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DC police sued over unlawful pepper-spraying of 10 year old boy at Trump inauguration


RT
Fri, 05 Jan 2018 18:15 UTC
DC protesters
© Adrees Latif / Reuters
Protesters demonstrating against U.S. President Donald Trump take cover as they are hit by pepper spray by police on the sidelines of the inauguration in Washington, DC, US, January 20, 2017
A 10-year-old boy and his mother are suing Washington, DC police officers for unlawfully pepper spraying them during a roundup of protesters on President Donald Trump's Inauguration Day.

The complaint filed Wednesday says that Gwen Frisbie-Fulton and her son, identified only as as "AS" - since he was 10 at the time - were peacefully demonstrating when police kettled protesters at 12th and L Streets on January 20, 2017.

The lawsuit says police discharged pepper-spray in "supersoaks." Frisbie-Fulton and her son tried to escape the spraying, but AS was knocked back into the group by a line of officers.

"I was terrified for my son's safety. When he was knocked down, I instinctually jumped on top of him to cover his body with mine," said Frisbie-Fulton said in an ACLU statement. "We are told police are there to keep us safe, but on Inauguration Day they were the ones who put us in danger."

Comment: Brings to mind the G20 protests in Toronto. See also:

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Boat

32 sailors missing after two ships collide off Chinese coast


RT
Sun, 07 Jan 2018 09:16 UTC
Chinese navy helicopter
© Zha Chunming / Global Look Press
A Chinese navy helicopter takes off from China's Zhengzhou missile destroyer
Two vessels have collided off the eastern coast of China, according to reports in Chinese media. Search and rescue operations are underway for 32 people who went missing in the collision.

The collision between the Panama-registered oil tanker "SANCHI" and Hong Kong freighter "CF CRYSTAL" happened at around 8:00pm local time Saturday, 160 nautical miles east of the mouth of the Yangtze River, Xinhua reports citing the Chinese Ministry of Transport. The accident caused a massive fire onboard the "SANCHI," forcing the tanker to tilt to the right. Thirty-two sailors from the Panamian vessel remain missing, including 30 Iranians and two Bangladeshis.

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Orthodox Christians in Russia and almost 70 other countries celebrate Christmas


TASS
Sat, 06 Jan 2018 23:44 UTC
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was among the worshippers attending the Christmas service at the Christ the Savior Cathedral

Christmas in Russia
© Dmitry Feoktistov / TASS
Orthodox Christians in Russia and other countries around the world are celebrating Christmas on January 7, an event which 2017 years ago marked the beginning of the new history of mankind.

Christians conclude a four-week fast during which they confess their sins and receive communion. And on Christmas Eve they have special fasting, "until the first star," in memory of how the Magi came first to the birthplace of Christ following the movement of the star in the sky. At present, a candle in front of the altar, which is lit at the end of the Christmas Eve service at about noon, symbolizes the star.
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Nuke

CDC begins preparing for nuclear detonation

Helen Branswell
Stat News
Thu, 04 Jan 2018 22:43 UTC
Hydrogen bomb test
© Stat News
A photo of a hydrogen bomb test appears on the CDC website announcing grand rounds: "Public Health Response to a Nuclear Detonation."
With this week's bellicose boasting about who has the bigger red button on his desk, an alert Thursday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention felt more than a bit on the nose.

With the prospect of actual nuclear war breaking out between North Korea and the United States seeming ever more real, the CDC is moving to prepare health professionals and others on what the public health response would be to a nuclear detonation.

The CDC announced it is staging a grand rounds - a teaching session - on the topic. The target audience: doctors, nurses, epidemiologists, pharmacists, veterinarians, certified health education specialists, laboratory scientists, and others. The event will be held Jan. 16.

A spokesperson for the agency said planning for the event has been underway for months - in fact, since CDC officials took part in a"radiation/nuclear incident exercise" led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency last April, Kathy Harben said in an email.

"CDC participants felt it would be a good way to discuss public health preparedness and share resources with states and other partners. State and local partners also have expressed interest in this topic over time," she said.
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Seriously ill Palestinian woman kept in Israeli jail despite end of prison sentence


The Palestinian Information Center
Fri, 05 Jan 2018 08:10 UTC
Palestinian detainee Haneyya Sharay’a

Palestinian detainee Haneyya Sharay’a
The Israeli occupation authorities have refused to release 62-year-old Palestinian detainee Haneyya Sharay'a despite the end of her prison sentence.

Coordinator for the National Factions in Nablus, Emad al-Deen Eshteiwi, said an Israeli court ruled that prisoner Sharay'a be jailed for seven days and pay a fine of 5,500 shekels, which she did.

Eshteiwi added that Sharay'a was slated to be released on Wednesday. However, the occupation authorities have kept her behind prison bars.

Comment: Once again the 'only democracy in the Middle East' shows how 'justice' is selectively applied:

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Russian Embassy calls out new BBC 'Russian Mafia' series as barely-disguised dig


Sputnik
Sat, 06 Jan 2018 20:45 UTC
Tower Bridge in London
© AP Photo/Tony Hicks
The Russian Embassy in the UK says McMafia, a new BBC series depicting Russian gangsters living in London, is a barely disguised dig at Russians, and inaccurate to boot.

The eight episode series, premiering on BBC One on January 1, depicts one wealthy Russian mafia family's unsuccessful efforts to put criminal life behind them and build a legitimate life in the UK.
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Dollars

Homeless man at Charles de Gaulle airport takes €490,000 from unlocked office & vanishes


RT
Sat, 06 Jan 2018 20:13 UTC
homeless UK, homeless Britain
© Jonathan Nicholson / Global Look Press
Christmas came early for a homeless man at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport who stumbled on two bags of cash holding €490,000, after he "accidentally" leaned on a door at one of the terminals.

The man, only identified by airport police as a 40-year old of North African origin, was spending most of his time rummaging through trash bins at Charles de Gaulle International Airport in late 2017.
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Attention

73yo woman delivering meals to the homeless attacked with machete


Yahoo! News
Sat, 06 Jan 2018 19:48 UTC
Abukar Ibrahim
Police say a man in Vermont has used a machete to attack a woman in her 70s as she delivered meals to a motel being used as emergency housing for the homeless.

WCAX-TV reports 32-year-old Burlington resident Abukar Ibrahim is accused of attacking the 73-year-old Meals on Wheels volunteer who was dropping off meals at Harbor Place, which serves as a temporary emergency housing facility. The attack happened Friday in Shelburne.

The woman was sent to a hospital with multiple injuries and later released.

Police say Ibrahim barricaded himself in a room for 2½ hours after the attack before coming out. He was being held at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility.
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Florida teen who impersonated doctor pleads guilty and gets nearly four years in jail


Sputnik
Sat, 06 Jan 2018 19:37 UTC
prison
© Pixabay
Accused of stealing thousands of dollars and impersonating a doctor, Florida man Malachi Love-Robinson pleaded guilty to the charges Thursday and was sentenced to three and a half years in prison.

Love-Robinson, was who arrested February 2016 at the age of 18, will also get credit for already having served 483 days in jail, the Miami Herald reported. However, once his sentence is over he is expected to pay $80,000 to patients he "treated."

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Pistol

Cops kill veteran who accidentally pushed medical alert button

John Vibes
The Free Thought Project
Sat, 06 Jan 2018 19:08 UTC
Kenneth Chamberlain
A police officer who shot and killed an innocent 68-year-old mentally ill veteran who accidentally hit the medical emergency button in his home, will face no consequences after acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim determined that there was insufficient evidence to press charges.

The victim, Kenneth Chamberlain, accidentally triggered a medical alert through "Life Aid," which prompted police to visit his home. When the officers arrived unexpectedly, Chamberlain told the responding officers that he was OK and did not need any help. He refused to answer his door, and instead called Life Aid and told them that he did not need the police at his home.

"I have the White Plains Police Department banging on my door, and I did not call them and I am not sick," Chamberlain told the dispatcher on the phone.

However, the officers refused to leave and initiated a standoff with Chamberlain, allegedly taunting him with racial slurs, according to his family.
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