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Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Colerain Township, OH — A video uploaded to social media this week is causing quite the controversy after showing a violent interaction between two deputies with the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office and a 12-year-old girl — at a skating rink. At the center of the controversy is the deputies’ decision to taser the girl for compliance. Continue reading “Cops Taser 12-Year-Old Girl at Skating Rink After She Refused to Wear Skates”
The Guardian – by Carol Rosenburg
Hundreds of U.S. forces are rehearsing a migrant crisis this week at the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, a massive multimillion dollar drill that envisions the United States capturing huge numbers of people in the Caribbean bound for the United States — and how the military, State Department and Homeland Security would collaborate on handling it.
At the Southern Command, Army Col. Lisa Garcia said the military was contributing 400 troops and spending $2.5 million on its portion of the month-long exercise, to include transportation and airlift. It ends Friday. Continue reading “It’s only a drill: Guantánamo rehearses Caribbean migrant crisis”
Earlier this month, we all heard the news that the Oroville Dam was damaged, and that thousands of residents living in its shadow would have to be evacuated. Fortunately the dam held, and the residents of Oroville were able to return to their homes. For the most part the story has since faded from the news. However, the damage remains.
When the crisis was at its peak, you may have heard about what specifically went wrong with the dam. The main spillway was damaged when the dam operators attempted to release some water to control the depth of Lake Oroville. Essentially, a crater unexpectedly emerged in the middle of the spillway, and when the water flowed through that hole, it eroded the soil beneath. So the dam operators decided to let the water flow over an emergency spillway instead. But as the emergency spillway began to erode as well, an evacuation order was issued. Continue reading “Dramatic Aerial Footage Shows What The Oroville Dam Looks Like Now”
A federal audit of Indiana law enforcement found nearly $400,000 in federal asset forfeiture funds went to pay the salaries, overtime, and benefits for its officers, which the law does not allow.
The audit of the Henry County Sheriff’s Office’s “equitable sharing program” released last week was conducted by the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) Audit Division. Continue reading “Indiana police used $400k in asset forfeiture funds to boost their own pay & benefits, audit finds”
Syrian government forces and their allies have liberated the Palmyra citadel located on a hill overlooking the town from Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) militants, sources tell RT.
“Pro-government forces are now in control of several strategic mountains that are overlooking the ancient city of Palmyra. They also have under their control the famous citadel,” RT’s Lizzie Phelan reports, citing sources that are in direct contact with the army command center on the Palmyra front. Continue reading “Syrian Army retakes Palmyra citadel from ISIS – sources to RT”
Free Thought Project – by Claire Bernish
Because police “cannot cope” with the “huge” influx of reports on child abuse, they now say pedophiles whose ‘only’ crime is viewing child pornography should undergo rehabilitation — instead of going to prison.
In a mere three years, child abuse reports have skyrocketed in volume by 80 percent; and, as Chief Constable Simon Bailey of the National Police Chiefs’ Council and head of Operation Hydrant, “which is investigating multiple allegations of historic sexual abuse across the UK,” the BBC reports, “knew his view would cause nervousness and draw headlines. Continue reading “UK Police Announce There Are So Many Pedophiles, They Will Stop Arresting Them”
Freedom Outpost – by Tim Brown
And people continue to think Pizzagate is far fetched, conspiracy theory, tin foil hat nonsense. Twelve people were arrested mid-February in North Florida in a child sex sting. Among those arrested were state employees, the page and messenger manager for the Florida House of Representatives and a Florida State University attorney.
News 4 Jax reports: Continue reading “FSU Attorney, State Employees & Politicians Arrested in High-Profile Child Sex Sting”
Illegal aliens who have overstayed their visas are “not necessarily” committing a crime just by remaining in the country illegally, according to CNN.
The cable network explained in a piece titled “Are undocumented immigrants committing a crime? Not necessarily”, noting that they are not technically committing a crime by refusing to leave the U.S.: Continue reading “CNN: Being an Illegal Alien ‘Not Necessarily’ a Crime”
Yesterday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) held a prebuttal conference in the First Amendment Lounge of the National Press Club. At the presser, Pelosi was asked about impeaching Donald Trump, which is something that the progressive base of the Democratic Party is clamoring for Congress to do. With a solid Republican majority, that’s not going to happen. Continue reading “Pelosi: Why Yes–We’re Looking At Ways To Impeach Trump”
Two people have been shot during a speech by French President Francois Hollande when a sniper’s pistol malfunctioned.
The French leader was talking at the opening of the Paris to Bordeaux high-speed rail at Villognon when the gunshots interrupted him.
The soldier shot two civilians when the safety catch on his gun is said to have failed, causing a bullet to hit a cocktail waiter in the calf as well as a railway worker. Continue reading “Sharpshooter on roof during speech by French President Hollande injures two people with a single bullet from 300ft away as his gun goes off by accident”
President Donald Trump signed another executive order on Tuesday, this time setting his sights on rolling back an Obama Administration regulation that gave the federal government the power to clarify which streams and wetlands fall under federal clean water protections.
“In one case in Wyoming, a rancher was fined $37,000 a day by the EPA for digging a small watering-hole for his catlle,” President Trump said. “It’s a horrible, horrible rule.” Continue reading “President Trump Begins Dismantling Obama’s EPA Regulations on Waterways”
HOUSTON – Two Houston police officers have been injured after responding to the a crime scene in southwest Houston Houston.
HPD tweeted that it was an officer-involved shooting but it’s not clear if the officers were shot or injured some other way. Continue reading “Two HPD officers injured in southwest Houston”