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Anonymous ID: 994b80 April 23, 2021, 9:40 a.m. No.13495399   🗄️.is 🔗kun

1 dead, 4 injured in San Diego shootings; suspect arrested

 

A man was arrested after two overnight shootings in downtown San Diego left one person dead and four others injured, authorities said early Friday.

 

Officers responded to a report of gunfire in the 500 block of J Street about 10:30 p.m. PT Thursday, San Diego Police Lt. Andra Brown told reporters during a press conference.

 

Investigators believe the suspect had an "encounter" with a man outside a hotel and shot him. The 28-year-old victim, who was found near a valet station, died at the scene, Brown said. It was unclear if he worked at the hotel or a valet company.

 

After that shooting, the suspected gunman walked northbound to the next block, confronted a group of men and opened fire again, authorities said. Four men were wounded in the second incident, according to police. Three were taken to a hospital with with injuries that were not life-threatening. The fourth man was treated at the scene.

 

The suspect was taken into custody after an officer used a Taser on him, Brown said. He was later taken to a hospital for injuries related to the Taser and confrontations with witnesses. Police have not released his name or the charges against him.

 

The deadly incident is the latest in a growing number of shootings in the United States this year.

 

On Wednesday, a man suspected of shooting and killing one person and injuring another at a Pennsylvania gas station died in an apparent suicide. Authorities didn't provide details about a potential motive for the shooting.

 

On Tuesday, a "troubled employee" opened fire inside a Stop & Shop supermarket in West Hempstead, New York, killing a manager and wounding two co-workers. The suspect was caught at a nearby apartment building on Terrance Avenue in Hempstead.

 

And last Thursday, authorities said a gunman killed eight people at an Indianapolis FedEx facility before killing himself. Four others who were shot and another who was injured were taken to hospitals. Officials identified the alleged gunman as a former FedEx employee. Four of the eight victims killed were from the Sikh community.

 

So far this year, there have been at least six large-scale shootings, including the one in Indianapolis, according to NBC News.

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/1-dead-4-injured-san-114509687.html

Anonymous ID: 994b80 April 23, 2021, 10:09 a.m. No.13495569   🗄️.is 🔗kun

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Operation White Rabbit: LSD, the DEA, and the Fate of the Acid King Hardcover – October 27, 2020

by Dennis McDougal (Author)

 

Operation White Rabbit traces the rise and fall—and rise and fall again—of the psychedelic community through the life of the man known as the “Acid King:” William Leonard Pickard. Pickard was a legitimate genius, a follower of Timothy Leary, a con artist, a womanizer, and a believer that LSD would save lives. He was a foreign diplomat, a Harvard fellow, and the biggest producer of LSD on the planet—if you believe the DEA.

 

A narrative for fans of Michael Pollan’s How to Change Your Mind, Pickard’s personal story is set against a fascinating chronicle of the social history of psychedelic drugs from the 1950s on. From LSD distribution at UC Berkeley to travelling the world for the State Department, Pickard’s story is one of remarkable genius—that is, until a DEA sting named “Operation White Rabbit” captured him at an abandoned missile silo in Kansas. Pickard, the DEA said, was responsible for 90 percent of the world’s production of lysergic acid.

 

The DEA announced to the public that they found 91 pounds of LSD. In reality, the haul was seven ounces. They found none of the millions of dollars Pickard supposedly amassed, either. But nonetheless, he is now serving two consecutive life sentences without possibility of parole. Pickard has become acid’s best-known martyr in the process, continuing his advocacy and artistic pursuits from jail.

 

Pickard has successfully sued the US government because his requests for information on his case returned two blank DEA documents. But the appeals of his sentence have continually failed. The author visits him regularly in jail in an effort to find the truth.

 

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