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Andy Borowitz | Millions Watch American Democracy's Final Episode

Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "American democracy, a long-running institution whose popularity endured for over two hundred years, drew millions of viewers to its final episode Wednesday night."
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Oklahoma Halts Execution of Richard Glossip Amid Concerns Death Row Inmate Is Innocent
Suman Varandani, International Business Times
Varandani writes: "An Oklahoma court halted a scheduled execution of a man amid concerns that he may be innocent, media reports said. Richard Glossip, who was convicted of murder in 1977, was set to be executed Wednesday."
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Syed Irfan Ashraf | Pakistan's Very First Drone Strike: A Strike Against Effective Governance
Syed Irfan Ashraf, Reader Supported News
Ashraf writes: "This past week, Pakistan executed its first-ever drone strike against al-Qaeda and Taliban militants, allegedly killing three suspects in the Shawal area of North Waziristan. What will follow next? Will Pakistan take into its own hands the ongoing drone war against al-Qaeda?"
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This is so blatantly offensive and ignorant, the post in its entirety below is included [apologies if you agree]: 

Open Letter From a Police Chief: '#BlackLivesMatter Nothing More Than a Terrorist Group'
Oliver Darcy, The Blaze
Darcy writes: "A police chief in a small North Carolina town retired Tuesday after an emergency meeting was called by the mayor over a Facebook post on the Black Lives Matter moment he authored earlier this month."
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A North Carolina town has approved the retirement of the police chief after he referred to the Black Lives Matter movement as a terrorist group in a Facebook post. (photo: AP)

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Open Letter From a Police Chief: '#BlackLivesMatter Nothing More Than a Terrorist Group'

By Oliver Darcy, The Blaze

17 September 15

RSN does not in any way endorse the comments of former Surf City, North Carolina Police Chief Mike Halstead that appear below. The remarks are presented here to give our readers a chance to understand how this debate is evolving. - MA/RSN

 police chief in a small North Carolina town retired Tuesday after an emergency meeting was called by the mayor over a Facebook post on the Black Lives Matter moment he authored earlier this month.

Surf City Police Chief Mike Halstead wrote a lengthy post on his personal Facebook page Sept. 3, calling Black Lives Matter an “American born terrorist group” and suggesting President Barack Obama has played a role in inflaming a “race problem in this country.”

Here’s the full post via WECT-TV:

Open letter from a Police Chief , this Black Lives Matter group is nothing more than an American born terrorist group brought on by the lie of the hands up don’t shoot during the criminal thug Michael Brown incident. The FBI and other Government Law Enforcement groups need to step up and put a stop to this. The Government and blacks would not tolerate the White Supremacist group to march through the streets and call for the murders of a race of people and a group of public servants. I agree there is a race problem in this country. It is not brought on by police officer doing their sworn duty, it is brought on by the government, the President and his cronies Al Sharpton, who is a criminal tax evader (but has the support of our so called President), Jessi Jackson, Eric Holder and that ignorant S.O.B. Farrakhan who should be charged with solicitation for murder, lord knows a white man would be arrested for the same actions of idiot Farakhan. I am sure there are many hard working Black people who will agree with me. I have been a Police Officer for 35 years. I do not judge anyone by the color of their skin, but by there actions. A criminal is a criminal whether a police officer or any other profession. I will not state statistics because black lives matter do not care or believe proven statistics. I put allot of the blame for these cop murders on the media and the way they report police related shootings. There is no need to list or even state the race of a person shot by the police. It is more important to wait for the facts and report those. But and a big but that does not make money for these greedy media ass holes. When a black thug is killed by the police they are all over it as is Mr. Barack Obama. However when a police officer white, black or any race is murdered for doing his job the media is short with it’s reporting or not at all. When a white person is killed by a black officer you hear nothing. Has our so called President spoke publicly about these murders of police officers by blacks, HELL NO he has not. Step up Mr. President, or step down because we do not need you. Has our Attorney General spoke against these murders, no of course not because she was appointed by Barack Obama. Now let me say this, and this is not a threat but common knowledge. I have instructed my officers to be vigilant, if threatened take appropriate action. If that means shoot a thug, then do it and answer for it while you are still alive not dead. Law Enforcement is fed up with this murderous society who want to take out those who protect and serve. Imagine if all law enforcement shut down for just 1 day. There would be murders, rapes, robberies, you name it. America wake up, all of you black, white, Mexican whatever you need the police, we do not need you. End this Black Lives Matter bull shit and start a movement that all lives matter. As for the New Black Panther movement who wants to kill whites and cops, go for it, we are ready for you. You take one of us and there will be 100 who will step up and end you. This letter is not meant to offend anyone, just the feelings of a man who has spent the last 35 years of his life serving and protecting, for what so a thug can take it or to be treated as a criminal by the very people I swore to protect. Let’s get this around folks so maybe our President and the media will get a wake up call. Be safe all of my Brothers and Sisters in blue, not white, black, yellow or brown BLUE.

The post was later removed.

Town Mayor Zander Guy called an emergency meeting after learning of the post, which was held Tuesday afternoon.

Shortly after the meeting, it was announced that Halstead would be stepping down to retire after 35 years of public service. Town leaders agreed to pay him 60 days of severance pay, WECT-TV reported.

 http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/32443-open-letter-from-a-police-chief-blacklivesmatter-nothing-more-than-a-terrorist-group

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Harriet McLeod, Reuters
McLeod writes: "An attorney for the man accused of gunning down nine people at a historic black church in South Carolina in June said on Wednesday his client is willing to plead guilty to state murder charges if that would spare him a death sentence."
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8.8 Million People Gained Health Insurance Last Year, Census Finds
Peter Sullivan, The Hill
Sullivan writes: "Census data released Wednesday show that 8.8 million people gained health insurance in 2014, the first year of ObamaCare's coverage expansion."
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Zimbabwe Hunter Behind Cecil Lion Killing Arrested for Smuggling
Agence France-Presse
Excerpt: "The professional hunter who helped an American dentist kill Zimbabwe's popular lion Cecil has been arrested for his alleged link with an illegal operation to smuggle 29 sable antelope out of the country."
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