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LAPD releases 'heavily-edited' bodycam footage of suspect who died after police standoff


RT
Fri, 22 Jun 2018 13:35 UTC
LAPD standoff
© Los Angeles Police Department / YouTube
An image from the LAPD video of the incident involving Jose Chavez.
Police in Los Angeles have been accused of 'heavily editing' bodycam footage showing the arrest of a man who later died in custody.

Luis Carrillo, the attorney for the family of Jose Chavez, hit out at the LAPD's video and called for the department to release an unedited version along with a complete autopsy report detailing Chavez's injuries. "[The footage is] highly produced, heavily edited, and slanted in favor of the LAPD, and still leaves many questions unanswered," he said in a statement cited by Associated Press.

The video, which is introduced by the department's spokesman Josh Rubenstein, and Commander Alan Hamilton, the chief of the unit that investigates police use of force, shows edited bodycam footage of LAPD officers responding to a complaint of a suspected prowler in the Newton area of the city on May 6.
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ABC to announce spinoff of 'Roseanne' without Barr after show's star booted for racist tweet


RT
Fri, 22 Jun 2018 10:44 UTC
Roseanne Barr
© Chris Pizzello / Reuters
Roseanne Barr takes off her sunglasses for photographers at the 6th Annual TV Land Awards in Santa Monica, California, June 8, 2008.
Bittersweet news for 'Roseanne' fans - the show is coming back but without Roseanne Barr. The spinoff series was announced about three weeks after ABC axed the iconic comedienne and television star over a racist tweet.

The new show, with a working title 'The Conners,' will premier in fall 2018. The show will center on the family as it "grapples with parenthood, dating, an unexpected pregnancy, financial pressures, aging and in-laws in working-class America," the network said in a news release. "Roseanne Barr will have no financial or creative involvement in the new series," ABC said.
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Highly suspicious: Cannabis uncovered at offices of Japanese lawmakers


RT
Fri, 22 Jun 2018 13:00 UTC
Cannabis
© Jaime Saldarriaga / Reuters
Japan may have some of the toughest drug laws in the world, but that hasn't stopped marijuana plants from finding their way into an office building used by the country's lawmakers.

Four plants of the illegal weed were spotted by a visitor to the premises used by officials from the country's upper house of parliament on Thursday. A pair of officials from Tokyo's Metropolitan Government were then dispatched to the building to remove the crop.
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Books

White students lag behind because they lack immigrant families' 'drive,' Ofsted chief says


RT
Fri, 22 Jun 2018 09:17 UTC
Students
© Stefano Guidi/ Global Look Press
White working-class children in disadvantaged communities are failing to perform as well as their ethnic-minority classmates because they lack the "drive" of immigrant families to succeed, the Ofsted chief has said.

Amanda Spielman, chief inspector of the education watchdog, hit back at claims that Ofsted's inspectorate gave lower ratings to schools in lower-class communities with a majority of white pupils.

Recent Ofsted figures show that only four percent of secondary schools with a majority of white pupils received an "outstanding" grade, while almost half got Ofsted's lowest two ratings. By contrast, 29 percent of schools where ethnic minorities were more prevalent were rated as outstanding, while fewer than one-in-five were inadequate.

"We can't pretend that Ofsted judgments are not lower in certain areas - many of them with a high proportion of white working-class children. But that shouldn't surprise us," Spielman said in her keynote address at the Festival of Education on Thursday.
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Kentucky man who threatened on Twitter to kill Donald Trump gets indicted


Caliconservative.com
Thu, 21 Jun 2018 13:43 UTC
Andrew Ryan Long
A crazed Kentucky man, Andrew Long Ryan, 37, of Tennessee, was indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with two counts of making threats against the President. What made the threats even more viable was the fact that is he was a former police officer. He is currently in federal custody.

This story goes to show you to ALWAYS report these people when you come into contact with them, not just in person, but on social media as well.
"I will kill Donald Trump if you don't follow my leaders lead." Twitter Post -Andrew Long Ryan
It was a Twitter post that read, "I will kill Donald Trump if you don't follow my leaders lead" and a Facebook post that read "Death is Coming" that helped tip off the Secret Service and start the investigation into this potentially unstable individual.

Comment: Maybe Peter Fonda is next?

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USA

New report finds white deaths outnumber births in most US states


RT
Fri, 22 Jun 2018 13:28 UTC
nurse and old man
© Joe Raedle / AFP
Deaths now outnumber births among white people in more than half the states in the US, according to a new report, raising questions about how long the country's whites will remain a majority of the population.

A report published by the Applied Population Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that whites are dying faster than they are being born in 26 states, up from 17 states only two years earlier. The sudden spike in the death-to-birth ratio for whites across the country seems to challenge conservative-sounding projections made by the Census Bureau, which has estimated that whites could drop below 50 percent of the population around 2045.

The startling figures were likely exacerbated by plummeting fertility rates after the 2008 financial crisis, coupled with rising mortality rates for whites driven in part by drug overdoses, the report said.

The results of the report - which examined the period from 1999 to 2016 using data from the National Center for Health Statistics, the federal agency that tracks births and deaths - have surprised even its authors.

Comment: See also:

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Airplane

Air Asia passengers cough, vomit as captain fills cabin with mist to get people to deplane

Harriet Mallinson
Express
Thu, 21 Jun 2018 15:00 UTC
Air Asia Smoke
© Facebook/Dipankar Ray
Alarming footage has captured an aircraft cabin on board an AirAsia flight to India filling with mist as the captain blasted the air conditioning on full power in a bid to make the passengers leave the plane.

The flight, departing from Kolkata was delayed by over four hours for its journey to Bagdogra, West Bengal.

When passengers began growing frustrated, the aircraft's captain told them to disembark the plane without any explanation.

However, when they refused due to heavy rain outside, he forced them out by turning the air conditioning on high, it is claimed.

A clip from inside in the plane shows the passengers shouting loudly and complaining as the mist swirls around the cabin nearly obscuring the people.

Comment: See also: Flying crazy air: What's going on with airline travel?

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Pistol

California police shoot down bill limiting lethal force


RT
Fri, 22 Jun 2018 11:56 UTC
Stephon Clark protest
© Bob Strong / Reuters
Protesters at the funeral of Sacramento police shooting victim Stephon Clark
California law enforcement organizations say they won't budge on a bill that would limit the situations in which they can use lethal force.

Assembly Bill 931 would raise the standard for the use of lethal force from 'reasonable' to 'necessary.' If it were to pass, police officers could only kill a suspect if all other options were exhausted.

While the bill passed its first policy committee on Tuesday, police opposition could obstruct its passage through the state's legislature. The Peace Officers Research Association of California (PORAC), which represents rank-and-file police officers in the state, called the bill "reactionary legislation" that will "handcuff peace officers and their abilities to keep communities safe."
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Arrow Up

Israelis of Iranian descent cheer for Iran's football team in Jerusalem


Sputnik
Fri, 22 Jun 2018 11:56 UTC
Israelis of Iranian origin Iran-Spain world cup
© REUTERS / RONEN ZVULUN
In a surprising twist of football fate Israel's Iranian community gathered on Wednesday in a Jerusalem neighborhood to cheer for Iran's national football team.

Israel and Iran are known to be at odds with each other; however, Iran's national football team received unusual support during their game with Spain.

A group of Israelis of Iranian origin gathered to cheer on the team. There are over 350,000 Jews of Iranian descent living in Israel and despite the political enmity between the two Middle Eastern countries, Israelis of Iranian origin felt great fondness for their former compatriots and their national team.
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Pistol

Police charge suspect with first-degree murder in killing of rapper XXXTentacion


RT
Fri, 22 Jun 2018 11:56 UTC
Dedrick D Williams
© Broward Sheriff's Office
Dedrick D Williams
Police have arrested a man suspected of killing hip-hop artist 'XXXTentacion' during an apparent robbery in Florida on Monday night.

Dedrick D Williams, 22, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder following the death of the 20-year-old rapper, real name Jahseh Onfroy outside a motorcycle dealership in south Florida.

Williams, who reportedly has previous arrests for cocaine and weapons possession as well as domestic violence and aggravated assault, has also been charged with violating his probation for theft of a motor vehicle and driving without a valid licence, according to TMZ.
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