A Las Vegas man was tortured for hours with a blowtorch, ax & different implements earlier than he was forced to strip & jump off a cliff — after which shot to death.
The physique of Roy Jaggers, 27, was found Aug. 1 in Nye County’s Cathedral Canyon, the place his neighbor, Heather Pate, her boyfriend, Kevin Dent & Pate’s former flame, Brad Mehn, allegedly tortured the man with knives, a baton & an ax.
Mehn, 37, allegedly then shot Jaggers after he was forced to strip off his clothes & jump off the cliff.
Sheriff’s officers said in a video statement early final month that Pate, 27, & Dent, 36, had lured him to her residence as a result of they believed he hurt Pate's child.
“When he arrived, they confronted Jaggers and subsequently beat him,” Nye County Sheriff’s Capt. David Boruchowitz said. “Upon arriving in Nye County, they met Mehn who led them to an area in the desert where they tortured Jaggers over multiple hours using numerous different weapons.”
An post-mortem discovered Jaggers died from a number of gunshot wounds.
Prosecutors are contemplating the death penalty for Mehn, who allegedly fired the shots that killed Jaggers.
Jaggers’ mom, Kassy Robinson, mentioned her son often babysat Pate’s youngsters or watched her canines. She declined to debate particulars of her son’s ugly slaying, however insisted he was a non-violent man.
“I know exactly what he was like, what he’s capable of, what he’s not capable of,” Robinson said.
New heat from 3Kingz (M Doc Diego, Crotona P, Manzu Beatz) Off their EP 3Kingz. With special appearance from the Knuckle Dragguz underground Hip Hop bully G Fam Black. These artist dish out raw pain and immaculate lyrics over Italian producer Manzu Beatz gritty and dope production. Out now on bandcamp and all major streaming and online stores with physical CDs and vinyl by Coca Reef Records coming soon.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 1, 2021 at 12:06pm
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DENVER (The Denver Channel) – A state grand jury returned a 32-count indictment against the three officers and two paramedics involved in the August 2019 death of Elijah McClain in Aurora, including manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide, among other charges, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced Wednesday.
The three officers involved in the incident that preceded McClain’s death – Nathan Woodyard, Jason Rosenblatt and Randy Roedema – as well as Aurora Fire Rescue paramedics Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec, each face the counts of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide.
Roedema and Rosenblatt each face another second-degree assault with intent to cause serious bodily injury charge and one count of a crime of violence.
The two paramedics also face multiple counts of second-degree assault for causing serious bodily injury and using a deadly weapon – the ketamine McClain was injected with after he was accosted by the officers.
Weiser said the indictment was returned by the grand jury last Thursday after it was convened last December. The indictment is being filed in Adams County District Court Wednesday and will be unsealed.
“City leaders respect the judicial process irrespective of the outcome and encourage Aurora residents and others across the country to do the same,” the city of Aurora said in a statement immediately following Weiser’s announcement. “The city has fully cooperated with the Attorney General’s Office and their investigators throughout their work. The results of the Colorado Attorney General’s Office’s separate investigation into the patterns and practices of APD are still pending. We will provide additional thoughts after today’s news conference concludes”
McClain’s death happened after a violent encounter with police on Aug. 24, 2019, as he walked home from a convenience store. The 23-year-old unarmed Black man was put in a carotid hold and paramedics injected him with a heavy dose of ketamine. He went into cardiac arrest and was declared brain dead days later before he died on Aug. 30, 2019.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 1, 2021 at 10:40am
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TAYLOR, Mich. (AP) — Valerie Rupert raised her right arm, slightly shaking and unsure as she aimed at the paper target representing a burglar, a robber or even a rapist.
The 67-year-old Detroit grandmother squeezed the trigger, the echo of her shot blending into the chorus of other blasts by other women off the small gun range walls.
“I was a little nervous, but after I shot a couple of times, I enjoyed it,” said Rupert, among 1,000 or so mostly Black women taking part in free weekend gun safety and shooting lessons at two Detroit-area ranges.
Black women like Rupert increasingly are considering gun ownership for personal protection, according to industry experts and gun rights advocates.
Fear of crime, especially as shootings and murders have risen in cities big and small, is one driver of the trend. But a new motivator is the display of public anger in the last 15 months beginning with confrontations in the wake of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis under the knee of police officer Derek Chauvin.
Worries about the anger over COVID-19-related restrictions and the outrage over the outcome of the presidential 2020 election, driven by lies, are contributors, too. In Michigan, that anger led to a plot to kidnap the governor, as well as instances where armed protesters descended on the state Capitol.
In April 2020, hundreds of conservative activists, including some who were openly carrying assault rifles, flocked to the Michigan Capitol in Lansing to denounce Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s stay-home order. Some demonstrators — mostly white and supporters of President Donald Trump — entered the building carrying guns, which is legal in the statehouse.
The sight of white men wearing body armor and holding guns at the Capitol still sticks with Rupert.
“They went up to the Capitol with all those guns. You need to be ready,” she said.
About 8.5 million people in the U.S. bought their first gun in 2020, the National Shooting Sports Foundation says. The trade association for the firearms industry adds that gun purchases by Black men and Black women increased by more than 58% over the first six months of last year.
Gun ownership tends to increase when people lose faith in government and the police, said Daniel Webster, professor of American Health in Violence Prevention at the Bloomberg School of Public Health and director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Prevention and Policy.
“We’ve seen such an increase in white nationalist violence,” Webster said. “Some combination of the lack in faith in police protecting you and hate groups has motivated a lot of Black people to arm up.”
Black firearm owners still represent a relatively small portion of the gun-owning population, with 9.3% of gun owners being Black men and 5.4% Black women. Nearly 56% of U.S. gun owners are white men. Over 16% are white women, the Newtown, Connecticut-based National Shooting Sports Foundation says.
Still, 2020 saw “a tectonic shift in gun ownership in America” where there was “a huge increase of African Americans taking ownership of their Second Amendment rights,” said Mark Oliva, its director of public affairs.
Beth Alcazar, who is white, got involved with shooting about two decades ago and says it was rare to see a Black woman taking target practice.
“Honestly, not more than one image pops up of seeing a Black woman at the range,” said Alcazar, now a certified shooting instructor in the Birmingham, Alabama, area and U.S. Concealed Carry Association associate editor.
“With more involvement in the last five years, I see Black women on almost every occasion I go to the range,” she said, adding that it’s exciting for women learning how to shoot to see other women, especially women of color.
For many Black women, it’s about taking care of themselves, said Lavette Adams, a licensed firearm instructor who participated in the free Detroit-area training sponsored by gun advocacy group Legally Armed In Detroit.
“Crime against women is nothing new. Women protecting themselves, that’s new,” said Adams, who is Black.
That’s the premise behind the training that launched 10 years ago with 50 women attending. Last year, more than 1,900 participated, according to Rick Ector, Legally Armed in Detroit’s founder, who says he started it “to bring awareness and training to women who are the favorite preferred targets of bad guys, rapists and killers.”
Ameena Jumail, who joined dozens of other women outside Recoil Firearms in Taylor for the training, said she is working to overcome her fear of guns. Jumail, a 30-year-old kindergarten teacher from Detroit, said crime is one reason she came, but she admits that the desire to learn how to use a firearm includes concern over the rise in white nationalism and their open display of firearms in public places.
“During the 2016 election I was worried, also during the 2020 election,” Jumail said.
Hopkins’ Webster said whatever the reason, it is an open question whether the women who are buying the firearms now are safer.
“Having a loaded firearm with you is going to change your response in a number of situations,” he said. “It’s going to alter your behavior and perspective.”
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 1, 2021 at 10:18am
Abortion rights are now squarely on the chopping block after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to stop the most restrictive anti-abortion law in the country from going into effect.
The Texas law prohibits abortions after the 6th week of pregnancy As you know, many/most women don't even know they're pregnant during the first 6 weeks. What's more, if an abortion is performed after the 6th week, any citizen in the country -- not just Texas, but the entire country -- can sue anyone who helps facilitate the abortion for $10,000 plus attorney's fees.
That means someone could sue not only the clinic, but the Uber driver who took the woman to the facility, a friend who made a call to the clinic on the woman's behalf, a counselor who advised the woman, the spouse of the woman, etc.
The Supreme Court was asked to put the law on ice Tuesday night, before it went into effect at midnight, but SCOTUS was silent ... and in this case, silence speaks volumes. If the justices didn't feel this law squarely violated Roe vs. Wade, it's a loud, screaming signal about their feelings toward Roe.
There are 5 justices -- and possibly 6 -- who have strongly indicated they would be inclined to overturning Roe, and they will have a shot at that soon, because a Mississippi anti-abortion law is a direct challenge to the 1973 precedent that gives women the right to an abortion.
For now ... Roe vs. Wade is effectively not the law of the land in Texas, where abortion clinics cannot exist at this point ... and its fate now hangs in the balance.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 1, 2021 at 10:08am
Amy Winehouse's dad believes the production company planning to make a biopic about his late daughter is playing a losing game ... because it's "100 percent not allowed."
Mitch Winehouse, Amy's father & administrator of her estate, tells TMZ ... there's no way the recently announced project with Halcyon Studios can go forward, because the estate already has its own plans for a biopic & owns all the rights.
Mitch says Halcyon -- which is producing the film after it optioned Daphne Barack’s 2010 book, "Saving Amy" -- has not reached out to him, nor has it reached out to her record label, Universal, to use any of her music.
Amy's dad claims Halcyon needs permission from the estate to make a biopic because it controls her image & definitely hasn't gotten it -- & that Barak needs to do the same & has also failed.
For her part, Barak says the project is not a biopic, but rather her story with her footage featuring herself with Amy & Bill Gunasti. She claims ... "I have all of the releases & legal agreements needed. Just like the NFTs being marketed on OG2D, this material is also all legally my property to sell."
Mitch certainly seems to disagree & tells us this isn't the first time something like this has happened -- where people & production companies try to use Amy's image in various projects ... but the estate has denied it.
Meanwhile, Mitch says there's an authorized biopic in the works with a large production company in the UK along with Universal ... with plans to begin filming next year.
As for taking legal action against Halcyon or Barak ... Mitch doesn't think it will get to that point. He says, "They can't be that stupid. Everyone knows proper licenses must be granted."
National Suicide Prevention Week runs from Sep 5, 2021 – Sat, Sep 11, 2021. To honor those who have succumbed to depression or mental health issues and felt there was no other way out, CEE Brown releases a powerful new song and accompanying music video, "Suicide Lullaby."
If you are having suicidal thoughts please reach out to someone right away. Call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 800-273-8255, or go to a hospital immediately.
Directed by: Kid Art Co-directed by: Meek Mill Video Commissioner: Joseph Boyd Executive Producers: Cartier Brown & Andrew Goor Producer: Jonathan Olson
Black Soprano Family artist Vino La Mano hasn't missed yet. Every project the Corpus Christi emcee drops is full of bangers from beginning to end. His new EP, "Consigliere," is no different. No features on this one as Vino does all of the heavy lifting on the 7-song heat rock.
Alabama native E Heard drops off new visuals for his single "Goat." Directed by ChristopherMosley. Watch below via YouTube and follow him on Instagram.
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The Inglewood boss/ Wrongkind capo "Half ounce" returns with the underground anthem "Trap Spot" the story of starting in one spot an grinding thru the obstacle's to make it to the top... So hit play an trap it out with ounce... Stay connected via Twitter @Half_ounce & IG: @Halfounce500
1. Intro 2. Btw 3. White Wine 4. Alpina 5. Panties (feat. Rockwelz) 6. Red Roof Inn 7. Black Blues Brothers (feat. Milano Constantine) 8. Too Late 9. Elephant's Tusk (feat. RIM) 10. Origami (feat. Rockwelz) 11. '96 Bad Boys (feat. Nam Nitty) 12. Muddy Mxnxpxly (feat. Chukk Rukkuz, Rocc Spotz & Maylay Sparks)
In this clip, DJ Yella opened up about being the only NWA member to go to Eazy-E's funeral, which he said was an extremely difficult thing to do. Yella then revealed that he decided he was done with music at Eazy's funeral, adding that he didn't have it in him anymore. To hear more, including DJ Yella speaking about Eazy's tombstone.
Darren Till showed that he was a true contender with an impressive performance against Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone in 2017. Till faces Derek Brunson in the main event of UFC Vegas 36 on Saturday, September 4.
BEIJING (AP) — China is banning children from playing online games for more than three hours a week, the harshest restriction so far on the game industry as Chinese regulators continue cracking down on the technology sector.
Minors in China can only play games between 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Fridays, weekends and on public holidays starting Sept. 1, according to a notice from the National Press and Publication Administration.
That limits gaming to three hours a week for most weeks of the year, down from a previous restriction set in 2019 that allowed minors play games for an hour and a half per day and three hours on public holidays.
The new regulation affects some of China’s largest technology companies, including gaming giant Tencent, whose Honor of Kings online multiplayer game is hugely popular globally, as well as gaming company NetEase.
Tencent’s stock price closed down 0.6% at 465.80 Hong Kong dollars on Monday ahead of the regulator’s announcement. Its market capitalization of $573 billion is down more than $300 billion from its February peak, a decline equal to more than the total value of Nike Inc. or Pfizer Inc.
New York-listed NetEase’s stock was down about 9% at the market’s open.
The gaming restrictions are part of an ongoing crackdown on technology companies, amid concerns that technology firms — many of which provide ubiquitous messaging, payments and gaming services — may have an outsized influence on society.
Earlier this month, Tencent said it would limit gaming time for minors to an hour a day and two hours during holidays, as well as ban children under the age of 12 from making in-game purchases.
The company issued the curbs hours after a state-affiliated newspaper criticized the gaming industry and called games “spiritual opium.”
Regulators said in Monday’s notice that they would strengthen supervision and increase the frequency of inspections of online game companies to ensure that they follow the regulations closely.
Chinese authorities in recent months have targeted e-commerce and online education, and have implemented new regulations to curb anti-competitive behavior after years of rapid growth in the technology sector.
Last month, authorities banned companies that provide tutoring in core school subjects from making a profit, wiping out billions in market value from online education companies such as TAL Education and Gaotu Techedu.
TEMPE, Ariz.(12 News) — Graphic content warning. Some details of this story may be disturbing.
The details are hard to comprehend.
Two young children were found dead in their apartment & their mother, Yui Inoue, is now charged with their murders.
The father of those children is now suing Inoue in a wrongful death lawsuit.
Tsubasa Inoue, who is now called "ex-husband" in court documents, is suing Inoue for emotional damages & expenses for their children's burials & funerals.
The lawsuit was filed on August 17 in the Maricopa County Superior Court, & claims Tsubasa "has been permanently deprived of love, affection & companionship of his minor children & is reasonably likely to suffer in the future, great personal anguish, outrage, discomfort, anxiety, sorrow, pain & emotional damages...," & he claims Inoue is liable.
Back on May 15, Tempe Police said Inoue drove to the police station & told officers that voices told her to kill her kids.
When officers went to do a welfare check, they found the kids' bodies underneath a blanket covered in blood.
Police believe the weapon is a meat cleaver.
"Both of these victims fought for their life against their mother," said a prosecutor during Inoue's initial appearance.
Mia Inoue, 9, & her brother Kai, 7, were students at Kyrene Del Cielo Elementary School. Yui Inoue is charged
Yui Inoue is due for a court hearing in November with a trial scheduled for January 2022.
The quarterback battle in New England has officially ended. The Patriots have released veteran quarterback Cam Newton, CBS Sports NFL Insiders Jason La Canfora and Jonathan Jones have confirmed. This comes as all NFL teams are required to trim down their preseason rosters to 53 by today at 4 p.m. ET. With Newton gone, this now points to first-round rookie Mac Jones -- who competed with Newton this summer -- being named the starter to begin the 2021 regular season.
Patriots head coach Bill Belichick is expected to go forward with Jones for the team's Week 1 matchup against the Miami Dolphins -- and for the long term. Jones is the first quarterback taken in the first round by the franchise since Drew Bledsoe in 1993 and will be the first rookie quarterback to start in Week 1 for the Patriots since Bledsoe.
Jones had outplayed Newton in the preseason, so the move to make him the starting quarterback shouldn't come as a surprise. With Newton being released, the Patriots will go with Brian Hoyer as the backup quarterback to Jones. Jarrett Stidham, who had surgery for a back injury, is also on the roster and projected to be the No. 3 quarterback.
Newton started 15 games in New England last season, the Patriots' first with a losing record since 2000. He completed 65.8% of his passes for 2,657 yards with eight touchdowns and 10 interceptions (82.9 rating). Newton rushed for 592 yards and 12 touchdowns, adding value with his legs instead of his arm. Newton scored multiple rushing touchdowns in four games in 2020, the most by any quarterback in the league. He also set the Patriots' record for most rushing attempts (137) and rushing yards (592) in a season. Newton is also the only quarterback to reach double-digit touchdowns in three separate seasons.
While Newton was a threat with his legs, shoulder issues and contracting COVID last season certainly hindered his performance. Newton ranked 34th out of 35 qualified quarterbacks in touchdown percentage (2.2) and 21st in yards per attempt (7.2) last season, numbers that don't necessarily mesh with a Josh McDaniels passing game.
Per SportsLine data scientist Stephen Oh, Belichick made the right decision starting Jones over Newton. The Patriots are projected to win 9.3 games with Jones starting 17 games compared to 9.1 with Newton.
When talented Queens, New York artists teaam up, special things happen. Piif Jones recruits legendary emcee Royal Flush for his smoking new single and accompanying music video, "Everything I Had."
This is off of Piif Jones album "Bridging the Gap." Available on all streaming platforms.
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