Black councilman tased by police in city where Sandra Bland was arrested – LA Times

{Police – most – are better than this. They and their chiefs better take the ones who have a “thing” about authority that exceed human rights and common sense – in hand and boot them out or things will just get much worse. How about a people code, instead of the blue code?}

 

One witness said Miller was tased while he was on his knees with his hands at his side. The encounter began when police stopped to question several of Miller’s fraternity brothers gathered outside his house Thursday. When Miller attempted to intervene, police ordered him to step back, then tased and arrested him for reportedly interfering with police duties and resisting arrest.

Source: Black councilman tased by police in city where Sandra Bland was arrested – LA Times

Egyptian Aak 2015 – Week 41 (Oct 5-11)

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Top Headlines

  • Egypt’s net international reserves dropped for the third month in a row in September to $16.3 billion. (Wednesday)
  • Electoral Commission to ban will ban women from wearing face veil while casting their ballots. (Thursday)
  • Egypt signs deal for two French warships. (Saturday)
  • Sharp decline in reported terrorist attacks in August. (Sunday)
  • Egyptian court upholds 5-year prison sentence against Islam Behery for contempt of religion

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Electoral Commission to ban ‘Niqab’ wearing women from voting – Daily News Egypt

Supreme Electoral Commission (SEC) will ban women from wearing the ‘Niqab’ (face covering) while casting their ballots, state-run media Al-Ahram reported on Thursday. According to SEC’s official spokesperson, there will be rigorous identity check in polling stations during the upcoming parliamentary elections, and women’s faces must be revealed to controllers or else they will be prevented from voting. Meanwhile, a number of female candidates are running in the elections wearing the ‘Niqab’, notably members of the Salafist Al-Nour Party, amid wide media criticism and claims that women candidates of the party do not “appear in the media”. Cairo University administration had also this month banned faculty members from wearing the ‘Niqab’ while lecturing. Cairo University President Gaber Nassar said the decision aims to increase the level of communication between students and their instructors, and to improve the educational process at the university.

Source: Electoral Commission to ban ‘Niqab’ wearing women from voting – Daily News Egypt