“‘As for the regime, I am hopeful we will find a way to separate that regime from this system,’ Pompeo said. ‘The North Korean people I’m sure are lovely people and would love to see him go.'”
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/20/politics/cia-mike-pompeo-north-korea/index.html
“This year the couple had a second son, Hunter. The state also took custody of him. This time they didn’t even wait to see how they’d behave as parents: Fabbrini was still in the hospital when they took the boy. One volunteer mediator said she told caseworkers that she believed the couple was capable of raising Christopher. Her conclusion conflicted with the position taken by officials, and subsequently, she says, they told her that her services were ‘no longer needed.'”
Read more: http://reason.com/blog/2017/07/20/oregon-has-decided-this-couple-isnt-smar
“Dash cam video released by the Tulsa Police Department on Monday showed 40-year-old Terence Crutcher with his hands above his head moments before he was shot and killed by one of the officers at the scene. At a press conference on Monday, Chief Chuck Jordan explained that the video was ‘very disturbing — very difficult to watch.’ The video shows multiple police cruisers approach Crutcher’s vehicle, which appears to be broken down in the middle of the road. Crutcher is seen with his hands in the air. Both hands appear to be empty.”
“Taiwan’s navy mistakenly launched a supersonic anti-ship missile from a naval base, killing one person and injuring three, officials say. A patrol boat was undergoing a drill inspection in Kaohsiung when the Hsiung Feng III missile was fired, Taiwan’s Central News Agency (CNA) reported. It launched in the direction of mainland China, and hit a fishing boat off the Penghu islands, CNA added. A Taiwanese official said the launch was not ‘politically motivated’. It came as China celebrates the 95th anniversary of the formation of the Chinese Communist Party. China considers Taiwan a breakaway province, to be reunited with the mainland, by force if necessary.”
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36680899
“Antonio LeGrier called the police on his son, Quintonio, for threatening him with a baseball bat. When officers arrived, they ‘accidentally‘ shot and killed Quintonio, 19, and the LeGriers’ downstairs neighbor, Bettie Jones, 55. ‘No one expected the Chicago police department to just start shooting into a doorway where a young man may or may not have had a weapon when the door opened,’ LeGrier said. ‘Maybe it was an inexperienced officer who wasn’t trained on how to respond to these situations. I’m not sure what it is. All I know is right now two innocent people are dead because an officer made a decision that was not the right one.'”
“Two days after Bettie Jones was shot dead by Chicago police, it remains unclear why the 55-year-old grandmother of five walked to the front door of her West Side home, the spot where she became what authorities called an ‘accidental’ casualty of a ‘domestic disturbance.’ But her daughter has a theory about the one-time crossing guard. She was ‘just being a good citizen,’ Latarsha Jones told NBC News. ‘Trying to help out.’ The Jones family’s lawyer, Sam Adam Jr., assailed the authorities’ version of the incident, telling NBC News on Monday that ‘many’ shell casings were found ‘down the street’ from Jones’ home.”
http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/chicago-grandmother-killed-police-was-being-good-citizen-n487051
“It is unclear how many children and young adults are being home schooled but it is thought to be in the region of 20,000 to 50,000. Parents do not have to inform their council that they are educating their children at home, leaving the government in the dark about the number of kids at risk of radicalisation through education at home. ‘For every parent doing a brilliant job, there may be someone filling their child’s mind with poison. We just don’t know. We don’t have reliable figures,’ the source said. The Education Secretary’s new approach comes after the announcement of an investigation into the activities of unregistered schools and madrassahs.”
“It’s always amusing, if only bitterly, when government shows its true colors of obdurate opposition to human safety and happiness in the name of its bogus authority. Let’s look at the reaction of local police to the news that libertarian/Free State Project activist Christopher David plans to launch a non-Uber tip-only ride service called ‘Arcade City’ for Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on New Year’s eve. Anyone trying to help some (possibly or likely) drunk person off the road on the cheap (or for whatever amount someone might choose) on New Year’s eve in Portsmouth faces powerful punishment for daring to do so without having filed a fee and application with the city and following its rules.”
https://reason.com/blog/2015/12/30/give-a-drunk-or-anyone-a-free-ride-home
“European Commission officials who are currently devising new safety proposals for car manufacturers may now be drawn to recommend making the cameras compulsory. Called the Eyetracker, the institute’s device used a series of tiny cameras to monitor eye movements 200 times a second, triggering an alarm when drivers seemed about to nod off. It opens the prospect of future generations of motor vehicle being able to automatically slow down or stop if the driver falls asleep – potentially saving hundreds of lives a year world-wide. Volvo has already developed a one-inch diameter dashboard-mounted camera which monitors a driver’s gaze and whether his or her eyelids are closing.”
“The only casualty of an hours-long SWAT raid and hostage situation in Neenah, Wisconsin was a disabled veteran who had filed a $50 million civil rights suit after he survived a similar SWAT raid three years ago. Michael Funk, a co-owner of Eagle Nation Cycles, was shot and killed by police after being held hostage for several hours on December 5. The ‘Peacekeeper’ did nothing to protect Michael Funk, whom the Neenah Police supposedly set out to rescue. His death was the product of either incomprehensible misfortune or uncanny – and malicious – marksmanship on the part of a police department that institutionally had cause to resent him.”
https://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/police-end-hostage-situation-hostage-sued-earlier-swat-raid/