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Police Shoot Unarmed Black Man In El Cajon, California

The fatal shooting comes just weeks after black men were shot and killed by police in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and in Charlotte, North Carolina, where large protests broke out.

ZeroHedge.com
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Pastor Russell Bowman, center, prays out loud as people gather at the scene where an African-American man was shot by police in El Cajon, east of San Diego, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016.

Crowds gathered after an unarmed black man who was "behaving erratically" died after being shot by a police officer in El Cajon in southern California on Tuesday, the local police department said, appealing for calm. The death comes less than two weeks after black men in Charlotte, North Carolina and in Tulsa, Oklahoma, were shot dead by police,

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New Jersey Bill Would Legalize Pot, Expunge Existing Marijuana Crimes

Should the bill, A4193, pass, convenience stores would be permitted to sell cannabis alongside cigarettes — available to anyone aged 19 and older.

Claire Bernish
بواسطة Claire Bernish
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Bold legislation introduced in New Jersey last week would not only treat cannabis like tobacco — legalizing it — but would expunge records for individuals previously convicted of certain marijuana-related ‘crimes.’ Should the bill, A4193, pass, convenience stores would be permitted to sell cannabis alongside cigarettes — available to anyone aged

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Western Hysterics As Its Criminal War In Syria Unravels

Like a noxious substance hitting the proverbial fan, the mess is being revealed.

Finian Cunningham
بواسطة Finian Cunningham
A Syrian soldier carries Syria's national flag after successfully routing rebels from the Aleppo Military Academy in Aleppo, Syria. Sept. 05, 2016.

There’s an old movie in which the cops are closing in on their suspect hiding among the crowd at a packed cinema theater. Sensing the net closing, the suspect suddenly yells out “Fire! Fire!” in order to induce a panicked stampede by the crowd so that he can escape the cops. That scenario is not all that different from the recent hysterical

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Britain Opens Secret Files About Jewish Terrorists

The plots described in the files were many and varied, including a failed plan by militants to blow up the British destroyer Chevron off the coast of Haifa.

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press
This a declassified document released by the British Security Service made available Wednesday Sept. 28, 2016. UK opened secret files about Jewish terrorists in 1940s. The newly declassified British security services files document repeated attacks by Jewish terrorists trying to drive British forces out of Palestine in the drive toward establishing a Jewish state. The files show how British agents tried to contain the threat of militant activities and keep the groups from launching attacks in Europe and Britain. (The National Archive via AP)

LONDON — The call to British military security forces came early in the morning, shortly after 1 a.m., and could not be ignored. The informant's message was alarming: Assassins planned to kill the commander of British forces in Palestine the following morning; evasive action was needed. The source didn't know the details of the plan, but warned

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Defense Secretary Says 9/11 Victims Bill Would Expose “American Secrets”

Defense Secretary Ash Carter argued that a lawsuit against Saudi Arabia over 9/11 would lead to “an intrusive discovery process,” and ultimately lead to the public disclosure of “American secrets.”

Jason Ditz
بواسطة Jason Ditz
Defense Secretary Ash Carter, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington.

With a veto override vote scheduled for Wednesday in the Senate, Defense Secretary Ash Carter is doing some last minute public lobbying against the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA), which previously passed unanimously in both the House and Senate. JASTA would allow the families of victims of the 9/11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia

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Police Are Using Confidential Databases To Target Political Opponents, Personal Enemies And Scorned Lovers

“It’s personal. It’s your address. It’s all your information, it’s your Social Security number, it’s everything about you.”

Eric Tucker
Sadie Gurman
بواسطة Eric Tucker
و Sadie Gurman
A Las Vegas police officer looks at the computer in his cruiser while working on a swing shift in downtown Las Vegas.

D ENVER  — Police officers across the country misuse confidential law enforcement databases to get information on romantic partners, business associates, neighbors, journalists and others for reasons that have nothing to do with daily police work, an Associated Press investigation has found. Criminal-history and driver databases give officers

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