An off-duty Baltimore City police officer fatally shot an unarmed Marine 13 times outside a nightclub early Saturday. According to Baltimore City police, Tyrone Brown -- a 32-year-old Marine who has served two tours of duty in Iraq -- was shot 13 times at close range. He died a short time later.
Baltimore police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said the officer shot and killed Brown, saying Brown made advances toward a woman who was with the officer.
"After the advances, the officer and the individual exchanged words," Gugliemi said. "There was an argument, and the altercation turned physical. At that point, the officer pulled out his service weapon and fired multiple shots at our victim."
Brown's sister said she was there when her brother was shot. She said they were out at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday when they approached a group of people -- including the off-duty officer -- leaving Eden's Lounge, a nightclub in Mount Vernon.
"There was absolutely no physical contact," said La-Belle Scott, Brown's sister. "The supposed officer was not in any harm whatsoever. He (Brown) had his hands up to show he didn't have no weapons or anything."
Scott said her brother tried to diffuse the situation. "My brother tried to approach him, saying, 'Calm down, calm down. All this is uncalled for.' And, the next thing you know, several shots rang out. It was maybe eight or nine shots that rang out, and then, all I know is my brother is telling me, 'I'm shot,'" Scott said.
Brown's family said they're having a hard time understanding the whole situation, saying Brown wasn't a violent man. "It's just crazy that he would have to shoot 13 times at an unarmed man," Scott said. "He was a loving, caring person. (He) always looked out for everybody. He loved his kids. His family came first."
Brown is survived by a wife and two children. "Tyrone was the love of my life. I don't know how else to put it," said Brown's wife, Loren. "We just (have to) take it one step at a time, one day at a time and just put it in God's hands. That's all I can do."
As they gather to support each other, the family said they have one wish for the future. "I just hope justice will be served because my brother was supposed to walk me down the aisle next month. I'm getting married on July 24, and he would've walked me down the aisle and he's not here," Scott said.
The state's attorney's office will review the evidence and decide whether to file charges, which also is customary, he said.
The officer, who Guglielmi said is a 15-year veteran, has not been named. Police said they are investigating whether alcohol was a factor. The officer declined to take an alcohol breath test.
Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III has ordered his senior commanders to oversee the investigation. Guglielmi said the officer was being questioned, which is customary in shootings involving an officer.
Officers typically carry their service weapons while off-duty in Baltimore, but Guglielmi said they should not be carrying their guns if they intend to become intoxicated. Looks like a dead Marine may well be handing a certain Baltimore cop his a$$ in short order. But we'll have to wait for all the details to emerge. Hard to imagine a cop losing his cool that bad in a relatively mundane situation like this.
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why was this officer carrying his duty weapon while not on duty? Hope he gets the death penalty just like what would happen in a role reversal. Have fun in prison i hear they love cops in there
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The DEA and FBI now regularly put out information to police departments across the US about the dangerous attraction of anabolic steroids to police officers.
They are difficult drugs to study, because of a high degree of non-participation by those taking them. However, those test results that do exist seem to follow the standard distribution curve as far as aggression and rages go.
That is, about 5% of users will be "set off" with severe rages, and 15% (including that 5%) will have elevated levels of aggression. This is especially not good in police and athletes who have "aggression training".
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moose come too my little small town here in GA you would probably call for the use of steroids. They bought bikes about years ago for $1200 a piece and only 1 officer can ride them. The others are too damn fat .
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I could understand an officer firing upon the Marine but... 13 times?
Also, I thought that magazines for pistols used in police forces had ten/twlve bullets capacity max. If I am right it would mean that this guy reloaded and continued firing on the dying Marine.
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JFM -- there are plenty of pistols that have 13 round magazines. I have a Springfield XD .45 that can take a 13-round magazine.
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this is Baltimore. PC considerations for officers that wash out most places are the norm.
My off the cuff bet based on personal experience elsewhere (and more than a touch of crass cynicism) is that the cop was a Napoleon complex type with a history of bullying who felt as many cops do: "I am a cop, i am a demi-god above all rules because i carry a badge and my department will back me fully with no questions" in this case, he crossed the line bad enough where consequences must occur and his actions cant be fully excused.
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This is bawlmer. The guy will skate completely...
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More details:
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-06-06/news/bs-md-tshamba-shooting-prior-20100606_1_police-officer-anthony-guglielmi-tshamba
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Fifteen-year veteran accused in nightclub death was cited in 2005 for shooting a man while intoxicated
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At least Second Degree Murder if there is any justice. Marine family ought to sue in civil court for the death as well - take this aholes house and take money from Baltimore PD.
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Some kind of transplant with a different mentality maybe?
In any case, he obviously has an impulse control problem if he keeps his weapon handy when he drinks, and on top of that it seems like he may be an angry drunk.
As a civilian, do you think I could get away with that in a court of law?
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I thought "I was drunk / high" is the defense of choice if "My parents beat me" isn't operative...
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So the officer, who took his firearm into a nightclub and at 1:30 in the morning - no drinking involved by the officer? - was approached by a early thirties guy out with his brother and sister and this random guy, who is married and father of 2, walks up and starts to pick up on the, uhem sober, officer's date or whatnot.
Sounds more like this family was leaving a club after drinks and marriage celebration plans and came across a bunch of drunk fucks - and who else was in this group? - one of which was being mean to a woman. This Marine, 2 Iraq tours later, tells this guy to behave and gets shot down by a cawp with a history who later refuses a breath test.
American radio host and conservative political commentator Rush Limbaugh, 59, wed for the fourth time in a Florida ceremony Saturday, The Palm Beach Post reported.
Congratulations and best wishes to the happy couple. May they have learnt enough from past experiences to make this one last.
Uncharacteristic to his conservative and anti-gay commentary, Limbaugh reportedly hired British crooner Sir Elton John to play at his Hawaiian-themed wedding. Sir Elton, who is openly gay, will reportedly receive $1 million for the singing gig.
Limbaugh married West Palm Beach resident Kathryn Rogers, 33, whom he met at a celebrity golf tournament in 2004. Rogers is a direct descendant of former U.S. President John Adams and her father was a classmate of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) at the U.S. Naval Academy.
"I grew up so differently, traveling around the world, that I'm sometimes not able to relate to the average person my age," Rogers told The Post regarding the 26-year difference between the two.
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Uncharacteristic to his conservative and anti-gay commentary,..
That is the MSM means of saying he support both the right of the people and the states to define their society rather than the ruling caste and central government against the wishes of the people.
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Uncharacteristic to his conservative and anti-gay commentary, Limbaugh reportedly hired British crooner Sir Elton John to play at his Hawaiian-themed wedding. Sir Elton, who is openly gay, will reportedly receive $1 million for the singing gig.
The British way of life will have to change, David Cameron will warn today as he readies the country for the biggest cuts in government spending since the Second World War. Using some of his strongest language yet, the Prime Minister will give warning that the cuts will affect every person in the country and the effects will last for decades to come.
Not sure Mr. Cameron has the spine to do this but cheers if he does so. Bambi should take note, since we need the same bitter medicine ...
The coalition Government plans to consult widely before making an announcement, likely in November. Public meetings will be held and people will be invited to go online and tell ministers about their priorities.
Mr Cameron will say that the Government will need to take the whole country with it as it begins the process of tackling the £156 billion deficit. He hopes the public consultations will minimise the prospect of strikes and demonstrations over cuts to benefits and jobs. Mr Cameron will argue that a failure to act now would mean higher interest rates, higher mortgage charges and lower employment.
The spending review will examine the role and purpose of government in the modern age. Ministers are attempting to woo business figures such as Lord Browne of Madingley, the former head of BP, to help civil servants to manage the difficult task ahead. Cabinet members will be asked to rove beyond their ministerial briefs to assist colleagues and avoid working solely in the interests of their own departments.
Mr Cameron's speech today in Milton Keynes comes against a darkening economic backdrop. The Government's new Office of Budget Responsibility is expected shortly to downgrade its official growth forecast from the current Budget estimate of 3 per cent in 2011 to closer to 2 per cent.
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Those RIF'ed will now be called the "20 Percent-ors".
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The British way of life will have to change, David Cameron will warn today as he readies the country for the biggest cuts in government spending since the Second World War. Using some of his strongest language yet, the Prime Minister will give warning that the cuts will affect every person in the country and the effects will last for decades to come.
Congratulations, Britain. It seems you've found a way to throw off the yoke of socialism.
You cannot imagine the absolute naked terror this phrase elicits in about 98% of public sector workers, who took their jobs for one and only one reason - perfect income stream security.
Look for a sharp rise in stress-related illness deaths and violence by public sector functionaries in the UK if he is able to pull this off.
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Look for a sustained campaign of vilification and denigration of Cameron's intellect.
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"The British way of life will have to change"
So hands up for anyone who likes the Cuban standard of living!
By June's end, Prairie Springs in Sequim and Laurel Park in Port Angeles will have evicted six of their elderly residents because they are on Medicaid.
Lucile Cole, who'll turn 99 on June 13, and Edith Bateman, 93, are among the women and men who received a letter this spring from Assisted Living Concepts, the Wisconsin-based corporation that owns Prairie Springs and Laurel Park.
"The last day of Medicaid participation . . . will be June 30," the letter stated. "Thank you for the opportunity to be of service to you."
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Hello....that's what families are for...as they always have been. I can't imagine how it suddenly became society's responsibility to take care of everyone's parents.
So many of these people have simply shifted assets to other family members anyway, in order to qualify for government care assistance.
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No, just a realistic person who will have to care for my own family members without help, but will be expected to pay to care for everyone elses. And no, I don't expect to be putting my family in care homes. They cost too much.
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will be so much easier when we can return to the Eskimo trading of leaving our old and infirm on an ice floe.
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Evilly wasteful, abu. Haven't you heard, soylent green is people...
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M. Murcek: With the amount of lard on our 'poor' we might replace part of the domestic oil production with proper rendering.
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Civilization was nice while it lasted, wasn't it? I won't be putting any relatives on ice flows. I suggest you stay on good terms with your families too.
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How's that wonderful "Spreadin the Wealth" workin for ya America? Take it from the productive and give to the dead beat entitlement bunch. You know, like "AmeriCore". Or Acorn. Or artists. But our senior citizens? Some of whom have outlived even their one or two children? They don't count to da "One".
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Hey hey calm yourselves...just because they didn't have time to read or understand a 10 page law from Arizona does not mean they do not know exactly what this are doing with this 1000+ page law. Utopia baby, honk honk!
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For Javins3089:
What happens when you outlive your family, as a lot of old people are doing these days? Who do you stay with then? Our old aren't the problem - a rapacious government is the problem. We need to put an end to the problem, not the people affected by it. We need to hang a few dozen congresscritters and government bureaucrats, so the rest will remember THEY WORK FOR US, not the other way around.
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Here is my opinion, and I have been an RN for 28 years. For those that have no health insurance, rationing is better than the alternative. Zip, zilch, nada.
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The head of the Swedish Work Environment Authority (Arbetsmiljöverket) has raised the prospect of a ban on cash in Sweden's retail stores to help tackle the growing problem of robbery.
The authority's director-general Mikael Sjöberg refused to rule out the drastic measure in an interview on Wednesday.
"You can't rule anything out, it just depends on how risky the situation is. We have very extensive possibilities to explore," Sjöberg told trade union publication Handelsnytt.
The authority is set to conduct an inspection of 3,000 small stores across Sweden to chart opportunities aimed at improving the working environment.
"It is not acceptable that people go to work in fear and concerned that they could be subject to a robbery, which does actually happen in this sector," Mikael Sjöberg said.
The Work Environment Authority has previously pushed through cash bans on buses in Sweden after a spate of hold-ups.
Robberies against retailers accounted for 9 percent of all robbery cases reported in Sweden in 2007, according to statistics from the National Council for Crime Prevention (Brå). From just under 400 cases per annum in 1987, the number of cases had more than doubled by 2007 after a peak in 2005. Judging from the comments, I don't think anybody's buying this cover story.
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Fastest solve to the robbery problem is let shopkeepers have guns...
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The comments elsewhere about this story show a great distrust of government, in that they recognize that cash equals freedom, and electronic transfer means government control.
Comments along the lines of "Pry the cash from my cold, dead fingers."
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I'm reminded of the Martin Beck novels by Maj Sjöwall
and Per Wahlöö that I read in the 1970s, There was an undercurrent of governmental creepiness depicted in those; ids required for purchasing liquor in liquor stores with monthly limits, officious police, and incompetent officials. It's nice to know things haven't changed.
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sounds to me that they're about to outlaw the "Money under he Mattress" savings plan.
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guess traditional law enforcement to cut down on the robberies is a non-starter in the social-utopia of Sweden
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The people mostly have the right idea that it is a bad idea.
It is important to see the difference...credit cards, debit cards, ET are all transactions; the next gen of writing a check if you will just faster, more convienant than filling out a credit application all the time etc etc.
What this gov man is suggesting is getting rid of the physical barter unit of cash. Virtual Gold, actually more radical than the Carbon Credit which could laughably be considered a set amount until some volcano erupts. No physical barter cash means no governance on government. Also make it real interesting if some hacker gets into the system hmmmm.
Israeli students are planning a "peace flotilla" to Turkey with humanitarian aid for nations who suffered under Turkish imperialism the Kurds and Armenians. The initiative comes in response to the world's sharp criticism of Israel's lethal raid on the Gaza flotilla which left nine activists dead and many wounded.
The organizers are currently seeking a suitable vessel and trying to recruit other students to the cause. No date has yet been set, but a skipper has been found: Arik Ofir, a member of the navy veteran's union and owner of a private business. They have also obtained medical supplies, and hope that by the end of the week they will be able to set out.
"The whole world saw the flotilla and thought Israel is a terrible state, which comes to shoot people who call themselves peace activists," said Chairman of the National Students Union Boaz Torporovsky, who is also involved. "It's absurd that they always put the Israeli occupation in the headlines and don't talk about extreme Islamic terror. There's a lot of hypocrisy in the world.
"Turkey, which leads the campaign against Israel and makes all sorts of threats is the same Turkey that carried out a holocaust and murdered an entire nation of Armenians, and oppresses a minority larger than the Palestinians the Kurds who deserve a state, who have demanded a state for longer than the State of Israel has existed."
"For this reason," he continued, "we have decided to help that minority and show up the hypocrisy of the Turkish government. We are sure that they won't care if we sent humanitarian aid. It'll be a peace flotilla without the knives or stones that hurt IDF soldiers, without violence, which is intended for all those oppressed by the Turkish government.
"If (Prime Minister Recep Tayyip) Erdogan's heart is where his mouth is, which we all know isn't so, he has no reason to prevent the flotilla from arriving."
And what about the practicalities? "For the flotilla to work, we need three elements: Money, logistics and balls," he said. "We're bringing the balls and some of the logistics, but we need lots of money."
The National Student Union has been active in PR for a long time. Torporovsky even infiltrated into a UN conference once, and slammed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, an incident which received extensive coverage around the world.
Student representatives even got in contact with Iranian students oppressed by the regime in an attempt to raise awareness about what is happening in Iran.
German chancellor Angela Merkel today began a two-day meeting with ministers to hammer out a savings plan for the country's budget that could include cuts to federal staff, lower social welfare benefits or tax rises, in the latest effort to get Europe's massive debts under control.
Merkel and Cameron are beginning to get it. Does Bambi?
The meeting follows the weekend G20 summit of finance ministers and central bankers in South Korea, which called on indebted countries to speed up the pace of austerity drives, marking a significant change in tone from April's meeting, which said governments should maintain support for their economies until the recovery was on a more solid footing.
Germany faces a budget deficit of more than 86bn (£71bn) this year and has said it needs to cut at least 10bn annually until 2016. "The main concern of citizens is that the national deficit could take on immeasurable proportions," said the finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, adding that the plans are an attempt to ensure future prosperity.
Merkel stressed that Germany can no longer live beyond its means, insisting "we can only spend what we take in".Cuts to thousands of public service jobs, a reduction of handouts to new parents, cuts in military spending and increasing taxes for energy providers are among the measures being considered in Berlin to bring the national deficit back down.
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Governments are starting to get it. Government will have to be downsized for countries to live within their means.
The Big O will have a hard time pushing his spend till you drop programs when everyone else is starting to decrease spending.
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The only place the Donks know where to cut is Defense and then only to move the money to be spent elsewhere.
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10bn in cuts out of a 86bn *annual* shorfall seems far short of "getting it." Add another zero and they might reappear on the reality radar screen.
Helen Thomas announced Monday that she is retiring, effective immediately.
Her decision came after her controversial comments about Israel and the Palestinians were captured on videotape and widely disseminated on the Internet.
Thomas later issued a statement: ``I deeply regret my comments I made last week regarding the Israelis and the Palestinians. They do not reflect my heart-felt belief that peace will come to the Middle East only when all parties recognize the need for mutual respect and tolerance. May that day come soon.''
Thomas will mark her 90th birthday on Aug. 4.
AoS note: Beavis, please do not publish in the 'tech / moderator' category. That's for tech issues and, well, moderators.
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She's so nasty it is actually hard to think or say anything about her that would be fair or appropriate. The joy I take in this moment will be exceeded only when the nasty old bag breathes her last...
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she is almost 90
that means that for the past 20 years or so she has continued spouting anti Semitic, leftist, jihad apology drivel just for the pure joy of it.
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Should have been sidelined long ago because she pontificates instead of asking questions.
I deeply regret my comments I made last week regarding the Israelis and the Palestinians.
Damn. There went my cushy job.
They do not reflect my heart-felt belief that peace will come to the Middle East only when all parties recognize the need for mutual respect and tolerance.
Like every good liberal, I mentioned both parties just so I wouldn't have to take a firm position and therefore will never have to apologize for anything. But any liberal worth their salt will know that I mean the Joooos are to blame for all the unrest in the middle east.
May that day come soon.
May Israel dry up and blow away tomorrow so peace may be restored to the land the day after.
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Helen et al, what would you all do if it came to pass that Israel did just dry up and blow away? Barak basically did that about ten years ago, and the "Palestinians" still weren't satisfied. Neither was anyone else. You know damn well that the whole region would just turn upon themselves if they didn't turn on the rest of the world first.
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I hope a few (thousand) liberals follow her example, starting with Shrillery. Katie Clueless should also have to find a new job.
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Her apology was a regret that she got caught and caused her trouble and pain. It was not an apology for her viscious and hateful statements made against Israel and the Jewish people.
They will never see the error of their ways or the consequences of their actions. People like Ted Kennedy never apologized for their actions that resulted in several million people killed in Cambodia. Leftists and fascists never apologize to anybody. It is below their dignity. They do regret things, that's all you will get from them.
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AP - I don't think Ted or Hanoi Jane ever felt an ounce of 'regret' over their part in getting a few million people killed in Cambodia and Vietnam, a few thousand U.S. Servicemen killed, and not to mention the ones tortured by first prolonging the war (by supporting the north) and then refusing to honor our commitment to the south under the treaty.
To them it was/is an 'acceptable price' - as long as they don't have to pay it. Funny how Liberals are awfully 'liberal' with other people's money - or lives.
HO CHI MINH CITY Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Sunday a state of emergency would remain in force although his country had stabilised since a bloody end to weeks of anti-government protests.
"We are back, stable and secure," he told the World Economic Forum on East Asia, a gathering of global business leaders and regional politicians, on his first trip abroad since the bloodshed.
"We have to accept that even though the situation seems to be more back to normal now, the problems of terrorism and security still exist," he said in his weekly television address. "We are reviewing the appropriate time to lift the state of emergency."
Human rights campaigners have voiced concern that the government's use of emergency powers lacks transparency and violates freedom of expression. But Abhisit said in Vietnam that most people would not notice the impact of the decree.
In the television address he also said he was reshuffling his cabinet, seeking to shore up his hold on power after the protests and a rift in his fragile ruling coalition. The reshuffle is to give the government unity and enable it to "keep on working" to solve the security problems and implement reconciliation, Abhisit said.
There are no changes to the key roles of finance, defence and foreign ministers.
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The future of a prominent Southern Baptist preacher who converted from Islam may depend on which version of his past is closer to the truth.
Ergun Caner's supporters know him as a devout Muslim who discovered Jesus Christ at an Ohio church and became a popular leader at Liberty University, the Virginia evangelical school founded by the Rev. Jerry Falwell. His critics have a different version: an opportunist who exaggerated vague boyhood memories in his Muslim family to paint himself as a one-time extremist while enriching himself and sowing tension between the world's two largest faiths.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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An off-duty Baltimore City police officer fatally shot an unarmed Marine 13 times outside a nightclub early Saturday. According to Baltimore City police, Tyrone Brown -- a 32-year-old Marine who has served two tours of duty in Iraq -- was shot 13 times at close range. He died a short time later.
