2024-08-09: News Headlines

Jaclyn Diaz, NPR (2024-08-09). Newly released video shows chaos and confusion after Trump assassination attempt. whyy.org Newly released body camera video reveals the chaotic law enforcement response to the The footage obtained by NPR shows what was seen by the local officer who encountered the gunman moments before the shooter opened fire at the July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. | The video shows the officer's point of view as he runs toward the building where the gunman had taken position on the roof. A fellow officer hoists him up, and the officer peeks over the roof. | The encounter last…

Melvin Goodman (2024-08-09). Mainstream Media's Leading Warmonger: NYT Columnist Bret Stephens. counterpunch.org The New York Times has always favored Israel in its editorial writings, but no Times' columnist compares to Bret Stephens, whose writings are chauvinistic and bellicose., Stephens, a former editor of the Jerusalem Post and a supporter of all Israeli policies, left the Wall Street Journal to join the Times in 2017 because he believed Israel was not getting a fair hearing in the mainstream media. In doing so, he joined other Jewish columnists at the Times (Thomas Friedman, David Brooks, Paul Krugman, and Roger Cohen). However, these men brought some objectivity to America's Israel problem. Stephens has no limits in…

countercounterinsurgent (2024-08-09). "Tear Gas Tim" – Tim Walz's executive orders to repress the George Floyd Uprising. indybay.org

WSWS (2024-08-09). New York police arrest journalist on "hate crime" charges for filming anti-genocide protest. wsws.org The NYPD has arrested videographer Samuel Seligson on trumped charges of hate crimes for filming the graffitiing of the homes of pro-genocide members of the Board of Directors of the Brooklyn Museum.

Amy Goodman (2024-08-09). Journalist Faces Hate Crime Charge for Allegedly Filming Gaza Protest Action. truthout.org Press freedom groups are raising alarm after New York police arrested and charged videographer Samuel Seligson for allegedly filming pro-Palestinian activists hurling red paint at the homes of top officials of the Brooklyn Museum, part of a campaign by activists demanding the institution divest from Israel. Seligson faces eight counts of criminal mischief with a hate crime enhancement… |

Josh Breiner (2024-08-09). Hadera police chief, under investigation for assault, also suspected of obstructing probe. haaretz.com Justice Ministry investigators say Chief Superintendent Amit Pollak, who was questioned this week for violent arrest of elderly protesters outside Netanyahu's home in April, also lied about a broken cellpone…

María Páez Victor, Orinoco Tribune. (2024-08-09). 'What's Good For The Goose…'. popularresistance.org The head of the government said, 'This is violence, it is not protest'(1) and signaled that he had lost patience with "the far-right thugs" who caused civil unrest around the country. He said they were not peaceful protesters but demonstrating pure violence…and that they would have a standing army of specialist public duty officers…to deal with this where we need them.(2) | Furthermore, the government leader said they would "ramp up criminal justice. There have already been hundreds of arrests, some have appeared in court this morning…I have asked for early consideration of the earliest naming and identific…

taliamullin18 (2024-08-09). Outrage as NYPD Arrests Cello-Playing Grandfather at Citibank Climate Protest. scheerpost.com NYPD in riot gear. Photo from Wikimedia Commons by Anthony Quintano on June 7, 2020. | By Brett Wilkins / Climate campaigners expressed incredulous outrage Thursday following the arrest of a 63-year-old

geo.tv (2024-08-09). Trump and Harris agree on debate showdown in September. geo.tv A combination picture shows Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump and US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris. — Reuters | Demonstrators clash with police officers during an anti-immigration protest, in Rotherham, Britain, August 4, 2024. — ReutersBritish police remained on alert on Thursday after a heavy security presence, rapid arrests and displays of unity by people across Britain on Wednesday prevented…

Ruth Milka (2024-08-09). NYPD arrests cello-playing grandfather at Citibank climate protest, igniting outrage over targeting of activists. nationofchange.org Rozendaal, a grandfather and long-time member of Extinction Rebellion, was performing Bach's "Suites for Cello" outside Citibank's headquarters in Lower Manhattan as part of a broader "Summer of Heat on Wall Street" campaign.

(2024-08-09). Nigerian security forces attack, arrest journalists covering protests. premiumtimesng.com

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