Police: Man Who Pulled Gun on Protesters Was ‘Lawfully Defending Himself’
Police in Tallahassee, Florida, said a man who was seen pulling a gun at Black Lives Matter protesters and agitators who were seen beating him will not be charged. Video footage captured Saturday at the Florida Historic Capitol building showed the demonstrators attacking the man while he was on the ground before the man got up and pulled out a pistol and waved it before the protesters retreated. “The evidence confirmed the physical altercation between numerous protesters and that the individual was knocked to the ground and under attack before lawfully defending himself,” a press release from the police department read. “TPD confirmed that the individual with the gun was lawfully carrying a concealed weapon as a license holder.” The city said that the man, who is white, started “documenting the protest”…
DARWIN, Australia—Wildlife rangers have trapped a 4.4-meter (14.5-foot) saltwater crocodile at a tourist destination in Australia’s Northern Territory, the biggest caught in the area in years, a wildlife ranger said Monday.
The 350-kilogram (770-pound) male was caught in the Flora River at a remote nature park 120 kilometers (75 miles) southwest of the Outback town of Katherine, said Katherine senior wildlife ranger John Burke.
A larger 4.7-meter (15.5-foot) croc was trapped three years ago in the same wildlife management zone, but that one was caught in the Katherine River, which is closer to the sea, Burke said. He said he did not know of a larger croc caught in the Flora River.
Crocodile numbers have been increasing across Australia’s tropical north since federal law made them a protected species in the early 1970s.
“They certainly are increasing (in number), and that’s part of the reason we have the management zones—to reduce the numbers in high-visitation areas so there’s less chance of interaction between salties and people,” Burke said, referring to saltwater crocs.
The captured croc had been taken to a crocodile farm to become part of a breeding program. Farmed crocodiles can be killed for their meat and leather.
The crocs are trapped in large cages baited with wild pig and other meats and submerged in waterways.
Focus News: 770-Pound Crocodile Caught at Outback Tourist Destination
Schiff: House Could Subpoena Officials to Testify on Election Interference
House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said Sunday it is possible the House could issue subpoenas to federal intelligence officials to testify on alleged election interference, coming after Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe told members of Congress that he won’t deliver in-person briefings on election interference because of rampant leaks to the press. Schiff said on Sunday that “I can’t speak for what decision ultimately we’ll make. That’s a decision that will have to go to the speaker,” referring to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). Schiff served as the lead House impeachment manager and has frequently accused President Donald Trump of colluding with Russia to secure the 2016 election. “This intelligence paid for by taxpayers doesn’t belong to Donald Trump, it doesn’t belong to the intelligence agencies, it belongs to the…
