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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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Bullseye

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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Camcorder

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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TV

Sex sells? Not really - researchers hypothesized that people are so inundated with sex, they've simply grown desensitized to it

Carl Engelking
Discover Magazine
Fri, 23 Jun 2017 16:51 UTC
sex sells
© Wikimedia CommonsSex appeals in advertising have a long history, but for good reason?
Chiseled abs and bikinis can sell just about anything, right? According to the minds behind those Carl's Jr. ads—and countless others—you'd think that'd be true.

This idea that "sex sells" has hung around for more than a century, and by this point it's almost accepted as a doctrine. And those are exactly the types of claims researchers love putting to the test.
John Wirtz, an advertising professor at the University of Illinois, conducted a meta-analysis of 78 peer-reviewed studies that examined the efficacy of sex appeals in ads. The results: participants weren't any more likely to remember a brand name or purchase a product, and, in fact, they were more likely to view the brand negatively.

Comment: Sounds like advertisers are 'banking' on the theory that Sex is a drug in American culture and consumers can't get enough!
The toll of using sex as a drug is, of course, the same as using any drug. You get high and temporarily avoid struggling to face what troubles you and pursue the dreams that motivate you and choose the values that will guide you.

The hard work of becoming a complete individual is put off, in favor of getting off. And one's value to society is minimized. This is why a culture that drugs people - especially children - with sex is a culture in decline.


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Attention

83 acid attacks reported this year in London, LBC finds


RT
Fri, 07 Jul 2017 16:11 UTC
Acid attack
© GofundmeResham Khan
London witnesses up to three acid attacks every week, LBC has found, saying the Metropolitan Police recorded up to 83 incidents just this year.

The report from the London based radio station comes after aspiring model and business student Resham Khan was attacked last month while sitting in her car with her cousin Jameel Muhktar.

The incident, which happened on the day Khan turned 21, saw the two attacked with sulphuric acid while stuck in traffic.

The Metropolitan Police is investigating the attack as a hate crime, and has just released new pictures of suspected attacker John Tomlin, 24.
Three days after the attack, Khan, who is set to receive £30,000 (US$38,500) in donations after a fundraising campaign was launched for her following the horrifying attack, said on Twitter: "I'm devastated. I keep wondering if my life will ever be the same."
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Bad Guys

Police officer in Israel accused of serial child molestation


Sputnik
Fri, 07 Jul 2017 19:11 UTC
Israeli police child molestation
© CC by 2.0/Victor
Israeli police have announced that 37-year-old police officer Boaz Mishori has been indicted for sexual assault of four minors.

Mishori has been charged with indecent assault, obstruction of justice, breach of trust and seeking to harm a witness in a criminal investigation. He allegedly sought retribution against a fellow officer who participated in a 2015 investigation of Mishori by complaining to the Israel Tax Authority about alleged tax offenses committed by a business owned by that officer's wife.

According to the indictment, Mishori served as a police officer and camp counselor at an Israeli Police summer camp.
"As part of his duties as a non-commissioned officer in the Israel Police, the defendant was in frequent contact with the residents of the area, including lecturing children in schools and kindergartens on various issues, including road safety and activities of the Israel Police," the indictment read. "In addition, the defendant served as a counselor at a summer camp held by the Israel Police."

Comment: See also: Behind the Headlines: Predators Among Us - Interview With Dr. Anna Salter

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Brick Wall

EU countries refuse to open their ports to help Italy cope with growing inflow of migrants


RT
Fri, 07 Jul 2017 14:29 UTC
migrants, refugees EU
© Yannis Behrakis / Reuters
Other EU countries have refused to open their ports to migrants as proposed by Italy, which is trying to cope with a constantly growing inflow of migrants. The other bloc members would rather see more economic migrants returned home.

At an informal EU meeting in Estonia on Thursday, several leaders spoke out against opening their ports for migrants.

"Just opening more ports will not solve the problem," Dutch Security Minister Stephanus Blok said, as cited by the EU Observer.

"I don't think we're going to open Belgian ports. No," joked Theo Francken, Belgian state secretary for asylum and migration.
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Fire

'Welcome to hell': Protesters rage in Hamburg - Live updates


RT
Fri, 07 Jul 2017 19:46 UTC
Police officers push away activists who tried to block a street during the G20 summit in Hamburg
© Hannibal Hanschke / ReutersPolice officers push away activists who tried to block a street during the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 7, 2017
Parts of Hamburg are under a blanket of black smoke. G20 protesters in the German city started a huge inferno as the summit of world leaders kicks off.

The summit sessions are now underway with Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump having shaken hands. But across the city hordes of protesters blocked streets by staging sit-down demonstrations at key intersections.

Reuters reports that streets and bridges leading to the summit were blocked as well as a road used by trucks at Hamburg Port.

Hundreds of left wing anarchists started fires and clashed with police. At least 29 activists are now under arrest and more than 150 policemen are injured.

We're working mostly with Samdesk - a UGC discovery platform - to help us geolocate and verify posts and surface dramatic videos from the city.

Comment: Hamburg police requested reinforcements following overnight clashes in the city, according to Germany's Welt newspaper, citing police officials.
Berlin and Baden-Württemberg police units deployed 200 more officers each in addition to the 20,000 or so already providing security during the G20 summit.

A police helicopter was nearly hit by a pistol flare light on Friday, Hamburg police wrote on Twitter.

Earlier, demonstrators set several cars on fire in Altona, several police vehicles also were vandalized, according to Hamburg police, who tweeted the images of police vans with black paint and smashed windows.


People have been posting numerous videos and photos online showing plumes of smoke rising in the Hamburg suburb. Police advised people to avoid the area to not get caught up in the chaotic scenes.


Protests in Hamburg are ongoing, with some groups of demonstrators sitting on the streets, while police are taking protesters one by one in attempt to clear the road.
Melania Trump is unable to leave her Hamburg accommodation due to G20 protests taking place outside, her spokeswoman confirmed to German media. The demonstrations are keeping the US first lady from attending an event with the spouses of other world leaders.
"We have no security clearance from the police to leave the guesthouse," spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham told German news agency DPA.

Grisham also called the situation "unfortunate," according to NBC's chief White House correspondent, Hallie Jackson.

The first lady was due to attend an event for the spouses of world leaders, organized by the husband of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Joachim Sauer.


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