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Man dead after alleged excessive force by Sonoma County police who thought he had stolen his own car

Christina Carrega
ABC News
Tue, 24 Dec 2019 20:37 UTC
police body cam sonoma county man killed
© Sonoma SheriffBody camera footage released by the Sonoma Sheriff in Northern California shows Sonoma County Deputies taking David Ward into custody on Nov. 28, 2019.
Sonoma County Sheriff's Office released video of the deadly arrest gone wrong.

A vehicle owner ended up dead after alleged excessive force by police who thought he had stolen his own car. Now, two Sonoma County, California, sheriff's deputies are on paid administrative leave.

The bizarre incident was captured on body camera footage that was released by Sonoma County Sheriff Mark Essick.

"If you watched the body-worn camera closely, you may be concerned by what you saw," Essick said in a Dec. 20 video posted on the Sonoma County Police Department's social media accounts. "So was I."
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Mexico granted asylum to Morales, now deeply concerned Bolivia monitoring its embassy


RT
Mon, 23 Dec 2019 20:03 UTC
Mex Embassy La Paz
© teleSURMexican Embassy, La Paz, Bolivia
Mexico's government has expressed "deep concern" about the monitoring of its La Paz embassy by Bolivian intelligence and security services. Last month, Mexico offered deposed Bolivian leader Evo Morales asylum following a "coup."

Mexico's Foreign Ministry sounded the alarm on Monday, claiming that Bolivia's security and intelligence apparatus has been monitoring the diplomatic mission since the country granted political asylum to Morales last month. The deposed leader lost the support of his police and military in early November, after the opposition declared his re-election in October fraudulent. Morales was ousted despite announcing a fresh general election.

The ministry alleges that around 150 Bolivian police and intelligence agents have "surrounded" the Mexican ambassador's residence since Friday, and that these police and agents have intimidated and spied on Mexican diplomatic personnel.
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Ultra right-wing on the move: Ukrainian city bans 'deviant' LGBT marches


RFE/RL
Wed, 25 Dec 2019 20:04 UTC
An LGBT community march ukraine
© ShutterstockAn LGBT community march in Kharkiv on September 15.
The Rivne City Council in western Ukraine has banned the holding of equality marches.

The local lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community had plans to hold an event on January 1 in the regional capital located 327 kilometers west of Kyiv.

The ban, initiated by the head of the council's budget committee, city councilman Oleh Karpyak of the nationalist Svoboda party, cited the Family Code as justification.

Comment: More on the ultra-nationalist lunatics the U.S. put in power:

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India: Molestation accused comes to court dressed as woman, says 'turning into female'


Hindustan Times
Wed, 25 Dec 2019 00:00 UTC
The accused came to the court dressed in formal attire worn by women, wearing make up and feminine hairstyle.
Protest over rape in India
© Sonu Mehta/HT PhotoThe 33-year-old victim, a bed-ridden woman suffering from multiple sclerosis, was brought to the court on a wheel chair and refused to compromise the matter.
The Delhi High Court has dismissed the plea of a man, seeking quashing of criminal proceedings against him for allegedly molesting a woman colleague, claiming that he never had an inclination towards women and was in the process of transitioning into a female.

Asserting that he has gender dysphoria since childhood and identifying himself as a woman before the court, the accused alleged that the relation between him and the complainant was that of two "sisters", so he could not have molested her.

Gender dysphoria is a condition of feeling one's emotional and psychological identity as male or female to be opposite to one's biological sex.
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Dominoes

Jury backs Johnson & Johnson in talc cancer case


Fox Business
Mon, 23 Dec 2019 20:01 UTC
baby powder
© Justin Sullivan | Getty Images
A St. Louis jury has ruled in favor of Johnson & Johnson in the latest of several lawsuits alleging that the company's baby powder caused ovarian cancer.

The jury ruled 9-3 late Friday, denying 56-year-old Vickie Forrest's allegation that more than 30 years of use of the talcum-based powder caused her illness. Forrest, of St. Louis, was diagnosed with stage 2 ovarian cancer in 2012 and is in remission after surgery and chemotherapy, her attorneys said.

"It's disappointing that J&J is going to see this as approval of their continued sale of talc-based baby powder that harms women," Ted Meadows, one of Forrest's lawyers, said in a statement.

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Dangerous doors & fire hazards: Norway's largest naval ship flagged as unsafe & banned from sailing


RT
Wed, 25 Dec 2019 18:30 UTC
The KNM Maud.
© The Norwegian Armed Forces / forsvaret.noThe KNM Maud.
The Royal Norwegian Navy's newest ship cannot leave the dock as numerous safety hazards were discovered aboard the NATO vessel after being commissioned in May with much fanfare.

Having cost 2.2 billion Norwegian krones (US$246 million), the logistics and supply ship KNM Maud is Norway's largest naval vessel ever built. It has an operating room, a hospital for 44 beds and a hangar for two helicopters.

However, the ship cannot embark on voyages after global risk-assessment firm DNV GL deemed it too unsafe to sail. The ban will last until many of the vessel's deficiencies are fixed, which is expected to happen sometime next year.

After examining the KNM Maud and interviewing the crew, the company rolled out a laundry list of red flags. Among the problems uncovered are the heavy doors which pose a "danger" to the crew, and the absence of proper lighting on board, which makes it hard to walk around the ship in the dark.
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Light Saber

UN gender equality body thrashed by Twitterati after 'Motherhood is a PENALTY' tweet on Christmas Day


RT
Wed, 25 Dec 2019 19:06 UTC
thai church virgin mary
© AFP / Lillian Suwanrumpha / FileThai Catholics of Vietnamese descent praying to a statue of the Virgin Mary at the Phra Mae Prachak Church.
UN Women is probably seeking the prize for the most tone-deaf tweet of the year. How else can their "motherhood penalty" post on the day many Christians celebrate the most important birthday on the calendar be explained?

The picture posted on Christmas cites things like "limited maternity benefits" and "gender pay gaps" as punishment for "being a mother." The penalty was issued by one 'P. Atriarchy' and has been in force since the "beginning of time."

Comment: More on the elite's covert war on humanity:

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The Left turns on its own: Trans woman Debbie Hayton accused of transphobia for expressing the truth that we are biologically attached to our sex at birth

Sophia Narwitz
RT
Tue, 24 Dec 2019 17:02 UTC
trans debate Debbie Hayton
© Facebook / Debbie HaytonTranswoman Debbie Hayton supports biological reality.
A transgender woman has been accused of transphobia for wearing a T-shirt saying she is really still a man. The obnoxious side of the LGBT community is again trying to cancel someone for the "crime" of sharing a different view.

A transgender physics teacher by the name of Debbie Hayton is facing disciplinary action and potential expulsion from her seat on the Trades Union Congress LGBT committee, for stating trans people are biologically attached to the sex they are born-as.

The incident initially occurred in July when Debbie wore a T-shirt which read "trans women are men. Get over it." As is to be expected in today's culture, it didn't go over well and complaints claiming she was "propagating hate speech against the trans community" were sent to the general secretary of the TUC.
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Dominoes

Notre Dame rector: Fragile cathedral might not be saved

Jeffery Schaffer and Angela Charlton
AP
Wed, 25 Dec 2019 18:17 UTC
Notre Dame
© AP Photo/Thibault CamusNotre Dame cathedral is pictured in Paris, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019. Notre Dame Cathedral is unable to host Christmas services for the first time since the French Revolution, because the Paris landmark was too deeply damaged by this year's fire.
The rector of Notre Dame Cathedral says the Paris landmark is still so fragile that there's a "50% chance" the structure might not be saved, because scaffolding installed before this year's fire is threatening the vaults of the Gothic monument.

Monsignor Patrick Chauvet said restoration work isn't likely to begin until 2021 — and described his "heartache" that Notre Dame couldn't hold Christmas services this year, for the first time since the French Revolution.

"Today it is not out of danger," he told The Associated Press on the sidelines of Christmas Eve midnight Mass in a nearby church. "It will be out of danger when we take out the remaining scaffolding."

"Today we can say that there is maybe a 50% chance that it will be saved. There is also 50% chance of scaffolding falling onto the three vaults, so as you can see the building is still very fragile," he said.

The 12th-century cathedral was under renovation at the time of the accidental April fire, which destroyed its roof and collapsed its spire. With no more roof to keep the massive stone structure stable, the cathedral's surviving vaults are crucial to keeping it standing, but they are vulnerable.
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Bill aims to open lawsuit window for adult sex abuse suits

Ryan Tarinell
AP
Wed, 25 Dec 2019 18:31 UTC
Brad Hoylman
© AP Photo/Hans Pennink, FileIn this Wednesday, June 19, 2019, file photo, state Sen. Brad Hoylman, D-New York, speaks in the Senate Chamber at the state Capitol in Albany, N.Y. Hoylman introduced the Adult Survivors Act in the autumn of 2019, saying survivors of adult sex abuse deserve their day in court.
Churches, youth groups and schools were hit by a tsunami of lawsuits in 2019 after New York gave survivors of childhood sexual abuse a one-year window to sue over allegations ordinarily barred by statutes of limitation.

Now, some lawmakers want to open the same window for people abused as adults, a move that could lay a pathway for people to file additional lawsuits against some high-profile men targeted in the #MeToo movement.

Sen. Brad Hoylman introduced the Adult Survivors Act this autumn, saying survivors of adult sex abuse deserve their day in court.

"For too long, justice has been out of reach for adult survivors of sexual crimes," Hoylman said in a statement.

The proposal would give abuse victims a temporary, one-year period to sue over abuse that occurred when they were 18 years or older. After the year window was up, the state statute of limitations would be back in effect.

New York is one of 15 states where rules have been enacted to extend or suspend the statute of limitations for certain past claims. The Child Victims Act has led to hundreds of lawsuits filed by people who say they were abused as children but were previously barred from suing.
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