Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 14, 2021 at 11:11am
The Broncos have an ownership situation that, if not settled among the family members of the late Pat Bowlen, will result in a 2022 sale. If the team is sold, two potential buyers have emerged.
Via A.J. Perez of FrontOfficeSports.com, a pair of names “keep popping up” as new owners of the Broncos: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Jay-Z.
The expected purchase prices will be $4 billion. It’s unclear whether Jay-Z would have the financial wherewithal to personally hold enough equity and also have the resources to run the team. At an estimated net worth of $1.4 billion, that likely wouldn’t be enough for him to be the controlling owner of a team that sells for $4 billion; by rule, he’d need to personally purchase 30 percent of the franchise.
He could still be a key part of an ownership group, the public face and voice while the person with the money remains relatively anonymous. That’s the role Jon Bon Jovi would have played in the group that tried to buy the Bills, for example.
Franchise values are expected to skyrocket in this age of legalized gambling. For years, Bezos has been linked to the NFL. Given his massive holdings and the mushrooming cost of owning and operating a team, he’s one of the few in the world who could pull it off without even blinking.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 14, 2021 at 9:20am
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CHICAGO (WLS) -- A father shared his unimaginable grief after his 12-year-old son was shot and killed over the weekend. The boy's mother is now charged in his death.
Kaden Ingram's family spoke out about mental illness Monday to bring more attention to a topic they say should be front and center in this case.
"He was the joy of my life," said the boy's father, Lavell Ingram. "He was everything a father could want in a child."
The 7th grader was shot and killed inside of his home on the city's South Side on Saturday morning. Police said the shooter was his own mom. Fallon Harris is now charged with murder.
"It hurts. It is hard to describe," Ingram said, overcome with emotion.
Kaden's dad got the call just a short time after investigators said Harris opened fire inside of her home in the 8000-block of South Bennett Avenue.
Police said Harris asked her son to hand over a memory card, and when he didn't have it, detectives said she shot him.
The child was still conscious, but that's when investigators said Harris walked back again and opened fire a second time. The child died.
"His mom is a loving mom. She loved him more than she loved anything in the world," Ingram said.
Family members said Harris was struggling mentally and say she just saw a therapist the day before the shooting.
"People need to know that mental illness is real," Ingram said.
Harris appeared in bond court Monday morning and is being held without bond.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 14, 2021 at 8:18am
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NEW YORK (WPIX) — Disturbing video shows a man kicking a woman inside a Brooklyn subway station, sending her falling down the moving escalator, New York City police said Sunday.
Video from the Thursday evening attack shows the man pass the woman on the escalator. After a brief exchange, he kicked the 32-year-old woman in the chest, then ran from the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center Station.
The woman suffered cuts and bruises to her back, arms, legs, right knee and right thigh and trauma to her left ankle, but she refused medical attention at the scene, police said.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 14, 2021 at 6:23am
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Four former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights are scheduled to be arraigned in federal court Tuesday at a hearing that could also address some pretrial motions.
A federal grand jury indicted Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao in May for allegedly depriving Floyd of his rights while acting under government authority on May 25, 2020, as Floyd, 46, was held face-down, handcuffed & not resisting in a restraint that was captured on bystander video. His death led to worldwide protests & calls for change in policing.
At federal arraignment hearings, defendants can have the charges read to them & not guilty pleas are typically entered. The parties were to appear at Tuesday’s hearing via videoconference.
Prosecutors & attorneys for the former officers could also argue several motions on Tuesday.
Among them, Kueng & Thao have asked that their federal trials be separated from Chauvin’s, saying they would be unfairly prejudiced if they went to trial alongside him. Lane asked to join that request, which is being opposed by prosecutors. It wasn’t immediately clear if that issue will come up at Tuesday’s hearing, because both sides have agreed the request was premature and have asked to set it aside until more information develops, according to court documents.
The federal indictment alleges Chauvin violated Floyd’s right to be free from unreasonable seizure & unreasonable force by a police officer. Thao & Kueng are charged with violating Floyd’s right to be free from unreasonable seizure by not intervening to stop Chauvin as he knelt on Floyd’s neck. All four officers are also charged with depriving Floyd of his rights when they failed to provide him with medical care.
During Floyd’s arrest, he repeatedly said he couldn’t breathe as Chauvin pinned him to the ground. Kueng & Lane helped restrain Floyd; Kueng knelt on Floyd’s back & Lane held Floyd’s legs. Thao held back bystanders & kept them from intervening during the 9 1/2-minute restraint.
The 4 officers were also charged in state court, where Chauvin’s trial was eventually separated from the others due to space restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Chauvin was convicted in April of murder & manslaughter & was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison. The other three former officers face state trial next March on aiding & abetting counts.
Chauvin is also charged in a separate federal indictment alleging he violated the civil rights of a 14-year-old boy in 2017.
Meanwhile, the federal government is investigating policing practices in Minneapolis. The investigation known as a “pattern or practice” — examining whether there is a pattern or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful policing — includes a sweeping review of the entire police department. It may result in major changes to policing in the Minnesota city.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 14, 2021 at 5:40am
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We are joined by Mutah Beale also known as Napoleon from the rap group Outlawz and Tek one half of the rap duo Smif N Wesson. In this episode we ask them about Tupac's One Nation project and much more.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 13, 2021 at 4:10pm
NEW YORK (AP) — R. Kelly’s longtime assistant testified Monday that the R&B superstar was so paranoid, he once asked her to change into a robe to demonstrate she was not wearing a wire.
“He could get pretty heated,” said Diana Copeland, who was Kelly’s assistant for 15 years. She told jurors he made her cry at times.
Copeland testified that Kelly kept strict policies for his entourage and once compelled her to write a letter falsely confessing to stealing from him.
Still, Copeland said she did not witness any of the alleged abuse — including kidnapping and sexual assault — described by a long list of witnesses over the past month in Kelly’s racketeering trial at a federal court in Brooklyn.
The Grammy-winning, multiplatinum-selling singer has denied accusations that he led a criminal enterprise that sexually exploited women, girls and even boys during a 30-year career highlighted by his anthem “I Believe I Can Fly.” His lawyers have portrayed his accusers as groupies who are lying about their relationships with him.
Copeland’s testimony revealed new details about Kelly’s unusual routines and the degree to which he relied upon his inner circle.
She said he had no control over his own bank account and had “no idea where his royalties were going.”
“He didn’t even know his own Social Security number,” Copeland said. “That was a huge problem.”
The singer, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, has trouble reading and writing and would have Copeland draft his text messages before the advent of voice-to-text applications.
Kelly lived a nocturnal lifestyle in which he often didn’t start his day until 5 p.m., played basketball at midnight and remained in the recording studio until the sun came up, Copeland said.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 13, 2021 at 3:45pm
In 2015 Jadakiss went on a freestyle spree over some of hip hop's greatest instrumentals. I'll be uploading a few more of them in the near future. For now, peep Jada going Raekwon's "Incarcerated Scarfaces" beat.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 13, 2021 at 2:33pm
Blueface allegedly attacked a club bouncer with the help of his 2 pals, leaving the dude in stitches ... and now, cops are on the case.
Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ ... Blueface tried rolling up to Skinny's Lounge late Sunday night in the San Fernando Valley, but got stopped at the door by a security guard who asked to see his ID.
We're told Blueface noted he didn't have one, and asked the guard if he knew who he was ... apparently, whipping out his phone to Google himself and show he was famous. The guard didn't care though, we're told, and wouldn't let him in without proper identification.
That's when things allegedly turned physical ... our sources tell us Blue, and a couple buddies with him jumped the bouncer and then left. The guy had to be transported to a hospital by ambulance -- where we're told he was treated for bruises and scratches that required sutures.
We also got a hold of photos showing the alleged injuries, and they look pretty gnarly. You can see the bouncer was left bloodied.
As for the cops ... law enforcement sources tell us they got a report of a fight at Skinny's a little after midnight, and that one person was hospitalized with minor injuries. Officers took a battery report and now they're investigating. The alleged victim's name hasn't been released.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 13, 2021 at 12:28pm
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FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. (WESH) — A Flagler County mother has been arrested after deputies say she is accused of helping to hold another child down while he was being beaten.
On Sept. 8, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office Indian Trails Middle School Resource deputy was approached by a female motorist who said her son was in a fight at the sports complex.
The motorist allegedly stated her son was jumped by two male juveniles & that one of the boys' mothers also assaulted her son during the altercation.
The reporting party stated the unknown mother exited her vehicle & grabbed her son by the hair & arm while the two juveniles continued to beat him.
School Resource Deputy Cooper met with the juvenile suspects & the victim. The victim stated he was, "sitting with his friends when two kids approached him. He said one of them started hitting him & he got up and pushed him to the ground & then other boys started hitting him & that’s when his friends started coming over to help him."
The victim also allegedly stated that sometime during the fight, he believes one of the boys' mothers grabbed him & held him while the boys beat him.
FSCO deputies made contact with the parents of the juvenile suspects and it was determined that one of the parents was unaware of the incident.
They said the other parent, who allegedly held the child, was identified as Ashley Ruffin. The Flagler County Sheriff's Office attempted to contact Ruffin & informed her husband of the altercation & advised she may be facing criminal charges.
Ruffin’s husband became irate, the report said, & he allegedly stated he was going to call the FCSO to, “file a report about the fight.” He stated he would not allow his wife & son to speak with FCSO.
Other juvenile witnesses confirmed the victim was jumped by the suspected juveniles. All the witnesses also stated that an adult female grabbed the victim & allowed the other boys to continue to hit him. She also displayed a Taser during the altercation, officials said. The female was identified as Ashley Ruffin.
Ruffin was arrested & transported to the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility. She’s being charged with battery & child abuse.
Battery charges have been submitted to the State Attorney’s Office for the other juveniles involved in the altercation.
“There is zero excuse for an adult, especially a parent, to be physically involved in a juvenile dispute,” Sheriff Rick Staly said. “Kids need to have leadership from their parents & taught how to handle disputes properly. I doubt she will receive a mother of the year award.”
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 13, 2021 at 10:28am
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Mercury is crucial to small-scale gold mining in South America but increasing scrutiny of its health and environmental impact in the Amazon is leading to its prohibition throughout the continent.
This investigation delves into the underworld of mercury, following its path from Guyana to neighboring Suriname, exploring the health and environmental consequences, and what the prohibition of mercury would mean for the livelihoods of miners and communities across the Amazon.
‘MERCURY’ is a film by Tom Laffay, produced by InfoAmazonia, a data journalism initiative which reports on the Amazon. It forms part of a wider investigation called ‘Mercury - Chasing the Quicksilver’ led by journalist Bram Ebus. Read more here: https://mercurio.infoamazonia.org/en/
'VICE World News Presents' is a brand new series bringing you thought provoking documentary films from the next generation of filmmakers.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 13, 2021 at 10:21am
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J Balvin returns to go Sneaker Shopping with Complex's Joe La Puma at Stadium Goods and talks about his Air Jordan 1 collaboration, what he has next with Jordan Brand, and Bad Bunny's Adidas sneakers.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 13, 2021 at 8:35am
LOWVILLE, New York (WWNY) - Lewis County General Hospital will stop delivering babies after September 24 because too many maternity unit workers have resigned over COVID vaccination mandates.
That’s according to Lewis County Health System Chief Executive Officer Gerald Cayer, who held a news conference Friday in Lowville.
He said 6 employees in the maternity unit resigned rather than get a COVID shot and another 7 are undecided.
According to Cayer, the hospital will be unable to safely staff the unit and will pause delivering babies after September 24.
He said he hopes this is a temporary situation and will work with the state Department of Health to make sure the unit won’t permanently close.
“If we can pause the service and now focus on recruiting nurses who are vaccinated, we will be able to reengage in delivering babies here in Lewis County,” said Cayer.
Cayer said 165 hospital employees have yet to be vaccinated against COVID-19; that’s 27 percent of the workforce.
The other 464 workers, or 73 percent of employees, have gotten their shots, he said.
In August, the state announced all health care workers at hospitals and long-term care facilities across New York would be required to have gotten at least their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccination by September 27.
Cayer said the announcement prompted 30 workers to get vaccinated, while another 30 resigned.
“Our hope is as we get closer (to the deadline), the numbers will increase of individuals who are vaccinated, fewer individuals will leave and maybe, with a little luck, some of those who have resigned will reconsider,” he said. “We are not alone. There are thousands of positions that are open north of the Thruway and now we have a challenge to work through, you know, with the vaccination mandate.”
He added that Lewis County, as a whole, has the state’s highest 7-day average percentage of positive COVID test results reported over the last 3 days.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 13, 2021 at 8:02am
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The MTV Video Music Awards — a night full of music, camera flashes and fans screaming for their favorite artist — got off to a rocky start, as Conor McGregor and Machine Gun Kelly getting into a heated exchange on the red carpet before the show even started.
McGregor spoke with ET backstage and described the interaction as "absolutely nothing."
"Nothing happened with me, I only fight real fighters, people that actually fight, you know what I mean," he continued. "I certainly don't fight little vanilla boy rappers. I don't even know the guy. I don't know anything about him, except that he's with Megan Fox."
An eyewitness told ET that McGregor and MGK "exchanged some words" and then McGregor lunged at the musician. MGK and Megan Fox then left the red carpet and threatened not to pose for photos. However, according to eyewitnesses, the pair returned once McGregor left.
McGregor was seen throughout the night walking with a cane due to the fractured leg he suffered in his last fight. The MMA fighter later presented the award for Artist of the Year while Machine Gun Kelly performed his song "Papercuts" near the end of the show.
Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 13, 2021 at 7:00am
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP/WSVN) — A chance encounter with a former Marine beset by delusions of child sex trafficking ultimately led to the massacre of four members of a Florida family, including a mother holding her baby boy, a sheriff said Thursday.
Bryan Riley, who faces murder and other charges in Sunday’s killings, stopped by the slain family’s Lakeland home briefly the day before after going to a nearby friend’s house to pick up a first aid kit, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said at a news conference.
Riley had told acquaintances he was headed for Hurricane Ida relief work and the friend offered the kit for the purported trip. A short distance away, Riley saw Justice Gleason mowing his lawn with his 11-year-old daughter in the yard, Judd said.
That provided the trigger that led to the slayings, Judd said: Riley saw the girl, believing she was an imaginary child named Amber who was suicidal and being held by a supposed sex trafficking ring that God had told him to confront. In fact, no one named Amber lived at the home and Gleason repeatedly told Riley that before asking him to leave their initial encounter.
“This was all fiction, all made up by him,” Judd said. “There were no victims of sex trafficking in that house.”
Judd provided numerous new details about Sunday’s slayings, including that Riley, wearing body armor, had three weapons with him and fired at least 100 shots in the main home and a smaller one in back where Catherine Delgado, 62, was the first to be killed.
Law enforcement officers fired about 60 shots in a gun battle that left Riley with a gunshot wound to the abdomen that is not life-threatening, Judd said. Riley surrendered after that.
“He was a coward. An absolute coward. He looks like a man, but he’s not a man. He’s a sniveling coward,” Judd told reporters.
The 11-year-old girl survived the attack despite being shot multiple times and has undergone four surgeries so far, Judd said.
She told investigators that her family huddled in a bathroom after Riley shot his way into the home, killed their dog and then attacked everyone hiding there. Riley repeatedly asked about Amber and then counted down — three, two, one — before shooting her and eventually leaving her for dead, she told authorities.
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Judd said the girl played dead and was able to survive despite wounds to her legs, hand and abdomen.
“That’s the reason she’s alive today,” the sheriff said.
The victims are Gleason, 40; his 33-year-old girlfriend, Theresa Lanham; their baby boy, Jody, who was born in May; and Delgado, who was Lanham’s mother and owned the property. They possessed no weapons.
Riley, 33, served as a Marine in Iraq and Afghanistan and was working as a security guard in the Lakeland area, including at a church. After that recent job, his girlfriend of four years told investigators, Riley began talking about communication with God but not about violence.
“No one has told us they knew anything about violence,” Judd said.
Riley is recovering from his gunshot wound and is being held without bond on murder, attempted murder and other charges. An Oct. 12 arraignment date is set for him to enter a plea. Judd said he has already confessed to the crimes, which could bring the death penalty.
Investigators also have not yet verified Riley’s post-arrest statement to officers that he was high on methamphetamines at the time of the shooting. No evidence of that drug has been found, although Judd said illegal steroids where found at Riley’s home in Brandon and hospital blood tests could reveal more.
“This investigation is not near over. This is going to go on for weeks and weeks and weeks,” the sheriff said. “This mass murder is exceptionally horrible.”
Fox 13 reports that the Polk Sheriff’s Office is collecting donations for the family of the 11-year-old girl. To donate, click here and select “quadruple homicide victims” while making the donation.
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