The above phrase is used by a popular credit card company and after this article, a lot of people are going to want to keep more of their money in their own pocket… I found the article below on ajc.com This is the kind of behavior that turns a lot of people away from the church. This sorry pastor not only stole tithes from the church, he used it to purchase lingerie, leather goods, and God only knows what else….
According to AJC.COM
A Savannah pastor must spend 28 months in prison and pay his former church more than $178,000 after authorities say he stole tithes and church donations and put it in his personal account.
Corey Megill Brown, 47, was sentenced Friday, just months after he pleaded guilty to mail fraud that led authorities to the embezzlements that occurred between 2008 and 2014, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Georgia’s Southern District said in a news release.
The pastor worked at the Second African Baptist Church and was a chaplain for the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department.
Brown deposited the stolen funds into a shadow bank account called “Romans 12 Ministries” and used the money to make purchases at lingerie and leather goods stores, authorities said.
This 12-year-old girl named Elha from the Philippines, absolutely annihilated Sia’s “Chandelier” on Steve Harvey’s Little Big Shots this past Sunday night. If I were to close my eyes, I would never imagine that this was a 12 year old singing this song. You check her out and tell me what you think. She’s the real deal!!!
I love stories that are interesting. This is one of those stories. Ceola Waddell Jr. is a 59 year old homeless man and has bee living at a busy underpass beneath L.A.’s 110 freeway. attitude and lifestyle are now on display for the world to see thanks to the internet. As of late, he has become an internet sensation. Check him out in the video above and peruse the story that I found on daiymail.com
“A homeless man who turned a freeway underpass into his personal paradise by furnishing it with a make-shift jacuzzi and four-poster bed has become a viral hit and unlikely tourist attraction.
Ceola Waddell Jr, 59, began living in the underpass in L.A.’s 110 freeway near Coliseum six months ago.
He has since foraged two porcelain toilets, discarded refrigerators, couches and two beds to transform the space into his personal refuge.
Despite becoming a viral hit thanks to a Facebook video of his dwellings, Waddell Jr faces having it all torn down by city officials.
They say the site is dangerous and that Waddell Jr has turned down their offers for help.
In a virtual tour posted to Facebook earlier this month, the cheery vagrant described the spot as ‘Paradise Lane’.”
Would you pay the $25.00 for a “room” in his “paradise?” You’ve got to give it to this guy, he’s taken a bad situation and made it better by his attitude. Additionally, he’s trying to be an entrepreneur. He better watch himself…. Uncle Sam will be calling!!!
I’m lighting this candle for the families of all the victims of the senseless massacre in Orlando. I’m not going to recall all of the sordid details of this senseless crime because you can see this on every TV channel. Hate never wins and LOVE NEVER DIES!
I found the story below on autoblog.com and it is horrific. The police are at it again. This lady’s story is both scary and sad. AND… the video seems to back up her claims that the officers were very much out of line. What really saddens me most is the fact that these “officers” act like they are on the playground and having fun when in all actuality, they are toying with the lives of individuals like you and me. Watch the video and tell me if you would have reacted like Mrs. Brown. I think I would have been terrified!
Reverend Catherine Brown is suing the Chicago Police Department over a 2013 traffic stop where she says she was the victim of excessive force. Her lawyer released the dashboard camera footage of the May 2013 incident last week.
Brown told CBS Chicagoshe was pulling into her driveway with her two young children in the backseatfrom an alley when a speeding squad car without lights or sirens on blocked her path. Officers Michelle Murphy and Jose Lopez were in that squad car. She said Murphy jumped out of the car, cursing at Brown and demanding she reverse her vehicle from outside of her home.
“It startled me,” Brown told to CBS. “I reached for my license … the other officer takes the gun and points it at the front of my head.”
Brown called 911 several times. In the tapes, you can hear her 8-year-old and 1-year-old daughters crying in the background. Brown requested a lieutenant or police to come and help her. Instead of waiting for a supervisor, Murphy and Lopez tried to force Brown from her car. Brown reversed her vehicle quickly in terror. The police got back into their own car and chasedafter Brown. Brown stopped on the main street only to have her car rammed by the Chicago Police car. Brown popped out of her car and started shouting for her neighbors to help. Murphy then pepper-sprayed Brown while Lopez laughed. Murphy then jumped on to a nearby parked car and trained her gun on Brown. Lopez stuck her car with a metal stick, and then both officers participated in the beating.
“Beat me down to my underwear, pulled my skirt off me,” Brown says. “They beat me with the sticks and hit me with their boots in my head.”
Brown was charged with attempted murder because Murphy claimed Brown dragged her while backing out of the alley. She was acquitted on the attempted murder charge, but was convicted of reckless conduct a misdemeanor, for driving in reverse. She’s appealing the conviction.
The Chicago Police Department declined to comment, citing pending litigation. However, the Citizens Police Data Project shows both officers have a history with excessive force. Murphy has had 19 complaints made against her and Lopez has had 21.
How many of us remember this classic from Prince originally released in 1984 on the “Purple Rain” album? This is one of those songs that has easily stuck in my mind from this legendary artist. I’ve seen many news reports that show many people riding by his Minneapolis studio. Fans have also began dropping flowers by the studio as well. He is certainly music royalty that is now gone………. He was found dead today in an elevator. Now….HE HAS BEEN ELEVATED TO ANOTHER LEVEL!!! RIP PRINCE!
TMZ is reporting the following:
“Prince hit up a local pharmacy hours before he died — the 4th time he visited this week — indicating his health was far worse than the simple flu.
TMZ obtained this photo of Prince leaving a Walgreens near his home in Minnesota Wednesday night at around 7 PM.
Prince hit up a local pharmacy hours before he died — the 4th time he visited this week — indicating his health was far worse than the simple flu.
TMZ obtained a photo of Prince leaving a Walgreens near his home in Minnesota Wednesday night at around 7 PM.
Our sources tell us Prince had frequented the Walgreens for years — but last night, people at the store were concerned because he looked much more frail and nervous than usual.
As we previously reported, Prince’s team told the media he was suffering from the flu. It seemed odd, because his private jet had to make an emergency landing in Moline, Illinois last Friday, just 48 minutes from his home.
Prince was hospitalized … but was discharged after only a few hours. Our sources in Moline told us at the time they felt Prince left the hospital way too soon because he was “not doing well” and needed further medical care.
On Saturday, the day after he was released from the hospital, Prince took the stage at a dance party near his home and curiously said, “Wait a few days before you waste any prayers.”
Prince died Thursday morning. Officials are investigating the cause of death.
Another OMG! moment caught on film. I found this one on youtube.
In Beaumont Texas, this teacher decided that she could actually slap (5 times) and berate a student with no repercussions. In walked…social media and now 63-year old Mary Hastings, a Geometry teacher at Ozen High School, has been arrested and placed on administrative leave.
Information has not been released about what made the teacher so angry but she can be heard in the video saying, “…because you’re stopping him from graduating you idiot @$%^&.”
Another student recorded the exchange and indicated that the incident happened last Friday. Nakisha Burns, Beaumont Independent School District spokeswoman, indicated that “BISD does not condone employees abusing any child and will not tolerate such conduct.” She also stated that “the teacher was immediately removed from the classroom and placed on administrative leave pending action on her contract.”
After being booked in the Jefferson County Jail on a misdemeanor charge of assault, Hastings was released on a $2500 bond.
While I am cognizant that kids can be a handful, in my opinion Hastings should never be allowed in another classroom. If this were my child that she had slapped and berated……….I would be the one facing multiple charges….. (just saying.)
I can’t say that this world has changed. What I will say is that because of social media and the current level of surveillance that exists, we are able to see more and more of the out of this world acts that we wouldn’t ordinarily see. Consider the above video. Who would ever think of going to a funeral home and stealing a ring off of a dead persons’ finger. Well… this woman more than thought about it. SHE DID IT!!! In Odessa Texas, the family of Louise Hicks were surprised to learn that their deceased mom’s wedding ring had been taken off of her finger. Video from Sunset Funeral Home showed that a woman came in to the funeral home and took the ring from the deceased lady’s finger… then left. I wished that somehow the dead lady would have come back to life, if only momentarily, to say “Leave my ring alone.” That would have been sensational!!!
Glen Grays, a 27-year-old community-oriented African-American mail carrier is in the news as of late for an incident that occurred just last week on St. Patrick’s day. According to reports, the incident went down this way: On the afternoon in question, Grays was backing down off the steps of his mail truck (he is a postal worker) when he noticed a vehicle making a sharp right turn onto the street he was parked on, President St. Grays immediately climbed back up the steps to avoid getting sideswiped and he yelled at the driver. The driver in question was in a black car that happened to hold five plainclothes police officers. In an interview, Gray indicated that the black car came tearing back his way in reverse and the driver said to him “I have the right of way because I’m law enforcement.”
By the time Grays had arrived at 999 President St., the four officers were approaching him. An innocent bystander began taping the incident at this point and the video can be seen below: **** WARNING**** VIDEO CONTAINS GRAPHIC LANGUAGE****
In the video, Grays is shown being handcuffed and taken to the unmarked police vehicle. People can be heard in the background questioning why this incident is occurring. The five plain clothed white officers can be heard telling Grays to stop resisting arrest. The video does not show that Gray was resisting.
In a later interview, Glen Grays indicates that he was placed cuffed in the back seat of the unmarked car without a seatbelt. His mail truck was left unattended. He also indicated that the driver of the police vehicle turned around to taunt him and hit a vehicle in front of them. At this point, Grays indicated that this caused him to bang his shoulder against the front seat of the police vehicle. Grays was taken to the police department and issued a summons for disorderly conduct and then released.
The above video was released by a former police officer, Eric L. Adams (now the Brooklyn borough president). Adams indicated that he was outraged over “the ostensible violations of the civil rights of yet another young black man, this one an employee of the federal government.” During a recent press conference Adams said: “It is not a crime for someone to voice outrage after almost being struck by a vehicle … It is not a crime to state that you’re angry at someone who almost hit you. That is not a crime,” Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams stressed. Here’s how federal law reads: “when any person interferes with the delivery of the US mail.Title 18, USC, Section 1701. Section 1701. Obstruction of mails generally, whoever knowingly and willfully obstructs or retards the passage of the mail, or any carrier or conveyance carrying the mail, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both”. There is nothing in the code that states that cops are exempt from the law. I guess we will see if charges are filed by federal officials
Grays is the oldest of six males in his family. His mother, Sonya Sapp, recently spoke only to say, “I worry about them every day, every minute, every second of every day,” before fading off with, “I’m short on words; I’m just hurt.”
The Police Department has indicated that this incident is “under internal review.” Mayor Bill de Blasio’s deputy press secretary, Monica Klein, added that the mayor would be “in close touch with Police Commissioner William J. Bratton over this incident’s investigations and findings.”
Mr. Grays’s fiancée is a New York City police officer he met while delivering the mail. No word yet on her feelings about this incident.
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