[WAPO via PJ] Chicago Police Department Superintendent Eddie Johnson said the officer, a 17-year veteran of the force, knew she should shoot the attacker but hesitated because "she didn't want her family or the department to go through the scrutiny the next day on the national news," the Chicago Tribune reported.
Johnson's remarks, which came at an awards ceremony for police and firefighters, underscore a point law enforcement officers and some political leaders have pressed repeatedly as crime has risen in Chicago and other major cities: that police are reluctant to use force or act aggressively because they worry about negative media attention that will follow.
The issue has become known as the Ferguson effect, named after the St. Louis suburb where a police officer shot and killed an unarmed black teenager in August 2014. The shooting set off protests and riots that summer and eventually gave way to a fevered national debate over race and policing. Many law enforcement officers have said that the intense focus on policing in the time since has put them on the defensive and hindered their work.
OCTOBER 5--In a scene deserving of a "Yakety Sax" score, a 350-pound Florida man ran from a Walmart with two stolen TVs, but his getaway was compromised when his pants--containing his ID--"fell off as he ran away," according to cops who yesterday apprehended the suspect, who had a crack pipe stuffed with Brillo buried in his anus at the time of his 3:43 AM arrest.
[Chicago Tribune] Maybe they should think about limits on the use of force by their population of feral youth? Chicago cops now allow themselves to be beaten into unconsciousness rather than shoot the perp. Muldoon and O'Malley are rolling in their graves. And I can only imagine what Mike Royko would be saying...
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So if you go on a rampage and start killing people and the police come. You can simply walk or run away and you will get away with it - they won't be allowed to do anything.
[Reuters] Russia is considering plans to restore military bases in Vietnam and Cuba that had served as pivots of Soviet global military power during the Cold War, Russian news agencies quoted Russian Deputy Defence Minister Nikolai Pankov as saying on Friday. 26 Mar 2012 open microphone - After Obama noted he'd have more flexibility in the future, Medvedev told him: "I understand. I will transmit this information to Vladimir."
"We are dealing with this issue," the agencies quoted Pankov as saying in Russia's parliament.
Russia lowered its flag at the Lourdes signals intelligence base in Cuba and the deepwater Cam Rahn naval base in Vietnam in the early 2000s as part of a drawing down of Russia's military presence around the world after the demise of the Soviet Union.
But since then, Moscow's foreign policy has become more assertive, leading to tensions with the United States and its allies over, among other issues, the conflicts in Ukraine and Syria, and the presence of NATO troops in eastern Europe.
Pankov said the Defence Ministry was currently "rethinking" past decisions on closure of the bases, but declined to go into detail. Vietnam’s foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment and Cuban officials were not available.
The United States is in the process of reviving its relations with Cuba, which in Soviet times had offered Moscow its closest military installation to U.S. territory, less than 100 km (60 miles) from the Florida Keys.
[RFE/RL] Famous Tatar singer-dancer Rezeda Ganiullina has apologized after Russian Muslims condemned a recent video of hers that was filmed on the grounds of a mosque. The deputy mufti of Tatarstan, Rustam Batrov, said on September 23 that no probe will be launched against the singer because she officially apologized and removed the video from social networks.
In the video, which is still on YouTube, a scantily clad Ganiullina sings a song and dances near the White Mosque in the ancient city of Bolgar. The video sparked an outpouring of criticism by Muslims, who said they will file a lawsuit against the songstress for insulting their religious feelings.
Russia's Investigative Committee earlier said that it had begun investigating the video to find out if it was a violation of the freedom of religion.
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Freedom of Religion used to mean the freedom of an individual to pursue the religion of his/her choice, without interference from the state. Now it means the freedom of the state to prevent the free expression of religion at the behest of a dominant religious group.
Progressivism at its best!
[The Australian] A Pakistani scholar on a speaking tour across Australia has had events cancelled and has been asked to leave the country after a video emerged in which the man says global peace will only be established when the last Jew is killed.
Muhammad Raza Saqib Mustafai spoke at Blacktown Mosque, and Al-Madinah Masjid in Liverpool on Monday, and was due to speak in Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide in the coming weeks. He has since been asked to leave by the imam who organized the tour, Hafiz Raza from Blacktown Mosque.
"Muslims are not terrorists; they are the lovers of peace and preachers of peace. And all the troubles that exist around the world are because of the Jews. When the Jews are wiped out, then the world would be purified," Mustafai says in the video, according to a translation by the Middle East Media Research Institute.
The Pakistan Association of Australia was alerted to the video – called 'Jews Are the Enemies of Islam and Peace' – which was passed onto the organizers of the speaking tour who called off the remaining dates. The head of the Pakistan Association of Australia, Abbas Rana, said he was shocked by the video.
Mustafai, who has a strong following online, is the founder of Idara-tul-Mustafa Pakistan, which calls itself a spiritual movement. He has been a cleric at the Markazi Jamia Masjid Gulzar-e-Madinah in Gujranwala, Pakistan.
[TruthRevolt] "I am not anti-Islam or any other religion."
When the World Chess Federation (WCF) announced the 2017 Women's World Chess Championship would be held in Iran, little did they think - or perhaps even care - that these young women would be forced to wear hijabs while exercising their God-given talent on the world stage. One, however, won't stand for it, and will be skipping the 2017 championship in protest.
Writing on Instagram last week, 22-year-old Nazi Paikidze wrote at length why she refuses to "wear a hijab" to placate Islamic culture."
[PopularMechanics] Still in service more than 30 years after introduction, the Apache has been flying a lot longer than anyone anticipated. The Army is finally bent on replacing it with the FVL program. The middleweight aircraft will replace both the UH-60 Blackhawk and the AH-64 Apache. At some point the Army has to redirect the funding hose away from existing programs and into newer ones, and that point is now. The Army may buy more -E models in the near future, but that would be to replace existing helicopters lost in crashes or combat operations.
Meanwhile, Apache maker Boeing is pressing ahead with plans for an -F model, with or without the Army. Many of the Apache's overseas sales didn't occur for a decade or more after the helicopter entered U.S. service. If the same happens with the armed FVL aircraft, it might not attract foreign buyers until 2040 or later. Meanwhile, an -F model Apache could act as bridge--a very lucrative bridge indeed as the Apache continues to gain fame as a proven combat platform."
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So now the same geeks and procurement geniuses that brought us the F-35 will give us a helicopter that can sing, dance, surf the internet, watch YouTube and Netflix, and maybe actually carry a weapon or two and fly combat support missions at less than 20,000 feet.
What would a helicopter version of the F-35 look like? A turkey with a propeller beanie???
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The new Bigendered/tasked Helicopters will have the Cohort Name of "Safe Space"
Remember its now incorrect to refer to any US government owned device or vessel as male or female...
#6
As long as it is submersible and compatible with popular buzzwords like "littoral", a new helo is a great idea. Hey, let's make it autonomous too! Also, laser beams.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[WAPO via PJ] Chicago Police Department Superintendent Eddie Johnson said the officer, a 17-year veteran of the force, knew she should shoot the attacker but hesitated because "she didn't want her family or the department to go through the scrutiny the next day on the national news," the Chicago Tribune reported.
OCTOBER 5--In a scene deserving of a "Yakety Sax" score, a 350-pound Florida man ran from a Walmart with two stolen TVs, but his getaway was compromised when his pants--containing his ID--"fell off as he ran away," according to cops who yesterday apprehended the suspect, who had a crack pipe stuffed with Brillo buried in his anus at the time of his 3:43 AM arrest.
[Chicago Tribune] 
[Reuters] Russia is considering plans to restore military bases in Vietnam and Cuba that had served as pivots of Soviet global military power during the Cold War, Russian news agencies quoted Russian Deputy Defence Minister Nikolai Pankov as saying on Friday.
[RFE/RL] Famous Tatar singer-dancer Rezeda Ganiullina has apologized after Russian Muslims condemned a recent video of hers that was filmed on the grounds of a mosque. The deputy mufti of Tatarstan, Rustam Batrov, said on September 23 that no probe will be launched against the singer because she officially apologized and removed the video from social networks. 
[The Australian] A Pakistani scholar on a speaking tour across Australia has had events cancelled and has been asked to leave the country after a video emerged in which the man says global peace will only be established when the last Jew is killed.
[PopularMechanics] Still in service more than 30 years after introduction, the Apache has been flying a lot longer than anyone anticipated. The Army is finally bent on replacing it with the FVL program. The middleweight aircraft will replace both the UH-60 Blackhawk and the AH-64 Apache. At some point the Army has to redirect the funding hose away from existing programs and into newer ones, and that point is now. The Army may buy more -E models in the near future, but that would be to replace existing helicopters lost in crashes or combat operations.
