Source: NewsOne Screenshots / NewsOne / Congressional Black Caucus Georgia’s 13th Congressional District Congressman David Scott shared a moment of Black History from Poet Laureate Langston Hughes called “Mother to Son,” which gives the essence of the glorious story of the African American people in America. Check out the video below… [ione_media_gallery src=”http://majicatl.com/” id=”2259830″ overlay=”true”]
David and Louise Turpin – the California parents who reportedly confined, tortured and malnourished their 13 children – now face up to 94 years to life in prison, authorities announced on Thursday. The couple was officially charged in court today with 12 counts of torture, following their arrest this week for committing allegedly heinous acts. As previously reported, the Turpins were discovered to have been keeping their kids captive for years, allegedly depriving them of food and keeping them chained to pieces of furniture for hours and hours at a time. The kids ranged in age from two through 29. A 17-year old daughter managed to escape and call the police, alerting them to the despicable conditions in which her siblings were being kept. Bail has been set at $13 million for the Turpins in Riverside County, California. Said Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin on Thursday afternoon: “All the victims were and are severely malnourished. The 29-year-old female victim weighs 82 pounds.” The kids were immediately sent to the hospital upon being rescued by authorities and are receiving various types of treatment. They are receiving antibiotics, vitamins and nutrients and psychologists will soon be brought in to evaluate the victims when their physical conditions improve. Hestrin also said that the children would “sleep all day and be up all night,” confirming reports from neighbors who have said they witnessed the kids being marched all around the home during very strange hours. According to Hestrin, “none of the victims were allowed to shower more than once a year.” Many were found lying in piles of their own feces this week. “This is severe physical and emotional abuse we’re talking about,” Hestrin said. “It breaks our hearts, but we’re professionals and have to seek justice.” He noted that the 17-year old who broke free and dialed 911 had been plotting her escape for two years. On Wednesday, investigators served search warrants to the home, spending approximately seven hours going through evidence, and walking out with several boxes, two safes and pieces of wood that appear to have been part of bed frames. David’s mother, Betty, told reporters after her son’s arrest that David and his wife had so many kids because God wanted them to. “I feel they were model Christians,” she told the Southern California News Group on Wednesday, adding: “It’s hard to believe all of this. Over the years, the Lord knows what happened.” Adds David Macher, a public defender assigned to David Turpin: “What we would like the public to know is that our clients are presumed to be innocent, and that’s a very important presumption.” When asked about the number of counts and the nature of the charges, Macher said: “It’s going to be a challenge.” Aside from suffering severe caloric malnutrition associated with muscle wasting, several of the kids have cognitive impairment and “neuropathy, which is nerve damage, as a result of this extreme and prolonged physical abuse,” Hestrin says. What will happen now to the victims? The Riverside County Department of Public Social Services is seeking court authorization to provide oversight and care for the 13 siblings “to the extent that’s necessary,” says Susan von Zabern, spokeswoman for the Riverside County Department of Public Social Services. She added on Tuesday: “At this point, we’ll be doing a full assessment with medical professionals to better understand needs of the adults as well as the children, and we’ll be prepared to provide supportive services as well as engage other agencies in assisting these individuals to be stable.”
(Photo by Anthony Devlin/Getty Images) Jennifer Hudson Is Bae Well, it finally happened. Jennifer Hudson and David Otunga finally split and nobody is wondering why. Now J Hud is out in the world and ready to mingle. Maybe. Is she on Tindr? Whatever the case, he’s going to miss her slimmy trim bawdy for the rest of his life. Let’s look at some reasons why David is sad Jennifer is allegedly loosening up someone else’s Bible belt.
(Photo by Anthony Devlin/Getty Images) Jennifer Hudson Is Bae Well, it finally happened. Jennifer Hudson and David Otunga finally split and nobody is wondering why. Now J Hud is out in the world and ready to mingle. Maybe. Is she on Tindr? Whatever the case, he’s going to miss her slimmy trim bawdy for the rest of his life. Let’s look at some reasons why David is sad Jennifer is allegedly loosening up someone else’s Bible belt.
Jimmy Fallon and his loved ones are in mourning. The comedian sadly lost his mother, Gloria, on Saturday, one day after NBC canceled a taping of The Tonight Show due to a Fallon family emergency. Said a spokesperson for the talk show host and his relatives: “Jimmy Fallon’s mother, Gloria, died peacefully on Saturday. “Jimmy was at his mother’s bedside, along with her loved ones, when she passed away at NYU Langone Medical Center in NYC. “Our prayers go out to Jimmy and his family as they go through this tough time.” Gloria was 68 years old. It’s unclear whether she had been ill for a long period of time, but at least Fallon was able to be with his mother at the time of her passing. On Friday, Variety reported that NBC had cancelled the Tonight Show’s scheduled taping due to “a private Fallon family matter.” In its place, the network ran an episode that had originally aired in September. According to IMDB, Gloria made two appearances on her son’s show over the years. Fallon keeps his private life mostly private, but he did open up about his mother at times over the years. Just this past June, he revealed to Howard Stern that Gloria used to be a nun. A month before that, he shared a memory about Gloria as part of a “#MomQuotes” segment for the talk show. “My mom and I were talking on the phone for the third time that day and she actually said, ‘We don’t talk enough,’ ” he tweeted at the time. We send our thoughts, prayers and condolences to Fallon and his family. It’s unclear if Fallon will resume taping The Tonight Show next week, but he should obviously take as long as he needs to mourn. May Gloria Fallon rest in peace. View Slideshow: Celebrities Who Died in 2017: In Memoriam
So last night, Larry David hosted Saturday Night Live. It should have been a wonderful opportunity for some solid Bernie Sanders sketches, and he did do a Bernie impersonation at one point, but that’s not what people are talking about. Nope, instead people are focusing on his opening monologue. Specifically the segment during the monologue in which he made a few Holocaust jokes. He kicks off the bit by saying that he’s “always been obsessed with women,” and “I’ve often wondered, if I’d grown up in Poland when Hitler came to power and was sent to a concentration camp, would I still be checking out women in the camp?” The audience started laughing nervously, and he answered his own question with “I think I would.” “The problem is,” he continued, “there are no good opening lines in a concentration camp.” “How’s it going?” he asked an imaginary women in this wacky scenario. “They treating you OK? You know, if we ever get out of here, I’d love to take you out for some latkes. You like latkes?” Larry David Does Holocaust Jokes in Saturday Night Live Monologue When the line didn’t land — for the audience, too, but mostly for that imaginary lady — he said “What, what’d I say? Is it me, or is it the whole thing?” From there, Larry wrapped up the monologue and went into the typical “We got a great show tonight …” SNL thing. But, thanks to the internet, that certainly would not be the last we heard of those jokes. “I’m not a Jew,” one person tweeted, “but I’m low-key offended by Larry David’s holocaust jokes on #SNL. Not cool.” “I can’t believe they did jokes about a concentration camp I just can’t believe what I just saw it will never be okay to do,” another wrote. Some people used a popular hashtag, #ReallyMakesMeCringe, to express their feelings about the monologue, for example “#ReallyMakesMeCringe when we have people denying the holocaust & Larry David opens the door for them to think it’s fine to joke about.” There were a lot of photos shared of actual women in concentration camps to really drive home the point that the joke was offensive. “Comedy does NOT mean everything can be funny,” someone stated. “Always wrong to joke about the Holocaust, even if you’re Jewish.” Which is another thing — Larry is Jewish himself, so many people believe that he had the right to make those jokes. “Don’t get why non-Jews think their opinions matter on whether or not Larry David is allowed to reference the holocaust in his jokes,” one such person tweeted. Another explained that “If anyone is upset with Larry David’s holocaust jokes on SNL they are likely not Jewish. Comedy can help people deal with tragedy.” So was he offensive, or does he have the right to make jokes like this? Does anyone have the right to make jokes like this? Sound off in the comments!
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