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Rape culture: Evidence backlog from sexual assault victim's rape kits leads to lawsuits against police departments

RT
Fri, 30 Sep 2016 15:45 UTC

The backlog of evidence taken from the bodies of sexual assault victims after attacks is a national problem. But a San Francisco woman hopes to send a message to the police department that waited two years to test her kit by taking both the city and those who handled her case to court.

Heather Marlowe's rape kit was one of an estimated 400,000 nationwide that went untested, according to the US Department of Justice. After having a rape kit collected after a 2010 sexual assault, it took two years for it to be tested and another four for her to learn that they had done so.

In fact, she was only informed that her kit lacked sufficient evidence when she sued the city of San Francisco, California along with the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) over mishandling the investigation in January. With that action, she became one of many frustrated women who are taking police departments to court over the low priority their claims are given.

Marlowe is suing the city, the president of the SFPD, the chief of police, the deputy chief of police and the officer that handled her case. She claims that the plaintiffs violated her right to due process and equal protection under both the US Constitution and the California Constitution.

Air rage by passengers is on the rise - and sober ones are usually to blame

Oliver Smith,
The Telegraph (UK)
Wed, 28 Sep 2016 15:24 UTC

And I'm telling you - I don't have your stinking sick bag!

Air rage is on the rise, with the International Air Transport Association this week announcing a 16 per cent increase in cases of unruly passengers last year.

Airlines reported 10,854 incidents during 2015, up from 9,316 in 2014 - or one for every 1,205 flights. By comparison there were 5,416 in 1997 and just 1,132 in 1994. The majority involved what the trade group calls "anti-social" behaviour, such as verbal abuse or the refusal to follow the instructions of cabin crew. Physical aggression towards staff members or fellow passengers, or damage to the aircraft, was reported in 11 per cent of cases.

Many would assume alcohol is the main culprit, but drunkenness - usually from drinks purchased and/or consumed before boarding the plane - was identified as a factor in just 23 per cent of incidents.

Police arrest 2, fire pepper balls at protesters in El Cajon, California following altercations

RT
Fri, 30 Sep 2016 15:18 UTC

Police used pepper balls on dozens of protesters in El Cajon, California, and detained two men, after the crowd started throwing glass bottles at the officers.

According to an El Cajon Police press release, up to 75 protesters blocked an intersection in the town, stopping cars and breaking their windows. They also assaulted a motorcyclist who was knocked off of his motorcycle.

Comment: Update: One woman who was not a part of the protests tells RT she was shot in the face with a beanbag pellet for no reason while standing outside a 7/11 gas station:

We were just innocent bystanders standing outside a 7/11. All the military police started coming towards us, started shooting at us, started throwing tear gas, starting throwing these little bean bag things which is what hit me in the face. It was crazy. We were just standing there doing nothing, minding our own business.

After months of death threats German mayor knocked unconscious in brutal attack, likely over plans to accommodate refugees

RT
Fri, 30 Sep 2016 15:16 UTC

Joachim Kebschull, 61-year-old mayor of the German town of Oersdorf, home to about 900 people, was beaten unconscious by unknown assailants. Investigators say the attack may have been linked to the mayor's plans to accommodate refugees, local media report.

On the day of the attack, the mayor had received a threatening letter, reading: "He who does not want to hear will have to feel" and "Oersdorf for the Oersdorfers," Speigel reported.

The mayor, who wanted to allow refugees to move into a property in Oersdorf, a small town in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, has received death threats for months, and the local town hall had to cancel its meetings twice because of bomb threats, the German newspaper said.

Trident nuclear submarine officers return from 3 months at sea and destroy Navy bar in drunken riot

RT
Fri, 30 Sep 2016 14:58 UTC

Royal Navy officers returning from a three-month patrol on a nuclear submarine have been ordered to turn themselves in after devastating a bar and cinema in a drunken rampage.

The senior Trident submarine crew trashed the Faslane naval base Neptune Cinema after a civilian who manned the bar clocked off, leaving an 'honesty bar.'

A source at the base told the Daily Record that ordinary sailors would be "up on charges" over the crime, so "officers shouldn't be treated any different."

The submarine, which carries Britain's constant at-sea nuclear deterrent, returned to base in Scotland last Friday, the Daily Record reports.

Black Lives Matter protesters chase and punch man in Trump hat, force him to flee rally

RT
Fri, 30 Sep 2016 14:28 UTC

A Donald Trump supporter did not get a warm welcome among grieving Black Lives Matter protesters on Wednesday. His red "Make America Great Again" hat taunted the mob like a matador, sending them chasing after him to administer a beating.

Feras Jabro was marching alongside numerous protesters in El Cajon, California, after police there fatally shot a black man who was believed to have had mental problems.

For Jabro, the rally was peaceful until someone noticed his Trump-slogan hat, reading "Make America Great Again."

"You are at an event where people don't support Donald Trump at all," a woman in a yellow headdress is seen telling him in a video that Jabro recorded. In a short moment, the crowd starts chanting "get out," and someone off camera hits the Trump supporter on the head.

Comment: The "mob" has been primed. The age-old strategy of divide and conquer is in place and working well.

12-year-old home during Colorado Springs butane hash oil operation explosion

Kaitlin Durbin
The Gazette
Thu, 29 Sep 2016 14:09 UTC

© Colorado Springs Fire Department
Firefighters put out a fire in a duplex on Foote Avenue in Colorado Springs September 25.

A Colorado Springs couple faces a number of charges after police say a hash oil operation in their home exploded over the weekend, putting children and neighbors at risk.

Michael and Cathryn Griffith reportedly had a butane hash oil extraction operation in the kitchen of their duplex in the 200 block of North Foote Avenue, Colorado Springs police said. The chemicals caused an explosion about 7 p.m. Sunday.

A 12-year-old child was in the east Colorado Springs home when it caught fire, police said.

Flames caused "extensive damage" to the Griffith duplex, and damaged the attic of another home, police said.

Michael Griffith was arrested on suspicion of extraction of marijuana concentrate, fourth-degree arson, reckless endangerment, cruelty to animals and child abuse. His wife was arrested on suspicion of child abuse, police said.

No injuries were reported.

Machete-wielding felon in Turkey smashes car into 18 vehicles in terrifying rampage

RT
Fri, 30 Sep 2016 14:08 UTC

A prisoner on temporary release brought terror to the streets of Turkey when he crashed into more than a dozen vehicles in a Grand Theft Auto-like rampage before leaping out of his car clutching a machete.

The frightening incident was caught on camera from a building overlooking the street in Kayseri, Central Anatolia.

It first shows the driver plough through the street, crashing into parked cars before reversing and coming to a standstill.

Crowds then gather around the vehicle to try stop the man and help the passenger, reportedly his girlfriend. They quickly disperse, however, when the man produces a machete.

Ohio officer shatters windshield of police cruiser with handcuffed man's face

RT
Fri, 30 Sep 2016 14:01 UTC

An Ohio officer slammed a handcuffed man's face into a police cruiser with so much force that it broke the windshield, causing the glass to shatter, newly released footage shows. Despite the violent impact, the local police chief is defending the officer.

Dash cam video obtained exclusively by NBC affiliate WKYC shows Pele Smith being escorted to the squad car while handcuffed in Lorain, Ohio.

Instead of opening the car door for Smith and placing him in the backseat, the officer escorting him throws him against the windshield so hard that the glass shatters.

Strange deaths of JPMorgan Chase employees continues

Pam Martens and Russ Martens
Wall Street on Parade
Fri, 30 Sep 2016 13:16 UTC

Ann and Robin Korkki

Last Thursday, September 22, 2016, the body of Ann Korkki, a Senior Administrative Assistant in the Wealth Management division of JPMorgan Chase in Denver, Colorado was found with the body of her sister, Robin Korkki, inside their luxury vacation villa at the Maia Resort on Seychelles, an island in the Indian Ocean off the East African coast. Ann Korkki was 37; her sister Robin was 42.

According to the local Seychelles newspaper, there was no sign of violence on the bodies of the women who were on a one week vacation at the resort. The mother and brother of the sisters are currently in Seychelles "pressing U.S. and local officials for details" and making arrangements to bring the sisters back to the U.S. according to a news report in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, which covered the story because the sisters had attended high school in the area.

This latest unusual death of a JPMorgan Chase employee adds to a stunning roster of bizarre deaths since 2014 - a period which has also seen three felony counts leveled against the firm by the U.S. Justice Department and billions of dollars in fines for wide-ranging charges of wrongdoing.

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Society's Child

Rape culture: Evidence backlog from sexual assault victim's rape kits leads to lawsuits against police departments

Air rage by passengers is on the rise - and sober ones are usually to blame

Police arrest 2, fire pepper balls at protesters in El Cajon, California following altercations

After months of death threats German mayor knocked unconscious in brutal attack, likely over plans to accommodate refugees

Trident nuclear submarine officers return from 3 months at sea and destroy Navy bar in drunken riot

Black Lives Matter protesters chase and punch man in Trump hat, force him to flee rally

12-year-old home during Colorado Springs butane hash oil operation explosion

Machete-wielding felon in Turkey smashes car into 18 vehicles in terrifying rampage

Ohio officer shatters windshield of police cruiser with handcuffed man's face

Strange deaths of JPMorgan Chase employees continues

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