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'Assaulting' an off-duty cop and fortifying your home security are felonies in Oklahoma

William N. Grigg
The Free Thought Project
Tue, 03 Nov 2015 18:30 UTC
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Two short-tempered men run into each other in a bar in Enid, Oklahoma. The combustible mixture of alcohol and ego produces the predictable reaction - a brief, stupid, and inconclusive fight in which neither side is seriously injured. When police officers arrive on the scene, onlookers expect that both parties to the altercation will be hauled away in handcuffs.

However, after one of them produces a police credential, he is allowed to handcuff the other and place him under arrest for a felonious assault on an off-duty law enforcement officer. It doesn't matter that the individual making the arrest might have been the same one who started the fight.

This scenario is made entirely plausible by a newly enacted Oklahoma statute that makes any "assault" on an off-duty law enforcement officer a felony — and it is standard practice to treat nearly any physical contact with an officer as an "assault." The law, which passed the legislature unanimously (always a bad sign), went into effect on November 1. In effect, this measure extends the cloak of "qualified immunity" to cover every aspect of a law enforcement officer's life.

Comment: Surely this legislation will soon be adopted by other states. It's just that good.

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Evil Rays

Active shooter with "high-powered rifle" in standoff with police who report a "couple of bodies" in area where shooter has barricaded himself


RT
Wed, 04 Nov 2015 18:34 UTC
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An active shooter with a high-powered rifle has pinned down police with gunfire outside a San Diego, California apartment building. A SWAT team is on the scene. There may be a "couple of bodies," according to the police dispatch feed.


The shooter has barricaded himself in a bedroom in a sixth-floor apartment. There is no one else in the unit, his girlfriend told police. Police are asking residents near the Brant Street in the Bankers Hill neighborhood to remain inside, away from windows until further notice.
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Target

5 people stabbed at UC Merced, attacker killed


RT
Wed, 04 Nov 2015 18:30 UTC
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University of California Merced campus has cancelled all classes after an attacker stabbed five students at the Classroom and Office Building Wednesday morning.

Two victims have been flown to hospitals for treatment, while three have been treated at the scene, the university said.

Initial reports said the suspect was apprehended. Police later said they had shot and killed the attacker, describing him as a "male student in his 20s," according to the Merced Sun-Star.
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Sheriff

It's for your own good: New Haven cops steal residents' belongings to protect them from being stolen

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Tue, 03 Nov 2015 17:55 UTC
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In a ridiculous move, ostensibly designed to protect citizens from theft, the New Haven police department has begun stealing things from innocent individuals.

Yes, you read that correctly.

The New Haven police department announced its plans this week to start stealing things from unsuspecting residents who leave their doors unlocked. If you are missing your valuables, it may not have been taken by a private thief, it could have been stolen by a public thief.

According to Lt. Herbert Sharp of the NHPD, police are now taking private property from unlocked cars and bringing it to the station. This, of course, is done so to "deter theft."

Sharp assures the public that when his officers are opening the door to your property and removing your belongings, with no search warrant and no probable cause, that this is 100 percent legal. "It's called a caretaker," explains Sharp.

Comment: The paternalistic smarmy-ness of these cops is mind-blowing. Care taking? Teaching residents a lesson? Why don't cops just admit they like stealing people's stuff, and be done with it.

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Bad Guys

Why governments are no better than street gangs

Joshua Krause
The Daily Sheeple
Tue, 03 Nov 2015 17:47 UTC
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At some point, you may have heard someone call the government a "gang of thieves writ large," which is a generalization of a quote attributed to libertarian thinker Murray Rothbard. However, if you're not familiar with the philosophy behind that quote, you might mistakenly believe that it is nothing more than a clever observation on the wasteful and corrupt nature of government. That's because you may not be aware of the meaning of "writ large." It's synonymous with "clearly" or "obviously." In reality, Rothbard wasn't trying to make a clever statement. He was quite literally calling the government a gang.

Most people would have trouble wrapping their minds around that notion. Clearly there are differences between governments and gangs right? Agents of the state don't lie, extort money, murder rivals, train and initiate uniformed enforcers, go to war with their neighbors, protect the integrity of their borders, enforce protection rackets, or conduct any other activities that aren't permitted in their legal codes.
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Sherlock

Investigators say engine explosion was cause of Flight A321 crash after analyzing flight recorder


Sputnik
Wed, 04 Nov 2015 16:42 UTC
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An engine explosion has been identified as a main lead in the investigation into the cause of the crash of a Russian passenger plane in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, following preliminary analysis of the aircraft's black box recorders, local media reported on Wednesday.

According to the Egyptian Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper, citing a source close to the investigation, the probable cause was initially suggested by experts working at the crash site in their analysis of plane debris.

On Saturday, an Airbus A321 passenger jet crashed en route from Sharm El-Sheikh to St. Petersburg killing all 224 people on board. The event is the worst civil aviation disaster in Russian history.

Preparation of a report based on data recovered from the crashed Russian Kogalymavia A321's flight data recorders will take from between one and four weeks, a spokesman for the Egyptian government said Tuesday.

Comment: This story begs the questions: What caused the engine to explode? Would an exploding engine account for the incredibly rapid descent and the almost complete disintegration of the plane?

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Cult

Hysteria at Vatican as two new books detail rampant financial corruption


RT
Tue, 03 Nov 2015 20:21 UTC
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© Stefano Rellandini / Reuters Ceremonial chalices are prepared before the canonisation ceremony of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II to start in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 27, 2014.
Unseemly jostling for luxury apartments, unmonitored spending, and secret slush funds have been uncovered in two new books on the Vatican compiled from apparent inside information that may have led to the arrest of two prominent officials last weekend.

"Holy Father, There is a complete absence of transparency in the bookkeeping both of the Holy See and the Governorate. Costs are out of control," says a confidential letter sent to newly-elected Pope Francis by a team of international auditors in June 2013.

The quote comes from Merchants at the Temple, by Gianluigi Nuzzi, which was obtained by AP and an Italian newspaper, Corriere della Sera, two days ahead of its publication set for Thursday.

Comment: Despite recent attempts by Pope Francis to improve the church's image, the corruption within the Catholic church is so widespread and endemic, that these exposés will likely continue.

Secrets of the Vatican - Catholic Corruption

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Attention

Reports of shots fired at Chattanooga Naval Center and Chattanooga Community College; no indication of active shooter


Times Free Press
Wed, 04 Nov 2015 16:25 UTC
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© Dan Henry/Times Free PressPolice respond to a shots fired call at the Navy Operational Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center off of Amnicola Highway on Wednesday.
All available Chattanooga police are responding to two reports of shots fired, one of which indicated that there had been a shooting at the U.S. Naval and Marine Reserve Center on Amnicola Highway, the site where Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez opened fire on July 16, killing five U.S. servicemembers.

Despite the calls, police have yet to find evidence of a shooter or find anyone who has seen a shooter, and Chief Fred Fletcher says he believes there is no threat to the public. Still, police have responded out of an "abundance of caution," he said.

Both 911 calls were placed around 10:25 a.m. The other call indicated that at least one shot was fired at the nearby Chattanooga State Community College, which is now on lockdown.

Officers also responded to the Lee Highway recruitment officer where Abdulazeez began his deadly shooting spree this summer, though there are no reports of shots fired at that location.

There are about 30 officers on scene at the naval center at Amnicola Highway and more than a dozen squad cars. Police are armed with automatic rifles. Police say the building is secure and are conducing a search there at this time.

Police have also responded to other "at-risk" locations that Fletcher said he is not willing to disclose.

False reports of shootings are not uncommon. During the July 16 shootings, officers responded to a report of a shooting at Bradley Square Mall that turned out to be false.

There have also been reports of a SWAT on Frazier Avenue, but that incident is unrelated, Fletcher said.
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Book 2

Amazon opens its first bricks-and-mortar bookstore in Seattle


RT
Wed, 04 Nov 2015 16:00 UTC
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E-commerce powerhouse Amazon has spent over 20 years building up its profile as the largest online-based retailer in the US while helping shutter bookstores from coast to coast. Yet Tuesday, the company opened its first brick-and-mortar bookstore.

Amazon Books opened in Seattle's University Village, with both traditional books available as well as e-reading devices such as Kindles, Fire TV, and the Echo. To decide which books will be in stock, the store will rely on Amazon.com customer ratings, sales data, and its popularity on Goodreads.

Comment: This is probably unwelcome news for the remaining small and independent booksellers.

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Sheriff

Lawsuit: Detroit man beaten to a pulp by jail guards, suffers fractured jaw, broken nose, brain bleed; coronor says death not related


RT
Wed, 04 Nov 2015 05:07 UTC
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© Michigan Department of CorrectionsAbdul Akbar
What officials say caused Abdul Akbar to collapse and die in Wayne County Jail is nothing but a "cover up" according to Akbar's daughter, who is suing the county and two sheriff's sergeants for $25 million in a wrongful death case.

Nine days before his sudden death, a confrontation with guards left 59-year-old, mentally-ill Abdul Akbar hospitalized for two nights. Malikah Akbar and her lawyer David Robinson say that altercation was the true cause, but investigations by the Wayne County Sheriff's Office, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, and the Detroit Police Homicide Unit all found no criminal wrongdoing by the guards.

Wayne County Medical Examiner Dr. Carl Schmidt's autopsy report made it official: Natural causes related to heart disease were the culprit.Robinson and Akbar will make the case that a brain injury induced by guards is what ended Abdul Akbar's life.

Abdul was less than a month into his nine-month sentence for breaking and entering when, on October 23, 2014, he caused a scene that led guards to use physical force to restrain him. Reportedly, he was upset that he had woken up late and missed breakfast, and before a clerk could arrange for food to be brought to him, he grabbed her desktop computer and monitor and smashed them to the ground. When Abdul climbed on a dining table, the jail clerk buzzed for emergency help and guards pulled him down to handcuff him.

That encounter, which took place at about 5 o'clock in the morning, and the immediate aftermath may or may not be on video. Robinson suspects there is video that hasn't been released, but for now what is available is video of a languid Abdul Akbar being dragged by his arms face down along a 107-foot hallway into an elevator."No, I know it is not" the correct way to move prisoners, a commanding officer quoted as Captain Seegars said in the jail's Internal Affairs report.


Comment: Abuse suffered at the hands law enforcement in the U.S. is out of control! How many of these vile thugs do this simply because they enjoy it? We hope they get their millions.

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