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At the scene in Colleyville where a local synagogue is being held hostage. The Congregation Beth Israel, located at 6100 Pleasant Run Rd., was in the middle of a service when a gunman entered. A livestream of the service remains ongoing during the situation.
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The Facebook live stream has stopped. Additional police presence is arriving near the scene.
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Police respond to hostage situation at synagogue in Colleyville; nearby residents have been evacuated

https://www.khou.com/article/news/local ... 5e278190bd
Texas Department of Public Safety officials confirmed that state troopers are helping Colleyville police at the scene, but more information was not available. The FBI was also responding to the situation.

Footage from a witness showed several police vehicles and officers, including a SWAT truck, at the scene.

Police said all residents in the immediate area were being evacuated.

The situation was still active at 1:50 p.m. and officers were still on scene.

More information was not yet available.
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You can hear the hostage-taker on the livestream. He is currently ranting about how he doesn't like police officers and they did a lot of bad things to him in England.

He's asking the cops to get his sister on the phone.

The man clearly has a British accent. He keeps saying he didn't want to do this and apologizing for taking hostages but warning that he is willing to die.

He's telling his family member that he will die at the end of this but telling them not to cry.

Not a good sign for a peaceful resolution.
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FBI assisting in hostage situation at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas

https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/15/us/colle ... ium=social
The FBI and Texas Department of Public Safety are assisting a hostage situation at the Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, according to Colleyville Police Sgt Dara Nelson.

There are no injuries at this time, Nelson said, adding that police have evacuated the area.

"The FBI negotiators are the ones who have contact with the person in the building." Nelson said. There is "no threat to the general public" at this time, Nelson added.

Police are asking people to avoid the area.
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Logan Ratick @Logan_Ratick wrote: ABC is reporting one suspect has taken the rabbi and three others hostage at a synagogue in Colleyville, TX. The hostage-taker is claiming to be armed and says his sister is Aafia Siddiqui, who was convicted in New York of trying to kill US military personnel (she’s incarcerated)

Siddiqui (from Pakistan) was sentenced to 86 years in prison after she tried to murder American soldiers in 2008
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One suspect has taken the rabbi and three others hostage at a synagogue in Colleyville, TX. The hostage-taker is claiming to be armed and says his sister is Aafia Siddiqui, who was convicted in New York of trying to kill US military personnel
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Hostage taker is Muhammad Siddiqui and claims to be Aafia Siddiqui's brother. He is demanding her freedom from an 86-year prison sentence

https://abcnews.go.com/US/armed-man-tak ... d=82285896.
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Arieh Kovler @ariehkovler wrote: Aafia Siddiqui is incarcerated at Fort Worth, TX. Her father was educated in Britain. She has a brother who is/was an architect in Houston.

During her trial, Aafia Siddiqui demanded that the jury take DNA tests to prove that they weren't Jewish. She also sent antisemitic screeds to President Obama from prison. If the hostage-taker is indeed her brother, his target was probably chosen for a reason.
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https://www.cnn.com/webview/us/live-new ... index.html
The hostage situation at a Texas synagogue continues to unfold, and an FBI crisis negotiator is still in contact with the subject inside, according to Colleyville Police Sgt. Dara Nelson.

Police say there are no injuries at this point, no significant updates and still no plans for a news conference soon.

What we know so far: At least four people are being held hostage at the Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, according to a law enforcement official. A rabbi is believed to be among the hostages.
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Background. Colleyville has lots of lower middle class neighborhoods and then some multimillion dollar homes. I mean these are some of the most fabulous homes I've ever been in. The neighborhood where our very close friends live was home to Fifty Cent and Raphael Palmero, that kind of money. Colleyville is close to DFW airport and was favored by top corporate executives who traveled a lot (back when people used to travel).
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You would think that after the events of 1776 and 1812 we would know better than to let British citizens into our country.

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Volkonski wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 12:51 pm You would think that after the events of 1776 and 1812 we would know better than to let British citizens into our country.
I know, right?

Besides, real Americans would never apologize for taking hostages, that is so unAmerican!
He keeps saying he didn't want to do this and apologizing for taking hostages but warning that he is willing to die.
Oh you pitiful wanker, go back home where all you hostage takers are sissies!

ATTICA! ATTICA! ATTICA!


:whisper: I feel some dark humor is appropriate here. :|
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Volkonski wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 12:51 pm https:// twitter.com/BreakingChesky/status/1482770974852497411?s=20



You would think that after the events of 1776 and 1812 we would know better than to let British citizens into our country.

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BUT But but border walls! do the Brits have the longer ladders?
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If you're interested, WFAA (local news station) has some video of hostages being released (running out the door) and you can see but mostly hear the end of this : https://www.wfaa.com/video/news/local/u ... b33ad56876
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Miami Beach PD investigating after antisemitic flyer found in several neighborhoods
The Miami Beach Police Department is investigating after an antisemitic flyer was found in several residential neighborhoods overnight.


https://www.winknews.com/2022/01/23/mia ... hborhoods/
In an abundance of caution, Miami Beach PD said it has increased patrols in neighborhoods and religious institutions as it seeks the origin of the flyer.

Surfside reported the same flyer was found throughout the town, which is why its police department will also be stepping up patrols in the community.

Bal Harbour Mayor Gabriel Groisman didn’t mince words after learning of the antisemitic flyer.

“To the garbage that distributed this anti-Semitic flyer around South Florida this weekend: Your flyers DO NOT intimidate us,” he tweeted.
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they have people going door to door in Alabama selling white supremacy 😳
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It's really all out in the open now, isn't it? :mad:
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Floriduh, where it is now illegal to learn about civil rights.
Florida school district cancels professor’s civil rights lecture over critical race theory concerns
It's an example of how the debate over critical race theory has reached public schools in Florida, with the history professor accusing Gov. Ron DeSantis of creating "a climate of fear."

A Florida school district canceled a professor’s civil rights history seminar for teachers, citing in part concerns over “critical race theory” — even though his lecture had nothing to do with the topic.

J. Michael Butler, a history professor at Flagler College in St. Augustine, was scheduled to give a presentation Saturday to Osceola County School District teachers called “The Long Civil Rights Movement,” which postulates that the civil rights movement preceded and post-dated Martin Luther King Jr. by decades.

He said that he was shocked to learn why the seminar had been canceled through an email Wednesday but that he wasn’t surprised because educators feel increasingly intimidated over teaching about race.

Less than 24 hours before Butler was informed of the cancellation, a state Senate committee advanced legislation Tuesday at the behest of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to block public schools and private businesses from making people feel “discomfort” when they’re taught about race. DeSantis also wants to empower parents to sue schools that teach critical race theory.

“There’s a climate of fear, an atmosphere created by Gov. Ron DeSantis, that has blurred the lines between scared and opportunistic,” Butler said in a phone interview.

“The victims of this censorship are history and the truth,” Butler said. “The end game is they’re going to make teaching civil rights into ‘critical race theory,’ and it’s not.”

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raison de arizona wrote: Mon Jan 24, 2022 10:50 am
they have people going door to door in Alabama selling white supremacy 😳
"Do you think we can leave these flyers for you?"

"I think you can get the fuck off my porch, asshole."
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sugar magnolia wrote: Mon Jan 24, 2022 2:53 pm
raison de arizona wrote: Mon Jan 24, 2022 10:50 am
they have people going door to door in Alabama selling white supremacy 😳
"Do you think we can leave these flyers for you?"

"I think you can get the fuck off my porch, asshole."
I dunno. I’m gonna go with the Stand Yer Ground approach and show them both barrels. If they want to insert their fliers, they can try.
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Follow up about the flier.

https://vm.tiktok.com/TTPdhNvGyy/
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sugar magnolia wrote: Mon Jan 24, 2022 2:53 pm "Do you think we can leave these flyers for you?"

"I think you can get the fuck off my porch, asshole."

I prefer a more light-hearted approach:

"Do you think we can leave these flyers for you?"

"If that will make you feel better about the nightmare of being born with white skin, you poor baby, then you go right ahead."

I think that's a nice alternative. :kiss: :batting:
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