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Driver Hits 3 Protesters At St. Louis Rally For Trans Woman Killed By Police

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A driver struck and injured three people on Wednesday during a march in St. Louis, Missouri to honor a transgender woman killed by the police, the New York Daily News reports. Two St. Louis police officers fatally shot Kiwi Herring on Tuesday after the trans woman wounded one of the officers with a knife, according to the police report. But Herring’s family disputes that account. The media continues to misgender #KiwiHerring . The police killed a woman today. A black woman. #SayHerName pic.twitter.com/hPEaOQNWeb — Kayla Reed (@iKaylaReed) August 22, 2017 The newspaper said about 100 people participated in a candlelight vigil for Herring before the march. That’s when the driver of a black Mercedes hit several marchers. Two women and a man sustained minor injuries. Candlelight vigil for #KiwiHerring at the Transgender Memorial Garden in #StL . pic.twitter.com/pDgGmBMxuC — Heather ♿ (@MissJupiter1957) August 24, 2017 According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch , the police and a witness had two different versions of the incident. The witness, Keith Rose , told The Post-Dispatch that the driver flipped a middle finger and then drove through the crowd. Car drives through crowd at vigil for Kiwi Herring, trans woman killed by police: A car… https://t.co/wFmGi9VA1d — DJ KNS (@wnuvradio) August 24, 2017 But according to the police, the driver stopped and blew the horn before trying to drive around the demonstrators. That’s when several of them jumped on the car, kicked it and struck it with a flagpole. Police arrested the driver one block away for felony fleeing, the Daily News reported. The marchers were honoring a trans woman who was a victim of constant homophobic harassment from a neighbor, Herring’s sister-in-law Crevonda Nance stated, according to the Huffington Post . Nance said the harassment reached a boiling point on Tuesday morning. Acting St. Louis Police Chief Larry O’Toole said Herring, 30, “severely cut” the neighbor and  “slashed” one of the responding officers on the arm with a kitchen knife. Both officers opened fire, killing Herring. O’Toole added that it’s unclear if the officers, who are now on administrative leave, tried to use nonlethal tools before firing their weapons. “Kiwi was harassed and executed, and it’s a horrible feeling,” Nance said, summing up the situation, according to The Post. SOURCE: New York Daily News , St. Louis Post-Dispatch , Huffington Post SEE ALSO: Brother-To-Brother: We Need To Change How We Talk About Trans Women Man Gets 49-Year Sentence In First Federal Transgender Hate Crimes Conviction [ione_media_gallery src=”https://newsone.com” id=”3438555″ overlay=”true”]

Driver Hits 3 Protesters At St. Louis Rally For Trans Woman Killed By Police

Hits And Misses: Lana Del Rey’s Vision Of ‘Love’ (And More)

Our critical roundtable on the songs and videos of the week: Lana Del Rey’s “Love,” Future’s “Super Trapper,” Maroon 5 and Future’s “Cold,” Rae Sremmurd’s “Swang”

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How The Arrival Screenwriter’s ‘Frustrating’ Adolescence Inspired His New Superhero Comic

‘Arrival’ screenwriter Eric Heisserer tells MTV News about his new comic ‘Secret Weapons’ and finding hope in today’s darkness

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Travis Scott Gives Surprise Pop-Up Performance At BAPE Store For NYFW

Travis Scott Gives Surprise Pop-Up Performance At BAPE Store For NYFW Yesterday, Travis $cott surprised fans at a pop up performance for New York City’s Fashion Week at BAPE NYC. The pop up served double duty, promoting his new album, Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight , but also to announce Travis Scott X Bape upcoming collaboration before their unveiling at Complex Con. The surprise pop up performance prompted thousands of fans to flood the streets of SOHO to watch Travis perform hits from his new album — causing police blockades and traffic pile-ups. Nice, right? Tracy Bailey JR

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Travis Scott Gives Surprise Pop-Up Performance At BAPE Store For NYFW

Travis Scott Gives Surprise Pop-Up Performance At BAPE Store For NYFW Yesterday, Travis $cott surprised fans at a pop up performance for New York City’s Fashion Week at BAPE NYC. The pop up served double duty, promoting his new album, Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight , but also to announce Travis Scott X Bape upcoming collaboration before their unveiling at Complex Con. The surprise pop up performance prompted thousands of fans to flood the streets of SOHO to watch Travis perform hits from his new album — causing police blockades and traffic pile-ups. Nice, right? Tracy Bailey JR

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Wait, What?? North Dakota Becomes The First State To Legalize The Use Of Armed Drones By Police

North Dakota Legalizes Weaponized Drones For Police Use As if it isn’t terrible enough that drone-driven weapons are a thing…but now, police are able to use this technology to remote-control situations that they feel require weaponized force — at least in one state. Via Independent : Armed drones could be used by police in the US state of North Dakota after local lawmakers legalised their use. While they will be limited to “less than lethal” weapons, tear gas, tasers, rubber bullets and pepper spray could all be used in theory by the remote controlled flying machines. In a classic case of unintended consequences, the original sponsor, Republican state representative Rick Becker said he was unhappy with the way legislation turned out. His original intention was to prevent law enforcement officials from using the unmanned aerial vehicles from conducting surveillance on private property without a warrant. “In my opinion there should be a nice, red line: Drones should not be weaponised,” he said. The original draft of the House Bill 1328 said: “A state agency may not authorize the use of, including granting a permit to use, an unmanned aircraft armed with any lethal or non-lethal weapons, including firearms, pepper spray, bean bag guns, mace, and sound-based weapons.” However, the state’s police union amended the Bill, limiting the ban to only lethal weapons, meaning that sounds cannons or rubber bullets could be used on police drones, according to The Daily Beast. Police already get way too trigger happy in some situations out here. Imagine how many more issues could come about when they can remote control their weapons from the sky… Creative Commons

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Wait, What?? North Dakota Becomes The First State To Legalize The Use Of Armed Drones By Police

Wait, What?? North Dakota Becomes The First State To Legalize The Use Of Armed Drones By Police

North Dakota Legalizes Weaponized Drones For Police Use As if it isn’t terrible enough that drone-driven weapons are a thing…but now, police are able to use this technology to remote-control situations that they feel require weaponized force — at least in one state. Via Independent : Armed drones could be used by police in the US state of North Dakota after local lawmakers legalised their use. While they will be limited to “less than lethal” weapons, tear gas, tasers, rubber bullets and pepper spray could all be used in theory by the remote controlled flying machines. In a classic case of unintended consequences, the original sponsor, Republican state representative Rick Becker said he was unhappy with the way legislation turned out. His original intention was to prevent law enforcement officials from using the unmanned aerial vehicles from conducting surveillance on private property without a warrant. “In my opinion there should be a nice, red line: Drones should not be weaponised,” he said. The original draft of the House Bill 1328 said: “A state agency may not authorize the use of, including granting a permit to use, an unmanned aircraft armed with any lethal or non-lethal weapons, including firearms, pepper spray, bean bag guns, mace, and sound-based weapons.” However, the state’s police union amended the Bill, limiting the ban to only lethal weapons, meaning that sounds cannons or rubber bullets could be used on police drones, according to The Daily Beast. Police already get way too trigger happy in some situations out here. Imagine how many more issues could come about when they can remote control their weapons from the sky… Creative Commons

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Woman Attacks Man With Frozen Chicken and Other Videos of the Day

Girl and her Penis Cake Teens With Weapons on the Attack Escaping Death… Police in Spain Throw Woman in Wheelchair Beer Fetching Drone! Rescue Fal on CNN 100 Dead Pigs…. Worm in the Eye The post Woman Attacks Man With Frozen Chicken and Other Videos of the Day appeared first on DrunkenStepfather .

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GA Teacher Killed In Murder Suicide After Being Kidnapped By Husband’s Mistress In High Speed Chase

Teacher Kidnapped By Husband’s Mistress, Killed In Murder-Suicide A high speed chase ended with the death of an Atlanta-area teacher and another woman on an Alabama interstate today. Police from Alabama and Georgia gave chase as a woman, believed to the mistress of the teacher’s husband, sped across state lines after kidnapping the woman from her home. Via WXIA : Police say a longtime special needs teacher was killed by her kidnapper following a chase that crossed state lines on Thursday. According to Clayton County police, 49-year-old Sandra Barnett, a teacher McNair Middle School, died after her kidnapper shot her in a car stopped on the middle of Interstate 20. The suspect then shot herself, police said. It all began Wednesday afternoon when neighbors of Barnett said they spotted a black Dodge Durango outside of the teacher’s home. The neighbors became suspicious because Barnett had recently replaced the lock on her gate to her backyard after believing that someone had tampered with the latch. Clayton County police said they believe that the girlfriend of Barnett’s husband was the kidnapper. According to the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, deputies spotted the Durango around noon on Thursday at a truck stop on I-20 near the Waco exit, and a chase ensued. The driver led officers heading west on Interstate 20 through Carroll and Haralson counties. When the chase crossed state lines, the Alabama State Patrol joined in. The chase continued to mile marker 208 where the vehicle stopped suddenly while being pursued. According to Clayton County authorities, the suspect reached into the back of the car, retrieved a gun and shot Barnett before turning the gun on herself. When Alabama troopers approached the car, they found the two women dead. Officials said that officers did not fire their weapons nor were they fired upon. SMH! Tragic that the mistress felt that this was the best way to resolve her issues with the woman… WXIA

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Paula Patton Books New ABC Gun Cartel Drama ‘Runner’

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Paula Patton will be taking you into the world of the weapons game with her new show “Runner.” The Baggage Claim star has signed on…

Paula Patton Books New ABC Gun Cartel Drama ‘Runner’