Nobody Cares: PRS

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[Innula Zenovka]

UK police leaders to debate making public admission of institutional racism

Exclusive: high-level talks underway as race adviser promises radical reform and anti-racist policing

www.theguardian.com

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[Innula Zenovka]

Very interesting thread on how news is created

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Very interesting thread on how news is created

 

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[Innula Zenovka]

The Nigerian mafia behind all those email scams

The ultra-violent cult that became a global mafia

A BBC investigation into Black Axe has unearthed new evidence of political infiltration, and a scamming and killing operation spanning the globe.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[WolfEyes]

It's not the kids you have to worry about ratting you out. It's the adults.

 

[WolfEyes]

Best part is he thinks he is going to go to heaven while the rest of us know he is going to hell. If you believe in that sort of thing.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Anne Sacoolas to face UK court over death of Harry Dunn

US citizen is accused of killing 19-year-old in a road crash outside RAF Croughton on 27 August 2019

www.theguardian.com

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The report is a bit confusing because, since the charge is Causing Death by Dangerous Driving, it'll have to be sent to the Crown Court for trial, and, if convicted, she's looking at a sentence of at least two years. I don't know where she's going to serve it, should the jury find her guilty.

 

[Beebo Brink]

Coal Powered the Industrial Revolution. It Left Behind an ‘Absolutely Massive’ Environmental Catastrophe - Inside Climate News

This article is part of a series produced in partnership with NBC News and Undark Magazine, a non-profit, editorially independent digital magazine exploring the intersection of science and society. HAROLD, Ky.—Along the winding, two lane road that leads to Tracy Neece’s mountain, there’s no hint...

insideclimatenews.org

 

[Beebo Brink]

Anne Sacoolas to face UK court over death of Harry Dunn

US citizen is accused of killing 19-year-old in a road crash outside RAF Croughton on 27 August 2019

www.theguardian.com

How does this case compare with any other pedestrian deaths? I was looking over the old reports of Matthew Broderick and he basically got off with a fine for an even more horrific traffic accident. Is there any consistency to the charges that the general public expects? Has this case become so prominent because it's a rare case of thwarted justice or because it's a lightning rod for resentment (fully justified) for diplomatic immunity?

My impression of the U.S. is that charges vary wildly depending on location.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

How does this case compare with any other pedestrian deaths? I was looking over the old reports of Matthew Broderick and he basically got off with a fine for an even more horrific traffic accident. Is there any consistency to the charges that the general public expects? Has this case become so prominent because it's a rare case of thwarted justice or because it's a lightning rod for resentment (fully justified) for diplomatic immunity?

My impression of the U.S. is that charges vary wildly depending on location.

According to Wikipedia he was acquitted of Causing Death by Dangerous Driving, and convicted only of Careless Driving, a far less serious offence. (There's now a charge of Causing Death by Careless Driving, too, which I don't like at all because it amounts to "causing death by having an accident", but that's beside the point).

I assume that's because he had no recollection of the incident, there were no witnesses, and there was insufficient evidence for the jury to be sure that his driving was. in fact, dangerous ("the defendant’s driving falls far below the standard expected of a competent and careful driver and it would be obvious that driving in that way would be dangerous") rather than careless ("the defendant's driving falls below the standard expected of a competent and careful driver").

https://www.cps.gov.uk/crime-info/driving-offences

It's certainly gained a great deal of publicity because of her diplomatic immunity but, given the circumstances as they've been reported (though it remains to be seen how the prosecution put the case), then it certainly should be charged as Death by Dangerous Driving which, on conviction, will almost inevitably attract a sentence of at least two years.

ETA: I should add that, over here, if the driving in question was a result of the driver's tiredness, or jet-lag, or because of prescription medication, that's as serious an aggravating feature as would their being drunk or stoned.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Aristotle

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Aristotle

www.smbc-comics.com

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

At the candle factory that was destroyed rather than the Amazon warehouse (we haven't heard anything from survivors of the latter yet), but just as I said:

Factory workers threatened with firing if they left before tornado, employees say

Exclusive: At least eight people died in the Mayfield Consumer Products candle factory. Its destruction has become a symbol of the tornado's ruinous power.

www.nbcnews.com

For hours, as word of the coming storm spread, as many as 15 workers beseeched managers to let them take shelter at their own homes, only to have their requests rebuffed, the workers said.

McKayla Emery, 21, said in an interview from her hospital bed that workers first asked to leave shortly after tornado sirens sounded outside the factory around 5:30 p.m.

Elijah Johnson, 20, was working in the back of the building when several employees wanting to head home walked in to speak with supervisors. He joined in on the request.

“I asked to leave and they told me I’d be fired,” Johnson said. “Even with the weather like this, you’re still going to fire me?” he asked.

“Yes,” a manager responded, Johnson told NBC News.

Johnson said managers went so far as to take a roll call in hopes of finding out who had left work.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

At the candle factory that was destroyed rather than the Amazon warehouse (we haven't heard anything from survivors of the latter yet), but just as I said:

Factory workers threatened with firing if they left before tornado, employees say

Exclusive: At least eight people died in the Mayfield Consumer Products candle factory. Its destruction has become a symbol of the tornado's ruinous power.

www.nbcnews.com

For hours, as word of the coming storm spread, as many as 15 workers beseeched managers to let them take shelter at their own homes, only to have their requests rebuffed, the workers said.

McKayla Emery, 21, said in an interview from her hospital bed that workers first asked to leave shortly after tornado sirens sounded outside the factory around 5:30 p.m.

Elijah Johnson, 20, was working in the back of the building when several employees wanting to head home walked in to speak with supervisors. He joined in on the request.

“I asked to leave and they told me I’d be fired,” Johnson said. “Even with the weather like this, you’re still going to fire me?” he asked.

“Yes,” a manager responded, Johnson told NBC News.

Johnson said managers went so far as to take a roll call in hopes of finding out who had left work.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

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