BREAKING: James Rhodes of Stow, OH was just arrested & charged with aggravated menacing & ethnic intimidation (felony) after verbally attacking a black woman, who was delivering food with her 2yo child, b/c she’s black & saying he’d kill her.
She recorded him.
WARNING: it’s awful
Police tell me that Rhodes tried to justify his statements. He told police he left his anger get the best of him. He stated to police that he doesn’t own any weapons.
It started in the parking lot of the apartment complex where Rhodes lives.
The victim was delivering a door dash order when she drove around Rhode’s vehicle. That when Rhodes got out and went off. There are two additional videos of Rhodes verbally assaulting the victim as other neighbors came to the victims defense.
The apartment complex where Rhodes lives is going through the process of evicting him because of what he did.
Statement from the mayor of Stow, Ohio
The CBS affiliate in Cleveland Ohio spoke to the woman and as soon as I get her interview I will turn it around and post it here. I am so struck by how gracious she was to that man in the face of his racist vomit.
As of today, Louisiana is the first state in the country to require that the 10 Commandments to be displayed in every classroom in the state. On the flip side, Louisiana is ranked last in the U.S. in crime and corrections, 47th in education, 46th in health care, 49th in infrastructure, and 49th for the overall state of the economy. fox8live.com/2024/05/16/lou…
“The measure in Louisiana requires that the commandments be displayed in each classroom of every public elementary, middle and high school, as well as public college classrooms. The posters must be no smaller than 11 by 14 inches and the commandments must be “the central focus of the poster” and “in a large, easily readable font.” nytimes.com/2024/06/19/us/…
Louisiana’s Governor said: “I can’t wait to be sued.”
He later said: “If you want to respect the rule of law,” he said, “you’ve got to start from the original law giver, which was Moses.”
ABSURD & LAUGHABLE: A Louisiana public high school principal allegedly told the student government president that she was kicked out of student government and that he wouldn’t help her with college scholarships because the student was seen on video Twerking at a private party. The principal allegedly said the female student wasn’t “living in the Lord’s way” and that the video was inappropriate.
“..He told her she wasn’t living in the Lord’s way and questioned who her friends were and if they followed the Lord. She said she didn’t know how to answer that and they said it’s a yes or no question. Meanwhile, she’s sobbing.”
Rachel Timonet said St. Pierre printed out Bible verses and highlighted sections. Most devastating to Kaylee, he told her she was no longer eligible for student of the year...”
This is the principal, Jason St. Pierre. Last year he got a “school spirit principal of the year” award. theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/ne…
BREAKING: Travis Ikeguchi has been named as the man who shot and killed Lauri Carleton outside her store in Cedar Glen, Calif. Ikeguchi tore down a pride flag outside of Carleton's store before killing her. An X account matching that name shows this as his most recent post. It shows fire destroying a pride flag. The day before the shooting, the suspects family reported him missing to police.
The suspects X account is filled with homophobic ratings, anti vaccine propaganda, and religious ramblings. His X bio reads: There is only one way to the path of salvation and to have eternal life and that is through Jesus Christ. And yes, the path is narrow.
Hertz rental car employees in Louisiana treat a Puerto Rican man like he’s a foreigner and deny him a rental car that he’s already paid for. That’s the gist and facts of the story. But it doesn’t in there. Watch for the resolution and takeaway.
Hertz statement: “Hertz accepts Puerto Rican driver’s licenses from our customers renting in the U.S. without requiring a valid passport. We sincerely regret that our policy was not followed and have apologized to Mr. Marchand and refunded his rental. We are reinforcing our… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
I called the police department and they say they checked the body camera that the officer was wearing. They claim that the body camera does not show what the complainant told me. However, it’s unclear as to when the body camera was turned off. Mr. Merchand says that it happened… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
“No comment” is all that was said by the attorney representing the City of Wetumpka, Alabama after the city quietly told a judge they didn’t want to further pursue charges against two women who were feeding cats, but only after the city arrested charged prosecuted & punished… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The ladies, according to their lawyers, will file suit against the city for violation of their civil rights & malicious prosecution.
Better yet, look at the video of the arrest. The officers told the ladies they were trespassing on PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Then one officer lied to his supervisor saying the women (ages 85 & 60) nearly beat the officers’ ass*s”. You clearly see on video that never happened. The… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
BREAKING: Judge in Wetumpka, Alabama finds U.S. Army veteran Beverly Roberts, 85, and Mary Alston, 61, GUILTY of trespassing & disorderly conduct in connection to feeding & trapping cats (for neutering) on public property, which is not illegal.
The city found it be a nuisance.
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