Parents Heartbroken by Video of Illinois Bus Aide Slapping 6-Year-Old Daughter
A video showing a bus aide slapping a 6-year-old girl with autism has left an Illinois mother and father heartbroken.
In the surveillance-camera footage, the unidentified aide strikes the little girl twice as she screams while riding to school in New Lenox, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.
Nicholas Rushing said his daughter, Kaylee, is nonverbal. Rushing said he found out about the incident because the superintendent of the local school district contacted him and asked him to review the footage.
The video “broke my heart,” he said.
The footage showed the woman had been touching Kaylee throughout the bus ride, denying her personal space, Rushing said.
Kaylee spat on the woman, who reacted by slapping her in the face, he said.
“She is an awesome kid and she is super sweet and for this to happen as a dad it almost feels like I failed her … I don’t think I have ever been more mad in my life,” he said.
While Kaylee did not suffer any physical injuries, the incident has affected how she responds to strangers, Rushing said.
“It kind of changed her personality on things,” he said. “She doesn’t want anything to do with people she doesn’t know.”
Rushing said the bus aide had only been with the bus company for two weeks and did not appear to have been trained to follow protocols around Kaylee.
Investigation underway
New Lenox police are reviewing the entire video as part of the investigation, Rushing said.
“I’m worried as a dad it may not be the first time this happened,” he said. “My main goal is to make sure this never happens to any other people.”
Rushing said staff members notified the school district superintendent about the incident.
The school district told CNN affiliate WLS that the aide involved was not a district employee, and worked for the bus contractor, Lincoln-Way Special Education District.
The bus operator’s executive director, Sarah Rexroad, said an investigation is underway.
“I cannot provide a specific comment at this time. There is an ongoing investigation regarding an incident that allegedly occurred on a school bus. Student safety is a number one priority for the cooperative,” she said.
No charges have been filed, the affiliate reported.
A Teen Asked His Prom Date If He Needed To Buy “A Croissant” And People Are Trolling
So CUTE! LOOOOL
High school seniors Sophia Martinez and Rocky Rentería are best friends from Mission, Texas, and are going to prom together this Saturday…..
Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/tanyachen/cmon-rocky?bffbmain=undefined&ref=bffbmain&utm_term=.jqzl3XJkV5#.omjXqxJpbe
The hijab-wearing Barbie who’s become an Instagram star
I LOVE THIS IDEA!! But it’s so frustrating when the first image (thumbnail) we see is the white Muslim doll. White and light bright and almost white people are always the default. We as black people need to change this. DARK and brown is beautiful and it’s about time we become front and center! Much love to my dark skin sister Haneefa Adam! BLACK MAGIC POWER!!
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/08/fashion/hijarbie-nigeria-student/
Birmingham student claims school discrimination because he wears makeup
What difference does it make? When something or someone is different SOME people of all ethnicities and genders and of all ages want you to change because it makes THEM uncomfortable. This young man is BEAT in his makeup. He need to start a business!
Source: http://www.wbrc.com/clip/13298316/birmingham-student-claims-school-discrimination-because-he-wears-makeup
Elfen’s Neosoul Hip hop Music Video EXTRA EXTRA!!! Brother Ali – Never Learn
Brother Ali is BACK WITH A NEW ALBUM!!! More on Brother Ali Album All The Beauty In This Whole Life. Later this week!
Miley Cyrus Says She Doesn’t Listen To Hip-Hop Anymore, But She Likes Kendrick Lamar
When SOME of us discover Hip hop and it’s culture you NEVER look back. that’s the problem with some of these White Celebrities they think black culture is a fad and something to make money off. It’s okay for Miley to change her taste in music. I see that she is finding herself, she’s being HERSELF. SOME White children will adopted the hip hop culture and the music just to piss off their family. And when they done playing Hip hop and talking Ebonics they go right back to being Becky with the straight hair or Johnny with the buzz cut and having that great white privilege.
“Every Body Wants To Be A Nigga But Nobody Wants To Be A Nigga”
Paul Moony~
It’s been nearly two years since Miley Cyrus released the free album Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz on Soundcloud and three and a half years since her last major release Bangerz in 2013, and now it appears Miley is set to make her grand return. With a new single “Malibu” waiting to be unleashed next week, Miley opened up to Billboard for the cover story of their May 13 issue and her revealing interview may open some eyes, but it’s likely to cause some to roll as well.
Miley discussed her engagement with Liam Hemsworth, her reaction to Donald Trump, her quitting….
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Miley Cyrus Says She Doesn’t Listen To Hip-Hop Anymore, But She Likes Kendrick Lamar
Ohio Teacher Fired After Dragging Student Down Hallway
An Ohio teacher was fired this week after she was photographed dragging a young student by the arm down a school hallway.
The teacher, who worked with children at a Youngstown school in the Mahoning County Head Start program, was employed by Alta Care Group, a non-profit company that services the early education program.
“I want to make sure it is clear that the individual who was terminated does not reflect the values of the dedicated and skilled professionals at Alta Head Start,” Alta’s CEO Joe Shorokey said Wednesday in a statement.
“These fine teachers and aides should not be unfairly portrayed as anything less because of the person who was terminated. ”
‘We took action immediately’
Neither the student nor the teacher have been identified. Shorokey was unable to comment on the student’s age, but confirmed the student was in the Head Start program. Government-funded Head Start provides education to students between the ages of 3 and 5.
“We took this matter very seriously,” Shorokey said Thursday. “We took action immediately. We apologized to the parents, as well as to the community.”
Alta provides services in eight classrooms across the district, according to Youngstown City Schools spokeswoman Denise Dick. Each of those classrooms is also staffed by a Youngstown teacher and a district educational aide, she said.
The picture of the incident was taken by a Youngstown City Schools teacher working in an administrative capacity, said Dick. The spokeswoman said the incident had been reported to Mahoning County Children’s Services by the Youngstown school district.
via: http://ktla.com/2017/05/04/ohio-teacher-fired-after-dragging-student-down-hallway/
Protester featured in iconic Ferguson photo found dead of self-inflicted gunshot wound
ST. LOUIS • Edward Crawford, the man featured in a Ferguson protest photograph throwing a tear gas canister back toward police, was found dead late Thursday, his father said. Police say it appears the death was from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Crawford’s father, Edward Sr., confirmed his son’s death to the Post-Dispatch. He said his son’s mother called him and they went together to the morgue early Friday to identify their son’s body. Crawford Sr. was in tears Friday as he spoke with a reporter.
The medical examiner’s office says the death of Edward S. Crawford Jr. was reported as a suicide at 11:46 p.m. Thursday. However, the official cause of death is pending the results of an autopsy. The shooting was in the 1400 block of Salisbury Street, in the Hyde Park neighborhood of St. Louis.
Crawford lived in the 7000 block of Dover Court in University City.
According to a police summary, Crawford was in the back seat of a car heading east on Salisbury, approaching Blair Avenue near Hyde Park. Two women were in the car with him.
The women told police that Crawford had started talking about how distraught he was over “personal matters.” They heard him rummaging for something in the backseat, and the next thing they knew he shot himself in the head.
Crawford’s father, 52, said he believed it was an accidental shooting, not intentional. “I don’t believe it was a suicide,” he said. He said investigators weren’t saying much to him yet. “They’re being hush-hush,” the father said.
The case is being handled by district detectives, not homicide investigators Edward Crawford found instant fame after coming forward as the man in the photograph of a protester lobbing a tear gas canister. Photo by Robert Cohen, [email protected]
Edward Crawford Sr. said he last saw his son two days ago; he was in good spirits, certainly not suicidal.
“He was wonderful, great, always in a good mood,” the father said. “He just got a new apartment and was training for a new job” at a Schnucks warehouse.
The younger Crawford, 27, was the father of four children. “He loved them to death,” Crawford Sr. said.
The incident was part of protests on Aug. 12-13, 2014, near Chambers Road. The photograph was part of the Post-Dispatch’s coverage that won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography in 2015.
For many, the act summed up the anger directed at police after the shooting of unarmed black teen Michael Brown. It represented defiance against police aggression. Crawford told the Post-Dispatch that throwing the canister wasn’t an act of rebellion, but an instinct.
“I didn’t throw a burning can back at police,” Crawford told the newspaper in August 2015, after the county counselor’s office cited Crawford under two county ordinances for interfering with a police officer and assault. “I threw it out of the way of children.”
Crawford’s attorney, Jerryl Christmas, said he had a meeting with Crawford set for 4 p.m. Thursday to discuss plea negotiations on the pending charges of interfering with a police officer and assault stemming from August 2014 protests in Ferguson. But Crawford didn’t show.
The plea deal would have dropped Crawford’s charges in exchange for community service, Christmas said, but he said Crawford “was adamant that he was not guilty” and wanted a trial. Christmas said he had no indication that Crawford was suicidal and was “suspicious” about his death. “Edward was a very bright, energetic, young man and I think he had a wonderful future ahead of him,” Christmas said.
After learning of his death Friday morning, Missouri Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal, D-University City, reflected on social media:
“He is #Ferguson’s hero,” the senator wrote on her Twitter account. “For those of us tear-gassed, he was our local champion.” Chappelle-Nadal said she never met Crawford. But he became a symbol. “For him to throw it back, it was a rebellion … to say this is not right. We are gonna stand here and not be invisible.”
She said some people, locally and nationally, were living in desperate times with a feeling of hopelessness. She said the death was equally sad regardless of whether it was a suicide or an accident.
Christine Byers and Joel Currier of the Post-Dispatch staff contributed to this report.
Weatherman killed himself after he was reported for sex assault
A meteorologist in Maine who committed suicide last month was named Thursday in a sexual assault investigation — and would be charged if he were still alive, authorities announced.
Tom Johnston, who had been a meteorologist for WCSH since 2014, would face a felony charge of gross sexual assault in connection to a sexual assault that police say occurred on April 1 at a home in Newry and was reported the following morning from a hospital in Bridgton, the Morning Sentinel reported.
Oxford County Sheriff Wayne Gallant told reporters during a press conference Thursday that Johnston, 46, was the only suspect in the assault and was identified by both a witness and the alleged victim, the newspaper reports.
Johnston, whose nickname was “TJ Thunder,” was reported missing April 3 by his girlfriend after he didn’t return home following an event at the Sunday River Ski Resort. Police found his body three days later in a wooded area in Auburn. The state medical examiner determined Johnston died of hypothermia from environmental exposure after cutting himself on both arms and losing consciousness.
Gallant told reporters he believes Johnston knew he was a suspect in the assault, adding that investigators had previously left messages for him were not unable to reach him.
The investigation is now closed since Johnston is dead. He is not believed to have been connected to any other crimes, Gallant said.
Local new reports speculated about Johnston’s involvement in an alleged assault days after his death, but Thursday’s news conference was the first time authorities confirmed that he was a suspect, the Bangor Daily News reports.
13-Year-Old Boy Accused of Fatally Stabbing His Mother in Garden Grove
A mother was found fatally stabbed outside her Garden Grove home, and her 13-year-old son has been taken into custody in connection with the deadly incident, police said Thursday.
Officers responded to the 11000 block of Gilbert Street around 5:45 p.m. Wednesday after receiving a report that a woman had been stabbed, according to a Garden Grove Police Department news release.
The victim, identified as 48-year-old Barbara Scheuer-Souzer, was found outside the home with multiple stab wounds to the stomach, the release stated.
Neighbor Lauren Gonzalez told KTLA she found the victim on the sidewalk and attempted to stop her bleeding before authorities arrived at the scene.
“Blood from, her waist down to her legs — blood,” she said. “I was kind of shocked like, ‘Oh my God, what happened,’ because I didn’t hear no noise.”
Scheuer-Souzer was taken to a local hospital in critical condition. She later died of her injuries.
The teen fled the home and was later found at a shopping center about a half-mile away from the home. He was taken into custody and booked at juvenile hall, according to the release.
Police identified the suspect as the victim’s son, but declined to release his name because of his age.
Officers had been called to the residence multiple times prior to the fatal stabbing, according to police Lt. William Allison, adding the teen had a record.
A motive for the stabbing was not immediately known.
No additional information has been released.