[FOX] The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office made four more arrests in the deaths of two teenagers. The announcement came as the family of one of the victims held his funeral Saturday.
There were five people under arrest in connection with the double homicide as of Saturday. Natalie Partida, 16, and Derek Greer, 15 were found dead along a rural road in El Paso County March 12. The Colorado Springs teens attended Coronado High School.
Derek Greer's memorial service was held Saturday. The announcement of the new arrests came in a press release from the sheriff's office.
Diego Chacon, 18, was booked on two charges of First Degree Murder, two charges of Second Degree Kidnapping, Aggravated Robbery and Child Abuse. He was also arrested by El Paso County prior to the homicide on drug and weapons charges.
Joseph Arthur Rodriquez, 18, was booked on two charges of First Degree Murder, two charges of Second Degree Kidnapping, Aggravated Robbery, Child Abuse and Accessory. He was also previously arrested on kidnapping charges.
Marco Antonio Garcia-Bravo, 20, was booked on two charges of First Degree Murder, two charges of Second Degree Kidnapping, Aggravated Robbery and Child Abuse.
Alexandra Marie Romero, 20, was booked on charges of Second Degree Kidnapping and Accessory.
Gustavo Marquez, 19, was arrested on Monday as a suspect in the case. Greer and Partida were found dead along the shoulder of Old Pueblo Road just south of Hanover Road near Fountain.
[Politico] The hollowed-out towns of Trump’s America, as seen through the eyes of a French photographer.
Emmanuel Georges was 21 when he came to the United States for the first time in 1986, and he took hundreds of photos on the two cameras he took with him on his 15,000-mile trip around the country. But it wasn’t until he returned, 25 years later, that he was able to fully revisit what caught his eye the first time: The post-industrial shells of towns that remained after companies bled workers and business to automation and overseas labor.
He started his later photo project in 2010, traveling everywhere from Nebraska to Ohio to Texas at the height of the recession--and as Americans were starting to take a close look at what, exactly, had happened in the past few decades as manufacturing jobs had disappeared and bonds, dotcoms and housing had all gone south in a series of busts. "I was really asking myself about what this country looks like now, 50 years after its political and economic climax," Georges, who is French, says about the photos.
Donald Trump’s election has been widely interpreted as a reaction to that decline, and in his inauguration speech, the new president gave a nod to the "rusted out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation." But Georges says he was less interested in politics than in the "poetic aspects of the landscape." In these places, "life is a little bit suspended," he says. Still, his photos show us that the factors that completely disrupted American politics in 2016 and prompted a national conversation about globalization’s winners and losers have been coming for a long time--long enough for an outsider to observe three decades ago.
Above, a transfer and storage facility in Butte, Montana. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, a mining boom attracted 100,000 people to the town. The population has been in the mid 30,000s for the past few decades.
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Looked at these sad fotos many times. I can't recognize a single one from Fairfax, Loudoun, or Arlington, Alexandria County, VA. Strange, very strange.
[Sunday Express] Federalists, nationalists, populists, unionists and anarchists were all catered for in the Italian capital which is also playing host to official events marking the 60th anniversary of the EU's founding treaty.
While 27 EU leaders - Theresa May was conspicuous by her absence - staged a solemn celebration on the ancient Capitoline Hill, thousands of ordinary people took to the streets, some waving the blue and gold flag of the crisis-plagued EU, others brandishing angry placards.
More than 30,000 demonstrators took part in the various gatherings with 5,000 police and security forces on standby in case of violence.
[Buzzfeed] ergo the "Salt" .gif.
A Mexican man who entered the United States illegally almost 20 years ago is set to be deported on Friday, amid an uptick in detentions by immigration agents emboldened by President Donald Trump -- whom the man’s own wife voted for.
Roberto Beristain, 43, has been in the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers since he was detained on Feb. 6 in Indianapolis, department spokeswoman Leticia Zamarripa told BuzzFeed News.
The Mexican national, who owns a steak restaurant in the Indiana town of Granger, arrived in the country in 1998 before being detained two years later and ordered to leave.
It was during his annual check-in with agents in Indianapolis in February that he was suddenly arrested, becoming one of hundreds of undocumented immigrants detained since President Trump took office.
"They came outside, knocked on the window," Helen Beristain told Indiana Public Media earlier this month. "They said, ’Are you Roberto’s wife?’ And, I said ’Yes.’ And, they said, ’Well, your husband is being detained because of a deportation [order] 16 and a half years ago.’ And, I said, ’That’s a joke.’ And, they said, ’No, it’s true.’"
Helen Beristain told Indiana Public Media she voted for President Trump believing that only "killers" and cartel members would be deported. Oopsie!
"We don’t want to have cartels here, you don’t want to have drugs in your high schools, you don’t want killers next to you," she said. "You want to feel safe when you leave your house. I truly believe that. And, this is why I voted for Mr. Trump."
"They’re distraught," he said of the family, adding that they did not wish to speak to media on Thursday. "They have lost a husband, a father, a main breadwinner."
Helen Beristain indicated to Indiana Public Media that she felt misled by the president’s plans.
"[Trump] did say the good people would not be deported, the good people would be checked," Helen Beristain said. Cheaper than an attorney! Continues.
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Got rid of the ball and chain. It was an iffy strategy up until the very end. There are probably a lot of voters who voted for Trump for the same reasons.
One person was killed and at least 13 people were wounded in a shooting at a nightclub in Cincinnati, Ohio, early on Sunday, CNN reported, citing police.
The shooting took place at Cameo Night Club, police said. So far, not clear if terrorism or crime
Moved to Page 3: Non-WoT based on subsequent information. Thank you for being on top of this, g(r)omgoru.
Capt. Kim Williams says authorities are not sure what prompted the shooting.
She says the scene was chaotic when the gunfire erupted but several officers working as security at the club performed first aid and tried to revive the person that died.
She says the crowd there is often very young and they have had trouble in the past, but "this is the worst by far".
At 1 a.m., two other (non-fatal) shootings there in 2015, and plenty of off-duty cops as security. Most of the witnesses fled.
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The police say it is not terrorism, according to the local newspaper. There was big brawl before someone started shooting, the club has a history of gun violence, and the authorities have collected a number of firearms that they are testing to find the guilty one.
As I am typing this the television is reporting that the shooting was the outcome of a dispute that started earlier in the day and that there were four off-duty police officers there as hired security.
While starting the article Page 1 was correct, based on this information I am now moving it to Page 3.
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Cincinnati's ace black mayor declared that Cincy was a Sanctuary City in January.
Did he? How foolish of him, Mugsy Glink.
The Cincinnati Chief of Police is now on television making a announcement of What We Know:
The bar was very crowded. "Several" men got into a dispute before shots were fired. The dead man has been identified as Obrian [that's what it sounded like] Spikes, aged 27. Off-duty police are hired to patrol the parking lot, other security personnel inside the building are supposed to "wand" those entering the building [presumably for weapons]. Some of the wounded have already been treated and released from hospital.
The mayor is appealing for witnesses to come forward so the guilty can be punished.
[DefenseOne] Predictive-policing startup CivicScape published its code online, allowing anyone to help ensure that the algorithm doesn’t unfairly target certain groups of people.
Predictive policing, or the idea that software can foresee where crime will take place, is being adopted across the country—despite being riddled with issues. These algorithms have been shown to disproportionately target minorities, and private companies won’t reveal how their software reached those conclusions.
In an attempt to stand out from the pack, predictive-policing startup CivicScape has released its algorithm and data online for experts to scour, according to Government Technology magazine. The company’s Github page is already populated with its code, as well as a variety of documents detailing how its algorithm interprets police data and what variables are included when predicting crime.
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...Saw that movie. Wasn't bad.
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the algorithm doesn’t unfairly target certain groups of people
Note the use of 'unfairly'.
When this starts to give decent, reasonably precise predictions, its effects will be huge, in terms of crime avoidance.
[Colorado Springs Independent] Brig. Gen. Select Kristin Goodwin will be moving to Colorado Springs soon to be installed as the commandant of cadets at the Air Force Academy. And she'll be moving here with her wife and two children.
The Academy announced Goodwin's assignment to staff last Thursday, but there has yet to be an announcement of the move to the public.
Read more about Goodwin and her stellar record, including commanding a storied bomb wing, in this outsmartmagazine.com piece.
Here's AFA Superintendent Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson's message to staff, provided to the Independent by Mikey Weinstein. Weinstein is founder and CEO of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, which represents 16 LGBT cadets at the Academy.
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And the fleet of US fighters continue to age as the cost of the development of the F-35's has spiraled out of control while Deep State continues to gloat over He?She?WhateverItIs? social experiment subject takes command, as Judges continue to block Trumps attempt to stop the invasion of a 6th century Islamic religion into the United States who abhor gays...
Its a recipe of madness that will lead to strife and death of "western civilization" as daily attacks break out throughout Europe as well.
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...FWIW - she's a BUFF driver, and apparently a damned good one. With that in mind, I don't care if she's straight, gay, or just mildly amused - I think she'll do okay.
Keep in mind, however, that the position of Commandant of Cadets is traditionally something of a dead end. There may/will be other promotions, but she's not getting near that corner office in the E Ring.
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My curiosity has gotten the best of me. I've got to ask, what is a BUFF driver? Buff driver sounds a lot like muff diver.
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BUFF (Big Ugly Fat Fellow) where fellow is replaced by the other 'f' word.
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"...I don't don't care if she's straight, gay, or just mildly amused..."
Sums up the lack of understanding of the fate that awaits the comfortably immoral and its declining nation nicely. Just don't open a Christian bakery either, they won't allow you the same freedoms and are sure going to fight and die for your constitution either. They would rather desert to the Taliban first (LGBT Berghdal).
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.
[FOX] The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office made four more arrests in the deaths of two teenagers. The announcement came as the family of one of the victims held his funeral Saturday.
Happier times at the Cameo Club. 
