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  USA: NYPD undercover cop resigns as he struggles with grief from killing innocent man

  by darkspilver in

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  2. friends

  from the new york daily post - tuesday 21 february 2017, page 14. the headline in the newspaper is: exclusive - cop quits in grief - undercover traumatized over killing innocent man.

  nypd undercover cop resigns as he struggles with grief from killing innocent man.

  an undercover cop who fatally shot a bystander during a gun-buy operation has resigned from the nypd — too distraught to remain on the force, the daily news has learned.. the former detective, who sources say suffers from posttraumatic stress disorder, left the nypd in october with a tax-free disability pension.

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  Update:

  New York Daily News, 2 May 2017
  

  City pays $1.1 million to family of man killed by NYPD cop's stray bullet while crossing Mount Vernon street

  The city has agreed to pay $1.1 million to the family of an innocent bystander shot to death by an undercover NYPD cop during a sting operation went wrong, the Daily News has learned.

  Felix Kumi’s widow agreed to the deal after filing a $20 million notice of claim against the city, accusing the cop and other police involved in the sting of negligence and violating NYPD policies. A notice of claim is the first step in suing the city.

  Kumi, a 61-year-old school bus driver and father of three, was crossing a street in Mount Vernon at about 3:40 p.m. on Aug. 28, 2015, when he was shot in the torso by the officer. The devout Jehovah’s Witness who lived in the Westchester County city died nine hours later at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx.

  The undercover cop — a detective who was never publicly identified by the NYPD and has since resigned from the force — was purchasing an illegal gun in a parked car as part of the sting. But during the sale, the officer and the gun seller were held up, according to court papers filed with the notice of claim.

  READ MORE: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/city-pays-1-1m-family-man-killed-stray-bullet-article-1.3127326
  
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  JW martyr on trial - what is happening in Kazakhstan?

  by OrphanCrow in

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  2. friends

  what is happening in kazakhstan?

  that country that occupies a space between russia and china?.

  kazakhstan is a landlocked country in central asia that shares borders with russia, china, kyrgyzstan, uzbekistan, and turkmenistan, and also adjoins a large part of the caspian sea.. kazakhstan is 70% muslim.

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  Thanks for updating

  Below is from the Russian based Interfax-Religion
  

  Jehovah's Witnesses member receives 5-year prison term in Kazakhstan for inciting religious hatred

  Astana, May 2, Interfax - Court No. 2 of Astana's Saryarka District has convicted Jehovah's Witnesses preacher Teimur Akhmedov of "inciting ethnic, social, religious, family and racial hatred in collusion with a group of other persons" and has sentenced him to five years in a medium-security penitentiary, the court's press service said.
  

  The court also banned Akhmedov from performing any religious ideological and preaching activities for three years, it said.
  

  According to the case files, in 2016 Akhmedov and his accomplice, Asaf Guliyev, "organized religious gatherings involving the capital's residents recently recruited into the community at different apartments in the city of Astana."
  

  During such meetings, in the presence of their followers, the two men publicly spoke negatively about representatives of Islam, Catholicism and Orthodoxy and said that one religion was superior to another.
  

  During a trial in February 2017, Guliyev pleaded guilty to all charges, publicly repented and, given the mitigating circumstances, was given a five-year prison term.
  

  http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=13750
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  Family of Jehovah's Witness mum who bled to death after son's birth win £870k compensation

  by NikL in

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  2. friends

  didn't see this anywhere else.. sorry if this was posted before.. http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/787824/cannabis-found-growing-church-salem-chapel-wales-weed-police.

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  oops. Posted the wrong link.

  FYI we discussed the cannabis farm here:

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5941745005101056/alternative-uses-kingdom-halls-number-420
  

  snowbird linked to the previous discussion regarding the compensation payout
  
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  New lawsuit in Canada for victims of Pedophilia against the Watchtower

  by yalbmert99 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  new lawsuit against the watch tower in canada for victims of pedophilia:.

  http://www.higgertylaw.ca/jehovahs-witness-child-sexual-abuse-class-action-lawsuit/.

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  Oh right, thanks, that's cool OrphaCrow

  They have to wait until after the case is filed before they link to it, or mention it, on their front-facing website.

  Is it a province thingy in Canada?

  It's just that the following Canadian website apparently seems very open about linking to cases while still only in the investigation stage, which kinda seems weird now?
  

  http://royoconnor.ca/cases/

  See third item down - Toyota Truck Rust Investigation
  
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  New lawsuit in Canada for victims of Pedophilia against the Watchtower

  by yalbmert99 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  new lawsuit against the watch tower in canada for victims of pedophilia:.

  http://www.higgertylaw.ca/jehovahs-witness-child-sexual-abuse-class-action-lawsuit/.

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  yeah I don't find anything more...

  yeah, exactly, no link from their own website!

  that doesn't inspire any confidence regarding how they themselves view it

  if they thought it important enough, surely they'd make sure you could access the page by navigating their website from the homepage....
  

  
  
  
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  New lawsuit in Canada for victims of Pedophilia against the Watchtower

  by yalbmert99 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  new lawsuit against the watch tower in canada for victims of pedophilia:.

  http://www.higgertylaw.ca/jehovahs-witness-child-sexual-abuse-class-action-lawsuit/.

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  Hi yalbmert

  try going to their website:
  

  http://www.higgertylaw.ca
  

  and then see if you can actually find any links though to the JW class action page....

  from the news page, blog page, class action page or just any page...
  

  And let me know how you get on...

  TIA
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  JW's Million dollar compensation payout

  by darkspilver in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  just passing this on.

  it doesn't seem to have been posted here yet.. it's from the website of the daily express.

  a 'mid-market' uk tabloid newspaper.

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  For those interested in this topic, I recommend Transfusion Alternatives in Obstetrics/Gynecology: www.natoline.com

  I'm sure Caroline and Nate are a lovely couple - and I wish them all the best as the big day approaches (17 June 2017 at Martha’s Vineyard if you're asking) - though I'm not sure why steve2 is linking to their wedding website
  

  Could maybe try this one instead
  

  http://www.nataonline.com
  

  
  
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  Reveal News Hosts a Conference About JWs and Child Sex Abuse

  by Hecce in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  reveal news hosts a conference about jws and child sex abuse; the world is finally noticing!.

  by alexandra james on april 26, 2017 • ( 9 comments ).

  on april 26, 2017, in london, reveal news hosted a conference regarding the problem of jehovah’s witnesses and child sex abuse.

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  It seems like the actual Reveal website doesn't have current information, it goes back to 2/17. Most of the information about the event is in the Alexandra James blog; if I find something else I will post it.
  

  I thought it was a rolling list of upcoming and past events - with events moving from the 'upcoming' section into the 'past' section, as the event date came and passed - that's certainly how it seems to be laid out, but who knows how they think.
  

  https://www.revealnews.org/events
  

  FYI there is this:
  

  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bringing-abuse-to-light-a-convening-to-address-the-jehovahs-witnesses-child-safety-crisis-tickets-32407905919
  
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  Drug could reduce bleeding deaths of JW moms. WT Pay Attention

  by Lee Elder in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  a new study in lancet shows a drug, tranexamic acid, could save the life of a preganant jw woman who is experiencing heaving bleeding following childbirth.

  hopefully, watchtower h.i.s.

  is paying attention, and gets this information out asap.

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  Lee Elder:
  

  Hopefully, Watchtower H.I.S. is paying attention, and gets this information out asap
  

  one day later...
  

  Additionally, it would be a mistake to assume that every pregnant JW woman is getting HLC advance, because that is not happening, and neither do we want it to
  

  Sorry, this is kinda confusing
  

  So firstly you want the WT to get the information out - which they appear to have done so for at least the last six years via the 'Care Plan'?
  

  Then you say you don't want them to get the information out into the hands of those directly effected ? - by not distributing the 'Care Plan'?

  Which one is it?
  
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  To All Our Canadian Friends

  by AllTimeJeff in

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  2. friends

  when you are done watching the opening ceremonies, come in and say hi.. hey outlaw, they are doing the prarie tribute as i write this.

  hope you like joni mitchell.... ;).

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  Oui! Betty was there.

  Oh, I hope Wayne doesn't carry the flame. That guy is so overdone it isn't even funny. I'd rather see Bobby Orr do it over him. Better than Steve Fonyo, I guess...

  Anyone have any more information or background on this ???...
  
  

  Documentary sheds light on former Canadian hero Steve Fonyo's recovery

  Toronto Sun, 30 April 2017

  Steve Fonyo helped save untold numbers of Canadians when he raised $13 million for cancer research in a 1985 cross-country run.

  The years following his run were far from idyllic, however. Fonyo slipped into a life of drugs, booze and petty crime that made shambles of the last 30 years of his life. It was a downward spiral captured in the devastating documentary, Hurt (2015), from award-winning filmmaker Alan Zweig.

  The movie Hurt ends with a home invasion in Surrey, B.C., and with Fonyo stabbed, beaten and left for dead.

  Astonishing, then, to find Hope, the new documentary from Zweig that follows Fonyo’s journey back to the land of the living.

  With a helping hand from art, nature, faith and therapy, Fonyo has turned his life around.

  Among those who have helped Fonyo’s ongoing recovery are his girlfriend, Lisa Marie, and the Jehovah’s Witness community in Powell River — but Mother Nature has played a big role, too. The spectacular landscape and general tranquillity of Powell River seem to have had a profound effect on Fonyo’s state of mind.

  READ MORE: http://www.torontosun.com/2017/04/30/documentary-sheds-light-on-former-canadian-hero-steve-fonyos-recovery
  

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6X0M2qYKXw

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDLhsxNp8m4

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9gh6nZ9C7o