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New data shows asylum claims spiking at U.S. ports of entry
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SAN DIEGO – December 11, 2018 The number of migrants requesting asylum at ports of entry at the Mexican border doubled in financial year 2018 from the previous year, according to Customs and Border Protection data released on Monday. U.S. Customs and Border Protection released the figures Monday reflecting the first step in the asylum process. The agency fielded nearly 93,000 claims of so-called "credible fear" in the 2018 fiscal year ending Sept. 30, up 67% from the previous year. The claims accounted for 18% of all people arrested or stopped at the border, up from 13%...
Texas Police Earn at Least $50 Million Annually From Seizing Property
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TEXAS - December 7, 2018 Police and law enforcement agencies in Texas earned more than $50 million in 2017 from the confiscation of people's property. Officials call it the fight against crime, but in fact it turns out that crime is generated by the police, where money is obtained fraudulently. In February 2016, one such case occurred with the owner of a Chevrolet Silverado truck when Houston police had seized the vehicle after surveilling its driver, Macario Hernandez, and pulling him over after he left his house. They took the truck to court, hoping to keep it or sell...
Voting Problems, Fraud, Scandals Plague Polling Places Across America: Kentucky
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KENTUCKY – November 24, 2018 The shortage of poll workers could not be resolved in Kentucky, even though the problem was announced a few days before Election Day. According to official data, there were about 15,000 people working, which was not enough to perform at the appropriate level. Consequently, there were long lines and a lack of ballots, with no one to print them. The lack of people was due to a lack of wages, although it was officially stated that workers would receive from $100 to $300 for a 13-hour day. Apparently not many were interested in such a salary, and...
Chicago Hospital Shooting: Police Officer, 2 Employees, and Gunman Dead
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A Chicago police officer and two others were killed when a gunman opened fire at Mercy Hospital on Monday. Anthony Guglielmi, a Chicago police spokesman, identified the slain officer as Officer Samuel Jimenez. “It's with profound sadness that we share the death of PO Samuel Jimenez from tonight's senseless active shooter incident. Please pray for his family, his fellow officers & the entire #ChicagoPolice Department.” Chicago police told reporters that Jimenez was married with three children. According to available information, the shooting on the city’s South Side...
14-year-old brings two handguns to school in Wyoming
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GILLETTE, WY – November 16, 2018 Another school shooting could have happened, but was thankfully prevented by the police. The incident took place in Gilette, Wyoming, a town of only about 32,000 people. Nonetheless, due to the many coal mines, oil factories, and coalbed methane gas plants and companies there, the locals often call their hometown the “Energy Capital of the Nation,” with every right to do so, as about 35% of the nation's coal is extracted there. Luckily, the police prevented a school shooting there, so the town won’t be referred to as the “School Shooting...
Voting problems, fraud, scandals plague polling places across America: Alabama
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ALABAMA – November 13, 2018 In Normal, Alabama, four A&M University students are suing state and local election officials, claiming they were denied the right to vote in the Nov. 6 general election. Jordon Jackson, Kendra Jones, Terry Matthews III, and Simeon Sykes filed the federal lawsuit Nov. 9 in a U.S. District Court against the Madison County Board of Registrars, Board of Registrars Chair Lynda Hairston, and Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill. According to the lawsuit, the four students registered to vote in mid-October, before the Oct. 22 deadline. Jones...
FL airport shut down over "suspicious package" that ended up being provisional ballots
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – November 12, 2018 Late Sunday evening the Ft. Lauderdale Airport was shut down due to a suspicious package left outside of one of the terminals. Reports are coming in that an Avis rental car employee discovered provisional ballot boxes left in the back of a rental car that had just been returned by a Broward County employee. Our deputies have deemed the package safe, and issued an all-clear. https://t.co/J2lja0vkSY — Broward Sheriff (@browardsheriff) November 12, 2018 Laura Loomer and others working with her tried to gain access to the airport...
Stop Talking, Take Action: Missing, Murdered and Indigenous
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It’s been over two months since our article about the tragedy of the extremely high rate of disappearances and murder among indigenous and Native American women. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, but still, there are no changes in the law enforcement: The authorities have simply moved to a new phase of inaction – if at first, they preferred to ignore a decades-old epidemic, now they talk about it… but continue to do nothing. Attempting to raise awareness of the epidemic, or it would be better to say – pandemic – of violence against Native women, representative...
White Police Officer Who Killed Black Man Will Stand Trial
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DALLAS - October 29, 2018 The family of a 26-year-old black man who was fatally shot in his own apartment by a white former Dallas police officer filed a federal lawsuit on Friday. According to the suit, the policewoman, Amber Guyger, used excessive force when she first shot both of the man’s legs and then fatally shot him in the head. The victim was 26-year-old St. Lucia native Botham Jean. He was at home when a police officer came in and opened fire. As she later explained, the officer was tired and mistook his apartment for her own and thought she'd encountered an in...