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Mentally unstable man seeks help, police suffocate him in his driveway


Polics State USA
Sun, 11 May 2014 18:28 UTC
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Aaron Torres
A man seeking help during a period of mental instability had his life ended shortly thereafter by police officers who sat on him so long in his driveway that he died of asphyxiation. The death was officially ruled a homicide, yet no one was ever charged.

The incident took place the morning of February 20th, 2012. Aaron Torres, 37, called 9-1-1 emergency services himself seeking help. Torres, who happened to be the transportation captain for the TV series "Hawaii Five-O," was suffering from a state of delirium caused by substance abuse.

At 4:27 a.m. a police dispatcher asked him if he needed assistance.

"Yeah, help...help...help, please," Torres responded. The response would not be as helpful as he may have anticipated.

Honolulu Police soon arrived, and rather than providing the medical assistance he had requested, officers were looking to arrest him.

Torres "was saying there was no reason to arrest him and the officers were indicating they were going to arrest him for something," a family lawsuit alleged.

Aaron's sister Tassa Torres came outside after hearing the early-morning dispute. She witnessed what came next.
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San Francisco: Gentrification and the suburbanization of poverty

Ted Asregadoo
Truthout
Sun, 11 May 2014 09:30 UTC
Hudson and Asregadoo discuss the ways in which "tech capitalism" is turning San Francisco into a playground for the very rich - as those who are not wealthy get pushed out to the suburbs.

San Francisco is a top tourist destination for travelers around the world. The picturesque views, the wonderful restaurants, the progressive politics and a kind of left-libertarian cultural openness make it a fairly unique place. Many have remarked that San Francisco reminds them of European cities. However, if San Francisco has European qualities, they are not confined to positive characteristics. Indeed, with the second tech boom reaching a fever pitch, rents in the city are skyrocketing; evictions are up and many residents are being pushed from their urban neighborhoods to the suburbs. The process of gentrification of not just whole neighborhoods, but the entire city is remaking the Bay Area in a way that resembles the core/periphery geography of some European cities. That is to say, the wealthy and upwardly mobile live and work in the core (with San Francisco being the epicenter) while the poor, working class and middle class get pushed to suburban cities in the periphery.

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Cult

Christians denounce Sarah Palin for water-boarding comparison to baptism

David Edwards
The Raw Story
Wed, 30 Apr 2014 09:55 UTC
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Faithful America, a large online community of Christians, has launched an effort to publicly denounce former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin after she mocked one of the religion's most important rituals by comparing it to waterboarding.

Speaking at the National Rifle Association (NRA) convention last week, Palin had explained how things would be different if she were president.

"They obviously have information on plots to carry out jihad," Palin said of terrorists. "Oh, but you can't offend them, can't make them feel uncomfortable, not even a smidgen. Well, if I were in charge, they would know that waterboarding is how we baptize terrorists."

By Tuesday, Faithful America had already reached its goal of 15,000 signatures on a petition condemning Palin for the remarks.
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Light Saber

Belgrade: March in support of Russian people in Ukraine - 'We remember Kosovo'


InSerbia News
Sun, 11 May 2014 15:50 UTC
serbia march support russia
More than a thousand people walked along the streets of Belgrade in support of the Russian people and referenda in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. Demonstrators carried flags of Russia and Serbia, a photo of Vladimir Putin and Tsar Nicholas, carrying the slogan "Glory to Russia" as well as flags of Donetsk, Odessa, Lugansk and Kharkov. In front of the Temple of Saint Sava, Milica Djurdjevic, spokesman for the "Srpski Sabor Zavetnici", organizers of the march of support, recalled the glorious history of the two nations. She pointed out that despite the fact that the Belgrade authorities fell under the influence of their mentors in the West, who are asking Serbia to turn its back on the Russian Federation, the Serbian people will never forget the historic alliance between the Serbs and Russians.
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Syringe

UK so high on cocaine that users have 'contaminated tap water'- drug still glamorous to older generation


RT
Sun, 11 May 2014 15:34 UTC
coke in UK water
© AFP Photo / Anne-Christine Poujoulat
Experts from the drinking water inspectorate found that cocaine use in Britain is now so high it has contaminated the drinking water supply, even after it has gone through intensive purification treatments, UK media reports.

Scientists found supplies of drinking water contained traces of benzoylecgonine, the metabolized form of the drug after it has been processed by the human body. Benzoylecgonine is the same compound used for urine-based tests for cocaine, the Sunday Times reports.

The findings are an eye-opening indication of how widely the drug is used in Britain.

"We have near the highest level of cocaine use in western Europe. It has also been getting cheaper and cheaper at the same time as its use has been going up," Steve Rolles, from the drug policy think-tank Transform, told the Sunday Times.

Nearly 700,000 people aged 16-59 are estimated to take cocaine every year in Britain, and there are around 180,000 addicted users of crack cocaine, according to the charity DrugScope.
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Phoenix

India debate spectator self-immolates, grabs politician


RT
Wed, 30 Apr 2014 10:49 UTC
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© AFPIndian bystanders attempt to douse the blaze during an election television debate in in Sultanpur, a town about 160 kilometres from the city of Lucknow.
An election debate on Indian television was disrupted by a young man, who doused himself in gasoline, lit it and rushed to embrace a local politician taking part in the show. He later died in hospital, while his victim is fighting for life.

The horrific incident happened on Monday night in Sultanpur in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, about 140km from state capital, Lucknow. The debate show was being recorded for Doordarshan TV in a park and was attended by some 150 spectators.

"This man suddenly came on the stage, poured petrol on himself and set himself on fire before tightly hugging one of the political guests," local photographer Pankaj Kumar Gupta said.

The politician victim of the bizarre attack, Kamruzzama Fauji of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), suffered 75 percent burns, Indian media reported. He is in a private hospital in Lucknow in a critical condition.
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Stop

Ukrainian oligarch Akhmetov calls for suspension of Kiev terror operations in East Ukraine, uses resources to set up citizens' brigades


zik.ua
Sun, 11 May 2014 14:51 UTC
Oligarch Akhmetov
© UnknownRinat Akhmetov of the Donetsk clan whose fortune is estimated at $11.6 billion (Wikipedia)
Akhmetov urged the central government to stop its anti-terrorist operation in Donbas, a May 11 statement on Akhmetov-owned Metinvest group website runs.

"We are calling to stop the use of heavy weapons and large-scale combat activities in Donbas cities. We believe Ukraine military must withdraw from Donbas cities," it runs.

The potential of peaceful talks has not been fully tapped, it says

"The government can and must hear the voice of Donbas residents. Further military operations will destroy our trust in the regime,the statement runs.

MetInvest proposes to admit the past mistakes made in Mariupol and other Donbas cities, urgently take compromise political decisions to defuse the tensions.
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Stormtrooper

Miami police kill 2 unarmed suspects by shooting disabled car 377 times


Police State USA
Fri, 09 May 2014 12:32 UTC
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The Volvo that was the target of 377 rounds fired by two dozen police officers
In perhaps the largest case of contagious fire on record, a suspect's vehicle was riddled with hundreds of bullets in a chaotic and frenzied show of police force following a pursuit. Witnesses emphatically said that the vehicle's 2 occupants were trying to surrender, but that did not stop a total of 23 police officers from firing at least 377 shots at the vehicle. The officers' wild volleys of bullets struck not only the suspects, but also neighboring houses, businesses, vehicles - even fellow police officers.

The situation occurred early in the morning hours of of December 10th, 2013. Questions about the use of force have lingered about this case for months.

A robbery suspect, Adrian Montesano, had his vehicle pinned between a utility pole and a tree following a pursuit at approximately 5:00 a.m. Dozens of officers had participated in the chase - so many that it worked to their detriment.

Comment: 377 bullets fired at 2 unarmed men?! This is plain murder! Police brutality is becoming a serious epidemic in the U.S.:

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Mariupol industrialists to form people's patrols to ensure order in city and ask Ukrainian military to leave immediately


ITAR-TASS
Sun, 11 May 2014 09:54 UTC
Mariupol
© ITAR-TASS/ Konstantin Sazonchik
Industrialists will help put things right and restore the operation of metallurgical combines in the city of Mariupol in the Donetsk Region in eastern Ukraine.

The Metinvest Group announced on Saturday its decision to "create, jointly with municipal police, people's patrols from among smelters' workers". From Sunday, they will "start patrolling the city and protecting civilians," says a joint statement by the heads of Metinvest, Ilyich Iron & Steel Works and Azovstal Iron & Steel Works - Yury Ryzhenkov, Yury Zinchenko and Enver Tkitishvili.

"Blood was shed in the city. This happened on Victory Day on May 9, a day that is holy for us," they recalled. In their assessment, "the life of Mariupol is paralyzed, the city economy is being destroyed, and normal operation of metallurgical combines, which means not only work and salaries for city dwellers but the economic foundation of the Donetsk Region and entire Ukraine, has been disrupted."

The heads of the industrial enterprises called "to reject the practice of conducting large-scale battles in peaceful cities of Donbas with participation of the armed forces, the use of hardware and armaments", noting that "Ukrainian military must immediately leave the city".

"The authorities still can and must hear the voice of Donbas residents. The authorities should ensure peace and quiet in cities for people to be able to quietly live and work," the statement says.
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Mexico's Papa Smurf's squad: Vigilantes turned into police force to battle murderous drug cartel


RT News
Sun, 11 May 2014 09:20 UTC
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© AFP Photo / Ronaldo SchemidtEstanislao Beltran (L), aka "Papa Pitufo" (Papa Smurf in English), leader of the local self-protection police, wearing his new uniform of the rural police, receives an AR-15 assault rifle from the Commissioner for Development and Security of Michoacan, Alfredo Castillo, in Tepalcatepec, Michoacan State, Mexico, on May 10, 2014.
Thousands of Mexican vigilantes are signing up to become part of a new rural police force. The government decided to bring the 20,000-strong "self-defense" group under state control amid worries it could turn into a powerful military force.

The regional government of the western Mexican state of Michoacan began to hand out blue uniforms and assault rifles to vigilantes Saturday. They will form part of a nascent rural police organization that will support the Armed Forces in the fight against organized crime in the region.

Around 3,300 vigilantes out of an estimated 20,000 were sworn in during mass ceremonies Saturday by the local government. The leader of the vigilantes, Estanislao Beltran, nicknamed "Papa Smurf" by his compatriots because of his long white beard, said their fight against the cartels had just begun.

vigilante Mexico
© AFP Photo / Ronaldo SchemidtMembers of the local Self-Protection Police wearing the uniforms of the new rural police, parade in Tepalcatepec, Michoacan State, Mexico, on May 10, 2014.
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