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OAKLAND, Calif. —

A federal grand jury indicted an Air Force sergeant for murder and attempted murder after he allegedly killed a federal security guard in Northern California and wounded his partner amid protests against police brutality, a judge said Monday.

Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler told Steven Carrillo, 32, that the grand jury charged him in the indictment with first-degree murder of a person assisting an officer or employee of the United States and attempted murder of a person assisting an officer or employee of the U.S., the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

Carrillo is accused of spraying bullets across a guard shack May 29 in front of a federal in Oakland, killing 53-year-old David Patrick Underwood and wounding another official.

Carrillo did not enter a plea Monday. His case was continued until Thursday, when he is expected to be appointed a lawyer who will represent him.

A week after the shooting in Oakland, Carrillo allegedly ambushed sheriff’s deputies in Santa Cruz County who were responding to a a report of a van containing firearms and bomb-making materials. Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller, 38, was killed and several other law enforcement officials were wounded, according to authorities and court records.

Prosecutors in Santa Cruz charged Carrillo with a slew of felonies, including murder and attempted murder in connection to the Ben Lomond incident.

Federal prosecutors have linked Carrillo with the charges to an extremist, anti-government group called the Boogaloo movement.

The group started in alt-right culture on the internet with the belief that there is an impending civil war, according to experts. The movement’s followers, some of whom call themselves “Boogaloo Bois,” are generally younger and more likely to turn to acts of violence than members of other militia-type groups."

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Bicycle Bill wrote:
Sun Jul 19, 2020 5:46 pm


How about it, Darren?  Smoke a little grass in your youth, maybe, or get busted for drunk and disorderly or a DUI?  Leave a job under less-than-amiable terms?  Perhaps as a kid you got caught with a candy bar you hadn't paid for in your pocket?  Or — as long as you're the one who brought up child porn and the crackpot conspiracies about child sex trafficking thru a pizza place — would you be willing to share with us YOUR entire browser history?

Just because I don't know your real name doesn't mean that no one does.  If someone were to do a quick search of public records, or if they wanted to do a really down-and-dirty dive through YOUR past, how would you compare?  Given the right information, a good spin doctor could paint you blacker than Br'er Rabbit's tar baby.
That was tried when I was a candidate for office. Other than contort my statements and actions as a tree hugger, as they construed it, they found nothing.

I'm curious why you have an issue with me posting the arrest of someone into child porn. Fortunately there's lots of that (arrests) going on with much more on the way.

BTW, I'm not suggesting you're into child porn.

I'm not a Christian so spare me the Jesus screed. I've always believed the Golden Rule was enough. You can keep the cult stuff.
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Darren wrote:
Sun Jul 19, 2020 9:41 pm
That was tried when I was a candidate for office. Other than contort my statements and actions as a tree hugger, as they construed it, they found nothing.

I'm curious why you have an issue with me posting the arrest of someone into child porn. Fortunately there's lots of that (arrests) going on with much more on the way.
It wasn't the 'kiddy-porn' charges specifically that I was taking issue with; it's the way you've come in with a Wagner Power-Painter filled with hand-picked cut-and-paste articles from some out-of-the-way sources that are about as credible as "Weekly World News" was, and are spraying them across just about every thread you touch.

And in this case, you didn't even have the courtesy or cojones to acknowledge the source or provide a link to the original article.  So I did a Google search and in the first two pages found exactly three references: one from a NH newspaper, one from a sports-news message board (247sports.com), and an article in something called the National Pulse — which, according to their website, is "a Washington, D.C.-based news and new <sic> media publication edited by conservative author, reporter, and commentator Raheem Kassam".  That boils down to one legitimate news source; one guy posting in an on-line forum; and one man's personally hand-picked opinions in a blog camouflaged as "a news media publication".

However, the way you seemed to take such glee in pointing out that this person who, coincidentally, was described as a 'left-wing activist' — a phrase that seems to have become, along with the term 'liberal', 2020's version of Senator McCarthy's 'pinkos' and 'communist sympathizers' — and then went on to provide unnecessary details of what was allegedly found on his phone (what's the matter — you couldn't find the actual pictures?) was the final tipping point.

The 'Jesus screed', as you put it (and by the way, even non-Christians such as Jews and followers of Islam acknowledge Jesus; they just don't put as much importance into Him as do Christians), was to show in a form that anyone can relate to that everyone, I don't give a flying goddamn who they are, is imperfect and has a skeleton or two hiding in their closets somewhere — yes, even you.  It just might be that yours are better hidden than others.
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Thanks for the reply. As sort of previously commented on by some, I see widespread corruption and self-serving that's well on the way to devolving the country.

Whether it's corruption in the federal government, the incompetence in the agencies, the eating of sustenance by excessive regulation, the "agreements" in business, sex trafficking with the attendant can't happen in my neighborhood attitude, long ensconced self serving party affiliated governance that's turned cities into hellholes, out of control campaign financing and the associated quid pro quo, etc., etc. We have a mess on our hands.

Add in failing infrastructure that we've milked in some cases for more than a hundred years and the nation is in crisis whether you acknowledge it or not. I chose to acknowledge it.

And according to you I'm failing at leading the horse to water. That's of no consequence. It's the ripple effect that counts, not the initial splash.

P.S. I'm not holier than thou.
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"The wife of an aristocrat who flew more than 30 times on Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘Lolita Express’ private jet has stepped down from her role at the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

Clare Hazell raised thousands of pounds for the charity by hosting a classic car show each year at her family’s sprawling Elveden Estate in Norfolk.

The Mail on Sunday last month revealed that the interior designer – who became the Countess of Iveagh in 2001 when she married Edward Guinness, 4th Earl of Iveagh and a member of the brewing dynasty – had repeatedly travelled with serial paedophile Epstein on his private jet."

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"SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — UPDATE: An online petition to remove Judge Douglas Hogan is collecting signatures after his 210-day sentencing of former Utah tech CEO and admitted pedophile Douglas Saltsman on Thursday.

(ORIGINAL REPORT) – A judge sentenced admitted pedophile and former Utah CEO Douglas Saltsman to 210 days in jail and 48 months probation on Thursday for possessing more than 13,000 files of graphic child pornography, some of which involved rape and bestiality.

Saltsman was facing one to 15 years in prison, and a $10,000 fine for each of the three second-degree felonies, of which he pleaded guilty.

Saltsman, 40, was originally facing 11 charges related to the seizure of more than 13,000 files of graphic child pornography in August 2019.

Newly revealed in court Thursday was the fact that some of the child pornography files Saltsman admitted to viewing and sexually gratifying himself to featured bestiality.

During the sentencing, prosecutor Cynthia Poulsen pointed out that in his pre-sentencing evaluation, Saltsman only talked about himself and how the charges affected him.

There was never any mention of the victims, the prosecution told Judge Hogan."
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"Peaceful protesters don’t try to burn down federal courthouses or jails or the headquarters of a local police union, nor hurl rocks and bottles at cops, night after night for weeks on end — nor assault a police station: What’s going on in Portland is somewhere between riot and insurrection, and demands a strong federal response even if local officials are in denial.

Antifa types are besieging the Mark Hatfield Courthouse and other federal buildings, as well as the Multnomah County Justice Center. They’re assaulting not just buildings and law-enforcers, but the very rule of law.

Questions do need asking about the feds’ tactics: Does the situation really require unmarked vehicles, and officers working without visible shield numbers or other clear ID or even uniforms?

Yet the answers may be “yes and yes,” if there are real concerns about law enforcers’ personal safety. Recent days have already seen the public release of some officers’ personal info — “doxing” that invites harassment or worse at their homes.

And the basic legal authority for the feds to act is beyond clear: Nightly attacks on the area have proceeded for weeks now, and the efforts to set the Justice Center aflame have clearly endangered the lives and safety of civilians, including detainees in the 700-bed jail."
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"Portland Police are investigating nearly100 fires in the Portland area over a 10 day period. Portland Police is asking for help, tips and witnesses to these fires that costs thousands to contain."

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I see Darrin is trying to keep his posting numbers up.

Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.


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We'll be fighting in the streets
With our children at our feet
And the morals that they worship will be gone
And the men who spurred us on
Sit in judgment of all wrong
They decide and the shotgun sings the song

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the changes all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
And I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
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For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts

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Darren wrote:
Sun Jul 19, 2020 10:59 pm
Thanks for the reply. As sort of previously commented on by some, I see widespread corruption and self-serving that's well on the way to devolving the country.

AKA: "I cherry pick unaccredited and unsubstantiated bullshit articles from sources which have hard right leanings, and spam this board with them, as I do not have an original thought in my head, nor an ability to debate."
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”

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Gob wrote:
Mon Jul 20, 2020 9:15 am
Darren wrote:
Sun Jul 19, 2020 10:59 pm
Thanks for the reply. As sort of previously commented on by some, I see widespread corruption and self-serving that's well on the way to devolving the country.

AKA: "I cherry pick unaccredited and unsubstantiated bullshit articles from sources which have hard right leanings, and spam this board with them, as I do not have an original thought in my head, nor an ability to debate."
There's lot of show and no go in the USA thanks to incompetence along with corruption. I give you the War on Poverty, Drugs and Terror as examples of federal actions that have failed.
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"Protesters used these umbrellas and banners to change into black clothing, form a wall, and eventually march into officers that were positioned around the Columbus statues. Police also said that the people in black clothing used PVC pipe that had been sharpened to a point, and jabbed them at officers.

Others dumped out items, including frozen cans and bottles, so that others could grab them easily and throw them at the officers. Some even threw explosive devices at the officers, which damaged one officer’s eye, which might require surgery.
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According to the police, 18 officers in total had to go to a hospital for treatment after the so called peaceful protest turned violent.

During a Monday morning press conference, police said:

“What you see here (in the video) is obviously an ambush on the police officers.”

Supt. David Brown said that the peaceful protest had been hijacked by organized mobs. Out of this violence, 12 people were arrested for mob action, battery to a police officer, and criminal damages to property.

During the press conference, Brown was asked if he thought the organizers of the peaceful protests knew a group was planning to incite violence.

He responded by saying:

“God, I hope not, but it sure looks like it.”
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"Alyssa Blanchard was so traumatized after being carjacked at gunpoint last week outside her Calumet Heights home that she's now scared to go outside.

Chicago police say a group of children, ages 10 to 17, carjacked Blanchard and at least 15 other people since late June — wreaking havoc on Blanchard’s generally peaceful South Side neighborhood."

https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2020 ... y-hospital
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Still waiting for answers.
Econoline wrote:
Tue Jul 07, 2020 1:10 am
Econoline wrote:
Fri Jul 03, 2020 12:54 am
Darren wrote:Why did it take so long to arrest Maxwell?
:shrug Okay...I'll give up and let you enlighten us, based on your vast experience with the Southern District of New York and the inner workings of the U.S. Dept. of Justice. Go ahead.
Still waiting for you to explain this to us unenlightened peasants, Darren. You and Doc know all there is to know about sealed Federal indictments, so fill us in.

(While you're at it you might also want to let us know why Trump and Barr tried to get rid of Strauss along with Berman just before this came down, and why their intended replacements would have done a better, more competent job.)
Trump (at a press briefing yesterday) on Ghislaine Maxwell: "I just wish her well frankly. I’ve met her numerous times over the years especially since I lived in Palm Beach and I guess they lived in Palm Beach but I wish her well."
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Darren wrote:
Wed Jul 22, 2020 3:31 pm
"Alyssa Blanchard was so traumatized after being carjacked at gunpoint last week outside her Calumet Heights home that she's now scared to go outside.

Chicago police say a group of children, ages 10 to 17, carjacked Blanchard and at least 15 other people since late June — wreaking havoc on Blanchard’s generally peaceful South Side neighborhood."

https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2020 ... y-hospital
I wish you'd tell us what your point is, Darren. Otherwise it's a seemingly random account of various crimes.

There is too much violence in this country. If that's your basic point, I'm in agreement.

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ex-khobar Andy wrote:
Wed Jul 22, 2020 8:51 pm
Darren wrote:
Wed Jul 22, 2020 3:31 pm
"Alyssa Blanchard was so traumatized after being carjacked at gunpoint last week outside her Calumet Heights home that she's now scared to go outside.

Chicago police say a group of children, ages 10 to 17, carjacked Blanchard and at least 15 other people since late June — wreaking havoc on Blanchard’s generally peaceful South Side neighborhood."

https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2020 ... y-hospital
I wish you'd tell us what your point is, Darren. Otherwise it's a seemingly random account of various crimes.

There is too much violence in this country. If that's your basic point, I'm in agreement.
Why do we have so much violence?
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I don't know Darren - I have a suspicion that easy access to guns has something to do with it.

There were three murders at the weekend in the little Florida town of Frostproof - are the feds headed there? (Hint: no.) I wonder why not?

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