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Heart - Black

Woman with breast cancer forced to undergo humiliating TSA 'pressure' pat-down

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Thu, 08 Dec 2016 23:16 UTC
Denise Albert TSA search
Denise Albert undergoing TSA search.
The TSA are notorious for sexual assaults, groping children, forcing the elderly to remove clothing, humiliating those with special needs, and outright brutality. And, this latest case from Los Angeles International Airport, in which a mom battling breast cancer was humiliated and assaulted, further proves that notion.

This time, however, the TSA would attack the wrong person who knew her rights and knew the power of filming. Denise Albert is co-host on the Sirius XM Stars program, The Mom's, who was traveling through LAX when she was targeted by TSA because her medical cream for her breast cancer treatment was 'suspicious.'

"I always let them know I have a medical port and that I am wearing a wig," says Albert, who is still undergoing chemotherapy. Albert told KTLA that she frequently flies with this cream without question. However, this time, TSA told her that if she wanted to bring her medicine on the flight, she'd need to undergo a full pat-down with pressure.

Albert later posted the video of the incident to her Facebook page, noting that the two TSA agents were "aggressively attempt[ing] to do a body cavity search in public." She also noted that the TSA told her they would need to conduct a full body search using "as much pressure" as they needed to.

Albert protested the aggressive groping of her chest area because of the medical port and due to the fact that she had recently undergone a lumpectomy, in which doctors operated on her breast to remove parts of the tumors.
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Heart - Black

Cops suffocate schizophrenic man with a spit hood and fist bump each other

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Thu, 08 Dec 2016 23:03 UTC
police arrest
Ben Anthony C de Baca has a history of mental illness. But, he was able to maintain a relatively normal lifestyle until September of last year when doctors changed his medication. According to C de Baca's wife, he'd been "acting very paranoid all week," and while the couple was in a McDonald's drive-thru, his "schizophrenic episodes" came to a head. Only 12 minutes after his episode began, C de Baca's lifeless body would be laid out on the ground in front of a Walmart, in shackles — killed by police.

The incident started as C de Baca thought someone was in the trunk of his and his wife's vehicle. So, to humor him, his wife got out to open the trunk and show him no one was there. However, instead of watching his wife, C de Baca moved his leg into the driver's seat and slammed on the gas, ramming a car.

He then got out and ran to a nearby Walmart where he began acting irrationally and throwing things down on the ground.

"'You are all murderers, you killed my kid' and other things that didn't make sense," a Wal-Mart employee told police, describing the C de Baca's breakdown.

Because of the Walmart's central location to multiple jurisdictions, three police departments showed up. As one department tended to the wreck outside, two went inside the Walmart to apprehend C de Baca.

Body cam footage shows police bring him to the floor and place him in handcuffs.
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Star of David

Why a Texas rabbi keeps losing a debate over Israel with a white nationalist leader

Jonathan Ofir
Mondoweiss
Thu, 08 Dec 2016 22:43 UTC
Richard Spencer
Richard Spencer
It must have been a terrible embarrassment to Hillel rabbi Matt Rosenberg at Texas A&M University, when he tried to challenge the alt-right Spencer with 'radical inclusion and love'. Spencer was invited to the University, and Rosenberg was there to challenge his bigotry:

"My tradition teaches a message of radical inclusion and love," Rosenberg said, in a video picked up by the Forward, and posted by the campus newspaper The Eagle. "Will you sit down and learn Torah with me, and learn love?"
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Pistol

Chicago police department says officers are being targeted, report six incidents in past two weeks


RT
Thu, 08 Dec 2016 17:20 UTC
police
© Global Look Press
The Chicago Police Department says that since November 27, its officers have been targeted by gunfire six times, the latest occurring early on December 8.

Early Thursday morning, Chicago PD received a call about a man with a firearm in the city's University Village neighborhood, a block from the campus of the University of Illinois-Chicago, according to the Chicago Tribune.

While Chicago PD officers were responding to the call, someone fired at the officers, the Chicago PD told local news outlets. No one was injured, but a gun was recovered, Chicago DNAinfo reported.

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Rocket

John Glenn, first American in orbit, dies at 95


RT
Thu, 08 Dec 2016 16:18 UTC
Former astronaut John Glenn
© Stringer / ReutersFormer astronaut and Congressman John Glenn
Former NASA astronaut and Democratic US Senator from Ohio , John Glenn, has passed away at the age of 95. He died at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio, according to local newspaper the Columbus Dispatch.

On February 20, 1962 Glenn flew the NASA mission Friendship 7, becoming the first American to orbit the Earth.
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Piggy Bank

UK overseas aid department reportedly blows £1bn on contractors every year


RT
Thu, 08 Dec 2016 21:00 UTC
UK aid to Africa
© Feisal Omar / Reuters
Britain's overseas aid department is scrutinizing its costs after the annual consultancy budget was revealed to have soared to £1 billion (US$1.25 billion), according to reports.

Analysis by the Times indicates that spending on private contractors by the Department for International Development (DfID) may have helped to as much as double spending since 2012.

The department was, for example, quoted £10,000 for a blog post and apparently paid £23,000 for a two-page policy report.

The paper also reports that celebrity speakers sent to a conference in Mexico cost £40,000, while elsewhere a bank and law firm split £1 million for advising a Nigerian state-owned investment fund.
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Sheriff

Officer strikes man in bunny suit, is charged with assault


RT
Thu, 08 Dec 2016 04:40 UTC
bunny suit and officer
© Photography is Not a Crime
A New Jersey police officer has been charged with assault, following an incident in which he struck a man dressed in a bunny costume. The victim was in a police station when the incident occurred and in the process of handing himself in. Officer Nicholas Maresca, Jr. faces one count of simple assault, according to the New Jersey Herald. The video of the moment he struck Kevin Hemmerich was filmed on a cell phone by his brother and posted online.

In the video, 28-year-old Hemmerich can be seen at Hopatcong Borough Police Department station, dressed in a bunny outfit as he attempts to hand himself in to authorities. Hemmerich was wanted for failing to complete ordered time in the Sheriff's Labor Assistance Program.


Comment: The empowerment of radical bunny suits and annoying horn accessories...who knew.

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Pistol

Video proves cop, who fired AR15 rounds into "charging" victim, lied

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Wed, 07 Dec 2016 00:00 UTC
gunman
© The Daily Beast
In a blow to police accountability, Lt. Daniel Stephenson was found by his own department to have acted in accord with department policy for shooting and killing Todd Browning.

The facts of the case are simple. On August 19, police were called because of reports of a man armed with a knife. Shortly after the call, police encountered Browning, 54, less than a mile away. Within less than a minute after Stephenson walked to the front of his cruiser, he would put four .223 rounds into the chest of Browning.
Water main key
© unknownDoes this look like a knife?
Browning was not holding a knife. Instead, he was 'armed' with a water main key — a thin metal rod used for turning on and of water meters and waste valves.

The police agree on all of the above. However, it is what happened after Stephenson killed Browning that is the subject of controversy. Police claim Browning charged the officer. But, from what we can see on the dashcam, this is a clear fabrication.

As the video begins, Stephenson is seen rounding the front of his cruiser. The two exchange words as Browning threatens Stephenson and vice versa. However, at no point do we see anyone charge anyone. In fact, Browning was barely inching toward Stephenson when the officer opened fire.

At no point was a less than lethal option even considered by Stephenson in the video. At no point did Stephenson back up. For slowly walking toward a police officer with a thin metal rod, Browning was put to death by his judge, jury, and executioner — Lt. Daniel Stephenson.

Immediately after the killing in August, police investigators released a statement to the media claiming that a man ran at the officer. And since the investigation, no one in the media has questioned it — even as the video clearly shows it is false.


Comment: Clearly there is a programmed reactionary response paired with a disconnect between what is the ultimate solution to a victim/officer stand off and what is a reasonable and effective discharge of such situations. Police departments are increasingly on kill mode and rewarded for it.

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Health

ICRC and Red Crescent evacuate about 150 patients from Old Aleppo hospital


Sputnik
Thu, 08 Dec 2016 19:59 UTC
Aleppo, Syria
© Sputnik/ Mikhail Voskresenskiy
About 150 civilians, mostly people with disabilities or those in need of urgent medical care, were evacuated from a hospital in the Syrian city of Aleppo, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said in a statement on Thursday.

The ICRC pointed out that among those evacuated there were six children who lost their parents. However, 11 people died before the SARC and the ICRC specialists reached Dar Al-Safaa center, accommodating patients with mental health needs and physical disabilities.

"Nearly 150 civilians, most of whom were disabled or in urgent need of care, were evacuated late night from a hospital in the Old City of Aleppo, in a joint operation by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)," the statement read.
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Briefcase

Racism and discrimination alive and well at CNN: Black employees file class-action lawsuit against company

Rodney Ho
AJC
Thu, 08 Dec 2016 00:00 UTC
DeWayne Walker
© DeWayne WalkerDeWayne Walker, an employee at CNN, is part of a class-action lawsuit against his employer.
Former and current black employees on Tuesday filed a class action lawsuit against Atlanta-based CNN, Turner Broadcasting and New York based parent company Time Warner for racial discrimination.

"As a result of the current discrimination lawsuit filed on behalf of DeWayne Walker vs. CNN, Time Warner & Turner, we have uncovered stories involving abuse of power, nepotism, revenge, retaliation and discrimination," said Daniel Meachum said in a press release.

The press release provided a photo of DeWayne Walker, a CNN producer who sued CNN individually in January for $50 million for racial discrimination and retaliation for filing a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. He accused CNN of not promoting him over 13 years because he is black, skipped over frequently for promotions in favor of white employees.

According to his LinkedIn page, Walker is an integrated marketing manager at CNN.

Walker is not actually a plaintiff in this particular case but is a client of Meachum's and his individual lawsuit is still active. Celeslie Henley, a former executive administrative assistant at CNN, and Ernest Colbert Jr., a senior manager at TBS, are the only named plaintiffs though Meachum said 20 to 30 other unnamed current and former Turner employees helped him out with information about their experiences.

Comment: Funny how every time the rock gets lifted that's covering one of these so-called "liberal" media or political establishments in the U.S., the ugly head of racism and elitism rears its ugly, over-sized and venomous head.

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