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Another naked person going off: Man leads Italian police on chase while shouting 'praise to Allah'

Kelly-Ann Mills
The Mirror
Tue, 19 Jul 2016 15:12 UTC
naked man in Padua
© CENNaked man being chased by three policemen
This footage captured the moment a man ran naked through a town square shouting 'praise to Allah'.

Three policemen tried to stop the streaker as he ran at full speed through a public space.

Bemused onlookers recorded the bizarre scene as others out for a stroll were stopped in their tracks as the man, then the cops, raced past them.

The 22-year-old man from Tunisia, who has not been named, was seen running in the nude around the Pratto della Valle Square in the city of Padua in northern Italy.

He was spotted by a passing police patrol and amused onlookers watched as a game of cat and mouse unfolded.

Comment: Recent crazy, naked people stories:

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Bullseye

Germany: Refugee injures 4 in grisly axe attack before being killed by police


BBC
Tue, 19 Jul 2016 15:02 UTC
German train
© EPAThe attacker fled the train but was chased and shot dead by police.
A teenage Afghan refugee armed with an axe and knife injured four people on a train in southern Germany before being shot dead by police, officials say.

Three people in a group from Hong Kong were seriously hurt and one slightly injured in the attack in Wurzburg. Another 14 were treated for shock.

Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said the attacker was killed as he tried to flee the scene.

The motive for the attack is not yet clear.

The South China Morning Post said it was believed the four injured were a 62-year-old man, his 58-year-old wife, their daughter, 27, and her boyfriend, 31. The 17-year-old son travelling with them was not hurt, it said.
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Arrow Down

The millennial generation will be financially worse off than parents - first time in history


RT
Mon, 18 Jul 2016 13:24 UTC
minimum wage jobs
© Janine Costa / Reuters
Millennials will be the first generation to earn less than their parents over their lifetime, according to new research, which projects a downward trend that could be compounded further by Brexit.

The study found millennials have been hit hardest by the recent pay squeeze, which actually began before the financial crash, but has been made worse by the economic downturn. Researchers at the Resolution Foundation, which studies inequality between generations, concluded that a "redistributive welfare state" is key and called on the government to renew the "intergenerational contract."

The report, titled 'Stagnation Generation: the case for renewing the intergenerational contract,' found evidence of a growing divide between a prosperous older generation and a struggling younger generation.

Millennials will be the first generation to earn less than their parents over their lifetime, according to new research, which projects a downward trend that could be compounded further by Brexit.
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Fire

Police car in Daytona firebombed outside Islamic Center: Police Chief says small percentage "is trying to drive a wedge between all of us"

Matt Bruce
The Daytona Beach News Journal
Sun, 17 Jul 2016 09:38 UTC
police car firebombed
The Daytona Beach Police Department may have been the target of anti-police backlash early Sunday morning when someone firebombed an unoccupied squad car parked in front of a mosque and left a note near the destroyed vehicle attributing the act to Black Lives Matter.

According to Police Chief Mike Chitwood, the incident took place about 2 a.m. That's when someone set fire to the cruiser parked outside the Islamic Center at 347 S. Keech St. The vehicle was engulfed in flames and destroyed.

Chitwood said police found a note at the scene that read "Black Lives Matter A. Sterling P. Castile (Expletive removed) the police."

It was not yet clear exactly what was used to burn the vehicle, but Chitwood said he assumes the culprits used a Molotov cocktail. He said the firebombing caused more than $20,000 in damage to the vehicle.

Comment: Good on Police Chief Mike Chitwood for actually questioning the source of the note and who's responsible for the firebombing. Whoever did this hoped to rile up the police and cause them, and others, to non-thinkingly react - which doesn't appear to be happening here. Chitwood also shows enough insight to say that there are radical elements that are trying to keep groups separated though he doesn't say what groups. If only we had a few thousand more Chitwoods in charge of police departments in the U.S. - instead of what we have now...

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War Whore

Cop body-slams, chokes child voicing concern over another child's violent arrest

Matt Agorist
Free Thought Project
Mon, 18 Jul 2016 12:59 UTC
police brutality
© Youtube
A video uploaded to Facebook this week shows multiple Hyattsville police officers involved in a violent arrest of what appears to be middle school children.

While it is unclear what started the altercation, the video does not lie.

As the video begins, an officer appears to be arresting a young white school child. The child seems compliant. However, the officer is seen dangerously twisting his arm.

When the adolescent bystanders see this unnecessary violence, they begin to voice their concern.

One young person becomes particularly concerned with the way the officer is treating the other child, so he quickly becomes the most outspoken. This outspokenness apparently enrages the responding officers.

As the officer, who appears to be a sergeant, walks up to the scene, he shoves the Hispanic student who was standing up for the white student. This assault seems to be entirely unprovoked.

Comment: The attack first mentality of police is in large part, a result of their training. "Serve and protect" is not part of the mandate any more.

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Pistol

'Every American citizen's right': Armed men parade outside GOP convention in Cleveland, Ohio


RT
Tue, 19 Jul 2016 03:49 UTC
Armed men
On the opening day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, a dozen members of the West Ohio Minutemen paraded through the streets, armed with assault rifles, exercising their right to do so under the state's "open carry" laws.
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Sheriff

Black Lives Matter protest becomes a picnic with police in Wichita, Kansas


RT
Tue, 19 Jul 2016 03:00 UTC
Wichita Police Department
© Wichita Police Department / Facebook
What began as a planned Black Live Matter protest turned into a pleasant community gathering in Wichita, Kansas. With the nation still reeling from the murder of three police officers in Baton Rouge, hundreds set aside their Sunday to congregate for a barbecue.

In an effort to open lines of communication between the community and the police force, organizers of a Black Lives Matter protest met with Wichita Police Chief Gordon Ramsay to try something different. Instead of marching in the streets with police standing to the side, the two groups came together for the barbecue at McAdams Park in Wichita, Kansas.

The picnic drew a crowd of whites, blacks and Hispanics, spanning a wide age range, the Wichita Eagle reported. At one table, Jarvis Scott, a black man, sat down with Lt. Travis Rakestraw to eat hamburgers, marking the first time that he had sat with a police officer in 24 years. There were two others seated at that same table who had never done so: Ivan Ray, a Hispanic student at the University of Kansas, and a white man.

Comment: See also: What if Obama told the truth about violence, poverty, gangs and drugs in the inner cities?

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Stormtrooper

Baton Rouge police chief: Militarized police tactics stopped gunman from killing more people


RT
Tue, 19 Jul 2016 02:42 UTC
baton rouge shooting
© Jonathan Bachman / ReutersA Louisiana law enforcement officer places flowers on a makeshift memorial at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S., July 18, 2016
It was the actions of SWAT team and 'militarized' police tactics that stopped the gunman from killing more people, Baton Rouge police said. Local and state authorities shared details of Sunday's attack and talked about the lives of officers killed.

In what Louisiana State Police Superintendent Col. Mike Edmonson described as a "calculated act," Gavin Long, a 29-year-old former Marine, shot and killed three police officers and left three others injured.

"There is no doubt whatsoever that these officers were intentionally targeted and assassinated," Edmonson said in a news conference on Monday.

Baton Rouge Police Chief Carl Dabadie defended the city's police department, saying, "Our 'militarized tactics,' as they're being called, saved lives here. That shot, that our SWAT team made, was a hell of a shot. But it had to be made."

Comment: So there you go. Militarized police tactics are a good thing and should be practiced by law enforcement around the country so they can be prepared against supposed "lone wolf" killers.

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Cell Phone

Only the beginning: Vancouver man's anti-Pokemon Go rant goes viral

Justin McElroy
Global News
Sun, 17 Jul 2016 09:06 UTC
anti-Pokémon Go
Around Metro Vancouver, police have asked the public to be respectful of private property as they play Pokémon Go.

It's not very effective.

There have been numerous reports of angry homeowners in Vancouver telling Pokémon players to get off their lawns.

But the most infamous was a man who posted a notice outside private grassy terrain, which begins with "GET A LIFE AND STAY OUT OF MY YARD."

"This whole Pokémon hunt is by far the stupidest thing I have ever seen," says the note, which was first tweeted by local radio station 102.7 The PEAK, and has since gone viral.

The man then lists other things he has lived through, including Hammer Pants, Crystal Pepsi, "people taking Jean Chretien seriously," and the entire 10-season duration of CSI: Miami.
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USA

Texas governor pushing to increase penalties for crimes against cops and extend hate crime protections to them


RT
Tue, 19 Jul 2016 02:38 UTC
Texas governor Greg Abbott
© Brendan McDermid / ReutersTexas governor Greg Abbott
Texas Governor Greg Abbott is pushing for the introduction of stronger penalties for crimes against police officers and extend hate crime protections to cops through his Police Protection Act, he revealed Monday.

The proposed law would make it a hate crime if someone acts criminally against a cop out of bias against police. It would also increase penalties for all crimes against law enforcement regardless of whether it falls under the label of hate crime.

An assault on an officer, which is currently a third degree felony, in line with assaults on other public servants, would be bunked up to a second degree felony under the proposed legislation.

Republican Governor Abbott's bill comes in the wake of the fatal shootings of five police officers in Dallas, Texas earlier this month and a surge, generally, in violence against police.
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