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Reservation to prison pipeline: Native Americans disproportionately incarcerated

Derrick Broze
Activist Post
Thu, 10 Mar 2016 19:35 UTC
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A new report details how Montana is sending more people to prison than it releases, with Native Americans making up a disproportionate share of the prison population.

A new report has been released from the Council of State Governments Justice Center, a national nonprofit organization tasked with helping Montana officials reduce prison spending and overcrowding. The Missoulian reported on the release of the study:
The report, presented Tuesday to lawmakers and others appointed to Montana's Commission on Sentencing, found a 12 percent rise in arrests between 2009 and 2015, despite an 18 percent decline in property and violent crimes between 2000 and 2014. It also found Native Americans represent a disproportionate share of those totals, accounting for nearly one in five arrests while making up only 7 percent of the state's population.
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Christian 'prophet' loses his buttocks to hungry lion while proving god would save him...

Sarah K. Burris
Raw Story
Thu, 10 Mar 2016 12:59 UTC
White lioness
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Comment: What a nincompoop.
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." - George Carlin

Alec Ndiwane was filled with the Holy Spirit when he decided to "challenge" lions at the Kruger National Park.

The Zion Christian Church Prophet was at the park with his fellow church members when, according to GhanaWeb, he went into a trance and began speaking in tongues. The group approached the pride of lions while they munched happily on an antelope, but that's when Ndiwane ran toward the lions.

Out To Africa lists humans as the major predator to lions, so it's no surprise that the lions took on the challenge. Once he realized what was happening, Ndiwane made an about-face and immediately ran away. Unfortunately, lions are fast and fierce animals and when one of the lions snapped her paws on him, Ndiwane sustained injuries to his buttocks.

The ranger fired his gun into the air to scare the lions off and rush the prophet to the hospital where he underwent emergency surgery to ensure he didn't lose a majority of his buttocks.

"I do not know what came over me," Ndiwane confessed. "I thought the Lord wanted to use me to show his power over animals. Is it not we were given dominion over all creatures of the earth." He was eventually stitched up and discharged after spending the night in hospital.
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Morons: Wyoming SWAT goes to wrong home, smashes up house, deploys flashbang grenade

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Thu, 10 Mar 2016 19:11 UTC
Cops invade wrong house
© The Free Thought Project
Multiple members of Sweetwater County's Joint Special Weapons and Tactics Team made an epic blunder last week when executing a search warrant in search of arbitrary substances deemed illegal by the state, crystal meth. As the heavily militarized team began smashing up the house and deploying flashbang grenades, they realized they were destroying the wrong home.

"It's our responsibility to be in the right place at the right time; and we failed to do that," Tom Jarvie, Patrol Lieutenant for the Green River Police Department said.

The SWAT team had the correct address which was 355 Fir Street. However, they were apparently so enthralled with the idea of breaking into someone's home to arrest them for selling drugs, that they forgot how to work the GPS and arbitrarily picked an innocent family's home to victimize.

But fret not, after breaking into the home through the front window and deploying a flash-bang at the wrong home, officers then found the correct home and arrested the owner for possession of methamphetamine.

Jason Normand, 35, was arrested Thursday, March 3, by DCI and charged with two felony counts of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine and one felony count of possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver.

After their blunder, the Sweetwater County Sheriff's Office, Green River Police Department, and Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation released a joint press release.
On Thursday, March 3, 2016, at approximately 8:30 p.m., members of Sweetwater County's Joint Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team, at the request of the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation, executed a high risk search warrant at 355 Fir Street, Green River, Wyoming where individuals believed to be armed and in possession of controlled substances were located. This warrant had been issued by a Judge in Sweetwater County, who authorized the search for weapons, illegal drugs and other drug paraphernalia.

During the execution, some members of the Sweetwater County Joint SWAT team regrettably broke a window and utilized flash bang distraction device at an incorrect address. Immediately recognizing this mistake, personnel from the Sweetwater County Sheriff's Office and the Green River Police Department made contact with the homeowners and coordinated the repair of the damaged property.

As previously reported, the execution of the search warrant at 355 Fir Street resulted in the seizure of methamphetamine, multiple firearms, and the arrests of multiple individuals.

Comment: Georgia police SWAT team throw flashbang into crib during raid, 50% chance baby will die

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Buzzkill: South Padre Island cops to deploy drones to spy on spring breakers

John Vibes
Activist Post
Wed, 09 Mar 2016 17:40 UTC
drone invasion
It was recently reported that spring break celebrations will be monitored by police drones. For generations, college students have been able blow off some steam during spring break in relative safety. Even in the past, students who went on vacation to party, had a better chance of getting arrested than they did of getting hurt or mugged.

Police encounters are the greatest danger that spring breakers face while they are on vacation, and it has become even worse in the modern police state.

As 25,000 college students expect to attend the spring break festivities, the South Padre Island Police Department recently announced that they will be using drones to monitor partiers during spring break this year.

Comment: Pentagon admits to using drones to spy on Americans

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Run by the CIA no doubt: Only traffickers, smugglers benefit from EU's anti-migrant artificial barriers


RT
Tue, 01 Mar 2016 02:17 UTC
Joel Millman interview
© Yannis Behrakis / Reuters

Comment: If the CIA stopped creating terror as a way to overthrow governments they don't like, there would be no refugee issues in Europe. The very same tax dollars he's concerned about created and support the terrorist organizations that these families are running from.


By creating artificial barriers to keep out migrants instead of letting them reunite with their communities, Europe only aggravates illegal smuggling, a spokesperson for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Joel Millman told RT.

RT: How would you describe the humanitarian situation in Europe right now?

Joel Millman: We regard it with concern and we wait patiently to see how European countries can accommodate each other as well as the migrants coming through. Last year was a very hard year and we expect 2016 to be equally difficult, but we hope that progress is being made and the countries are coming to some kind of synthesis on how to proceed.

RT: We have seen European countries trying to help the migrants, trying to respect their human rights, but we have also seen European countries trying to kick them out, trying to fence them off. How do you see Europe as a whole trying to manage this crisis?

JM: The 28 members of the EU are certainly IOM members and we know how difficult this is for them. And we have been saying consistently that barriers are only an aid to traffickers and smugglers. When you make passage difficult you force people who are coming from desperate situations and are only pursuing safety into bad decisions. Bad decisions like linking up with criminal groups who have less regard for their well-being than the governments do. And of course the extreme case of last year of 71 people found killed in a truck from suffocation in Austria. We see these boats which killed almost 4,000 people last year in the Mediterranean as examples of the consequences of barriers and illegal or irregular migration. So we certainly hope that governments consider all those consequences when they erect fences or make passage impossible.

RT: We're seeing the likes of Macedonia putting up fences with thousands of migrants simply becoming stranded in Greece. How fair is it or unfair on Athens to be expected to deal with all of these people?

JM: That of course is a crucial question. In the years past the numbers were so small it was easy to insist on certain regulations like seeking asylum in the first country that they arrive in. This [was] obviously [part of] a wave where over one million people came to Europe last year, from Africa and the Middle East and beyond, is really a test to the resolve and efficacy of those kinds of rules.
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Prepping the masses: Monopoly board game goes cashless

Kevin Samson
Activist Post
Wed, 09 Mar 2016 17:28 UTC
wages fat cat monopoly
© Unknown
When events that were formally considered conspiracy theories become the foundation of popular culture, you know an entirely new reality is being created. The 5th bestselling board game in the world is now embracing the onset of the cashless society.

The war on cash in the real world is taking place on many fronts - from penalizing the holding of it through negative interest rates; eradicating large-denomination banknotes; surveillance of it through Suspicious Activity Reports; or outright banning larger transactions.

Perhaps recognizing that today's children might very soon not understand how to even use cash - or maybe to help to speed up their education and acceptance - the Monopoly board game is certainly living up to its name by promoting a future of centralized bank surveillance and management. Fittingly, the new version calls itself "Ultimate Banking."
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Terror coverage study: UK's MSM fans flames of Islamophobia


RT
Wed, 09 Mar 2016 17:03 UTC
East West
© conservativepapers.comPoint of view: Therein lies the difference.
Mainstream media in the UK is exacerbating Islamophobia by referring to politically motivated murders perpetrated by Muslims as "terror" attacks, while branding similar crimes by white supremacists "racially motivated," a new study argues.

Researchers at Birmingham City University examined media coverage of the Lee Rigby murder. The British soldier was attacked and killed in Woolwich in May 2013 by two men who claimed to be retaliating against Britain's military presence in Islamic countries.

Rigby's murderers were quickly and repeatedly described by both police and the media as "terrorists" and as having committed an act of "terrorism." In contrast, when Muslim pensioner Mohammed Saleem was brutally murdered by Ukrainian Pavlo Lapshyn, the killing was labelled "racially motivated." This is despite the fact Lapshyn was charged under the Terrorism Act.

Researchers trawled through more than 1,000 articles from UK newspapers in the three weeks following Rigby's murder. They also reviewed mentions of Saleem's murder in Birmingham, which occurred one month before the Rigby attack.

The academics at Birmingham City University claim British mainstream media is contributing to a "rising moral panic" against Muslim communities through its inappropriate use of language. "We found that almost all articles we reviewed about the Woolwich murder of Lee Rigby used the term 'terrorism' to describe the attack," said Associate Professor Imran Awan. "Yet the attack on Mohammed Saleem was immediately labelled as 'racially motivated' by the police, and despite Ukrainian Pavlo Lapshyn being found guilty under the Terrorism Act, many newspapers continued to label him as a 'white supremacist' rather than a 'terrorist'. A stark difference in comparison to the case of Lee Rigby."

Comment: Since almost all media (exception being counter-hegemonic alternative media, such as SOTT) take their marching orders from about six global sources, it is a slam dunk that the public will be unduly swayed by whatever commentary is spoon fed to the outlets. If the PTB want Islamophobia, the labeling and slant will be its consistent and prevalent reflection.

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Boston bans the sale of cats, dogs, and rabbits from pet stores and public grounds

Amanda Froelich
True Activist
Thu, 10 Mar 2016 00:00 UTC
Animal shelters
© Credit: pawshpal.com
It is now illegal for commercially-bred animals to be sold at both pet stores and public grounds in Boston, Massachusetts.

Last year, a huge roar of praise was noticed around the net when the state of Arizona ruled that all dogs sold must come from shelters.

Now, the city of Boston is following its lead by making it illegal for dogs, cats, and rabbits from commercial breeders to be sold at both pet stores and public grounds, including parking lots and outdoor markets.

The Dodo reports that the momentous win for animal advocates and the furry ones they aim to protect was made law into law when the city's mayor signed it on Wednesday.

Comment: See more: Co-founder of "Dog Tales Rescue and Sanctuary" can't decide which dogs to save- buys entire shelter instead

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Meet Ahmad Dawabshe, the five-year-old sole survivor of the Duma, West Bank firebombing

Dan Cohen
Mondo Weiss
Wed, 09 Mar 2016 15:35 UTC
Ahmad Dawabsheh
© Tasnim News Agency5-year-old Ahmad Dawabsheh

Comment: Endless horror and tragedy for the families of Palestine. All thanks to evil Israel and its equally evil Western supporters. The lies and silence are complicity to such heinous war crimes.

Eight months after the firebombing that killed five-year-old Ahmad Dawabshe's baby brother and parents in the occupied West Bank village of Duma, he is still undergoing treatment in the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan.

Ahmad is energetic and enthralled with car-racing video games, like any child his age. "People see that he's coming and going and playing and laughing. But his health situation now - he has serious injuries and will need a long time to heal," his maternal grandfather and caretaker Hussein Dawabshe told me in the hospital lobby.

Having suffered second-degree burns, Ahmad wears a special hooded layer 23 hours per day to treat scarring, only removing it to bathe.


The Palestinian Authority is paying for Ahmad's medical expenses, after Israel refused to recognize him as a victim of terror.

Ahmad and his grandfather rarely leave the hospital. In front of a Ramat Gan supermarket last month, Hussein Dawabshe told me, Israeli children he estimated to be twelve years old recognized Ahmad and threw metal cans at them before he chased them away. "There are good Israelis, but there are also bad ones. Sometimes it's not easy to tell which is which," he said.

He has devoted his life to taking care of Ahmad, leaving his other children. "I am willing to stay and keep taking care of Ahmad for one, two, three or ten years. What matters is that Ahmad is not in danger. I want him to live without trouble and fear."
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4yo boy shoots gun enthusiast mom in the back


RT
Thu, 10 Mar 2016 15:31 UTC
Jamie Gilt
© Jamie Gilt for Gun Sense / FacebookJamie Gilt
Florida investigators are trying to figure out how a four-year-old boy got a hold of his mother's loaded gun and shot her. The mother heavily promoted gun ownership on Facebook and had previously posted about her son getting "jacked up" to go shooting.

Jamie Gilt was driving down State Road 20 to pick up a new pony on March 8 when she was shot in the back by her son sitting in the backseat, forcing her vehicle and a hitched horse trailer to stop in the middle of the traveling lanes, according to officials, WJAX reported.

Not only is Gilt a fan of horseback riding, she has not hesitated to show her enthusiasm for gun culture. The 31-year-old mom from Jacksonville once wrote on Facebook, "Even my 4 year old gets jacked up to target shoot with the .22."

Both her personal Facebook account and a public page she set up, "Jamie Gilt for Gun Sense," have been deactivated.

Comment: You would think someone who is promoting guns the way she was would not be so careless.

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