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No-knock warrants banned in Louisville in law named for Breonna Taylor

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© Darron Cummings/APA protester holds a sign during a June 1 protest over the deaths of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Ky.
The Louisville, Ky., Metro Council has voted unanimously to ban no-knock warrants. The legislation was titled Breonna's Law, in honor of a woman who was killed during a raid on her home earlier this year.

Her death became one of the rallying points in protests against police violence, along with that of George Floyd, who was killed by police in Minneapolis in May. Crowds all over the country have chanted her name.

Breonna Taylor was at home at her apartment with her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, on March 13 when police arrived to execute a warrant in the middle of the night. Walker reached for his gun and fired at police, according to his lawyers, because he mistook the entering officers for a robber. Officers returned fire and Taylor, 26, was shot multiple times and later died.

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COVID Censorship at ResearchGate: Facts about face coverings covered up?

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A Website that Makes Research Open to All?

My title has a question mark in it, and my first heading has a question mark in it. The question mark in the title means that there might be a question about whether censorship is actually taking place, while the second question mark means that there is definitely a question about the legitimacy of a mission-statement claim. A resolution of the second question mark would get rid of the first question mark, but I'll leave that resolution up to readers.

For readers who might not know, ResearchGate is a website that has established a professional network for scientists and researchers (with over 17 million members from all over the world) to share their publications, publish their data, and discuss their research. According to its terms of service, ResearchGate's mission is to connect the world of science and make research open to all.

You can check out the full terms of service here.

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World faces worst food crisis for at least 50 years, UN warns

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© Xinhua/Rex/ShutterstockA farmer harvests wheat in Hebei province, China. The UN said harvests were healthy but food prices were rising as lockdown
The world stands on the brink of a food crisis worse than any seen for at least 50 years, the UN has warned as it urged governments to act swiftly to avoid disaster.

Better social protections for poor people are urgently needed as the looming recession following the coronavirus pandemic may put basic nutrition beyond their reach, the UN secretary general, António Guterres, said on Tuesday.

"Unless immediate action is taken, it is increasingly clear that there is an impending global food emergency that could have long-term impacts on hundreds of millions of children and adults," he said. "We need to act now to avoid the worst impacts of our efforts to control the pandemic."

Although harvests of staple crops are holding up, and the export bans and protectionism that experts feared have so far been largely avoided, the worst of the impacts of the pandemic and ensuing recession are yet to be felt. Guterres warned: "Even in countries with abundant food, we see risks of disruption in the food supply chain."

About 50 million people risk falling into extreme poverty this year owing to the pandemic, but the long-term effects will be even worse, as poor nutrition in childhood causes lifelong suffering. Already, one in five children around the world are stunted in their growth by the age of five, and millions more are likely to suffer the same fate if poverty rates soar.

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Another day in paradise? Cops unable to respond to rapes, violence in CHAZ, armed anarchists allegedly extorting businesses

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Police have been unable to respond to "rapes, robberies, and all sorts of violent acts" occurring in Seattle's East Precinct, which authorities abandoned on Monday, leaving the area in the hands of activists who set up their own police-free "Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone" (CHAZ), Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best said Thursday.

The police chief is now working on a plan to reopen the precinct, telling reporters calls for service "have more than tripled."

"These are responses to emergency calls — rapes, robberies, and all sorts of violent acts that have been occurring in the area that we're not able to get to," she said.

Emergency response times in the area have tripled, she noted, going from just over five minutes to 18 minutes.

"If that is your mother, your sister, your cousin, your neighbor's kid that is being raped, robbed assaulted (or) otherwise victimized, you're not going to want to have to report that it took the police three times longer to get there to provide services to them," Best said.

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Anonymous Berkeley professor shreds Black Lives Matter injustice narrative

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An anonymous history professor at U.C. Berkeley has penned an open letter against the current narratives of racial injustice underpinning the BLM movement and ongoing protests over the death of George Floyd.

Its authenticity was confirmed by Kentucky State University Assistant Professor of Political Science, Wilfred Reilley, who says he was sent a copy of the letter along with Stanford University economist Thomas Sowell.


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Massachusetts school district gets rid of art, music and PE teachers for coming school year

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"When push comes to shove to make cuts, education is on the cut list."

Randolph Public School District, located in the Greater Boston, Massachusetts region, has cut their entire K-12 arts, music, and physical education (PE) programs and staff from their 2020-21 budget. In a district with only 250 teachers, at least 25 teachers and other workers were given RIF (reduction in force) notices this week. This already comes after extraordinary losses, with the Washington Post reporting in early May that the district told "dozens of workers — including teaching aides and food service staff [...] they will be furloughed full time or part time."

While the severity of these cuts may be particularly shocking, with the elimination of entire essential departments, Randolph is far from alone in the impact of budget cuts. With anticipated statewide cuts of up to 10 percent in Massachusetts, the nearby Public Schools of Brookline is facing as many as 300 pink slips for this coming school year, in a district with only 645 teachers. The city of Brookline projects that their deficit will be $12.8 million, and will cut $6.3 million of this total from their education budget.

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Colorado bill requires "re-education" for parents who refuse the COVID-19 vaccine

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Authored by Mac Slavo via SHTFplan.com,

Are you ready for re-education camps in the United States? Colorado has introduced a bill that would "re-educate" parents who refuse to vaccinate their child with the coronavirus vaccine.

The bill forces all doctors and medical staff to give vaccinations with no exemptions, even if they are in a situation where they believe it would not be in that child's best interest. The bill's current version, however, does not list any sanctions or punishments for medical staff that refuse, according to Life News.

The bill just passed through a committee in Colorado (20-14) to reduce available exemptions on vaccinations for school-age children (making vaccines mandatory). This bill offers "online education modules" for parents who want a different vaccination schedule than what the state demands.Submitting a "certificate of completion" from the re-education classes is one way to receive the state-sanctioned vaccine exemption.

This plandemic was never about health, it was about forcing everyone to get a vaccine: an injection of whatever the hell the ruling class decided to put in the vaccine.

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Australia: Paedophiles will be jailed for LIFE under new laws set to pass parliament today

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A new law targeting paedophiles is likely to pass in federal parliament on Thursday.

A landmark bill allowing judges to jail paedophiles for life is set to pass federal parliament on Thursday.

Those who commit sickening crimes against children have often been handed short sentences, with some even released into the community without supervision, attorney general Christian Porter said.

Child abusers would receive a mandatory minimum sentence under the new bill, which also limits bail for repeat offenders.

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Beware de Blasio's rush to appease #DefundNYPD

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© Christopher SadowskiMayor Bill de Blasio has joined many on the City Council in calling for the "defunding" of the New York Police Department.
After more than a week of protests and unrest in New York City following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Mayor de Blasio has finally given in to the pressure and joined many of my colleagues on the City Council in calling for the "defunding" of the New York Police Department.

It's amazing how rapidly progressives' priorities shift — and the alacrity with which they embrace ever more radical positions.

A year ago — June 2019 — was marked by the suicides of four NYPD officers in a span of three weeks. By October, 10 members of our Police Department had killed themselves, and the City Council proposed legislation that would dramatically improve mental-health resources for officers. But that legislation has sat idle, and the mayor only offered a mere $1 million for additional mental-health services for cops.

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Police search Baltimore family's home after BB gun spotted in 11yo child's online class

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Outrage online is palpable as a Baltimore mother is sounding the alarm about webcam classes, after a teacher took a screenshot of her son's bedroom and shared it with police.

Courtney Lancaster Sperry, a Navy veteran of four years, was shocked when police arrived at her doorstep unannounced last month, asking to search her home and speak to her 11-year-old son.

The incident has sparked outrage across Twitter and Facebook, as many called for the school administrators to be fired for "spying on kids," while others want the police officers to be fired for conducting a warrantless search of private property over a frivolous claim. Sperry herself was also criticized for entertaining the invasion of privacy in the first place.

The mother claimed the officers were "appalled at the call" to her home but that they commended her son for his "respect and understanding" of the BB guns which had apparently offended some members of staff at the boy's school, Seneca Elementary, none of whom contacted Sperry or her partner with any concerns.