维基解密创办人阿桑吉抗引渡 未婚妻称一度小中风
世界新闻网
12/12/2021
维基解密（WikiLeaks）创办人阿桑吉的未婚妻莫里斯表示，阿桑吉因为争取避免由英国引渡到美国的诉讼战，于10月底发生小中风。
莫里斯（Stella Moris）与阿桑吉育有2个年幼孩子。她说，美国政府10月下旬就阻止他被引渡的判决提出上诉当天，阿桑吉发生小中风。
莫里斯11日在推特发文呼吁：「他（阿桑吉）必须被释放，就是现在。」
「周日邮报」（Mail on Sunday）报导，这是一次暂时性脑缺血（TIA）发作，即部分大脑的血液供应暂时中断。
据报导，这场小中风导致50岁的阿桑吉右眼睑下垂、记忆力减退，并有神经损伤迹象，目前他正服药治疗。
Julian Assange faces possible extradition to US
莫里斯说，她担心这可能导致更严重的中风，也不确定阿桑吉的身体状况是否可以承受引渡程序。「我相信这场旷日废时的斗智斗力…带来极大压力，这就是导致阿桑吉在10月27日中风的原因。」
美国希望对阿桑吉进行审判，因为维基解密在2010年公布数千份关于美国在阿富汗和伊拉克战事的极机密军事文档。
大突破…阿桑吉可引渡来美受审 不押入重刑犯监狱
世界新闻网
12/11/2021
英国伦敦上诉法院推翻了之前下级法院裁定，延宕多时的阿桑吉案件，10日终于获得突破；上诉法院裁定，「维基解密」(Wikileaks)创办人阿桑吉(Julian Assange)得以被引渡到美国受审；遭控间谍罪、密谋骇入政府电脑等罪名的阿桑吉若被定罪，恐将面临数十年有期徒刑。
Dec 10, 2021
In Britain, a top court has ruled that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to the U.S. In Myanmar, security forces have reportedly shot and burned 11 villagers in the northwestern region of Sagaing. CBS News reporter and producer Haley Ott joins “CBSN AM” from London with more on these stories and other international headlines.
阿桑吉律师将提上诉
对于拜登政府来说，英国法院的裁决堪称胜利；从前总统川普任内以来，美国政府便尝试以多项罪名起诉阿桑吉；阿桑吉的律师团队将向英国最高法院提出上诉。
由于阿桑吉取得政府机密文档并公开发布，美国司法部决定以触犯联邦间谍法(Espionage Act)为由起诉，但引发阿桑吉是否受到美国宪法第一修正案言论自由保障的讨论，某些倡议人士则说，司法部动作可能限缩媒体的新闻自由。
纽约时报分析，阿桑吉被引渡到美国受审之后，势必引发影响重大的宪法攻防战。
从英国法院角度来看，同意让阿桑吉引渡到美国受审的裁定，并不涉及阿桑吉在美国遭控罪名是否成立，而在于美国典狱机构条件是否适合阿桑吉的精神状态。
若定罪可回澳洲服刑
伦敦上诉法院指出，对于拜登政府的保证感到满意，也就是不会将阿桑吉押入安全级别最高的重刑犯监狱；拜登政府也承诺，阿桑吉日后如果被定罪，可以要求回到其母国澳洲服刑。
拜登政府也对英国上诉法院指出，阿桑吉若有任何心理健康方面的治疗要求，联邦政府都会配合。
阿桑吉曾接受多名医师精神鉴定，证实患有忧郁症、记忆丧失；今年1月间，英国下级法院驳回美国主张引渡阿桑吉的要求，理由是以美国监狱设备与状况等条件来看，阿桑吉入狱之后恐将被逼到自杀。
司法部发言人霍恩巴克(Wyn Hornbuckle)并不愿对阿桑吉案发表评论，仅表示，美国政府对于英国法院的裁定感到欣慰。
阿桑吉辩护律师波拉克(Barry J. Pollack)则说，英国法院竟然接受美国政府愿意给与阿桑吉人道待遇的「语意模糊保证」，令人忧心。
2012年，厄瓜多尔驻伦敦大使馆给予阿桑吉庇护，因为阿桑吉在瑞典涉嫌性侵而被发布拘捕令。
阿桑吉在厄瓜多尔驻伦敦大使馆住了七年，直到2019年被厄瓜多尔政府撤销庇护；阿桑吉离开厄瓜多尔大使馆的同一天，美国以黑客罪名起诉阿桑吉，数周之后又加码指控阿桑吉触犯联邦间谍法。
从2019年以来，阿桑吉一直关押在伦敦的贝尔马什监狱(Prison Belmarsh)。
英法院判决 维基解密创办人阿桑吉将引渡至美受审
世界新闻网
12/10/2021
英国伦敦上诉法院10日判决，同意美国引渡要求，将维基解密创办人阿桑吉（Julian Assange）送至美国受审，推翻早前判决。
美国以17项间谍罪及一项不当使用电脑罪起诉阿桑吉，维基解密2010年披露十多万笔美国外交电文。
Dec 10, 2021
The United States government has won an appeal at Britain’s High Court over the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Friday’s ruling, which overturns an earlier decision, means Assange is now closer to being extradited from a British prison to the US, where he would face spying charges over WikiLeaks’ publication of secret military documents a decade ago.
阿桑吉2012年进入厄瓜多尔驻伦敦大使馆寻求庇护，在此处一住就是近七年，直到2019年4月厄瓜多尔政府以阿桑吉违反庇护条款为由取消庇护，伦敦警方进入大使馆逮捕他。同年6月美国提出引渡要求。
美国政府代表律师指出，阿桑吉没有重大病史，没理由不能赴美受审，且美方同意若他遭定罪判刑，可回到家乡澳洲服刑。
维基解密创始人阿桑奇获准在狱中结婚
文 / 张佳莹
11/12/2021
（早报讯）英国《太阳报》援引知情人士的消息称，被关在英国监狱中的朱利安·阿桑奇已获得皇家检察署的许可，可以与他的未婚妻斯特拉·莫里斯结婚。
阿桑奇和莫里斯之前起诉了英国司法部长多米尼克·拉布和关押阿桑奇的贝尔马什监狱长，控告二人妨碍他们结婚。
据《太阳报》报道，皇家检察署本周允许二人在监狱围墙内举行婚礼。
据悉，婚礼可能会在12月举行，受邀来宾人数有限，其中包括两名证人。值得注意的是，这对夫妇将自己支付所有费用。由于阿桑奇和莫里斯都是天主教徒，婚礼仪式很可能在监狱的教堂中举行。
这对夫妇自2021年5月以来一直试图举行婚礼，当时莫里斯请求一名监狱牧师主持婚礼。在没有得到回应的情况下，阿桑奇10月7日正式向贝尔马什监狱长办公室申请结婚许可，但依旧没有得到答覆。10月14日，这对夫妇的律师请求贝尔马什监狱的官员允许莫里斯与婚姻登记处工作人员一起探监，最后又石沉大海。
现年49岁的阿桑奇2006年创建“维基解密”网站。2010年，该网站公布了大量美国政府有关阿富汗战争和伊拉克战争的秘密文件，让美国的外交形象遭到巨大打击，引起轰动和争议。
2010年11月，瑞典检方指控阿桑奇当年8月在瑞典逗留期间涉嫌强奸。身在英国的阿桑奇被英国警方逮捕后否认所有指控。英国最高法院裁定可将他引渡至瑞典。2012年6月，阿桑奇在保释期间进入厄瓜多尔驻英国大使馆寻求庇护。
2019年4月，在厄瓜多尔宣布撤销给予阿桑奇的庇护后，英国警方宣布阿桑奇被捕。当年5月，阿桑奇在英国被判入狱50周，罪名是他违反保释条例进入厄瓜多尔驻英国大使馆寻求庇护。
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange given permission to marry partner in prison
Associated Press
11/12/2021
LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been granted permission to marry his partner, Stella Moris, in prison, British authorities say.
Assange has been held in London’s high-security Belmarsh Prison since 2019 as he fights a U.S. attempt to extradite him on espionage charges.
The couple began their relationship during Assange’s seven years living in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London to avoid extradition to Sweden on unrelated sex offenses allegations. Assange and Moris, a South Africa-born lawyer, have two young sons: Gabriel, 4, and Max, 2.
“I am relieved that reason prevailed, and I hope there will be no further interference with our marriage,” Moris said.
In January, a judge refused a U.S. request to extradite Assange, but he remains in prison while a higher court considers the U.S. government’s appeal.
Assange and Moris made their relationship public in April 2020 and had applied to prison authorities for permission to wed.
They threatened legal action against the prison governor and Justice Secretary Dominic Raab, accusing them of trying to prevent the marriage from taking place.
“Mr. Assange’s application was received, considered and processed in the usual way by the prison governor, as for any other prisoner,” the Prison Service said Thursday.
No date has yet been set for the wedding.
U.S. prosecutors have indicted Assange on 17 espionage charges and one charge of computer misuse over WikiLeaks’ publication of thousands of leaked military and diplomatic documents a decade ago.
参与国会暴动 加州男卖房逃东欧 称遭迫害寻求白俄庇护
世界新闻网
11/08/2021
参与国会暴动，遭检调起诉6项罪名的暴徒纽曼(Evan Neumann)4月卖掉房子，逃到欧洲，自称遭「政治迫害」，向独裁者卢卡申科已统治了26年的白俄罗斯申请庇护。
48岁的纽曼因攻击警察、妨害执法等罪嫌遭到通缉，7日他接受白俄罗斯国营电视台访问时，否认犯罪，说｢这是政治迫害」，电视台的记者形容他是「单纯的美国人」，开的店被「黑人的命也是命」组织的活动分子烧毁了。
白俄记者说，这种单纯的美国人，却被逼得非逃离「过去我们认为的自由与机会之邦」不可，因为2020年总统选举之后，他争取正义、问了令人不舒服的问题」，而「失去一切，遭美国政府迫害。」
成为FBI的「在逃被告」
检方起诉书说，联邦调查员2月16日在他离开加州Mill Valley家，要到旧金山国际机场途中追上他，他也承认元月5日有到华府，元月7日离开华府。每日邮报问FBI为何被通缉的人可以出国，调查人员是否扣下他的护照？暂未获回复。
他的房仲说，4月，他把房子130万元卖掉后，就到乌克兰去了。他现在是FBI的「在逃被告」。
根据FBI，纽曼曾参加2004-2005年乌克兰革命。每日邮报说他有飞机驾照，也有私人飞机，育有两名子女，弟弟马克纽曼7月告诉ABC，不知哥哥下落。
他自己告诉白俄电视台，他3月飞到意大利，然后搭火车到瑞士，从瑞士开车，经由德国、波兰，抵达乌克兰。到乌克兰后，在志托米尔市(Zhytomyr)租了一间公寓，但不到两周，就自觉被乌克兰秘密警察盯上。
那是他决定偷渡到白俄罗斯的契机。那是艰辛的过程：渡过沼泽，躲过野猪和蛇，才抵达白俄，寻求政治庇护。白俄边境海关8月15日逮捕他。边境官员说，2021年迄今，已有至少三名美国公民请求庇护。
白俄与美无引渡条约
白俄与美国没有引渡条约，两国关系不佳，因为美国公开指责白俄2020年8月的选举舞弊；总统卢卡申科是欧洲人眼中的「欧洲最后一个独裁者」，统治白俄已近27年。
涉国会山骚乱 美国男子偷渡白罗斯求庇护
文 / 李秈霓
11/08/2021
（早报讯）白罗斯国营电视台星期天（11月7日）报道，一名因涉及今年初美国国会山骚乱而被控的美国人早前非法入境白罗斯，并正在向该国寻求庇护。
据报道，这名美国公民是埃文·诺依曼（Evan Neumann），他在3月飞到意大利，之后转往乌克兰，并于8月中旬从乌克兰进入白罗斯。
报道称：“一名美国公民正在白罗斯寻求庇护。这听来令人难以置信，但却是事实。”
今年1月6日，时任美国总统特朗普的支持者闯入美国国会，引发暴力骚乱，导致5人死亡。当天早前，竞选连任失败的特朗普发表讲话，声称选举舞弊。
诺依曼因参与这起事件被控6项重罪，包括袭击警察。但他接受白罗斯电视台访问时否认袭警，称自己受到了“政治迫害”。
U.S. Capitol Rioter Seeks Asylum in Belarus – State TV
11/08/2021
A man on the FBI’s Most Wanted List for allegedly attacking police during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot is now seeking asylum in Belarus, the ex-Soviet country’s state-run television reported Sunday.
Evan Neumann, 48, is wanted in the United States on charges of violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, as well as for assaulting, resisting and obstructing law enforcement during civil disorder. Neumann denies the charges as “unfounded.”
FBI looking for Mill Valley man accused of taking part in Capitol riot
The FBI is leading the search for a Mill Valley man who is accused of taking part in the attack on the US Capitol in January. Evan Neumann is facing six felony counts, including assaulting police officers. Investigators say he was caught on camera inside the Capitol building wearing a gas mask, while punching and violently pushing police officers
By KTVU staff
July 12, 2021
Neumann sold his California home in spring and was thought to have moved to Ukraine to evade arrest, ABC News reported this summer.
“Judging by his story, [Neumann] is the same type of simple American whose shops were burned by Black Lives Matter activists,” a Belarus 1 TV channel presenter said, echoing a common talking point on Russian state television.
Neumann “sought justice and asked uncomfortable questions” following the 2020 U.S. elections disputed by ex-President Donald Trump, the presenter added, “but lost almost everything and is being persecuted by the U.S. government.”
Belarusian border authorities detained Neumann on the border with Ukraine on Aug. 15, Belarus 1 reported.
“This situation has not only never happened, but was difficult to imagine,” said the channel’s reporter in a segment titled “Goodbye, America!”
In a sit-down interview, Neumann recalled crossing swampy forests and meeting wild hogs and snakes in his journey from Ukraine to Belarus. Belarus 1 reported that Neumann traveled from the U.S. to Italy in March, then took a train to Switzerland and drove to Germany and Poland before settling in western Ukraine, where he had rented an apartment for four months.
Neumann said he noticed Ukrainian security services “following” him two weeks into his stay, which prompted him to cross into neighboring Belarus and seek asylum.
Belarusian migration authorities declined to comment, citing confidentiality of personal data, the Russian state-run RIA Novosti reported Monday.
At least three U.S. citizens have applied for asylum in Belarus so far in 2021, the outlet added.
Belarus meanwhile has been accused of orchestrating a wave of migrants and refugees, mainly from the Middle East, toward European Union members’ borders in retaliation to EU sanctions. Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has denied the charges.
参与国会暴动 纽约皇后区华男被捕
世界新闻网
10/30/2021
纽约东区联邦法院29日宣布，来自皇后区26岁华男涉嫌参与1月6日国会大厦暴动，遭联邦调查局(FBI)逮捕，面临违反进入限制建筑物、进行破坏性无序行为等四项轻罪；调查披露，华男是美国海军陆战队(USMC)的预备役，案发当日被监控摄像拍摄到多次进出国会大厦。
法庭文档指出，FBI通过谷歌追查到一个当时在案发地活跃的电邮，用户名为「Jah Leo」，与其联系的Google Pay帐户中，揭露用户是来自皇后区小颈(Little Neck)的26岁华男刘佳(Jia Liu，音译)。
根据国防部(DOD)纪录，刘佳在2014年5月入伍美国海军陆战队的预备役，现是下士(Corporal)，担任网络操作员，并分配给预备役第六支通信大队。
1月6日下午2时至4时左右，国会警察的监控摄像头多次拍到刘佳非法闯入国会大厦，参与暴动；文档指出刘佳明知故犯，在未经合法授权的情况下，故意闯入或停留在受权限的建筑物和场地内、进行破坏性及无序的行为、妨碍政府办公。
据悉，刘佳当日未戴口罩、身穿一个黑色连帽卫衣、兜帽上印有红白蓝色的美国国旗，他爬过一个被砸破的玻璃窗，闯入大厦外围；后来刘佳随着暴动者挤进楼内，可看到他举起手机拍摄，当日下午4时22分，在被拍到数次进出楼内后，刘佳终于离开现场。
据纽约市警提供的信息，刘佳在当日凌晨5时32分，开着一辆登记于其继父名下的车，通过林肯隧道(Lincoln Tunnel)离开纽约市，并在当晚11时左右返回纽约；其他证据包括，其信用卡当日曾在华府地区加油站刷卡，FBI调查员后来也反复检查刘佳的证件，确认和监控录像中拍到的人为同一人。
刘佳29日早被FBI拘捕，面临非法踏入限制区域、限制区内进行破坏性行为、在国会大厦无序行为、及在国会大厦内游行示威四项轻罪，他由公派律师Benjamin Yaster代为辩护。
U.S. Marine Corps Reservist Serving as a Cyber Network Operator Charged in Jan. 6 Breach of U.S. Capitol
ADAM KLASFELD
10/30/2021
Joining scores of other members of the U.S. armed services charged in the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol, a Marine Corp Reserves corporal currently serving as a cyber network operator faces four misdemeanors for his alleged role in the siege.
The FBI arrested Jia Liu, a 26-year-old from Queens, N.Y., on Friday morning, authorities say.
Her attorney Benjamin Yaster of Brooklyn Federal Defenders did not immediately respond to a voicemail requesting comment.
The affidavit supporting his charges does not allege any violence or vandalism on his part. Prosecutors charged him with entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building.
Authorities have leaned on those statutes to charge the lower-level offenders among the more than 600 people prosecuted with breaching the U.S. Capitol.
In its affidavit, the FBI says that it looked into Liu’s Department of Defense records—among others—in investigating the suspect. Authorities found Liu had been assigned to Direct Support Company, 6th Communication Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve.
“Based on Liu’s passport, driver’s license, and Department of Defense photographs, your affiant located Liu on law enforcement body camera footage outside the U.S. Capitol building, as well as on U.S. Capitol building security camera footage entering the U.S. Capitol,” an FBI agent wrote in an affidavit. “Liu appears in the stills below dressed in a black jacket with a red, white and blue American flag hood donned over his head.”
Authorities say they observed Liu entering the building twice: at 3:24 p.m. and 3:31 p.m. by “climbing through a broken window.”
Court papers show several screenshots from surveillance footage of Liu allegedly entering the building the first time. Police body camera footage allegedly captures the second entrance.
The FBI says that the New Yorker was also foiled by license plate readers capturing his bridge and tunnel entrances and exits.
“According to New York City Police Department […] license plate reader information, on January 6, 2021, at approximately 5:32 a.m., a 2004 Jeep Wrangler (registered to Liu’s stepfather) hit traveling in the Lincoln Tunnel Outbound West Tube, leaving New York City,” the complaint states. “Additionally, later on January 6, 2021, at approximately 11:55 p.m., the same vehicle hit traveling northbound on the George Washington Bridge, Lowel Level into New York City, and again at approximately 12:04 a.m. (on January 7, 2021) traveling Queens-bound on the Throgs Neck Bridge.”
The U.S. Marine Corps did not immediately respond to Law&Crime’s press inquiry.
Liu is not the only Marine Corps member charged in connection with the events of Jan. 6.
In May, prosecutors charged Major Christopher Warnagiris with “violently” entering the Capitol Building through the East Rotunda doors by pushing through a line of Capitol Police officers.
“[Warnagiris] positioned himself in the corner of the doorway and seemed to use his body to help keep the door partially opened and reached for individuals pushing their way through to help pull them inside,” an unidentified FBI agent wrote in an affidavit supporting his criminal complaint.
Marine Corps spokesman Maj. J. A. Hernandez confirmed at the time that Warnagiris was an active-duty Marine.
“The Marine Corps is clear on this: There is no place for racial hatred or extremism in the Marine Corps,” Hernandez told Law&Crime in May.
抢匪作案遇“美军陆战队” 1秒夺枪压制 同伙鼠窜
来源：ETtoday
10/29/2021
惹错人！亚利桑那州一名持枪歹徒伙同另外两人抢劫加油站商店，却遇到“路人”发威， 一个箭步就夺下手枪，还用手中的一袋罐装饮料当武器，砸向歹徒让他血流满面，其他同伙见状早就吓得逃之夭夭。这段监视器影片迅速在全美爆红，原来单枪匹马压制抢匪的路人竟是美国海军陆战队的退伍军人。
Oct 21, 2021
A Marine Corps veteran came to the rescue on Wednesday morning after an armed suspect and two others attempted to rob a convenience store in Arizona, according to the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office.
根据美联社、ABC报导，亚利桑那州西南部尤马市（Yuma）一家加油站商店于20日清晨4时30分左右，突然闯进一名持枪歹徒，身后还跟著2名同伙，而当时正要去上班的前美军陆战队队员基尔瑟（James Kilcer）刚好就在店里。监视器画面显示，他先是一眼扫视了抢匪，接著瞬间出手夺枪，并将手中的一袋罐装饮料用力砸过去，随后将人压制在地，同伙吓得连滚带爬地逃跑了，最后一名歹徒都还没踏进店门，这桩抢劫行动就瞬间结束。
报导指出，32岁的基尔瑟曾在阿富汗服役，而现在是陆军尤马演习场的聘雇人员，因此国防部不允许他带枪上班，多数人被枪指著可能会吓傻或逃命，但基尔瑟不同，他受访时称，如果当时他身上有带枪，或许还能再抓到其他2名嫌犯，“我当时正准备转身离开，就听到门猛然地被打开，我的第一个反应是，这枪管太小了。”他说，他扫视了一下发现除此之外没有其他武器，在那一刻他就选定了目标，“他朝我多走了一步，朝柜台走一步，我就能抓到他了。”
基尔瑟表示，他将饮料罐砸在歹徒的脸上，可能有打碎了对方的鼻子，因为他后来血流满地，同时夺下了枪支，再抓住歹徒的脖子，用枪指著他的头，把他转到背面压制，“我问他，『你多大了？』他说，『我才14岁！』他太快就走上错误的道路了。”警察到场后已将这名少年抢匪拘捕，并正在追缉另外2名共犯。
Oct 22, 2021
Marine veteran James Kilcer took matters into his own hands when he witnessed a robbery attempt at an Arizona gas station.
事后，基尔瑟说，原本他以为只是一把玩具枪，里面什麽都没有，所以他随手把枪扔在一边，后来检查才知道那是一把真枪，“海军陆战队教会我当机立断……我想我只是在对的时间，出现在对的地方，做我该做的事。”
突发！硅谷华人广场突发恶性枪战！
文章来源: 北美生活大爆炸
10/16/2021
就在今天，北加州硅谷的核心区域Milpitas突然爆发枪战。这是整个硅谷华人最聚集的地方。
一时间，华人票圈都吓坏了，视频中流出了很多细节，据悉枪战发生在华人最熟悉的 400 block barber Lan 附近。即就在环球广场内！
纷纷转发枪战视频。不少人在广场卧倒，警车到处都是。
很多民众猜测是抢劫银行。还有人员受伤。
事件一处引发当地华人疯狂转发。Milpitas 环球广场是华人最喜欢的购物中心之一，仅靠237和880交通要道，这里紧靠众多电子科技公司，不仅有超市还有很多华人餐馆，银行和其他娱乐业。是华人最常出行的地点。
自疫情以来，不少不法分子攻击和抢劫餐厅，甚至直接到ATM机边打劫被害人，最近旧金山Walgreens更是宣布关闭5家旧金山市门店！
猖獗的盗贼大手大脚在店里搬货，让门店着实吃不消。
连警方也直言，对于有组织的零售犯罪，很难全部逮捕。
而今天发生在环球广场的恶性抢占是不是又一次有目标性的抢劫呢？
本事件仍在调查中。尚不知道具体原因。不过：
假日临近，各位华人朋友出行务必注意安全。
Oct 16, 2021
Oct 15, 2021
密爾比達環球廣場15日下午傳出槍戰事件，有不少華裔民眾15日下午剛好在環球廣場，目擊槍戰發生。根據民眾提供的影片可以看到，原本民眾還在附近餐廳，出現第一聲槍響後，有槍手針對某個人連續開了17、18槍，槍聲連續不斷。緊接著下一段影片出現救護人員正將一位身上滿是血痕的傷者抬上救護車。
密爾比達環球廣場是知名的華人餐廳、超市聚落，發生此事，許多華人都感到相當緊張害怕。目前警方還沒有公布最新消息。
Oct 15, 2021
密爾比達環球廣場15日下午傳出槍戰事件，有不少華裔民眾15日下午剛好在環球廣場，目擊槍戰發生。根據民眾提供的影片可以看到，原本民眾還在附近餐廳，出現第一聲槍響後，有槍手針對某個人連續開了17、18槍，槍聲連續不斷。緊接著下一段影片出現救護人員正將一位身上滿是血痕的傷者抬上救護車。
密爾比達環球廣場是知名的華人餐廳、超市聚落，發生此事，許多華人都感到相當緊張害怕。目前警方還沒有公布最新消息。
Police exchange gunfire with stolen vehicle suspect in Milpitas
By: Bay City News
10/16/2021
MILPITAS, Calif. (BCN) — Police in Milpitas on Friday were involved in a shooting with a suspect in a stolen vehicle.
On Friday at 3:41 p.m., detectives with the Milpitas Police Department initiated an enforcement stop on a stolen vehicle that was parked in the Milpitas Square shopping center in the 400 block of Barber Lane.
Police said the suspect shot at detectives, and a prolonged exchange of gunfire ensued.
The suspect was injured and barricaded himself in the vehicle, but he was later extricated, and officers provided first aid before paramedics transported him to a local hospital.
Police said no officers or bystanders were injured during the incident.
The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office is assisting in the investigation into the incident.
Anyone with information related to the case is asked to contact the Milpitas Police Department at (408) 586-2400.
(VA) Loudoun County superintendent apologizes, board member resigns as backlash grows over alleged sexual assaults
Loudoun County Public Schools has faced intense public pressure after Scott Smith revealed his daughter was allegedly assaulted in a school bathroom
By Peter Hasson | Fox News
10/15/2021
The superintendent of Loudoun County Public Schools issued an apology and a school board member resigned on Friday as the district faces mounting backlash over its response to two alleged sexual assaults, one of which was allegedly carried out by a skirt-wearing male student in a girls’ bathroom.
Superintendent Scott Ziegler apologized for saying during a June event that the Virginia district had no record of assaults taking place in its bathrooms. His comments came amid debate about policy changes related to self-identified transgender students. Ziegler said Friday that he misunderstood the question when he made the comment.
Ziegler also said he is “sorry that we failed to provide the safe, welcoming, and affirming environment that we aspire to provide.” He told affected students and families: “We acknowledge and share in your pain and we will continue to offer support to help you and your families through this trauma.”
Scott Smith, a Loudoun County father who was arrested at that June event, said this week that his daughter was sexually assaulted in a girls’ bathroom at Stone Bridge High School by a male student who was wearing a skirt. The Loudoun County sheriff’s office has confirmed that an on-campus sexual assault was reported on the day Smith says his daughter was victimized.
The boy accused of assaulting Smith’s daughter later allegedly groped a female student at nearby Broad Run High School after forcing her into an empty classroom, Loudoun County Commonwealth’s Attorney Buta Biberaj told WTOP in an interview this week.
Board member Beth Barts announced her resignation on Friday, though she didn’t say whether it was related to the ongoing controversy. “This was not an easy decision or a decision made in haste. After much thought and careful consideration, it is the right decision for me and my family,” Barts said.
Barts has repeatedly butted heads with Loudoun parents concerned about critical race theory and similar left-wing topics being taught in schools, leading residents to seek her recall. Brenda Sheridan, the school board chair, thanked Barts for her service and said that the position is expected to be filled during the board’s December meeting.
LCPS didn’t immediately return Fox News’ inquiry on whether Barts’ resignation was linked to the current controversy.
“This could not have been an easy decision for Ms. Barts. We have made known our displeasure with her actions as a school board member over the past several months, but today she has done the right thing. Her former colleagues should take notice,” Ian Prior, the executive director of Virginia parent group Fight for Schools, said in a statement Friday.
“The community should know, however, that the problems at Loudoun County Public Schools and on the school board go well beyond one school board member,” Prior added. “We will continue to shine a light on Loudoun County Public Schools and will keep fighting until we have a school board of common sense, non-partisan members and a superintendent who is accountable to parents and tells the truth.”
自定义厕所性别 美中学女生在厕所遭裙装”男生“性侵
文章来源: 综合新闻
10/13/2021
今年5月，弗吉尼亚州劳登县的一名父亲被告知，自己上中学的女儿在学校受到“攻击”，但是校方没有报警。
男子后来得知，一名穿着“裙子”的男孩在女厕所内对女儿性侵犯。
于是愤怒的父亲报警，但是校方表示从未接到过关于在双性洗手间发生性侵犯的报告。
48岁的斯科特-史密斯对于学校的态度十分不满，6月22日他走入了学校董事会的会议，并且当面指责女儿在学校女厕所被一个 “穿裙子 “的男学生 “强奸”，他想用发生在她身上的事情来说明他为什么认为每个人不应该自己选择使用哪种性别的洗手间。
但是后来在视频分享中，这位父亲向媒体透露，学校否认这一切，并在他完全分享他的观点前就将其拖出了会议室。
愤怒的父亲表示场面一度很混乱。6辆警察负责带我离去。
这位父亲说自己从未这么无助，他只是想保护自己的孩子。
史密斯说，这名男孩利用学校的变性政策，进入女生洗手间并袭击了他的女儿
事件发生两个月后，这名男孩，因强迫鸡奸而被捕。
就在10月，他因不同的指控再次被捕，据称他在不同的学校袭击了一个不同的女孩。
目前这么中学生被关在一个青少年拘留中心。
但史密斯说，劳登县的学校却仍在不遗余力地保护这个孩子–“一个性侵者”。学校目前没有发表评论。
据悉，这一家人在被赶出后，一直联系律师为这个案子10月14日的开庭做准备，但他们没想到就在10月6日这个男孩再次因为同样事件被逮捕。
劳登县警长办公室确实证实了10月6日的事件，调查确定在10月6日下午，这名嫌疑人强迫受害者进入一个空教室，在那里他违背她的意愿扣留她并不适当地触摸她，目前被指控对他人进行性攻击和绑架。
据称，该14岁男孩在警方的询问中已经承认了所发生的一切。
而这位父亲如今终于能再次站出来，他之前被校方指责为偏激的右翼分子，还将他的信息发送给所有学区的家长。
Hill’s report said that Montgomery County, which has about 1 million residents, received about $2.61 million in revenue in 2017. Hill’s report noted that the revenue would decline over time as customers start using reusable bags, although it will take several years.
He wrote that it would be difficult to estimate potential revenues because Virginia’s legislation applies only to certain retailers while Montgomery County’s applies to virtually all and doesn’t have certain exemptions.
Earlier this year, Prince William County supervisors began drafting a similar plastic bag tax but decided to wait until after the fiscal 2022 budget was passed.
Loudoun County responds after dad says school district tried to conceal daughter’s bathroom assault
Virginia school board under fire after father alleges daughter sexually assaulted in bathroom
By Jessica Chasmar | Fox News
10/13/2021
Loudoun father claims city concealed sex assault
Scott Smith joins ‘The Ingraham Angle’ to discuss his claims that his daughter was sexually assaulted in girl’s bathroom by boy wearing a skirt
The Loudoun County school district in Virginia issued a statement Wednesday saying it correctly followed all legal protocols, two days after a father – who was arrested during a June school board meeting – accused the district of trying to cover up an alleged bathroom sexual assault against his daughter by a skirt-wearing male student.
“Loudoun County Public Schools is aware of the media and social media reports concerning alleged sexual assaults at two of our high school campuses,” the school district said.
“While LCPS takes student privacy seriously and cannot reveal details concerning the actions of any specific student, we do want to clarify our investigative process. Principals are legally required to report to the local law enforcement agency any act, including sexual assault, that may constitute a felony offense under Va. Code § 22.1-279.3:1. That process was followed with respect to these allegations.”
The statement comes two days after Scott Smith, who was arrested for disorderly conduct during a June 22 school board meeting, alleged that the school district tried to cover up a sexual assault by a gender-fluid individual against his ninth-grade daughter in order to further its transgender rights agenda.
Smith told The Daily Wire on Monday that weeks before his arrest, his daughter at Stone Bridge High School in Ashburn was sexually assaulted by a boy wearing a skirt who entered the girls’ bathroom on May 28.
“We can confirm a May 28, 2021 case that involved a thorough 2-month-long investigation that was conducted to determine the facts of the case prior to arrest,” the sheriff’s office previously told Fox News. “This case is still pending court proceedings. The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is not able to provide any documents that pertain to a pending case.” The sheriff’s office confirmed that the case involved sexual assault.
All juvenile records are sealed, but Smith’s attorney Elizabeth Lancaster told The Daily Wire that the boy was subsequently charged with two counts of forcible sodomy, one count of anal sodomy, and one count of forcible fellatio.
The school district said in its statement that it contacted the sheriff’s office on May 28 within “minutes of receiving the initial report.”
“Once a matter has been reported to law enforcement, LCPS does not begin its investigation until law enforcement advises LCPS that it has completed the criminal investigation,” the school district said. “To maintain the integrity of the criminal investigation, law enforcement requested that LCPS not interview students until their investigation is concluded. LCPS has cooperated and continues to cooperate with law enforcement.”
The statement differs dramatically from Smith’s account, who said school officials told him on May 28 that the matter would be handled in-house, and that they actually called law enforcement on him for creating a scene on campus.
According to The Daily Wire, the school sent an email to parents later that day saying there had been an “incident in the main office” that required sheriff’s deputies to respond. The email made no mention of the alleged sexual assault and said there was “no threat to the safety of the student body.”
Smith told The Daily Wire that he was arrested at the June 22 school board meeting shortly after LCPS Superintendent Scott Ziegler declared that to his knowledge, “we don’t have any record of assaults occurring in our restrooms.” Smith said he then flew into a rage after a local progressive activist said she did not believe his daughter’s story.
On Aug. 11, nearly two months after Smith’s arrest, the school board voted to approve its transgender rights policy, which requires teachers to call students by the pronouns they identify with and requires bathroom renovations in order to make them more private.
Smith said he received a letter before the Aug. 11 vote informing him he was banned from the school board building.
Then on Oct. 6, the sheriff’s office said a 15-year-old boy was charged with sexual battery and abduction of a fellow student at Broad Run High School in Ashburn. In an Oct. 7 press release, the sheriff’s office said the suspect forced a female victim into an empty classroom where he held her against her will and inappropriately touched her.
The Daily Wire, citing a government official, reported that the boy accused in the Broad Run case had the same name as the student who allegedly assaulted Smith’s daughter.
Elizabeth Lancaster, Smith’s attorney, also told the outlet the suspect in the Oct. 6 incident was the same boy who allegedly attacked Smith’s daughter.
Smith’s wife, Jess, said prosecutors told her the suspect’s court date had been postponed from this Thursday to Oct. 25 in order to handle both cases together. The sheriff’s office declined to confirm or deny to Fox News that the same male student was suspected in both cases.
The school district said in its statement that it is “prohibited from disciplining any student without following the Title IX grievance process, which includes investigating complaints of sexual harassment and sexual assault.”
“LCPS does impose interim measures to protect the safety of students involved in the original incident, deter retaliation, and preserve the integrity of the investigation and resolution process,” it said. “LCPS has complied and continues to comply with its obligations under Title IX.”
The school district added that board members were “not aware of the specific details of this incident until it was reported in media outlets earlier this week.”
Loudoun County parents demand resignation of $295K-a-year superintendent who DENIED school had any reports of sex assault by a trans kid in a restroom – one month after girl, 15, told teachers she was raped by a ‘boy in a skirt’ in women’s toilets
Ziegler took the job in Loudoun County in January after working in HR for years. He is paid $295,000 a year.
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