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An Asian man assaulted in the drive-thru of a McDonald's last Saturday said the man who allegedly attacked him hurled racist insults at him. The incident comes as the United States has seen a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes in recent years. Shang Wang drove to the fast food restaurant in Rockville, Maryland, when he passed by a red Nissan SUV that was idling and blocking the drive-thru from other customers, which prompted Wang to drive around the car to order his Diet Coke, local news station WJLA-TV reported. Wang said that he "didn't think anything of it" when he drove around the car, but he soon heard "constant honking" from behind him, adding that he was confused and bewildered. "And then I hear these racial comments. 'Go back to China! Hey, you Chinese MF'er!' And I look up, this guy is at my window and he spits through my window, and the spit lands on my face," he told the news station. Wang then got out of his vehicle to confront the man, who then allegedly began … [Read more...] about Asian man assaulted at McDonald’s drive-thru in “fit of rage”: Police

New York shut down Olivet University's operations in the state, saying the Evangelical Christian college was still largely run by a group of David Jang disciples linked to a 2018 criminal conspiracy. Jang, a Korean American cleric, founded Olivet in 2000. His followers are now in the crosshairs of Department of Homeland Security investigators probing whether the university was part of a scheme to launder money for criminals in China and the United States. The stinging rebuke by New York's Deputy Commissioner of Education cited "a pattern of mismanagement" at the university and its ties to "criminal activity" in ending Olivet's authorization to operate credit-bearing courses or programs in New York. (Olivet's campuses in Tennessee and California are likely to also come under scrutiny, and DHS may revoke Olivet's authorization to enroll international students.) The education department's decision to close the Olivet campuses in Manhattan and Dover, New York, after a two-year … [Read more...] about New York shuts down Olivet University amid federal money-laundering probe

A Swedish lawyer has been convicted by a court in Halmstad for tampering with evidence by planting a deactivated firearm to help get his client acquitted in a shooting case. Lawyer Peter Carlström was convicted by the Halmstad District Court for tampering with evidence relating to a shooting case between two criminal gangs in 2019 in which two men were shot several times. Following the shooting and arrest of his client, Carlström is said to have exchanged a real firearm for a deactivated one in a basement storage room, which led to the acquittal of his client when police were unable to produce the real firearm, Swedish newspaper Expressen reports. The actions of the lawyer, however, were not revealed until police were able to crack the encrypted messaging app Encrochat in 2020, which had been used by many gang criminals across Europe. the lawyer had used the app to communicate with his client and the pair had discussed the planting of the deactivated firearm. … [Read more...] about Swedish Lawyer Convicted of Planting Deactivated Gun to Help Client

Gothenburg lawyer Edip Samuelsson, who has represented local migrant clan gangs, has been threatened with expulsion from the Bar Association after allegedly leaking restricted information from detainees. Samuelsson, who has represented members of Gothenburg’s notorious Ali Khan clan in several cases, was fined 50,000 Swedish kronor (£4,324/$5,580) and given a warning after being found to have violated legal practice rules for leaking information. According to a report from Göteborgs Posten , the Chancellor of Justice is appealing the ruling and taking it to the Supreme Court to have Samuelsson expelled from the Bar Association altogether. Gothenburg Police Concerned Over Growing Drug Trade Ethnic Gang Violence https://t.co/PxgFGg8MDZ — Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) September 30, 2020 The Chancellor of Justice has claimed that the actions of Samuelsson abused his position of privilege and “seriously breached his duties as a lawyer by passing on information … [Read more...] about Lawyer Linked To Migrant Clan Gangs Threatened With Expulsion from Bar

The High Court of Karnataka has declined to interfere with the registration of multiple First Information Reports (FIRs) against a physical education teacher of a government school in N.R. Pura of Chikkamagaluru district on the allegations of sexual harassment/assault complaints lodged by the Block Education Officer and the parents of the victim students. Justice M. Nagaprasanna passed the order while rejecting the petitions filed by Prabhunaika K.T. The petitioner had questioned the legality of the registration of 13 other different FIRs based on complaints by the parents of girl students after the registration of the first FIR on January 15, 2022, based on the complaint given by the BEO. BEO’s complaint The BEO had lodged the complaint against the petitioner after a teacher of the school, based on complaints from the parents, had sent a report. The offences under Section 354A of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 8, 10 and 12 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences … [Read more...] about HC declines to interfere with registration of 14 FIRs against teacher for sexual harassment of students

Pride in London has returned to the capital for the first time since 2019, celebrating 50 years since the very first march took place in 1972. More than one million people are expected to descend on the capital for the parade, which begins from 12pm on Saturday (2 July). According to the organisers, 30,000 people have registered to join the march from more than 600 LGBT+ community groups. The parade is an “opportunity for expression of celebration, joy and triumph but also the voice to rightly express the continued fight for those injustices and inequalities that exist among us,” Pride in London said. Those marching today will be calling on the UK government to ban conversion therapy for all LGBT+ people, reform the Gender Recognition Act, and provide equal protection for LGBT+ communities against hate crime. Recommended Pride in London unveils official 2022 theme Pride in London: What is the history of the annual parade? Pride … [Read more...] about Pride in London – live: March gets underway as thousands celebrate in the capital

Lev Parnas , an associate of Rudy Giuliani who was a figure in President Donald Trump 's first impeachment investigation, was sentenced Wednesday to a year and eight months in prison for fraud and campaign finance crimes. Parnas, who had helped Giuliani connect with Ukrainian figures as part of a campaign to dig up dirt on President Joe Biden's son, had sought leniency on the grounds that he’d helped the Congressional probe. But prosecutors said the Soviet-born businessman’s aid was in response to a subpoena and deserved little credit. Instead, they asked the judge to focus on a jury’s finding that Parnas used the riches of a wealthy Russian to make illegal donations to politicians who might aid the launch of a legal recreational-marijuana business. Prosecutors had asked that Parnas be sentenced to more than six years. Recommended Over £130m handed to housing providers named and shamed by regulator An October conviction also supported a … [Read more...] about Giuliani associate Parnas sentenced to 20 months in prison

As initial investigations into the Udaipur tailor’s murder pointed to a Pakistan link, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) took over the case on Wednesday. The victim, Kanhaiya Lal Teli, was hacked to death on Tuesday over his alleged online post supporting former BJP leader Nupur Sharma, who had made offensive remarks against the Prophet. Also Read Udaipur beheading was intended to spread terror and fear: police The two prime accused — Mohammed Riyaz Attari of Bhilwara and Ghous Mohammed of Udaipur — were arrested the same day. As initial investigationsprobe pointed to a Pakistan link, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) took over the case in which provisions of the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act have been invoked. “The accused persons had also circulated a video of the criminal act in the social media claiming responsibility for the murder in order to trigger panic and strike terror among the masses across the country,” the NIA said. … [Read more...] about Udaipur tailor murder | Initial probe finds Pakistan link

The Museum police on Saturday arrested Kerala Janapaksham (Secular) leader, P. C. George on the charge of behaving in a sexually inappropriate manner towards a woman named as prime accused in the politically stormy solar investment fraud case. The police booked him on the charge of outraging the modesty of a woman under Sections 354 and 354 (A) of the Indian Penal Code.  A magistrate court released Mr. George on conditional bail. High drama and vindictive politics marked Mr. George’s high-profile arrest. Mr. George alleged the case was “false, fabricated and orchestrated by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to exact political vengeance.” He warned Mr. Vijayan to brace for a "decent" payback. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State president K. Surendran said Mr. George was the victim of a political witch hunt. Of late, Mr. George had expressed support to the Sangh Parivar cause. Mr. George said the complainant was the architect of an elaborate scheme to defraud investors by falsely … [Read more...] about P.C. George arrested, released on bail in sexual assault case

Last week, a Bench of the Supreme Court >instructed the country’s police to not make automatic arrests in dowry harassment cases without first ascertaining viability. “The fact that Section 498-A is a cognizable and non-bailable offence has lent it a dubious place of pride amongst the provisions that are used as weapons rather than shield by disgruntled wives. The simplest way to harass is to get the husband and his relatives arrested under this provision,” the court observed. The order, and its phrasing, has led to a fair amount of outrage; both from men rights’ activists for whom the misuse of 498-A has long been a rallying point and from some women’s rights activists who have argued that popular male perception – and the Court – overstates the problem. But what does the data say? The Court referred to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data to show that 498-A cases are growing very fast. Others, like >Sahil Bhalla at the news website Scroll , have attempted to show … [Read more...] about Dowry: what the data says and what it doesn’t