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Cook County jail inmates seize housing wing, take prisoner hostage

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A hostage situation in the maximum-security section of Cook County Jail in Chicago, Illinois, has been resolved. One inmate was stabbed in the leg.

Two inmates have taken another prisoner hostage using "what appears to be a sharp object," according to the sheriff's department, WFLD reported.

A flash bomb was used to gain entry to the area, where the hostage was found stabbed in the leg, WLS reported. The situation was resolved, without any injury to staff.

The two inmates had seized a housing tier of the maximum-security section of the jail, Division 10, after spilling soapy water on the floor. The inmates also tore down security cameras. The housing tier reportedly holds 16 inmates.

Comment: More news from Cook County over the previous months:


TV

Hillary Clinton turns to producer of pulpy television shows to create video of her life for DNC

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© Damon Winter/The New York TimesAttendees at the Democratic Natoional Convention watch a video of Hillary Clinton from earlier in the week.
Who did Hillary Clinton's team turn to to create the biographical story of her life? The creator of the TV show "Scandal," of course.

The TV powerhouse Shonda Rhimes, who created the ABC drama about a Washington fixer caught up in a steamy web of sex and betrayal, has made the five-minute video that will be shown on the final night of the Democratic National Convention, according to a person with direct knowledge of the convention planning who would only discuss the video on the condition of anonymity.

Ms. Rhimes has supported Mrs. Clinton throughout her campaign, having produced a television commercial for her during the Democratic primary.

The video will be centered largely on Mrs. Clinton's mother, Dorothy Rodham, who was born into poverty and neglect on the day that the United States Senate affirmed a woman's right to vote and whose story will form the emotional core of the message Mrs. Clinton hopes to impart on viewers Thursday night.

Comment: Killary: "See, I'm just like you! Even though I never had the experiences my mother had, know absolutely nothing about what it's like to live in poverty, and am a millionaire many times over - I can still identify with you. As Bill used to say, 'I feel your pain.' And please, kindly ignore the fact that I am firmly subject to the whims of Wall Street, the military-industrial-complex, Big pharma and major corporations - who all want nothing better than to strip you of your wealth, health and your very souls. Thank you for watching this message." Funny that the producer of Scandal will produce a scandal-free puff piece for Killary.


Bell

Chelsea Manning faces indefinite solitary confinement after suicide attempt

Chelsea Manning
© Jim Tanner/Reuters
Whistleblower Chelsea Manning, who is serving a 35-year sentence for disclosing US secrets, is now being investigated on charges related to her July 5 suicide attempt at Fort Leavenworth prison. If convicted, she faces indefinite solitary confinement.

On Thursday, Manning received an Army charge sheet informing her that she is under investigation for "resisting the forcecell move team," "prohibited property," and "conduct which threatens [life]," the document released by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) reads.

Manning was rushed to the hospital on July 5, following a suicide attempt. The following week, Manning confirmed through an attorney statement that she had attempted to end her own life.

Comment: The quote below is from Joe Quinn's article- Bradley Manning - Theft or War Crimes?
"There are laws in place that made it impossible for Manning to bring this evidence and these charges to public attention without officially committing a crime. This in itself is a crime against truth, justice and liberty."



Heart - Black

Couple furious after cops go to wrong house and shoot their dog, ridicule them for grieving

Dog shot by police
It is an undisputed fact — cops shoot dogs. What's more, cops often respond to the wrong address to serve a warrant or to investigate a complaint, and end up shooting an entirely innocent person's dog. On Tuesday, officers with the Vallejo Police Department went to an innocent couple's home and shot their dog right in front of them.

Officers were not only unapologetic after putting two rounds in Samantha Melo and her boyfriend Manuel Trujillo's beloved dog Rambo, but they ridiculed the couple for grieving.

Around 6:00 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, Melo and Trujillo were outside with Rambo when three officers approached the house. Curious as to who was in his front yard, Rambo rounded the corner of their home to investigate. When he turned the corner, one of the officers shot him, twice.

"All I remember [Trujillo] saying is, 'No, no, no, don't shoot. He's a good dog'," Melo said.

"By the time I turned the corner, they already shot," Trujillo said.

Camcorder

$10 million suit filed against New York City by man who filmed fatal arrest of Eric Garner

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© Peter Eliscu / YouTubeRamsey Orta
Ramsey Orta, the man who filmed the fatal arrest of Eric Garner, is suing New York city for $10 million, arguing this own arrest was a "retaliation" for the Garner video. Orta is soon to be sentenced on drug charges and gun possession.

The man who videoed the NYPD's fatal arrest of Eric Garner, which led to national outrage and nationwide protests over police brutality, is suing the city for $10 million. Ramsey Orta argues his own arrest was "retaliation" for making the Garner video.

"He feels he was unjustly singled out for arrest because he took that film of his friend getting arrested. The police have gone out of their way to follow him and arrest every change they get," Orta's lawyer, Andrew Plasse, told the New York Daily News.

Two weeks after he filmed New York City police killing Garner by putting him in a chokehold, Orta, 26, was arrested on charges of possessing a .25 caliber Norton semiautomatic handgun. Six months later, he was charged with selling $40 worth of heroin to an undercover cop.

The lawsuit filed on Tuesday in Manhattan Supreme Court argues that those arrests were unwarranted.

The video, which was first posted on the New York Daily News website, shows police officer Daniel Pantaleo of the New York Police Department putting Garner in a banned chokehold, despite the suspect's plea of "I can't breathe." That video caused a national outcry over police brutality that led to nationwide protests and contributed to the birth of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Camcorder

Disturbing body cam shows cop execute Native American woman for holding haircut scissors: Another Cop found 'not guilty'

Natives lives matter
In March, police officer Austin Shipley responded to a call about a woman acting irregularly in a store. Within minutes of his arrival, he would kill 27-year-old Native American woman Loreal Tsingine.

Last week, conveniently before they released the body camera footage, Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery issued a statement excusing Officer Shipley and said he would not pursue criminal charges against him because he was protecting himself and another officer who felt "threatened" by the 100 lb woman.

"After a careful review of the facts surrounding the case, including available video evidence and witness statements from all involved, my office found no evidence of criminal conduct on the part of Officer Shipley," Montgomery's statement said.

Star of David

"Is it anti-Semitic to criticize and boycott Israel?" asks Yakov Rabkin

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© Pluto press
In this essay Yakov Rabkin takes on the question that's affected, most recently, the Labour Party in Britain. Here for the Pluto Blog he develops the history and contemporary resonance of that ever-controversial subject, Zionism.

Comment: In short, pointing out a nation's crimes against humanity is not anti-semitic, it's calling out the psychopaths for their behavior and the population they govern for being complicit and/or ignorant to the antics of their government. As an article linked below points out the blurring of the lines between Jewishness and Zionism allows Israel to continue their killing spree and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people, and globally instills their status as the victim. See below for more information:


Pistol

One police officer shot dead, another injured during San Diego traffic stop

San Diego police
© Mike Blake / Reuters
One police officer has been killed and another injured in a shooting in San Diego, with a suspect now in custody, police reported. The second officer was in surgery, while police have warned other suspects could still be at large.

The officers worked for the gang suppression unit and were shot during a traffic stop at around 11pm local time on Thursday in Southcrest, in the southeast of the city, according to the San Diego Union Tribune.

The names of the officers were not released.

Dominoes

The dominoes teeter: Deutsche Bank profit plunges 98 percent

Deutsch Bank
The biggest and most important bank in the biggest and most important country in Europe continues to implode right in front of our eyes. If you follow my work regularly, you probably already know that I issued a major alarm about Deutsche Bank last September. Subsequently, Deutsche Bank stock hit an all-time low. Then I sounded the alarm about Deutsche Bank again back in May, and once again that was followed by another all-time low for Deutsche Bank. And then I warned about Deutsche Bank again in early June, and you can probably imagine what happened after that. Over the past year, this German banking giant has literally been coming apart at the seams, and in so many ways it is paralleling exactly what happened to Lehman Brothers back in 2008.

Today, we got some more bad news from Deutsche Bank. Compared to the exact same period last year, profits were down 98 percent. A nearly 100 percent drop in net income spooked a lot of investors, and Deutsche Bank shares got hit hard on Wednesday. Of course Deutsche Bank shares are already down by more than half over the past 12 months, and the financial sharks can smell blood in the water.

Just like Lehman Brothers in 2008, Deutsche Bank is essentially in panic mode at this point. They recently announced that they will be closing 188 branches and that 3,000 workers will be losing their jobs. But this could just be the beginning of the layoffs at the bank. According to some reports, the bank could cut up to 35,000 jobs by the year 2020, and CEO John Cryan recently admitted that they "may have to accelerate cost-cutting measures".

What makes all of this even more alarming is that Deutsche Bank is widely considered to be "the most dangerous bank" on the entire planet. The following comes from a CNN article posted just today entitled "The world's riskiest bank is in trouble"...

Sheriff

Indiana community fires its police force — town doesn't descend into chaos

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Galveston town council meeting
After the Galveston Marshal's office allegedly went rogue, refusing to obey the orders of the town's council, the council voted this week to eliminate their police force.

Dozens of protesters turned out to voice their discontent and fears about ridding the town of 1,200 of their police force.

After only being in office for a month, Town Marshal Shawn Durham had made many enemies. According to council documents, Durham was found guilty of violating the rules, neglecting or disobeying orders, conduct unbecoming of an officer, and another breach of discipline.

The charges stem from an apparent power struggle that entailed after Durham was sworn in back in June. According to the council, Durham displayed insubordinate behavior when he refused to grant Town Council President John Hart's requests on behalf of the council for keys to the police department and police vehicles, passwords to police computers and the code to the department's surveillance camera system.