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Arizona professor allows students to stage anti-Trump rally instead of taking final exam


RT
Tue, 18 Apr 2017 10:55 UTC
anti-trump protests
© Tom Mihalek / Reuters
Anti-Trump rallies aren't uncommon on college campuses, but a recent demonstration at Arizona State University wasn't just about protesting the president's decisions. Instead, a professor allowed her students to hold the rally as a way to dodge an exam.

Although final exams are generally considered part of college culture, students enrolled in Professor Angeles Maldonado's Global Politics of Human Rights at ASU's Tempe campus were able to avoid the pesky formality.

Instead of taking the test, the students were given the option to create a class project, The Arizona Republic reported on Friday.

The group of about 20 students opted for the less difficult option, choosing to organize a protest in front of Hayden Lawn by ASU's library. The demonstration centered on US President Donald Trump's policies, including deportations and a call for a wall on the US-Mexico border.

Comment: The question that comes to mind is whether the anti-Trump protest was really chosen by the class or whether the choice was influenced by the professor as a means of using the students to further her own political agenda.

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Fresno: 3 dead in madman's shooting rampage, suspect shouts 'Allahu akbar' upon arrest


RT
Tue, 18 Apr 2017 20:48 UTC
police tape
© Frank Duenzl / Global Look Press
Three people have been shot after a gunman went on a rampage in downtown Fresno, California, according to authorities, who have since taken the suspect into custody.

The suspect is Kori Ali Muhammad, 39. He reportedly yelled, "Allahu akbar" during his arrest.

Police were called to the scene after receiving reports of 16 gunshots in less than a minute.

Witnesses say Muhammad fired several times at people, reloaded his handgun, and continued firing near a Catholic Charities building. Ashlee Wolf of Catholic Charities told the Fresno Bee that the shooting happened at a nearby bus stop.

Muhammad is facing with four counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder.
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Russian airline comes under fire for denying seats to mother and her disabled son


RT
Tue, 18 Apr 2017 20:02 UTC
Boeing 737-8FZ aircraft of Pobeda airline
© Nina Zotina / Sputnik
The Pobeda low-cost airline barred a child with cerebral palsy and his mother from boarding a flight to the city of Yekaterinburg, sparking outrage. The company has since dismissed the employee responsible for the incident.

The problem started when a mother with her disabled child wanted to fly from Moscow to the Russian city of Yekaterinburg in the Ural region on April, 14. Though the company was informed about their special passenger in advance, they were denied registration just before the flight.

At the registration desk, a Pobeda employee told the mother that he could not check them in due to a technical malfunction in the program dealing with the passenger list. The company also noted in a press release that the passenger with the child suffering from cerebral palsy arrived at the registration desk "two minutes before the registration ended." The airline said that it "didn't have a chance to arrange the boarding of a person with restricted mobility to ensure that the flight isn't delayed."
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Cops kill elderly vet during 'wellness check' mistaken for a home invasion

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Tue, 18 Apr 2017 19:49 UTC
Eugene Craig and wife
The widow of an 86-year-old Navy veteran who was gunned down by armed intruders in his own home, has filed a lawsuit against her husband's killers — the Santa Clara County sheriff's department.

Eugene Craig was gunned down by police as he attempted to shield his wife from armed intruders who'd just broken into his home. The armed intruders were cops.

On Sept. 12, 2016, according to Harue Craig's attorneys, prior to the shooting, deputies kicked down two doors before opening fire inside the Craigs' Saratoga home on Titus Avenue.

As KTVU reports, attorneys said their client stated that both she and her late husband were "very scared" and did not know why their doors were being kicked down.

The elderly couple thought they were victims of a home invasion, so Eugene grabbed his .38 caliber revolver and bravely stood in front of his wife as they listened to the intruders come into their home.
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'Look what you did to his face and teeth': Cops mock victim of their brutality

Jack Burns
The Free Thought Project
Tue, 18 Apr 2017 19:35 UTC
police brutality
Alen Chen, a San Jose State University student is suing the University of California system, San Jose State, and officers Sean Farrell, Jonathan Silva, Muniz Adais, as well as officers Tassio and Buckovic. Chen claims the defendants: used excessive force during his arrest, failed to provide reasonable post-arrest care, were negligent, battered him and intentionally inflicted emotional distress when they arrested him on April 17th, 2015.

The incident began as Chen was waiting with his friend to attend a music event headlining DJ Dillon Francis at the Event Center at San Jose State University when his friend became involved in a discussion with Event Center security staff. The pair was told to leave. And even though Chen attempted to separate himself from his friend's actions, the two left their place in line, headed down the stairs, and away from the entrance doors. Chen's apartment was in the direction with which the line of patrons was formed. As he was walking away from the Event Center, he was explaining to friends he passed why he was being asked to leave. And that's when it happened.

He was approached by SJSU police officers Silva and Edais. He was asked by Silva, "Sup, bro. Didn't they tell you to go?" And without really giving Chen time to even answer the question, he says he was violently thrown to the concrete, face first. The blow resulted in him being knocked unconscious, and his front teeth being broken. The pair of officers screamed for him to stop resisting but his lawyers contend, according to court documents, at no time did he resist.
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Manhunt for Ohio Facebook random killer spreads to 4 more states - UPDATE


RT
Mon, 17 Apr 2017 16:37 UTC
Steve Stephens
© cleveland.com / YouTubeSteve Stephens
Cleveland officials have asked Steve Stephens, who randomly killed a 74-year-old man, to surrender, as the manhunt has spread to four more states. Stephens' former girlfriend is in protective custody.

Cleveland police launched a citywide manhunt for Stephens, 37, saying he is armed and dangerous. Police believe he is driving a white Ford Fusion sedan with a temporary license plate. Late Sunday, police speculated that Stephens could have traveled out of Ohio, asking residents to stay alert in the nearby states of Pennsylvania, New York, Indiana, and Michigan.

Police in Erie, Pennsylvania told ABC News "that they had been notified of a ping detected from Stephens' cell phone on the east side of Erie County," and that he could be in the northwestern Pennsylvania or western New York areas.

The FBI is involved in the investigation. Stephens "could be nearby, he could be far away, anywhere in between,"said Stephen D. Anthony, special agent in charge of the FBI in Cleveland.

Comment: According to Pennsylvania police, Stephens killed himself after a "brief pursuit" in Erie County:
Speaking at a press conference following confirmation of Stephens' death, Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams said that "there was a short pursuit in which the vehicle was stopped," and "as officers approached the vehicle, he took his own life."

Until the investigation is complete, Williams said, "we won't actually know where he was and what he was doing."

"The troopers attempted a PIT [precision immobilization technique] maneuver to disable Stephens' vehicle, a white Ford Fusion," Pennsylvania State Police explained. "As the vehicle was spinning out of control from the PIT maneuver, Stephens pulled a pistol and shot himself in the head."

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf thanked police for their actions during the pursuit and said that no one else had been hurt.

Stephens' became known as the "Facebook Live Killer" after Cleveland Police said the murder had been recorded on Facebook Live. Facebook has since clarified that the video was not streamed live, but was pre-recorded.

Stephens subsequently went on a Facebook Live rant where he claimed to have killed a dozen other people, however Cleveland police said they have found no evidence to back up those claims.

The manhunt ended approximately 100 miles away from where Stephens shot Godwin, Sr.

Godwin's daughter, Brenda Haymon, told CNN she learned of Stephens' death as she was planning her father's funeral. "All I can say is that I wish he had gone down in a hail of one hundred bullets," she said. "I wish it had gone down like that instead of him shooting himself."


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Indiana teacher arrested on child sex charges - nearly 2 years after initial allegations

Victor Skinner
EAG News
Tue, 18 Apr 2017 19:35 UTC
Beau Engle
© Kokomo TribuneBeau Engle
A high school teacher in Indiana faces a slew of child sex charges nearly two years after school officials first learned of rumors he engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a student.

Police arrested Tipton High School teacher Beau Engle Thursday on 10 counts of child seduction in connection to an alleged sexual relationship with a student, and they soon learned it wasn't the first time the teacher faced accusations, RTV6 reports.

"Following Engle's arrest and release, investigators began meeting with officials of the Tipton School Corporation, where they learned administration was aware of the 2015 rumors," according to the news site.

"School officials said no misconduct was found in 2015 however, as a precautionary measure, Engle was ordered to stop contacting the student unless necessary for educational or safety purposes in the school."
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Sikh cab driver has turban snatched in suspected hate crime


RT
Tue, 18 Apr 2017 19:27 UTC
taxi cab
© Spencer Platt / Getty Images
A Sikh New York taxi cab driver has been attacked and had his turban stolen during a confrontation with a drunken passenger. Police are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime.

"I'm so afraid. I don't want to work," Harkirat Singh told the New York Daily News about the incident. "It's an insult to my religion, also. An insult to my faith. It's horrible."

Queens resident Singh said he picked up three men and a woman, all in their 20s, early Sunday morning from Madison Square Garden. They asked to be driven to an address in the Bronx, which Singh asked them to enter into his GPS. When they arrived at the destination, they complained he had taken them to the wrong address but could not give him a straight answer on where they wanted to go.
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At least 12 killed as Saudi Black Hawk helicopter crashes over Yemen


RT
Tue, 18 Apr 2017 20:22 UTC
Saudi soldiers
© Fahad Shadeed / ReutersSaudi soldiers
A Black Hawk helicopter belonging to the Saudi Arabian military has crashed in Yemen, killing at least 12 personnel, according to Saudi news agency SPA.

SPA reported that the crash happened while armed forces were carrying out operational duties in the province of Marib in Yemen.

Four officers and eight noncommissioned officers from the Saudi armed forces were reportedly killed when the helicopter went down.

The Saudi-led military coalition fighting in Yemen said that it was "one of the deadliest incidents for the kingdom's troops since the Yemen war began more than two years ago," reported Reuters.
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St Petersburg bombing suspect says he was unwitting accomplice

Christian Lowe
Reuters
Tue, 18 Apr 2017 17:33 UTC
Abror Azimov St Petersburg bombing suspect
© REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin TAbror Azimov, a suspect over the recent bombing of a metro train in St. Petersburg, looks out from the defendant's cage as he attends a court hearing in Moscow, Russia, April 18, 2017.
The man Russian investigators say orchestrated a suicide bombing on the St Petersburg metro told a court on Tuesday he was an unwitting accomplice in the attack, in which 14 people were killed and scores injured.

Russian investigators said that before the April 3 attack, the suspected suicide bomber, Akbarzhon Jalilov, had spoken by telephone with Abror Azimov, who the investigators said was helping mastermind the attack from a Moscow suburb.

At a preliminary court hearing in Moscow, the suspect, Azimov, said he had participated in the preparation of the attack but only indirectly.

"I did not realize that I was helping with this act," he said, referring to the April 3 blast. "I was being given instructions." Dressed in a black jacket and checked shirt, he spoke from a metal cage in the courtroom.

Comment: 'Unwitting accomplices' are likely used in many, if not most all, 'suicide bombings' and terror attacks. Such tactics utilize a high degree of compartmentalization in order to maintain secrecy and to maneuver scapegoats into desired situations. It should be no surprise that this is a tactic often used by the Western deep state, which is explored in more depth in Col. Prouty's book, The Secret Team.

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