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Friday, May 22, 2015

#PoliceLivesMatter in Texas

May 22, 2015 Bandidos Biker Gang , CNN 0 Comments
New Threats Target Texas Police After Waco Biker Brawl 

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By Kyung Lah, Evan Perez, Steve Almasy and Holly Yan, May 22, 2015, CNN

Texas law enforcement officials are investigating what they say are new threats against officers from biker gangs in the wake of a recent shootout in Waco.

Members of the Bandidos biker gang who are in the military “are supplying the gang with grenades and C4 explosives,” according to a bulletin issued Thursday by the Texas Department of Public Safety and reviewed by CNN.

The bulletin warns of plots targeting high-ranking law enforcement officials and their families with car bombs. The bulletin is based on unsubstantiated information from an informant who claimed to have obtained it from Bandidos and Black Widows motorcycle gang members.

The Bandidos want to retaliate against police for shooting “their brothers” as they came out of the Twin Peaks restaurant, the bulletin says.

The gang has ordered a hit against Texas troopers and other officers, according to the bulletin. Among the threats are running over officers at traffic stops and the use of grenades and Molotov cocktails and firearms.

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Saturday, March 21, 2015

#Mandatory Democrats

March 21, 2015 CNN.com , Holly Yan 0 Comments
Obama: Maybe It's Time For Mandatory Voting

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By Holly Yan, Mar. 19, 2015, CNN.com

(CNN)The president whose major policy achievement is mandatory health insurance thinks maybe voting should be mandatory, too.

Asked how to offset the influence of big money in politics, President Barack Obama suggested it's time to make voting a requirement.

"Other countries have mandatory voting," Obama said Wednesday in Cleveland, where he spoke about the importance of middle class economics, and was asked about the issue during a town hall.

"It would be transformative if everybody voted -- that would counteract money more than anything," he said, adding it was the first time he had shared the idea publicly.

The clout of millionaires and billionaires in campaign funding has been enormous, and many claim the uber wealthy have undue leverage in politics.

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Thursday, March 12, 2015

No Justice, No Peace?

March 12, 2015 CNN , Ferguson Police Department 0 Comments
Ferguson: 2 Police Officers Shot After Chief Resigns

By Holly Yan and Greg Botelho, Mar. 12, 2015, CNN

The overnight shootings of two police officers in Ferguson was an "ambush," St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar told reporters Thursday morning, saying the gunshots were directed at the police.

Police investigating the overnight shooting "perhaps" have some leads on who shot them, but no one is in custody, Belmar said.

Belmar said he wouldn't add details about those possible leads, saying detectives need time to work the case. Identifying the shooter or shooters is the No. 1 priority of St. Louis County police, he said.

Whoever shot the officers was there "for whatever nefarious reason it was" to inflict harm, Belmar said.

Belmar also gave details about the officers' injuries:

-- One of them -- an officer from Webster Groves, Missouri -- was shot "at the high point" of his cheek, under his right eye, and the bullet is now lodged behind one of his ears, Belmar said.

-- The other officer struck, from St. Louis County, was shot in his shoulder and the bullet came out the middle of his back, according to Belmar.

The two police officers were standing next to each other in front of the Ferguson, Missouri, police department when they were hit around midnight, Belmar said.

Authorities believe a handgun was used to shoot the two officers, Belmar said, "based on the way the shots sounded and the injuries to the police officers."

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