Britney Spears will be releasing her ninth studio album titled "Glory" on August 26, via RCA Records. The 34-year old singer gets an assist from G-Eazy on the single, "Make Me..."
CHICAGO (AP) — Video released Friday shows Chicago police firing repeatedly at a stolen car as it careens down the street away from them, then handcuffing the mortally wounded black teenager who was at the wheel after a chaotic foot chase through a residential neighborhood.
None of the footage from last month shows the suspected car thief getting shot in the back. Moments after the shots are fired, Paul O'Neal can be seen lying face-down on the ground, blood soaking through his T-shirt in a backyard.
An officer is heard angrily accusing the 18-year-old of firing at police. Another officer asks, "They shot at us too, right?" suggesting police believed they had been fired upon and that they did not know how many suspects were present.
Paul O'Neal
No gun was recovered from the scene.
Attorney Michael Oppenheimer, who represents O'Neal's family, said the video showed officers taking "street justice into their own hands."
In all, nine videos were released from both body cameras and at least one dashboard camera. It was the city's first release of video of a fatal police shooting under a new policy that calls for such material to be made public within 60 days. That and other policy changes represent an effort to restore public confidence in the department after video released last year showed a black teenager named Laquan McDonald getting shot 16 times by a white officer.
The McDonald video sparked protests and led to the ouster of the former police superintendent. The officer who shot him is now awaiting trial on murder charges.
The latest recording catches the stolen car being pursued by officers as it blows through a stop sign. Before gunfire breaks out, the suspect sideswipes one squad car and then smashes into another as officers open fire.
An officer can be heard explaining that the suspect "almost hit my partner. I (expletive) shot at him." Another officer who apparently fired his weapon laments that he was going to be on "desk duty for 30 (expletive) days now."
Soon after the July 28 shooting, Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson stripped three of the officers of their police powers after a preliminary investigation concluded they had violated department policy. On Friday, he promised that if the officers acted improperly, they would "be held accountable for their actions."
Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson, right, is blocked by one of three protestors as he tries to deliver a written statement about the recent release of police shooting video to television reporters outside the police department headquarters Friday, Aug. 5, 2016, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Tae-Gyun Kim)
Authorities have not said specifically what policy the officers broke.
In February 2015, former Superintendent Garry McCarthy revised the department's policy on the use of deadly force to prohibit officers from "firing at or into a moving vehicle when the vehicle is the only force used against the sworn member or another person."
But the policy also says that officers "will not unreasonably endanger themselves or another person to conform to the restrictions of this directive," meaning they have the right to defend themselves if they or someone else are in imminent danger of being struck.
The head of the Independent Police Review Authority, the agency that investigates Chicago police misconduct, called the footage "shocking and disturbing." She did not elaborate.
The officer who killed O'Neal said that he believed O'Neal had fired at him and he returned fire with three to five rounds.
The moment of the shooting was not recorded because the officer's body camera was not operating at the time, police said.
Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said the officer's body camera could have been deactivated when the stolen Jaguar slammed into his squad car and set off the air bags. He also pointed out that the body camera suddenly starts working after the shooting — an indication that the officer, believing the incident was over, thought he was turning the camera off when he was actually turning it on.
"We don't believe there was any intentional misconduct with body cameras," he said.
Oppenheimer alleged that the non-operating body camera was part of a police effort to cover-up what he called a "cold-blooded murder."
Officers seemed keenly aware that they were wearing body cameras and that those cameras were recording all of their comments. At one point, an officer can be seen telling others that he did not know who was firing. Then another officer came up and said, 'Hey,' perhaps a quiet reminder about the cameras. Whatever the intent, the officers immediately stopped talking.
Oppenheimer said O'Neal's family viewed the video Friday, and relatives were so distraught that they left without speaking to the media.
Ja'Mal Green, an activist who identified himself as a family spokesman, repeatedly said there was no explanation other than murder to describe the shooting.
During the pursuit, more than a half-dozen officers race between houses into backyards in a desperate search for the person who fled from the car. One officer needs help scaling a wooden gate. Another is unable to climb over and walks around to the rear of another home where the suspect is on the ground.
The president of the Chicago police union complained about the release of the videos, saying it was unfair to the officers, could turn public opinion against them and even jeopardize their own safety.
"These guys live in the neighborhoods. Their kids go to school, and their photos will be all over the internet," Dean Angelo said Thursday. "It doesn't mean they did anything wrong, but someone may see it and perceive the officers should not have taken the actions they did."
After recently releasing his "LeBron Waka James 4" mixtape, Waka Flocka Flame is right back with a new banger titled "Get Busy." The track was produced by "Pretty Lights."
Nick Cannon stopped by The Breakfast Club to chop it up about his divorce from Mariah Carey, the success of "Wild N' Out," friendship with Chili, starring in the "King of the Dancehall" movie, wanting to battle Eminem for charity, the song "Divorce Papers," not wanting to get into another long term relationship, working with Amber Rose and more.
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A rumor started by Ebro Darden of Hot 97 has Drake fired up.
Earlier this week Ebro said that during a conversation with Drizzy, the rapper told him that he had a response ready if Eminem came at him with a diss song.
However, there is no Eminem diss coming and the conversation Ebro referred to never happened.
Ebro later admitted that it was a joke, but during Drake's show at Madison Square Garden on Thursday, August 4, the rapper let it be known that he didn't appreciate what was said and reignited his beef with Funkmaster Flex.
“They tellin’ lies on Hot 97, that’s how it goes / I told ’em fire Funk Flex, then I’ll come and do your show / Plus, me and Kanye, we just left out the studio / My first night in the Garden, I’m feeling like D. Rose," the OVO Sound boss rapped to the crowd.
Flex, Ebro and Peter Rosenberg responded via Twitter.
"Hahahaha!!! 7pm Sat I got a story to tell! @Drake u gonna learn!" Flex wrote.
Ebro quipped, "We built him... He loves us."
Rosenberg added that the station has always been there for Drizzy, "I don't approve of drake saying f*ck hot 97 cuz we do generally support the hell out of him .. But I Def understand him hating some people."
I don't approve of drake saying f*ck hot 97 cuz we do generally support the hell out of him .. But I Def understand him hating some people
Meek accused Drake of using a ghostwriter on their"R.I.C.O."collaboration.
Flex then released several reference tracks from the "One Dance" hit maker's alleged ghostwriter, Quentin Miller, including the songs “Know Yourself,” “Used To” and “R.I.C.O.”
Flex went on to diss Drake publicly at aJadakissshow in November when he said "Fuck that Canadian nigga," while behind the turntables.
Om Friday, August 5, Ebro, Laura Stylez and Rosenberg discussed the situation on air. Check that out below.
OVO Sound recording artist PARTYNEXTDOOR is preparing to release his new album titled "PARTYNEXTDOOR 3" on August 12. Today, he drops off the single "Don't Do It For You No More."
ILOVEMAKONNEN returns with a new single titled "Side to Side." Take a listen to it up top. It's available for purchase now https://smarturl.it/ILM.Side2Side
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The "Suicide Squad" original soundtrack has dropped to coincide with the release of the film. It's a very solid project that features contributions from Logic, Lil Wayne, Ty Dolla $ign, Wiz Khalifa, Skrillex, Rick Ross, Imagine Dragons, Action Bronson, Kevin Gates, Kehlani, Mark Ronson and more.
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George Zimmerman was apparently in fear for his life over the weekend after being confronted by someone who heard him bragging about killing Trayvon Martin.
The New York Post reports that Zimmerman was at Gators Riverside restaurant in Sanford, Florida, having a conversation about Martin when a guy approached his table.
“You’re bragging about that?" the guy said, before punching him in the face knocking off his glasses.
Zimmerman called 911 to report the assault.
“He recognized me,” Zimmerman told dispatchers. “He told me he was going to kill me he told me he’d fucking shoot me and he punched me in the face. He said he’s going to kill me. You need to send like three or four cops."
Witnesses at the restaurant confirmed his story, but said he asked for it.
According to WFTV, the altercation began when Zimmerman was overheard telling someone, “I love your tattoos. My name is George Zimmerman, you know, that guy who killed Trayvon Martin?”
The man who punched him could face charges.
Trayvon Martin
Zimmerman was a neighborhood watchman when he shot and killed 17-year old Martin, who was unarmed, on February 26, 2012, in Sanford.
The teenager was walking to his father's house after leaving a convenience store. Zimmerman confronted him, claiming he looked suspicious.
An altercation ensued resulting in Martin's death.
On July 13, 2013, Zimmerman was acquitted of second degree murder and manslaughter.
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A German artist is accusing Rick Ross of pilfering two of his paintings.
According to TMZ, painter Ivan Beslic claims the alleged theft went down over the weekend while Ross was in Hunxe, Germany to perform at the Out4Fame Festival.
Beslic says theMMGboss was in his VIP tent admiring paintings of himself andSlick Rick. At some point a person in Ross' crew allegedly unhooked them and took them to their tour bus.
When the painter tried to get his merchandise back he was stopped by security.
A promotional video on Rick's Instagram shows someone taking a painting off of a wall. Beslic believes that backs up his story.
A German artist claims Rick Ross stole these paintings
The artist says he didn't go to the police because his friends run the festival and he didn't want to cause a scene, but he's prepared to have his lawyer handle matters if Ross doesn't cough up $3,300.
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Dylann Roof and his appointed attorney have no plans to file charges against the inmate accused of attacking him Thursday morning as the accused church shooter went to the showers.
According to Charleston County Sheriff Al Cannon, the assault happened shortly before 8 a.m. as Roof was being escorted to the showers in Housing Unit 1B. Cannon says the two detention center guards had moved away from Roof, one to take a break and another to hand toilet paper to another inmate.
That's when detention center officials say 25-year-old Dwayne Stafford, a fellow protective custody inmate, ran down a flight of stairs and through a door that should have been locked so he could attack Roof. Jail records show Stafford is being held in the jail on assault, drug, and robbery charges from January 2015.
Dwayne Stafford
The attack was broken up by one of the detention deputies assigned to the housing unit.
Stafford hit Roof in the face and back, leaving him with bruises on his face and back, the report adds. Roof was checked out by jail medical staff and returned to his cell.
Cannon said the incident has led detention center officials to look at policies and processes in place at the jail and make sure that complacency is not becoming an issue.
"The very least, we have complacency -- for police officers and detentions officers it is one of the biggest problems we face," Cannon said.
The sheriff said they are also looking into how Stafford made it through what should have been a locked door, which means looking at the electronic locking mechanism.
"Stafford should not have been able to get through that door," he said.
It's all part of a larger internal investigation stemming from the incident.
Cannon said Roof did not provoke the attack, that it was by surprise. He also could not shed any light on Stafford's motivation.
Dylann Roof
He did say Roof did not fight back.
"I don't think that there was a back and forth fight, so to speak. He was protecting himself from blows," Cannon said.
Football fans in Los Angeles are celebrating having an NFL team for the first time in two decades, with the Rams moving back to the city they left for St. Louis.
SchoolBoy Q and Kendrick Lamar visited the team's training camp facility to hang out with the players and run a few plays of their own.
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