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Police Constable (PC) Simon Read, who was on duty and in uniform at the time of the incident, claimed that he did not intentionally scan the wrong barcode while out shopping at Tesco Extra in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England, on February 10. He was accused of breaching two professional standards, of discreditable conduct and of honesty and integrity. The 37-year-old said that he was not paying attention when he scanned the barcode for a bag of carrots twice instead of the barcode for the doughnuts....

Video footage emerged showing an officer with his knee on the suspect’s neck, with the black man handcuffed on the ground and repeatedly shouting “get off my neck.” The incident took place in Islington, north London. Met Police confirmed that a second officer has been removed from operational duty following the incident on July 17. It comes following the death of George Floyd in America at the hands of a white police officer, who knelt on his neck as he begged for his life, leading to global anti-racism protests....

CBS Local reported that the incident happened on November 15, when officer Scott Schoenwetter observed a car swerving wildly. He turned on his lights, and the driver pulled to the side of the road. Upon exiting the vehicle, the officer gave the man, identified as 27-year-old Nicholas Layton, a field sobriety test, which he failed. Schoenwetter ran the man’s ID and saw that he had three previous DUI offenses. He then ran the car’s license plate number, only to discover it was not registered to the vehicle....

James Burch, policy director of the Anti Police-Terror Project (APTP), was standing outside of the Alameda Courthouse in Oakland, California, when a sergeant from the sheriff’s office approached Burch and asked him to move a banner in support of Steven Tyler, a man killed by a San Leandro police officer in April 2020. As Burch and the sergeant began exchanging words, the sergeant is seen taking out his phone and playing “Blank Space” by Taylor Swift....

Green had been in the living room of his Houston home when he first saw the excruciating cell-phone video on the news: a white Minneapolis police officer nonchalantly kneeling on the neck of the 46-year-old Floyd for nearly 9 minutes. The handcuffed man desperately crying that he can not breathe. The bystanders urging the officer to stop. His cold refusal to acknowledge their pleas. Floyd’s body had been flown back to Texas to be buried....

In today’s society, politics have infiltrated athletics—both professional and amatuer. Athletes use social media to express their personal political stances, and teams and leagues have used subtle protests to bring light on political topics-of-the-day happening in the world. Some professional franchises have offered their large arenas as voting venues and the NFL has promotional commercials to encourage people to vote. Then there are the owners of such franchises, who reap the rewards from their teams—whether they’re good or bad....

His family released a statement following his death: “Tom A. Coburn, MD, beloved husband, father and grandfather, passed away peacefully at home this morning surrounded by his family. Because of his strong faith, he rested in the hope found in John 11:25, where Jesus said, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me, will live, even though they die.’ Today he lives in heaven.”...

Clinton was defiant at her Louisville victory party, pledging to stay in the race until either she or her opponent Barack Obama reaches 2,210 delegates–nearly 200 more delegates than most people consider to be the threshold needed to claim the nomination (Clinton is including in her count Michigan and Florida, which were stripped of their delegates by the national Democratic Party after moving their primary dates up on the calendar in defiance of the party’s wishes)....

The ERFCA allocated $4 billion under the American Rescue Plan to forgive 120 percent of USDA loan debt for farmers-of-color, but was nixed after several white farmers brought forth legal challenges and allegations of discrimination to stop the bill. From feelings of elation and hopefulness early last year with the promise of sustainable funding, Black farmers are once again met with the familiar sentiment of disappointment and betrayal from the U....

The latest Axios/Ipsos survey shows that slightly more parents of children ages 5 to 11 said they were likely to vaccinate their kids when they become eligible for the shot. Forty-four percent are likely to do so, compared with 42 percent who are unlikely to get their child vaccinated. The poll was conducted just after Pfizer’s announcement that the first results from a trial indicated the COVID-19 vaccine is safe for children between 5 and 11 years and establishes a strong antibody response against the virus....

This could be what comes after Rollerblades. Americans already have reaffirmed their passion for pedaling (about 70 million adults in the United States rode a bike in the last year, according to a 1991 Louis Harris poll commissioned by Bicycling magazine). And as Crested Butte goes in terms of cycling trends, so goes the nation. Mountain bikes outnumber cars in that town of 959, and there are more signs that say “Welcome Fat Tire Bikers” than in, say, the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn....

PKD is, in fact, one of many reasons why a person could develop cysts in the kidney. It is the specific genetic inheritance and the course of PKD that makes it a very specific entity. It is not a benign disease, and many patients could see their kidneys decline to failure, necessitating dialysis or a kidney transplant. Other Types of Cysts The other kind of kidney cysts (which are not PKD-related cysts) include:...

Curator Mark Francis says, “We didn’t try to reconstruct the studio, like other single-artist museums.” Hardly: at eight floors and 88,000 square feet, it’s the largest solo repository in the world. The museum is housed in a baroque-on-the-outside, minimal-on-the-inside former steel-products warehouse. Refurbished right down to galvanized-metal ticket booths by arty architect Richard Gluckman, the museum opened grandly last weekend. A tent bash ($125 to $300 per person) culminated in the museum’s staying open to the public for 24 straight hours....

“Being homosexual isn’t a crime,” Francis said during an exclusive interview with the Associated Press published Wednesday. While Francis still referred to homosexuality in the context of “sin,” the comments were lauded by many who saw the comments as one of the first public steps by a Catholic pope to affirm the religion’s acceptance of members of the LGBTQ community who have long felt maligned by the Catholic tradition....

Anatomy The popliteal artery branches off from the femoral artery at the level of the adductor hiatus — the space between the adductor magnus muscle and the femur — in the thigh. It runs down the popliteal fossa, which is the shallow depression behind the knee joint, before traveling between the gastrocnemius and popliteal muscles located on the backside of the lower leg. There it travels deeper into the rear compartment of the leg, where it splits into the anterior and posterior tibial arteries....

ED happens when a person has trouble getting or keeping an erection that is hard enough for penetrative sex. ED has physical, mental, and emotional causes, which sometimes intertwine to cause a person trouble getting their penis hard. Healthcare professionals are still exploring the role of porn and ED. However, more and more research is indicating that for some people, watching porn can cause erectile dysfunction. Here’s what researchers know and what you should do if watching porn is interfering with your sex life....

The lowest point in the U.S. is traditionally recognized as Badwater Basin in Death Valley, California. It is 282 feet below sea level. Pikes Peak tops out at 14,115 feet. Musial wanted to push the limits even further. With the support of operators at Eagle Mine in Big Bay, Michigan, that wish was granted. The high-grade nickel and copper mine is the only mine in America where a vehicle can be driven at deep depth....

Demonstrators started erecting tents in Lownsdale Square on Tuesday night, dubbing the area the “Chinook Land Autonomous Territory.” The crowd dissipated early Wednesday morning but returned that night, prompting officers to once again clear the area early Thursday morning. People in the area were given a 10-minute warning to disperse, according to the police department, after which they were subject to the use of force and arrest for trespassing. The police department “made some arrests,” but it has yet to release details....

The two resolutions introduced by Commissioner Chloe Eudaly were unanimously endorsed by the Portland City Council as thousands of protesters against police brutality gathered in the Oregon city last night. Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler also voted in favor of the moves to curb local law enforcement cooperation with officials described as “federal occupiers” of the city by local authorities. The Oregonian reported that the ban on working with federal law enforcement agents referred to an “unprecedented and unconstitutional abuse of power” by President Donald Trump’s administration....