UPDATE – NOV 30 3:58 PM: Planned Parenthood shooter appears in court.
LIVE: https://www.youtube.com/c/fox10phoenix/live
UPDATE – NOV, 29TH – The two victims of the attack in Colorado Springs were identified Sunday as an Army veteran and a mother.
UPDATE – NOV, 28TH: The man accused of opening fire at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado and killing three people said “no more baby parts” while he was being arrested, NBC News and other media reported on Saturday, citing unnamed law enforcement sources according to Reuters.
UPDATED: 9:07 PM EST
A gunman who shot multiple people in and around a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, CO is in custody according to local media and the local police department.
The gunman killed at least three people- two civilians and one police officer during the assault.
The suspect from the #CentennialBl is in police custody. #ColoradoSpringsShooting
— City of Colo Springs (@springsgov) November 28, 2015
115 police officers from various local agencies participated in the event.
The shooter was held up in the Planned Parenthood and brought with him a number of “items” with him according to a police spokesperson. Bomb squad units
According to The Gazette the Planed Parenthood office is located at 3480 Centennial Blvd in Colorado Springs.
WATCH LIVE: Video close to scene:
Reports of propane tanks set up in the parking lot of the Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs. — Chris Morriss (@Chris7NEWS) November 27, 2015
Centennial Blvd is blocked off near GOD rd because #activeshooter near @PPact @FOX21News pic.twitter.com/zBg9Zbsaua — Kody Fisher (@KodyFisherFOX21) November 27, 2015
CSPD PIO responding to call if active shooter in Centennial Bl. The area is NOT secure. Media do not stage in area!
— Springs Police (@CSPDPIO) November 27, 2015
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Here’s What Obama Said When He Signed The Iran Nuclear Agreement Sunday
President Barack Obama officially signed the controversial nuclear agreement with Iran Sunday afternoon after Iran’s parliament passed the measure last week.
The agreement will offer relief from crippling economic sanctions on Iran if that country complies with numerous provisions designed to stop the country from developing nuclear weapons.
Much has been written about this issue. But here at Rise News, we believe in sometimes cutting through the confusion and just bringing you straight information from world leaders.
Here is what President Obama said about the agreement in a statement after signing it on “adoption day.”
“Today marks an important milestone toward preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and ensuring its nuclear program is exclusively peaceful going forward. On this Adoption Day of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) reached between the P5+1, EU, and Iran, JCPOA participants will make necessary arrangements and preparations for the implementation of their JCPOA commitments. Today, Iran begins to take the steps necessary to implement its JCPOA commitments, including removing thousands of centrifuges and associated infrastructure, reducing its enriched uranium stockpile from approximately 12,000 kilograms to 300 kilograms, and removing the core of the Arak heavy-water reactor and filling it with concrete so that it cannot be used again, among other steps. These next steps will allow us to reach the objectives we set out to achieve over the course of nearly two years of tough, principled diplomacy and will result in cutting off all four pathways Iran could use to develop enough fissile material for a nuclear weapon. I am confident in the extraordinary benefits to our national security and the peace and security of the world that come with the successful implementation of the JCPOA.
I have directed that the heads of all relevant executive departments and agencies of the United States begin preparations to implement the U.S. commitments in the JCPOA, in accordance with U.S. law, including providing relief from nuclear-related sanctions as detailed in the text of the JCPOA once the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has verified that Iran has completed all of its nuclear steps. We will also be closely monitoring Iran’s adherence to its commitments, working closely with the IAEA and the other JCPOA participants, to ensure Iran fully fulfills each and every one of its commitments.
I welcome this important step forward, and we, together with our partners, must now focus on the critical work of fully implementing this comprehensive resolution that addresses our concerns over Iran’s nuclear program.”
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Frisco Five Hunger Strike: What You Need To Know About This Growing Movement
By Alexandra Van Erven
Even though it didn’t make national headlines, something really important happened in San Francisco over the course of the last few weeks.
Major protests have rocked the Bay Area after five local activists endured a 17 day hunger strike in an effort to force out San Francisco’s police chief.
The chief in question, Greg Suhr was accused by the strikers of not being responsive to the concerns of members of minority communities after a series of police involved shootings.
The hunger strike ended last week after doctors implored the strikers to stop it for their own health and safety, but the movement to reform the city continues.
Last Monday, May 9, nearly 100 impassioned citizens of San Francisco took to the streets in front of City Hall, calling for the resignation of Suhr.
The protesters circled the city hall roughly a dozen and a half times, doing so for the protesters who had to make sacrifices such as not eating for nearly two and a half weeks.
“One for every day the hunger strikers did not have food in their bodies,” Benjamin Bac Sierra, one of the organizers said according to ABC 7 News.
The Frisco Five protesters had been at it for 17 days and had camped out in front of the Mission District police station, going days without food and without shopping in order to protest police brutality, killings, and racism.
Police also allegedly injured four journalists who were covering the protests, further escalating the situation:
San Francisco police allegedly injured four journalists covering the #Frisco5 protesters. https://t.co/C2mgdMLkvhhttps://t.co/P8CwIpQBxF
— AJ+ (@ajplus) May 9, 2016
These protests seem to be having some of the desired effects, with multiple sources claiming that San Francisco supervisors Jane Kim, David Campos, Eric Mar and John Avalos are all calling for Suhr to be replaced, therefore becoming the first San Francisco elected officials to do so.
“Chief Greg Suhr has served San Francisco for over 30 years and we should thank him for that service,” Jane Kim said in a press release. “But even he must acknowledge that leading a culture shift in that department would be easier and faster if there was new leadership there.”
And the Mayor of San Francisco has called for more money to fund police reforms. However, the hunger strikers do not seem to feel like that is a real fix for the problems gripping the city:
#Frisco5‘s Edwin Lindo on Mayor’s plans to fund police reform #hungerforjusticesf pic.twitter.com/OJKdzO6tSP
— Mission Local (@MLNow) May 12, 2016
RISE NEWS will continue to monitor further developments as this story progresses.
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The Skateboarding Mayor Of Surfside Knows That His Town Is Doomed
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–The tiny coastal town of Surfside is under dire threat from the impacts of sea level rise.
-Surfside’s Mayor, Daniel Dietch, knows this and thinks that it is likely that the town will eventually become uninhabitable.
-But that doesn’t mean that the town is sinking quietly into the sea.
-Dietch and the town council punch above their weight in drawing attention to the crisis.
-And Dietch cuts a unique figure as he skateboards around the town in his suit and tie.
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…wait a Planned Parenthood Office is near ‘God Road’?