#scheduled release 2047

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Then and now....

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Benjamin Jonathan Newman, South Carolina inmate 352829, born 1986, incarceration intake October 2012 at age 26, scheduled for release from South Carolina custody December 2033, also known as Federal inmate 48724-510, scheduled for release from Federal custody May 2047

Trafficking Cocaine, Trafficking Marijuana

In August 2024, an active inmate in the custody and control of South Carolina Department of Corrections ("SCDC") was sentenced after pleading guilty to trafficking drugs with contraband phones.

Benjamin Newman, 38, was sentenced to more than 26 years after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin.

Newman has been in the state prison system since 2012, serving a 25-year sentence for drug trafficking.

SCDC seized 16 illegal cell phones from Newman during his time in SCDC.

Newman used the phones to lead a large-scale drug trafficking operation since at least January 2018.

Newman used the phones to order large quantities of methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, and marijuana directly from Mexico.

Newman recruited drivers to pick up the drugs in Georgia, Texas, and Florida and to deliver the drugs to stash houses in South Carolina.

The organization also used threats of violence to protect against cooperation with law enforcement and to protect its drug supply.

More than 350 kilograms of methamphetamine, four kilograms of heroin, nearly one kilogram of cocaine, 18 kilograms of marijuana, and 250 grams of crack cocaine were distributed in South Carolina by Newman and the organization.

Newman and seven co-defendants were convicted in federal court.

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[emmalyneamell]

What I wouldn’t give for just a release year for Dragon Age 4. 2022, ‘23, ‘24, 2047 ... I don’t care when, I’d clear my schedule for the next 30 years just to know when I’ll get to play the damn thing.

[timalexanderdollery]

A Hong Kong university becomes a battleground in the latest round of protests

An anti-government protester extinguishes a fire at Hong Kong Polytechnic University on November 18, 2019. | Laurel Chor/Getty Images

Police trapped demonstrators inside the campus in a standoff that lasted hours.

The campus of a Hong Kong university transformed into an apocalyptic scene on Monday as riot police armed with tear gas and rubber bullets surrounded pro-democracy protesters.

The standoff between authorities and protesters at Hong Kong Polytechnic University has turned into one of the fiercest, most violent conflicts in the nearly six months of protests in the autonomous territory.

What began as a movement to block a controversial extradition bill morphed into a sustained call for greater democratic rights in Hong Kong and a pushback against the growing influence of China. The demonstrations have grown increasingly tense in recent weeks. Last week, police shot a protester and demonstrators set a pro-Beijing activist on fire.

Protesters have been occupying parts of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University campus since last week, but the confrontation with police escalated dramatically on Sunday and into Monday, turning the campus into a war zone. Protesters hunkered down and barricaded themselves against police, flinging firebombs and debris and even firing arrows at riot police. Police threatened to use live ammunition in response.

Early Monday local time, riot police rushed the campus, effectively trapping hundreds of demonstrators inside. Authorities cornered the activists and delivered an ultimatum, calling on them to surrender or face a barrage of tear gas. Police said those who do surrender will face arrest and potential charges of rioting, which means individuals could face up to 10 years in prison.

[1118PolyU] 0830 Protestors tried to leave the campus for times but #HKpolice fired rounds of tear gas. They eventually returned to campus#hkprotest #HKPoliceBrutality pic.twitter.com/4WRA18EENn

— City Broadcasting Channel(CBC) (@cityusucbc) November 18, 2019

Please help save our kids! #HongKong police why such heavy firing on unarmed #HongKongProtesters ? https://t.co/EtQzv3FpSF

— Willow (@Willow65887681) November 18, 2019

Some demonstrators have managed to sneak away; photographers documented people running along a footbridge away from campus. But others are holed up, waiting for an opportunity to break free and avoid arrest.

Dramatic images coming in of protesters escaping the campus from a footbridge #HongKongProtests @AFPphoto pic.twitter.com/HNejqAybAU

— Katie Forster (@katieforster) November 18, 2019

This was probably the most surreal thing I have ever witnessed in the Hong Kong protests. Protesters just attempted a daring escape through a bridge at Polytechnic University. Volunteers on motorbikes came in drives to drive them out asap. Police fired teargas. #HongKongProtests pic.twitter.com/huhSo3Mxo9

— Michael Zhang 張雨軒 (@YuxuanMichael) November 18, 2019

Han, a 23-year-old protester and first aider, told me she was hiding inside a classroom at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, resting before trying once again to find a way out. We spoke through a translator based in the UK via WhatsApp.

Han said that protests broke out at PolyU because it’s near major infrastructure; protesters wanted to block those areas to create real impact and force the government to listen to their demands. “Students [don’t] want to fight these battles, they just want the government to listen to their demands,” she said.

Some protesters pleaded for help on social media, saying they were cornered by police with no defense and running out of food and medicine. Supporters of the campus protesters tried to form a human chain to deliver medical supplies, helmets, food, and water. According to the Wall Street Journal, the link stretched miles but failed to penetrate the police barricade.

TIME IS RUNNING OUT. #SOSHK Listen to urgent cry of protestors in #PolyU! Running out of food & medical supply, starving & injured protestors counting down to confront #hkpolice bullets with bare hands. Is the world going to witness bloody crackdown w/o stopping ruthless regime? pic.twitter.com/szkxxICLDF

— Joshua Wong 黃之鋒 (@joshuawongcf) November 18, 2019

Hong Kong officials said they were allowing the Red Cross to enter the campus and treat injured protesters.

Other supporters — including parents of some students at the university — staged a sit-in outside campus. They carried signs that said “Save our Kids.”

Members of Guarding Our Kids, formed by mothers and fathers, decided to stay with #PolyU students who were trapped in the campus: We won't leave our 'kids' behind. We will safeguard this place. We want everyone here can go home. #HongKongProtesters pic.twitter.com/nLMFUEexe9

— Demosistō 香港眾志 (@demosisto) November 17, 2019

Demonstrators also flocked to other parts of the city, trying to distract and draw police away from the campus so demonstrators there could escape. Scenes of chaos also emerged in other parts of Hong Kong as demonstrators blocked traffic, many carrying umbrellas to fend off tear gas.

How large is #RescuePolyU action? 63,100 people are watching tens of thousands launching fierce and tenacious protests in TST East, Yau Ma Tei and Jordan, with the same goal to buy time and make way for protesters trapped in #POLYU to evacuate. pic.twitter.com/pIOrxfz29c

— Xinqi Su 蘇昕琪 (@XinqiSu) November 18, 2019

The Hong Kong protests are growing increasingly tense, with no obvious solution in sight

At least 150 people were arrested over the weekend, according to the New York Times. That number is likely to rise, though, as about 500 protesters were still believed to be trapped inside campus well past midnight local time.

Police said they had arrested more than 50 people who “claimed to be journalists or medics” on Monday, according to the Hong Kong Free Press. The BBC reported that, per Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority, more than 100 people had been injured.

And authorities seem prepared to outlast the protesters. Cheuk Hau-yip, the regional police commander, threatened arrest for anyone on campus, saying officers had given protesters “enough time and enough warnings.”

“If they surrender and come out, we will arrange the appropriate medical help for them,” Cheuk said, according to the Washington Post.

Tensions between police and protesters have fueled the protests in recent weeks, as pro-democracy activists accuse authorities of using heavy-handed and violent tactics to crush otherwise peaceful protests. Police, in turn, point to very real examples of vandalism and violence as part of the demonstrations to justify the use of force. Demonstrators say they’re just trying to defend themselves.

That has led to specific demands from the protesters, including releasing all those arrested for rioting and an independent inquiry of the Hong Kong police force. The Hong Kong government, led by Chief Executive Carrie Lam, has so far resisted, saying the current body is equipped to handle a review.

This impasse has created an untenable situation in Hong Kong — though some protesters see the police response as galvanizing Hongkongers. “The unacceptable use of violence by the police is pushing more people, i.e. supporters of peaceful protests, to believe they [should] come out and protect the students,” Han said. “So I do think all these protesters’ operations [are] leading to a positive outcome.”

Also on Monday, a Hong Kong court ruled that the government’s face-mask ban — introduced last month — was unlawful. Though many protesters had been defying the ban anyway, it was another example of the Hong Kong government’s botched and aggressive attempt to curtail the unrest.

As the Washington Post noted, Lam has remained largely quiet during the unrest this weekend. Hong Kong has its own government system under the “one country, two systems” rule that has been in place since Great Britain returned Hong Kong to China in 1997 and is supposed to last until 2047. Protesters see Beijing’s encroachment ahead of that date as an existential threat to their territory.

On Monday, the Chinese government warned that “no-one should underestimate” Beijing’s will “to safeguard its sovereignty and Hong Kong’s stability.”

Beijing interceding directly in Hong Kong would inflame tensions, and so far it has stopped short of such measures. But China has grown increasingly impatient with the uprising in Hong Kong, which has hurt the economy in the territory.

The campus unrest also threatens to derail upcoming local elections in Hong Kong, scheduled for this weekend, where pro-democracy lawmakers are expected to win big. Some fear that the Hong Kong government might cancel or postpone the elections, citing the violence in the city.

That would deny Hong Kong a democratic outlet for their discontent — exactly what protesters are fighting to preserve.

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[shanedakotamuir]

A Hong Kong university becomes a battleground in the latest round of protests

An anti-government protester extinguishes a fire at Hong Kong Polytechnic University on November 18, 2019. | Laurel Chor/Getty Images

Police trapped demonstrators inside the campus in a standoff that lasted hours.

The campus of a Hong Kong university transformed into an apocalyptic scene on Monday as riot police armed with tear gas and rubber bullets surrounded pro-democracy protesters.

The standoff between authorities and protesters at Hong Kong Polytechnic University has turned into one of the fiercest, most violent conflicts in the nearly six months of protests in the autonomous territory.

What began as a movement to block a controversial extradition bill morphed into a sustained call for greater democratic rights in Hong Kong and a pushback against the growing influence of China. The demonstrations have grown increasingly tense in recent weeks. Last week, police shot a protester and demonstrators set a pro-Beijing activist on fire.

Protesters have been occupying parts of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University campus since last week, but the confrontation with police escalated dramatically on Sunday and into Monday, turning the campus into a war zone. Protesters hunkered down and barricaded themselves against police, flinging firebombs and debris and even firing arrows at riot police. Police threatened to use live ammunition in response.

Early Monday local time, riot police rushed the campus, effectively trapping hundreds of demonstrators inside. Authorities cornered the activists and delivered an ultimatum, calling on them to surrender or face a barrage of tear gas. Police said those who do surrender will face arrest and potential charges of rioting, which means individuals could face up to 10 years in prison.

[1118PolyU] 0830 Protestors tried to leave the campus for times but #HKpolice fired rounds of tear gas. They eventually returned to campus#hkprotest #HKPoliceBrutality pic.twitter.com/4WRA18EENn

— City Broadcasting Channel(CBC) (@cityusucbc) November 18, 2019

Please help save our kids! #HongKong police why such heavy firing on unarmed #HongKongProtesters ? https://t.co/EtQzv3FpSF

— Willow (@Willow65887681) November 18, 2019

Some demonstrators have managed to sneak away; photographers documented people running along a footbridge away from campus. But others are holed up, waiting for an opportunity to break free and avoid arrest.

Dramatic images coming in of protesters escaping the campus from a footbridge #HongKongProtests @AFPphoto pic.twitter.com/HNejqAybAU

— Katie Forster (@katieforster) November 18, 2019

This was probably the most surreal thing I have ever witnessed in the Hong Kong protests. Protesters just attempted a daring escape through a bridge at Polytechnic University. Volunteers on motorbikes came in drives to drive them out asap. Police fired teargas. #HongKongProtests pic.twitter.com/huhSo3Mxo9

— Michael Zhang 張雨軒 (@YuxuanMichael) November 18, 2019

Han, a 23-year-old protester and first aider, told me she was hiding inside a classroom at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, resting before trying once again to find a way out. We spoke through a translator based in the UK via WhatsApp.

Han said that protests broke out at PolyU because it’s near major infrastructure; protesters wanted to block those areas to create real impact and force the government to listen to their demands. “Students [don’t] want to fight these battles, they just want the government to listen to their demands,” she said.

Some protesters pleaded for help on social media, saying they were cornered by police with no defense and running out of food and medicine. Supporters of the campus protesters tried to form a human chain to deliver medical supplies, helmets, food, and water. According to the Wall Street Journal, the link stretched miles but failed to penetrate the police barricade.

TIME IS RUNNING OUT. #SOSHK Listen to urgent cry of protestors in #PolyU! Running out of food & medical supply, starving & injured protestors counting down to confront #hkpolice bullets with bare hands. Is the world going to witness bloody crackdown w/o stopping ruthless regime? pic.twitter.com/szkxxICLDF

— Joshua Wong 黃之鋒 (@joshuawongcf) November 18, 2019

Hong Kong officials said they were allowing the Red Cross to enter the campus and treat injured protesters.

Other supporters — including parents of some students at the university — staged a sit-in outside campus. They carried signs that said “Save our Kids.”

Members of Guarding Our Kids, formed by mothers and fathers, decided to stay with #PolyU students who were trapped in the campus: We won't leave our 'kids' behind. We will safeguard this place. We want everyone here can go home. #HongKongProtesters pic.twitter.com/nLMFUEexe9

— Demosistō 香港眾志 (@demosisto) November 17, 2019

Demonstrators also flocked to other parts of the city, trying to distract and draw police away from the campus so demonstrators there could escape. Scenes of chaos also emerged in other parts of Hong Kong as demonstrators blocked traffic, many carrying umbrellas to fend off tear gas.

How large is #RescuePolyU action? 63,100 people are watching tens of thousands launching fierce and tenacious protests in TST East, Yau Ma Tei and Jordan, with the same goal to buy time and make way for protesters trapped in #POLYU to evacuate. pic.twitter.com/pIOrxfz29c

— Xinqi Su 蘇昕琪 (@XinqiSu) November 18, 2019

The Hong Kong protests are growing increasingly tense, with no obvious solution in sight

At least 150 people were arrested over the weekend, according to the New York Times. That number is likely to rise, though, as about 500 protesters were still believed to be trapped inside campus well past midnight local time.

Police said they had arrested more than 50 people who “claimed to be journalists or medics” on Monday, according to the Hong Kong Free Press. The BBC reported that, per Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority, more than 100 people had been injured.

And authorities seem prepared to outlast the protesters. Cheuk Hau-yip, the regional police commander, threatened arrest for anyone on campus, saying officers had given protesters “enough time and enough warnings.”

“If they surrender and come out, we will arrange the appropriate medical help for them,” Cheuk said, according to the Washington Post.

Tensions between police and protesters have fueled the protests in recent weeks, as pro-democracy activists accuse authorities of using heavy-handed and violent tactics to crush otherwise peaceful protests. Police, in turn, point to very real examples of vandalism and violence as part of the demonstrations to justify the use of force. Demonstrators say they’re just trying to defend themselves.

That has led to specific demands from the protesters, including releasing all those arrested for rioting and an independent inquiry of the Hong Kong police force. The Hong Kong government, led by Chief Executive Carrie Lam, has so far resisted, saying the current body is equipped to handle a review.

This impasse has created an untenable situation in Hong Kong — though some protesters see the police response as galvanizing Hongkongers. “The unacceptable use of violence by the police is pushing more people, i.e. supporters of peaceful protests, to believe they [should] come out and protect the students,” Han said. “So I do think all these protesters’ operations [are] leading to a positive outcome.”

Also on Monday, a Hong Kong court ruled that the government’s face-mask ban — introduced last month — was unlawful. Though many protesters had been defying the ban anyway, it was another example of the Hong Kong government’s botched and aggressive attempt to curtail the unrest.

As the Washington Post noted, Lam has remained largely quiet during the unrest this weekend. Hong Kong has its own government system under the “one country, two systems” rule that has been in place since Great Britain returned Hong Kong to China in 1997 and is supposed to last until 2047. Protesters see Beijing’s encroachment ahead of that date as an existential threat to their territory.

On Monday, the Chinese government warned that “no-one should underestimate” Beijing’s will “to safeguard its sovereignty and Hong Kong’s stability.”

Beijing interceding directly in Hong Kong would inflame tensions, and so far it has stopped short of such measures. But China has grown increasingly impatient with the uprising in Hong Kong, which has hurt the economy in the territory.

The campus unrest also threatens to derail upcoming local elections in Hong Kong, scheduled for this weekend, where pro-democracy lawmakers are expected to win big. Some fear that the Hong Kong government might cancel or postpone the elections, citing the violence in the city.

That would deny Hong Kong a democratic outlet for their discontent — exactly what protesters are fighting to preserve.

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[corneliusreignallen]

A Hong Kong university becomes a battleground in the latest round of protests

An anti-government protester extinguishes a fire at Hong Kong Polytechnic University on November 18, 2019. | Laurel Chor/Getty Images

Police trapped demonstrators inside the campus in a standoff that lasted hours.

The campus of a Hong Kong university transformed into an apocalyptic scene on Monday as riot police armed with tear gas and rubber bullets surrounded pro-democracy protesters.

The standoff between authorities and protesters at Hong Kong Polytechnic University has turned into one of the fiercest, most violent conflicts in the nearly six months of protests in the autonomous territory.

What began as a movement to block a controversial extradition bill morphed into a sustained call for greater democratic rights in Hong Kong and a pushback against the growing influence of China. The demonstrations have grown increasingly tense in recent weeks. Last week, police shot a protester and demonstrators set a pro-Beijing activist on fire.

Protesters have been occupying parts of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University campus since last week, but the confrontation with police escalated dramatically on Sunday and into Monday, turning the campus into a war zone. Protesters hunkered down and barricaded themselves against police, flinging firebombs and debris and even firing arrows at riot police. Police threatened to use live ammunition in response.

Early Monday local time, riot police rushed the campus, effectively trapping hundreds of demonstrators inside. Authorities cornered the activists and delivered an ultimatum, calling on them to surrender or face a barrage of tear gas. Police said those who do surrender will face arrest and potential charges of rioting, which means individuals could face up to 10 years in prison.

[1118PolyU] 0830 Protestors tried to leave the campus for times but #HKpolice fired rounds of tear gas. They eventually returned to campus#hkprotest #HKPoliceBrutality pic.twitter.com/4WRA18EENn

— City Broadcasting Channel(CBC) (@cityusucbc) November 18, 2019

Please help save our kids! #HongKong police why such heavy firing on unarmed #HongKongProtesters ? https://t.co/EtQzv3FpSF

— Willow (@Willow65887681) November 18, 2019

Some demonstrators have managed to sneak away; photographers documented people running along a footbridge away from campus. But others are holed up, waiting for an opportunity to break free and avoid arrest.

Dramatic images coming in of protesters escaping the campus from a footbridge #HongKongProtests @AFPphoto pic.twitter.com/HNejqAybAU

— Katie Forster (@katieforster) November 18, 2019

This was probably the most surreal thing I have ever witnessed in the Hong Kong protests. Protesters just attempted a daring escape through a bridge at Polytechnic University. Volunteers on motorbikes came in drives to drive them out asap. Police fired teargas. #HongKongProtests pic.twitter.com/huhSo3Mxo9

— Michael Zhang 張雨軒 (@YuxuanMichael) November 18, 2019

Han, a 23-year-old protester and first aider, told me she was hiding inside a classroom at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, resting before trying once again to find a way out. We spoke through a translator based in the UK via WhatsApp.

Han said that protests broke out at PolyU because it’s near major infrastructure; protesters wanted to block those areas to create real impact and force the government to listen to their demands. “Students [don’t] want to fight these battles, they just want the government to listen to their demands,” she said.

Some protesters pleaded for help on social media, saying they were cornered by police with no defense and running out of food and medicine. Supporters of the campus protesters tried to form a human chain to deliver medical supplies, helmets, food, and water. According to the Wall Street Journal, the link stretched miles but failed to penetrate the police barricade.

TIME IS RUNNING OUT. #SOSHK Listen to urgent cry of protestors in #PolyU! Running out of food & medical supply, starving & injured protestors counting down to confront #hkpolice bullets with bare hands. Is the world going to witness bloody crackdown w/o stopping ruthless regime? pic.twitter.com/szkxxICLDF

— Joshua Wong 黃之鋒 (@joshuawongcf) November 18, 2019

Hong Kong officials said they were allowing the Red Cross to enter the campus and treat injured protesters.

Other supporters — including parents of some students at the university — staged a sit-in outside campus. They carried signs that said “Save our Kids.”

Members of Guarding Our Kids, formed by mothers and fathers, decided to stay with #PolyU students who were trapped in the campus: We won't leave our 'kids' behind. We will safeguard this place. We want everyone here can go home. #HongKongProtesters pic.twitter.com/nLMFUEexe9

— Demosistō 香港眾志 (@demosisto) November 17, 2019

Demonstrators also flocked to other parts of the city, trying to distract and draw police away from the campus so demonstrators there could escape. Scenes of chaos also emerged in other parts of Hong Kong as demonstrators blocked traffic, many carrying umbrellas to fend off tear gas.

How large is #RescuePolyU action? 63,100 people are watching tens of thousands launching fierce and tenacious protests in TST East, Yau Ma Tei and Jordan, with the same goal to buy time and make way for protesters trapped in #POLYU to evacuate. pic.twitter.com/pIOrxfz29c

— Xinqi Su 蘇昕琪 (@XinqiSu) November 18, 2019

The Hong Kong protests are growing increasingly tense, with no obvious solution in sight

At least 150 people were arrested over the weekend, according to the New York Times. That number is likely to rise, though, as about 500 protesters were still believed to be trapped inside campus well past midnight local time.

Police said they had arrested more than 50 people who “claimed to be journalists or medics” on Monday, according to the Hong Kong Free Press. The BBC reported that, per Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority, more than 100 people had been injured.

And authorities seem prepared to outlast the protesters. Cheuk Hau-yip, the regional police commander, threatened arrest for anyone on campus, saying officers had given protesters “enough time and enough warnings.”

“If they surrender and come out, we will arrange the appropriate medical help for them,” Cheuk said, according to the Washington Post.

Tensions between police and protesters have fueled the protests in recent weeks, as pro-democracy activists accuse authorities of using heavy-handed and violent tactics to crush otherwise peaceful protests. Police, in turn, point to very real examples of vandalism and violence as part of the demonstrations to justify the use of force. Demonstrators say they’re just trying to defend themselves.

That has led to specific demands from the protesters, including releasing all those arrested for rioting and an independent inquiry of the Hong Kong police force. The Hong Kong government, led by Chief Executive Carrie Lam, has so far resisted, saying the current body is equipped to handle a review.

This impasse has created an untenable situation in Hong Kong — though some protesters see the police response as galvanizing Hongkongers. “The unacceptable use of violence by the police is pushing more people, i.e. supporters of peaceful protests, to believe they [should] come out and protect the students,” Han said. “So I do think all these protesters’ operations [are] leading to a positive outcome.”

Also on Monday, a Hong Kong court ruled that the government’s face-mask ban — introduced last month — was unlawful. Though many protesters had been defying the ban anyway, it was another example of the Hong Kong government’s botched and aggressive attempt to curtail the unrest.

As the Washington Post noted, Lam has remained largely quiet during the unrest this weekend. Hong Kong has its own government system under the “one country, two systems” rule that has been in place since Great Britain returned Hong Kong to China in 1997 and is supposed to last until 2047. Protesters see Beijing’s encroachment ahead of that date as an existential threat to their territory.

On Monday, the Chinese government warned that “no-one should underestimate” Beijing’s will “to safeguard its sovereignty and Hong Kong’s stability.”

Beijing interceding directly in Hong Kong would inflame tensions, and so far it has stopped short of such measures. But China has grown increasingly impatient with the uprising in Hong Kong, which has hurt the economy in the territory.

The campus unrest also threatens to derail upcoming local elections in Hong Kong, scheduled for this weekend, where pro-democracy lawmakers are expected to win big. Some fear that the Hong Kong government might cancel or postpone the elections, citing the violence in the city.

That would deny Hong Kong a democratic outlet for their discontent — exactly what protesters are fighting to preserve.

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[gracieyvonnehunter]

A Hong Kong university becomes a battleground in the latest round of protests

An anti-government protester extinguishes a fire at Hong Kong Polytechnic University on November 18, 2019. | Laurel Chor/Getty Images

Police trapped demonstrators inside the campus in a standoff that lasted hours.

The campus of a Hong Kong university transformed into an apocalyptic scene on Monday as riot police armed with tear gas and rubber bullets surrounded pro-democracy protesters.

The standoff between authorities and protesters at Hong Kong Polytechnic University has turned into one of the fiercest, most violent conflicts in the nearly six months of protests in the autonomous territory.

What began as a movement to block a controversial extradition bill morphed into a sustained call for greater democratic rights in Hong Kong and a pushback against the growing influence of China. The demonstrations have grown increasingly tense in recent weeks. Last week, police shot a protester and demonstrators set a pro-Beijing activist on fire.

Protesters have been occupying parts of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University campus since last week, but the confrontation with police escalated dramatically on Sunday and into Monday, turning the campus into a war zone. Protesters hunkered down and barricaded themselves against police, flinging firebombs and debris and even firing arrows at riot police. Police threatened to use live ammunition in response.

Early Monday local time, riot police rushed the campus, effectively trapping hundreds of demonstrators inside. Authorities cornered the activists and delivered an ultimatum, calling on them to surrender or face a barrage of tear gas. Police said those who do surrender will face arrest and potential charges of rioting, which means individuals could face up to 10 years in prison.

[1118PolyU] 0830 Protestors tried to leave the campus for times but #HKpolice fired rounds of tear gas. They eventually returned to campus#hkprotest #HKPoliceBrutality pic.twitter.com/4WRA18EENn

— City Broadcasting Channel(CBC) (@cityusucbc) November 18, 2019

Please help save our kids! #HongKong police why such heavy firing on unarmed #HongKongProtesters ? https://t.co/EtQzv3FpSF

— Willow (@Willow65887681) November 18, 2019

Some demonstrators have managed to sneak away; photographers documented people running along a footbridge away from campus. But others are holed up, waiting for an opportunity to break free and avoid arrest.

Dramatic images coming in of protesters escaping the campus from a footbridge #HongKongProtests @AFPphoto pic.twitter.com/HNejqAybAU

— Katie Forster (@katieforster) November 18, 2019

This was probably the most surreal thing I have ever witnessed in the Hong Kong protests. Protesters just attempted a daring escape through a bridge at Polytechnic University. Volunteers on motorbikes came in drives to drive them out asap. Police fired teargas. #HongKongProtests pic.twitter.com/huhSo3Mxo9

— Michael Zhang 張雨軒 (@YuxuanMichael) November 18, 2019

Han, a 23-year-old protester and first aider, told me she was hiding inside a classroom at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, resting before trying once again to find a way out. We spoke through a translator based in the UK via WhatsApp.

Han said that protests broke out at PolyU because it’s near major infrastructure; protesters wanted to block those areas to create real impact and force the government to listen to their demands. “Students [don’t] want to fight these battles, they just want the government to listen to their demands,” she said.

Some protesters pleaded for help on social media, saying they were cornered by police with no defense and running out of food and medicine. Supporters of the campus protesters tried to form a human chain to deliver medical supplies, helmets, food, and water. According to the Wall Street Journal, the link stretched miles but failed to penetrate the police barricade.

TIME IS RUNNING OUT. #SOSHK Listen to urgent cry of protestors in #PolyU! Running out of food & medical supply, starving & injured protestors counting down to confront #hkpolice bullets with bare hands. Is the world going to witness bloody crackdown w/o stopping ruthless regime? pic.twitter.com/szkxxICLDF

— Joshua Wong 黃之鋒 (@joshuawongcf) November 18, 2019

Hong Kong officials said they were allowing the Red Cross to enter the campus and treat injured protesters.

Other supporters — including parents of some students at the university — staged a sit-in outside campus. They carried signs that said “Save our Kids.”

Members of Guarding Our Kids, formed by mothers and fathers, decided to stay with #PolyU students who were trapped in the campus: We won't leave our 'kids' behind. We will safeguard this place. We want everyone here can go home. #HongKongProtesters pic.twitter.com/nLMFUEexe9

— Demosistō 香港眾志 (@demosisto) November 17, 2019

Demonstrators also flocked to other parts of the city, trying to distract and draw police away from the campus so demonstrators there could escape. Scenes of chaos also emerged in other parts of Hong Kong as demonstrators blocked traffic, many carrying umbrellas to fend off tear gas.

How large is #RescuePolyU action? 63,100 people are watching tens of thousands launching fierce and tenacious protests in TST East, Yau Ma Tei and Jordan, with the same goal to buy time and make way for protesters trapped in #POLYU to evacuate. pic.twitter.com/pIOrxfz29c

— Xinqi Su 蘇昕琪 (@XinqiSu) November 18, 2019

The Hong Kong protests are growing increasingly tense, with no obvious solution in sight

At least 150 people were arrested over the weekend, according to the New York Times. That number is likely to rise, though, as about 500 protesters were still believed to be trapped inside campus well past midnight local time.

Police said they had arrested more than 50 people who “claimed to be journalists or medics” on Monday, according to the Hong Kong Free Press. The BBC reported that, per Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority, more than 100 people had been injured.

And authorities seem prepared to outlast the protesters. Cheuk Hau-yip, the regional police commander, threatened arrest for anyone on campus, saying officers had given protesters “enough time and enough warnings.”

“If they surrender and come out, we will arrange the appropriate medical help for them,” Cheuk said, according to the Washington Post.

Tensions between police and protesters have fueled the protests in recent weeks, as pro-democracy activists accuse authorities of using heavy-handed and violent tactics to crush otherwise peaceful protests. Police, in turn, point to very real examples of vandalism and violence as part of the demonstrations to justify the use of force. Demonstrators say they’re just trying to defend themselves.

That has led to specific demands from the protesters, including releasing all those arrested for rioting and an independent inquiry of the Hong Kong police force. The Hong Kong government, led by Chief Executive Carrie Lam, has so far resisted, saying the current body is equipped to handle a review.

This impasse has created an untenable situation in Hong Kong — though some protesters see the police response as galvanizing Hongkongers. “The unacceptable use of violence by the police is pushing more people, i.e. supporters of peaceful protests, to believe they [should] come out and protect the students,” Han said. “So I do think all these protesters’ operations [are] leading to a positive outcome.”

Also on Monday, a Hong Kong court ruled that the government’s face-mask ban — introduced last month — was unlawful. Though many protesters had been defying the ban anyway, it was another example of the Hong Kong government’s botched and aggressive attempt to curtail the unrest.

As the Washington Post noted, Lam has remained largely quiet during the unrest this weekend. Hong Kong has its own government system under the “one country, two systems” rule that has been in place since Great Britain returned Hong Kong to China in 1997 and is supposed to last until 2047. Protesters see Beijing’s encroachment ahead of that date as an existential threat to their territory.

On Monday, the Chinese government warned that “no-one should underestimate” Beijing’s will “to safeguard its sovereignty and Hong Kong’s stability.”

Beijing interceding directly in Hong Kong would inflame tensions, and so far it has stopped short of such measures. But China has grown increasingly impatient with the uprising in Hong Kong, which has hurt the economy in the territory.

The campus unrest also threatens to derail upcoming local elections in Hong Kong, scheduled for this weekend, where pro-democracy lawmakers are expected to win big. Some fear that the Hong Kong government might cancel or postpone the elections, citing the violence in the city.

That would deny Hong Kong a democratic outlet for their discontent — exactly what protesters are fighting to preserve.

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(Bloomberg) -- Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong and other opposition figures have been arrested as the city’s authorities try to clamp down on historic pro-democracy demonstrations ahead of another planned wave of marches, rallies and strikes.The 22-year-old Wong, who was scheduled to speak about the protests in the U.S. next month, was among well-known pro-democracy activists arrested by police on Thursday and Friday. The others included Wong’s fellow Occupy activist, Agnes Chow, independence advocate Andy Chan and Hong Kong District Councilor Rick Hui.The arrests appeared to be part of a broader push back against the largely leaderless protest movement, which flared up in June over now-suspended legislation allowing extraditions before widening into a broader push for more democracy. Also Friday, the Civil Human Rights Front -- the organizer of the biggest recent demonstrations -- said it was forced to cancel a rally to mark the fifth anniversary of an election edict from Beijing that sparked the 2014 Occupy protests after police withheld approval.The crisis in the former British colony threatens to distract from Chinese President Xi Jinping’s celebrations of 70 years of Communist Party rule on Oct. 1, which will highlight the country’s rebound from imperialism, war and inner turmoil. Hong Kong’s embattled chief executive, Carrie Lam, earlier this week called for a dialogue with the opposition, while refusing to rule out invoking a sweeping colonial-era law easing arrests, deportations, censorship and property seizures.The summer’s political unrest has been the worst since the city’s return to Chinese rule in 1997, with demonstrations that have resulted in often-violent clashes between protesters and police. Political observers said the moves ran the risk of drawing more people into the streets for unauthorized rallies, which can more easily get out of hand.“Such actions are tantamount to inciting trouble at a time when the government is talking about dialogue and trying to lower the temperature,” said Kevin Yam, a political commentator and member of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Progressive Lawyers Group. “You can’t on the one hand say, ‘Let’s lower the temperature, let’s talk, let’s make nice,’ and on the other hand do something like this.”Separately, Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. warned employees not to take part in a general strike planned for next week, after the airline’s chief executive, Rupert Hogg, stepped down to take responsibility for the uproar over airline staff’s participation in earlier actions. Two other organizers of recent protests, including CHRF leader Jimmy Sham and Max Chung, were attacked Thursday in the latest of several reported incidents of mob violence against activists.891 Arrests, 2,071 Tear-Gas Canisters: Hong Kong’s Protests By the Numbers“They’re trying to plant a seed of fear in people’s minds so that people will stop from attending protests, either the one tomorrow or ones in the future,” said Alvin Yeung, a pro-democracy lawmaker. “But my judgement is they won’t succeed, because Hong Kong people are very brave.” Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen -- who has helped resuscitate her re-election prospects by criticizing Beijing’s handling of the protests -- was among the first officials to express concern about the arrests. She called on authorities to comply with their promises of democracy, freedom and human rights to the city’s people, according to a statement from her office.While the three arrested activists are among Hong Kong’s most prominent opposition voices --- Wong was the subject of a Netflix documentary titled “Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower” -- none has been seen as a central figure in the recent protests. The decentralized movement relies on social media apps and chat rooms to propose, vote on and revise protest plans on the fly.Still, Wong has come under scrutiny for his meetings with U.S. officials, with China’s foreign ministry urging Americans to “draw a clear line with all anti-Chinese rioters, stop sending wrong signals to illegal violators, stop meddling in Hong Kong affairs.” Wong was planning to travel to the U.S. in September to speak out against what he described as authorities’ plans to establish “martial law” ahead of the National Day holiday.The latest charges against Wong resulted from his role in a June 21 rally, in which he encouraged demonstrators to surround the police headquarters complex in Wan Chai, days after his release from jail on separate protest-related charges. His party Demosisto said Wong was on his way to a subway station when he “was suddenly pushed into a private car on the street,” adding that the group’s lawyers were working on the case.Chan, the pro-independence founder of the banned Hong Kong National Party, said in a post on his personal Facebook page that he was stopped at the city’s airport departures area on Thursday night. Police said the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau arrested a 29-year-old man with the last name Chan at the airport for participating in riots and assaulting police, Radio Television Hong Kong reported, citing a police case with matching information.Countdown to 2047: What Will Happen to Hong Kong?: QuickTakeJoseph Cheng, a local pro-democracy activist and retired political science professor, said Lam’s effort to contain the unrest could backfire if the arrests drew more people into the streets.“There will be a lot of anger against these arrests,” Cheng said. “It’s generally believed that the Carrie Lam administration is sort of cleaning up the mess, so to speak, as instructed by Xi Jinping. And she would like to bring the situation under control by the Oct. 1 National Day.”(Updates with further arrest details in second paragraph.)\--With assistance from Sheryl Tian Tong Lee and Annie Lee.To contact the reporters on this story: Iain Marlow in Hong Kong at imarlow1@bloomberg.net;Natalie Lung in Hong Kong at flung6@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Brendan Scott at bscott66@bloomberg.net, Karen LeighFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.

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(Bloomberg) -- Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong and other opposition figures have been arrested as the city’s authorities try to clamp down on historic pro-democracy demonstrations ahead of another planned wave of marches, rallies and strikes.The 22-year-old Wong, who was scheduled to speak about the protests in the U.S. next month, was among well-known pro-democracy activists arrested by police on Thursday and Friday. The others included Wong’s fellow Occupy activist, Agnes Chow, independence advocate Andy Chan and Hong Kong District Councilor Rick Hui.The arrests appeared to be part of a broader push back against the largely leaderless protest movement, which flared up in June over now-suspended legislation allowing extraditions before widening into a broader push for more democracy. Also Friday, the Civil Human Rights Front -- the organizer of the biggest recent demonstrations -- said it was forced to cancel a rally to mark the fifth anniversary of an election edict from Beijing that sparked the 2014 Occupy protests after police withheld approval.The crisis in the former British colony threatens to distract from Chinese President Xi Jinping’s celebrations of 70 years of Communist Party rule on Oct. 1, which will highlight the country’s rebound from imperialism, war and inner turmoil. Hong Kong’s embattled chief executive, Carrie Lam, earlier this week called for a dialogue with the opposition, while refusing to rule out invoking a sweeping colonial-era law easing arrests, deportations, censorship and property seizures.The summer’s political unrest has been the worst since the city’s return to Chinese rule in 1997, with demonstrations that have resulted in often-violent clashes between protesters and police. Political observers said the moves ran the risk of drawing more people into the streets for unauthorized rallies, which can more easily get out of hand.“Such actions are tantamount to inciting trouble at a time when the government is talking about dialogue and trying to lower the temperature,” said Kevin Yam, a political commentator and member of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Progressive Lawyers Group. “You can’t on the one hand say, ‘Let’s lower the temperature, let’s talk, let’s make nice,’ and on the other hand do something like this.”Separately, Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. warned employees not to take part in a general strike planned for next week, after the airline’s chief executive, Rupert Hogg, stepped down to take responsibility for the uproar over airline staff’s participation in earlier actions. Two other organizers of recent protests, including CHRF leader Jimmy Sham and Max Chung, were attacked Thursday in the latest of several reported incidents of mob violence against activists.891 Arrests, 2,071 Tear-Gas Canisters: Hong Kong’s Protests By the Numbers“They’re trying to plant a seed of fear in people’s minds so that people will stop from attending protests, either the one tomorrow or ones in the future,” said Alvin Yeung, a pro-democracy lawmaker. “But my judgement is they won’t succeed, because Hong Kong people are very brave.” Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen -- who has helped resuscitate her re-election prospects by criticizing Beijing’s handling of the protests -- was among the first officials to express concern about the arrests. She called on authorities to comply with their promises of democracy, freedom and human rights to the city’s people, according to a statement from her office.While the three arrested activists are among Hong Kong’s most prominent opposition voices --- Wong was the subject of a Netflix documentary titled “Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower” -- none has been seen as a central figure in the recent protests. The decentralized movement relies on social media apps and chat rooms to propose, vote on and revise protest plans on the fly.Still, Wong has come under scrutiny for his meetings with U.S. officials, with China’s foreign ministry urging Americans to “draw a clear line with all anti-Chinese rioters, stop sending wrong signals to illegal violators, stop meddling in Hong Kong affairs.” Wong was planning to travel to the U.S. in September to speak out against what he described as authorities’ plans to establish “martial law” ahead of the National Day holiday.The latest charges against Wong resulted from his role in a June 21 rally, in which he encouraged demonstrators to surround the police headquarters complex in Wan Chai, days after his release from jail on separate protest-related charges. His party Demosisto said Wong was on his way to a subway station when he “was suddenly pushed into a private car on the street,” adding that the group’s lawyers were working on the case.Chan, the pro-independence founder of the banned Hong Kong National Party, said in a post on his personal Facebook page that he was stopped at the city’s airport departures area on Thursday night. Police said the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau arrested a 29-year-old man with the last name Chan at the airport for participating in riots and assaulting police, Radio Television Hong Kong reported, citing a police case with matching information.Countdown to 2047: What Will Happen to Hong Kong?: QuickTakeJoseph Cheng, a local pro-democracy activist and retired political science professor, said Lam’s effort to contain the unrest could backfire if the arrests drew more people into the streets.“There will be a lot of anger against these arrests,” Cheng said. “It’s generally believed that the Carrie Lam administration is sort of cleaning up the mess, so to speak, as instructed by Xi Jinping. And she would like to bring the situation under control by the Oct. 1 National Day.”(Updates with further arrest details in second paragraph.)\--With assistance from Sheryl Tian Tong Lee and Annie Lee.To contact the reporters on this story: Iain Marlow in Hong Kong at imarlow1@bloomberg.net;Natalie Lung in Hong Kong at flung6@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Brendan Scott at bscott66@bloomberg.net, Karen LeighFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.

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In August 2023, a former Daytona Beach Police officer tried to withdraw his plea to possession of child sexual assault material, saying that his defense attorney had told him he would be sentenced to no more than five years.

But instead of five years, Brandon Michael Fox was sentenced to 25 years in state prison. And that's what his sentence will remain after Circuit Judge Elizabeth Blackburn denied Fox's request to withdraw his plea.

The hearing included testimony from Fox's former attorney Aaron Delgado. It also included testimony that Fox and his sister had discussed hiring a private investigator to tail a prosecutor and a police detective.

Fox had been with the Daytona Beach Police Department for two years before his arrest in April 2022. Investigators found about 100 images and videos of child sexual abuse material on his phone and said Fox also participated in an online chat room on Kik in which group members shared more than 3,800 illegal images.

Fox entered no contest pleas to 38 counts of possession of sexual performance by a child, each punishable by up to 15 years in prison. It was an open plea, but prosecutors agreed to waive a minimum sentence of 63 years. That gave the judge a wide sentencing range: from no jail time all the way to 570 years in prison.

Blackburn sentenced Fox on March 15, 2023 to the 25 years in prison followed by 45 years of sex offender probation. Fox must also register as a sex offender.

At the hearing Fox testified that Delgado had told him he would face no more than five years in prison if he entered the plea agreement.

During cross examination, Assistant State Attorney Mark Interlicchio asked Fox whether in court on January 18, 2023 when he accepted the plea agreement if he said he had been promised no more five years.

"You never mentioned … this promise of five years, none of that,” Interlicchio said. “I was under the impression that my attorney had my best interest,” Fox said.

Judge Blackburn then told Fox to answer the question. Interlicchio repeated the question and Fox said, “No, sir.”

During questioning by his new attorney, Asad Ali, Fox said that after the sentence Delgado told him, “Oh, I didn’t expect that to happen. ”

Delgado took the stand and testified that prosecutors had at one point offered Fox 15 years in prison and that he would have to register as a sex offender. Later they reached an agreement on an open plea with the state waiving the minimum guideline sentence.

Delgado repeatedly denied guaranteeing Fox at any time that the prison sentence would be no greater than five years. Ali did not cross-examine Delgado.

The judge said she reviewed the plea form with Fox at the January plea hearing and she read portions which stated that Fox agreed no one had promised him a specific sentence and that he understood the judge was not required to follow any state recommendation.

Blackburn said that Fox, who is serving his time at Columbia Correctional Institution in Lake City, “you are suffering the consequences of the sentence that was imposed.”

As the judge ruled, Fox lowered and shook his head.

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The basic question as to what chemical compounds are forming the lingering aerosol trails coming from jet aircraft globally has led to an elaborately hidden international program for Solar Geoengineering happening right now. This world-wide Geoengineering program for Solar Radiation Management (S.R.M.) has a rich international history, is hiding in plain view and has methods that are much simpler, cheaper and more diabolical than many have suspected. Deployed with no debate or law passed by any national government.

Solar Geoengineering is happening now on a planetary scale by simply not limiting high amounts of Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) in jet aircraft exhaust. Understand that SO2 is the leading Solar Geoengineering chemical most desired for front-line use by scientists and governments. Sulfates come from the oil jet fuel is made from. When combusted in modern jet engines it combines with oxygen to produce Sulfur Dioxide. These particles are perfect to form water droplets around, leading to ice crystals in the proper conditions at high altitude which then reflect sunlight back to space. All planned out decades ago to prevent global warming as stated by Geoengineering scientists.

Exhaust coming out of a car has at most 15 parts per million Sulfur Dioxide (SO2), where as modern jet exhaust has been tested at between 600 and 3000 parts per million Sulfur Dioxide. Modern aviation exhaust has been tested as having 60 to 300 times more sulfur oxides than car diesel or gasoline exhaust, yet there are no FAA standards on sulfur oxides. Meaning there could legally be any amount of Sulfur in jet fuel. The only aircraft emissions standards are on lead, nitrogen oxides and carbon dioxide. Governments and corporations world-wide don’t take Sulfur out of the crude oil that makes up aviation fuel in the refining process. Saving 5 billion dollars a year. In all other surface transportation fuel the Sulfur is filtered down in accordance with law. This Solar Radiation Management program actually exists by governments agreeing to not pass a law limiting sulfates in aviation fuel.

This is no accident as the Sulfur could easily be removed from aircraft fuel for an average of 5 cents a gallon. Providing the only plausible explanation as to why this phenomenon is seen all over the planet regardless of countries or borders. Following the logic that a secret fleet of thousands of specially modified sprayer aircraft with complicit air crews flying transnational missions would be logistically impossible. Planes witnessed dispersing lingering aerosol trails world-wide have commercial numbers and decals easily followed by air traffic apps and a pair of binoculars. These are hundreds of thousands of scheduled flights daily around the world that couldn’t possibly be modified tanker aircraft.

Could there be a simpler answer?

In fact under the Sulfur Dioxide Geoengineering scenario governments and corporations save 5 billion dollars a year not reducing the Sulfur in aviation fuel and don’t have to modify a single plane.

This is not meant to dispute that there are military operations and weather manipulation Geoengineering programs taking place using small fleets of modified airplanes by lots of different governments and corporations for many different reasons. Employing a variety of methods and chemicals with regional effects.

Yet as far as an internationally agreed upon and deployed Geoengineering program for Solar Radiation Management (S.R.M.), using thousands of ordinary jet aircraft witnessed spraying huge plumes all over the world. This is the big one.

Being the third installment in this series, please refer to the previous articles on this subject. Detailing the fact that scientists from Harvard and Yale wrote a scientific paper advising a plan to deliver huge amounts of Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) to the high atmosphere. Using a new fleet of 95 specially built high altitude jet tanker planes called (S.A.I.L.) Stratospheric Aerosol Injection Lofters by 2047. Under the name Stratospheric Aerosol Injection using SO2. Those articles explored the possibility this is currently happening with ordinary jet aircraft at today’s altitudes without being modified. That scientific paper to led to one simple question.

Harvard Scientific Paper Details Entire Geo-Engineering Program Using Jet Aircraft

The Geoengineering Chemical of the “Future” that has Been Dispersed by Jet Aircraft for Decades

Is Sulfur Dioxide Geoengineering from jet aircraft happening now?

Sulfur Dioxide Geoengineering has a long history of international cooperation and secrecy. Scientists fully admit the fact that sulfur oxide pollution coming from jet aircraft is a big problem, being the main reason for “persistent contrails” and global dimming. As well as the fact it has a significant effect on the amount of sunlight hitting the Earth. Sulfur oxides also form acid rain droplets so corrosive jet exhaust manifolds must be constantly maintained due to the caustic nature of Sulfur Dioxide. The SO2 pollution coming from air travel is no accident as it can be taken out for less than five cents a gallon, saving countless maintenance man hours on aircraft as well as actual human lives. Admittedly thousands a year die from this chemical dispersal and it has all the effects on plant and animal life blamed on more exotic chemicals that can’t be proven to be coming from jet aircraft. Such as respiratory illnesses like C.O.P.D., swelling of body tissues and joints, paralysis, death and deforestation. Sulfur reduces ignition temperatures in fireworks. What happens when this chemical falls out on dry areas of the country prone to wild fires in the summer?

Please refer to the Material Safety Data Sheet for Sulfur Dioxide (SO2).

What is not disputed is that SO2 is a deadly Geoengineering chemical being sprayed on you right now, no argument about it! Yet it scientists refer to it as a form of soot or “accidental geoengineering“, even though Sulfur Dioxide Geoengineering has been the plan from it’s first inception. Ninety percent of all the scientific papers on Solar Geoengineering are about sulfate dispersals and almost all Solar Geoengineering plans revolve around it.

The whole idea of blocking sunlight to alter the climate came from studying volcanoes that release huge amounts of Sulfur Dioxide (SO2). Bouncing sunlight back to space because of the sulfate particles ability to ice nucleate at high altitude creating reflective water crystals. Drastically altering the Earth’s weather systems and cooling the planet. This current Solar Radiation Management (S.R.M.) program is the equivalent of a volcano going off constantly in the stratosphere. Spewing SO2 with hundreds of thousands of flights around the clock. Delivering thousands of tons of Sulfur Dioxide to the high atmosphere daily.

The first person to propose this could be done artificially by injecting sulfates into the high atmosphere was Soviet climate scientist Mikhail Budyko, who theorized the plan in the early 1970s during the cold war. The concept was referred to as “Budyko’s Blanket“. Even more interesting is the academic cooperation between the United States and the Soviet Union in developing and implementing a plan for Solar Radiation Management using Sulfur Dioxide.

Budyko actually trained some of today’s top Geoengineering scientists such as Ken Caldeira. Who went to Leningrad to be instructed by Budyko in 1990 and then came back to the United States to work for Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. Where he met Lowell Wood according to Wired magazine. Wood is another huge proponent of Solar Geoengineering using sulfates, as was his mentor Edward Teller. Edward Teller and Lowell Wood came up with plans for Solar Radiation Management (S.R.M.) using sulfates dispersed at high altitude in the early 90s. Looking very much like “Budyko’s Blanket” and nick-named the “Teller-Wood” design. In gallows humor reference to Edward Teller’s successful plans for the Hydrogen Bomb called the Teller-Ulam design.

The idea is simple. Disperse Sulfur Dioxide particles microns in size at high altitude which ice nucleate at low temperature to form ice crystals that are carried by convection to the stratosphere. Becoming very reflective and bouncing sun’s rays back to space, thereby cooling the planet. This is to mitigate global warming, it was theorized. A shot gun approach hoping at least half of the sulfur oxides get lofted for a long enough period of time to the high atmosphere. Reflective sulfate particles would also have the effect of blocking UVB ultra-violet light as a stand in for the ozone layer.

Sulfur oxides when ice nucleated to form reflective crystals absorb UVB Ultra-Violet light just like the ozone layer. While at the same time destroying the natural ozone layer. Why haven’t we heard much about the ozone layer since the eighties even though the holes are still there? It wasn’t because grandma quit using hairspray and fluorocarbons were taken out of air conditioners.

Measure before and after multiple flights form “persistent contrails” and watch as the UVB drops dramatically, as well as output from solar panels. Paul Crutzen, a climate scientist and a winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work on ozone depletion, published a paper called “Albedo Enhancement by Stratospheric Sulfur Injections: A Contribution to Resolve a Policy Dilemma?”. Detailing the use of high altitude sulfur oxide aerosol injections to block UV radiation. Sun block for the Earth.

Top scientists from the United States and the Soviet Union who made nuclear weapons to kill one another are advising a scheme to Geoengineer the planet using Sulfur Dioxide. To this day the U.S., Russia and China do not filter Sulfur content from the oil that makes up aviation fuel. Even though Sulfur standards on all other surface transportation fuels are very strict. This Solar Radiation Management program exists by internationally agreeing not to agree on a law reducing Sulfur in jet fuel.

Modern high by-pass turbofan engines shouldn’t produce “persistent contrails” but they do. Burning a cleaner fuel these engines would produce almost no contrail because they are much more efficient. Modern jet engines aerosolize the Sulfur content more completely creating much longer exhaust plumes than previous aircraft. Sulfur in the fuel gets combusted and combines with oxygen to form sulfur oxides that are microns in size. Perfect for ice to form reflective surfaces on the dispersed sulfate particles. Just as called for by Geoengineering scientists since the idea first came into being in the early 1970s. Coincidence?

The ultra-low sulfur fuel thereby limits or eliminates contrail formation because there is limited sulfur byproduct in the exhaust to support nucleation and water droplet formation.   Patent US20100122519A1

Almost like a drug addict that can’t stop or face horrible consequences that they created. A Solar Geoengineering experiment designed to cool the planet that is actually destroying the Earth’s ability to resist the sun’s more deadly rays. Leading to an out of control escalation in the amount of sulfates needed to block UVB as the ozone layer is depleted. Could this be one of the reasons for such international secrecy and cooperation between the super powers over the last 40 years?

Leading to the call for a new fleet of 95 specifically built tanker aircraft called (S.A.I.L.) Stratospheric Aerosol Injection Lofters that can lift much larger Sulfur Dioxide payloads higher into the stratosphere. This plan is now being openly promoted by the media as a good thing to normalize Geoengineering activities in our skies.

Climate change has been declared a national security issue with non-disclosure clauses for both commercial and military pilots. Possibly because of the poisonous nature of Sulfur Dioxide Geoengineering and lawsuits that would ensue. Airline cabin sickness could be an acute form of what people suffer on the ground from a “heavy spray day”. Jet exhaust is already 600-3000 parts per million Sulfur Dioxide, way above what it would take to induce serious health issues if flying through a jet stream. Imagine how much falls out on the ground. Even 2ppm is hazardous and creates C.O.P.D. like symptoms and 500ppm can kill you.

Exposure to concentrations above the TLV of 2 ppm may irritate the eyes, nose, throat, and sinuses, resulting in choking, coughing, and sometimes broncho-constriction.

Concentrations of 50-100 ppm are considered dangerous.

Exposures of 400-500 ppm are immediately life-threatening. Exposure to high concentrations may result in pulmonary edema and paralysis.

M.S.D.S. Sulfur Dioxide

SO2 Geoengineering is the only proven mechanism that could allow a Global Solar Geoengineering program for S.R.M. to exist using commercial jet aircraft with the known leading Geoengineering chemical. Sulfur Dioxide (SO2). Explaining why these lines in the sky from jets are seen world-wide.

Dirty aviation fuel may even explain the presence of trace amounts of barium or strontium in tested jet exhaust. These chemicals are tell-tale signs in environmental tests of oil drilling and fracking especially from high sulfate tar sands, which much of the aviation and maritime shipping “bunker fuel” is made from. Along with trace amounts of the metals Aluminum, Barium, Cr, Fe, Mo, Na, Ca, V, Co, Cu, Ni, Pb, Mg, Mn, Si,Ti and Zr. Some of these metals may not be completely taken out in the refining process just like the sulfates and could also come from engine erosion or other possible additives studies suggest.

Geoengineering scientists want to put more Sulfur Dioxide into the stratosphere using 95 new high altitude aircraft by 2047. With a plan that looks exactly like what we are seeing on the ground today from jet aircraft, using the exact same chemical. Sulfur Dioxide (SO2). These long lines in the sky coming from jet aircraft could be a beta test to see if the program will work on a larger scale. Using today’s commercial and military aircraft.

If there was lowered sulfur was in aviation fuel, like every other fuel, there would be little to no “persistent contrails” coming from jet aircraft. This could explain why two planes going in same direction right next to each other produce different sized contrails depending on conditions at that altitude. One descends slightly and the other ascends slightly, throttling the engines at different rates and using more or less sulfate laden fuel. Depending on the size of the engine, weight and model of aircraft the amount of sulfur oxides released varies greatly. Jets passing each other at the same altitude would use different amounts of fuel depending on head or tail winds producing differing lengths of aerosol trail or none at all. Some private jet planes may be using low sulfate fuel which produces little to no trail. Already existing computerized air traffic control could easily route or re-route jet aircraft through ice nucleating altitudes and contrail forming conditions depending on what is needed. Leaving huge x patterns of jet plumes on one day and not the next. All accomplished with today’s technology and structures but hiding in plain view.

Sulfates in the aviation fuel also provides the key mechanism for world-wide Solar Radiation Management (S.R.M.), long sought after by Geoengineering researchers.

Is it all much simpler than we have been led to believe?

A Solar Geoengineering program using a shot gun approach with existing aircraft to loft tons of Sulfur Dioxide to the high atmosphere. Knowing roughly half the particles will make it into the stratosphere by convection and half will fall out almost immediately to the ground. Even the the sulfur oxides that make it to the high atmosphere will eventually fall out.

The S.C.o.P.E.x. Geoengineering experiment by Harvard University headed up by David Keith is taking place the summer of 2019 over Arizona. This experiment will be using Sulfur Dioxide to block the sun dispersed by high altitude balloons. Read from the S.C.o.P.E.x. website.

Additionally, if we test sulfate in this experiment, the amount we would use would be less than the amount released during a one minute of flight of a typical commercial aircraft. Aircraft release sulfates due to residual sulfur content of aviation fuel.

S.C.o.P.E.x.

Climate scientists and “chem-trail” de-bunkers explanation of the sight of planes apparently turning on and off contrails going through the sky is that accidentally toxic exhaust particles are interacting with differing pockets of humidity. Producing the illusion of a segmented contrail. Some Geoengineering theorists insist it is a fleet of thousands of retrofitted aircraft commanded by malevolent pilots consciously switching the spray on and off.

Neither option gives any comfort under the Sulfur Dioxide Geoengineering scenario. It would be better if someone was switching a valve on and off because that would mean less poison was coming out, at least some of the time. Sulfur oxides, whether forming an aerosol trail in the right conditions or not, are still being dispersed by jet aircraft. Eventually ice nucleating to reflect sunlight or falling out on the ground directly on you.

Governments and corporations are not even coming out of pocket for this massive S.R.M. program while we all run around looking for nozzles on large fleets of secret aircraft and exotic substances. While this proven Geoengineering chemical is staring us right in the face. Pretty slick. Some of that saved 5 billion dollars a year most certainly has gone to fund counter-intelligence disinformation programs to misdirect the public as to the true nature and mechanisms of this Solar Radiation Management (S.R.M.) program. Confusing the subject for anyone who notices that Solar Geoengineering is occurring in the sky above them. Well meaning people question scientists and authorities with ideas about all manner of outrageous Geoengineering theories originally propagated as misinformation. So scientists, de-bunkers and the media can laugh at them, quoting elementary climate science. While we all look in the wrong place. This is called a “limited hang-out” or “gas-lighting” in counter-intelligence. A small number of supposed Anti-Geoengineering accounts on social media attack those whose research differs from the promoted line. Insisting everyone conform to the most extreme ideas about the Geoengineering conspiracy propagated over the last twenty years. Theories that can’t be proven one way or the other.

It’s a fact that Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) is being dispersed by jet aircraft in large amounts right now and that SO2 is the leading Solar Geoengineering chemical for the scientific community and governments around the world. Let’s put two and two together. In any investigation the simplest provable answer is usually the right one. Somewhere in the middle of the two hyped narratives but no less terrifying. Revealing a more complicated and diabolical reality.

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XCOM Spiritual Successor Phoenix Point Has Been Delayed

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XCOM Spiritual Successor Phoenix Point Has Been Delayed

Snapshot Games has announced that Phoenix Point has been delayed. Instead of releasing on September 3, the XCOM-like strategy game is now scheduled to launch in December.

“While the development team is working hard, and Phoenix Point is shaping up really well, we now know we’re going to need more time to get it to meet our very high standards,” Snapshot Games wrote in a backer update. “As you probably know, Snapshot has a commitment to keep crunch to a minimum–and that is a commitment we take very seriously.”

This is the third time Phoenix Point has been delayed; the game was first scheduled for 2018 before being pushed back to July 2019 and then again to September. In response to the delay, Snapshot Games is offering a reward to backers who have been patiently waiting. “We know this is a significant delay,” the developer wrote. “The good news is that Backer Build 5 will be releasing on our original launch date, September 3, 2019, meaning backers and early-access buyers will be able to play a much more robust version of Phoenix Point very soon.”

First announced in 2016, Phoenix Point is designed by XCOM creator Julian Gollop. An E3 2019 demo of the game revealed just how much Phoenix Point is the spiritual successor to the strategy franchise, featuring a similar story and virtually the same mechanics. Phoenix Point expands on the formula, however, with additional features–such as enemies that mutate and adapt to player strategy, AI-controlled factions that compete with the player’s goals, and brand-new combat tactics. The game takes place on Earth in 2047 and sees you take command of the last remaining base standing against a Lovecraft-inspired alien threat.

Phoenix Point will release on PC, launching with a one-year exclusivity deal with the Epic Games Store.

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REVIEW OF TRANSFORMERS THE LAST KNIGHT (2017)

TRANSFORMERS THE LAST KNIGHT: is an upcoming action Adventure, Sci-Fi by OPTIMUS PRIME. The film is directed by Michael Bay and written by Art Marcum (screenplay), Matt Holloway, (screenplay), Ken Nolan (screenplay) & Akiva Goldsman (story by). The film stars Mark Wahlberg (Cade Yeager), Laura Haddock (Vivian Wembley), Anthony Hopkins (Sir Edmund Burton), Gemma Chan (Quintessa), Isabela Moner (Izabella), John Goodman (Hound (voice)), Josh Duhamel (Lt. Colonel William Lennox), Stanley Tucci (Joshua Joyce), John Turturro (Agent Simmons). 

Mark Wahlberg in Transformer: The Last Knight (2017)

The official story of the film:

Optimus Prime finds his home planet, Cybertron, now a dead planet, in which he comes to find he was responsible for the killing. He finds a way to bring the planet back to life, but in order to do so, he needs to find an artifact, which is on Earth.

Humans and Transformers are at war, Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. The film Schedule to be released on  23 June 2017 (USA).

Just one day after the release of the Ghost in the Shell TV spot set to be shown during this year’s Super Bowl, Paramount has unveiled a new look at upcoming film Transformers: The Last Knight.

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Kyle Dale Sitsema, Federal inmate 70046-018, born 1983, incarceration intake in November 2019 at age 36, scheduled for release December 2047

Producing, distributing, and possessing child pornography

In November 2019, U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven sentenced Kyle Dale Ritsema, of Land O’Lakes Florida to 35 years in federal prison for producing, distributing, and possessing child pornography.

According to court documents, in 2014, Ritsema, a former teacher and Assistant Principal at Cypress Creek Middle High School in Pasco County, enticed a 14-year-old child on the mobile application “Grindr.” Ritsema had sex with the child on at least five occasions over the course of one year and produced pornographic images of the child. Ritsema shared the images with others, including another employee of Pasco County Schools. A subsequent investigation revealed that Ritsema had targeted many other minors, including former students, and enticed them for sex, and on several occasions sexually abused them. Ritsema’s conversations also revealed that he is HIV positive and that, on multiple occasions, he did not disclose his HIV status despite having unprotected sex with unknowing children and adults.

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Gavin Roberts, Ohio inmate A804386, born 2005, incarceration intake November 2023 at age 18, scheduled for release November 2047

Murder, Robbery

In November 2023, nearly a year after the shooting death of Brice Hilton, family and loved ones wore pink shirts bearing the Pennsylvania man’s smiling face to court to learn the fate of his murderer. 

From the courtroom gallery, they watched as Gavin Roberts was sentenced to serve between 42 and 47 1/2 years to life in prison for Hilton’s Nov. 19, 2022, murder.

On that day, Hilton, 37, and his then-pregnant fiancee, Blair Legg, had driven to Ohio to purchase a cellphone from Roberts for Hilton’s son’s birthday.

Instead, Roberts, armed with a .38 Special revolver and a potato inside an iPhone box, shot Hilton multiple times before robbing his lifeless body of $220. 

Before sentencing was handed down by Trumbull County Common Pleas Judge Cynthia W. Rice, Legg and Hilton’s mother, LaSonia Moorer-Henry gave victim impact statements. 

Roberts looked at the floor throughout both speeches, standing just feet from them. 

Roberts was convicted of murder after a Trumbull County jury deliberated only two hours following a one-and-a-half-day trial, finding Roberts guilty of aggravated murder and aggravated robbery, both with firearms specifications. 

He was found not guilty of an additional murder count that carried a precalculated and design factor, and not guilty of aggravated burglary.

Assistant Prosecutor Christopher Becker said because Roberts was only 17 at the time of his crime, he would be eligible for parole after serving 25 years because of Ohio legislation set in 2021 that restricts sentencing for teen offenders. 

“I think it’s very unfair. This is a classic type of case of why Senate Bill 256 should be reversed by the legislature, and they should take that off the books because it’s the classic case of someone who deserves more than getting a parole hearing at 25 years,” Becker said.

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Toren J Kuznicki, Colorado inmate 156772, born 1993, incarceration intake in 2012 at age 18, scheduled for parole consideration July 2037, with full release October 2047

Murder

Two gunshots and a string of poor decisions landed a Pueblo teenager in prison for 40 years.

Pueblo District Judge David Crockenberg sentenced Torey Kuznicki, 18, to the maximum term under a plea agreement, saying he couldn't express any better what had been said by the family of Kuznicki's victim, Michael Hopkins, 50.

Kuznicki pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in exchange for the dismissal of the first-degree murder charge and burglary charges.  He faced between 30 and 40 years in prison as part of the agreement.

Hopkins' wife, brothers, father and sister-in-law spoke about the loss they felt following his killing in June 2010.  

Kuznicki  was 16 at the time and lived in the same Pueblo West neighborhood as Hopkins. He was arrested six months later after an exhaustive police investigation of the killing. Sheriff's deputies said they believe Kuznicki broke into Hopkins' home early June 21, 2010, intending to burglarize the home and Hopkins startled him.

"Not only did we lose Mike, we lost a family dynamic," said Hopkins' wife, Robin, who along with her son, Ben, were among the initial suspects in the crime.  "I wonder if Torey was watching from his window when they took us away for questioning or if he was watching when I went outside the day Mike was murdered," she said.  Robin Hopkins spoke about how she thought her husband had suffered a stroke or heart attack when she first saw him that morning.

When she couldn't find their cellphones — Kuznicki is alleged to have stolen them — she said she woke her son and asked for help. He ended up stepping across the body of his father to find another phone to call 911. Still, Robin Hopkins said her husband wouldn't want to see Kuznicki spend his life in prison.

"Part of the irony of this situation is if this young man hadn't presented a weapon, Mike probably wouldn't have even called police," she said. "He would have sat him down and said, 'Kid you're ruining your life' and he would have called his parents."

Others in the Hopkins family said they couldn't see how Kuznicki had anything other than murder on his mind when he broke into the home on the 1800 block of Spanish Lady Lane.  They talked about how Kuznicki fired two shots at Hopkins and that the first shot probably didn't kill him.

"You don't go into a house with a bullet in the chamber with any other intent," said Ron Hopkins, Michael Hopkins' brother. Hopkins' father, Dale, also focused on that fact his son was shot twice in his own home, "a place he thought was safe."

Kuznicki's parents spoke on his behalf, asking Crockenberg to impose the 30-year sentence. Jim Kuznicki said he felt sorrow for the Hopkins family, saying no family should go through what they've suffered, but he said he believed his son had suffered from what he did, as well. "I know it was tearing at him for a long time," Kuznicki said. "He was essentially turning himself in with the statements he made to his friends." Investigators said Torey Kuznicki had made a number of cryptic statements to classmates about going to jail.

Kuznicki's father told the judge the teen was a good athlete and that he had expected his son would earn a scholarship to college this year. Jim Kuznicki said he believed his son didn't come forward with all of the information from that night because he is afraid for his family.

Kuznicki's mother, Kim McCullah, said she struggled with her son when he was younger and said she had hoped he would have been tried as a juvenile, where he would  have been given a chance for rehabilitation. But she also understood why the district attorney charged her son as an adult.

"I just don't understand why he was there where he was," she said. "He is a smart kid, but he used his intelligence in ways he shouldn't have."

When she finished her comments she told her son she loved him.

Kuznicki spoke briefly, apologizing for the pain he caused the Hopkins family.

"It was an accident," he said. "I take full responsibility for it. Maybe one day I can be forgiven for it."

Kuznicki will be eligible for parole in 23 years.

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