Zika complications seen in 6 US pregnancies so far | CIDRAP

In an update today. the CDC reported more local Zika infections in US territories and more travel-related cases in US states. Affected territories reported 135 more illnesses last week, raising the total number of local cases to 1,436. One fewer related Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) was reported in the territories, dropping that number to 6. In US states, 64 more travel-related Zika cases were reported, along with the recent lab-acquired case in Pennsylvania, putting the overall total at 756. The number of sexually transmitted Zika cases remained the same, at 11, and 1 more GBS cases was reported in US states, lifting that total to 3.

Source: Zika complications seen in 6 US pregnancies so far | CIDRAP

Muslim and Queer: Mourning after Orlando | +972 Magazine

As a Queer person, the shooting on Sunday reminded me how ugly bigotry is. How this country has yet to undo decades, centuries of discrimination and violence toward LGBTQ communities. I am reminded that we have more work to do — for those who came before us in the fight for our rights and dignity, for those who have lost their lives for simply celebrating who they are. And, we still have more work to do for those who have yet to be acknowledged within our community, for queer communities of color, transgender communities, gender queer communities and those without financial resources who are often invisible, at best, in our struggle. We have won significant milestones but we have so much more work to do and we have to do that work together.As a Muslim woman the media frenzy surrounding the shooting on Sunday reminds me, again, of how ugly discrimination is. I know what it looks like when friends and family members are visited by FBI agents in the wake of tragedies for no reason other then our names sounding Muslim. To have middle names like Marwan and Mustafa and Hassan intentionally stripped in official documents, otherwise triggering strip searches at airports, in interrogation rooms and the like. To slowly feel like we have to push our Muslim identities back into the closet, a place familiar to me in more ways than one. To see the eyes wide of people around me as they try to figure out how to compute me, Muslim and Queer.

Source: Muslim and Queer: Mourning after Orlando | +972 Magazine

Jo Cox attack: shots, screams and sadness outside a West Yorkshire library | UK news | The Guardian

“All of a sudden, I heard people screaming and shouting,” said Hicham Ben Abdallah, who runs the Azzurro restaurant. “I went outside and I saw this guy kicking something in between two cars. There was another man trying to restrain him and he was screaming and stabbed him.” .”AdvertisementCox was lying in the street between parked cars in a pool of blood as two women from a nearby cafe ran out clutching towels to the sound of sirens from the emergency services.“Police started to arrive,” said Watson. “And then more and more police came and more and more people were surrounding where it happened.”Mair was seen by many walking slowly away past the library. “No one approached him,” said Watson. “Everyone just let him go and ran towards people over there.”Two unarmed uniformed officers pursued Mair as he left the area, wrestling him to the ground.“There was loads of screaming and shouting and the police officers showed up,” said Howard. “He was shouting ‘Britain first’ when he was doing it and being arrested.”Over nearly an hour, paramedics and a doctor tended to the MP, who at one point was seen to be conscious and propping herself up on an elbow. But at 1.48pm she was pronounced dead.

Source: Jo Cox attack: shots, screams and sadness outside a West Yorkshire library | UK news | The Guardian

Video: Irate Idiot Yells At Woman For Breastfeeding Baby In Target: Gothamist

 

In New York, mothers have the right to breastfeed in public and private places; the NYCLU says, “This includes stores, day care centers, doctors’ offices, restaurants, parks, movie theaters and many other places. No one can tell you to leave any of these places because you are breastfeeding, and no one can tell you to breastfeed in a bathroom, a basement or a private room.”

Source: Video: Irate Idiot Yells At Woman For Breastfeeding Baby In Target: Gothamist

New York’s Own Anti-Gay Massacre, Now Barely Remembered – The New York Times

“He aimed his Uzi at a group of men standing in line outside the Ramrod bar and squeezed the trigger,” Edward M. Alwood wrote in “Straight News: Gays, Lesbians and the News Media.”“Blood spattered against the wall and door as bullets ripped into one man’s shoulder and another man’s arm,” Mr. Alwood wrote. “In barely the time it takes to light a cigarette, 40 rounds tore into the crowd.“As bullets sprayed the front window of the bar, panic swept the crowd inside. Customers dropped to the floor. Several crawled to a stairway at the back of the building in a desperate attempt to survive.”Vernon Koenig, 21, an organist at nearby St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, was killed instantly. Jorg Wenz, a 24-year-old Dutch immigrant working as a doorman at the Ramrod, died at St. Vincent’s Hospital after an hourslong struggle by doctors to save his life.Olaf Gravesen, 37, and John Litaker, 36, were wounded out on the sidewalk. John Gamrecki, 27, was hit inside the Ramrod. Thomas Ron, 54, was hit inside Sneakers. (Different accounts give varying name spellings and ages for the victims.)PhotoRonald K. Crumpley, the gunman, the morning after the shooting. “I’ll kill them all — the gays — they ruin everything,” he was reported to have said. Credit Jeffrey D. SmithMr. Crumpley made it plain to the police that he would have been satisfied with a higher toll.“I’ll kill them all — the gays — they ruin everything,” he was reported to have said.Though nowhere near as deadly as the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., or the arson fire at the UpStairs Lounge in New Orleans that killed 32 in 1973, the West Street rampage chills those who remember it.“It was especially stunning because it was hitting at the heart of what was the epicenter of gay life,” Mr. Alwood said this week.

Source: New York’s Own Anti-Gay Massacre, Now Barely Remembered – The New York Times

WitnessLA.com » Blog Archive » Bribery-Taking LA County Deputy Gets a Surprise Sentence, Causing Some to Ask What it Means for High Profile Sentences Still to Come

On Monday morning, after everyone else had finished speaking, and it was time for the Anderson to hand down a sentence, Anderson’s expression was grave. He spoke of“the seriousness of this offense,” the bribery itself, and “the fact that the offense involved repeated” behavior. And, then, although Michel wasn’t charged with anything more than the single count of bribery, Anderson brought up the physical abuse visited on inmates, that Michel had testified about twice in his courtroom, (Anderson presided over all four of the obstruction of justice trials.)The defendant was a law enforcement officer, said Anderson. “He broke his solemn vow to uphold the law…victimized those he was sworn to protect… abused the public trust….Not only did he bring shame on the sheriff’s department, but on law enforcement in general.”Then after a long pause Anderson got to the point. “The court finds that the defendant’s conduct does require a period of incarceration.”Physical abuse of inmates, Anderson said, was “rampant and unchecked” and “went all the way to the top of the department.”Department members “behaved no better than the inmates they were assigned to guard.”Thus, due to the “need for deterrence,” and for “a sentence that reflects the seriousness of the offenses….six months of incarceration is appropriate.”Anderson gave Michel a little over a month to get his affairs in order, telling him he must self-surrender by noon on July 26.

Source: WitnessLA.com » Blog Archive » Bribery-Taking LA County Deputy Gets a Surprise Sentence, Causing Some to Ask What it Means for High Profile Sentences Still to Come

Line In The Sand | Southern Poverty Law Center

Sheriff Palmer, who is running for his fifth four-year term this November, is a dramatic example of a new kind of radical that is springing up around the country — the so-called “constitutional sheriff.” In fact, in 2012 Palmer became the very first to be named “Sheriff of the Year” by the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA), a far-right group that calls itself “the last line of defense standing between the overreaching government and your Constitutionally guaranteed rights.” The CSPOA has long claimed the support of more than 400 sheriffs.The group says it is part of “a growing movement of public officials who are drawing a line in the sand” by “interposing themselves between the sometimes overreaching Federal Government and your constitutionally guaranteed rights.” It claims that local county sheriffs can stop outside law enforcement officials from enforcing laws they deem unconstitutional. “The sheriff,’ it says, “is the highest elected official in the county and has the authority to stop this insanity.”Ammon BundyAmmon Bundy (AP Images/Rick Bowmer)At a time when anger at the federal government over issues like land use and environmental regulation in the rural West is running higher than it has in years, the CSPOA and a closely related group, the Oath Keepers, are working tirelessly to make inroads into the ranks of American law enforcement. Sheriffs around the country report that they regularly hear from the groups, by phone, fax and other means, as they attempt to enlarge support for their positions. The country has rarely, if ever, seen such a concerted and long-term effort to bring sheriffs and other law enforcement officials to an ideology that proposes to openly defy federal law.

Source: Line In The Sand | Southern Poverty Law Center

Video: Off-Duty Cop Pulls Gun On Bike Messengers In Road Rage Standoff: Gothamist {Breaking WTF News! :(}

An off-duty cop pulled a gun on bike messengers in Greenwich Village yesterday afternoon. According to the messengers, the incident on West 10th Street near Greenwich Avenue began when the officer pulled his car into a bike lane. “My friend kind of screamed at him as he’s riding off,” Aaron Lawrence, who shot video of the confrontation and uploaded it to Facebook, told the Daily News. “He stops his car, and he’s getting out of the car. As soon as he gets out of the car, I see a gun in his hand.” Without identifying himself, the gun-wielding motorist commanded, “Get on the floor, get on the floor!” Lawrence said. Video of the encounter shows a man in shorts and a T-shirt pointing a silver revolver as the four bike messengers object. “Put that away. Put that away. You on camera! I have you on camera, bro!” Lawrence yells. “You almost fucking hit me!” “I didn’t hit you,” the driver says. Lowering his gun he waves the cyclists off, and momentarily turns away. “You pulled into a fucking bike lane!” Lawrence yells. With the gun pointing in his friends’ direction again, he yells, “I have no weapon! I have no weapon!” The cyclists demand to see the man’s badge—it’s unclear from the video if he states he is a police officer at this point, and he retreats into the restaurant Rosemary’s. A man, apparently Dejaune Jones, grows more heated, yelling, “Show me your fucking badge!” and follows the officer, taking off his backpack. Just before the video ends, the man who uploaded the video to Facebook, Aaron Lawrence, seems to try to convince Jones to let it go, saying, “Yo, De, we off this.”

Source: Video: Off-Duty Cop Pulls Gun On Bike Messengers In Road Rage Standoff: Gothamist

Video: Tearful Lady Gaga Calls Orlando Shooting ‘An Attack On Humanity Itself’: LAist

Lady Gaga told the crowd gathered: “I can’t help but feel that this level of hatred, like all prejudicial crimes, this is an attack on humanity itself. This is an attack on everyone. “Tonight I gather humbly with you as a human being in peace and sincerity, in commitment and solidarity, to take a real moment and mourn the tragic loss of these innocent, beautiful people. Let’s all today pledge an allegiance of love to them and to their families who are suffering so deeply.” “But tonight I will not allow my anger and outrage over this attack to overshadow our need to honor those who are grieving truly for their lost ones. Lost members of the LGBT community. I hope you know that myself and so many are your allies. Not only me, but everyone here. We represent the compassion and the loyalty of millions of people that believe in you. You are not alone. You are not alone. “Tomorrow I hope that we all race thoughtfully and loudly toward solutions. But tonight and right now, Orlando we are united with you. And we are here to remember.”

Source: Video: Tearful Lady Gaga Calls Orlando Shooting ‘An Attack On Humanity Itself’: LAist

Mother Of 11 Killed In Orlando Shooting 

“Brenda saw [gunman Omar Mateen] point the gun. She said, ‘Get down,’ to Isaiah and she got in front of him. She was shot dead. That’s how much she loved her kids. If it weren’t for her, he’d [have] been shot,” Pressley told the NY Daily News. Henderson was separated from his mother during the ensuing terror and was later rescued by police. McCool’s eldest daughter, Khalisha Pressley, told NBC News that Henderson feels at fault for his mother’s death. “He had to watch his mother die. He saw everybody getting killed,” she said. “He feels it was his fault.”

Source: Mother Of 11 Killed In Orlando Shooting Once Lived In California: LAist

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