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Prison guards, police warned of possible 'Black August' attacks
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Wednesday, August 03, 2016 11:36PM
SAN FRANCISCO --

An urgent bulletin is going out to law enforcement Wednesday, warning of a new threat of attacks against officers on the street and in prisons.

It has to do with what's called Black August.

A reporter for KGO-TV - KABC's sister station in San Francisco - obtained the bulletin from a law enforcement source.

The bulletin from the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Sacramento Intelligence Unit and the FBI's National Gang Intelligence Center warns of increased risk for violence against prison guards and police officers during Black August.

The prison gang Black Guerilla Family started Black August in the 1970s to honor fallen members.

One of the most prominent, Hugo Pinell, served 46 years in solitary confinement after a San Francisco rape conviction, and after killing a prison guard and slashing the throats of two other guards who survived during an escape attempt in 1971.

Former San Quentin inmate Jerry Elster remembers Pinell as a freedom fighter. "When I went to prison at 20 years old, there was somebody there to remind me not to compromise my integrity," Elster said.

Last summer, just 12 days after corrections finally released Pinell from solitary, he was stabbed to death in a riot at State Prison Sacramento.

The bulletin says the Black Guerilla Family believes state prisons worked with the Aryan Brotherhood to kill Pinell.

At the very least, Elster believes the state had a duty to protect Pinell. "I mean, it's only those who are charged with authority and protection, of protecting and housing of Hugo Pinell who have to bear that responsibility," Elster said.

The bulletin warns an inmate source: "Claims the BGF has a 2-for-1 kill policy." That the BGF is "going to kill correctional officers and Aryan Brotherhood gang members to send a firm message. And the attacks will occur across the country, not just in California, and will likely occur during the BGF's memorial celebration of Black August."

The Bureau of Prisons and the FBI declined to comment for this report.

Retired FBI special agent Rick Smith said: "I think it's serious. They put that bulletin out, they don't want to be caught with something happening with the information they have and not disseminating it."

Also included in the bulletin is the FBI's Baltimore office report: "BGF members reportedly discussed how they could ambush law enforcement officers who were parked in alleys or side streets."

It also mentions the San Francisco Bay View newspaper for publishing articles, "suggesting California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation responsibility for Pinell's murder, and promoting Black August celebrations as a platform for action."

Bay View editor Mary Ratcliff is surprised her newspaper is named in the bulletin, but is worried about the message. "This statement from the Department of Justice puts black people in danger," Ratcliff said. "Because it is promoting the idea that there is a war going on between black people and law enforcement."

The bulletin also includes a drawing from the newspaper by a BGF member, showing the logo and a gorilla eating a pig.

Ratcliff downplays the reference to violence against police officers. "A depiction like that is a release, it's yeah, go for it, that's how I feel. Now, I don't have to do it," she said.

Smith from the FBI said the bulletin does not come as news to officers, in prison or on the streets. They know how dangerous their jobs have become. This is yet another heads up.

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Swiss train attack: 6 passengers, including 1 child, suffer burn, knife wounds

https://www.rt.com/news/355806-passengers-wounded-attack-swiss/

Published time: 13 Aug, 2016 16:24
Edited time: 14 Aug, 2016 10:59

Six passengers were injured when a 27-year old Swiss man poured out flammable liquid inside a train in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen and set it alight, local police say. The alleged perpetrator was also armed with a knife.

UPDATE: A 34-year-old woman died of her wounds on Sunday, police said. Three more people, including a 6-year-old, remain in hospital. Authorities say there is no evidence to date that this was a terrorist or politically motivated attack; the suspect has no criminal record.

"According to current information a 27-year-old Swiss man poured out a flammable liquid. He was also armed with at least one knife. The liquid caught fire," St. Gallen cantonal police said in a statement. The assailant was also among the seven people injured, police say. Six passengers "have been hospitalized with knife and burn injuries."

One of the injured is in critical condition, police spokesperson Hanspeter Krüsi told the Tagesanzeiger.

“At least one child is among those wounded,” St. Gallen police is quoted as saying by St. Galler’s Tagblatt newspaper. Law enforcers added that the child in question is only six years old.

The attack happened at 2:20 a.m. local time as the train was traveling between the towns of Buchs and Sennwald, located in northeast Switzerland. According to Radio FM1, the perpetrator spilled the flammable liquid on a female passenger and then set it on fire.

"Apart from a large presence of St. Gallen canton police, fire brigades, three helicopters and two emergency doctors,” have been dispatched to the site of the attack, police said.

Authorities have opened a criminal investigation into the case and are looking into possible motives for the assault. Law enforcers have also searched the house of the attacker, who does not appear to be a resident of the St. Galen canton. No further details about the operation have been disclosed.

“We do not know where the man entered the train and whether he knew some of the passengers,” Krüsi said. Law enforcers were not able to talk to the train driver in the immediate aftermath of the assault since the person “was in shock and could not provide any details.”

“A crime of passion” is one of the possibilities the Swiss police is currently investigating, Reuters reports. The outlet adds that, according to the police spokesperson, “a terrorism background still seems very, very far-fetched.”

“We can neither exclude, nor confirm, whether this act has a terrorist motive,” Bruno Metzger, a police spokesman, told St. Galler Tagblatts.

According to eyewitness accounts, the man attempted suicide after the attack, and is now reported to be in critical condition.

However, Ricardo Baretzky, president of the European Centre for Information Policy and Security, told RT that Europe is facing a changing threat from terrorism.

“Any attack on people of this nature is a form of terror attack, whether they belong to a fundamental group or not, that is a fundamental point,” Baretzky said. He added that unless governments understand that this is a new type of terrorism, “they will fail.”

A similar assault was committed by an asylum seeker believed to be from Afghanistan or Pakistan who injured five fellow passengers while travelling on a train near the German town of Wurzburg on July 18. The perpetrator had earlier pledged allegiance to Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL).

After that attack, another refugee assaulted and killed a woman with a machete in the city of Reutlingen. In addition, on July 24 a Syrian refugee set off a suicide bomb at a festival in the city of Ansbach, injuring 15 people. That attacker had also pledged allegiance to IS.

However, the deadliest assault over the past months took place near the Olympia shopping mall in Munich on July 22, when a German-Iranian killer went on a rampage, killing nine people and injuring over 30 others. That perpetrator was shot dead by police.

Even if not branded as a terrorist attack, result is the same.

 

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TSA Raising Aviation Security & Hits Record Summer High (Multi-Video)
October 5, 2017
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To ensure the security of airline passengers and the nation’s airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun to implement new, stronger screening procedures for carry-on items at airports across the country with the procedures being phased in at all Upstate New York airports in the weeks ahead.
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To ensure the security of airline passengers and the nation’s airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun to implement new, stronger screening procedures for carry-on items at airports across the country with the procedures being phased in at all Upstate New York airports in the weeks ahead.

The new procedures were originally announced earlier this year.

“TSA constantly enhances its security procedures to stay ahead of evolving threats,” said TSA’s Upstate New York Federal Security Director Bart Johnson.

“The terror threat is real and TSA is committed to raising the baseline for aviation security.

“As we implement this new procedure, passengers can expect to see TSA officers ask travelers to remove electronics larger than a cell phone from their carry-on bags and place them in a bin with nothing on top or below, similarly to how laptops have been screened for years,” Johnson explained.

Bart Johnson, TSA’s Upstate New York Federal Security Director

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The new procedures are currently being phased in nationwide until all of the checkpoint lanes at all airports are brought on board in the weeks ahead.

The incremental launch allows time for all TSA officers to receive training in the new security measures.

The new procedures are expected to be in place starting this month at the major four Upstate New York airports:
Albany International Airport
Syracuse Hancock International Airport
Greater Rochester International Airport, and
Buffalo-Niagara International Airport

The enhanced security protocols also will be implemented at all of the smaller airports in New York state such as:

Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport
Elmira-Corning Regional Airport
Niagara Falls International Airport
Plattsburgh International Airport
Greater Binghamton Airport
Ogdensburg International Airport
Chautauqua County-Jamestown Airport
Watertown International Airport
Massena International Airport, and
Adirondack Regional Airport

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Event organizers across US tighten security after Vegas massacre Tweets
Published time: 6 Oct, 2017 21:50
https://www.rt.com/usa/405943-event-organizers-us-tighten-security/
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Organizers of public events from Boston to Pasadena have reviewed security measures, and are bracing themselves for mass ticket returns ahead of weekend events.

City Limits Festival, Austin, Texas

Austin City Limits began offering refunds on Tuesday for fans who didn’t want to attend after the massacre in Las Vegas.

Austin police chief Brian Manley told Esquire the massacre in Las Vegas prompted his department to go back and review all of their security plans. He did not elaborate on the specifics, but said there would be visible and non-visible police throughout the area. They were also monitoring social media for any threats with regional intelligence centers. There was no indication that anyone was targeting large-scale events around the country.

The Austin City Limits Music Festival is two consecutive three-day weekends celebrating a variety of music styles that attracts 450,000 people each year.

Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts

The management of Fenway Park are increasing security measures ahead of the Red Sox baseball team’s match against the Houston Astros this Sunday.

News reports said investigators had found that the Las Vegas shooter, Stephen Paddock, had looked into hotels and concerts playing Fenway Park in the months before the massacre.

“We are aware of the media reports,” Red Sox spokeswoman Zineb Curran said Thursday, according to Boston Globe. “Where there is currently no credible threat to Fenway Park according to public safety agencies, the Red Sox have been working with city, state, and federal officials on increased security measures for postseason games at Fenway Park.”

Chicago Marathon, Illinois

Chicago police officers are now conducting random checks for the Chicago marathon on Sunday. As many as 1.7 million spectators are expected to attend the Marathon, when 40,000 competitors will run the 26.2-mile route through city neighborhoods.

On Thursday, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said police had double- and triple-checked security measures after Las Vegas, as they did following the Boston attacks and terror incidents in Brussels and Paris. He said he’s “100 percent” confident the events in the city are secure.

Police will deploy 1,000 more officers on Sunday at the Marathon than usual.

“It’s going to be an open event, as it always is,” Anthony Riccio, chief of the organized crime bureau at the Chicago Police Department, told the Chicago Tribune. “That said, we learn from every event, every tragedy we learn from, and we learned from Vegas as well.”

“We’re putting [in] a significantly larger number of undercover officers. They’re going to be intermingled with the crowd, they’re going to be around the runners. They’re going to be at the finish line,” said Riccio.

Concert, Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California

Organizers for the Coldplay concert at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, got on the phone Monday morning and decided there would be a lot more police officers at their concert this weekend. The stadium, one of the nation’s 11 largest in the open air, is surrounded by mountains. Police will be patrolling the hillsides on Friday night, both on foot and in the air.

"You'll see more police officers, both armed police officers and unarmed security, outside the Rose Bowl," Art Schute, of the Pasadena Police Department, told CBS. "I think we always worry about a copycat type of situation, no matter what incident occurs."

Concertgoers have been told to ask to arrive earlier and to allow extra time to pass through security screening. It has a clear bag policy which will be enforced.

Mempho Music Festival, Memphis, Tennessee

Organizers of the Mempho Music Festival, which is expected to attract more than 10,000 people, said they were reviewing their security measures.

“To protect the integrity of our plans, not all the details will be made public… but we’re reviewing our plans to make sure we’ve taken every step to ensure visitor safety,” a representative for the festival told Esquire.

The Las Vegas massacre, the deadliest mass shooting in recent US history, took place last Sunday night, October 1, when a gunman opened fire for 10 minutes on a large crowd of concertgoers attending the Route 91 Harvest music festival.

Fifty-eight people were killed and another 489 injured when the shooter fired hundreds of rifle rounds from his suite on the 32nd floor at the Mandalay Bay hotel on the Las Vegas Strip.

The shooter, a wealthy gambler, was found dead in his suite, but his motives remain unknown.

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More than a million people are expected to crowd into the city by the bay for Fleet Week weekend activities as well as the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in Golden Gate Park. In the wake of the Vegas rampage police say they have to prepare for anything. Katie Nielsen reports. (10-6-17)

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Mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, said there will be increased security for Sunday's Chicago Marathon after a gunman opened fire on an outdoor music festival in Las Vegas earlier this week killing dozens of people. (Oct. 5)