In the wake of natural disasters, looters come out of the woodwork to salvage goods from businesses that are not theirs. In the aftermath of Hurricane Michael, this, too, has become a major problem.
But one "looter" made a deadly mistake Friday when he attempted to steal a police car.
What are the details?
According to WUTV-TV, a man, who is being described as a looter, attempted to steal a police car Friday night in Panama City, Florida, which took a direct hit from the catastrophic storm.
"He yelled at me a little bit. He said, ‘oh I’m looting’ and he opened the door to the police officer’s SUV with the lights going, got in it and shut the door," witness Landon Swett told WUTV.
Then, moments later, Swett said he heard gunshots.
"As I’m crossing the doorway, I look back, saw the officer at the passenger side. I don’t believe the door was open yet. Then I got about three more feet inside, and I heard the shots," he explained.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the gunshots came from a Florida Fire Marshall. That official was not identified, but law enforcement said the unidentified thief died of his injuries.
On Friday US Pastor Andrew Brunson was released after spending two years in a Turkish prison.
Pastor Brunson was on house arrest following his release from prison and was unable to return to the United States. He had been living in Turkey and was working for the small Izmir Resurrection Church when he was arrested over his ties to various political groups following the failed 2016 coup attempt.
President Trump imposed sanctions on two Turkish officials who were involved in Pastor Brunson’s detention.
Thanks to prayers and President Trump taking a tough stance, Pastor Brunson is home safe.
On Saturday Pastor Brunson joined President Trump in the White House.
During introductions President Trump told his audience, “We don’t pay ransom in this country. At least not anymore.”
Pastor Brunson then got on his knees, put his hand on Trump’s shoulder and prayed for the President at the White House.
What a touching moment–God Bless Pastor Brunson and his family.
Pastor Brunson’s prayer:
“Father, God I ask that you pour out your Holy Spirit on President Trump–that you give him supernatural wisdom to accomplish all the plans you have for this country. I ask that you give him wisdom to lead this country to righteousness. I ask that you give him perseverance and endurance and courage to stand to truth. I ask that you protect him from enemies…I ask that you make him a great blessing to this country and fill him with your wisdom and strength and perseverance and we bless him and may he be a blessing to our country, in Jesus name…Amen.”
On Friday, House Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) introduced the "Build The Wall, Enforce The Law Act" to fund President Trump’s long-promised wall along the southern border of the United States.
In a statement, McCarthy said in part:
(AFP) — The family of Asia Bibi, a Christian mother who faces execution for blasphemy in Pakistan, said they hoped the Supreme Court would free her.
But in any case they feared for their future living in Pakistan under the blasphemy laws, they told AFP.
Bibi, who has been on death row since 2010, is at the centre of the high-profile case that has divided Pakistan and drawn prayers from the Vatican.
On Monday the Supreme Court heard her last appeal and said it had reached a judgement, which it has yet to reveal.
“We are hopeful that whatever the court proceedings are it will come out as positive for us,” her husband Ashiq Mesih told AFP.
Her daughter Eisham Ashiq added: “I will be very happy the day my mother will be released. I will hug her and will cry meeting her and will thank God that he has got her released.”
Bibi’s family are in London on a visit organised by Aid to the Church in Need, a charity which helps repressed and persecuted Christians.
Bibi, a labourer, was accused of blasphemy against the Prophet Mohammed in 2009 by Muslim women she was working with in a field.
The charge is punishable by death under legislation that rights groups say is routinely abused to settle personal vendettas.
Her family said that if Bibi is released, it would be difficult to stay in her homeland.
“Pakistan is ours: we were born there, raised there,” Mesih said.
“The only tension we have is the blasphemy law. It is imposed on Christians. When it is imposed on us our [Muslim] brothers should think that the Christians never say anything bad about the Koran.
“Asia Bibi, after her release, can’t stay there in the presence of this law.
“Living in Pakistan for us is very difficult. We don’t go out of our home and if we go, we come out very carefully.”
The Italian government has announced the deportation of three African migrants suspected of close ties with Islamist terrorist groups, including one who had expressed the desire to kill “white tourists” and “Christians”.
The Ministry of the Interior led by Matteo Salvini released a statement on Friday with a brief description of the three men, adding that they had been identified as linked to “Islamic extremism”, were judged to be “a danger for national security”, and therefore “repatriated.”
The first was a 22-year-old Moroccan man with “numerous precedents” for common crimes, drunkenness, and disorderly behaviour. In October 2017, the man had threatened passers-by outside the synagogue in Florence brandishing a kitchen knife and shouting “Allah Akbar” (God is Greatest).
The second is a 24-year-old Gambian national, who had also been arrested for common crimes, and is accused of having served in “international terrorist groups.” In a notebook found in his possession the man had reproduced diagrams of explosive devices with instructions for their assembly and use.
In the same notebook, the man declared his affinity to a paramilitary formation active in central-western Africa, expressing the strong desire to “kill white tourists” and “Christians” in Gambia by striking hotels and churches. The man wrote that he entrusted the success of his future attacks to Allah.
Finally, authorities also expelled a 28-year-old Tunisian citizen who had been arrested in Modena for vandalism and the sale of drugs. During his trial, the man repeatedly praised the work of the Islamic State and, refusing to return to his detention cell, had attacked prison police.
More Than 1,000 Europeans Murdered, Maimed in Attacks by Islamist Asylum Seekers Since 2014 https://t.co/qmxP2wDkoX
The announcement of these deportations followed closely on the expulsion of an imam charged with “inciting to Islamic terrorism.” The 26-year-old Egyptian imam, Ahmed Elbadry Elbasiouny Aboualy, had been living in Italy on a work permit since 2005 and was expelled from the country earlier this week.
According to investigators, Aboualy espoused a radical Islamist orientation that was confirmed by surveillance of his electronic communications as well as his dealings in the mosque.
Aboualy had also been identified as one of those responsible for an attack against the magistrate Daniela Santanché in 2009 during a demonstration against the full Islamic veil.
The Interior Ministry declared that Friday’s deportations brought the total number of expulsions carried out since January 2015 to 339, of which 102 have happened in 2018.
The New York Times smeared U.S. Border Patrol agents and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers with a misleading tweet that indicated hundreds of employees had been arrested for accepting bribes and other forms of corruption. Of the approximately 60,000 agency employees less than 500 were charged with crimes over a two year period — only 30 of those involved charges of corruption.
The New York Times sent out a misleading tweet implying that “more than 500” Border Patrol agents and CBP officers were arrested for “drug trafficking, accepting bribes, and other crimes over a two-year period.” The actual number charged with the corruption-related crimes headlined in the tweet is 30.
Despite this low number, the New York Times lead paragraph states: “More than 500 employees of the United States’ primary border security agency were charged with drug trafficking, accepting bribes and a range of other crimes over a two-year period, according to reports released on Friday.” The newspaper appears to be implying there is a huge corruption problem within the federal law enforcement agency charged with securing our nation’s borders and ports of entry.
Of the approximately 60,000 employees of CBP, only 496 were actually arrested, according to the report from CBP on disciplinary actions for Fiscal Years 2016 and 2017 — a tiny percentage of the employee base.
Of those 496 employees arrested, only 30 were charged with corruption-related charges during the two-year reporting period, the report indicates.
Significantly above the corruption charges were charges related to drug and alcohol misconduct and domestic/family misconduct.
The crimes for which CBP employees were arrested included the following for the two-year period:
Drug/Alcohol-Related Misconduct — 238
Domestic/Family Misconduct — 95
Corruption — 30
Impeding the Criminal Justice System — 27
Assault — 25
Property Crimes — 18
Traffic/Driving Misconduct — 18
Crimes Involving Children — 12
White Collar Crime — 11
Threatening Behavior — 10
Minor Offenses — 10
Weapons Violations — 9
Miscellaneous Misconduct — 7
Violent Crimes — 4
Sexual Misconduct — 4
Not all of the alleged crimes have been adjudicated. As of September 30, 2017, nearly two hundred of the cases remained open. During the two year period, only five employees were removed from law enforcement positions for felony convictions.
“The CBP Standards of Conduct state that in order to fulfill its mission, CBP and its employees must sustain the trust and confidence of the public they serve, CBP officials stated in the report. “As such, any violation of law by a CBP employee is inconsistent with and contrary to the Agency’s law enforcement mission. CBP’s Standards of Conduct specify that certain conduct, on and off-duty, may subject an employee to disciplinary action. These standards serve as notice to all CBP employees of the Agency’s expectations for employee conduct wherever and whenever they are.”
“The number of employees arrested in FY 2016 and FY 2017 represents a minute percentage of the overall CBP workforce of approximately 60,000,” officials concluded. The number of alleged crimes remained relatively steady from Fiscal Year 2015 through the end of Fiscal Year 2017.
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After Taylor Swift Endorsement, Tennessee Democrat Bredesen Drops 14 Points in Polls
by Jim Hoft October 13, 2018
Trouble. Trouble. Trouble.
Singer Taylor Swift endorsed Democrat Phil Bredesen on October 8th in the Tennessee Senate race. Swift also smeared Marsha Blackburn with far left nonsense.
But unfortunately Bredesen’s campaign has collapsed since the endorsement.
James O’Keefe and Project Veritas caught Bredesen campaign staffers admitting that he has been deceiving voters and attempting to appear more moderate than he actually is.
Bredesen, who was recently endorsed by Taylor Swift, has infamously claimed that he would have voted to confirm Justice Brett Kavanaugh — but his campaign says it is just a vote grab.
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I’ve frequently been asked in the past few weeks what my father, the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, would think about the contentious battle just waged over Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the nation’s highest court.
Would he have been surprised by the heated debate, political maneuvers, protests, last-minute delays and uncorroborated allegations of sexual misconduct that we saw during now-Justice Kavanaugh’s confirmation process?
Although I don’t think my father (or anyone) could have predicted the twists and turns of the past several weeks, I don’t think he would have been shocked by the no-holds-barred fight over a Supreme Court vacancy, either. He long ago warned Americans about the excessive intrusion of politics into the judicial appointment process. And he explained that a large share of the blame belongs to the justices themselves.
My father believed that a major reason the judicial confirmation process has become so heated is that federal judges too often exceed the role envisioned by our nation’s founders and usurp the power of elected representatives.
At one point a local policeman sacrificed himself so a hostage could live.
French hero Arnaud Beltrame was then stabbed to death by the Islamist.
But Trebes will not honor the hero with a street named after him.
It may upset the local Muslims. Voice of Europe reported:
French hero Arnaud Beltrame, who sacrificed himself to save a hostage from a Islamist terrorist, won’t have a place named after him because it may upset Marseille’s huge Muslim community, Valeurs Actuelles reports.
On 24 March 2018, an ISIS terrorist stormed a supermarket in Trèbes, armed with a handgun, a hunting knife and three homemade bombs. He shot two people dead and took others hostage.
During the negotiation with the police, the terrorist accepted Beltrame’s offer to swap places with the last hostage, a female cashier.
Beltrame also set his phone on a table with its line open so that police outside could monitor the activity inside.
After a three-hour stand-off with the police, Radouane Lakdim, the 25-year-old terrorist, stabbed (even though rumours circulated that he sliced Beltrame’s throat) and murdered Arnaud Beltrame.
But apparently, paying tribute to Beltrame’s sacifice is seen as being potentially offensive by Marseille’s leftist elected officials.
Here’s what Stephane Ravier, Marseille’s 7th district National Rally mayor, revealed during a town council with Marseille’s elected officials.
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Do you ever get the feeling the left is only pro-woman when it suits them? Honestly, the hypocrisy that comes out of that leftist philosophy is astounding.
The party of #MeToo, a woman’s right to choose and equal rights certainly gets no extra bonus points from me for how they treat women from the right’s political philosophy, especially the first lady.
I would characterize their treatment of conservative women as catty, disrespectful and insolent, just off the top of my head.
But White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders leveled the liberal playing field with minimal effort.
Never let it be said that ABC’s “The View” misses an opportunity to drive home the message that they don’t like The Trump administration or anything remotely connected to it.
On Friday, evidently they felt the time was right to make the most insulting comments they could muster toward first lady Melania Trump.
At the 24:00 minute mark on this video, guest host Yvette Nicole Brown took the cheap shot during an interview with Tom Llamas who appeared to promote his interview with the first lady that was scheduled to air on Friday evening on ABC.
Llamas set up his interview by stating the format he wanted to show.
did Yvette Nicole Brown cross a line in accusing the first lady of being a mistress to the president?
“It took us us two years to get this interview. It started back on the campaign. I covered the Trump campaign. I had been toying with the idea of doing an extended interview with her. And then we had a lot of meetings with her staff and a lot of meetings at the White House and my pitch to her was very simple––it was America doesn’t know who you are. I want to give you an opportunity to say who you think you are and I think we got there,” said Llamas.
When the subject of alleged infidelity by her husband came up, Brown took the low road and said: “Is it possible that she’s not concerned with his mistresses because she was one of them, is that possible that it doesn’t affect her in that way?
You could hear the groans from the some in the audience as she spoke.
Melania Trump gets more than her share of hard knocks from the left, as we see here, but another strong woman from the Trump administration came to her defense with great distinction and class.
Sarah Sanders reiterated the hypocrisy with which the left stands both for and against women — depending, of course, on which side of the political spectrum said women stand.
Sad @TheView continues their disgusting attacks on @FLOTUS. The left’s “war on women” they disagree with is a disgrace. @FLOTUS is strong, accomplished, and has a lot more class than the women who bully her
During the interview, the women on the panel dug into every possible question they could to uncover a “gotcha” moment that might have been uncovered in Llamas’ interview, but to his credit, he maintained respect for the content of her answers and even a respect for the first lady herself.
And even Llamas came to her defense: “I do want to say something. There was a comment made at this table today about Mrs. Trump. I just want to say, whether you like her or you don’t like her she deserves our respect because she is our first lady.”
Independent Journal Review reported that Brown stood by her original statements even though she walked back the allegation: “Although Brown then added an ‘allegedly’ to her statement, she has continued to stand by her words in the face of backlash.”
I stand by every word I said.
My mom taught me that respect is earned. And thankfully we live in a nation–at least for now–where I don’t have to bow down to dear leader or his third wife.
Hey @StephGrisham45 was Melania NOT his mistress? I’m only going by HIS math of when they got together. That and that he’s had multiple mistresses before. Many that he’s paid off. I added an allegedly later. Was that not enough? #KanyeShrug#IReallyDontCareDoYou? 😚 https://t.co/derbt1ctY5
Well, all I can say is good luck to Brown because I don’t believe she’s going to come out on the winning end of this one. If a liberal mainstream media outlet reporter like ABC’s Tom Llamas can muster up respect for the first lady in a Republican administration, there’s probably more than enough evidence that she deserves it.
Melania has proven to be a class act, unlike that of what we have seen coming from “The View.”
Administration personnel like Sarah Sanders will probably not be the only one in the future to come to the first lady’s defense, because the kind of class demonstrated by the first lady transcends leftist cheap shots.
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