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Flashback Lakota People's Law Project: Police are killing Native Americans at a higher rate than any race - media remains silent

Matt Agorist
Free Thought Project
Sun, 02 Aug 2015 14:45 UTC
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Americans are up in arms right now over the near epidemic number of deaths of African-American at the hands of police, and rightfully so. African-Americans make up only 13 percent of the population, yet they are the victims in 26 percent of all police shootings. That is nearly 3 times the rate of whites.

The outrage by the #Black Lives Matter movement is founded in statistical evidence which shows that the system inherently and with extreme bias disproportionately targets blacks.
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Another brutal police attack: Cop drags woman by her hair and punches her in the face

Claire Bernish
The Free Thought Project
Sun, 10 Jul 2016 14:42 UTC
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Cellphone video of a brutal arrest by Providence, Rhode Island, Police on May 23 is being reviewed by the department after Mayor Jorge Elorza questioned whether the use of force would be considered excessive.

'Excessive,' however, could be considered a major understatement whether or not the officers' claims the suspects acted violently toward them.

Footage uploaded to Facebook on July 7 begins with Patrolman Michael Place growling, "Get the fuck up," as he yanks a woman, identified later in police reports as Carolinmar Torres, to her feet from the steps of a front porch — violently striking her head first into the side of the home.

Apparently alarmed by the officer's actions, a man approaches, is thrown back by a second cop who punches him in the face, screaming, "Get the fuck off!" — as Place grips a handful of the Torres' long hair and forcibly jerks her away from the porch.
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New German study finds no link between national origin and crime


RT
Sun, 10 Jul 2016 13:27 UTC
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© Stefanie Loos / Reuters Migrants pray after the Iftar (breaking fast) meal at a refugee shelter in a former hotel in Berlin, Germany June 9, 2016.
Over a million refugees came to Europe in 2015, and when mass sexual assaults left many nations in shock, migrants were the first to be blamed. However, a new study suggests there is no direct link between national origin and crime.

The Berlin-based organization Mediendienst Integration (Integration Media Service) compiled the study, led by the Münster criminologist Christian Walburg.

The research is largely based on data from Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office and claims to refute any connection between national origin and crime.

Since the past year, there has been no jump in the number of offenses per 100,000 people for the most frequent types of crimes, Münster told the Deutsche Welle media outlet.
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Denver Delta flight diverts to Tulsa, 12 passengers fall ill with elevated levels of carbon monoxide

Qin Xie
Daily Mail
Sat, 09 Jul 2016 19:26 UTC
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A Delta Airlines flight was diverted to Tulsa International Airport after multiple passengers fell ill at the same time. Flight 1817 was traveling to Denver from Atlanta on Saturday when it was diverted at around 3pm. Tulsa Fire Department said elevated levels of carbon monoxide was found in the bodies of some of the passengers, according to ABC News. The cause of the higher levels has not yet been determined but an investigation continues.

Initially it was reported that nine flyers felt ill and were complaining of nausea and sickness but fire department spokesman Stan May later said it was actually 12. May said that once passengers had got some fresh air, their levels returned to normal. Mel Gillen, one of the passengers on board, told Fox News that people 'put their head down because they were feeling so nauseous' and some had also vomited.

Emergency Medical Services Authority spokeswoman Kelli Bruer said one passenger was taken to the hospital as 'non-emergent'. Another passenger was taken to a hospital for unrelated medical issues according to Bruer.

The airline says 152 passengers were on board the plane when its crew decided to divert to Tulsa after 'a few' passengers reported feeling ill. A second plane was sent to Tulsa to take the passengers on to Denver on Saturday evening. Passengers were being re-screened at about 8.30pm local time to get them on another Denver-bound plane.

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First Russian Orthodox monastery could be opened in vicinity of US capital


Sputnik
Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:23 UTC
Russian cities
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The first Russian Orthodox monastery could be opened in the US capital of Washington D.C. or in its vicinity, Metropolitan Jonah, a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR), told Sputnik.

"In the area, not necessarily in D.C... It will be Russian tradition, of course, you know, the services will also be in English, as well as in [Church] Slavonic... [The monastery] has a very specific outreach [program] to educate people about Orthodoxy and Russian culture and Russian spiritual culture," Metropolitan Jonah said, answering a question about his plans to establish a monastery in Washington D.C.
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All Russian civil servants and politicians may face anti-corruption polygraph tests


RT
Mon, 11 Jul 2016 11:58 UTC
Lie detector test
© Sergey Pyatakov / Sputnik
The Russian public chamber has proposed a nationwide program in which civil servants, politicians and even civil activists undergo universal polygraph tests to detect and purge those previously engaged in corruption schemes.

"We propose that these tests are taken by all candidates for positions in the civil service before they are officially employed and also by any public figures," deputy head of the Public Chamber's commission for public control and expertise, Dmitry Galochkin, said in comments with the Nezavisimaya Gazeta newspaper. He noted that this also applied to all Lower House MPs.

However, currently polygraph tests are strictly voluntary, partly because Russian law does not contain any regulations concerning this procedure. To correct this, the Public Chamber intends to prepare some legislative basis surrounding polygraph tests and cases when they can be used. After these bills are prepared and drafted, the activists intend to promote universal and systematic checks.
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Stunning civil disobedience: Black woman in flowing dress faces police down in Baton Rouge, social media lit up


RT
Mon, 11 Jul 2016 10:17 UTC
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© Jonathan Bachman / ReutersA demonstrator protesting the shooting death of Alton Sterling is detained by law enforcement near the headquarters of the Baton Rouge Police Department in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. July 9, 2016
A picture of an unarmed young black woman in a long dress, standing calmly in front of two police officers in full riot gear who arrest her during a Black Lives Matter protest has awed social media. Users called the image "legendary" and "symbolic."

The powerful photo was taken by Reuters photographer Jonathan Bachman during the Black Lives Matter rally in the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. People had gathered to protest police brutality following the shooting of African-American Alton Sterling.

The picture was reportedly shot near police headquarters - the woman in floating dress stands right in front of two police officers in full gear. She looks calm and peaceful confronting the men who are approaching to arrest her.


Comment: The all-important context of Ms. Evans' bravery: Police shootings: Yes, they are about race

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Air defense missile system flipped upside down after military parade in Ukraine


Sputnik
Mon, 11 Jul 2016 02:10 UTC
Ukraine 9K35 Strela-10 air defense system
© Flickr/ Ed Brambley
Self-propelled air defense missile system Strela-10 turned turtle after a military parade in Ukraine.

UAF's air defense unit personnel flipped over the machine after a military parade in Konotop city in northern Ukraine, the Inspector General of local police department told media. The parade was held to mark 357 years since Ukrainian Cossacks won in the battle of Konotop.

Resident of the city Spartak Sergiyenko saw the 9K35 Strela-10 lying gracefully in the middle of the street and immediately posted photographs of the capsized machine on his Facebook page.

"How is this possible?" He wrote. "What a party it must have been."
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Houston cops shoot man ten times for allegedly pointing a gun at them


RT
Sat, 09 Jul 2016 23:24 UTC
Alva Braziel
© Alva Braziel / Facebook
Police fatally shot an African-American in the early hours of Saturday in Houston, Texas. The man, identified by media as Alva Braziel, was reportedly shot ten times after he pointed his gun at law enforcement.

Video footage of the aftermath shows his wife explaining what happened before breaking down. "It ain't alright that's he's laying on the street dead out there," she said. "They don't care. Please ... get him up off the ground."

Houston Police Department said that two officers killed an armed man early Saturday morning, and that they were wearing body cameras at the time, ABC 13 reports.

Comment: Police shootings: Yes, they are about race

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Top Spanish bullfighter gored to death in ring first time this century


RT
Sun, 10 Jul 2016 10:38 UTC
Spanish Bullfighter
© Cristina Quicler / AFP
A top Spanish bullfighter has been gored to death in the ring during a fight observed by hundreds of horrified spectators. He is the first person to have died at a bullring in the country during the last 30 years.

Victor Barrio, 29, was killed on Saturday when a bull's horn ripped through the man's chest. The fight was being staged in the town of Teruel in the eastern region of Aragon. The performance ending with Barrio's death was also broadcast on television.

The last matador who was killed during a bullfight in Spain was Jose Cubero, also known as Yiyo, in 1985. Manolo Montoliu and Ramon Soto Vargas were the last bandilleros, or matador's assistants, that died at a bullring, both in 1992.

Comment: See also:
  • Flaming-Horned Bull Fatally Gores Man in Spain


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