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Officer fired, bullied and forced to move after neglecting to kill a suicidal man

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Fri, 04 Jan 2019 19:56 UTC
officer Stephen Mader
As TFTP reported last year, former Weirton police officer Stephen Mader sued the city after he was fired for not killing a suicidal man who needed help. Mader received $175,000 in a settlement as a result of his unnecessary firing. But the successful settlement was the beginning of a dark road for this hero cop who was unafraid to show restraint.

"My hope is that no other person on either end of a police call has to go through this again," said Mader at the time. Sadly, however, this former Marine has since been forced to move because the intimidation and bullying has gotten so bad.

West Virginia attorney and ACLU representative Timothy P. O'Brien helped to bring the lawsuit against the city.

"No police officer should ever lose their job ... for choosing to talk to, rather than shoot, a fellow citizen," said O'Brien. "His decision to attempt to de-escalate the situation should have been praised, not punished. Simply put, no police officer should ever feel forced to take a life unnecessarily to save his career."
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Bomb

Terrorism suspected in Santiago bus stop blast that injured 5 people


RT
Fri, 04 Jan 2019 19:49 UTC
Santiago police
© Global Look Press / Fernando Lavoz
At least five people have been injured in an explosion at a bus stop in Santiago, the capital of Chile. An eco-terrorist group has claimed responsibility.

The explosion took place shortly before noon local time on Friday, at the intersection of Avenida Vicuña Mackenna and Av. Francisco Bilbao, in downtown Santiago. One of the people touched a bag that was left at the bus stop, triggering the blast, according to police.

Interior Minister Andrés Chadwick is visiting the injured at the hospital. Santiago mayor Evelyn Matthei told the local media that the circumstances point to "intention to cause harm."
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Attention

Miami-Dade cop charged with battery for kicking a handcuffed suspect


CBS Miami
Fri, 04 Jan 2019 19:18 UTC
Gustavo De Los Rios
© Miami-Dade County Corrections
Gustavo De Los Rios
A cellphone video showing a Miami-Dade police officer kicking a handcuffed suspect was released Thursday by the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office.

Seargent Gustavo De Los Rios, 38, was charged with a misdemeanor for the incident which took place in February.

The video shows several officers arresting a suspect, then De Los Rios is seen kicking the suspect once and then dropping his knee on his neck.

De Los Rios was relieved of duty with pay at the time the complaint was filed.

The incident occurred in Miami Lakes on Valentine's Day of 2018.
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Red Flag

Caring for caravan migrants has Tijuana fed up and on the brink

Sarah Cowgill
Liberty Nation
Wed, 02 Jan 2019 00:00 UTC
Carvan Tijuana
The financial burden on the border city is only one cost. Add in crime, illness, and unsanitary conditions.

As thousands of immigrants gather in Tijuana after a months-long march through poverty-stricken countries to reach the Calexico border, it appears the Guatemalan, Salvadoran, and Honduran wannabe refugees are receiving an unhealthy dose of reality.

Their promised America - mostly advertised as a life replete with bountiful resources, including unending welfare, free child care, and high-paying jobs for the uneducated - refuses to process the entire lot. And as a government scale-back and standoff over border security tediously plods along, legal immigration into the United States is held in perpetual limbo.

What could possibly go wrong?
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Fire

No traces of explosives found at collapsed house in Magnitogorsk, Russia - officials


RT
Fri, 04 Jan 2019 16:22 UTC
Magnitogorsk building collapse
© Sputnik / Emergencies Ministry
A probe of the debris from the collapsed house in Magnitogorsk has revealed no traces of explosives, Russia's Investigative Committee said. However, all possible reasons for the deadly blast are now being considered, it added.

The experts concluded their probe at the site of the tragedy on Friday. "No traces of explosives compounds or their components have been discovered," , spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko said.

The investigators are currently "looking into all possible causes of the blast." According to earlier information from the authorities, a gas leak was among the top theories for the tragedy that saw over 30 people killed.

TASS reported that investigators were seizing gas stoves and other gas-related equipment retrieved by the rescuers during their search for survivors.

Comment: See also: 4 killed, 35 missing after gas explosion rips through residential building in Russia - UPDATE

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Attention

Hacker group threatens to leak secret documents on 9/11 'truth' unless paid in bitcoin - Update: 650 docs released


RT
Wed, 02 Jan 2019 11:36 UTC
world trade center
© Reuters / Sean Adair
The Dark Overlord hacker group has threatened to leak thousands of "secret" documents stolen from insurers and government agencies that they claim reveal the truth about 9/11 - unless they're paid not to.

The Dark Overlord, a "professional adversarial threat group" known for their hacks of Netflix, plastic surgery clinics, and other sensitive targets, posted a link to a 10GB encrypted archive of documents related to 9/11 litigation, promising to release the encryption keys if their demands were not met in a post on Pastebin on Monday.

The group claims the documents tell the story of what really happened on one of the most notorious dates in recent history, tweeting "We'll be providing many answers about 9.11 conspiracies through our 18,000 secret documents leak." They published a "teaser" consisting of letters, emails, and various documents that mention law firms, the Transport Security Administration, and the Federal Aviation Administration, with a promise of more to come.


Comment: Update (Jan 4.): After receiving about $12k in bitcoins, the hacker group Dark Overlord released decryption keys for 650 documents it says are related to 9/11. RT reports on the content of the docs:
By design, the "layer 1" documents - if authentic - do not appear to contain any explosive revelations. The publications focus mostly on testimonies from airport security and details concerning insurance pay-outs to parties affected by the 9/11 attacks. However, the data dump suggests that the group is not bluffing.

The documents - which were immediately scrubbed from Reddit, Pastebin and Twitter - are available for download on Steemit at the time of writing.


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Heart

UFC veteran Denis Stojnic comes to rescue of woman being assaulted outside his nightclub


RT
Fri, 04 Jan 2019 17:09 UTC
denis stojnic
© YouTube / Klix.ba
UFC veteran Denis Stojnic's MMA skills were put to practical use recently after he spotted a man assaulting a woman outside a nightclub he owns in the Bosnia and Herzegovina capital.

The heavyweight, who owns a 13-3 (1) record in professional mixed martial arts, came to the rescue of a patron of the Dorian Gray venue in Sarajevo after spotting a man follow a woman out of the venue on security footage.

The man appears to grab the woman by the hair before continuing the assault against the back of a nearby car.

At this point Stojnic briskly walks towards the man, separates him from the woman and throws him to the ground.

Comment: If you're looking for an example of the positive uses of masculinity and testosterone, look no further than Mr. Stojnic.

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Bad Guys

Video, affidavit reveal details about teacher accused of trying to sell relative online

KWTX
Rissa Shaw and John Carroll
Fri, 04 Jan 2019 09:12 UTC
Amber Michelle Parker
A woman has been arrested in a multi-agency human trafficking investigation in Central Texas.

With the help of the McLennan County Sheriff's Office, investigators with the Freestone County Sheriff's Office arrested a local teacher Wednesday morning at her residence on CR 933 in Teague in connection with trafficking a minor overseas.

Amber Michelle Parker, 37, has been charged with trafficking of persons.

Her bond has been set at $25,000.
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Stock Down

Dow Jones tumbles more than 600 points after Apple CEO announces drop in revenue


RT
Thu, 03 Jan 2019 20:16 UTC
Google, Apple και Facebook
The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled more than 660 points as Apple stock dropped nearly 10 percent - the biggest single day decline for the company since 2013 - just one day after it slashed its revenue forecast.

Shortly after spooking Asian and European investors, CEO Tim Cook's bombshell announcement rocked Wall Street on Thursday. The drop marked the worst start to a year for both the S&P 500 and the Dow since 2000, while for the Nasdaq it was the weakest start since 2005, according to Market Watch.

The Dow Jones fell nearly 2.8 to 22,686.22 points just days after it completed its worst year in a decade. The S&P 500 index plunged nearly 2.5 percent and the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost more than three percent.
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Sheriff

Police officer stands up for man's rights, stops cop who's tasing a man for free speech

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Fri, 04 Jan 2019 12:27 UTC
cop stops man tazers
Freedom of speech, in the land of the free, is not guaranteed. Despite the wording of the First Amendment, claiming that "Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech," there are countless laws across the country designed to do exactly that. However, even when there aren't archaic anti-speech laws on the books, police will all too often deprive people of their freedom - for practicing their freedom.

Because police attack people for their freedom of speech, the taxpayers are often held to the fire to pay for the violation. Such is the case out of Commerce City in which Joshua Condiotti-Wade just received $175,000 - for holding a sign that said "F**k bad cops" - and getting assaulted for it.

In 2016, Condiotti-Wade and Eric Brandt fashioned signs to express their opinion on police and went to the Adams County Human Services building - a public property. As the two men protested with their signage, someone inside the building became offended and called police.
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