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NYPD sex crimes lieutenant indicted on over 80 counts of child sex abuse

Jack Burns
Free Thought Project
Tue, 07 Nov 2017 16:59 UTC
Nicholas McAteer
One of the actual detectives upon which the television series Law and Order - SVU (Special Victims Unit) was based, has been arrested and charged with 82 counts of having sex with minors. The children, who are family members but not his own children said retired NYPD police officer Nicholas McAteer repeatedly raped them.

McAteer, who was arrested on August 22nd after one of the girls came forward, was charged with several felony child sex abuse charges and released after posting $75,000 bond.

But just days later, the second alleged victim came forward and McAteer was then taken back into custody after a grand jury convened and handed down dozens of additional charges. The two say the abuse took place over decades. The girls will not be identified as victims of sexual abuse are not identified by news media organizations even after they're adulthood.

McAteer was a member of the NYPD's Manhattan Special Victims Division. He was also an officer with the Internal Affairs division, the department which is said to be staffed by men of the highest integrity.
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Systemic corruption: Baltimore police sergeant indicted on federal racketeering charges - 8th dept officer charged in case

Elizabeth Janney
Baltimore Patch
Tue, 07 Nov 2017 15:41 UTC
thomas allers baltimore police racketeering
Thomas Allers - The Baltimore police sergeant was the eighth officer from the department to be indicted in a federal racketeering case.
A Baltimore police sergeant was indicted on federal racketeering charges, authorities announced Wednesday. He is the eighth from the department to be indicted in the case.

Sergeant Thomas Allers, 49, of Linthicum Heights, was the officer in charge of the Baltimore Police Department's Gun Trace Task Force, from which seven members have already been indicted for allegedly robbing residents.

Allers was charged with nine counts of robbery and extortion and allegedly stole more than $90,000, according to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland.

According to the recently unsealed indictment, he also alerted others on his team of the investigation into their conduct.

Allers, who has been with the Baltimore Police Department since 1996, headed up its special Gun Trace Task Force from 2013 until he was reassigned to a different unit on June 14, 2016, the district attorney said.

Comment: The Baltimore PD has a long and checkered history of abuse and corruption - merely a few examples:

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Former jihadist bride: Racism growing up in UK led to joining ISIS


RT
Tue, 07 Nov 2017 00:03 UTC
Tania Georgelas
© FacebookEx-jihadi wife Tania Georgelas
A British woman who was married to the highest-ranking American in the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) revealed how racism in the UK radicalized her. Tania Georgelas said her years as a teenager in Harrow, northwest London, spurred her to become a jihadist.

Georgelas, 33, who is of Bangladeshi descent, told The Atlantic in an interview published Friday: "We had bad neighbours, they used to smash our windows. But generally, I just felt like an outsider."

She added: "I was looking for a way to retaliate, and I wanted honor again." She claimed the turning point came after the 9/11 terrorist attack in 2001.
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Family files lawsuit after teacher tapes special needs student's mouth shut

JESSICA CHIA
NY Daily News
Sat, 04 Nov 2017 14:29 UTC
Rosa Smith
© MARKO LAW PLCEvidence photos contained in a lawsuit by Doreen Smith, the mother of disabled student Rosa Smith of Ypsilanti, Mich.
A teacher taped a disabled student's mouth shut in just one horrific example of repeated abuse that occurred at a Michigan school, a lawsuit alleges.

Rosa Smith, 26, who has cerebral palsy along with other disabilities, suffered "physical, emotional and psychological harm" while she attended High Point School in Ann Arbor, according to a lawsuit filed on Wednesday.

Smith's teacher, Nesa Johnson, is accused of taping Smith's mouth and sending a photo of the 26-year-old to her mother, along with a text that read, "Help. She won't be quiet!!!"

"Taping a special-needs student's mouth shut is appalling in-and-of-itself, but was especially torturous for Rosa, who is physically unable to remove the tape, has trouble breathing and clearing her throat, and breathes out of her mouth," the lawsuit states.
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USA Today chides Texas for 'lax' concealed carry laws despite church shooter's denied permit

Awr Hawkins
Breitbart
Tue, 07 Nov 2017 11:25 UTC
Pistols guns
USA Today chided Texas for "lax" concealed carry laws after the Sutherland Springs church shooting but the attacker, Devin Kelley, was denied such a permit.

Governor Greg Abbott (R) says the attacker was denied a Texas concealed carry permit.

USA Today criticized Texas concealed carry laws nonetheless. They pointed to the reduced fees for a permit, effective this year, whereby the price dropped from $14o to $40. The paper reported that a portion of the concealed carry safety course can be done online and that possession of a permit lets the holder carry openly or concealed.

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Dutch cities reveal plans to deal with controversial character 'Black Pete'

Janene Pieters
Netherlands Times
Tue, 07 Nov 2017 12:30 UTC
Zwarte Piet
© Flickr/Sander van der WelSinterklaas entry tour.
As the Netherlands' Sinterklaas celebrations approaches, municipalities are starting to reveal their plans on how they're dealing with controversial character Zwarte Piet. Most of the municipalities are sticking to blackface or dark brown makeup, according to AD's Piet Atlas. Amsterdam and The Hague will have no blackface Piets, with Amsterdam also designing a completely new costume. Utrecht plans mostly Chimney Piets - with faces covered in soot marks - and a few traditional blackface Piets. Rotterdam is keeping its plans secret until the day before the celebration.

Amsterdam designed a completely new costume for Sinterklaas' almost 400 Piet helpers this year, the foundation that organizes the celebrations in the Dutch capital SSIA announced on Monday night. The new costumes are based on Spanish noblemen from the 16th century, with bright colors and wigs of dark brown, wavy hair. Amsterdam's Piets will also have a clear Amsterdam stamp - the suits are marked with Andreas Crosses. None of the Piets will have blackface makeup. The new suits are "a means to celebrate the Sinterklaas festival, the most beautiful children's party in the world, in a way that is acceptable for everyone", the SSIA said in a press statement.
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"The Poison Lady" sentenced to death for the murder of three men by cyanide


RT
Tue, 07 Nov 2017 11:53 UTC
Kakehi
© Jiji Press / AFP
A Japanese court has sentenced a "Black Widow" who met wealthy partners via dating agencies and poisoned them with cyanide. She kept the poison in a plant pot, and revealed she had killed her husband for spending "millions of yen" on other women.

Chisako Kakehi, 70, was sentenced to death for the murder of three men, including her husband, and the attempted murder of another. The men were all in their 70s, Kyoto District Court said on Tuesday, as cited by the local media. "The accused made the victims drink a cyanide compound, with a murderous intention in all four cases," Judge Ayako Nakagawa told the court, NHK reported, as cited by AFP.
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Millennials are the most stressed-out generation. And that's a spiritual problem

Ashley Abramson
Relevant
Fri, 10 Jun 2016 00:00 UTC
Stressout Millennials
© ThinkStock
Picture this: a pair of English degrees, two restaurant jobs and a combined $80,000 in student loan debt.

That's what my husband and I found ourselves with when got married in 2011, at the tail end of the United States' economic recession. At first, it was sort of charming to start our marriage in a hole-in-the-wall apartment, dreaming about all we would do when we were free from debt as we sat on the floor eating scrambled eggs for dinner. But five years later, we've barely made a dent in our loans. And the ever-looming knowledge that we owe somebody that much money is, well, stressful.

We're not alone.

Comment: Face life with Éiriú Eolas, a stress relief program

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Sen. Rand Paul's attacker may get charged with felony assault due to more serious injuries


RT
Tue, 07 Nov 2017 11:37 UTC
Rand Paul
© Senator Rand Paul Joshua Roberts / Reuters
The neighbor of US Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) may get charged with felony assault, after Paul was reportedly hospitalized with five broken ribs, three out of alignment. The attack allegedly took place as the senator was at home mowing his lawn.

Kentucky State Police Master Trooper Jeremy Hodges said Monday that new developments in Senator Paul's injuries could lead to a felony charge against Rene Boucher, the neighbor who reportedly tackled Paul at his Bowling Green residence on Friday, according to the Washington Post.

Comment: Senator Rand Paul "blindsided" by attacker in his home

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"Army of Spies": Weinstein hired former Mossad operatives to silence actresses and reporters making allegations against him


RT
Tue, 07 Nov 2017 11:22 UTC
Harvey Weinstein
© Panoramic / Global Look Press
An "army of spies" tried to silence actresses and reporters making allegations against Harvey Weinstein, a report claims. Security firm Black Cube, run by former Mossad operatives, is reported to be involved.

The New Yorker magazine revealed that the former Miramax producer hired Black Cube as well as Kroll, one of the world's largest corporate intelligence firms. Their brief was to find out compromising details about the personal lives and sexual histories of the dozens of women and journalists who were in a position to expose him.

According to the investigation, Black Cube, which describes itself as "a select group of veterans from the Israeli elite intelligence," repeatedly fished for information on actress Rose McGowan, who publicly accused Weinstein of rape.

A female Black Cube operative who went by the alias "Diana Filip" posed as the deputy head for private investment at London wealth management firm Reuben Capital Partner. In this guise she approached McGowan several times, apparently seeking to establish a friendship. During their meetings, "Filip" recorded conversations with the actress.

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