Yesterday, a crowd of people gathered in Washington Square Park to show solidarity for Occupy Oakland. Amongst the group were the usual faces—an even amount of adults and young adults respectively—and then there was somebody else. Somebody who stuck out… A nine-year-old girl. When asked about her beliefs, she spoke like a true idealist: “I believe that there’s nothing that should be unfair politically. What I mean is that police brutality should be stopped on us and what we’re trying to do—different people don’t like this, they think we’re just trying to waste our time. One time I was in [ Read More ]
A video out of Brazil has surfaced showing police running down a drug-running airplane on the runway. But officials don’t just run the plane down. No, they run it over. Kind of — they crash into its wing preventing it from taking off. WTOP reports: Check out this footage of federal police in Ribeirao Preto, just under 200 miles from Sao Paolo, as they chase down five members of a drug cartel and a pilot trying to make off with an estimated $200,000 in cargo, including electronic surveillance equipment and a bicycle. o prevent the escape of suspected illegal to [ Read More ]
Protesters in Rome smashed shop windows and torched cars as violence broke out during a demonstration in the Italian capital, part of worldwide protests against corporate greed and austerity measures. The “Occupy Wall Street” protests that began in Canada and spread to cities across the U.S. moved Saturday to Asia and Europe, linking up with anti-austerity demonstrations that have raged across the debt-ridden continent for months. Black smoke billowed into the air in downtown Rome as a small group of violent protesters broke away from the main demonstration. They smashed car windows, set at least two vehicles on fire and [ Read More ]
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) had a few sarcastic words for the “small handful of very, very, very wealthy people” he said are blocking the proposed Democratic jobs bill with their “control” over Republican senators. Schumer made his comments in Washington, D.C. Wednesday in front of a group of firefighters, many wearing yellow International Association of Fire Fighters T-shirts. Vice President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin also attended the event, according to The Hill. “The only thing standing in the way between us and this worthy legislation is a small handful of very, [ Read More ]
Police said a woman dressed in a Halloween costume assaulted two customers in a McDonald’s drive-thru in West View on Sunday morning. According to police Melinda Klinge was wearing a beer garden girl costume when a fight broke out at the restaurant at about 4:30 a.m. West View Police released the video to Channel 11 News on Thursday. Investigators said the fight began when Joseph Kryl yelled at the car in front of him saying, “I want my sandwich.” The driver of the car, Shawn Klinge, then confronted Kryl, which led to a scuffle. Police said a woman in Kryl’s [ Read More ]
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