7/13/2016

Draymond Green arrested for assault


Draymond Green , 26, was arrested that Sunday in an East Lansing City restaurant in Michigan, state where he played four years in the NCAA championship. Police said that Green was involved in an altercation with another man. Neither was injured. The Warriors player was released on bail of 200 dollars and will go to court on July 20.
Green is one of the dozen players expected to join the American team for the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. This season, he scored 14 points, made 9.5 rebounds and made 7.4 assists per game on average, allowing Golden State to reach the NBA Finals, lost face the Cleveland Cavaliers.


Source : L'Equipe

7/12/2016

“I was very wrong” to post image of officer being killed


Tension is high in recent days in the United States, and some players didn't hesitate to approach the subject of police violence.
Isaiah Crowell did a very direct way, by publishing on his Instagram account a violent drawing of a policeman about to be slaughtered. He quickly removed the image, but a controversy was already launched.
"Last week was difficult, and there were a lot of emotions because we have seen acts of extreme violence against black men across the nation, but also against police officers in Dallas", now explains the runner in a statement. "I put online an image under the influence of that emotion. I shouldn't have, and I immediately deleted. It was a very bad decision, I apologize for this error and to have shocked people".
On the side of the franchise, we want to mark the occasion.
"It was completely inappropriate and we told him of our disappointment," said the statement from the team. "Isaiah apologized, but he also knows that an apology will not be enough, and it must show that he can make the difference in a positive way after this very negative message."


Source : TouchDown Actu

7/08/2016

Five policemen killed at a rally in Dallas


The fire broke out Thursday night at around 21 pm. On the sidelines of a rally in Dallas to denounce police violences against the black American community in the United States, five policemen were killed and six others wounded by gunfire.
The Dallas' Chief of Police, David Brown, said during a press conference that two snipers opened fire on ten policemen from high positions. Another shooting, in which an eleventh officer was hit, broke out between the police and another suspect. The latter said he had placed bombs "everywhere", said David Brown. "The suspect with whom we are negotiating and who exchanged fire with us over the last 45 minutes said to our negotiators there are bombs everywhere" in the city center, said Chief of the police.
American TV channels earlier reported that several traffic officers were targeted by gunfire in downtown Dallas, where protesters had gathered to denounce what they consider as the murder of two black people by white policemen in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Minneapolis.
According to the local forces of order, shooters, whose motive is not yet known, have also threatened to place a bomb in downtown Dallas. Two suspects were arrested, mostly Dallas' police said in a statement posted on Twitter. But there, the authorities explain that the identification of suspects is difficult.
Earlier, authorities posted a photo of a suspect, a black man wearing a camouflage shirt and an automatic assault rifle slung in the middle of the protesters. Except that there is no indication at this stage that he participated in the shooting. The latter went to the local authorities after his photo circulated on social networks.
Since the start of protests against police violence in the US, and race riots that across the country last year, never such an event had occurred. The officers were deliberately targeted.


Source : RFI

7/05/2016

Suicide attacks in three cities of Saudi Arabia


Kamikazes blew themselves up Monday in three cities of Saudi Arabia, the second last day of Ramadan and at the approach of feast of Eid which marks the end of the Muslim fasting month.
A terrorist died by activating explosives near the mosque the security post of the Prophet in Medina, the second holiest city of Islam where two guards were killed.
Pictures circulating on social networks show black smoke and flames near the mosque which houses the tomb of the Prophet Muhammad in Medina.
Two explosions also rocked the city of Qatif, in east of the country, where live many members of the Shiite minority in the kingdom, relate some witnesses who say they saw human remains probably from a kamikaze. A resident of Qatif reached by telephone by Reuters said that the explosion was apparently not made a victim out of the attacker. Civil Defense cleaned the bombing site where police fell for clues, he added.
After several attacks committed last year against mosques in Shiite neighborhoods of Qatif, volunteer groups have been created to ensure security of places of worship.

These attacks, which occurred in the early evening was preceded by another attack, committed in the night from Sunday to Monday in front of the US consulate in Jeddah, the second largest city of Saudi Arabia.


Source : M6 Info