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Child predators are uniquely evil people who sadly exist throughout the world. Their twisted goal is to hunt & hurt the most precious & vulnerable of society. Child predators often exist in the shadows & out of view, but fortunately, local authorities are willing to remove these wicked individuals from our communities.

Sacramento County Sheriff Jim Cooper, joined by several other partnering law enforcement agencies, announced the results of a large-scale Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) operation throughout the Sacramento Region, which resulted in over 20 arrests. (Description from Sacramento Sheriff)

Most of the time, these suspects are taken alive as they cower in shame when confronted by cops. These child predators often appear as average people, & usually do not stand out in the public eye.

However, that is not always the case, as demonstrated in this video by Washington State police.

Bruce Coval Meneley was a teenaged seaman in Reno the year after Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese. He rose to ensign, graduated medical school, served in Operation Desert Storm, Iraq and Afghanistan and commanded a Navy hospital at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. By the time he retired in 2016 as a Navy captain, he had earned dozens of awards and commendations, including a Bronze Star and two Legions of Merit.

His life ended on the afternoon of April 17, when he was shot multiple times by police at a DoubleTree hotel near Seattle in a child sex sting operation. Police video shows a man authorities later identified as Meneley pulling a gun on officers trying to arrest him after he showed up at a room where he planned to meet two underage girls. Police said Meneley had come to the attention of authorities in previous sex crime investigations. (Stars And Stripes)

It is unclear why Meneley pulled the gun (suicide by cops perhaps‽), but it is a relief that he will no longer be able to use that weapon to coerce children as young as seven years old.

Ultimately, it is up to community members to actively patrol their realms & hunt child predators themselves. In one example, a local citizen has taken the initiative to entrap child predators before they have the opportunity to hurt another child.

Known by the nickname “Black Biden,” the good Samaritan said his mission in life is to protect children and minors because he feels the criminal justice system is not doing enough.

He spends his time setting up potential suspects through online messaging where he poses as an underage boy or girl. When a suspect agrees to meet with him, he will contact authorities and record the moment officers arrive to confront and arrest the suspect. (KTLA)

Fortunately, there are numerous organizations dedicated to removing child predators off the streets, as well as local volunteers in many cities. Hopefully, more people (especially parents) are aware of the dangers posed by child predators, & are active in their child's lives (online & off).

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It still is hard for me to imagine that in certain cities in Sweden 🇸🇪, civilians are encountering violence unheard of throughout most of Europe as well as the United States 🇺🇸.

Last year, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson requested assistance from the military to deal with the rise of armed gangs in the once-peaceful country.

Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said he would meet with the armed forces supreme commander and the national police commissioner on Friday. [...]

The step was prompted by a severe wave of shootings and bombings that have claimed a dozen lives across Sweden, including teenagers and innocent bystanders.

Three people were killed overnight in separate attacks with suspected links to criminal gangs, which often recruit teenagers in socially disadvantaged immigrant neighbourhoods to carry out hits.

One of the victims was a woman in her 20s who died in an explosion in Uppsala, north of Stockholm. Swedish media said she was likely not the intended target of the attack. (EuroNews)

With all of the horrors happening in Sweden 🇸🇪, the political factions appear divided over the cause & solution for the rising crime rates.

Progressives on the left blame the lack of social services assisting the impoverished as the reason for rising tensions, while conservatives on the right blame unchecked immigration as the reason for the nation's woes.

However, the solution might be closer to the middle, as a brutal video from Sky News revealed during a riveting report released several weeks ago.

In the middle of the video, one of the police members blamed poverty, not ethnicity, as the reason for the rise in crime due to many of the youths being unable to find steady employment in the country.

Another issue is that many of the immigrants (especially teenagers) are being offered large amounts of cash to conduct assassinations on behalf of adult gang members, as the former will receive gentler prison sentences due to their age.

Adult gang members are taking advantage of the chaotic circumstances that many immigrant teenagers find themselves in, & are using the children as cheap, expendable pawns who can expand their criminal empires with little consequence from the law.

Although it might take extensive resources for Sweden 🇸🇪 to eventually thwart these criminal enterprises, a more practical approach at the local level (which was born out of tragedy) may help Sweden 🇸🇪 exit the era of wannabe child soldiers terrorizing the Swedish neighborhoods.

“My son went to the shopping centre and… two murderers, fully masked, came with electric scooters and opened fire on everyone,” says Mr Warsame. “Three were injured, two seriously and one mildly, but my son could not be saved.”

Reeling from the loss of his son, Mr Warsame felt that he could not cede the streets to the gangs. He founded Stop The Shooting, a group made up of parents who patrol the neighbourhood to engage with the youths they encounter.

Mr Warsame has a simple message to the kids he meets: “This is about their future and what we convey to them is that you should live. You don't have to be murdered when you're 17, 18, 19.”

The number of shootings in the area has dropped significantly since Stop The Shooting began making its presence felt on Rinkeby's streets, Mr Warsame says. (Sky News)

The minds of teenagers, especially children, are still impressionable to the world around them. Adult gang leaders realize this, & exploit young immigrants by giving them a purpose in life, as well as a sense of belonging.

Parents & law-abiding adults living in the community can also leave an impressionable mark on the youth. While these neighborhood patrols do not put extra cash in these youth's pockets, they are resolving a more significant need by positively integrating the young immigrants into the local culture, one the young will be reluctant to destroy.

Instead of waiting for a top-down solution from a capital bureaucrat, it might be faster & better for local neighborhoods in cities to engage with the youths directly. Later, Government agencies could partner with communities in each neighborhood by providing a custom approach to address the economic issues affecting each area (one option is matching the skills of a new immigrant with job opportunities in the country before entry).

This will not be an easy process, & it might take years to resolve. However, Sweden 🇸🇪 has the potential to emerge from this crisis in a far stronger position without giving into progressive naïveté or reactionary xenophobia.

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Usually, when police are featured in the news, it is over one of their own violating the rights of the citizen they were attempting to detain (a frequent occurrence in the United States 🇺🇸, unfortunately).

However, here is a case where cops were able to stop an armed carjacking suspect who was armed with a revolver & entered a business with people inside.

The Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office earlier this week identified the man who was fatally shot as Benjamin Steven Woods, 41, of Prineville, Ore. [...]

After they secured the scene, deputies cut away Woods’ clothes and applied bandages and a tourniquet to his wounds. Medical personnel pronounced Woods dead. (The Colombian)

It is still unclear why the suspect decided to raise a gun to the police 👮🏾‍♂️ while uttering a mocking reply of “You’re gonna get shot.” That is when cops opened fire upon Woods.

The cops probably did not realize that Woods was already dead when he slumped over upon the floor, as they were still giving orders for the suspect not to move.

Aside from the suspect, no other civilians were harmed.

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The former President of the United States 🇺🇸, Donald Trump, is in criminal court for using campaign funds to pay off a porn star.

However, it seems that the trial was enough to upset one alleged “Trump supporter” who decided to engage in self-immolation.

The name of the man who set himself on fire was identified as Maxwell Azzarello, who is from Saint Augustine, Florida. The reason why Azzarello set himself on fire is not entirely apparent, but it appears Maxwell was a conspiracy theorist who embraced a rather weird view of the world.

Note: Props for Just A Lazy Gamer for deep diving into Maxwell Azzarello’s crazy conspiracy theories before Azzarello’s numerous social media accounts were suspended or marked as private by social media companies.

Maxwell Azzarello rails against the Clintons (President Bill Clinton & his wife, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton), billionaire Peter Thiel, virtually every major tech company, & the United States 🇺🇸 government. Azzarello also claims that Donald Trump is working with Hillary Clinton, & that the feud between Republicans & Democrats is manufactured.

It appears that Maxwell Azzarello is (according to his manifesto) not a fan of Donald Trump but rather despises all institutions overall & views the progressive perspective (Climate Change, COVID vaccines, etcetera) as evil.

At the end of the day, Azzarello was a conspiracy theorist who marched to the crazy beat of his drum.

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With the current election happening in the United States 🇺🇸, many Americans have been alarmed by the rise of nationalism (especially Christian Nationalism), & the increase in anti-semitism throughout the country.

However, many people do not realize that these ideas are not new to the United States 🇺🇸, & have been prevalent throughout American history for the past 100 years.

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) released a documentary detailing the rise of fascism in America 🇺🇸, which parallels the current political situation.

Aside from the disturbing imagery & rhetoric, it was alarming to learn that many of these fascist ideas were popularized by a wealthy individual by the name of Henry Ford (who was famous for revolutionizing the automobile industry).

A close friend recalled a camping trip in 1919 during which Ford lectured a group around the campfire. He “attributes all evil to Jews or to the Jewish capitalists,” the friend wrote in his diary. “The Jews caused the war, the Jews caused the outbreak of thieving and robbery all over the country, the Jews caused the inefficiency of the navy…”

In 1918, Henry Ford purchased his hometown newspaper, The Dearborn Independent. A year and a half later, he began publishing a series of articles that claimed a vast Jewish conspiracy was infecting America. The series ran in the following 91 issues. Ford bound the articles into four volumes titled “The International Jew,” and distributed half a million copies to his vast network of dealerships and subscribers. The rhetoric was not unusual for its content, as much as its scope. As one of the most famous men in America, Henry Ford legitimized ideas that otherwise may have been given little authority. (PBS, American Experience)

Another interesting highlight from the documentary was the American First committee, which featured a controversial person named Charles Lindbergh.

In October 1938, Lindbergh was presented by Goering, on behalf of the Fuehrer, the Service Cross of the German Eagle for his contributions to aviation. News of Nazi persecution of Jews had been filtering out of Germany for some time, and many people were repulsed by the sight of an American hero wearing a Nazi decoration. Lindbergh, by all appearances, considered the medal to be just another commendation. No different than all the others. [...]

As Germany pushed on into France and began its Blitzkreig bombardment of England, Americans began to alter their isolationist views. One group, however, had no such change of heart. The America First Committee was the most powerful isolationist group in the country. Its 850,000 members came from all professions and backgrounds. The AFC was headed by Robert E. Wood, head of Sears Roebuck. Impressed by what they had heard from Charles Lindbergh, the AFC invited him to join their executive committee. Lindbergh accepted the invitation, but insisted on drawing no salary. He also insisted on writing his own speeches and would not submit them for approval. One such speech was given in Des Moines, Iowa, on September 11, 1941. [...]

Announcing that it was time to “name names,” Lindbergh decided to identify what he saw as the pressure groups pushing the U.S. into war against Germany. “The three most important groups who have been pressing this country toward war are the British, the Jewish and the Roosevelt Administration.” Of the Jews, he went on to say, “Instead of agitating for war, Jews in this country should be opposing it in every way, for they will be the first to feel its consequences. Their greatest danger to this country lies in their large ownership and influence in our motion pictures, our press, our radio and our government.” The speech was met with outrage from numerous quarters. Lindbergh was denounced as an anti-Semite. (PBS, American Experience)

While the merging of fascism with racism, nationalism & religion may seem like a new horror happening in the present, history has shown that this is merely recycled hatred practiced by bigots generations ago.

Fascism, nationalism, racism, etcetera, should be condemned & opposed, especially when it comes under the label of Christian Nationalism.

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I learned about this historical event last year, although not from any school or book, but ironically on YouTube.

While I was very familiar with the atrocities committed by the Nazis (when they ruled Germany 🇩🇪 during World War Two), I was vaguely aware of the brutality committed by Japanese soldiers throughout Asia during the same time.

Although mispronounced as Nanking due to the popularity of a book documenting these horrific atrocities (as the video below highlights), the residents of the city of Nanjing who were unable to escape the city were subjected to sadistic horrors by unsympathetic Japanese soldiers.

What is ironic about this event is the fact that many survivors were rescued by Nazis stationed in China 🇨🇳.

While the Nazis should be roundly condemned for their vile viewpoints, this was a rare instance where a person’s conscience overruled their wicked worldview, as the Nazi soldier was able to see the humanity in the Chinese people who were being persecuted.

Another video also showcases the horrors of the massacre of Nanjing, albeit with more testimony from survivors, some of whom were as young as 12 years old (note: this video is not suitable for those under 18 as the witness accounts are graphic).

Historical events like these are not enjoyable to discuss or even inquire about. Still, they need to be shared to help prevent similar tragedies from repeating in the future.

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This suspect needed a mental health check or was under the influence of a mind-altering drug.

Police were called after people reported a man screaming outside while holding a sword. Unfortunately, the man thought he could take on two police officers with one sword.

According to the description in the video, the suspect died at the scene after being fatally shot.

Location: This incident occurred in Tucson, Arizona (United States).

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This is a harrowing situation, as the capital of Haiti 🇭🇹, Port-au-Prince, has fallen chiefly to armed gangs, causing chaos in the nation.

A mix of police & armed vigilantes are holding off the gangs, but it is unclear how long they will last.

In the video, they mentioned a gang leader known as “Barbecue,” who not only leads a gang but also is leading a gang alliance, which is partially responsible for overthrowing the government of Haiti 🇭🇹.

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Ukraine 🇺🇦 is fighting for their existence against their brazen neighbor, Russia 🇷🇺.

One tactic Ukraine 🇺🇦 has been adopting is the use of recreational drones carrying Claymore mines, which allow Ukraine 🇺🇦 to target individual or groups of Russian 🇷🇺 soldiers with lethal results.

🚨🚨🚨 Warning: 🚨🚨🚨 Video contains combat footage of people being killed (although the moment of death is thankfully blurred out). Viewer discretion is advised.

In the movies, war is often depicted as a glorious affair. However, reality is never that kind, as anyone who has seen footage from The Dutch Soldier (who I believe was recently unsuspended from YouTube).

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So, after much hesitation, I decided to launch this blog, albeit on an XXX domain.

There are no hardcore people who are dancing in their birthday suits here, although I wanted a site dedicated to discussing some of the more disturbing news we encounter on planet Earth that we need to know about.

Topics will include (but are not limited to):

• War atrocities
• Human trafficking
• Terrorism
• Actual Genocide (in detail)
• Internment Camps

These will be topics I cover here instead of my other sites, as they are too depressing or negative.

Anyway, that is the gist of it!

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