Undercover Videos Show Antifa Members’ Combat Training: Watchdog
A series of surreptitiously recorded videos show Antifa members training for combat, including sessions at an anarchist center known as “The Base,” according to a watchdog group. The videos were recorded by people who infiltrated different groups and shared footage with the watchdog, Project Veritas. Footage published Friday shows people said to be Antifa members learning intense hand-to-hand combat moves in an undisclosed year. “You’re trying to basically cut off both, both arteries,” a man identified as a fight instructor tells attendees in one video that Project Veritas says is from “The Base.” Another purported Antifa fight instructor tells attendees that he wants to “reframe the idea self-defense as not simply, you’re being acted upon by an aggressor. But it’s kind of a decision you make to fight back.” People…
An Australian man has been sentenced to death in China for drug smuggling.
Cam Gillespie was arrested with more than 7.5 kilograms of methamphetamine in his check-in luggage in 2013 while attempting to board an international flight from Baiyun Airport in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou.
The Guangzhou Intermediate People’s Court also ordered that all of Gillespie’s personal property be confiscated, news agency DPA reported.
Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said it was providing consular assistance to Gillespie.
“We are deeply saddened to hear of the verdict made in his case,” a DFAT spokesperson said in a statement.
“Australia opposes the death penalty, in all circumstances for all people. We support the universal abolition of the death penalty and are committed to pursuing this goal through all the avenues available to us.
“Owing to our privacy obligations we will not provide further comment.”
In 2019, a communist Chinese court sentenced a Canadian man to death on drug trafficking charges after his previous 15-year prison sentence was deemed too lenient, deepening a diplomatic rift as Canadian premier Justin Trudeau accused Beijing of “arbitrarily” using capital punishment.
China imposes the death penalty for drug smuggling, and executions are usually carried out by firing squad.
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Focus News: Australian Man Sentenced to Death in Communist China
Officer Charged in George Floyd Death Eligible for Pension Over $1 Million: Group
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, charged with second-degree murder in the death of George Floyd, could receive more than $1 million in pension benefits over several decades even after he is convicted, the Minnesota Public Employees Retirement Association said. The group told news outlets on Friday that Chauvin, who joined the police force in 2001, would be eligible for pension benefits after he turns 50 years old. He was fired from his job as public outrage grew after a viral video showed him with his knee on Floyd’s neck for more than 8 minutes. Three other officers involved in the incident were fired and faced felony charges. “Neither our Board nor our staff have the discretion to increase, decrease, deny or revoke benefits,” a Minnesota Public Employees Retirement Association spokeswoman…
