Cop Arrests Sober Man Because He Looked Drunk
Jesse Thornton was previously arrested 10 times for driving while black in surprise, AZ. Now he is taking action after his latest arrest.
WXYZ.com reports that Thornton, a 64-year-old retired firefighter hadn’t been drinking when he was pulled over by police one recent night.
“I can tell you’re driving DUI by looking in your eyes,” Thornton said the cop told him.
“I take my glasses off and he says, ‘You’ve got bloodshot eyes. I think you’re DUI,’” said Thornton.
Thornton said he told the cop his eyes were red because he was swimming earlier in the evening. Thornton was ordered to take a sobriety test and sit on the curb, despite having a bad hip and knee.
Police: Paris Jackson Wanted Attention
It isn’t easy being a 15-year-old teenager growing up in the public eye. Being the daughter of the greatest entertainer the world has ever seen only compounds the problem. But police say Paris Jackson’s “suicide” attempt on Tuesday was simply a cry for attention.
“She wanted attention,” law enforcement sources told TMZ. The superficial scrapes seen on Paris’s arms in paparazzi photos are consistent with cutting behavior exhibited by troubled teens who are depressed and lack coping skills.
But not all cutters seek attention explains Psychiatrist Leonard Sax in a Psychology Today article.
Apartment Building Collapses in Philadelphia; Up to 10 People Trapped in Rubble
Police and emergency rescue crews are frantically to free victims trapped in the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in Philadelphia.
The building which was connected to a Salvation Army store at the corner of 22nd and Market streets came down at 10:45 a.m. Tuesday morning. The cause of the building collapse is unknown. But officials believe a controlled demolition at a construction site next door may have contributed to the collapse.
Dad Says Walmart Accused Him of Kidnapping His Biracial Daughters
Everything little thing makes headline news these days. It doesn’t matter if the headline news started out with good intentions.
A Prince William County, Virginia man says he will never shop at Walmart again after a security guard accused him of kidnapping his children.
Joseph and his wife Keana are an interracial couple.
Thursday started out normally for Joseph when he took his 3 daughters, a 4-year-old and 2-year-old twins, with him to a Walmart in Potomac Mills in Woodbridge to cash a check.
Joseph, who asked that his last name not be published, told Fox 5 DC that he spent a few extra minutes in the parking lot buckling the girls into their car seats.
Joseph said he went to pick up his wife, Keana, and when they arrived home, they were surprised to see a police officer waiting for them.
Trina breaks down at news of her brother’s death
Former rapper Trina Laverne Taylor broke down in tears after being informed of the death of her younger brother in Miami on Tuesday (April 23).
According to Miami police, Wilbrent Bain, 19, was shot multiple times by a friend outside his home in unincorporated North Miami-Dade.
Miami-Dade County police said Bain was on a bicycle at NW 91st Street and 24th Avenue when Ron Dobson, 27, produced a gun from his waistband and shot Bain who was unarmed. Bain was transported to a local Miami hospital, where he died.
Paris is Burning After Gay Marriage Legalized
300,000 protesters took to the streets in Paris, France to demonstrate against the gay marriage law which was approved by the lower house of the French Parliament last month. The ‘marriage for everyone’ bill comes up for a vote in the Senate next.
France becomes the fourteenth country in the world to legalize same sex marriage. The law was not put to a vote by the people, which angered many French citizens.
The French protesters believe the gay marriage law was passed due to the majority of homosexual politicians in the French parliament.
Jail Inmate Sires 5 Babies with Four Female Guards
According to an unsealed federal indictment, a Baltimore jail inmate has sired 5 babies with 4 female guards at the Baltimore City Detention Center, The Baltimore Sun reports. Those guards were named in the indictment, along with 9 of their co-workers, for enabling a prison gang’s drug trafficking and money laundering enterprise behind bars. Baltimore was the backdrop for the critically-acclaimed HBO TV series The Wire.
