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May 7, 2021

'You don't look like thugs': Video shows teacher's racist Zoom lesson on George Floyd

According to school officials, a teacher in Fairbanks, Alaska, was recently put on administrative leave following callous comments made in a class discussion about George Floyd. In one of the comments, she blames Floyd for his own death.

The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District had not publicly named the teacher; however, a 15-minute video identified the woman speaking as “Ms. Gardner.” Connie Gardner is listed as a special education teacher at Lathrop High, per KTOO.

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“I do not agree that the Chauvin guy was right. I think he abused his authority, and I think he went too far,” Gardner says. “And I think that he was complicit in George Floyd’s death. I think that there were many factors that contributed to it, and that was one of them.”


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However, she implies that Floyd would be alive if he had complied with Chauvin’s orders.

“I’m an old white lady, and if the cops came up to me and said, ‘Ma’am, put your hands behind your back, you’re going to jail,'” Gardner says. “I’m putting my hands behind my back.”

That was just one of the many problematic comments. Per KUAC, she also inferred that certain clothing would keep Black people alive: “Look at how you guys are dressed. You’re dressed nicely. You don’t look like thugs. You don’t have your pants down around your knees.”


One of the students’ parents also watching the class directly challenged Gardner on her racist comments.

https://www.dailydot.com/irl/video-teacher-racist-george-floyd-zoom/

May 7, 2021

woman tells 911 dispatcher 2 black women were 'touching', 'threatening', 'beating' her





The new Central Park Karen? Cyclist who found two black women's phone charger on the ground refuses to give it back and calls 911 to claim they're beating her

The incident unfolded when Alana Lambert and her friend were vlogging a day out in Central Park, New York City

Lambert said her portable charger fell from her friend's bike and the woman picked it up and wouldn't give it back until they proved it was theirs

Footage shows the 'Karen' telling a 911 dispatcher the two black women were 'touching', 'threatening' and 'beating' her

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'Do not discuss with me. Do not discuss with me,' says the 'Karen.'

'Girl if you go viral trying to be stupid that's on you,' Lambert tells her.

At this point, the 'Karen' approaches a group of horse-mounted New York City police who are riding through the park.

She tells the cops the two black women have been 'threatening' and 'beating' her.

'These two people are coming and threatening me and beating me that this is theirs,' she tells the cops.

'I'm not going to give it to them unless they can prove it is theirs.'

An officer asks what it is to which Lambert explains it is her portable phone charger.

'It's a portable charger. I was riding my bike and my portable charger fell and I turned around and she grabbed it and ran away with it,' she says.

'She said we were trying to beat her and called 911.'








https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9553877/New-Central-Park-Karen-Cyclist-SMIRKS-calling-911-claim-black-women-threatening-her.html
May 7, 2021

cop seen on video intentionally damaging vehicle while executing search warrant at private home



https://www.wwnytv.com/2021/05/06/deeply-concerning-video-surfaces-massena-police-officer-suspended-without-pay/

‘Deeply concerning’ video surfaces, Massena police officer suspended without pay

MASSENA, N.Y. (WWNY) - Video has surfaced of a Massena police officer at a private home and it appears that officer purposely rams a door into the side of a car.

The village’s police chief says that officer, Brandon Huckle, is suspended without pay and we know the district attorney is involved.

It’s a video garnering a lot of attention on Facebook. Massena police officer Brandon Huckle looking like he’s intentionally damaging a vehicle while executing a search warrant on March 16.


It was posted by lawyer Brian Barrett. He says the car belongs to someone he’s defending in court on drug charges.

He notes Huckle has been investigated before.

“What’s scary to me is that the Massena Police Department can’t get rid of this guy and that it sounds like there’s a pattern of misconduct with this officer,” said Barrett.
May 7, 2021

Some people said they started bathing less during the pandemic

See Fewer People. Take Fewer Showers.
Some people said they started bathing less during the pandemic. As long as no one complains, they say they plan to keep the new habit.


Robin Harper, an administrative assistant at a preschool on Martha’s Vineyard, grew up showering every day.

“It’s what you did,” she said. But when the coronavirus pandemic forced her indoors and away from the general public, she started showering once a week.

The new practice felt environmentally virtuous, practical and freeing. And it has stuck.

“Don’t get me wrong,” said Ms. Harper, 43, who has returned to work. “I like showers. But it’s one thing off my plate. I’m a mom. I work full-time, and it’s one less thing I have to do.”




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Parents have complained that their teenage children are forgoing daily showers. After the British media reported on a YouGov survey that showed 17 percent of Britons had abandoned daily showers during the pandemic, many people on Twitter said they had done the same.

Heather Whaley, a writer in Redding, Conn., said her shower use had fallen by 20 percent in the past year.

After the pandemic forced her into lockdown, Ms. Whaley, 49, said she began thinking about why she was showering every day.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/06/health/shower-bathing-pandemic.html?action=click&algo=bandit-all-surfaces-decay-decay-02&block=editors_picks_recirc&fellback=false&imp_id=212036719&impression_id=696185e0-aed8-11eb-8c5f-f5dd4d517a59&index=0&pgtype=Article&pool=editors-picks-ls®ion=ccolumn&req_id=855022979&surface=home-featured&variant=1_bandit-all-surfaces-decay-decay-02&action=click&module=editorContent&pgtype=Article®ion=CompanionColumn&contentCollection=Trending
May 6, 2021

Australian man convicted of possessing child sex dolls, sentenced to probation

An Australian man has been convicted of possessing child sex dolls under new laws to combat abuse against minors.

Terry Dunnett, 45, pleaded guilty Wednesday in District Court in Brisbane to two counts of possessing a child sex doll, one count of attempting to possess a child sex doll and possessing child exploitation material, abc.net.au reported.

The Joint Anti-Child Exploitation Team in Queensland began investigating Dunnett in January 2020 after the Australian Border Force detected an “anatomically-correct doll” in a shipment from China addressed to him.

When officers raided his Brisbane home, they discovered two other girl dolls depicting ages estimated to be between 4 and 5 years old,

Prosecutors sought a jail sentence, but Dunnett’s lawyer argued that a community-based sentence would be appropriate after a psychologist determined he was a “low risk” of actually committing a crime against a child.

Judge Orazio Rinaudo sentenced Dunnett to two years behind bars, but then ordered his immediate release under probation supervision.

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https://nypost.com/2021/04/23/australian-man-convicted-of-possessing-child-sex-dolls/

May 6, 2021

Josh Duggars used dark web to.bypass.anti child porn device installed by wife

Wife who continued to have kids with him

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9549785/Josh-Duggar-used-darkweb-bypass-anti-child-porn-software-installed-wife-Anna-court-hears.html

Eyes on Duggar's computer was set up to send reports to his wife Anna

Those alerts, however, would not have been sent if Duggar was using the password-protected dark web software that was also found on his computer

Josh Duggar of the hit reality TV show 19 Kids And Counting has pleaded not guilty to receiving and possessing child pornography after he was arrested and charged in Arkansas last week
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Josh Duggar of the hit reality TV show 19 Kids And Counting has pleaded not guilty to receiving and possessing child pornography after he was arrested and charged in Arkansas last week

Josh Duggar's computer

May 6, 2021

Video: CT firefighter resigns after 'let them die' comment at BLM rally about overdose victims

https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Video-CT-firefighter-resigns-after-let-them-16153448.php

https://twitter.com/CTSenateDems/status/1389971354116624385

GLASTONBURY — A local firefighter has resigned after making a “upsetting” statement about overdose victims during a rally over the weekend, fire officials announced Wednesday.

Video footage from the Black Lives Matter rally shows one of the counter-protesters, identified by those who organized the event as firefighter James Stanley, and a protester get into a heated discussion about Narcan — one of the brand names of the nasal spray naloxone, used to reverse the effects of some drug overdoses.


It’s unclear how long their exchange lasted before and after the footage.

“I think you get rid of (expletive) Narcan, and when people overdose, you let them die,” Stanley can be heard saying in the footage, recorded by Ivelisse Correa-Ojeda and shared by the organizers in a press release to the media and on social media.

Correa-Ojeda, and others, can be heard reacting to Stanley’s comment as she tells him doing that would impact the suburban communities, not just cities. The footage cuts off as it appears Stanley is about to respond.

https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Video-CT-firefighter-resigns-after-let-them-16153448.php

May 6, 2021

Wildlife Care Center/Huntington takes in the orphaned ducklings... 1000s from Disneyland & backyards

Orphaned ducklings find lettuce and love at Huntington Beach wildlife center

Around this time every year, the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center in Huntington Beach is filled with quacking from hundreds of ducklings orphaned during spring “baby season.”

In part because of the coronavirus pandemic, this spring has been especially busy. The center is seeking help from community members to feed and care for more than 500 young birds, operations manager Debbie Wayns said.

“For whatever reason, these ducklings were abandoned by mom, or mom was killed, and so then these babies aren’t old enough to survive on their own, so they were brought to us either by the public or by animal control,” Wayns explained.

More baby mallards are expected soon from nearby Disneyland, which usually drops off thousands every year so they are out of harm’s way at the busy theme park, Wayns said.


Last year, with the park closed because of the pandemic, the center didn’t get any ducklings from Disneyland.

With Disneyland reopening last Friday, Wayns expects to receive truckloads of ducklings again.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-05-05/in-the-pandemic-orphaned-ducklings-flood-huntington-beach-wildlife-center-where-they-find-lettuce-and-love
May 6, 2021

15 endangered california condors stop by woman's deck, trash it and wont leave

https://www.sfgate.com/california-news/article/2021-05-California-condors-trash-house-16154708.php?IPID=SFGate-HP-CP-Spotlight

e worst,” she wrote. “They keep hanging out on her roof and railings messing with stuff and pooping everywhere. Trees are fine but not in the house please.”

Intrigued Twitter users, along with an employee behind the U.S. Fish and Game Twitter account have weighed in, with at least four people making jokes about how the woman’s home should now be referred to as a “condorminium.”

“Tell your mom to give in and hand over the elk carcass,” one commenter wrote. “They know she has it.”

Other users called out specific condors by number. “52 I expect this of (total bad girl) but to see 96 involved is really disappointing,” one user wrote.

She does think this is pretty amazing but also the worst. They don’t have to leave her property but leave the house alone. They keep hanging out on her roof and railings messing with stuff and pooping everywhere. Trees are fine but not the house please 🙏

https://twitter.com/SeanaLyn/status/1389745331085070343?s=19

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