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  • Canadian Theater Receives Backlash For Announcing ‘Black-Only’ Shows

    Canadian Theater Receives Backlash For Announcing ‘Black-Only’ Shows

    The National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Canada is receiving backlash for hosting a blacks-only play, that only allows

    “black identifying audiences”

    to attend, NY Post reported. 

    The news comes as Black History Month approaches. The National Arts Centre announced that they’ll be putting on a “Black Out” night at its Babs Asper Theatre on Feb. 17th. The play,

    “Is God Is,”

    is written and will be performed by black women and will be available to black people only. 

    “A Black Out is an open invitation to Black-identifying audiences to come and experience performances with their community,”

    the theater announced earlier this month.

    “The evenings will provide a dedicated space for Black theatergoers to witness a show that reflects the vivid kaleidoscope that is the Black experience,”

    they added. 

    The announcement spurred outrage on social media. One individual took to Twitter stating,

    “Racism is alive and well in Canada. I hope this event is boycotted.”

    Another asked,

    “So given that the National Arts Centre now does single-race-only shows, are they planning on doing a whites-only show?”

    A spokesperson for NAC told Quillette podcaster Jonathan Kay that despite its policy ushers will not be

    “race-checking”

    attendees at the door.

    “No one will be turned away at the door,”

    the spokesperson told Kay. The company is expected to host another

    “Black Out”

    show in May. However, another Canadian theater that also hosts

    “Black Out”

    shows says they won’t be bullied into changing their policy.

    “If someone self-identifies as a non-Black person and demands to enter the room, a member of our staff will be present to chat with this person… to help de-escalate such situations,”

    Toronto’s Theatre Pass said on their website. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts? 

  • Father Arrested For Allegedly Kidnapping His Son’s 15-Year-Old Girlfriend, Police Say

    Father Arrested For Allegedly Kidnapping His Son’s 15-Year-Old Girlfriend, Police Say

    A Texas father is accused of kidnapping his son’s 15-year-old girlfriend at gunpoint, Kens5 News reported. 

    Alexander McCormick, 35, was arrested Friday on charges of aggravated kidnapping, and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after police say he kidnapped his son’s 15-year-old girlfriend. 

    According to the news station, McCormick had been tailing a group of teens in his black Dodge Ram pickup truck before abruptly cutting them off in traffic. The teens told police that McCormick got out of the vehicle and pointed a gun at them demanding the 15-year-old girl

    “get out of the car.”

    The frightened young lady complied with McCormick, leaving in his car. Reports state that McCormick drove the teen to his residence where his son was waiting. Words were reportedly exchanged and the girl was then dropped off at a park. The young lady kept an open communication with friends throughout the entire ordeal, who then notified police of her whereabouts. 

    McCormick was arrested at the park. He is also on bond for another felony arrest for threatening young people who allegedly damaged his truck.  

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • High School Cafeteria Worker Arrested For allegedly Selling ‘Edible Marijuana’ To Students

    High School Cafeteria Worker Arrested For allegedly Selling ‘Edible Marijuana’ To Students

    A high school cafeteria worker in Louisiana was arrested for allegedly selling homemade weed edibles to students, per WAFB. 

    Tymetrica Cohn was arrested and dismissed from Sumner High School after authorities got a tip that the 45-year-old was selling

    “edible marijuana”

    to students. 

    Tangipahoa Parish School Superintendent Melissa Stilley praised the student who brought the matter to the attention of staff and administrators.

    “I want to commend this student who saw something and used the P3 app to bring this threat to the attention of our school officials and law enforcement,”

    Stilley said.

    According to the outlet, Cohn was a temporary staff at the high school and was hired by an outside staffing agency. 

    Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office narcotics agents began to investigate the complaint and eventually linked Cohn to the crime. She was charged with one count each of possession/distribution of a controlled dangerous substance and distribution of a controlled dangerous substance in a drug-free zone, reports state.  She awaits trial at the Tangipahoa Parish Jail. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Man Fatally Struck By Train After Publicly Urinating Onto Manhattan Subway Tracks

    Man Fatally Struck By Train After Publicly Urinating Onto Manhattan Subway Tracks

    A New York City man was fatally struck by an oncoming train after falling off the platform while urinating onto the subway tracks, AllHipHop reported. 

    According to NYPD, the fatal accident occurred  Tuesday, Jan. 24 around 1:30 a.m. at the Broadway-Lafayette St. station in the Soho area of the city. 

    Authorities say the victim, whose identity they have concealed, lost his balance while relieving himself onto the subway tracks. The conductor who was operating a downtown A train on the F line (a common practice in MTA’s subway stations) struck the victim who died on the scene, police say. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • LSU Student Madison Brooks Fatally Struck By Car After Alleged Rape, Four Suspects Charged

    LSU Student Madison Brooks Fatally Struck By Car After Alleged Rape, Four Suspects Charged

    Police have arrested three teenage boys and a man who allegedly raped a Louisiana State University student and then dumped her on the side of the street where she was later fatally struck by a car, Fox News reported. 

    Kaivon Deondre Washington, 18, Everett Lee, 28, Casen Carver, 18, and a 17-year-old who police have not identified because he is underage were arrested for the rape of 19-year-old Madison Brooks. 

    According to investigators, Carver admitted that he and the other males met Brooks at Reggie’s Bar near the LSU campus. He said, the group drank alcohol together and Brooks left the bar with them and was

    “very unstable on her feet, was not able to keep her balance, and was unable to speak clearly without slurring her words,”

    an arrest document revealed, according to FOX 8.

    Carver told investigators he had seen Brooks and the 17-year-old boy

    “hugging and walking together,”

    saying she asked for a ride home. Carver said he was the driver that night and Lee sat in the front passenger seat, while Washington and the 17-year-old were in the back with Brooks. He alleges that Washington and the 17-year-old asked Brooks

    “five times”

    to have sex with them and she

    “gave verbal consent,”

    according to the document. 

    He said they later dropped Brooks off at a nearby subdivision, at around 3 a.m. where she was hit and killed by a rideshare driver on Burbank Drive near Pelican Lakes Parkway, reports state. Police say, the driver showed no signs of impairment. 

    Investigators said Brooks had a blood-alcohol content of 0.319% — nearly four times the legal limit.

    Kaivon Deondre Washington, 18, and a 17-year-old unidentified minor were charged with third-degree rape. Everett Lee, 28, and Casen Carver, 18, were charged with principal to third-degree rape, which means they were present but did not participate in the alleged crime. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • ‘GMA’ Star Amy Robach ‘Blindsided’ By Lover TJ Holmes’ Past Affairs After Alleged Months-Long Affair With 24-Year-Old

    ‘GMA’ Star Amy Robach ‘Blindsided’ By Lover TJ Holmes’ Past Affairs After Alleged Months-Long Affair With 24-Year-Old

    It looks like trouble in paradise has come quickly for GMA costars and lovers Amy Robach and TJ Holmes.  Sources told Radaronline that Robach had no knowledge of Holmes’s love affairs with other women within the ABC network.

    Dailymail revealed that the pair carried out a secret love affair for 6 months before they were seen coupled up since their public split from their spouses. However, now Amy feels like the situation is

    “blowing up in her face,”

    sources revealed. 

    The insider told The Sun that Robach feels like

    “collateral damage”

    after it was exposed that Holmes had affairs with multiple women at the network. According to a source close to the situation Holmes had relations with a 24-year-old intern, Jasmine Pettaway in 2015.

    “It was Jasmin’s first real job in television, and it was a big deal for her. She was looking for a mentor, and she reached out to several people. T.J. was someone who was responsive, but he absolutely abused the position of trust,”

    the source told PageSix. The insider claims Robach

    “had no idea the scope of T.J.’s alleged past office romances… She certainly did not foresee that their relationship was going to cause major upheaval — outside of her own marriage.”

    The two are still under investigation by the ABC network to determine if any company policies were violated. Robach reportedly believes the investigation will reveal she did not violate any company policy.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts? 

  • Man Fatally Shot By Dog In ‘Freak Hunting Accident’, Sheriff’s Office Announced

    Man Fatally Shot By Dog In ‘Freak Hunting Accident’, Sheriff’s Office Announced

    Officials say a dog is responsible for the shooting death of a man, People reported. 

    Joseph Austin Smith, 30, of Witchita, Kansas was shot and killed by a dog in what authorities described as a ‘freak hunting accident.’ The shooting occurred around 9:40 a.m. in the area of 80th Street South and River Road on Saturday. 

    The Sumner County Sheriff’s Office says Smith was reportedly sitting in the front passenger seat of a pickup truck. A rifle, hunting gear, and the truck owner’s dog sat in the backseat. Authorities say the canine accidentally stepped on the rifle causing it to discharge, hitting Smith in his back. 

    “Responding units arrived within minutes of the 911 call and started CPR,”

    the sheriff’s office said. Smith died at the scene, reports state. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts? 

  • Sha’Carri Richardson Kicked Off American Airlines Flight After Argument With Flight Attendant

    Sha’Carri Richardson Kicked Off American Airlines Flight After Argument With Flight Attendant

    U.S. track and field star Sha’Carri Richardson is thinking about taking legal action against American Airlines following a verbal altercation with a flight attendant that led to her being booted off the flight, per the NY Post. 

    The 23-year-old, who posted a video of the verbal dispute to her Instagram, claims she was

    “disrespected”

    by a flight attendant named 

    “John.”

    The track star said she was rudely interrupted by John who asked her to get off her phone and put it on airplane mode. 

    “Prior to the video this gentleman asked me to get off a cell phone call, I did,”

    Richardson captioned one of her videos.

    “I stated to him I didn’t like the tone he used with me. Following that while standing in front of me doing the safety protocols he continued to lean over to look at my phone. He asked to see that my phones were in airplane more at this point. He demanded that me show him. Which I did in front of him.”

    Richardson claims the man continued to harass her as she continued to record the entire ordeal. Tensions grew hot as other passengers started to intervene seemingly defending the flight attendant. Richardson is heard in the video saying,

    “Y’all see him right? Y’all see him right? Y’all see him right? I’m sorry, it’s not me… Talk to him. No ma’am. Do not talk to me like that. I’m an adult. Do not talk to me like that. Do not talk to me like that. Tell him to stop. If you do not know what’s going on, do not yell at me.”

    At the end of the video Richardson is seen being escorted off the flight with applause heard in the background.

    “Tell me if I’ll be wrong to pursue legal actions against the airline @americanair not only did the man threaten me but also an innocent bystander who simply just wanted a picture with me. In the beginning of the video you can hear a Caucasian male state that he doesn’t give a f as a man that male flight attendant is intimidating a woman,”

    Richardson posted.

    “Also the captain not doing anything to help the situation and this flight attendant has the applause when I exited the plane when I’m pretty serious the disrespect I received would not have happened if I was a one of them.”

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • 5 Memphis Police Officers Fired In The Death Of Tyre Nichols, Department Announced

    5 Memphis Police Officers Fired In The Death Of Tyre Nichols, Department Announced

    Five Memphis Police Department officers who were involved in the arrest of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old father, who died in the hospital days after the traffic stop, have been fired, Newsweek reported. 

    Memphis Police Department announced on Friday that Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills, Jr., and Justin Smith had their employment terminated after violating

    “multiple department policies”

    during their encounter with Nichols.

    “After a thorough review of the circumstances surrounding this incident, we have determined that five MPD officers violated multiple department policies, including excessive use of force, duty to intervene, and duty to render aid. Earlier today, each officer charged was terminated from the Memphis Police Department,”

    the statement said.

    An earlier statement from the department published on January 8, said officers attempted to arrest Nichols for

    “reckless driving”

    on January 7.

    “As officers approached the driver of the vehicle, a confrontation occurred, and the suspect fled the scene on foot. Officers pursued the suspect and again attempted to take the suspect into custody. While attempting to take the suspect into custody, another confrontation occurred; however, the suspect was ultimately apprehended,”

    the statement said. It continued:

    “Afterwards, the suspect complained of having a shortness of breath, at which time an ambulance was called to the scene. The suspect was transported to St. Francis Hospital in critical condition.”

    He succumbed to his injuries three days after the arrest. 

    The bureau has launched an investigation into the five officers to detect if they committed any criminal offenses, as well as a separate civil rights investigation that has been launched by the Department of Justice and FBI. The family of Nichols is currently being represented by civil rights attorney Ben Crump.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Wife Fatally Shot Terminally Ill Husband At Hospital, Police Say

    Wife Fatally Shot Terminally Ill Husband At Hospital, Police Say

    A Florida woman fatally shot her terminally ill husband while he was in his hospital bed, Fox News reported. 

    According to The New York Times, Ellen Gilland, 76, had a request from her husband Jerry Gilland, a 77-year-old terminally ill man, to kill him if his condition worsened. On Saturday, at around 11:30 a.m. Gilland entered AdventHealth in Daytona Beach, Florida with a gun after her husband’s health drastically declined. The woman reportedly went up to her husband’s room on the 11th floor and shot him in the head. 

    Staff and patients were evacuated from the hospital and no others were injured, the Daytona Beach Police Department said. The woman barricaded herself in the room in an hours-long standoff with police. Officers used a flash-bang device, which let out a bright flash and a loud noise, to distract Ms. Gilland, Chief Jakari E. Young of the Daytona Beach Police Department told the outlet. Officers also used a bean bag gun to help take her into custody, Young said.

    Chief Young told reporters that Gilland had attempted to fatally shoot herself, too, but in the end,

    “she couldn’t go through with it.”

    “It’s a tragic circumstance because it just shows that none of us are immune from the trials and tribulations of life,”

    Chief Young said at a news conference on Saturday.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?