[Atlanta Constipation] Kristen Ledlow, the host of "NBA Inside Stuff" and a reporter for NBA TV, was robbed at gunpoint and carjacked Saturday afternoon in Midtown, Atlanta police said.
Officers were dispatched to the 1900 block of Monroe Drive just before 3:20 p.m., Atlanta police Officer Kim Jones said Monday.
Ledlow told police a group of men got out of a silver sedan and approached her shortly after she pulled into her apartment complex.
"One of the male suspects pointed a gun at the victim and took her vehicle," a red 2016 Corvette, Jones said. Using the car’s tracking device, police located the Corvette in southwest Atlanta about 25 minutes later, police said.
The police report, released Monday afternoon, said Ledlow was in her apartment's parking garage when the incident occurred. The car pulled up to her as she was unloading groceries.
Police are using surveillance video from a Chevron gas station on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive to help identify the suspects.
One of the alleged gunmen is described as 5'8" with a slim build and possibly in his 20s. Ledlow told told police a second man was taller than the second man. She was unable to describe the third man.
Ledlow wrote about the experience on social media.
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Typically, the helpful description neglects to mention ethnicity, perhaps the 1st or 2nd most useful attribute in a physical description.
This is usually synonymous with "black male."
But to actually use those words, however accurate, would be, you know, racist.
[HOSTED.AP.ORG] Philadelphia police say they've arrested four teens on assault charges in flash mob attacks around Temple University in which college students were beaten, an officer was knocked down and a police horse was punched in the face.
Police say the attacks were carried out Friday night by bands of as many as 100 boys and girls.
Temple spokesman Ray Betzner told television station NBC10 that roving juveniles played a "cat-and-mouse game" with police.
Police say students were surrounded and then punched, kicked, robbed and in some cases knocked to the ground by groups of 20 to 30 teens. Arrests have been made in only one of the cases.
Police say a boy punched a police horse twice in the face, and another threw a Temple officer to the ground.
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I'm conflicted. On one hand, punching a horse is definitely non-PETA behavior On the other hand (or fist), if this is an oppressive patriarchal horse, then punching it speaking Truth to (horse)Power.
As for Mongo..., Note what a great job the horse does in selling the stunt.
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Sad to hear of his passing. He was a voice of rational analysis in a world going mad. Fair winds U S S Clueness. We appreciated your presence and inspiration.
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Did not know Steven DenBeste but they say a person is judged by the company he keeps. He must have been a good man.
#7 So he got to escape that which is about to befall us. I too, get this ominous feeling doom. Like a descent into hell and the nine circles of suffering. Feels like 1939.
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In fact turn all of Pelosi's San Francisco over to the Saudis! A young Dubai Prince was arrested in California this month for making his female staff in strip naked (Link).
[TRIBUNE.PK] The photos of a young Egyptian couple ‐ Omar, 12 and Gharam, 11, during their engagement ceremony has caused outrage among child and women’s rights activists.
At his eldest son’s wedding, held in a province about 75 miles north of Cairo, Nasser Hassan decided to "double the joy," by getting his 12-year-old son getting engaged to his 11-year-old cousin.
The photos prompted Reda Eldanbouki, the head of the Women’s Center for Legal Aid and Counseling, to report the incident to the National Center for Childhood and Motherhood, a government agency. He also filed a complaint with the attorney general to investigate the incident and hold the parents accountable for this ’crime’, he said in a statement. The engagement of Omar and Gharam "will only lead to an early marriage in which the girl will be deprived of equal chances to education, growth, and will isolate her from social spheres," he said.
But according to the guests, there was "nothing inappropriate," as reported by Egypt’s Al Watan newspaper. Omar’s father, faced with the backlash of his decision, told local newspapers that he "is a free man and did nothing wrong." He defended the engagement, saying that "Omar has always loved Gharam so much that he used to say he will marry her when they grow up." He added that both children acted "beyond their years" and developed "strong feelings for each other" through Facebook and other social media and "wanted to get engaged."
That’s why, Omar’s father said, he decided to announce their engagement now "before any other man asks for her hand in marriage when she is older". He insisted, "They will get married when they reach the legal age."
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[Reuters] A radioactive leak at a reactor in Norway has been contained, with no injuries sustained, an official at the research institute where the reactor is located said on Tuesday.
"The reactor is shut. The leak is contained," Atle Valseth, research director at the Institute for Energy Technology told Reuters.
He did not know how many staff were present when the leak occurred but said up to eight persons are allowed during this type of operation. "There is no danger to health. The radioactive dosage they have received is low," he said, adding the crew had not received hospital treatment.
[Hot Air] I remember reading about this case earlier this year. Brought to a public pool in Vienna as part of the integration process for asylum seekers, an Iraqi refugee named "Amir" allegedly followed a 10-year-boy into the bathroom and attacked him in a stall. Then he went back out to the pool to enjoy a swim. When the cops arrived, he told them that he hadn’t had sex in four months because his wife was still in Iraq. When he saw the boy, he’d had -- and I quote -- a "sexual emergency." The victim had to be taken to the hospital to be treated for his injuries.
Usually this is the part where the stranger in a strange land insists that such things are perfectly normal where he comes from and therefore the locals should indulge him. Not this time. Even the rapist himself didn’t plead cultural relativism:
Con't.
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This is the whole point of defining sexual assault via consent. Retroactively removing denial of consent was the other shoe waiting to drop. The Left has now fully politicized sexual activity and will apply this new weapon according to its needs.
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So all those German (and post Anschluss Austrians) where not guilty of rape in the East cause they didn't understand that the women were saying 'no' in their native tongues?
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Before we jump to conclusions about Europe being lost and all that, let's investigate this case.
What happened is this: In Austria (and Germany), there is no such thing as "statutory rape". Sex with a minor younger than 14 years will be treated as sexual abuse of a child (Kindesmissbrauch), but not automatically as rape.
Now in this case it was both sexual abuse and rape, but it seems that the verdict didn't describe the action in a way that would qualify as rape (an error of the lower court). The higher court therefore had to overturn the rape verdict and send the case back to the lower court.
Since it clearly was rape, the lower court will now certainly meet the definition required and confirm the rape conviction.
It's a mere technicality, unfortunately to the detriment of the victim. But the way this crime was committed place there is no doubt that the rape conviction will stand.
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While I realize that lawyers are ethically required to mount a vigorous defense for their clients, if I were Amir's lawyer, I would have to grow a beard. I couldn't look at myself in the mirror.
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EU, I find your definition of "technicality" quite disturbing. However, as I am not so knowledgeable as to how your justice system works (and am jealous that one still exists in the EU as compared to our current situation here in the USA) I am curious as to your overwhelming confidence. Do you have precedent to back up your confidence?
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EC, please accept my apology if you were offended by #1.
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By "technicality" I mean that the actions were not appropriately described in the rape part of verdict. This forced the Upper Court to overturn this part of the verdict. The judge did nothing wrong here. Note that the rapist was not exonerated. He might even face a stiffer sentence at the Lower Court now.
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Rex Mundi
I'll try to give you an easy and less emotional example of said "technicality".
Let's say a person ripped a handbag from a lady. That would be robbery because force was used.
The verdict says that the defendant is guilty of robbery. It then goes on by describing the action as: "The defendant took away the handbag." That would not meet the criteria of robbery, only theft (which carries a milder sentence).
An Upper Court would be forced to overturn that verdict and send the case back to the Lower Court.
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Thanks EU. That verdict certainly was as self contradictory as it was craptastic. However, my original observation stands, as the wording of the verdict makes clear. You place a lot of confidence in the upper courts. We shall see and I am hoping that you are correct.
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with apologies to EC - which is what I intended and not EU!
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Don't know about confidence. But if a Lower Court really screws up the Upper Court will usually set it right. Of course sometimes it's the other way round.
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I truly hope that is the case. Many thanks again for your input, EC.
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[Daily Caller] Asylum seekers burned down European Union offices Monday in frustration over long processing times on the Greek island of Lesbos.
About 70 migrants of predominantly Pakistani and Bangladeshi background took their anger out on the European Asylum Support Office’s (EASO) temporary offices on the island. Protestors threw petrol bombs and burning blankets into the building and at containers inside the camp where the migrants are held.
No injuries were reported, but four shipping containers where interviews are conducted were completely destroyed. The fire caused EASO to shut down operations and move out its staff temporarily, causing wait times to increase further.
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Hard to tell exactly from the low-quality video, even slowed way down. Something red and rectangular, with a carrying handle. Could be a suitcase. Looks a lot like a plastic gas can.
[Ynet] The German Interior Ministry said on Monday that 35 Turkish citizens with diplomatic passports had applied for asylum after a failed military coup in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... in July that was followed by a crackdown on suspected supporters of the putsch.
Interior Ministry front man Johannes Dimroth told a regular government news conference the figure included Turkish diplomats as well as their family members, but did not say if they had all been based in Germany.
He said he could not give any more details on the diplomats and their motivation to apply for asylum in Germany.
At the Turkish embassy in Berlin, nobody was immediately available to comment.
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[DAWN] A district and sessions court in Lahore on Monday awarded a death sentence to a person after he was found guilty of murdering his daughter for not making ’gol roti’, DawnNews reported.
Additional District and Sessions Judge Asghar Khan, after hearing arguments from both sides, remarked that such an individual cannot be pardoned who murdered his daughter in cold-blood over a minor dispute.
In addition to the death sentence, the court also ordered the convict to submit a fine of Rs0.5 million.
Last year in September, a person in Azeem Park area of Lahore had beaten his daughter to death reportedly for not making the chapattis properly.
The 12-year-old girl was found dead outside Mayo Hospital where she was dumped by her father who then filed a case of kidnapping and murder, police had said.
A senior police official, at the time of arrest, had said: "Khalid and his son kept shedding crocodile tears to hoodwink the police but the mother took off the lid on how brutally they beat the 12-year old to death."
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A global warming research center at the London School of Economics got millions of dollars from UK taxpayers by taking credit for research it didn’t perform, an investigation by The Daily Mail revealed.
The UK government gave $11 million dollars to the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) in exchange for research that the organization reportedly never actually did.
Many papers CCCEP claimed to have published to get government money weren’t about global warming, were written before the organization was even founded, or were written by researchers unaffiliated with CCCEP. The government never checked CCCEP’s supposed publication lists, saying they were "taken on trust," according to the report. Why am I not surprised?
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While the Left exploited Eisenhower's warning concerning the military industrial complex, they made sure the other part of his speech was not heard ever as loud -
" Today, the solitary inventor, tinkering in his shop, has been overshadowed by task forces of scientists in laboratories and testing fields. In the same fashion, the free university, historically the fountainhead of free ideas and scientific discovery, has experienced a revolution in the conduct of research. Partly because of the huge costs involved, a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity. For every old blackboard there are now hundreds of new electronic computers.
The prospect of domination of the nation's scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present
and is gravely to be regarded.
Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientifictechnological elite."
[FOX] Left-wing students at the University of California, Berkeley are protesting again. This time, however, these students are calling for "safe spaces" for transgendered people, as well as "spaces of color" at the University (which they already have).
The protesters are also harassing white students trying to study, barring their path across a key bridge while allowing students of color safe passage.
The protest, which began last Friday, blocked Berkeley's Sather Gate, disrupted studying students in the Student Union, and blocked traffic at the intersection of Telegraph and Bancroft in front of campus.
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Who wants to go into the "Coloreds Only" brass plaque business with me?
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They already have places of color. It's called prison.
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During my college years, even the Black Panther and NOI (Nation of Is*am) types wouldn't have put up with this crap.
Against the administration, sure. Against the folks trying to study, you'd get your ass kicked.
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I'd suggest that the students go to some real college such as Hillsdale College--some school that has not been infected with crazy left-wing notions/politics and supported by Federal money. Hillsdale does not take a dime of state or federal money.
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I'd suggest that the students go to some real college
For those who want a real education, it's a great piece of advice. For people who want a hipster party and some grievance signaling tourism, not so much...
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Just think of the clean energy we could tap from Dr. King's grave with all the spinning.
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My guess is even OG Black Panthers would not have stood for this. They were about power structure - this recent UC Berkeley crap is just straight up racism.
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#2 They already have places of color. It's called prison.
[Free Beacon] The Environmental Protection Agency is looking to hire 15 "Diversity and Inclusion Specialists," each of whom will make $100,000 or more per year.
The agency will hire employees to set up diversity and inclusion "advisory bodies" across the country, according to a government job posting.
"Earth Day is every day at EPA!" the agency said. "At EPA, you can protect human health and the environment of all Americans, and you’ll discover that EPA is one great place to work!"
"We offer great benefits and work flexibilities, and our diverse workforce connects to more than just a career--we share a common passion to promote a cleaner, healthier environment," the EPA said.
The salary range for Diversity and Inclusion Specialists is between $99,785 and $146,570 per year. If all 15 positions are filled, the hires would cost taxpayers between $1,496,775 and $2,198,550 each year.
The employees will be in charge of implementing a "diversity strategy" within the EPA’s Office of Research and Development. Other duties include analyzing recruitment and retention, as well as setting up diversity and inclusion advisory boards.
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I expect a very diverse group of new hires: 2 democratic fund raisers from Harvard, two democratic fund raisers from Yale, two democratic fund raisers from Brown....
Brown is seriously diverse. You need top grades, SAT scores and leadership activites to get in, but once there the entire program can be done Pass/Fail -- and they don't calculate GPAs or class rankings. Curiously, the top 20% graduate with honours, with no indication of how that topness is calculated.
[Breitbart] The report states - Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (collectively referred to as MSM) are at increased risk for STDs, including antimicrobial resistant gonorrhea, when compared to women and exclusively heterosexual men. Because STDs, and the behaviors associated with acquiring them, increase the likelihood of acquiring and transmitting HIV infection, STD incidence among MSM may also be an indicator of higher risk for subsequent HIV infection.
Individual-level risk behaviors, such as number of lifetime sex partners, rate of partner exchange and frequency of unprotected sex, may contribute to disparities observed in the sexual health of MSM. However, population-level factors such as limited or overlapping social and sexual networks are also associated with higher rates of STDs, including HIV among MSM.
CDC is recommending that healthcare providers make STD screening a standard part of medical care, "especially in pregnant women."
The report found overall that, in 2015, "more cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis combined were reported than ever before."
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The fear of AIDS suppressed STD rates in the gay community for a couple of decades, but now we are seeing how all lifestyles have consequences, and some more than others.
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.
[TRIBUNE.PK] The photos of a young Egyptian couple ‐ Omar, 12 and Gharam, 11, during their engagement ceremony has caused outrage among child and women’s rights activists.
[Reuters] A radioactive leak at a reactor in Norway has been contained, with no injuries sustained, an official at the research institute where the reactor is located said on Tuesday.
[DAWN] A district and sessions court in Lahore on Monday awarded a death sentence to a person after he was found guilty of murdering his daughter for not making ’gol roti’, DawnNews reported.
[Free Beacon] The Environmental Protection Agency is looking to hire 15 "Diversity and Inclusion Specialists," each of whom will make $100,000 or more per year.
