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4 people shot on Chicago CTA train while they were sleeping

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4 people were found dead on a Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) train when it reached a Blue Line station in Forest Park, Illinois early Monday.

Authorities say the 4 train passengers appeared to be shot while they were sleeping in their seats. Forest Park is about 10 miles West of Chicagoland.

One CTA official who viewed surveillance footage of the mass shooting said it was hard to watch.

The incident happened before 5 a.m. Monday on 2 Blue Line train cars, officials said. The bodies were discovered after the train pulled into the Blue Line station at 711 Desplaines Avenue in Forest Park around 5:37 a.m.

Three people were pronounced dead on the train. One person died at a local hospital. CTA officials said all 4 were paying passengers.

The victims were asleep when the shooting began, and at least one victim woke up begged for their life.

Officials said the shootings happened when the train was in motion. They have not said where the train was located when the shootings occurred.

Forest Park police confirmed that a suspect had been taken into custody on the Pink Train line about 90 minutes away.

The victims names have not been released pending notification of next of kin.

Police say the attack was random and none of the victims appeared to be targeted.

“This appears to be an isolated incident on this unfortunate day,” Forest Park Deputy Chief Chris Chin told reporters at a news conference on Sunday.

Chicagoland officials have been accused of a cover up. They claim the mass shooting did not happen within Chicago’s city limits.

But one person wrote on X.com (formerly Twitter), “[T]his is a Chicago crime not Forest Park … happened on CTA property and two CTA train cars … the Chicago Police Department provides law enforcement for the CTA.”

Roland Martin accidentally outs himself on Instagram live

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Journalist and political commentator Roland Martin accidentally outed himself during a livestream rant on YouTube.

The incident happened on Sunday, Sept. 1, after Martin called out Tyrese for “lying” about the Asian Crime Bill. Martin said Tyrese was “100 percent wrong” about the Asian Crime Bill. “Please learn to fact-check before you start talking,” he said.

He continued: “It does not apply to Asian Americans. It applies to everybody.”

In another video also on Instagram, Martin played a clip of Kamala Harris’ interview on CNN. Host Dana Bash asked Harris about Donald Trump’s claim that she “turned Black” for political purposes.

After playing the clip, a nude Black male briefly flashed on the screen. Martin quickly switched back to live but he was so nervous that he forgot to turn on his mic.

The embarrassing video trended on X.com on Sunday. Many people felt vindicated that Martin outed himself after insisting he was not a member of the LGBTQ+ community.

He was even accused of degrading the LGBTQ+ community in tweets in recent years.

Angela Stanton was first to upload the video to X.com. She captioned the video:

“Breaking Democrat @rolandsmartin forgot to edit this clip. We were all forced to watch his love and admiration for Black male Buttocks as they casually scrolled across his screen.”

She continued:

“I told yall in a post I wrote a few weeks back that 90% of the men I know that still represent or support the Democrat party are Gay. Watch how mad he gets when he finds out it aired. How much more proof do you need. It’s time to Save our men and Boys.”

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Maryland woman acquitted of impersonating a US Marshal

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A Maryland woman who was indicted in 2022 for impersonating a U.S. Marshal has been acquitted of all charges.

Nijea Rich, 40, and Antoine Tuckson, 38, were charged on May 20, 2022 with impersonating a federal officer and conspiracy to impersonate a federal officer.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Tuckson was arrested on March 6, 2022 after he attempted to detain two customers at a restaurant in Prince George’s County, Maryland.

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Tuckson worked at the restaurant as a security guard. He wore a kevlar vest marked “POLICE,” a tactical belt with a 9mm semi-automatic pistol, and multiple ammunition clips.

Documents show Tuckson falsely identified himself to the arresting officers as a Deputy U.S. Marshal. He displayed a fake identification card and badge.

Tuckson’s patrol dog was turned over to Animal Services.

According to the District Attorney’s Office, Tuckson had Nijea Rich pose as his U.S. Marshals Service supervisor.

Documents show Rich arrived at the location wearing tan tactical pants and a black kevlar vest. She carried a handgun, a radio, two sets of handcuffs and an expandable baton.

At one point, Rich allegedly told officers, “You locked up a U.S. Marshal?”

The next morning, Rich showed up at the Animal Services Department wearing a kevlar vest and displayed a card identifying her as a U.S. Marshal.

Rich allegedly told the employee that the man arrested the day before was a U.S. Marshal and that his dog was a working canine officer.

The employee released the dog to Rich who loaded the animal into a black sedan that looked like a police vehicle.
 
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The U.S. Marshals Service searched its databases and found no record that Tuckson or Rich were U.S. Marshal employees.

Law enforcement executed a search warrant at Tuckson’s Waldorf, Maryland home and recovered firearms, including an AR-style rifle and a pistol-grip pump-action shotgun.

Tuckson went on trial in July 2023. He was convicted of impersonating an officer and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Prosecutors stated Tuckson had impersonated a police officer for 15 years.

On July 7, 2023 Tuckson was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison.

In an email to Sandrarose.com late Saturday, Nijea Rich confirmed she was acquitted of all charges.

She wrote:

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ARTICLE YOU DID ON ME

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WOULD BE NICE TO DO AN UPDATE.

I WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY BY JURY. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE. YOUR ARTICLE HAS QUITE A FEW LIES IN IT. I AM COMPLETELY REAL WITH ALL OF MY ACTIONS. HE DECEIVED MORE THAN A FEW…TO INCLUDE POLICE.

DEFAMED MY NAME BUT WON’T EVEN PRINT THE OUTCOME. GO FIGURE! WHOLE SITUATION RUINED MY LIFE. LEFT ME HOMELESS, PEOPLE STOPPED SPEAKING TO ME, GOV’T KEPT ME FROM MY SPIRITUAL ACTIVITIES, SEEING MY MOM AND ON AN ANKLE MONITOR FOR TWO YEARS LEAVING BRUISING BEHIND. I LOST EVERYTHING!

NIJEA RICH

Father charged after girlfriend ordered dog to maul 9-year-old girl

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The father of a 9-year-old girl who was beaten to death by his girlfriend has also been charged with her “savage” murder.

Lo Juan Sessions, 26, was arrested Friday in Orange County, Florida. His arrest comes after his girlfriend, Tyshael Martin, 34, was charged with beating his daughter, Jamaria Sessions, to death.

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Martin ordered the family dog to maul Jamaria before Martin beat her to death.

Authorities say Sessions knew Martin was abusing Jamaria. An affidavit detailed text messages from Sessions to Martin accusing her of abusing Jamaria.

Sessions was booked into the Polk County Jail. He is charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child.

A 911 call from the home before 5 a.m. on June 17 described Jamaria as “unresponsive.”

Medics and deputies arrived and observed the child was unresponsive and cold to the touch. Jamaria was naked and covered with “numerous abrasions, bruises, burns, and possible bite marks” all over her body.

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An autopsy revealed Jamaria died from multiple blunt injuries to the head and body and a thermal burn on her right foot. Martin told police the girl’s foot was burned when she used boiling water to wash Jamaria’s hair.

Lt. John Herrell with the Lake County Sheriff’s Office told WESH that it was the worst case of child abuse he had ever seen.

Authorities used home surveillance cameras to piece together what happened on June 17.

The footage shows Martin directing the family’s 103-pound Rottweiler dog to bite Jamaria repeatedly. The video showed Martin holding the dog’s leash while it mauled the girl.

The footage also showed Martin drag Jamaria’s motionless body across the floor. She was seen repeatedly kicking, hitting, and shaking the girl while saying, “I’m fixin’ to kill her!”

Martin is charged with first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, and child neglect. She is being held in the Lake County Jail without bond.

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Sessions is also the father of a 5-year-old girl. Both girls moved in with him after he completed a 3-year prison sentence for probation violation in August 2023.

The girls’ mother, Tadrina Dort, died of complications from leukemia in September 2022 at age 24.

The girls had been staying with their grandmother, Althea Chenault, while Dort was in the hospital.

“I already knew something was going to happen,” Chenault told WESH. Chenault said she tried to get injunctions against Martin for ongoing violence and threats.

Chenault said Martin taunted Dort while she was in the hospital for the treatment of leukemia.

“Tadrina was in the hospital, and [Martin] was writing Tadrina on Facebook saying she hoped she died,” said Chenault.

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Martin and Sessions had other children in the home. They shared a child together and Martin had 2 teenage daughters of her own.

Martin’s 18-year-old daughter told police she and her sister would sometimes discipline Jamaria with a belt.

A week before Jamaria died, the children went on a cruise with Martin and Martin’s mother.

Sessions didn’t go on the cruise with them. According to an affidavit, he “was in the midst of an affair with another female, who subsequently became pregnant with his child. It is unknown if Tyshael Martin knew of this affair.”

RIP: Rapper Fatman Scoop Dies After Collapsing Onstage

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Rapper and radio personality Fatman Scoop died Friday after collapsing onstage in Hamden, Connecticut. He was 53.

Scoop, whose real name was Isaac Freeman III, was performing at the Town Center Park when he collapsed and died.

Cell phone video shows a shirtless Freeman hyping the crowd. His last words before he collapsed were, “If you came to party, make some noise.”

Another video angle shows a medic performing CPR on Freeman at the DJ booth.

“Last night, the world lost a radiant soul, a beacon of light on the stage and in life,” his family wrote in a statement on Saturday. “Fatman Scoop was not just a world class performer, he was a father, brother, uncle, and a friend.”

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Freeman’s publicist said the rapper drank an energy drink seconds before going onstage and that, “He never drank energy drinks” before.

In a tribute, hip-hop drummer Questlove called Freeman “the undisputed voice of the club.”

Freeman was best known for his collaborations with artists such as Missy Elliott (“Lose Control”) and Mariah Carey (“It’s Like That”). He won a Grammy Award and a Soul Train Award for “Lose Control.”

Freeman was featured on the remix to Ciara’s single “Level Up,” featuring Missy Elliott.

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He appeared as himself on the TV series “The Boondocks.” And in 2015, he entered the “Celebrity Big Brother 16: UK vs. USA” house in London as a contestant.

His ex-wife Shanda Freeman shared an Instagram photo of herself and the “Be Faithful” artist alongside two broken heart emojis.

In the video below, Fatman Scoop interviewed Lil Jon about the COVID vaccines in 2020. Fatman Scoop initially rejected the vaccine, but he ended up taking it so he could travel overseas for work.

Diamond DeShields prays after getting death threats for hard foul on Caitlin Clark

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Diamond DeShields prays after getting death threats for hard foul on Caitlin Clark
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Caitlin Clark’s fans are on the warpath after Chicago Sky player Diamond DeShields body-checked Clark during Friday’s Sky vs Indiana Fever game.

The flagrant foul happened with 3:52 remaining in the 4th quarter at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.

With Indiana leading by 25 points, DeShields chased Clark and body-checked her to the floor. DeShields then laughed as Clark sprawled on the floor.

The refs called a common foul on DeShields but it was later upgraded to a flagrant 1 foul.

It was DeShields’ third foul on Clark in 3 minutes.

The refs claimed DeShields was going for the basketball when she collided into Clark. But fans point out that DeShields lowered her shoulder into Clark before sending her crashing to the floor.

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Clark is the only WNBA player with a bodyguard (grey jersey). But he can’t protect her from masculine-identified bullies while she’s on the court.

Fans are furious that Clark is still being targeted by WNBA players who are jealous of her talent.

DeShields prayed and thanked God as Clark’s fans made death threats on Instagram.

“Thank you God for covering me, I pray u cover those who wish harm onto me as well,” DeShields wrote.

Clark and the Indiana Fever dominated the Chicago Sky 100-81. Clark finished with 31 points and 12 assists.

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Meanwhile, Angel Reese, who was laughably named Rookie of the Year by ESPN before the game, finished with 10 points and 12 rebounds.

Reese shamelessly scored 4 points in garbage time while starters from both teams sat on the bench.

Doctor accepts plea deal in actor Matthew Perry’s death

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Dr. Mark Chavez, of San Diego, arrived at a courthouse on Friday, Aug. 30, to plead guilty to supplying ketamine to actor Matthew Perry.

The “ketamine doctor” was released on $50,000 bond.

Chavez signed a plea agreement with prosecutors earlier this month. He is among five people charged in Perry’s drug overdose death.

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Perry, 54, was found unresponsive in the hot tub of his $49,000 a month Los Angeles rental on October 28, 2023.

Dr. Salvador Plasencia, who supplied Dr. Chavez with ketamine, also pled not guilty and is awaiting trial.

About a month before he died, Perry contacted Dr. Plasencia, who in turn asked Dr. Chavez for more ketamine doses.

According to court documents, Dr. Plasencia texted Dr. Chavez and asked him, “I wonder how much this moron will pay? Let’s find out.”

The two physicians met up the same day in Costa Mesa and exchanged four vials of ketamine.

Dr. Chavez charged Perry $2,000 for one vial of ketamine that cost him $12. Chavez admitted obtaining the drugs from a wholesale medical distributor by submitting a fraudulent prescription.

Dr. Chavez faces a maximum of 10 years in prison when he’s sentenced.

On August 23, the California Medical Board suspended his medical license. He is not allowed to practice medicine in California.

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Perry’s personal assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa (left) found Perry unresponsive in his hot tub after allegedly injecting him with a fatal dose of the surgical anesthetic ketamine.

Iwamasa purchased 25 vials of ketamine from “ketamine queen” Jasveen Sangha and former TV producer Erik Fleming.

Iwamasa allegedly injected Perry six times a day until the actor’s death. He has agreed to plead guilty in exchange for leniency.

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After Perry’s death, Sangha (right) texted Fleming and told him to “delete all of our messages.”

Sangha has pled not guilty. She is being held without bond until her trial.

Mom Finds Man in Bed with Her Daughter, Sets Him On Fire

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A Philadelphia woman who set a man on fire is facing attempted murder charges, and the man is in ICU fighting for his life.

The incident happened on the 5400 block of Lansdowne Avenue in the city’s Overbrook neighborhood around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Police say the woman and her boyfriend arrived home to find the man in bed with her 18-year-old daughter.

Officers say the mother’s boyfriend shot at the 40-year-old victim but missed. The mother of the 18-year-old girl poured flammable liquid on the man and set him on fire.

Witnesses say the victim was on fire as he ran from the apartment screaming, “Help me!”

Cars stopped and drivers got out to pour water on the blazing man. The victim suffered critical injuries, including 2nd- and 3rd-degree burns to his upper torso.

Two suspects – a 35-year-old woman and a 38-year-old man – are in police custody.

The names of the victim and the suspects have not been released. Police recommend that the prosecutor charge them both with attempted murder, aggravated assault, arson, and weapons charges.

The teenager was not charged. 18 is above the legal age of consent in Philadelphia.

Naomi Osaka Brings Couture Fashion To The US Open

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Tennis fans gasped when Naomi Osaka strolled onto the court at the U.S. Open wearing haute couture tennis fashion.

On August 27, the Haitian-Japanese star wore a green and white outfit complete with bows, ruffles, bodysuit and a tutu designed by Nike X Yoon Ahn.

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Then on Thursday, Aug. 29, she wore the outfit in black & white colorway.

The bow motif was repeated on her tennis shoes which featured small bows on the back of each sneaker.

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“I definitely love to be involved in everything I do, whether it’s fashion or anything else,” Naomi said after she won the match on August 27. “But I feel like being able to be a part of my tennis outfits gives me, I would say, a different strength.”

Naomi is grateful to be a pioneer in leading women’s tennis fashion to a new frontier.

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But she admits she was a little embarrassed by the flamboyant outfits.

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“Especially the U.S. Open outfits, I feel like they are a little bit flamboyant,” she told the media. “When I was putting on my outfit today, I was, like, ah, I hope this isn’t too much.”

“Because I had the tutu and then I had the bow jacket and it was green, I feel like everyone was staring at me funny,” said the 26-year-old single mom.

“And then I put the headphones on, that was a real killer. I was, like, you know what, embrace this maximalist style, I think for me, when I put on the outfit it’s almost like a super suit, so I try to channel that.”

Trending: Kamala Harris’ ‘Dumpster Fire’ Interview On CNN

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Trending: Kamala Harris’ ‘Dumpster Fire’ Interview On CNN
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Vice President Kamala Harris finally sat down for an interview that aired on CNN on Thursday night.

Harris constantly criticized former President Donald Trump, saying Americans are ready for “a new way forward.”

Harris also promised to “turn the page” for a change — as if she hasn’t been in office for the last four years.

Surprisingly, CNN anchor Dana Bash pressed Harris on her flip-flopping answers.

Bash brought up Harris’ campaign slogan, “We’re not going back.”

“I wonder what you say to voters who do want to go back when it comes to the economy,” said Dana Bash. She added that the economy was better under Trump.

Bash said groceries were less expensive and housing was more affordable when Trump was president.

Harris responded by blaming Trump. She mentioned Trump’s handling of COVID and she said 10 million jobs were lost under Trump.

Then Bash cornered Harris about the Biden administration’s border crisis.

Harris was appointed border czar by President Joe Biden. But she never once visited the border.

However, Harris came prepared with an answer: she blamed Trump.

When Bash brought up Trump saying Harris “turned Black” for her presidential campaign, Harris (who previously marketed herself as Indian-American) replied that Trump was “using the same old tired playbook.”

Then Harris quickly said “Next question.”
 
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Members of a manosphere chat board were disappointed by the interview. They are Kamala Harris supporters, but they expected more confidence from her.

One person wrote: “Political parties aside.. the responses to these obviously prepared questions should concern every American thinking of voting for her.”

Another man wrote: “Kamala didn’t seem confident and was nervous as she forgets Dana Bash’s name mid interview, has terrible body language, and seems as if she doesn’t really understand the concepts of government or policy in depth she’s running on.”

A third person wrote: “I also feel like she goes into defensive mode when really questioned. She fired a good amount of her staff when she first began. She may be worse than Biden.”

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