Rapper "Xstrav" Beatty gets arrested for refusing to give cop his iced tea

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Published on May 3, 2013

On Monday, Christopher Beatty and friends were outside an ABC Liquor Store in North Carolina when a plain clothes police officer demanded Beatty, also known as rapper "Xstrav," hand over his can of Arizona brand iced tea. The cop insisted that Beatty hand over the drink due to the suspicion that it contained alcohol, but Beatty was taken to the ground by the officer because the cop didn't identify himself. The rapper was later charged with trespassing among other charges and eyewitness Tino Brown caught the incident on video and gives us his side of how things went down.
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Man Drinking Iced Tea In Parking Lot Gets Arrested

A can of tea can apparently land you in the can
Adan Salazar

Infowars.com
May 2, 2013

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A recent YouTube video captured an overzealous security guard accusing a 24-year-old man of drinking alcohol in the parking lot of a liquor store, and then subsequently arresting him. The kicker, of course, was that the 24-year-old was only drinking Arizona brand Half and Half Iced Tea.

Warning, video contains strong language

As rapper Xstrav (Xstravagant), AKA Christopher Beatty, and his friend Tony Brown waited for their friend in the parking lot of the Cumberland County ABC Liquor Store in Fayetteville, North Carolina, an alleged plainclothes officer walked up to them demanding to know what Beatty was drinking.

Naturally, Beatty was taken aback by the seemingly normal man approaching him and asking to inspect his drink. He held the can at arm’s length, allowing the man, who merely identified himself as “police” verbally, to read the label, but refused to allow the strange man to hold (or sip) the drink.

The man, professing to be a police officer, next asks Beatty to leave the property for trespassing, even though Beatty explained he was there in the parking lot waiting to make a future purchase.

The video clearly shows the supposed undercover officer did not immediately identify himself as a policeman before he began questioning Beatty, and only quickly flashes what may be a badge three seconds before he demands the man put his hands on the trunk of his own car.

Without reading him his rights or divulging the charge for which he was making the arrest, the security guard begins handcuffing Beatty in the parking lot, while another seemingly drunk man wanders around the parking lot violating the well-known law of public intoxication.-[Full Article]

Ten years later, CIA ‘rendition’ program still divides N.C. town

Washington Post

Smithfield, N.C. — The small airport that houses what some here call Smithfield’s “dirty secret” lies just beyond the town’s outskirts, where tobacco warehouses and car dealerships give way to pine forests and then, abruptly, an imposing 10-foot-high fence.

Inside, in a metal hangar with its own security, is the headquarters of Aero Contractors Ltd., a private aviation company whose ties to the CIA have long inspired local speculation and gossip. Newspaper investigations and books have linked the firm’s planes to secret abductions, waterboardings and more, usually eliciting the same mute response from the occupant of Hangar No. 3.

These days, Aero’s jets are seldom seen in public, and the controversy over the CIA’s “extraordinary rendition” program — in which captured terrorist suspects were secretly transported to another country for interrogation — has vanished from the headlines in most of the country...[Full Article]

94-year-old upset by TSA pat down



RALEIGH (WTVD) -- A 94-year-old wheelchair-bound Florida woman says a search she went through at Raleigh/Durham International Airport went too far.

Marian Peterson said it happened July 6 as she went through a TSA security checkpoint before boarding a flight home.

Peterson said she was selected for extra screening. First, security officers lifted her out of her wheelchair and helped her stand in a full body scanner. Then, she was given a physical pat down.

"They took me to one side and they patted me down, and they made me stand for, with my arms out, for over 10 minutes," she said. "I was beginning to feel that I wasn't going to be able to continue to stand, I was going to fall down or something."

"I asked, I said why are you doing this, and the woman was very polite and said 'I don't know, maybe the scanner detected something or maybe she moved,'" recalled Peterson's daughter Marian Malone.

Peterson's family said it's not just the length of the search they object to, it's the way it was done.

"She said it would be in-depth. She started the putdown, and at that point, she asked mom to spread her legs. She stood there with her legs spread and she checked every place thoroughly," said Malone.

"They groped her. All of her body. Her crotch, her breasts. And everything else," said son Joe Peterson.

The Petersons said the search seemed unnecessary given Marian's obvious age...[Full Article]

NC woman sterilized because state deemed her ‘promiscuous’

Raw Story

Posted on 06.23.11

By David Edwards

The day that Elaine Riddick had her first and only child at the age of 14, the state of North Carolina had her sterilized on the orders of a court. Riddick had been raped but the state said she was promiscuous.

“They said that I was feeble-minded, they said that I was promiscuous,” Riddick, now 57, told CBS News. “I’ve always been able to take care of myself – I’ve never been promiscuous.”

“So how can people use these things to describe a child that had been abandoned? Or that had been raped by the neighbor and then again, raped by the state of North Carolina?”

North Carolina is the first state to consider a $20,000 payment to victims of sterilizations, but it is doubtful that the Republican-controlled legislature will set aside the necessary funds.

CBS News noted that more than 60,000 women in 32 states were sterilized from the 1920′s to the 1970s to keep down welfare costs. The practice is no longer in use.

Watch this video from CBS News, broadcast June 23, 2011.

NC school district to give away iPod, laptop to children who participate in vaccination contest

(NaturalNews) The Chapel Hill - Carrboro City School (CHCCS) district in North Carolina has launched a shocking new vaccination contest that offers prize incentives to students who get vaccinated. According to the CHCCS district website, for each vaccine a student receives, he or she will also receive an entry into a drawing to win an Apple iPod or a laptop computer -- and students that get the entire recommended vaccine schedule, which includes the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for both boys and girls, will be allowed extra entries into the contest and more chances to win than other students...[Full Article]

Raleigh man angered by TSA security screening

NBC17

RALEIGH, N.C. --

A Raleigh man says Transportation Security Administration agents violated his rights early Sunday during a security screening at Boston Logan International Airport.

The man, who did not want to be identified, said he was traveling with a friend on their way home to Raleigh, when they were asked to go through full body scanners, which they did.

"They said, 'We're not satisfied,'" he said. The man, who is autistic, said he was then asked to remove his belt and suspenders.

The man said he requested a pat-down instead, and a friend traveling with him said she asked agents if they could do the screening another way.

"They did not put him in a private area," said the friend, Marilyn Falk. "Instead they insisted that he undress in public."

The man says when he tried to take off his suspenders and belt, his pants fell down, exposing part of his underwear.

"Happened to have my pants dropped down around a lot of people," he said.

"His privacy was not being protected," Falk said. "His rights as an individual were not being protected."

A TSA spokeswoman said anyone who requests a private screening should be given one.

"TSA's policy is to treat everybody with respect," said spokeswoman Sari Koshetz. "We train our officers to be sensitive to various types of needs and individuals."

Koshetz said if agents ask travelers to go through additional security after a full body scan, it's because they noticed something in the scan that warrants additional screening.

Koshetz added the TSA looks into all complaints.

Legislator says the state needs its own currency

New Observer

RALEIGH -- Cautioning that the federal dollars in your wallet could soon be little more than green paper backed by broken promises, state Rep. Glen Bradley wants North Carolina to issue its own legal tender backed by silver and gold.

The Republican from Youngsville has introduced a bill that would establish a legislative commission to study his plan for a state currency. He is also drafting a second bill that would require state government to accept gold and silver coins as payment for taxes and fees.

If the state treasurer starts accepting precious metals as payment, Bradley said that could prod the private sector to follow suit - potentially allowing residents to trade gold for groceries...[Full Article]

N. Carolina crime lab withheld test results in more than 200 cases

Editor's note: Innocent people were locked up, while evidence that could have cleared them was hidden. CNN's Drew Griffin goes inside a justice system where the handling of more than 200 cases is being called "Rogue Justice." An all-new "CNN Presents," Sunday night at 8 ET.

RALEIGH, North Carolina (CNN) -- On September 25, 1991, Greg Taylor was looking to get high. Driving though the streets of downtown Raleigh, he picked up an acquaintance, Johnny Beck, who helped him score the drugs. What happened next would cost Taylor 17 years of his life...

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North Carolina Sheriffs Want Access To Database Lists Of Patients With Prespcriptions For Controlled Substances

Sheriffs want lists of patients using painkillers

Sheriffs in North Carolina want access to state computer records identifying anyone with prescriptions for powerful painkillers and other controlled substances.

The state sheriff's association pushed the idea Tuesday, saying the move would help them make drug arrests and curb a growing problem of prescription drug abuse. But patient advocates say opening up people's medicine cabinets to law enforcement would deal a devastating blow to privacy rights...

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Sheriffs Want Access to Prescription Database


RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina sheriffs want access to state computer records that identify people with prescriptions for certain drugs, an idea that patient advocates oppose.

The state sheriff's association proposed the idea Tuesday to a legislative health care committee, The News & Observer of Raleigh reported. The sheriffs said they want access to state computer records identifying anyone with prescriptions for powerful painkillers and other controlled substances...

[Full Article]

Opponents Worry DNA Sampling For Felony Arrest Violates Freedoms

High Point, NC -- Governor Bev Perdue wants people who are arrested for felonies to give a DNA sample.

But opponents of the initiative say our personal freedoms are at stake.

When someone is arrested, officers snap their picture, and take their fingerprints all before that person goes to court...