Florida deputy mistakes acorn for shots fired; Overreaction on body cam
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TMZ ^
| 2/14/2024
A Florida sheriff's deputy is looking more like a cartoonish cop from "Reno 911!" on body cam footage of him mistaking an acorn hitting his patrol car for bullets ... prompting him to open fire on the vehicle. The
video, which was just released, shows Okaloosa County deputy Jesse Hernandez on the job, detaining a guy back in November for allegedly sending threatening texts. Hernandez and his partner cuffed the man and put him in the back of their patrol car. All seemed to be going well, until Hernandez appeared to hear what he perceived as a shot being fired...
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin back in hospital, deputy takes over duties
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CBS News ^
| 02/12/24
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is hospitalized after experiencing symptoms of an "emergent bladder issue," according to the Pentagon. Austin "transferred the functions and duties of the office" to Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, according to the Pentagon's Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder. CBS News' David Martin reports.
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Female corrections deputy charged with having sex with inmate
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The New York Post ^
| 02/07/2024 | Snejana Farberov
A rookie female corrections officer in Tennessee has been arrested for allegedly having sex with an inmate at the men’s jail. Akira
Jones, 20, a corrections deputy with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office in Memphis since May, was taken into custody Tuesday after a weeks-long internal investigation, officials said. Jones, who has been on leave since late December, faces a felony charge of sexual contact with prisoners. The deputy’s arrest stems from a complaint dated Dec. 20, which accused her of having sex with an inmate at the main county jail known colloquially as 201 Poplar. Although the sheriff’s office...
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75-year-old man dies after sheriff's deputy shocks him with Taser during attempted eviction
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KARE/Assoc.Press ^
| 02/01/2024
WILLMAR, Minn. — A 75-year-old man has died after a sheriff's deputy in rural Minnesota shocked him with a Taser during an attempted eviction, officials announced Wednesday. The cause of Michael James Yanacheak's death in Willmar is undetermined pending further investigation by the medical examiner, the state's Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA)
said in a statement. The BCA, which was called in to investigate the incident, said Riley Kampsen is the Kandiyohi County sheriff’s deputy who deployed his Taser. Kampsen has five years of law enforcement experience. According to the BCA timeline, two Kandiyohi County sheriff’s deputies and two Willmar...
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Bahamas deputy prime minister calls 2023 'a banner year for tourism' only ONE day after US Embassy issues urgent travel warning over soaring violent crime - as January murder toll jumps AGAIN to 18
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Daily Mail ^
| 1/27/24 | Kamal Sultan
The deputy prime minister of The Bahamas has praised 2023 as a 'banner year for tourism' after the US embassy advised Americans visiting the country to be cautious. Chester
Cooper spoke at an event in Tallahassee, Florida organized by the Florida Federation of Alpha Chapters in which he promoted The Bahamas to the fraternity group. 'The year 2023 was a banner year in tourism that brought us an unprecedented 8 million plus in visitor arrivals,' he proudly stated on Thursday. It came just a day after the US Embassy in Nassau issued a security and advisory warning to tourists about...
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'No plans' for Ireland to suspend funding to UNRWA, says Tánaiste [Ireland deputy PM]
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RTÉ News ^
| Saturday, 27 Jan 2024 17:47
Ireland has “no plans” to suspend funding for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, the Tánaiste has said, after other nations have announced they are suspending funding. It
comes after Israel’s foreign minister said the country will seek to stop UNRWA from operating in Gaza after the war after it accused several of its staff of involvement in Hamas’s 7 October attack. Australia, Italy, Finland, the Netherlands and Canada have decided to suspend financing of UNRWA, while Britain and the US will temporarily pause future funding. In a post on X, Micheál Martin said he has “full confidence” in Commissioner-General...
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Biden deputy campaign manager: ‘Ancestors’ had more rights because of Roe
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Live Action News ^
| January 8, 2024 | Nancy Flanders
President Biden’s principal deputy campaign manager Quentin Fulks appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday, during which he stated that Biden’s number one priority if he wins reelection this year is abortion. Fulks
said Biden is focused on ensuring states are once again forced to legalize abortion, as they were under Roe v. Wade. According to Politico, host Kristen Welker asked Fulks, “What would, on day one, President Biden’s top priority be?” Fulks replied, “Well, look. The president announced this campaign with the moniker of ‘finish the job’ and protect freedom and democracy. So when we talk about that,...
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Coweta County deputy hit, killed by Alabama officer after chase with driver of stolen Challenger
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WSBTV ^
| January 04, 2024 | Courtney Martinez
"LANETT, Ala. — A Coweta County deputy has died after an Alabama police officer ran into the deputy after a high-speed chase, according to Alabama officials. Officials
identified the victim as Coweta County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Sheriff Eric Minix. He leaves behind a wife and three daughters. The crash happened on Interstate 85 around 11:55 p.m. Wednesday night in Chambers County, Alabama. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said that Decedric Donson, a 25-year-old from Pensacola, was driving a stolen 2022 Dodge Challenger. Coweta County Sheriff Lenn Wood said the suspect was driving at high speeds and led Minix on a...
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Israel ready 'for any scenario' after strike kills Hamas deputy in Lebanon
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France 24 ^
Gaza Strip (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Israel kept bombing Gaza on Wednesday after the army warned it is ready for "any scenario" following a drone strike in Lebanon which killed the deputy leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, stoking fears of a regional escalation. Although
Israel did not claim the Beirut assassination on Tuesday evening, it was widely assumed to be behind the killing of Saleh al-Aruri, 57, the political number two of its enemy Hamas and one of the founders of the Islamist group's military wing. After Aruri and six other militants were killed in the attack, Israeli...
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Bodycam video shows LA sheriff's deputy fatally shooting woman, 27, FOUR times in front of child
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Daily Mail UK ^
| December 31, 2023 | Ishita Srivastava
Newly-released bodycam footage shows the moment an LA Sheriff's Deputy shot a mother who had called 911 after her ex-boyfriend allegedly attacked her and her daughter. Niani
Finlayson, 27, called police and 'reported that her boyfriend would not leave her alone' and then screaming and sounds of a struggle could be heard', the LA Sheriff's Department (LASD) said. Footage shows deputies swiftly approaching the apartment complex and soon saw Finlayson holding an eight-inch kitchen knife at the door. She reportedly told the officers that she was going to stab her ex-boyfriend for allegedly hurting her nine-year-old daughter, Xaisha. Xaisha was...
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Left-wing deputy mayor hospitalized after attack by ‘North African’ men just meters from her home
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Remix News ^
| December 22, 2023 | THOMAS BROOKE
A deputy mayor in France who labeled the government’s proposed immigration bill “shameful” and “disgusting” was hospitalized on Wednesday evening after being brutally attacked by a gang of North African men just meters from her own front door. Oriane
Filhol, the deputy mayor to Mathieu Hanotin of the Socialist Party (PS) in Saint-Denis, was returning home from a work meeting when she was assaulted by several men on the driveway to her home at around 9.30 p.m. The elected official, who is in charge of solidarity, women’s rights, and fighting against discrimination in her constituency, was “hit violently in the...
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Teen migrant charged after Florida deputy has fatal heart attack amid struggle
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Nypost ^
| 12/15/2023 | Selim Algar
An illegal migrant from Guatemala is facing a manslaughter charge after a Florida sheriff’s deputy suffered a fatal heart attack during a May struggle with the 18-year-old in St. Augustine. Stakes in the legally complex case escalated this week after Virgilio Aguilar-Mendez retained a civil rights attorney who claims he was wrongfully
stopped before the encounter which led to St. Johns County Sergeant Michael Kunovich’s death.
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Video: A Ukraine Deputy detonates a grenade at a council meeting in Zakarpattia region
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Freepervideos ^
A Ukraine Deputy detonates a grenade at a council meeting in Zakarpattia region One person is dead and 26 are injured.
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US Sen. Kevin Cramer’s son charged with manslaughter in crash that killed North Dakota deputy
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AP ^
| 7:25 PM EST, December 7, 2023 | JACK DURA and JIM SALTER
The 42-year-old son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer was charged Thursday with manslaughter and fleeing an officer after a police pursuit ended in a crash that killed a North Dakota sheriff’s deputy who had just laid a tire deflation device on the road and was taking cover behind his squad car, according
to court documents. Ian Cramer, of Bismarck, was traveling over 100 mph and already had two flat tires when he slammed head-on into Deputy Paul Martin’s squad car on Wednesday, pushing it “directly into Martin’s person and launching him for about 100 feet,” according to charging documents. Martin,...
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WATCH: Sheriff's deputy barks like police K9 to trick teen suspects into surrendering
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FOX13 Seattle ^
| 9/1/2023 | Staff
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. - A Pierce County Sheriff's deputy used a unique way to get teens out of hiding after they allegedly stole a car: by barking like a K9 that was about to be released on the hidden suspects. Around
8:25 a.m. on Aug. 18, deputies were called to the cemetery on Chambers Creek Way in University Place for reports of a stolen vehicle. The sergeant was able to get ahead of the car and deployed spike sticks to get the vehicle to stop. The driver of the stolen vehicle went over it and all four tires were flattened....
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Moment deputy head of Hamas intelligence who helped plot Israel terror attack is killed by Israeli air strike
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Daily Mail ^
| Oct.26.23
IDF said the air strike that saw buildings explode and collapse killed Shadi Barud The accuse Barud (pictured here) of being behind the October 7 attacks that killed hundreds of Israeli civilians
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Hamas delegation, Iranian deputy FM meet Russian officials in Moscow
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Times of Israel ^
| 10/26/2023 | LAZAR BERMAN
Hamas representatives are in Moscow, according to Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. “I can also say and confirm that representatives of the relevant Palestinian movement are on a visit to Moscow,” she says in a briefing, reported by the Russian RIA Novosti outlet. The
outlet had earlier reported that Hamas politburo member Moussa Abu Marzuk was leading the delegation. Zakharova says that Iranian deputy foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani is in Moscow as well.
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Leonard Cure shot, killed by Georgia sheriff's deputy; attorney Ben Crump representing his family
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See BS Fake News ^
| 10/17/2023 | Alfred Charles
A prominent civil rights attorney has been hired to represent the family of a man who was fatally shot this week by a Georgia deputy following his release from a Florida prison on a wrongful conviction...
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Tánaiste announces €13m ‘immediate’ aid package [Ireland’s deputy prime minister, to ‘Palestinians’]
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RTÉ News ^
| Wednesday, 18 Oct 2023 18:41
The Tánaiste has announced an “immediate” €13 million aid package for Palestinian people following recent violence in the Middle East. Micheál Martin said the aid package includes €10 million for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency and €3 million for the UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs. Speaking in the Dáil, Mr.
Martin called on European Union and regional partners “to step up now to provide whatever financial support they can to UNRWA”, the agency to which Ireland is giving its “unwavering support”. He said that Ireland’s assistance to Palestinians was to have been €16 million this year, but this...
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Georgia deputy shoots, kills Black man who spent 16 years in prison on wrongful conviction
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San Diego Union-Tribune ^
| 10/16/23 | Unknown
KINGSLAND, Ga. — A Black man who spent more than 16 years imprisoned in Florida on a wrongful conviction was fatally shot Monday by a sheriff’s deputy in Georgia during a traffic stop, authorities said. The
Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which is reviewing the shooting, identified the man as Leonard Allen Cure, 53. Cure had been represented in his exoneration case by the Innocence Project of Florida. The group’s executive director, Seth Miller, said he was devastated by news of the death, which he heard from Cure’s family.“I can only imagine what it’s like to know your son is innocent...
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