France in Shock at Gang-Rape Trial of Police from Famous BRI Unit
Court hears how Canadian woman was allegedly raped by terrorism officers at 36 Quai des Orfèves
Kim Willsher in Paris | The Guardian UK
Emily Spanton grew up with police officers – her father had been a high-ranking officer in the Toronto force – so when two French officers she met while drinking in a Paris bar invited her to see their famous headquarters, she agreed.
Spanton was, she says, drunk and shaky on her feet. “I knew I wasn’t in a state to find my hotel. And I thought that going to a police station would sober me up as there would be plenty of lights and people,” the Canadian said.
But after she went upstairs at the celebrated 36 Quai des Orfèvres to the fifth floor and entered room 461, Spanton said she walked into “the worst night of my life”. Continue reading
USA: Strangers being kind is a sign of innate goodness – By Mohamed Hamaludin
– BY MOHAMED HAMALUDIN
Police Officer Michael Kelley, working security at a Cleveland, Tenn., Walmart, paid for the purchases of a father, young children in tow, after the man’s card was denied. “The little girl’s face got me. Her eyes were welling up and it broke my heart,” Kelley said.
A Texas man who purchased food and medication collapsed unconscious in in the store parking lot from a diabetic attack and awoke to find he had been robbed. An officer identified only as Koryciak bought him a fresh supply of medications and other essential items and $25 worth of food. Diabetes runs in her family, the officer said. Continue reading →
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