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A Dickson County deputy was involved in a shooting north of Cumberland Furnace on Friday morning.
According to the Dickson County Sheriff's Office, Gregory Herrell's family called police asking deputies to conduct a welfare check on Herrell. Reportedly addicted to painkillers, Herrell appeared at his mother's house on Friday morning looking for money when he ended up arguing with his mom and daughter. Twenty minutes after receiving the call, two deputies arrived at his mother's residence at 10:50 a.m.
As one deputy went around the back of the house, the other deputy knocked on the front door and began speaking with Herrell's mother. While his mom tried to explain to the deputy that Herrell had a shotgun but that it was unloaded, the second deputy shot Herrell in front of his mother and daughter.
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This US woman certainly is. Does what she say here strike a chord with you?
Then say it loud along with her!
You know what they say, 'If you're not outraged, then you haven't been paying attention.'
The personal is political, the political personal.
When you see the big picture, you see how everything is connected, and you see how all the dominoes are set in place to trap you inside an eternal nightmare of your own making.
If you want to get out while you still can, step one is to see the lies.
Comment: Listen, then share!
It's time for everyone to start opening up and sharing what they see with others. With polls showing that 90% of Americans are against bombing Syria into submission, we suspect you'll be surprised just how many folks around you feel similarly.
Don't push it with anyone who is reluctant, just let them be and communicate with those who do give a damn.
Share SOTT articles, watch documentaries, read about what is really going on out there, find out what you can do within your communities to support each other - emotionally and materially - to prepare for the coming storm.
And NETWORK with others. Many people have been preparing for this for years - they can help you. You're not alone, so don't despair.
© Anthony Freda Art
If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, you'd better watch out. You're a "person of interest" - and a growing number of businesses must report your "suspicious activities" to the feds. If they don't, they can be fined and the responsible parties even imprisoned.
These requirements originated in a law called the "Bank Secrecy Act" (BSA). Of course, this Orwellian law has nothing at all to do with protecting bank secrecy. Indeed, the BSA has all but eliminated confidentiality.
Comment: It's only a matter of time before capital controls are fully implemented.
- Banks increasingly refuse cash withdrawals - Switzerland joins the fun
- A cashless society will strengthen the black market
- The war on cash is heating up
- Chase joins the war on cash
- Did Greece just launch capital controls? 'Mandatory cash transfer' decreed due to 'extremely urgent need'
- Shopping with cash in this state is now illegal
- Your wallet may soon become illegal: The criminalization of cash
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"No need to sell a kidney...Shanghai sperm bank can make your iPhone 6s dream come true," says the ad which has gone viral on China's most popular social networking app WeChat this week.
Capitalizing on the country's lust for new technology, the sperm bank hopes to fix a shortage in donors ahead of the release of the iPhone 6s next week.
Comment: It truly is amazing what people will go through to keep the consumer economy going.
© AFP Photo/Sven HoppeThe annual Oktoberfest beer party gets under way in Munich on Saturday.
The largest influx of refugees seen in decades in Germany has run smack into what Munich calls the world's biggest popular festival, starting Saturday, creating a massive headache for security forces and leaving some locals nervous about an awkward culture clash.
Sipping a lager in a beer garden opposite the sprawling Wiesn grounds of the Oktoberfest, Stellenberger says she is "proud" of her hometown for welcoming war-weary Syrians and Iraqis with an outpouring of donations and hospitality.
Comment: Don't let the sight of human suffering ruin your good time, Oktoberfesters.
Luke 17:27
People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
© AP Photo / Jeff Roberson
However, now US statistics reveal that people are fighting back as the number of police killed in the line of duty indicates. Many experts claim that ordinary Americans have waged a full-scale war against law enforcement.
According to recently released statistics, some 51 police officers were killed across the US in 2014, almost double the number of murdered cops in 2013, when 27 cases were reported.
Police were apparently responding to a call from a neighbor about a crying baby when they broke through the family's fence and entered their backyard. As they walked into the back yard, they completely ignored the "Beware of Dog" sign and the "Guard dog on duty" sign, and they ignored the dog himself.
Carelessly ignoring all these signs, the two officers frightened the family pit bull whose name is Face. Instead of attempting to get out of the yard they were trespassing in, one of the officers kicked the dog, then drew his weapon and fired several times into Face.
As the other officer became startled by the shots, he fell backward over the lawn furniture. The officer who initially fired then walked over and put one more round into Face — for good measure.
Comment: This is the new normal for police; shoot first and ask questions later. What were they even thinking by not just going to the front door and knocking to inquire what was going on?
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The ad was funded by KnowDrones, an organization that aims to achieve an outright ban on the use of weaponized drones
Many argue that drone operators do not know what they're getting into when they sign up for the job.
"What this ad is trying to do is to say, 'look at this now, understand the consequences and follow your conscience and do the right thing," KnowDrones coordinator Nick Mottern told RT. "Given the fact that the president and Congress won't act to stop this, we're appealing directly to the people who are being ordered to do the killing, and who have to bear the weight of this on their conscience to put a stop to it."
Comment: The work of the KnowDrones campaign hopefully will gain more traction. They certainly are continuing to push this very important topic.
Sanity check: 45 veterans sign letter urging drone pilots to stand down
Well here is one American who's been there and done it, and is still doing it. Russell Bentley has seen enough of what is going on the world to know a good cause when he sees one. As he says, "The Russian-hating fascistic junta which seized power in Kiev, and is terrorising the people under the command of NATO and criminals it has imported from other countries where it did the same, will not be satisfied until Ukraine is destroyed and much of the region, including Europe, destabilised." He decided to do something about it, and here is his account of this conflict.
Can you provide some background about why you are in Ukraine?
First, I am not the only American fighting Fascism in Donbass. There are several I know of, and have met, but I am the only one I will be talking about today.
My name is Russell Bentley. I was born in Austin, Texas, in 1960. My call sign in the Novorussian Army is "Texas".
Comment: In contrast to the values of Russell Bentley, look who's joined the Kiev side of the conflict and why:
Agents of chaos: ISIL using Ukraine as a forward base into Caucasia and entry into Europe
Comment: The police cannot be entrusted with our welfare under any circumstance.