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MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015 - DECEMBER 13, 2015 - VOLUME 6, NO. 49

Female Killer Tashfeen Malik Pledged Allegiance to ISIS Leader Via Facebook BY TERRY MILLER 14 people were brutally slaughtered with a spray of automatic weapons by a young married couple last Wednesday at a holiday party in San Bernardino, California - the killers’ motives remain a mystery. However, officials are now saying that Tashfeen Malik pledged allegiance to ISIS leader via a Facebook post prior to the mass murder she and her husband committed Wednesday. It is said that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi demands this use of social media once allegiance is pledged. The attackers were “dressed in dark, kind of tactical gear,” San Bernardino police Chief Jarrod Burguan said. They carried rifles and semi-automatic handguns. Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik committed the deadliest U.S. mass shooting since Sandy Hook in December 2012 before being killed later by police after a brief pursuit in their black SUV. Farook, who is from Chicago and worked for five years as a San Bernardino County health inspector, met his future wife online and married her in 2013

The Chevy SUV driven by the killers came to an abrupt halt in the wake of thousands of rounds of bullets killing the young couple who had just murdered 14 people and injured at least 21 – Photo Courtesy of San Bernardino Sheriff’s Dept.

while on a pilgrimage to Mecca, NBC reported last Thursday. But Malik entered the U.S. on a K-1 visa, which is required of a fiancé engaged to a U.S. citizen. These visas are granted after the appli-

cant undergoes a rigorous security screening process aimed at preventing socalled "Green Card" marriages. The couple got legally married in Riverside County, California on Aug. 20,

2014. Their marriage certificate lists Malik's age as 29. Relatives have described Farook and Malik as a happy couple who gave no outward sign of being Islamic fanatics. They even registered at Target before

lanes of traffic and there is insufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the force he used was unreasonable or excessive," according to the 30-page Charge Evaluation Worksheet, dated Dec. 3, 2015. This incident drew attention when a 42-second video of the nineminute encounter between the officer and Ms. Pinnock on the freeway went viral. While the images contained in the video may have been

unsettling to watch, the recording does not capture the series of events leading up to Pinnock’s detention and represents just one piece of evidence collected and reviewed in the LADA’s extensive and independent investigation. LADA prosecutors and investigators also relied on medical records, eyewitness accounts, recordings of 911 calls and multiple patrol car dash camera videos of the incident. The incident began at

7:11 p.m. with the first 911 call of a pedestrian walking on or adjacent to the freeway to Ms. Pinnock’s admission to Los Angeles County Medical Center at approximately 9:30 p.m. "When looking at all of the evidence, and especially the medical reports and eyewitness accounts, it becomes exceedingly clear that the officer, who was alone and struggling

District Attorney’s Office Declines to File Criminal Charges Against Former California Highway Patrol

Officer The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office (LADA) announced that criminal charges will not be filed against the former California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer who encountered a transient mentally ill woman on Interstate 10 on July 1, 2014. "Based upon the facts presented, there was a lawful necessity for (Officer Daniel) Andrew to use force to prevent (Marlene) Pinnock from entering the

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their baby daughter was born. But in the aftermath of the massacre, police discovered the couple had amassed an arsenal in their rented Redlands, California home.

Farook, 28, and Malik, 27, had been married for two years, according to Hussam Ayloush, head of the Greater Los Angeles chapter of the Council on AmericanIslamic Relations, a Muslim advocacy group. On Wednesday evening Dec 2, The Association of Regional Center Agencies (ARCA) released the following statement: “Today three gunmen entered Inland Regional Center and opened fire. Inland is one of California’s 21 non-profit regional centers that provide assessment, case management, and other direct services for over 280,000 people with developmental disabilities and their families. They also purchase and coordinate community-based services and supports. Developmental disabilities include autism, epilepsy, cerebral palsy, and intellectual disabilities. The entire developmental services community is rallying around regional center employees, families, and people with developmental disabilities. Their SEE PAGE 4

Man Sentenced to Prison for Killing Man in Alhambra

A 28-year-old gang member was sentenced to 50 years to life in state prison for fatally shooting a man in his Alhambra garage, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. On Oct. 22, a jury found Xia Lin of San Gabriel guilty of firstdegree murder in case GA091066. Jurors also found true gun and gang allegations. Deputy District

Attorney David Ayvazian of the Hardcore Gang Division said in the evening of Sept. 22, 2013, Lin dressed himself in a hooded sweatshirt and ski mask and walked up to the Alhambra home of Qui Jin Fang, a Chinese restaurant owner. While Fang was sitting in his car located in the garage, Lin shot the victim several

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