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KS: Text of Sebelius veto message on concealed carry bill
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The text of Gov. Kathleen Sebelius' message to legislators upon vetoing a bill allowing Kansans to carry concealed handguns:
"I support Kansans' Second Amendment rights. [Liar!] I support the Kansas Constitution, which also protects the people's right to bear arms. [LIAR!] I believe in every American's right to own and keep firearms. As a woman who has lived and raised children in an urban area, I understand the need for personal safety and self-defense.
"But as governor, I must consider what will make Kansans safer overall. I do not believe the widespread legalization of concealed firearms that House Bill 2798 would allow would make Kansans safer." ...
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It is not about "safety" it is about freedom! It's time to demand that this lying dame go unarmed and that her guards go unarmed. |
LA: Botched robbery turns deadly for suspect as would be victim fights back
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"A man found dead in a car was the suspect in a botched grocery store robbery this week, and may be connected to a string of other robberies in the area, authorities said."
" 'This dude walked in and stuck a pistol in Mike's face. He pushed Mike, and then they started wrestling with the gun,' store employee Freddie Lattin said."
"Lattin said he started running across the street to call police but stopped when he heard shots."
" 'That's what made me turn around. ... Then I seen the young dude come out the store and then Mike came out bleeding ... and Mike came out with his gun.' "
"Zeidan was shot at least once in the shoulder during the struggle. Zeidan retrieved his own weapon and fired at the suspect who ran from the store." ... |
OH: Dayton Daily News reporter takes CHL class; biggest lesson SAFETY
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Try finding any actual gun safety training like this being offered by so-called gun safety advocates like the MMM, or Americans For Gun Safety. You won't find it, because they don't offer it.
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"Keep your eye on the target, don't take your eye off him," instructor Dennis Lengle warns from behind.
Guns are serious, Lengle said. That's the tone at the concealed-carry course. The levity in the room the previous two nights of classroom instruction was left at the door.
"Gun handling versus marksmanship, what's more important? Gun handling," Lengle said. "You must demonstrate the proper knowledge, skills and attitude � that's safety and how you act. Going out to the range once a year isn't going to cut it." |
NC: Violent Criminal a Candidate for This Year's Gun-related Darwin Award
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DARWIN AWARD RECIPIENT?
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FONTANA -- "The alleged gunman in a drive-by shooting was booked on suspicion of killing the driver of the car during the attack, police said Tuesday."
"Passenger Richard Allen Eppard, 20, was firing a semiautomatic gun out the driver's side window Thursday when he shot Christopher Bonadiman, 20, of Fontana in the head, police said."
" 'I would say that this is probably one of the stupidest people we've come across in a very long time,' police Sgt. Mark Weissmann said."
Eppard, a Bloomington resident, had no criminal record before the shooting. He apparently missed whoever he was targeting during the attack, police said.
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Too bad more violent criminals aren't like this guy. He killed his accomplice and assured a long prison sentence for himself! :-) |
PA: 60,000 gather for NRA convention
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"From the heart of the National Rifle Association annual convention on Friday, Kristina Tome and Scott McLeod were describing their upcoming shotgun wedding."
" 'It's pretty traditional only I'm not pregnant and my dad won't have the shotgun,' laughed the bride-to-be. 'It's a Western shotgun wedding and everyone will be wearing cowboy hats and carrying six-guns' or other firearms."
" 'Nobody will be allowed to shoot,' Tome said. But she predicted 'fun and exciting' nuptials in their hometown of Salamanca, N.Y., come July."
"This young couple was among 60,000 or so gun lovers who have come to this city to celebrate their bond in arms, browse through displays of firearms and plan for the upcoming election." ... |
PA: 'I'm the NRA, and I vote'
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"Men and women, young and old, proclaim 'I'm the NRA' on posters wrapped around columns outside the Convention Center."
"Not far away, two of the NRA's 4 million members, Jerry and Kay Farris, yesterday offered the same sentiment, that the organization is made up of average Americans from all walks of life joined by a common goal: protecting the Second Amendment."
" 'I'm the NRA,' Jerry Farris said, 'and I vote. We're the person you see at the gas station, in line at the supermarket. We're just average guys.' "
"Among those there yesterday, the reasons for attending were varied but all were rooted in the belief that the Second Amendment guarantee of the right 'to keep and bear arms' is not open for debate. ... |
PA: School officials defend Eddie Eagle gun safety program
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"Eddie Eagle was in several Pittsburgh-area schools this week to teach children about gun safety."
"If they're anywhere near the David L. Lawrence Convention Center Downtown this weekend, they'll have plenty of opportunities to try out their new lesson as the National Rifle Association's annual convention opens today -- promising 'four acres of guns and gear.' "
"Eddie Eagle's arrival just in time for the convention is no coincidence. The NRA created the Eddie Eagle program 15 years ago to teach children to tell adults if they see a gun." ...
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The gun banners mislabel themselves as "gun safety advocates" yet they always oppose gun safety training that actually involves being trained in safe gun handling. We'll believe Sarah Brady supports gun safety when she supports the Eddie Eagle program or another one like it. |
MI: Allure of guns hurting Detroit
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"Guns are everywhere in Detroit."
"Of the 114 homicides that have taken place in Detroit this year, almost 90 percent involved a gun."
"Despite recent citywide prayer vigils, public appeals by police and politicians to end gun violence, and Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's multi-agency task force charged with getting wanted felons off the streets, guns continue to kill and injure Detroiters at an alarming rate."
"During a four-hour span Tuesday night, Detroit police said nine people were shot. At least four of the victims were killed in the incidents, which included a carjacking and a shooting police said was drug-related." ...
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The solution is obvious: When a gun commits a crime it should be arrested!
We're curious: how many people were injured or killed this year, in Detroit, in automobiles? Should we ban cars, too? |
NV: Gun-sight maker facing nuke fine over radioactive night sights
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"A Las Vegas-based gun-sight manufacturer is facing a $6,000 fine by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for distributing products containing radioactive materials that the NRC said it was not licensed to send."
"The Nuclear Regulatory Commission completed its inspection in October 2003 of 21st Century Technologies Inc. after discovering shipments of gun sights that glow in the dark and metal inserts containing radioactive tritium." ... |
Electronic 'Smart Gun' Under Development (yeah, another one)
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"An electronic sensing system that can identify authorized gun users is under development at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported April 16."
"The sensors work by recognizing the unique speed and pressure pattern of the gun owner when gripping the gun handle. The sensors are connected to the firing mechanism, so in theory the gun would only fire for the authorized user." ... |
OK: Man With Gun Arrested At Tulsa Airport Because He Was Not a Police Chief or Other Member of Elite Class
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"A Tulsa man going through security at Tulsa International Airport was arrested Friday after an unloaded pistol and 11 bullets were discovered in his luggage, officials said."
" 'There was nothing sinister that we know of,' said Ken Miller, the airport's acting deputy director of operations. 'It was just one of those 'I forgot it was in there' things.' "
"Stephen W. Sanders, 57, was taken to the Tulsa city-county jail after the gun was discovered by the airport's X-ray machines just before 7:30 a.m. The case is being referred to the FBI, Miller said." ...
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AL: Lawmakers adopt bills requested by sheriff
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"While all area House members voted in favor of a package of bills that would provide additional funds for operation of the Morgan County Sheriff's Department, one questioned why portions of the money raised would go to the county General Fund."
"Others, after hearing concerns from voters, responded by reducing from $20 to $17 the fee increase proposed for pistol permits. The current fee is $10. Records show 6,330 Morgan residents purchased pistol permits during 2003." ...
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A state may not impose a charge for the enjoyment of a right granted by the federal constitution. . . . a person cannot be compelled 'to purchase, through a license fee or a license tax, the privilege freely granted by the constitution.' � MURDOCK V. PENNSYLVANIA |
CA: "Gun Goes Off" While Being Safety Inspected, Nearby Citizen Injured by Idiot
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A firearms instructor at an Orange County Sheriff's Department firing range accidentally shot a colleague in the leg, officials said.
The accident occurred at the Katella Training Facility Thursday, sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino said.
The 41-year-old civilian instructor was conducting an annual safety inspection on a deputy's pistol when it accidentally discharged. The bullet hit a 57-year-old nearby instructor, Amormino said.
The bullet went through his leg near his knee. He was taken to UCI Medical Center but was not believed to be seriously injured.
The shooting was being investigated to determine if safety rules or regulations were violated, Amormino said.
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Keep the gun pointed in a safe direction? Violated. Know your target and what is behind it? Violated. Don't put your finger on the trigger until you are ready to fire? Probably violated, too. Yep: safety rules were broken. |
Bush to Herald Patriot Act at Two Events
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"President Bush will tout his credentials on national security next week at a time when the Sept. 11 commission hearings have raised doubts about the administration's vigilance in keeping America safe against terrorism."
"On Monday, Bush travels to Hershey, Pa., to herald the Patriot Act, a law overwhelmingly passed by Congress after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks."
"Bush also will attend a fund-raiser in Pittsburgh for Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa." ...
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So he's going to brag, again, about his police state infrastructure and raise money for a longtime gun controller? Guess he's not getting the message -- that he's losing his base on these issues -- or he just doesn't care. Either way, sobeit, Mr. W. |
Ron Paul: Whose Justice?
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"Transjudicialism means that American federal judges consider foreign and international legal sources when deciding cases..."
"...six of the nine Supreme Court justices have either written or joined opinions that favorably cited foreign authorities."
"It�s not hard to see the grave danger posed by this new trend. Anti-gun judges could cite restrictions on gun ownership in other countries approvingly when disregarding our Second amendment." ...
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And if/when they do, Rule .308 is always an option to correct the oversight. |
CA: Judge shows no mercy to bipolar Yucaipa man
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Charged with assaulting a police officer, but never hit him. Broke some windows in a squad car.
An effective life sentence.
Judge Martin makes Inspector Javert in "Les Miserables" look like the model of compassion and proportional response.
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"Despite never physically harming anyone, James Wadkins was sentenced 50 years to life in state prison under California's three-strikes law." ... |
Personal Voices: The End of Academic Freedom?
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"The most ominous threat to academic freedom in decades looms in a seemingly innocuous Senate bill expected to come up for vote shortly. A short but critical clause would rob our society of the open exchange of ideas on college campuses that is vital to our democracy." ...
"These are dangerous times indeed when politicians and private interest groups are willing to sacrifice academic freedom in order to achieve their domestic partisan or foreign policy goals...."
"If teachers and students cannot think and speak freely, who can?" ...
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VA: Asians rally to prevent deportation [over misdemeanor. Followup article]
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Mi-Choong O'Brien, legal US resident since 1985, faces possible deportation. She had served a one-month jail term last year for taking money from a restaurant where she worked. She said she took $70 but agreed to pay the restaurant $3,000 as part of her misdemeanor guilty plea.
People are reacting viscerally to O'Brien's plight and the federal law that has put her in a Virginia jail long after she served her sentence for the conviction.
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Meanwhile, "Homeland Security" stills has our nation's borders wide open to any violent felon that wishes to waltz right in. |
VA: DNA dragnet to become more strict [followup]
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CHARLOTTESVILLE - "A broad DNA dragnet that has led to testing of 197 black men in the hunt for a black serial rapist will be curtailed in reaction to criticism from black leaders and others."
"Officers in the field previously had approached many of the men simply based on vague complaints and tips from residents."
"Critics said police were keeping the DNA samples, even after it was determined they did not match the rapist's DNA." ... |
AZ: Ex-officer's attorney wants murder case dismissed
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"A former police officer charged in the shooting death of a woman will have his attorney attempt to convince a judge to dismiss the charges at a hearing next week."
"Attorney Craig Mehrens is scheduled to appear in Maricopa County Superior Court to argue his motion to dismiss the murder case against his client or to have some of the evidence suppressed."
"Lovelace shot and killed 35-year-old Nelson, whom he was questioning about her attempt to fill a fake prescription at a Chandler Walgreens."
"Lovelace has insisted that Nelson's car was coming toward him when he fired one shot in self-defense."
"Prosecutors and the Chandler police have said in police and court records that the shooting violated the department's policy." ... |
OR: Police assail �dangerous� informational fliers
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"Portland police officials are denouncing two posters recently distributed by local citizen groups that accuse officers of murder. One poster includes photographs of the officers involved in two controversial shooting incidents. The other calls for 'severe consequences' against the police."
"Portland Police Association President Robert King said the fliers could inspire violence against the police. He said the police union may take legal action against the people who made and distributed them."
" 'We believe in free speech, but these fliers cross the line.' King said." ...
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Calling for "severe consequences" against law enforcement officers crosses the line? Does that mean calling for the trial, conviction and execution of the law enforcement officers responsible for murdering over 80 men, women and children in Waco, Texas crosses the line, too? What about calling for the public execution of Lon Horiuchi -- the murderer who shot unarmed Vicki Weaver in the head while she held her baby? Does that cross the line, too? If so, consider it crossed. Send in the Waco Killers. String Lon Horiuchi up from a tree. |
TN: Deputy Sheriff Indicted For Drugs, Obstruction of Justice, Civil Rights Violation, Money Laundering, and Possession of a Firearm During a Crime of Violence or Drug Trafficking crime.
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"The U.S. Attorney's office for the western district of Tennessee announced today the indictment of Shelby County Deputy Sheriff Jodie Chambers."
"The indictment is a result of a three month joint investigation by the F.B.I., Memphis Police Department, and the Shelby County Sheriff's Office into enforcement corruption. The indictment charges Chambers with drugs and weapons violations arising from the robbery of an individual."
"Chambers is also charged with obstructing justice by threatening a witness on two occasions, one in which he brandished a .45 caliber pistol. The indictment charges that Chambers also instructed a witness to destroy evidence."
"Chambers faces a maximum sentence of 238 years." ...
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Meanwhile, if this thug had committed this violent crime against YOU and you'd shot him dead, he'd be held up as a hero, you'd be facing murder charges, and the prosecutor would seek the death penalty because he was a cop. |
LA: NewOrleans cop accused of trying to extort sex - Woman says officer used threat of arrest
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"A veteran New Orleans police officer remained in custody Thursday after he was indicted by a grand jury, accused of threatening to arrest a woman unless she agreed to have sex with him."
"James B. Adams, a 16-year veteran assigned to the 1st Police District, was indicted by the special state grand jury Wednesday on charges of aggravated kidnapping, extortion and four counts of malfeasance in office."
"Adams met the complainant in January when she called police for help, saying she was the victim of domestic violence, prosecutors said. Days later, Adams returned to the woman's home, wearing his uniform but driving his own car, authorities said." ...
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PA: McKees Rocks officer convicted of lying to FBI about stealing a gun from the department and selling it
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"A McKees Rocks police sergeant won't be one for much longer after his conviction yesterday in federal court on charges he sold a gun taken from the police department and lied about it to the FBI."
"Sgt. Carl D. McBane is now a convicted felon and can't be a police officer."
" 'He's gone,' said his lawyer, Wayne DeLuca. 'He's probably going to have to resign. I'm going to meet with the solicitor to discuss what will happen next.' "
"McBane, 43, of Russellwood Avenue, was convicted on one count of selling a rifle taken from the department in 2001 and one count of making false statements to the FBI." ...
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UK: "Random security checks at school gates to assess the level of weapons-carrying among pupils"
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"Teachers have called for random security checks at school gates to assess the level of weapons-carrying among pupils."
"One of their concerns is the rise in the use of BB guns which are normally used for target practice."
"They fear that they can look like real weapons and in the wrong hands can be as dangerous."
"Teachers' union knows of two incidents over the last 18 months where teachers have been shot by BB guns."
" 'The two teachers who were shot with these weapons were not badly injured but these ball bearings can be as lethal as a bullet if they hit you in the eye.' " ...
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So when are you going to call for a ban on those nasty sharp pencils? After all, pencils "can be as lethal as a bullet if they hit you in the eye." |
India: UN's Chosen Ones Are Kidnappers of Children
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REMEMBER: The United Nations only wants the police and the military to have firearms. Here's a glimpse at their chosen ones.
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"LAHORE Police Inspector Sheikh Muhammad Siddique was reportedly the leader of a gang which kidnapped two young boys from Allama Iqbal Town on Wednesday as Intelligence Bureau and Elite Force officials recovered them from a fish farm on Kala Khataiee Road owned by the inspector, sources told Daily Times on Friday."
"According to reports, Muhammad Rizwan of Bund Road and his cousin Hafiz Umer Dawood of Township were kidnapped by four unidentified men when they were leaving for home after closing their office in Allama Iqbal Town�s Hunza Block." ...
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But according to the VPC, MMM, HCI, et al., only cops and the military should have guns, because they would never abuse them. |
Australia: Teen charged after shots fired from toy gun
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A TEENAGER has been charged with assault and firearms offences after allegedly shooting at beachgoers and threatening lifeguards with plastic pellets on Sydney's northern beaches.
Police were called to Mona Vale Beach about 1.30 pm yesterday after reports an 18-year-old man was firing at people on the beach from a plastic pellet gun, police said.
Police said the gun was shaped like a semi-automatic pistol. No one was injured.
Two pellet guns and pellets were seized from a nearby home.
The man was charged with assault and firearms offences, police said.
He was given conditional bail and is due to appear in Manly Local Court on May 2.
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It was a toy that shoots plastic pellets. |
Nairobi: Akasha Whipped Me, Claims Police Boss
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"Drug baron Ibrahim Akasha disarmed a senior police officer - then whipped him with a hockey stick and held him at gunpoint, before calling in former police boss Edwin Nyaseda, a tribunal heard yesterday."
"Retired assistant commissioner of Police, Karume Chai, told the tribunal investigating suspended court of appeal judges that Nyaseda, then the Coast Provincial Criminal Investigations Officer, did nothing about Akasha's criminal acts."
"He said when Nyaseda walked into Akasha's home to find him (Chai), unwillingly confined to a seat, disarmed and bruised on the leg, he did not arrest the drug baron."
"Neither did Nyaseda act on a death threat on Chai by Akasha (now deceased) in 1995." ...
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UK: Customs swoop in Coventry leads to student jail term
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"A STUDENT obsessed with terrorism was caught importing bullets by customs officers near Coventry Airport."
"A parcel containing 1,500 rounds of illegal ammunition intended for Carl Barnsley was intercepted by officers carrying out spot checks at the Parcelforce hub."
"Following a tip off from customs, detectives raided the four bedroom detached house where Barnsley lived with his parents and younger brother near Newcastle-upon-Tyne in September."
"In his bedroom detectives found a Brocock air pistol which had been converted to fire live rounds and two other pistols."
"Officers also discovered two stun guns and more ammunition, including a number of tear gas cartridges." ...
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In the "gun-free" UK! |
Malaysia: Making it safer for women
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"Wanita MCA has declared its commitment to make this year and the next the years of peace and safety."
"Its leaders and members will actively engage in programmes aimed at reducing crimes against women and push for tougher laws against those who beat, assault, rape, pimp and murder women."
"The movement wants to make Malaysia a safer country where women can be inside car parks and ride in public buses without getting raped and killed, said Wanita MCA chief Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen." ...
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If you want women to be safer, allow them to carry (without fear of fines or imprisonment) the most effective, most affordable, easiest to use and carry self-defense tool: the handgun. |
Russia: Attack on activist exposing police rapist shocks Russia
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"A brutal assault on a Moscow student who tried to expose an alleged police rape ring on the city's metro seems to have stirred the country's youth like no other issue."
"German Galdetsky has been in a critical condition in hospital since he was shot in the head with a rubber bullet by an unidentified attacker near a city railway station."
"Police launched a formal investigation into both the attack on German and his allegations this week but the country's political establishment has maintained a deafening silence."
"German reportedly began investigating the rape allegations after spotting a girl being led away by police in Moscow's Pushkinkaya Square underpass and challenging the officers." ... |
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