This Just In: The News Thread

Fuck these people. Seriously.

m.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30491435

Then bring on the haters.

Makes me wonder how many times it's gonna take until they put their foot down against these people

Seriously, who the hell are on these juries? I don't understand it.

This happened in my hometown, the shooting of John Crawford in a local Walmart, because he was carrying a BB gun. The security video clearly shows the police officer shooting Crawford on sight, without giving him time to respond or comply.

Besides the fact that it was a BB gun that he had found in the store, Ohio is also an open-carry state, and Walmarts permit patrons to do so unless otherwise asked not to by management. So even if it was a REAL gun, he would have had the right to be carrying it. Never mind being shot on sight simply for having it, and nothing more.

Yet despite all the evidence showing this police officer reacted irrationally, and being one of the only local police officers in the last 5 years to have committed another questionable killing, he was dropped of any charges.

Bizarre. I guess that was just a summary of the entire case. I'm not aboard the police-hating train, like so many others have jumped on as of late, but this is one case that has driven me crazy because of all the evidence present. The most recent update on the case is the release of a video showing Crawford's girlfriend being harshly questioned by police for an hour before ever telling her he had been killed:

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/dec/14/john-crawford-girlfriend-questioned-walmart-police-shot-dead?CMP=share_btn_tw

screenrant.com/interview-sony-hack-screenings-canceled-terrorist-threats/

The Interview is being cancelled in some theatres. Sounds like it could continue to be cancelled.

Thanks for setting the precedent guys.

US to start talks with Cuba to normalize full diplomatic relations, open embassy.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-officials-us-to-start-talks-with-cuba-to-normalize-full-diplomatic-relations-open-embassy/2014/12/17/4c804a54-85fb-11e4-abcf-5a3d7b3b20b8_story.html

Indeed.

Don't you know that the officer is supposed to let the suspect take his life and then cry racism as he finally gets arrested and then released back into the community. Obviously this kid was a pillar of the community, a gentle and loving person who only pulled the gun out so he could let the officer check out how shiny it was.

Now they're demanding to know why the officer didn't use a taser? Pffft.
The gun was loaded and had one in the chamber - but in any case, when someone points a gun, you respond in kind!

Explosive devices are being set off now - at least one at a gas pump - smart huh?

Idaho Woman Shot by Son at Walmart Remembered as Scientist, Loving Mom

The young woman who was accidentally shot and killed by her 2-year-old son with her own gun is remembered as a loving mom and a scientist who was a star student at her rural high school in Idaho.

Veronica Rutledge, who police say died after her toddler removed a concealed handgun from her purse at Walmart and shot her, worked at the Idaho National Laboratory. She was also a responsible gun owner, her father-in-law said.

Terry Rutledge described the 29-year-old woman as a "beautiful, young, loving mother" in an interview with The Associated Press

"She was not the least bit irresponsible," he said. "She was taken much too soon."

Rutledge, who lived in Blackfoot, Idaho, died at the Hayden store Tuesday. She grew up about an hour away in St. Maries, where she was the valedictorian of her class at Kootenai High School, according to ABC affiliate KXLY. She graduated from North Idaho College with a chemistry degree in 2010, according to a commencement program, and has since been listed as a researcher or author on multiple scientific papers.

"The lab is very saddened by this tragic event and we offer our deepest sympathies to the family," Nicole Stricker of the Idaho National Laboratory told ABC News in a statement.

Rutledge and her husband, Colt Rutledge, married in 2009. Facebook photos show her in hunting gear or posing outside or with her son, as friends and family members post mournful messages.

Police said her son was sitting in a shopping cart in the electronics section of the Walmart when he removed the gun from her purse and fired the weapon just once, killing his mother instantly.

Walmart called the woman's death a "very sad and tragic incident" and said it is working with the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office to investigate the incident.