Author: Angel - NYC

Daily Kos – by Shawn King

On July 31, 2013, Jermaine McBean, a 33-year-old computer engineer with no criminal record, paid $100 for a camouflage BB gun at his local pawn shop. As he walked to his home with his headphones on, listening to music, he was shot and killed by police in Oakland Park, Florida. Police claimed that he ignored their requests to put down his weapon and then aimed the gun, which was empty, at them in an aggressive manner.

Now, nearly two year later, it turns out the police told multiple lies in attempt to cover up their killing of McBean. Below we will expose each of the lies they told.

Continue reading “Florida police murder computer engineer as he listens to music; attempted cover-up exposed”

Fox News

The FBI is operating a small air force with scores of low-flying planes across the country carrying video and, at times, cellphone surveillance technology — all hidden behind fictitious companies that are fronts for the government, The Associated Press has learned.

The planes’ surveillance equipment is generally used without a judge’s approval, and the FBI said the flights are used for specific, ongoing investigations. In a recent 30-day period, the agency flew above more than 30 cities in 11 states across the country, an AP review found.    Continue reading “FBI flying surveillance aircraft over US cities; planes traced to fake companies”

Spokesman Review – by Mike Prager

The son-in-law of one of the three people shot to death before fire was set to their Colbert home and barn was arrested Saturday afternoon on three counts of first-degree murder, Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich said.

Roy H. Murry, of Lewiston, was taken into custody after he appeared voluntarily at the Public Safety Building and was interviewed by detectives, Knezovich said.   Continue reading “Suspect arrested in Colbert triple homicide”

Huffington Post – by Ryan Grim

WASHINGTON — Two Canadian banks tightly connected to promoting the controversial Keystone XL pipeline in the United States either fully or partially paid for eight speeches made by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the period not long before she announced her campaign for president. Those speeches put more than $1.6 million in the Democratic candidate’s pocket.   Continue reading “Banks Behind Hillary Clinton’s Canadian Speeches Really Want The Keystone Pipeline”

Mercury News – by Sharon Noguchi

MILPITAS — It turns out that one person’s junk is indeed someone else’s treasure.

A South Bay recycling firm is looking for a woman who, in early April, dropped off boxes of electronics that she had cleaned out from her house after her husband died. About two weeks later, the firm, Clean Bay Area, discovered inside one of the boxes a rare find: a vintage Apple I, one of only about 200 first-generation desktop computers put together by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ron Wayne in 1976.   Continue reading “Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200,000; mystery woman stands to get half”

ABC 7 News

SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A pig that was taken into custody for going hog wild in a town outside of Detroit seem to express utter contempt for authorities by defecating all over the inside of the police car and smiling about it.

Debbie DeRiemaecker told ABC Affiliate WXYZ the she was doing yard work at her suburban home when a pig suddenly charged toward her from out of nowhere. After being chased around the yard, a laughing DeRiemaecker dialed 911 and explained the situation.   Continue reading “Pig smiles after pooping all over cop car”

Weather – by Linda Lam

Yes, more heavy rain is forecast for the flood-weary southern Plains, but there is light at the end of this tunnel.

Early Friday morning a flash flood emergency was issued for portions of the Dallas metro area, where multiple water rescues are occurring and travel has become impossible in some areas. Just northeast of Dallas rainfall amounts of 4 to 6 inches have been reported from early Thursday morning to early Friday morning and it is still raining in the area.   Continue reading “More Heavy Rain, Then A Break For Soaked Texas and Oklahoma”

Yahoo News – by ROBERT BURNS and BRADY McCOMBS

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Army‘s top general said Thursday that human error probably was not a factor in the Army’s mistaken shipment of live anthrax samples from a chemical weapons testing site that was opened more than 70 years ago in a desolate stretch of desert in Utah.

Samples from the anthrax lot ended up at 18 labs in nine states and an Army lab in South Korea, leading more than two dozen people to get treatment for possible exposure.   Continue reading “CDC investigating error that caused live anthrax shipments”

USA Today – by Rick Jervis

WIMBERLEY, Texas — Residents and officials faced an unprecedented wall of water during flash floods that crushed homes and swept away families over the weekend in Central Texas.

Rescue crews on Tuesday continued searching the length of the Blanco River for 13 people who remained missing, including a family of eight vacationing in a single home washed away, authorities said. There have been two confirmed deaths.   Continue reading “Official: ‘Wall of water destroyed everything in its path’”

Weather.com

More severe thunderstorms are expected across a broad swath from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes Tuesday. Any additional rainfall will be unwelcome news in the south-central U.S., where flooding has been a major problem over the holiday weekend.   Continue reading “Tornado Watch Issued for Texas, Oklahoma; Severe Thunderstorm Watches for Portions of the Ohio Valley, Great Lakes”

AOL

The oldest living person on Earth just celebrated her 116th birthday.

Friends, family and even a few lawmakers joined Jeralean Talley at an Inkster, Michigan steakhouse to commemorate another year. She also got a special congratulatory message from President Barack Obama.   Continue reading “World’s oldest living person celebrates 116th birthday”

The Weather Channel

Officials in parts of Texas are warning that flooding could last for weeks in the wake of unprecedented amounts of May rainfall. Those rainfall totals, which have now topped 20 inches since May 1 in at least two cities, will climb still higher over the Memorial Day weekend as thunderstorms dump even more rainfall on an already water-logged region.

The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi, Texas, says flooding is likely to continue for weeks along the Nueces River just west of Corpus Christi. The flooding is affecting a stretch downstream of the Wesley Seale Dam, which impounds Lake Corpus Christi.   Continue reading “Flooding Could Last for Weeks as More Heavy Rain Targets Texas, Oklahoma Through Memorial Day Weekend”

Ammoland – by Rob Morse

California – -(Ammoland.com)-  Politicians make political profit by passing ineffective laws.  I study firearms laws, so that is where I noticed it first.  When it comes to violence in our society, a politician doesn’t need to actually improve things with their legislation.  In fact, the next gun law they pass can actually make things worse rather than better.

We buy our politics like an impulse shopper.  We don’t look beyond the packaging to see what is really inside.   Continue reading “Prohibiting Firearms for Political Profit”

Huffington Post

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., May 21 (Reuters) – Florida gun owners who do not have concealed-weapons permits could pack their firearms for two days during an emergency evacuation, under a law signed on Thursday by Governor Rick Scott.

The measure was among 44 bills passed during the recently concluded legislative session and approved on Thursday by the Republican governor.   Continue reading “Florida Expands Gun Owners’ Rights During Emergencies”

KEYE TV – by Fred Cantu

Local motorcycle club members say it’s unfortunate the events in Waco cast all of them in a bad light.  They say anyone could be a biker, even you and me.

Many local bikers were actually on their way to Waco when they got caught in traffic.  Debbie Zimmer says, “We were going up there for a Confederation of Clubs meeting to learn about legislative issues and we arrived after all the excitement started.”  The Confederation of Clubs is an umbrella group for various local motorcycle groups.   Continue reading “Local Bikers Blame Gang Label On A Few Members”

KXAN – by Brian Collister

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Most only know about biker gangs from television shows like “Sons of Anarchy.” It is a world most are not allowed to see, and those in these biker gangs do not usually talk about what goes on inside.

But KXAN Investigator Brian Collister has gotten exclusive access over the years to members of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club, who police said were involved in the deadly Waco shooting.   Continue reading “Bandidos leader says there is no order to kill police”