A policeman in Texas got into an altercation with a woman, and then shot her dead after she managed to acquire his taser. Just before the officer fired, the woman shouted, “I’m pregnant!” Later forensic tests on her body showed that she was not in fact pregnant. The officer has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation.
In other news, Tommy Robinson will face yet another contempt trial in July for his livestreaming last year.
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For over a million people, Auschwitz was a final stop and a mass grave. For Heiko Maas,[1] it was a factor that decided his choice of profession. He had, says the minister, “entered politics because of Auschwitz.” Actually, he entered politics because his second state law examination was so bad that he had no chance of being appointed as a state’s attorney or a judge — not even in Saarland. So he became a politician. Because of Auschwitz. Give me a break!