Two cameramen who were fired from “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” last summer have filed a $2 million lawsuit alleging that The Roots bandleader Questlove had them fired in part because they’re white.
Original article written Jan 25th 2018
Two cameramen who were fired from “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” last summer have filed a $2 million lawsuit alleging that The Roots bandleader Questlove had them fired in part because they’re white.
NBC terminated Kurt Decker and Michael Cimino in June 2017 after learning of a group text exchange that included use of the N-word. According to their attorney, Decker and Cimino received the text in question from another crew member but did not respond……
Fired after Stephon Clark comment, Kaiser nurse starts GoFundMe page to help pay bills
It always seems that when a person gets into trouble or they’re called out for their bullshit they holler their First Amendment rights and free speech has been violated . Then to make people feel sorry for them and to beg for money they create a go fund me account. As I’ve always said yes there is free speech but there are always consequences for your free speech that maybe good bad or in this case you lose your livelihood because you didn’t take your Pepto-Bismol for your diarrhea of the fingers . For every action there is reaction. And for every reaction there is action.
Faith Linthicum, the nurse who wrote that Stephon Clark “deserved it,” launched a GoFundMe page Saturday, hoping to raise at least $25,000 to help pay for rent, food and other expenses.
“I’m a United States Military veteran who served as a medic, and then fulfilled my dream taking care of people by becoming a nurse,” Linthicum wrote. “I was recently fired from my job as a nurse at Kaiser Permanente for exercising my First Amendment right to free speech.”
By Tuesday, an anonymous person had created an alternative page titled “Faith Linthicum Fired – Deserved It” aimed at raising $25,000 for the Southern Poverty Law Center, a nonprofit organization that advocates for civil rights and the public interest…..
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YouTube Shooter: Woman suspect angry over video postings
And some of us say. That we don’t have a gun problem.
Police have named Nasim Aghdam, 39, as the suspect but say they are still investigating a motive. US media say Aghdam was angry that YouTube was filtering her videos and reducing the money she could make.
Tuesday’s attack left a man and two women injured with gunshot wounds. The attacker shot herself dead.
Police in San Bruno, California, say there is no evidence yet that the attacker knew the victims, a 36-year-old man said to be in a critical condition, and two women aged 32 and 27.
How YouTube shooting unfolded online…..
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Disney World Bus Driver Accused of Luring 15-Year-Old Girl for Sex Through ‘Whisper’ App
A Walt Disney World bus driver has been arrested after deputies say he tried to lure a 15-year-old girl for sex, authorities said.
Kevin Van Orman, 35, was taken into custody on March 25 by undercover detectives when he arrived at a home in Bartow, Florida, where he planned to meet up with the teenage girl for sexual activities, television station WFTS in Tampa Bay reported on Monday.
Van Orman used the app “Whisper” to respond to a post that had been placed by an undercover detective pretending to be a 15-year-old girl, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
As the conversation continued, Van Orman asked the girl to meet up with him while she was on a trip to Disney World, according to the report.
Van Orman also solicited another undercover detective posing as a 14-year-old girl, the arrest report stated.
During the conversation, the user told him that she was 14-years-old.
Van Orman replied stating that he was 35-years-old, followed by: “But we can keep talking if you’d like.”
Following his arrest, Van Orman told detectives “I think I’m addicted to sex” and “for some reason tonight I was thinking with the wrong head,” according to the arrest report. He also said, “Some of the 16 years old I’m attracted to. I see them every day. The worst ones are the Brazilians.”
Van Orman was a bus driver at Walt Disney World, according to his booking information with the jail. A spokesperson with Disney said he is on unpaid leave pending the outcome of the charges.
The arrest report states that Van Orman is married and has a 5-year-old daughter, a 2-year-old son and his wife is currently four months pregnant.
He has been charged with lewd battery, using a computer to solicit a child and traveling to meet after using a computer to lure a child.
Van Orman was released on bail.
Michael Rapaport is the Worst Kind of White Man
Mr. Rapaport is an obnoxious know it all racist. No wonder he was so good in some of my favorite spike Lee movies. He was playing himself .
The story of the scorpion and the frog is an ancient African proverb that explains the importance of knowing whom to trust.
In the story, a frog is preparing to cross a river when it is approached by a cool-ass scorpion. The scorpion asks the frog to give it a ride on its back to traverse the river (the story doesn’t explain how the scorpion learned how to speak frog language, so let’s just assume scorpions are required to take a semester of frogspeak in high school).
The frog is wary of his prospective passenger’s intentions, but the charismatic scorpion sincerely promises that he won’t sting the frog. The amphibian, convinced by the scorpion’s genuineness, finally relents and allows the scorpion to hitch a ride across the water. When they reach the opposite shore, true to its nature, the scorpion dismounts the frog and stings it to death.
“But you promised,” the frog says as he slowly dies. “I thought you were one of the good scorpions. Why did you do this?”……
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3-year-old girl found dead in Queens apartment; police suspect child abuse
ROCKAWAY, Queens — A 3-year-old girl was found dead in a Queens apartment and police are investigating if child abuse was a factor.
Police were called about 6 p.m. Monday to an apartment on Beach 105th Street near Shore Front Parkway and found Bella Edwards unconscious and unresponsive. Her stepfather, the only adult home, was performing CPR on her.
“There were a number of fireman and ambulances…trying to resuscitate her,” neighbor Doris King said.
She was rushed to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
The medical examiner has not yet revealed the cause of death. Police are investigating if child abuse was a factor.
Edwards’ body showed signs of trauma consistent with abuse, a police source told PIX11. The source said that she was covered in bruises, had new injuries and several old injuries that were healing, and there were signs of sexual abuse.
Her parents are being questioned by detectives from the Special Victims Unit. No arrests have been made.
King said she does not know Edwards’ parents and only saw her around the building.
“Very cute little girl. Never knew anything was wrong,” she said. “Very shocking, very sad.”
The New York City Administration for Children’s Services is also investigating.
“Our top priority is protecting the safety and wellbeing of all children in New York City. As soon as this family came to our attention last night, we immediately launched an investigation with the NYPD,” Deputy Commissioner Eric Ferrero said.
A 3-month-old who lived in the apartment where Edwards was found has been taken to a hospital for evaluation.
Prosecutor caught having ‘intimate relationship’ with cop accused of raping teen
A Brooklyn prosecutor was caught having an affair with one of the NYPD cops accused of raping a handcuffed teenager, The Post has learned.
Assistant District Attorney Nicole Manini, 34, is under investigation for potentially violating professional conduct rules for New York lawyers, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Manini’s illicit relationship with now-former Detective Richard Hall, 33, was uncovered when investigators with her office reviewed his cellphone records as part of the rape case, sources said.
The phone logs revealed multiple calls between Manini and Hall, who is married with two kids, sources said.
The calls began before the alleged Sept. 15 rape and continued afterward, sources said.
The DA’s office referred Manini for investigation to the court system’s Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh and Thirteenth Judicial Districts, which prosecutes cases of professional misconduct by lawyers.
“During our investigation of this case, we learned that a junior assistant district attorney in our office was engaged in an intimate relationship with defendant Hall and knew [second] defendant [Eddie] Martins socially,’’ a spokesman for the DA’s office told The Post Monday.
“This ADA had no involvement in or access to the investigation or prosecution,’’ the rep said. “Out of an abundance of caution, we have disclosed this information to all relevant parties.”
Michael David, the lawyer representing Hall’s rape accuser, said he plans to use the former cop’s affair with Manini in his client’s pending civil rights suit against Hall, Martins and the city.
“It’s completely relevant to this case. It goes to [Hall’s] credibility,” David said.
Hall and his former partner, Martins, are accused in a 50-count indictment of raping and sexually abusing the 18-year-old woman inside an NYPD van after she was picked up in Calvert Vaux Park for allegedly having illegal prescription pills.
Hall is accused of watching in the rear-view mirror as Martins allegedly raped the woman. Hall then allegedly forced her to perform oral sex on him.
The cops — who claim the entire incident was consensual — were fired over the allegations, which DA Eric Gonzalez has called “conduct that boggles the mind.”
Manini, who received her law license in 2012, previously worked as a defense and family court lawyer in New York City and as a correction officer in Lehigh County, Pa., according to her LinkedIn profile. She was hired by the DA’s Office in 2015 and is paid an annual base salary of $65,000, payroll records show.
Manini didn’t immediately return a message seeking comment. Hall’s lawyer, Peter Guadagnino, declined to comment.
5-year-old killed 7-year-old brother after finding gun while looking for Easter candy, family says
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – A 7-year-old boy died Saturday after his younger brother shot him with a gun they found while hunting for Easter candy, his family told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Jermon Perry, a 7-year-old who was shot in the head around 2 p.m. in the 3100 block of California Ave. in south St. Louis, police said. He died late Saturday night.
Detectives say Perry and his brothers were on the second floor of their home and their parents were downstairs when one of the boys retrieved a gun from another room.
Police say the three children were playing and somehow the gun accidentally went off. According to the St. Louis Post Dispatch, the family believes Jermon’s younger brother accidentally shot him while he sat in a chair while playing a video game.
Jermon’s mother, Michelle Lawson, was too devastated to speak with reporters, but her god-sister, Erica Jones, told the paper Jermon’s brother may have thought the gun was a toy.
“(Jermon’s father) never thought the kids would get to the gun,” Jones told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “They were in a upstairs bedroom and their mother was in the kitchen cooking. She normally hides candy from them so they don’t go in there and eat it all.”
The paper also reports that the gun belongs to Jermon’s father, Jericho Perry, who did have a license to carry.
Firefighters told KTVI that the child was barely conscious and breathing when they arrived on the scene. Perry was transported to the hospital where he later died.
Police say that homicide detectives are working on this case. Investigators are trying to figure out who was taking care of the kids, who the gun belongs to, and how the kids accessed the gun.
Mother used stun gun to wake teen for Easter church service,
PHOENIX – An Arizona mother has been charged after using a Taser to get her teenage son up for an Easter Sunday church service, according to police.
Investigators arrested 40-year-old Sharron Dobbins, of Phoenix, Sunday morning and booked her into jail on a felony child abuse charge, according to Maricopa County court documents.
Dobbins is accused of using the stun gun on her 16-year-old son’s left leg.
“Ms. Dobbins stated that she only sparked the Taser to get the kids up for church on Easter and that she never Tased anyone,” the arresting officer wrote in an arrest report obtained by KPHO.
Another of Dobbins’ sons, 17, and an 18-year-old nephew witnessed the incident, according to the document.
The 16-year-old did not complain of any pain but had two small bumps on his leg where Dobbins allegedly shocked him.
Dobbins, who appeared in court and was ordered not to have any contact with her sons, said that both of her sons are on probation.
“He has an ankle bracelet on,” Dobbins said of the 16-year-old. “He’s under my custody and everything.”
Dobbins said she would make arrangements for the boy to live elsewhere as she awaits her next hearing on April 16.
Dobbins was released to pre-trial services on her own recognizance.
via: http://pix11.com/2018/04/02/mother-used-stun-gun-to-wake-teen-for-easter-church-service-police-say/