Die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika haben NATO-Mitglieder gedrängt, ihre Militärausgaben zu steigern, und Deutschland ist eines von denen, die unter Druck stehen, mindestens 2% ihres Bruttoinlandsprodukts auszugeben, obwohl Deutschland bereits unter den derzeitigen Gegebenheiten über ein Militär unter den zehn teuersten der Welt verfügt und gute Beziehungen zu allen seinen Nachbarn hat.

(14.6.2014) The autopsy was completed 18 months ago, but has not been released because Medical Examiner Bruce Hyma said he needs the police to finish their inquiry in order to “interpret’’ his findings.

(17.3.2017) The final report does not address why the case was put on hold, or why, nearly five years later, the autopsy has never been released.

Dr. Emma Lew, Miami-Dade’s medical examiner, was emphatic, however, that Rainey did not suffer burns of any kind, and there was no evidence of any trauma on his body, according to the state attorney’s report issued Friday.

Rainey was heard screaming „Please take me out! I can’t take it anymore!” and kicking the shower door. Inmates said prison guards laughed at Rainey and shouted „Is it hot enough?“

Rainey died inside that shower. He was found crumpled on the floor. When his body was pulled out, nurses said there were burns on 90 percent of his body. A nurse said his body temperature was too high to register with a thermometer. And his skin fell off at the touch.

Na? Was passiert dann? Richtig, gar nichts!

Am Sonntag wollen sich Demonstranten in Paris am Place de la Nation in Paris versammeln, um gegen Polizei-Brutalität und Rassismus zu demonstrieren. Der Marsch, der in der Place de la Republique enden soll, folgt auf eine Welle von Protesten, die zu heftigen Unruhen geführt haben und nachdem bekannt wurde, dass französische Polizisten einen jungen schwarzen Mann während eines Routine-ID-Checks am 2. Februar 2017 sexuell missbraucht haben sollen.

(4.3.2017) Am Nationalfeiertag Frankreichs in 2016, am 14. Juli, kündigte der offiziell als Präsident von Frankreich amtierende Francois Hollande den Verzicht auf eine Verlängerung des Ausnahmezustands durch die Nationalversammlung und damit die Aufhebung des Ausnahmezustands am 26. Juli an. Gleichzeitig drohte Hollande dem faktischen Richelieu im Staate, seinem Wirtschaftsminister Macron, offen mit dem Rauswurf aus der Regierung.

Noch am Abend des 14. Juli erfolgte das blutige Attentat in Nizza. Noch in der Nacht schwenkte Hollande wieder um und verkündet, den Ausnahmezustand vom Parlament abermals um drei Monate verlängern lassen zu wollen.

Bis heute ist Frankreich unter Ausnahmezustand.

With security at the forefront of the campaign for the election in five weeks following a string of terror attacks, Mr Macron unveiled the proposal in an interview published on Sunday, a day after a known radicalised Muslim was shot dead as he attempted to attack an air force patrol at Orly airport.

Presidential favourite Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday he wanted to restore military service to France for some 600,000 young people each year as part of efforts to face a world entering an era of „turbulence“ comparable to the Cold War.

Here‘s the latest instalment in the long-running Techdirt series „just when you thought there was nothing left to control, China comes up with something else it wants to throttle“, as reported by the South China Morning Post:

(25.1.2017) The Fat Leonard scandal has decimated the U.S. Navy‘s Pacific Command. So far, sixteen defendants have been charged in the case. They include an Admiral, five Commanders, a Captain, and a Petty Officer. In other words, the chain of command.

(16.3.2017) The investigation is ongoing. More than 200 people are under scrutiny for their ties to Francis, including about 30 admirals, though many remain unnamed, according to U.S. officials.

The move, which has been planned for months, comes as the U.S. military detected and tracked multiple missile launches out of North Korea today, with four of the medium-range rockets landing in the Sea of Japan, according to the Pentagon.

The Secret Service detained a man who drove up to a White House checkpoint late Saturday night and claimed to have a bomb in his vehicle, two law enforcement officials told CNN.
There was no confirmation on whether there was any device in the vehicle, but security at the White House was immediately upgraded.

A total of 740 outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) suspects were detained in last three days in 36 simultaneous operations, a source from Turkey‘s Interior Ministry said on March 18.

German officials permitted the march on March 18 in Frankfurt to celebrate the spring holiday of Newroz, but Turkish authorities declared those marching were supporters of the PKK.