December 9, 2017


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ISN’T THERE A PENALTY FOR THIS? IS IT VIOLATION OF PAROLE – NO, HE’S SERVING HOUSE ARREST -- OR MAYBE CONTEMPT OF COURT? NO. HE WAS JUST EXERCISING HIS RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO READ THAT OP-ED.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/prosecutors-secure-manaforts-edits-for-op-ed-while-under-house-arrest/
AP December 9, 2017, 12:51 PM
Prosecutors secure Manafort's edits for op-ed while under house arrest

Photograph -- Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort leaves the Prettyman Federal Courthouse after a bail hearing Nov. 6, 2017, in Washington, D.C. GETTY

Prosecutors for special counsel Robert Mueller are revealing they know every word former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort changed in an opinion piece about his involvement in Ukrainian politics.

They say they tracked the changes he made as he edited the piece while under house arrest.

Prosecutors say the op-ed was part of a public effort Manafort was trying to orchestrate that would have violated a judge's order to refrain from trying his case in the press.

Manafort's attorneys argue that he had only edited the piece after receiving it from a former Ukrainian public official whom he knew through his consulting work in Ukraine. They also say Manafort didn't violate the judge's order and was exercising his free speech rights to defend himself.

Manafort is fighting charges of money laundering, false statements and conspiracy that stemmed from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election meddling. The case is taking place in federal court in Washington, D.C.

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NOTE: SEE ALSO THE SEPARATE BLOG ON THIS SITE TITLED “ORIGINS OF THE BERNIE SANDERS LIBEL,” DATED JULY 3, 2017.

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/09/fbis-bernie-sanders-probe-is-running-on-politics-alone-commentary.html
Bernie Sanders probe proves FBI really is in tatters
The FBI probe of Jane Sanders, wife of Senator Bernie Sanders, is reportedly still ongoing. The enduring probe is the latest example of the growing politicization of the FBI and other federal agencies.
The government's overall credibility is suffering its worst crisis in decades.
Jake Novak | @jakejakeny
Published December 9, 2017 10 Mins Ago

Photograph -- Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images
Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont, speaks as his wife Jane Sanders looks on.

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and his wife are still in trouble with the FBI.

But it's the American people who are really in trouble.

A new report from a local Vermont publication, which has been all over the story, suggests that the FBI's probe of Jane Sanders for her role in alleged bank fraud is far from over. Witnesses are still being interviewed and a grand jury may soon be impaneled.

Sanders is in the middle of accusations that while she was president of Burlington College, she and other administrators misled bank loan officers about the real number of donations pledged to the college. Those false figures were used to secure a loan for a major campus expansion that flopped and led to the college's closing in 2016.

It first came to light back in May of this year that the FBI was looking into the matter, and had begun to do so while Barack Obama was still president. At the time, it was the first sign of trouble for Sanders' brand as an above-reproach progressive.

His political fortunes are now still in jeopardy. But beyond Bernie's future, this story is the latest example of the serious threat to the credibility of America's federal law enforcement system.

Back when this story first emerged, it was already something attorney Alan Dershowitz called a dangerous example of a tit-for-tat political use of the FBI to criminalize politics. At that point, it seemed like Dershowitz might be getting ahead of himself: It looks more like that assessment was on the money.

Now we know this probe is still going on, as is the widening and expanding scope of special counsel Robert Mueller's probe of alleged Russian collusion in the 2016 election.

It's not that the crimes or alleged crimes in these cases aren't important. But only the most naive observer would maintain these probes aren't at least somewhat politically motivated. And you'd have to be similarly naive not to notice that something has changed in American politics and federal law enforcement in the last several years.

What's changed is that an old deal that helped America avoid this kind of banana republic nonsense has been broken. Essentially, that deal went like this: Every four years, the voters got to choose the winners and losers in the national political arena. The winners got the spoils of power, and in return for the losers going away relatively quietly, they were mostly spared from politically-motivated legal punishment.

But then we learned in 2013 that the IRS was wrongly targeting conservative and Tea Party groups with audits and other bureaucratic red tape.

Then we had Hillary Clinton's refusal to go quietly after her election loss in 2016. She's spent much of the year since the election in full outcry mode, and even pushed out a new book complete with a national tour. Her refusal to slink off more quietly — as John Kerry, Michael Dukakis, Mitt Romney and others did — has led to a number of unique results. One of them is that new FBI Director Chris Wray hinted Thursday that Clinton could still be charged for her email scandal. That certainly looks like more tit-for-tat.

This was exactly the kind of broken deal that brought down President Richard Nixon. His attempted use of federal tools to punish his enemies and cover up his own crimes not only forced his resignation, but it came with overwhelming bipartisan approval at the time.

But with the growing perception at least by non-Democrats that the Mueller probe is tainted, it seems less likely any conclusion his team comes to will be accepted by any solid majority. The latest Rasmussen Reports poll shows that just 35 percent of Republicans and just 46 percent of independents believe Mueller is conducting an impartial investigation.

Those numbers seem likely to get a lot worse now that more stories about the partisan political activities of members of his team are leaking out. And polls like this are a brutal commentary on the current political climate as a whole.

Now none of us should shed any tears for Clinton, Jane Sanders or even Trump if they are found guilty of any real crimes. That's not the point. But it is worth crying over an entire set of federal law enforcement and regulatory agencies that are becoming less and less credible every day.

In the Sanders case, it's not that the probe should be dropped. But it is problematic that this relatively simple case involving just one small erstwhile college and a small bank is taking so long to resolve. It seems to have begun just as Senator Sanders was challenging then-President Obama's chosen successor, Hillary Clinton. It continues just as Sanders is becoming an enduring thorn in the current president's side.

This appears to make the probe's extended shelf life clearly more about politics than anything else. Love or hate Bernie Sanders, that's simply not right.

At some point in this dangerous game of chicken, someone needs to quit the political vendettas and put things right. That moment seems less likely to happen than ever right now.

Commentary by Jake Novak, CNBC.com senior columnist. Follow him on Twitter @jakejakeny.

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DERSHOWITZ’S WARNING IS IMPARTIAL AND HIGHLY INTELLIGENT IN THIS JUNE ARTICLE IN FOX. I WILL TRY TO MODERATE THE WAY I SAY THINGS ABOUT THE REPUBLICANS AND THE TRUMP CAMP, BUT I STILL HOPE HE WILL BE SHOWN TO BE IN VIOLATION OF LAWS. WE NEED TO GET A BETTER AND SAFER PRESIDENT INTO THE OFFICE. THE FACT THAT HE IS ALREADY IN VIOLATION OF PRINCIPLES OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY IS FAILING TO BRING HIM DOWN, SO I THINK THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION IS VALID. BESIDES, STEALING AN ELECTION IN SUCH A BRAZEN WAY SHOULD BE PUNISHED.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/06/28/dershowitz-why-sanders-fbi-bank-fraud-investigation-is-dangerous-territory.html
Dershowitz: Why the Sanders FBI bank loan investigation is dangerous territory
Alan Dershowitz
By Alan Dershowitz Published June 28, 2017 Fox News

So now the shoe is on the other foot. A Trump surrogate has gotten the FBI to open an investigation of Jane and Bernie Sanders for alleged bank fraud. The couple has lawyered up, as is their right. The allegations seem more civil than criminal but the Trump surrogate is demanding that criminal charges be brought.

Welcome to the world of tit-for-tat criminalization of political differences.

It’s just as wrong to use this dangerous tactic against Democrats as it is against Republicans, but don't expect to hear the same convoluted arguments in favor of an expansive view of “fraud” from the “get Trump” zealots as they are making with regard to prosecuting Trump for obstruction of justice.

Both statutes require vague accordion-like criteria, such as “fraudulent intent” and/or “corrupt motive,” which are capable of being expanded or contracted depending on who is being targeted.

Welcome to the world of tit-for-tat criminalization of political differences. It’s just as wrong to use this dangerous tactic against Democrats as it is against Republicans. Both are wrong. And both are endangering the civil liberties of all Americans.

The anti-Trumpers want to see it expanded to get Trump. And pro-Trumpers want to see it expanded to get the Sanders. Both are wrong. And both are endangering the civil liberties of all Americans.

Here is the story with regard to the Sanders. In April last year a local Vermont news publication revealed that the Justice Department was looking into the possibility that Jane O’Meara Sanders – the wife of Bernie Sanders and former president of Vermont’s Burlington College – had previously made questionable financial disclosures in order to secure a loan for the liberal arts school she headed.

It was alleged that in seeking a $10 million loan in order to execute her plan of expanding the college, O’Meara Sanders inflated $2 million that she said donors had promised to repay the loans for the land purchase.

It has also been alleged that Bernie Sanders – who was the former mayor of Burlington – used his Senatorial office to help move the loan along. In May 2016, after securing the loan, the college was forced to close citing the “crushing weight of debt.”

It is important to note that the driving force behind calls for an investigation into the Sanders' has been attorney Brady Toensing – the vice chair of the Vermont Republican Party and Donald Trump’s Vermont campaign chair.

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Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) talks to the media on the president's FY2018 budget proposal on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RTX37A93Expand / Collapse
Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) talks to the media on the president's FY2018 budget proposal on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 23, 2017. (REUTERS/Yuri Gripas)

In a four page letter (with additional exhibits) addressed to the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, Toensing stated: “Ms Sanders’s privileged status as the wife of a powerful United States Senator seems to have inoculated her from the robust underwriting that would have uncovered the apparent fraudulent donation claims she made.”

He continued to argue: “this privileged status, however, should not inoculate her from the scrutiny, culpability and accountability of a federal investigation.” Now the Republican National Committee is circulating an attack memo against the Sanders’ that is reminiscent of the attack memos against Trump circulated d by the Democratic National Committee.

Let me be clear. I don't like Bernie Sanders. He forever disqualified himself from receiving my political support when he went to England to campaign for the anti-Semite Jeremy Corbyn; when he pushed for the appointment of Keith Ellison, who had worked with the anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan, as chair of the DNC; and when he appointed BDS* supporter Cornel West to the 2016 Democratic platform committee. I don't know whether he or his wife did anything wrong or criminal. But when a Republican political operative initiates a criminal investigation of a leading Democrat, my civil liberties antenna goes up.

I worry that conduct that would ordinarily be handled civilly— after all, fraudulent conduct gives rise to both civil and criminal sanctions, depending on the degree – becomes the subject of a criminal investigation for partisan political reasons.

Republican zealots try to get even with Democratic zealots who are investigating members of their party. The process of criminalizing political differences escalates on both sides, and the losers are the American people and their civil liberties.

So let’s declare a mutual disarmament. Let's stop deploying accusations of crime in questionable cases as the weapon of choice in the political wars now being waged by both parties.

Let's leave it to non-partisan, neutral prosecutors to decide on their own whether to conduct criminal investigations of grey area conduct based on established criteria and unambiguous statutes.

Let’s stop stretching already overbroad statutes to fit targeted political enemies. And let’s apply the age old and salutary principle of “lenity” to all conduct before prosecuting it as criminal.

The principle of lenity* requires, according to the Supreme Court, that “ambiguity concerning the *ambit of criminal statutes should be resolved in favor” of the person being investigated or prosecuted.

Under this principle, neither President Trump nor the Sanders’ should be charged with crimes based on ambiguous terms such as “fraudulent intent” or “corrupt motive.”

Criminal prosecution should be a neutral sanction of last resort, rather than a primary partisan weapon used to target political opponents.

Alan M. Dershowitz, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Emeritus and author of Taking the Stand: My Life in the Law and Electile Dysfunction. Follow him on Twitter @AlanDersh and Facebook @AlanMDershowitz.

WHAT WAS THAT WORD?

LENITY*

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lenity
Definition of lenity

: the quality or state of being lenient : clemency
First Known Use: 1548
SEE WORDS FROM THE SAME YEAR

AMBIT *

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/ambit
Definition of lenity
“the range of the authority or influence of something”

Word Origin -- late Middle English (in the sense ‘precincts, an area’): from Latin ambitus ‘circuit’, from ambire ‘go round’.

BDS*

https://bdsmovement.net/
The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement works to end international support for Israel's oppression of Palestinians and pressure Israel to comply with international law.



https://www.cbsnews.com/news/3500-year-old-tombs-discovered-in-egyptian-city-of-luxor/
AP December 9, 2017, 2:57 PM
Egypt discovers 3,500-year-old tombs in ancient city of Luxor

Photograph -- Egyptian archaeological technicians restore a mummy wrapped in linen, found at the newly discovered "Kampp 150" tomb at Draa Abul Naga necropolis on the west Nile bank of the southern Egyptian city of Luxor, about 400 miles south of the capital Cairo, on December 9, 2017. AFP/GETTY IMAGES

LUXOR, Egypt -- Egypt on Saturday announced the discovery of two small ancient tombs in the southern city Luxor dating back some 3,500 years and hoped it will help the country's efforts to revive its ailing tourism sector.

The tombs, located on the west bank of the river Nile in a cemetery for noblemen and top officials, are the latest discovery in the city famed for its temples and tombs spanning different dynasties of ancient Egyptian history.

"It's truly an exceptional day," Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anani said. "The 18th dynasty private tombs were already known. But it's the first time to enter inside the two tombs."

Al-Anani said the discoveries are part of the ministry's efforts to promote Egypt's vital tourism industry, partially driven by antiquities sightseeing, that was hit hard by extremist attacks and political turmoil following the 2011 uprising.

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An Egyptian labourer stands next to an ancient Egyptian mural. / AFP/GETTY IMAGES

The ministry said one tomb has a courtyard lined with mud-brick and stone walls and contains a six-meter burial shaft leading to four side chambers. The artifacts found inside were mostly fragments of wooden coffins. Wall inscriptions and paintings suggest it belongs to era between the reigns of King Amenhotep II and King Thutmose IV, both pharaohs of the 18th dynasty.

The other tomb has five entrances leading to a rectangular hall and contains two burial shafts located in the northern and southern sides of the tomb.

Among the artifacts found inside are funerary cones, painted wooden funerary masks, clay vessels, a collection of some 450 statues and a mummy wrapped in linen who was likely a top official. A cartouche carved on the ceiling bears the name of King Thutmose I of the early 18th dynasty, the ministry said.

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Ancient Egyptian small statuettes found in and retrieved from the newly discovered "Kampp 150" tomb at Draa Abul Naga necropolis on the west Nile bank of the southern Egyptian city of Luxor, about 400 miles south of the capital Cairo. AFP/GETTY IMAGES

Afterward, al-Anani headed to a nearby site where the famous Mortuary Temple of

Hatshepsut is located to open for the first time the temple's main sanctuary known as the "Holy of Holies."

Since the beginning of 2017, the Antiquities Ministry has made a string of discoveries in several provinces across Egypt - including the tomb of a royal goldsmith, in the same area and belonging to the same dynasty, whose work was dedicated to the ancient Egyptian god Amun.

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THE MAIN PIECE OF GOOD NEWS THAT I SEE IN THIS ARTICLE IS THAT IN A NUMBER OF PLACES IN THE US THESE TOTALLY UNFAIR "AGREEMENTS" THAT EMPLOYEES ARE FORCED TO SIGN FOR THE RIGHT TO WORK IN THAT BUSINESS ARE BEING DECLARED ILLEGAL. GREAT.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-non-disclosure-agreements-encourage-a-culture-of-silence/
By JERICKA DUNCAN CBS NEWS December 8, 2017, 7:10 PM
How nondisclosure agreements encourage a culture of silence

The recent avalanche of sexual misconduct allegations has cast a spotlight on nondisclosure agreements (NDA), the contracts employers use to keep such matters private.

"I signed the nondisclosure agreement and I think at the time, I hoped, I'm just going to close my eyes and make this go away," said former Fox News anchor Juliet Huddy.

Sexual harassment in the workplace: What crosses the line?
But that's not what happened. She's one of several women who reached settlements with 21st Century Fox over sexual harassment allegations involving former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly.

"I was afraid I was going to be called a liar, and it was going to be my word against someone who was very, very powerful," Huddy said.

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States that have proposed legislation banning non-disclosure agreements. CBS NEWS
She said her understanding of the agreement was "both sides, keep your mouth shut."

Using nondisclosure agreements is a common practice. They're generally used to help protect the secrecy of confidential information about a company. But in the wake of growing sexual misconduct claims, we've seen how they can be used to keep those claims a secret.

Across the country, at least six states have recently proposed legislation to ban or place limits on workplace nondisclosure agreements in cases involving sexual harassment or assault.

This week, bipartisan legislation was introduced on Capitol Hill that would eliminate forced arbitration, which prevents sexual harassment victims in many cases from going public, and going to court.

For Juliet Huddy, she says in retrospect, signing the NDA was a bad idea.

"The tears are coming because I'm upset with myself for not dealing with it and again, potentially preventing him from doing something else to somebody," Huddy said.

CBS News reached out to Bill O'Reilly and he had no comment. Earlier this week, a woman with whom he reached a settlement filed a lawsuit asking she be released from her NDA.

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WE’RE ALL ON A ROCK IN OUTER SPACE. MAKE THIS LIFE COUNT!

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/comedian-sarah-silverman-i-love-you-america-hulu/
CBS NEWS December 9, 2017, 1:39 PM
Comedian Sarah Silverman on her career, harassment and why she still believes in America

Comedian Sarah Silverman is known for her edgy comedy that often tackles taboo subjects. The latest convention she's targeting? That we live in a hopelessly divided nation. CBS News contributor Jamie Wax caught up with her on the set of her new Hulu show, "I Love You, America" and took a look back on her two-and-a-half decade career in comedy.

Silverman is both sweet and sarcastic -- charmingly eager and shockingly edgy. And she's never afraid to test boundaries, but there are some jokes from earlier on in her career that she'd never do again.

"Absolutely not. Yeah. I mean, I think any comic with a long span of being a stand-up, I think you want to look back at the stuff, the old stuff you did, and cringe. Otherwise, there's no growth," she said.

That growth began as a kid in one of just a handful of Jewish families in Bedford, New Hampshire. Like so many comics, she found humor was a way to fit in. It's a memory she describes in hilarious detail in her bestselling memoir, "The Bedwetter."

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Sarah Silverman in "I Love You, America" HULU

"Any comic, the reason why they become funny is survival -- is a means of survival; surviving their childhood. You know, they're the fat kid, they make the fat jokes first. And so I became funny," she said.

"My dad taught me swears when I was, like, 3. And I would say them and it would get this reluctant laughter from all the grownups. And it felt so good. It made my arms itch with glee. I don't know how to explain it. I do think that was, like, the bug of wanting -- of the joy of being provocative," she said.

Silverman built a career on being provocative. Now 47, she has been performing stand up since she was 19.

At 22, she got what looked to be her big break: a coveted spot as a writer and performer on "Saturday Night Live." She was let go after only one season.

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Sarah Silverman on "Saturday Night Live" BROADWAY VIDEO

"Let's say being a bed wetter and going to sleepover camp every summer from when you're 6 is so humiliating that the idea of, like, bombing doing stand-up, is not very daunting to me. 'Saturday Night Live' was such a dream and I loved it and then when I was fired from that I just went back to stand-up, which is always who I am," she said.

Now, she spends most of her time here working on her latest project "I Love You, America" which, as is so often the case with Silverman, is not what you might expect.

"I Love You, America" is an un-ironic look at all the things she loves about America, including the different types of people that comprise it.

"I want to be an example of what a patriot can look like. Patriotism can't be never criticizing your country. That's what dictatorships have, or, you know what I mean? I believe in us and I don't think it's ever a mistake to have compassion for people, even people who do bad things…It's also a comedy, by the way," she said.

"I like to sandwich the thoughtful stuff with aggressively stupid, ridiculous and silly bread and serve that sandwich," she added.

In the course of handling topical issues, the recent wave of sexual harassment allegations was one she just had to address.

"I wanted to do it on my own show with my, in my own way. It is touching everyone's lives and from all sides. And just when you think you know all the answers and everything is black and white your perspective changes. And you know, that's gonna happen to a lot of people, maybe even everybody," she said.

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Sarah Silverman prepares for her Hulu show "I Love You, America" CBS NEWS

"I love Louis. But Louis did these things. Both of those statements are true. So I just keep asking myself can you love someone who did bad things?" she said on her show of comedian Louis C.K.

"I know we're actually living in a moment right now that's vital. It has to happen and it's good," she said.

"I don't have anything to say to 6-year-old me. I have something to say to, like, every woman, every person which is just, like, we're on a rock in outer space. Like, make this life count."

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THIS POLICE OFFICER REALLY DID HAVE REASON TO SHOOT, THOUGH IT WAS HIS PARTNER WHO DID THE SHOOTING. THIS SUSPECT MAY HAVE BEEN INSANE, AS HIS DAUGHTER SAID.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/video-shows-man-assaulting-deputy-before-being-fatally-shot/
CBS NEWS December 9, 2017, 12:39 PM
Video shows man assaulting deputy before being fatally shot

Security footage captured the moments before Pedro Pierre was fatally shot by a Florida sheriff's deputy. CBS MIAMI

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Newly released security and body cam video shows the moments that led up to a shooting in Florida involving a Broward County sheriff's deputy.

Footage from the body camera of a deputy who was responding to a disturbance Wednesday at an apartment in Lauderdale Lakes revealed the circumstances of a confrontation that ended with the death of Pedro Pierre, 42.

The video shows the deputy entering an apartment and being confronted by Pierre, CBS Miami reports.

"Don't point at me, man. Step back," the deputy says.

"Step back for who?" Pierre responds.

"Step back," the deputy says again.

"For who? For you?" Pierre asks.

"What's his problem?" the deputy says.

Seconds later, the deputy bursts from the apartment with Pierre following after him. The fight between the two men spilled into the courtyard. The deputy used a Taser to try and subdue Pierre. It didn't work.

"Back down, man," the deputy said while retreating. "What is wrong with you? Stand down!"

Surveillance footage shows Pierre striking the deputy and kicking him as the deputy tries to use a baton to defend himself.

"Settle down!" the deputy shouts. "Tell me what is wrong!"

Pierre grabbed hold of the deputy's foot and an odd standoff ensued.

"Let me go of my leg, sir," the deputy demanded.

Seconds later, another deputy arrived to help.

"Get your hands up! Get down," the second deputy repeated.

The second deputy's body camera showed his encounter as Pierre ignored commands to stop his aggressive behavior. Pierre continued kicking the deputy on the ground and when he let go, he appeared to charge after the other deputy.

That's when three shots rang out and Pierre fell to the ground in the parking lot.

"Shots fired," the deputy said on his radio.

Broward Sheriff Scott Israel said Friday that he released the footage to dispel rumors and speculation about the shooting on social media and to give an unvarnished view of what happened. He said the deputy who fired could not allow himself to get into a struggle over his weapon.

"Unarmed assailants take guns away from police officers and they are many police officers in the United States of America who tragically have died at the hands of their own weapons," Israel said.

Pedro Pierre's sister, Guilaine Jean, and his entire family is devastated. They say the video does not represent their loved one — a father of five, an entrepreneur and a one-time political candidate in Haiti.

"This is not my brother," Jean said. "He was not a violent person. He was a good guy."

Pierre's daughter, Shania, said her father had a stroke a few years ago and suffered from medical problems ever since.

"I know my dad didn't mean it," she told CBS Miami's Carey Codd. "He didn't mean it at all. My dad, he had a mental health issue that nobody knew about and I wish the police knew about it before killing him."

Pierre's family wishes that the deputy who shot and killed Pierre had tried other methods to stop him before resorting to the ultimate use of force.

"Why can't they try another way? They have so many ways!" Jean said through tears.

"They didn't have to kill him at all," said his son, Ralph Fenelon. "They had tasers, they had other weapons. They didn't have to shoot him."

The family is trying to come to terms with the man they know and his actions on the video. They have many questions about how this incident unfolded, what sparked it and the reactions of the two deputies. They commended the first responding deputy, who used a Taser and a baton and showed restraint in his dealing with Pierre, asking him questions and trying different ways to get him to cease his actions.

As for the second deputy, they fail to understand why he used lethal force within seconds of arriving.

"I know (Pierre) made a mistake but he doesn't deserve to die like that," said Enoch Pierre, Pedro Pierre's brother.

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THIS SINGER WAS ONE OF THE BEST, AND I REALLY LIKE THIS BIO. THAT WAS A GREAT PERIOD IN POP MUSIC, OF COURSE.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/guitar-legend-recalls-the-first-time-he-heard-otis-redding-sing-the-hairs-stood-up-on-my-arm/
CBS NEWS December 9, 2017, 1:53 PM
Guitar legend recalls first time he heard Otis Redding sing: "The hairs stood up on my arm"

Singer Otis Redding has been called an emotional explosion on stage and a soul singer who demanded respect. Redding, who started in Little Richard's backing band, once said: "I want to fill the silent vacuum left...when Sam Cooke died." He was on the cusp of that kind of success 50 years ago this Sunday when he was killed in a plane crash.

"If you took a fruit jar of Little Richard and a fruit jar of Sam Cooke and mixed 'em together you'd get Otis Redding," said Steve Cropper, the legendary guitarist of Booker T. & the M.G.'s.

Cropper was in the Memphis studio when Redding first auditioned for Stax Records and owner Jim Stewart in 1962.

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Steve Cropper CBS NEWS

"He started singing 'These Arms of Mine.' I just said, 'Stop.' he said, 'What, you don't like it?' I said, 'No, I love it. Just hold it right there, don't move.' I went running up to the control room. I said, 'Jim Stewart, you've gotta come down and hear this guy's voice. You're gonna die.' Cause the hairs stood up on my arm," Cropper said.

"These Arms of Mine" would be the first of a run of R&B hits for Redding through the mid-60s that made him one of the most popular entertainers among African-American audiences. But his breakthrough with white audiences in America came in 1967.

At the Monterey Pop Festival, in a legendary performance preserved in the documentary "Monterey Pop," Cropper played guitar behind Redding.

"We had no idea what the reaction was gonna be. And it was unbelievable," Cropper said.

Redding suddenly had the attention of the pop world. Now all he needed was a crossover hit.

"He called me from the airport. He said, 'I got a hit, I'm comin' right down," Cropper said.

In late November, he brought a song he'd started on a houseboat overlooking San Francisco Bay.

"That afternoon, it was done. We went and cut it the next day. I think there's three takes of it," he said.

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Otis Redding and Steve Cropper at the Monterey Pop Festival MONTEREY POP

Two weeks later, Cropper was getting ready to overdub some guitar licks to the track, when Redding came by.

"And the last time I saw Otis, he popped his head in the door and said, 'I'll see you Monday.' And I said, 'Great,'" Cropper recounted.

That weekend, Redding's private plane crashed outside Madison, Wisconsin, killing the singer and four members of his backing band, the Bar-Kays. Redding was 26.

"And I said, 'I just lost my best friend."

The label rushed to release an Otis Redding song. Cropper was sent into the studio to put the finishing touches on "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay." Cropper said he tried not to have Redding in his head while he did it, but he did know what he wanted.

"Yeah, I think that was a motivation. I started on a Tuesday morning and I handed it to a flight attendant on Wednesday morning."

"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" became the first posthumous No. 1 record on the Billboard charts and won Redding and Cropper the Grammy.

"There's a message in there that pretty much hits everybody."

Redding finally had the crossover hit we still remember him by. "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" became the sixth most played song of the 20th century.

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MSNBC – MADDOW


http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 12/7/17
Judge in Mike Flynn case recuses himself
Rachel Maddow reports that the judge in the Mike Flynn case has recused himself, and depending on the reason, Republicans trying to undermine the Trump Russia investigation will likely latch onto this development. Duration: 3:51


THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 12/7/17
Congressional ethics scandals roil both parties
Rachel Maddow reports on a spate of ethics scandals by members of Congress including Al Franken, John Conyers, Blake Farenthold, and Trent Franks, and one member, Devin Nunes, cleared by the ethics committee in what is likely to be bad news for the productivity of Trump Russia investigation. Duration: 7:24


THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 12/7/17
Another Trump official knew of Trump Tower Russian meeting: CNN
Rachel Maddow shares details of a CNN report that new e-mails show that Donald Trump Jr.'s Trump Tower meeting with Russians did have some follow-up that included Trump social media director Dan Scavino. Duration: 1:53


THAT VIDEO LOOKS VERY MUCH LIKE WHAT I HAVE HEARD DESCRIBED AS THE SYMPTOMS OF A STROKE.

THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 12/7/17
White House schedules medical exam for Trump after slurred speech
Rachel Maddow notes Donald Trump's unusually slurred speech during his Jerusalem announcement yesterday and reports on the White House announcing that Trump will have a medical exam in January with the results to be made public. Duration: 4:42


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THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 12/7/17
Russian media report confirms cyber attack on US election
Rachel Maddow shares the details of a Russian media report that explains that the reason Russian intelligence cyber experts were arrested for treason a year ago is that they were the sources that helped the U.S. figure out who was responsible for the DNC hack. Duration: 9:12


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THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 12/7/17
Governors strategize replacing resigning disgraced legislators
Steve Kornacki, MSNBC political correspondent, talks with Rachel Maddow about how governors like Minnesota's Mark Dayton are thinking about how to replace members of Congress who are resigning before their terms are up, like Senator Al Franken. Duration: 6:07


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THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 12/7/17
Nunes return would likely hamstring House Trump Russia probe
Natasha Bertrand, political correspondent for Business Insider, talks with Rachel Maddow about the likely deleterious effect Devin Nunes will have on the altready struggling House Intel Trump Russia investigation now that he has been cleared by the ethics committee. Duration: 4:49