WTF Sh*t's F*cked Up and Bullsh*t - a "Who Cares" thread for news

[Romana]

I guess it’s ok if students say it.

I wouldn't be surprised to find out that the student's parents were wealthy, influential, or buddies with someone on the school board.

 

[Brenda Archer]

Homeless man facing prison cleared by lab results

A homeless man who pleaded guilty to trafficking cocaine had his case dismissed after the substance turned out to be powdered milk. Cody Gregg told a judge he entered the plea so he could get out o…

oklahoman.com

The lede:

There’s huge pressure on indigent people to plead guilty because they can’t get a proper defense. I wonder if he was set up to begin with. The article is paywalled for me, but I’ve heard of this sort of thing before.

 

[Brenda Archer]

White Nationalism as Immigration Policy | Stanford Law Review

Two years into the Trump presidency, white nationalism may be driving the Administration’s immigration policy. We view white nationalism as “the belief that national identity should be built around white ethnicity, and that white people should therefore maintain both a demographic majority and dominance of the nation’s culture and public life.”

We do not use the term lightly, nor view all restrictions on immigration as inherently racist. Nonetheless, our review of the Trump Administration’s rhetoric and policies affecting nonwhite immigrants suggests this motivation.

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Third, asserting equal protection claims allows litigants to promote a constitutional framework in immigration law that a future Supreme Court may recognize. In that framework, contrary to the plenary power doctrine and Trump v. Hawaii, courts would not give special deference to the political branches when reviewing immigration policies; immigration policies motivated by discriminatory animus would be deemed unconstitutional; and courts would strike down policies where significant evidence of such animus existed, regardless of whether other reasons for the same policies could be hypothesized. That framework would bring immigration law within the larger fold of constitutional law, including the development of the idea of animus as an illegitimate basis for state action under the Court’s equal protection doctrine.

Challenges to immigration policies that name the harm—white nationalism—and articulate a different vision of the law grounded in contemporary notions of equality may not succeed today, but they make clear what is at stake in a way that may instigate future constitutional law reform.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[Clara D.]

Alexa can testify against you in court.

Smart speakers like Amazon Echo and Google Home devices, are now found throughout an estimated 50 million American homes. [1] In theory, smart devices are only supposed to record the user’s command and the speaker’s response. Once a request is fulfilled, the device is expected to stop “listening,” but operating companies like Amazon and Google have not publicly disclosed the exact length of time a device continues recording once your request is completed. [1]

This raises the question: What if a smart speaker captures the audio of a serious crime? Can Alexa be used as evidence by the police and prosecution at trial

The role of home devices in police investigations

If a smart speaker captures the audio of a serious crime, can it be used as evidence by the police and prosecution at trial?

www.policeone.com

There's already precedent for not needing a warrant...

In court cases US vs. Miller and Smith vs. Maryland, the Supreme Court established that a person has “no legitimate expectation of privacy in information [they] voluntarily turn over to third parties.” The instant the data from your smart speakers is communicated outside the home, it’s no longer protected by the fourth amendment. Law enforcement doesn’t need a warrant to obtain that data, nor does a 3rd party. Expert Jay Stanley of the ACLU explains;

Podcast: Smart Speakers, A New Legal Frontier

Your smart speakers add a ton of convenience and cool factor to your home. But it also opens a legal loophole that you may not want exploited. Join the SoundGuys and Jay Stanley from the ACLU as we explore this new legal frontier.

www.soundguys.com

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

I think it's called "kidnapping".

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

I think it's called "kidnapping".

Nah, child trafficking.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

Nah, child trafficking.

That too.

 

[Isabeau]

When asked if Pierre Delecto is actually him, he answered "C'est moi!"

 

[Myficals]

Stolen Generations - Wikipedia

 

[Innula Zenovka]

This is what pedophile-hunting vigilante groups can so easily lead to:

Paedophile-hunters 'overstepped the mark', court told

Men suspected of being child sex offenders were falsely imprisoned, prosecution claims

www.theguardian.com

 

[Tigger]

Money is set aside to support green energy projects, so what does the UK government use it for?

Supporting some of the worlds largest oil companies of course.

UK to use finance meant for green energy to support fracking in Argentina

Documents show government’s £1bn commitment in 2017 later prioritised support of major oil companies

www.theguardian.com

 

[Romana]

South Carolina Republicans Strip Exceptions For Rape And Incest In 'Heartbeat' Abortion Bill

The proposed bill, which criminalizes abortion at the moment cardiac activity can be detected, is expected to head to the Senate floor.

m.huffpost.com

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

South Carolina Republicans Strip Exceptions For Rape And Incest In 'Heartbeat' Abortion Bill

The proposed bill, which criminalizes abortion at the moment cardiac activity can be detected, is expected to head to the Senate floor.

m.huffpost.com

This whole woman-owning bullshit has got to stop!

 

[Myradyl Muse]

This whole woman-owning bullshit has got to stop!

As well as child hating - incest, rape and pregnancies can occur at some very young ages. These lawmakers are disgusting.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

A Colorado mother who claimed her daughter had a rare terminal condition has been arrested for murder, as well as multiple other child abuse counts relating to the dead girl and another daughter whom she had also begun claiming was ill.

Kelly Renee Turner, also known as Kelly Renee Gant, 41, was indicted Thursday by a Douglas County grand jury on 13 charges connected with Olivia Gant’s death in August 2017 as well as alleged child abuse of another daughter. Ten of those charges are felonies: two counts of first-degree murder, child abuse, three counts of theft, three counts of charitable fraud, two counts of attempt to influence a public servant and two counts of second-degree forgery.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office investigated Turner, and she was arrested Friday at a hotel in Glendale, according to the sheriff’s office. She is being held without bond in the Douglas County jail.

Turner also is accused of defrauding Medicaid and charitable foundations, which helped raise money and provide dream experiences to her daughter. She used GoFundMe to raise money, the indictment said.

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The young girl’s illness made headlines in April 2017 when the Denver Police Department brought her on a ride along to catch a “bad guy,” and was named honorary chief for the day. She also became a firefighter for a day. The Make-A-Wish Foundation organized a “Bat Princess” day in February 2017 where Olivia dressed in a cape and bat mask for an imaginary story where she worked with Batman to save two princesses. All of those stories were covered by local media, including The Denver Post.

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The criminal investigation began in October 2018 after Children’s Hospital and the Jefferson County Department of Human Services reported concerns about the family to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.

At that time of the report, Olivia was deceased, but Turner brought another child to doctors for treatment of bone pain, according to the indictment. Already the mother had claimed in 2016 that the other daughter had been treated for cancer in Texas before the family moved to Colorado. But the second daughter’s new doctor was suspicious of the claim and called Texas hospitals and doctors, which confirmed the girl never had cancer. The doctor reported suspicions to human services, according to medical records and interviews cited in the indictment.

As human services investigators looked into the case, they found articles, blogs, Facebook pages and news stories about her daughter’s illnesses that weren’t based on medical records, according to the indictment. The investigators noted that Olivia had died in 2017.

Doctors at Children’s Hospital Colorado told investigators that they had concerns about Turner directing care for the girls, ignoring advice and treatment options and falsifying information about previous medical history. They didn’t believe Olivia’s medical problems were terminal and at least one questioned the initial diagnosis of autism.

The human services report stated that Olivia was first seen at Children’s Hospital in 2013 for developmental delays and then for constipation. Doctors also treated her for feeding problems and had a tube placed in her body for nutrition. Olivia’s mother had the tube removed in 2017 when she had doctors admit her daughter into hospice care. Olivia reportedly died of intestinal failure in August 2017.

“This was somewhat controversial with doctors,” the human services report said.

Multiple doctors later told investigators that Olivia had not been diagnosed with any illnesses that were terminal.

Essentially, Turner claimed that her daughter could not absorb nutrients by eating normally due to a rare and obscure disease, and faked the appropriate effects by simply starving the girl. This led to doctors inserting a feeding tube, which Turner (despite unanimous medical opinion that she was wrong) eventually claimed her daughter was "rejecting" so that she could have the tube removed and her daughter placed in (home, of course) palliative care so the girl could finally starve to death. All the while, she raised undisclosed amounts of money through crowdfunding and reveled in the attention lavished upon her daughter as a "terminally ill" child - and her, of course, as a tortured mother dealing with horrific circumstances.

Much more information at the link, if you have the heart for it.

The other girl's new primary care doctor is a gd hero. Thanks to him/her, a second daughter has almost certainly been spared a probably unnaturally-short life of senseless suffering.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

A Colorado mother who claimed her daughter had a rare terminal condition has been arrested for murder, as well as multiple other child abuse counts relating to the dead girl and another daughter whom she had also begun claiming was ill.



Essentially, Turner claimed that her daughter could not absorb nutrients by eating normally due to a rare and obscure disease, and faked the appropriate effects by simply starving the girl. This led to doctors inserting a feeding tube, which Turner (despite unanimous medical opinion that she was wrong) eventually claimed her daughter was "rejecting" so that she could have the tube removed and her daughter placed in (home, of course) palliative care so the girl could finally starve to death. All the while, she raised undisclosed amounts of money through crowdfunding and reveled in the attention lavished upon her daughter as a "terminally ill" child - and her, of course, as a tortured mother dealing with horrific circumstances.

Much more information at the link, if you have the heart for it.

The other girl's new primary care doctor is a gd hero. Thanks to him/her, a second daughter has almost certainly been spared a probably unnaturally-short life of senseless suffering.

I'd call her "One sick psycho bitch", but that would be putting it mildly.

 

[Free]

This is the worst "news" I've heard in many a day...

‘Astonishingly awful’: Sacramento TV reporter bashed after jumping on classic cars

An on-air personality who has appeared on CBS 13 and Good Day Sacramento is being criticized after a disastrous live segment showed him jumping on classic cars, striking poses and evading barriers on the floor of the Sacramento International Auto Show on Sunday.

The segment, featuring videographer Angel Cardenas, drew sharp backlash after airing Sunday. Car enthusiasts from across the nation flooded Good Day Sacramento’s Facebook page to demand apologies after videos and screenshots of the incident drew viral attention. The story made national headlines, including a story by Newsweek.

He has since been fired. HOORAH!