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veteranstoday--2020-11-08--”Target Shooting to Italian and Russian Reporters in Donbass”. But NGU Warrior Acquitted of Murder a

”Target Shooting to Italian and Russian Reporters in Donbass”. But NGU Warrior Acquitted of Murder as asked by Kiev & Soros-puppets

The Italian journalist Andrea Rocchelli was not only murdered at the age of 30 in the Donbass where he was doing his reports on the civil war .
On 24 May 2014 he was in fact the victim of a cruel and premeditated execution by the paramilitary troops of the Ukrainian National Guard ( NGU ) conducted with a “ bulls-eye shooting ” using a mortar in a village near Slaviansk , in Eastern Ukraine , where he found with his other murdered colleague , the Russian interpreter and photographer Andrei Mironov , and a Frenchman who survived by a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some eyewitnesses cited by InsideOver , the online column of Italian newspaper Il Giornale , which also reveals the mugshots of the two victims with the red word “ deleted ” published on a site controlled by the SBU ( Služba Bezpeky Ukrayiny ) Security Services of Ukraine .
This was the sense of the sentence with which the Court of Assizes of Pavia had condemned the only defendant for that crime , in the face of the evidence collected scrupulously by the Pavia prosecutor Giorgio Reposo in a long investigation at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ documents to the Prosecutor ’ s Office of Rome to investigate another alleged accomplice of the NGU warriors .
But now the Milan Court of Appeal has canceled the sentence with a blow with the sponge , acquitting the militiaman with an Italian-Ukrainian passport Vitaly Markiv .
The soldier of the Ukrainian National Guard , accused of the murder of the photographer and journalist from Pavia during a military operation , was sentenced in first instance to 24 years in prison on 12 July 2019 .
The Court of Assizes of Appeal of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ committed the deed ” , ordering his immediate release .
The death of Andy and Andrej screamed and screams for revenge to protect all those brave media workers who reach the war theaters in search of the most uncomfortable truths to tell .
Especially when these truths are buried behind the wall of lies artfully constructed by the mainstream media to cover up the geopolitical dynamics and often murderous intrigues of the secret services .
For an ominous and merciless coincidence of fate , the sentence came on November 3 while one of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Ukraine culminating in the bloody coup in Kiev , former US vice president Joe Biden , faced Election Day to become the 46th American president ( as the media already believes , although the ballot of all the votes in some crucial states like Nevada and Pennsylvania is not yet finished at all ) .
Gospa News dedicated dozens of reportages to Ukraine , also lingering on the bloody plots ( with the massacre of Majdan Nezaležnosti square by Georgian snipers on which no one investigates ) and on the sensational alliances @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scientific elimination of Russian influence in the country strategic ex Soviet Union because of the border with the new Christian Orthodox empire of Tsar Vladimir Putin .
We talked about the revolutionary route started by George Soros through his Ukrainian foundation Renaissance International ( also involved in funding research on the SARS virus ) , the “ impossible ” alliance between the Zionists of the Israeli war industries and the neo-Nazis of the Azov Battalion and the curious story of that journalist of Afghan origin , a Sunni Muslim , who started the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who in recent months became deputy general director of the national war industry in Ukraine .
The acquittal of the militiaman Markiv after a first-degree condemnation which is unexceptionable in substance and form despite the pressure of the Kiev government and those of political movements close to Soros such as “ Europa + ” , therefore , disgusts us but does not disturb us .
« We will see the reasons for the sentence and we will see what to do .
We continue to believe that the reconstruction that emerged from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Milan public prosecutor ’ s office is correct : our gratitude goes to them and our lawyers , ” said Elisa Signori , Andrea Rocchelli ’ s mother immediately after the sentence .
Pending the contents of the disconcerting decision of the Milanese Appeal judges , we refer to the previous article for details on the episode and the reasons for the previous sentence , recalling only that in the NGU to which Markiv belonged , in fact , various groups of voluntary militias of the Pravyj Sector converged ( Right Sector ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Battalion , accused by Amnesty International of torture .
Today we try to do at least a moral justice to our fallen colleague in the performance of his reporter service by publishing part of the excellent article by other journalists who went to the civil war-torn Donbass after him .
But before going into the details of the shocking testimony on target shooting against Rocchelli , for a level playing field , let us report the praises woven by a representative of the government of Kiev towards Italian justice .
THE ARRESTED MINISTER @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to express my compliments to the Italian judicial system .
The Court of Appeal acknowledged our arguments and made a good decision “ .
The Ukrainian Minister of the Interior , Arsen Avakov , said this outside the courtroom of the Palazzo di Giustizia in Milan after the acquittal of Vitaly Markiv “ The truth is that we too want to know all the details regarding Rocchelli ’ s death – he added Avakov as reported by Agenzia Nova – I am sure that the facts will emerge publicly and we will all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ukraine has been following this case and everyone is happy .
“ Minister Avakov is indirectly involved in the affair as since 2014 he has directed the formation of the Ukrainian National Guard ( NGU ) , being the only politician to have retained his position in the strategic Interior Department also by virtue of the excellent diplomatic relations with the Israeli ’ s Interior Minister , and consequently also with the secret services of Shin Bet ( internal ) and Mossad ( foreign counterespionage ) that refer to it , and with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Central Intelligence Agency ) but above all with NATO which since 2017 has an Information and Documentation Center in Ukraine .
Avakov himself in the past found himself having to deal with the Italian justice that pardoned him for political reasons .
In 2012 he ended up in prison in Frosinone following an international arrest warrant for abuse of office following an investigation launched in his country and was later released thanks to his election as parliamentarian in the ranks of the Popular Front , Narodnij Front by Arseny Yatsenyuk , the former @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and by the Open Ukraine foundation , funded since 2007 at the KSF ( Kiev Security Forum ) by Renaissance International , the Ukrainian operational arm of George Soros ’ Open Society Foundation .
TARGET SHOOTING AGAINST THE TWO REPORTERS This is why it seems only right to give space and consider the contents of the investigation published by Andrea Sceresini and Alfredo Bosco last October 27 in the InsideOver column of Il Giornale to be absolutely credible .
“ It was August 2017 , when soldier Alexander Vladimirovich Rakityansky and his commander @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a public park on the outskirts of Donetsk , in eastern Ukraine .
Rakityansky and “ Zhora ” – both militiamen of the pro-Russian army – were the two men who on 25 May 2014 recovered the lifeless bodies of the Pavia reporter Andy Rocchelli and his Russian colleague , the journalist Andrei Mironov in the countryside on the outskirts of Sloviansk ” .
The Italian journalists wrote in a heartfelt and detailed article in which they also publish a fact sheet on the two reporters still present on the website of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ control body ” linked to SBU ( Služba Bezpeky Ukrayiny ) the Ukrainian security services .
« The page is easily accessible with a few clicks : just write the name and surname of the person you want to find in the search engine , in the “ Purgatory ” section .
On the names of both journalists appears the unequivocal red writing in Cyrillic characters – “ ликвидирован ” – “ liquidated ” » explained .
“ The Italian was lying in a fetal position , with many wounds all over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ beheaded by the explosions – the eyewitnesses told Sceresini and Bosco – It was hard , but in the end we were able to load them into the car and take them away “ .
“ Andy and Andrei had been killed the day before , while – armed with cameras – they were documenting the clashes between separatist militiamen and Ukrainian soldiers at the foot of Karachun hill , on whose summit the Kiev army units were entrenched .
It was from that hill , on the afternoon of May 24 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ two reporters would have started “ , reads on InsideOver .
“ The whole area was perfectly visible from the top of the hill – the two men in uniform confided to the Italian reporters during the interview – It was a target practice , as is done at the shooting range ” .
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by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT Italy
Versione originale in Italiano
The Italian journalist Andrea Rocchelli was not only murdered at the age of 30 in the Donbass where he was doing his reports on the civil war. On 24 May 2014 he was in fact the victim of a cruel and premeditated execution by the paramilitary troops of the Ukrainian National Guard (NGU) conducted with a “bulls-eye shooting” using a mortar in a village near Slaviansk, in Eastern Ukraine, where he found with his other murdered colleague, the Russian interpreter and photographer Andrei Mironov, and a Frenchman who survived by a miracle.
This is the story of some eyewitnesses cited by InsideOver, the online column of Italian newspaper Il Giornale, which also reveals the mugshots of the two victims with the red word “deleted” published on a site controlled by the SBU (Služba Bezpeky Ukrayiny) Security Services of Ukraine.
This was the sense of the sentence with which the Court of Assizes of Pavia had condemned the only defendant for that crime, in the face of the evidence collected scrupulously by the Pavia prosecutor Giorgio Reposo in a long investigation at the end of which he also sent the documents to the Prosecutor’s Office of Rome to investigate another alleged accomplice of the NGU warriors.
But now the Milan Court of Appeal has canceled the sentence with a blow with the sponge, acquitting the militiaman with an Italian-Ukrainian passport Vitaly Markiv. The soldier of the Ukrainian National Guard, accused of the murder of the photographer and journalist from Pavia during a military operation, was sentenced in first instance to 24 years in prison on 12 July 2019. The Court of Assizes of Appeal of Milan acquitted him for “not having committed the deed”, ordering his immediate release.
The death of Andy and Andrej screamed and screams for revenge to protect all those brave media workers who reach the war theaters in search of the most uncomfortable truths to tell. Especially when these truths are buried behind the wall of lies artfully constructed by the mainstream media to cover up the geopolitical dynamics and often murderous intrigues of the secret services.
For an ominous and merciless coincidence of fate, the sentence came on November 3 while one of the main architects of the Orange Revolution in Ukraine culminating in the bloody coup in Kiev, former US vice president Joe Biden, faced Election Day to become the 46th American president (as the media already believes, although the ballot of all the votes in some crucial states like Nevada and Pennsylvania is not yet finished at all).
WAR IN THE DONBASS: INTELLIGENCE’S INTRIGUES
Gospa News dedicated dozens of reportages to Ukraine, also lingering on the bloody plots (with the massacre of Majdan Nezaležnosti square by Georgian snipers on which no one investigates) and on the sensational alliances that arose from that plan for the scientific elimination of Russian influence in the country strategic ex Soviet Union because of the border with the new Christian Orthodox empire of Tsar Vladimir Putin.
We talked about the revolutionary route started by George Soros through his Ukrainian foundation Renaissance International (also involved in funding research on the SARS virus), the “impossible” alliance between the Zionists of the Israeli war industries and the neo-Nazis of the Azov Battalion and the curious story of that journalist of Afghan origin, a Sunni Muslim, who started the protests in the square renamed EuroMaidan, who in recent months became deputy general director of the national war industry in Ukraine.
The acquittal of the militiaman Markiv after a first-degree condemnation which is unexceptionable in substance and form despite the pressure of the Kiev government and those of political movements close to Soros such as “Europa +”, therefore, disgusts us but does not disturb us.
«We will see the reasons for the sentence and we will see what to do. We continue to believe that the reconstruction that emerged from the investigations of the Pavia investigators and the Milan public prosecutor’s office is correct: our gratitude goes to them and our lawyers, ”said Elisa Signori, Andrea Rocchelli’s mother immediately after the sentence.
Pending the contents of the disconcerting decision of the Milanese Appeal judges, we refer to the previous article for details on the episode and the reasons for the previous sentence, recalling only that in the NGU to which Markiv belonged, in fact, various groups of voluntary militias of the Pravyj Sector converged (Right Sector) but also the infamous neo-Nazi ultra-right Azov Battalion, accused by Amnesty International of torture.
Today we try to do at least a moral justice to our fallen colleague in the performance of his reporter service by publishing part of the excellent article by other journalists who went to the civil war-torn Donbass after him. But before going into the details of the shocking testimony on target shooting against Rocchelli, for a level playing field, let us report the praises woven by a representative of the government of Kiev towards Italian justice.
THE ARRESTED MINISTER AND THE ACQUITTED MILITIAN
«I want to express my compliments to the Italian judicial system. The Court of Appeal acknowledged our arguments and made a good decision “. The Ukrainian Minister of the Interior, Arsen Avakov, said this outside the courtroom of the Palazzo di Giustizia in Milan after the acquittal of Vitaly Markiv “The truth is that we too want to know all the details regarding Rocchelli’s death – he added Avakov as reported by Agenzia Nova – I am sure that the facts will emerge publicly and we will all know the truth. The whole of Ukraine has been following this case and everyone is happy. “
Minister Avakov is indirectly involved in the affair as since 2014 he has directed the formation of the Ukrainian National Guard (NGU), being the only politician to have retained his position in the strategic Interior Department also by virtue of the excellent diplomatic relations with the Israeli’s Interior Minister, and consequently also with the secret services of Shin Bet (internal) and Mossad (foreign counterespionage) that refer to it, and with the USA (therefore also with the Central Intelligence Agency) but above all with NATO which since 2017 has an Information and Documentation Center in Ukraine.
Avakov himself in the past found himself having to deal with the Italian justice that pardoned him for political reasons. In 2012 he ended up in prison in Frosinone following an international arrest warrant for abuse of office following an investigation launched in his country and was later released thanks to his election as parliamentarian in the ranks of the Popular Front, Narodnij Front by Arseny Yatsenyuk, the former premier supported by American President Barack Obama and by the Open Ukraine foundation, funded since 2007 at the KSF (Kiev Security Forum) by Renaissance International, the Ukrainian operational arm of George Soros’ Open Society Foundation.
TARGET SHOOTING AGAINST THE TWO REPORTERS
This is why it seems only right to give space and consider the contents of the investigation published by Andrea Sceresini and Alfredo Bosco last October 27 in the InsideOver column of Il Giornale to be absolutely credible.
“It was August 2017, when soldier Alexander Vladimirovich Rakityansky and his commander” Zhora “agreed to meet us in a public park on the outskirts of Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine. Rakityansky and “Zhora” – both militiamen of the pro-Russian army – were the two men who on 25 May 2014 recovered the lifeless bodies of the Pavia reporter Andy Rocchelli and his Russian colleague, the journalist Andrei Mironov in the countryside on the outskirts of Sloviansk” .
The Italian journalists wrote in a heartfelt and detailed article in which they also publish a fact sheet on the two reporters still present on the website of the “Myrotvorets Center”, a “control body” linked to SBU (Služba Bezpeky Ukrayiny) the Ukrainian security services.
«The page is easily accessible with a few clicks: just write the name and surname of the person you want to find in the search engine, in the “Purgatory” section. On the names of both journalists appears the unequivocal red writing in Cyrillic characters – “ликвидирован” – “liquidated”» explained.
“The Italian was lying in a fetal position, with many wounds all over his body, while the Russian was beheaded by the explosions – the eyewitnesses told Sceresini and Bosco – It was hard, but in the end we were able to load them into the car and take them away “.
“Andy and Andrei had been killed the day before, while – armed with cameras – they were documenting the clashes between separatist militiamen and Ukrainian soldiers at the foot of Karachun hill, on whose summit the Kiev army units were entrenched. It was from that hill, on the afternoon of May 24, that the mortar rounds that murdered the two reporters would have started “, reads on InsideOver.
“The whole area was perfectly visible from the top of the hill – the two men in uniform confided to the Italian reporters during the interview – It was a target practice, as is done at the shooting range”. (read more)
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veteranstoday--2020-11-09--Nazi Pig?  Trumpster Police Chief Threatens Murder Spree After Post-Election Mental Breakdown

LITTLE ROCK , Ark .
— Lang Holland , the chief of police in tiny Marshall , Arkansas , said he thinks the threat of the coronavirus has been overstated and only wears a face mask if he ’ s inside a business that requires them .
He doesn ’ t make his officers wear them either .
So the day after Republican Gov .
Asa Hutchinson signed an order requiring masks to be worn in public throughout Arkansas , Holland made it clear his department wasn ’ t going to enforce the mandate in the Ozarks town of about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ All I ’ m saying is if you want to wear a mask , you have the freedom to choose that , ” said Holland , who said he supports President Donald Trump .
“ It should not be dictated by the nanny state.
” Holland is among a number of police chiefs and sheriffs in Arkansas and elsewhere who say they won ’ t enforce statewide mask requirements , even within their departments .
Some say they don ’ t have the manpower to respond to every mask complaint , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would oft-ignored minor offenses such as jaywalking .
Others , including Holland , reject the legal validity of mask requirements .
The pushback is concerning to health officials , who say a lack of enforcement could undermine what they say is a much-needed and simple step that can be taken to slow the spread of the coronavirus .
“ If people undermine that mandate , they undermine the public health benefits of masking in the setting of this pandemic , and that just doesn ’ t make any sense to me , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences , who had called for a statewide requirement .
More than half the states have issued orders to wear masks in most public settings , with virus cases and hospitalizations on the rise .
Polling shows overwhelming public support for such requirements , and even Trump , who had long been dismissive of wearing masks , last week said it was patriotic to wear one .
The most vocal police pushback to mask requirements is coming from Republican-led states that aggressively reopened businesses or previously @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Hutchinson , who was among a handful of governors who didn ’ t issue a stay-at-home order , long resisted issuing a mask mandate in Arkansas , but he relented in the face of the state ’ s worsening numbers .
Arkansas ’ active virus cases , meaning those excluding people who have died or recovered from COVID-19 , have nearly quadrupled since Memorial Day .
The number of people hospitalized with the disease in the state is almost five times higher than it was that day .
“ This is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in this fight , ” Hutchinson said before signing the order , which took effect Monday .
Several police chiefs and sheriffs immediately said they wouldn ’ t enforce Hutchinson ’ s order , which prohibits people from being jailed for violations and only imposes fines for repeat offenders .
The Texarkana Police Department said it wouldn ’ t enforce the order , saying its primary responsibility was “ fighting crime and providing police services.
” John Staley , the sheriff of Lonoke County in central Arkansas , said he agrees with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them when in contact with the public .
But he said his department doesn ’ t have the manpower to respond to complaints about them .
“ I support the governor ’ s position and his decision , but we ’ re not going to be out writing tickets for masks , ” Staley said .
None of the resistant law enforcement agencies are refusing to respond to disturbances related to masks , which have turned violent or deadly in some incidents .
Staley and officials from several other law enforcement agencies have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about people refusing to wear masks or to leave the premises .
Several sheriffs in neighboring Texas have also said they wouldn ’ t enforce a mask requirement issued by Republican Gov .
Greg Abbott .
And a group of 38 sheriffs in Montana signed an op-ed this months saying they believe that the mask requirement issued by the state ’ s Democratic governor this month “ is not a mandate for law enforcement to issue citations and arrest violators.
“ Enforcement of Alabama ’ s mask rule , which took effect this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ police said they would provide masks to those not wearing them in public , and others said they didn ’ t plan to ticket people for violations .
“ We as law enforcement are NOT the social distancing police OR the face mask police .
Just be responsible , that ’ s all , and be safe , ” the Bay Minette Police Department announced in a Facebook post .
In New York City , which was at the heart of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak early on in the pandemic , the nation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with how to enforce mask mandates .
Police initially assigned 1,000 officers this spring to enforce mask wearing and social distancing rules , but they backed off after some violent arrests were caught on video .
Now , the city relies chiefly on civilian workers and community group members to hand out masks and encourage people to wear them .
Hutchinson said he would defer to local police and sheriffs on how to enforce his order , saying it was their prerogative on how to prioritize offenses .
But he also said police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” which laws they enforce .
The difficulty of enforcing a mandate in a rural state like Arkansas was one of the reasons Hutchinson gave for resisting the requirement until recently .
Not all police departments are resistant to enforcing mask mandates , though they ’ re hoping to avoid the need to write anyone up for not complying .
“ I am confident that the overwhelming majority of Fort Smith residents and visitors care about each other and will choose to help us through personal accountability , making the need for enforcement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the chief of police in Fort Smith , an Arkansas city along the Oklahoma border , said in a statement .
Supporters of mask mandates say penalties were never their goal and that they never envisioned police having to respond to every complaint about someone not wearing one .
“ Nobody ’ s asking for a masking gestapo , ” Patterson said .
“ We ’ re just asking for good behavior and support from our local communities.
” Associated Press writer Jennifer Peltz in New York contributed to this report .

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Lang Holland, the chief of police in tiny Marshall, Arkansas, said he thinks the threat of the coronavirus has been overstated and only wears a face mask if he’s inside a business that requires them. He doesn’t make his officers wear them either.
So the day after Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed an order requiring masks to be worn in public throughout Arkansas, Holland made it clear his department wasn’t going to enforce the mandate in the Ozarks town of about 1,300, calling it an unconstitutional overreach.
“All I’m saying is if you want to wear a mask, you have the freedom to choose that,” said Holland, who said he supports President Donald Trump. “It should not be dictated by the nanny state.”
Holland is among a number of police chiefs and sheriffs in Arkansas and elsewhere who say they won’t enforce statewide mask requirements, even within their departments. Some say they don’t have the manpower to respond to every mask complaint, treating violations of the requirement as they would oft-ignored minor offenses such as jaywalking. Others, including Holland, reject the legal validity of mask requirements.
The pushback is concerning to health officials, who say a lack of enforcement could undermine what they say is a much-needed and simple step that can be taken to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
“If people undermine that mandate, they undermine the public health benefits of masking in the setting of this pandemic, and that just doesn’t make any sense to me,” said Dr. Cam Patterson, the chancellor of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, who had called for a statewide requirement.
More than half the states have issued orders to wear masks in most public settings, with virus cases and hospitalizations on the rise. Polling shows overwhelming public support for such requirements, and even Trump, who had long been dismissive of wearing masks, last week said it was patriotic to wear one.
The most vocal police pushback to mask requirements is coming from Republican-led states that aggressively reopened businesses or previously opposed stricter measures such as mask requirements. Hutchinson, who was among a handful of governors who didn’t issue a stay-at-home order, long resisted issuing a mask mandate in Arkansas, but he relented in the face of the state’s worsening numbers.
Arkansas’ active virus cases, meaning those excluding people who have died or recovered from COVID-19, have nearly quadrupled since Memorial Day. The number of people hospitalized with the disease in the state is almost five times higher than it was that day.
“This is a way to enlist the support of everyone in this fight,” Hutchinson said before signing the order, which took effect Monday.
Several police chiefs and sheriffs immediately said they wouldn’t enforce Hutchinson’s order, which prohibits people from being jailed for violations and only imposes fines for repeat offenders. The Texarkana Police Department said it wouldn’t enforce the order, saying its primary responsibility was “fighting crime and providing police services.”
John Staley, the sheriff of Lonoke County in central Arkansas, said he agrees with the need for masks and his deputies wear them when in contact with the public. But he said his department doesn’t have the manpower to respond to complaints about them.
“I support the governor’s position and his decision, but we’re not going to be out writing tickets for masks,” Staley said.
None of the resistant law enforcement agencies are refusing to respond to disturbances related to masks, which have turned violent or deadly in some incidents. Staley and officials from several other law enforcement agencies have said they would respond if businesses complain about people refusing to wear masks or to leave the premises.
Several sheriffs in neighboring Texas have also said they wouldn’t enforce a mask requirement issued by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. And a group of 38 sheriffs in Montana signed an op-ed this months saying they believe that the mask requirement issued by the state’s Democratic governor this month “is not a mandate for law enforcement to issue citations and arrest violators.“
Enforcement of Alabama’s mask rule, which took effect this month, has also varied. Some police said they would provide masks to those not wearing them in public, and others said they didn’t plan to ticket people for violations.
“We as law enforcement are NOT the social distancing police OR the face mask police. Just be responsible, that’s all, and be safe,” the Bay Minette Police Department announced in a Facebook post.
In New York City, which was at the heart of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak early on in the pandemic, the nation’s largest police department has struggled with how to enforce mask mandates. Police initially assigned 1,000 officers this spring to enforce mask wearing and social distancing rules, but they backed off after some violent arrests were caught on video.
Now, the city relies chiefly on civilian workers and community group members to hand out masks and encourage people to wear them.
Hutchinson said he would defer to local police and sheriffs on how to enforce his order, saying it was their prerogative on how to prioritize offenses. But he also said police “don’t pick and choose” which laws they enforce. The difficulty of enforcing a mandate in a rural state like Arkansas was one of the reasons Hutchinson gave for resisting the requirement until recently.
Not all police departments are resistant to enforcing mask mandates, though they’re hoping to avoid the need to write anyone up for not complying.
“I am confident that the overwhelming majority of Fort Smith residents and visitors care about each other and will choose to help us through personal accountability, making the need for enforcement action non-existent,” Danny Baker, the chief of police in Fort Smith, an Arkansas city along the Oklahoma border, said in a statement.
Supporters of mask mandates say penalties were never their goal and that they never envisioned police having to respond to every complaint about someone not wearing one.
“Nobody’s asking for a masking gestapo,” Patterson said. “We’re just asking for good behavior and support from our local communities.”
___
Associated Press writer Jennifer Peltz in New York contributed to this report.


veteranstoday--2020-11-09--Experts: Trump’s Mail to be intercepted at Post Presidency Residence

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veteranstoday--2020-11-08--The very nasty truth about Rudy

The very nasty truth about Rudy

VT : A few short weeks ago , Rudy Giuliani was seen trying to hustle a 15 year old girl in a hotel room .
Rudy followed her into the bedroom of a suite , sat on the bed , laid back , and grabbed his penis .
This is common for aging lotharios who can ’ t tell if their “ wedding tackle ” is working unless they grab it or maybe offer a bit of manual stimulation .
Ah , but was this what he really did ?
Wasn ’ t it all innocent fun ?
But then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Then of course you might well just watch the whole thing , Rudy is clear as day about what he is up to .
Why do you think he spends so much time in Ukraine where sex with children is a normal commodity .
Remember , it ’ s Giuliani who has spent years there , not Hunter Biden .
Biden ’ s a young man , not an overaged reptile .
From Wikipedia : Main articles : Child prostitution in Ukraine and Street children in Ukraine The Ukraine along with Moldova @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of child sex tourism .
[ citation needed ] An involvement of adolescent boys into prostitution has risen a number of special concerns .
[ 12 ] It was noted that the Ukrainian legislation system has no such term as “ sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism ” .
In addition to this , low living standards , neglected white-skinned children , ubiquitous corruption and social consumerism make Ukraine a fast-growing market for child sex services .
The problem is aggravated by many other reasons , such as geographical situation in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ large economic gaps between the home countries of sex tourists and locals , absence of visas for many tourists , low prices for alcohol , reputation of a corrupted society and high chance to avoid any kind of criminal prosecution .
[ 13 ] According to the collected statistics , 26 % of Ukrainian families with one child and 39 % families with two children ( 4.4 and 6.6 million correspondingly ) are struggling to survive whilst living below the poverty line .
Poverty leaves no other option to many people except providing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ guests .
[ 13 ] A 2008 research of the Ukrainian sex workers ’ lifestyle revealed that 39 % of them do not use condoms regularly and that 22 % are drug users .
[ 3 ] Most part of Ukrainian sex workers are prostituting in tourist resorts of the Black Sea during the summer season , around 30 — 40 % of them are between 11 and 18 years old .
A strong link connecting the prostitution of Ukrainian children and child sex tourism can be seen within the country .
[ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one direction only , the World Trade Center was destroyed by controlled demolition , all 3 buildings , not 2 , and that there was a massive effort to do this , as proven in VT ’ s Nuclear Education ’ s series .
VT received vast documentation from what we now believe to be an FBI official , showing how 9/11 involved a mix of conservative elites in New York , including top government and police officials , neoconservative leaders in Washington and the intelligence agencies of Saudi Arabia and Israel .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ this page , link on the lower right under VT Nuclear Education .
Confirming reports from top European scientists and investigators are there as well .
None of this would or could have happened unless Rudy Giuliani played a key role from day one .
This is the same Rudy that represents the Trump family and their continued financial debacles , running from China to Saudi Arabia to the Gulf States , getting loans , business licenses , bailing out their ‘ house of cards ’ slumlord empire with payoffs from America ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s friends are KGB agents , two of his partners are under indictment , more are facing indictment .
Rudy runs to Russian intelligence for material to attack Trump ’ s enemies , an effort US law enforcement officials say is intended to destroy the US by gaining control of key players in our government like Donald Trump , his entire family and quite possibly running it all could be Rudy Giuliani .
Prior to 9/11 , Rudy Giuliani appointed Bernie Kerik , a high school dropout who drove Rudy ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dark secrets , Commissioner of NYPD , a role played on TV by Tom Selleck .
After 9/11 , Giuliani , now a fake hero , tried to get Kerik appointed Director of the Department of Homeland Security .
Instead , Kerik went to prison .
Giuliani ’ s other client is the MEK or Rajavi sex cult .
He got them off the terrorist list and helped them be resettled with US taxpayer cash , endless millions , to Albania where they have taken over narcotics and child trafficking in that nation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its arrival in Albania in 2016 , the Iranian Mojahedin-e Khalq ( MEK ) , also known as the Rajavi cult after its leaders Massoud and Maryam Rajavi , the group has caused problems for the authorities and citizens of their host country .
Exploiting the unresolved problems of crime , corruption , and a weak state dependent on American approval , the MEK has manipulated , bribed , and intimidated its way into the political , media , and criminal elements of Alabania .
According to well-known historian Olsi Jazexhi , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ foreign policy making it a hub for anti-Iran activities and creating a security nightmare for Albania ’ s police and security services .
Now the group poses another risk to the country — a public health risk that can not be assessed or managed .
In 2017 , both tacit support from the Trump administration , and overt support from neoconservative personalities , enabled MEK leaders to evade a planned de-radicalization program and instead build a closed secure camp in Manez — a remote town in the county of Durres — to house @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ashraf 3 — as it is known — is guarded by private armed security personnel as well as MEK officials ; only invited persons are allowed entry .
Before this mass incarceration , dozens of members took advantage of the move to Albania to separate from the group .
They reported terrible human rights abuses and conditions of modern slavery in the MEK .
Journalists were refused entry to the camp to interview members locked up there.
” If you want the best side of Rudy , read what his daughter says , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ difficult confession—something I usually save for at least the second date .
My father is Rudy Giuliani .
We are multiverses apart , politically and otherwise .
I ’ ve spent a lifetime forging an identity in the arts separate from my last name , so publicly declaring myself as a “ Giuliani ” feels counterintuitive , but I ’ ve come to realize that none of us can afford to be silent right now .
The stakes are too high .
I accept that most people will start reading this piece because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s name .
But now that you ’ re here , I ’ d like to tell you how urgent I think this moment is .
To anyone who feels overwhelmed or apathetic about this election , there is nothing I relate to more than desperation to escape corrosive political discourse .
As a child , I saw firsthand the kind of cruel , selfish politics that Donald Trump has now inflicted on our country .
It made me want to run as far away from them as possible .
But trust @ @ @ @ @ @ @ away does not solve the problem .
We have to stand and fight .
The only way to end this nightmare is to vote .
There is hope on the horizon , but we ’ ll only grasp it if we elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris .
Around the age of 12 , I would occasionally get into debates with my father , probably before I was emotionally equipped to handle such carnage .
It was disheartening to feel how little power I had to change his mind , no matter how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He always found a way to justify his party line , whatever it was at the time .
Even though he was considered socially moderate for a Republican back in the day , we still often butted heads .
When I tried to explain my belief that you don ’ t get to be considered benevolent on LGBTQ+ rights just because you have gay friends but don ’ t support gay marriage , I distinctly remember him firing back with an intensity fit for an opposing politican rather than one ’ s child @ @ @ @ @ @ @ m not sharing this anecdote to complain or criticize .
I had an extremely privileged childhood and am grateful for everything I was given , including real-world lessons and complicated experiences like these .
The point is to illustrate one of the many reasons I have a fraught relationship with politics , like so many of us do .
Even when there was an occasional flash of connection in these disagreements with my dad , it felt like nothing changed for the better , so I would retreat again until another issue I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Over the years other subjects like racial sensitivity ( or lack thereof ) , sexism , policing , and the social safety net have all risen to this boiling point in me .
It felt important to speak my mind , and I ’ m glad we at least managed to communicate at all .
But the chasm was painful nonetheless , and has gotten exponentially more so in Trump ’ s era of chest-thumping partisan tribalism .
I imagine many Americans can relate to the helpless feeling this confrontation cycle created @ @ @ @ @ @ @ helpless .
I may not be able to change my father ’ s mind , but together , we can vote this toxic administration out of office .
Trump and his enablers have used his presidency to stoke the injustice that already permeated our society , taking it to dramatically new , Bond-villain heights .
I am a filmmaker in the LGBTQ+ community who tells stories about mental health , sexuality , and other stigmatized issues , and my goal is to humanize people and foster empathy .
So I hope you ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ another Trump term ( a term , itself , that makes me cringe ) will irrevocably harm the LGBTQ+ community , among many others .
His administration asked the Supreme Court to let businesses fire people for being gay or trans , pushed a regulation to let health care providers refuse services to people who are LGTBQ+ , and banned trans people from serving their country in the military .
Women , immigrants , people with disabilities , and people of color are all also under attack by Trump ’ s inhumane policies—and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ probably , Amy Coney Barrett .
Trump ’ s administration has torn families apart in more ways than I even imagined were possible , from ripping children from their parents at the border to mishandling the coronavirus , which has resulted in over 215,000 in the U.S. dying , many thousands of them without their loved ones near .
Faced with preventable deaths during a pandemic that Trump downplayed and ignored , rhetoric that has fed deep-seated , systemic racism , and chaos in the White House , it ’ s no surprise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and overwhelmed as I did growing up .
But if we refuse to face our political reality , we don ’ t stand a chance of changing it .
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VT: A few short weeks ago, Rudy Giuliani was seen trying to hustle a 15 year old girl in a hotel room. Rudy followed her into the bedroom of a suite, sat on the bed, laid back, and grabbed his penis.
This is common for aging lotharios who can’t tell if their “wedding tackle” is working unless they grab it or maybe offer a bit of manual stimulation.
Ah, but was this what he really did? Wasn’t it all innocent fun? But then Rudy asked her for her phone number.
Then of course you might well just watch the whole thing, Rudy is clear as day about what he is up to. Why do you think he spends so much time in Ukraine where sex with children is a normal commodity. Remember, it’s Giuliani who has spent years there, not Hunter Biden. Biden’s a young man, not an overaged reptile. From Wikipedia:
Sexual exploitation of children in Ukraine
Main articles: Child prostitution in Ukraine and Street children in Ukraine
The Ukraine along with Moldova and Portugal reportedly became a European center of child sex tourism.[citation needed] An involvement of adolescent boys into prostitution has risen a number of special concerns.[12]
It was noted that the Ukrainian legislation system has no such term as “sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism”. In addition to this, low living standards, neglected white-skinned children, ubiquitous corruption and social consumerism make Ukraine a fast-growing market for child sex services. The problem is aggravated by many other reasons, such as geographical situation in the heart of the European continent, large economic gaps between the home countries of sex tourists and locals, absence of visas for many tourists, low prices for alcohol, reputation of a corrupted society and high chance to avoid any kind of criminal prosecution.[13]
According to the collected statistics, 26% of Ukrainian families with one child and 39% families with two children (4.4 and 6.6 million correspondingly) are struggling to survive whilst living below the poverty line. Poverty leaves no other option to many people except providing sex services for rich and wealthy foreign guests.[13]
A 2008 research of the Ukrainian sex workers’ lifestyle revealed that 39% of them do not use condoms regularly and that 22% are drug users.[3] Most part of Ukrainian sex workers are prostituting in tourist resorts of the Black Sea during the summer season, around 30 — 40% of them are between 11 and 18 years old. A strong link connecting the prostitution of Ukrainian children and child sex tourism can be seen within the country.[14]
Everything learned since 9/11 goes one direction only, the World Trade Center was destroyed by controlled demolition, all 3 buildings, not 2, and that there was a massive effort to do this, as proven in VT’s Nuclear Education’s series.
VT received vast documentation from what we now believe to be an FBI official, showing how 9/11 involved a mix of conservative elites in New York, including top government and police officials, neoconservative leaders in Washington and the intelligence agencies of Saudi Arabia and Israel. The proof is overwhelming and available on this page, link on the lower right under VT Nuclear Education.
Confirming reports from top European scientists and investigators are there as well.
None of this would or could have happened unless Rudy Giuliani played a key role from day one. This is the same Rudy that represents the Trump family and their continued financial debacles, running from China to Saudi Arabia to the Gulf States, getting loans, business licenses, bailing out their ‘house of cards’ slumlord empire with payoffs from America’s enemies.
The FBI says Rudy’s friends are KGB agents, two of his partners are under indictment, more are facing indictment.
Rudy runs to Russian intelligence for material to attack Trump’s enemies, an effort US law enforcement officials say is intended to destroy the US by gaining control of key players in our government like Donald Trump, his entire family and quite possibly running it all could be Rudy Giuliani.
Prior to 9/11, Rudy Giuliani appointed Bernie Kerik, a high school dropout who drove Rudy’s car and kept Rudy’s many dark secrets, Commissioner of NYPD, a role played on TV by Tom Selleck.
After 9/11, Giuliani, now a fake hero, tried to get Kerik appointed Director of the Department of Homeland Security.
Instead, Kerik went to prison.
Giuliani’s other client is the MEK or Rajavi sex cult. He got them off the terrorist list and helped them be resettled with US taxpayer cash, endless millions, to Albania where they have taken over narcotics and child trafficking in that nation. From Responsible Statecraft:
“Since its arrival in Albania in 2016, the Iranian Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK), also known as the Rajavi cult after its leaders Massoud and Maryam Rajavi, the group has caused problems for the authorities and citizens of their host country. Exploiting the unresolved problems of crime, corruption, and a weak state dependent on American approval, the MEK has manipulated, bribed, and intimidated its way into the political, media, and criminal elements of Alabania. According to well-known historian Olsi Jazexhi, the MEK has even perverted Albania’s foreign policy making it a hub for anti-Iran activities and creating a security nightmare for Albania’s police and security services.
Now the group poses another risk to the country — a public health risk that cannot be assessed or managed.
In 2017, both tacit support from the Trump administration, and overt support from neoconservative personalities, enabled MEK leaders to evade a planned de-radicalization program and instead build a closed secure camp in Manez — a remote town in the county of Durres — to house up to 2,000 cult members. Camp Ashraf 3 — as it is known — is guarded by private armed security personnel as well as MEK officials; only invited persons are allowed entry. Before this mass incarceration, dozens of members took advantage of the move to Albania to separate from the group. They reported terrible human rights abuses and conditions of modern slavery in the MEK. Journalists were refused entry to the camp to interview members locked up there.”
If you want the best side of Rudy, read what his daughter says, from Vanity Fair:
I have a difficult confession—something I usually save for at least the second date. My father is Rudy Giuliani. We are multiverses apart, politically and otherwise. I’ve spent a lifetime forging an identity in the arts separate from my last name, so publicly declaring myself as a “Giuliani” feels counterintuitive, but I’ve come to realize that none of us can afford to be silent right now. The stakes are too high. I accept that most people will start reading this piece because you saw the headline with my father’s name. But now that you’re here, I’d like to tell you how urgent I think this moment is.
To anyone who feels overwhelmed or apathetic about this election, there is nothing I relate to more than desperation to escape corrosive political discourse. As a child, I saw firsthand the kind of cruel, selfish politics that Donald Trump has now inflicted on our country. It made me want to run as far away from them as possible. But trust me when I tell you: Running away does not solve the problem. We have to stand and fight. The only way to end this nightmare is to vote. There is hope on the horizon, but we’ll only grasp it if we elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
Around the age of 12, I would occasionally get into debates with my father, probably before I was emotionally equipped to handle such carnage. It was disheartening to feel how little power I had to change his mind, no matter how logical and above-my-pay-grade my arguments were. He always found a way to justify his party line, whatever it was at the time. Even though he was considered socially moderate for a Republican back in the day, we still often butted heads.
When I tried to explain my belief that you don’t get to be considered benevolent on LGBTQ+ rights just because you have gay friends but don’t support gay marriage, I distinctly remember him firing back with an intensity fit for an opposing politican rather than one’s child.
To be clear, I’m not sharing this anecdote to complain or criticize. I had an extremely privileged childhood and am grateful for everything I was given, including real-world lessons and complicated experiences like these. The point is to illustrate one of the many reasons I have a fraught relationship with politics, like so many of us do.
Even when there was an occasional flash of connection in these disagreements with my dad, it felt like nothing changed for the better, so I would retreat again until another issue I couldn’t stay silent on surfaced. Over the years other subjects like racial sensitivity (or lack thereof), sexism, policing, and the social safety net have all risen to this boiling point in me.
It felt important to speak my mind, and I’m glad we at least managed to communicate at all. But the chasm was painful nonetheless, and has gotten exponentially more so in Trump’s era of chest-thumping partisan tribalism. I imagine many Americans can relate to the helpless feeling this confrontation cycle created in me, but we are not helpless. I may not be able to change my father’s mind, but together, we can vote this toxic administration out of office.
Trump and his enablers have used his presidency to stoke the injustice that already permeated our society, taking it to dramatically new, Bond-villain heights. I am a filmmaker in the LGBTQ+ community who tells stories about mental health, sexuality, and other stigmatized issues, and my goal is to humanize people and foster empathy.
So I hope you’ll believe me when I say that another Trump term (a term, itself, that makes me cringe) will irrevocably harm the LGBTQ+ community, among many others. His administration asked the Supreme Court to let businesses fire people for being gay or trans, pushed a regulation to let health care providers refuse services to people who are LGTBQ+, and banned trans people from serving their country in the military.
Women, immigrants, people with disabilities, and people of color are all also under attack by Trump’s inhumane policies—and by his judicial appointments, including, probably, Amy Coney Barrett. Trump’s administration has torn families apart in more ways than I even imagined were possible, from ripping children from their parents at the border to mishandling the coronavirus, which has resulted in over 215,000 in the U.S. dying, many thousands of them without their loved ones near.
Faced with preventable deaths during a pandemic that Trump downplayed and ignored, rhetoric that has fed deep-seated, systemic racism, and chaos in the White House, it’s no surprise that so many Americans feel as hopeless and overwhelmed as I did growing up. But if we refuse to face our political reality, we don’t stand a chance of changing it. read more…
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/10/rudy-giulianis-daughter-on-voting-for-biden