Saturday, November 28, 2015

Blame President Obama

http://gawker.com/fox-news-commentator-blames-planned-parenthood-shooter-1744933478

Frequent Fox News contributor, former NYPD cop, and professional smear-man Bo Dietl was commenting on the then-active crisis unfolding in Colorado when he had what can best be described as incomprehensible, waking stroke:

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

5 Shot Near Jamar Clark Protest Site In Minneapolis

5 Shot Near Jamar Clark Protest Site In Minneapolis: "Police on Tuesday arrested two men suspected of shooting five Black Lives Matter demonstrators, while the family of a black man whose death inspired the protests called for an end to demonstrations that have gone on for days outside a Minneapolis police station.

No one suffered life-threatening wounds in Monday night's shooting, which took place about a block from the police department's 4th Precinct, where protesters have been demonstrating since the Nov. 15 death of 24-year-old Jamar Clark, who was shot by a police officer."
 'via Blog this'

Videos Show Masked Men Threatening Minneapolis Black Lives Matter Before Shooting

Videos Show Masked Men Threatening Minneapolis Black Lives Matter Before Shooting: "Two videos of masked men are generating new attention after five activists associated with the Black Lives Matter movement were shot on Monday night by assailants who reportedly fit a similar description as the men in the videos.

Minneapolis police on Tuesday arrested a white man and a Hispanic man who are suspected of being involved in the shooting. Authorities are still looking for additional suspects. "  'via Blog this'

Police Chief Shocks City: 'N*****s Gotta Learn How To Read'

Police Chief Shocks City: 'N*****s Gotta Learn How To Read': "Burke made a public apology on Monday for the racial slurs used in the e-mail.

"To everybody here, to everybody out there, my deepest -- I cannot tell you, from the bottom of my heart, I'm truly sorry. I apologize deeply," he said at a live conference."

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Chicago Releases 'Chilling' Video Of Cop Shooting Teen 16 Times

Chicago Releases 'Chilling' Video Of Cop Shooting Teen 16 Times: "Our investigation determined Officer Van Dyke was on the scene less than 30 seconds before shooting."  'via

Friday, November 20, 2015

Veteran Jumps to His Death at V.A. Hospital - The Daily Beast

Veteran Jumps to His Death at V.A. Hospital - The Daily Beast: "A disabled veteran seeking psychiatric treatment walked out of a waiting room at the Veteran Affairs medical center in Philadelphia and jumped to his death from its parking garage Thursday morning.

Spokesperson Fern Billet would not confirm or deny a suicide, but said a death that occurred there this morning was still under investigation. Authorities on scene would only confirm that the subject was a 5’7” white male. The incident is being investigated by the VA police department because it occurred on federal property." 'via Blog this'

Saturday, November 14, 2015

Islamic State Claims Responsibility For Deadly Paris Attacks

Islamic State Claims Responsibility For Deadly Paris Attacks: "slamic State claimed responsibility on Saturday for attacks that killed 127 people in Paris, saying it sent fighters strapped with suicide bombing belts and carrying machine guns to various locations in the heart of the capital.

The attacks were designed to show France would remain a top target for the jihadist group as long as the country continued its current policies, the group said in a statement.

Gunmen and bombers killed at least 127 people in Friday's attacks."  'via Blog this'

Friday, November 13, 2015

2016 elections: Donald Trump attacks Carson in Friday the 13th-themed video - POLITICO


2016 elections: Donald Trump attacks Carson in Friday the 13th-themed video - POLITICO: "Donald Trump is going all in with the Friday the 13th motif in attacking Ben Carson.

In a video posted to Instagram, spooky, suspenseful music plays as footage of Carson speaks about past claim of physical violence, one that he attributed to his "pathological temperament" in his book "Gifted Hands."" 'via Blog this'

UPDATE: Cotton balls scattered in front of MU's black culture center - Columbia Missourian

UPDATE: Cotton balls scattered in front of MU's black culture center - Columbia Missourian: "Before the Civil War, many enslaved African-Americans were forced to work on cotton plantations.

Outside of the center Friday afternoon, MU senior Gerald McLemore said it is sad that things of this nature are still happening in the 21st century, especially during Black History Month."

'via Blog this'

UPDATED: Two Mizzou Students Arrested in Bizarre Hate Crime Involving Cotton Balls | News Blog | St. Louis News and Events | Riverfront Times

UPDATED: Two Mizzou Students Arrested in Bizarre Hate Crime Involving Cotton Balls | News Blog | St. Louis News and Events | Riverfront Times: "Two University of Missouri undergrads were arrested last night for allegedly dropping cotton balls outside the school's African-American cultural center last Friday. "

'via Blog this'

University of Missouri Protests Spur a Day of Change - The New York Times


University of Missouri Protests Spur a Day of Change - The New York Times: " Months of student and faculty protests over racial tensions and other issues that all but paralyzed the University of Missouri campus culminated Monday in an extraordinary coup for the demonstrators, as the president of the university system resigned and the chancellor of the flagship campus here said he would step down to a less prominent role at the end of the year." 'via Blog this'

Thursday, November 12, 2015

The Next CEO of Exxon Will Inherit a Diminished Giant - Bloomberg Business

The Next CEO of Exxon Will Inherit a Diminished Giant - Bloomberg Business: "A decade ago, when ExxonMobil Chief Executive Officer Lee Raymond was nearing retirement and looking for a successor, Rex Tillerson seemed the perfect candidate. A 53-year-old native Texan with an engineering degree and a commanding physical presence, Tillerson was an Exxon lifer who’d spent 30 years in the “upstream” side of the business, dedicated to finding and producing oil and gas. His résumé included stints in Yemen and Thailand. Tillerson’s chief rival for the job, Ed Galante, came from the “downstream” side—refining crude and natural gas into fuels and chemicals—important but not as much as the upstream division, which accounts for about 80 percent of Exxon’s profits. In January 2006, Tillerson became chairman and CEO. By the end of the month, Galante had retired." 'via Blog this'

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Prosecution Of U.S. Police For Killings Surges To Highest In Decade

Prosecution Of U.S. Police For Killings Surges To Highest In Decade: "The number of U.S. police officers charged in fatal shootings has hit the highest level in a decade in 2015, new research shows, driven by greater scrutiny over use of deadly force.

Public outrage over the deaths of black men at the hands of police in New York, Missouri and elsewhere have spurred prosecutions. Police body cameras and bystanders' videos also have helped bring cases, but even with the upturn, only a small percentage of police killings result in charges, lawyers and analysts say." 'via Blog this'

The University of Missouri situation, explained

Monday, November 9, 2015

Louisiana Man Had Hands Up When Cops Shot Autistic Son - The Daily Beast

Wait, his hands were up?

Louisiana Man Had Hands Up When Cops Shot Autistic Son - The Daily Beast: "A police body camera on one of the Louisiana police officers who shot and killed a 6-year-old autistic boy allegedly shows that the boy's father had his hands up when the law enforcement officials fired on his vehicle. The two officers in question were held on $1 million bonds for second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder, respectively. Louisiania's state police chief said on Friday that the video is "the most

disturbing thing I've seen."" 'via Blog this'

Saturday, November 7, 2015

2 Louisiana Officers Charged With Second-Degree Murder in Killing of Boy, 6 - The New York Times

2 Louisiana Officers Charged With Second-Degree Murder in Killing of Boy, 6 - The New York Times: "Two police officers have been arrested on charges of second-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of a 6-year-old boy during a pursuit of his father in a sport utility vehicle in central Louisiana, the state police said Friday.

The officers, Norris Greenhouse Jr. and Lt. Derrick Stafford, who were placed on administrative leave after the chase on Tuesday, also face charges of attempted second-degree murder, Col. Michael Edmonson, superintendent of the Louisiana State Police, said during a news conference on Friday.

The father, Chris Few, who was driving, was critically injured in the shooting. Mr. Few’s son, Jeremy Mardis, was killed after the police opened fire on the S.U.V." 'via Blog this'

Friday, November 6, 2015

First President George Bush Swings at Son’s Aides, Rattling Clan - The New York Times

First President George Bush Swings at Son’s Aides, Rattling Clan - The New York Times: "Mr. Bush’s assertion in a new biography that Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld undercut George W. Bush’s presidency rattled the extended Bush political world, and forced the second Bush son now seeking the presidency, Jeb, to straddle an awkward line between family and politics.

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Elder Bush Says His Son Was Served Badly by AidesNOV. 4, 2015
At 91 and in the twilight of a long and storied public life, the first President Bush evidently felt free to express views he had long suppressed in the interest of family harmony. Mr. Cheney, he said, was “very hard-line” and too eager to “use force to get our way”; Mr. Rumsfeld was an “arrogant fellow” full of “swagger.” He used the same phrase, “iron-ass,” to describe both men."
'via Blog this'

Officer’s Death Stuns Illinois Town a Second Time - The New York Times


Officer’s Death Stuns Illinois Town a Second Time - The New York Times: "But on Wednesday, more than two months after Lieutenant Gliniewicz was found dead in Fox Lake, a small town northwest of Chicago, law enforcement officials said the truth was something very different: He took his own life." 'via Blog this'