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Knife crime in England and Wales highest in over nine years


Reuters
Fri, 17 Jul 2020 17:08 UTC
london police
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Knife crime in England and Wales rose to its highest level since comparable statistics began to be gathered nine years ago, with London reporting a 28% annual rise in knife killings over the past year.

Offences involving knives or sharp instruments in England and Wales rose 6% to 46,265 in the year to March 2020, 51% higher than when comparable figures began in 2011, according to police data published on Friday by Britain's Office for National Statistics.

London, which accounted for just over a third of knife crime, saw a 7% rise in offences.

"The number of homicides involving the use of a knife or sharp instrument in London increased from 67 to 86, a 28% increase," the ONS said.

While knife crime rose, there was a 4% decrease in firearms offences and a 9% decrease in burglary across England and Wales. Data for the city of Manchester in northwest England was excluded due to problems with a new computer system in the city.

The increase in knife crime recorded by the police contrasts with a longer-term decline in violent crime measured by an ONS survey of the public, which is its lowest since that survey began in 1981 and more than 70% below its peak in 1995.

Comment: And it continues:
Police and ambulance services have been dispatched to Broadgate Circle in Central London, after two people were stabbed. The area in the financial district is filled with restaurants and bars.

"Our officers are currently dealing with an isolated incident in Broadgate Circle, in which two people have been stabbed," City of London Police said in a statement.

The injuries are not life-threatening, according to initial reports.

Londoners have been urged to stay clear of the area, which is just outside the Liverpool Street tube station.

Friday evening's incident comes after two fatal stabbings the day before in the north London districts of Kilburn and Enfield. Data published by the Office of National Statistics on Friday showed that knife crimes in England and Wales had risen six percent to a record high over the past year, with homicides up by 10 percent.


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NPC

The latest 'Left eats its own': Petition started to pressure Trader Joe's to remove 'racist packaging' food names


Chicago Sun Times
Sat, 18 Jul 2020 16:56 UTC
Trader Joe’s
© Sun-Times/File
Trader Joe’s
Petition urges grocer to rename ethnic food brands, including Trader José's, Trader Ming's.

A petition is asking Trader Joe's to remove "racist packaging" from its ethnic food products following moves by other brands from Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben's and Eskimo Pie to the Washington NFL franchise.

The Change.org petition was started two weeks ago and had more than 925 signatures as of Saturday afternoon. It says the grocer "labels some of its ethnic foods with modifications of 'Joe' that belies a narrative of exoticism that perpetuates harmful stereotypes," noting how Trader Ming's is used to brand the chain's Chinese foods and Trader José's for Mexican foods.

But the chain, considered one of America's favorite grocery stores, says it already has begun work to phase out the names and while its approach to product naming "may have been rooted in a lighthearted attempt at inclusiveness, we recognize that it may now have the opposite effect."

Comment: The absurdity of it all observed:





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Heart - Black

'White penises jeopardize your melanin': Boston BLM leader and Democrat organizer unleashes race mixing tirade against opponent


RT
Sun, 19 Jul 2020 17:02 UTC
Monica Cannon-Grant
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A profile of Black Lives Matter activist Monica Cannon-Grant.
A video of BLM campaigner Monica Cannon-Grant, who's been honored by Democrats in Boston, shows her unleashing a racist rant against a black Republican politician, telling her to shut up because she "rides white penises."

Cannon-Grant's work on the Black Lives Matter cause has seen her honored by Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, Massachusetts Rep. Joe Kennedy, and even former presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren. She's been lauded as a "hero among us" by the Boston Celtics. She writes for the Boston Globe, and is currently working to re-elect Rep. Ayanna Pressley and District Attorney Rachael Rollins, both progressive Democrats.

A recent outburst of hers, however, would be unprintable on the Globe's pages.


In a video that surfaced late on Friday, Cannon-Grant accused Pressley's opponent - Republican Rayla Campbell - of selling out her race by marrying a white man.
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Questions raised after fatal motorcycle crash listed as Florida COVID-19 death

Danielle Lama
Fox 35 Orlando
Fri, 17 Jul 2020 16:56 UTC
Covid puzzle
A person who died in a motorcycle accident was added to Florida's COVID-19 death count, according to a state health official.

FOX 35 News found this out after asking Orange County Health Officer Dr. Raul Pino whether two coronavirus victims who were in their 20s had any underlying conditions. One of his answers surprised us.

"The first one didn't have any. He died in a motorcycle accident," Pino said.

Dr. Pino was asked if the man's data was removed.

"I don't think so. I have to double-check," Pino said. "We were arguing, discussing, or trying to argue with the state. Not because of the numbers -- it's 100...it doesn't make any difference if it's 99 -- but the fact that the individual didn't die from COVID-19...died in the crash. But you could actually argue that it could have been the COVID-19 that caused him to crash. I don't know the conclusion of that one."


There are still two people in their 20s on Orange County's data list for coronavirus deaths.

Comment: He's probably not the only one... There have been similar reports throughout the whole pandemic. There's something of a scandal in the UK right now for just this reason:

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Bad Guys

Police launch probe into graffiti on monument to SS soldiers, Canadians stunned it even exists


RT
Sun, 19 Jul 2020 16:21 UTC
canada SS monument statue grafitti
© Twitter / Russia in Canada ; Sputnik
The monument at the St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Cemetery in Oakville ; Ukrainian nationalists march in Lvov on the SS 1st Galician Division anniversary.
News that graffiti on a memorial to Nazi soldiers is being treated as a "hate crime" has stunned many Canadians, who were not only baffled by the police's logic but also seemingly unaware that their country hosted such a monument.

The object in question, which was erected for Ukrainian nationalists who fought for the Nazis as part of the infamous 1st Galician Division of the SS during World War II, had been defaced in late June.

Located at the Saint Volodymyr Ukrainian Cemetery in Oakville, Ontario, the cenotaph reportedly had the words "Nazi war monument" painted on it some weeks ago - pretty accurately describing the essence of this particular memorial.

Comment: Canada was a favorite place to stash cooperative Nazis and Nazi sympathizers from Ukraine after the war. Their legacy continues to poison the world today.

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Apple Green

Harvard activist group wants Board of Overseers name changed — because slavery


The College Fix
Sat, 18 Jul 2020 16:33 UTC
harvard
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A Harvard University activist group wants the name of the school's Board of Overseers changed due to the last word's connection to slavery.

According to The Crimson, the Coalition for a Diverse Harvard noted "overseer" has "historically referred to men hired by plantation owners to violently control slaves."

The Board of Overseers is Harvard's "second-highest governing body." The coalition, which advocates "diversity, equity, and inclusion" at the school, has sought the name change for three years.

Coalition board member Jane Sujen Bock said many Board of Overseer candidates "had not previously considered the ramifications of the title's link to slavery." The five candidates supported by the coalition support a name change.

As you might expect, Bock cited the current "anti-racist" atmosphere in the country as leading to a "greater push" for a new name.

Comment: We're living in the fantasy world of delusional college students.

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Yellow Vest

Iranians rally in support of protesters sentenced to death - UPDATE: Executions suspended


RFE/RL
Fri, 17 Jul 2020 15:55 UTC
iran protesters

Protesters gathered in Shiraz on July 16.
Iranian protesters have gathered in the streets of Shiraz and Behbahan, chanting slogans against the country's establishment.

Social-media users on July 16 called for nationwide demonstrations at 7:00 p.m. local time against a court decision to uphold death sentences against three men who participated in protests last year.

Videos shared on social media purportedly showed protesters in Behbahan, in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, and in Shiraz, the capital of southwestern Fars Province, shouting slogans against the death sentences handed to Amir Hossein Moradi, Saeed Tamjidi, and Mohammad Rajabi.


The Reuters news agency quoted witnesses as saying security forces fired tear gas to disperse the demonstrators in Behbahan.

Meanwhile, an increased presence of security forces was reported in the streets of the capital, Tehran, and several other cities.

On July 14, Iran's judiciary said the Supreme Court had upheld the death sentences against Moradi, 25, Tamjidi, 27, and Rajabi, 25, for criminal actions during protests in November sparked by a hike in gasoline prices.

The decision sparked a surge of online protests against the sentences, with the hashtag #Don't_Execute in Persian trending globally on Twitter, being used more than 7 million times.

Comment: One of the accused's lawyers says the executions have been suspended, pending a retrial:
Babak Paknia said in a Twitter post on July 19 that the Iranian judiciary had ordered a retrial for the three.

The lawyer's announcement comes after a massive social-media campaign calling for Iran to halt state executions. The online protest has been joined by many Iranians -- including ordinary citizens as well as intellectuals, former politicians, and prominent artists.

Amnesty International recorded 251 executions in Iran during 2019, making Iran second to China for state executions.


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Car Black

NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace, fresh from mistaken noose scandal, defends sport's fans against racism stereotype


RT
Fri, 17 Jul 2020 19:32 UTC
Bubba Wallace
© Reuters/John David Mercer
NASCAR Cup Series driver, Bubba Wallace
Bubba Wallace, the only black driver in NASCAR's elite racing series, is speaking out against the media narrative that the sport's fanbase is racist, defusing race-related controversy that has surrounded him since last month.

"We always want to pay attention to the negative, but the narrative that's been out there now is saying all NASCAR fans are racist and whatnot, and that's totally not true," Wallace said late Thursday in an interview on the Desus & Mero talk show on Showtime. He added that he has socialized and drank beer with fans from Alabama to Michigan and was always made to feel welcome.


Comment: See also:

Fake noose media: Alleged 'hangman's noose' in Bubba Wallace garage was actually a pull rope - UPDATE: Wallace continues to claim it was a noose

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Pistol

Tyrese Haspil charged with grizzly murder of tech CEO Fahim Saleh

Joe Marino, Craig McCarthy
New York Post
Fri, 17 Jul 2020 03:11 UTC
Tyrese Haspil
© Stefan Jeremiah
Tyrese Haspil is walked by NYPD detectives to a waiting car outside the 7th precinct.
A trusted employee of tech CEO and investor Fahim Saleh was arrested on Friday in his boss' slaying and dismemberment on the Lower East Side — with sources saying the motive involved a broken promise to repay $100,000 in stolen cash.

Tyrese Haspil, 21, was charged with second-degree murder over the grisly slaying inside Saleh's $2.2 million East Houston Street apartment, NYPD Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison said during a brief afternoon news conference.

Haspil worked as Saleh's "executive assistant" and handled the international entrepreneur's "finances and personal matters. It is also believed that he owed the victim a significant amount of money."

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Star of David

IOF kidnaps Palestinian physicist at Anata checkpoint


The Palestinian Information Center
Fri, 17 Jul 2020 10:39 UTC
Barghouti
© Unknown
Emad al-Barghouti, Palestinian physicist, astronomer
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Thursday evening arrested Palestinian physicist and astronomer Emad al-Barghouti, 53, at a checkpoint near Anata town northeast of Jerusalem.

Al-Barghouti is an ex-prisoner who was arrested by the IOF in December 2015 while he was on his way to take part in an academic conference in the UAE through al-Karama crossing with Jordan.

Al-Barghouti was interrogated and kept in detention for weeks over his participation in demonstrations condemning the Israeli military assault on the Gaza Strip in 2014.

The Palestinian scientist was re-arrested in 2016 over anti-Israel Facebook posts and released after two months of detention following a solidarity campaign by many international academics.
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