Cop Block – by Severin Freeman

In today’s day and age it seems that cops just can’t be touched when it comes to accusations of police brutality. I mean some of us bang ourheads against the wall begging those that watch the watchers to do something, anything when an officer is seen by witnesses or on video acting out of line. Our efforts seem to be in vain when most of the time we are faced with a department refusing to talk about an instance and shielding a perpetrator behind their “Thin Blue Line” of silence. These cases make me sick! It leaves the community fed up and angry and the victim without justice. The police like to call what’s happening around the country a “war on cops,” but quite frankly the war has been waged long ago and it is not against cops, it is against US. We have struggled at every turn for what should be our right. We grow up saying the Pledge of Allegiance, quoting the words “with liberty and justice for all.” That seems to be a joke these days. Sadly, many of us are left with a very scary and straightforward question. What does it take to get justice for a brutal cop?   Continue reading ““Good Cops” Rally In Support Of Cop Charged with Three Counts of Brutality”

Earth Justice, September 10, 2015

San Francisco, CA — Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected U.S. EPA’s approval of the neonicotinoid insecticide “sulfoxaflor.” The Court concluded that EPA violated federal law when it approved sulfoxaflor without reliable studies regarding the impact that the insecticide would have on honeybee colonies. The Court vacated EPA’s approval, meaning that sulfoxaflor may not be used in the U.S. unless, and until, EPA obtains the necessary information regarding impacts to honeybees and re-approves the insecticide in accordance with law.   Continue reading “Federal Court Overturns EPA Approval Of Bee-Killing Pesticide”

RT

A US teenager has been detained with the use of force and hit several times for jaywalking in Stockton, California.

Witnesses say that before the camera started rolling, the cop was telling the teenager to sit down, but the boy continued walking to his bus.   Continue reading “It takes 9 cops to detain teen for jaywalking”

Natural News – by S Johnson

In a strange twist, Rand Paul has recently allied with Monsanto and has joined the ranks of academic shill Kevin Folta after coming out against GMO labeling, stating that the labeling requirements would push up the price of food for consumers — particularly poor ones.   Continue reading “Rand Paul begins shilling for Monsanto”

Breitbart – by Dr. Susan Berry

In a remarkable admission, the former director of the Race to the Top (RttT) competitive grant program and chief of staff to U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan says the federal government “forced” full support for adoption of the Common Core standards from each state by requiring its governor, chief state school officer, and head of the state board of education to sign off on the grant application.

Joanne Weiss, who is now an “independent education consultant,” writes at the Stanford Social Innovation Review that the RttT grant program, funded through President Obama’s 2009 stimulus bill in the name of helping low-income, poor-performing schools, “offers lessons in high-impact grantmaking that are applicable not only in education but also in other fields.”   Continue reading “Feds Admit U.S. Education Department ‘Forced’ States To Accept Common Core From Its Start”

RT

A man defended his First Amendment right to cursing the government, after a rude message he’d left on a paid speeding ticket got him arrested by a New York town. The defense discovered the town has a history of prosecuting people for cursing.

Three years later this Thursday, a federal court in New York finally conceded the remarks fell under the First Amendment, which the town violated by wrongfully charging William M. Barboza with ‘aggravated harassment.’   Continue reading “‘F*ck your town’ is free speech, court says after NY town detains man for speeding ticket reaction”

Off the Grid News – by Daniel Jennings

Simply mentioning that you have a legal gun is now apparently a felony in New Jersey. North Carolina resident Brian Fletcher was arrested, charged and jailed because he told a cop that he had a gun in his truck.

“I didn’t understand I was breaking any laws,” Fletcher told NJ.com. “I thought I was actively following the law by mentioning to the officer I was carrying a gun.”   Continue reading “He Volunteered To Repair Storm Damage And Now Faces 5 Years In Prison?!?”

The Guardian – by Roger Hamilton-Martin

When a United Nations investigator reported the rape of a refugee in Sri Lanka, she did not expect the disclosure to force her into a decade-long legal battle with her employer.

Caroline Hunt-Matthes was ostracised and eventually ousted while on medical leave. She has still not secured redress after a decade fighting her case.   Continue reading “Ostracised, sacked … and even arrested: the fate of whistleblowers at the UN”

BBC  News

A 14-year-old boy was arrested by police in Texas after a homemade clock he wanted to show his school teachers was mistaken for a bomb.

Ahmed Mohamed told US media that he had made a clock at home and brought it into MacArthur High School in Irving to show his engineering teacher.

Another teacher saw it and, concerned it looked like a bomb, alerted school authorities who called the police.   Continue reading “Ahmed Mohamed, 14, arrested over clock mistaken for bomb”

RT

A Manhattan judge has allowed Ultra-Orthodox Jews to continue performing the religious slaughtering of chickens in the streets of New York City. The more-than-2,000-year-old ritual was challenged by animal rights group that called it “a public nuisance.”

The ruling by Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Debra James came on Monday and marked Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. It starts the 10-day period leading up to Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement, the holiest day for Jews.    Continue reading “Orthodox Jews can continue chicken-killing ritual in Brooklyn – NYC judge”

RT

In the mind of State Department spokesman John Kirby, Russia should not back Syria against the terrorists, president Assad is to blame for ISIS, Iraq is much better off because of the US invasion, and it’s ‘absolutely astounding’ anyone would dare to disagree.

That is what the press briefing at the State Department on Tuesday amounted to in a nutshell. The retired US Navy admiral, now speaking on behalf of the US foreign ministry, repeatedly blamed Syrian president Bashar al-Assad for the very existence of Islamic State terrorists.   Continue reading “Blame Assad: The world according to State Department”

RT

A 15-year-old Philadelphia boy has been arrested over an alleged threat to launch a “homeland attack…targeting a foreign dignitary,” the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security said in a joint briefing. ABC News reported that the target was Pope Francis.

“The minor was inspired by [ISIS] and sought to conduct a detailed homeland attack which included multiple attackers, firearms and multiple explosives, targeting a foreign dignitary at a high-profile event,” read the brief, which was issued on August 14.   Continue reading “American teen arrested for alleged ISIS-style plot against Pope Francis”

Market Watch – by Sally French

Facebook is finally going to give you the ability to ”dislike” a post.

Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday in the Q&A portion of a “town hall“ event at Facebook’s headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., that the company FB, +0.64% is working on a dislike button to be tested on Facebook soon, according to a report from VentureBeat.   Continue reading “Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook is working on a ‘dislike’ button”

Cop Block – by Steven Thomas

Two Chatham County Sheriff’s deputies were indicted on perjury charges for lying during a grand jury proceeding in January. The Grand Jury was convened to investigate the death of Matthew Ajibade, who was in custody, and restrained, at the time of his death.

Deputies Jason Paul Kenny and Maxine Evans were previously indicted on involuntary manslaughter charges in the death of Ajibade. The manslaughter indictment states that Deputy Kenny used excessive force when he tasered Ajibade while he was restrained in a chair, killing him.   Continue reading “Two Deputies Indicted For Manslaughter And Perjury In Tasing Death”

Reuters – by Therese Apel

A Mississippi college professor was shot and killed in his campus office on Monday, and police said a fellow Delta State University teacher was “a person of interest” in the shooting.

Authorities said they were searching for geography and social science instructor Shannon Lamb in connection with the killing of Ethan Schmidt, an assistant professor of American history.   Continue reading “Professor killed at Mississippi university, fellow teacher sought”

My Fox Memphis

Latest on active shooter situation at Delta State University:

11:30 a.m.:

Bolivar newspaper reporting university confirms one fatality, asking students to stay away from windows.

MHP, Cleveland Police and Bolivar Sheriff’s Department are on campus.   Continue reading “Delta State University on lockdown: One fatality confirmed, students asked to stay away from windows”

BBC News

A Kentucky clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licences to gay couples has said she will not block the process but her name will not appear on the paperwork.

However, Kim Davis questioned on Monday whether licences without her signature would be valid.

Ms Davis, an elected official, has said that her Christian faith should exempt her from signing the licences.   Continue reading “Kim Davis: Kentucky clerk relents in gay marriage dispute”

RT

A harrowing video of a man punching an old woman in face at a supermarket in the Russian city of Syzran has prompted a quick reaction from an Investigative Committee. The woman was decked with one blow and is said to have suffered an injury to the jaw.

The incident took place at a till at Pyaterochka, a popular Russian supermarket chain, in the Samara Region of southern Russia on September 4.   Continue reading “Russian granny knocked off feet with one blow by customer at supermarket”

My Fox 8

BALTIMORE, Maryland – A 13-year-old boy in Maryland faces an assault charge after authorities say he kissed a classmate against her will.

WBFF reports the boy planted one on a 14-year-old girl, reportedly as part of a dare at Pikesville Middle School outside of Baltimore.   Continue reading “13-year-old boy charged with assault for kissing 14-year-old girl on dare”