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A Florida cop, who served as a Cub Scout leader, is on paid administrative leave after he was arrested for capital sexual battery of a child under 12 years old.
Astatula Police Sergeant Timothy Alan Palinski, 43, was arrested Wednesday after a boy reported to a school resource office he had been abused by Palinski since he was seven.
Sergeant Timothy Palinski of the Lake County Sheriff’s Department. Photo courtesy of Facebook.
The most recent molestation occurred on April 6, according to an arrest affidavit.

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The United States (US) government, only 23 years old, had declared war on the British Empire, beginning Mr. Madison’s War. This article continues the series about this war, showing that the largely agrarian US engaged in an imperialist war, lasting from June 18, 1812 until February 18, 1815, with an economically and commercially superior foe, the Royal Crown.

Calorie cannibals, prayer warriors and cult films + this day in history w/the beginning of MK Ultra and our song of the day by Father John Misty on your Morning Monarchy for April 13, 2017.

The doorman had already paid the woman’s cab fare when a group of Miami Beach cops ordered the driver to return the $20 bill to the doorman.
The cops then yanked the woman out of her apartment in nothing but a bathrobe after she refused to let them inside.

Despite the usual twisting of the truth from the Police PR Spin Machine, the North Miami cop who opened fire on an unarmed man with his hands in the air last year was arrested Wednesday and charged with felony attempted manslaughter.
North Miami police officer Jonathan Aledda was also charged with a misdemeanor charge of culpable negligence.

The award-winning Florida cop who made international headlines last year after shooting an unarmed caretaker who had his arms in the air, then claiming he had feared for his life after confusing a toy truck for a loaded gun, was informed by another cop seconds before the shooting that the object was not a gun, but a toy.

A Florida sheriff violated PINAC reporter Jeff Gray’s right to record public officials in a public setting during his silent protest at the department’s annual awards banquet, which was held at the tax-funded St. Johns Convention Center in St. Augustine last month.
But St. Johns County Sheriff David Shoar insisted it was “private property.”
“You go outside. And hold your sign,” Shoar told Gray, threatening him with arrest. “But you’re not going to stand in here and hold your sign. This is our party. This is our special night.”

Sunday night, John Oliver took on the attempts by Trumpist Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, to reinvigorate the War on Drugs. The segment (above) is worth watching in its entirety. Oliver, if course, is hilarious-- but Sessions isn't. Recently Sessions took another patently absurd shot at the marijuana industry, this time, though, it was directly aimed at Medical Marijuana, which even Trump acknowledges is a fact of life he doesn't want to make a fuss over. Sessions:

(ANTIMEDIA) Instances of police brutality often make their way through the news cycle in clusters. A string of controversial police shootings will dominate the news cycle for several weeks, as they did last summer, and after sparking headlines, angry Facebook conversations, and further societal rifts, these attention-grabbing stories tend to away from the spotlight.

Second Sight, distasteful videos and the Rothschilds Musical + this day in history w/Queen Elizabeth I and our song of the day by Gorillaz on your Morning Monarchy for March 24, 2017.