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8 y.o. boy sustains broken arm and concussion in racially-motivated playground attack


RT
Wed, 23 Nov 2016 20:52 UTC
Jordan Jackson and sister
© Cris Colbert / GoFundMe
An 8-year-old African-American boy is recovering from injuries sustained in an apparently racially-motivated attack outside his school in Louisiana, his family says.

Jordan Jackson's mother Alana explained in a Facebook post that he was defending his 4-year-old sister from boys throwing dirt at her. When Jackson intervened, one of the boys said, "You need to go back to the cotton farm."

Jackson reportedly told them the statement was racist and became involved in a physical confrontation with the other boys in which he sustained a broken arm and concussion, the Atlanta Black Star reports.

"Today my 8 year old son had to physically defend himself and his sister on the playground after a 13 year old boy slammed him to the ground breaking his arm & giving him a concussion, a 6 year old threw mulch at them, and a 9 year old told him to 'Go back to the cotton farm!'" Alana posted.
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Pistol

Fifth cop shot within three days in spike of ambush-style attacks


Daily Mail
Wed, 23 Nov 2016 19:23 UTC
Collin Rose police officer shot
A police officer has undergone potentially lifesaving surgery after he was shot in the head while on duty near a college in downtown Detroit. Collin Rose, 29, was shot just a few blocks from Wayne State University about 6.45pm on Tuesday, and was then rushed to the Detroit Receiving Hospital for surgery. He is now listed as being in a critical, but stable, condition and is recovering with his family. Rose has been with the force for about five years.

Deangelo Davis had been named as a person of interest in the shooting, according to ClickOn Detroit, before he was taken into custody about 9:45pm. The officer was shot shortly after radioing to say he was approaching a man while investigating car robberies. Wayne State University police Chief Anthony Holt told reporters it had been a 'traumatic episode' but stressed how thrilled he was that Rose had come out of surgery.

Police carried out a 'massive manhunt' prior to Davis' arrest, after initial reports said officers were searching for a black man in his 40s, wearing a white t-shirt and a skull cap and a brown jacket. Davis was riding a blue BMX at the time of the shooting, according to Detroit Police Chief James Craig. Craig then linked the attack to other police shootings across the country in recent days.
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Sheriff

Another 15-year-old boy killed by police; tased, shot 6 times and attacked by police dog

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Wed, 23 Nov 2016 19:40 UTC
Luke Smith
© KSBWLuke Smith
Luke Smith, a sophomore at Aptos High School, was fatally shot by police over the weekend while he was allegedly high on LSD. His death was a tragedy and has shocked the community.

The entire interaction between police and Smith was captured on multiple body cameras. The video shows approximately a dozen police officers surround Smith as he held a knife, and shoot him at least 6 times with 40mm less lethal rounds, 2 times with a taser, 2 times siccing the K9 on him, and one time shooting him with an AR15.

Smith died at the scene as officers performed life-saving procedures.

According to Santa Cruz County Sheriff Jim Hart, Smith's family called 9-1-1 earlier in the night after Smith took some LSD. The Aptos High student took LSD with a friend earlier that night, Hart said, as reported by KSBW. The friend told investigators that Smith took a larger dose than he did.

Smith's girlfriend, Celine Rivera, and sister, Savannah Smith, told reporters that Smith is a loving boy who loved life and after taking the LSD, he acted dramatically out of character.

Savannah explained that her brother had experimented with recreational drugs plenty of times in the past and never became violent. However, this time, Savannah believes he took "a bad batch of LSD."


Comment: Warning: Graphic video



Comment: Law enforcement and the war on drugs are a complete farce and utter failure. This boy was attacked by a police dog, tased, shot six times and killed because of those ideologies. What a world we live in.

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Eye 2

Far-right 'terrorist' Thomas Mair given life imprisonment for murder of Labour MP Jo Cox


RT
Wed, 23 Nov 2016 19:53 UTC
Thomas Mair and Labour MP Jo Cox
© WEST YORKSHIRE POLICE / AFP and Toby Melville / Reuters
Far-right extremist Thomas Mair has been found guilty of the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox after a seven-day trial at the Old Bailey, where he refused to give evidence in his defense.

Mair, 53, has been sentenced to life imprisonment.

Mair repeatedly shot and stabbed Cox in the street outside her constituency surgery during the EU referendum campaign in June. During the attack, he yelled "Britain first," the court was told.

As she lay wounded on the ground, the MP urged her staff to flee and avoid getting hurt, telling them: "Let him hurt me. Don't let him hurt you."

The 41-year-old mother of two died shortly afterwards in the back of an ambulance.

Comment: More stories on the fallout from this murder:

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Cut

California secession backers: 'US Empire finished - Multipolar world new reality - We're opening embassy in Russia'


Sputnik
Mon, 21 Nov 2016 23:07 UTC
Bridge over Lake Sonoma in California
© Sputnik
Supporters of California secession want to open an embassy in Russia according to the head of the Yes California Independence Campaign, Louis Marinelli. He announced this to the American news website Business Insider. Radio Sputnik spoke with Marinelli about why he seeks to open a Californian embassy in Russia:


"We are going to have a vote to make California an independent country in 2019 and we want to lay the ground work now so that after the vote results are in we can begin to request international recognition of California as an independent nation," Marinelli said.

He further said that his party is going to apply for membership to the United Nations and whether the application will be accepted or not is heavily reliant on the fact that the Security Council must accept the application. There are five countries in the world that have veto power over that decision and one of them is Russia.

"We want to start laying the groundwork now to have an opportunity to have a dialogue with the Russian people about California becoming an independent country, so that we can later on seek Russia's support to recognize our independence results," Marinelli said.

Comment: See also: Calexit movement begins gathering signatures for secession vote

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Stormtrooper

German court: 'Sharia police' didn't break law in attempts to enforce Muslim rules


RT
Tue, 22 Nov 2016 13:16 UTC
orange vests sharia
© Walid ShoebatThe German 'Sharia Police'
A German court has ruled that a group of Islamists did not break the law when forming a 'Sharia police force' in 2014. The group caused public outrage after patrolling a western city in orange vests, instructing residents to abide by the strict Muslim code.

The group's vests had 'Sharia Police' printed on them in large block letters, but this did not breach the countrywide ban on political uniforms, the judges ruled. Under German law, a uniform has to be "suggestively militant" or have an "intimidating effect" to constitute a violation.

The judges specifically cited one eyewitness who believed the vests were themed costumes for a bachelor party. They went on to state that there was no proof to suggest that the men were wearing the vests to break the law intentionally. The court also noted that police in Wuppertal did not find anything criminal about the men wearing the vests, which were not seized by officers at the time.

The ruling has not yet come into effect and can still be appealed by the state prosecutor.


Comment: It sometimes takes decades, even centuries, for diverse communities to 'come together' in peace and respect for factional differences. It is natural for cultural units to safeguard what they believe. While laws outline and defend individual and group rights, they often conflict with basic human nature. An 'instant' influx of one million Muslim asylum seekers means something has to move over to accommodate, but don't expect the adjustment to be soon or easy.

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Pirates

Water protector Sofia Walinsky in critical condition after DAPL police grenade destroys her arm

Claire Bernish
The Free Thought Project
Wed, 23 Nov 2016 17:39 UTC
Sofia Walinsky
In an act of hubris defying logic, the Morton County Sheriff's Department now claims Sunday night's vicious offensive against water protectors opposed to the Dakota Access Pipeline — during which two tribal elders suffered cardiac arrest, a rubber bullet struck a 13-year-old girl in the face, and a young woman carrying water to others had her arm nearly blown off — is the fault of the activists.

Worse, the sheriff claims officers did not use a low-powered water cannon against the unarmed crowd of around 400 people — despite live footage from the scene so explicitly proving that, even corporate media called the assertion to task.

Worse still, the sheriff balked at the accusation police used concussion grenades, and suggested Sophia Walinsky — the water protector whose horrifically mangled arm might have be amputated — suffered that injury because she must have been incompetently rigging an improvised explosive.

"It wasn't from our law enforcement, because we didn't deploy anything that should have caused that type of damage to her arm," contended Morton County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman, Maxine Herr, apparently ignoring the continual volley of various exploding canisters of tear gas and other grenades. "We're not sure how her injury was sustained."

Comment: The police behavior demonstrated at the DAPL protests is a reflection of the values held by the elite towards the people. Resources of the land should belong to the people not to corporations who can call up public servants to be used as their personal thugs.

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Quenelle - Golden

Abolish the office of the first lady and free Melania Trump?

Jack Shafer
Politico
Tue, 22 Nov 2016 18:35 UTC
Melania Trump
© Getty
Melania Trump has done the nation a great service by deciding to maintain Trump Tower as her full-time residence and not to move to the White House any time soon. But her resistance shouldn't stop there. Now is as good a time as any to eliminate the ceremonial office of the "first lady," that abhorrent honorific we apply to the president's wife, and encourage the first spouse to live like an ordinary citizen. All we need is for Melania to agree.

Yes, defund the ridiculously large staff that currently earns upward of $1.5 million a year serving Michelle Obama; abolish the federally funded bully pulpit from which the presidential spouses have historically advocated for healthy eating, literacy, child welfare, anti-drug programs, mental health issues and beautification of highways. The president's spouse isn't a specimen of American royalty. By giving her a federal budget and nonstop press coverage, we endorse a pernicious kind of neo-nepotism that says, pay special attention to the person not because she's earned it or is inherently worthy of our notice but because of who she's related to by marriage.

Comment: The office of the first lady need not be a total farce, and while the author stated that the seeds of the article began with the thought that Killary would be elected, she wasn't and Willie isn't the first man. While many will have to wait and see how she will take on her role of first lady, one thing is for sure: it'll be an improvement from the 1992 first lady! Here's an example of an exemplary first lady, Asma al-Assad, that Melania might look to for inspiration:



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Eye 1

Surveillance company loses Twitter, Facebook access - lays off half its staff


RT
Wed, 23 Nov 2016 17:57 UTC
twitter facebook
© Dado Ruvic / Reuters
CIA-backed Chicago tech company Geofeedia's hand was forced after Facebook, Instagram and Twitter cut ties with them for their part in helping law enforcement surveil protesters. As a result, Geofeedia let go of 31 of its roughly 60 employees.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) discovered in September that at least 13 law enforcement agencies in California were using Geofeedia to keep tabs on protesters, as well as South Asian, Muslim and Sikh activists. Later, it was revealed the company had more than 500 law enforcement customers, including the Denver Police Department, which paid $30,000 for a single year subscription to the service. Law enforcement in Baltimore too used the tool to track protesters during the unrest in the wake of the police-involved killing of Freddie Gray.

Following the subsequent ACLU report, Twitter responded by dropping Geofeedia as a client in early October.

Geofeedia cut mostly sales jobs in its Chicago office less than two weeks after Twitter severed ties with them, according to the Chicago Tribune.

"Following these suspensions, we have decided to scale back our business and focus on a variety of innovations that will allow us to serve our customers and continue our rapid growth trajectory as a leading real-time analytics and alerting platform," Geofeedia CEO Phil Harris said in an emailed statement to the Tribune.
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Megaphone

Protesters in Jerusalem demand release of Israeli prisoner charged with killing Palestinian


RT
Wed, 23 Nov 2016 17:18 UTC
Israeli protesters
© Ruptly
About 150 demonstrators have taken to the streets of Jerusalem to protest the trial of an Israeli soldier named Elor Azariya who has been charged with killing a Palestinian man back in March.

Protesters gathered near the Old City, where they waved Israeli flags and chanted "Free him now!"

"We think Elor has to be released, I was there at the incident, there was a danger and he did what he was supposed to do, what a soldier in every normal army would have done," one of the demonstrators told Ruptly.

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