Just as the prosecution rests in the Derek Chauvin murder trial in Minneapolis, a female police officer's fatal mistake in a suburb of the Twin Cities has the area up in arms yet again.
You've heard by now how 20 year old Daunte Wright was killed by a Brooklyn Center police officer who thought she was reaching for a taser instead of the handgun she eventually used. BCPD officers had learned Wright had an outstanding warrant after he was pulled over for a traffic stop on Sunday. The weapons mix-up exacerbated the situation, leading to protests from the African-American community late Sunday and yesterday.
In between, three Minnesota pro sports teams, the NHL's Wild, the NBA's Timberwolves, and the Twins, who were to play a matinee vs. Boston at Target Field, postponed their games out of respect to public safety. Can't blame them for erring on the side of caution.
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Speaking of Major League Baseball, umpire Joe West, one of the most despised by players & fans alike, is en route to passing Hall of Famer Bill Klem, and likely heading to the Hall himself, for the record for most games officiated.
On Monday, West won a defamation lawsuit against former player Paul Lo Duca, who played for the Mets, Marlins, and Dodgers during his career, and is now a horse racing analyst. Lo Duca, in a podcast, alleged that West had been bribed by pitcher Billy Wagner, who played with Lo Duca with the Mets in 2006-7, in order to help Wagner. West said no such thing happened, suggesting that Lo Duca had misremembered events. West was awarded $500,000.
West, who moonlights as a country singer in his spare time, could probably use the money to fund a recording session after the season....!
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The Academy Awards used to be handed out in the spring. Then, some genius decided to move the event to February for ratings purposes.
This year, the Oscars move back to April, airing on ABC April 25, bumping American Idol aside for a week. Well, the May sweeps follow the Oscars, so this gives ABC a headstart on ratings.
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The Anti-Defamation League is calling for Tabloid Carlson's head on a platter, if ya will, demanding that Fox Shmooze pink slip him for promoting white supremacist views on his nightly garbage hour.
Unfortunately, the Murdoch family is unwilling to comply, and they're standing behind Tabloid, another spoiled rich boy, just like Citizen Pampers and Swinging Gaetz, If Affluenza was a real disease, Fox Shmooze would never acknowledge a cure even exists.
Someone check and see if one of Fox Shmooze's stockholders has the initials DJT.......!
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