[USA Today] WASHINGTON -- The nation's top drug enforcement official said Wednesday that FBI Director James Comey was "spot on'' when he recently offered the controversial assessment that violent crime surges in some cities may be linked to police officers' reluctance to engage suspects.
"I think there is something to it,'' Drug Enforcement Administration chief Chuck Rosenberg told reporters, referring to the so-called "Ferguson-effect'' in which police have been reportedly hesitant to act for fear of prompting the kind of civil unrest that engulfed Ferguson, Mo., last year. "I think (Comey) was spot on.''
Comey's remarks during appearances last month in Chicago put the FBI director at odds with some in law enforcement and the White House, which indicated that existing evidence did not support such a claim.
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I think they are seeing the level of anger from all levels of American society. If they keep running down the primrose path with Obumble and his crew, they might be hanging from the lamp posts with him if all hell breaks lose.
I see this as a warning and they hope a pressure release before shit really goes nuts.
I should think that the rest of the communists at the climate change talks would understand...
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I can guess that the Mandarin translators at the climate talks are trying to find a polite way to translate "f-you" into English, French, and German.
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Much of it [the coal] coming from some very smart Auzzies, who have increased production, quite unlike our leftest enviro-weenie gov't bureaucrats.
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Simple solution: Al Gore gives the Chinese $100 million worth of scrubbers for their coal plants. That's such a good idea, Shirley if Al started, all the other anti-electric groups would start sending their money to China, instead of blowing it on converting conservatives.
If any of them really cared about the whole planet, of course.
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Sending scrubbers to China might not be a bad idea. Scrubbers remove particulates from the exhaust. The particulates really are pollution, contribute to acid rain, and overall are a problem.
Scrubbers do nothing for CO2, of course.
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So... What kind of parents would encourage their kids to talk like that.
And since when is being ILLEGAL a race? Seems to me they are claiming that all illegal aliens are Mexican or all Mexicans are legal aliens. No racism there....
Non-WoT: this is just the usual tribal nonsense. I'm a little surprised the Kenyan forces took part, but it's wheels-within-wheels in that part of the world.
A senior Somali military officer says Kenyan Defense force soldiers, along with allied Jubbaland troops have attacked SNA base located in the outskirts of Kismayo city.
Abdirashid Ma’lin Gaas, the military officer said that their Saba Ashraf army base came under fire by the allied forces, sparking a fierce clash that caused unspecified number of casualties.
The officer has told Radio Shabelle by phone that the SNA have repulsed the attack and inflicted heavy damage on the KDF and Jubbaland forces.
Several Jubbaland soldiers injured in the fighting were admitted in a hospital in Kismayo city, according to Abdirashid Ma’alin Gaas.
Meanwhile, the army commanders of Jubbaland troops were unavailable to reach on the phone for comments of the attack and the causality figures.
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Not even the police are safe in Venezuela. In a country which saw 24,000 murders recorded in 2013 and whose capital city Caracas was runner-up for murder capital of the world, 252 security officers have been killed in the country from January until October this year, in most cases simply because they were carrying something valuable - a gun.
Pulvio Lisandro Toledo, 43, was one of them. On 1 September, after 18 years in the force, Toledo was on his police issue motorbike heading home when two individuals riding another motorcycle shot him. As he fell to the ground wounded, they searched his pockets; not finding his mandatory police weapon, they proceeded to shoot him fatally several more times. He left two young children behind.
In any other country Toledo's case would have stood out, as he was not killed in the line of duty, but on his way home. Not in Venezuela, where he was just one of 252. "Before 2005, most police officers died in the line of duty. But nowadays, 65% of crimes against officers are motorcycle and weapon theft," explains Jackeline Sandoval, head of FundaciĂłn Debido Proceso, an NGO that promotes the rule of law and human rights across Latin America. Watching too many Tarantino movies.
When President Maduro launched a disarmament plan in 2014, and security forces were also ordered to destroy weapons seized during the police operations, the government's intention was to reduce violence by making it harder for people to obtain guns. His predecessor had already made private gun ownership illegal in 2012. Funny how confiscating guns always makes gun violence worse.
But these actions have only increased interest in the people allowed to carry weapons. "There are now fewer deals in black market arms but that has made anyone in uniform a more popular target for criminals than before," says Eliseo GuzmĂĄn, the general commissioner of the Miranda state police force. "They will identify a police officer and take away his life just to take his gun." If only there were armed law-abiding citizens around to help defend the cops.
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LAHORE: At least 18 labourers were killed and dozens injured when an under construction factory collapsed in Lahore Wednesday evening, rescue and city administration officials said.
More than 70 people were rescued from under the debris till late in the night, DCO Lahore Capt (retd) Mohammad Usman said.
“The rescue workers have so far retrieved 16 dead bodies while at least 40 injured have been taken to hospitals,” Usman, the city's top administration official who was coordinating the response to the disaster, said.
Later, Edhi officials told Dawn they shifted 18 dead bodies to hospitals.
The injured labourers, some of them critical, were shifted to Jinnah Hospital and Sharif Hospital where they received emergency medical treatment.
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif visited the site and said it was possible the building had been damaged after the October 26 earthquake.
“I have heard the earthquake affected the building, but according to labourers the owner continued to build an extension,” he told reporters.
He announced a compensation of Rs0.5 million for the heirs of the labourers who died in this unfortunate accident.
Rescue officials further said around 100 people are feared trapped under the debris, including underage employees, and the death toll is expected to rise.
The factory is located in Lahore's Sundar Industrial Estate and manufactures polythene bags.
Rescue officials faced difficulties during rescue operations, which continued throughout the night. However, the use of heavy machinery was halted until sunrise.
The DCO Lahore said that the actual number of casualties will be ascertained once the rescue operation is completed.
He, however, claimed that all available resources are being utilised to carry out the rescue and relief operation.
Army teams also reached the site and carried out search and rescue operation alongside the city administration teams, the ISPR said.
The military was flying urban search-and-rescue teams to the scene, said a military spokesman in a text message.
“Army engineers have been immediately moved for the rescue operation,” the message said.
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Not even the police are safe in Venezuela. In a country which saw 24,000 murders recorded in 2013 and whose capital city Caracas was runner-up for murder capital of the world, 252 security officers have been killed in the country from January until October this year, in most cases simply because they were carrying something valuable - a gun.
