EDM Friday Briefing: San Bernardino Update, Freddie Gray Case Update, Pennsylvania Terror Arrest

Emergency and disaster management Friday Briefing for December 18, 2015: San Bernardino suspect’s neighbor is arrested and charged with supporting terrorists, uncertainty surrounds the Freddie Gray case, and a Pennsylvania teenager is arrested in alleged terror plot.

1. San Bernardino shooting suspect Syed Farook’s friend and former neighbor Enrique Marquez has been [link url=”http://www.reuters.com/article/us-california-shooting-marquez-idUSKBN0U01OQ20151218″ title=”charged with supporting terrorists“]. Marquez appeared in court yesterday, where prosecutors charged him with “conspiring to provide material support to terrorists.”
2. Marquez is [link url=”http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/gun-buyer-massacre-mused-facebook-troubles-faced-35836160″ title=”not alleged to have had a role in the attack on December 2, 2015“], but federal prosecutors are alleging that he and Farook [link url=”http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-san-bernardino-marquez-20151217-story.html” title=”plotted both campus and freeway attacks“] in 2011 and 2012 that never took place.
3. [link url=”http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2015/12/17/no-new-trial-date-set-for-william-porter-in-freddie-grays-death/” title=”No new trial date has been set“] as of yet for Officer William Porter, the first of six officers to stand trial in the death of Freddie Gray. Porter’s initial case [link url=”http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/17/us/baltimore-police-trial-freddie-gray/” title=”ended in a hung jury“], which [link url=”http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/12/16/freddie-gray-deliberations-reach-third-day-baltimore/77409910/” title=”sparked new protests“].
4. Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis [link url=”http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/freddie-gray/bs-md-ci-davis-srb-no-protest-20151217-story.html” title=”praised both police and protesters“] for the handling of protests after the mistrial. Both Baltimore community leaders and Freddie Gray’s family [link url=”http://theweek.com/5things/594859/freddie-grays-family-urges-calm-after-mistrial-cop-trial-says-not-over” title=”urged calm“] after the first case ended in a hung jury.
5. A 19-year-old Pennsylvania man was [link url=”https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/young-pennsylvania-man-arrested-on-terrorism-charges/2015/12/17/4e3110b6-a528-11e5-8318-bd8caed8c588_story.html” title=”arrested on terrorism charges“] yesterday in Harrisburg. Jalil Ibn Ameer Aziz allegedly pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and [link url=”http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/young-pennsylvania-man-arrested-terrorism-charges-35828785″ title=”may have been plotting an attack“] in addition to spreading propaganda on social media.

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6. Politicians and law enforcement experts continue to [link url=”http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-la-leadership-moment-20151217-story.html” title=”debate the wisdom of closing Los Angeles schools“] earlier this week and examine the response to a suspected terrorist threat. LA schools [link url=”http://ktla.com/2015/12/15/lausd-has-received-credible-terror-threat-district-official-says/” title=”closed on Tuesday in response to an email threat“] that was ultimately deemed “not credible.”
7. Washington Governor Jay Inslee is asking for additional state funds to better prepare for the 2016 fire season after more than a [link url=”http://kplu.org/post/firefighting-costs-burn-hole-washington-state-budget” title=”million acres burned in Washington state in 2015“], a record-breaking number. Inslee said that the cost of fighting fires had a large, negative impact on the state’s budget.
8. The U.S. Forest Service [link url=”http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/dec/17/more-money-to-fight-wildfires-but-no-long-term-bud/” title=”spent a record $1.7 billion fighting fires in 2015“], and new legislation includes an additional $610 million to help the Forest Service combat the increasing cost of fighting fires.
9. A new study highlighted how the world’s [link url=”http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-12/wsu-scc121615.php” title=”lakes are warming faster than oceans or the atmosphere“]. This can have profound effects, scientists say, including [link url=”http://www.universityherald.com/articles/27135/20151217/climate-change-warming-worlds-lakes-harming-freshwater-fish.htm” title=”harming freshwater fish“] and [link url=”http://www.usnews.com/news/science/news/articles/2015-12-17/study-rising-lake-temperatures-may-worsen-algae-blooms” title=”affecting drinking supplies, crop irrigation and energy production“].