Newsworthy but not its own thread worthy

[wolf902]

This is weird, it took 14 hours to get him down, so how did he get up?

http://bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-50207301

[JustKelli]

WTF!!!!!

Spain's rape laws in the spotlight after men cleared of gang-raping teenager

By*Euronews*with*Thomson Reuters Foundation•02/11/2019*-*10:42

REUTERS/Susana Vera

Women's rights campaigners in Spain called for a change in the law on Friday after a court in Barcelona cleared five men of raping a 14-year-old girl, ruling that they did not use violence.

The men, who denied the charges, took turns to have sex with the teenager after a party in Manresa, a town to the north of Barcelona, in October 2016, the court heard.

On Thursday they were sentenced to between 10 and 12 years in jail for sexual abuse, avoiding more serious charges of rape or sexual assault because the court said the girl was drunk and unconscious, did not fight back and the men were not violent.

Ada Colau, the mayor of Barcelona, took to social media to express her anger at the verdict, saying it was "outrageous" and the result of a patriarchal judicial system.

"I'm not a judge and I don't know how many years in prison they deserve, but what I do know is that this is not abuse, it is rape!" she wrote on Twitter.

The verdict has reignited a debate over the Spanish judiciary's treatment of women, which intensified with the 2016 "Wolf Pack" case, in which an 18-year-old woman was gang-raped during the running of the bulls festival in Pamplona.

The men, who included a former policeman and a former soldier, had shared videos of the incident in a WhatsApp group and joked about it afterwards.

In June, Spain's Supreme Court ruled the five accused were guilty of rape not the lesser crime of sexual abuse, increasing their sentence to 15 years rather than the nine years they had been given for sexual abuse by a regional court.

Outrage and protests over the initial verdict prompted a government promise to change the law, but critics say the Manresa case shows how the penal code is still outdated.

Marisa Soleto, head of the Women's Foundation, said on Twitter that the Manresa case was another proof that the law needed to be changed.

Spanish law requires that the plaintiff in a rape case must present evidence of intimidation or specific violence.

"Any attack on sexual liberty should be considered violence," Graciela Atencio, a women's rights activist and director of the website Feminicidio.net, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

"It's important that they introduce the term rape into the penal code for all attacks that involve penetration and that any sexual behaviour without consent be considered sexual violence."

A protest against the ruling is planned on Saturday in Manresa at 1 pm CET, activists said on Twitter.

[alexora]

Originally Posted by JustKelli

WTF!!!!!

Spain's rape laws in the spotlight after men cleared of gang-raping teenager

By*Euronews*with*Thomson Reuters Foundation•02/11/2019*-*10:42

REUTERS/Susana Vera

Women's rights campaigners in Spain called for a change in the law on Friday after a court in Barcelona cleared five men of raping a 14-year-old girl, ruling that they did not use violence.

The men, who denied the charges, took turns to have sex with the teenager after a party in Manresa, a town to the north of Barcelona, in October 2016, the court heard.

On Thursday they were sentenced to between 10 and 12 years in jail for sexual abuse, avoiding more serious charges of rape or sexual assault because the court said the girl was drunk and unconscious, did not fight back and the men were not violent.

Ada Colau, the mayor of Barcelona, took to social media to express her anger at the verdict, saying it was "outrageous" and the result of a patriarchal judicial system.

"I'm not a judge and I don't know how many years in prison they deserve, but what I do know is that this is not abuse, it is rape!" she wrote on Twitter.

The verdict has reignited a debate over the Spanish judiciary's treatment of women, which intensified with the 2016 "Wolf Pack" case, in which an 18-year-old woman was gang-raped during the running of the bulls festival in Pamplona.

The men, who included a former policeman and a former soldier, had shared videos of the incident in a WhatsApp group and joked about it afterwards.

In June, Spain's Supreme Court ruled the five accused were guilty of rape not the lesser crime of sexual abuse, increasing their sentence to 15 years rather than the nine years they had been given for sexual abuse by a regional court.

Outrage and protests over the initial verdict prompted a government promise to change the law, but critics say the Manresa case shows how the penal code is still outdated.

Marisa Soleto, head of the Women's Foundation, said on Twitter that the Manresa case was another proof that the law needed to be changed.

Spanish law requires that the plaintiff in a rape case must present evidence of intimidation or specific violence.

"Any attack on sexual liberty should be considered violence," Graciela Atencio, a women's rights activist and director of the website Feminicidio.net, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

"It's important that they introduce the term rape into the penal code for all attacks that involve penetration and that any sexual behaviour without consent be considered sexual violence."

A protest against the ruling is planned on Saturday in Manresa at 1 pm CET, activists said on Twitter.

The victim is only 14, younger than the legal age of consent in Spain which is 16.

In Spain the age of consent used to be 12 for all sexual acts, but this was raised to 13 in 1999 and to 16 in 2015.

So getting a minor under the age of consent drunk to the point that they do not know what is going on, and then pulling a train on that person should be a serious crime and those guy rightfully belong behind bars.

Violence or threats should not form the sole basis for their prosecution.

[JustKelli]

Originally Posted by alexora

The victim is only 14, younger than the legal age of consent in Spain which is 16.

In Spain the age of consent used to be 12 for all sexual acts, but this was raised to 13 in 1999 and to 16 in 2015.

So getting a minor under the age of consent drunk to the point that they do not know what is going on, and then pulling a train on that person should be a serious crime and those guy rightfully belong behind bars.

Violence or threats should not form the sole basis for their prosecution.

Thanks for stating the obvious.

As long as there are those that think hitting women is a sport , nothing will change to this end. In some places they still light their women on fire if they suspect stepping out. Just smiling at another man can be considered that...

[alexora]

Originally Posted by JustKelli

Thanks for stating the obvious.

As long as there are those that think hitting women is a sport , nothing will change to this end. In some places they still light their women on fire if they suspect stepping out. Just smiling at another man can be considered that...

Why not use the standard method for thanking posts here on the Planet by clicking this button instead of resorting to a method that comes across as sarcastic?

[LongTimeLu]

Originally Posted by LTL://bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-50293527

Lead levels in Canadian water 'exceed safe limit' in a third of cases

The amount of lead in the water supply of major Canadian cities exceeded safe levels in hundreds of thousands of homes, a major investigation has found.

Some areas showed lead levels "similar" to those in the US city of Flint, Michigan, during its 2015 water crisis.

Out of 12,000 samples taken from 2014 to 2018, one third exceeded the national safety guideline of 5 parts per billion (ppb).

Canada has the third-largest per-capita fresh water reserve in the world.

Lead contamination has been linked with low IQ in children, hypertension and heart disease.

What did the investigation find?

The year-long work was conducted by 120 journalists, from 10 media outlets and nine universities, in partnership with the Institute for Investigative Journalism.

Investigators gathered the results of 12,000 tests carried out between 2014 and 2018 in 11 cities.

While a third exceeded the safe limit of 5ppb, 18% were over the US limit of 15ppb.

Among the areas studied were Montreal, the second-largest city in Canada (population 1.75m), and Oakville, an affluent part of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Regina, the capital of the prairie province of Saskatchewan, and the city of Prince Rupert, in northern British Columbia, were also included.

So the investigation only went back five years and it found some lead levels in Canadian drinking water were above even US safety limits?

Some people need putting in court for this!

[wolf902]

Title says it all really

http://bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50365124

[alexora]

Originally Posted by wolf902

Title says it all really

Sounds like he had a Napoleon complex as well as an admiration of the Venus de Milo...

[carolina73]

Originally Posted by wolf902

Title says it all really

http://bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50365124

Did he use a guillotine?

I just want to make sure he kept it time period accurate.

[JustKelli]

Originally Posted by alexora

Why not use the standard method for thanking posts here on the Planet by clicking this button instead of resorting to a method that comes across as sarcastic?

Because it was sarcastic lol.

U-Haul cube van stopped in northeast Calgary following multiple crashes, wrong-way driving

Published Thursday, November 14, 2019 6:24AM MST*
Last Updated Thursday, November 14, 2019 6:53AM MST

CALGARY – Calgary Police Service members have stopped a U-Haul cube van and arrested the driver following multiple early morning collisions.

According to CPS officials, numerous reports of erratic driving emerged at approximately 4:30 a.m. The cube van was spotted travelling southbound in the northbound lanes of 52nd Street S.E., near 105th Avenue. Officers attempted to stop the cube van but their efforts were unsuccessful.

The U-Haul driver has allegedly struck one CPS unit.

The CPS TAC unit was involved in the pursuit.

Shortly after 6:40 a.m., police confirmed the cube van had been stopped at a location along 38th Avenue, near Centre Street North, and the driver had been apprehended.

This is a developing story. It will be updated throughout the morning.