From the Trenches World Report
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Pontiac once made a car called The Judge, but soon there may be a car that judges you.
Criminals should dread it.
Mobile communications company Motorola has filed a patent for an autonomous police car outfitted with all of the equipment needed to process a suspect and even hold a court hearing for them from the back seat, The Sunday Times reports. Continue reading “Here comes the judge: Autonomous cop car is a mobile courthouse”
A 74-year-old disbarred lawyer accused of killing a South Carolina law enforcement officer and wounding six others in an ambush-style shooting and his son were denied bond Friday.
Fred Hopkins is charged in the death of Florence Police Sgt. Terrence Carraway and six counts of attempted murder in the Wednesday shooting of Florence, S.C., police officers and Florence County sheriff’s deputies, FOX Carolina reported. Continue reading “South Carolina father, son each denied bond in aftermath of police killing”
Art prankster Banksy has struck again.
A work by the elusive street artist apparently self-destructed in front of startled auction-goers on Friday, moments after being sold for 1.04 million pounds ($1.4 million).
The spray-painted canvas “Girl With Balloon” went under the hammer at Sotheby’s in London, fetching more than three times its pre-sale estimate and equaling a record price for the artist. Continue reading “Banksy Artwork Self-Destructs Moment After $1.4 Million Sale”
As violent crime overtakes Mexico, one small town seems to have things figured out. They discovered that the root of all their problems was the politicians and they kicked them out. Not only that, but they’ve also banned elections and gathered up all political propaganda. Politics have been eradicated and so has the crime.
They proved something very important. Humans don’t need “rulers” to survive. We can govern ourselves and do just fine – and often much better – than when we allow corrupt people to have power over us. Continue reading “Politics and Politicians Were BANNED in this Mexican Town in 2011. They Haven’t Had a Major Crime Since.”
CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) – The owner of a store that sells hemp and smoke products says he’s not removing Cannabidiol, or CBD, oil from his shelves despite the Ohio State Board of Pharmacy calling it illegal.
E.R. Beaches owns three Hemptations stores in the Cincinnati area and one in Dayton. He says he’s been selling CBD oil products for going on seven years.
Continue reading “CBD oil sold for years locally now illegal in medical marijuana friendly Ohio”
CHICAGO (AP) — A jury on Friday convicted white Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke of second-degree murder in the 2014 shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald.
Van Dyke was charged with first degree-murder in the October 2014 killing, a charge that requires a finding that the shooting was unnecessary and unreasonable. The judge told jurors the second-degree charge was also available, requiring them to find Van Dyke believed his life was in danger but that the belief was unreasonable. Continue reading “Chicago Cop Convicted Of 2nd-Degree Murder In Laquan McDonald Shooting”
Residents in central California may hear some really loud booms Sunday night accompanied by odd bright lights, but it’s nothing to fear, the Air Force says.
The sounds will be sonic booms and the lights will be from the guided re-entry of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket scheduled to launch Sunday from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 7:21pm local time, carrying the SAOCOM 1A satellite into space, according to a press release. Continue reading “Central California Residents May Hear Booms, See Bright Lights on Sunday; Air Force Says Don’t Worry”
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump enacted a law that expands hate crime protections to religious institutions.
The bill signed last Friday by Trump, Protecting Religiously Affiliated Institutions Act, was prompted in part by a series of bomb threats last year against Jewish institutions. Continue reading “Trump signs law expanding hate crime protections to religious institutions”
Instagram is testing a tool that would allow it to share users’ location data with Facebook, even if the app has been shut down.
The data, which could include a user’s exact GPS coordinates, would be shared with Facebook to help it serve up targeted advertisements, according to TechCrunch. Continue reading “Instagram tests feature that would share your location with Facebook”
Thousands of demonstrators, including celebrity “feminists” like Amy Schumer and Emily Ratajkowski, descended on Capitol Hill Thursday to protest Trump SCOTUS pick Judge Brett Kavanaugh after the FBI once again found no evidence of sexual misconduct in the SCOTUS nominee’s past. Their concerns were promptly ignored by the Senate, which is planning to hold a confirmation vote for Kavanaugh as soon as tomorrow. But in response to the revelation that several of the professional activists, including the two young women who accosted Senator Jeff Flake last week, were exposed as “employees” of a non-profit organization funded by George Soros, President Trump has weighed in on Twitter, blasting the “elevator screamers” in a tweet that was essentially red meat for his base. Continue reading “Trump Slams Protesting “Elevator Screamers”: ‘They’re Paid For By Soros’”
Tech Crunch – by Zach Whittaker
U.S. authorities will soon have the authority to shoot down private drones if they are considered a threat — a move decried by civil liberties and rights groups.
The Senate passed the FAA Reauthorization Act on Wednesday, months after an earlier House vote in April. The bill renews funding for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) until 2023, and includes several provisions designed to modernize U.S aviation rule — from making commercial flights more comfortable for passengers to including new provisions to act against privately owned drones. Continue reading “Despite objection, Congress passes bill that lets U.S. authorities shoot down private drones”
Have a good weekend Trenchers.
On a Thursday night in July 2015, an Indianapolis police dog named Scooter was chasing a suspect on foot. After the suspect ran into Mara Mancini’s yard, she heard her own dogs barking and stepped onto her back porch to investigate. That’s when Scooter attacked Mancini, who was seven months pregnant at the time. He bit her repeatedly, tearing pieces of flesh out of her arms and thighs. She underwent several surgeries as a result of the attack. Continue reading “Judge Rules Against Woman Mauled by Police Dog Because She Wasn’t the Intended Target”
The Associated Press (AP) has revealed a troubling story of the largest ever homeless encampment site mostly made up of Native Americans has quickly erected just south of downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota.
City officials are scrambling to contain the situation as two deaths in recent weeks, concerns about disease and infection, illicit drug use and the coming winter season, have sounded the alarm of a developing public health crisis. Continue reading ““Largest Ever Homeless Camp” Suddenly Appears In Minneapolis”
A new technology in which insects are used to genetically modify crops could be converted into a dangerous, and possibly illegal, bioweapon, alleges a Science Policy Forum report released today. Naturally, the organization leading the research says it’s doing nothing of the sort.
The report is a response to a ongoing research program funded by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Dubbed “Insect Allies,” the idea is to create more resilient crops to help farmers deal with climate change, drought, frost, floods, salinity, and disease. But instead of modifying seeds in a lab, farmers would send fleets of insects into their crops, where the genetically modified bugs would do their work, “infecting” the plants with a special virus that passes along the new resilience genes. Continue reading “Scathing Report Accuses the Pentagon of Developing an Agricultural Bioweapon”
Police identified the man who opened fire on officers in Florence, South Carolina, Wednesday as 74-year-old Fred Hopkins, a Vietnam veteran and former attorney.
Breitbart News reported that one officer was killed and six others injured when Hopkins opened fire. ABC 7 identified the deceased officer as 52-year-old Terrence Carraway, a 30-year veteran of the Florence Police Department. Continue reading “Man Who Opened Fire on SC Police Identified as 74-Year-Old Vietnam Veteran”