Associated Press Willingly Cooperated with the Nazis, New Report Reveals
Posted: March 30, 2016 Filed under: Breaking News, History, Mediasphere, War Room | Tags: Adolf Hitler, Associated Press, Jews, Mausoleum, Nazi Germany, Press release, Skull, The Police, World War II Leave a comment
News agency and Third Reich said to have made mutually beneficial deal, with AP providing countless photos for Nazi propaganda; AP denies collaboration.
Raphael Ahren
reports: The Associated Press news agency willingly cooperated with Nazi Germany, submitting to the regime’s restrictive rulings on the freedom of the press and providing it with images from its photo archives to be used in its anti-Semitic and anti-Western propaganda machine, a new report reveals.
When Adolf Hitler’s National Socialists rose to power in 1933, all international news agencies but the US-based AP were forced to leave Germany. The AP continued to operate in the Third Reich until 1941, when the United States joined World War II.
According to German historian Harriet Scharnberg, the world’s biggest news agency was only allowed to remain in Germany because it signed a deal with the regime.
The news agency lost control over its copy by submitting itself to the Schriftleitergesetz (editor’s law), agreeing not to print any material “calculated to weaken the strength of the Reich abroad or at home,” she wrote in an article published in the academic journal Studies in Contemporary History.
“Instead of printing pictures of the days-long Lviv pogroms with its thousands of Jewish victims, the American press was only supplied with photographs showing the victims of the Soviet police and ‘brute’ Red Army war criminals.”
— Harriet Scharnberg, a historian at Halle’s Martin Luther University
Scharnberg’s research was first reported by the UK-based Guardian newspaper.
[Read the full story here, at The Times of Israel]
According to the paper, the Nazis’ so-called editor’s law forced AP employees to contribute material for the Nazi party’s propaganda division. One of the four photographers working for the company in the 1930s was Franz Roth, a member of the SS paramilitary unit’s propaganda division. His pictures were handpicked by Hitler, the Guardian writes.
Photocollage cover of Der Untermensch (The Subhuman), a 52-page SS pamphlet that used images taken by the Associated Press (Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin)
The AP’s images appeared in many of the regime’s propaganda publications. Most of the images in a pamphlet called “Jews in the US” were provided by the AP. In a different publication entitled “The Subhuman,” the AP provided the second-largest number of photographs, according to Scharnberg.
It is possible to argue that the AP’s agreement with the Nazis allowed the West a “peek into a repressive society that may otherwise have been entirely hidden from view,” the Guardian writes. Read the rest of this entry »
Michelle Yeh Update: Teacher, 28, Suspected of Sexual Abuse of 15-Year-Old Student
Posted: November 22, 2015 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Education, Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: Associated Press, Barack Obama, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Police Department, Misconduct, Rape, Sexual abuse, South Los Angeles, Tesla Model S, The Police Leave a comment
At the end of the 2015 school year, she ‘reached out to the victim and arranged private meetings’.
Michelle Yeh was on a temporary teaching assignment at the San Pedro school’s science department in February, according to a news release from the Los Angeles Police Department.
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the end of the 2015 school year, she “reached out to the victim and arranged private meetings,” the release stated.
The alleged victim, who was one of Yeh’s students, disclosed in July that he was sexually abused by Yeh on multiple occasions, according to police. It was not immediately clear if the boy or his family went to police, or how LAPD learned of the allegations.
Yeh was arrested July 17 and released early the next day on $100,000 bail, inmate records indicated. She was due in court Aug. 12. A Los Angeles Unified School District spokeswoman said she had no comment in response to KTLA’s request for information on Yeh, whom she called a “former employee.” Detectives believe there may be other cases of unreported sexual abuse other students and Yeh. She had held multiple temporary teaching assignments and provided online tutoring that allowed her to have contact with minors, according to police….
Source: KTLA
Saudi Prince Arrested in Gated L.A. Compound for Alleged Sexual Assault
Posted: September 25, 2015 Filed under: Crime & Corruption | Tags: Associated Press, Baseball bat, Crime, Drive-by shooting, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Times, Medical state, South Los Angeles, The Police, The Times Leave a comment
Majed Abdulaziz Al-Saud, 28, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of forced copulation with an adult.
Ryan Gajewski & Natalie Stone report: A Saudi prince was arrested at a gated Los Angeles compound after allegedly trying to coerce a worker in the home into performing a sex act on him, Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Majed Abdulaziz Al-Saud, 28, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of forced copulation with an adult, a Los Angeles Police spokesperson told THR. The Los Angeles Times was first to report the news. Read the rest of this entry »
OH YES HE DID: Kentucky Man Shoots Down Drone Hovering Over His Backyard
Posted: July 29, 2015 Filed under: Guns and Gadgets, Robotics, Self Defense, U.S. News | Tags: California, Central Valley (California), drone, Modesto, Residential area, Rifle, Right to Privacy, The Police, William Merideth 1 Comment
‘If you cross that sidewalk onto my property, there’s going to be another shooting.’
Cyrus Farivar reports: The way William Merideth sees it, it’s pretty clear-cut: a drone flying over his backyard was a well-defined invasion of privacy, analogous to a physical trespassing.
“Are you the son of a bitch that shot my drone?”
Not knowing who owned it, the Kentucky man took out his shotgun and fired three blasts of Number 8 birdshot to take the drone out.
“It was just right there. It was hovering, I would never have shot it if it was flying. When he came down at my girl’s room, and came with a video camera right over my back deck, that’s not going to work. I know they’re neat little vehicles, but one of those uses shouldn’t be flying into people’s yard and videotaping.”
“It was just right there,” he told Ars. “It was hovering, I would never have shot it if it was flying. When he came down at my girl’s room, and came with a video camera right over my back deck, that’s not going to work. I know they’re neat little vehicles, but one of those uses shouldn’t be flying into people’s yard and videotaping.”
William Merideth Mug shot
“We have a lawyer and there’s a court date and then there’s going to be a hearing. It’s not going to stop with the two charges against me, which I’m confident that we’ll get reduced or get dismissed completely.”
Minutes later, a car full of four men that he didn’t recognize rolled up, “looking for a fight.”
[Read the full story here, at Ars Technica]
“Are you the son of a bitch that shot my drone?” one said, according to Merideth.
“The people that own the drones and the people that hate guns are the only ones that disagree with what I did.”
His terse reply to the men, while wearing a 10mm Glock holstered on his hip: “If you cross that sidewalk onto my property, there’s going to be another shooting.”
The men backed down, retreated to their car, and waited for the police to arrive.
“Now, if I’d have had a .22 rifle, I should have gone to jail for that. The diameter of those things are going to come down with enough force to hurt somebody. Number 8 birdshot is not. Number 8 is the size of a pinhead.”
“His only comment was that he hoped I had a big checkbook because his drone cost $1,800,” Merideth added.
“The bottom line is that it’s a right to privacy issue and defending my property issue. It would have been no different had he been standing in my backyard. As Americans, we have a right to defend our rights and property.”
The Kentuckian was arrested Sunday evening in Hillview, Kentucky, just south of Louisville and charged with criminal mischief and wanton endangerment. He was released the following day. The Hillview Police Department did not immediately respond to Ars’ request for comment. Read the rest of this entry »
Seattle-Area Erotic Espresso Stand Torched by Man on Bicycle, Police Search for Arsonist
Posted: July 28, 2015 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Food & Drink, U.S. News | Tags: Arson, Basildon, Bongiorno Brew Espresso stand, Brockton, Coffee, Crime Stoppers, Fire, Lacey Washington, Massachusetts, Police, Property damage, Seattle, The Police Leave a comment
LACEY — Police are asking for the public’s help in finding an arsonist that allegedly smashed an espresso stand window, threw an incendiary device and lit the stand on fire.
Around 4 a.m. July 22, an arson occurred at the Bongiorno Brew Espresso stand in the 4900 block of Lacey Boulevard, Lacey police said. According to cops, the suspect rode up to the stand on his bicycle, shattered a window and lit a prepared incendiary device.
The suspect then tossed the device inside and took off, police said….(read more)
Police: Ice Cream Truck Driver Shot as Children Watched
Posted: June 14, 2015 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, U.S. News | Tags: Arrest, Difference between Suspect and Perpetrator, Ice cream, Ice cream van, Maryland, Residential community, Subsidized housing, The Police, Walkersville 2 Comments
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — Police say an ice cream truck driver in Maryland was gunned down as he was selling treats to children and a suspect has been arrested.
Frederick police say 22-year-old Brandon Brown was fatally shot Saturday afternoon at Lucas Village, a subsidized housing complex.
Authorities charged Larnell Tyran Lyles with first degree murder following the death of a 22-year-old ice cream man. ( Frederick Police Department)
Lt. Clark Pennington, a police spokesman, says Brown drove into the community playing music to announce his arrival. Read the rest of this entry »
Police Looking for Serial Armed Robber Hitting Seattle Sandwich Shops, Coffee Stands
Posted: May 6, 2015 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Guns and Gadgets, U.S. News | Tags: Ballistic trauma, Baskin-Robbins, Burkina Faso, Cash register, Coffee Shop, Ice cream parlor, Lynnwood, Robbery, Seattle, The Police, Washington, Washington State Leave a commentSEATTLE — Police are hoping the public can help identify an armed robber who they say has been targeting restaurants and coffee shops in the Queen Anne, Wedgwood, Ravenna, Maple Leaf, and Greenwood neighborhoods.
Police said Wednesday that over the past three months, the masked gunman has walked into seven different businesses — sometimes just as staff are closing up shop — and demanded money from employees while holding them at gunpoint. Read the rest of this entry »
Meth Lab Found In Wal-Mart Bathroom
Posted: March 13, 2015 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, U.S. News | Tags: Backpack, Breaking Bad, Clandestine chemistry, Health Department, Indiana, Meth, Methamphetamine, Muncie, Public toilet, The Police, Walmart 1 Comment
Muncie – Last evening, just after 11:30 p.m., members of the Pendleton District Meth Suppression Team were contacted by employees of the Wal-Mart located at 1501 E. 29th. St. in Muncie reference a suspicious backpack in the men’s rest room.
When troopers entered the rest room located at the front of the store, they found a backpack with an active meth lab inside. Members of the team donned their protective respirators and suits and dismantled the lab, removing the chemicals from the premises.
The health department was called in for an inspection as is required by law. They deemed that both the men’s and women’s rest rooms would have to remain closed until they could be professionally decontaminated by a company specializing in Meth decontamination. The investigation into who left the backpack is ongoing.
With warm weather approaching and outside activities increasing, so does the potential for people to encounter toxic and hazardous meth trash or a working meth lab left unattended.
Rather than the Meth cook blowing up or contaminating their house, they are now often leaving behind the deadly explosive chemicals in public places to return later to get the finished product. They will often times dump their trash, which includes Sudafed blister packs; Liquid Fire drain cleaner bottles, battery casings, and plastic drink bottles with white residue in the bottom, in rural or desolate areas, or in alleys or vacant lots.
The Indiana State Police Meth Suppression Section wants to remind citizens that these labs and meth lab trash contain chemicals that are toxic, flammable, corrosive, and acidic. The combination of these chemicals could cause an explosion, fire or burns if they come into direct contact with the skin. The chemical fumes can cause permanent damage to organs and the nervous system. Read the rest of this entry »
Portland, Oregon, Police Shoot Man Suspected of Trying to Carjack Motorists on I-84 Offramp
Posted: September 1, 2014 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: Carjacking, Oregon, Pete Simpson, Portland, Portland Oregon, Portland Police Bureau, The Police Leave a comment
Riots, looting, and TV satellite trucks from all over the globe expected in Portland at any moment
PORTLAND, Ore. – Police in Portland, Oregon, say an officer shot a man who was a pointing a gun at passing cars on an Interstate 84 offramp Monday.
Sgt. Pete Simpson says the man ran from the freeway after he was struck by a bullet, and he collapsed on a nearby street. Read the rest of this entry »
