| 'Embrace the change': Black officers sidestep unions to support police reform Posted: 15 Jun 2020 11:01 AM PDT  "We're talking about Black men dying. We're talking about systemic racism in police work," said a leader of one Black law enforcement association.
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| A Crisis Is Brewing Between India and China. But This Time There Is a Big Difference. Posted: 16 Jun 2020 07:59 AM PDT  America has inserted itself deeper into the China-India-Pakistan triangle, altering the shape of the regional order, pushing it toward a bipolar one with Beijing and Islamabad on one side and New Delhi and, to some extent, itself on the other.
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| Atlanta officer Garrett Rolfe was fired after fatally shooting Rayshard Brooks. He had recently been trained in de-escalation tactics and cultural awareness. Posted: 15 Jun 2020 04:34 PM PDT  Garrett Rolfe attended 2,000 hours of police training, his personnel record shows. In January, he attended a course in the use of deadly force.
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| Tucker Carlson Laments That Black Lives Matter Is Now More Popular Than Trump Posted: 15 Jun 2020 06:52 PM PDT  Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Monday night once again devoted a lengthy monologue to attacking Black Lives Matter, this time bemoaning the social justice movement's rising popularity while wondering why the federal government hasn't filed conspiracy charges against it.Carlson, who has seen advertisers flee in recent days after saying Black Lives Matter "is definitely not about black lives," kicked off Monday night's program by noting that the group is gaining momentum among the American public as protests rage over George Floyd's death and police brutality."Here is breaking news we never expected to report," Carlson lamented. "Black Lives Matter is now more popular than the president of the United States and not slightly more popular than the president, much more popular."Noting that right-leaning pollster Rasmussen now finds 62 percent of Americans have a favorable opinion of BLM, the Fox News host pointed out that the racial justice movement also outpolled presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and the pope. Describing BLM as the nation's most powerful political party, Carlson went on to claim that while Americans can criticize other political parties, "Black Lives Matter now enjoys complete immunity from criticism." Claiming use of the phrase "All Lives Matter" is now "considered hate speech," Carlson said the nation is in a "dangerous moment" before wondering aloud why Black Lives Matter hasn't been brought up on federal charges over the violent protests and looting that took place days after Floyd's death."Is there a reason the DOJ hasn't filed federal conspiracy charges against the people who organized and led these riots?" Carlson grumbled. "It's not as if we don't know who they are. Their crimes are on YouTube. You know the reason. BLM was involved."The Fox News host concluded his latest anti-BLM rant by claiming that it is gaining popularity because its supporters are "getting exactly what they want" and are doing it with "force.""They flood the streets with angry young people who break things and they hurt anyone who gets in the way," the conservative host declared. "When they want something, they take it. Make them mad and they will set your business on fire.""Annoy them and they will occupy your downtown and declare a brand-new country," he continued. "You will not do anything about it. They know that for certain."Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| Hong Kong leader urges people not to 'demonize' security law Posted: 15 Jun 2020 10:23 PM PDT  Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Tuesday that she hopes opponents of a new national security law being imposed by China do not "demonize and stigmatize" the legislation because doing so would mean pitting themselves against residents of the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. "The people of Hong Kong want to see stability again, they want a safe environment where they can work and live," Lam told reporters. China's ceremonial parliament in May approved the decision to enact a national security law in Hong Kong, aimed at curbing subversive, secessionist, terrorist and foreign intervention activities in the city following months of anti-government protests last year.
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| De Blasio Tells Covid Contract Tracers Not to Ask Positive Cases If They’ve Attended BLM Protests Posted: 15 Jun 2020 06:43 AM PDT  New York City's coronavirus contact-tracing force are not asking those who test positive for COVID-19 whether they recently attended a Black Lives Matter demonstration, a city spokesperson confirmed."No person will be asked proactively if they attended a protest," Avery Cohen, a spokesperson for de Blasio, told THE CITY about the directive. "If a person wants to proactively offer that information, there is an opportunity for them to do so."De Blasio, who announced his program last month to hire 1,000 "contact tracers," has promised to reveal Monday how many city residents have been questioned so far.Tracers are supposed to ask those who test positive for Covid-19 to "recall 'contacts' and individuals they may have exposed," Cohen explained. Tracers also probe for any "close contacts" of the patient — anyone that has been within six feet of the infected person for at least 10 minutes.New York City officials have taken a soft stance over fears that mass protests could lead to a spike in coronavirus cases. "Let's be clear about something: if there is a spike in coronavirus cases in the next two weeks, don't blame the protesters. Blame racism," Mark Levine, head of the city council's health committee, tweeted earlier this month.The mayor, whose daughter was arrested during a Manhattan protest over the death of George Floyd, is facing a lawsuit from Catholics and Jews for violating the constitutional rights of religious New Yorkers by placing restrictions on religious services. But De Blasio has pushed back on claims that he has been hypocritical in allowing protests to proceed while keeping religious services shuttered."When you see . . . an entire nation, simultaneously grappling with an extraordinary crisis seated in 400 years of American racism, I'm sorry, that is not the same question as the understandably aggrieved store owner or the devout religious person who wants to go back to services," de Blasio said in a press conference earlier this month.
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| As leaders warned of US meat shortages, overseas exports of pork and beef continued Posted: 16 Jun 2020 10:31 AM PDT  Critics say companies and Trump used a scare tactic to justify the executive order, which provided some liability protection for meatpacking plants.
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| At least 20 Indian soldiers killed in hand-to-hand fighting on Chinese border Posted: 16 Jun 2020 12:37 AM PDT  Twenty Indian soldiers were killed in violent hand-to-hand clashes with Chinese troops on the disputed border in the Himalayas late on Monday as the threat of a full-blown war flared. The soldiers died after intense fighting in the Galwan Valley in Ladakh where there has been a tense stand-off for more than a month, and were the first at the disputed border in 45 years. The Indian army confirmed the higher total late last night after initially saying only three had died, including a colonel, and India blamed China for starting the fighting. Indian media reports suggested five Chinese troops had been killed, and eleven injured, cited later by a senior reporter for Chinese state newspaper Global Times in a post online, but that remained unconfirmed. Her editor at the state outlet, Hu Xijin, wrote on Twitter: "Based on what I know, Chinese side also suffered casualties in the Galwan Valley physical clash. I want to tell the Indian side, don't be arrogant and misread China's restraint as being weak. China doesn't want to have a clash with India, but we don't fear it." They are the first casualties to be suffered by either Asian superpower along their 3,488km border since 1975. Chinese and Indian troops typically do not carry weapons on the Line of Actual Control, in an attempt to avoid fatalities or diplomatic escalation of tensions, and it is understood these clashes were with stones and batons. India and China have been facing-off for over a month in Ladakh in Kashmir after Chinese troops crossed the so-called Line of Actual Control on May 5 and 6 to occupy over 60 kilometres of Indian territory at four locations - Pangong Tso, Galwan River, Demchok and Hot Springs.
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| Rayshard Brooks' killing is 'personal,' Atlanta mayor says Posted: 16 Jun 2020 07:11 AM PDT  Rayshard Brooks was shot to death by police in a Wendy's parking lot in Atlanta on Friday night.
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| He Xiangjian: China arrests five after attempt to kidnap billionaire Posted: 15 Jun 2020 01:33 PM PDT  Five people have been arrested after an attempt to kidnap He Xiangjian, one of China's richest men.
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| Woman apologizes after criticism for confronting homeowner Posted: 15 Jun 2020 03:10 PM PDT  The CEO of a cosmetics company has issued an apology after a video went viral showing her and her husband confronting a man and threatening to call police because he wrote "Black Lives Matter" in chalk on his San Francisco property.
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| 'Kroger Karen' is going viral for using a stroller to block a Black woman from leaving a grocery store parking lot Posted: 16 Jun 2020 01:58 PM PDT  Shaneeka Montgomery-Strickland live-streamed the incident in which a white woman barred her from exiting a Kroger parking lot.
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| 18 of America’s Best Historic Homes to Visit Posted: 15 Jun 2020 01:00 PM PDT |
| Bodies of children and others found in Libyan town after LNA retreat, Red Crescent says Posted: 16 Jun 2020 10:54 AM PDT |
| 'Not to me, they don't': Philadelphia court supervisor fired for tearing down Black Lives Matter signs on video Posted: 16 Jun 2020 10:44 AM PDT  A supervisor with Philadelphia's Family Court was fired after a video circulated online showing him tearing down Black Lives Matter signs and telling bystanders that black lives don't matter to him.The video shows Michael Henkel marching along a sidewalk tearing Black Lives Matter signs from fences and walls. When a bystander yells "black lives matter" at him, Mr Henkel replies "not to me, they don't."
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| At least 7 Minneapolis cops have quit since George Floyd's death Posted: 15 Jun 2020 12:42 PM PDT  Officials didn't specify if the departures are specifically due to Floyd's death, but the decisions to leave were made recently.
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| North Korea's Demolition of the Kaesong Liaison Office Is a Sign of Desperation Posted: 16 Jun 2020 11:59 AM PDT  Not aggression. Here's why.
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| Supreme Court won't consider limiting police immunity from civil lawsuits Posted: 15 Jun 2020 11:08 AM PDT  The justices' decision not to hear any new cases follows the recent death of George Floyd, a Black man in Minneapolis, while in police custody.
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| Should the World Be Worried About the 'Explosive' New Outbreak of Coronavirus in Beijing? Posted: 16 Jun 2020 01:23 AM PDT  Since 106 new cases emerged around a food market, the Chinese capital has been plunged into what officials are calling "wartime mode."
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| USAF Pilot Dies After F-15 Crashes Into the North Sea Posted: 15 Jun 2020 12:59 PM PDT  It's remains unclear what caused the fatal crash.
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| 'Because I was white' — Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian shares story of walking away from a police encounter in college after he was found drunk and high in his car Posted: 16 Jun 2020 10:13 AM PDT  "Because I was white. I walked away + started Reddit, not jail time. I became an entrepreneur, not a statistic," Ohanian tweeted.
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| China asks Canada to investigate pests found in logs Posted: 16 Jun 2020 01:11 AM PDT |
| Violent counter-protesters mobbed a small-town BLM demonstration in Ohio amid false rumors of antifa Posted: 16 Jun 2020 12:32 PM PDT  A small demonstration against racism in Bethel, Ohio, turned violent when hundreds counter-protesters arrived after learning of the event online.
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| Black Lives Matter banner removed at US Embassy in Seoul Posted: 15 Jun 2020 08:00 PM PDT  A large Black Lives Matter banner was quietly removed from the U.S. Embassy building in South Korea's capital three days after it was raised there in solidarity with demonstrators protesting against racial inequality back home. The official explanation from the embassy, which didn't mention an LGBT pride flag that was also removed from the building, was that the Black Lives Matter banner was removed to avoid any perception that it was meant "to support or encourage donations to any specific organization." The decision drew criticism from some activists in Seoul.
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| Trump on coronavirus testing: ‘If we stopped testing right now, we’d have very few cases, if any’ Posted: 15 Jun 2020 02:20 PM PDT  At the White House on Monday, President Trump spoke about testing for the coronavirus in the U.S., saying, "If we stopped testing right now, we'd have very few cases, if any."
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| Two experts say use of deadly force against Rayshard Brooks unwarranted Posted: 14 Jun 2020 08:14 PM PDT  But a police union president outside Atlanta called it "legitimate."
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| 17-foot python captured in Florida Everglades Posted: 15 Jun 2020 12:25 PM PDT  A 17ft long python was caught in the Everglades, after a tussle with a man who calls himself the "Python Cowboy."Mike Kimmel, who runs the Python Cowboy YouTube page, posted a video to his channel on Friday, that documented his journey to catch the snake.
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| Travelers mark New Zealand's first new COVID cases in 24 days Posted: 16 Jun 2020 09:41 AM PDT  The women were allowed to leave quarantine early after arriving in the country from London.
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| President of police union chapter in Florida suspended after 'despicable' Facebook post Posted: 16 Jun 2020 11:52 AM PDT  A Facebook post by a Florida chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police recruited officers disciplined and charged in violent incidents.
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| New York City police disband rough street unit amid pressure for reform Posted: 15 Jun 2020 12:44 PM PDT  The New York Police Department is disbanding its aggressive anti-crime unit, a move aimed at turning alienated residents into crime-stopping allies, part of a nationwide push for policing reforms following the killing of George Floyd. In a major redeployment, the country's largest police force will reassign some 600 plainclothes officers in the anti-crime unit, the target of numerous complaints, to other duties, effective immediately, Commissioner Dermot Shea said on Monday. "Make no mistake, this is a seismic shift in the culture of how the NYPD polices this great city," Shea told a news briefing.
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| Secret drug cave discovered by Spanish police Posted: 15 Jun 2020 06:51 AM PDT  A secret operations centre buried in a garden belonging to alleged drug traffickers has been discovered by Spanish police, accessed via steps hidden under an ornamental fountain. It was only after Guardia Civil officers in the Costa del Sol town of Mijas began to investigate the three men accused of trafficking cannabis that they made the discovery, realising a small ornate fountain positioned next to a barbecue lifted up to reveal a shaft into the ground. At the bottom of the stairwell, officers advanced along a cramped tunnel before entering a shipping container buried under the garden, where the gang hid drug consignments. "It seems like something out of Hollywood, but we see this kind of thing in the local drug trafficking scene," a Guardia Civil spokesman told The Telegraph.
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| UK begins coronavirus vaccine trial; France pledges funding Posted: 15 Jun 2020 11:02 AM PDT  Scientists at Imperial College London will start immunizing people in Britain this week with their experimental coronavirus shot, while pharmaceutical company Sanofi and the French government announced more than 800 million euros ($890 million) in investment Tuesday as part of the worldwide race to find an effective vaccine. In a statement, the British government said 300 healthy people will be immunized with two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed at Imperial, which has been backed by 41 million pounds ($51 million) in government funding. Robin Shattock, who is leading the vaccine research at Imperial, said the advantage of their vaccine is the small amount required: their dose is one hundredth of the dose being tested by the NIH and Moderna Inc. That means millions of doses could be relatively quickly manufactured.
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| US police reform: Trump signs executive order on 'best practice' Posted: 16 Jun 2020 05:43 PM PDT  The move seeks to encourage "best practice" following anger over the killing of black men by police.
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| Russia’s Ka-52 Helicopter Gunship to be Upgraded with Long-Range Missiles Posted: 16 Jun 2020 05:00 AM PDT  What can they do?
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| 'Unorthodox,' 'abuse of power': ICE is hitting lawful asylum-seekers with a new obstacle Posted: 16 Jun 2020 08:32 AM PDT  "Now that they're granting some paroles, they're placing as many hurdles as possible," said a staff attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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| 'Golden State Killer' suspect to plead guilty, won't get death penalty Posted: 16 Jun 2020 04:33 AM PDT  The man accused of being the Golden State Killer is expected to plead guilty on June 29 in return for being spared the death penalty, a source familiar with the matter said Monday.
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| Police department rips Tucker Carlson for "inaccurate" protest report Posted: 16 Jun 2020 11:57 AM PDT  The department said Carlson's report creates "creates an environment of confusion and bitterness"
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| UK COVID-19 death toll hits 53,077: Reuters tally Posted: 16 Jun 2020 01:55 AM PDT  The United Kingdom's COVID-19 death toll has hit 53,077, according to a Reuters tally of official data sources that underline the country's status as one of the worst hit in the world. The Reuters tally comprises fatalities where COVID-19 was mentioned on death certificates in England, Wales and Northern Ireland up to June 5, and up to June 7 in Scotland. It also includes more recent hospital deaths.
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| New virus cases in China, N. Zealand sound pandemic alarm Posted: 16 Jun 2020 01:45 AM PDT  More than two dozen new coronavirus cases in China and the first New Zealand infections in almost a month on Tuesday underlined the immense challenges still ahead in containing the deadly pandemic, even as some EU nations reopened their borders to fellow Europeans. More than eight million people have now been infected with the virus worldwide since it first emerged in China late last year -- with more than 435,000 deaths -- and the tolls are still surging in Latin America and South Asia. The latest reminder of the threat came on Tuesday from China, which had largely brought its outbreak under control, as 27 new infections were reported in Beijing, where a new cluster linked to a wholesale food market has sparked mass testing and neighbourhood lockdowns.
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| Supreme Court for now stays out of police immunity debate Posted: 15 Jun 2020 08:36 AM PDT  The Supreme Court is for now declining to get involved in an ongoing debate by citizens and in Congress over policing, rejecting cases Monday that would have allowed the justices to revisit when police can be held financially responsible for wrongdoing. With protests over racism and police brutality continuing nationwide, the justices turned away more than half a dozen cases involving the legal doctrine known as qualified immunity, which the high court created more than 50 years ago. As is usual the court didn't comment in turning away the cases, but Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a 6-page dissent saying he would have agreed to hear one of the cases.
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| Top coronavirus expert Dr. Anthony Fauci says he hasn't talked to Trump in two weeks Posted: 16 Jun 2020 12:52 PM PDT  Because of the coronavirus pandemic, Fauci said attending a protest would be "putting you and others at risk"
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| China Keeps Flying Its Su-30 Fighters Over Taiwan, but How Do They Stack Up? Posted: 16 Jun 2020 07:42 AM PDT  Not as good as the F-15?
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| Airlines are cutting in-flight alcohol service as a result of the pandemic Posted: 16 Jun 2020 08:10 AM PDT  Economy passengers on most airlines will not have the option of purchasing a drink while the service will stay largely the same in first class.
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| Giant tortoise Diego, a hero to his species, is home Posted: 15 Jun 2020 02:18 PM PDT  Diego the giant Galapagos tortoise whose tireless efforts are credited with almost single-handedly saving his once-threatened species, was put out to pasture Monday on his native island after decades of breeding in captivity, Ecuador's environment minister said. Diego was shipped out from the Galapagos National Park's breeding program on Santa Cruz to remote and uninhabited Espanola.
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| ‘Valentine Jane Doe’ Rape and Murder Solved 29 Years Later Posted: 15 Jun 2020 03:47 PM PDT  For almost 30 years, Florida police have been vexed by the unsolved murder of a teenage hitchhiker known only as Valentine Jane Doe—because she was raped and murdered on Feb. 14.But now investigators say DNA has helped them answer the two central questions in the mystery: Who was the young woman found dead in the Florida Keys in 1991, and who strangled her with her pink bikini top?The Monroe County Sheriff's Office announced Monday that the victim has been identified as Wanda Deann Kirkum, 18, of Hornell, New York. And the man who murdered her is Robert Lynn Bradley of Texas.But Bradley will not be brought to justice, cops say, because he was himself killed a year later."This case is a testament and shining example of this agency's commitment to solving crime, no matter how old the case and no matter the challenges," Sheriff Rick Ramsay said.Windsurfers found Kirkum's nude body in a wooded area off U.S. 1, the highway that connects Miami to the Keys. She was nude and face-down in some water, with marks in the dirt showing how she had been dragged.After putting out her description, police got a valuable clue: She was seen trying to hitch a ride going north on Valentine's Day. The absence of tan lines on her body suggested she was not from Florida. And her perfect teeth were an indication someone had taken good care of her.But that's as far as investigators got. Photos of the clothing she was last seen in, descriptions of her tattoos and piercings, and even a forensic mockup of what she looked like in life did not get them any closer to a name.The case was featured on Unsolved Mysteries, and police got hundreds of tips, but none of them cracked the case."You wake up in the middle of the night and you're [like], 'Did we look at this, who is she is there, is there anything that we missed in looking at the evidence?'" Lt. Manuel Cuervo of the Monroe Sheriff's Department told Crime Watch Daily several years ago.As has happened in so many cold cases, new DNA analysis gave police the answers they sought. After identifying Jane Doe as Kirkum, they learned she had never been reported missing by her parents, who have since died.They compared DNA from the crime scene to DNA from Bradley's own homicide and got a match."Countless investigative hours have been poured into trying to solve this crime," Ramsay said in a statement. "Now, with the victim and suspect identities known, the Sheriff's Office is formally considering the 'Valentine Jane Doe Homicide' resolved and closed."Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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