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01 May 2010 09:44

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World: In Thailand, a hospital evacuation makes the Red Shirts look bad

  • The hospital did not hear our apology. They dramatised the evacuation of patients, turning it into a tragedy to paint Red Shirt people as bad. We have been made to look like terrorists and very soon the crackdown will begin.
  • Red Shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan • Regarding the nature of a hospital freaking out after the Red Shirts raided the hospital, thinking security forces were inside. The hospital, for understandable reasons, evacuated patients. the Red shirts are angry that the hospital embarrassed them, but, let’s wait a second here and get some perspective, THEY RAIDED A FREAKING HOSPITAL. source
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28 Mar 2010 22:22

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U.S.: Did a Christian militia get nailed in a domestic terror raid?

  • 7 were arrested between Ohio,
    Michigan and Indiana source
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26 Oct 2009 21:49

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U.S.: The FBI’s coordinated nationwide raids tackle child prostitution

  • 700 were arrested in planned FBI raids on child prostitution rings
  • 52 children were rescued in the raids – one was just 10 years old source
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23 Sep 2009 11:01

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Offbeat: One drug raid turns into nine hours of “Wii Bowling”

  • We’re imagining the cops involved in the previous story we posted doing this. 1,100 police officers each taking turns playing Wii Bowling after they got done arresting the members of the Avenues gang. Man, wouldn’t that be a massive waste of police resources?
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23 Sep 2009 10:54

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U.S.: Avenues no more? A massive raid could end a notorious gang

  • There are parents today that don’t have to run to the bus stop to make sure that their kids don’t get jumped because they have an iPod or because they are carrying books or because they have lunch money. This is the daily terror that gangs like Avenues impose.
  • Los Angeles-area councilman Ed Reyes • Describing the campaign of terror the notorious Avenues gang brought to his community. Yesterday, the gang got raided like nobody’s business. 1,100 police officers and 300 federal agents descended on the gang, arresting 46 alleged members. Avenues has been operating in northeast Los Angeles since the late ’50s • source
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03 Jul 2009 02:26

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U.S.: Speaking of Texas police, they’re smarting over a Fort Worth gay bar raid

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