The Crime Rings Stealing Everything from Purses to Power Tools

In Los Angeles, a task force of detectives is battling organized retail theft, in which boosted goods often end up for sale online—or commingled on store shelves with legitimate items.

A dozen detectives from the California Highway Patrol gathered in a Los Angeles-area parking lot the other morning for an operational briefing. In about twenty minutes, they would drive to a nearby Home Depot, where customers were known to regularly wheel carts of merchandise out the door without paying, and to stick power tools down their pants. The investigators had planned a nightlong “blitz”—surveillance, arrest, repeat. Anyone caught stealing would be handcuffed, led to a back room, and questioned: What did you plan to do with these items? Did you take them on behalf of someone else? The goal was not to micro-police shoplifting but to discover and disrupt networks engaged in organized retail crime, a burgeoning area of criminal investigation.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime

U.S. says ISIS was responsible for the deadly attack in Moscow.

A branch of the Islamic State claimed responsibility on Friday for the attack in Moscow that killed at least 40 people and injured about 100 others, and U.S. officials confirmed the claim shortly afterward.

The United States collected intelligence in March that Islamic State-Khorasan, known as ISIS-K, the branch of the group based in Afghanistan, had been planning an attack on Moscow, according to officials. ISIS members have been active in Russia, one U.S. official said.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Russia

Filing Patents for Wuhan Lab and Using Aliases: What the Fired Winnipeg Lab Scientists Are up to in China

Fired Winnipeg lab scientists and married couple Xiangguo Qiu and Keding Cheng are actively engaged in research work in China with various organizations, some of which have close links to the Chinese military, an investigation by The Epoch Times shows.

The two are also using aliases in some instances, while Ms. Qiu has been filing patents related to her area of research in Canada.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada - Security Risk Under Liberal Party Regime", "Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", "China eats weird animals disease", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

GREEN: Trudeau carbon tax hike will hurt future generations

Despite calls from seven of Canada’s premiers (including one premier from his own party) to scrap the upcoming carbon tax hike, and the threat of a non-confidence vote by the Opposition in Parliament, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has doubled down as he tries to convince Canadians this tax, which is set to rise from $65 per tonne of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) to $80 per tonne on April 1, will really be good for them.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Net-Zero Tyranny"

American Airlines passenger yelled about ‘blue-eyed white devils’ and threatened to ‘take this plane down’: affidavit

The hate-spewing American Airlines passenger seen in a viral video being put in a headlock and marched off a flight also drunkenly ranted about “blue-eyed white devils” — and threatened to “take this plane down with all you mother f–kers on it,” according to court documents.

The passenger, identified as 29-year-old Florida man Shail Patel, had already been accused of hurling an antisemitic slur at a flight attendant during the wild scuffle on American Airlines Flight 2506 from his hometown of Tampa to Philadelphia on Tuesday.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Ontario bought a pair of ferries for $94M. More than 2 years later they’re still not in service

A pair of electric ferries, purchased by the province for roughly $94 million, have yet to begin full service more than two years after arriving in the waters around Kingston, Ont.

In fact, the Amherst Islander II (AI2) has yet to transport its first passenger.

The Wolfe Islander IV (WI4), meanwhile, has welcomed aboard just 2,614 passengers to date, according to figures obtained by CBC through a freedom of information request.

Why can’t anything be done right? h/t Mauser

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Mass shooting and explosion reported at concert hall near Moscow

A renowned Moscow region concert venue and shopping centre is on fire on Friday evening, following reports of a mass shooting incident.

At least three gunmen, wearing combat fatigues, burst into Crocus City Hall and fired automatic weapons, injuring dozens of patrons and killing a significant number of them, according to Russian media.

Twitter – #Moscow

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inRussia, WTF?

Catherine, Princess of Wales: I am having treatment for cancer

The Princess of Wales is undergoing treatment for cancer, she has announced in a personal video message, but told the world: “I am going to be ok.”

The Princess is undergoing a course of preventative chemotherapy and has said she is focused on making a “full recovery”.

The cancer was identified during tests after her abdominal surgery on Jan 16, and she began treatment in late February.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inOur World

America, look at Sweden and beware the chaos of uncontrolled immigration

I don’t think many Americans realize how difficult it is to come to America legally.

Among my own friends, I know an academic who has spent the past year in legal limbo, not allowed to work between teaching positions and constantly waiting on whether he can stay in America or not.

In Georgia, I know a couple — the husband is American, the wife British — who can still not legalize as a couple, despite years of marriage and years of being together, who want to get themselves to America.

Sweden? Canada is much closer and near as shitty.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West