https://www.dw.com/en/wind-of-change-the-scorpions-and-the-cia/a-53561803
'Wind of Change': The Scorpions and the CIA
Did the US intelligence agency, and not the German rock band Scorpions, compose the power ballad "Wind of Change" to help topple the Communist Bloc? A podcast by New Yorker writer Patrick Radden Keefe looks into it.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/retired-77-year-old-police-captain-killed-by-looters-in-shooting-broadcast-on-facebook-live
A retired police captain was shot and killed by looters who posted the killing on Facebook Live.
David Dorn, 77, was shot in the torso at about 2:30 a.m. on Tuesday by looters at a St. Louis pawnshop and died on the sidewalk in front of the shop, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Police don’t currently have anyone in custody or any suspects. Several people have told them they witnessed the shooting during a Facebook Live broadcast and a member of the Ethical Society of Police, a group that represents black police officers in St. Louis, said it was aware of the broadcast.
Missouri state Rep. Rasheen Aldridge was one of the people who said he witnessed the shooting on Facebook.
"Very traumatized right now," he told a reporter.
Potus did it to them again
https://www.newsmax.com/john-gizzi/washington-church-wilton-gregory-shrine/2020/06/02/id/970216/
Wilton Gregory, Roman Catholic archbishop of Washington, D.C., apparently did not check with the St. Pope John Paul, II National Shrine before blasting the president's visit to the Catholic site on Tuesday as "reprehensible."
As it turned out, President Donald Trump's visit to the Shrine was meant as a "lead in" to something he did later in the day, which was very much in accord with the mission of shrine honoring the late Pope (1978-2005) who was canonized (made a saint) in 2013 — the signing of an executive order to advance international religious freedom.
As the president and first lady approached the shrine in Washington,Gregory's office issued a statement saying he found it "baffling and reprehensible that any Catholic facility would allow itself to be egregiously misused and manipulated in a way that violates our religious principles that call us to defend the rights of all people — even those with whom we might disagree."
Gregory hailed St. Pope John Paul as "an ardent defender of the rights and dignity of human beings" and insisted the first Polish pope "would not condone the use of tear gas and other deterrents to silence, scatter, or intimidate them in order for a photo opt in front of a place of worship and peace."
In a subsequent statement, the Shrine pointed out the Trump’s visit was scheduled "as an event for the president to sign an executive order on international religious freedom."
The Shrine called the visit "fitting," recalling St. Pope John Paul II was "a tireless advocate of religious liberty throughout this pontificate."
Underscoring that the cause of international religious freedom "receives widespread bipartisan support," the Shrine called for unanimous passage of legislation in defense of persecuted Christians and religious minorities around the world.
In an obvious reference to Gregory's criticism of Trump's visit, the Shrine said it "welcomes all people to come and pray and learn about the legacy of Saint John Paul II."
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/park-police-no-tear-gas-was-used-to-move-protesters-away-from-white-house
As many of the protesters became more combative, continued to throw projectiles, and attempted to grab officers’ weapons, officers then employed the use of smoke canisters and pepper balls. No tear gas was used by USPP officers or other assisting law enforcement partners to close the area at Lafayette Park. Subsequently, the fence was installed,” he said.
Monahan used the measures because protesters were throwing bricks and water bottles, and Park Police had issued three warnings over loudspeakers telling demonstrators to leave the area.
“Intelligence had revealed calls for violence against the police, and officers found caches of glass bottles, baseball bats, and metal poles hidden along the street,” he said.
At least 51 members of Park Police were injured during the last four days of protests, according to Monahan.