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Black Lives Matter leaders sued by officer wounded in ambush that killed 3 cops in Baton Rouge, Louisiana


RT
Sat, 08 Jul 2017 14:48 UTC
Black Lives Matter protest
© Demonstrators protest the shooting death of Alton Sterling near the headquarters of the Baton Rouge Police Department in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US July 10, 2016 Shannon Stapleton / ReutersDemonstrators protest the shooting death of Alton Sterling near the headquarters of the Baton Rouge Police Department in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US July 10, 2016.
A federal lawsuit filed in a US district court accuses the Black Lives Matter movement and several of its leaders of inciting violence that led to a deadly ambush of three police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, last year.

DeRay Mckesson along with four other Black Lives Matter leaders are named as defendants in the suit filed Friday on behalf of one of the officers wounded in the July 17, 2016, attack by a black military veteran, who killed three other officers before being shot dead himself.

"This is quite a world," McKesson said Friday, responding to a reporter notifying him of the lawsuit, the Associated Press (AP) reported.

The suit doesn't name the officer, but the unidentified Baton Rouge police officer matches the description of East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Deputy, Nicholas Tullier, 42, according to AP.

Comment: See also: Insanity: 100,000 Americans sign petition calling for White house to declare "Black Lives Matter" a terrorist organisation

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Teen rape victim sentenced to 30 years for having stillborn baby


Hindustan Times
Sat, 08 Jul 2017 15:32 UTC
protest El Salvador
A court in El Salvador sentenced a teenage rape victim whose baby died at birth to 30 years' jail for murder, an abortion rights group said Friday.

Evelyn Hernandez gave birth in April last year in the makeshift bathroom of her home in the central Cuscatlan region. She was 18 years old and eight months pregnant.

She said her son was stillborn but a court in the city of Cojutepeque convicted her on Wednesday of murdering him, abortion rights group ACDATEE said.

A spokeswoman for the group, Morena Herrera, said Hernandez was convicted "with no direct proof" and that the court failed to take into account key forensic evidence.

ACDATEE cited a pathologist's report which it said indicated the baby had choked to death while still in the womb.

Prosecutors argued Hernandez was culpable for not having sought prenatal care, ACDATEE said.
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Life Preserver

Colorado Springs: The short, unhappy life of a libertarian paradise

Caleb Hannan
Politico
Sat, 08 Jul 2017 14:37 UTC
Colorado Springs
The residents of Colorado Springs undertook a radical experiment in government. Here's what they got.

Colorado Springs has always leaned hard on its reputation for natural beauty. An hour's drive south of Denver, it sits at the base of the Rocky Mountains' southern range and features two of the state's top tourist destinations: the ancient sandstone rock formations known as Garden of the Gods, and Pikes Peak, the 14,000-foot summit visible from nearly every street corner. It's also a staunchly Republican city—headquarters of the politically active Christian group Focus on the Family (Colorado Springs is nicknamed "the Evangelical Vatican") and the fourth most conservative city in America, according to a recent study. It's a right-wing counterweight to liberal Boulder, just a couple of hours north, along the Front Range.

It was its jut-jawed conservatism that not that long ago made the city's local government a brief national fixation. During the recession, like nearly every other city in America, Colorado Springs' revenue—heavily dependent on sales tax—plunged. Faced with massive shortfalls, the city's leaders began slashing. Gone were weekend bus service and nine buses.

Out went some police officers along with three of the department's helicopters, which were auctioned online. Trash cans vanished from city parks, because when you cut 75 percent of the parks' budget, one of the things you lose is someone to empty the garbage. For a city that was founded when a wealthy industrialist planted 10,000 trees on a shadeless prairie, the suddenly sparse watering of the city's grassy lawns was a profound and dire statement of retreat.
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Bullseye

Boston's immigrant community anxious after ICE agents arrest prominent Irishman


RT
Sat, 08 Jul 2017 14:36 UTC
ICE agent
© Lucy Nicholson / Reuters
The deportation of a well-known Irishman on an expired visa sparked outrage from immigrant communities who fear federal immigration officers are now targeting all undocumented immigrants, not just those convicted of serious crimes.

John Cunningham, 38, was deported to Ireland Wednesday night after US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers showed up at his home on June 16.

Federal immigration officials called Cunningham an "enforcement priority" since he had overstayed his 90-day visa by more than 18 years.
"His significant overstay was cause and reason enough," ICE spokesman Khaalid Walls said, according to the Associated Press."Someone who overstays a visitor visa is flagrantly violating the granted benefit."
Cunningham has been in ICE custody since the time of his arrest a month ago. Officials said he was not entitled to a hearing under the terms of his visa.
"It's actually imprisonment. We use the word 'detention' but these detention centers are prisons. It's hard to prepare yourself to think you'll get home and then the next day you're in prison," Ronnie Millar, the executive director of the Irish International Immigrant Center in Boston, said, as reported by the Dorchester Reporter.
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London Bridge hero filmed shouting racial epithets near an anti-racism rally


RT
Sat, 08 Jul 2017 14:26 UTC
Roy Larner
© Louise Ann Aylott / FacebookRoy Larner
A hero of the London Bridge attack who became famous for his defiant cry of "F*ck you, I am Millwall" has been filmed shouting racial abuse at an anti-racism rally, in a video taken earlier this year.

Roy Larner, dubbed the 'Lion of London Bridge,' is a survivor of the terrorist attack last month during which he charged three armed terrorists, whilst shouting "f*ck you, I am Millwall." Millwall is the name of the football team that he supports.

Larner, who was unarmed at the time of the attack, suffered severe injuries to the neck and chest in his desperate effort to buy others time to flee.

He was only saved due to the fast response of armed police units.

The 47-year-old unemployed Millwall fan gained a significant social media following after the attack, and a campaign was launched to get him back on his feet, raising £50,000 ($64,400).

However, an old video has recently surfaced, showing Larner spitting at and racially insulting a photographer as he was walking his dogs near an anti-racism protest.
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Shameless teens usher in 4th of July by having sex on a crowded public beach

Madeleine List &Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
Cape Cod Times
Wed, 05 Jul 2017 14:02 UTC
shamed teens
© Steve Heaslip/Cape Cod TimesFour teenagers charged with disorderly conduct when they were arrested at Mayflower Beach in Dennis on Tuesday cover their faces as they walk to their cars Wednesday at Orleans District Court.
Three teenagers arrested on Mayflower Beach Tuesday afternoon after allegedly having sex in the water while a crowd gathered to cheer them on, and a friend who police say didn't listen when he was told to leave the area, will not be arraigned for at least six months, an Orleans District Court judge said.

Julianna Murphy, of Penfield, New York; Stephen Cerrone, of Quechee, Vermont; Lukas Kaminski, of Hopkinton, all 19, and 18-year-old Molly Hines of Penfield, New York, were each arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct on Tuesday after causing a scene at the crowded Dennis Beach, according to a police report.

The four teens and several adults shielded their faces from the public Wednesday in court, where Judge Robert Welsh III agreed to postpone their arraignments while they participate in a program for youth offenders.
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People

America experiences 'sharp increase in global negative views,' especially among allies


RT
Sat, 08 Jul 2017 13:21 UTC
White House Washington DC
© Gary Hershorn / Reuters
The US showed the most substantial decline in approval ratings of all countries polled this year, according to Country Ratings Poll for the BBC World Service. Double-digit increases in negative views of the US came from traditional allies.

Compared to 2014, negative views of the US increased sharply in a number of NATO countries ‒ including the UK (up from 42 to 64 percent), Spain (44 to 67 percent), France (41 to 56 percent), and Turkey (36 to 64 percent), thesurvey found.

Negative opinion of the US has also risen in Latin American nations. Mexico (up from 41 to 59 percent) and Peru (29 to 49 percent).
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No Entry

Southwest border crossing arrests drop by over half, the lowest in 6 years

Paul Bedard
Washington Examiner
Fri, 07 Jul 2017 13:31 UTC
border patrol
© AP Photo/Ross D. FranklinU.S. Border Patrol Tucson Sector Branch Chief Donna Twyford examines an illegal immigrant's file as they are processed at Tucson Sector U.S. Border Patrol Headquarters Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, in Tucson, Ariz.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency on Friday reported a huge drop in arrests along the Southwest border, a likely result of President Trump's aggressive effort to stop illegals from entering the nation and deport those with criminal records.

The agency said that apprehensions dropped 53 percent from a year ago. The number also includes those deemed inadmissible.

What's more, said the agency, since the fiscal year began in October, arrests are down two-thirds, from 66,712, a six-year record high, to 21,659 a six-year record low.

Still, said the agency, June saw a slight increases of 1,697 arrests over May.
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Canadian government apologizes to former Gitmo inmate, admits human rights breach


RT
Fri, 07 Jul 2017 22:49 UTC
Omar Khadr
© Todd Korol / ReutersOmar Khadr
The Canadian government has formally apologized to one of its citizens held for a decade at Guantanamo Bay after a court ruled Ottawa had been complicit in breaching his human rights.

The youngest-ever inmate at Guantanamo, Omar Khadr was captured fighting US forces in Afghanistan in 2002 aged 15. In 2010, the Canadian Supreme Court ruled his rights had been breached when Canadian agents went to Cuba to interrogate him. In 2012, Khadr was sent to Canada to complete his sentence. He appealed his guilty verdict and was eventually released on bail.

In 2013, his lawyers filed a wrongful imprisonment suit against the Canadian government, accusing it of violating international law and conspiring with the US in abusing the then-teenager.

A settlement in the case was reached on Friday, and was announced via an official statement from Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland and Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale.
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Americans have the right to film police in public, US Court of Appeals rules


RT
Sat, 08 Jul 2017 00:57 UTC
Police
© Adrees Latif / Reuters
US citizens have the right to film police performing their duties, a three-judge panel of judges from the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled, overturning a Philadelphia court decision against two people who filmed on-duty police.

Writing the opening opinion for Friday's ruling was Judge Thomas Ambro, who cited the famous Rodney King case from 1991, when Los Angeles police were filmed beating King. Judge Ambro said that "filming police on the job was rare then, but common now."
"These recordings have both exposed police misconduct and exonerated officers from errant charges," he said. Ambro added that "this increase in the observation, recording and sharing of police activity has contributed greatly to our national discussion of proper policing."
This latest judgement overturns the year-old controversial ruling from the lower US district court level in Philadelphia. Last year, Judge Mark Kearney found no free speech violations in two instances of citizens recording police officers. The incidents in question relate to Amanda Geraci who was pushed to the ground by an officer in 2012 after attempting to take photos during an anti-fracking protest, and Richard Fields, who was arrested in 2013 after filming police as they broke up a college party.

Comment: See also: Caught on camera: Cop steals unconscious man's Christmas money

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