FL Accused face-eater Austin Harrouff believed he was ‘half man, half dog’ when he allegedly killed couple, attacked neighbor
A Florida man accused of killing a couple and attacking their neighbor believed he was “half man, half dog” when he was discovered by authorities inside the home, biting and ripping into the male victim’s face, according to a forensic psychologist.
Austin Harrouff is facing murder charges in the deaths of Michelle Mishcon and John Stevens as well as attempted murder for allegedly attacking the couple’s neighbor, Jeffrey Fisher. Authorities said Stevens and his 53-year-old wife were beaten to death outside their Palm Beach County home in 2016.
When officers arrived on the scene, Harrouff was on top of Stevens, biting into his face and making growling sounds. The 22-year-old suspect is also accused of attacking Fisher, who was trying to help his neighbors at the time.
In a 38-page mental-health report released by the Martin County State Attorney’s Office this week, Dr. Phillip Resnick said Harrouff didn’t think he was human when he attacked his alleged victims on Aug. 15, 2016, according to the Palm Beach Post.
The fact that Mr. Harrouff persisted in biting the male victim in the presence of police officers, in spite of threats of being shot, being Tased, and receiving multiple kicks to the head, suggests that Mr. Harrouff was actively psychotic,” he wrote.
Resnick, a forensic psychologist connected with some of the country’s most notorious murder cases, added Harrouff “had the delusion that he could run ‘super fast’ because he was ‘half-man, half dog.’ He believed that other dogs’ hair was attached to his face.”
The behavior is symptomatic of “clinical lycanthropy,” a rare condition in which sufferers believe they’re an animal — usually a werewolf.
The report concluded overall that Harrouff was suffering from “severe mental disease” at the time of the alleged crime, including Bipolar Disorder and Acute Manic Episode with Psychotic features.
Resnick acknowledged the fact Harrouff could be faking his symptoms to get lesser charges, but mentioned family members and witnesses said he was acting strangely ahead of the attack. He allegedly claimed that he had “special powers” and that he felt like Jesus.
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This documentary is very insightful. And what they’re saying is true. Remember your city is what you make of it. It’s in who you vote for that makes all the difference. Sometimes you need to make change yourself. There are ways to fix this problem it just takes a village. And I’m not gonna go there with the all lives matter people. Because all lives don’t matter. It is also good to NOT paint homelessness with one brush. There are many layers to homelessness as to who what where when and why ? Homelessness is not just caused by drugs and alcohol.
Writers NOTE: when looking at this documentary have an open mind . There are many many different reasons as to why homeless this happens. We are all one paycheck away from being homeless.
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Attorney claims he was detained in case of ‘lawyering while black’
A Maryland attorney claims he was mistaken for a suspect and briefly detained by a sheriff’s deputy during a court proceeding earlier this month — a case of “lawyering while black,” according to his attorneys.
Rashad James, a staff attorney for Maryland Legal Aid’s community lawyering initiative, alleged in a complaint obtained by the Baltimore Sun that he was mistaken for his client, who is also black, during his court appearance representing defendants in Harford County District Court on March 6.
“This is actually the first time this has occurred to me, and I do not know of any colleagues who have had a similar experience,” James told the newspaper. “In the moment, it was sort of surreal in the sense that I guess it was just one of those unexpected things that I just did not anticipate.”
James, the only black attorney in the courtroom at the time, said the deputy briefly detained and questioned him on the basis of his race. James’ client, who did not attend the proceeding, had an open warrant out for his arrest, according to the attorney’s complaint.
James provided the deputy with his driver’s license, but the officer didn’t think it was valid. He was released about 10 minutes later, the complaint alleged.
Maryland Legal Aid staffers said in a statement that they were troubled by the “deeply disturbing incident,” which they characterized as an instance of “lawyering while black.”
“If Mr. James were white, the officer would not have doubted that Mr. James was an attorney, would not have questioned his identity, and certainly would not have detained Mr. James after seeing his driver’s license,” said Andrew Freeman, an attorney who is representing James. “There is no plausible explanation other than racial bias.”
Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler confirmed in a statement obtained by The Post that his office is investigating James’ claims.
“As with all complaints, the complaints filed on behalf of Mr. James was promptly assigned to the Harford County Sheriff’s Office-Office of Professional Standards for a complete and thorough investigation,” Gahler said. “We take all complaints seriously.”
Gahler also criticized James’ attorneys for releasing the name of the deputy before the investigation has been completed.
“Releasing it without cause, and on speculative accusations alone, can destroy a law enforcement officer’s reputation and threaten their safety,” Gahler’s statement continued. “Noting the need for a thorough investigation and the often incorrectness of premature rushing to judgment that is all too common in our society today, it is disappointing that anyone associated with our legal process would intentionally work to malign the character of another person.”
James, who was not available for an interview early Wednesday, said he’ll now carry business cards with him in the courtroom to prevent a repeat occurrence.
“At no time did I feel in danger,” he told WBAL. “I knew, regardless, that I wasn’t in the wrong.”
via: https://nypost.com/2019/03/27/attorney-claims-he-was-detained-in-case-of-lawyering-while-black/
Teacher accidentally played porn during history class: district
A substitute teacher in Michigan showed pornography for at least 30 seconds during a middle school history class, district officials said.
The unidentified teacher at O.L. Smith Middle School in Dearborn had intended to play footage about the Lewis and Clark Expedition, but mistakenly aired pornographic material to an entire class of startled seventh-graders on March 13, WJBK reports.
“This event was a very unfortunate and rare occurrence,” the school’s principal, Zeina Jebril, wrote in a letter to parents of the 29 students in the class. “Our district has very powerful and proven filtering software to prevent this type of event from happening. Each day thousands of students log on to the internet throughout the district without incident.”
Jebril said school officials were investigating how the incident occurred and what steps are needed to ensure it doesn’t happen again.
David Mustonen, a spokesman for Dearborn Public Schools, said the substitute teacher was “unaware that the video was there,” blaming the in-class peep show on a technological glitch.
“In this particular instance, it appears that there was some type of loophole,” Mustonen said. “One time too many, but very isolated.”
Police and district officials told WJBK there’s no evidence that a student was responsible for playing the footage, perhaps as a prank.
No criminal intent was found on behalf of the teacher, but the educator won’t be invited back to schools in Dearborn because district officials can’t confirm where the video originated, WJBK reports.
Woman with 2 wombs gives birth twice, nearly a month apart
(CNN) – A 20-year-old Bangladeshi woman gave birth to twins, 26 days after giving birth to her first child.
Arifa Sultana gave birth to a boy in late February, according to Dr. Sheila Poddar, a gynecologist at Ad-Din hospital in Dhaka. After a normal delivery, the mother and baby were released from a different Dhaka hospital. Less than four weeks later, she was admitted to Ad-Din hospital.
“She came to the hospital complaining of lower abdominal pain,” said Poddar. Doctors performed an ultrasound and realized Sultana was pregnant with twins, Poddar added.
Sultana had two uteruses, a condition called uterus didelphys. Her first baby and the twins were conceived and grown in separate wombs.
She did not get an ultrasound before the first delivery. So, it was missed, said Poddar.
“It is not very common to have two uteruses. When the uterus develops, it comes from two tubes and those tubes fuse together. For some women, the fusion does not occur and the dividing wall does not dissolve,” said Dr. S.N. Basu, head of obstetrics and gynecology at Max Healthcare hospital in New Delhi.
Poddar was able to quickly perform a C-section to deliver twins: a boy and a girl. “All three children are safe and healthy,” Poddar said. “The mother is also fine.”
A uterus didelphys is a rare congenital abnormality and the occurrence of twin gestation has an overall incidence rate of one in a million, according to the National Institute of Health.
For it not to be discovered before the birth is even less common.
“From rural areas, people don’t know what is wrong with them, they don’t know how many children they are pregnant with and sometimes whether they are pregnant also,” said Basu.
Florida man faked robbery to get out of work at Hardee’s, police said
DUNDEE, Fla. (AP/Meredith) — Authorities say a Florida man didn’t want to show up for his shift at a Hardee’s restaurant, so he called 911 and reported he’d just been robbed.
WFTS-TV reports that 32-year-old Brian Anderson of Dundee told dispatchers Tuesday that two gun-carrying men took his necklace, money and his phone before jumping into a car and driving away.
Polk County sheriff’s deputies went to the scene and quickly realized that a robbery never happened.
In a Facebook post, the agency said Anderson confessed, adding that “on the bright side, Brian didn’t have to go to his 11 a.m. shift at the restaurant.”
Anderson is charged with misusing the 911 system and knowingly giving false information to law enforcement.
Florida Woman Allegedly Stabbed Husband, then Swiped on Dating App as He Lay Dying
At 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 12, Danielle Redlick called 911, her voice shaking and broken, to report that her husband, Michael, 65, had suffered a “tragedy” in their upscale home in Winter Park, Florida.
“He’s stiff, and he might have had a heart attack,” she told the dispatcher.
But soon, the 45-year-old mother of two’s story changed: “We had an altercation, and he stabbed himself, and I ran into the bathroom,” she said, sniffling. “And I tried to help him, I saw him lying in blood.” When the dispatcher asked her to clarify what killed Michael — a heart attack or the stabbing — Danielle said, “Probably the stabbing triggered it, I guess. I don’t know.”
Upon arrival at the couple’s home, officers found a bloody scene that appeared to have been tampered with, according to an arrest affidavit.
Michael Redlick, an executive at the University of Central Florida who once worked for the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies, was dead on the floor near the home’s entrance. He was surrounded by a pool of blood, with bloody towels beside him and a trail of blood leading to the master bedroom.
One officer noted that the home smelled like bleach.
The Medical Examiner declared her husband’s death to be a homicide, the affidavit states, noting that his stab wounds were not self-inflicted and that he suffered injuries that appeared to be defensive.
Authorities also noted Danielle waited 11 hours to call 911. During that time, police allege she checked messages on a dating app on her phone.
Three weeks after Michael’s death, Danielle was arrested on charges of second-degree murder and tampering with physical evidence.
“They didn’t have a perfect marriage . . . everybody knew that,” a neighbor tells PEOPLE in is current issue. “But murder? Nobody saw that coming.”
Friends told authorities that there have long been signs of trouble. One friend told police that Danielle was allegedly violent, according to the affidavit. Another friend said that before his death, Michael had described his marriage as “rocky” and would hide his steak knives, saying, “as long as I hide the steak knives everything will be fine.”
A judge ordered that Danielle be held without bond. She has pleaded not guilty.
Her attorney did not return PEOPLE’s message for comment
Jordan Peele: ‘I Don’t See Myself Casting A White Dude As The Lead’
Jordan Peele has an Oscar, a second hit horror film in “Us” and growing clout in Hollywood.
And he’s determined to use it for good.
In a conversation this week at Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in LA, the writer-director said he’s committed to casting black actors in his movies’ most prominent parts.
In fact, he said (per The Hollywood Reporter), “I don’t see myself casting a white dude as the lead in my movie. Not that I don’t like white dudes. But I’ve seen that movie.”
The remark drew laughs, but Peele was serious about the inroads black actors can make, according to THR.
“It really is one of the best, greatest pieces of this story, is feeling like we are in this time — a renaissance has happened and proved the myths about representation in the industry are false.”
Peele’s doppelganger fright flick “Us,” led by a black cast, premiered last weekend to an original horror-film record $70 million box office. His previous fright film, 2017’s “Get Out,” about white people kidnapping black people into brain-altered servitude, parlayed a reported $4.5 million budget into more than $176 million in ticket sales. It also won him an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
Yep, he’s on a roll. (He’s also hosting, narrating and executive producing the upcoming CBS All Access reboot of “The Twilight Zone.”)
“The way I look at it,” he said Monday at the improv venue, “I get to cast black people in my movies. I feel fortunate to be in this position where I can say to Universal, ‘I want to make a $20 million horror movie with a black family.’ And they say yes.”
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