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State of the nation address must go beyond platitudes on corruption, says Cesa
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PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma's state of the nation address on Thursday should not contain platitudes on corruption without stating what action would be taken to eradicate it, Consulting Engineers South Africa (Cesa) president Naren Bhojaram said on ...

POLICE REPORT: STEVEN BROOKS ATTACKED WIFE, OFFICERS
By Molly Waldron
FEB. 11, 2013
[Excerpts] Assemblyman Steven Brooks was arrested just last month for allegedly threatening the life of another assembly member. Now, he's facing some troubling new charges. According to a police report Brooks' wife said the assemblyman became violent towards her at her home over the weekend. Officers said when they arrived, he tried punching one of them in the face... Brooks' wife told police he was grabbing her by the hair and shaking her back and forth, "yelling one minute then trying to kiss her the next" before pushing  her face against the kitchen counter... While officers attempted to restrain him, Brooks reportedly mounted on top of one of the officers and said, "I've got your gun" ... The police report says when additional officers arrived, they found Brooks in handcuffs screaming expletives. As police took Brooks away in handcuffs, he continued screaming threats... Separate from the criminal charges, there is a select committee of assembly members who will decide whether Brooks is fit to continue serving in the state legislature... [Full article here]



Handcuffed, shouting: 
"DO YOU KNOW WHO THE **** I AM??"
NEVADA ASSEMBLYMAN STEVEN BROOKS BANNED FROM LEGISLATURE
Associated Press
Ken Ritter
Feb 12, 2013
[Excerpts] Nevada lawmakers on Monday banned troubled Assemblyman Steven Brooks from the legislature and placed him on leave while an independent investigation into his recent bizarre behavior is conducted. Brooks won’t be allowed inside legislative buildings while the investigation is ongoing, Assembly Majority Leader William Horne said. He’s also prohibited from acting as a legislator from outside the legislature’s main building. “We are concerned about the safety of people in the legislative buildings, as well as his ability to serve,” Horne told reporters. “It’s more than a distraction here for us being able to conduct our business”... Earlier Monday, Brooks told The Associated Press that police attacked him during the arrest on Sunday. “I showed them my Assemblyman badge. They told me to get on the ground,” Steven Brooks said during a brief telephone interview. “They tried to kill me.” Brooks was arrested a little after 12:30 a.m. Sunday on misdemeanor domestic battery and obstructing an officer charges that could get him up to two years in jail.... In an arrest report made public Monday, police allege Brooks threw punches and at one point grabbed at an officer’s gun... Brooks and his wife, Ada, are estranged after 13 years of marriage. Brooks told the AP they spent Saturday evening together. Ada Brooks told police that Steven Brooks arrived unexpectedly at her house, said he wanted to retrieve his television and other belongings before heading to Carson City, then began yelling at her and physically restraining her by grabbing her hair on both sides of her head. Police said Ada Brooks had a cut lip that she said she may have gotten when Steven Brooks pushed her face against a kitchen counter.... Officers found Brooks in the driveway, allegedly refusing to remove his hands from his pockets and resisting efforts to arrest him... On Jan. 25, five days after posting bail in the threat case, Brooks was detained and hospitalized for five days for a mental evaluation. Las Vegas police reported summoning medical personnel after officers responded to a disturbance at Brooks’ grandmother’s house that officials say involved a sword. No injuries were reported. [Full article here]
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BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. -- As police scoured mountain peaks for days, using everything from bloodhounds to high-tech helicopters, the revenge-seeking ex-cop they wanted was... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jade-walker/

Officers accused in corruption case may go before judge
MyFox Atlanta
Atlanta Police Chief George Turner said he has zero tolerance for corrupt police officers on the take, and he says another one of his officers was arrested on Tuesday on a separate federal indictment. "The U.S. Attorney's Office will talk about that ...

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Murder of antique dealer may be linked to his trade
Telegraph.co.uk
A 26-year-old man was arrested in Malton on Monday evening in connection with the murder and was being questioned by police. Officers have been searching undergrowth on the road between Full Sutton and the A166 for any items of significance, ...
Full Sutton murder police ask for more time to question suspectThe Press, York

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Montgomery grand jury indicts four men on murder charges
Montgomery Advertiser
A Montgomery County grand jury has indicted four people on murder charges, including one on a capital murder charge. The indictments were returned Friday at the conclusion of the most recent convening of the grand jury. The charges all are related to ...
High Point man indicted on murder chargeGreensboro News & Record

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Significance Magazine
Does RIOT foretell the end of privacy?
Significance Magazine
Reporters at The Guardian were the first to break the story on RIOT, Raytheon's Rapid Information Overlay Technology that uses web content from social media sites to monitor what people have done, what they are currently doing, and what they may do in ...

OTTAWA - A new report by a respected international human rights watchdog has accused RCMP officers of abusing aboriginal women and girls in northern British... CP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brodie-fenlon/

Daily News Egypt
Where corruption thrives: Public universities in Egypt
Daily News Egypt
Public universities in Egypt are institutions with multi-layered corruption from sexual harassment to nepotism. The Daily News Egypt was intrigued by a recent corruption case in Ain Shams University to look into the different forms of corruption ...

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A Murder Deepens Tunisia's Political Crisis
NPR
The political crisis in Tunisia is deepening after last week's murder of a prominent secular politician. Tunisians are increasingly divided over their country's government and future, just two years after collectively overthrowing the dictator in a ...
Opinion: Murder Mystery in Tunisia - by Gwynne DyerTripoli Post

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Just a month after reveling in the glory of a national championship, four members of the University of Alabama football team have been arrested after a pair of campus robberies.

Crime stats bear good news
The Spokesman Review
They show that the rate of all crime in the United States, including violent crime, has been declining since 1992. The rate of violent crime in 1992 was 757 per 100,000. The rate for 2011 was 386. The homicide rate in 1992 was 9.3 per 100,000. The ...
BustedMugshots.com Reviews Crime Statistics for Cleveland, OhioPR Web (press release)

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One deputy dead, one in surgery after shootout
San Jose Mercury News
The Riverside County District Attorney's office also charged Dorner with three counts of attempted murder for allegedly wounding Crain's partner and also firing upon two LAPD officers who had been assigned to a special protective detail in Corona.

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Casteism and corruption: beyond political correctness
Livemint
Ashis Nandy has been a friend since my teenage days, so I was intrigued when recently some North Indian political leaders started baying for the arrest of this decent and humane scholar for his allegedly casteist remarks on corruption, until the ...

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Villawood protest may not have been a riot
NEWS.com.au
But defence barristers say an actual riot may not have taken place. Twelve men have been charged with rioting at the centre in Sydney's southwest on April 20, while another man, Sayed Ibrahim Mosawi, is accused of aiding and abetting them. On the ...
Thirteen Villawood detainees on trial over riotYahoo!7 News
Villawood protester 'threatened suicide'BigPond News
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India May Cancel $753 Million Helicopter Deal If Graft Uncovered
Bloomberg
Finmeccanica Chief Executive Officer Giuseppe Orsi was arrested yesterday on accusations of corruption and tax fraud as authorities probe alleged illegal payments tied to the contract for the sale of 12 AW101 helicopters to India in 2010. The company ...
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Chief of Italian Aerospace Company Held in InquiryNew York Times
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[One of former LAPD Police Officer] Christopher Dorner's former girlfriends described the police officer-turned-fugitive as a "severely and emotionally disturbed person" in court documents filed after they broke up... The former LAPD officer said in the restraining order request that [she] annoyed and harassed him by phone and in a letter...In seeking the protective order, Dorner stated he was "in fear for my life" because she boasted of her ability to kill, and told him she has "nothing to lose"... The restraining order was ultimately denied... In April 2007, Dorner married a Los Angeles deputy sheriff. The certificate was issued in Clark County, Nevada. But after 19 days, they submitted a joint petition for dissolution. A year later, Dorner became involved with a fellow LAPD officer, according to a protective order application he filed in 2012... 


Dorner is suspected of killing a former LAPD captain's daughter - Monica Quan, her fiance - Keith Lawrence, a Riverside police officer - Michael Crain, and tonight a San Bernardino Sheriff's Deputy. He's also suspected of wounding three other law enforcement officers. Dorner posted a manifesto online vowing revenge for his firing from the Los Angeles Police Department.

The end was unfolding as I assembled this post.
I don't want to post his photo
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DORNER’S EX-WIFE WAS REPORTEDLY ‘EMBARRASSED’ BY BRIEF MARRIAGE
CBSLA.com
February 7, 2013 8:31 PM
[Excerpts] The ex-wife of the former LAPD officer accused in the revenge killings of an Irvine couple and the slaying of a Riverside policeman was reportedly “embarrassed” by their brief marriage, according to the woman’s family members. CBS2/KCAL9’s Cristy Fajardo spoke with the brother of April Carter, who was married to fugitive Christopher Dorner for a few weeks nearly six years ago... He said his sister, who may be employed with a law enforcement department, was so embarrassed by it all, she never spoke of it. Carter’s neighbors in Long Beach said they had a vague recollection of seeing someone with Dorner’s description years ago... [Full article here]

CHRISTOPHER DORNER EX-WIFE DETAILS COME TO LIGHT
KABC
Thursday, February 07, 2013
[Excerpts] Details are coming to light about Christopher Dorner's ex-wife, who is reportedly an undercover narcotics officer living in Long Beach. Neighbors tell Eyewitness News Dorner was last seen at his ex-wife's home two months ago, and was a regular visitor until that point. They said Dorner took care of landscaping at the home...  [Full article here]

'KILLER' EX-COP WAS MARRIED FOR JUST ONE MONTH AND WAS CALLED 'TWISTED AND SUPER PARANOID' ON WEBSITE BY AN EX WHO WARNED OTHERS NOT TO DATE HIM
Daily Mail
By David Gardner
8 February 2013
[Excerpts] The 'killer' ex-cop wanted for three murders was married for less than a month and was blasted as 'twisted and super paranoid' by a former girlfriend on a website warning other women against dating him... The more complete portrait of Christopher Dorner has emerged as thousands of cops are still searching for him... "This guy is twisted. ... He is super paranoid, always thinking that everyone is out to get him... Anyway be careful because this guy is a police officer. ... He will probably think he can get away with anything"... Dorner, also a former Naval reservist, tried to use the messages as evidence for a restraining order against the unidentified woman... the judge refused his request. It was not the only relationship for Dorner that failed. He was married for less than one month in 2007... The divorce was around the time Dorner's career with the Los Angeles police department was also unraveling... [Full article here]

APRIL CARTER, CHRISTOPHER DORNER'S EX-WIFE, REPORTEDLY EMBARRASSED BY BRIEF MARRIAGE
The Huffington Post
02/08/2013
[Excerpts] Suspected murderer Christopher Jordan Dorner makes no mention of his marriage or ex-wife in his sprawling online manifesto, but information is emerging about April Carter, the woman he was married to for less than one month... The brief marriage was embarrassing for Carter, said the brother, and she never spoke of it. But one of Carter's neighbors tells a different story. Oscar Gonzalez, 24, told the Los Angeles Times that he frequently saw Dorner at Carter's home in Long Beach, Calif. up until the end of 2012... [Full article here]

CHRISTOPHER DORNER ALLEGED THAT THREAT BY GIRLFRIEND LEFT HIM "IN FEAR FOR MY LIFE"
nbclosangeles.com
By Patrick Healy
Friday, Feb 8, 2013
[Excerpts] As Christopher Dorner was becoming increasingly alienated from the LAPD, he was also involved in three personal relationships that ended with legal actions. He was married in 2007, but it was dissolved 19 days later. A year later, another relationship ended with a restraining order... As he was becoming increasingly alienated from the LAPD, then-officer Christopher Dorner was involved in three personal relationships that ended with legal actions... In 2006, a woman he had dated went to the website DontDateHimGirl.com and posted an entry on Dorner, describing him as "severely emotionally and mentally disturbed." A copy of the posting was including in court documents filed by Dorner in Orange County when he sought a restraining order against the woman. It was denied. In April 2007, Dorner married a Los Angeles deputy sheriff. The certificate was issued in Clark County, Nevada. But after 19 days, they submitted a joint petition for dissolution. A year later, Dorner became involved with a fellow LAPD officer, according to a protective order application he filed in 2012. Dorner alleged that after he broke off the relationship, he learned the woman attempted to access his credit union account online. The issue came up again in the online manifesto Dorner published on his Facebook page, airing his grievances against LAPD. "You allow an officer to attempt to hack into my credit union account and remain on the job," Dorner wrote in the 11,000-word document. In seeking the protective order, Dorner stated he was "in fear for my life" because she boasted of her ability to kill, and told him she has "nothing to lose." It was a phrase that Dorner later used to describe himself – "I have nothing to lose" – in the manifesto as he laid out his mission to apparently seek revenge over the department... [Full article here]

DORNER’S EX-GIRLFRIEND SAYS HE WAS ‘MENTALLY DISTURBED,’ ‘TWISTED’
losangeles.cbslocal.com
February 8, 2013
[Excerpts]...Documents obtained by The Associated Press on Friday show ex-officer Christopher Dorner unsuccessfully requested a restraining order against his ex-girlfriend, Ariana Williams, in 2006 after he claimed she posted his badge number on a website called Dontdatehimgirl.com and harassed him... The posting is signed “anonymous” and calls Dorner “twisted” and “super paranoid.”... [Full article here]

APRIL CARTER, CHRISTOPHER DORNER'S EX, SAYS HE WAS 'DISTURBED,' 'SELF-OBSESSED'
The Huffington Post
By GILLIAN FLACCUS 02/08/13
[Excerpts] ...Court documents show an ex-girlfriend of a former Los Angeles police officer suspected of three murders called him "severely emotionally and mentally disturbed" after the two split. Documents obtained by The Associated Press on Friday show ex-officer Christopher Dorner unsuccessfully requested a restraining order against his ex-girlfriend, Ariana Williams, in 2006 after he claimed she posted his badge number on a website called Dontdatehimgirl.com and harassed him. The posting is signed "anonymous" and calls Dorner "twisted" and "super paranoid"... [Full article here]

DORNER MANHUNT: EX-GIRLFRIEND CALLED HIM "EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED"
L.A. NOW
February 8, 2013
[Excerpts] Christopher Dorner's former girlfriend described the police officer-turned-fugitive as a "severely and emotionally disturbed person" in court documents filed after they broke up 2006. Ariana Williams' claims are part of the documents in a restraining order that Dorner was seeking. The former LAPD officer said in the restraining order request that Williams annoyed and harassed him by phone and in a letter. The restraining order was ultimately denied. Williams, who wrote that she met Dorner at a sporting goods store, posted information about Dorner on dontdatehimgirl.com, an online site sometimes referred to as a relationship "credit check" for women, court documents show. On the site, the former girlfriend posted Dorner's LAPD badge number and detailed her 6-week dating experience with him, according to court documents. "Anyway just be careful because this guy is a police officer and he will probably think that he can get away with anything," she wrote on the site. "If you value your sanity, stay away from this guy," she wrote... [Full article here]
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Ask Sacto 911 crime Q&A: Was prime suspect in fatal Lake Natoma fight brought ...
Sacramento Bee (blog)
ANSWER: Sacramento Superior Court online records show that there is still an active complaint charging Andrey Vusik with involuntary manslaughter and a hate crime in the death of Satender Singh in July 2007. Vusik is the man suspected of throwing the ...

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Man accused of hate crime
Glendale News Press
Saturday's incident marks the first hate crime of the year, Glendale Police Sgt. Tom Lorenz said. The city averages between three and five hate-related incidents per year, he added. Witnesses told police that Tanchez was with a group of friends about 2 ...

Chopper deal corruption: Some disturbing questions
Oneindia
The arrest of Giuseppe Orsi, the chief executive of Italy's largest aerospace group Finmeccanica in Italy as part of an investigation into alleged corruption in international defence deals has once again put the focus back on yet another case of ...

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