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These are the kind of people that Democrat judges keep releasing back onto the streets. Riviera Beach gunman: "I shot every one of those people" Lawyer: "Shh… this is being recorded" Gunman: "I shot 'em in they head" Suspect: Okay, the people who were [air quotes] supposedly killed, they didn't die. Nobody died. Obviously, right? Judge: One person did. You have one count. Suspect: Nobody died, sir. Judge: I just - Suspect: [Garbled] I shot every one of them people - [Lawyer tries to intervene] Suspect: Nah, man, shut up. Let me talk, let me talk. I can't talk to...

Syria's former President Bashar al-Assad appears to say he never intended to flee to Russia - in what is purported to be his first statement since the fall of Damascus eight days ago. Assad's reported statement was put on the Telegram channel belonging to the Syrian presidency on Monday, although it is not clear who currently controls the channel. In it he says that, as the Syrian capital fell to rebels, he went to the Russian military base in his stronghold in the Latakia province "to oversee combat operations" only to see that Syrian troops had abandoned positions. The Hmeimim...