FSU settles lawsuit with Winston's accuser

Guess they had a spare $950,000

Can't understand how FSU with over 40,000 students enrolled is held accountable for the actions of one of the students. Had he killed her would they be responsible for that too?

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Florida State has settled a federal Title IX lawsuit with Erica Kinsman, a former student who said she was raped by quarterback Jameis Winston in 2012.

The settlement was announced by her attorneys on Monday, more than a year after she initially filed the complaint in federal court.

FSU agreed to pay Kinsman $950,000 – an amount that includes attorney’s fees – as well as make a five-year commitment to awareness, prevention and training programs. The lump sum is the largest settlement for Title IX claims regarding indifference to a student’s sexual assault.

“I will always be disappointed that I had to leave the school I dreamed of attending since I was little,” Kinsman said in a statement. “I am happy that FSU has committed to continue making changes in order to ensure a safer environment for all students.”

FSU did not admit to liability in the settlement, which university president John Thrasher said the school agreed to in order to avoid additional litigation expenses.

“We have an obligation to our students, their parents and Florida taxpayers to deal with this case, as we do all litigation, in a financially responsible manner,” Thrasher said in a statement. “With all the economic demands we face, at some point it doesn’t make sense to continue even though we are convinced we would have prevailed.”

The settlement does not affect an ongoing Title IX investigation by the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. Kinsman filed a complaint with the agency in early 2014 and it opened an investigation in April of that year.

In her lawsuit, which was settled in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, Kinsman alleged that Florida State was “deliberately indifferent” to her reported sexual assault and that its response was “clearly unreasonable.” She asserted that FSU concealed and obstructed the investigation so as to allow Winston to play football.

Kinsman, who left FSU in November 2013 when the case became publicly know, argued that continued harassment denied her of her educational opportunities under Title IX.

As part of the settlement, FSU agreed to publish annual reports of its programs for the next five years.

In September 2014, FSU created the "KNOW MORE" campaign, seeking to educate students, faculty and staff about the meaning of consent, prevention, intervention and provide resources for sexual assault victims. The school has also hired a new Title IX coordinator, added six positions related to on-campus safety and published a Victims’ Rights and Resources handbook, among other initiatives.

FSU had previously tried to have Kinsman’s lawsuit dismissed, but Judge Mark E. Walker ruled in August that it could go forward.

FSU had argued that an “appropriate person” was not aware of the harassment Kinsman alleged and could not take corrective action.

The school had previously admitted that senior associate athletics director Monk Bonasorte and football coach Jimbo Fisher were aware of the rape allegation in January 2013, a month after Kinsman first reported to police, but did not notify the Title IX coordinator or the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities.

Before the lawsuit was settled, it was proceeding through discovery, with both parties taking depositions and gathering evidence.

In a Sept. 22 deposition, which was obtained by USA TODAY Sports, Fisher said that he was not aware of FSU’s policy about sexual battery around the time the allegation against Winston was first reported to police and initially investigated.

In a deposition previously released to USA TODAY Sports, Tallahassee police detective Scott Angulo admitted to missteps and other investigative steps that could have been taken in the early days of the criminal investigation when Kinsman first reported it in December 2012.

She alleged then that Winston raped her in his apartment after they had met at Potbelly’s, a bar near campus. The investigation sat dormant for nine months before state attorney Willie Meggs declined to file criminal charges in December 2013.

Winston was not found responsible of sexual misconduct following a FSU student conduct hearing in December 2014. He was the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft in April and is currently quarterback of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Kinsman sued him in April, and he countersued. That case is pending in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

FSU settles lawsuit with Winston's accuser

Girls basketball team gets booted from league for being too good

I thought it might have been another case of lack of diversity. 

A Minnesota youth basketball team has been ejected from a league for being too good and now the coach, parents and players are crying foul.

The Rogers Area Youth Basketball Association girls high school team was forced to the sidelines by the Northwest Suburban Basketball League -- and it's all because the team is 3-0, Fox 9 reported Saturday.

"We found out Friday at lunchtime that we're not going to be allowed because according to the league our girls were too talented," coach Jason Hanauska told the station.

RAYBA sent parents a letter that said the main reason for the league's decision was because other teams in the league "do not want to play RAYBA due to the skill level."

"This is absurd," parent Sherri Palmgren told the station. "Do we take the (NFL's) Patriots or Cardinals, who are going to the championship game, and kick them to the curb because they're too good?"

The league ejected RAYBA just ahead of a showcase tournament this weekend, according to Fox 9.

"Are we supposed to play worse just to make them happy?" team member Tessa McCarthy told the station.

Hanauska is slated to meet with the league's board Monday.

Girls basketball team gets booted from league for being too good

Paris Climate Conference

On a tip from Ed Kilbane

Paris Climate Conference

It always amazes me how they can dig this stuff up

The Investigative Team (aka MSM) dig in the dirt like over eager Egyptian archaeologists to find whatever smut they can when it comes to a Republican.

The little excavators went to work on Bush and discovered a 'nugget' when they found a DWI in 1976. His military service also came into question during the 2004 election brought about by a Dan Rather hit piece.

They got out the shovels again when Ben Carson became a threat. They dug back to 1969 when Carson was 17 years old to unearth whether or not he had a full scholarship at West Point.

And now their latest discovery. A 1988 video time capsule of Ted Cruz age 18 wanting to" take over the world in total domination".

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 But when it comes to uncovering the college transcripts and a plethora of scandals from the current administration their excavation skills seem to vanish.

 Anyone think this is a little too coincidental?

Now throw in Jay Carney former WH press secretary now works for ABC. Oh...and Ben Rhodes Barry's Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting, he was the one who came up with "it was the video", his brother, David, is President of CBS News!

Now you know why... when it comes to the left they can never find a shovel.

 

It always amazes me how they can dig this stuff up

And they're more concerned about banning Trump!

Age SIX and groomed for jihad in British Eurabia

Once you 'poison the pool' with the conversion of your own citizens the total Islamisation of Europe can't be far behind.

Winston Churchill 1899: "Individual Muslims may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world."

http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/churchillislam.asp

David Cameron, you're no Winston Churchill!

As a matter of fact...

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Beaming at the camera with an angelic smile, this little boy is at first glance a picture of innocence.

But though he is only six years old, and lives in the heart of British suburbia, he and his siblings are being groomed to support barbaric Islamic State terrorists.

In exclusive pictures obtained by The Mail on Sunday, the children are shown posing in front of the jihadis’ ‘black flag of Islam’ and brandishing a sword.

Terrible footage has already emerged of young children groomed to support IS in Syria and Iraq – but this boy was photographed inside a terraced house in suburban Luton. He was posing at the behest of his father Ibrahim Anderson, one of Britain’s most infamous jihadi Muslim converts.

Shocking images of children were taken from the mobile phone of Ibrahim Anderson, a red-haired convert, to Islam who was arrested for setting up a stall on Oxford Street, London, to persuade people to join ISIS. This boy is only six years old, and he and his siblings are being groomed to support barbaric Islamic State terrorists

In another picture, the boy’s older brother, eight, can be seen in a similar pose, brandishing a sword in front of the black flag, while wearing a Western T-shirt emblazoned with Kermit the Frog

The third photograph shows their toddler sister, said to be under three. Wearing a pink hijab despite her age, she smiles at the camera while perching on the backrest of a sofa

Anderson was convicted at the Old Bailey on Friday of ‘inviting support for IS’ in the first successful case of its kind. Disturbingly, his son is holding a sword in his left hand, apparently ‘paying tribute’ to the late executioner Jihadi John, who cut the throats of his victims holding a hunting knife in the same hand. The boy also raises his right index finger, mimicking a gesture jihadis use to signify their one God.

In another picture, the boy’s older brother, eight, can be seen in a similar pose, brandishing a sword in front of the black flag, while wearing a Western T-shirt emblazoned with Kermit the Frog. The third photograph shows their toddler sister, said to be under three. Wearing a pink hijab despite her age, she smiles at the camera while perching on the back-rest of a sofa.

The black flag of Islam contains the Arabic words: ‘There is no god but Allah, and Mohammed is the Messenger of Allah.’ But it has been appropriated by extremist groups. In the UK, it was routinely used in demonstrations by Al-Muhajiroun, the banned group which wanted to raise it above 10 Downing Street. These pictures were taken on Anderson’s mobile phone in October 2014 and were discovered by detectives when they raided his home two months later. They were shown to the jury at his trial.

Born Andrew Anderson, he converted to Islam while serving three years in jail for a petrol station robbery in the late 1990s. He had previously been jailed for car theft. Before his arrest he was living with his wife, the mother of the children, in the Bury Park area of Luton. She too is a British convert and grew up in Nottingham. 

The children's red-bearded father Ibrahim Anderson talks to members of the public in suburban Luton

Before his arrest, Anderson was living with his wife, the mother of the children, in the Bury Park area of Luton. File picture

During the landmark court case, the jury was told that Anderson, 38, and his co-accused, Shah Jahan Khan, 63, set up a stall in Oxford Street, Central London, to recruit for IS. They were only brought to justice after a concerned Muslim passer-by contacted police.

The court heard the two extremists spent two hours in August 2014 handing out leaflets promoting IS.

Anderson belongs to the same group of London extremists who have urged followers to ‘behead’ anyone who draws images of the Prophet Mohammed and formed vigilante ‘sharia patrols’ to harass gay people

Officers also found disturbing pictures on Khan’s mobile phone. Four young children – believed to be members of his family – were pictured in front of a sign reading ‘Khilafah est 2014’ – an apparent reference to IS setting up their caliphate in Syria and Iraq in 2014.

Anderson belongs to the same group of London extremists who have urged followers to ‘behead’ anyone who draws images of the Prophet Mohammed and formed vigilante ‘sharia patrols’ to harass gay people and tried to stop public drinking in East London. Other members of this group have included Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, who killed drummer Lee Rigby outside his barracks in Woolwich, South-East London, and Siddharta Dhar, the new IS executioner replacing Jihadi John.

Anderson was previously charged but cleared of heckling a homecoming parade by the Royal Anglian Regiment in Luton in 2009. The convert, who also has a boy of 13, even posted one photo of his children on Facebook, but it was taken down for violating rules on hate messages.

Last night Anderson’s 58-year-old stepfather, Martin Warner, told this newspaper that the ‘sick’ extremist had ‘always been a problem child’, adding that the family had disowned him after his conversion to radical Islam. He added: ‘I can’t believe he made his children pose with the IS flag – it is disgusting. He is a total idiot, a fanatic. He is the sort of person who would blow himself up or plant a bomb. He is dangerous. They should throw him in prison and throw away the key.’ Anderson and Khan will be sentenced on Friday.

Tory MP Philip Hollobone said: ‘Not only is this child grooming, this is child abuse. We can’t have children being brought up in this country to become potential suicide bombers, groomed by their own parents. These children should be taken into care, if appropriate.’

Labour MP Keith Vaz said: ‘These images are disturbing and demonstrate the extent to which people are prepared to go in support of IS.’

Extremists grooming their children has become a huge concern. Sources estimate that up to 100 British children under 16 are in IS-controlled Syria and Iraq. In Britain, more than 20 children have been made the subject of court orders amid fears they could be radicalised.

And they're more concerned about banning Trump!