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NYC doctor fired over disturbing anti-Israel posts denying Oct. 7 attacks: ‘Long live Hamas’

A Mount Sinai doctor who allegedly denied Hamas atrocities and hailed the terror group as “noble resistance and freedom fighters” has been fired from her teaching gig there, The Post has learned.

Dr. Lila Abassi, an assistant professor of medicine at the Upper East Side hospital, was canned earlier this month after a probe into a series of disturbing online posts, a hospital spokesperson confirmed this week.

In a series of unhinged screeds, Abassi, 46, allegedly wrote “Long Live Hamas & Hezbollah,” labeled the Israeli army a “plague,” accused Israel of “slaughtering babies,” and rejected reports of rape during the Oct. 7, 2023 attack that left 1,200 Israelis dead and thousands injured.

“Please show me actual rape video,” Abassi wrote in a Facebook doctors group, using the pseudonym “Kluver Bucy,” the name for a rare brain disorder that affects memory and behavior and may cause eating disorders, hypersexuality, seizures and dementia.

And she asserted that Israel was responsible for “massacr[ing] more people on 10/7 than [were] killed by Hamas.”

City Councilwoman Inna Vernikov (R-Brooklyn), who is Jewish, reported Abassi to the hospital last month.

The hospital initiated a probe that ultimately resulted in her dismissal, according to a Mt. Sinai spokeswoman.

“Our most basic expectation of doctors is that they will perform their duties in an unbiased manner — especially a doctor serving a city as ethnically and religiously diverse as ours,” Vernikov told The Post.

“How scary is the thought that this woman was entrusted with the lives of Jewish patients while expressing blatant support for the same terrorists that seek to eliminate the Jewish people and destroy America?”

Her flurry of online hate is well-known within physicians’ groups on social media.

“She’s known as one of the more outspoken and egregiously antisemitic physicians in the community,” a fellow Mount Sinai doc told The Post.

More at the source; NY Post

Trucker Dumps 2,000 Gallons of Fuel Onto Road to Avoid Driving to Nearby Station

A truck driver was arrested yesterday in Moundville, Alabama, for intentionally dumping 2,000 gallons of jet fuel onto the road. According to WBRC 6 News, police say that the truck spilled fuel across five miles, including on a bridge over a creek. A hazmat team was required to clean up the mess and, thankfully, any public health danger has been averted.

Before dumping the fuel, the driver, 58-year-old Alphonso Terry Jr., was trying to fill up his tanker at a local gas depot but was turned away. He was told he needed to discharge the existing fuel, as the depot can’t mix fuels. But instead of driving to the nearest discharge station in Meridian, Mississippi, about 90 miles away, Terry decided to save himself time and dump the fuel onto the road by releasing valves and bypassing safety mechanisms. Since the fuel continued to spill as the truck crossed a bridge over a creek, there was worry that it could contaminate the waterways, causing a health risk. Thankfully, the hazmat team prevented it from getting into the water.

“We had Tuscaloosa Fire hazmat team respond immediately and they came down and prevented it from getting in the water like the creeks, so none of this fuel was spilled in the waterways, and they’re working hard right now to get it off the roadway before the rain comes,” said Hale County EMA (Emergency Management) Director Russ Weeden, per WBRC 6.

It’s unclear how the mess was cleaned. The hazmat team could have used fire hoses to wash the fuel into storm drains, absorbing material to soak it up, or both.

Terry was arrested on the spot for five counts of spillage and one count of criminal mischief, but other charges could be coming. I’m not sure how Terry thought he’d get away with this. Watching thousands of gallons of fuel continuously spill out of a tanker isn’t exactly something you see every day, so people are bound to notice. Another driver saw the fuel leaking from Terry’s truck and called the police.

Locals who live along the roads where Terry dumped the fuel have been told to contact Moundville Police and file a report if they find any hazardous spillage on their property. They’ve also been told to be cautious around the edges of their property, as any leftover fuel can be flammable.

Source; The Drive

Milwaukee Police Officer Charged With Using Position to Help Gang

Juwon Madlock, a now-former Milwaukee Police Department officer, was charged Wednesday with using his position to aid the “Burleigh Zoo Family” gang.

Madlock, 29, is alleged to have aided or abetted in seven federal offenses: transferring ammunition to a felon, possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of a machine gun, lying to a federal agent, obstruction, the sale or receipt of stolen goods and misprision, the concealment of one’s knowledge of a felony act.

A criminal complaint authored by FBI agent Christopher J. Burke says investigators learned of Madlock’s actions during an investigation of alleged Burleigh Zoo member Cobie Hannah, Jr., a wanted fugitive. A search of Hannah’s Greenfield home and a recovered phone revealed more than 1,000 text messages between the two.

Madlock, as detailed in the complaint via excerpted text message exchanges, is alleged to have provided the addresses of rival gang members to Hannah, worked with Hannah to steal a car, assisted Hannah with fraudulent license plates to avoid detection of stolen vehicles, provided details about officers who arrested Hannah’s associates or seized property, provided Hannah with locations of police activity to avoid arrest, discussed selling weapons and ammunition to Hannah, offered to buy a stolen truck, advised on the use of a shell catcher to avoid leaving evidence at a scene, advised Hannah on how to lose pursuit in a high-speed chase and discussed the use and sale of machine gun converters on Glock handguns.

Madlock was arrested on March 12 and, according to MPD, resigned at that time.

While being interviewed by a federal agent and a member of MPD’s Internal Affairs Division, investigators used a search warrant to search Madlock’s home on N. 41st Street. A handgun with a machine gun conversion device was recovered, as were a shell catcher and a phone, hidden a crockpot, with the number used to communicate with Hannah. Madlock, viewing a photo, confirmed the gun was his. He also admitted he provided Hannah with ammunition, offered to sell him guns and provided the addresses of his rivals, but, according to the complaint, said he thought Hannah would “merely beat them up.”

Madlock told investigators he was using Hannah as a source of information.

“Interviewers told Madlock they found his story incredible, because confidential sources typically provide law enforcement with information, but in the messages excerpted above, the situation is reversed: Madlock, the police officer, is providing information to Hannah, the wanted fugitive. Madlock did not have a cogent response,” says the complaint.

Much more at the source; Urban Milwaukee

Man Tries to Set Tesla Chargers on Fire, Accidentally Sets Himself on Fire As Well

As anti-Elon Musk sentiment continues to flare up, vandals are targeting his EV maker Tesla’s Supercharger network.

As the Associated Press reports, a man burned down three chargers in a South Carolina parking lot after spray-painting the words “fuck Trump, long live the Ukraine” on the pavement next to them last week, in a clear reference to Musk and his close associate president Donald Trump cozying up to Russian president Vladimir Putin.

But his attack backfired, in a very literal way. After igniting crudely-made Molotov cocktails fashioned out of beer bottles, the man set his own clothes on fire, according to police.

“Witnesses advised that the suspect had accidentally caught their own back on fire while throwing the devices,” reads the North Charleston Police Department’s report.

The incident highlights how anger pointed at Musk and his carmaker is starting to spill over. While largely peaceful demonstrations have taken place at Tesla dealerships across the world, there have also been cases of vandalism and other illegal acts.

Under the “Tesla Takedown” banner, protesters have voiced their discontent with Musk’s activities in the government and embrace of far-right extremist views.

“Elon Musk is destroying our democracy, and he’s using the fortune he built at Tesla to do it,” reads a description of the group. “We are taking action at Tesla to stop Musk’s illegal coup.”

However, the “peaceful protest movement” opposes any “violence, vandalism and destruction of property.”

And unfortunately, a small number of individuals are seemingly not on board with that. Over the weekend, four Tesla Cybertrucks were heavily damaged after being set ablaze in a parking lot in Seattle. While law enforcement has yet to establish a motive for the crime, it’s not a huge stretch to assume they were connected with protests targeting Tesla and Musk in the Pacific Northwest.

Superchargers, in particular, have become targets of vandalism. As the Washington Post reported last week, stations have been set on fire by other individuals wielding improvised Molotov cocktails.

Last month, a man even unloaded a clip with his AR-style semiautomatic rifle into a Tesla storefront in Salem, Oregon.

What might really hurt Musk, though, is that his abhorrent behavior has sent Tesla’s finances into a tailspin. With its brand heavily tarnished, he has plenty of both literal and figurative fires to put out.

Source; Yahoo!

No, That Car With The Flashing Lights And The Cop Inside Will Not Be Driving You Home

A Georgia man opened the rear door of a police car, climbed in, and told the cop at the wheel that he wanted a ride home, according to an arrest affidavit.

Around 10 PM Friday night, Andrew Davison, 31, allegedly entered the vehicle and shut the door while “there was a human being, to wit: Officer K. Thomas, in the conveyance.”

The conveyance in question was stationed on a St. Petersburg, Florida street and “the cruiser’s emergency lights were flashing,” cops say.

“The defendant stated that he wanted a ride home,” according to a complaint charging Davison with trespassing in an occupied structure.

Davison lives in Statesboro, a city about 55 miles from Savannah. Court records do not indicate what Davison was doing in St. Petersburg (or where he was staying), but Officer Kristen Thomas noted that the accused man showed an “indication of alcohol influence.”

Seen above, Davison bonded out of jail Saturday night after posting $500 on the misdemeanor charge. He has pleaded not guilty.

Source; The Smoking Gun

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