Fla. teen to be honored for helping to save life of booking police officer

This undated photo shows, from left to right, Officer Raymond Ketchmark, Officer Franklin Foulks, Jamal Rutledge, Officer Robert Norvis, Sergeant Todd Bunin. Rutledge, Ketchmark, Norvis, and Bunin will be honored Jan. 21 for helping save Foulks’ life this past Sept. 10. (Fort Lauderdale Police Department)

The Fort Lauderdale Police Department is honoring a juvenile offender who helped to save the life of the officer who was booking him into jail.

Jamal Rutledge, 17, and three officers will be recognized Jan. 21 at a city commission meeting for their actions to assist Officer Franklin Foulks.

The Sun-Sentinel reports that this past Sept. 10, Rutledge was at the police booking facility. He had just been arrested and accused of violating his probation by committing burglary and other violations of imposed conditions. 

Suddenly, booking officer Foulks, 49, collapsed to the floor. Sitting nearby, Rutledge began kicking the security fence and yelling to alert other officers that their colleague was in distress. The effort worked. The Sun-Sentinel reported that Sgt. Todd Bunin removed Foulkes’ police gear and cut off his shirt, while Officer Robert Norvis performed CPR and Officer Raymond Ketchmark used a defibrillator in an effort to restart Foulks’ heart.

The episode was captured on security cameras. Doctors at Broward Health Medical Center, where Foulks was taken, told the Sun-Sentinel that Rutledge’s action and the officers’ quick response were the main reason that Foulks survived. The officer is expected to return to full duty at the end of this month. 

According to Fort Lauderdale Police Det. DeAnna Greenlaw, Rutledge has been arrested “multiple times” since September. Details of the arrests and allegations were not clear because he is a juvenile. 

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VIDEO: UK surgeons helping Gaza wounded

The recent 50-day war between Israel and Hamas caused massive damage and thousands of casualties, overwhelming Gaza’s hospitals.

Although the ceasefire is holding, many Palestinians are still fighting for their lives from injuries sustained during the conflict.

Only three hospitals in Gaza are capable of handling major trauma, and the biggest is the al-Shifa hospital. It is chronically under-equipped, with only 583 beds and 337 doctors.

Recently, a team of British doctors, from King’s College Hospital in London, travelled to al-Shifa to perform operations and help doctors with the backlog of patients.

BBC News follows the group of surgeons as they treat Palestinians wounded in this year’s Gaza conflict.

Video journalist: Julia Macfarlane

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NY police say Trinidadian father not helping investigators in murder of his son

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Tuesday, September 03, 2013 | 7:45 AM

NEW YORK (CMC) — Police say the Trinidad-born father of a 16-month-old toddler shot dead in his stroller on Sunday night is not cooperating with investigators trying to find his son’s killer.Police have launched an all-out manhunt for the killer, who gunned down Antiq Hennis as he sat in his stroller, with his parents nearby. Relatives said the bullet was intended for the father.Police said they have received leads from Brooklyn community organisers who claim they know who pulled the trigger. The authorities are offering a US$12,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.Detectives said they believe the assailant was aiming for the toddler’s 23-year-old father, Anthony Hennis, who, according to police, has been arrested 23 times, primarily for drugs and weapons. “Mr Hennis has not been cooperative with us “New York Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Raymond Kelly told a press conference.“He has not answered questions. We’re still trying to obviously determine his contacts. And he has an extensive arrest record so we are looking into his relationships.” New York City Mayoral candidate Bill Thompson, who appeared with the toddler’s Trinidadian family at a press conference at the shooting scene, in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, said he was saddened by the tragedy. “When a child is lost, it touches everyone,” said Thompson, whose grandparents hailed from St Kitts. “I don’t think it’s anything we can imagine”.New York State Senator Eric Adams, who is running unopposed for Brooklyn Borough President, urged people to pay tribute to Antiq by marching to Brownville against gun violence.“We cannot ignore the fact that the child’s father has a criminal past. Our children need to be protected.”Like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/jamaicaobserverFollow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/JamaicaObserver

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NZ denies helping US spy on reporter

29 July 2013 Last updated at 11:45 ET Jon Stephenson had sued the military for defamation New Zealand has denied a report that its military conspired with US spy agencies to monitor a freelance journalist in Afghanistan.

The Sunday Star Times newspaper said that phone data of Jon Stephenson, a New Zealander employed by the US news group McClatchy, was snooped on.

But a top New Zealand military official says there is no evidence of the claim.

It was the first suggestion that recently exposed US spying programmes had been used on specific journalists.

“We have identified no information at this time that supports [the story"s] claims,” Maj Gen Tim Keating said in a statement.

Defamation lawsuit

He said military officers responsible for operations in Afghanistan had assured him there had been no unlawful monitoring of Stephenson by New Zealand.

“This includes asking foreign organisations to do this on our behalf,” he said.

The scope of American collection of vast amounts of phone records and internet data was exposed last month by Edward Snowden, who worked as a contractor for the US National Security Agency (NSA).

The NSA sometimes shares intelligence information with New Zealand agencies under a long-standing arrangement, known as Five Eyes, between the two countries, the UK, Australia and Canada.

On Monday, Prime Minister John Key told the New Zealand Herald it was possible to show up accidentally in the NSA’s phone data “if you rang a member of the Taliban that the Americans were monitoring because they believed them to be a threat”.

“I’m not saying that’s happened. I’m just saying that we don’t go and monitor journalists,” he added.

The reporter on the Star Times article says he stands by the story.

“Direct denials are always unsettling, but I would not have published unless I had a really good source,” Nicky Hager told the Associated Press without elaborating on who gave him the information.

Mr Hager said the monitoring occurred because the military had been unhappy with Mr Stephenson’s reporting on its treatment of Afghan prisoners.

Mr Stephenson has sued the New Zealand military for defamation, seeking NZ$500,000 ($405,000; £262,000) arguing the defence force implied he fabricated an interview with a unit commander.

While the jury was unable to reach a verdict, the military acknowledged the interview may have taken place.

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Ex State Department officer gets one year for helping J"can DJ with visa

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Thursday, July 11, 2013

ALEXANDRIA, Virgiania (AP) — A former security officer with the State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service has been sentenced to a year in prison for accepting gifts in exchange for helping a Jamaican musician gain a Unitd States visa.Thirty-three-year old David J Rainsberger pleaded guilty earlier this year in federal court in Alexandria.Rainsberger, who said in court papers that he once served on then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s protective detail, admitted helping a well-known musician identified in court papers only by the initials DB get a visa in 2011 to travel to the US.The musician had previously been unable to obtain a visa because of accusations of criminal activity. In exchange, the musician gave Rainsberger luxury watches and other gifts.Prosecutors sought a sentence of about two years; the defense sought home detention.

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Ex State Department officer gets one year for helping J"can DJ with visa

Former US diplomat sentenced for helping DJ get visa

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (AP) — A former security officer with the State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service has been sentenced to a year in prison for accepting gifts in exchange for helping a Jamaican Deejay gain a US visa.

Thirty-three-year old David J Rainsberger pleaded guilty earlier this year in federal court in Alexandria.Rainsberger, who said in court papers that he once served on then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s protective detail, admitted helping a well-known musician identified in court papers only by the initials DB get a visa in 2011 to travel to the US.The musician had previously been unable to obtain a visa because of accusations of criminal activity. In exchange, the musician gave Rainsberger luxury watches and other gifts.Prosecutors sought a sentence of about two years; the defence sought home detention.Like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/jamaicaobserverFollow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/JamaicaObserver

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