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Ohio: Arrests made after mob of teenage thugs attacked disabled veteran


CBS News - Cleveland
Fri, 14 Feb 2014 15:16 UTC
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Cleveland authorities have made several arrests following the mob beating of a disabled Army veteran by a group of teenagers.

Last Friday, the victim, Matthew Robinson, was surrounded by between six and eight teenagers while riding the RTA Healthline. Robinson told WOIO that he was attacked by the teens, then robbed of his possessions.

During the attack, the teens made several derogatory remarks about Robinson.

"What they were saying was, 'Knock that boy out!' 'White boy.' 'Cracker,'" he was quoted as saying about the incident. "They were saying, 'Knock that white boy out.'"

This week, three suspects - Kenneth Matthews, Ronald Reid Williams and an unnamed 16-year-old girl - were arrested by Cleveland and RTA police. The latter filmed the attack with her cell phone, and was said to still have the video at the time of her apprehension.
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Russian freestyle skier breaks back in horrific crash


RIA Novosti
Sat, 15 Feb 2014 14:35 UTC
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© RIA Novosti/Anton DenisovMaria Komissarova
A Russian freestyle skier has suffered a broken back in a training crash in the mountains above Sochi, a source told R-Sport on Saturday.

Skicross racer Maria Komissarova sustained the injury while training at the PSX Olympic skicross venue at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, the Russian Freestyle Federation said earlier.

A source close to the situation told R-Sport the injury was a fracture of the spine with a dislocation.

"The character of the injury doesn't allow for her transportation to Moscow," the source said. "Now doctors will decide what to do further but an urgent operation with be carried out at Krasnaya Polyana hospital," the source added.

The 23-year-old's best career result came with second place at a World Cup event in 2012, but she was not expected to be a medal contender in the women's ski cross competition Friday. The federation has not commented on the nature of the injury other than to say it is "serious" and that Komissarova is ruled out of competition.
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University of Mississippi fraternity suspended, 3 members kicked out over noose on statue

Nina Golgowski
NY Daily News
Fri, 21 Feb 2014 11:03 UTC
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A University of Mississippi fraternity chapter was suspended Friday and three freshman members kicked out because of their suspected involvement in hanging a noose on a statue of James Meredith, the first black student to enroll in the then all-white college.

Sigma Phi Epsilon said it indefinitely suspended the Alpha Chapter, which voted to expel all three men and give their names to investigators.

Cops on Sunday found a noose tied around the Meredith statue's neck, along with an old Georgia flag bearing a since-eliminated Confederate battle emblem.

When Meredith tried to enter Ole Miss in fall 1962, Mississippi's governor tried to stop him. That led to violence on the Oxford campus.

U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy sent 500 U.S. marshals to take control and days later, Meredith was allowed in the school. Though he faced harassment, he graduated with a degree in political science.

"It is embarrassing that these men had previously identified with our fraternity," said Brian C. Warren Jr., CEO of Sigma Phi Epsilon. "SigEp as a national fraternity has championed racial equality and issues on diversity since 1959 when it became the first national fraternity to invite members of all races, creeds and religions to join its membership."
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Flashback In Kiev protests, young Jews are helping ultranationalists and anti-semites 'revolutionize' Ukraine into EU

Talia Lavin
Jewish Telegraph Agency
Sun, 08 Dec 2013 09:09 UTC
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On the last evening in November, at least 31 protesters were taken into custody and dozens treated for injuries following a violent confrontation with Ukrainian police in Kiev's Independence Square.

But that wasn't enough to intimidate the crowds who have occupied the main square of the capital since Nov. 21. Thousands showed up the following morning, including a young woman carrying a 10-liter pot of fresh borscht to help the crowd through another cold day on the square.

It was "like a carnival," said Dmitri Gerasimov, 32, a Jewish klezmer musician who has taken part in the protests. "I didn't feel any aggression in the crowd. It was like a public holiday."

The ongoing protests - known widely as EuroMaidan, after the Ukrainian name for the square in which they have taken place - were sparked initially by anger over President Viktor Yanukovych's refusal to sign an agreement that would have deepened ties between Ukraine and the European Union.
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Horrific road rage attack caught on CCTV as police search for driver who mowed down man

Mikey Smith
The Mirror
Sat, 22 Feb 2014 09:32 UTC
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© YouTube/LasVegasPoliceThe elderly man is knocked down on the forecourt
Las Vegas police are appealing for information after a man was hospitalised in a hit-and-run attack on a petrol station forecourt

Horrific surveillance footage captured the moment a man was mown down in an apparent road rage attack on a crowded petrol station forecourt.

The shocking footage, released by Las Vegas police in the hope it will help to identify the driver, shows a grey Honda Accord speed up to the victim, only just stopping short of knocking him down.

When the man looks round at the driver, he speeds off, apparently dragging the victim under the car.

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Ex tribal leader kills four people and critically wounds two in shooting rampage

Rebecca Pocklington
The Mirror
Sat, 22 Feb 2014 09:19 UTC
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Shooting: Four people killed at Cedarville Rancheria tribal office
Sherie Lash, 44, was facing eviction from her home and allegedly opened fire at the hearing - even pulling out a knife when she ran out of bullets.

A former tribal leader went on a rampage and shot dead four people after she found out she was facing eviction from her home, police have said.

Native American Sherie Lash, 44, allegedly chased another person with a large kitchen knife after running out of bullets at a meeting at Oregon's Cedarville Rancheria tribal office in Alturas, California.

Another two people suffered knife wounds and were critically injured as they tried to escape.

Lash, former tribal leader of the Northern Paiute, has been charged with the murders of two women, 19 and 45, and two men, 30 and 50, as well as two attempted murders.
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Civil war next for Ukraine? Russian-speaking eastern regions strike back


RT
Sat, 22 Feb 2014 07:38 UTC
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The public gathering of deputies from local councils of southeastern Ukraine have declared they are taking responsibility for constitutional order in the country, as thousands of people have assembled in the city of Kharkov.

"We, the local authorities of all levels, the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Sevastopol region decided to take responsibility for ensuring the constitutional order and the rights of citizens on their territory," their resolution said.

The Kharkov public gathering has announced a number of measures local authorities should take in response to the developments in Kiev. They should take full responsibility for all decision in respective regions with no regard to authorities in Kiev until the constitutional order in Ukraine is restored, a resolution of the gathering says.

They authorities should take measures to protect arms depots and prevent their take-over and looting by radical opposition activists.
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Crimetracker: Woman confesses on camera to stabbing her own mother


Loca8now.com
Sat, 22 Feb 2014 06:37 UTC
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According to the warrants, Nichols stuffed a sock in her mother's mouth and tried tying her up. The warrants say she strangled her until she lost consciousness, and then stabbed her mother in the neck, chest and stomach using scissors and two knives. Nichols has no prior criminal history in Knox County.
A woman who lives at Sunchase Apartments and is close friends with the 61-year-old woman who was stabbed a few doors down early Tuesday morning didn't want to be identified, but said the woman's daughter - Katie Nichols - is to blame.

"She's not emotionally stable and does the best she can, but needs quite a bit of help," she said.

The woman said after the stabbing, Nichols took off with her young daughter.

"I almost kind of hope that she does come back through here so we can get the authorities to get her," she said.

Not five minutes later, it happened - Nichols walked up to our camera.
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Final death toll from Kiev's day of mayhem: 77 (Videos + Images)


RT
Sat, 22 Feb 2014 04:18 UTC
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© FP Photo / Sergei SupinskyKiev, February 20, 2014
The number of those killed in the Ukrainian violence has risen to 77, the country's Health Ministry has said. Doctors working on Kiev's Independence Square, however, claimed that as many as 70 people were killed on the rioters' side alone on Thursday.

The death toll in the most violent wave of clashes between the rioters and the police in Kiev is likely to increase, as there are conflicting figures coming from the Health Department, city officials and the opposition.

As many as 570 people have been injured, according to official estimates.

The surge in the number of victims comes as both armed rioters and the police are now using live ammunition in clashes. Many of the protesters and police officers killed or injured since Tuesday sustained gunshot wounds. Police have officially been allowed to use firearms in accordance with the law by an order of the Ukrainian Interior Minister.
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Cache of files show Golden Dawn party members posing with weapons and giving Nazi salutes: Are Greece's fascists gearing up for bloody mayhem?

Helena Smith
The Guardian
Mon, 17 Feb 2014 06:31 UTC
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The cache of photographs has been handed by police to a Greek public prosecutor investigating Golden Dawn's alleged illegal activities
Thousands of pictures and video clips allegedly show party members posing with weapons and giving Nazi salutes

Greek authorities are studying what is being described as a cache of "highly incriminating" photographic material in which members of the far-right Golden Dawn party are allegedly depicted participating in mock executions, posing with weaponry and giving Nazi salutes.

The hoard of almost 14,000 pictures and 900 video clips - discovered in computers and mobiles phones confiscated from two MPs and a man who headed one of the group's local branches - has been handed by police to a public prosecutor investigating the extremists' alleged illegal activities.

"What this confirms, without a shadow of doubt, is that Golden Dawn is not only a Nazi group but a criminal organisation that operated as a paramilitary structure," said Dimitris Psarras, the country's leading authority on the party.

"We are literally talking about thousands of pictures," he told the Guardian. "And many are highly incriminating, portraying well known members receiving armed training in summer camps."
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