President TrumpDonald John TrumpThe Memo — Michelle Obama shines, scorching Trump Trump lashes out at Cuomo after his Democratic convention speech Biden seeks to win over progressives and Republicans on night one MORE said Monday night that he rejected a proposal from the Pentagon to cut military health care by $2.2 billion during the pandemic. 

The president tweeted his rebuke hours after Politico reported that Department of Defense officials were suggesting cutting health care over the next five years as part of Secretary Mark EsperMark EsperTrump says he has rejected Pentagon proposal to slash military health care OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Midshipmen have COVID-19 | Worries about reopenings | Snowden pardon gets bad reviews from key lawmakers | Eyes turn to Democratic convention Hillicon Valley: Trump administration cracks down further against Huawei chip production, affiliate groups | California ruling against Uber, Lyft threatens to upend gig economy MORE’s cost-cutting initiatives. 

“A proposal by Pentagon officials to slash Military Healthcare by $2.2 billion dollars has been firmly and totally rejected by me,” Trump tweeted. “We will do nothing to hurt our great Military professionals & heroes as long as I am your President. Thank you!”

ADVERTISEMENT

The Pentagon did not immediately return a request for comment. 

Under the proposal, the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness would need to save $2.2 billion in military health, a number officials settled on after months of discussions during the cost-cutting review, a defense official told Politico.

Two other senior defense officials told the news outlet that the effort was rushed and would impact the 9.5 million active-duty personnel, military retirees and their families who depend on the military health care. 

ADVERTISEMENT

Esper and his deputies reportedly argued that the private health care system can fill in the gap of the budget cuts. 

The military health system runs hundreds of facilities worldwide and operates Tricare, which allows members to receive civilian health care outside of the military network.

Pentagon spokesperson Lisa Lawrence told Politico that the system “continually assesses how it can most effectively align its assets in support of the National Defense Strategy.”

“The MHS will not waver from its mission to provide a ready medical force and a medically ready force,” Lawrence said. “Any potential changes to the health system will only be pursued in a manner that ensures its ability to continue to support the Department’s operational requirements and to maintain our beneficiaries access to quality health care.”

Click Here: camiseta river plate

Networks spreading health misinformation have received 3.8 billion views on Facebook in the past year, a new report finds.

The peak of the misinformation came as the coronavirus pandemic was reaching its worst in April, with those networks receiving roughly 460 million views in just a month, according to the report from nonprofit advocacy group Avaaz released Wednesday.

The reach of the top spreaders of health misinformation far eclipsed that of leading health organizations on the platform, according to the report, which also raises concerns about Facebook’s efforts to rein in misleading content.

ADVERTISEMENT

Researchers found that only 16 percent of the health misinformation they uncovered had a warning label placed on it.

“Facebook’s algorithm is a major threat to public health,” said Fadi Quran, campaign director at Avaaz. “Mark ZuckerbergMark Elliot ZuckerbergHillicon Valley: TikTok employee to file lawsuit | Pinterest adds first Black member to board of directors | Amazon expanding offices Anti-vaccination group sues Facebook over ‘censoring’ posts Hillicon Valley: Trump administration cracks down further against Huawei chip production, affiliate groups | California ruling against Uber, Lyft threatens to upend gig economy MORE promised to provide reliable information during the pandemic, but his algorithm is sabotaging those efforts by driving many of Facebook’s 2.7 billion users to health misinformation spreading networks.”

The findings are especially concerning given the material effects of conspiracy theories and unfounded claims about the coronavirus.

More than 100 doctors and nurses working on the front lines of the pandemic sent a letter to America’s largest social media platforms earlier this year warning that misinformation was making it harder to treat patients.

A study released this month in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene also found that 800 people had died globally in the first three months of the year as a result of being exposed to coronavirus misinformation.

“Misinformation about people’s health, especially during a pandemic, can lead to direct, physical harm,” Rep. Anna EshooAnna Georges EshooTwo Democrats call for criminal inquiry of postmaster general Hillicon Valley: NSA warns of new security threats | Teen accused of Twitter hack pleads not guilty | Experts warn of mail-in voting misinformation House Democrat calls on Facebook to take down doctored Pelosi video MORE (D-Calif.) said in a statement to The Hill. “The fact that this misinformation has been viewed nearly four billions times on Facebook in the last year is utterly inexcusable and dangerous.”

ADVERTISEMENT

The report released Wednesday faults Facebook’s algorithm for boosting the dangerous health content.

“[H]ealth misinformation is often sensationalist and provocative and will therefore receive significant engagement,” the report reads. “This engagement will, in turn, be interpreted by the algorithm as a reason to further boost this content in the News Feed, creating a vicious cycle where the algorithm is consistently and artificially giving health misinformation, for example, an upper hand over authoritative health content within the information ecosystem it presents to Facebook users.”

Facebook’s attempts to stem the spread of misinformation have already come under heavy criticism from Democratic lawmakers.

“What has become more clear with every new revelation is that Facebook’s algorithms continue to expose Americans to harmful misinformation,” Sen. Mark WarnerMark Robert WarnerOvernight Defense: Trump rejects major cut to military health care | Senate report says Trump campaign’s Russia contacts posed ‘grave’ threat Senate report describes closer ties between 2016 Trump campaign, Russia Senate intel leaders said Trump associates may have presented misleading testimony during Russia probe: report MORE (D-Va.) told The Hill. “Particularly in the context of an ongoing public health emergency, we cannot allow the public sphere – increasingly conducted online – to be dominated by harmful health misinformation and scams. We must acknowledge that the scale of these platforms calls for increased scrutiny.”

A Facebook spokesperson said in statement to The Hill, “We share Avaaz’s goal of limiting misinformation, but their findings don’t reflect the steps we’ve taken to keep it from spreading on our services.”

The platform has promised action to combat the spread of health misinformation during the pandemic, committing to elevating information from trusted sources and limiting the spread of potentially harmful posts. The spokesperson noted that “from April to June, we applied warning labels to 98 million pieces of COVID-19 misinformation and removed 7 million pieces of content that could lead to imminent harm.”

Some of those efforts have been successful. Facebook appears to have stunted the spread of a sequel to the viral “Plandemic” video released Tuesday by blocking links to it from being posted or shared via messenger immediately after it went live. However, not all sources of misinformation announce their intention to spread such material ahead of time.

“Given the previous Plandemic video violated our COVID misinformation policies, we blocked access to that domain from our services,” the Facebook spokesperson said. “This latest video contains COVID-19 claims that our fact-checking partners have repeatedly rated false so we have reduced its distribution and added a warning label showing their findings to anyone who sees it.”

Click Here: camiseta river plate

The social media giant also started notifying users who have interacted with misinformation about the coronavirus and has connected them with articles debunking common conspiracies.

Avaaz’s report says those steps have not been sufficient given the scale of the problem.

It recommends providing all users who have seen misinformation with independently fact-checked corrections, claiming that doing so lowers belief in false information by half.

The report also encourages Facebook to downgrade the visibility of misinformation in the news feed.

“During a global pandemic, Facebook is looking the other way while disinformation about the coronavirus goes viral on its platform — a direct threat to the health and safety of millions of people,” Sen. Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth WarrenNYT security guard who went viral for interaction with Biden will have prominent role at convention: report Overnight Defense: Trump rejects major cut to military health care | Senate report says Trump campaign’s Russia contacts posed ‘grave’ threat Progressive Bowman endorses Markey ahead of Massachusetts primary MORE (D-Mass.) said in a statement to The Hill. “No company should be too big to be held accountable for distorting facts and spreading falsehoods, especially during a public health crisis.”

To come up with the figures in their report, Avaaz first identified websites that previously reached large audiences with health misinformation, relying on third-party groups to initially locate sites. It then found the top Facebook pages that drove content to the previously identified websites.

Then, because Facebook does not make public how many times a link is viewed, the group created a metric for views calculated using by available data views of videos posted by top pages.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates on Sunday lamented the U.S.’s coronavirus “testing insanity,” which he said had caused the country to fall behind the rest of the world, much of which has begun reopening after flattening infection growth.

“A variety of early missteps by the U.S. and then the political atmosphere meant that we didn’t get our testing going,” Gates said Sunday on CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS.” “It’s nonsense that any sort of travel ban we did was at all beneficial. That doesn’t pass the common sense test … and now we’ve executed our lockdowns nationwide with less fidelity than other countries.”

Commercial labs, he said, have left customers struggling with long waits, while “very wealthy people have access to these quick-turnaround tests.”

ADVERTISEMENT

“It’s mind-blowing that you can’t get the government to improve the testing because they just want to say how great it is,” he continued. “I’ve said to them, look, have a [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] website that prioritizes who gets tested. Don’t reimburse any test where the result goes back after three days. You’re paying billions of dollars in this very inequitable way to get the most worthless testing results in the world.”

Click Here: New Zealand rugby store

“No other country has the testing insanity because they won’t talk about fixing it, because they think they need to just keep acting like they’ve done a competent job,” he added.

Without sufficiently rapid testing, Gates continued, people with the virus may not be able to self-isolate in time to contain the infection. He added that he believes a vaccine will likely be developed by the end of 2020 or within the first half of 2021.

President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump suggests some states may ‘pay nothing’ as part of unemployment plan Trump denies White House asked about adding him to Mount Rushmore Trump, US face pivotal UN vote on Iran MORE has vocally defended the U.S.’s testing for the virus and has repeatedly claimed that the country’s numbers are high only because of the testing regimen, despite the fact that the positive percentage rate of the tests remains high as well.

Caroline Crenshaw was sworn in Monday as the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) second Democratic member, giving the five-person panel a full roster for the first time since 2018.

Crenshaw, a former SEC attorney, began her five-year term Monday after the Senate confirmed her earlier this month. She had served as counsel to former Democratic commissioners Robert Jackson Jr. and Kara Stein after stints in the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations and the Division of Investment Management.

President TrumpDonald John TrumpThe Memo — Michelle Obama shines, scorching Trump Trump lashes out at Cuomo after his Democratic convention speech Biden seeks to win over progressives and Republicans on night one MORE announced his intention to nominate Crenshaw in June to replace Jackson, who stepped down in February. She joins Allison Herren Lee, who joined the SEC in July 2019, as one of two Democratic commissioners. 

ADVERTISEMENT

The SEC also swore in Commissioner Hester Peirce, a Republican, for another term on the commission. She was confirmed by the Senate for another term at the SEC in August after initially joining the commission in 2018 on Trump’s appointment.

Crenshaw’s confirmation marks the first time since 2018 that the SEC has had all five commissioner slots filled and the first time all five seats were filled by Trump appointees.

Federal law prohibits any more than three SEC commissioners from being affiliated with the same political party. 

Click Here: New Zealand rugby store

Happy Wednesday and welcome to Overnight Defense. I’m Rebecca Kheel, and here’s your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and beyond. CLICK HERE to subscribe to the newsletter.

THE TOPLINE: The Pentagon could need a new leader come November.

Reports on Wednesday said President TrumpDonald John TrumpNew Bob Woodward book will include details of 25 personal letters between Trump and Kim Jong Un On The Money: Pelosi, Mnuchin talk but make no progress on ending stalemate | Trump grabs ‘third rail’ of politics with payroll tax pause | Trump uses racist tropes to pitch fair housing repeal to ‘suburban housewife’ Biden commemorates anniversary of Charlottesville ‘Unite the Right’ rally: ‘We are in a battle for the soul of our nation’ MORE is considering replacing Defense Secretary Mark EsperMark EsperOvernight Defense: Trump reportedly considering replacing Esper after election | FBI, Air Force investigating after helicopter shot at in Virginia | Watchdog says UK envoy made inappropriate comments on religion, race, sex Trump eyes replacing Esper after election: reports Overnight Defense: Esper confirms plans to drop below 5,000 troops in Afghanistan | State Department says it’s cleared of wrongdoing in emergency arms sales before investigation’s release MORE after Election Day.

Bloomberg first reported Wednesday afternoon that Trump has privately said he intends to replace Esper after the election, citing unnamed people familiar with internal discussions.

One source told Bloomberg that, for his part, Esper has told people close to him that he intends to leave after the election regardless of the outcome.

Reuters later also reported that Trump has privately discussed the possibility of replacing Esper after the election.

Of course, if presumptive Democratic nominee Joe BidenJoe BidenRon Johnson signals some GOP senators concerned about his Obama-era probes On The Money: Pelosi, Mnuchin talk but make no progress on ending stalemate | Trump grabs ‘third rail’ of politics with payroll tax pause | Trump uses racist tropes to pitch fair housing repeal to ‘suburban housewife’ Biden commemorates anniversary of Charlottesville ‘Unite the Right’ rally: ‘We are in a battle for the soul of our nation’ MORE wins, the Pentagon would almost certainly get a new Defense secretary in January regardless.

Soured relationship: You’ll recall that Esper has reportedly been on the outs with Trump since June. That’s when Esper voiced opposition to using active-duty troops against protesters after Trump repeatedly threatened to send in the military to quell demonstrations against racial injustice and police violence.

At the time, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany sidestepped questions about whether Trump continued to have confidence in Esper, saying that “as of right now, Secretary Esper is still Secretary Esper. And should the president lose faith, we will all learn about that in the future.”

A week later, the Wall Street Journal reported that Trump was talked out of firing Esper over the split on how to respond to the protests.

Not denying: In a statement Wednesday, the White House did not refute the latest reports.

“President Trump has assembled an incredible team at the White House and across the federal government who have accomplished undeniable successes on behalf of the American people. We have no personnel announcements at this time nor would it be appropriate to speculate about changes after the election or in a second term,” White House spokesman Judd Deere said.

Chief Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said in a separate statement that Esper serves “at the pleasure of the president.”

“It is Secretary Esper’s highest honor and privilege to serve the nation in defense of our great country,” Hoffman said. “He continues that same commitment to duty, honor and country today, recognizing that he serves the nation and leads the men and women of this department as secretary of Defense at the pleasure of the president.”

AIR FORCE HELICOPTER SHOT AT IN VIRGINIA: The FBI and Air Force are investigating after an Air Force helicopter was shot at from the ground in Virginia, injuring a crew member and forcing the aircraft to make an emergency landing.

McClatchy first reported the incident, which happened Monday when a UH-1N Huey helicopter assigned to the 1st Helicopter Squadron at Joint Base Andrews was a routine training flight near Manassas, Va.

The helicopter made the emergency landing early Monday afternoon at Manassas Regional Airport.

The crew member’s injuries were not life-threatening. He was taken to the hospital and later released.

The FBI Washington’s field office “is working jointly with our law enforcement partners, including the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident,” the FBI said in a statement.

WATCHDOG: UK ENVOY MADE INAPPROPRIATE COMMENTS: Trump’s envoy to the United Kingdom made inappropriate comments on religion, sex and race and threatened staffers’ jobs if they disagreed with him, according to a watchdog report released Wednesday.

Robert “Woody” Johnson, the U.S. ambassador to Great Britain, was highlighted in the report as alienating staff, accusing them of being disloyal and making inappropriate comments that possibly violated employment laws.

The State Department Office of Inspector General (OIG) report does not get into the specifics of the comments Johnson made that staff found inappropriate, saying that staff reported in interviews that the ambassador “sometimes made inappropriate or insensitive comments on topics generally considered Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)-sensitive, such as religion, sex, or color.”

Staff further said that Johnson was combative when he felt people were resistant to his suggestions, questioning staff intentions and implying that he might have them replaced. The OIG said that staff held back their best judgement in fear of the ambassador.

Background: The OIG report follows reporting last month by CNN that Johnson, the billionaire co-owner of the New York Jets, had made a number of racist and sexist remarks, such as questioning why African Americans need a Black History Month and suggesting women were cheaper labor who worked harder, among other allegations.

Johnson denied the claims at the time, writing on Twitter that he had “followed the ethical rules and requirements by my office at all times. These false claims of insensitive remarks about race and gender are totally inconsistent with my longstanding record and values.”

His actions further came under the scrutiny of the top Democrat with oversight of the State Department. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot EngelEliot Lance EngelOvernight Defense: Trump reportedly considering replacing Esper after election | FBI, Air Force investigating after helicopter shot at in Virginia | Watchdog says UK envoy made inappropriate comments on religion, race, sex Watchdog: Trump’s UK envoy made inappropriate remarks on religion, race, sex Allegations roil progressive insurgent’s House bid MORE (D-N.Y.) called for Johnson to testify about his behavior in front of the panel by Sep. 30.

Disputed recommendation: The report recommended the State Department’s Bureau of Europe and Eurasian Affairs, working with the department’s Office of Civil Rights, assess the ambassador’s compliance with Equal Employment Opportunity laws and take appropriate action based on the review.

The bureau rejected the recommendation, the only one of 22 recommendations made in the OIG report it disagreed with, arguing that Johnson had taken steps to review the agency’s policies and training on workplace harassment and instructed staff to do the same.

The bureau further said the ambassador “is well aware of his responsibility to set the right tone for his mission and we believe his actions demonstrate that.”

The bureau said that it would work with the Office of Civil Rights to provide more training and advice to all staff, including the ambassador, to “heighten awareness on these important issues.”

The OIG considered the recommendation unresolved.

Click Here: Bape Kid 1st Camo Ape Head rompers

ON TAP FOR TOMORROW

U.S. Southern Command commander Adm. Craig Faller will participate in an Atlantic Council webinar on countering the Maduro regime at 9 a.m. https://bit.ly/3iBN5kI

The Professional Services Council will host its virtual Defense Services Conference, featuring speeches by under secretary of Defense for acquisition and sustainment Ellen Lord, Joint Staff vice director for logistics Rear Adm. John Polowczyk and other defense officials, at 9 a.m. https://bit.ly/33SOzTm

Maj. Gen. Joseph P. McGee, director of the Army Talent Management Task Force,, will participate in the Association of the U.S. Army’s Noon Report webinar at noon. https://bit.ly/3iyHcVi

ICYMI

— The Hill: Democrats say White House isn’t budging in coronavirus relief stalemate

— The Hill: Democrat calls on White House to withdraw ambassador to Belarus nominee

— The Hill: Opinion: Defense Department should avoid a rush to vaccinate

— Defense News: Congress has secretly blocked US arms sales to Turkey for nearly two years

— New York Times: Infertility was distressing. The military made it even more complicated.

— Stars and Stripes: Russia makes Open Skies treaty flight over US military bases in Germany

China said Tuesday the Trump administration is undermining global trade with sanctions against telecommunications company Huawei. 

The Chinese foreign ministry reportedly demanded that U.S. officials “stop suppressing Chinese companies” in comments one day after the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security announced further steps to push against Huawei and blacklisted 38 Huawei affiliate groups. 

Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said the U.S. is “violating international trade rules, and undermining the global industrial chain, supply chain, and value chain,” according to The Associated Press. 

ADVERTISEMENT

Zhao also warned that Beijing will “take necessary measures to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies.”

The U.S. on Monday expanded a previous decision by the Commerce Department in May to restrict Huawei’s ability to use American software and technology to manufacture semiconductors or chips. The new step is intended to limit Huawei’s access to chips by restricting its ability to purchase chips created by a foreign company with the use of American software or technology. 

It follows multiple other actions against Huawei over the past year, and comes as the Trump administration has increasingly cracked down on Chinese firms in the U.S. 

Trump issued an executive order last week ordering Chinese group ByteDance to divest itself from U.S. operations of the popular video app TikTok within 90 days.

Click Here: cheap Cowboys jersey

Chicago will deploy 1,000 extra police officers across the city this weekend after the area experienced looting throughout downtown and some residential parts of the city this week.

Chicago Police Department (CPD) Superintendent David Brown announced Thursday the city’s safety plans following widespread looting and damaging of businesses that resulted in more than 100 arrests this week, local NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV reported.

Brown said the CPD would extend officers’ hours and cancel days off, emphasizing, “This is our town; it doesn’t belong to the criminals.”

ADVERTISEMENT

“Don’t let these criminals run you out of this beautiful city,” Brown said, adding, “Our department, our police officers will risk their lives to protect you. Not in our town. Not in our city.”

According to CPD police spokesman Tom Ahern, widespread looting broke out early Monday morning on Lake Street near Michigan Avenue, with suspects using U-Haul trucks and cargo vans to steal items from businesses in the area.

Afterward, Mayor Lori LightfootLori LightfootSunday shows preview: Mail-in voting, USPS funding dominates political debate before conventions Chicago deploying 1,000 extra officers over weekend to deter looting Chicago’s Ronald McDonald House charity says they’re repairing damage from looting MORE (D) told Time magazine this week the violence and robberies were a result of “organized criminal activity.”

Brown was stern in his message Thursday, warning any potential looters that the CPD “is going to arrest you,” noting that department would use any means necessary to prevent looters from stealing this weekend.

“We are going to deploy all tactics necessary to prevent and stop looting,” Brown added. “That means deploying stop strips to puncture your tires if you’re caravaning cars to loot. We will disable your cars to prevent the caravan, and we will work very hard to do so. If that means deploying tow trucks to impound your cars that are caravaning to loot, CPD will do so,” Brown said. 

A Black Lives Matter demonstration is also planned for Saturday to block off part of the Dan Ryan Expressway as extended police patrols deploy throughout the city.

ADVERTISEMENT

The protest was organized by several local groups and is titled “Black Lives Matter March: SHUTDOWN OUR DAN RYAN,” a demonstration akin to the historic 2018 anti-violence march that shut down the road two years ago.

Organizers for the peaceful march are reportedly in contact with Illinois State Police to coordinate a “safe route of travel.”

“The Illinois State Police will protect the rights of those seeking to peacefully protest while ensuring the safety of the public,” the department said in a statement.

Click Here: cheap Cowboys jersey

The New York Police Department (NYPD) said it used facial recognition software during its investigation targeting Black Lives Matter organizer Derrick Ingram, who saw his apartment surrounded by officers, police dogs and a helicopter earlier this month as part of the operation.

A spokeswoman for the agency told The Hill on Wednesday that “facial recognition software was utilized in accordance with department policy” during the “course of the investigation.”

“The NYPD uses facial recognition as a limited investigative tool, comparing a still image from a surveillance video to a pool of lawfully possessed arrest photos,” the department, which has been using the technology since 2011, added.

ADVERTISEMENT

“This technology helps bring justice to victims of crimes. A facial recognition match is a lead. No one has ever been arrested solely on the basis of a computer match, no matter how compelling.” 

The Gothamist was the first outlet to report the news and also obtained a screen grab from footage of the operation captured earlier this month that showed an officer holding a paper reading at the top, “Facial Identification Section Informational Lead Report,” along with a photo it identified of Ingram. 

The NYPD drew national headlines earlier this month after it surrounded Ingram’s apartment in Manhattan on Aug. 7 with a number of officers in riot gear, vehicles, dogs and a helicopter.

Click Here: cheap all stars rugby jersey

Ingram, the founder of Warriors in the Garden, a group advocating for police reform that has been leading rallies in the city in recent months, had been hosting a livestream on Instagram during part of the operation, according to The New York Times.

“What did I do? What did I do? I was born Black. That’s what I did,” Ingram said in the livestream.

ADVERTISEMENT

A spokeswoman for the police department claimed on Wednesday that the agency had been “attempting to make an apprehension for an assault on a police officer” that day.

The department said it was “seeking him for an open complaint report” for an alleged assault that occurred during a demonstration in the Midtown North Precinct in mid-June. The representative said during the alleged incident that the officer tried to stop Ingram “from entering a frozen zone and a struggle ensued.”

“The individual placed a handheld megaphone directly against the officer’s ear, activated the megaphone and yelled, causing pain and protracted impairment of hearing. EMS transported the officer to an area hospital for treatment,” the officer said.

According to the Times, Ingram denied assaulting anyone during his livestream earlier this month.

The department said Ingram also turned himself into police custody the day after law enforcement surrounded his home. During the operation the day before, Ingram hadn’t allowed the police to enter his home since they didn’t have a warrant, according to the Times. 

Ingram had initially faced second-degree assault charges at the time of his arrest earlier this month. However, the charge was later downgraded to misdemeanor assault. 

Ingram said in a statement earlier this month that the police department’s actions were “an attempt to silence our movement.”

“This militarized police response endangers the safety of residents in Hell’s Kitchen and across NYC,” he continued, adding: “Officers used threats and intimidation tactics on a young man with no criminal history.”

In a statement obtained by Gothamist this week, New York City Mayor Bill de BlasioBill de BlasioOvernight Health Care: With Biden, advocates sense momentum for lifting abortion funding ban | Battle looms over Biden health care plan if Democrats win big | Dozens of public health officials are quitting during pandemic Dozens of public health officials are quitting during pandemic Trump touts NYC police union endorsement: ‘Pro-cop all the way’ MORE (D) urged more caution when it comes to using facial recognition technology, saying:  “We have to be very careful and very limited with our use of anything involving facial recognition.”

“Those standards need to be reassessed. It’s something I will do with my team and with the NYPD,” he added.

The report comes weeks after the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said in a complaint that use of the technology resulted in the wrongful arrest of a Black man in Detroit.

– Former TNA star Jesse Sorensen worked tonight’s WWE NXT TV tapings in Orlando. He will face Elias Samson on the February 10th episode. I believe this is Jesse’s third set of NXT tapings.

– Noelle Foley and boyfriend “Frank The Clown” are at ringside for tonight’s tapings.

– Former WWE Head Coach Bill DeMott is also in attendance for tonight’s NXT TV tapings from the University of Central Florida. DeMott, who resigned from WWE last year amid controversy, is sitting in the crowd with his family, as seen below:

Bill DeMott watching the show in the crowd @PWTorch pic.twitter.com/I6JvytW7JF
— Benjamin Tucker (@BTuckerTorch) January 22, 2016

WrestleMania 32 Updates on Cena and Cesaro, Huge Handicap Match at WrestleMania?, Big News on Vince and Finn Balor’s Main Roster Stable, WWE Merging Two Top Stables?, Change for Roman Reigns Due to Terror Attacks?, Backstage Issues with Undertaker and Kane, Top WWE Star Hurt, Huge Tag Team to WWE Soon?, WWE Wellness News, Must See New Stephanie & Kaitlyn & Maryse, Lots of New GIFs & Exclusives, More