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UPDATE 2:30pm EDT – Eye Witness Video Added – At approximately 9am local/10m Eastern ♦ Six police officers were shot, three of them were killed in a shootout in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. ♦ The shooting happened less than 1 mile from police headquarters. ♦ Officers were responding to a calll of a suspicious man with an assault rifle near a B-Quik convenience store. ♦ The situation at a location on Airline Highway near Old Hammond Highway, WAFB reported. ♦ The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development reported the highway is closed.
♦ Latest report was an initial call to police for an armed man walking down the street carrying an assault style weapon, followed by an ambush from other gunmen toward the position of the arriving officers.
Therese Apel, a reporter for the Clarion Ledger, has done some fantastic reporting on the murder case of Jessica Lynn Chambers. Therese has a video update –HERE– Jessica’s death was a shocking and horrific murder that impacted many CTH readers including myself.
Today the man accused of burning Jessica to death, Quinton “Go Hard” Tellis, appeared in a Mississippi courtroom to face the charges.
Therese Apel – Quinton Tellis, 27, entered a not guilty plea in the 2014 burning death of a Mississippi teen that gained national attention.
Tellis is charged with capital murder, accused of setting Jessica Chambers, 19, on fire on a rural road in Courtland. She was found with burns over 98 percent of her body, officials said. (more…)
Warning Graphic Images – Death Toll has climbed over 50 60 70 77. Over 150 injured. A large box truck (pictured below) has rammed into a massive crowd of people celebrating Bastille Day in Nice France. Initial media reports are claiming dozens of people have been killed and also the possibility of an additional exchange of gun fire between police and the truck occupants.
German TV has video of Jihadist Truck approaching roadblock then speeding through to begin mowing down crowd. Police firing into cab of vehicle – VIDEO HERE – Video below as truck engages with crowd. – Again, unsettling – watch with caution:
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Closing arguments concluded today in the bench trial of Lieutenant Brian Rice. Prosecutors called 12 witnesses over four days, and Rice’s defense team called four witnesses. Judge Barry Williams has stated he will issue his verdict Monday at 10:00am.
After the prosecution finished laying out their case Judge Williams threw out the 2nd degree assault charge stating the state had failed to provide enough evidence to support the charge.
The remaining charges against Lt. Rice were: involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment and misconduct in office. Rice is the highest ranking officer of the six charged in the case.
Against the backdrop of the Minnesota police chief stating today that Ms. Reynolds claims do not match reality…. and having looked at the video hundreds of times, I’m in agreement with Treeper Nettles who first identified the tri-fold wallet of Philando Castile in the left front pocket of his sweat pants.
When you correct the orientation of the video image (to eliminate mirrored orientation) and then point out the visible location of the hand gun you get this: (more…)
Updating the latest developments in the Philando Castile shooting. If you have additional information use the comments section. Also, please note the name of the convenience store – too many media people using disinformation, we don’t need more here.
Finally today the police chief in Roseville, Minesota stated the recent reports pushed by Ms. Diamond “Lavish” Reynolds do not match the reality of what took place the night of Wednesday July 6th.
During a CNN interview (watch video here) Chief Rick Mathwig says Ms. Reynolds reports don’t line up with reality. The governor of Minnesota also used false statements given by Diamond “Lavish” Reynolds to make his comments.
Mathwig is the police chief in Roseville, Minnesota. His officers weren’t the ones who pulled over Castile or fired the fatal gunshots. But they responded to the scene in Falcon Heights after the shooting. And in an interview with CNN, Mathwig made several points:
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He was wearing an “FTP” (F**K The Police), Black Lives Matter T-Shirt, he opens fire on a police officers house and squad car, yet the politically correct Indianapolis media are struggling with a motive. Go figure…
Indiana […] March Ratney, 27, was taken into custody a short time after the shooting around 2:00 a.m. Tuesday on the near east side. IMPD [Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department] Chief Troy Riggs says Ratney fired at least a dozen shots after yelling obscenities directed at police.
Five of the shots hit the officer’s house and three hit his patrol car. No one inside the house was hurt, and Riggs says members of the community helped officers track down Ratney.
Ratney had just been released from prison on June 6 after serving a sentence for being a felon in possession of a gun, and Riggs says the officer he targeted had arrested Ratney in 2008.
Though Ratney was wearing a t-shirt that said “f— the police” on the front and “black lives matter” on the back, Riggs says he does not believe Ratney is representative of any organization or movement. (read more)
The original narrative presented by Diamond “Lavish” Reynolds, in the aftermath of the Falcon Heights shooting, is in complete collapse. Reluctantly, even Mediaite and MSM are now having to concede officers Jeronimo Yanez and Joseph Kauser initially pulled over Philando Castile because he fit the exact description of an armed robbery suspect.
The leak of the radio transmissions surrounding the stop is irrefutable evidence the MSM are forced to accept. The best efforts of agenda-driven Snopes to obfuscate and refute the claim have embarrassingly failed. The truth continues to have no agenda.
Additionally, some higher resolution images from initial media on scene (hat tip Annette Kelly) are supporting the outline provided by officer Yanez attorney that Yanez was reacting to Philando Castile displaying a handgun toward Yanez:
High Resolution Pictures from Tony Webster – Castile’s handgun is clearly evidence by marker #6 in the above photograph (click to explore).
In addition there is visible blood on the “exterior” of the door, just below the driver’s window, as denoted by marker #9.
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We will locate video, and transcript, as soon as possible. [Update Video Added] However, during an incredulous speech delivered at the memorial service for fallen Dallas police officers, President Obama just gave one of the most tonally disconnected speeches we’ve ever witnessed.
If we did not know better we’d almost believe that President Obama forgot where he was. While staring at the families of the murdered police officers (seated in the front row) President Obama actually said:
…”And I understand these protests, I see em’, they can be messy” …. followed seconds later by … “police can get hurt”…
In a very casual, unsympathetic and almost incredulous *meh-stylistic* presentation. Unreal. Here’s video (prompted to 32:20 for context): (more…)