On Wednesday of this week AlertsUSA subscribers were notified of efforts to secure downtown Akron, OH as state attorneys present evidence to a grand jury to decide whether to indict any of eight Akron police officers involved in the June, 2022 death of Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old black male who was shot 46 times following a high-speed car chase and foot pursuit. Seven of the eight officers involved are white.

Akron police officers attempted to pull over Walker after an alleged traffic violation, giving pursuit when Walker failed to stop. During the chase on a nearby freeway, then surface streets, police reported a firearm being discharged from the suspect vehicle. Walker eventually slowed and exited the moving automobile from the passenger-side door wearing a ski mask.

After a brief foot chase and unsuccessful use of a stun gun, Walker suddenly stopped and turned towards the officers. According to an initial statement issued by the Akron Police Dept on Facebook, the suspect's actions "caused the officers to perceive he posed a deadly threat to them. In response to this threat, officers discharged their firearms, striking the suspect."

Now that the gears of the legal system are beginning to turn, downtown Akron businesses have been boarding up windows and entryways in anticipation of civil unrest. Fencing has been installed around the Stubbs Justice Center / Akron Police Dept. and the Summit County Courthouse. Public access to numerous government buildings has been suspended until further notice.

Locals are cautioned that the standard cross-section of left-wing agitators, to include BLM and Antifa, have begun arriving in town.

The June 2022 Jayland Walker incident initially resulted in weeks of protests, deployment of state troopers for riot control, and significant damage to the downtown area.

Akron also experienced multiple rounds of protests and violence following the 2020 George Floyd incident in Minneapolis.

Caution is urged in Akron in the coming days. Depending on the level of mainstream media pumping the grand jury's decision receives, there is the potential for protests to pop up in other cities.

AlertsUSA continues to monitor the domestic and international threat environment around the clock and will immediately notify service subscribers, via SMS messages to their mobile devices, of new alerts, warnings and advisories or any developments which signal a change the overall threat picture for American citizens as events warrant.

According to the Institute for the Study of War:

• The Kremlin is likely attempting to portray Russia as an equal defense partner with China ahead of Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu’s visit to Moscow from April 16 to 18.
• The Kremlin is likely hoping to make itself more attractive to China by launching Russian Pacific Fleet exercises to project Russia’s naval power in the Pacific.
• The Kremlin also likely intends to use the Pacific Fleet’s combat readiness checks to attempt to deter further Japanese support for Ukraine ahead of the G7 meeting from May 19 to 21.
• Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin is setting information conditions to exploit a Russian military failure if the planned Ukrainian counteroffensive is successful.
• Former Russian officer and ardent nationalist Igor Girkin denied speculations that he is facing charges in St. Petersburg for the discreditation of the Russian Armed Forces – a denial that likely further indicates his protection by unknown siloviki patrons.

According to the UK Ministry of Defence:

• Russia’s campaign to severely degrade Ukraine’s unified energy system (UES) within the 2022-23 winter has highly likely failed. Russia has conducted long range strikes since October 2022, but large-scale attacks have become rare since early March 2023. Smaller scale strikes (with fewer than 25 munitions) continue, but are highly likely having much less impact on the UES.
• Ukraine’s network operating companies continue to source replacement transformers and other critical components. Transporting and installing these components is a major logistical challenge, especially high voltage transformers which weigh at least 100 tonnes.
• Ukraine’s energy situation will likely improve with the arrival of warmer weather. Planning and preparations for next winter have likely already begun.

Bring Back the Dirigibles, Maintain the Undersea Advantage

From early reconnaissance missions in the years when winged aircraft were barely in their infancy to flying aircraft carriers enhancing the fleet air arm to key anti-submarine missions in the Battle of the Atlantic, balloons, blimps, and dirigibles have played a historic role within the U.S. Navy. This is a role that modern lighter-than-air craft should be leveraged into once again. As the U.S. military faces renewed great-power competition and increasing challenges in maintaining superiority in the undersea domain, a pairing of the capabilities offered by large lighter-than-air craft with developing and extant technologies must be explored.

~ READ MORE HERE (US Naval Institute) ~

Why We Can’t Divorce America’s Founding & Future From Christianity

If Christianity, the bedrock on which the natural law tradition was built, is destroyed, then the rule of law is destroyed alongside it. This permits the triumph of the will and the rule by arbitrary decree to take its place out of the ashes of that destruction.

Modern political philosophy, with its foundation in the will to power and opposition to Christianity and the natural law, necessarily ends in totalitarianism. And that is what we see sweeping the world today.

~ READ MORE HERE (The Federalist) ~

How the Nation’s Corps of Marines Has Lost Its Way

The United States Marine Corps is facing irreparable damage from two well intended but ill-conceived concept documents.

One already has devastated its offensive spirit and capabilities. The other is destined to erode the ethos and undermine the special identity of its Marines.

~ READ MORE HERE (Military Times) ~

These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of April 10, 2023 based on U.S. Navy, public data provided by the U.S. Naval Institute, and open source reporting.

AMERICAS

Police docs detailing Biden's security info found on Belfast street
U.S. and Cuba discuss migration as thousands of Cubans arrive
DHS invites Cuban Border Guards to tour U.S. maritime security facilities
U.S. in crisis mode with allies after Ukraine intel leak
Ukraine, North Korea and Iran included in leaked documents online
Zelensky is secretly buying fuel from Putin with U.S. taxpayer funds…
China outmaneuvering Biden with traditional European allies
Leaked docs show Russia and China’s reach in Latin America and the Carib
Pentagon leak traced to chat group users arguing over war in Ukraine
Imam stabbed while leading prayer service at NJ mosque
Big tech conducts mass layoffs while importing 34,000 foreign H-1b workers
Al Qaeda Fighter’s plot shows our southern-border chaos
ChatGPT And Generative AI tools face legal woes worldwide
Remarks by AG Garland on charges against Sinaloa Cartel’s global operation
Alien motherships: Pentagon official floats a theory for unexplained sightings

EUROPE

Malfunctioning Russian missile may have saved RC-135 spy plane
France to explode: Constitutional Council clears age rise to 64
Russia says China agreed to secretly provide weapons, leaked docs show
Leaked US document claims Serbia agreed to supply weapons to Ukraine
Germany approves Poland’s request to send MiG-29 jets to Ukraine
Putin’s Eurotrip options slashed with another vow to arrest him
'Creative' Russian hackers tapping into CCTV in Ukrainian cafes, says US
New Russian measure bans those who have been drafted from leaving
Long-simmering Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict is boiling over
Russian mine exploded near Ukraine nuclear plant, operator says

MIDDLE EAST / AFRICA

How Putin became a hero on African TV
Putin arrest warrant 'spanner in the works' for South Africa
Wagner Group uses migration in Africa as part of hybid war against Europe
Yemen war: Saudi-Houthi talks bring hope of ceasefire
Africa: Why some terror campaigns escalate to civil war
A looming geopolitical disaster in the Horn Of Africa
Houthi official says Yemen peace talks made progress, more planned
Populist Iraqi cleric announces suspension of his movement
Iranians mark Jerusalem Day to support Palestinians
Is Zimbabwe’s President Mnangagwa behind gold smuggling?
South Africans fear energy crisis could hinder investment pledges
More concerns for Nigeria, others as ISWAP set to use drones,
Fresh clashes erupt near east DR Congo city of Goma
Mali: Germany gives itself 9 to 12 months to withdraw its soldiers
Kenya's Odinga says demos to resume as talks with govt continue
'General mobilisation' declared in Burkina Faso after series of attacks
Nigeria probes sale to China of stolen 48m barrels of crude oil

ASIA

Japan PM Kishida evacuated unhurt after explosion at speech
Man arrested over explosion at Japanese PM Kishida speech site
China says no weapons exports to parties in Ukraine conflict
Taiwan warns Chinese misstep could lead to 'uncontrollable' world war
China warns of falling rocket wreckage north of Taiwan from Monday
U.S. commitment to defense of S. Korea remains ironclad: State Dept.
S. Korea to conduct radiation test on 89 N. Korean defectors
China warns as US, Philippines stage combat drills
North Korea's Kim calls expanded 'offensive' war deterrence
Search for Kiwi pilot taken hostage in Papua extended - authorities
N. Korea ups level of threats with repeated tactical nuclear attack drills

PUBLIC HEALTH

Dr. Robert Redfield: Bird flu will be a greater pandemic than COVID-19
Contentious COVID-19 drugs are all antimalarial: May not be a coincidence
U.S. approves first 3 COVID vaccine injury claims — and pays out $4,634.89
Your primary care provider was bribed to suggest you should get vaxxed
New Covid variant 'Arcturus' emerges with compulsory masks in India
It appears VERY possible that COVID vaccines may alter the human genome
MIT scientists discover ‘remarkable’ way to reverse Alzheimer’s disease
Malone on pseudo-mRNA vaccines for livestock and pets
Netherlands to legalize euthanasia for children below 12
How the oral polio vaccine can cause polio