[New York Post] A parolee who caused a four-car pile-up in Milwaukee ran from the crash scene to hide in the bushes ‐ and wound up freezing to death, according to a report.
Mark Henderson, 34, who was on parole for pleading guilty to a 2012 fatal hit-and-run, had blown through a red light on Dec. 30, causing the 2 p.m. crash, ABC affiliate WISN-TV reported.
Instead of remaining at the scene, Henderson made a mad dash into the bushes in his attempt to evade police.
The man’s body was discovered between a shed and a wooden fence the next day by his girlfriend, according to the news outlet.
Experts said the average temperature in Milwaukee last month was 25 degrees.
[The Local] Fred Fugen, 38 and Vince Reffet, 33, who call themselves the "Soul Flyers" have pulled of a death defying stunt in which they fly into a moving plane in mid air.
The pair jumped from the famous Jungfrau mountain in Switzerland and flew down to catch the moving light aircraft.
Not content with just flying alongside the plane the pair managed somehow to land safely inside the aircraft as the incredible video below shows.
They did however need two jumps to succeed. But let'stake nothing away from them.
[American Mirror] Even if an adoring member of the unwashed masses wanted to get close to a Hollywood A-lister, they couldn’t, as elite celebrities were protected by walls, heavily-armed police and even military vehicles near the Golden Globes venue on Sunday.
Photos tweeted by Margaret Carrero show heavy security outside the Beverly Hilton.
One photo shows a massive wall, approximately 12 feet high, surrounding the venue. If that wasn’t a deterrent enough, the road was blocked by heavily armed police.
Celebrities, who have been critical of police and opposed to guns ‐ not to mention highly critical of the border wall ‐ enjoyed a "four-mile wraparound zone" of protection.
[Omaha World-Harold] A Bellevue man shot himself in the hand while demonstrating the proper way to clean and take apart a gun, Omaha police reported.
Two Omaha men, ages 23 and 25, told police that a 23-year-old friend was showing them how to clean a Springfield XD 9 mm about 6:30 p.m. Friday in their home west of 72nd Street and Military Avenue. He decided to show them how fast he could take the gun apart.
Both men told police they were in the kitchen when the friend racked the gun’s slide and ejected a bullet. The man then tried to show them that the gun was empty by holding the muzzle of the gun to his hand and pulling the trigger.
[The Mail] Heavy snowfall has trapped around 13,000 tourists at Zermatt, one of Switzerland's most popular ski stations.
The snow has blocked all roads and the train leading to the resort in the southern Swiss canton of Valais, which was also hit by some power outages, head of the train station Janine Imesch said.
There are currently 'around 13,000 tourists at Zermatt,' she said, while the station website warned that 'arrivals and departures are not possible at the moment.'
The main access road has been closed since early yesterday, while the train was halted last night, she said.
Zermatt is home to about 5,500 inhabitants and has the capacity to accommodate 13,400 tourists spread across hotels and rental apartments.
But the stranded tourists will not be able to take advantage of the abundant snow for the time being, due to the high risk of avalanches in the area.
'It is not possible to do downhill or cross country, but that's OK. It's a bit romantic,' Imesch said, adding: 'There is no panic.'
[Real Clear Politics] President Trump took the field for the National Anthem ahead of Monday night's college football championship game between the Georgia Bulldogs and Alabama Crimson Tide.
Trump was greeted with a roar at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz stadium, the home of NFL's Atlanta Falcons. Trump faced cheers and jeers from the packed stadium with 71,000+ attendees.
[DAWN] National Bank of Pakistain's Golimar branch in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... was looted Sunday night by one of its own guards and his accomplice.
Saddam, the suspect, along with an unidentified associate, broke into the bank last night and gained access to the locker room. While inside, he successfully pried open 26 lockers and made off with some of their contents.
According to police, the two men only took jewellery from the lockers, leaving cash untouched.
The robbers also took CCTV camera footage and locked the main door of the bank before they left.
According to police, the night guard was found tied with a rope when the bank was opened in the morning. The guard, Hidayatullah, was taken into custody for investigation.
Police is still searching for Saddam and his accomplice, Senior Superintendent of Police Irfan Baloch said.
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[DAWN] Chief Justice of Pakistain (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Monday took notice of a delay in the trial of the alleged torture of minor domestic worker Taiba in Islamabad, demanding an explanation for the hold-up from the Islamabad High Court (IHC) registrar.
The case of 10-year-old Taiba, a domestic worker at the home of former additional district and sessions judge Raja Khurram Ali and his wife Maheen, first came to light after photos of the child depicting alleged torture by her employers began circulating on social media.
Taiba was rescued from their residence with visible wounds on Dec 28, 2016 and a first information report was filed against her employers a day later.
Ali reached a compromise with Taiba's parents on Jan 2, 2017, and a day later the child was handed over to her parents. On Jan 4, however, the apex court took suo motu ...a legal term, from the Latin. Roughly translated it means I saw what you did, you bastard... notice of the matter and directed police to investigate all aspects of the case.
The Supreme Court in a hearing on Jan 11 then observed that the role of a lawyer, Raja Zahoor Hassan, was of key interest with regards to an 'illegitimate compromise' reached between the suspects and the child’s family.
CJP Nisar had insisted there was no doubt that a criminal act had been committed in the case and directed police to investigate the preparation of the compromise deed as well as matters related to internal trafficking of child labourers.
After the police in their report had focused only on the child's abuse and the possible involvement of the suspects, the SC expressed displeasure with the investigation of the case and referred it back to the IHC for further deliberation.
During today's hearing, Raja Khurram Ali's lawyer said that the case had not been resolved because the IHC refused to accept an out-of-court settlement between the accused and Taiba's parents.
The CJP turned down his argument, saying, "When parents fail [to fulfill their duty] the court has to take their place".
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[PJMedia] A student at the University of Vermont can breathe a little easier after a judge ruled in his favor. Wesley Richter had been accused of "explicitly racist and threatening language" against both black students at the school and the school's diversity initiatives.
...Richter was apparently having a phone conversation in the library multimedia room with his mother when he made the statement, one that hasn't been released to the public. There were allegedly three witnesses. One reported it. Of the other two, one refused to cooperate with investigators and the other said the comments didn't happen. Paging Mr Jughashvili. Mr Ioseb Jughashvili, come to the white courtesy phone, please.
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The case should never have been prosecuted. They may have been butt-hurt by somthing said but get over it; the 1st Amendment is the law of the the land, not PC.
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That's not a win. A win would be the Chittenden County State's Attorney Sarah George being made to personally reimburse the defendant for his legal costs, and charges being filed against her for abuse of power.
h/t Instapundit
[PJMedia] James Damore, the Google engineer who was fired after arguing that the gender gap in tech may be partially explained by sex differences among men and women, just filed a class-action lawsuit against Google in the Santa Clara, Calif., Superior Court.
Damore came to fame after he wrote the now-infamous "Google Manifesto," where he pointed out that "differences in distributions of traits between men and women may in part explain why we don’t have 50% representation of women in tech."
Despite being attacked as sexist by many left-wingers, many academics and researchers also came to his defense, including Toronto-based sex researcher Dr. Debra Soh and Geoffrey Miller, a evolutionary psychology professor at the University of New Mexico.
Filed Monday morning, the class-action lawsuit argues that Google discriminates against white conservative men on the basis of their "male gender" and "Caucasian race," further alleging that there is "open hostility for conservative thought" in the Google workplace.
Damore is joined by another former Google engineer named David Gudeman, who faced "wrongful termination" in 2016 after three years as a software engineer. Both are represented by the Dhillon Law Group.
The lawsuit also alleges that Google employees were awarded bonuses for arguing against Damore’s views. In one example of this, a female employee was awarded a bonus for speaking out against the "wretched hive of scum and villainy" allegedly represented by Damore’s memo. Lets hope it's the first, but not the last, of such actions - affirmative action is an abomination
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some rather sobering Affirmative Action implications.
Certainly some of our people and institutions could use a good sobering upside the head. In any case, discovery should be fun.
Personally, I think the man has a point. Most women don't give a poot about techy things like math, machines, computers or programming. The ones who do tend to be quite good at it, from my experience.
You see a similar distribution but in the other direction in healthcare. When me Mum was in the hospital awhile back, most of the nurses were gals, but there were a surprising number of guys. I was impressed by their compassion and nursing skills. Me, I'd rather change spark plugs.
[IllegalAlienCrimeReport] A teenager who sought to avenge the death of her boyfriend and told a 15-year-old girl she would "see her in hell" before stabbing her 13 times pleaded guilty Monday to the brutal slaying that raised the spotlight on MS-13’s presence in the suburbs of the nation’s capital.
Venus Romero Iraheta, who was 17 at the time of the January 2017 murder, pleaded guilty in a Virginia courtroom as an adult in the murder of Damaris Alexandra Reyes Rivas, the Washington Post reported.
Iraheta, now 18, faces a a maximum of life in prison plus 20 years when she is sentenced on May 25.
The January 2017 killing of Reyes Rivas, which ultimately resulted in the arrest of 18 young people, highlighted the brutal nature of one of the nation’s most violent and powerful street gangs, according to the prosecution.
Reyes Rivas was taken from Maryland to a Virginia park where she was stabbed with a knife and jabbed with a stick by a large group of MS-13 members. Her body was eventually discovered after it was dumped under a highway overpass on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.
Federal prosecutors said Iraheta was the primary attacker, stabbing the 15-year-old 13 times and slicing off one of her tattoos, according to NBC Washington. Not excusing the crime, but I doubt it said "Mom"
"She told the victim she would never forgive her," FBI Agent Fernando Uribe said in courtroom testimony. "She would ’see her in hell.’ She would never forget her name."
Uribe testified in July that Jose Cerrato, a 17-year-old alleged gang member, filmed and narrated the killing on a cellphone with the intention of sending the footage to MS-13 leaders in El Salvador.
It’s unclear if the video was ever sent to El Salvador, but Uribe testified that Cerrato was promoted in the gang for his role in the murder, The Washington Post reported at the time.
In October, three MS-13 affiliates pleaded guilty to their roles in the savage death.
As part of a deal with prosecutors, Cindy Blanco Hernandez, 19, Aldair J. Miranda Carcamo, 18, and Emerson Fugon Lopez, 17, pleaded guilty to a host of charges that included abduction and, in two instances, gang participation. They are expected to be sentenced May 5, 2018.
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.
[New York Post] A parolee who caused a four-car pile-up in Milwaukee ran from the crash scene to hide in the bushes ‐ and wound up freezing to death, according to a report.
[Omaha World-Harold] A Bellevue man shot himself in the hand while demonstrating the proper way to clean and take apart a gun, Omaha police reported.
