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The alarming number of Police rapists found in new AP investigation

Joachim Hagopian
Sott.net
Mon, 02 Nov 2015 00:00 UTC
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First we heard about the epidemic of sexual crimes being committed by US soldiers against women in our armed forces several years ago with over 26,000 cases reported in 2011 alone. Even such pristine, honorable institutions as our US service academies traditionally producing America's top leaders are blatantly guilty. The Air Force Academy where supposedly this nation's "cream of the crop" are educated apparently harbors more rapists than any other college in America. And that fact speaks volumes since last year's headlines across the country uncovered the appalling statistics of a rape epidemic occurring on the campuses of America's finest colleges and universities. Up to one in three women can expect to be raped at some point in her life. And now a just released AP finding reports that a thousand police officers lost their badges as "protectors" of our community for various incidents involving sexual misconduct.

If we can't trust men at our leadership bastions like the prestigious US service academies or our military men in uniform sworn to defend and protect our nation, or our best and brightest attending America's finest institutions of higher learning, and now also those wearing blue uniform whose designated purpose is to "protect and serve" our communities whose salaries are paid for by our hard-earned tax dollars, then who can we trust? Definitely not either our government officials in the halls of Washington nor our men of cloth like Catholic priests as both our highest political and spiritual authority figures have even longer histories of sex crimes, both notoriously off the charts for their high profile sex scandals in recent decades.

Comment: The following is only a small sampling of the many stories carried here about the Rape culture of Police and others in positions of authority:

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Pistol

Cop fabricates crime, shoots himself, and says it was suspect who doesn't exist


Sputnik
Tue, 03 Nov 2015 20:37 UTC
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© AP Photo/ Susan Walsh
The cop was arrested on Tuesday after it was revealed he shot himself late last month before fabricating a story that a suspect had fired the bullet. Former England, Arkansas Police Officer David Houser, 50, acknowledged on Monday that he made the whole thing up when he claimed he'd taken a bullet in the line of duty, and confessed that the bullet was actually fired by him, from his own weapon.
"It's every chief's worst nightmare to get a call that your officer has been shot or involved in a shooting," England Police Department Chief Nathan Cook told Arkansas Online. "To investigate and find out it's self-inflicted just puts a whole different spin on it."
On October 24, Houser claimed he was shot by a Hispanic male during a traffic stop, though the round did not penetrate his bulletproof vest. He wrote in his report that he "exchanged gunfire with a suspect who fled from him driving a sport utility vehicle." The person he described was never found, as they do not exist.
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Sherlock

Investigation reveals broken system that allows cops accused of sexual abuse to jump from job to job


RT
Tue, 03 Nov 2015 20:46 UTC
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A "tattered network" of laws has allowed law enforcement officers accused of sexual abuse to hop from job to job, according to an AP investigation. Some of the officers were accused of additional misdeeds - including rape - after moving to new positions.

AP found about 1,000 law enforcement officers who had lost their badges due to sex crimes in six years. Those crimes included rape, as well as sexual misconduct ranging from propositioning citizens to having intercourse while on duty. Data on police officers, jail guards, deputies, and other state law enforcement officials was analyzed during the investigation.

However, the number of police offenders found does not represent all cases, because it only includes those whose licenses to work in law enforcement had been revoked - a punishment which not all states mete out. In states which do revoke badges, the process can often take years.

Agencies responsible for enforcing police standards can revoke the badges of problem officers in 44 states. However, some states - including California and New York, which have several of the country's largest law enforcement agencies - have no statewide system to decertify officers for misconduct. AP also found that some states which do have such systems failed to identify officers removed for sexual misconduct, even in cases that had been made public in the media or court records.

Comment: The average person would never be able to resign after being found guilty of sexual abuse or other violent crimes. Why is it that cops, who are meant to uphold the law, are allowed to get away with breaking the law so easily? Why are criminals treated differently because they have a badge? Something is very wrong with the system in the US.

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Stormtrooper

Okinawa: Tokyo's move to resume work on US base is 'illegal invasion'


RT
Mon, 02 Nov 2015 23:46 UTC
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© www.nationofchange.orgTens of thousands of protesters in Okinawa, Japan demonstrated against the presence and expansion of U.S. military bases on the island for the third day.
Okinawa authorities have filed a complaint against the Japanese government's decision of October 28 to recommence work on a landfill project that is preparing a site for the relocation of a US military base, labeling it an "illegal invasion." Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga blasted the Wednesday move, asserting "the decision by the land minister represents illegal involvement," the Japan Times reports.

The local government filed a complaint with a third-party panel, the Central and Local Government Dispute Management Council, after Tokyo restarted the landfill work on Thursday. If the Council's ruling does not block the central government's work, which Okinawa has been opposing from the start, the local government plans to file a lawsuit.

Okinawa's previous governor, Hirokazu Nakaima, gave the go-ahead for the relocation of the US military's Futenma base to Henoko in 2013. The mood changed, however, in 2014, when Onaga was elected and promised to scuttle Tokyo's plans. Last week, Onaga stressed that he would do everything is his power to block "the construction of a new base at Henoko," the Asahi Shimbun reported.

On October 13, Onaga revoked permission for the construction of a new US military base to host the US Marine Corps. Tokyo is now looking to formerly invalidate Ogana's revocation and also plans to file a lawsuit, the Japan Times reported. Okinawa prefecture, home to about one percent of Japan's population, hosts nearly half of the 47,000 US troops based in Japan.


Comment: No one wants the US military in their backyard...or their country, for that matter! "This has gone on for 70 years since the end of World War II and now we are going to stop it." Okinawa accounts for 0.6 percent of Japanese land, but 74 percent of US military facilities are in Okinawa. The Okinawan citizens are determined. If they succeed, it will be a welcomed example of the power of the people, as so few exist today.

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Document

Memory refresh: Hamas demands Britain apologize for Balfour Declaration carving up Palestine


RT
Tue, 03 Nov 2015 18:35 UTC
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© Abed Omar Qusini / ReutersPalestinian Hamas supporters hold Hamas flags as they take part in a rally to show solidarity with Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, in the West Bank city of Nablus May 15, 2014.
Palestinian political Islamists Hamas have demanded Britain apologize for agreeing to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine in 1917, a move experts say had "profound and pervasive" consequences for those who lived there.

Hamas released its statement Monday to coincide with the 98th anniversary of the declaration. It claimed the 1917 agreement between then British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour and influential Jewish community leader Baron Walter Rothschild is now null and void.

The original declaration, which aimed to combine two apparently contradictory aims, read:
"His Majesty's government view with favor the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavors to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country."

Comment: This is a great reminder from history how this Israel-Palestinian conflict started. Even in the Balfour Declaration, it states: "it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine", which Israel doesn't adhere to.

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Pirates

Qatar opens 'Labor City' (more like 'Slave City') for 70,000 foreign workers


RT
Tue, 03 Nov 2015 00:53 UTC
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© Stringer / ReutersA picture shows the new labor city in the Sanaya Industrial Area in Doha
An enormous worker complex in Qatar has been opened just outside of Doha. 'Labor City' can accommodate some 70,000 foreign workers, who come to the Gulf state to participate in its grand construction projects, such as those for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

The country's Special Engineering Office officially presented the $825 million housing project which is set to house some 68,640 workers.

Sunday's ceremony in the capital, Doha, was opened by Prime Minister Abdullah bin Nasser Al-Thani and the Labor Minister Abdullah al-Khulaifi, who reiterated that improving living standards for migrant workers has become the country's priority.

Labor City, which lies just 14 kilometers from Doha and covers an area of 1,100,000 square meters, is just one of seven house complexes that the government is building to house almost 260,000 labor migrants.

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Beaker

Chipotle closes 43 restaurants in Oregon and Washington after investigation into E. coli outbreak opens


RT
Tue, 03 Nov 2015 17:20 UTC
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© Robert Galbraith / Reuters
Fast food chain Chipotle voluntarily closed 43 restaurants in Washington State and Oregon over the weekend after health authorities launched an investigation into 22 cases of E. coli poisoning. Beef shipped across the US has also been recalled.

"There have been links made to six restaurants in the Seattle and Portland areas," Chris Arnold, communications director for Chipotle, told The New York Times. "We have closed 43 restaurants in those markets out of an abundance of caution."

The company is not planning to close any other restaurants because there is no evidence of an E. coli link to other locations. Re-openings will depend on the investigation.

The Oregon Health Authority said in a statement over the weekend that the outbreak affected people who had eaten at Chipotle outlets from October 14 to 23. They expect the number of cases to rise as more people hear about the situation and seek medical attention.
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Snakes in Suits

Audi and Porsche being investigated alongside VW for emission standards scandal


RT
Tue, 03 Nov 2015 17:13 UTC
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© Michael Buholzer / Reuters
Audi and Porsche have been pulled into Volkswagen's emission-cheating scandal. The US environmental regulator has broadened its investigation and found that the Porsche Cayenne and five Audi models also have software cheating federal pollution standards.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has extended its list of affected vehicles to include a new 2015 Porsche Cayenne and the yet-to-come 2016 Audi A6 Quattro, A7 Quattro, A8, A8L, and Q5. It also includes the 2014 Volkswagen Touareg.

"The NOV [notice of violation] alleges that VW developed and installed a defeat device in certain VW, Audi and Porsche light duty diesel vehicles equipped with 3.0 liter engines for model years (MY) 2014 through 2016 that increases emissions of nitrogen oxide (NOx) up to nine times EPA's standard," the EPA said in a statement on Monday.

The newly-issued NOV covers an "unknown" number of 2016 vehicles.
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Eye 1

Honey tests positive for "elevated" radioactivity found near nuclear power station in Scotland


RT
Mon, 02 Nov 2015 14:05 UTC
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© ReutersThe nuclear fuel reprocessing plant at Dounreay in Scotland.
Honey contaminated with nuclear waste has been found near a disused power station in Scotland, scientists have confirmed, with samples of the product testing positive for "elevated" radioactivity.

The samples showed levels of radioactive caesium-137 that are 14 times higher than samples of honey from elsewhere in the UK, prompting scientists to call for an investigation into wider contamination at the site.

The plant, which closed in 1994, no longer produces nuclear energy. It is still in the process of being decommissioned, however.

Independent nuclear energy consultant John Large said bees are an important barometer of environmental health.

"Bees are key indicators of what is happening in the environment."

Comment: "Bees are key indicators of what is happening in the environment."

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  • History of dangerous problems at radioactive dump sites

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Cheeseburger

How's that 'Obama recovery' working out for ya? High cost of beef leads to more meat thefts in New York

Dave Carlin
CBS News - New York
Mon, 02 Nov 2015 23:43 UTC
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Shoplifting is a common crime in the United States, but the number one stolen item in the country may surprise you.
Believe it or not, it's meat. Experts say meat thefts are reaching an all-time high because beef prices have soared in recent years.

"People steal stuff because they need it," Joe Giacalone, a former NYPD detective, said. "And also, people steal stuff because of greed." "You only have so much money you can spend on groceries, so if the cost of ground beef goes up 30 percent to 40 percent, you have two ways of eating beef — eating less, or in this case, stealing it," Jamie Schweid, of Schweid & Sons Burgers, said.

Schweid is a fourth-generation beef purveyor, whose company specializes in custom-blended ground beef, CBS2's Dave Carlin reported. According to Schweid, there was an ample supply of cattle when his father started his business in the Meatpacking District in the 1970s — and beef prices were low.


Comment: Record high ground beef prices since last financial crisis; American paychecks lagging

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