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Just saw this on another forum
Just crazy how situations can go, anyways on a side note, around the 9.27 sec mark, look at that nice lifted white dodge ram haha
This is the kind of crap that gives the rest of us a bad name. It looks to me like they probably did drive up on a couple of pieces of crap. He seemed to think the female was soliciting prostitution and he was probably right. Also, there are times when yelling, cussing, and calling names can be justified...sometimes even necessary to get on someone's level and let them you know mean business. Unfortunately, I personally don't think anything justifies this officer's bahavior. It was bad enough that he cussed and insulted them and screamed like a four year old...but threatening to "put lumps" on someone??!! Threatening to put your gun to the head of a handcuffed prisoner??
I could see the secondary officer getting some discipline and going on his way but the primary officer needs to lose his job and his law enforcement certification so that he can't be hired at another agency.
Yeah, i know most officers would never act in this manner, but there are that few that have to put the bad name out there, i believe this officer did lose his job and is now in jail.
But look at that ram at 9:27, i wonder if its anyone on here haha
That was a nice ram lol
I've had to deal with an officer somewhat like this. He insisted I was intoxicated after performed a field sobriety test and blew nothing. I asked for his badge number and he started screaming at me and told me to get the **** out of there. I calmly left, called a few people high up and ended up back at the checkpoint with the Lieutenant and Mayor standing next to me talking to that officer hahah.
I would like to know the outcome of this case. I support police but this case is entirely absurd
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The sound of bombs and families crying continue in Gaza, as they have for 22 days. The fighting between Israel and Hamas has killed more than 1,200 Palestinians and 56 Israelis.
For Laila Abudhai, 23, the pain has given way to exhaustion. She says Tuesday was the bloodiest day she has witnessed since the conflict erupted nearly three weeks ago.
The amount of blood I saw today, I really can't handle it anymore. We need a break, Abudahi said.
Abudahi is a Fulbright Scholar enrolled at the University of Washington's graduate electrical engineering program. Set to begin studies this fall, she missed her meeting in Jerusalem to obtain a visa due to the conflict.
For weeks, she's been unable to leave Gaza, reporting that all of the exits are closed to anyone but foreigners or some with extreme injuries.
Not being able to get this scholarship and study at UW is like killing me in some sort of way, Abudahi said.
Leaving Gaza, however, is secondary to leaving her home. Around the same time an Israeli strike destroyed Gaza's main power plant, her neighbor's home was also decimated, so Abudahi and her parents and four siblings took refuge at her uncle's home in Rafha, near the Egyptian border.
We are trapped here, not being able even to reach the market at the end of the street to get some food for our kids, she said.
They spent most of Tuesday without power or running water.
It's getting way more intense and it's getting more crazy here, Abudahi said.
KING 5 contacted Sen. Maria Cantwell's office in Washington D.C. on Abudahi's behaf. They reached out to the State Department, which reported an inability to help anyone who is not a U.S. citizen.
Abudahi cries when she thinks about the career dream she expected to chase in Seattle. She can't believe it was interrupted by such violence. It's the story behind the story that the world often can't see amid all of the smoke and destroyed homes and bloody streets.
Behind the fight for life itself, she says, is the fight for a life worth living at all.
I always tell my parents that a rocket won't kill me but stopping me from following my dreams will for sure.
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Shepard Fairey Sentenced in Obama 'Hope' caseStreet Art // Saturday, September 08, 2012
In 2008, Shepard Fairey's "Hope" poster for Barack Obama's presidential campaign became a symbol of inspiration and optimism. Yesterday, four years later in New York, Fairey received a sentence of two years probation and a $25,000 fine in federal court for his the same poster. Fairey had initially sued The Associated Press after they accused the artist of copyright infringement, claiming one of their photographs was used in creating the poster.
Shepard Fairey x Neil Young "Americana" Box SetMusic // Thursday, September 06, 2012
Being released today, September 6, Shepard Fairey and Obey are releasing the Americana Box Set, featuring the album of the same name by Neil Young & Crazy Horse. The work in the box set initially made its debut at Perry Rubenstein Gallery. The Box Set includes 12 signed & numbered screen prints of the Americana Paintings (Edition of 450), 1 signed & numbered Americana song lyric screen print (Edition of 200), a certificate of authenticity, and a CD of the Americana album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse.
Hecox x Fairey x Houser @ Black Book Gallery, DenverJuxtapoz // Monday, July 30, 2012
August 2012 cover artist, Evan Hecox, Shepard Fairey, and Jim Houser... not a bad line-up in one showing. The trio of artists will be showing together at Black Book Gallery in Denver, Colorado, starting this Friday, August 3rd. Coinciding with the exhibition, Shepard Fairey and Evan Hecox will be installing murals on the Metropolitan State College of Denver CVA (Center for Visual Arts), and on Friday, August 3rd, there will be an invite only panel discussion with all 3 artists at the same Center for Visual Arts.
IN L.A.: 6th Annual Sea No Evil Benefit Art ExhibitionJuxtapoz // Thursday, July 05, 2012
This past weekend we stopped by the 6th annual Sea No Evil benefit art exhibition. The Sea No Evil art benefit show at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium featuring artwork donated by over 100 artists from around the world including Gary Baseman, Tara McPherson, Tim Biskup, Shepard Fairey, Lola, Travis Louie, Hydro74, Amy Sol and many, many more. Photos and more after the jump…
Shepard Fairey & Mr. André @ Levi's Champs-Élysées, ParisJuxtapoz // Friday, June 29, 2012
Recently, Shepard Fairey and the Obey Giant team made their way over to Paris for a few projects, one was a gigantic mural, and the other was to team up with Parisian artist Mr. Andre for a special collaboration at the Levi's Champs-Élysées Flagship store. We just got a video of how the project turned out...
Shepard Fairey for The Rolling StonesMusic // Thursday, June 28, 2012
We will be getting a ton of The Rolling Stones turning 50 news in the coming months (including an exhibition at Somerset House in London), but let's officially kick things off with the news that Shepard Fairey has taken the iconic Stones logo (created by John Pasche in 1971) and gave it a face lift. Or text edition. Full look after the jump . . .
Shepard Fairey Updates The Rolling Stones Logo for 50th AnniversaryJuxtapoz // Thursday, June 28, 2012
We will be getting a ton of The Rolling Stones turning 50 news in the coming months (including an exhibition at Somerset House in London), but let's officially kick things off with the news that Shepard Fairey has taken the iconic Stones logo (created by John Pasche in 1971) and gave it a face lift. Or text edition. Full look after the jump . . .
New Shepard Fairey x Obey Mural in ParisJuxtapoz // Monday, June 25, 2012
Juxtapoz collaborator Butterfly was recently involved in organizing Shepard Fairey and the Obey team's new mural on a 14-story building in Paris, working with Galerie Itinerrance, Mairie of 13th district, and the local community on a project called Street Art 13, where they are taking world renowned artists to help regenerate the neighborhood.
MCA Tribute by Shepard Fairey and Glen E. FriedmanStreet Art // Thursday, May 31, 2012
Adam Yauch, aka MCA, of the Beastie Boys is remembered with a memorial billboard in Los Angeles courtesy of Shepard Fairey and Glen E. Friedman.
C215 Group Show @ Centre de la Gravure, La Louvière, BelgiumJuxtapoz // Monday, May 28, 2012
C215 has shared photos of his installation and work at the Centre de la Gravure et de l'image imprimée for a group show entitled Vues Sur Mur being held in La Louvière, Belgium. The show which opened on May 26 also features works from Shepard Fairey, Evol, Swoon, Jef Aerosol, Sten & Lex, Ludo, and Space Invader.


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Kristen Hays and Amanda Orr 2:53 PM Torrential rains have killed at least 16 people in Texas and Oklahoma, including four in Houston where floods turned streets into rivers and led to about 1000 calls for help in the fourth-most populous United States city, officials said on Tuesday.
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Mexico hit by tornado, floods leaving 13 dead
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Wife barred from the closed trial of a US journalist in Iran
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India's 'superhero' PM comes back down to earth
Ellen Barry 1:07 AM Standing before India on the first anniversary of his swearing-in, Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered a speech that was notable for the subjects it avoided.
Former Israel PM sentenced for fraud
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Austria sentences 14-year-old 'terrorist' Mertkan G to eight months in prison
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SOLACE (Surviving Our Loss And Continuing Everyday) founder Jo Anna Krohn has decided to leave her job, at the end of the year and dedicate herself to being the executive director of SOLACE and a statewide chairwoman for the expanding organization.
Krohn founded SOLACE in April 2010 in Portsmouth.
Krohn said she is amazed at the growth of the organization and calls her move to become the group's director a leap of faith.
"We have 14 counties that have made some kind of verbal commitment to starting a SOLACE chapter. Two of the groups (in Ashtabula and Pickaway counties) are already up and running. The expansion is working," Krohn said. "We've been a lot of places, we've seen a lot of people and things are really starting to take off."
In 2010, the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services (ODADAS) made a commitment to fund the expansion of SOLACE throughout Ohio.
"We have communities throughout the state that are interested in developing SOLACE chapters. There are members of SOLACE that are traveling all over Ohio, telling the Scioto County story. They are helping these communities establish support groups," ODADAS Director Orman Hall said. "Families with addicted loved ones need to hear the stories that SOLACE has to tell."
Krohn said she started SOLACE with the notion that if "I could help a few families in this area that's going through the same thing I'm going through, the loss of a child because of drugs, if I could speak to a few students and I could get them to make better decisions, encourage them to get help if they are doing things they are not supposed to, if I could just reach or save one person through those efforts, then I've done my job," Krohn said.
She said as the director of SOLACE she hopes to speak at every school in Scioto County.
"When I do a presentation to a group of doctors or mental health and recovery professionals it's different than when I speak to a group of high school students. My son (Wes Workman) was a high school student when he died. I'm more open and honest with high school students. I want them to know everything that happened and what could happen to them," Krohn said.
Krohn said she finds inspiration in speaking to students and when the students are able to share their success stories.
"It helps me to heal. If I did not do what I do, if I did not speak out and talk to him the way I do, I could imagine I would be in a corner somewhere crying and still trying to deal with the loss. Even though the pain will never go away from losing my son, I truly believe my heart is healing and I am going to be able to manage the rest of my life without him, by sharing his story and spreading his message," Krohn said.
SOLACE recently established an office in Portsmouth that Krohn will use once she becomes the group's director.
Krohn said she will then work on the expansion of SOLACE throughout the state in cooperation with ODADAS and the Drug Free Action Alliance.
Mailika Stubbs-Willison has been named the state SOLACE coordinator employed by the Drug Free Action Alliance.
"We (SOLACE) have a girl who works for SOLACE in Columbus. She's with the Drug Free Action Alliance and does some of our promotions and she identifies areas for possible expansion. That's a good thing because it will allow me to focus on our community," Krohn said.
For more information about SOLACE, visit them on Facebook or visit the Drug Free Action Alliance at www.drugfreeactionalliance.org.


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Caught fire just to have niggas ignore me and my flame
'Bout to burn down the house, they tryna put me in the rain, no
from Drake (Ft. Dennis Graham & J. Cole) – Jodeci Freestyle Lyrics on Genius
He uses a metaphor to point out how the industry has been against him since day one.
After releasing numerous free mixtapes, Cole finally got signed by Jay-Z. Even with that flame, he was virtually unknown in the rap game. He best described his feelings towards this issue in Looking For Trouble saying:
Ironic you been sleeping on the one that you been dreamin' 'bout
Fast forward to today, he is currently one of the biggest rappers around and his flame has gotten so big that it could burn a house down. The industry, however, still hasn't stop trying to shun him out, and they are now pushing him in the rain to put out his flame.
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The Ukraine Crisis, as Told Through Hip-Hop
- By Reid StandishReid Standish is an assistant digital producer at Foreign Policy. A native of British Columbia, he holds a BA in international studies from Simon Fraser University and an MA from the University of Glasgow. He has lived in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Ukraine, where he reported on drug trafficking, environmental degradation, and the Eurasian Union.
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Weapons cocked, a group of well-armed young men rap about their hatred for the government. It sounds like a scene straight from a '90s gangsta rap video, but it isn't — it's from the frontlines of Ukraine's violent east.
Inspired by the recent turmoil, Ukraine's young, burgeoning hip-hop community has taken to interpreting its country's politics through its music, providing an unlikely and unfiltered window into the unfolding scene there. Their music videos, posted on YouTube, tell the story: Anger toward former President Viktor Yanukovych, distrust of the interim government, anxiety over the annexation of Crimea, and taunts for government forces in the east.
Here, then, is the hip-hop guide to the Ukrainian crisis:
Many have forgotten that the crisis began as a peaceful protest against Yanukovych. Under his rule, corruption in Ukraine spiraled out of control, with Ukraine ranking 144 out of 177 on Transparency International's 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index. Resentment toward Yanukovych's presidency and a desire among many Ukrainians to forge ahead finally crystallized in the Maidan protest movement.
Cue the following video. Made in December 2013, the song features Ukrainian YouTube personality Michael Shchur rapping about the corruption of Yanukovych's regime while walking through the Maidan at night. Referring to Yanukovych and his decadent lifestyle paid for out of the state coffers, Shchur sums up the sense of palatable disgust: "Your childhood dream became a reality/You have shoes made of ostrich leather, a couple Italian suits/You got them from nowhere, almost for free."
Fast forward to March and the crisis's dynamics shift dramatically. Yanukovych had fled the capital and the stock of right-wing nationalist groups, such as Right Sector, is rising after playing a critical role in battling the Berkut riot police. Fears of a nationalist revival are only exacerbated by an ultimately doomed effort to strip Russian of its status as one of Ukraine's minority languages. The inclusion of some right-wing nationalists in the interim government and a virulent Russian propaganda effort to brand the government in Kiev as fascist, contributing to fears, especially among the Russian minority, that the nationalist right is ascending.
The following video is indicative of this sentiment and is directed toward the "Banderists," a reference to Stephan Bandera, a highly controversial figure. Ukrainian nationalists view Bandera as a hero of independence who fought against Soviet oppression; Soviet and Russian history frames Bandera as a fascist and Nazi collaborator. The chorus of the song, "Bandera is a faggot," summarizes feelings in Ukraine's east toward the nationalist groups and Bandera. In criticizing what many in the east see as the pro-European leanings of Ukrainian nationalists and the decadence of the West, the video adds, "So you want a lot of tasty stuff?/ You really want it? — suck Russian dick."
As tensions heighten, the country moves closer to the brink of war. Russia annexes Crimea later in March, bringing relations between Russia and the West to their lowest point since the end of the Cold War. Here, the Ukrainian rapper Yarmak tries on a more civil tone in an attempt to broker a dialogue between Russia and Ukraine. Directed at supporters of the Crimean annexation, Yarmak argues that all sides have suffered: "Come and sit near me/ Let's share the brother's pain/ I will tell about Crimea/ And you will tell me about Beslan and Volgograd," referring to the 2004 siege of a school in the Russian city of Beslan that left more than 300 hostages dead and two December 2013 suicide bombings that left 34 people dead in Volgograd.
By early April, fighting has broken out in the east. Mobs and militias seize government buildings and proclaim their independence from Kiev. In a call to arms, a militia in Lugansk, one flashpoint in the east, releases a rap video. With a Russian flag hanging in the background and fighters clutching Kalashnikovs and RPGs, they proclaim hatred for the government in Kiev and taunt the West: "We do not need your NATO/ We do not want your gay pride parades for our children." The song is full of references to Slavic brotherhood with Russia and the militia calls on the residents of Lugansk to put down the bottle and join the militia in fighting the Western-backed fascists.
In a similar video, the Russian Orthodox Army trashes the West and the ruling government, all the while professing the virtue of traditional values. The video stars Andrey Donskoy, a musician turned paramilitary fighter, who begins the video by rapping, "Freedom is a rare bird in this land/ If you don't stand for it you could lose everything." While saying hello to all his "southeastern homies," Donskoy raps verse after verse of Russian nationalism and describes their violent struggle as one waged in defense of the values of the Russian Orthodox Church. The chorus, which serves as a battle chant, helps brand the militia's odd combination of violence and religious values, saying: "For every fighter, we go to the end/ Until glorious victory on the battlefield/ Russian Orthodoxy!"
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New Ukraine Government Asks U.N. to Help Ease CrisisColum Lynch
Colum Lynch is Foreign Policy's award-winning U.N.-based senior diplomatic reporter. Lynch previously wrote Foreign Policy's Turtle Bay blog, for which he was awarded the 2011 National Magazine Award for best reporting in digital media. He is also a recipient of the 2013 Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial Silver Prize for his coverage of the United Nations.
Before moving to Foreign Policy, Lynch reported on diplomacy and national security for the Washington Post for more than a decade. As the Washington Post's United Nations reporter, Lynch had been involved in the paper's diplomatic coverage of crises in Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Sudan, and Somalia, as well as the nuclear standoffs with Iran and North Korea. He also played a key part in the Post's diplomatic reporting on the Iraq war, the International Criminal Court, the spread of weapons of mass destruction, and U.S. counterterrorism strategy. Lynch's enterprise reporting has explored the underside of international diplomacy. His investigations have uncovered a U.S. spying operation in Iraq, Dick Cheney's former company's financial links to Saddam Hussein, and documented numerous sexual misconduct and corruption scandals.
Lynch has appeared frequently on the Lehrer News Hour, MSNBC, NPR radio, and the BBC. He has also moderated public discussions on foreign policy, including interviews with Susan E. Rice, the U.S. National Security Advisor, Gerard Araud, France's U.N. ambassador, and other senior diplomatic leaders.
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Assemblyman Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, has selected Newhall resident Erika Schwartz to represent the 38th Assembly District during the 9th annual Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony in Sacramento. On April 8th the California Assembly and the Holocaust Memorial Project will honor Holocaust survivors, the second generation, and liberators during Holocaust Memorial Week. Erika (Hornstein) Schwartz was born in the Jewish ghetto of Nyiregyhaza in Nazi-occupied ...Read More »
SCV Woman Is Area's Youngest Holocaust Survivor
Santa Clarita is home to many Jewish people, and their heritage and life stories add to the cultural richness of our valley. But Newhall resident Erika Schwartz has a particularly important life story to share. Born in Hungary in 1944, Schwartz is the youngest Holocaust survivor still living in the Santa Clarita Valley. Because she was an infant, Schwartz has ...Read More »