WTF Humanity?

[Nat]

Sometimes you read or see or hear about things that just make you think WTF??

Here's a thread to post these things.

[Nat]

disabled woman was arrested for sitting




ATLANTA, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- A physically disabled Atlanta woman, who said she was thrown to the ground and arrested for refusing to get out of her chair, is seeking compensation.

Dan Grossman, an attorney for Shequita Walker, 40, said she was sitting April 21 on a metal chair in the vacant lot next to her home, where she often sits on hot afternoons, when police officer Kenneth Thomas approached and asked her to move, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Friday.

Grossman said Walker, who suffers from severe joint pain and has a limited range of motion, told the officer she was within her rights to sit outside and Thomas then twisted her arm, causing her to fall to the concrete.

Walker was treated for a shoulder injury sustained when she hit the ground before spending the night in jail on a disorderly conduct charge, which was later dropped.

The Atlanta Citizen Review Board examined a complaint from Walker and determined the officer should be disciplined.

Grossman said he is hoping to obtain compensation for Walker without having to file a lawsuit against the city.

"It's not like they did this to a healthy woman," Grossman said. "She has very limited range of motion. She suffered and she deserves some compensation."

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the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports:

Thomas...grabbed Walker's wrist and twisted her arm, causing her to fall to the concrete, unable to get up on her own, Walker said...An ambulance was called to transport Walker to Grady Memorial Hospital, where she received treatment for a shoulder injury sustained when she hit the ground, Grossman said.

[Cin]

Atlanta woman arrested by mistake, jailed 53 days

Atlanta police are launching an internal investigation into the case of a woman who was arrested by mistake and held in jail for nearly two months, Channel 2 Action News reports.

Police are seeking to determine what happened and if any policies or procedures were violated in the arrest of Teresa Culpepper, who spent 53 days wrongfully incarcerated in Fulton County Jail because she had the same name, Teresa, as a woman wanted by authorities.

“I didn't know what to do. I didn't know how to get out this situation,” Culpepper told Channel 2.

The woman’s nightmare began Aug. 21, when she called police to report her truck had been taken from in front of her Hawkins Street home. She ended up being arrested for an aggravated assault allegedly committed by another woman named Teresa.

“Her birth date didn't match. Her address didn't match. Her description didn't match. Other than the name Teresa, nothing matched,” said Culpepper’s attorney, Ashleigh Merchant.

Channel 2 tracked down the Teresa actually wanted by police, and the woman told the TV station she had never been arrested for the alleged offense.

Culpepper finally was released Oct. 12 after her public defender got the crime victim to come to court and say the woman in custody was not the attacker.

http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/atla...y-1205009.html

[Dominique]

No kidding! As I scrolled down through these two stories, I thought....was this Georgia? WHAT DO YOU THINK?

[purepisces]

When I woke up this morning I was relieved to hear that Joe Paterno had been fired and the president of Penn State had resigned (why not fired?). I also would have been ok if they had just been suspended without pay while the investigation was completed, although it doesn’t seem that anyone is contesting the fact that there was a cover up.

What I can’t believe is the public’s reaction. WTF people! Rioting in the streets to support the cover up of a child’s rape? I can’t imagine what that young man must be feeling as he witnesses this. Ignoring a pedophile and rapist to protect a football team’s image? How screwed up are we when football is more important than the safety of our children?

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Penn State Students Take To The Streets, Chant Support For Paterno
First Posted: 11/10/11 12:34 AM ET Updated: 11/10/11 10:07 AM ET

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Hundreds of Penn State students have taken to the streets to chant their support for ousted football coach Joe Paterno.

The students flooded downtown State College on Wednesday night after Paterno and university President Graham Spanier were fired amid a growing furor linked to their handling of sex abuse allegations against a former assistant football coach.

The students gathered about two blocks from the campus, with some chanting `We want Joe! We want Joe!" Some shook a lamp post and others tipped over a news van, kicking out its windows.


A smaller crowd gathered outside Paterno's home. He had earlier in the day announced his intention to retire at the end of the season. After his firing, he told student he would have to get used to not being the coach.

[Dominique]

[QUOTE=purepisces;460353]When I woke up this morning I was relieved to hear that Joe Paterno had been fired and the president of Penn State had resigned (why not fired?). I also would have been ok if they had just been suspended without pay while the investigation was completed, although it doesn’t seem that anyone is contesting the fact that there was a cover up.

What I can’t believe is the public’s reaction. WTF people! Rioting in the streets to support the cover up of a child’s rape? I can’t imagine what that young man must be feeling as he witnesses this. Ignoring a pedophile and rapist to protect a football team’s image? How screwed up are we when football is more important than the safety of our children?

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As usual, only half of the story was being reported. The rioting was because Joe was fired, when the Attorney General said Although his actions were not criminal, because he reported it to his supervisors, he had a MORAL obligation to do more. The students were also protesting at the Presidents house and office, demanding he resign.

There were LIKE (just over looked) demonstrations by students about the cover up. And yes, how screwed up are we, as you said, when a football
program is more important than the safety of our children.

Penn State was the teaching institution that employed Rene' Portland...remember her? A very successful womens basketball coach who was overtly homophobic. The University let that go on too until they had the pants sued off of them and Rene was forced to resign.

The Penn State story is far from over. (very sad)

[Apocalipstic]

The media leaves out so many important details.

[Rook]

I agree with purepisces 100 %
Outrage and near rioting at him (and the Prez) being fired?????
Where's the Outrage towards his blasé knowledge in regard to child abuse??
Where's the concern over the fact they wanted to protect their precious reputation and coaches over the Victims, so they shut the fuck up, swept it under the rug??
A Football game is more important than this?....
'Success with Honor'....pffft
Their laments and "regrets" are only expressed because they know they did wrong, and got caught.
They're just as guilty.
Accomplices.
If the students are basing their sentiment on the "innocent till proven otherwise"..There's Witnesses within the Staff itself, in Lurid, disturbing detail, I was numb for awhile with the details.....
Hell, the Sick bastard apologized for bathing with a kid, and all they did was wag their proverbial finger and say "no more showers!"....
I thought the town I live in had conceited students, sheeesh.

Originally Posted by purepisces

When I woke up this morning I was relieved to hear that Joe Paterno had been fired and the president of Penn State had resigned (why not fired?). I also would have been ok if they had just been suspended without pay while the investigation was completed, although it doesn’t seem that anyone is contesting the fact that there was a cover up.

What I can’t believe is the public’s reaction. WTF people! Rioting in the streets to support the cover up of a child’s rape? I can’t imagine what that young man must be feeling as he witnesses this. Ignoring a pedophile and rapist to protect a football team’s image? How screwed up are we when football is more important than the safety of our children?

***


Penn State Students Take To The Streets, Chant Support For Paterno
First Posted: 11/10/11 12:34 AM ET Updated: 11/10/11 10:07 AM ET

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Hundreds of Penn State students have taken to the streets to chant their support for ousted football coach Joe Paterno.

The students flooded downtown State College on Wednesday night after Paterno and university President Graham Spanier were fired amid a growing furor linked to their handling of sex abuse allegations against a former assistant football coach.

The students gathered about two blocks from the campus, with some chanting `We want Joe! We want Joe!" Some shook a lamp post and others tipped over a news van, kicking out its windows.


A smaller crowd gathered outside Paterno's home. He had earlier in the day announced his intention to retire at the end of the season. After his firing, he told student he would have to get used to not being the coach.

[purepisces]

As usual, only half of the story was being reported. The rioting was because Joe was fired, when the Attorney General said Although his actions were not criminal, because he reported it to his supervisors, he had a MORAL obligation to do more. The students were also protesting at the Presidents house and office, demanding he resign.
The Penn State story is far from over. (very sad)[/QUOTE]

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Yes, exactly, they were rioting because Joe was fired. Joe Paterno & Penn State = rape cover up (I believe that Joe is admiting he did nothing but tell the Athletic Director). Therefore, in my eyes, rioting because Joe was fired = support of the cover up.

*To clarify, I don’t think any of the demonstrators were actively supporting rape or its cover up, just poorly placed loyalty.*

[Medusa]

You can insert any number of articles that deal with telling me as a woman what I am "allowed" to do with my body and I pretty much start to twitch.

The idea that I don't own my own body, that another human being has any input on what I do with my vagina, is appalling on every level to me.

The other idea that someone wants to regulate my body based on what they think a God that I don't even believe in says is...well, needless to say I get enraged about this.

[Dominique]

Originally Posted by purepisces

As usual, only half of the story was being reported. The rioting was because Joe was fired, when the Attorney General said Although his actions were not criminal, because he reported it to his supervisors, he had a MORAL obligation to do more. The students were also protesting at the Presidents house and office, demanding he resign.
The Penn State story is far from over. (very sad)

__________________________________________________ ___________

Yes, exactly, they were rioting because Joe was fired. Joe Paterno & Penn State = rape cover up (I believe that Joe is admiting he did nothing but tell the Athletic Director). Therefore, in my eyes, rioting because Joe was fired = support of the cover up.

*To clarify, I don’t think any of the demonstrators were actively supporting rape or its cover up, just poorly placed loyalty.*[/QUOTE]

Please don't misconstrue what I posted as argumentitive. I FULLY AGREE WITH YOU!!! I'm totally blown away it's been buried for as long as 15 years. The 60 min. news this morning had excellent coverage, 45 min. of Penn state. Students, male and female crying. (about the rape cover up)

[SoNotHer]

It is far from over. Now that the facade is down, the unraveling begins.

When lights, cameras, and big contracts became part of college football, folks started to get thrown under the crushing wheel - folks like Lizzy Seeburg, a 19 year old freshman who took her own life last year after she filed charges against a Notre Dame football player for a sexual attack.

In the 15 days Seeberg was alive after the attack, she stated that she feared that others would dislike her for accusing a Notre Dame athlete of a sex crime and that she would wear something 'like a scarlet letter' throughout her college career.

And with good reason. One of the football players texted her the morning after, "Don’t do anything you would regret,” and "Messing with notre dame football is a bad idea.” Prosecutors would later dismiss any idea that the text was a threat that rose to the level of criminality and they waited until after Lizzy's death to interview the accused. They spent six days 'looking for the player,' even after the player had taken the field twice in that time in front of thousands of people.

After being mishandled by the police, the university and a school counselor, Seeburg became despondent and self conscious and took her own life. And it was a promising one.

No charges will be brought now against the player, at least in part because Lizzy isn't alive to offer testimony. A sad irony and a sad statement about the victims an causalities of the crushing machine.

Go team.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ll-player.html
http://abcnews.go.com/US/family-lizz...5#.TrwWdfJjO2s
http://www.care2.com/causes/notre-da...ing-raped.html
http://www.newser.com/story/107789/p...rape-case.html


[quote=Yellow band;460360]

Originally Posted by purepisces

When I woke up this morning I was relieved to hear that Joe Paterno had been fired and the president of Penn State had resigned (why not fired?). I also would have been ok if they had just been suspended without pay while the investigation was completed, although it doesn’t seem that anyone is contesting the fact that there was a cover up.

What I can’t believe is the public’s reaction. WTF people! Rioting in the streets to support the cover up of a child’s rape? I can’t imagine what that young man must be feeling as he witnesses this. Ignoring a pedophile and rapist to protect a football team’s image? How screwed up are we when football is more important than the safety of our children?

***

As usual, only half of the story was being reported. The rioting was because Joe was fired, when the Attorney General said Although his actions were not criminal, because he reported it to his supervisors, he had a MORAL obligation to do more. The students were also protesting at the Presidents house and office, demanding he resign.

There were LIKE (just over looked) demonstrations by students about the cover up. And yes, how screwed up are we, as you said, when a football
program is more important than the safety of our children.

Penn State was the teaching institution that employed Rene' Portland...remember her? A very successful womens basketball coach who was overtly homophobic. The University let that go on too until they had the pants sued off of them and Rene was forced to resign.

The Penn State story is far from over. (very sad)

[AtLast]

This is just horrible! The whole damn thing! And take a look at this-

Sister of Jerry Sandusky victim talks about the pain of life at Penn State where students are joking about being 'Sanduskied'

All of the school officials are responsible for this abuse continuing! This should have been reported to police immediately- in fact, that is the law, teachers, administrators, etc. are required to report.

The only action taken with Sandusky was that his keys to the showers/locker room were taken away??

Paterno and all are culpable. I hope that they all face criminal charges as well as have their asses sued by the victims and their families.

What is wrong with people? I guess it's that Paterno is God...

[Dominique]

Originally Posted by AtLast

This is just horrible! The whole damn thing! And take a look at this-

Sister of Jerry Sandusky victim talks about the pain of life at Penn State where students are joking about being 'Sanduskied'

All of the school officials are responsible for this abuse continuing! This should have been reported to police immediately- in fact, that is the law, teachers, administrators, etc. are required to report.

The only action taken with Sandusky was that his keys to the showers/locker room were taken away??

Paterno and all are culpable. I hope that they all face criminal charges as well as have their asses sued by the victims and their families.

What is wrong with people? I guess it's that Paterno is God...

The *talk* around town, after a private meeting tomorrow with the Gov. and the Attorney General and what's left at Penn State, Tom Ridge will be brought in to take over. I hope so!

Also, the voice of Penn State yesterday was John Surma, President and C.E.O of U.S. Steel. He was quoted in the Pgh paper this morning saying *Since Penn State refused to inform the public and made themselves unavailable to any form of media, I was available.* He was acting on behalf of the Board.

[Dominique]

Can I just say....They fired Paterno over the phone....

Ironic isn't it. All he had to do was pick up a phone and tell *someone*

[AtLast]

Originally Posted by Yellow band

Can I just say....They fired Paterno over the phone....

Ironic isn't it. All he had to do was pick up a phone and tell *someone*

Whoa, this is ironic! Also, when he told his superior- that idiot should have picked up the damn phone!

I hope Paterno has good legal representation- his "retirement" is about to get very expensive.

[Dominique]

I can give you a rumor and I can give you something I think might happen," Madden said on the radio. "I hear there's a rumor that there will be a more shocking development from the Second Mile Foundation -- and hold on to your stomachs, boys, this is gross, I will use the only language I can -- that Jerry Sandusky and Second Mile were pimping out young boys to rich donors. That was being investigated by two prominent columnists even as I speak."

[SoNotHer]

Wow, YB. That's so out there yet not so implausible as to not be believed. Whatever happens, let this be some kind of wake up call.

Over 25 years ago, I watched University of Maryland players throw a variety of objects through dorm windows, take variations of basket weaving courses and conduct themselves in all manner of ways with impunity. And all I knew or was ever told was to avoid them and to say nothing.

At some point, schools have to go back to being schools, and if we want to cultivate junior athletes, we do that through a farm system as we do in baseball.

I do know there's more to come with this, and it won't be pretty.

Originally Posted by Yellow band

I can give you a rumor and I can give you something I think might happen," Madden said on the radio. "I hear there's a rumor that there will be a more shocking development from the Second Mile Foundation -- and hold on to your stomachs, boys, this is gross, I will use the only language I can -- that Jerry Sandusky and Second Mile were pimping out young boys to rich donors. That was being investigated by two prominent columnists even as I speak."

[Dominique]

Originally Posted by SoNotHer

Wow, YB. That's so out there yet not so implausible as to not be believed. Whatever happens, let this be some kind of wake up call.
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His {Sandusky} Daughter in law, asked a Judge last night to forbid Sandusky from being near his grand children. The Judge approved that. I knew then, this is Big and very Bad. Very SICK and Sad.

A perfect example of the good old boys club!

[Rook]

Yeah, this is news in Ohio....
I can understand their Rights within their Religion as Pacifists and keeping it amongst themselves, but within their own community, shouldn't they remind in *this* case a Commandment regarding Parents???
The Accused who started all this snapped at a reporter once, asking if cutting beards was a crime.....
Technically, in these related case....Yup....
Let's see, Assault, Trespassing, Breaking & Entering, Hate Crime laws.
If nothing else then at least Hate Crime...Must be good for somethin' in Ohio, after all in Ohio it doesn't cover LGBTQQA.....
Might as well help some other way since they won't "Shun"
New beard-cutting attack on Amish man in Ohio