Monthly Archives: February 2015

Did Pope Francis Preach Violence?
The recent terrorist attacks against a satirical newspaper in Paris sparked a global conversation about free speech and free expression. We saw world leaders converge in France, and lock arms...

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Ring of Fire on Free Speech TV - 02/08/2015 (FULL EPISODE)
00:49 - IRS Soft on Dark Money. Howard Nations will tell us how Republican attacks on the IRS are preventing the agency from doing its job and how that is benefitting the GOP. #DarkMoney...

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Inviting The BBC - How Free Is Speech? #DontHateDebate
http://www.iera.org/event/big-question-free-speech - The Big Question: How Free Is Speech? Friday 13th Feb - A discussion on the limits, objectives and application of free speech. The aim...

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By CBS News / Associated Press Saturday February 14, 2015 12:56 PM

COPENHAGEN, Denmark --A shooting left at least one man dead Saturday at a cafe in Copenhagen that was hosting a freedom of speech event organized by Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who has faced numerous threats for caricaturing the Prophet Muhammad.

In a statement, Danish police said the victim was a 40-year-old man.

The police said they are looking for the perpetrators who drove away in a dark Volkswagen Polo after the shooting shortly before 4 p.m. (10 a.m. EST) at the Krudttoenden cafe.

Some 30 bullet holes ripped through the window of the cafe and there were conflicting reports over the number of people injured.

At least two people were taken away on stretchers, including a uniformed police officer, the TV2 channel said Saturday. The Danish Ritzau news agency reported three police officers were injured.

"I heard someone firing with an automatic weapons and someone shouting. Police returned the fire and I hid behind the bar. I felt surreal, like in a movie," Niels Ivar Larsen, one of the speakers at the event, told TV2 channel.

HelleMereteBrix, one of the event's organizers, told The Associated Press that Vilks was at the meeting but not injured.

"I saw a masked man running past," she said. "A couple of police officers were injured."

"I clearly consider this as an attack on Lars Vilks," she added, saying she was ushered away with Vilks by one of the Danish police guards that he gets whenever he is in Denmark.

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Deadly shooting at Copenhagen free speech event

At least one gunman opened fire Saturday on a Copenhagen cafe, killing one man in what authorities called a likely terror attack during a free speech event organized by an artist who had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad.

The shooting, which also wounded three police officers, came a month after extremists killed 12 people at a satirical newspaper in Paris that had also sparked Muslim outrage with its depictions of Muhammad.

AP Video Feb. 14 2015, 2:33 PM EST

Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who has been repeatedly threatened after depicting Muhammad as a dog in 2007, organized and attended Saturdays event but was not hit by gunfire, police said.

I saw a masked man running past, said Helle Merete Brix, one of the events organizers. I clearly consider this as an attack on Lars Vilks.

She and Vilks were quickly ushered away by the security detail that accompanies the artist whenever he is in Denmark.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the shooting, which took place shortly before 4 p.m. (1500 GMT, 10 a.m. EST). Denmarks security service, PET, said the circumstances surrounding the shooting indicate that we are talking about a terror attack.

Danish police said the gunman used an automatic weapon to shoot through the windows of the Krudttoenden cafe, which TV footage showed were riddled with bullet holes. The gunman then fled in a carjacked Volkswagen Polo that was found later a few kilometres (miles) away, police said.

I heard someone firing with an automatic weapons and someone shouting. Police returned the fire and I hid behind the bar. I felt surreal, like in a movie, Niels Ivar Larsen, one of the speakers at the event, told the TV2 channel.

Police initially said there were two gunmen but later said they believed there was only one shooter, and described him as 25-30 years old with an athletic build, and carrying a black automatic weapon. They released a blurred photograph of the suspect wearing dark clothes and a scarf covering part of his face.

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One dead after shooting at free speech event in Denmark featuring controversial artist