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Florida State fraternity member identified as flesh-eating murder suspect

RT
Tue, 16 Aug 2016 23:09 UTC

A man was arrested in Florida while biting the face of one of his alleged murder victims. Florida State University student Austin Harrouff has been arrested on suspicion of killing a married couple in a "random" and "unprovoked" attack.

Harrouff, 19, stands accused of stabbing to death John Joseph Stevens III, 59, and Michelle Karen Mishcon, 53, at their home near Tequesta, according to WPEC.

Jeff Fisher, a neighbor of the couple who attempted to stop the attack, was stabbed several times and is currently being treated at St. Mary's Medical Center. "The guy turned on him. Thank God Jeff had enough sense to get back in the house," Fisher's father said.

California arsonist arrested as thousands flee devastating Clayton wildfire

RT
Tue, 16 Aug 2016 22:48 UTC

© Stephen Lam / Reuters
Charred animal remains are seen at a neighborhood destroyed by the Clayton Fire at Lower Lake in California, U.S. August 16, 2016.

Authorities have arrested a man suspected of starting the Clayton Fire in central California. Fueled by severe drought conditions, the blaze has forced thousands of residents to evacuate and burned 4,000 acres so far. It is only 20 percent contained.

Clearlake resident Damin Pashilk, 40, was arrested Monday and charged with 17 counts of arson. His bail was set for $5.1 million. Pashilk sparked the fire near Clayton Creek Road, just east of Highway 29, on Saturday, investigators from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) said.

Since then, the blaze has burned down 4,000 acres and forced the evacuation of thousands of local residents - many of whom had lost everything in wildfires that ravaged the area last year. The town of Lower Lake has been hit particularly hard, with the fire destroying the Main Street and wiping out much of the commercial district, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Hungarian group puts up ghoulish scarecrows to keep refugees away from border

RT
Tue, 16 Aug 2016 21:16 UTC

Pictures of sinister scarecrows reportedly planted to keep refugees away from the Hungarian border have appeared on social media. The country is to hold a referendum to decide if it will further accept the EU's mandatory migrant quota system.

The photos were released on Facebook by a group that pledges support to Hungary's police and troops, including those patrolling the border.

According to the group, the figures were carved from sugar beets. And the scarecrows which look like villains from some horror movie seem to be working - asylum seekers are reportedly avoiding such areas.

Morocco arrests four suspected Daesh members plotting terrorist attacks

Sputnik
Tue, 16 Aug 2016 20:57 UTC

Four suspected Daesh members were arrested in Morocco for plotting terrorist attacks in the kingdom's largest city of Casablanca, the Interior Ministry said Tuesday.

"They plotted dangerous terrorist attacks against the stability and security of the Kingdom," the ministry said in a statement, cited by the Le Matin newspaper.

The suspects, who are said to have pledged allegiance to Daesh, planned attacks on Casablanca's "vital sites," the ministry specified.

Zombie attack: Husband and wife killed in gruesome murder scene where police encounter killer eating victim's face

NBC Miami
Tue, 16 Aug 2016 20:33 UTC

A disturbing scene in Martin County has left a couple dead, their neighbor in the hospital and a man under arrest after allegedly committing the crimes and eating part of a victim's face.

The scene took place late Monday night in a neighborhood not far from the line with Palm Beach County and the city of Tequesta. Police responded to the home and found a man, later identified as 19-year-old Austin Harrouff., on top of a victim's body and using his teeth to bite and remove pieces of his face.

That victim, 59-year old John Joseph Stevens III, was pronounced dead at the scene. Police would later find the body of 53-year-old Michelle Karen Mishcon inside the garage. She is the daughter of the former mayor of North Miami Beach.

Comment: What exactly drives people to such behavior? We've seen a number of stories in the last few years of people engaging in cannibalism after or during violent episodes:

Prosecutors drop charges after video reveals cops tried to frame man after botched arrest

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Mon, 15 Aug 2016 20:23 UTC

Carl Roettgen

As tensions between police and citizens rise amid tragic police shootings and despicable attacks on cops, two officers in Missouri were exposed for faking a story about being shot at — and their supervisor helped cover it up.

Donald Stouffer, the prosecuting attorney in Saline County in central Missouri, dropped all the charges against a man who was accused of trying to shoot police officers.

In a press release last week, Stouffer said he saw no evidence that Carl Roettgen even had a gun when the two Marshall police officers tried to arrest him for a parole violation.

"After hours spent examining the video, trying to reconcile the video with the two officers' statements, and consulting with staff, I reached the difficult conclusion that no reasonable juror could find the officers' accounts credible," he said.

Washington DC cops dangle woman in air, provokes outrage online

RT
Tue, 16 Aug 2016 11:41 UTC

Video has emerged online of a large white Washington DC police officer pressing a small black woman against his patrol car - lifting her feet clean off the ground. The shocking clip has been retweeted more than 5,000 times and was posted with the comment "I'm TIRED" by @MacAndCheeks, who claims one officer tried to access her phone while she was recording the incident.

This newest example of excessive force comes hot on the heels of deadly battles between police and citizens in Milwaukee, Dallas, and other US cities. The video shows the woman's feet dangling in the air as a male officer pins her arms to the side of a patrol car. A female officer can be seen putting on gloves while the incident takes place.

The witness who posted the video expressed shock, claiming the young woman was pinned to the car before any conversation took place with the officer. "Yes you did. I saw it," are the only audible words in the video said by the officer.

No arrest was made, according to the witness. The incident occurred at a bus stop outside a CVS Pharmacy on 7th Street NW, close to Howard University. The witness said the unidentified woman told officers she worked with children and pointed at Cleveland Elementary School.

Comment: This incident initiated by the police appears to serve no purpose except to harass someone.

CNN edits comments of Milwaukee victim's sister, alters perception, sparks online anger

RT
Tue, 16 Aug 2016 12:31 UTC

CNN has faced a public backlash for editing an interview with the sister of a Milwaukee police shooting victim to make it look as if she was calling for peace and calm, when the full video shows her angry calls for people to take action. Sherelle Smith, sister of Sylville K. Smith, the man shot by police in Milwaukee, can be seen in the video appearing to passionately appeal to people's good sense, saying "Don't bring the violence here!"

That is when CNN decided to press 'stop' and air the video, before Smith had the chance to continue her speech. Appearing on CNN Newsroom on Monday, Smith was described as "calling for peace" by the show's Ana Cabrera.

But in a fuller version of the video, posted elsewhere, Smith unloads: "Burnin down sh*t ain't going to help nothin! Y'all burnin' down sh*t we need in our community. Take that sh*t to the suburbs. Burn that sh*t down! We need our sh*t! We need our weaves. I don't wear it. But we need it."

Milwaukee saw violent riots and street chaos on the weekend, complete with arson and destruction of property. The unrest followed a police-involved shooting of an armed black man. County Sheriff David Clarke quickly took to social media to blame the Obama administration and its liberal policies for the riots. But this only added fuel to people's anger.

More than 100 people protested on Saturday over the shooting. That didn't stop Clarke from repeating the sentiment again during a Monday press conference.

Comment: CNN's only job should be to report the news, no matter what it is. It should never act as a gate-keeper nor a change agent.

British teen claims to have been forced to marry cousin at gunpoint in Pakistan and was raped daily for 3 years

RT
Tue, 16 Aug 2016 20:02 UTC

A 15-year-old British teen claimed she was forced to marry her cousin at gunpoint in Pakistan during a family trip - and ended up being raped every day by her new husband.

Tabassan Khan, which is not her real name, told the Sunday Express that she thought she was going to Pakistan for summer holidays with her aunt, who cared for the girl and her three brothers after her father murdered her mother when she was 12.

But the teenager from Doncaster in South Yorkshire said her holiday turned into a nightmare when she was forced at gunpoint to wed her cousin, who was six years older than her, and then held captive for three years, raping her on a daily basis.

Now 26, Khan said she was forced to marry the man for him to get a British visa.

"I thought I was going to Pakistan on holiday, I was excited," she told the paper. "Then two months passed and it was time to start the school year. I asked my uncle when I should go back and he just kept saying, 'stay a bit longer' for weeks."

New York City settles wrongful death suit filed by family of Akai Gurley for more than $4 million

RT
Tue, 16 Aug 2016 19:54 UTC

New York City has agreed to pay more than $4 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Akai Gurley, an unarmed African-American who was fatally shot in 2014 by a police officer in a Brooklyn housing complex.

Kimberly Ballinger, the mother of Gurley's young daughter Akalia, filed the suit. The settlement money — including $4.1 million from the city, $400,000 from the New York City Housing Authority, and $25,000 from Peter Liang, the ex-cop who shot Gurley — will be placed in a trust fund for Akaila Gurley, according to reports.

Negotiations over the settlement lasted two months, under the supervision and approval of Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Dawn Jimenez-Salta.

"I'm glad it's all done. I'm pleased with the outcome," Ballinger told the New York Daily News while waiting for Jimenez-Salta to end the negotiation process.

Ballinger's wrongful death lawsuit cited rookie New York Police Department officers Liang and Shaun Landau as being negligent and reckless during their vertical patrol of a stairwell at the Louis H. Pink Houses, a Brooklyn public housing project, on the evening of November 20, 2014. The Housing Authority was included in the suit for failing to repair broken lightbulbs in the stairwell of the housing complex.

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Society's Child

Florida State fraternity member identified as flesh-eating murder suspect

California arsonist arrested as thousands flee devastating Clayton wildfire

Hungarian group puts up ghoulish scarecrows to keep refugees away from border

Morocco arrests four suspected Daesh members plotting terrorist attacks

Zombie attack: Husband and wife killed in gruesome murder scene where police encounter killer eating victim's face

Prosecutors drop charges after video reveals cops tried to frame man after botched arrest

Washington DC cops dangle woman in air, provokes outrage online

CNN edits comments of Milwaukee victim's sister, alters perception, sparks online anger

British teen claims to have been forced to marry cousin at gunpoint in Pakistan and was raped daily for 3 years

New York City settles wrongful death suit filed by family of Akai Gurley for more than $4 million

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