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FAULKNER COUNTY, Ark. — Faulkner County Sheriff Tim Ryals has fired Deputy Keenan Wallace following an investigation into the shooting of dog in the Shiloh Estates subdivision in Conway on Friday night.
The Faulkner County Sheriff’s Office received a call about an aggressive dog in the Shiloh Estates subdivision in Conway on Friday night and sent a deputy to the scene. Continue reading “Faulkner County Sheriff fires deputy who shot dog”
KETTERING, Ohio (WRGT/WKEF)- A deaf man attempted to order Taco Bell in Kettering but had the police called on him instead. The incident took place on New Year’s Eve at the Taco bell on East Dorothy Lane.
Brandon Washburn’s girlfriend captured video of the incident and his mother posted it on her Facebook page where it was viewed more than 400,000 times in 24 hours. Brandon typically drives straight to the payment window to show his order on his phone but that night, a Taco Bell worker refused him service saying it was against company policy. Continue reading “Taco Bell employees call cops on deaf man for trying to order using his phone”
More than 20 driverless vehicles in Arizona have reportedly been vandalized over the last two years, according to the New York Times, as enraged locals in the Waymo test market of Chandler have begun to revolt.
Tensions began to flare last year after an Arizona pedestrian was killed by a self-drivng Uber car, with residents slashing tires, throwing rocks at, pulling guns on, and trying to wreck the autonomous cars. Continue reading “Tires Slashed, Guns Pulled On Self-Driving Cars As Arizona Residents Revolt”
Mint Press News – by Philip Roddis
The map below shows the spread across the USA of laws against support for the Boycott, Divest and Sanctions (BDS) Movement. It was compiled by Palestine Legal, an organization dedicated to protecting the civil rights of Americans who speak out for Palestinian freedom. Continue reading “Land of the Free – Unless You Want to Criticize Israel”
A Cleveland hospital has fired a resident after anti-Semitic comments and threats to give the Jewish people “the wrong meds” surfaced on social media.
Lara Kollab was identified as the fired employee behind the comments. She worked as a supervised resident at the Cleveland Clinic from July to September, Cleveland.com reported. Continue reading “Cleveland Clinic fires resident after online threat to give Jews ‘wrong meds’ surfaces”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived in Brazil to hold a meeting with President-elect Jair Bolsonaro in Rio de Janeiro.
Benjamin Netanyahu and his family were met by a furious crowd at Rio de Janeiro’s world-famous Christ the Redeemer statue on Sunday. People were jeering and hissing at the Israeli prime minister because the popular tourist site was closed to visitors due to security arrangements for his visit, The Times of Israel reported. Continue reading “Netanyahu Booed by Crowd as Rio’s Christ Statue Closed for PM’s Visit”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Muskogee, OK — An infuriating video was uploaded to social media this week showing multiple police officers attack a disabled veteran in a Walmart. The veteran was pulled from his wheelchair, thrown to the floor and pepper sprayed after asking for the store’s policy on showing identification to purchase alcohol.
The victim, 36-year-old Jason Williams was attempting to purchase champagne for
New Year’s Eve at the Muskogee Walmart when employees asked to see his identification as well as the identification of his family members who were with him. Because his family members were not purchasing anything at all, Williams asked to see the policy that required family members to produce identification. Continue reading “Disabled Veteran Ripped from Wheelchair, Pepper Sprayed for Questioning Walmart ID Policy”
They’re the pride of the US fleet: enormous 100,000 tonne, 333m long nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. But Beijing thinks they’re Washington’s achilles heel.
Rear Admiral Lou Yuan has told an audience in Shenzhen that the ongoing disputes over the ownership of the East and South China Seas could be resolved by sinking two US super carriers. Continue reading “‘Sink two aircraft carriers’: Chinese Admiral’s chilling recipe to dominate the South China Sea”
Common Dreams – by Jon Queally
While people across the world celebrated the dawning of the New Year overnight, the U.S. military thought it would be funny to celebrate and make light of one of the things they do best: dropping massive bombs on people and places.
In a since-deleted, U.S. Strategic Command (StratCom), which controls the nation’s strategic missile systems and coordinates offensive nuclear capabilities worldwide, joked that while people in New York City enjoyed the dropping of “the big ball” during the countdown to midnight, “we are ready to drop something much, much bigger.” Continue reading “‘What Kind of Maniacs Are Running This Country?’: Pentagon Rings in New Year With Joke About Dropping Massive Bombs on People”