Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer tells black woman “You have a gap in your teeth. We are part of the master race. Don’t you forget that.”
Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer has called on a Leavenworth County commissioner to resign after he told a black woman at a public meeting that he belongs to a “master race.”
“Racial and discriminative language have no place in our society, and most especially when spoken by someone holding a public office,” Colyer said in his statement Saturday afternoon. “The inappropriate remarks made by Leavenworth County Commissioner Louis Klemp are unacceptable and do not reflect the values of the county which he represents. As such, I call on him to step down as county commissioner.”
Klemp’s comment came as Triveece Penelton was making a road development presentation during the Nov. 13 meeting, FOX 4 of Kansas City reported. He was not happy with the options being presented by her and a colleague.
“I don’t want you to think I am picking on you because we are part of the master race,” Klemp told Penelton. “You have a gap in your teeth. We are part of the master race. Don’t you forget that.”
Klemp, chairman of the three-member commission, also has a gap in his teeth. Fellow commissioners Robert Holland and Doug Smith have also called for Klemp to leave.
“In the best interest of the county, he should resign,” Smith said. The commissioners’ page on the county website on Saturday showed photos of Holland and Smith but only a blank space where a photo of Klemp would appear.
In a statement released Friday, the Leavenworth City Commission said it “denounces the use of ‘master race’ or any other language that has historic ties to racism, division and bigotry in any setting at any time.”
Earlier this year, Holland asked the Kansas Attorney General’s Office whether Klemp could be removed from his chairman position. Though he hasn’t received an answer, Holland said he make a motion Tuesday to remove Klemp, according to the Leavenworth Times.
Last year, Holland criticized remarks made by Klemp in which he said he admired Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
Pit bull climbs into crib, fatally attacks 5-day-old girl
DUNNELLON, Fla. — Authorities in Florida say a pit bull climbed into a crib and fatally attacked a 5-day-old girl.
Investigators with the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office say they are investigating the girl’s death as an accident and no criminal charges are expected to be filed.
The Citrus County Chronicle reports the attack took place early last week.
Arriving deputies found a family member performing CPR on the infant, who was still somewhat responsive. The girl was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
A relative told deputies that the dog had jumped on a bed which was next to the bassinet and started attacking the baby girl.
Animal control officers took the pit bull to an animal shelter where the dog was euthanized.
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Fake movie producer convinces teens to have sex with him, headed to prison for decades
CLEVELAND (WEWS) — A Norwalk man is headed to federal prison for 20 years after luring two teenage girls by playing the role of a movie producer.
“He actually said he was from Los Angeles,” said U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman.
Charles Thomas Barbarotta used fraud to convince two minors to engage in commercial sex acts. He told two teenage girls he was a movie producer.
“The promise was he would make them into movie stars albeit pornographic movie stars,” said Herdman.
But, it wasn’t true. Barbarotta used the scheme to induce the teens into performing sex acts with him by saying he was producing a pornographic movie. He plead guilty to two counts of sex trafficking of a minor.
“This is another example of how these predators take advantage of youth through social media,” said Renee Jones, President of the Renee Jones Empowerment Center and Northeast Ohio Human Trafficking Law Clinic.
Jones said the youngest sex trafficking victim that has come to her center was just 9-years-old.
“Unspeakable things done to children,” she added.
Both Herdman and Jones stressed again that parents need to know what their children are doing on apps, phones, and social media.
“Be as engaged as you can in your kid’s online activity, so many predators want to take advantage of your kids,” said Herdman.
Authorities believe there could be more victims. If you know of possible victims, call the Cleveland FBI at 216-522-1400.
3rd Autopsy Finds Evidence of Foul Play in Gym Mat Death: Kendrick Johnson’s family is trying to get case re-opened
A third autopsy has been done in the strange case of a teen found dead in a rolled-up gym mat in January 2013, and this one found evidence of foul play. Kendrick Johnson’s parents have had two of the three autopsies done, as they continue to insist the 17-year-old’s death was no accident, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The Georgia sophomore was found upside down in the mat in his high school’s gym; state and local investigators believe he got stuck inside while reaching for a pair of sneakers. The state medical examiner’s office found that he died of positional asphyxia, meaning that he suffocated due to the position he was trapped in. The Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office classified his death as accidental, and Kenneth and Jackie Johnson have been fighting that finding ever since; they have had their son’s body exhumed twice, per the Valdosta Daily Times.
The two autopsies done at their request found the teen died of non-accidental blunt force trauma between his neck and abdomen. The Johnsons believe their son was killed by two sons of a local FBI agent, though video evidence showed they were not near the Lowndes High School gym at the time Johnson was last seen alive. A federal investigation was opened into the teen’s death and ultimately found no evidence of foul play. Because of that, the Journal-Constitution says the impact of the latest autopsy will likely be “minimal.” But WALB reports that in addition to the latest autopsy, the Johnsons submitted an affidavit to the local sheriff’s office stating that they were told this year someone killed their son by hitting him in the chest with a 45-pound dumbbell and that surveillance footage was edited to remove more than an hour of video. They are hoping to get the case re-opened.
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Florida Woman Made 13-Year-Old Girl Walk Naked In Public
A Florida woman is facing a child abuse charge after she allegedly punished a 13-year-old girl by forcing her to walk naked down a road.
Rosalie Contreras, 34, was arrested Thursday evening on one count of child abuse related to the incident, which happened around 4 p.m. that day in Dade City.
The victim’s relationship with Contreras has not been disclosed, but the girl told deputies Contreras wanted to punish her for misbehaving, according to BayNews9.com.
Contreras allegedly drove the girl to a remote location, made her remove her clothes and then made the girl walk naked and barefoot down the road while she followed in her car.
When another car came driving by, deputies said, Contreras made the girl get back in the car. The suspect allegedly slapped the victim, punched her back and twisted her breasts, according to the Tampa Bay Times.
The teen victim later called police and reported Contreras for child abuse. Deputies said she showed bruises and red marks that allegedly came from Contreras.
Police said Contreras admitted to taking the victim out to the location and claimed an unnamed person would not let her spank the girl.
Investigators said Contreras allegedly admitted to hitting and injuring the girl, according to ABC Action News.
Contreras was booked into the Pasco County Jail where she remains, according to jail records.
Woman fatally shot as husband was cleaning gun
CORINTH, N.Y. — Police say an upstate New York woman was killed in an apparent accident when a shot discharged as her husband was cleaning his gun.
New York state police say 34-year-old Ashley Rosenbrock was shot Thursday night in her home in Corinth. She was pronounced dead at Saratoga Hospital.
Police said Saturday that Rosenbrock’s 35-year-old husband, Eric Rosenbrock, was “performing maintenance” on his legally owned handgun when it went off.
The investigation is ongoing and no charges have been filed.
The Post-Star of Glens Falls reports that Eric Rosenbrock is a science teacher in the Lake George school district and the father of three young children with his wife. The couple had an 18-month-old daughter who died from an infection five years ago.
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Man Yelling ‘Heil Hitler! Heil Trump!’ Causes Commotion in Baltimore Theater
A man caused a commotion in a Baltimore theater after yelling “Heil Hitler! Heil Trump!” during a performance of “Fiddler on the Roof.”
The outburst comes at a time of a dramatic spike in anti-Semitic incidents in the United States and follows last month’s Pittsburgh synagogue shooting in which a gunman killed 11 worshippers.
“Fiddler on the Roof” is an award-winning musical based on the “Tevye” stories by Sholem Aleichem, about a Jewish family facing persecution in Tsarist Russia.
The incident happened Wednesday night about 10 minutes into the first intermission of the play at Baltimore’s Hippodrome Theatre, audience members told CNN.
The final scene before intermission reminded the man of his hatred for Trump, according to a police report of the incident, and he then stood up to yell “Heil Hitler! Heil Trump!”
Rich Scherr, a contributor for The Baltimore Sun, witnessed the man, who was seated in the upper balcony, shouting the pro-Nazi salute.
“Several people in the audience began running toward the exits,” Scherr told CNN. “I personally thought I was about to hear gunshots.”
Scherr, who later posted a video from the incident on Facebook and Twitter, said the man went on to shout other things before security took him out. The show resumed 10 minutes later.
It is not possible to discern what the man was saying from the video, which shows audience members’ apparently concerned reactions.
Samit Verma, a journalist at Voice of America, was seated in the balcony on the right side of the theater with his wife when he heard the man shouting.
“I initially could not make out what the man was saying, but as more people exited the main theater I could clearly see him making a Hitler salute and yelling ‘Heil Hitler!’ ” Verma told CNN. “Everyone around me appeared quite shaken by the experience, and some people were in tears.”
Another audience member, Heather O’Hare, said everyone was shuffling and getting up to go to the restroom during the intermission when she heard the disturbance.
“People in the front orchestra seats started to turn and look up at the balcony, and someone started shouting back: ‘Go Home, Nazi!’ ” she said.
“We were kind (of) confused and numb about what actually was happening, but several audience members were palpably upset and decided to leave during the intermission break. The entire right half of the row in front of me was gone after Act One.”
‘Many Jewish families … were visibly shaken’
Kasey Chisholm was in the lobby with her father during intermission when the outburst occurred. She saw security swarm in and escort the man out.
“We found out what he had been yelling when we returned to our seats,” she said. “Many Jewish families were around our seats and were visibly shaken.”
Connor Drew was also in the lobby at the time. When he returned to his seat, he said he saw a woman next to him “shaking while on the phone with her son.”
Baltimore police spokeswoman Chakia Fennoy told CNN that officers were called to the theater for a report of a disorderly person. “The suspect left the location without incident,” she said. “No arrest was made. No report was written.”
In a statement released to CNN affiliate WJZ, the Hippodrome Theatre said, “Behavior like we saw during intermission at Wednesday evening’s performance is not, and will not be, tolerated.
“The Hippodrome’s on-site security team, along with our usher staff were able to remedy the situation and remove the offending audience member quickly, coordinating efforts with local police, who met the man as he was escorted out of the building.”
Authorities Release New Photos in Search for ‘Most Wanted’ Tennessee Man Accused of Raping 16-Month-Old Boy
Tennessee authorities released new photos Friday of a fugitive suspected of raping a 16-month-old boy.
The Lawrenceberg Police Department and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation are hoping the public can help them track down Simon Dean Porter, who is wanted for aggravated rape of a child.
“The suspect in the rape of a young child in Lawrenceburg has been added to our Top Ten Most Wanted list,” the TBI tweeted Friday. “We’re hoping to spread this throughout Tennessee and the surrounding states, so thanks for the RTs!”
Authorities were notified by a local physician who examined the child. The boy has since been taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
The bureau published several photos of Porter’s various looks over the past two years.
The suspect’s mother, Barbara Wright, told WKRN her message for Porter:
“Son please bring yourself in. I love you so much son, I don’t want you to get hurt. I don’t want nothing to happen to you. Do the right thing, you know you didn’t do this, please bring yourself in, prove to them you are innocent.”
Porter is described as 5-foot-9 inches tall and 260 pounds, with red hair and hazel eyes.
He could be driving a green S-10 pick-up with a red tailgate with possible tag number of 3G26Z9.
The Demand Project, a child advocacy group, and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation are offering up to $3,500 for his arrest.
First-Day Sales for Michelle Obama’s Memoir Topped 725,000 Copies, Becomes One of Year’s Biggest Debuts
First day sales for Michelle Obama’s “Becoming” topped 725,000 copies, making it one of the year’s biggest debuts.
Crown Publishing told The Associated Press on Friday that the figures include sales and pre-orders for the former first lady’s memoir include hardcover, audio and e-books editions for the United States and Canada. “Becoming” was released on Tuesday, the same day Mrs. Obama launched a national book tour . Crown also announced that it had raised the book’s print run from 1.8 million copies to 2.6 million. Reviews of the book, which traces Obama’s journey from Chicago’s South Side to the White House, have been positive, with The Washington Post praising its “impressive balance in telling the truth of her challenges while repeatedly acknowledging her lucky life.”
“Becoming” had the biggest opening of any books in 2018 by Crown’s parent company, Penguin Random House. But at least one other book this year, from Simon & Schuster, did start higher: Bob Woodward’s “Fear: Trump in the White House” sold around 900,000 copies after one day.
“Becoming” is well exceeding the pace of previous memoirs by first ladies. In 2003, Hillary Clinton’s “Living History” had first week sales of around 600,000 copies, at a time when audio sales were tiny and e-book sales nonexistent.
Former first lady and author Michelle Obama appears onstage at “Becoming: An Intimate Conversation with Michelle Obama” at the Forum on Nov. 15, 2018, in Inglewood, California. (Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
19-year-old dies after trying to get high on spray deodorant
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands – A 19-year-old died after inhaling deodorant spray to get high, according to a new case report, and doctors who treated the man in the Netherlands are using the case to highlight the fatal consequences of inhaling chemicals.
Such cases are “very rare,” according to Dr. Kelvin Harvey Kramp of Maasstad Hospital’s intensive care unit in Rotterdam.
Kramp explained that because deaths from deodorant inhalation are not common among the general population, the “consequences aren’t really known,” causing people to continue this dangerous behavior.
The patient, who had a history of psychotic symptoms, had been admitted to a rehabilitation center for cannabis and ketamine abuse and was taking antipsychotic drugs.
During a relapse in July, he placed a towel over his head and inhaled deodorant spray to get high, according to the report, published Thursday in the BMJ. He became hyperactive, jumping up and down, before blood flow stopped suddenly, causing him to go into cardiac arrest and collapse, the report says. He was admitted to the hospital and placed in a medically induced coma when staff failed to revive him.
The “patient did not had enough brain function to sustain life,” Kramp said. Nine days after he was admitted, doctors withdrew care, and the man died.
There are three theories about what caused the cardiac arrest, Kramp said: The inhalant could have oversensitized the patient’s heart, which can make any subsequent stress, like getting caught by a parent, cause cardiac arrest. Also, inhalants decrease the strength of contraction of the heart muscle. Another possibility is that inhalants can cause spasm of the coronary arteries.
The patient’s hyperactivity could mean he was experiencing a “scary hallucination,” Kramp said, adding that if that was the case, the first theory would be applicable.
Solvent abuse is not a new phenomenon, the report points out, and is primarily found in “young and vulnerable people,” according to Kramp.
The group most affected by solvent abuse is 15- to 19-year-olds, studies show. People in rehabilitation centers or prisons are more likely to abuse household products, the report added, meaning there could be a greater risk of cardiac deaths in these environments.
In these insecure environments, people have less access to other substances, and household products are easily available, explained Roz Gittins, director of pharmacy at the British drug charity Addaction, who was not involved in the report.
The toxic chemical butane, often used in sprayable household products, has a similar effect to alcohol, Kramp said. “The intention of abusers is to experience feelings of euphoria and disinhibition.”
Other health effects of inhalants include liver and kidney damage, hearing loss, delayed behavioral development and brain damage.
Chemicals like butane have a very quick and short-acting effect, which can make people take more, Gittins said.
The report’s authors hope increased awareness will help reduce further inhalant-related deaths, through education in schools around the fatal consequences of solvent abuse.
“To stop the abuse, we can only try to increase awareness about the possible dramatic consequences of inhalant abuse among youngsters, parents, medical personnel,” Kramp said.
Up to 125 deaths are caused by inhalant abuse every year in the United States, according to the report.
Stephen Ream, director of UK-based charity Re-solv, said that in 2016, “there were 64 deaths associated with these products,” with butane gas accounting for at least a third of those.
“The breakdown by product is more difficult to establish, but we would suspect that about four or five deaths a year are associated with aerosol products,” he said.
“Solvent abuse is also more of a problem in the northern regions of the UK, with rates particularly higher in Scotland and the North East of England.”
According UK drug advice organization Talk to Frank, more 10- to 15-year-olds were killed from abusing glues, gases and aerosols than from illegal drugs combined between 2000 and 2008.
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