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Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Police: ‘R&B Diva’ Angie Stone knocked out daughter’s front teeth

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Angie Stone, a Grammy-nominated singer who rose to fame with R&B hits such as “Brotha,” “No More Rain” and “Wish I Didn’t Miss You,” was arrested in DeKalb County after police say she struck her 30-year-old daughter with a metal stand and knocked out the woman’s front teeth.

According to a DeKalb County police incident report, Angie Stone said Diamond Stone hit her in the face with closed fists first. Diamond Stone and Blondy Chisolm, a family friend who witnessed the Monday night altercation, told police they were not sure who threw the first blow.

The spat, according to Diamond Stone, started when Angie Stone entered her daughter’s room, demanded that she clean it up and ordered her to control her children, who were running around the singer’s Rogers Lake Road home half naked.

Report: Angie Stone arrested for speeding while driving to church photo

“Ms. Diamond Stone then went on to state that Ms. Angie Stone started (getting) in her face, telling her she needed to leave because she is tired (of) her,” police said in the report. “Ms. Diamond Stone then stated her and Ms. Angie Stone started to argue, and that’s when a physical altercation started to occur.”

Angie Stone, 53, told police she did not know she hit her daughter with a metal stand.

“Once she realized this,” police said in the report, “she quickly put the stand down and attempted to get away from Ms. Diamond Stone. Ms. Angie Stone then stated while she tried to get away, Ms. Diamond Stone continued to come after her as if to strike her again but stated that Ms. Blondy Chisolm came to break up the fight.”

Diamond Stone’s version of the story is different. According to the report, she walked away after Angie Stone struck her in the face with the metal stand and called police. Both women were taken to DeKalb County Police Department headquarters for questioning. Diamond Stone was released with no charges. Stone is being held in the DeKalb County jail on a charge of domestic aggravated assault.

Stone most recently appeared with other singers on TV One’s popular reality show, “R&B Divas: Atlanta.” She moved to the metro area in 2008.

This is not Stone’s first brush with the law.

In March 2011, she was arrested while driving to church after being caught speeding and driving on a suspended license.

Stone, whose real name is Angela Brown, was nominated for Grammys in 2003, 2004 and 2008.

Windell Middlebrooks Dead at 36; Appeared on Body of Proof, Scrubs

Actor Windell Middlebrooks, whose TV resume included roles on Body of Proofand Scrubs, died Monday at the age of 36, TMZ reports. The cause of death is not yet known.

In addition to his series regular role on Body of Proof, where he portrayed medical examiner Curtis Brumfield for the show’s three-season run, Middlebrooks had a knack for playing security guards — first as Scrubs’ Captain Duncook, then as Kirby Morris on the Disney Channel’s The Suite Life on Deck.

Middlebrooks’ Suite Life co-star Debby Ryan tweeted a memorial message following his death:

The actor also held multiple guest-star gigs, on shows including It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Cougar Town and Parks and Recreation.

Most recently, Middlebrooks appeared as the straightforward Delivery Guy in a Miller High Life commercial campaign; one of the spots can be viewed below.

The tragically unnecessary police murder of Anthony Hill

attribution: Anthony Hill Family Photos used with permission

Anthony Hill, an Iraq War vet, killed by police in Dekalb County, Georgia. He was completely unarmed.

Twenty-seven-year-old Anthony Hill was an Air Force veteran in the Iraq War and an extremely talented musician. Beloved by his girlfriend, family, and friends, he was gunned down on Monday by police in Chamblee, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. Unlike so many cases where police officers claim to have seen their victim "reach for a gun," or strangely dig into their waistband (a thing only police ever see an unarmed black man do), none of those things can be claimed in this instance.

Anthony, who valiantly and publicly struggled with mental illness and bipolar disorder, was walking and rolling around on the ground in his apartment complex completely naked. Clearly having some type of psychotic episode, witnesses observed Anthony and called police to help him. He threatened no one.

"He was doing weird movement. He was crawling on the floor, lying down on the floor," said one witness, who asked not to be identified.
“He tells me, ‘I'm OK, I'm OK.’ That's what he was saying,” the witness said.
The witness said he told the man, identified as 27-year-old Anthony Hill, to go inside or he was going to get arrested.
"He was acting crazy but he was calm like he didn't know where he was. He was like kind of lost in his face," the witness said.

Sadly, the police did show up. And yes, you guessed it, even in one of the blackest police forces in the country, a white officer, claiming he feared for his life, shot Anthony and killed him.

Please head below the fold for more on this story.

The insanity of this is mind-blowing because I lived and worked in Dekalb County for years and cannot recall ever even seeing a white police officer there. It's not that a white police officer is incapable of being fair to a black man struggling with mental illness, but it's abundantly clear that the first instinct of this officer was to use lethal force instead of anything else that could have been used to have Anthony hospitalized like this man—with sharp knives, mind you—in front of Buckingham Palace in the UK. At a time where we are learning aboutwhite police captains and sergeants who jokingly compare African Americans to animals and celebrate black abortions for the crime they will prevent, society is left to wonder what white officers may be thinking of the African Americans they are paid to police.

The officer also wasn’t identified by Dekalb County Police Chief Alexander, but he said the officer is a seven-year veteran of the DeKalb department and is a white male.
Alexander said the officer was armed with a Taser. He declined to comment when asked if the officer should have used the stun gun instead of shooting Hill, saying “we need to wait and see what the outcome of the investigation is.” He said he doesn’t know “what measure or countermeasures the officers may have taken,” stating that more will be learned from witness statements and physical evidence taken from the scene.

What circumstance would have been more appropriate to use a Taser than this one in which you are 100 percent sure the man you are approaching is completely unarmed? It must have been obvious that Anthony was struggling through a psychotic episode of some sort. If this officer was trained to deal with those struggling with mental illness, as Dekalb County claims, what in his training did he use here? It appears nothing at all.

Sadly, we are seeing instance after instance of men and women struggling with mental illness being gunned down by police. A wounded war vet, Brian Beaird was also unarmed and nonviolent when police gunned him down on live television.

Lavall Hall, struggling with mental illness, had only a red broomstick when police shot and killed him.

James Boyd, a homeless man struggling with mental illness, was mercilessly gunned down by Albuquerque police.

Matthew Ojibade's family called the police for help because of a psychotic episode he was having and gave police his medication. He died in their custody.

Antonio Zambrano-Montes, homeless and struggling with mental illness, was throwing rocks when police gunned him down like an animal.

There's also 17-year-old Kristina Coignard, who was battling through depression when police shot and killed her.

Milton Hall was completely surrounded by police in Saginaw, Michigan. Confused and struggling with mental illness, they shot at Hall 46 times and killed him.

This list of men and women battling through mental illness but soon killed by police sadly goes on and on. Something major has to change.

Below you'll see some of the last-known footage of Anthony Hill before he was killed.

Don’t Let Jonathan Deceive You Again – Buhari

The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians especially those in the South; not to be deceived by President Goodluck Jonathan.
Don’t Let Jonathan Deceive You Again – Buhari

Buhari spoke on Tuesday through the Media Director of the APC campaign, Mallam Garba Shehu, in Abuja.

He explained that it was important to draw the attention of well-meaning Nigerians to “the deceit, squander mania and looting associated with this administration.”

According to the campaign, the administration has been unable to deliver on its promise to construct the East-West Road on which it has spent and continues to spend billions of Naira.

He said, “It is on record that work started on the road in 2006, under former President Obasanjo but due to the activities of Niger Delta militants then, the work was stopped midway and the initial contractor Julius Berger left the site.

“In 2009, work was restarted on the road, this time to be handled by 3 construction firms to hasten its completion by 2011 as anticipated.

“It is pertinent to note that appropriations were made for the construction in 2009 and 2010, but after Yar’Adua’s death, work stopped on the road and money set aside was diverted.”

Buhari also noted that the administration was also trying to deceive the people of the South East over the Second Niger Bridge.

He said contrary to the strident efforts of the Jonathan team to assure the people of the South East that the Second Niger Bridge has been awarded and now under construction, the truth is that the PDP administration is only deceiving the people.

The Buhari campaign team recalled that President Jonathan anchored his 2011 campaign in the South East on the construction of the Second Niger Bridge, but four years since then the bridge is still at the drawing board table and may not be realised under Jonathan.

Shehu alleged that the money set aside for the project has since been channelled into the Presidential election of President Goodluck Jonathan.

“The main problem with the Second Niger Bridge and which the Jonathan administration has failed to respond to is why public private partnership should be adopted in constructing the bridge at triple the real cost, whereas government is in a position to bear the full cost, more so as the project falls under the social contract between the government and the people.” Shehu said.

Buhari also identified corruption as the bane of Nigeria’s development.

He also said the South East was handed the rough edge of the stick in the rehabilitation of the Enugu Airport because the contract was taken from a competent contractor and handed over to certain individuals under the guise of direct labour. These individuals he pointed out did a substandard job.

He said to further demonstrate that President Jonathan has serially failed the South East; it is on record that late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua had commenced and indeed reached an advanced stage in the dredging of River Niger, and construction of Onitsha seaport.

Regrettably this was again truncated by Jonathan as till today, the seaport which is expected to promote economic development in the region and beyond is yet to take off and the dredging stopped.

Shehu maintained that corruption is the major hindrance to our National Development, and General Buhari with a sterling record of fighting corruption will spare no effort in ensuring that Nigerians have value for their commonwealth.

Reacting to these allegations, the Deputy Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Abdullah Jalo dismissed claims made by the APC campaign.

He explained that the opposition has become desperate and would stop at nothing to discredit the PDP.

Jalo said, “We have become accustomed to baseless allegations by the opposition. The thing with our opposition party is that they refuse to see the good work of this administration all over the country.

“Nigerians all over can testify that the PDP remains the party of choice all over, including the South East, so they are trying to see if they can reduce our influence.”

It will be recalled that APC has dismissed the myth that Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) would spend only one term in the office if he wins the presidential poll on March 28th.

IG: 6.5M Social Security Numbers Linked to People Aged 112 & Up

As seen on Your World with Neil Cavuto

The Social Security Administration sees dead people.

A report from the Office of the Inspector General found that there are 6.5 million active Social Security numbers on file which belong to people aged 112 and up. Meanwhile, there are only 35 people older than 112 in the world.

The Office of Inspector General believes that this could be a huge avenue for fraud and waste. For example, from 2008-2011, Social Security numbers for nearly 4,000 people over the age of 100 were run through the E-Verify system, which determines work eligibility. Recently, a man opened bank accounts for two people born in the late 1800s.

The inspector general says this is the result of the Social Security Administration poorly managing the data. Ron Johnson, chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, had a different take on the report.

“Tens of thousands of these numbers are currently being used to report wages to the Social Security Administration and to the IRS. People are fraudulently, but successfully, applying for jobs and benefits with these numbers,” Johnson said.

The Social Security Administration says it doesn’t have the resources to fix this problem and would rather focus on accurately paying benefits.

Sunday, March 8, 2015

An Awkward Visit By Buhari To Shagari In Sokoto

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd), was in Sokoto State on Saturday to visit former president, Alhaji Shehu Shagari.

The visit was to celebrate with the Second Republic President, whose 90th birthday was on February 25, while General Buhari was away in the UK.

General Buhari seized the opportunity to explain why he missed the February 25 date.

“Your Excellency, my coming today is to felicitate with you over your 90th birthday anniversary. I have personally sent a letter to you informing you that I was in London and hope the letter was delivered to you.
“I would have loved to come with some of our colleagues who were here earlier but for my trip to London where I went to have some rest after campaigning in all the 36 states of the federation in addition to several townhall meetings.
“I pray Allah to grant you good health and more fruitful years ahead,” Buhari said.
He described Shagari as a great nationalist, lauding him for his commitment to Nigeria’s peace and unity.

The Sokoto State Governor, Aliyu Wamakko, who accompanied the APC presidential candidate to Shagari’s Sama road residence alongside other members of the APC in Sokoto, also highlighted Shagari’s virtues of discipline, humility and nationalism.

Former president Shagari was full of smiles and gratitude to his visitors. He also urged Nigerians to continually pray for the peace and stability of the country.

He wished General Buhari success in his political ambition.

Buhari overthrew Shagari during his civilian regime in a military coup on December 31, 1983.