CA Man Gets Death Penalty: A California man was sentenced to death Friday for the 2012 shooting deaths of four people outside a Northridge boarding home. Debbie L. Sklar of My News LA reports that 34-year-old Ka Pasasouk was convicted in November on four counts of first-degree murder for the Dec. 2, 2012 murders of four people while "fueled by drugs and alcohol." He was allegedly seeking revenge on one of the victims, whom he'd had an altercation with months earlier, and killed the other three victims in an effort to eliminate witnesses. Pasasouk was also convicted on one count each of attempted murder, being a felon in possession of a firearm and assault with a semiautomatic firearm, for confronting other people nearby prior to the shooting. Almost a year before the incident, in Jan. 2012, Pasasouk was released from prison under Realignment.
ISIS Attacks Expected to Worsen: The Pentagon's head of military intelligence told a security conference Monday that he expects the Islamic State (ISIS) terror group to pick up "the pace and lethality" of attacks in 2016 in order to expand its operations. Rudy Takala of the Washington Examiner reports that Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart said that he expects ISIS to expand operations in Egypt in particular, but also parts of Africa and Asia as well, including Mali, Tunisia, Somalia, Bangladesh and Indonesia. According to Stewart, ISIS attacks will worsen "because it seeks to unleash violent actions and to provoke a harsh reactions from the West, thereby feeding its distorted narrative."
Ferguson to Vote on Justice Dept's Agreement: City council members in Ferguson, Mo., are set to vote Tuesday on an agreement with the Justice Department to overhaul the police and court systems, which has the potential to financially cripple the city. Andrea Noble of the Washington Times reports that the consent decree follows months of negotiations between city leaders and the Justice Department, which produced a scathing report after the 2014 fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown, calling out the Ferguson Police Department for exhibiting racial inequalities. The decree includes reforms to the city's police department, such as training Ferguson officers to "recognize unconscious racial stereotyping," requiring more stringent accounting of police use-of-force incidents and limiting court fines and jail time for minor offenses. The agreement is estimated to cost city officials $3.7 million in the first year; the city operated with a budget of $14.5 million and a budget deficit of $2.8 million this fiscal year. The city could face legal actions if it refuses to comply.
ISIS Attacks Expected to Worsen: The Pentagon's head of military intelligence told a security conference Monday that he expects the Islamic State (ISIS) terror group to pick up "the pace and lethality" of attacks in 2016 in order to expand its operations. Rudy Takala of the Washington Examiner reports that Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart said that he expects ISIS to expand operations in Egypt in particular, but also parts of Africa and Asia as well, including Mali, Tunisia, Somalia, Bangladesh and Indonesia. According to Stewart, ISIS attacks will worsen "because it seeks to unleash violent actions and to provoke a harsh reactions from the West, thereby feeding its distorted narrative."
Ferguson to Vote on Justice Dept's Agreement: City council members in Ferguson, Mo., are set to vote Tuesday on an agreement with the Justice Department to overhaul the police and court systems, which has the potential to financially cripple the city. Andrea Noble of the Washington Times reports that the consent decree follows months of negotiations between city leaders and the Justice Department, which produced a scathing report after the 2014 fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown, calling out the Ferguson Police Department for exhibiting racial inequalities. The decree includes reforms to the city's police department, such as training Ferguson officers to "recognize unconscious racial stereotyping," requiring more stringent accounting of police use-of-force incidents and limiting court fines and jail time for minor offenses. The agreement is estimated to cost city officials $3.7 million in the first year; the city operated with a budget of $14.5 million and a budget deficit of $2.8 million this fiscal year. The city could face legal actions if it refuses to comply.
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