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Alleged Anonymous hacker raided by FBI after exposing Ohio rape scandal


RT
Thu, 06 Jun 2013 21:44 UTC
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A 26-year-old Kentucky man says the FBI raided his home earlier this year in an attempt to investigate two hacker groups and the role they played in exposing the players linked to a high-profile rape case in Steubenville, Ohio.

An aspiring rapper from Winchester, KY named Deric Lostutter revealed Thursday that agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted a search of his home two months ago and seized computers, electronics and other items pursuant to a warrant signed April 15 by a federal judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky.

Lostutter has not been charged with any crime yet, but the FBI combed through his house in search of items pertaining to the hacktivist group Anonymous and an offshoot, KnightSec.

According to the warrant, Lostutter is likely the target of an investigation into KnightSec's online campaign earlier this year to collect, analyze and distribute information about the gang rape of a teenage girl the previous summer in the town of Steubenville, around 400 miles away from Winchester near Ohio's border with Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

The 16-year-old victim, whose name has not been published due to her age and the brutal nature of the crime, testified in court that she didn't even know she had been assaulted until she learned about the incident on social media the following day last August. Images began circulating the next morning of a seemingly lifeless body being dragged by teenagers across the room of a party, and several witnesses tweeted accounts of a high school rager that went terribly awry.
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Elderly New York man fed up with government oppression tries to commit suicide outside studio of popular live TV show

Tim Herrera
Newsday
Thu, 06 Jun 2013 10:16 UTC
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A man with a knife cut his wrists outside the filming of the 'Today' show on Thursday.
A Queens man slashed his wrists in front of the crowd outside the "Today" show studio in Rockefeller Center Thursday, saying the Internal Revenue Service was out to get him.

Pak Chong Mar, 76, sliced himself with a knife around 7:50 a.m., shouting "the IRS is watching me," as the show was about to begin its 8 o'clock hour outside, according to the NYPD and The Associated Press. Security guards and police tackled him, and he was taken to Bellevue Hospital Center. The NYPD said he was in stable condition.

The show moved inside to start the hour, with host Matt Lauer explaining why they went inside.
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Texas says it's OK to shoot an escort if she won't have sex with you


Gawker
Thu, 06 Jun 2013 19:34 UTC
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A jury in Bexar County, Texas just acquitted Ezekiel Gilbert of charges that he murdered a 23-year-old Craigslist escort - agreeing that because he was attempting to retrieve the $150 he'd paid to Lenora Ivie Frago, who wouldn't have sex with him, his actions were justified.

Gilbert had admitted to shooting Frago in the neck on Christmas Eve 2009, when she accepted $150 from Gilbert and left his home without having sex with him. Frago, who was paralyzed by the shooting, died several months later.

Gilbert's defense argued that the shooting wasn't meant to kill, and that Gilbert's actions were justified, because he believed that sex was included as part of the fee. Texas law allows people "to use deadly force to recover property during a nighttime theft."
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Lawsuits piling up over fired rogue Utah highway patrol trooper

Andew Adams
KSL.com
Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:00 UTC

An increasing number of lawsuits are being filed over fired Utah Highway Patrol trooper Lisa Steed. People who claim they have been wrongly convicted are trying to clear their names.

Steed's case is raising questions about what the innocent can do to protect their rights when stopped by police, even on a minor traffic violation.

Chad Ray was one of Lisa Steed's DUI convictions. On March 8, 2010, he had picked up his drunk brother and was headed home when Steed stopped him.

"I passed the walking tests," Ray said.

Though Ray said he wasn't drunk and passed all subsequent tests, he was arrested. And his drunk brother? Left along the side of the freeway.

"I said, 'Are you really going to leave my brother on the freeway like that?' She said, 'It ain't my problem,' " he said.

Ray ultimately chose to fight his conviction when he saw news of Steed's troubles. His lawsuit is one of three so far involving Steed that prosecutors are not contesting. Attorney Mike Studebaker has filed on 21 other cases like Ray's, and he's looking into more than 90 others.

"We will file as many post-conviction cases as need to be filed," Studebaker said.

Studebaker explained the basic game plan for these post-conviction lawsuits, known as "petitions for post-conviction relief," is to argue that due to the misconduct that has been revealed about Steed, the convictions should be vacated.

Studebaker said details of Steed's record should have been disclosed to defense lawyers.
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25,000 Belgians stage rally in Brussels, protesting government's austerity measures


Press TV
Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:30 UTC
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Belgian protesters march in Brussels on June 6, 2013.
More than 25,000 Belgians have staged a rally in Brussels, protesting against the government's austerity measures while demanding equal status for workers and employees.

The march on Thursday was organized by the Socialist and Christian Democratic unions, which estimated the number of protestors at 35,000.
"Austerity is not the solution, it is the problem. We must change course. [There] should be more and better jobs," Secretary of the Christian Democratic Union Claude Rollin said.
The protesters also expressed opposition to a proposal presented by Prime Minister Elio di Rupo's government to freeze wages for public sector workers for two years.
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Man tasered while attempting to save infant son from a house fire


kens5.com
Wed, 05 Jun 2013 10:45 UTC

A father was tazed by San Antonio police while trying to save his infant boy from a house fire.

The incident occurred at around 2:30 a.m. Sunday during a house fire in the 100 block of Morningview Drive.

Investigators said the parents of the eight-month-old boy had dropped off their children at their grandparents' house. Somehow, a fire got started inside the home shortly thereafter.

The grandparents managed to grab one boy and rush to safety. That's when they realized one boy was still trapped inside.

Emergency crews and the children's parents arrived on the scene at around that time.

The boy's father tried several times to enter the burning home, but police held him back and ended up tazing him. SAPD said it was for his own safety.

The infant died from injuries sustained during the blaze.

Arson is under investigation. Police said the stories just don't add up.

No criminal charges have been filed.

The family is now looking for a new place to stay.
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Minnesota cheerleader accused of sex trafficking, prostitution of 16-year-old teammate

Alexis Shaw
ABC News
Wed, 05 Jun 2013 11:09 UTC
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Montia Marie Parker, 18, a suburban Minneapolis high school cheerleader, is accused of prostituting a younger student by creating an online ad and taking her to see potential customers, pocketing $60 in one case. She faces felony charges of sex trafficking and promoting prostitution.
A high school cheerleader has been arrested for allegedly pimping out a fellow member of her Minnesota pom-pom squad.

Montia Parker, 18, of Maple Grove, Minn., is due in Hennepin County District Court to face felony charges of sex trafficking and promoting prostitution on June 12.

Parker, a senior at Hopkins High School in Minnetonka, Minn., allegedly contacted a fellow cheerleader after she overheard her talking with girls on the team about trying to make money, the complaint stated.

Through text messages, Parker allegedly asked her sophomore teammate if she would be willing to have sex for money. The victim told Parker that she'd be willing to give men oral sex for money, according to the complaint.

Parker allegedly advised the teen to take photos of herself that were "not too nasty but kinda cute" and to send them to her. Parker told the girl to wear "different outfits" and "show a little skin," the complaint stated.

Using the photos the victim sent her, Parker created an ad for the 16-year-old on Backpage.com, according to the complaint.
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Heartless: City of Abbotsford, British Columbia, spreads manure over gathering place for homeless people


CBC News
Wed, 05 Jun 2013 04:55 UTC
'War on the homeless' treats homeless like 'animals,' local advocate says


The City of Abbotsford has apologized for spreading chicken manure over a popular gathering place for the homeless in an apparent bid to drive them out of the city.

"I am deeply sorry for our actions," city manager George Murray wrote in an email obtained by CBC News.

"As city manager, I take this situation very seriously and retain full responsibility for the manner in which we dealt with this incident."

The practice of using chicken manure to drive away the homeless came to light after local advocate James W. Breckenridge wrote a column titled "This Stinks" in the Abbotsford Today community newspaper.
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Native American High school graduate told she must pay $1000 to receive high school diploma because she wore eagle feather on her graduation cap

Paul G
Powwows.com
Wed, 05 Jun 2013 00:00 UTC
The school has, as noted in contract, has fined Chelsey $1,000. The fine must be paid to receive her diploma and transcript.

Chelsey Ramer is a member of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians. Despite being warned, Chelsey wore an eagle feather on her graduation cap. The school issued a warning and asked all seniors to sign a contract about commencement. Chelsey did not sign the contract.

The school has, as noted in contract, has fined Chelsey $1,000. The fine must be paid to receive her diploma and transcript.

Chelsey feels she has been discriminated against.

Is wearing an eagle feather in graduation covered in the American Indian Religious Freedom Act?

Is the fine justified?


Comment: Of course the fine is not justified. What happened to liberty is America?

The school in question is the Escambia Academy High School in Atmore, Alabama.

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Police officers across U.S. ignoring existing gun control laws in protest of pending legislation

Dabney Bailey
Opposing Views
Wed, 05 Jun 2013 00:00 UTC
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Police are sworn to uphold the law, but some police officers are allowing their political beliefs to trump their job responsibilities. As many as 200 police officers across the country are actively ignoring existing gun control laws in order to protest pending gun control legislation.

Police Chief Mark Kessler of Gilberton Borough, Penn., and hundreds of fellow pro-gun police officers gathered at the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association to talk about hot-button issues affecting modern police officers.

One of the biggest topics was how police officers were rebelling against federal and state gun control laws. Kessler boasted that he and city officials worked together on his so-called Second Amendment Protection Resolution, which "nullified every single gun-control law in the nation" for his small 800-person town.
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