Woman caught on video Macing couple for not wearing masks at dog park
A woman allegedly Maced a California couple for not wearing masks while eating at a dog park — a disturbing incident caught on videotape.
The injured pair, Ash O’Brien and hubby Jarrett Kelley, said the lady, who was wearing a black mask, ambushed them with a can of the burning substance after ripping them for not donning face coverings and eating at the Dusty Rhodes Dog Park in Ocean Beach outside San Diego on Thursday afternoon.
First she “automatically started saying stuff about us not wearing a mask when we were social distancing — there was no one near us,” O’Brien told the local ABC-TV affiliate.
O’Brien said the lady also took them to task for eating at a picnic table at the park while they were there with their 3-month-old puppy, claiming it was against the rules.
“If we knew there was a no-food policy, we wouldn’t have brought it into the park,” O’Brien told the TV station.
The angry woman soon stalked off — only to come back a few minutes later and attack them, O’Brien said.
“She just came up without saying anything and just stuck the Mace can right in front of my face,” O’Brien said. “My husband, being a good guy, walked in front of her and was like, ‘Hey, calm down please don’t do this’ — and then she grabbed him and just starting macing him. She used the entire can on him.
“We drove to the hospital. He got treated and everything,” O’Brien said — adding that her husband suffered injuries to his face while she was burned on her arms.
A woman filming the incident shouted at the attacker, “What are you doing? You cannot be serious! You just Maced them!” — as a female weeps in the background, according to footage posted by the Daily Mail.
“What’s wrong with you, lady?!” added the woman who caught some of the encounter on tape.
The injured couple filed a police report afterward.
“I want her to go to jail — she assaulted my husband, and I’m angry about it,” O’Brien told ABC.
San Diego cops confirmed they took a report alleging battery over the incident.
via: https://nypost.com/2020/07/26/woman-maces-couple-for-not-wearing-masks-at-california-dog-park-video/
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Couple wears swastika face masks at Walmart in Minnesota
There’s “mask Nazis” and then there’s these two jerks.
A man and woman in Minnesota marched through a Marshall Walmart donning red masks adorned with giant swastikas, video shows.
“If you vote for Biden, you’re going to be [living] in Nazi Germany. That’s what it’s going to be like,” the woman says in video shot and posted to Facebook by shopper Raphaela Mueller.
“You’re literally wearing a Nazi flag right now,” another shopper retorts.
“We literally had a f–king war over this. The Nazis lost. Please don’t wear those masks,” Mueller adds.
The woman responds by griping that her fellow patrons “aren’t getting it.”
“I’m trying to tell you: If you vote for Biden, you’re going to have socialism,” she says.
Police called to the scene warned the 56-year-old man and 64-year-old woman that they would face arrest if they return to the Walmart, the Star Tribune reported.
Both left without incident, the newspaper said.
I was born and raised in Germany, and I grew up hearing about my great-grandmother who fought in the underground against the first wave of Nazis in the 1930s and 40s,” Mueller said in a post accompanying the video.
“Let me make this abundantly clear once and for all – THE SWASTIKA IS A HATE SYMBOL AND YOU DO NOT FLY THE FLAG, YOU DO NOT WEAR THE SYMBOL ANYWHERE ON YOUR BODY, YOU DO NOT USE OR DEFEND THIS SYMBOL, EVER. END OF STORY.”
via: https://nypost.com/2020/07/26/couple-wears-swastika-face-masks-at-walmart-in-minnesota/
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Bus driver beaten by mini bat-wielding passenger who refused to wear mask
A San Francisco bus driver was attacked this week by a miniature souvenir baseball bat-wielding passenger who became irate when he was told he had to wear a mask, reports said.
The attacker was one of a group of three maskless men who boarded the Muni city bus Wednesday in the city’s SoMa district.
Passengers are required to wear face coverings on San Francisco’s public transit, and the driver instructed the trio multiple times to put on the required face coverings, but they refused, officials said.
The driver then pulled over to escort the riders off, when one of the three attacked him with the mini bat, according to reports.
The driver’s injuries were not life threatening and he is recovering, police said. A union rep told local TV station KTVU, that the victim had a fractured finger, and was also spat on.
No arrests have been made.
In the Big Apple, a passenger hit a driver Monday after being told he needed to wear a mask. The man punched the 62-year-old driver and then got off the bus on the Lower East Side.
via: https://nypost.com/2020/07/25/bus-driver-beaten-by-passenger-who-refused-to-wear-mask/
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Teen, 17, becomes fourth person to drown in Lake Lanier this month
A 17-year-old teenager has died in a drowning accident at a Georgia lake – marking the fourth person to drown in the lake this month.
Cristofer Acosta-Farias, of Gainesville, Ga., was swimming in Lake Lanier on Friday afternoon when he disappeared from view, The Gainesville Times reports.
Hall County Fire personnel found the boy’s body after being called to Balus Creek Park on the lake, according to the paper.
A spokesman for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources told the paper the searchers used sonar to find the boy.
He was found in a part of the lake that is 27 feet deep.
Cristofer was a member of the band at West Hall High School in Gainesville, the paper reported.
The organizer of a GoFundMe page for the boy’s family said, “Everyone knew him to be a kind and loving person. He always knew how to make us laugh and bring joy to our lives.”
There had been three drownings in Lake Lanier in July, according to the paper. The other victims were men aged 59, 45 and 28.
via: https://nypost.com/2020/07/26/teen-17-becomes-fourth-person-to-drown-in-lake-lanier-this-month/
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NJ gym owners arrested after repeatedly ignoring COVID-19 lockdown orders
Two New Jersey gyms owners who have repeatedly reopened in defiance of the state’s coronavirus lockdown have been arrested, police said Monday.
Atilis Gym owners in Bellmawr— Ian Smith, 33, of Delanco Township, and Frank Trumbetti, 51, of Williamstown — were charged with contempt and violation of a disaster control act, according to the Camden Couty Prosecutor’s Office.
The two owners have continually railed against Gov. Phil Murphy’s executive order amid the pandemic COVID-19 and even sued lawmakers claiming their constitutional rights were violated when they were forced to close their South Jersey gym.
Last Wednesday, Judge Robert Lougy ordered the owners to vacate the gym and stop reopening.
Yet since the ruling, the owners, as well as others, were spotted using the gym, law enforcement said.
Cops and county prosecutors asked the owners to leave but they refused, which led to the arrests, according to police.
Smith and Trumbetti were charged and released, police said.
In a post on the gym’s Facebook page Monday morning, Smith attacked the governor as “flexing his little tyrant muscles.”
“Officers from the county sheriffs entered the premises without a warrant or adhering to the signage posted on the door requesting they call first,” Smith claimed.
“This is gonna be fun in court.”
via: https://nypost.com/2020/07/27/nj-gym-owners-arrested-after-repeatedly-ignoring-lockdown-orders/
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A 9-year-old who died of coronavirus had no known underlying health issues, family says
A 9-year-old girl with no known underlying health conditions is the youngest person to die from coronavirus complications in Florida, officials said.
Kimora “Kimmie” Lynum died on July 18 in Putnam County, according to Florida Department of Health records. It confirmed her identity and said she’s the state’s youngest coronavirus fatality.
She had no pre-existing health issues and her mother took her to the hospital due to a high fever, said family spokesman Dejeon Cain. The hospital sent her home and she collapsed a short time later, Cain said.
“She was always happy and made everybody happy. She was phenomenal,” said Cain, who’s also her cousin.
The family does not know how or where she was infected. She appeared healthy and spent the summer at home, and did not attend school or camp, Cain said.
Kimmie’s mother was tested for Covid-19, but had not received her results as of Saturday, Cain said.
State health department records show the child did not have close contact with anyone who recently had Covid-19. Putnam County Health Officer Mary Garcia confirmed the fatality to CNN and said she was unaware of any underlying medical conditions.
Kimmie is the fifth minor in Florida to die from Covid-19, according to the latest health records. The others were an 11-year-old boy in Miami-Dade County, an 11-year-old girl in Broward County, a 16-year-old girl in Lee County and a 17-year-old boy in Pasco County.
Putnam County is located between Gainesville and St. Augustine in the northeastern part of the state. Since April 1, the county has had 11 fatalities.
As of last Friday, 23,170 minors have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The positivity rate of the children tested is 13.4%. The state’s total number of confirmed cases now stands at 379,619.
Florida has the second-highest number of coronavirus cases, passing New York, once the country’s epicenter early in the pandemic. California, the most populous state, surpassed New York a few days ago. The states with the most recorded cases now align more closely with population rank. Florida is the country’s third-most populous, and New York is fourth.
Florida has reported 414,511 cases since the pandemic’s start, above New York’s 411,200, according to state health agencies. The number of hospitalizations has increased by 79% since the Fourth of July, according to data from the state’s health care administration.
At least 50 hospital intensive care units in Florida reached capacity Saturday. Eight of the hospitals are in Miami-Dade and six in Broward — among hardest-hit counties in the state.
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LeBron James Helping Florida Ex-Felons Pay Fees So They Can Vote
A voting rights group founded by NBA superstar LeBron James is raising funds to help people in Florida with felony records pay outstanding court debts that prevent them from voting, the group announced Friday.
More Than A Vote, a campaign the Los Angeles Lakers player started with other Black athletes and artists last month to fight Black voter suppression, is partnering with the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition (FRRC), a group that helped end Florida’s lifetime voting ban for most people with felony convictions in 2018. They hope to raise $100,000.
Miami Heat Forward Udonis Haslem, who’s also a member of More Than A Vote, said in a statement that the thinking is simple: “We believe that your right to vote shouldn’t depend upon whether or not you can pay to exercise it.”
There are around 1.4 million Floridians with felony convictions, the FRRC said. And as of 2016, one in five Black citizens in Florida were disenfranchised. As Politico noted, as many as 775,000 people in Florida with felony convictions face financial penalties that render them ineligible to vote until they can pay them.
Those penalties come in the form of restitution, court fines or other fees associated with their past convictions. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Florida’s rule blocking people from voting if they have any of those outstanding fees, which Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed into law last year. In her dissenting opinion, Justice Sonia Sotomayor argued the law disenfranchises people “simply because they are poor.”
The FRRC, which has already raised more than $1.5 million for its fines and fees program, hopes teaming up with James’ campaign will raise awareness around the issue.
“This partnership will improve lives and strengthen our democracy,” FRRC executive director Desmond Meade said, adding, “We look forward to the positive impact it will have on our communities and the lives of those who are hoping to vote and have their voices heard.”
While the deadline to register for Florida’s August primary has already passed, residents have until Oct. 5 to register for the presidential election on Nov. 3. Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, currently holds a 13-point lead over President Donald Trump in the state, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday.
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Texas woman, 20, found hanging in white roommate’s garage
McKinney resident Gloria Bambo was found hanging in her white roommate’s garage and now questions are being raised surrounding the circumstances of her death.
The McKinney Police Department declared the death of Bambo, 20, a suicide after she was found dead in the garage on July 12. They responded to social media speculation with a post refuting claims of foul play and confirmed that her roommate has fully cooperated with the investigation.
They say that the investigation is still underway but have so far not found any evidence that Bambo was the victim of a crime.
However, there are many who do not believe the official version of events.
The message has since gone viral with others weighing in.
Civil rights attorney S. Lee Merritt addressed his concerns to McKinney mayor George Fuller in an Instagram post on Wednesday.
“Mayor Fuller, We are going to need some answers to this in McKinney, TX. CC: @lashadion,” he wrote.
Kedrian Fisher created a petition demanding “justice” for his former high school classmate and claims she was murdered. Furthermore, he alleged that the police were not doing their due diligence.
“Police refused share any other information to the family. That`s right our law and order only gave her a paragraph of information. Her enemies are so convinced on erasing her life & her story that they hijacked Gloria`s social media,” the petition read.
“Her adversary literally alt delete her images, words and lifestyle. Taking her freedom of speech. Gloria`s body was so decomposed Gloria`s family even cant view her. It seems like our police are more invest. in giving people tickets and find weed than solving this obvious homicide case.”
Fisher deemed her death as a “lynching” in broad daylight.
But a post allegedly written by Bambo’s roommate claimed that she suffered from bipolar an anxiety disorder and had endured unspecified trauma.
via: https://thegrio.com/2020/07/23/dallas-woman-bambo-found-hanging-garage/
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Ice cream sales are up with more people at home but deodorant sales are down
(CNN) — You’re going out less and spending more time at home, which can mean only one thing: you don’t need to wear deodorant as often.
With social distancing in full effect and people being forced to quarantine at home due to the pandemic, fewer people are going into offices to work or out to socialize. This has led to fewer people grabbing that stick of deodorant to roll on before going out and more people lounging at home watching Netflix with a tub of ice cream in hand.
Consumer goods company Unilever said on Thursday that demand for personal care items have slumped. The company, which owns brands such as Dove soap and Axe deodorant, said that the lockdowns have led to the decline in sales.
It hasn’t been all bad for Unilever, though. The company owns ice cream brands such as Breyer’s, Ben & Jerry’s and Magnum, and ice cream sales at home are up as people consume more food at home.
“Consumers have eaten more soups, used more meal kits and accompanied their meals with mayonnaise and ice cream as dessert,” Unilever CEO Alan Jope told analysts Thursday.
Sales of ice cream people consumed at home increased by 15% in the first half of the year, and sales are even higher at 26% between April and June, Unilever said Thursday.
The jump in ice cream sales at home was “significantly offsetting” a loss in sales in public places, the company said.
Unilever is now worth nearly $155 billion, pacing ahead of drugmaker AstraZeneca, Royal Dutch Shell, HSBC and BP.
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Man stuns Londoners by wearing a face mask — as a G-string
One man in London is taking his public mask wearing to his privates.
Tim Shieff, a 32-year-old former “Ninja Warrior UK” contestant, startled Londoners when he took to Oxford Street wearing nothing but a face mask fashioned into a G-string that (barely) covered his privates, mocking a new law that has mandated mask-wearing in public.
The Connecticut-born athlete is also a world champion freerunner and vegan YouTube sensation, according to the Daily Mail, and known for stunts like admitting to eating meat despite railing against eating animals.
Shieff’s publicity stunt is reminiscent of Chelsea Handler, who recently took to Instagram while working out wearing sneakers, leggings and two face masks tied together and strategically placed to cover her chest.
via: https://nypost.com/2020/07/25/man-stuns-londoners-by-wearing-a-face-mask-as-a-g-string/
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