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Police brutality persists despite elevated awareness

Deirdre Fulton
Common Dreams
Tue, 17 Nov 2015 15:57 UTC
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Two Alameda County Sheriff deputies are shown beating a man on a street in San Francisco's Mission District in a video provided by the San Francisco Public Defender's Office.
'This is clearly excessive force,' public defender says of police beating in San Francisco

Separate incidents in two U.S. cities over recent days reveal that tensions remain elevated over police brutality and use of excessive force in the United States.

Captured last week on tape, the beating of a man in San Francisco has been likened to the infamous assault on Rodney King by the Los Angeles Police Department in 1991. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the video shows two still-unidentified Alameda County sheriff's deputies knocking 29-year-old Stanislav Petrov to the ground before "punching him and clubbing him with their batons, even after he appeared to surrender with his hands on his head."

Comment: More striking examples that the police continue to use excessive force and unnecessary brutality despite growing awareness! Considering the recent ruling by the Supreme Court it is clear that the police are well aware they can literally get away with murder!
With the death toll from police brutality continuing to mount, the US Supreme Court on Monday issued a decision expanding the authoritarian doctrine of "qualified immunity," which shields police officers from legal accountability...

This is the Supreme Court's response to the ongoing wave of police mayhem and murder. The message is clear: The killings will continue. Do not question the police. If you disobey the police, you forfeit your life.

So far this year, more than 1,000 people have been killed by the police in America. Almost every day, there are new videos posted online showing police shootings, intrusions into homes and cars, asphyxiations, beatings and taserings.


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On alert: Sweden raises terror threat level to second highest citing 'concrete information'


RT
Wed, 18 Nov 2015 16:03 UTC
Swedish police
© Pontus Lundahl / TT News Agency / Reuters
Sweden's security chief has raised the country's terror threat level to four on a scale of five, citing "concrete information." An investigation has been launched regarding the "preparation of terrorist offenses."

"One of the reasons for the increase is that the security service has received concrete information and concluded that we must act within the framework of our counter-terror work," Sweden's Security Police (SAPO) said in a statement.

"The strategic threat assessment is based partly on what is known in the present, and on possible future developments..." the statement continues, noting that the threat level is "assessed continuously" and "may change."

It goes on to state that the chief prosecutor at the National Security Service has launched a preliminary investigation regarding "preparation for terrorist offenses."

The decision to raise the terror threat level was based on data from the National Center for Terrorist Threat Assessment. The center is responsible for producing threat assessments for Sweden and Swedish interests abroad.

Comment: The threat levels and fear in Europe are at unprecedented levels. Nothing good will come out of this.

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'Enslaved': S. Carolina employer sued over treatment of mentally-handicapped black man


RT
Wed, 18 Nov 2015 16:02 UTC
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Conway, South Carolina.
South Carolina restaurant owners are being sued for practically enslaving a mentally-handicapped black employee for years, with regular beatings, almost no pay and sub-human living conditions. The lawsuit follows charges that are still pending.

Last year brought to light the harrowing ordeal of the restaurant worker, beaten, abused and underpaid for years by the two white owners. The victim's attorneys have just filed a new federal lawsuit.

The defendants are two brothers in Horry County, South Carolina.
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Angry farmers protest outside Greek Parliament as police use teargas

keeptalkinggreece
Keep Talking Greece
Wed, 18 Nov 2015 15:52 UTC
Greece protests
Jeering, tear gas, sound flares, water bottles and oranges were the highlights of the farmers' protest outside the Greek Parliament at Syntagma Square on Wednesday. More than 3,500 farmers, breeders and fishermen from all over Greece had gathered in Athens to protest taxation and social security reforms in their sector.

Tension went high short after 12 o'clock noon, when a farmers' delegation tried to break the police 'fence' consisting of several police vehicles and enter the Parliament in order to submit a protest resolution.
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Man arrested after recording himself having 'sexual contact' with small pit bull

Alfred Ng
New York Daily News
Thu, 15 Oct 2015 15:46 UTC
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St. Johns County Sheriff's Office
A 25-year old St. Johns County man was arrested after sending a video of himself having sex with a young pit bull, police said.
A Florida man was arrested for recording himself having the wrong kind of puppy love.

Billy Joseph-Edward Taylor, 25, filmed himself having sexual contact with a young pit bull, and emailed it to his then-girlfriend, the St. Johns County Sheriff's department said. She broke up with him after, and gave the footage to cops last week, police said.

She also found several other files on his computer where he had dirty acts with dogs, police said. Cops arrested Taylor on Tuesday afternoon, and charged him with sexual activities involving animals.
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Need more fear: Armed police evacuate London tube station after man 'threatens passengers with scissors'


RT
Wed, 18 Nov 2015 14:31 UTC
London tube terrorist threat
© Matt FarringtonSmith / Twitter
Armed police evacuated Tooting Broadway Underground station on Wednesday afternoon after a security alert. Officers are hunting for a man who is alleged to have threatened passengers with a pair of scissors.

Twitter users said the station was closed and reported a "massive police presence."

Comment: The fear level is alarmingly high in Europe after the Paris attacks.

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French police raid apartment: Explosions, gunfire, suicide bombing - 2 suspects dead, 7 arrested


RT
Wed, 18 Nov 2015 11:44 UTC
st denis raid
© Christian Hartmann / Reuters
French special police forces secure the area as shots are exchanged in Saint-Denis, France, near Paris, November 18, 2015 during an operation to catch fugitives from Friday night's deadly attacks in the French capital.
The French police and army swooped on a Paris suburb early Wednesday amid heavy gunfire and explosions in the hunt for those behind last Friday's attacks. At least two extremists, including a female suicide bomber, have been killed. Seven people were arrested during the raid.


Comment: The flat's landlord and his female friend were among those arrested. Before being taken into custody, the man gave a short interview:



Residents of the suburb of Saint-Denis, north of Paris, were awakened by an exchange of gunfire at around 4:30 a.m. (0330 GMT) local time.
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'Terror threat' reported as two Air France flights from U.S. to Paris diverted, forced to land


RT
Wed, 18 Nov 2015 03:33 UTC
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Emergency landing flight AF65 from LAX to Paris.
Two Air France planes flying to Paris from Washington and Los Angeles were forced to divert to Halifax and Salt Lake City respectively. All passengers have been evacuated, while unconfirmed social media reports claim there was a bomb threat and a hijacking attempt.

Air France flight AF55 heading to Paris from Washington, DC was diverted to Halifax due to a security threat. The plane has landed safely and is currently being evacuated, a spokesperson for Halifax Stanfield International Airport told CBC News. A total of 298 passengers and crew are reportedly being guided off the plane in Halifax.

Around the same time, Air France flight AF65 travelling from Los Angeles to Paris was diverted to Salt Lake City due to a bomb threat. Over 400 passengers were evacuated from the plane in Salt Lake City and transported to customs, according to KSL.com. Police are currently searching the aircraft.

Airport officials confirmed that a bomb threat had been made concerning flight AF65, stating that they received a warning after the plane had departed from Los Angeles, KSL.com reported. It is unclear who is responsible for the bomb threat. The FBI is investigating on the scene.

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Who benefits? Defense industry stocks soar after the Paris terror attacks

John Vibes
The Anti Media
Tue, 17 Nov 2015 21:28 UTC
A recent report by journalist Glenn Greenwald pointed out stock prices for weapons manufacturers sharply increased just after the terrorist attacks in Paris last week. Greenwald was following the tip of Brooklyn journalist Aaron Cantú, who posted screenshots for the recent stock performances of major weapons contractors on his Twitter page early Monday morning:

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Anonymous vows to reveal those responsible for Russia's A321 crash in Egypt


Sputnik
Tue, 17 Nov 2015 20:43 UTC
Guy Fauks mask
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Anonymous hacktivists will independently search for those responsible for the Russian A321 aircraft crash in Egypt, a spokesman for the group said Tuesday.

Earlier in the day, Russian Federal Security Service head Alexander Bortnikov said a homemade explosive device with an equivalent of 1 kilogram of TNT on board the Russian A321 passenger plane was the reason for the accident.

"We will perform actions to reveal who made the attack,"stressed Alex Poucher a self-described member of the Anonymous group.

Anonymous is doing everything possible on the Internet to prevent the recurrence of such terrorist attacks, like a blast on board the Russian plane, Poucher noted.

"We are ready to take steps to counter the attack <...> 200 people have been killed, and no matter what their nationalities were, where they were from. Anonymous will not remain indifferent, won't just watch the attacks that take place in different parts of the world from the outside," he told the RT television channel.

Comment: Well Russia is offering $50 million for information on the plane crash.

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