“A unanimous Court declared that police should not be held liable for recklessly firing 15 times into a shack where a homeless couple—Angel and Jennifer Mendez—was sleeping.”
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‘We need a final solution,’ British columnist tweets after Manchester bombing

“A British tabloid columnist faced calls for a police investigation on Tuesday after she used the term ‘final solution’ to describe how the country should respond to the deadly bombing in Manchester. The phrase is the well-known euphemism used by the Nazis for the genocide of the Jews. In late 2015, during the U.S. presidential election, Donald Trump praised Hopkins on Twitter as a ‘respected columnist’ and thanked her for her ‘powerful writing on the U.K.’s Muslim problems.'”
I was a Saudi arms dealer’s ‘pleasure wife’
“Billionaire Saudi Arabian arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi is best known for his roles in some of the most infamous political scandals of the 1980s. They include the Iran-Contra affair (he was a key middleman in the arms-for-hostages exchange) and accusations that he concealed funds alongside Philippines First Lady Imelda Marcos. But the 81-year-old, who now lives in Monaco, was also a womanizer with multiple wives and a bevy of beautiful girls at his beck and call. Among them was young American model Jill Dodd.”
Read more: http://nypost.com/2017/05/27/i-was-a-saudi-arms-dealers-pleasure-wife/
Trump ally Duterte makes rape joke after ordering martial law

“President Rodrigo Duterte made a joke about rape as he urged soldiers to use the powers of martial law to take control of a besieged city in the southern Philippines. In the speech Friday, Duterte said he will pay the consequences if any soldiers are accused of abuses. He said: ‘I will go to jail for you. If you happen to have raped three women, I will own up to it.’ On Tuesday, Duterte imposed 60 days of martial law in the southern Philippines as government forces battle militants in Marawi, a city of some 200,000 people. Duterte is unapologetic about his manner of speech and liberally peppers casual statements with profanities.”
Read more: http://nypost.com/2017/05/27/duterte-makes-rape-joke-after-ordering-martial-law/
Trump hails ‘great win’ for politician who body-slammed Guardian reporter

“Greg Gianforte has won a special election for Montana’s sole seat in the House of Representatives, just one day after he was charged with misdemeanor assault for ‘body-slamming’ a Guardian reporter. Speaking at the G7 meeting in Sicily on Friday, Donald Trump called the victory a ‘great win in Montana’.”
A new GOP bill would make it virtually impossible to sue the police

“Republicans in the House and Senate recently introduced a bill they’re calling the Back the Blue Act of 2017. The bill would create new federal crimes, impose federal police over the will of local officials and voters and shield police officers from virtually any civil liability, even in cases of egregious misconduct.”
The Bizarre Story Behind the FBI’s Fake Documentary About the Bundy Family

“The FBI’s decision to create a fake media company raises critical questions about the federal government’s practice of impersonating the press.”
Sessions’ ‘New’ Drug Policy: Even More Mandatory Minimums

“The directive instructs federal prosecutors to pursue the most serious, readily provable offense. It thus resurrects the emphasis on mandatory minimum sentencing requirements, which have required judges to impose draconian sentences for drug crimes, even when they don’t believe these sentences are warranted. Sessions’ memo rescinds and reverses the reforms implemented by former Attorney General Eric Holder, which urged prosecutors to charge people with low-level drug cases to avoid triggering mandatory minimum sentences. Nearly half (or 92,000) of the people in federal prison are serving sentences for drug convictions.”
The Biggest Losers in Obamacare Repeal? It Won’t Be Federal Employees

“The bottom line is that people who receive comfortable government benefits don’t have as much skin in the game when it comes to the end-result of the newly proposed healthcare bill.”
Turns Out Wearing a Hi-Vis Vest Gets You Into Everything for Free

“There’s just something about uniforms that garner an almost naïve trust. People trust uniforms. Most of us obey the word of those clad in uniforms to an almost Stanford Prison Experiment-esque degree.”
Read more: https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/chalecos-reflectantes-entrar-gratis
