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6 Bay Area cops face decertification on child porn, extortion, destroying evidence charges

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:25 GMT

(KRON) -- Twenty California cops, including six from the Bay Area, are facing possible decertification by the state's Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST), according to its website. If their certifications are pulled, the officers can no longer work in law enforcement in California.The six Bay Area police on the list are:Brendon Jacy Tatum: Rohnert Park DPSJoseph Huffaker: Rohnert Park DPSKevin Lyons: San Francisco Police DepartmentKevin Sien: San Francisco Police DepartmentAdam Marlowe: Sonoma County Sheriff's OfficeSean Patrick Nimau: Redwood City Police DepartmentKRON4 previously reported in 2021, Tatum and Huffaker were accused of extorting cash, drugs and property from drivers on Highway 101 without reporting the seizures or submitting the drugs to evidence. They allegedly continued doing this after being fired from the Rohnert Park DPS when they pretended to be ATF agents. Tatum then allegedly drafted a false press release and filed false police reports to...

43-year-old man dies after stabbing near SoMa

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:25 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A man died after a stabbing near SoMa early Tuesday morning, and police are asking for the public to come forward with any information, according to the San Francisco Police Department. San Jose purse-snatching suspects who targeted AAPI community arrested Around 2:35 a.m., officers were called to the 400 block of Main Street, near the Highrise Condos, after receiving a report of a stabbing in the area. Officers found a man suffering from what appeared to be stab wounds. The man was provided medical aid by officers and emergency medical responders before he was taken to a local hospital. He later died of his injuries. The victim was identified as a 43-year-old man from Mill Valley. KRON On is streaming now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }Polic...

NYPD escorts Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene out of wild NYC Trump rally

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:25 GMT

NEW YORK (WPIX) — Celebrities, protesters, and supporters clashed at a Manhattan rally for former President Donald Trump Tuesday morning, forcing the NYPD to escort staunch Trump supporter Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) out of the event minutes after she arrived. Greene briefly addressed the crowd on a loudspeaker before officers ushered the Georgia politician through a wild crowd at Collect Pond Park on Leonard Street near Criminal Court in Lower Manhattan less than 10 minutes after she arrived at the rally.  Donald Trump to surrender, make historic court appearance “Loser, loser,” a crowd could be heard yelling at Greene as cops shuffled her to safety. Greene announced she was making an appearance at the pro-Trump rally on Monday ahead of the former president's arraignment, prompting Trump detractors to make an appearance, including New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and Congressman Jamal Bowman. Congressman George Santos was also met by...

Trump’s Lawyer Joe Tacopina Donated to Democratic Rep Who Called for Trump’s Prosecution

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:25 GMT

Donald Trump’s bombastic attorney in his defense against his high-profile indictment once donated to the campaign of a Democrat who moved to prosecute Trump during his presidency.Joe Tacopina, the lead defense attorney in the latest case against the former president, has not been a prolific donor to political campaigns, but those he has made have been bipartisan.In 2010, Tacopina gave to then-Rep. Kathleen Rice, D-N.Y., a former prosecutor who later sent a criminal referral to the FBI requesting they investigate Trump’s phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger.The phone call, in which Trump pressured Raffensberger to “find” him enough votes to overturn the presidential election, is now being investigated by the Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith.While it’s not clear in this case, such criminal referrals are considered to carry significant weight with the FBI and often trigger investigations.The $1,500 campaign donation to Rice is Tacopina’s second lar...

Transgender bathroom bill approved in Kansas; veto expected

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:25 GMT

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas bill that would bar transgender people from using public bathrooms or changing their name or gender on their driver’s license cleared the GOP-controlled Legislature on Tuesday by margins suggesting backers could override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s expected veto.The state Senate voted 28-12 with one vote more than a two-thirds majority that would be needed to overturn any veto, giving final passage to an earlier House-passed version of the legislation and sending it to the governor.The measure deals with bathrooms, locker rooms and other facilities, and defines “sex” as “either male or female, at birth,” a move LGBTQ+-rights advocates said would legally erase transgender people and deny recognition to non-binary, gender fluid and gender non-conforming people.The sweeping transgender bill, one of the broadest of its kind in the nation, is among several hundred measures aimed at rolling back LGBTQ rights pursued by Republicans this year across the ...

Grains lower, Livestock lower

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:25 GMT

Wheat for May was off 2 cents at $6.9150 a bushel; May corn fell 4 cents at $6.5375 a bushel, May oats lost 7.25 cents at $3.41 a bushel; while May soybeans was down 4.50 cents at $15.1750 a bushel.Beef and pork were lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Apr. live cattle was off .52 cent at $1.6760 a pound; Apr. cattle fell 1 cent at $1.9795 a pound; while Apr. lean hogs lost 2.30 cents at $.7222 a pound.Source

Caregivers: Returning orca Lolita to Northwest is risky

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:25 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — An ambitious plan announced last week to return Lolita, a killer whale held captive for more than a half-century, to her home waters in Washington’s Puget Sound thrilled those who have long advocated for her to be freed from her tank at the Miami Seaquarium.But it also called to mind the release of Keiko — the star of the movie “Free Willy” — more than two decades ago. Keiko’s return to his native Iceland vastly improved upon his life in a Mexico City tank, but he failed to adapt to the wild and died five years later.He is the only orca released after long-term captivity. Some of Lolita’s former caregivers are warning she could face a similar fate — or that she might not survive a move across the country.But advocates say there are big differences between the cases and that their experience with Keiko will inform how they plan for Lolita’s return.While they hope to bring Lolita — also known as Tokitae, or Toki — to a whale sanctuary among the Pacific...

Prosecutor calls alleged Trump hush money payments part of ‘conspiracy to undermine the integrity of the 2016 election’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:25 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutor calls alleged Trump hush money payments part of ‘conspiracy to undermine the integrity of the 2016 election.’Source

UN says Taliban bar female Afghan staffers from working

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:25 GMT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Female Afghan employees of the United Nation have been banned by the ruling Taliban from working in the country, U.N. officials said Tuesday.The U.N. mission expressed “serious concern” after its female staffers were prevented from reporting to work in eastern Nangarhar province.“We will continue to pursue all avenues to ensure that we can reach the most vulnerable people, especially women and girls,” U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.He said U.N. officials were told through “various conduits” that the ban applied to the whole country.Taliban spokesmen were not immediately available for comment and the group did not issue a statement.Despite initial promises of a more moderate rule than during its previous stint in power, the Taliban have imposed harsh measures since seizing power in 2021 as U.S. and NATO forces were pulling out of Afghanistan after two decades of war.Girls are banned from education beyond sixth grade and women are barred from working, stu...

Indictment accuses Donald Trump of directing 3 different instances of hush money payments to cover up alleged affairs

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:25 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Indictment accuses Donald Trump of directing 3 different instances of hush money payments to cover up alleged affairs.Source