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City forced to refund millions in unconstitutional red light traffic camera tickets

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Fri, 02 Feb 2018 15:38 UTC
red light cameras
In a time where there are daily attacks on the US constitution, a glimmer of hope has arisen in New Miami, Ohio as the state appeals court ruled in the favor of the citizens. All drivers who were sent one of the town's 'unconstitutional' speed camera tickets will be getting a refund thanks to a court system that protected freedom instead of the state.

The court ruled that the $3 million in fines stolen from drivers with no due process was all obtained illegally and they must now pay it back.
The Ohio Court of Appeals on Monday delivered a heavy blow to New Miami's attempt to block a court-ordered refund of $3,066,523 in speed camera citations. The village insisted that the lower court (view ruling) got it wrong and that the village should not be forced to pay back any amount on the grounds of sovereign immunity. Not so, said the unanimous three-judge panel.

"While it is true that New Miami has the authority to enforce its traffic laws, it must do so in a constitutional manner," Judge Michael E. Powell wrote for the appellate court. "New Miami does not have the authority to do so in an unconstitutional manner."
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Arrow Up

GoFundMe campaign raises $24,000 for father who attacked pedophile doctor Larry Nassar


RT
Sat, 03 Feb 2018 12:57 UTC
Father attacks Nassar
© Rebecca Cook / Reuters
Randall Margraves is tackled after he lunged at Larry Nassar.
A GoFundMe campaign has raised more than $24,000 for the father who attacked convicted pedophile Larry Nassar in court on Friday.

Randall Margraves attempted to get his hands on the disgraced US gymnastics team doctor, who has been sentenced to 175 years in prison, after his daughters gave victim impact statements detailing the abuse they suffered at the hands of Nassar.

The visibly upset dad first asked for "five minutes in a locked room with this demon" before rushing at Nassar, only to be tackled by police.

As he was led away from the courtroom, he shouted: "I want that son of a bitch... give me one minute with that bastard."

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Smoking

Alabama House passes bill to ban smoking in cars with minors


Alabama Today
Fri, 02 Feb 2018 14:59 UTC
No smoking sign
© Zest Magazine
On Tuesday, the Alabama House passed a bill that aims to stop adults from smoking tobacco products in a motor vehicle while any minors are present. Birmingham-Democrat State Rep. Rolonda Hollis filed HB26 in an effort to protect minors who cannot protect themselves from harmful tobacco products.

"We aren't saying you can't smoke, and we aren't saying what to do with your body," Hollis told AL.com. "We just want to look out more for the kids."

Hollis was inspired on a date night with her husband, he lit a cigarette in the car while they were out and Hollis said she could hardly breathe.

"If I can barely breathe, I'm sure children can barely breathe," said Hollis.

Comment: In a better world, these legislators would be more concerned about greedy corporations poisoning our food, poisoning our water, and polluting the air we breathe - that is more likely to be the true cause of the illnesses mentioned above. The 'pollutants' from second-hand smoke pale in comparison.

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Arrow Down

Stephen King issues an apology for mocking Republicans in train crash

James Hibberd
Entertainment Weekly
Fri, 02 Feb 2018 15:10 UTC
Stephen King
Those who follow him on Twitter know that horror author Stephen King has been a rather tough and consistent critic of Donald Trump and the GOP.

But on Thursday that iconic IT author posted a tweet that he ended up walking back.

First, King fired off a snark tweet about the West Virginia accident where a train carrying dozens of members of Congress, including House Speaker Paul Ryan, hit a truck on the way to a Republican retreat:

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Airplane

Identity of infamous 1971 airplane hijacker 'DB Cooper' recently uncovered due to secret coding in letters

Emily Crane
Daily Mail
Fri, 02 Feb 2018 04:06 UTC
secret coded letter

This note contained coding that read: 'CAN FBI CATCH ME… SWS', which Colbert said was Rackstraw taunting agents to track him. He added that the SWS stood for Special Warfare School, which is where the veteran supposedly learned coding.
Investigators dedicated to uncovering the true identity of infamous 1971 airplane hijacker DB Cooper claim they now have the final pieces of evidence that proves it is the man they have long pinned it on.

The notorious hijacker, who is one of the 20th century's most compelling masterminds, hijacked a Boeing 727 at Seattle-Tacoma airport in 1971 and held its crew and passengers hostage with a bomb.

Once his demand of $200,000 cash - the equivalent of $1.2 million today - was reached and transferred onto the plane, he had the crew take off before he parachuted out over the dense Pacific Northwest woods and disappeared.

The hijacker was dubbed DB Cooper by the FBI.

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Pistol

African migrants in Italy 'targeted' in drive-by shooting [Update]


RT
Sat, 03 Feb 2018 13:53 UTC
Italian police
© Tiziana Fabi / AFP
A number of foreign nationals have been targeted in a drive-by shooting in the Italian city of Macerata, with police suggesting the attack may be racially motivated.

Several people were left injured following a shooting spree on Via dei Velini and Via Spalato, reported La Repubblica. One man has now been arrested in connection with the Saturday morning attack, according to police.

Italian police have confirmed that all the victims are of foreign descent, following suggestions in the Italian press that the shootings were racially motivated, with at least four of the victims said to be African migrants.

Comment: A man has been arrested in connection with the shootings:
A man was arrested at Piazza della Vittoria in connection with the Saturday morning attack. A photo released by police shows the suspect being apprehended with an Italian tri-color flag draped over his shoulders.

Italian police have confirmed that all the victims are of foreign descent, following suggestions in the Italian press that the shootings were racially motivated, with at least four of the victims said to be African migrants.

Corriere is reporting that one police line of inquiry is that it could be a revenge attack for the death of Pamela Mastropietro. The 18-year-old's dismembered body was recently found in two suitcases on the outskirts of the city. A 29-year-old man from Nigeria has been charged with her murder, reported ANSA news.


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Piggy Bank

DNC is reportedly 'dead broke', RNC has nearly $40 million

Kelly O'Meara Morales
The Week
Fri, 02 Feb 2018 14:22 UTC
DNC Chair Tom Perez
© Getty Images
The Democratic National Committee had a rough 2017, plagued by leadership troubles, internal squabbling, and unflattering reports. To top it off, the party ended the year "dead broke," says The Intercept's Ryan Grim.

The Democratic Party is carrying more than $6 million in debt, according to year-end filings - and has just $6.5 million in the bank. Do the math, and the party is working with just over $400,000 overall.

Meanwhile, the Republicans are swimming in pools of money. The Republican National Committee had raised $132 million by the end of 2017 - about twice as much as the DNC - and entered 2018 with almost $40 million to spare, with not a penny of debt.
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Megaphone

Modern imperialism on trial and found guilty

Neil Clark
RT
Sat, 03 Feb 2018 13:38 UTC
Benghazi, Libya, February 28, 2016
© Esam Omran Al-Fetori / Reuters
Benghazi, Libya, February 28, 2016.
Imperialism - which today is usually referred to by the euphemism 'liberal interventionism' - went on Trial at the Waterside Theatre in Derry, Northern Ireland this week.

Five passionate and well-informed speakers, who included the former British Ambassador to Syria Peter Ford, detailed the carnage and chaos that has been unleashed around the globe by the aggressive, warmongering policies of the US and its closest allies.

The event could have been called 'War on Trial.' It might have been called 'Regime Change on Trial.' Or 'Economic Sanctions on Trial.' But it was - thanks to organizer Gregory Sharkey - called 'Imperialism on Trial' and, as the first speaker, the writer and broadcaster John Wight declared, that in itself was highly significant.
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Question

What happened? Democrats love George Bush and the FBI now

Danielle Ryan
RT
Sat, 03 Feb 2018 13:59 UTC
George W. Bush
© Jonathan Ernst / Reuters
A majority of Democrats now have a favorable view of former President George W. Bush - and three times as many Democrats have "a great deal" of trust in the FBI as Republicans do.

Oh, how easily people forget. It would be difficult to find a greater indicator of the fickle nature of politics or the hypocrisy of the party faithful than these two polls.

Democrats find Donald Trump so utterly loathsome that the man who illegally launched the catastrophic Iraq War, and signed the Patriot Act - stripping Americans of their privacy in the name of fighting terrorism - is enjoying the rehabilitation of his image in the eyes of the party that so vehemently opposed him all those years he was in office.
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Heart - Black

Child trafficking cases on the rise in Rochester, US

Savannah Smith
The Goldwater
Sat, 03 Feb 2018 11:19 UTC
child abuse
There's an alarming increase in Rochester children who are being sold for sex.

Police, medical officials, and local agencies referred 127 cases of kids in 2014 who could be sexually exploited. Last year, 62 of those children admitted they had been sold for sex. The Center for Youth Safe Harbor program which offers to counsel the children and teens still have more than 200 open cases.

Child rights and protection advocate Melanie Blow, Chief Operations Officer for the Stop Abuse Campaign says such deplorable practice has been going on "for a very, very long time."

Comment: The horror of child trafficking is a disturbing reflection of the ills of our world:

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