Washington DC: Happening Now -- BLM members are going to hold a rally / press conference about Wednesday’s Capitol protest. They’re demanding Trump’s immediate removal from office.
A mass fatality event’: California struggles with backlog of bodies of COVID-19 victims.
With hospital morgues overwhelmed by soaring numbers of bodies amid a surge in COVID-19 deaths, hard-hit parts of California are struggling to store the bodies of those who have died.
The Los Angeles County coroner’s office is accelerating efforts to temporarily store corpses as the local death toll hits record levels.
This week, six members of the California National Guard arrived to assist county workers in transferring bodies from hospital morgues to 12 refrigerated storage units parked at the coroner’s office, said Sarah Ardalani, spokeswoman for the office. Additional helpers from the National Guard are expected to come next week.
Last spring, the coroner’s office had anticipated a surge in the dead and at least quadrupled its storage capacity to at least 2,000 bodies by bringing in the 12 refrigerated trailers, according to Ardalani. There are also additional trailers that can each hold about 25 bodies each.
As of Monday, the coroner’s office was holding 757 bodies.
At the end of November, the beginning of the most recent COVID-19 surge, the containers held only about 60 bodies.
Then the pace of fatalities began rising. In early December, about 30 people a day were dying; by Friday, the seven-day average was about 190 people a day.
More than 4,200 COVID-19 deaths have been reported since Dec. 1, an astonishing number in just a matter of weeks. The cumulative number of dead in L.A. County from the disease is 11,872.
In just the last four days alone, an average of 250 COVID-19 deaths a day have been reported in L.A. County. That’s higher than the average number of daily deaths from all other causes combined, including heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, car crashes, suicides and homicides, which is about 170.
Hospital morgues are overcrowded because funeral homes and private mortuaries are so full that they are having to turn families away. Open spots at the hospital morgue are quickly being replaced by new bodies.
With hospital morgues overwhelmed by soaring numbers of bodies amid a surge in COVID-19 deaths, hard-hit parts of California are struggling to store the bodies of those who have died.
The Los Angeles County coroner’s office is accelerating efforts to temporarily store corpses as the local death toll hits record levels.
This week, six members of the California National Guard arrived to assist county workers in transferring bodies from hospital morgues to 12 refrigerated storage units parked at the coroner’s office, said Sarah Ardalani, spokeswoman for the office. Additional helpers from the National Guard are expected to come next week.
Last spring, the coroner’s office had anticipated a surge in the dead and at least quadrupled its storage capacity to at least 2,000 bodies by bringing in the 12 refrigerated trailers, according to Ardalani. There are also additional trailers that can each hold about 25 bodies each.
As of Monday, the coroner’s office was holding 757 bodies.
At the end of November, the beginning of the most recent COVID-19 surge, the containers held only about 60 bodies.
Then the pace of fatalities began rising. In early December, about 30 people a day were dying; by Friday, the seven-day average was about 190 people a day.
More than 4,200 COVID-19 deaths have been reported since Dec. 1, an astonishing number in just a matter of weeks. The cumulative number of dead in L.A. County from the disease is 11,872.
In just the last four days alone, an average of 250 COVID-19 deaths a day have been reported in L.A. County. That’s higher than the average number of daily deaths from all other causes combined, including heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, car crashes, suicides and homicides, which is about 170.
Hospital morgues are overcrowded because funeral homes and private mortuaries are so full that they are having to turn families away. Open spots at the hospital morgue are quickly being replaced by new bodies.
Los Angeles Times
'A mass fatality event': California struggles with backlog of bodies of COVID-19 victims
With hospital morgues and funeral homes full and deaths mounting, California struggles to store the bodies of COVID-19 victims.
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LAPD HQ: Herbert Nixon Flores, wanted for the murder of his ex-girlfriend, was located in Texas by Irving PD and as officers were attempting to take him into custody, he committed suicide from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. 46 yr old Herbert Nixon Flores is wanted for the heinous murder of his ex-girlfriend on the morning of January 6 on Bartee Ave in Pacoima.
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More National Guard Troops arrive in buses in Washington, DC. 6200 National Guard troops are scheduled to come this weekend. Army Head Says National Guard May Be Allowed to Carry Guns in DC
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DC — Wild AF 🤯
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Lt General McInerney Says The Secret Service Has Nancy Pelosi’s Laptop. LOL
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Barriers going up at the Supreme Court.
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BLM members Gather Outside Of The Police Station In Minneapolis, MN., "Justice For Jacob Blake."
A police-involved shooting occurred Saturday afternoon in the Lawndale neighborhood on Chicago's West Side. Details were limited, but Chicago police confirmed the incident was reported before 3:50 p.m. on South Karlov Avenue near West 15th Street. COPA, the independent agency tasked with oversight of the Chicago Police Department, confirmed was responding to the scene. Check back for updates on this developing story.
The US Army and National Guard are deploying in numbers to Washington DC ahead of the upcoming presidential inauguration, with the possibility of being armed with lethal weapons at the discretion of their commanders. In Washington DC and in most jurisdictions around the world, non-lethal weapons are de rigeur when dealing with civil disturbances, but given the recent events of Wednesday, it is felt that more caution is in order. David Wood and other high-ranking military officers also manifested that they were already planning to make such a deployment in advance of the inauguration of Joe Biden planned for Jan. 20, but recent events have caused them to advance that deployment more rapidly. Because Washington DC is a district and not a state, the final authority to call in the National Guard rests with Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, who will have full command over the units under his control in coming days, and has also iterated that the use of lethal force is not off the table.
The Post Millennial
National Guard in DC will be able to use lethal force at the discretion of commanders
The US Army and National Guard are deploying in numbers to Washington DC ahead of the upcoming presidential inauguration, with the possibility of being armed with lethal weapons at the discretion of their commanders.
San Diego, CA -- Happening Now -- BLM members gathered at Crystal Pier in anticipation of a pro-Trump rally. Antifa has walked into Mission Blvd, facing off with police. Police are separating antifa crowd from MAGA crowd. Police just declared an unlawful assembly at Hornblend and Mission, ordering antifa protesters to disperse or be arrested. Haven’t seen any arrests yet, and everyone is just standing around.
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San Diego, CA -- Happening Now -- BLM members gathered at Crystal Pier in anticipation of a pro-Trump rally. Antifa has walked into Mission Blvd, facing off with police. Police are separating antifa crowd from MAGA crowd. Police just declared an unlawful assembly…
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Police attempting to clear the boardwalk of antifa protesters, who have been scuffling with, pepper spraying and chasing away pro-Trump protesters.