVER.

ICHEOKU says Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh and husband of Queen Elizabeth II took his final bow and makes exits from this world. He had a wonderful long life. Adieu Prince.

FROM DUST HE CAME AND TO DUST HE NOW RETURNS.

ICHEOKU says he journeyed through earth as so many could only dream of. It is now ended and back to his maker he now returns. What a wonderful long life he lived. Rest on Prince Phillip. 

PRINCE PHILLIP'S FUNERAL: REST ON PRINCE!

ICHEOKU says so long Prince Phillip!

PASTOR TB JOSHUA CANCELED BY YOUTUBE: CANCEL CULTURE INSURGENCY AT WORK

ICHEOKU says his offense was that he dared question sexual orientations and preferences and claimed that he can "convert" homosexuals into straights and he was immediately yanked off Youtube; frozen out of the social media video availability and cut off from millions of his followers and parishioners around the world. He is a pastor from Nigeria and an acclaimed "man of God" whose flock are spread throughout the world. But these people can no longer reach their spiritual Shepard to get their souls nourishment through Youtube. His name is Temitope Balogun Joshua abbreviated TB Joshua and he is a global phenom among the Christians who follow his brand of Christianity and teachings. He is said to also have powers of "prophesies, healings, miracles and wonders." He is a spiritualist of some sort.

He has been creating waves with his brand of spiritual christianity for quite some time and frequently makes exaggerated statements which he calls prophesies. But unfortunately majority of these "prophesies" never come to pass including his "prophesy" that Hillary Clinton will win the United States of America presidency in 2016 and that rainfall will wash away the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020 at the beginning of the contagion. Anyway, he has been getting away with the ride for so long until now when he strayed into the arena of the heavily protected and shielded "endangered species: called homosexuals and they got him canceled. 

He saw homosexuality as a disease and demonic attack which he can "miraculously" heal their "sufferers" from and started his "conversion" therapy program in his church. According to the story, some homosexuals were allegedly :delivered" from their "demons of homosexuality" and made  "wholesome" again as they returned to their biological sexual orientation of being straight. Such tale did not go down well with the homosexual community, particularly their transgender branch and they moved against him. Their campaign was relentless and it kept on piling up until their complaints reached the necessary authorities in Silicon Valley.

Youtube was the first to strike him out, yanking his video programming with the platform off and forever banned him on their platform. They deleted TB Joshua completely by terminating his presence on their platform, thereby blacking him out from the rest of the world of his followers who religiously follow him on Youtube. Without Youtube, he can no longer reach out to the millions of his followers who dutifully watch his religious programming to satisfy their soul's desire for closeness with God. With the termination, the chances of TB Joshua ever getting back on the platform is somewhat closer to minus zero than being hopeful, because he struck at the heart of Wokeism and they hardly ever forgives. 

Facebook is still resisting the pressure to also turn off the light on TB Joshua, but they will do just that before too long as the homosexual community is very powerful in Silicon Valley and like shark, when they smell blood they never lets go. ICHEOKU says Facebook will also terminate TB Joshua and ditto Twitter; and every other social media of record because they work and operate in tandem. The same type of people run all the platforms and their cause is the same.  Once one of them acts on something, it causes a domino effect on the rest to also do something. So yes, very soon, TB Joshua will share similar fate as President Donald John Trump with a complete banned from social media platforms. 

But so far, Facebook has only deleted the "offending" videos but that will not satisfy the homosexual community. They will remain adamant and insist that Facebook take a similar action as Youtube until Facebook buckles and it will buckle. Failure of Facebook to also permanently ban TB Joshua will make Youtube appear to have acted without a reason and it is not an acceptable position to be isolated in. So, TB Joshua will be dealt the total eclipse measure before too long as all the social platforms share a common trait, they silence any viewpoint that does not agree with the wishes of their "community" and their community is literary the same type of people.

ICHEOKU says the biggest disappointment in all these is that these social media platforms are  American companies turned global conglomerates which are engaging in this selective viewpoint  restraint of speech without a uniform standard. Why would an attack on the church or christianity or even the broader religion be permitted, but an attack on homosexuals be prohibitively punished? Where is the freedom which America constantly preaches to the world when their sanctimonious adumbration does not apply to their own American companies which selectively swings the hammer as it suits their narrative? Where is the American democratic ideals of free speech and giving people the opportunity to first defend themselves before being punished when these social media platforms can on a whiff, just cancel anyone without even providing the person the opportunity to defend his charges? 

But they have become a "too big to fail" minders of the world, dictating what is allowed or not allowed speech and there is no one cap fits all operating standards of enforcement. They have become the proverbial judge, the jury and the advocate; or as in this case, also the prosecutor and the executioner. They have a special group of people they pander to, the only controlling authority on how they wield their big stick. TB Joshua said what the group did not want to hear and it was automatic lights out on him and he was immediately blacked out from millions of his followers all over the world. They have no care in the world that millions of people sustain their spirituality from TB Joshua and that his teachings could have helped save some souls threatening suicide or that his preachings could have helped comfort some people in dire straits and struggling through life's stresses. What an autocratic disposition. 

ICHEOKU says is not by this piece holding any brief particularly for TB Joshua, but that things should be done right and proper across the board, regardless of anyone's peculiar sentiment. It is all about making necessary accommodations for everyone and taking into consideration the needs of both sides of the disputation. If some people were offended by whatever TB Joshua  said or did, why not just remove the offensive content like a surgeon would, do a pinprick take out of diseased body part. Why kill everything just because they can. How about the millions of people who depend on TB Joshua's programming to get through their daily life grind. Why were this group not considered and factored in while making the decision to cancel him. But no, he spoke the "forbidden" words and Wokesters are gun-ho mad and in order to appease them, TB Joshua has to be completely deleted. 

ICHEOKU says it is not right as such is an overkill. If a man whose video has been viewed over 600 million times and who has more than five million followers, has one or two videos which went out of sync, those few videos should have been excised but not the entire catalogue. Things of spirituality matters so much to their adherents and to some, it is literary the oxygen in their lungs of survival, without which they will feel like a fish out of water. It is possible that those who make the decisions in those social media platforms are not religious or spiritual, but they should not live their lives or make decisions in isolation, believing that everybody is like them or that the world can get along without religion and spirituality. 

If they don't care about a pastor and his teachings or don't believe in God and salvation through Jesus Christ or even denounce heaven and hell as fable or condemn religion in its entirety as a fantastical nonsense, they should at least be mindful and appreciate the fact that some other people hold contrary view. One man's meat is another man's poison and expecting the over 8 billion human beings on earth to share one ideological believe or philosophical viewpoint is foolishness defined. Some people accept homosexuality as a way of life and by the same token,  those on the other side of the divide should also be allowed to reserve their rights to disagree or hold tight to their being straight. If what Pastor TB Joshua is preaching or the adherence to religion or even believe in God is pure gibberish to the Woke regime, it does not make it right to force the people on the other side of the divide to concede their own strongly held opinion to the contrary. 

A meeting of the ground is preferable where each side is allowed to hold unto whatever opinion they have, provided they keep it to themselves and not see the other side as being idiotic and imbecilic for holding a contrary opinion. If fully grown up adults walk into a place of worship, believing that they are afflicted or possessed by whatever demon, they should be allowed to hold their belief no matter how irrational it might seem. Why is "conversion" therapy so touchy an issue one may ask? That it is said to exist or works does not mean that it exists or works; and even if it works, nobody has ordered every homosexual into a "conversion" laboratory or as in this case, into TB Joshua's proven grounds to be delivered of their "monstrosity". So, why all the fuss leading up to termination of a religious pastor's programming on Youtube?

So, TB Joshua indulged in "conversion" therapy and committed an unpardonable sin against Wokeism, but he did not ordere every homosexual on planet earth to come to his church or tabernacle to be "delivered" of their "demons of homosexuality". He also did not ban homosexuals from attending his church and ICHEOKU strongly believes that some members of his Synagogue of Nations are possibly homosexuals and even transgenders. It would have been a different thing had TB Joshua rained curses on homosexuals or banned them from worshiping at his church or castigated and disparaged them as hell bound sinners. But he did none of these and as he said, he deals with the sin and not the sinners, as only God will judge who lived a sinful life at the end. 

ICHEOKU says Youtube should have been more measured in dishing out its termination punishment to TB Joshua, taking into cognizance the fact that millions of people depend on him for their spiritual nourishments and healing. These faithfuls should not just be thrown into the wilderness of spiritual darkness just because some gay group complained about a few videos which they deemed offensive to their cause. Moreso, for a man who has made thousands of videos, it is rather an overkill punishing him for a few "stray" videos. Youtube should therefore please restore TB Joshua's availability on their platform and just yank the offending videos like Facebook did. It is the right thing to do and Youtube should do the right thing both for TB Joshua and for his millions of followers. #RestoreTBJoshuaOnYoutube 

"THE TALK" IS NOT WORKING: BLACK PEOPLE STILL RESISTS THE POLICE.

ICHEOKU says it is baffling that despite the never ending badluck which black people have each time they confront the police, resist an arrest or disobey police command, that some black people are still disobeying police, resisting the police and confronting the police. Regardless of whatever right they may claim to be asserting by doing this; or whatever injustice they are fighting through this practice, one has to be alive first before one can enjoy or exercise any rights. A dead person has no right of anything and is entitled to nothing except a burial or any other form of disposition of a dead body. So why deliberately throw one's live away in this manner, in the hands of the police, just because one felt disrespected or that he or she did nothing wrong. 

Black people know that the odds of being shot and killed by the police is very high, so one would expect them to have learnt this lesson and then be strategic on how to stay alive by surviving  police encounters. But unfortunately the records seem to suggest otherwise that either the lesson has not fully sunk in or they really do not care to take this necessary life saving precaution very seriously. They are still falling victims to police killing because of this penchant of  obstinacy whenever they encounter the police. Is it that the parents doing "The Talk" are not doing enough talking or that these youngsters are indifferent and care less about seeing the next day. They watch the news and they know the statistical odds stacked against them, yet they do not reflect this awareness in dealing with the police, begging the question, why? 

So what is behind this constant urge by black people to flee or resist arrest whenever they have encounter with the police. Is it an inbred instinct in them that they just mechanically do it without even thinking about it, sort of a natural reaction, whenever they see the police. It appears that the famous "The Talk" which goes on in black families, where parents teach their kids the expected mannerisms whenever they are dealing with police, is not working or at least not working as expected. Many of these police killings are otherwise avoidable and some could have been avoided had the victims merely complied and played nicely with the police. This is not victim blaming, but a deeply rooted concern on how to mitigate the number of black people dying as a result of police shooting. 

It really does not matter whether they were right or wrong and whether the police was intentionally seeking out some black person to kill, assuming they do that; what is important is staying alive by surviving a police confrontation. Therefore more talks need to be continuously had with black youngsters to instill in them the discipline that it is to their own benefit that they play a zombie whenever they encounter the police by doing exactly as told or commanded. Although a person should not live in this way of constant fear of the police just because of the color of their skin, but with the cruel fate which nearly regularly befall them in the hands of the police, anything is good enough that saves them from becoming another number in the statistical data. 

This compliant and total obedience to police command is a responsibility which black people have and owe to themselves; and which they must regimentally discharge at every given time to help reduce the continuing sad story in the saga of police brutality in America. If one knows that there is a red line which if they cross could result to their being killed or that they are specifically being targeted yo be killed, why then make it easy for their killers. Why give those with a bull-eyes painted on their back a reason and the opportunity to pull the trigger. It is a very difficult situation which black people face, not knowing if they will see the next day following a police encounter, but sadly, black people somehow somewhat contribute to their fate by repeating the same thing which they knew led to the death of the last black victim. 

ICHEOKU laments this recurring decimal and reiterates that it is about time black people started helping themselves in order to avoid becoming the next statistic. All the protests and speeches and civil rights lawyers cashing in from such unfortunate incidents to help keep their practices afloat, with pastors and other civil rights leaders shouting themselves hoarse are practices too many. Enough of them as it time to do the needful of proactive prevention. Lets stop the madness by ending the ugliness in black and blue encounters, let black people start playing nice with the police until the day police will stop shooting and killing black people. ICHEOKU says is tired of the same drama on a repeat loop and urges a new approach, the life saving type, of obedience to police command. And in those "The Talk" sessions, parents should try and lay more emphasis on the consequences of non compliance to police orders so that their children will understand the imperativeness of obeying the police. 

DEREK CHAUVIN: PLEADING THE FIFTH WAS A MISTAKE.

ICHEOKU say Officer Derek Chauvin should have testified since he has nothing to lose because he will be convicted anyway. At least he should have taken the stand and in his own words let the jury know that he did not intend to snuff the life out of George Floyd and that he was overcame by circumstances beyond his control and that he was sorry that death resulted. He should have just put up a show and add some remorseful tears in the bargain, to humanize himself away from the stone cold heartless killer he is seen as. But to take the 5th under the circumstances, including the very damaging video, telegraphs that he is guilty as charged and deserves to be convicted. The major mistake was made when his defense lawyer agreed to take the matter to trial instead of seeking a plea deal which would have been his best option faced with such incriminating video, as not even OJ Simpson's lawyer Johnnie Cochran could have saved him. 

ICHEOKU convicted him several moons ago and is emphatic that he will be convicted by the jury, no question about it. The only thing left is what degree of homicide will he be convicted of and for how long will he be in prison. But whatever happens, the jury must not give Black Lives Matter and their ANTIFA consort another reason to tear down and burn Minneapolis again and possibly other parts of the country. Derek Chauvin became guilty of killing George Floyd the moment he heard George Floyd repeatedly say "I CAN"T BREATHE" and persisted in kneeling on his neck, choking him to death. Any other attempted explanation is but a hogwash which no sane person believes nor would the jury accept in his exculpation. 

Even an OJ Simpson's "guilty but acquitted" type of verdict will not fly this time because majority of American people witnessed his guiltiness and there is no way of short-circuiting that. At least with OJ, he did it in the darkness where no eyeballs saw him do it; but to be captured on a video gradually murder somebody, which nearly everyone in the world saw, has to take a catastrophic amnesia inducing total brain-reset to unsee what was seen as mere suspension of disbelief cannot accomplish that. So yes, there is no dispassionate juror in this case as everyone has already convicted him even before he was charged. So, as to the question how do you find Derek Chauvin, ICHEOKU says GUILTY!

TWO SIMULTANEOUS WARS AND AMERICA'S POSSIBLE RESPONSE.

ICHEOKU says if Russia and China decides to tag-team America by starting two wars simultaneously, what will America do? China could at an agreed date and time, breach the 110 miles Formosa Strait as Russia is also rolling its tanks into Ukraine, if this happens, how will America react. Which of the two aggressions will America jump in first and take head-on or will it engage them at the same time as they arose. If America engages them, will NATO and European countries join the effort as allies or will they just back off, fold their hands and do nothing, leaving America alone to its device. 

ICHEOKU says is constantly wondering what will happen if Russia and China formed a conspiracy to stand shoulder to should against America and dare America to do its worst. How things will unfold given such circumstance. The two world wars were several decades ago and America had a good edge, both in military, weapons and logistics; the reason it overwhelmed Japan and helped overwhelm Germany. But so many things have changed since then and the odds of achieving victory over Russia and China might be a much more uphill task to accomplish. A matter made worse because of the current state of affairs in Europe where feminism have destroyed real manhood and men are no longer as steely resolved as they used to be several decades ago. 

As we remain prayerful that such a nightmarish scenario never meet out daylight, if it ever happens, it will definitely be a tough engagement. But unfortunately, all the rapidly moving parts in the Strait of Taiwan and the Russian border with Ukraine is increasingly looking like an indicator that it is becoming more likely than not that some real flashpoint might pop up and sooner than anyone had imagined. May God protect his people and may those in the White House explore more ways to lower the temperature which their new sanction against Russia is surely not helping at all.  

NEW RUSSIAN SANCTIONS: AMERICA AND RUSSIA DETENTE IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE.

ICHEOKU says it is a deliberately orchestrated scheme by the military/industrial complex to keep Americans and the rest of the world perpetually afraid of Russia and in turn continue to sustain the market for their weapons and wars enterprise. Yes, there has to be a boogey man who is coming to get you and you need to defend yourself from him. America and the rest of Western nations are the good fellas while Russia is the bad guy, as they are being painted by the West and you need Western weapons to effectively defend yourself from Russia's inevitable invasion. 

Or better still, if you want the West to defend you or come to your aid when Russia eventually invades you, you need to first stockpile on weapons manufactured by the West as a show of good faith and we will remember to return the favor when the Russians come for you. But Georgia lost their Abkhazia and South Ossetia in 2008 and Ukraine also lost their Crimea in 2014 but the West never rushed in with their marching army to defend them. 

The Russia/America never ending "face-off" or supposed constant hostility is a racket for weapons and wars profiteering. So it does not matter what Vladimir Putin does or does not do,  there can never be enduring peace between the West, particularly America and Russia. His Russia will always be held out as the enemy; and even if there is no real factual basis to justify its enmity, one will always be manufactured just to keep the narrative the same. It is also the reason for the periodic ratcheting up of sanctions against Kremlin by successive American presidents, democrats and republicans; which helps create the appearance that Russia are up to no good. A West and America desiring a lasting peace with Russia would have since allowed Russia to join NATO and formalize its membership of the European Union since it is a European country. 

But no, as to do so will drastically impair their military.industrial bottomline because with the "enemy" now gone, there will be no need for countries to buy weapons and the weapons and wars market will drastically dwindle or even dry off. If Joe Biden actually imposed the latest sanction against Russia as a deterrent against their military buildup at the border with Ukraine, why is a similar sanction not imposed on China which has been constantly buzzing Taiwanese airspace with their military fighter planes these past weeks. China has even sent their warships including aircraft carrier into Taiwanese waters in violation of international order, but the White House looked the other way. 

But it is the America's politics of Russia, the bogey man; and it has to constantly play on as it has always been playing for the past many decades, irrespective of which party is in the White House. American' Russian policy is dictated by the Deep State and the Deep State always gets what the Deep State wants. They have to keep the golden goose laying the eggs so that they can continue enjoying their mouth-watering omelette. It never ends and it will never end. It is a manufactured situation and there is an ongoing need to keep it that way. It is also possible that Joe Biden imposed the current sanctions in order to prove his tough guy bona fides, since he promised to be tough on Russia and he also called Vladimir Putin a killer. 

RAGING VLADIMIR PUTIN THROWS THE MARKER

ICHEOKU says it is a dangerous situation which could easily morph into a disaster when the West doesn't even know what it is that must be avoided in order not to draw the threatened blistering response from Russia's Vladimir Putin. He set a redline for the West not to cross, but did not define what constitutes the redline, thus leaving the West at his mercy in determining which act so qualifies. This means that whatever Vladimir Putin decides is the redline becomes the redline and he could react just for cause accordingly. So, yes, Russian Vladimir Putin has in fact raised the bar in the escalating standoff with the West and it is indeed very frightening. 

In his State of the Russian Nation address, Vladimir Putin said: "We do not want to burn bridges, but Russia's response to provocations will be asymmetrical, rapid and harsh. But I hope that no one will think of crossing the so-called red line in relations with Russia. And where it will lie, we will determine ourselves in each specific case." 

ICHEOKU says the signs of the time is dangerously ominous. The West should be really afraid, assuming they have never been afraid before, because the strongman of Kremlin is now breathing out fire like an incensed dragon. Time for a real truce has come and all effort must be made towards deescalation. Enough of the fiery words.

BERNIE MADOFF DIES A MISERBLE MAN.

ICHEOKU says one of his two sons committed suicide and the other died of cancer of lymphoma following the financial scandal which sent him to prison, the collapse of his Ponzi scheme. His wife abandoned him; he was a billionaire but literally lost everything and now his life too, just 12 years into his 150 years prison sentence. 

Whether it was worth it, swindling thousands of people of their $19 billion in is a question which is now too late to ask him. Bernard Madoff was 82 years old and died in prison of kidney and heart disease related ailments. He must be the saddest man alive in prison and possibly regretted not having read nor heeded the admonition in Ecclesiastes 1:2 as his greed propelled him to such a shameful end. May his soul now rest. 

MEDICAL EXAMINER DAVID FOWLER IS PATHETIC: THE KNEELING KILLED GEORGE FLOYD.

ICHEOKU says a tortfeasor takes his victim as he finds him. So it does not matter whether George Floyd would have died an hour later or a day after or even within a month down the line had Derek Chauvin not knelt on his neck. That possibility is totally irrelevant in the criminal prosecution against former police officer Derek Chauvin going on in Minneapolis Minnesota. The only relevant thing is that the kneeling deprived George Floyd's lungs of life sustaining oxygen by asphyxiated him and it ended his life. 

So, it does not matter whether George Floyd's "heart condition and drug use" played a "significant role" or the "traces of fentanyl and methamphetamines in his blood", as well as "possible carbon monoxide poisoning from the exhaust fumes of the police vehicle outside Cup Foods" contributed to his death. None of these killed George Floyd at the exact time he took his last breath due to lack of oxygen, from not being able to breathe due to the act of Officer Derek Chauvin's kneeling on his neck. Also, the "carbon monoxide poisoning" was caused by Officer Derek Chauvin who put him in the additional predicament. 

The only issue for the jury to determine is whether George Floyd would have died at exactly when he died if not for the "I can't breathe" incident? As we know, so many Americans have heart conditions and many also use drugs including fentanyl and methamphetamines and they all have not died. So, what caused George Floyd's death was whatever facilitated and quickened his death, which in this case was the deprivation of oxygen to his lungs through knee asphyxiation by Derek Chauvin. The defense argument is comparable to somebody shooting a person with a gun and arguing that the victim died of other inherent conditions which the victim  was suffering and not as a result of the gun shot. It is a very silly argument, admitted the defense lawyer has a very difficult case and is therefore throwing anything to see what could possibly create a reasonable doubt in at least one juror and result in a hung jury. 

Therefore it appears that defense witness, former Maryland medical examiner David Fowler, sold his conscience when he testified that the kneeling by Derek Chauvin did not kill George Floyd. It was such a pitiful sight to behold, watching him mouth off that statement and he should have been asked whether himself or even Derek Chauvin could have survived if placed in similar situation and for that length of time. Anyway, all these pontifications are to a large extent somewhat moot already because Derek Chauvin is as good as convicted and he will be convicted. Only a formal constitutional due process prosecution is going on with his prosecution; and only his conviction will save Minneapolis from being engulfed in a huge bonfire and possibly the rest of the country, if otherwise. 

The video alone is more than enough evidence and practically the only evidence that actually matters in the case; and it is sufficient on itself to secure a guilty verdict. ICHEOKU says that the fate of Derek Chauvin is literally sealed, he will be convicted and he will do time in the big house for the killing of George Floyd. He did it and it is beyond reasonable doubt. It is only the degree of homicide for which he will be convicted and the length of time he will serve in prison as a result that are the only two variables yet to be decided. It is possibly what the defense lawyer is working on to see if he could somewhat mitigate both by lowering them and in that way, somehow help his client with a lesser conviction and in doing a lesser time in prison. ICHEOKU says a plea deal would have been the best practice here; but hey, who knows what forced the trial to go on. 

PRINCE HARRY RETURNS FOR FUNERAL: WHAT A SHAMELESS VULTURE.

ICHEOKU says he was so mean not to visit his ailing grandpa throughout the time he was in the hospital, including during his convalescence at home, but now returns for his funeral, really? COVID 19 or no COVID 19, at least he would have sighted him from a glass window and mouthed his sympathies or at least communicated it from a safe six feet social distancing position. But no, he took side against his family and strong-headily maintained his stand not to deal with the royal family just to please his very mean girl of a wife Meghan Markle. 

Now that the old man has died, apparently of a broken heart caused by Prince Harry and his gold digging wife Meghan Markle, it is off to London he returns for his funeral. He walked away and should have stayed away for good. That Oprah interview must have been very devastating to Prince Phillip, a man who held his family together for 73 long years only for a renegade grand son to suddenly besmirch it and lay to waste his labor of love of many decades and at his dying days. It must have been a contributing catalyst to the man's demise and Prince Harry is partly to blame for what happened to his grandpa. His conscience, if he has one, must be filled with  regrets and great grief. He can pretend all he wants and can carry himself as if he did nothing, but his heart is troubled and he will remain restless until he fully atones for his sin against his family. As Don Michale Corleone admonished Fredo in The Godfather, people don't take side against their family, but Prince Harry did exactly that. 

Why did the same reason which kept him away from visiting the ailing old man not also prevent him from returning for his funeral? Prince Harry is nuts and so many other families would have stood their ground and refused his attending the funeral because of the great pain which he caused the family. Further, the very fact that he did not care enough to visit his grandpa while he was still breathing, fully aware that his end time was near and his days on earth literary numbered following his recent hospitalization is enough to declare him a persona non grata in the British royal household. Even ICHEOKU wrote a piece after seeing the skeletal effigy of what used to be Prince Phillip upon his release from hospital, stating that it will be better to allow him to go and rest in peace instead of the unnecessary prolonging of his life which apparently has become torturous to him.  

But Prince Harry was such a knuckle head and played such a toughie by not visiting his dying grandfather and now the man is dead. Whether it was because of COVID 19 then that he did not visit him is debatable because there is still COVID 19 now. Whether it was because Meghan Markle was pregnant then that he did not visit, but Meghan Markle is still pregnant now. Whether it was because Meghan Markle could not travel with him back to London then on doctor's advise or was too scared to go back to London, but Meghan Markle still could not and did not travel with him back to London now. Whether it was because of the hornets nest which they stirred with their interview with Oprah Winfrey that made him not visit then, but those killer hornets are still buzzing around in the royal household waiting to sting him since no meaningful truce has been reached ever since. 

In short there is no good reason why he did not visit his sick grandpa to bid him goodbye while he was still breathing. But there is a possible plausible explanation on why he did not visit, he did not have the guts to face his grandfather's admonition for what he did to the riyal family. He avoided the excoriation of his no nonsense disciplinarian grandfather as he knew exactly what awaited him, the reason he was too afraid to dare visit him while he was still alive. So, why on earth, after all that he did, would the royal family still accommodate his request to attend the funeral of Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh, one may ask. As far as ICHEOKU is concerned, Prince Harry does not deserve the honor and privilege of such solemn occasion or the continuous association with the royal family after what he did to them with the Oprah interview. A matter made worse because he continued his backstabbing by telling Gayle King everything he discussed with his brother Prince William during their truce seeking telephone call. 

That guy is pitiful. What planet did he descend from and presently lives in? The renegade prodigal prince never stops to keep the company of stupidity or what part of human decency does he not understand? So, his grandpa while sick and convalescing was not good enough to merit a visit from Prince Harry, but now that he is dead, his dead body deserves being witnessed by Prince Harry while being interred. Only vultures prefer the dead to the living and Prince Harry  somehow actually looks like one. It is sad. However, the royal family should watch him very closely and very carefully; be guarded in their utterances by self-censoring everything they say around him while his visit lasts. He might be wearing a wire, seeking to get a big scoop of another anti Meghan Markle royal scandal to use for an Oprah interview 2.0 when he returns back to Meghan Markle. What a creep and a big shame of reds that fella is.