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'I haven't changed my mind': Swedish science chief remains confident country is building immunity

Richard Orange, UK
The Telegraph
Sun, 07 Jun 2020 15:38 UTC
Anders Tegnell
© Peter Kadhammar/AftonbladetState epidemiologist Anders Tegnell enjoying a beer while working on his laptop at an outdoor restaurant in Stockholm
Days after he appeared to admit to flaws in Sweden's outlier coronavirus strategy, the country's state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell has doubled down in an interview with the The Telegraph, saying he is confident Swedes are building immunity and warning his Nordic neighbours that is too early to claim success.

"It's part of the work," Tegnell said of the heavy coverage Sweden's strategy, and as a result its high death toll, has received in the international media. "That's the course we have decided to take in Sweden. And I'm quite happy to tell people about it."

Tegnell faced a cascade of headlines on Wednesday after an interview on Swedish radio in which he said that, in hindsight, the best strategy might have been "something between what Sweden has done and what the rest of the world has done."

He backtracked later that day, saying that he was not suggesting that Sweden should have closed schools, bars, restaurants, or workplaces, or indeed imposed any of the restrictive lockdown measures imposed elsewhere in Europe.

"That interview was unfortunately very wrongly put together and very wrongly advertised," he said. "What I said ... was that after this, we're going to do a lot of evaluation, and of course, there are going to be things we did in Sweden that we think we did right, and there are things in other countries that are also going to be proven right."

The qualities which have transformed Tegnell from an unknown civil servant into one of the stars of the global pandemic - a gift for communication, calm good humour, and impressive sang-froid - have never been put to the test as they have over the past fortnight.

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Charges filed against two in murder of retired St. Louis police captain David Dorn

Rachel Rice
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Mon, 08 Jun 2020 17:05 UTC
Stephan Cannon charged David Dorn killing
© St. Louis Metroolitan POlice DepartmentStephan Cannon, 24, has been charged in the murder of retired St. Louis police captain David Dorn, who was trying to defend Lee's Pawn and Jewelry from looters when he was shot on June 2, 2020.
Charges have been filed against a 24-year-old man who police believe fatally shot retired St. Louis police Capt. David Dorn, 77, on the sidewalk outside Lee's Pawn and Jewelry early Tuesday morning.

Stephan Cannon, 24, of Glasgow Village, has been charged with first-degree murder. He is being held without bond.

As downtown St. Louis descended into violence and chaos Monday night into Tuesday morning, Dorn, also a retired municipal police chief, attempted to protect the pawn shop from looting. He was shot multiple times, and his killing was broadcast on Facebook Live.

According to a police probable cause statement, Cannon was seen on surveillance footage pulling up and entering the store with others, and then stealing several televisions. Once Dorn arrived at the store, Cannon walked toward the street corner with a gun in his hand.

Comment: Retired police captain shot to death at St. Louis pawn shop in slaying is caught on Facebook Live

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Thousands rally outside US embassy in Paris against police brutality in America & France


RT
Mon, 08 Jun 2020 15:35 UTC
George Floyd protest Paris
© Reuters / Charles PlatiauGeorge Floyd protest, near the U.S. Embassy in Paris.
A huge crowd protested outside the US embassy in central Paris over George Floyd's death and the brutality of law enforcement in France, in violation of the ban on public gatherings introduced by the French capital.

Several hundred people came to Place de la Concorde, not far from the US embassy and the French Presidential Palace, despite the city authorities banning the rally due to the Covid-19 pandemic and violent outbursts during a similar event mid-week.

Comment: It seems the whole Western world is losing it's mind:

Black Lives Matter rally in Berlin descends into violence as police & protesters face off
Some 15,000 flocked to Alexanderplatz, a square in the center of the German capital on Saturday afternoon to voice solidarity with Black Lives Matter protests that have spread across the US. While the main rally, which kicked off around 2 pm local time and lasted for two hours, wrapped up without incident and saw protesters playing jazz music and clapping, the subsequent gatherings around the same area were marred by violence.

Crowds surround US embassy in Madrid as thousands join BLM protest in Spanish capital
A massive crowd has gathered in Madrid to show solidarity for the Black Lives Matter movement, with some marching on the US embassy. Anti-racist demonstrations have spread across Europe in recent days.

Photos and videos show demonstrators marching through the streets of Madrid on Sunday as they hold banners reading "No justice, no peace" and other slogans used by Black Lives Matter activists. Other demonstrators were spotted "taking a knee" - an increasingly popular gesture meant to show solidarity with those who purportedly face discrimination from law enforcement.


Thousands of Black Lives Matter protesters march on US embassy in London
Droves of protesters have descended on the US embassy in London, in the city's fourth Black Lives Matter protest in a week. The demonstration comes a day after a similar protest in the city spiralled into mayhem.

The US embassy in Battersea, London, was the focal point for Sunday's Black Lives Matter march, in which demonstrators showed solidarity for George Floyd, an unarmed black man killed by a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota nearly two weeks ago.

As thousands of protesters, many with their faces covered, converged on the embassy, the UK cities of Bristol, Glasgow and Edinburgh also saw demonstrations.

WATCH protesters TEAR DOWN statue of slave trader in Bristol
A crowd of protesters has toppled a statue of famed slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol, UK. Cheering as they danced on his effigy, they are just one of several groups to have targeted controversial monuments in recent weeks.

Colston was a 17th-century merchant and philanthropist, whose name graces several streets and schools in his native Bristol. However, his philanthropy was financed in part by the trading of slaves, and as Black Lives Matter protests swept the western world in recent weeks, a petition to have his statue in Bristol's Colston Avenue removed gained traction.

Protesters took matters into their own hands on Sunday though, lashing the bronze statue with chains and pulling it off its pedestal. As the figure hit the pavement with a thump, crowds of demonstrators jumped on it, screaming with excitement.


Black Lives Matter protest in Sweden descends into violence and vandalism
The Swedish city of Gothenburg has been shaken by street violence, after an initially peaceful 'Black Lives Matter' protest turned into a riot. Police clashed with demonstrators, who threw stones and smashed storefronts.

Defying the Swedish government's coronavirus guidelines - which ban gatherings of more than 50 people - an estimated 2,000 people assembled in the city of Gothenburg on Sunday, to show solidarity with the worldwide protests that broke out after the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer nearly two weeks ago.

Although the protest began peacefully, by late afternoon groups of demonstrators began throwing bricks, stones, and flower pots at police officers. In one city park, thugs kicked and punched police officers, and fought with each other.



Cops and protesters brawl in London, as PM declares demonstrations 'subverted by thuggery'
The gathering at London's US embassy on Sunday drew thousands of people, and was the city's fourth 'Black Lives Matter' demonstration in a week. However, once the crowd dispersed, not everyone went home. Droves of people marched on Whitehall, rattling barriers outside Prime Minister Boris Johnson's residence on Downing Street.

That tension soon boiled over, with a mob of hoodlums attacking police officers outside the Foreign Office in Whitehall.



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Looney Tunes remake will see Elmer Fudd without his rifle as creators declare 'we're not doing guns'

Anita Singh
The Telegraph
Fri, 05 Jun 2020 16:25 UTC
Elmer Fudd
The character will not be armed with a gun when the show is recreated for modern audiences.
Warner Bros has commissioned a new animation series but will not show firearms in response to US gun violence

Elmer Fudd is still hunting wabbits, but now he hasn't got a wifle.

The Looney Tunes cartoons have been remade for a modern audience, and Fudd is no longer allowed to have a gun.

Warner Bros has commissioned a new animation series featuring the classic characters, including Bugs Bunny, which sticks close to the spirit of the originals.

Comment: The culture of political correctness is like a disease and it seems nothing can slow its spread. At this particular time in history, with reports of many former anti-gun lefties buying guns in the wake of the riots that have spread across the US, Warner Brothers may find this particular virtue signal may be less well-received than anticipated.

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Best of the Web: 'Not enough' - Massachusetts police chief expresses solidarity with BLM protesters by lying FACE DOWN on the street

David Aaro
Fox News
Mon, 08 Jun 2020 11:19 UTC
Michael Shaw black lives matter
© Twitter/@Candymudge
A police chief in Massachusetts joined a large crowd of protesters by lying face down on the pavement Saturday amid increased tensions between law enforcement and demonstrators throughout the U.S. following the death of George Floyd.

Urged by the chanting of several hundred people during the Black Lives Matter demonstration, Webster Police Chief Michael Shaw participated and laid face down on the pavement for over eight minutes, as the crowd was heard yelling: "Thank you chief. Thank you chief."

"It's not enough, but it's a start!" one demonstrator also shouted towards the end of the symbolic act, according to the Telegram & Gazette.
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Here's a list of media and politicians who downplayed violence and looting

Mary Margaret Olohan
Daily Caller
Wed, 03 Jun 2020 21:37 UTC
george floyd riots burning flag
© ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images
Media figures and politicians alike have downplayed the violence and looting occurring throughout the United States following the death of George Floyd.

Activists have set cars ablaze, looted and pillaged businesses, and protested against police in cities across the nation over the death of Floyd, a black man who died after a police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes.

The police officer, Derek Chauvin, has been fired and charged with murder and manslaughter.

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Shootings, murders rose dramatically in NYC last week amid backdrop of protests

Larry Celona
New York Post
Mon, 08 Jun 2020 02:13 UTC
new york city riots george floyd
Murders and shootings in the Big Apple skyrocketed last week compared to the same period last year, law enforcement sources said.

From last Monday to Sunday night, there were 13 murders in the city, compared to five killings during the same week last year, sources said.

The city reported 40 shootings last week — the most in a week since 2015. In the same time period in 2019, there were 24 shootings, sources said.

Comment: Hardly surprising. Given the amount of violence we've seen being perpetrated during these riots, it would be a miracle if people weren't getting shot and murdered.

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As America simmers, corporate America racks up the retweets

Sam Ashworth-Hayes
Quillette
Sat, 06 Jun 2020 00:01 UTC
corporate blm virtue signaling
"#BlackLivesMatter," tweeted Mashable editor Chris Taylor last week. "The #StarWars trilogies show how a democracy becomes a police state with stormtroopers, how fascism oppresses opponents, and how fascism [supporters] rise again after its defeat. Step up, Lucasfilm."

Taylor, the author of How Star Wars Conquered the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of a Multibillion Dollar Franchise, eventually deleted the tweet after it became the subject of widespread mockery. But you can see why he thought that Lucasfilm, a cash-cow subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, might bend to his wishes. Amidst the climate of outrage that has prevailed since the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin on May 25th, numerous companies have publicly denounced racism and social injustice — often reaping much praise as a result. On May 30th, for instance, Netflix tweeted out "To be silent is to be complicit. Black lives matter. We have a platform, and we have a duty to our Black members, employees, creators and talent to speak up." It now has more than a million likes.

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Thousands of Israelis rally against Netanyahu's 'apartheid' bid to steal more Palestinian land


PressTV
Sun, 07 Jun 2020 08:28 UTC
Rabin Square tel aviv
© AFPProtesters gather in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square on June 6, 2020, to denounce Israel's plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank.
Several thousand Israelis have taken to the streets of Tel Aviv to protest the regime's highly controversial scheme to annex parts of the occupied Palestinian territory, warning that the move would lead to permanent apartheid.

The rally took place at Tel Aviv's Rabin Square on Saturday evening under the banner of "No to annexation, no to occupation, yes to peace and democracy" under the watchful eyes of security forces.

Police initially sought to block the demonstration over the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic but backtracked after meeting with organizers of the event.


Wearing face masks and adhering to social distancing guidelines, many of the protesters waved national Palestinian flags.

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Avi Yemini exposes Black Lives Matter idiocy in Australia

TheDarkMan
The Duran
Mon, 08 Jun 2020 05:53 UTC
Avi Yemini
If you haven't heard of Avi Yemini, he is Australia's answer to Tommy Robinson. And not the kind of bloke you'd like to meet in a dark alley. Having said that, you don't have to like a man to agree with what he says, and when he talks sense, you should agree with him, period.

The insanity of these sham protests against the killing of George Floyd and something called racism have spread to the UK, including Bristol where a statue was torn down. They have also spread to Australia.

Yemini turned up at a demonstration in Melbourne and asked protesters if they had heard of Justine Damond. If like the people he asked you have never heard of her, this unfortunate forty year old exemplifies American diversity at its finest: a white Australian woman shot dead in Minnesota by a male Somali police officer, an incident that led to the resignation of its first female Native American police chief, who for good measure is a lesbian.

Unlike George Floyd, Justine wasn't under arrest, rather she had phoned the police to report what she thought was a crime, and when two police officers turned up in their car, one of them shot her. This was in July 2017; the case made headlines around the world, but nothing like the mega-headlines the shooting of a black woman in similar circumstances might attract.
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