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Sheriff

Police never got out of their car to search for teen who suffocated in family's minivan

Kyle Plush
A tragic case of police incompetence and neglect unfolded this month which led to the death of a young boy who desperately needed help from police. Calling 911 multiple times did nothing and the boy died as police ignored his pleas. Now, days after his tragic death, police have released body camera footage showing the officers who "searched" for the boy never even got out of their car and joked as he died.

Kyle Plush, a 16-year-old high school sophomore suffered a tragic fate earlier this month as he was crushed to death in the back of his family's minivan. Kyle had gotten trapped under the third row seat while the car was parked in the school parking lot and he was unable to free himself.


After he was trapped, Kyle managed to reach his cellphone and dialed 911 to beg police to come help him. Despite calling 911 twice, however, police ignored his calls. The subject of these calls is now under investigation as the lack of response led to the boy succumbing to asphyxiation and dying.

Bullseye

Why American LNG is not a viable alternative for Russian gas in Europe

American gas
© Lex Van Lieshout / AFP
Washington's plan to oust Russian natural gas from the European market and substitute it with its own liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments is not economically feasible, analysts told RT.

"American LNG exports have failed to become a full-fledged alternative to Gazprom's pipeline gas in Europe, as the latter has set another record-high last year. About half of the US LNG supplied to Europe is purchased by countries that do not have long-term contracts for Russian gas (formerly Spain and Portugal)," Maria Belova, head of research at VYGON Consulting, told RT.

The analyst notes that US gas is not a viable alternative to the pipeline supplies of Gazprom, which has renewed its historical record in export volume to Europe for the second consecutive year, due to the competitive pricing.

Fire

Massive blaze engulfs buildings in central New Orleans, 60 firefighters on scene

Fire
© NOFD / Twitter
Firefighters are battling a large blaze in Bayou St John in Mid City, New Orleans. No-one has been reported injured in the fire but authorities are urging residents to avoid the area.

New Orleans Fire Department chief Tim McConnell said the blaze started in a warehouse which houses the 'NOLA Til Ya Die' clothes store near the intersection of Toulouse Street and North Jefferson Davis Parkway. The store is closed from Sunday to Tuesday and it's unclear how the blaze started.

Bullseye

A closer look at Ben Nimmo and the Atlantic Council's underhanded tactics against a UK citizen tired of government warmongering

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For the past few months, Ben Nimmo, the head of the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Labs has had his eye on one Twitter account in particular and he has relentlessly framed that account as being that of an influential "Russian bot" that is linked to the Kremlin. This post will reveal that the Atlantic Council's Ben Nimmo has displayed utter incompetency and a shameful display of research (or lack thereof), considering his position as head of DFR Lab, and considering the large amount of money that the Atlantic Council receives and spends on supposedly 'countering' disinfo (to be read as acting as "Thought Police") for the global elitist establishment.

A quick look at the Twitter feed of Ben Nimmo and The Atlantic Council's DFR provides screenshots highlighting the dates and times that Ben Nimmo was focused on the account Ian56.

Link to Ben Nimmo's Twitter account:

https://twitter.com/benimmo

Comment: The Atlantic Council and Digital Forensic Research Labs (DFRLabs) are well known for their role in sowing disinformation in the online world. That Ben Nimmo was behind the removal of Ian56 on Twitter is not surprising given their zeal in stifling any opposition to the official narrative. See also:


Attention

Hundreds of protesters arrested in Armenia - authorities claim law & order is threatened

Armenia protests
© Asatur Yesayants / SputnikA protester being detained by the Armenian police.
Almost 300 people, including three leaders of the opposition, have been detained in the Armenian capital Yerevan as authorities claim that protests, now in their second week, are jeopardizing the country's constitutional order.

Scuffles broke out as demonstrators again attempted to block traffic in the capital, with security forces reportedly using special tactics, including stun grenades, against the crowd. Protests have been constant in Armenia since the ruling Republican Party of Armenia nominated their leader and former president, Serzh Sargsyan for the position of Prime Minister in mid-April.

Comment: The BBC reports that protesters have rallied after Pashinyan's imprisonment:
Thousands of anti-government protesters have rallied defiantly in the Armenian capital Yerevan after riot police seized their leader.

[...]

Armenia's biggest square is full of protesters. The detention of Mr Pashinyan and other opposition leaders did not stop protesters from turning up. They are holding placards that read "I am Nikol" and chanting his name, along with another slogan, "Serzh go".
Al Jazeera reports that soldiers have also joined the protests:
Hundreds of soldiers have joined anti-government protests in the Armenian capital of Yerevan on Monday, accusing the country's prime minister of corruption and authoritarian rule.

In a response to the ongoing protests, the Armenian defence ministry said it would take harsh measures against any member of the military taking part in the demonstrations.
Further reading: "This is blackmail": Armenian PM walks out of crisis meeting with 'velvet revolution' leader, who is detained shortly after


Newspaper

Older than modern-day Australia, Nabi Tajima passes away at age 117

Tajima's secret to longevity was 'eating delicious things and sleeping well,' the group said. She danced with her hands at the sound of a samisen
Nabi Tajima
© AFP PHOTO / KIKAI TOWN VIA JIJI PRESS / JIJI PRESS / Japan OUTJIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty ImagesKIKAI TOWN/JUI PRESS / AFPThis picture received from Kikaicho Town Hall via Jiji Press and taken on September 18, 2017 shows 117-year-old Nabi Tajima (2nd L) in Kikaicho on Kikai island of Kagoshima prefecture. A 117-year-old Japanese woman, thought to be the world's oldest person, has died, a local official told AFP on April 22, 2018. Nabi Tajima, who was born August 4, 1900, died around 8:00 pm (1100 GMT) on April 21 at a hospital on her native Kikai Island in Kagoshima region, according to Susumu Yoshiyuki, a health and welfare official.
At 117, Nabi Tajima was older than modern-day Australia, and everyone else known to live on the planet.

Tajima, born Aug. 4, 1900, in Araki, Japan, and recognized as the world's oldest person, has passed on that mantle. She died Saturday, having been hospitalized since January, the Associated Press reported, and was the last known person born in the 19th century. She was living in the small island town of Kikai, the AP reported.

Newspaper

Another person accused of being 'Russian troll' by the Times newspaper for non-mainstream views

broken twitter screen
© Dado Ruvic / Reuters
Another day, another troll accusation - Twitter user Citizen Halo has taken to social media to lash out at the MSM after a hit piece suggested that she was not a "Finnish activist," but actually a Russian troll.

Calling her motives and, apparently, location into question, in an article headlined "Skripal trolls mobilised to spread 'news' of bombings," reporters for the Times queried the legitimacy of a person who could question the accepted narrative on both the Skripal poisoning and the recent strikes on Syria.

Eye 2

Liverpool: Drinking mob kills dog after throwing it from balcony and then hitting it with sticks

Christian Dutu dog Hindo Liverpool
© Liverpool EchoChristian Dutuโ€™s dog Hindo was thrown from a balcony


A dog has died after being thrown from a balcony and then hit with sticks when it landed on the ground.


The horrific incident happened in Liverpool yesterday, after a 'rowdy' group of around 40 people gathered in the street drinking, and started throwing bottles at parked cars.

Cristian Dutu, who lives in the flat above the street, was with his dog Hindo on a balcony when his mum went down to ask the group not to throw bottles.

'People on the street started to climb the fence to get onto our balcony, armed with broken bottles and knives. There were 10 to 15 people on the terrace and me and my mum were slashed with the broken bottles.'

Cristian, 27, said the attackers then grabbed their dog Hindo.

'We've had him since he was a puppy and because he was trying to protect my mum they grabbed him by the legs and threw him from the terrace onto the street.'

Comment: Unbelievable! As if it wasn't bad enough to upset neighbours with street drinking, these people invaded their home, assaulted them and killed their dog in revenge for protesting. At this rate, the next thing is a 'zombie apocalypse' - not caused by some virus or curse, but because society in general is degenerating into chaos to the point that people are becoming heartless, brutal and uncivilized.


TV

MI5 vetted thousands of BBC staff to keep 'evil' and potentially 'subversive' people out

BBC office
© Global Look Press
The BBC allowed MI5, Britain's intelligence service, to vet its applicants in a bid to stop potentially "subversive" people from influencing the broadcast material, new files have revealed.

The documents reveal the extent to which MI5 worked with the broadcaster to politically vet thousands of employees - except for "personnel such as chairwomen" - right until the early 1990s.

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Bomb

Syrian army strips militants of suicide belts and a vast cache of NATO arms

suicide bomb belt
© Flickr / Israel Defense Force
An estimated 6,000 Jaysh al-Islam militants and their families are expected to withdraw from East Qalamoun, northwest of Syrian capital, to Jarablus in northern Aleppo province.

Syrian troops carrying out searches of militants at the settlement of Ar-Ruheiba in the Eastern Qalamoun Mountains in Rif Dimashq Governate have seized suicide belts and ammunition which jihadists tried to take with them during their withdrawal, the Syran Arab News Agency reports.

According to the Syrian Army, the militants' withdrawal, agreed based on the same terms allowing fighters to withdraw from Eastern Ghouta, will continue for the next two or three days.

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