Jonathan Price, 31, fatally shot by Texas police while breaking up fight
He reportedly tried to intervene in a couple’s scuffle; when officers arrived on the scene, Price was who they shot.
A Texas man called a pillar of his community was shot to death by police after trying to break up a fight between a man and woman at a gas station.
Witnesses say that Jonathan Price tried to break up the disagreement inside the store, but it spilled outside, and when officers responded to the scene, Price was the one they shot.
Price, 31, was a former athlete employed by Wolfe City, which is about an hour away from Dallas. He also worked as a fitness trainer.
His mother, Marcella Louis, said that she was in bed when she was called about the shooting. She said she rushed to the gas station, but the police wouldn’t allow her to see her son.
“I just wanted to hold his hand, and they wouldn’t let me do that,” Louis said to WFAA of Dallas. “I just wanted to crawl over there to him.”
Former professional baseball player Will Middlebrooks posted a video on Facebook saying that he grew up with Price. “Jonathan was a close friend of mine from childhood,” he said. “We came up together, played T-ball together. We went to elementary school together.”
“This one hurts… for so many reasons,” he tweeted with the release of a statement.
“See this face? This is the face of one of my childhood friends. The face of my first ever favorite teammate,” Middlebrooks wrote, “But unfortunately it’s the face of a man whose life was taken away from him last night with his hands in the air, while a small-town East Texas cop shot him once in the chest and then twice in the back.”
“There’s no excuses this time,” Middlebrooks, who is white, wrote. “This was purely an act of racism. Period.”
“I’m sick. I’m heartbroken…and I’m furious,” he concluded.
Texas Rangers are investigating the shooting. They have not released the name of the officer but said that he is on administrative leave.
A witness at the scene, Kyle Sanders, said that he was at a store across the street when the shooting happened and that he and others were “shocked” that Price was shot.
“We all love him and think so highly of him and just the nicest guy you could ever meet,” Sanders said. “We’re all devastated, shocked; we don’t really know what to do or where to go from here.”
Civil rights lawyer Lee Merritt wrote that he had spoken to Price’s family. He said he is working with the family to “get justice.”
The attorney provided more details about what may have happened during the shooting: “When police arrived, I’m told, he raised his hands and attempted to explain what was going on,” Merritt wrote on Facebook. “Police fired tasers at him and when his body convulsed from the electrical current, they ‘perceived a threat’ and shot him to death.”
Middlebrooks set up a GoFundMe to support Price’s memorial services.
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Florida man busted for requesting absentee ballot for dead wife
Florida authorities nabbed a registered Democrat after he attempted to “test the system” by requesting an absentee ballot for his late wife, officials said.
Manatee County Sheriff’s Office began investigating Larry Wiggins, 62, after the mail-in ballot was requested for his wife who had been dead for two years, the Bradenton Herald reported.
“As soon as they pulled up the file it showed that she is dead,” Manatee County Supervisor of Elections Mike Bennett said.
Bennett said his office then compared the handwriting on the ballot request with previous documentation and found it wasn’t a match.
Deputies then interviewed Wiggins, who is a registered Democrat, and he confessed that he was trying to “test the system,” the newspaper reported.
“He wanted to test the system,” Bennett said. “He did test the system, and guess what? It worked.”
Wiggins was arrested Thursday on a charge of third-degree felony voter fraud, the outlet reported. He has since been released on $1,500 bail.
Bennett said the case is an example of why voters should feel confident in the elections process.
“People complain that vote by mail is crooked; it’s not, we catch them, we verify it and any supervisor of elections in the state of Florida I know is just as conscious about it as I am,” he said.
via: https://nypost.com/2020/10/04/florida-man-busted-for-requesting-ballot-for-dead-wife/
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‘I Hope You Get Him’: Woman Called Police on Black Man Loading Groceries In Parking Lot Because He Was ‘Acting Real Funny,’ So His Car Must Be Stolen
A Black man was at a grocery store in Solon, Ohio, in suburban Cleveland when a woman called 911 on him because she thought he was acting strangely.
Philip Evans, 35, was at the Solon Giant Eagle supermarket on Sept. 18 when he realized a woman was pointing her phone at him.
“I’m like, ‘Is this lady videoing me?’” Evans asked, recounting the incident to Cleveland 19 News.
The caller told the 911 operator that there was a Black man “looking around” loading groceries into a “brand-new SUV Infinity,” and that he was “going real slow,” and “acting real funny.”
Solon Police said the woman called 911 because she could not see a license plate on the car and thought it might be stolen. The woman followed Evans in her own vehicle as he left the grocery store parking lot.
“I look in my rearview, and I see the same car behind me. I’m like, ‘OK, does this lady have a problem with me?’” Evans said. He said he believes he was racially profiled by the woman because he was a Black man driving a nice car.
Moments later, police pulled Evans over. The officer told him to move his temporary plate, which was in the back window, to a more visible spot. He said the interaction with the officer went smoothly, but that he knows it could have been much worse.
“It’s a scary thought thinking I wasn’t gonna make it home to my kids,” he said.
“I hope you get him,” the woman said before the call with the 911 operator images.
“What does she want them to get me for? She didn’t see me do anything wrong,” Evans said to the station about his thoughts after hearing the 911 call audio.
He said people shouldn’t act on their prejudices or judge people based on the color of their skin.
Earlier this year, New Jersey made it illegal to make a false 911 call based on race, and cities like San Francisco and Grand Rapids, Michigan, have proposed similar laws.
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Obama wishes Trump a ‘speedy recovery’ following coronavirus diagnosis
(CNN) — Former President Barack Obama wished President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump good care and “a speedy recovery” on Friday after they were diagnosed with Covid-19.
“Let me start by the way, by just stating that we’re in the midst of a big political fight. And we take that very seriously,” Obama said during a virtual fundraiser with Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris for the Biden-Harris campaign.
“We also want to extend our best wishes to the President of the United States, the first lady … Michelle and I are hopeful that they and others who have been affected by Covid-19 around the country are getting the care that they need, that they are going to be on the path to a speedy recovery,” Obama said.
Obama’s well wishes came following the White House’s announcement Friday afternoon that Trump will be hospitalized at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and remain there for “the next few days.”
Obama’s tone aligns with the Democratic presidential ticket’s approach to news of Trump’s diagnosis. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said Friday that he and his wife, Jill Biden, send their “prayers for the health and safety” of Trump and first lady Melania Trump, who also tested positive.
Biden, who tested negative for the virus Friday after participating in the first presidential debate with Trump three days prior, also said that Trump’s positive test for coronavirus is a “bracing reminder” of the seriousness of the pandemic.
Biden’s campaign is also pulling its negative ads Friday, going with all-positive messages after Trump’s test, a campaign aide said. The aide said the decision to pull negative ads was made before the White House announced Friday evening that Trump was going to Walter Reed medical center for several days.
Obama has been critical of the President’s handling of the coronavirus since early in the pandemic. In May, Obama delivered a blistering critique of the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus crisis, describing it as “an absolute chaotic disaster” during a private call with people who worked for him in the White House and across his administration.
“It’s part of the reason why the response to this global crisis has been so anemic and spotty,” Obama said at the time. “It would have been bad even with the best of governments. It has been an absolute chaotic disaster when that mindset — of ‘what’s in it for me’ and ‘to heck with everybody else’ — when that mindset is operationalized in our government.”
Obama told graduating high school seniors later that month that the crisis has revealed the glaring inadequacies of America’s current leadership.
“Doing what feels good, what’s convenient, what’s easy — that’s how little kids think. Unfortunately, a lot of so-called grown-ups, including some with fancy titles and important jobs, still think that way — which is why things are so screwed up,” Obama said.
The implicit rebuke of the President came during a week when Trump marshaled an intensive PR campaign from the White House to improve Americans’ perceptions of his pandemic response.
CNN’s Eric Bradner, Sarah Mucha, Kate Sullivan and Maeve Reston contributed to this report.
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First known NYC public school student gets COVID-19 amid in-person learning
A teenager at a Brooklyn school tested positive for Covid last week after attending in-person classes, exposed staffers told The Post.
It’s the first known case of an NYC public school coping with an infected student who went to classes in the building.
The teen attended P373K, the Brooklyn Transition Center in Bedford-Stuyvesant, a school for students with autism and developmental disabilities.
Staffers did not find out about the student’s positive test result until two days later.
The DOE has listed at least 189 schools where members of the school community have tested positive, but not reported whether any were students.
Two Staten Island students were reported to have had Covid, but were not inside their school buildings, according to silive.com.
Teacher Madelyne Todd , one of six staffers at P373K now quarantined because they came into close contact with the infected student, cited several problems with how it was handled.
“Nobody knew what to do,” Todd told The Post.
“I could see the terror in their eyes,” the teacher said of school administrators. “They were on the phone with the district, trying figure out the protocol.”
The infected student attended two days of classes, on Sept. 22 and Sept. 25, the week that programs for 3-K, Pre-K and District 75 students with disabilities opened. Last week, elementary, middle and high schools opened.
Last week the student failed to log onto remote classes. When teacher Quinn Zannoni called the teen’s parents on Thursday, Oct. 1, to ask why, they said their child felt ill and had tested positive for Covid on Sept. 29, two days before, but they didn’t find out until Sept. 30.
Zannoni said he immediately notified his supervisors. They called the parents, who had to walk to a clinic to get the lab report. That took nearly three hours, he said.
Later that day, school and health officials in the DOE’s new Covid “Situation Room” notified six adults — including Zannoni, Todd, paraprofessionals and a service provider — to quarantine until Oct. 9 — 14 days after the student was last in class.
Todd, who shares a classroom with Zannoni, believes the school did not adequately notify the parents. It sent students home with a letter in their backpacks about a “potential case” of Covid, even though it was already confirmed. Some students were absent.
About 8 pm. staff received an email that the case was confirmed.
Todd asked supervisors whether other students in the same classroom should be quarantined. The answer was no.
“The Situation Room has not identified your students as close contacts,” Todd was told in an email.
Still, Todd phoned parents to tell them about the quarantines. “My families didn’t know. That was very concerning to me.”
Todd got a negative test result on Saturday but still has to quarantine. Zannoni is awaiting a test result.
In late August, 100 staffers at P373K, which has three sites, sent a letter to DOE officials and city and state elected officials outlining major concerns about the DOE’s school reopening plan.
Among them, the letter said, “Many of our students cannot wear face masks due to medical conditions or their disabilities.” Also, students with disabilities “may have an exceptionally difficult time” staying six feet apart.
“This will put all of the students and staff working within that room at increased risk of airborne or droplet transmission,” the letter said.
“There have been students who rip their masks off. They’re unable to wear them,” Zannoni said.
Staffers also remain worried about the school’s ventilation. The city’s inspection report did not note seven rooms without windows that open, Zannoni said. As the chapter leader, his request for an independent ventilation expert to inspect the building was denied, he added.
via: https://nypost.com/2020/10/03/first-known-case-of-student-covid-19-in-nyc-public-school-revealed/
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Tyga’s penis pic leaked as he promotes OnlyFans account
Weeks after Chris Evans’ manhood flooded Twitter timelines, a photo of rapper Tyga’s penis has hit the web.
Early Saturday morning, a photo of the “Rack City” artist’s privates hit the social media site, causing quite the stir. While some fans gave the former Young Money artist the benefit of the doubt, several have accused him of leaking the image himself from his OnlyFans account.
“His nudes didn’t ‘leak’ his funds are drying up, its the perfect excuse to create an onlyfans page to get paid….u ain’t slick Tyga,” wrote one observer.
OnlyFans is known for its adult-oriented content, with several celebs setting up accounts over the last few months, including Bella Thorne, Cardi B and Tyga’s ex, Blac Chyna. Many fans believe the Los Angeles rapper shared the photo himself to drum up traffic for his account, as he later posted an explicit photo of himself with several women, linking to his paid OnlyFans page.
Subscribers can view Tyga’s wild content for $20 a month.
“It’s a new platform where I can talk directly to my fans and give them exclusive music, pics, videos and other BTS of my latest releases,” the “Taste” rapper said in a statement in September, adding, “They can really see more inside my life than ever before, and an intimate look of what I do every day. It’s ‘bout to be lit!”
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Nursing home facility opens ‘hug booth’ for families who haven’t seen residents since lockdown
FREEBURG, Ill. (KMOV.com) — Because of the pandemic, it has been months since some people have seen their loved ones in nursing homes, and many residents may long for something as simple as a hug from a family member.
One nursing home in Freeburg, Illinois is getting creative to make sure residents finally feel their loved one’s embrace.
Freeburg Care Center has been on lockdown because of the pandemic since March, and resident Leonna Parrish hadn’t seen her family since then.
Friday, that changed when the facility instituted a “hug booth.”
“We wanted to be able to do something for our residents to be able to be give them all that touch feeling they’ve been longing for,” said Dana Miller, marketing and admissions director for Freeburg Care Center.
Residents wore isolation gowns, and family members wore gloves past their elbows.
Everyone wore masks.
“We also sanitize the plastic cover between the family members and the residents between each visit,” Miller said.
So when Leonna got to hug her granddaughter-in-law after so many months alone, the emotions were flowing.
“I thought I’d probably cry during it but it’s wonderful to be able to have her have that and myself have that physical touch with her,” said Jodie Parrish.
“There was not a dry eye in the house,” Miller added.
Freeburg will host another hug booth Saturday in order to give residents another opportunity to touch their families before it becomes too cold outside.
Freeburg hasn’t had any COVID-19 cases during this pandemic, something they attribute to the safety measures they’ve taken, which gave them the confidence that they could do the hug booth safely.
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IL woman charged for cracking 2-year-old’s skull
BETHALTO, Ill. (KMOV.com) — A Bethalto woman was charged Friday after police say she caused a serious skull fracture and body bruising to a 2-year-old girl.
Officials with the Bethalto Police Department said 23-year-old Anastasia Vahle was charged with four counts of aggravated battery.
The child was taken to a hospital for a complex skull fracture treatment on September 26. Her body was also bruised.
No information was released on how the child was injured but officials say Vahle is responsible.
She was taken to the Madison County Jail on a $200,000 bond.
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Birthday girl claims she was tased in crotch by aggressive NYPD cops
wo NYPD cops wrestled a woman to the ground and tased her in the crotch while she was celebrating her birthday with a group of friends in the Lower East Side last year, a new lawsuit alleges.
J. Danee Sergent claims in the suit that she was near Delancey Street and Clinton Street at about 3 a.m. last September when a group of cops showed up and “began questioning people of color.”
Sergent then sarcastically told the cops to “go protect the white people,” according to the suit.
Two of the cops became incensed, the suit states, and grabbed Sergent, pulling her sweatshirt over her head so that it choked her.
One of the cops then pulled a Taser, aimed it at Sergent’s crotch and zapped her with it, the suit states.
“Once plaintiff was on the ground, the defendants placed her in handcuffs,” the suit states.
The cops then loaded Sergent into a police car and brought her to a precinct. At the stationhouse, they determined she needed medical attention for the taser and brought her to a hospital, according the suit.
“The taser prongs were removed, but Plaintiff was not provided any means of covering the puncture wounds and was thrown into a filthy cell overnight with open wounds,” the suit states.
Charges against Sergent were eventually dropped after the ordeal, the suit states.
She’s seeking unspecified damages and a jury trial.
A rep for the City Law Department said they will “thoroughly review the case.”
The NYPD did not immediately return request for comment.
via: https://nypost.com/2020/10/01/woman-claims-she-was-tased-in-crotch-by-aggressive-nypd-cops/
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