local police having this equipment i don't imagine it's kind of scary for citizens as well to kind of see these these heavily armored vehicles going throughout the cities i want to point to a very incredible info graphic that i found online of how police uniforms that evolved from one thousand nine hundred sixty eight to two thousand and eleven if you look i mean blue shirt building clubs to now all on swat team militarized police i don't know if you have got to show our audience how what have you found to be the driving force behind this evolution is a little bit of right here it is alarming especially the progression is occurred in so few years the genesis behind this is that the department of defense has been offering for a low cost to local police departments all types and grades of military equipment that are straight off the battlefields of say afghanistan and we're not talking just kev law are an armored vehicles full body gear we're also talking weapons ammunition night vision goggles the most alarming thing i found was that they actually have. scopes that can take out snipers

militarize the police for whatever they think might be coming in the future a future where america's local police forces will be prepared for war but who will they be warring against marina port r.t. . even some former police officials are worried about law enforcers getting so much firepower at home retired captain in a ray lewis sign and with protesters after officers pepper sprayed peaceful demonstrators at an occupy wall street rally in two thousand and eleven he says such crackdowns could turn down only if military weapons are used by police. high caliber weapons are extremely dangerous they have a very high ricocheting velocity and that means that innocent people are going to get killed and injured can you imagine the massacre that would take place if officers had high caliber weapons they will sell this high quitman the repairing the maintenance for this will come from taxpayers' money corporate america will make billions off its all for this equipment you heard of the prison industrial complex you heard of the military industrial complex corporate america now wants to make a pall lease in

and you can -- >> the what are local police doing just for people who don't understand how this workst it does is try to use local law enforcement, police and sheriffs as an extension of the president's deportation dragnet. creating links between immigration and customs enforcement and having local police detain immigrants on behalf of ice. >> what's bad about local law enforcement partnering with federal how enforce. >> sure. i think the real problem is that secure communities makes us all less safe . which folks are afraid are calling 91 un, that's exactly what the result of secure communities does it makes us all less safe a study out of chicago say 44% of latinos are less like there on reach out to police when they are victims witnesses to crime. any law he be enforcement professional will tell you if you have no trust between how enforcement and the community, nearly half of the population that is a crisis. >> aj that's a common criticism of safer communities it makes people fearful to call 911, do you agree? >> no, because the secure communities only runs a background check immi

local and state police departments have acquired more than four hundred m. wraps and silencers and tens of thousands of m. sixteen machine guns and night vision equipment the new paradigm is it's the military paradigm militarized police and the problem with that is when they look at american citizens often they see only combatants this is all made possible through america's military transfer program created in the ninety's when violence and drug gangs plagued major cities today crime in the u.s. has fallen to its lowest in a generation and the special response team in richland county south carolina looks like this ready to take on the taliban should it invade the south iraq war veteran emily yates says her country's law enforcement is being trained to fight against the public instead of serving to protect it they should be trained to deescalate any violation or aggression that's happening but instead the police are showing up and causing violence and aggression people are just afraid all the time and for no reason our country has never been invaded we have n

this is so far according to local police there. meanwhile overnight in pakistan, taliban gunmen on motorcycles opened fire at the capital city's airport. they targeted the facility where security guards train. the attacks come less than 48 hour after a deadly siege on the airport left 34 people dead. taliban disfwguised as security kept the airport closed for nearly five hours before

police department. let's listen in. >> everybody ready? okay. this is a developing situation. we still have a lot of locals on scene processing the investigation. i have the chief with the police department. he's going to do a short statement. once he talks, we have linda floorance, the superintendant. after that, i'll come back up and talk with you a little more. here's chief scott anderson. >> thank you. today is a very tragic day for the city of troutdale and reynolds school district. a gunman entered the high school this morning, shot one student. unfortunately, that student has died. the gunman was located and the gunman is also deceased. for the parents of the students who have been evacuated from the school, there is a point of contact down at fred meyers in wood village. we'd like all of you to meet your students down at that point. and also staff that are there. we'll have an updated at noon. i'll bring more information to you. the investigation will continue throughout the day. and i'm very, very sorry for the family and for all thede

local police and feds make raids in two counties. new at 5:30, how investigators put the breaks on an illegal operation. >>> i was convicted of a felony when gm was the true criminal. >> their side of the story. people who say they are victims of the general motors recall mess give an earful to lawmakers in the nation's capitol. >>> now to a developing story. the crisis in iraq. president oboe ma met with congressional leaders about possible responses in iraq. the president says troops won't be sent back. iraq's foreign minister said they asked u.s. to launch air strikes. u.s. officials say there are no plans for that. security forces have been trying to stop the advance by sunni militants. they've been battling insurgents. powell says he hopes the militants could be stopped so negotiations could take place. >> we are hopeful a solution can be found or at least the offensive can be stopped and checked so that diplomatic procedures can start to be used to solve this problem. >> john boehner is rejecting suggests that the u.s. consider

the student to killing going off into the unknown verses, we have a good relationship with the local police department. officer jones is right outside working these cases. you really should let her into this conversation because you will be making choices now that will really change the way you could pursue this. that seems to be an area that is not doing the attention that it deserves. so i guess my question to you is, have you identified colleges and universities that have what you would consider to be a model relationships with their local police department in terms of making sure that that had not between the two is not is handled from the perspective of students with interests involved >> yes, we have. i want to say how strongly as i agree. the perspective you raised a raw but the colleges and universities staff or they say there is not even all local law-enforcement agency nearby that has the capacity to take a rape kit. there is the mention of the problem you describe which is that connect is not good, but there's also the disconnect whether is not a place to send students. >> what a

local and state police departments have acquired more than four hundred m. wraps and silencers and tens of thousands of m. sixteen machine guns and night vision equipment the new paradigm is it's the military paradigm militarized police and the problem with that is when they look at american citizens when they see only combatants this is all made possible through america's military transfer program created in the ninety's when violence and drug gangs plagued major cities today crime in the u.s. has fallen to its lowest in a generation and the special response team in richland county south carolina looks like this ready to take on the taliban should it invade the self this year the thing that it's doing is basically just making it more and more obvious there are they are being watched her eyes are police forces are being turned into soldiers iraq war veteran emily yates says her country's law enforcement is being trained to fight against the public instead of serving to protect it they should be trained to deescalate any violence or aggression that's happenin

militarize the police for whatever they think might be coming in the future a future where america's local police forces will be prepared for war but who will they be warring against marina port naya r.t. even some fellow police officers our water flowing forces are getting say a must. for time captain brady lewis says sided with protesters officers that have a sprayed peaceful demonstrators and an occupy wall street rally in two thousand and eleven he says as such crackdowns can turn deadly if minutes the weapons i use five police. high caliber weapons are extremely dangerous they have a very high ricocheting velocity and that means that innocent people are going to get killed and injured they will be shot they can go through doors they can go through cinder block they can go through metal car doors and this type of velocity is not necessary think of kent state. where they shot so many and killed so many innocent people and they were not high caliber weapons can you imagine a massacre that would take place of officers had high caliber weapons they will sell this high equipment the repairing the

militarize the police for whatever they think might be coming in the future a future where america's local police forces will be prepared for war but who will they be warring against marina r.t. . well i did some form of police officials awarded by law enforcers getting so much fun the power of the caps and ray lewis sided with protest as of two officers pepper sprayed peaceful demonstrators that multiply wall street money back in twenty eleven he told us such crackdowns could deadly that if military weapons were used by police. high caliber weapons are extremely dangerous they have a very high ricocheting velocity and that means that innocent people are going to get killed and injured they will be shot they can go through doors they can go through cinder block they can go through metal car doors and this type of velocity is not necessary think of kent state. where they shot somebody and killed so many innocent people and they were not high caliber weapons can you imagine a massacre that would take place at the office or had high caliber weapons they will sell this high quitman the repairs the ma

the local police department be brought in?here does the responsibility begin and end? >> that's a good question. if it is, in fact, a violent felony that's been committed, it's not something that the university should handle exclusive ily but certainly the university has a responsibility to do a investigation and take action against the assailant and appropriately refer these cases to local law enforcement. >> is there some sort of pressure, do you think, that might prevent a school or discourage a school from taking the appropriate steps? >> young historically, there have been an unwillingness to necessarily take these cases seriously 37 there was alcohol involved or involved he said-she said. most of these predators attack six victims on a campus before they're finally curtailed in their activity. >> sometimes, not always, but some of these alleged assailants could be athletes. many schools get a lot of money and prestige from sports and the donors that follow that. is that an issue? does that get mixed in with this at all d

now local police say they've come up with a high-tech solution.ere's bigad shaban. >> sean ramirez repairs bikes for a living, at least those left to fix. >> dow get customer as afraid to i buy a new bike. >> absolutely. they don't want to invest money in something that will just disappear. >> . >> reporter: in san francisco bikes have vanished at the rate of 3 every hour. ramirez isn't surprised. >> you can cut this with a bolt cut bertha long in one snip. >> how long could it take to steal a bike -- >> with just this. >> half a second, maybe. >> this is where many end up, hundreds of them, piled in a police warehouse. since over 90% of bikes are unregistered, the vast majority can't be traced back to their owners like morgan st. claire. >> pie bike was stolen when i first came here so it is's very personal for me. >> so personal that she became an ago vis lobbying san francisco's board of supervisors to allow police to lure potential thieves with bicycles that contain a hidden gps. they're called bathe bikes. officer matt freedman. >> tracking s

police officers. the violence began at a pizza restaurant and ended in a nearby wal-mart. we begin tonight with scott daniels of our affiliate klis. >> it was 11:30 local time when a man and a woman entered cici's restaurant and opened fire. he was wearing a bullet proof vest and had a hire powered rifle. >> he said this is a revolution. >> he shot two police officers, with the head. >> our preliminary investigation shows both officers were shot, however, one officer was able to fire back. >> they then grabbed the down officer's weapon and ran across to the wal-mart, shooting someone near the front door. >> i saw the guns in the hands. >> he told me i it was a revolution and just killed two police officers. >> within minutes squat members quickly surrounded the stores after a report of shot fires inside. >> the male suspect shot the male suspect and took her own life. >> scott daniels, cbs news, las vegas. >vegas. >> today issues were issued across northern colorado. >> tw 22 tornadoes near denver. >> a funnel cloud. >> 84 miles southeast in callahan, heavy hail coated the ground. flash flood watches were issued in the southern plains were some areas r

>> we know it is quite right spread -- widespread and dozens of state and local police department as well as the marshall's and fbi and other agencies are using them. a recent investigation of records obtained by the press and our own affiliate answer internet searches come has determined at least 38 state and local police department in 15 states has purchased these. that is aside from the agencies darling that from u.s. marshals, the fbi, or state police. aside from the numerous agencies we still do not have records from. >> but have enough of these to cover city must be a pretty big cost, isn't it? >> the way we see them being used so far, police to plug them in particular investigations, often looking for particular cell phone, and it will drive around the city or suburb looking for that cell phone. part of the problem and why we're so concerned about these devices, even when police are trying to locate a particular person's phone, these devices work by sending out a signal that traverses the triggers everyone's -- triggers everyone's phone. we have been asking, do they have inter

and a new report reveals a startling trend for local police departments from heavily armed swat teams to military vehicles the nation's police force is becoming more and more militarized more on this trend later in the show. it's thursday the twenty sixth at eight pm in washington d.c. i'm an ellipse hand you're watching r t america tonight we begin with a major story here in washington president obama barack obama has asked congress to approve a buyers to help train and equip moderate rebels in syria today's request comes as the conflicts in both syria and iraq are seeing the same sunni extremist also known as isis gain strength and take control of many parts of northern iraq for more on this developing story here's our tease marina park in iowa. the obama administration is requesting lawmakers authorize five hundred million dollars that would be used to train and arm syrian rebels the white house claims that only appropriate vetted elements of the moderate opposition will be trained by the u.s. military and equipped with american weapons and ammunition u.s. officials insisted that t

a new report reveals a startling trend for local police departments from heavily armed swat teams to military vehicles the nation's police force has become more militarized more on this trend just ahead. and in iraq remains a country divided by secretary and clashes government forces battle isis militants with surrounding nations worried about an expanding conflict a report on the violence from the inside of the country coming up. and the white house considers more saying sions against russia over the ukraine crisis but some companies are fighting back saying more sanctions would not be wise a look at that later in the show. it's thursday june twenty sixth four pm in washington d.c. i'm an election and you're watching r.t. america if you've looked around the streets in your own town you've seen what looks like a war zone get used to it a new report by the a.c.l.u. finds that police forces throughout the u.s. are arming law enforcement agencies with the weapons and tactics of war this has not come without consequence though last month a three year old baby boy was badly burned one a s

and even full of police chiefs are wary of local offices getting so retired captain ray lewis sided with protests as the offices put this bright peaceful demonstrators with an occupy wall street rally back in twenty eleven and he told us that once police have more firepower i'm actually crackdowns could become even more brutal. high caliber weapons are extremely dangerous they have a very high ricocheting velocity and that means that innocent people are going to get killed and injured they will be shot they can go through doors they can go through cinder block they can go through metal car doors and this type of velocity is not necessary think of kent state. where they shot so many and killed so many innocent people and they were not high caliber weapons can you imagine the massacre that would take place for fisher's had high caliber weapons they will sell their side equipment the repair the maintenance for this will come from taxpayers' money corporate america will make billions off its office equipment you've heard of the prison industrial complex you heard of the military industrial c

it strikes me that the relationship between the college or university and the local police department is very important. and missteps with that relationship are fraught with danger both for the alleged victim and the alleged perpetrator, including loss of opportunity to gather necessary evidence if the police aren't brought in quickly enough. interference by the university off college in an ongoing criminal investigation. there is a public safety value to making sure these offenses are reported. there is a potential liability to university if it keeps one student's confidence and that causes another student to be attacked by the individual about whom they had not brought that information to the police. that is a doctrine so long standing that it's a common law crime to commit concealment of a felo felony. of course, investigation is not a court expertise of a college or university that we expect. my sense is that the hand-off between the university and local law enforcement authorities is not very well managed in a lot of places. and there are very simple things that could make a big

it strikes me that the relationship between the college or university and the local police department is very important. and missteps with that relationship are fraught with danger both for the alleged victim and the alleged perpetrator, including loss of opportunity to gather necessary evidence if the police aren't brought in quickly enough. interference by the university off college in an ongoing criminal investigation. there is a public safety value to making sure these offenses are reported. there is a potential liability to university if it keeps one student's confidence and that causes another student to be attacked by the individual about whom they had not brought that information to the police. that is a doctrine so long standing that it's a common law crime to commit concealment of a felo felony. of course, investigation is not a court expertise of a college or university that we expect. my sense is that the hand-off between the university and local law enforcement authorities is not very well managed in a lot of places. and there are very simple things that could make a big

unfortunately, local police departments have looked like military units preparing for battle on america's streets. we fight our wars abroad and not at home. and the tactics should reflect that fact. the "new york times" reported that police departments have received cam flauges and night vision equipment and armored cars and aircraft. i think this is appalling. this would prohibit the department of defense of gifting drones, armored vehicles, grenade launchers, bombs and so on to local police departments. there is no mass rebelion brewing here in the united states. there are no improvised explosive devices. this is happening nevertheless. what expect to happen is happening as the "new york times" article, war gear flows to police departments. police swat teams are now deployed tens of thousands of times each yire for increasingly routine jobs. ass helpfully armed police department in louisiana as part of a liquor inspection. in florida, officers in swat gear and officers with swat gear carried out raids on barber shops. d.o.d. equipment is changing the mentality of police departments. rec

militarize the police or whatever they think might be coming in the future a future where america's local police forces will be prepared for war but who will they be warring against marina port r.t. and philadelphia police commissioner ray lewis police the government is trying to public safety full. high caliber weapons are extremely dangerous they have a very high ricocheting velocity and that means that innocent people are going to get killed and injured they will be shot they can go through doors they can go through cinder block they can go through metal car doors and this type of velocity is not necessary think of can state. where they shot someone and killed so many innocent people and they were not high caliber weapons can you imagine a massacre that would take place if officers had high caliber weapons they will sell this high equipment the repair the maintenance for this will come from taxpayers' money corporate america will make billions off its all for this equipment you heard of the prison industrial complex you heard of the military industrial complex corporate america now wants to m

but the president says local police groups and others carried out the mass cowers. oil production in the united states, pass add big milestone, one with state alone, is producing a million barrel as day, ali velshi take as look at what that means. and gaby giffords throws ought the first pitch at the congressional women's softball team, but it is the smack she talked after that is getting all the buzz. in today's power politics wisconsin governor scott walker who was with considering a run for the 2016 republican presidential nomination has suffer add pretty major set back. al jazeera is here with with more. david. >> tony, for the past three years governor walker has been under criminal investigation for violating election laws. allies file add lawsuit to stop the investigation, and a junk granted the request last month for temporary halt. a sweeping criminal scheme. the prosecution says walk wither and his allies used this scheme to fend off recall elections. again, there have been no charges and the investigation is frozen pending the lawsuit. healthcare premiums

militarize the police for whatever they think might be coming in the future a future where america's local police forces will be prepared for war but who will they be warring against marina port r.t. for mufon adelphia police commissioner ray lewis believes the government is trying public safety for corporate greed high caliber weapons are extremely dangerous they have a very high ricocheting velocity and that means that innocent people are going to get killed and injured they will be shot they can go through doors they can go through cinder block they can go through metal car doors and this type of velocity is not necessary think of can state. where they shot so many killed so many innocent people and they were not high caliber weapons can you imagine a massacre that would take place if officers had high caliber weapons they will sell this high equipment the repair the maintenance for this will come from taxpayers' money corporate america will make billions off its all for this equipment you heard of the prison industrial complex you heard of the military industrial complex corporate america now

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. >> police used her description to create a sketch, which was distributed to the local media. an autopsy revealed that kathy woodhouse died from blunt force trauma to the head. >> she received three blows to the left side of her head because there was three separate lacerations to the left side of the head, so that the mop ringer fit the bill as far as its weight, its mass, the variety of surfaces. and when you look at the mop wringer itself, there was at least one part of the mop wringer metals which was bent. >> she had also been sexually assaulted. unfortunately, biological material collected from the rape test kit could not identify the killer's blood type because he was what's known as a nonsecreter. >> a nonsecreter does not secrete their abo blood type into their secretions. approximately 20% of the population would fall into that class of being a nonsecreter. >> with little else to go on, police turned their attention to the phone receiver used to make the 911 call. the brushes that apply fingerprint powder can sometimes remove some of the fingerprint. so, technicians

neighborhood organizations and with the city supervisors and with the city organizations and with the local policeepartment, and i think that the outside lands is one of the unique festivals in the world and we have san francisco and we have golden gate park and we have the greatest oasis, in the world. and it has the people hiking up hills and down hills and a lot of people between stages. >> i love that it is all outside, the fresh air is great. >> they have the providers out here that are 72 local restaurants out here. >> celebrating, and that is really hot. >> 36 local winerries in northern california and 16 brewers out here. >> and you have seen a lot of people out here having a good time and we have no idea, how much work and planning has gone into this to make it the most sustainable festival in the united states. >> and literally, in the force, and yeah, unlike any other concept. and come and follow, and the field make-up the blueprint of the outside land here in golden gate park and in the future events and please visit sffresh parks.org. >> feel like it really is a community. they are no

harry immediately contacted the local police and fbi.ld him to drive to the back of the police station and pick up a law enforcement officer. >> he got into the car and laid down in the back seat of the car with a .12 gauge shotgun. >> when harry arrived at the railroad bridge, no one was there. so he waited with the sharp shooter in the backseat. and with fbi agents hiding in the woods nearby. >> you just sit there very quietly. you don't move and you listen. and you listen for any kind of footstep, any kind of noise, hoping that he might contact us. but thinking that he's probably within 100 yards of us watching with a rifle. >> after waiting for several hours, the fbi agents told harry to go home and await further word there. the next day at sunrise, the fbi performed a grid search of the drop site. and near the railroad underpass they found a second ransom note attached to a metal rod with a crepe paper flag. >> the rods we recognized as being rods that were used in filing cabinets, older filing cabinets that slid through the drawers

. >> for local police officers themselves accused of raping a different case. >> the woman says she was gang rate by four officers at a police station. she was forced to pay a bribe to secure the release of her husband. >> they fouled a complaint. i have ordered an investigation into the matter. >> the latest in the series of crimes. met you -- many were found hanging from a tree. two more women have been found dead in similar circumstances. protesters and opposition politicians have called on the state government to resign. the chief minister has promised measures to improve policing. violence against women permeates society. they touched on wednesday making the issue a priority. >> in germany, doctors have reached an explorer trapped about 1000 meters underground in the country's deepest alpine caves. >> the scientist was caught in a rockslide on sunday. getting him out is expected to take days. >> this is our rescuers bring him back to the surface if everything goes to plan. his rescue will be much tougher than this rescue service training exercise. because he is trapped in a hole th