Society's Child

Norwegian cops haven't killed anyone in over a decade

Alexa Erickson
Collective Evolution
Thu, 04 Aug 2016 18:03 UTC

As a child, I was appalled by many of the events that I read about in my history books. The civil, social, and economical injustices confused and angered me. I felt for the millions of people who were victims of such wrongdoings, yet grateful for the ones who risked their lives to make our world, and my home, the United States, a more peaceful place.

As an adult, I can't help but feel like my home has taken so many steps backward.

Despite the fact that it's 2016, it's hard not to turn on the news, flip through Facebook, or look at your phone's news apps without being informed of yet another police shooting. Police killed at least 102 unarmed black people in 2015, nearly two each week.

In 2016, police have killed more than 130 black people, according to a project by the Guardian. Just this past Monday, Korryn Gaines became the 9th black woman killed by police this year.

Comment: The above video is what protecting and serving is all about. Could it be implemented nationwide? Doubtful. The outcome is bleak when psychopaths rule the world.

Reality check: The police were created to control people, not protect them

Humanity: Russian CCTV footage catches man racing to save 3-year-old child from cargo train

RT
Thu, 04 Aug 2016 14:36 UTC

A life-or-death race to save a child from an oncoming train in southern Russia was caught on CCTV. The railroad security team reached the boy as cargo train slammed on the brakes.

Staring death in the face and unable to move, the three-year-old child is snatched from the train's path by railroad security. The duo had set out earlier than usual on patrol, and were just in time.

One of the rescuers, Arseny Ghazarian told LifeNews that campers from a nearby site often stray onto the tracks.

"The most important thing", he added, "is that the child's life was saved." Desperate to save the boy, Ghazarian fell some 20 meters short but says sheer adrenaline carried him on.

"I cursed myself, when I fell - because of me, old fool, a child could have died." "I never ran so fast in my life," he said. "Can you imagine, no mother, no father, no one was there?"

They had 'some 130 meters' to cover but managed to signal the train driver, who slammed on the brakes and blew the horn.

This may have actually frozen the child with fear, as he stood still and stared at the oncoming train.

DHS provides Somali Muslims special airport security tours due to harassment, profiling complaints

Judicial Watch
Tue, 02 Aug 2016 00:00 UTC

The Obama administration gave Somali Muslims behind-the-scenes tours at a major U.S. airport after the group complained to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson about feeling harassed and profiled, government records obtained by Judicial Watch reveal. The special security tours not offered to any other group occurred at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport after Department of Homeland Security (DHS) roundtable meetings with local Somali leaders to obtain feedback for "modifications to practices that would allow for operations to be more culturally sensitive."

On at least two occasions—December 18, 2014 and February 18, 2015—federal authorities granted the unprecedented excursions of the facility's sterile and secure areas, according to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) records obtained by Judicial Watch. The DHS agency that conducted the expeditions, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), provided the Muslim participants with "an in-depth, on-site tour and discussion of CBP's airport, including both inbound and outbound passenger processing," the TSA files state. Besides multiple roundtable meetings between CBP and Somali community leaders including imams, the records show that a luncheon and "cultural exchange and educational brief" also took place between December 2014 and February 2015 so that attendees could ask about the agency's "specific practices" at the airport.

Nigeria: New Boko Haram leader identified, Shekau suddenly resurfaces

Michelle Faul
AP
Thu, 04 Aug 2016 08:07 UTC

Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamic extremists have a new leader who is threatening to bomb churches and kill Christians while ending attacks on mosques and markets used by ordinary Muslims, according to an interview published Wednesday by the Islamic State group. He also says there is a Western plot to Christianize the region and has accused charities of using their aid for that, according to a SITE Intelligence Group translation of an interview published Wednesday in the Islamic State newspaper al-Nabaa.

The newspaper identified Abu Musab al-Barnawi as the new "Wali," or governor, of its so-called West Africa Province. The "Wali" title was previously used to describe long-time Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau. The report did not say what Shekau's current status was, although there have been rumors for weeks that he had been replaced.

The interview with al-Barnawi indicates a major shift in strategy for the Nigerian extremists, who have killed many more Muslims than Christians in attacks in mosques with suicide bombers and gunmen. There have also been attacks on crowded marketplaces in predominantly Muslim areas and the killings and kidnappings of school children. The targeting of students accounts for its nickname Boko Haram, which means Western education is sinful or forbidden.

Comment: Shekau surfaced, and in a confirmed audio recording, said he is still around, living by the Koran, will never cause discord among the people. He also says he was betrayed and the new leader is an infidel. Two leaders, one sub-divided bad-ass organization. Upcoming rumble Nigeria? Or sound and fury, signifying nothing.

Brazilian vice-consul to Russia shoots armed robber in his car near Olympic Park as Slovenian cyclists passed by

Matt Roper
Daily Mail
Thu, 04 Aug 2016 16:55 UTC

The Russian vice-consul in Rio de Janeiro dramatically shot dead an armed mugger who had tried to hold him up in his car - just after the Olympic torch relay had passed by on the last day before the Rio 2016 opening ceremony.

Marcos Cesar Feres Braga, a Brazilian lawyer who holds the vice-consul post at the Russian consulate, reportedly grabbed the attacker and pulled him into his BMW X6 after he [the robber] had smashed the car window and pointed a gun at him, demanding he hand over his watch. A struggle ensued inside the diplomat's car until he managed to grab the assailant's gun, which he used to shoot him dead at point blank range, according to police. Mr Braga is trained in jiu-jitsu and was traveling with his wife and daughter at the time, local media outlet Globo reported.

The mugger, who was on a motorbike with another man, struck at around midday as Braga was waiting for traffic to start moving again after the Olympic torch had passed by on Avenida das Americas in the Barra da Tijuca district of Rio, close to the Olympic Park and athletes village.

Witnesses said that at the moment of the shooting Olympic cyclists from Slovenia were passing by on a training exercise.

Comment: The media either a) did not fact-check and thought it was an actual Russian diplomat, or b) published on hearsay for a headline grabber. Either way, the facts in this case are becoming clear the incident is unrelated to any Russian personnel in Rio. Is this too kind? Was it instead an intended smear?

30,000 refugees scheduled for deportation 'go missing' as Swedish police lacks resources

Ingrid Carlqvist
Gatestone Institute
Fri, 05 Aug 2016 19:27 UTC

Isa Dare, a 4-year-old boy who had been brought into Islamic State

On June 7, it was reported that British citizen Grace "Khadija" Dare had brought her 4-year-old son, Isa Dare, to live in Sweden, in order to benefit from free health care. In February, the boy was featured in an ISIS video, blowing up four prisoners in a car (pictured above). The boy's father, a jihadist with Swedish citizenship, was killed fighting for ISIS.

The Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (Brå), released a report which showed that 11,007 people have been sentenced to deportation after being convicted of crimes. However, the report makes no mention of how many of these individuals have actually been deported. The number of convictions that include deportation has decreased, despite an increasing crime rate among foreigners in Sweden. In the 1970s, about 500 a year were sentenced to deportation; in 2004, the number had risen to 1,074, but in 2014 only 644 received this verdict.

Not only are fewer people sentenced to deportation -- but more and more, those who are to be deported refuse to leave the country. In October of last year, daily newspaper Svenska Dagbladet reported that 30,000 people whose asylum application had been rejected and were scheduled for deportation, had gone missing. The police say they lack the resources to track down these illegals. Patrik Engström, head of the border police at the Department of National Operations (NOA), told the paper: "We put these people on the wanted list, but we do not engage in an active search for them. We wait for tips and things like that."

5 important facts about Korryn Gaines and her death

Jay Syrmopoulos
The Free Thought Project
Fri, 05 Aug 2016 18:44 UTC

Baltimore, MD - On Monday, August 1, at 9:30 am, police arrived at the Carriage Hill Apartments to serve a warrant on Korryn Gaines, 23, for failing to appear on charges stemming from a traffic stop in March, which Gaines recorded.

Shortly after arriving on scene police learned that there was a firearm in the house, so they brought in a SWAT team to deal with the situation. Officers initially knocked on the door, identified themselves as police officers, and after 10 minutes with no response obtained a key to the apartment from the landlord, according to police.

Upon entry to the residence, Gaines was found sitting in on the floor with her son and pointing a shotgun at the entering officers and informed them that she would shoot them if they did not leave the premises. Officers then retreated to a hallway and called for backup.

The video below appears to show officers dressed in tactical gear near the entrance to Gaines home, but it isn't clear at what point during the standoff this video was recorded.

(Vid1) #KorrynGaines IG has been reactivated showing 2 videos uploaded of the standoff before she was killed pic.twitter.com/iJbJ64lO2q

— TheCultureSupplier (@CultureSupplier) August 2, 2016

A standoff then began which lasted throughout most of the day until the police decided to raid the home with guns blazing, killing Gaines and injuring her 5-year-old child. Police spokeswoman, Elise Armacost claimed that Gaines repeatedly pointed her gun at officers and made threatening remarks.

"If you don't leave, I'm going to kill you," Gaines allegedly said at 3 p.m., according to Armacost.

It was at this point that one officer opened fire, to which Gaines then returned fire, with police then opening fire again, striking her several times and killing her as she cradled her 5-year-old son. The boy was injured in the exchange but was reportedly in stable condition.

DHL plane crashes on road after skidding off runway at Italian airport

RT
Fri, 05 Aug 2016 09:20 UTC

A Boeing 737 cargo plane belonging to DHL was arriving at Bergamo's Orio al Serio international airport in Italy from Paris when it skidded off the wet runway and smashed through multiple barriers.

'Cruel and inhumane': People outraged as Karachi authorities poison at least 700 stray dogs

RT
Fri, 05 Aug 2016 09:06 UTC

© Akhtar Soomro / Reuters
The carcasses of dead dogs are collected after they were culled using poison by the municipality in Karachi, Pakistan, August 4, 2016.

Pakistanis are shaming Karachi authorities over their poisoning of at least 700 stray dogs. City officials counter that the canines bite thousands of people yearly, and there is no other way to curb the problem.

Warning: you may find these images disturbing.

The poisoning of dogs got a fierce reaction from social network users, with most of them being outraged at the authorities' actions.

"Just bloody horrible", "Spread the word. Shame on Karachi authorities!", "No more cruelty" were just a few among the angry messages.

Comment: This is a shameful and inhumane act.See also: Series of drug raids in Buffalo, NY leaves trail of dead dogs and terrorized innocent residents

Jewish groups outraged after Black Lives Matter accuses Israel of genocide

RT
Fri, 05 Aug 2016 18:13 UTC

© Black Lives Matter / Facebook
A Black Lives Matter delegation arrives from the US to Samarian village of Bilin near Ramallah, Palestine Administration, to protest with Palestinian activists against Israeli occupation.

The official platform of the Black Lives Matter movement has triggered criticism from Jewish organizations for accusing Israel of genocide against the Palestinians and calling the country "an apartheid state."

T'ruah, a rabbinic human rights organization, has slammed the platform, published earlier this week, expressing dismay at the use of the term 'genocide.'

"We are extremely dismayed at the decision to refer to the Israeli occupation as genocide," it said in a statement published Wednesday.

"While we agree that the occupation violates the human rights of Palestinians, and has caused too many deaths, the Israeli government is not carrying out a plan intended to wipe out the Palestinians. There is no basis for comparing this situation to the [other] genocides of the 20th century."

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Society's Child

Norwegian cops haven't killed anyone in over a decade

Humanity: Russian CCTV footage catches man racing to save 3-year-old child from cargo train

DHS provides Somali Muslims special airport security tours due to harassment, profiling complaints

Nigeria: New Boko Haram leader identified, Shekau suddenly resurfaces

Brazilian vice-consul to Russia shoots armed robber in his car near Olympic Park as Slovenian cyclists passed by

30,000 refugees scheduled for deportation 'go missing' as Swedish police lacks resources

5 important facts about Korryn Gaines and her death

DHL plane crashes on road after skidding off runway at Italian airport

'Cruel and inhumane': People outraged as Karachi authorities poison at least 700 stray dogs

Jewish groups outraged after Black Lives Matter accuses Israel of genocide

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