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Knife-wielding man suspected of abduction, assault asks Virginia police to shoot him, stabs himself


The Daily Progress
Tue, 02 Aug 2016 16:44 UTC
Emergency services in Charlottesville, VA
© NBC
Charlottesville police identified a man who threatened officers with a knife before stabbing himself in the chest Monday afternoon.

Kenneth Wayne George, 46, from Grottoes, is in stable condition at the University of Virginia Medical Center after police said he tried to abduct a 17-year-old girl and that he then stabbed himself when police attempted to apprehend him. Just after 1:30 p.m. Monday, city police were dispatched to the Days Inn at 1600 N. Emmet St. for the report of a possible abduction.

Minutes later, police spotted the suspect — later identified as George — hiding behind a utility building behind Ming Dynasty, near Emmet and Earhart Streets. When the officers attempted to apprehend him, George reportedly threw a trash can at one officer and then charged at him with a knife in hand.As officers avoided him, George reportedly shouted, "Shoot me."

Police said George then stabbed himself in the chest and an officer used a Taser to disable him. As he fell to the ground, George continued to injure himself, but officers were able to restrain and stop him, according to police.

No officers were injured during the incident. Police also said the 17-year-old abduction victim, who is known to George, was not injured.
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Attention

Orlando nightclub shooter's father cheers at Hillary Clinton rally, calls for gun control

Charlie Spiering
Breitbart
Tue, 09 Aug 2016 16:05 UTC
Seddique Mateen at Clinton rally
© WPTV
Seddique Mateen, the father of the Orlando nightclub shooter, attended a Hillary Clinton rally in Kissimmee, Florida, placing himself prominently behind the presidential candidate as she spoke to supporters.

Mateen was visible in the backdrop of Clinton's speech as she paid tribute to the police officers and victims of the shooting.

A WPTV reporter recognized Mateen and interviewed him after the event.

"It's a Democratic party so everybody can enjoy," he said, when asked why he decided to attend the rally. "Why should they be surprised, I love the United States."
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Arrow Down

Stagnant wages, soaring housing costs leave one-third of UK households on the brink of homelessness


RT
Tue, 09 Aug 2016 10:24 UTC
poverty Britain, homelessness Britain
© Neil Hall / Reuters
One third of UK households could not afford to pay their rent or mortgage for more than a month if they lost their income.
One in three British households are teetering on the brink of homelessness because rent and mortgage payments have dramatically risen high, while real wages have fallen.

A study by homelessness charity Shelter and pollster YouGov found that a third (37 percent) of UK households could not afford to pay their rent or mortgage for more than a month if they lost their income.

Over a fifth (23 percent) said they would be unable to pay anything for their housing from the moment they lost their job.

Shelter said the report offers a reminder of how millions of families are living from "one paycheck to the next."

Comment: Surging London home prices decimate living standards

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Safe

Panic rooms trending among the super rich

Dana Schuster
New York Post
Mon, 08 Aug 2016 15:53 UTC
panic room
The hottest new trend for the .01 percent? Safe rooms, darling.

Billionaires are outfitting their abodes with ultra-luxe safe spaces that cost up to half a million dollars, according to a Town & Country story in the September issue of the glossy, which hits stands tomorrow.

The shelters are designed to protect against everything from natural disasters to home invasions and ISIS attacks, and come complete with infrared cameras, facial recognition software for entry, ballistic fiberglass to protect against explosions, air filtration units and bad-guy-distracting fog that's activated with the touch of a button.

"They may want a facility that's nuclear-proof, but they also want it to look like a Ritz-Carlton," Lana Corbi tells T&C. She and her husband run the security firm Strategically Armored & Fortified Environments.

Comment: Fad? Presentiment? Foreknowledge?

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Whistle

British values: Sexism, money-grabbing, cover-ups rife among UK police


RT
Tue, 09 Aug 2016 15:44 UTC
sue sim
© Northumbria Police / YouTube
A "sexist, money-grabbing" and "boys' club" culture among senior officers plagues Britain's police forces, according to former Northumbria Police chief Sue Sim.

Speaking to the Daily Mail, former Northumbria Police chief constable Sim complained of the barriers put in front of women inside the force, regardless of seniority.

Sim, who retired last year, came to national prominence during the manhunt for Raoul Moat, who shot a police officer after attacking his ex-girlfriend and killing her new partner in 2010.

"My biggest battle was with a culture that was sexist, money-grabbing and run by a 'boys' club' of senior officers who thought they could do what they damn well wanted," she told the Mail.
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Stock Up

Fairness, equality: UK bosses earn 129 times more than their employees


PressTV
Mon, 08 Aug 2016 15:24 UTC
British pound UK market
© Chris Ratcliffe / Reuters
The bosses of Britain's top companies were paid an average salary of £5.5 million last year, earning 129 times more than their employees, a new report has shown.

The British think tank High Pay Center revealed on Monday, that the chief executives of firms on London's FTSE 100 index enjoyed a 10-percent rise in their mean average income.

This is while, according to the report, most employees of these companies received a pay rise of about 2 percent last year.

The report also revealed that the median pay for the top brass rose to just shy of £4m last year, 144 times the median yearly income of the average Briton which currently stands at around £27,600.

Sir Martin Sorrell, who heads the advertising group WPP, was the highest paid boss with a total of more than £70 million.

Comment: Freedom and democracy: oligarchs enrich themselves while plunging the rest of us into poverty with impunity.

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Arrow Up

Family of Muslim teen arrested for bringing homemade clock to school files federal lawsuit against school officials


RT
Mon, 08 Aug 2016 19:51 UTC
homemade clock Ahmed Mohamed
© Irving Texas Police Department / Reuters
A homemade clock made by Ahmed Mohamed, 14, is seen in an undated picture released by the Irving Texas Police Department September 16, 2015.
The family of a 14-year-old who was arrested in September for bringing a homemade clock to his Texas high school and then charged with having a "hoax bomb" has filed a federal lawsuit against school officials for violating his civil rights.

Ahmed Mohamed was arrested at his Irving, Texas, high school for bringing a homemade digital clock made of a plastic pencil box, electric wires, and other hardware. He said he wanted to show the clock to his English teacher. A family attorney said in November that Mohamed was interrogated by seven adults for nearly 90 minutes and was not allowed to call his parents, a violation of the Texas Juvenile Justice Code. He was threatened with expulsion if he did not sign a confession saying he intended to bring a "hoax bomb" to school.

Irving police eventually dropped the charges though Mohamed was still suspended for three days. He did not return to the school and was forced to leave the United States upon receiving death threats. He and his family now live in Qatar.

Now, Mohamed's family has sued the Irving Independent School District, the city of Irving, and MacArthur High School principal. The suit asks that a jury determine damages.

Comment: Arrest of 14-year-old student for making a clock: The fruits of sustained fearmongering and anti-Muslim animus

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Wine n Glass

Brexit fallout? UK industrial production shows fastest growth in 17 years


RT
Tue, 09 Aug 2016 14:19 UTC
Worker in UK
© Russell Cheyne / Reuters
Second quarter industrial output in Britain grew 2.1 percent compared with the first, according to the UK's Office of National Statistics. This is the fastest growth rate since 1999.

The ONS noted that the UK vote to leave the European Union did not slow down growth.

"Any uncertainties in the run-up to the referendum seem to have had little impact on production, with very few respondents to our surveys reporting it as an issue," ONS chief economist Joe Grice said as quoted by Reuters.
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USA

Intolerable: Christian army vet threatens to cut heads off Texas mosque members in 'scary' voicemail


RT
Tue, 09 Aug 2016 12:45 UTC
Anti-muslim protesters
© Nancy Wiechec / Reuters
A Watauga mosque in Texas received a threatening voicemail from an army veteran that was so severe, they called the police.

The caller, identifying himself "a Christian," heaved expletive-filled threats targeting the Watauga Masjid Center, WFAA reports.

"F*ck you, f*ck Muhammad, f*ck Islam," said the caller. "This is America. If you don't like the way we do sh*t, get the f*ck out."

"I'm a US Army veteran. If you think you're going to establish Sharia Law in my neighborhood and this country, you are wrong," he said. "Because let me tell you something. People like me and my other military brothers are f**king heavily armed to the teeth."
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Stormtrooper

Uproar after Harrisburg police murder man, claims he held knife to mother's throat disputed by witness


RT
Tue, 09 Aug 2016 01:37 UTC
Leek moss
© Leek Moss/ Facebook
A man with a knife to his mother's throat refused to drop the weapon, police say, before they opened fire and killed him. The mother, however, disputes this version of events.

Earl Pinckney, 20, was allegedly holding a knife to his mother's throat when Harrisburg, Pennsylvania police were forced to Taser, then shoot him. However, his mother, Kim Thomas, vehemently denies that this was the case.

"No you didn't Tase my son. You shot him right in the heart," Thomas toldPenn Live. "They need to know."

Comment: Earl Pinckney is yet another victim of police brutality, when will these officers who abuse the power they are given and are clearly disturbed characters be held responsible for their actions?

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