By Foster Kamer 11/20/11 7:55pm

Terrorism

Via Alex Silverman's Twitter.

Charges Announced In NYC Would-Be Terror Bombing Plot Against Jose Pimentel, 27

Earlier this evening, a press conference was scheduled by the Office of the Mayor to announce the arrest of a man yesterday afternoon, an “Al Qaeda sympathizer” of Washington Heights, is facing terrorism-related charges. Jose Pimentel, the 27 year-old man currently under arrest, was building a bomb to detonate in NYPD police cars. Originally from the Dominican Republic, Mr. Pimentel claimed that he wanted to “bring Jihad” to New York City. Read More

By Adrianne Jeffries & Hunter Walker 11/15/11 7:06pm

Homecomings

Protester proclaims the grand re-opening of Zuccotti Park, Tuesday, Nov. 15.

Protesters Re-Occupy Zuccotti Park

Occupy Wall Street protesters have returned to Zuccotti Park–without their tents, sleeping bags or other personal belongings. Protesters were evicted from the park at about one this morning during a late night NYPD raid. A court denied the protesters’ bid to restore their full encampment shortly before 5 p.m. Read More

By Foster Kamer 8/23/11 12:05pm

NO EXIT

Via Getty.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn Is a Free Man

Yesterday afternoon, news broke that the Manhattan D.A. office was going to request that all criminal charges of sexual assault against former I.M.F. chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn be dropped. This followed a meeting with Mr. Strauss-Kahn’s accuser, Nafissatou Diallo, and her lawyer, Kenneth Thompson. Mr. Thompson had requested yesterday that a special prosecutor be appointed to the case; his request was denied this morning. Moments ago, Dominique Strauss-Kahn sat down in a courtroom in Lower Manhattan, and received a verdict on his long-contested innocence: the case against him has collapsed. He is a free man, and the conclusion of his long, strange, epic entanglement with the American judicial system has officially began. Read More

By Foster Kamer 7/01/11 12:34am

Wow

Strauss-Kahn Free Bail WTF

Report: Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s Prosecutors Felled by 400 Pounds of Weed

[Insert French expression of astonishment here.] The New York Times reported Thursday evening that the Manhattan DA’s sexual assault case against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn—or “Le Perv,” as dubbed by a few New York City newspapers—has come into serious, serious question by (among other things) 400 pounds of Marijuana, and moreover, the credibility of the former IMF chief’s accuser.

Their story is essentially:

There have been inconsistencies in the accuser’s story and past, which is reportedly littered with questions about motives (immigration status) and ties to unsavory characters. Read More