Hyatt Crystal City accepting donations for employee injured during thug festival.

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Mubarak supporters clash with Egyptian opposition protesters

Mubarak supporters clash with Egyptian opposition protesters | News.com.au:

"THE crisis in Egypt lurched into a potentially dangerous new phase overnight as supporters of embattled President Hosni Mubarak faced off with anti-government protesters who defied a military call to disperse.

A crowd of 20,000 Mubarak supporters marched to Tahrir (Liberation) Square in central Cairo, the epicentre of nine days of unrest, far outnumbering the opposition supporters encamped there, Sky News reported.

Images showed the two crowds hurling missiles at each other during running street battles. Sky News correspondents at the scene reported seeing bloodied victims.

There were no signs of intervention by the police or military."

In other news, the internet is back on there.


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Gunshots Fired at University of Texas

Gunshots Fired at University of Texas:

"AUSTIN, Texas - Gunshots have been fired on the University of Texas campus in Austin after an initial report of someone bringing a gun to one of the libraries. The man who brought the gun has apparently killed himself.

A spokeswoman for UT police said there were reports of someone bringing a gun to the Perry-Castaneda Library, which is the main library in the intersection of East 21st Street and Speedway.

KTBC reporter Jenni Lee said Tuesday morning the man with the gun shot himself to death and the Red McCombs School of Business was placed on lock down. UT police found a boy on the 6th floor of the library.

Students, especially in the nearby Jester Center dormitory, were recommended to stay in place and lock their doors, according to a message posted on the UT website."

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Chicago Gang Press Conference: Bringing back the 1960s

I knew the latest press conference fad from Chicago street gangs wasn't anything new (pay-per-view archive).

Patriots. and Young Lords- three Chicago street gangs- held a joint press conference last night and urged an end of the violence. Chicago Tribune, 4 April 1969

Granted, that was the anniversary of the murder of Doctor Martin Luther King, Junior, but Chicago street gangs have a long history of holding press conferences. Check Google news for the 1960s.

This week, the new version sounds a lot like the old version. Lots of "give me something or I will keep taking and killing" talk. Here is the 21st century version: 

Gang members hold press conference on West Side

By John Dempsey and Monica DeSantis

CHICAGO (WLS) - A group of current and former gang members called reporters to a news conference Thursday morning on the West Side.

Our John Dempsey was there.

TV cameras from every station in town were there attending a news conference called by gang bangers, including Jim Allen.

"Yes, I am a current member of the Vice Lords Nation. I do not stand down from that. There's a difference between a gang member and gang banger. I'm not a gang banger. Gang bangers are the guys on Wall Street that drove us into a recession," Allen said.

One man, Mark Carter, tried to equate street violence with City Hall corruption.

"They can point out what they perceive as wrong that's going on in our community, we can point the wrong that's going on right in City Hall. Is the mayor going to be held accountable for all the corruption that's happening under his watch," Carter said.

The men denounced police superintendent Jody Weis for threatening gang leaders when he met with them recently but they also denounced anyone who criticized Weis for holding the meetings in the first place.

Professor David Kennedy Director of the Center for Crime Prevention and Control at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York has been working with Chicago to have dialogues with gang members.

Kennedy told the Cisco Cotto Show on Thursday that the lion's share of violence in cities like Chicago comes from gang and drug crews.  Those on probation or parolees meet with police officials and then carry a message back to gang leaders in their group.  In the meeting they hear three things:

- They hear people they respect in their own community say "we care about you and the violence needs to stop."  Which can be very effective.

- They are given a phone number they can call to get all kinds of social services help if they want it.  Education, job training, job placement and that kind of thing.

- Law enforcement says this is not a negotiation.  We are not asking. And once you leave this meeting and go back to your group tell them that the next group in the area that kills somebody all the attention we can direct to them we will.  Meaning outstanding warrants, drug, weapons and parole violations will be looked at very closely and strictly enforced.

Kennedy says violence will drop dramatically when the streets believe dire consequences await to everyone in their group if they're part of a shooting.

The Roe & Roper podcast page does not list any that have clips of the gang members, yet. They have been playing interesting clips yesterday and today.



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Girls Gone Wild - Daily Brickbats : Reason Magazine

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Janet Lovett is suing the city of Tavares, Florida, after she was arrested outside a city-owned water park. Tavares and her husband took their 7-year-old son to the park, but when water splashed on her T-shirt making her bra visible, a city employee told her to she was not dressed appropriately and would have to change into a bathing suit. When she left, a police officer demanded her name. According to the officer's report, Lovett did not answer fast enough, so she was arrested for suspicion of obstructing justice and resisting arrest. Prosecutors later dropped the charges.

Typical journalistic slight-of-type, this bit of information was missing from the AOL article and not uncovered by Reason:

It's not clear why authorities were called, but park employees told police it was the third time in recent days that Lovett was asked to leave the park because of a wet T-shirt. via the Orlando Sentinel

Note: The city name is Tavares and it does not have a husband. Maybe Lovett does not look ethnic enough for news writers.

We have water park employees, charged with keeping the place tolerable for all when the occasional errant patron won't behave appropriately. A frequent flouter of the park standards. A cop showing up new to the situation and the woman who caused all the fuss refusing to identify herself the first time she is asked her name. Now, she is all lawyered up and we are supposed to think she is a victim?

My first question is, what the hell is the city running a water park for to begin with? If there were such a demand for that sort of thing there would be some private concern running one and making a profit.

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The Associated Press: NYPD cycles in minor crash while escorting Biden

The Associated Press: NYPD cycles in minor crash while escorting Biden

NEW YORK — Two New York City police motorcycles got into a minor accident while escorting Vice President Joe Biden to Kennedy Airport.

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Audi Green Police Super Bowl Ad

I thought the Audi Green Police ad was funny.  Also glad my guy drives a truck instead of that thing that was in the commercial (not pictured).
Collide-a-scape has a good take on it.

Reason has a good take too, interesting long discussion.
Found this there:

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You can download Cheap Trick's new version of "Green Police" for free herehttp://bit.ly/GPfacebook
it's actually really good.

Bonus: The Car Song with Godzilla

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Danish police shoot 'terrorist' trying to enter Mohammed cartoonist's home

Danish police have shot a Somali man linked to al-Qaida who tried to enter the home of an artist who drew controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.

Don't bring an ax and a knife to a gun fight!

President Obama notices that al Qaeda exists and they sent the Pantybomber:

Obama blames al-Qaeda for Christmas Day jet 'bomb'

He said it appeared Yemen-based al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula had armed and trained the accused, 23-year-old Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab.

Update September 14, 2010: Pantybomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab wants to defend himself and has fired his lawyer. 

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Reason readers give the best comments about the DC snowball fight

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French Farm Fury

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October 6, 2009

Your photo of the day, from a protest in Brussels over low milk prices:

Let the government set prices, and the next thing you know, blood (OK, milk) will run in the streets.
UPDATE: Since the protest in in Belgium, I assume that much of it is being conducted in French. At the very least, the milk-soaked cops are muttering "merde." However, strictly speaking, this is Pan-European Farm Fury.

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