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Police in UK city threatened homeless with jail time if seen sitting on ground during Prince Harry's visit


RT
Fri, 19 Jan 2018 20:51 UTC
Prince Harry
© Ben Birchall / ReutersBritain's Prince Harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle visiting Cardiff Castle
Police in Wales have been accused of "whitewashing" Cardiff after some homeless people claimed they were threatened with jail time if they embarrassed the city during Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's royal visit on Thursday.

Cardiff charity Left Outside Alone reported that the homeless had been told they would face 14 days in prison if they were "seen sitting on [the] floor in town."

Lou Thomas, a designer and illustrator from Wales, also took to social media to share her disgust over the police's alleged threats.

"I just spoke to a group of homeless people in Cardiff town centre and was told they have been threatened with 14 days in prison if they are caught sitting on the ground in town today, apparently it won't look good for the royal visit today," she said.
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Dutch cops to profile youths wearing expensive clothes


RT
Fri, 19 Jan 2018 20:38 UTC
dutch cops
© Remko de Waal / ReutersPolice officers in Haarlem, September 25, 2013
Rotterdam police are targeting youths wearing outfits that appear too fancy for them to afford, local media report. Authorities say the controversial practice will help reduce crime in the Dutch port city.

Rotterdam police will soon deploy officers specifically trained to recognize people whose clothes don't seem to match their purported income, De Telegraaf newspaper reported. Local police say the measure will help reduce crime on Rotterdam's streets. It appears that minorities will be more affected by the move than the native Dutch.

"They are often young guests who consider themselves untouchable," Rotterdam police chief Frank Paauw told the newspaper. "We're going to undress them on the street." Police will be scanning for luxury watches which are "a symbol of status for young people," Paauw said. Officers will also be on lookout for expensive jackets and exclusive coats. People that police are going to target "do not have any income, so the question is how they get there."

Comment: Since when did cops have the right to question what anyone is wearing? Their job is to prevent crimes, not be literal fashion police.

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Documentary review: 'In the Land of Pomegranates', on Israeli-Palestinian dialogue

Phillip Weiss
Mondoweiss
Thu, 18 Jan 2018 00:00 UTC
In the Land of Pomegranates
Movie poster for In the Land of Pomegranates.
A new documentary has come out about dialogue. In the Land of Pomegranates offers the hope that by sharing their stories of victimization, Israelis and Palestinians will be able to transcend those myths and learn to get along. The film opened at the Lincoln Plaza in New York last week, and I made a point to see it, because it was long in the making and director Hava Kohav Beller has such a sure hand in telling human stories. But I left the film more despairing than ever.

The central action of the movie is a dialogue project called "Vacation from War" that takes 20-something Israelis and Palestinians to a German retreat to talk about their national stories, so that they might develop more sympathy for the other side. These scenes are riveting/wrenching, even though their emotional focus is on the Palestinians: can they get over their sense of themselves as victims? Alas, they are portrayed by the filmmaker as being indifferent to the Holocaust, even after going to an exhibition on it, and shown to cling to a ghastly foundational story of their own: that someone occupied their house and killed the father and raped the mother, etc., and kicked out the children; now the children have grown up and Israelis expect them to accept the Jewish ownership of the house? No! The refugee's shoe has more right to that house than the Jews, says one of the young Palestinians.
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Unarmed teenager tries to stop cop from hurting his mom - Gets shot and killed for it

Jack Burns
Free Thought Project
Thu, 18 Jan 2018 00:00 UTC
Joseph Haynes
In juvenile court this week, a 16-year-old boy intervened after a police officer allegedly pushed his mother against the wall - so the police officer shot and killed him. The boy's name was Joseph Haynes and he was unarmed.

The single shot which killed Haynes was fired, police say, in self-defense but family members are disputing that claim. The boy's grandmother Geraldine Haynes said she witnessed the entire incident. In an interview with the Columbus Dispatch, the grandmother recounted the incident.
They had an altercation in the courtroom. The judge gave us another court date and we were leaving. The cop told Karen (boy's mother) to get out of the courthouse and wouldn't let her get her stuff or nothing. And then he (cop) started going over and pushing her against the wall.
That's when she says her grandson, Joseph, stepped in to defend his mother from the officer's manhandling.
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Huge gasoline tanker explosion forces highway shutdown in Utah (VIDEOS)


RT
Fri, 19 Jan 2018 11:25 UTC
Tanker explosion
© UDOT
A double-tanker truck loaded with gasoline has exploded on Interstate-15 in Salt Lake County, Utah, forcing the closure of the highway in both directions. No injuries have been reported.

The vehicle fire occurred Thursday evening near the 7200 South area of I-15 in Midvale. The Utah Department of Transportation, news crews and witnesses captured the inferno on video, as traffic came to a standstill. Fire crews were still battling the blaze at 8:30pm local time, one hour after the Utah DOT initially reported the incident on Twitter.
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Two-meter-long Nile crocodile found in St. Petersburg basement (PHOTOS)


RT
Fri, 19 Jan 2018 17:56 UTC
Nile crocodile
© Patrick Lefevre / Global Look Press
Locals in St. Petersburg are in shock after police found a ruthless maneater - a Nile crocodile - in the basement of a building in the city's southwest. The predator was living among Kalashnikovs, sniper rifles and a mortar shell.

The fuss about the cold-blooded beast started among Russian Twitter users after local press released photos of the dangerous predator. The Nile crocodile was around two meters in length was crawling inside a basement, Fontanka.ru reported on Thursday.

The crocodile didn't resist or attack the officers when it was captured. It is now in the care of veterinary services. The problem is that the animal is an 'illegal immigrant' - it doesn't have any documents and, unfortunately, can't be taken by a zoo.

The officers were searching the house of Pavel Baranenko, founder of Red Star patriotic group in St. Petersburg and famous for organizing reconstructions of historic events. The search was made as part of an investigation into illegal trafficking of explosives.
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Two guards in French prison attacked by 'radicalized inmate'


RT
Fri, 19 Jan 2018 14:54 UTC
Borgo Prison
© STEPHAN AGOSTINI / AFPBorgo Prison
Two guards at a French prison in Corsica have been attacked and seriously injured by a radicalized inmate, a local prosecutor and a prison union said. The perpetrator reportedly shouted 'Allahu Akbar' while attacking the guards.

The incident took place in Borgo Prison on Friday morning, Prosecutor of Bastia City Caroline Tharot said, as cited by AFP. The type of weapon used in the attack was not specified.

UFAP-UNSA penitentiary union confirmed in a statement that the inmate was indeed radicalized. It is not clear whether he was radicalized before being jailed or while serving his sentence.

Both guards are in hospital, one with stab wounds to the face and back.

Comment: See also: Convicted murderer assaults 7 French prison guards amid protests for more security

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Rocket

Components for S-400 defense systems, destined for China, damaged during storm in English Channel


Sputnik
Fri, 19 Jan 2018 18:49 UTC
Recharging S-400 Triumf
© Sputnik/ Grigoriy SisoevRecharging an S-400 Triumf anti-aircraft weapon system during the combat duty drills of the surface to air-missile regiment in the Moscow Region
A number of auxiliary components for S-400 air defense systems that had been sent from Russia to China under the 2014 contract were damaged during the shipment by sea, the Russian defense industry cooperation service (FSMTC) said Friday.

According to FSMTC spokeswoman Maria Vorobyeva, a ship carrying the components has been caught in a storm while passing the English Channel and was forced to return to Russia.

"As a result, part of the auxiliary components shipment on board was damaged. The evaluation of damages for insurance purposes is underway," Vorobyeva said.

Comment: See also: Russia starts delivering S-400 missile system to China

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Gold Seal

The New Bourgeoisie, Critical Theory and Jordan B Peterson

Uri Harris
Quillette
Wed, 17 Jan 2018 16:43 UTC
jordan peterson interview
Earlier this week, clinical psychologist Jordan B. Peterson appeared on Britain's Channel 4 in an interview with TV journalist Cathy Newman. It didn't go well. Journalist Douglas Murray described it as "catastrophic for the interviewer", while author Sam Harris called it a "nearly terminal case of close-mindedness". Sociologist Nicholas Christakis perhaps described it best:

Christakis mentions two important things about Newman. First, she seemed hostile towards Peterson, clearly going into the interview with a moral prejudice towards him. Second, she seemed unable to engage with his arguments, instead misrepresenting them ("You're saying women aren't intelligent enough to run top companies?") or taking issue with them (during a conversation about unhealthy relationships, Newman asked: "What gives you the right to say that?" Answer: "I'm a clinical psychologist.") At one point, she was rendered speechless.
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Attention

Axe & Molotov cocktail at Russian high school: Attackers injure 3 people, start blaze - conflicting reports - UPDATE


RT
Fri, 19 Jan 2018 07:55 UTC
Russian high school in Ulan-Ude
© RuptlyRussian high school in Ulan-Ude
Three attackers, at least one of them armed with an axe, stormed a school in the Siberian city of Ulan-Ude and used a Molotov cocktail to set the building on fire. It is the second school attack in Russia in the space of a week.

There are conflicting reports about the number of attackers; while the Buryatia Republic authorities say that there were at least three, the Russian Investigative Committee is looking for a lone perpetrator.

Initial reports in the local media said a student stormed the high school with an axe and attacked a teacher and at least three students. He chopped off one of the victim's fingers, according to some reports.

According to the Buryatia Republic authorities, four people were injured, including an attacker. Later on Friday an official from the regional health ministry told TASS that seven people had been injured, "six children and a woman." He didn't specify whether the attacker was among them.

Comment: See also: Teens inspired by Columbine Massacre go on knife rampage at Russian school, 15 injured

Update: RT reports
A video has emerged showing the alleged arrest of a teen who stormed a school in the Siberian city of Ulan-Ude, and used a Molotov cocktail to set the building on fire. The attacker tried to commit suicide after the assault.

The footage shows the alleged perpetrator lying on the ground, apparently in the school yard, with three police officers tying his hands. The suspect does not appear to resist law enforcers.


Six people, including a teacher, were wounded in the attack on Friday morning. One of the victims, a 13-year-old girl, is reportedly in a coma. The attacker, a student in the school, allegedly chopped off one of the victim's fingers, and hit several children in the head with an ax.

The teen, identified by local media as 'Anton,' attempted to kill himself after the attack. According to local media, he stabbed himself with a knife and then jumped from a window.

He had earlier told a girl at the school about his plans via the Viber messaging app, a local woman said, according to Ruptly. "The boy told her [the girl] not to go to school because 'there will be a massacre,'" she added.


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