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When Anisa Borsberry confronted a group of playground bullies she hoped it would finally bring an end to her 11-year-old daughter’s ordeal. But the next day she found she herself was the victim . . . with the forces of law and order lined up against her. Eight police officers in three patrol cars and a van descended on her home and arrested her. Anisa Borsberry with daughter Taylor, 11 The 40-year-old was marched out in handcuffs even though a claim that she had hit one of the bullies had already been withdrawn. She then had her fingerprints and DNA...

The Providence Journal’s coverage of the assault on traditional marriage advocates in Warwick, RI on July 28 has consistently downplayed how pepper spray was used on the conservative protesters, in favor of how food was thrown at them. ProJo.com’s Wednesday report on the attack ran with the headline, “Same-sex marriage protesters assaulted with food,” and didn’t mention the pepper spray until the second-to-last paragraph. The following morning, reporter Kate Branson used a more nuanced headline (“Update: 4 accused of hurling food at activists in Warwick”), but at least mentioned the pepper spray in the second paragraph.The American Society for the...

The transsexual man who attacked a priest at St. Babila in Milan Milan, Italy, Jul 29, 2009 / 04:12 pm (CNA).- Police in Milan detained a Brazilian transsexual on Sunday after he stripped naked in front of the altar during Mass and began to attack the priest who was presiding over the Mass. The incident occurred at the Church of St. Babila at the 8:30am Mass on Sunday. According to ANSA news agency, the subject entered the church and approached the altar, where he stripped naked. “Afterwards he took a pole used by the sacristan to close doors and approached the celebrating...

Volunteers from the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property (TFP) were assaulted by pro-homosexual activists yesterday [July 28] in Warwick, Rhode Island, as they peacefully held signs in support of traditional marriage. Volunteer Rex Teodosio described the scene: "We were at a busy intersection, getting strong support for traditional marriage. Three women approached us -- one threw mayonnaise, while the other two grappled with our photographer." "Then we were sprayed with mace. Finally, a burly woman got out of a car and punched our photographer in the face. They shouted obscenities the whole time." "It happened...

<p>A judge acquitted Amy Winehouse on Friday of assaulting a fan who asked to take her picture.</p> <p>District Judge Timothy Workman found the 25-year-old singer not guilty of punching dancer Sherene Flash in the eye after the fan asked to take her picture following a charity ball in September.</p>

CAMPO - A U.S. Border Patrol agent was fatally shot in Campo near the border with Baja California Thursday night. The shooting was reported about 9:15 p.m. near the border on Shockey Truck Trail southeast of the San Diego Sheriff Department's Campo substation. Four engines, paramedics, and a medical helicopter were dispatched to the area, but the agent was declared dead at the scene, according to Cal Fire Battalion Chief Nick Schuler. Police report that the victim was shot in the head.

From a continuing story at Ohio.Com and my post on Freerepublic.Com, "This Is A Black World!" 50 Black Teens Shout, Then Attack White Family In Street" 'John Alchier said he was frustrated that an injury barred him from helping his brother. He has been paralyzed below the waist since a motorcycle crash 11 years ago. ''I couldn't do anything and I just yelled out, 'Help us, Jesus' and when I did that, they all just kind of went away.'Full Story Here . . . 'Help Us, Jesus' Akron Beacon Journal

A La Crosse woman has been accused of stabbing her boyfriend Tuesday after she caught him watching pornography and masturbating, police said. Rachel Ferrara, 23, confronted the 24-year-old at her home at 920 Cameron Ave., No. 104, about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to La Crosse police reports. The couple argued and Ferrara called the man a “(expletive) cheater,” reports stated. She punched him twice in the abdomen and kicked him in the groin. The man told police Ferrara then backed him into the kitchen, where she grabbed a 5-inch serrated knife and slashed his arms before stabbing him in the...

TWO people have been charged over an assault on a group of US sailors in which one was allegedly stabbed and slashed in the face with a pair of scissors. West Australian police allege a 17-year-old boy and a 19-year-old woman approached the group, who were on shore leave, outside the Perth train station at about 1am on July 5. A fight erupted and a female sailor was left with facial injuries, while a male sailor required surgery for the wounds he received when he was attacked with the scissors. Police said a 17-year-old boy from the Perth suburb of...

KINGSTON (Reuters) – Jamaican reggae and dance hall star Bounty Killa was arrested on assault and other charges on Thursday for an altercation with an off-duty policeman nearly two years ago. Police said Bounty Killa, whose real name is Rodney Pryce, could face a sentence of 15 years in prison if convicted. Pryce was charged after a lengthy probe into the beating of a police officer on September 27, 2007, by members of the DJ's entourage. Investigators said a vehicle belonging to Pryce was being used to block a road while the music star stopped to acknowledge some fans. When...

Akron police investigate teen mob attack on family (Mob chants: 'This is a black world') Blocked site: http://www.ohio.com/news/50172282.html

(AP Photo/El Monte Police Department) It all started out with a kick to the head. True, the suspect was not exactly one to elicit sympathy, but that's not the point. A free society cannot tolerate police acting outside the law to administer physical punishment. Except Dean Scoville, "Associate Editor of Police Magazine and a retired patrol supervisor and investigator with the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department," disagrees with that: There was a time when post pursuit ass-kickings were obligatory. Cops knew it, suspects knew it, and there are enough old timers on both sides of the fence that will verify the...

FOUR US sailors have been assaulted while on shore leave in Perth - with one slashed across the face with scissors. WA police said a group of sailors were walking through Perth train station about 1am (WST) this morning when they were confronted by six people. ` "Three males and three females have yelled abuse at the sailors and as they tried to walk past them, one sailor was punched in the face,'' said police spokeswoman Ros Weatherall ``An altercation occurred and four sailors were assaulted, with one male struck in the face with a pair of scissors.''

MIAMI (Reuters) – A fight broke out on a Florida bus when news of Michael Jackson's death sparked debate over whether he should be remembered as a great musical talent, and one passenger was charged with assault, police said on Friday. The bus was moving through the city of North Lauderdale on Thursday when passenger James Kiernan received a text message about Jackson's death on his cell phone, and he read it aloud on the bus, the Broward County Sheriff's Department said. The unidentified bus driver opined that "Michael Jackson should have been in jail long ago," prompting Kiernan, 60,...

Florida officials say one passenger chased another down the aisle of a county bus during a fight over news of Michael Jackson's death. The Broward County Sheriff's Office says 54-year-old Henry Wideman was released Saturday on $5,000 bond on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. A phone number for him rang unanswered. According to a release from the sheriff's office, 60-year-old James Kiernan announced news of the pop singer's death on a bus Thursday night. The driver, who wasn't identified, said Jackson should have been jailed long ago. The sheriff's office says Wideman got angry when Kiernan...

House Appropriations Committee Chairman Dave Obey (D-Wis.) and Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) engaged in a late-afternoon shouting match on the House floor after Obey reportedly rebuffed Waters on an earmark request, aides and witnesses said. Witnesses, speaking on condition of anonymity, said it appeared that Waters pushed or shoved Obey. ... The two veteran Democrats — each pugnacious and 71 years old — began shouting, with the L.A.-area congresswoman following Obey around the chamber, reportedly suggesting he channel the vocational money through a local school district. At some point, they collided, witnesses say, with one Obey ally claiming the lean...

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- An off-duty police officer shot and wounded two men who had assaulted him in a crowded stadium parking lot after a Colorado Rockies-Los Angeles Angels game, authorities said Thursday. The officer, who was walking to his car with his wife and two small children about 25 minutes after Wednesday night's game, was hit in the head with beer bottles, police Sgt. Tim Schmidt said. The officer called a dispatcher at his department and asked for help, saying two men had choked him and asked him to get away from his car, Sgt. Rick Martinez said. The officer...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Five of six black teens accused of beating a white high school classmate in a case that led to the biggest civil rights protest in decades will plead guilty in a deal expected to be finalized this week, Louisiana court officials involved with the case told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The six students were initially charged with attempted murder in the 2006 attack on Justin Barker and became known as the "Jena Six," after the town where the beating took place. Charges against Carwin Jones, Jesse Ray Beard, Robert Bailey Jr., Bryant Purvis and Theo...

A homeless man is on trial in San Mateo County on charges that he smacked a fellow transient in the face with a skateboard as the victim was engaged in a conversation about quantum physics, authorities said today.

TMZ has just obtained video footage of the heated confrontation between Perez Hilton and Will.I.Am -- in which Perez can clearly be heard calling the Black Eyed Pea a "f**king f*ggot." The footage begins in the middle of the verbal altercation outside an after-party for a music award show in Toronto -- moments after Hilton claims Will went after him like a "heat-seeking missile" and unleashed a verbal tirade at him. With a crowd surrounding Perez, Will and Will's manager, Polo -- the guys argue back and forth for about a minute, until Perez tells Will, "you're not a f**king...

TORONTO (AP) - Police have charged the tour manager of the Black Eyed Peas with assault after he allegedly gave celebrity blogger Perez Hilton a black eye outside a Toronto nightclub. Hilton said he got into an argument with band members Fergie and will.i.am at the Cobra nightclub early Monday morning and was punched outside by Polo Molina, the band's tour manager. They were at the club following a Sunday night video awards show. Molina turned himself in and has been charged with assaulting Hilton, Toronto Police Constable Tony Vella said. Molina is due in court Aug. 5. Hilton, whose...

SEATTLE - Two police officers were assaulted by women as they responded to a huge brawl aboard a cruise ship early Sunday on the Seattle waterfront. The officers responded to the scene at about 1:40 a.m. after receiving a 911 call about a large-scale disturbance aboard a cruise ship docked in the 1100 block of Alaskan Way. When police arrived, they found a chaotic scene of more than 100 people on the dock, many of them shouting and arguing. Officers then learned that some passengers were still physically fighting aboard the ship. Officers moved to the dock to begin clearing...

OKLAHOMA CITY – A man in Oklahoma City said he was attacked for his bologna and cheese sandwich. Police say 24-year-old Roger Hamilton told them he was sitting on a bus station bench Wednesday, about to put mayonnaise on his sandwich, when another man began staring at him. Hamilton told police that the man then punched him in the mouth and grabbed his sandwich and left. Police said Hamilton has a swollen lip and his face was covered in blood. The police report listed the value of the sandwich at 76 cents. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090618/ap_on_fe_st/odd_bologna_robbery

ISLAMABAD (AFP) – Pakistan has launched a "full-fledged" assault against Taliban in the lawless northwest tribal belt and will continue until all militants are eliminated, the provincial governor said Sunday. Security forces are already locked in a seven-week-long campaign against the insurgents in three other northwest districts, and last week the offensive spread into the semi-autonomous tribal zone along the Afghan border. "The government has launched a full-fledged operation in the tribal areas including Waziristan," Owais Ahmad Ghani, governor of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), told a press conference in Islamabad. "Operations will continue until the elimination of the...

PHOENIX — Phoenix police say a man was arrested after he sexually assaulted his girlfriend while she was passed out and broadcast the attack live on the Internet. A probable-cause statement says 20-year-old Jonathan Richard Hock was arrested Monday on two counts of sexual assault, one count of kidnapping and one count of taking a surreptitious photo.

Melbourne, May 31 (PTI) As Australian authorities face flak over a series of attacks on Indian students here, leading members of the community today spoke out against branding the country as "racist" and said the government should be given some time to resolve the problem. At the same time, they expressed their deep concern over the security issues of Indian students. Insisting that Australia was not a "racist" country and all attacks were not racist in nature, Sydney-based cardiologist Yadu Singh said "We believe that this is not the correct picture of the unfortunate events." "Most of the attacks are...

North Korea's nuclear threats are grabbing the world's attention. But if the North were to strike South Korea today, it would probably first try to savage Seoul with the men and missiles of its huge conventional army. The attack might well begin with artillery and missiles capable of hitting South Korea's capital with little or no warning. North Korea's vast cadre of commandos could try to infiltrate and cause chaos while the South tried to respond. The hair-trigger nature of the danger is reflected in the pledge of preparedness that American ground forces stationed just below the North-South divide have...

After debate among parents, teachers, and other community members, the Alameda Unified School District Board of Education voted 3-2 Tuesday, May 26 to adopt safe schools curriculum that addresses sexual orientation and gender identity. The curriculum, which covers kindergarten through fifth grade, includes lesson plans on stereotypes, different kinds of families, name-calling, and being an ally. Sean Cahill and his partner have two children in the district, one fifth grader and one second grader. Cahill said he's been involved with developing the curriculum from the beginning, when he brought to the district's attention that derogatory language was being used in...

KVUE reported that on Tuesday, police found “assorted parts from assault rifles and thousands of rounds of ammunition” in a dumpster in north Austin. However, the Statesman reported that police found “eight upper receivers for an AR-15 rifle” and “about 2,000 rifle rounds.” KXAN reported that while “AR-15 receivers” were found, there were no parts with serial numbers. The straight scoop Mark Wilson, Acting Resident Agent in charge of the Austin branch of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) said they found 8 upper receivers with barrels for AR-15 semi-automatic rifles. When an AR-15 is fired by...

As the state's acute budget crisis shows, it is absolutely crucial for California to have a hospitable business climate. Without a healthy economy, there is not enough tax revenue to sustain even basic government programs. One would think this would have finally sunk in with the Democrats who control the Legislature, given the plunge in revenue over the past two years and the resulting budget carnage. One would be wrong. The California Chamber of Commerce's recently released list of “job-killer” bills now pending in Sacramento is like a greatest hits collection of anti-business legislation. There are the usual attempts to...

WOFL: A man got on the bus, paid his fare and then out of nowhere he punched the victim square in the face. A witness said the man shouted, "The sick must die," and then let the punches fly at the defenseless woman.

A group of golfers have been arrested on assault charges after allegedly fighting off a gang who attempted to steal their clubs. Eight people were arrested following the incident at Sundridge Park Golf Course on Sunday. Two youths, aged 17 and 13 were also taken to south London hospitals with head injuries. The 17-year-old is in stable condition in hospital while the 13-year-old was later discharged and subsequently arrested. According to reports, the players were about to tee off on the fourth hole of the course in Bromley, Kent, when they were confronted by a group of teenagers brandishing planks...

A 36-year-old man has been charged with brutally attacking a woman at a Charles County hotel after arranging to meet her through an erotic services advertisement on Craigslist, and investigators think he is responsible for at least one similar attack, authorities said today. Kelvin Cousar of District Heights was arrested on May 1 and charged with first-degree sex offense, first-degree assault and armed robbery in the April 12 attack, according to charging documents. Cousar, a Metro employee, has been ordered held without bond in the county's detention center. Police say the two agreed to meet at the Master Suites Hotel...

Madrid, Spain, Apr 28, 2009 / 03:24 pm (CNA).- On Saturday, April 25, three volunteers of the Right to Life organization and a Chilean in the town of El Ferrol were victims a brutal assault by a group of seven young people who attacked them as they were collecting signatures against the law on abortion sponsored by the Socialist government. Gador Joya, the organization’s spokeswoman, is demanding the attack be condemned by federal officials in the province of Galicia and that they bring the assailants to justice. “Once again we see the lack of arguments of those who defend the...

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A former preacher from Kanawha County convicted of sexually abusing a teenager will spend 10-20 years in prison. Timothy Edmonds was arrested back in 2006 for assaulting a 16-year-old girl. He was found guilty of those charges back in January. Edmonds was sentenced on three counts, including sexual abuse by a person of trust. For each of the three counts, he will serve 10-20 years, but the sentences all run at the same time. Edmonds was a youth pastor at the Chesapeake Apostolic Church. Thursday morning Judge Irene Berger told Edmonds his lack of remorse, failure...

Interview of Gov. Ed Rendel saying civilians only need revolvers and have no use for "assault weapons". He is also stating there is no slippery slope. He is also demanding the banning of high capacity clips.

'So You Think You Can Dance' Choreographer Alex Da Silva Arrested Sunday, April 05, 2009 LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police have arrested a choreographer featured on the FOX television show "So You Think You Can Dance" on suspicion of sexually assaulting four of his dance students. Officer Jason Lee says Alex Da Silva was taken into custody Saturday and held on $3.8 million bail. Detectives say the alleged assaults occurred between May 2003 and March 28. The female accusers told police Da Silva lured them to his homes in North Hollywood and Van Nuys, used a ruse to get...

Gang kicked dog in air and threatened to do same to owner Lisa Kenyon March 20, 2009 A DOG was viciously attacked by a gang of youths while walking through Milnshaw Park, Accrington, with its owner. William Townsley, 66, was walking his 14-year-old partially-blind Cairn terrier Snoopy through the park at around 1pm on Monday. As he was passing the children’s play area, William said a group of around 18 Asian youths racially abused him, shouting obscenities before kicking the defenceless dog in the face and ribs. William, of Devonshire Street, Accrington, said: "I could hear them shouting racial obscenities...

Police have yet to determine how Lovelle Mixon, a parolee with a lengthy criminal record, got his hands on the handgun and the SKS rifle he used to kill four Oakland police officers on that grim Saturday afternoon just over a week ago. But the horror of the slayings drives home the need to enforce and enhance gun-control laws throughout the nation. For starters, Congress must bring back the national ban on 19 types of military-style weapons it enacted in 1994, with the leadership of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, but allowed to expire. The inexpensive SKS is a semi-automatic carbine designed...

MARCH 27--Meet Vince Shlomi. He's probably better known to you as the ShamWow Guy, the ubiquitous television pitchman who has been phenomenally successful peddling absorbent towels and food choppers. Shlomi, 44, was arrested last month on a felony battery charge following a violent confrontation with a prostitute in his South Beach hotel room. According to an arrest affidavit, Shlomi met Sasha Harris, 26, at a Miami Beach nightclub on February 7 and subsequently retired with her to his $750 room at the lavish Setai hotel. Shlomi told cops he paid Harris about $1000 in cash after she "propositioned him for...

MARCH 27--Meet Vince Shlomi. He's probably better known to you as the ShamWow Guy, the ubiquitous television pitchman who has been phenomenally successful peddling absorbent towels and food choppers. Shlomi, 44, was arrested last month on a felony battery charge following a violent confrontation with a prostitute in his South Beach hotel room. According to an arrest affidavit, Shlomi met Sasha Harris, 26, at a Miami Beach nightclub on February 7 and subsequently retired with her to his $750 room at the lavish Setai hotel. Shlomi told cops he paid Harris about $1000 in cash after she "propositioned him for...

Here is a pretty accurate transcription of Hillary on "On the Record" last night for those who are interested: Greta, I remember, 15 years ago, the reason the assault weapons ban was passed is because police chief's in America begged for it. They said, I'm sending my guys out on the streets. They're being out-gunned. The criminals, the gang members, they have automatic weapons, military assault rifles, get them off the streets. Give our guys a fighting chance. And, there's no doubt in my mind that the 10 years we had an assault weapons ban in America, was one of...

New York ABC radio reporter George Weber, 47, was murdered by a young, self-described “sadomasochist” with whom he had hooked up for sex on Craigslist.com. A former homosexual, David, who has become a friend of AFTAH, says hook-ups, anonymous sex and “instant gratification” are “part and parcel of the male homosexual lifestyle.” Folks, the greatest threat of violence to homosexual men comes from … other homosexual men. The stabbing murder of WABC reporter George Weber in New York is a terrible tragedy and yet it is instructive about the perils of promiscuous “gay” life. There is simply nothing that approaches...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A woman who tried to get a speeder to slow down in her neighborhood ended up being the victim of a beating. Toni Hall lives in the 2500 block of West 5th Avenue. She says two weeks ago a car full of people were speeding down the road in front of her apartment where several children play. When she confronted the driver, Hall says he and three other people punched her in the face and kicked her repeatedly. Hall filed a report with the Huntington Police Department. She also appeared before City Council Monday to see...

<p>NEW YORK (AP) — A freshman state senator sworn in to office despite allegations he slashed his girlfriend's face with broken glass in a jealous rage has been indicted on domestic assault charges, prosecutors said Monday.</p> <p>A grand jury in Queens indicted Hiram Monserrate on three counts of second-degree felony assault and three counts of third-degree misdemeanor assault. Arraignment is expected later this week. He faces seven years in prison if convicted on the most serious charges.</p>

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Four protesters were arrested during an anti-war protest at Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco this afternoon, San Francisco police said. San Francisco police spokeswoman Sgt. Lyn Tomioka said three women and one man were arrested and taken into custody at about 2:30 p.m. A boy carrying a backpack filled with rocks was also taken into custody after one of the rocks he was allegedly throwing hit an officer. Tomioka said he was freed by a group of protesters. One officer was kicked and another bitten, Tomioka said. Copyright 2009 by KTVU.com and Bay City News....

California taxpayers have already been brutalized with big hikes in income, car and sales taxes in the budget deal approved last month. Now, even before these increases kick in on April 1, along comes word that the budget is still $8 billion in the red over the next 16 months – and a whole new round of economy-killing tax hikes is in the works. A San Francisco Chronicle report detailed pending bills to raise taxes yet again on income, cigarettes, alcohol, oil production and more. One bill would even allow cities and counties to assess their own income taxes and...

Here it is, folks, and it is bad news. The framework for legislation is always laid, and the Democrats have the votes to pass anything they want to impose upon us. They really do not believe you need anything more than a brick to defend your home and family. Look at the list and see how many you own. Remember, it is registration, then confiscation. It has happened in the UK, in Australia, in Europe, in China, and what they have found is that for some reason the criminals do not turn in their weapons, but will know that you...

Christian Minister Beaten After Clashing With Muslims on TV Monday, March 16, 2009 A Christian minister in London who has clashed with Muslims on his television show says he was brutally attacked by three men who warned him, "if you go back to the studio, we’ll break your legs," the Daily Mail reported on Sunday. The newspaper said Reverend Noble Samuel was driving to his studio when a car pulled over in front of him. A man got out and came over to ask him directions. "He put his hand into my window, which was half open, and grabbed my...