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BERLIN, GERMANY – Luka Rocco Magnotta, in a Berlin jail after he was captured during an international manhunt, won’t fight extradition to Canada to face charges including first-degree murder, prosecutors said today.
Magnotta, 29, is suspected of killing Jun Lin, a Chinese university student in Montreal, and mailing his body parts to Canadian political parties.
He was arrested at an internet café in Berlin on Monday, when he was reportedly reading stories about himself.
Magnotta is wanted by Montreal authorities on first-degree murder and other charges, including threatening Canadian politicians, in a case that has drawn international attention and spawned one of the largest manhunts in Montreal police history.
Berlin prosecutors, however, said it was unclear how long it would take to get Magnotta back to Canada.
A German judge visited Magnotta in a Berlin jail Tuesday to speak about his detention and the procedure for extradition. At that time, Magnotta said he would not fight his extradition.
Following that meeting, Magnotta was moved to a state prison, CBC’s Nahlah Ayed reported.
Chief Supt. Stefan Redlich of the Berlin police told CBC News that Magnotta chose to be placed in solitary confinement rather than be held in a cell with other prisoners.
The prisoner ate dinner Monday night, slept well and had breakfast Tuesday morning without incident, he said.
Lin’s torso was found inside a suitcase outside a Montreal apartment on May 29, the same day body parts addressed to the offices of the Conservative and Liberal parties in Ottawa were discovered.
Magnotta was identified as a suspect the following day.
The case has drawn widespread, international media coverage.
Montreal police believe Lin, a 33-year-old university student, was killed sometime around the evening of May 24 or early May 25. A video that apparently captured some of the act was posted to an online gore site on May 25 and circulated across the internet for several days.
Police in Montreal confirmed to CBC News that they are investigating the owner of the website where a video allegedly depicting the killing was posted. Authorities say there is a good chance that charges could be forthcoming against Mark Marek, who lives in Edmonton.
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ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY – A gay HIV-positive man says in court that a hospital denied him treatment and visitors, as the doctor remarked, “This is what he gets for going against God’s will.”
Joao Simoes sued Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Union County Superior Court. He says that the hospital admitted him in August 2011, but that “requests for his lifesaving medication were not honored,” and his sister was denied visitation rights.
Susan V. Borga, M.D., from the Department of Behavioral Health and Psychiatry, allegedly approached Simoes while he was confined to the hospital’s mental health wing. Borga is not named as a defendant.
Simoes says Borga was unfazed when another patient told her that he had just gotten out of prison, where he served time for murder. But her reaction was allegedly different when Simoes said that he did not work because he planned to go back to school and because of his HIV status.
Borga then allegedly asked Simoes how he got HIV, to which he responded, “I got it from unprotected sex.”
The complaint then says that “Dr. Borga closed the plaintiff’s file, put it down and looked at plaintiff with disgust on her face and asked, coldly, “Is that from sex with men?”
Simoes says he responded affirmatively and that, “immediately after hearing this, Dr. Borga proceeded to exit the room.”
After this consultation, no nurse or doctor came to see Simoes, even though he told them that he needed to take his HIV medication, according to the complaint.
When the hospital finally permitted Simoes to call his personal physician on the third day of his stay, he learned that the doctor had already spoken with Borga about Simoes’ medication, according to the complaint.
Borga allegedly responded: “You must be gay, too, if you’re his doctor.”
“Additionally, apparently realizing that plaintiff’s doctor had an accent, Dr. Borga exclaimed, ‘What, do you need a translator?’ to which plaintiff’s doctor had again responded that Dr. Borga needed to give plaintiff his HIV medication,” the complaint states.
“Dr. Borga responded to plaintiff’s doctor by stating, ‘This is what he gets for going against God’s will,’ and hung up the phone on plaintiff’s doctor.”
Simoes says his sister had been at the hospital when he checked in, but the hospital refused to let her visit.
When the sister came to the hospital again on the day Simoes spoke with his personal physician, she brought her brother’s medication.
“Plaintiff witnessed his sister leave his medication with the nurses’ station and it was not until this time that the nurses, seeing that the plaintiff had witnessed his sister give his medication to the nurses, that the nurses eventually gave plaintiff his medication,” the complaint states.
The hospital’s conduct allegedly caused Simoes to miss five doses of his medication.
Simoes seeks punitive damages for discrimination.
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CHICAGO – As an arson investigation at a gay nightclub in Oak Park continued Monday, advocates for the gay and lesbian community were waiting for answers about how the fire started.
The blaze Sunday morning gutted the Velvet Rope Ultra Lounge, at 728 Lake St. Oak Park officials say that arson is suspected, but that it’s unclear whether the business was targeted because it was a well-established gay club.
A village trustee cautioned that there are unanswered questions.
“I’m not aware of any widespread concern about this incident escalating or representing something broader,” said Trustee Ray Johnson, who also is a member of the Oak Park Area Lesbian and Gay Association.
The club’s owner, Frank Elliot, said he thought the blaze was suspicious because derogatory messages were scrawled on the wall inside the burned-out club. Authorities were seen removing a piece of concrete wall and loading it onto a truck.
By Monday afternoon, the club’s windows were covered with boards and a restoration crew truck was parked in the back.
Greg Raub, co-chairman of the village’s lesbian and gay association, said in an email that the association is “greatly concerned about speculation that the Velvet Rope may have been targeted because of its gay ownership and clientele.”
The group, he said, isn’t planning any response or further comment until the investigation is completed.
Rudy Medina, manager of Fuego Loco, a restaurant near the bar, said he would be surprised if an investigation concluded the arson was fueled by anti-gay sentiment.
“It’s a very diverse community,” Medina said. “People of all walks of life walk in there. I’ve been in there before. It’s labeled as a gay club, but it’s a cool place. It’s a nice place.”
from The Chicago Tribune

UTAH – Students in a Utah school district will need permission from their parents to read a book about a lesbian couple raising a family following the decision by a special committee to keep it behind library counters instead of on bookshelves.
The book “In Our Mothers’ House,” by Patricia Polacco, became the subject of controversy in January when the mother of a student who brought the book home complained to the school.
“The book is still in the library and children can still have access to the book as long as they have written permission from their parents,” said Chris Williams, a spokesman for the Davis School District, which covers an area north of Salt Lake City.
Williams said “In Our Mothers’ House” was added to collections at five of the district’s 50 elementary schools in June 2010 in an effort to be inclusive after administrators learned that a student was being raised by two mothers.
No objections had been made previously, he said.
“What’s objectionable to one person is fine to another,” said Williams, adding that prior to January only two other students had checked out the book. “Some people have complained about ‘Harry Potter’ and the ‘Twilight’ series.”
The Davis district is not the first place parents have raised concerns about the book, which was published in 2009. A 2011 report by the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas shows the book was banned in several schools in that state.
Williams said a school-level committee made up of teachers, administrators and parents decided that access to “In Our Mothers’ House” should be restricted to students in grades 3 through 6. When that didn’t satisfy the parent, a district committee was petitioned to address the issue.
In late April, the district committee voted 6-1 that the book could stay in the collection, but should be kept behind the counter, instead of on shelves. A letter informing parents of the decision was sent out in May.
No similar restrictions have been placed on any other titles in the district’s library collections, Williams said.
Utah gay rights advocates have mixed feelings about the decision.
“It would have been more disturbing if they had actually removed the book from the library,” said Brandie Balken, director of Equality Utah. “I think at it’s core though (the decision) says that we need to continue to take steps to acknowledge the diversity within our communities.”
Balken said she supports the right of parents to share their personal values with their children. Public institutions, however, should have a responsibility to treat all children and all families equally, she said.
Balken said the decision to restrict access to the book may reflect concerns over laws in Utah that prohibit any curriculum that includes a discussion of homosexuality.
But she said it might present Equality Utah, which has worked with some districts on issues like bullying, with a chance to begin a conversation. “I can foresee a beautiful opportunity here to work with parents, teachers and the administration in Davis County schools,” she said.
Polacco, the book’s author, could not immediately be reached for comment on the decision.
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