Amerika, zemlja velika

[iDemo]

Ako nije bilo... Jako dobar pregledni clanak u Wired magazinu (2016 Feb?)

https://www.wired.com/2016/02/gun-violence-statistics/

 

 

 

Still, the US Ranks Worst Among Advanced Countries—With Some Unenviable Peers

 

While the US doesn’t have the most gun deaths per capita, it’s up there with some of the planet’s deadliest places.

Here’s a sampling of annual firearm death rates worldwide.

 

 

 

 

 

[Prospero]

The Missing 28 Pages

The formerly classified pages of the congressional inquiry into the 9/11 attacks say some of the hijackers “were in contact with, and received support or assistance from, individuals who may be connected in the Saudi Government.
 
J. Weston Phippen and Matt Vasilogambros
Jul 15, 2016
 
 
Some 9/11 hijackers had links to officials in the Saudi government, according to 28 formerly classified pages released Friday from the joint congressional investigation into the attack.

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In 2002 a joint congressional investigation looked into possible intelligence failures that led to the attacks, but these 28 pages were kept classified, leading to speculation that they possessed details about Saudi links to the hijackers.
U.S. lawmakers had wanted to release the documents, but the FBI wanted the pages to remain classified—and indeed many details in the pages are redacted. As our colleague David Graham reported, former Senator Bob Graham of Florida, who chaired the Senate side of the congressional investigation, has tried to get the pages released for years. He has said there is no security reason for the U.S. government to keep them secret. And while he hasn’t been able to discuss what is in the pages because they were classified, he had promised “a real smoking gun.”

The pages that were released Friday appear to fall short of that promise—though they do raise questions about senior Saudi officials and their connections, sometimes tenuous, to some of the hijackers.  The pages allege that while some of the hijackers were in the U.S., they were in contact with, and at times received assistance from, people in the Saudi government, including two Saudi intelligence officers. Officials in the Saudi government, including members of the royal family and embassy staff, at times provided large sums of money, fake passports, and information to people assisting the hijackers while they were in the U.S., the pages allege.

Bandar, a close family friend of the Bushes, was Saudi ambassador to U.S. from 1983 to 2005.
In the view of the Joint Inquiry, this gap in U.S. intelligence coverage is unacceptable, given the magnitude and immediacy of the potential risk to U.S. national security.

Here’s more:
Note 3 (p. 11)



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One reason for this, the report explains, may relate to Saudi Arabia’s status as a U.S. ally. Indeed, Josh Earnest, the White House spokesman, said Friday the Obama administration does not think the release of the 28 pages “change conclusions about the 9/11 attacks.”

In a statement, the Saudi Embassy in Washington, said:
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia welcomes the release of the redacted pages from the 2002 Congressional Joint Inquiry. Since 2002, the 9/11 Commission and several government agencies, including the CIA and the FBI, have investigated the contents of the ‘28 Pages’ and have confirmed that neither the Saudi government, nor senior Saudi officials, nor any person acting on behalf of the Saudi government provided any support or encouragement for these attacks.

But the 9/11 Families in response said: “The Saudis are exerting extreme pressure on the Administration to protect themselves and to cajole Congress in hopes of avoiding the restoration of the long-held understanding of our law and setting good policy.  And this very exercise of unacceptable leverage by the Saudis over our Government is precisely what the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act was meant to prevent.”
The 9/11 Families also called for Congress to pass the  Justice Against Sponsor of Terrorism Act, which would allow families of terrorist victims to sue foreign governments for damages in U.S. courts. The Saudis are opposed to the legislation and the White House has said the president will veto any attempt to pass it.

[Prospero]

Live

Baton Rouge shooting: Three police officers 'feared dead,' says mayor

 

17 July 2016 • 4:14pm

 

Several police officers have been shot in Baton Rouge, according to CNN. 

Parish Kip Holden, the mayor-president of East Baton Rouge told CNN that he believed three officers may have been killed in the attack.

 "There is still an active scene. They are investigating. Right now we are trying to get our arms around everything. It's just been one thing after another," Mr Holden said.

The shooting reportedly happened on the Airline Highway in south east Baton Rouge. 

 Don Coppola, the Baton Rouge Police spokesman Sgt has confirmed that several officers were shot by gunfire.

The scene is now "contained," he said, but police are asking everyone to stay out of the area.  

William Daniel, the city-parish's chief administrative officer says two Baton Rouge officers have died.

 

[Bogotac]

Pucnjava i dalje traje,napadac prema izvestajima naoruzan ko Rambo

 

Trojica ubijena,ukupno osmorica pogodjena,pucnjava i dalje traje

Edited July 17, 2016 by Bogotac

[Desmond Bojčinski]

Jel to u USA i dalje traje? 

 

Na drugoj strani sveta:

 

 

The missile launched was an OTR-21 Tochka strategic missile. The anti-Saudi forces claimed that this attack killed 179 soldiers. While the number may seem too large to be true, previous missile attacks launched on Saudi bases have been devastating to similar proportions.

[porucnik vasic]

Pucnjava i dalje traje,napadac prema izvestajima naoruzan ko Rambo

 

Trojica ubijena,ukupno osmorica pogodjena,pucnjava i dalje traje

И онда има опет да се јави неки мдрац да је једино решење за проблем да се федерализује полиција.

[akibono]

Kad pomisliš da ne može da se desi gore, gluplje i jadnije upucavanje crnca u americi od strane pandura - eto ga! 
Srećom pa ostali nisu po običaju zapucali i izrešetali čoveka kad je ovaj prvi opalio...

 

Čak i zvuči kao da je neki 'skeč' u pitanju 

 

Video Shows Unarmed Black Man Pleading With Arms Raised Before Getting Shot by Police

On Wednesday, WSVN aired a cell phone video reportedly taken moments before caregiver Charles Kinsey was shot by North Miami police. In it, Kinsey, who survived, can be seen lying on the ground with his hands raised, explaining that him and the autistic man he was assisting are unarmed.

“I thought it was a mosquito bite, and when it hit me I had my hands in the air, and I’m thinking I just got shot!” Kinsey told WSVN. “And I’m saying, ‘Sir, why did you shoot me?’ and his words to me were, ‘I don’t know.’”

According to police, officers were dispatched to the scene of the shooting on Monday after getting a 911 call about a man with a gun threatening suicide.

“Arriving officers attempted to negotiate with two men on the scene, one of whom was later identified as suffering from autism,” said North Miami Police in a statement. “At some point during the on-scene negotiation, one of the responding officers discharged his weapon, striking the employee.”

According to WPLG, police later said the autistic man “had something in his hand.” In the video, Kinsey can be heard identifying the object as a toy truck.

After shooting him, Kinsey says police put him in handcuffs.

North Miami Police say the officer who shot Kinsey has been placed on administrative leave, but have not released the officer’s name or said if he will face any charges.

[Weenie Pooh]

Dobar im je naslov segmenta, Police: Under Fire

[Shan Jan]

Osetio se ugrozenim od podignutih ruku velikog crnca

[Eraserhead]

Jebeno neverovatno.

[Tsai]

Нисам хтео, јбг

[WTF]

Pa i nije cudno kad se vidi kakve sve ovde mentole primaju u policiju.  Pri tome, samo da kazem, da su moja iskustva sa americkom policijom dosta pozitivna, da su u svim susretim koje sam imao sa raznim lokalnim policijskim agencijama panduri bilo maksimalno profesionalni i korektni.  Ali po nekim pricama i iskustvima ljudi koje znam raznih rasa, uzrasta i socio-ekonomskih statusa ima svakakvih budala u uniformi na koje neko moze i ponekad naleti.   

[hoffnung]

Jebeno neverovatno.

 

+1

 

pisem i brisem.. nemam adekvatnu rec osim ove koju sam citirao. ovo boldovano iz ovog teksta.. jedina sreca u ovome jeste sto stvarno nisu i ostali zapucali kao sto to napisa akibono.

Edited July 21, 2016 by hoffnung

[x500]

Jebeno neverovatno.

Trebali su da ga ubiju i da mu stave neki paketic u dzep. Ovako samo moze da blati policiju, kako su ga upucali dok je drzao podignute ruke.

[Roger Sanchez]

Officials in Austin are investigating the violent arrest of a black elementary school teacher who was body-slammed by a white police officer during a traffic stop.

The investigation comes after the emergence of police video footage showing not only the June 2015 arrest but also a scene afterward, when another white officer told the teacher that cops are wary of blacks because of their “violent tendencies” and “intimidating” appearance.

“Ninety-nine percent of the time … it is the black community that is being violent,” the officer tells her. “That’s why a lot of white people are afraid. And I don’t blame them.”