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Protests erupt in San Diego after police kill unarmed man pointing e-cigarette at them


RT
Thu, 29 Sep 2016 15:12 UTC
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© Twitter/JohnGibbinsSDUT
The killing of an allegedly mentally ill man by police has resulted in protests in San Diego's East County. Demonstrators peacefully confronted law enforcement to demand answers and the release of a recording documenting the shooting.

UPDATE: El Cajon Police have confirmed that the victim of Tuesday's shooting was Alfred Olango and he was pointing a vape smoking device at the officers.

UPDATE 2: The officer involved in the shooting has been identified as Richard Gonsalves, a veteran of the force of 21 years. He was formerly a sergeant, but was demoted after multiple sexual harassment complaints were filed. The first was in 2015 and another was filed by the same officer in August.
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© Earnie Grafton / Reuters
Alfred Olango, 38, was killed Tuesday by police officers in El Cajon, California. Police were summoned to the scene after his sister called 911 to get her brother help while he was in the throes of some kind of mental distress. Officers claim that he refused to show them his hands until he revealed them rapidly with both hands on an object that was determined to not be a weapon.

The situation quickly went viral on social media after one witness began documenting the aftermath of the shooting on Facebook Live. Rumbie Mubaiwa recorded Olango's sister wailing to police, "why couldn't you guys tase him? Why, why, why? I told you he's sick."
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Former VA official admits 40% of hotline calls from suicidal veterans went to voicemail


RT
Thu, 29 Sep 2016 15:12 UTC
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© Reuters
As many as 40 percent of calls to the veterans' suicide hotline went to voicemail or backup call centers with untrained staff, the program's former director revealed. Outraged lawmakers have passed a bill requiring that all calls be answered properly.

Even as calls to the hotline spiked in recent years, some of the staff at the Veterans Administration would handle fewer than five calls per day, leave early and "spend very little time on the phone or engaged in assigned productive activity," according to internal emails from Greg Hughes, former director of the Veterans Crisis Line.

In February, the VA inspector general reported that one in six calls ends up at voicemail or backup centers; staff at one backup facility was not even aware the voicemail system existed. Up to 40 percent of calls were rolling over in May alone, according to Hughes, who left the agency in June.

Comment: Here is an idea, stop the wars for crying out loud!

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MH17 victims' lawyer -'Ukraine fully responsible for security of its own airspace'


RT
Thu, 29 Sep 2016 14:43 UTC
Malaysia Airlines flight MH17
While international investigators suspect Russia of supplying rebels with the Buk missile system that downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014, a lawyer representing four victims' families in relation to the case blames Kiev for the tragedy.

In July, four relatives of victims in the Boeing 777 crash filed lawsuits in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) against Ukraine for Kiev's failure to close down its airspace amid a raging conflict in the east of the country.

The lawsuit filed by German citizens Elena Ioppa and Tim Laushet, living in Australia, as well as Chris and Denise Kenke, seeks €1 million ($1.1mn) in compensation for the crash which claimed the lives of 15 crew members and 283 passengers, including 80 children.

Comment: For more information on the downed Malaysia Airlines. Read:

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Cascade Mall shooter Arcan Cetin was registered voter - but not U.S. citizen

Natalie Brand
KING 5
Thu, 29 Sep 2016 14:38 UTC
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© KING
Arcan Cetin appears in a Skagit County courtroom, Sept. 26, 2016.
The Cascade Mall shooting suspect, Arcan Cetin, may face an additional investigation related to his voting record and citizenship status.

Federal sources confirm to KING 5 that Cetin was not a U.S. citizen, meaning legally he cannot vote. However, state records show Cetin registered to vote in 2014 and participated in three election cycles, including the May presidential primary.

Cetin, who immigrated to the United States from Turkey as a child, is considered a permanent resident or green card holder. While a permanent resident can apply for U.S. citizenship after a certain period of time, sources tell KING his status had not changed from green card holder to U.S. citizen.

Comment: From his Facebook and Twitter conversations, it looks like Cetin had a thing for the military. According to a friend he "know[s] a lot about weapons and stuff" Another : "I miss having math class with you and we would talk about black ops!" Another: "You were always going on about being Russian and stuff like that, but under that you really supported America." He was in ROTC. He wrote a comment to an article for a local paper online about Obama and Democrats, saying "Sounds like communism to me." Last year, he wrote two comments mentioning Killary (the first looks to be a sarcastic reference to a football game the day of the tweet)
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Since the Seahawks beat the Packers that day, maybe he was going to vote for Killary! That would make him the second mass shooter in the past year to support her in one way or another: Orlando Terrorist Supported Hillary Clinton to Stop Donald Trump.

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Thousands of California felons regain right to vote in 2017


RT
Thu, 29 Sep 2016 14:46 UTC
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© Stephen Lam / Reuters
Despite protests from law enforcement, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the reinstatement of voting rights for felons who are not doing time in state or federal prisons. The law will go into effect in 2017.

Under the new bill, which Governor Brown signed Wednesday, anyone convicted of a felony, but who is not currently in state or federal prison or on parole, is allowed to vote, according to the Associated Press.

The bill, which reinstates voting rights for some felons, including county jail inmates, was authored by Assemblywoman Shirley Weber (D-San Diego) and State Senator Holly Mitchell (D-Culver City). Weber said California is setting an example at a time when other states are trying to limit voting rights.

"Civic participation can be a critical component of re-entry and has been linked to reduced recidivism," Weber said when the bill was introduced, according to KCBS.

Republican lawmakers said felons should not be allowed to cast ballots while serving a sentence, and State Senator Patricia Bates (R-Laguna Niguel) argued it compromised the integrity of elections.
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Saudi princess allegedly 'abuses' Paris decorator, threatens 'kill the worthless dog' - man files complaint


RT
Thu, 29 Sep 2016 14:25 UTC
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© Rosine Mazin/Agence France-Presse
L'avenue Foch, in the 16e arrondissement in Paris.
A Saudi Arabian princess sparked a tsunami of angry remarks online, after it became known that she had allegedly made a Parisian decorator kiss her feet and told her bodyguards to "maim" and "kill" the worker.

The incident took place this past summer, but only became known to the public this week, after the victim of the alleged royal assault filed an official complaint with the French authorities.

The man, whose name also remains unknown, claims that he was invited to the princess's residence in the prestigious 16th district of Paris to do some basic redecorating, Le Point newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Upon arrival, the man started taking pictures of the room he was assigned to decorate, which is a standard procedure aimed at being able to return the furniture back to where it had been after the work is completed.

The princess, however, allegedly accused the decorator of planning to sell the pictures to the media and lost her temper. According to the victim, two of the royal's armed bodyguards grabbed him, tied his hands together, hit him in the head and made him kneel and kiss the woman's toes.

The decorator also said the princess ordered them to "kill the dog, he does not deserve to live," referring to the man.

Comment: The arrogance of the 1% in its most crude form. Feudal times are upon us.

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'Military-style' armed police arrest over 20 Dakota Access protesters


RT
Thu, 29 Sep 2016 14:05 UTC
Protestors
More than 20 people were arrested at a Dakota Access pipeline construction site Wednesday, amid ongoing protests against the four-state $3.7 billion project. North Dakota police reportedly handled the rally with "military-style" equipment and armored vehicles.

Ninety-five people have now been arrested, as dozens of people continue their actions to overturn the pipeline construction.

Law enforcement officials claim the arrests were made for criminal trespass on private property, possession of stolen property and resisting arrest.

Comment: Facebook censoring Dakota Access pipeline livestream protests

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Is your nation the exceptional one?

Rob Slane
TheBlogMire
Tue, 27 Sep 2016 13:25 UTC
exceptional nation
With almost 200 nations around the world, telling which is The Exceptional One is really not a very easy task. Every country has a number of unique aspects that mark it out from the others, but not every one has what it really takes to be the Exceptional, much less the Indispensable nation. Only a country possessing a certain set of characteristics can be considered for this prestigious accolade, and it is with this in mind that the following test has been designed. Answer the nine questions below to see if your country is truly The Exceptional One.

Comment: Looks like the good old USA scores a solid "B."
Jeremiah 5:26-30

26 For wicked men are found among my people;
they lurk like fowlers lying in wait.

27 Like a cage full of birds,
their houses are full of deceit;
therefore they have become great and rich;

28 they have grown fat and sleek.
know no bounds in deeds of evil;
they judge not with justice
the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper,
and they do not defend the rights of the needy.

29 Shall I not punish them for these things?
declares the Lord,
and shall I not avenge myself
on a nation such as this?"

30 An appalling and horrible thing
has happened in the land:


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Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen told police he was 'triggered' by Pentagon drone strike in Iraq

Bill Gertz
Washington Free Beacon
Wed, 28 Sep 2016 14:14 UTC
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Omar Mateen
The domestic terrorist behind the Orlando nightclub massacre was motivated by a Pentagon drone strike in Iraq a month before the shooting, according to police transcripts made public last week.

Conversations between Omar Mateen and an Orlando police negotiator on June 12 were kept secret by FBI and local police until Friday. The secrecy contributed to misleading media accounts of the terrorist's motives in the days after the killings.

The transcripts were released by Orlando police Friday after a Florida court hearing held in response to a lawsuit filed by several news organizations.

Mateen killed 49 people during the attack on the Pulse, a gay nightclub, and wounded 53 others. Police eventually stormed the club and killed Mateen in a shootout after talks aimed at convincing him to surrender failed.

During an exchange in the early morning hours of June 12, an Orlando Police Department negotiator identified only as "Andy" asked Mateen, who was speaking by cell phone from inside the club, to tell him what was going on.

"Yo, the air strike that killed Abu Wahid a few weeks ago... that's what triggered it, okay?" said Mateen, who earlier in the conversation identified himself as a follower the Islamic State terror group.
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US police abused database access to stalk and harrass innocent people


RT
Wed, 28 Sep 2016 13:13 UTC
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© Gene Blevins / Reuters
Police across the US have been abusing confidential law enforcement databases to stalk romantic partners, landlords, journalists or neighbors who had no connection to actual police investigations, a report has revealed.

An Associated Press probe into abuses of the federal and state crime databases has revealed numerous cases of law enforcement checking information on people for personal reasons - whether romantic quarrels, personal conflicts, or voyeuristic curiosity.

In a handful of cases, officers were caught using the information to stalk or harass people, while one former New York cop even sold information to private investigators.

Comment: Don't you feel safer?

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