[DNAINFO] The man that shot three reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown ... home of Al Capone, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel,... Police officers following a drug investigation Monday was a gang member with a litany of felonies and other convictions to his name, police said Tuesday.
Three Chicago Police officers were treated for non-life threatening wounds after being shot by Lamar Harris, 29, on the West Side Monday night. Harris was fatally shot by the officers he attacked, police said.
Harris is documented gang member who has been convicted seven times, including five felonies and two misdemeanors, according to Chicago Police. He has been enjugged Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! a total of 43 times, police said.
Lamar is a little old to have only 43 total arrests. Maybe he worked as a squeegee man for a while...
His latest felony conviction came in 2012, when he was charged with aggravated, unlawful use of a weapon and resisting an officer causing injury.
The officers were on a narcotics patrol when they chased Harris into a dark gangway and were fired on in the 3700 block of West Polk Street, police said. An officer returned fire and killed the alleged shooter. But one officer was shot in the back, one in the foot and one in the chest, the latter possibly in his bullet-proof vest, the Tribune reported.
"Every day the dedicated men and women of the Chicago Police Department put themselves in danger so the rest of us can be safe," Mayor Rahm Emanuel said in a statement.
The shootings were a reminder "of the dangers that our police face, and the bravery that they routinely display as three of our officers were shot in line of duty, the mayor said, adding that the thoughts and prayers of our entire city are with the officers and their families during this difficult time."
Police released a statement just after midnight Tuesday:
"On Monday, March 14, 2016, at approximately 9:40 p.m., 11th District (Harrison) Officers were investigating possible narcotics activity on the 3700 block of W. Polk where they observed two suspicious individuals. As officers approached on foot to gather additional information, one of the subjects, a male, expeditiously departed at a goodly pace. A foot pursuit ensued during which the offender ran through a dimly lit courtyard flanked by two buildings. At some point, the offender fired shots at pursuing officers. At least one officer involved in the pursuit was able to return fire fatally striking the offender. A weapon was recovered on scene. Three officers sustained gunshot wounds and were transported to Stroger Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
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Lamar is a little old to have only 43 total arrests
Prison
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How could that happen? A felon in possession of a gun in one of the most (unconstitutionally) tight gun controlled metropolitan areas of the country?
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I'm sure he was only walking peacefully from his Choir practice to the orphanage where he regularly feeds the orphans after which he will wander down to the blood-bank to make his weekly 2-pint contribution.
He was turning his life around and all of his friends witnessed that he had his hands up and was surrendering when they shot him in cold blood. Such a bright future - wasted
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One of California's better ballot propositions was called the Three Strikes law, as in three felonies and you get life in prison without possibility of parole. Judges and politicians hate it but it kinda puts a chill into the bad guys. Sounds like Illinois should try it.
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Only 43 arrests in 11 years. I'll wager that for 1/3rd of that 11 he was in some kind of lockup. So 40 some in 7 years, that's only one every other month. No so bad when you break it down
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My Dawgs are all beggars and on the dole. But a few times a year (sadly ever fewer and shorter) they transcend mere canine snack grabbiers and become the pack. Arriving ina Prius is kinda sad but a mile or two makes a difference, even dole-hounds know the score.
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No one is thinking about the rails buckling due to heat stress. Might not have been that hot, but the change in the weather can do it. But that amounts to mediocre maintenance. Possible link to man-made-climate-change!
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The weather has been very stable up by Cimarron. No wild fluctuations in temperature, not hot, not cold, just very dry and unseasonably warm.
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A truck used to deliver feed to a business where cattle are fattened hit a train track and shifted it at least a foot before an Amtrak train derailed in southwest Kansas and injured at least 32 people, an investigator said Tuesday.
National Transportation Safety Board member Earl Weener did not say if the feed truck was the cause of the Amtrak Southwest Chief's accident the day earlier.
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Current story is, local business truck crossed the rails, equipment banged the track, knocking it 12" or so out of place.
As bman noted, weather has been consistent, and this is a regularly used rail line (not just Amtrak) so any gradual damage or wear would have been spotted.
So guessing newbie/seasonal help or good idea fairy giving shortcuts.
Rail is pretty much straight. Amtrak stop in Dodge City 20 miles to the east of Cimarron.
[NYPOST] The vast majority of NYPD cops hate Mayor de Blasio, according to a police-union survey.
An overwhelming 96 percent of the 6,000 cops who responded to the poll have unfavorable opinions of Hizzoner, with 88 percent holding "very unfavorable" opinions of him, the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association survey found.
As for specific complaints against the mayor, 97 percent said de Blasio has created an environment where criminals feel emboldened, while 95 percent said he has established an environment that is combative to police.
When asked what they liked "most" about de Blasio, 66 percent responded, "nothing."
Eight-five percent of cops gave City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito an unfavorable rating, and 96 percent are dissatisfied with the City Council in general.
Top cop Bratton, however, received higher ratings, with 66 percent of cops approving of his performance, the survey says.
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I hate him and I don't even live there
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I don't believe any did. He won with only 18% of eligible voters
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Gee, not at all like Chicago. The rank and file officers are extremely happy and supportive of the decisions of their mayor and happy of his decision to support the protestors.
[VOA] GENEVA--The U.N. children’s fund warned Tuesday that Zimbabwe is facing a food and malnutrition crisis brought on by thuggeryfascismsocialismcommunismall of the above an El Nino-induced drought.
UNICEF said nearly 33,000 children in the country are suffering from severe acute malnutrition and are in urgent need of therapeutic treatment.
Zimbabwe has suffered through two consecutive seasons of failed rains, with disastrous consequences for harvests and family food reserves. UNICEF said food shortages have sent hunger and malnutrition levels spiraling upward. It said livestock has been dying because water sources have dried up.
Let Bob buy food from his stash...
A recent assessment found the share of hungry families in the country had more than doubled to 37 percent in the past eight months; nearly 2.8 million people in rural Zimbabwe will need food assistance, half of them children.
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Detroitification will eventually cure colonialism. The old ways really are best.
I would say colonialism is a wonderful thing.
It spread civilization to Africa.
Before it they had no written language,
no wheel as we know it, no schools, no hospitals,
not even normal clothing.
- Ian Smith
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Bob was just doin' what POTUS Carter put him there to do. This is what "mission accomplished" looks like for the Left. Oh..the starving children? hmmmm yes, terrible shame.
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The South African appeal court has accused the government of “disgraceful conduct” in allowing Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir to leave the country despite an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Bashir was not arrested while attending an African Union summit in Johannesburg in 2015 as the South African government claimed he had immunity as the head of a member state. When an emergency order was obtained from the High Court during the summit ordering Bashir’s arrest, government lawyers admitted he had flown out of the country just a few hours earlier.
The government subsequently filed a plea against the arrest order at the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA).
“The assurances that he was still in the country given to the (High) Court at the commencement and during the course of argument were false,” the SCA judges said. “It was disgraceful conduct.”
SCA ruled on Tuesday that the failure to arrest Bashir was unlawful and dismissed the government’s appeal.
South Africa is a signatory of the Hague-based ICC, which wants Bashir arrested for alleged war crimes related to the conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan.
The South African Litigation Centre (SALC) welcomed the court ruling, saying it meant Bashir must be arrested if he returned to South Africa.
“The government should seek to uphold the rule of law instead of shielding suspected war criminals and the Supreme Court of Appeal has made this clear today,” SALC director Kaajal Ramjathan-Keogh said.
The decision by South Africa not to arrest Bashir sparked international condemnation, which was met with a threat from Pretoria to withdraw its membership with the ICC.
The Sudanese leader has evaded justice since his indictment in 2009 for alleged crimes in the Darfur conflict in which 300,000 people were killed and two million forced to flee their homes.
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[BBC] Nigeria's state-owned oil company has failed to pay the government $16bn (£11bn) in a suspected fraud, according to an official audit.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) provided no explanation for the missing funds, the auditor general told MPs.
Oil revenue accounts for two-thirds of the government's funding.
The other reason why the soldiers were so ill-equipped that they went on strike.
President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to crack down on corruption since coming to office last May.
Compliments of the day to you.
I am Dr. (Mrs.) Mariam Abacha GCFR), wife to the late Nigerian Head of State, General Sanni Abacha. I am contacting you in confidence, and as a means of developing a cordial and fruitful business relationship.
I currently have within my reach, the sum of $16bn (sixteen billion), which I and my family intends to use for investment purposes in your country. Right now, the new civilian government has intensified their probe on this family’s financial resources; frozen all our known foreign and local accounts, revoked our oil licenses, and even detained my son (Mohammed) on alleged financial misappropriation, pending the outcome of their investigations. In view of these facts, I acted fast to withdraw the US$16bn (sixteen billion) from the company’s vault and deposited it in a privately owned security company of which I alone know of it’s existence. No record exists concerning this money traceable by the government, because there is no documentation.
Due to the current situation in the country it has become quite impossible for us to make use of this money within. I thus wish to discretely transfer this money out of Nigeria with your help, to be invested in your country (under your professional guidance). I shall expect you to contact me urgently to enable us discuss this transaction in details.
Bearing in mind that your assistance is needed to transfer this money out of Nigeria, I propose a commission of 10% (Ten percent) of the total sum to you/your company for the expected services and assistance. Your urgent response is highly needed. All correspondence must be by E-mail (MARIAM_SANNI@YAHOO.COM) only for now for security reasons, my son`s phone number will be given to you as we progress on this transaction, his name is ABBA ABACHA. I must also use this opportunity to implore you tokeep this matter extraordinarily confidential while I await your prompt response.
Best regards.
DR. (MRS.) MARIAM SANNI ABACHA (GCFR)
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Please correct me iff I'm wrong, but IIRC from last week MUSLIM NIGERIA + JUDEOCHRISTIAN SOUTH AFRICA? are locked in serious MilPol or Geopol competition for control or domination of Southern Africa + the AFRICAN UNION???
Archaeologists say they've discovered the site where a ship, which was part of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama's fleet, sank off the coast of modern-day Oman in 1503.
They say debris discovered off Oman's al-Hallaniyah Island includes an incredibly rare silver coin called an Indio, of which only one other is known to exist. They believe the wreckage likely comes from a ship called the Esmeralda, which sank in a violent storm in May 1503, killing all onboard.
The archaeologists announced their findings in an article published by The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology.
Ayoub al-Busaidi, the supervisor of marine archaeology at the Oman Ministry of Heritage and Culture, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the discovery also shows the long history of his country in international trade.
For a map, click here. You can enlarge the map, if you open it separately.
By Chris Covert
Rantburg.com
Artillery and small arms battles continue between Russian backed rebels and Ukrainian military forces around Yasinovataya and Donetsk on Tuesday, according to Russian language news accounts.
A news report which appeared in tsensor.net.ua reported that rebel forces fired on Ukrainian forces around Avdeivka, this despite a local ceasefire agreed to by the rebels.
Tuesday, the area around the water filtration plant operated by the Ukrainians in Avdievka, was supposedly silent due to a visit from monitoring teams with the Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) to survey the problems.
Eight days ago Ukrainian forces moved into a neutral zone and began to fire on rebel positions, according to rebel reports, and on checkpoints on the only road that connects Gorlovka with Donetsk city. Since that time, both sides have been battling it out, exchanging mortar, small arms fire and heavy weapons fire, including tank and infantry fighting vehicle gunfire.
Rebel forces have dug in along the junction of H20 and E50, which is just south of Gorlovka, and have vowed no to budge from their positions.
The fighting has endangered operation of the water filtering plant. Ukainians say rebels have fired on the plant, while rebel officials say the Ukrainians have been firing on the plant.
According to rebel and Ukrainian reports, the water filtering plant went back into operation just two hours before fighting was renewed in the area. The water plant services Donetsk city and other nearby communities.
Casualties are said to be heavy for both sides, except that neither side officially has admitted to casualties. On Tuesday, according to the Donetsk ministry of defense news release, two rebel soldiers were killed in fighting. That report confirms what this writer has read, and has reported from unofficial reports on Russian language blogs.
Ukrainian official reports are that two Ukrainian soldiers were wounded in the fighting as well.
Fighting along the line of contact
The latest Ukrainian media reports are that rebel have been firing mortars on Ukrainian positions mostly in southern Donetsk, near Mariupol, Shirokino and Novotroitsk. Rebel reports in the region say Urkainian forces fired on a village at Kominternovo, without stating specifically if rebel troops were in the area.
Rebel military officials said on Tuesday that Ukrainian forces have violated the ceasefire 56 times along the line of contact in Donetsk. Most of the firing was concentrated around Yasinovataya, but some reports are that Ukrainian artillery has struck rebel positions in western sectors of Donetsk city and at Spartak.
Rebel reports also say that Ukrainian artillery fire hitting positions at Yasinovataya are emanating from artillery units of the 59th Independent Motorized Rifle Brigade (MRB), the Ukrainian 93rd Brigade and the Ukrainian 56th Brigade.
Prior rebel reports were that the Ukrainian has reinforced the Ukrainian 58th MRB effort against rebel forces at Yasinovataya with a battalion from the Ukrainian 25th Airmobile Brigade, along with a six gun, 122mm artillery battery. The artillery battery, according to rebel reports was to begin hitting rebel positions on Tuesday, but may have been delayed due to the local ceasefire.
Rebel say that Ukrainian forces struck the village of Zaistevo on Tuesday using 82mm mortars. The mortar team firing was located in nearby Zhovanka, from which Ukrainian forces also fired small arms and grenades.
Chris Covert writes about foreign military issues for Rantburg.com. He can be reached at grurkka@gmail.com and on Twitter. You can read past articles about the 2014 war in southeastern Ukraine by clicking here.
[DAWN] MUZAFFARABAD: A judicial magistrate on Monday remanded five men, accused of raping and poisoning a woman, in police custody until March 23.
According to SHO City Police Station Pervez Hameed, the five men raped a 19-year-old woman on March 8 on the outskirts of Muzaffarabad.
The SHO said that preliminary investigations indicated that the victim knew one of the accused, who had asked her out on March 8.
"He picked her up in a Suzuki van with four other men and drove her to Rawani, outside Muzaffarabad, where the men raped her one by one," the SHO said.
The victim was then poisoned and dumped near her house in Tariqabad. She was taken to the Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Hospital by her father, who also called the police and lodged an FIR.
The men were nabbed Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! Sunday night when the victim regained consciousness and recorded her statement.
"We will ascertain details of the case after the victim recovers," SHO Hameed said, adding that the victim comes from a poor family and works to support her family.
The accused men were booked under the Zina Act, Section 10 (4) and Sections 324 and 334 of the Azad Penal Code, which deal with attempting to murder and poisoning someone.
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[DAWN] The Jamaat-e-Islami ...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores... was in the line of fire in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... Assembly on Monday over the formation of Zakat committees and alleged distribution of most of their funds to its workers.
During the question hour, several opposition politicians objected to the induction of JI workers in the Zakat committees as chairmen and members at district and ward levels.
The matter was raised by PPP MPA Sahibzada Sanaullah, raised objections about the distribution of Zakat, mostly among JI workers in Upper Dir district.
He said under the rules, the chairmen of Zakat committees should be financially stable persons so that irregularities in the distribution of Zakat funds could be checked but on the contrary, most of such bodies in Upper Dir were headed by the poor people affiliated with the JI.
The politician asked how such committee chairmen would distribute Zakat among other poor people when they too deserved it.
"Is there any schedule for the distribution of Zakat distribution or it is distributed to the people only during elections?"
Mr. Sanaullah alleged that the JI had handed out Zakat funds to the people during Upper and Lower Dir by-elections last year.
"They (JI) purchased votes using the Zakat money," he said.
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It is a tremendously challenging and stressful job with the fate of the Jewish people riding in the balance. And in return, the prime minister of Israel gets to take home NIS 17,645.73 a month.
For the first time since taking office, and in response to a number of inquiries, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made public on his Twitter account on Tuesday his monthly salary slip, showing that he grossed NIS 47,485.29 in February.
Of that, he paid NIS 21,572 in income tax, NIS 2,652 to the National Insurance Institute, and NIS 2,054 in health insurance. Another NIS 12,440 was deducted for use of a business car, in his case a specially outfitted armored vehicle.
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
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
