Viral photo of voter wearing T-shirt with noose, Confederate flag stirs outrage
OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. — A North Mississippi voter’s election day attire – a T-shirt showing a noose hanging over the Confederate flag with the words “Mississippi Justice” – is generating controversy on social media.
The voter who took the picture doesn’t want to show his face, because he’s not sure what the person wearing the shirt is capable of, according to WREG.
“How could someone feel comfortable coming out in public, let alone to a polling station with a shirt like that,” the photographer said. “I thought he was a worker because he was behind the counter. But come to find out, he was an express voter.”
Both voters filled out their ballots at the Pleasant Hill Road polling location in Olive Branch.
“My brother pointed out the shirt, and I’m like, ‘That’s a noose!'”
The man who took the photo said he walked in with a sense of pride, ready to exercise his right to vote, but the noose and rebel flag took that away from him.
“They try to intimidate you to keep you away from the polls, and I think that’s the exact reason we need to go.”
He says the hateful message got to him, but he held it together – until he got home. That’s when he posted the photo on Facebook.
“What makes you feel that comfortable? He knew what he was doing,” the voter said.
He says after he posted the picture, everyone had something to say. But as he stood in line, “everyone was silent. No one said anything.”
An initial claim on social media identified the T-shirt wearing man as a poll worker, but District 2 Election Commissioner Barry Chatham told the Clarion Ledger that wasn’t true.
Voting officials told WREG they were really busy and that poll workers didn’t even see the shirt.
“All agreed if someone had came in wearing that shirt, they would have remembered,” Chatham told the paper.
Officials say they realize it made people uncomfortable. But they had nothing to do with what a voter decided to wear to the polls. According to the Secretary of State, the only election day clothing rules are you can’t wear clothing bearing a candidates name or picture into a polling place.
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Rapping deconstructed: The Best rhymers of all time
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Voters choose dead pimp over Democratic opponent
Deceased brothel owner Dennis Hof managed to win an election for a Nevada state assembly seat in Tuesday’s election.
Hof, who died last month at his Love Ranch cathouse, garnered more votes than his Democratic opponent, Lesia Romanov, according to the Nevada Independent.
Although polling sites were plastered with signs declaring him dead, results showed that Hof had 68.3 percent of the vote versus Romanov’s 32 percent.
The budding politician was found deceased after a rally with porn star Ron Jeremy and former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
The assembly seat will be declared vacant, since the winner is dead, and the county commissioner will begin a process to fill the seat.
via: https://nypost.com/2018/11/07/dead-brothel-owner-dennis-hof-wins-nevada-election/
82-year-old grandma votes for the first time, then dies
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas – An 82-year-old Texas great-grandmother cast an early ballot Thursday – her first ever – just days before she died.
Gracie Lou Phillips had dedicated her life to raising a large family, granddaughter Leslie Rene Moore told KXAS, and had grown up with misconceptions about voting.
But this year she was determined to vote in the midterm election.
“She finally registered to vote for the first time in her life,” Moore said. “She kept telling everybody ‘I’m voting. I’m going to vote this year and my vote counts.’”
Moore wrote on Facebook that her grandmother proved that voting is important “no matter your age.”
Despite being in hospice while fighting pneumonia, Phillips headed to the polls in Grand Prairie with the help of her granddaughter, who told CBS that poll workers, upon seeing her grandmother’s oxygen tank, brought the ballot out and covered the vehicle’s windows so the 82-year-old could vote without leaving the car.
Four days after voting, Phillips died in her sleep. She was at home with family, Moore told Time. She said in a Facebook post that she will “hold dear the memories and lessons that she gave me over the years.”
“I have learned from my Grannie how important voting is and that there is no excuse not to do so. I have voted … have you?” Moore posted on Facebook Monday.
10-year-old girl accused of stomping 6-month-old baby to death
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. — A 10-year-old girl charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the death of a 6-month-old baby told investigators that she panicked after dropping the infant, and stomped on the child’s head to stop the crying, according to a sheriff in western Wisconsin.
Handcuffed and wearing a leather restraint around her waist, the girl sobbed as she appeared in Chippewa County Circuit Court on Monday. A judge set bond at $50,000. State law requires the case, at least initially, to be held in adult court, according to prosecutors.
First responders were called Oct. 30 to a licensed home day care in the Town of Tilden near Chippewa Falls. The baby was found to be unresponsive and bleeding from the head, according to officials. The baby was rushed to HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital in Chippewa Falls, then airlifted to Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare hospital about 90 miles (145 kilometers) to the west in St. Paul. He died Nov. 1.
Chippewa County Sheriff James Kowalczyk said a doctor called his office to inform investigators that it was his belief the baby’s injuries were not an accident. Investigators interviewed four people at the home and the girl , who lives with foster parents at the house, “confessed to her involvement in the situation,” Kowalczyk said.
According to the sheriff, the girl said she dropped the infant, hitting his head on a footstool and causing the baby to cry. The girl told investigators that she panicked and stomped on the child’s head, Kowalczyk said.
The girl’s biological parents were with her in court. Authorities said she had been removed from their home in September and placed in foster care. The reasons for her removal have not been disclosed.
Defense attorney Kirby Harless asked for a smaller bond, saying there was no reason to believe the girl wouldn’t appear for future court proceedings.
“She would like to return home, and given her age, that may be appropriate,” Harless said.
via: https://pix11.com/2018/11/06/sheriff-10-year-old-girl-accused-of-stomping-6-month-old-baby-to-death/
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Uber driver charged after teen falls off vehicle’s roof and dies on LI
SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. — An Uber driver faces years in prison after he allegedly allowed a teenager to ride on his vehicle’s roof, ultimately causing the boy’s death, the Suffolk County District Attorney announced Monday.
Danyal Cheema is charged with manslaughter in the second degree, according to the DA. He was arraigned Monday.
Teenagers allegedly offered Cheema $40 to allow them to ride on the roof of his 2010 Toyota Highlander on Sept. 23, officials said. In court, officials said the incident happened in Cold Spring Harbor, but the DA earlier said it happened in neighboring Huntington Station.
Cheema agreed, and at least one of the teens “surfed” on the vehicle’s roof while his friends posted video on Snapchat, officials said.
The passenger, identified during the arraignment as 15-year-old Ryan Mullen, fell off the vehicle’s roof at some point and struck his head on the roadway.
Mullen’s injury was not readily visible. He went to sleep a few hours later, and died as a result of the skull and brain injury, officials said in court.
Cheema faces five to 15 years in prison and $200,000 bail.