Timcast in Anaheim
The police are firing impact weapons indiscriminately in Anaheim. The local populace is rising up in response to increased police brutality in the city.
July 24th, 2012
July 23rd, 2012
The international comparisons show conclusively that fewer gun owners per capita produce not only fewer murders by firearm, but fewer murders per capita over all. In the case of Britain, firearms murders are 30 times fewer than in the US per capita.
July 22nd, 2012
Anaheim police murder sparks protest as officers respond with more brutality
July 22, 2012A police shooting that left a man dead led to a near riot Saturday as angry witnesses threw bottles at officers who responded with tear gas and beanbag rounds.
Protesters stormed the police department shouting, “No justice, no peace!” and “Cops, pigs, murderers” as officers stood by.
The man was shot around 4 p.m. in front of an apartment complex on the 600 block of North Anna Drive following a foot chase, Anaheim Sgt. Bob Dunn said. He died three hours later at a hospital.
The Orange County Register cited family members and neighbors who said the man shot was Manuel Diaz. Dunn said he could not confirm the man’s name early Sunday.
His niece, 16-year-old Daisy Gonzalez, said her uncle likely ran away from officers when they approached him because of his past experience with law enforcement. “He (doesn’t) like cops. He never liked them because all they do is harass and arrest anyone,” Gonzalez said.
Residents, protesting what they say is an increased police violence against them in the community, started the near riot after the shooting on nearby La Palma.
Crystal Ventura, a 17-year-old who witnessed the shooting, told the Register the man had his back to the officer. She said the man was shot in the buttocks area. The man then went down on his knees, and she said he was struck by another bullet in the head. Another officer handcuffed the man who by then was on the ground and not moving, Ventura said.
“They searched his pockets, and there was a hole in his head, and I saw blood on his face,” she said.
Dunn said he could not comment on these allegations because the shooting is under investigation.
Jay Jackson, reporting for CBS2 and KCAL9, said Saturday night’s scene was chaotic.
The residents blocked off a street and set fire to at least one dumpster.
Earlier in the day, police in riot gear, fired rubber bullets into the crowd. Several protesters lifted their shirts to show large red welts on their torsos and backs.
One man said, “They just started shooting.”Residents told Jackson that police overreacted and created the disturbance.
Police also set a K-9 officer on one woman and a bystander they said were agitating the situation.
Said Susan Lopez, “I had my baby with me. My baby! The dog scratched me and then grabbed me.” She added, “They shot at me while I was holding a baby!” Another woman yelled, “They just shot at us, they shot at a little kid, too.”
According to police, two patrol officers observed three male suspects in an alley.
Police said the suspects tried to flee on foot when a chase ensued.
The shooting reportedly occurred after one of the officers encountered one of the suspects in a courtyard.
No officers were injured.
The other two suspects are at-large.
Dunn said, “What exactly led to the shooting, we don’t know. We’re still investigating. But a shooting did occur. And the male was taken to a hospital.”
Authorities said the circumstances regarding the shooting were under investigation by members of the gangs unit and Orange County District Attorney’s office.
Four people told Jackson that police offered to buy their cell phone video.
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July 9th, 2012
Osama Hajjaj/Abu Mahjoob Creative Productions politicalcartoons.com
June 12th, 2012
Syria Conflict Is Civil War, Says Herve Ladsous, U.N. Peacekeeping Chief
“The 15-month-old conflict in Syria has grown into a full-scale civil war in which the government is attempting to recapture large swathes of urban territory it has lost to the opposition, the U.N. peacekeeping chief said on Tuesday.”
February 29th, 2012
Students mic-check an Israeli propagandist (Nonie Darwish), and are physically assaulted by fellow audience members.
February 23rd, 2012
French reporter Edith Bouvier asks for Syria evacuation
The French journalist who was wounded in an attack on the Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday has asked to be evacuated from Syria quickly.
Edith Bouvier was injured in the attack that killed journalists Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik in the Baba Amr suburb.
In a video posted online by opposition activists, Ms Bouvier says she has a broken femur and needs an operation.
She says she needs a ceasefire and a medically equipped vehicle to take her to the Lebanese border.
In a separate video, British photographer Paul Conroy, who was also injured in the attack, says he is being looked after by the medical staff of the Free Syrian Army.
He stresses that he is with them as a guest and that despite three large wounds to his leg he is “absolutely OK”.
There is growing pressure on Damascus to give access to civilians trapped by the onslaught on Homs, which has lasted for more than two weeks.
Syrian opposition groups say that between 50 and 60 people were killed in violence across the country on Thursday.
December 29th, 2011
BBC News - Syria monitors visit Damascus amid continuing violence
Activists say some 40 people were killed by security forces on Thursday, mostly in areas where monitors are visiting, including a Damascus suburb.
The activists have called for massive street protests on Friday.
The UN says more than 5,000 civilians have died in 10 months of unrest.
The Arab League peace plan calls for a complete halt to the violence, the withdrawal of all armed forces and the release of all detainees.
However, after two days of monitoring, more questions were being asked about the head of the Arab League mission, Sudan’s Gen Mustafa al-Dabi, who Amnesty International said was responsible for “torture” and “disappearances” in 1990s Sudan.
December 23rd, 2011
The thing is, it’s patriarchy that says men are stupid and monolithic and unchanging and incapable. It’s patriarchy that says men have animalistic instincts and just can’t stop themselves from harassing and assaulting. It’s patriarchy that says men can only be attracted by certain qualities, can only have particular kinds of responses, can only experience the world in narrow ways. Feminism holds that men are capable of more – ARE more than that.
December 19th, 2011
Calif. teen sentenced for killing gay student
VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California teenager was sentenced on Monday to 21 years in state prison for killing a gay student during a computer lab class, capping an emotional and tumultuous case that drew widespread attention and raised questions about how schools should deal with sexual identity issues.
Superior Court Judge Charles Campbell sentenced Brandon McInerney, 17, based on a plea agreement reached with prosecutors that will send him to prison starting next month after he becomes an adult. McInerney, dressed in a white T-shirt and blue pants, didn’t speak at the hearing, but his lawyer Scott Wippert said his clients was sorry for killing 15-year-old Larry King.
“He feels deeply remorseful and stated repeatedly if he could go back and take back what he did he would do it in a heartbeat, Wippert said.
McInerney pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, as well as one count of voluntary manslaughterand use of a firearm that spared him a retrial. A mistrial was declared in September when jurors couldn’t reach a unanimous decision on the degree of guilt. Several jurors said after McInerney’s trial that he shouldn’t have been tried as an adult.
Unlike other incidents of teen violence, the McInerney case had an unusual twist: prosecutors contended the teen, who had just turned 14, shot King at E.O. Green Junior High School in a fit of homophobic rage because he was offended by the victim’s feminine clothing and his unwanted sexual advances.
Comic Ellen DeGeneres, a lesbian, weighed in on her talk show shortly after the shooting and said gays shouldn’t be treated as second-class citizens. Because of pretrial publicity, the trial was moved from Ventura County to Los Angeles.
