Daily Archives: 12. Juni 2020
Wikipedia formally censors The Grayzone as regime-change advocates monopolize editing
Internet encyclopedia giant Wikipedia is censoring independent news websites by adding them to an official blacklist of taboo “deprecated” media outlets.
The Grayzone is among the news websites targeted by the censorship campaign. Others include leftist and anti-imperialist outlets like MintPress News and the Latin American news broadcaster Telesur, along with several prominent right-wing political sites, including the Daily Caller.
Skandal um illegale Geheimdienstaktivitäten in Argentinien weitet sich aus
Die Ermittlungen rund um die illegalen Aktivitäten des argentinischen Bundesgeheimdienstes AFI während der Regierungszeit des konservativen Präsidenten Mauricio Macri (2015–2019) bringen immer mehr neue Erkenntnisse zutage
ASP President O-Gon Kwon rejects measures taken against ICC
I will convene an extraordinary meeting of the Bureau of the Assembly next week to consider how to renew our unwavering commitment to the Court.
I call upon the States Parties and all the stakeholders in the Rome Statute system to reiterate once more our relentless commitment to uphold and defend the principles and values enshrined in the Statute and to preserve its integrity undeterred by any measures and threats against the Court and its officials, staff and their families.
U.S. Decision to Sanction International Crime Court Was Coordinated With Israel, Source Says
The move was discussed in a meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Jerusalem last month, the source said on Thursday.
IStGH wirft Trump Angriff auf „Herrschaft des Rechts“ vor
Der Internationale Strafgerichtshof (IStGH) hat die Strafandrohung von US-Präsident Donald Trump gegen Mitarbeiter des Tribunals als Angriff auf die „Herrschaft des Rechts“ angeprangert. Diese Drohung stelle den „inakzeptablen“ Versuch dar, sich in die Arbeit des Gerichts einzumischen, erklärte der IStGH in der Nacht auf heute in Den Haag.
Internationaler Strafgerichtshof: Trump billigt Sanktionen gegen Ermittler
Das Weltstrafgericht in Den Haag hatte im März geurteilt, dass im Rahmen von Ermittlungen zu mutmaßlichen Kriegsverbrechen in Afghanistan auch gegen CIA-Mitarbeiter ermittelt werden könne. Zu möglichen Kriegsverbrechen in mutmaßlich geheimen Gefangenenlagern der US-Streitkräfte außerhalb von Afghanistan darf die Anklage ebenfalls offiziell ermitteln.
Chefanklägerin Fatou Bensouda hatte die richterliche Zustimmung beantragt, um gegen Verantwortliche für Folter, willkürliche Tötungen, sexuelle Gewalt und andere Kriegsverbrechen vorzugehen, die im Zusammenhang mit dem Krieg in Afghanistan seit 2003 verübt worden seien.
Glenn Greenwald ridicules Dems thirsting for George W. Bush endorsement
Co-Founding Editor of The Intercept Glenn Greenwald blasts the Dem establishment for seeking the bipartisan support of former president George W. Bush for Joe Biden.
Rep. Bobby Rush and Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot hold a joint press conference
(today)
Chicago police and city leaders defend handling of protests and looting as questions swirl over response some found lacking
(02.06.2020)
Questions came over the decision to largely seal off downtown, effectively forcing some of the protest action into outlying neighborhoods, and over what appeared at times to be an outnumbered police department’s choice to stand back as looting began.
Tribune reporters observed officers who had been deployed to hot spots to contain a situation keep their posts without engaging looters.
‘Cowards’: Rush Slams Chicago Police Caught Lounging In His Office Amid Looting | All In | MSNBC
Congressman Bobby Rush got word that his office in Chicago had been burglarized. But when he looked at the surveillance tape, he saw a group of up to 13 police officers, helping themselves to coffee, making popcorn, even napping in his office while nearby stores were being damaged and robbed amid protests. Aired on 6/11/2020.
Video shows Chicago police ‘lounging’ in congressman’s burglarized office during looting, mayor says
Several Chicago police officers were captured on video relaxing inside the recently-burglarized office of Congressman Bobby Rush while nearby businesses were looted, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Thursday.
Surveillance video taken inside the longtime congressman’s South Side campaign office in the early hours of June 1 shows a group of officers sitting, making popcorn and in one case napping, “while small businesses on the South Side were looted and burned,” Lightfoot said.
Atlanta’s Mayor Wants $13 Million More For Police. Four Officers Were Just Fired For Using Excessive Force.
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has asked for the budget increase amid ongoing local and national reports of police violence against protesters.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser: ‚Not At All‘ Reconsidering Police Funding
The budget that you put out last month, in fact, calls for increasing funding for the police … Are you reconsidering your position in any way?
Not at all.
Don’t know who needs to hear this, but the police state services the Democratic Party elite just as much as Republicans & this entire charade over “that’s the wrong slogan” is a massive gaslighting campaign being executed by Dem operatives to ensure nothing changes in this moment
Krystal Ball: Biden‘s INSANE call for more police funding
Krystal Ball examines Joe Biden‘s policy proposals to address racial inequality if elected president.
As Calls to Defund the Police Grow Louder, Joe Biden Wants to Give Them More Money
As the force of the defund police movement has taken some by surprise, Biden has hardly been the only politician to seek to defend the status quo. Even his one-time rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders, indicated in a recent interview that he objected calls to defund the police. “I think we want to redefine what police departments do, give them the support they need to make their jobs better defined,” said Sanders. “So I do believe that we need well-trained, well-educated, and well-paid professionals in police departments.”
That’s what officials have promised for years. P
Nationwide Protests Prompt Changes In Movies, TV And Sports | NBC Nightly News
As nationwide protests condemn racial injustice, shows like Live PD and Cops have been canceled. Disney is under pressure to rename a theme park ride and NASCAR is banning the Confederate flag.
Louisville city council unanimously pass ‚Breonna‘s Law‘ to ban no-knock warrants
The unanimously passed ordinance, which still needs to be approved by the mayor, bans any search warrant that does not require police to announce themselves and their purpose at the premises. It requires any Louisville Metro Police Department or Metro law enforcement to knock and wait a minimum of 15 seconds for a response.
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer vowed to pass the ban as “soon as it hits my desk.”
Louisville police release the Breonna Taylor incident report. It‘s virtually blank
Mayor Greg Fischer was less forgiving, issue a statement Wednesday night calling the released report „unacceptable.“
„Full stop. It’s issues like this that erode public confidence in LMPD’s ability to do its job, and that’s why I’ve ordered an external top-to-bottom review of the department,“ he said. „I am sorry for the additional pain to the Taylor family and our community.“
Troubling Divide Between Police Testimony And Some Incidents Caught On Video | NBC Nightly New
In some cases of police violence, including in the case of George Floyd, there is a disconnect between what officers say happened and what video evidence later shows. As the nation weighs police reform measures, former NYPD commissioner Bill Bratton says it should focus on the importance of telling the truth.
Multi LIVE protests USA – EARTH – 6/11/2020
The world should see what is going on here in America. Here you go!
Houston,
Minneapolis,
Seattle,
Portland,
Denver,
Los Angeles,
Santa Monica,
Live Updates on George Floyd Protests: Seattle Mayor Defies Trump
Seattle’s mayor defends protesters’ ‘autonomous zone’ from Trump’s ire.
Chicago police officers relaxed in a congressman’s office while looting and arson unfolded outside.
‘I should not have been there,’ General Milley says about the Trump photo op.
A march through Manhattan leaves a trail of symbolic blood.
Biden says Floyd’s death is having a bigger global impact than the King assassination.
In Dallas, Trump blasts critics of policing and blames ‘bad apples’ for brutality.
Federal arrests for protest violence show no sign of links to antifa.
THE CIA COUP AGAINST ‚THE MOST LOYAL ALLY‘ IS HISTORY‘S WARNING IN 2020
Whitlam moved Australia towards the Non-Aligned Movement and called for a Zone of Peace in the Indian ocean, which the US and Britain opposed. He demanded France cease its nuclear testing in the Pacific. In the UN, Australia spoke up for the Palestinians. Refugees fleeing the CIA-engineered coup in Chile were welcomed into Australia: an irony I know that Whitlam later savoured.