After weeks of denials and shifting narratives on the whereabouts of missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the government of Saudi Arabia has finally admitted that Khashoggi is dead. Khashoggi entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on October 2 and was never seen again. Saudi officials now say Khashoggi was killed in a “fistfight” inside the consulate and that 18 Saudis had been arrested in connection with the death.
Turkish officials still maintain that Khashoggi was tortured, murdered and dismembered by a squad of 15 Saudi hit men shortly after entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. They claim that audio and video recordings show Saudi officials used a bone saw to dismember Khashoggi’s body. They maintain that it was a premeditated hit carried out by a squad of hit men and that one of the men was a forensic specialist specifically brought in to conceal the crime.
CNN aired CCTV footage obtained from the Turkish authorities, showing the Saudi agent Mustafa Mohammed Madani, a member of the 15-man team, leaving the consulate by the back door. Madani was dressed in Khashoggi’s clothes, aside for mismatched shoes. He had also put on a fake beard that resembled Khashoggi’s facial hair, his glasses and his Apple Watch. Madani, who was of similar age, height, and build to Khashoggi, left the consulate from its back door and was later seen at Istanbul’s Blue Mosque, where he went to a public bathroom and changed back to his own clothes and discarded Khashoggi’s clothes.
The body double footage bolstered Turkish claims that the Saudis always intended either to kill Khashoggi or move him back to Saudi Arabia. Anonymous Turkish officials believe that Madani was brought to Istanbul to act as a body double and that “You don’t need a body double for a rendition or an interrogation. Our assessment has not changed since October 6. This was a premeditated murder, and the body was moved out of the consulate.”
An anonymous Saudi official claims Khashoggi had been threatened with kidnapping by Maher Mutreb and when he resisted, he was restrained with a chokehold, which killed him. Madani then left the consulate through the back door dressed in Khashoggi’s clothes. Khashoggi’s body was rolled up in a carpet and given to a “local cooperator” for disposal. The official claims it was Mutreb who overstepped by threatening a kidnapping and accidental killing. The team then filed a false report indicating they let Khashoggi leave after he warned of Turkish police interference. The official provided Saudi documents indicating the operation was part of a wider initiative to bring expatriate dissidents home and the original plan was to keep Khashoggi in an Istanbul safe house for a period where he would be persuaded to return home or eventually released. Many have been skeptical of their claims and still believe the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the hit.
Saudi officials again changed their story after Saudi Arabia’s attorney general said that evidence shared by Turkish officials suggests that the killing was premeditated. They now admit that the killing was premeditated and carried out by a rogue team, still maintaining that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had no prior knowledge of the killing. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has directly accused Saudi Arabia of the premeditated murder, calling it a political killing orchestrated by Saudi officials. Erdogan urged Saudi Arabia to disclose who ordered the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, as well as the identity of a “local cooperator” involved in the murder plot. He also called for the Saudi suspects to be tried in Turkey. Erdogan said Turkey has more information about the case than it has shared so far, suggesting he could release more details if the Saudis refuse to reveal vital information.
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Thousands of Central American undocumented migrants are heading toward the United States as they flee rampant violence and economic deprivation. The caravan of about 4,000 Honduran migrants has reportedly grown to around 7,000 as their journey continues toward the U.S. border. The US President has threatened to cut foreign aid to Central American countries, nullify the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal if Mexico doesn’t stop the migrants, and even deploy troops to “close” the border.
The Mexican government had ordered the migrants to submit to processing by the immigration authorities at a legal border crossing but many said they feared being deported and the group kept moving north. The Mexican authorities warned as the migrants approached that only travelers with valid documents and visas, or with claims for asylum or other forms of protection, would be allowed into Mexico. They threatened deportation for those who tried to enter illegally and said they would process the migrants one by one.
Mexican officials said they received more than 1,000 asylum requests from caravan members at the border. Some migrants were taken to a local fairground that had been converted into a temporary government shelter. Many others remained on a bridge spanning the Suchiate River, waiting to be processed by Mexican officials. The vast majority of the caravan’s members have refused to apply for refuge in Mexico, worried that the process could lead to their detention or deportation.
Mexican officials have said migrants seeking asylum are under no legal obligation to apply in Mexico. Under a proposed bilateral agreement, United States border officials would be able to legally turn back asylum seekers who first pass through Mexico, forcing them to seek protection south of the border. Mexican officials encouraged the migrants to apply for asylum but made little effort to halt the massive group that stretched along this city’s main highway for more than a half-mile. Federal police officers were present on the road, monitoring the procession, and a police helicopter circled overhead, but the authorities allowed the procession to carry on unimpeded.
The caravan is part of a tradition of mass migrations, often organized by advocacy groups, meant to provide safety in numbers to migrants, who face many threats to their safety along the perilous migrant trail. These caravans usually number in the hundreds, passing through unnoticed, but the current caravan, which continues to grow, is by far the largest on record.
Many of the migrants have previously lived in the United States, for years or even decades, before being deported. Many say they joined the caravan to reunite with their children, or to resume old jobs and seem undeterred by the American authorities who had apprehended them and promised to keep them out. Some say they returned to their home countries voluntarily when their visas expired but have longed for a better life. Some members of the caravan plan to apply for political asylum, citing the threats they’ve received from gangs in Honduras or, in Nicaragua, the government’s assaults on the political opposition.
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Daily HI4E.org Trivia Contest Winners For The Week Ending: Sunday, October 21st, 2018.
In an effort to broaden the company’s “social interaction” with our clients and FaceBook fans, Daily Trivia Questions are posted on both of our business pages. Here are the weekly standings for this past week, and the winner of the Sunday night Weekly Drawing for an AmEx gift card!
Congratulations – To this past week’s Trivia Contest Winner!! Our latest contest winner for the weekly FaceBook HealthInsurance4Everyone/Health & Life Solutions, LLC Trivia Contest, drawn randomly by computer late Sunday evening, October 21st, 2018 was:
MARY ANN CODY
Hudson, NY
Winner Of A $25.00 AmEx Gift Card
Each day, fans who have “liked” either of our company FaceBook pages (HealthInsurance4Everyone or Health & Life Solutions LLC) are able to test their skills with our Daily TRIVIA QUESTION. The first 20 winners who post the correct answer to the TRIVIA QUESTION, will then get entered into the weekly drawing held late on Sunday evenings for a $25.00 Am Ex Gift Card.
Weekly Gift Card winners will be posted in our blog at this site. Remember to become a FaceBook “fan” on either of our company pages to enter and post your answers.
Here are the daily contestants from last week’s Trivia Contest that were entered into the Sunday drawing:
10/15/18
Christy Hawkes
Sherry Lilly
Kelsey Brooke Vinson
Dale Fish
Stevie Rosson
LaKishia Wagers
Jennifer Alford
Vickie Gipson
Jenifer Garza
Brittany Light
Debbie Gremlin
Deborah Farris
Michelle Webb
Anna Nichols
Kendra Lynne Ramsey
Mary Achio
Rebecca Fauteux
Marcy Coull
Andrea Workman
Suzie Mize Lockhart
Shaye Van
10/16/18
Traci Anderson
Be Schwerin
Jessica Steiner
Kimberly Snyder
Kim Minton
Be Schwerin
Rebecca Fauteux
Vickie Gipson
Becky Freeman
Tonya Velazquez
Jessica Ownby
Stephanie Marie Walls
Jill Nauyokas
Pamela White Brearley
Cassandra Berholtz
Christy Martinez
Hunter Coffey
10/17/18
Phylicia Phillips
Christy Hawkes
Misty Shallcross
April Ashcraft
Jenifer Garza
Vinessa Vasquez
Kathi Taylor
Vickie Gipson
Paula Johnson
Jill Nauyokas
Derek Michelle Polk
Mary Ann Cody
Nikki Hunsaker
Shannon Rush
Sheila Carvell
Kim Floyd
Josephine Casey
Kayla Clemons
LaNique Dees
Tiffany Greene Elliott
Melissa Mae
Nitasha Shank
Brittany Whitley
Ann Patrick
Cheryl Hall
10/18/18
Jennifer Vega
Kristi Cervantes
Kim Avery
Kim Minton
Kathleen Marks
Mya Murphy
Susanne Killion
Tonya Velazquez
Kimberly Snyder
April Ashcraft
Melissa Ann Stura-Bassett
Jill Nauyokas
Angel Shearl
Nitasha Shank
Rosanne Clark
Laurie Griffith
Desire Kightlinger Swarm
Christy Hawkes
Debbie Bloxom
Nancy Pfirrman Schools
Geri Rus
Adaria Johnson
Kristina Harris
10/19/18
Sarah Harrison
Suzie Mize Lockhart
Kristina Rosson
Nikki Hunsaker
Jenifer Garza
Joanie Waterman
Geri Rus
Chuck Derr
Joann Tompkins-Winborn
Amber Chandler
Laurie Griffith
Tabitha Sinks
Cassandra Berholtz
Abby Noelle
Christy Hawkes
Jennifer Vega
Melissa Mae
Carol Jean
Pam Johnson Rowland
Nancy Pfirrman Schools
Shona Ort
Vickie Gipson
10/20/18
Jennifer Mason
Tiffany Greene Elliott
Kristina Rosson
Christy Hawkes
Amber McGrath
Sheila Carvell
Naomi Whitlatch
Stephanie Marie Walls
Emily Rice Bowersock
Phylicia Phillips
Eric Sanders
Kimberly Snyder
Jennifer Mason
Nitasha Shank
Michelle Tyler Jeske
Sarah Harrison
Brittany Light
Mya Murphy
Becky Freeman
Brooke Scott
10/21/18
Crystal Dotson
Brandi K Chaney
Tabitha Sinks
Kathleen Hickman
Jennifer Ramlet
Jennifer Mason
Melissa Mae
Derek Michelle Polk
Amber Chandler
Holly Cajigas
Carla Williams
MaryAnn G. Ball
Marilyn Wall
Brenda Hartwig
Cherilyn White
Christy Martinez
Kimberly Snyder
Becky Hartman
Laurie Arnheim
Eleazar Ruiz
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Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke, 40, was convicted of second degree murder in the 2014 shooting death of 17 year old Laquan McDonald. Van Dyke is the first Chicago officer to be charged with murder for an on-duty shooting in about 50 years. Second-degree murder usually carries a sentence of less than 20 years, especially for someone with no criminal history but probation is also an option. Van Dyke was also convicted of 16 counts of aggravated battery — one for each bullet.
The second-degree verdict reflected the jury’s finding that Van Dyke believed his life was in danger but that the belief was unreasonable. The jury also had the option of first degree-murder, which required finding that the shooting was unnecessary and unreasonable. Legal experts say Van Dyke will likely be sentenced to no more than 6 years but that because he is an officer, it will likely be in isolation.
The verdict was the latest chapter in a story that shook Chicago residents soon after a judge ordered the release of the video in November 2015. Protests erupted and continued, demanding accountability for the shooting. The city’s police superintendent and the county’s top prosecutor both lost their jobs — one fired by the mayor and the other ousted by voters. It also led to a Justice Department investigation that found a “pervasive cover-up culture” and prompted plans for far-reaching police reforms.
The city had been preparing for possible demonstrations in a case that already sparked protests with many downtown businesses and City Hall closing early in anticipation of protests. Groups of demonstrators took to the streets for several hours after the verdict, chanting, “The people united will never be defeated,” and “Sixteen shots and a cover up.”
Prosecutors in Van Dyke’s trial called on multiple officers who were there that night in an effort to penetrate the “blue wall of silence” long associated with the city’s police force and other law enforcement agencies across the country. Three officers, including Van Dyke’s partner, have been charged with conspiring to cover up and lie about what happened to protect Van Dyke. They have all pleaded not guilty.
According to testimony, on the night of the shooting, officers were waiting for someone with a stun gun to use on the teenager when Van Dyke arrived. Former Police Officer Joseph Walsh, Van Dyke’s partner the night of the shooting, testified that Van Dyke said to him “Oh my God, we’re going to have to shoot that guy,” before arriving at the scene. Van Dyke was on scene for less than 30 seconds before opening fire and the first shot he fired was 6 seconds after he exited his patrol car.
The first responding officer said that he did not see the need to use force and none of the at least eight other officers on the scene fired their weapons. Video of the shooting shows that Officer Van Dyke was advancing on McDonald, while McDonald was walking away from him when the first shot was fired. McDonald was shot 16 times in 14–15 seconds and 9 of those shots hit his back as he lay on the ground. Toxicology reports later revealed that McDonald had PCP in his blood and urine.
Assistant special prosecutor Jody Gleason told the jury that Van Dyke contemplated shooting McDonald before he even encountered the young man, referring to testimony about what Van Dyke told his partner before arriving at the scene. “It wasn’t the knife in Laquan’s hand that made the defendant kill him that night. It was his indifference to the value of Laquan’s life.” Van Dyke was taken into custody moments after the verdict was read. He is scheduled for a sentencing hearing on October 31.
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Daily HI4E.org Trivia Contest Winners For The Week Ending: Sunday, October 14th, 2018.
In an effort to broaden the company’s “social interaction” with our clients and FaceBook fans, Daily Trivia Questions are posted on both of our business pages. Here are the weekly standings for this past week, and the winner of the Sunday night Weekly Drawing for an AmEx gift card!
Congratulations – To this past week’s Trivia Contest Winner!! Our latest contest winner for the weekly FaceBook HealthInsurance4Everyone/Health & Life Solutions, LLC Trivia Contest, drawn randomly by computer late Sunday evening, October 14th, 2018 was:
BARBARA CARTER
Hallsville, MO
Winner Of A $25.00 AmEx Gift Card
Each day, fans who have “liked” either of our company FaceBook pages (HealthInsurance4Everyone or Health & Life Solutions LLC) are able to test their skills with our Daily TRIVIA QUESTION. The first 20 winners who post the correct answer to the TRIVIA QUESTION, will then get entered into the weekly drawing held late on Sunday evenings for a $25.00 Am Ex Gift Card.
Weekly Gift Card winners will be posted in our blog at this site. Remember to become a FaceBook “fan” on either of our company pages to enter and post your answers.
Here are the daily contestants from last week’s Trivia Contest that were entered into the Sunday drawing:
10/8/18
Tracy Shafer
Mary Ann Cody
Amanda Lynn
Jill Nauyokas
Be Schwerin
Amy Conyers
Bea Patrick
Deborah Farris
Eleazar Ruiz
Nikki Hunsaker
Beth Embrey
Ash Blackwell
Amy Marie Wilkinson
Michelle Webb
Barbara Carter
Nacole Patrick
Alicia Dansby
Kathleen Marks
Becky Hartman
Kayla Hernandez
Kimberly Taylor Hall
10/9/18
Kathleen Marks
Tracy Shafer
Be Schwerin
Kayla Clemons
Eleazar Ruiz
Kathleen Hickman
Mary Ann Cody
Morgan Alexander
Tracey Smith
Paula Johnson
Kimberly Snyder
Hunter Coffey
Christy Martinez
Jennifer Marie
Paula Rivers
Isis Sample
Kelsey Brooke Vinson
Sherri Kidwell
Fanny Wat
Alexandria Fields
Nikki Bankert
Melissa White
10/10/18
Brooke Scott
Tonya Velazquez
Michelle Webb
Traci Anderson
Beth Embrey
Deborah Farris
Tracy Shafer
Nancy Pfirrman Schools
Mya Murphy
Debbie Gremlin
Robin Jedele
Alicia Dansby
Karen Brunet Moore
Jessica Ownby
Shannon Rush
Harvinder K. Singh
Christina Domingue
Tiffany Greene Elliott
Jennifer Alford
Nitasha Shank
Josephine Casey
Diane Mullins Scott
Zack Sudler
10/11/18
Shannon Rush
Kimberly Snyder
Josephine Casey
Tiffany Borek
Paula Johnson
Brittany Light
Katherine Oliveira
Kathi Taylor
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Andrew W Sauer
Deborah Farris
Karen Goodwin Delaney
Debbie Gremlin
Brooke Scott
Amanda Sue
Mya Murphy
Kathleen Marks
Nicole Blaha
Pamela Gonzalez
Jill Nauyokas
Jennifer Kinner
Kymi Adams
Alyssa DiFazio
Kayla Clemons
10/12/18
Christy Hawkes
Kacie Rogers
Andrew W Sauer
Becky Hartman
Angel Shearl
Jennifer Vega
Nikki Bankert
Traci Anderson
Stacy Nelson
Brittany Light
Kathleen Hickman
Karyn Koehler
Rosanne Clark
Vickie Gipson
Dawn Raasch
Thalia BunBunz
Laurie Griffith
Amy Chavis
Crystal Young
Cyndi Jansheski
10/13/18
Nicole Blaha
Hunter Coffey
Joanie Waterman
Joann Tompkins-Winborn
Dena Baji
Tiffany Greene Elliott
Jill Nauyokas
Christy Hawkes
Vickie Gipson
Kathleen Marks
Be Schwerin
Bridgette Deason
Jennifer Vega
Marcy Coull
Carla Williams
Stacy Nelson
Crystal Young
Paula Johnson
Suzie Mize Lockhart
Tonya Velazquez
10/14/18
Suzie Mize Lockhart
Melissa Ann Stura-Bassett
Jill Nauyokas
Be Schwerin
Pamela Gonzalez
Christy Martinez
Kimberly Snyder
Jennifer Vega
Beth Cleveland
Vickie Gipson
Hunter Coffey
Nicole Blaha
Kathleen Hickman
Tracy Heyer
Alicia Dansby
Brittany Light
Melissa Mae
Cheryl Hall
Rosanne Clark
Tiffany Greene Elliott
Brooke Scott
Be sure to watch both of our FaceBook pages for your chance to win and enter again next week, with questions posted daily on HealthInsurance4Everyone or at Health & Life Solutions, LLC!!
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Bloomberg revealed a probe was started in 2015 regarding data center equipment run by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Apple may have been subject to surveillance from the Chinese government via a tiny microchip inserted during the equipment manufacturing process at factories run by subcontractors in China. The chips were used for gathering intellectual property and trade secrets from American companies and may have been introduced by a Silicon Valley company called Super Micro. Though Apple, AWS and Super Micro deny knowledge of the claims or investigation, a probe that started 3 years ago is still open.
In early 2015, Amazon was looking to expand their web streaming services and began working with Elemental Technologies, based in Oregon. Elemental, which has government contracts, made software for compressing massive video files and formatting them for different devices. Its technology has been used to communicate with the International Space Station and funnel drone footage to the Central Intelligence Agency.
The chips were discovered after AWS hired a third-party security company to scrutinize Elemental’s products. The company examined the servers that customers installed in their networks to handle the video compression. Testers found tiny microchips, not much bigger than a grain of rice, nested on the servers’ motherboards that weren’t part of the boards’ original design. Amazon reported the findings to the US authorities. These servers were assembled for Elemental by Super Micro, who has their servers assembled by manufacturing subcontractors in China.
During the top-secret probe, investigators determined that the chips allowed the attackers to create a doorway into any network that included the altered machines. This kind of tampering is especially hard to accomplish because it means developing a deep understanding of a product’s design, manipulating components at the factory, and ensuring that the doctored devices made it through the global logistics chain to the desired location.
Investigators found that the tampered products eventually affected almost 30 companies, including a major bank, government contractors, and Apple Inc. Apple had planned to order more than 30,000 of its servers in two years for a new global network of data centers. Three senior insiders at Apple say that they also found malicious chips on Super Micro motherboards. Apple severed ties with Super Micro in 2016 for what they officially described as unrelated reasons.
Amazon, Apple and Super Micro deny any knowledge of planted chips though six current and former senior national security officials have detailed the discovery of the chips and the government’s investigation. One government official says China’s goal was long-term access to high-value corporate secrets and sensitive government networks. No consumer data is known to have been stolen.
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In an effort to broaden the company’s “social interaction” with our clients and FaceBook fans, Daily Trivia Questions are posted on both of our business pages. Here are the weekly standings for this past week, and the winner of the Sunday night Weekly Drawing for an AmEx gift card!
Congratulations – To this past week’s Trivia Contest Winner!! Our latest contest winner for the weekly FaceBook HealthInsurance4Everyone/Health & Life Solutions, LLC Trivia Contest, drawn randomly by computer late Sunday evening, October 7th, 2018 was:
ALEXANDRIA FIELDS
Carpentersville, IL
Winner Of A $25.00 AmEx Gift Card
Each day, fans who have “liked” either of our company FaceBook pages (HealthInsurance4Everyone or Health & Life Solutions LLC) are able to test their skills with our Daily TRIVIA QUESTION. The first 20 winners who post the correct answer to the TRIVIA QUESTION, will then get entered into the weekly drawing held late on Sunday evenings for a $25.00 Am Ex Gift Card.
Weekly Gift Card winners will be posted in our blog at this site. Remember to become a FaceBook “fan” and “Like” either of our company pages to enter and post your answers.
Here are the daily contestants from last week’s Trivia Contest that were entered into the Sunday drawing:
10/1/18
Tonya Velazquez
Diane Hamric
Jill Nauyokas
Blanca Carrillo
Nicole Blaha
Kimberly Snyder
Michelle Tyler Jeske
Deborah Farris
Lisa Jimenez
Angel Shearl
Jenifer Garza
Kathleen Marks
April Ashcraft
Rosanne Clark
Jennifer Mason
Alicia Dansby
Lisa A Mazola
Mikey Mellor
Alexis Maureen
Tracey Smith
Pam Johnson Rowland
Shannon Rush
10/2/18
Kimberly Snyder
Be Schwerin
Alexandria Fields
Tonya Velazquez
Beth Epley Minton
Trish Hysell
Jennifer Cameron
Jill Nauyokas
Shannon Rush
Jennifer Mason
Johanna Landsaw-Davis
Samantha Brwn
Blanca Carrillo
Geri Rus
Thelma Castelano
Tracey Smith
Jessica Ownby
Amanda Brewer
Stephanie Beckwith
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Amber McGrath
10/3/18
Holly Cajigas
Jill Nauyokas
April Ashcraft
Jessica Ownby
Karen Bondehagen
Brandy Williams
Phylicia Phillips
Tonya Velazquez
Karen Brunet Moore
Be Schwerin
Joanie Waterman
Kim Floyd
Amber McGrath
Vickie Gipson
Diane Hamric
Jenifer Garza
Debbie Gremlin
Wendi Black
Shameka Barnes
Melissa White
Desire Kightlinger Swarm
Sarah Bellestri Shih
10/4/18
Hayley Cordaro
Jill Nauyokas
Vickie Gipson
Diane Hamric
Kesely Brooke Vinson
Alicia Dansby
Alexis Maureen
Lori Sexton Leal
Deborah Farris
Lauren Bradley
Kayte CookWatts
Debbie Gremlin
Debbie Bloxom
Cassandra Berholtz
Alyssa DiFazio
Cyndi Jansheski
Andrea Workman
Christina Radcliff
Amanda Rosario
Beata Tybor
Jenifer Garza
Amy Chavis
Amber McGrath
10/5/18
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Kathleen Marks
Lauren Bradley
Jenifer Garza
Paula Johnson
Jill Nauyokas
Tracy Shafer
Be Schwerin
Kim Avery
Bea Patrick
Trish Marks
Luis Y Katie Santos
Shannon Rush
Misty Shallcross
Maria Bouchard
Heather Lynn Rood
Tonya Velazquez
Kathleen Hickman
Kacie Rogers
Becky Holland
Nacole Patrick
10/6/18
Jennifer Vega
Be Schwerin
Kacie Rogers
Jenifer Garza
Jill Nauyokas
Melissa Ann Stura-Bassett
Diane Hamric
Anna Nichols
Patricia Oehlert Vazquez
Georgiann D’Angelo
Misty Dawn Moores
Amy Marie Wilkinson
Alicia Dansby
Vickie Gipson
Paula Johnson
Teena Sierson
Becca Neuenschwander Long
Shannon Rush
Samantha Brwn
Rosanne Clark
10/7/18
Jill Nauyokas
Kimberly Taylor Hall
Jenifer Garza
Amber Chandler
Shannon Rush
Amy Conyers
Paula Johnson
Marcy Coull
Amber Chandler
Kimberly Snyder
Alexandria Fields
Kendra Lynn Ramsey
Brittany Light
Stephanie Marie Walls
Debbie Bloxom
Heather Marocco
Diane Hamric
Rosanne Clark
Jade Good
Rosalee Jacklin
Lori Sexton Leal
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Dallas police Officer Amber Guyger, who fatally shot 26-year-old Botham Jean in his Cedars apartment, was fired just days after Police Chief U. Renee Hall said doing so would compromise the criminal investigation. A news release stated that Hall fired Guyger after an internal investigation found the officer had engaged in “adverse conduct” when she was charged with manslaughter three days after the shooting.
Guyger shot Jean, her upstairs neighbor, the night of Sept. 6. Jean, an accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers, lived on the fourth floor in apartment 1478 of the South Side Flats. Guyger, an officer for four years, was his immediate downstairs neighbor. After entering his apartment that she mistook for her own. She entered the dark apartment after a long shift and believed Jean, who was unarmed, was a burglar.
After she shot him, Guyger called 911 in tears, “I thought it was my apartment,” she said repeatedly and apologized to Jean, “I’m so sorry.” Police arrived within four minutes of her call, and paramedics rushed Jean to Baylor University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Guyger was charged with manslaughter three days after the shooting and has been on administrative leave since the shooting. She’s currently free on a $300,000 bond while she awaits trial.
There was widespread calls for action and protests demanding that Guyger be terminated. Chief Hall said that she couldn’t fire Guyger before an internal investigation was completed because of federal, state and local laws but she didn’t specify to which laws she was referring. Hall released a statement saying she didn’t want to risk interfering with a criminal investigation by making a decision about Guyger’s employment.
The Dallas Police Department turned over the investigation to the Texas Rangers shortly after the shooting. The Dallas County District Attorney’s office is also conducting its own investigation. Those investigations aren’t complete, but Hall said police were notified that a “critical portion” of the criminal investigation — the part that could have been compromised by an internal investigation — had been concluded over the weekend.
Guyger’s firing was supported by Mayor Mike Rawlings, who called it “the right decision in the interest of justice”. A statement from the mayor read “I have heard the calls for this action from many, including the Jean family, and I agree that this is the right decision in the interest of justice for Botham Jean and the citizens of Dallas. The swift termination of any officer who engages in misconduct that leads to the loss of innocent life is essential if the Dallas Police Department is to gain and maintain the public trust.”
Guyger’s attorney Robert Rogers said in a written statement that Hall “bowed to pressure from anti-police groups and took action before all of the facts had been gathered and due process was afforded.” Rogers said his client is “completely devastated by what happened.” The shooting, he said, was “a tragic mistake and words can never express our sorrow for the pain being suffered by those who knew and loved Botham Jean.”
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Comedian Bill Cosby was sentenced to three to 10 years in a state prison for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand at his home 14 years ago. Cosby, 81, will be eligible for parole in three years and could be released from prison and allowed to serve out the rest of his 10-year sentence under supervision in the community.
Judge Steven O’Neill said the evidence that Cosby planned the drugging and sexual assault of his victim was “overwhelming,” based on Cosby’s own words in a civil deposition. In the deposition, provided the year after the alleged assault, as Constand pursued a civil suit against him, Cosby admitted that he procured Quaaludes for women he wanted to have sex. Cosby also admitted that he asked a modeling agent to connect him with young women who were new in town and “financially not doing well. Judge Steven O’Neill ruled that the 2005 testimony could be presented to the jury in his criminal trial.
Months after his depositions, Cosby settled the case with Constand and the accusations quickly faded. In October 2014, a Philadelphia magazine reporter at a Hannibal Buress show uploaded a clip of the comedian calling Bill Cosby a rapist and commenting on his Teflon image. The clip went viral and soon after many accusers stepped forward. More than 60 women have accused Cosby of sexual assault or harassment, stretching back to the 1960’s but Constand’s case was the only one that led to criminal charges against the comedian. During interviews, all of the women gave similar accounts of blacking out after having a drink supplied by Cosby and later waking up during or after a sexual assault. Most said they stayed quiet because they never thought anyone would believe them since Cosby was wealthy and at the height of his career.
On April 26, he was found guilty of three counts of aggravated indecent assault for the 2004 drugging and sexual assault of Andrea Constand. Each charge carries a maximum of 10 years in prison but Judge Steven O’Neill said that the charges had been merged into one because they all stem from the same event. Constand, a 31-year-old Temple women’s basketball official he was mentoring at the time of the assault. She testified in detail at the trial about losing control of her limbs after taking pills given to her by Cosby, who served on Temple’s board of trustees and was the public face of the university. The pills, Constand said, left her unable to stop him from violating her at his suburban Philadelphia estate.
At the sentencing hearing, O’Neill aid, “No one is above the law, and no one should be treated differently or disproportionally.” “This was a serious crime,” O’Neill added. “Mr. Cosby, this has all circled back to you. The day has come, the time has come.” Cosby was also ordered to pay a fine of $25,000 plus the costs of prosecution — a total of $43,611 — as part of the sentence. Cosby’s attorneys have repeatedly said they plan to file an appeal in the criminal case.
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On September 13, dozens of explosions erupted in three towns in northern Massachusetts. As many as 70 fires, explosions and suspected gas leaks were reported to state police. At least 39 homes were affected in Lawrence, Andover, and North Andover. An 18 year old man was killed when a chimney collapsed on his car and at least 25 more people were reportedly treated for injuries. The fiery explosions forced residents of the three towns north of Boston to flee for their lives as the rapid-fire explosions took place.
Officer Ivan Soto of the Lawrence Police Department, whose own home went up in flames, tried to save Leonel Rondon, 18, who was killed after a chimney toppled by an exploding house crashed into his car. “We jumped on the car, and we were trying to pull the chimney,” Soto said. “We just want to get it off of him, you know. We wanted to save him.” Rondon was rushed to a Boston hospital but pronounced dead that evening.
Soon after the first fires, Lawrence City Councilor Marc Laplante was warning residents in the Colonial Heights neighborhood to evacuate but said traffic had become a problem. “People need to get out of this area safely,” he said at the time. “It’s really difficult because the traffic right now is horrendous.” Entire neighborhoods in the three towns were evacuated as crews scrambled to fight the flames and shut off the gas. Andover Fire Chief Michael Mansfield told reporters “It looked like Armageddon, it really did. There were billows of smoke coming from Lawrence behind me. I could see pillars of smoke in front of me from the town of Andover.” Aerial footage of the area showed some homes that appeared to be torn apart by blasts and engulfed in flames. Authorities believe up to 80 houses were damaged or destroyed.
Lawrence resident Ra Nam says he was in his yard when the smoke detector in his basement went off around 4:30 p.m. When he ran downstairs and saw the boiler on fire, he grabbed a fire extinguisher and put it out. Minutes later, Nam said he heard a loud boom from his neighbor’s house and the ground shook. Nam said a woman and two kids had made it out of the house but the basement was on fire. The three communities have more than 146,000 residents about 26 miles north of Boston, near the New Hampshire border. Lawrence, the largest of them has a population of about 80,000.
Officials say the cause of the explosions is still under investigation but that it could have been caused by an over-pressured gas line. Columbia Gas was upgrading the gas lines in the three towns when the dozens of homes suddenly went up in flames. Governor Charlie Baker has said it may be days or weeks before the 8,600 people displaced could return to their homes. He added that state and local authorities are investigating and checking each house serviced by Columbia Gas company, to shut off the gas line and make sure the home is safe. “This is still very much an active scene,” he said. “There will be plenty of time later tonight, tomorrow morning and into the next day to do some of the work around determining exactly what happened and why.”
In a statement, Columbia Gas said a total of 8,600 customers will be without service until safety teams can ensure that their homes and businesses are leak-free. Around 18,000 customers of National Grid electric company are also without power, after the lines were shut off to prevent any sparks that could ignite stray gas. By late Thursday, all of the fires had been doused but many areas remained silent and dark after residents fled and power companies cut electricity. Schools in all three communities were canceled for Friday and some schools were being used as shelters for residents.
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