Anderson Cooper sorry for calling Trump ‘an obese turtle’
Anderson Cooper has apologized for calling President Trump “an obese turtle.”
On Thursday night, after Trump gave an angry speech claiming that non-evidenced election fraud was behind his lacking in electoral votes, Cooper insulted the president while live on CNN.
“That is the president of the United States. That is the most powerful person in the world. And we see him like an obese turtle on his back flailing in the hot sun, realizing his time is over,” the news anchor quipped.
Many found the comment inappropriate.
On Saturday, after Joe Biden had been declared the winner of the presidential race, Cooper, 53, apologized for the remarks during an interview with Andrew Yang.
Cooper had asked Yang about the very real possibility that Trump refuses to concede to Biden.
“I’m happy to say, it seems like Trump is going to be, in your words, an obese turtle on his back, just flailing around, Anderson,” Yang replied.
“By the way, I should say, I regret using those words because that’s not the person I really wanna be,” Cooper apologized. “It was in the moment, and I regret it.”
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Missouri poll worker with COVID-19 still worked shift, died after election
A Missouri poll supervisor worked on Election Day despite knowing they were infected with the coronavirus — and has since died, local officials said Thursday
The election judge supervisor in St. Charles County got a positive COVID-19 test back on Oct. 30 and broke the recommended 14-day quarantine period to work at a polling site, county health officials said.
The county did not say when the person — who wasn’t publicly identified — died nor did it release an official cause.
The nine other election workers at the Blanchette Park Memorial Hall polling site were contacted by health department epidemiologists and advised to get tested for the virus, the officials said.
The county said it’s unlikely the supervisor had close contact with any of the 1,858 voters who were at the polling place on Tuesday, since tasks like handing out ballot materials wouldn’t fall under their job description.
Still, anyone who was at that polling site should be watchful for COVID-19 symptoms, the officials said.
All election workers in the county were mandated to wear masks or face shields at all times, and plexiglas barriers separated them from voters, St. Charles County Director of Elections Kurt Bahr said.
The county’s director of public health reminded anyone infected with the virus to “be responsible to others in the community.”
“There is no more important duty than protecting the health of our families, friends and those who reside in the community with us,” Demetrius Cianci-Chapman said.
via: https://nypost.com/2020/11/05/missouri-poll-worker-with-covid-19-still-worked-shift-died-after-election/
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Colorado cop placed on leave after threatening Democrats in Facebook post
A Colorado police officer was reportedly placed on administrative leave after threatening Democrats in a ranting Wednesday Facebook post — suggesting he wanted to “beat the hell” out of members of the party.
“Democrats you were scared of Trump now’s the true time to be afraid,” Jason Taft, an officer with the Platteville Police Department wrote on Facebook.
“If for some reason we lose do we get to be little bitches and beat the hell out of the other party like they did,” he said.
Platteville police Chief Carl Dwyer told the Denver Post he found out about Taft’s post the same afternoon it was written.
Taft, who joined the force in January 2018, was subsequently disciplined.
In the same post, which was still public Thursday night, Taft told Democrats to “please meet me at the battle grounds.”
He also later left a comment on the post, declaring he was willing to lose his job in order to beat up Democrats.
“I’m ready to leave my job just so I can hurt these people that act like they know what real life is about. They are a bunch of time out in the corner billy people,” Taft commented, according to The Denver Post.
“Dems you thought you made a scene or statement with BLM just wait this it will be fun!” he wrote.
via: https://nypost.com/2020/11/05/colorado-cop-placed-on-leave-after-threatening-dems-on-facebook/
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Missouri police instructor fired for alleged use of racial slur during training
A white police instructor in Missouri was terminated for allegedly using racial slurs during an officer training session, department officials said.
St. Louis County Police Chief Mary Barton fired the unidentified contract instructor late last month after initially suspending her as an investigation was conducted.
“It has now been brought to conclusion and the existing contracts with the instructor and her company have been terminated,” Barton wrote in an Oct. 28 letter to officers obtained by The Post.
“To those that brought this behavior to the department’s attention, I extend to you my sincerest appreciation.”
Officers first alerted supervisors about the instructor – later identified in reports as Jan Mirikitani – on Oct. 20, KSDK reported. Sources said she used a racial slur during the session and claimed EBT cards should not be used to pay for hair or nail treatments, according to the station.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Thursday identified Mirikitani as the instructor involved. Mirikitani denied the allegations.
“This is not what it appears,” she wrote the newspaper in an email. “We are living in a time when an allegation is accepted as truth, regardless of all remaining facts and context.”
Mirikitani has been a trainer and consultant for local and federal police forces for more than three decades, the newspaper reported, citing the Law Enforcement Training Advisory Commission’s website.
She has also led more than 25 courses throughout her career, including sessions titled “Hire for Character” and “Communicating with an Angry Public,” the Post-Dispatch reported.
Mirikitani is not licensed by the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission, which has no record of the woman, a spokesman for the Missouri Department of Public Safety told the newspaper.
But police academies can contract unlicensed instructors, spokesman Mike O’Connell told the Post-Dispatch.
The St. Louis-based Ethical Society of Police said the incident marked the third known usage in the past several years of derogatory terms by local officers in training sessions, KSDK reported.
“We believe that additional steps are needed to ensure such an incident will not occur again,” the organization wrote in a letter. “We are asking for better checks and balances at [St. Louis County Municipal Police & Fire Academy] and regular evaluations by class participants.”
A St. Louis County police spokesman declined additional comment when reached by The Post on Friday.
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Lori Loughlin Is Apparently a ‘Wreck’ in Prison, Just Days Into Her Sentence
Lori Loughlin has begun her prison sentence, reporting to California’s Dublin Federal Correctional Institute on Friday. It hasn’t even been a week in there, and already multiple sources are talking to Us Weekly about what a hard time Loughlin is having.
Loughlin, of course, was sentenced to two months in prison, a $150,000 fine, two years of supervised release, and 100 hours of community service for paying $500,000 with her husband to make it appear that their daughters Olivia Jade and Isabella were rowing team recruits in order to guarantee their admission into the University of Southern California. The couple was charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud, money laundering, and bribery in the college admissions cheating scandal; Loughlin pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud as part of a plea agreement.
Us spoke to two sources about Loughlin’s time behind bars so far. One said that Loughlin was a “wreck.”
Another elucidated, saying, “Lori really went into prison strong, she had her faith and the support of her family, but the first few days and road ahead are daunting.”
The first source added that in the weeks before Loughlin checked herself in, the actress was very scared. “Lori tried her best to be brave and look at the end result but there was nothing that could dissipate her fears,” the source. “It’s only two months but she’s dreading it. Her mind keeps telling her that something will go horribly wrong in prison or that her stay could be prolonged.”
As for Loughlin’s daughters, Olivia and Isabella, they’re also struggling seeing their mom go to jail. A source told E! last Friday that “the girls were there saying their goodbyes before Lori headed off. It was a big moment for their family and everyone was very upset. Although the girls knew it was coming and have had time to prepare, it’s still devastating to see their mom go. Both Olivia and Bella are very distraught over it. They are grateful it is for only two months but are anxious knowing they will have a very different and hard holiday season this year.”
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Florida husband fatally shoots pregnant wife thinking she was an intruder
A Florida husband said he fatally shot his pregnant wife after waking up in the middle of the night and thinking she was an intruder, according to authorities who believe it was nothing more than a tragic mistake.
Officers were called to the home in Stuart, about 40 miles northwest of Palm Beach, around 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday, according to a Martin County Sheriff’s Office incident report obtained by NBC News.
When officers arrived, the man was standing outside the home with the couple’s other child yelling for help. He told police that he had shot his wife by accident and his “life is over,” the report states.
The wife was found inside the home suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. A handgun with an attached light that was turned on was found next to her and another handgun was located on a dresser in the couple’s bedroom, according to the report.
The wife was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.
The sheriff’s office told local station WPBF in Tequesta that the wife was six months pregnant and doctors were able to save the baby.
Sheriff William Snyder told the outlet that the husband said he woke up in the middle of the night, thought he heard an intruder in the home and grabbed his firearm to investigate. The man, who said he didn’t realize his wife had gotten up, saw a shape in the hallway and fired a single shot, the sheriff said.
“Unfortunately it turned out to be his wife,” Snyder said.
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5-year-old boy has 123 magnetic beads removed from stomach
A 5-year-old Chinese boy was so attracted to magnets that he swallowed 123 of them in the form of beads — which had to be removed from his stomach during a four-hour operation, according to a report.
The child decided to consume the small balls while watching TV with his 12-year-old sister after their parents left for work, the Daily Mail reported, citing the Guiyang Evening News.
At one point, the girl noticed that her brother was choking so she gave him water to drink, which helped him breathe again.
He told his parents he had only swallowed one bead, which a doctor said would soon be excreted — but when the ball didn’t show up after several days the worried parents took him to The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University.
Doctors were stunned to discover a huge bundle of beads on an X-ray and rushed him to surgery.
An image released by the local outlet shows a surgeon scooping up the beads during the four-hour operation.
“It’s rare to see [someone] swallowing so many [magnetic beads]. Because the number of magnetic beads is relatively large, the operation time was long, and the procedure was difficult,” lead surgeon Dr. Wanwei Chen told reporters.
“Two surgical instruments had been worn out. It was very difficult to take out all of the balls,” he added.
The young patient was reportedly recovering from the ordeal.
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Mississippi third-grader forced to remove ‘Jesus Loves Me’ mask: lawsuit
A third-grade pupil in Mississippi was robbed of her First Amendment rights when her school forced her to take off a mask that said “Jesus Loves Me,” a new lawsuit claims.
Lydia Booth, 9, was ordered by her principal to remove the mask Oct. 13 at Simpson Central Elementary School in Pinola — claiming that it went against district policy, news station WLBT reported.
The school later issued a statement banning any mask that displays “political, religious, sexual or any inappropriate symbols, gestures or statements that may be offensive, disruptive or deemed distractive to the school environment.”
The Alliance Defending Freedom filed a federal lawsuit Monday on her family’s behalf claiming the district violated her free speech.
“Public schools have a duty to respect the free expression of students that the First Amendment guarantees to them,” ADF attorney Michael Ross said.
“Other students within the school district have freely worn masks with the logos of local sports teams or even the words ‘Black Lives Matter.’ This student deserves an equal opportunity to peacefully express her beliefs.”
Tyson Langhofer, who is senior counsel at the ADF, added that the school’s actions upset the third-grader, news station WBRC reported.
“She’s told her parents she wants to be a missionary and that’s why she wants to wear this mask,” Langhofer said. “It made her really sad when she was forced to remove this mask because the message means something to her and it’s her choice to wear it.”
An attorney for the Simpson County School Board said the district hasn’t been served in the lawsuit but doesn’t comment on potential litigation, WBRC reported.
via: https://nypost.com/2020/11/05/third-graders-jesus-loves-me-face-mask-sparks-lawsuit/
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