Officer drives man to job interview instead of writing traffic tickets

(This young man just got a second job to make his future better. So many lazy men don't even have ONE job. This young man is the REAL definition of a MAN. The others are little boys)

Officer drives man to job interview instead of writing traffic tickets

Ka'Shawn Baldwin was trying to get to a job interview when he was stopped by Ofc. Roger 

Gemoules (KSDK photos) 

 

WTHR.com staff

Published: Apr 18th, 2019 - 10:32pm (EDT)

 

Updated: Apr 18th, 2019 - 10:33pm (EDT)

 

CAHOKIA, Ill. (WTHR) - An Illinois man is singing the praises of a police officer who gave him a lift when he could have given him a ticket.

Cahokia High School Resource Officer Roger Gemoules was patrolling the streets while his school was on spring break Wednesday. That's when he pulled over 22-year-old Ka'Shawn Baldwin for expired license plates, then found Baldwin also had an expired license.

But he told the officer he was headed to a job interview and had no other way to get there than to drive his friend's car with expired plates.

So instead of writing a ticket, Gemoules drove Baldwin to the intervew at a FedEx facility, where he was hired as a package handler. The work is a second job for Baldwin, who already holds a job at McDonalds, though his bus trip to work takes about 90 minutes.

"He was polite when I pulled him over, and seemed like a good young man and I want to give him a chance. If I gave him bunch of tickets and towed his car in, it would be tough for him to recover from," Gemoules said.

Baldwin told KSDK-TV the second job will allow him to make money to get his license back, buy a car and, hopefully, a new home.

“I would like to thank Officer Gemoules for showing compassion and being a great example of how community oriented policing actually works,” Jackson wrote.

The city has contacted the state's attorney's office to see if they can get rid of Baldwin's tickets and restore his license. The assistant to Cahokia's mayor posted Gemoules' photo on Facebook, praising him for his actions.

Another freakin thief

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"But before returning the wallet, police said the suspect removed all of the cash".

U.S.

Suspect in motorized shopping cart steals shopper's wallet from floor of Florida Walmart, police say

MATT ZARRELL,ABC News 9 hours ago

 

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Suspect in motorized shopping cart steals shopper's wallet from floor of Florida Walmart, police say originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Police are asking for the public's help to locate a suspect in a motorized shopping cart who allegedly stole a Walmart shopper's wallet.

The victim and his girlfriend were inside the Walmart on State Road 590 in Clearwater, Florida, on April 1 when the victim dropped his wallet on the floor inside the store, police said.


(MORE: Man in video posed as ride-share driver and robbed woman: Police)



Before the man could retrieve his wallet, the suspect approached on a motorized cart and picked up the wallet and left the store on foot, Clearwater police said in a statement.

The victim and his girlfriend followed and soon confronted the suspect.

The suspect, after being called out for allegedly stealing, threw the wallet at the victim and his girlfriend, police said.


(MORE: Man accused of stealing from Kmart days after buying $8 million private island)



But before returning the wallet, police said the suspect removed all of the cash.

Police released cellphone video taken by the victim at the scene and are asking for the public's help to identify the suspect.

The only people mad about these cars are those that DO WRONG !

 You ALL need therapy.



Take f-in pride you bunch of "nothings". Poor little babies need to cry about everything. What a bunch of Low life's.

American flag design on Laguna Beach police cars causes both 'panic' and pride

Kristine Solomon,Yahoo Lifestyle Tue, Apr 16 5:48 AM CDT

An American flag-inspired logo emblazoned across the Laguna Beach Police Department’s newest squad cars is dividing the community. (Photo: Courtesy of Twitter/Laguna Beach Police)

The city council of Laguna Beach, Calif. is reconsidering the design recently implemented on its new police vehicles — a prominent American flag graphic — after some community members expressed shock and concern at the “aggressive” logo.
In early March, 11 Laguna Beach Police Department squad cars were rolled out. The word “police” features prominently across the side of each vehicle, painted in an Old Glory-inspired red, white and blue design. And while some in the community take pride in the patriotic look, others find it problematic.
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One resident, designer Chris Prelitz, told the Times Community News that when he and his wife first noticed the new design while dining out, it was because he saw parents and children outside “scattering” around a group of patrol cars.
“There was like a little panic going on, and I was like, ‘What’s happening?'” he told the publication. “When one of [the cars is] there, it works. But all of a sudden, I saw, wow, when there are three, maybe four of them together, folks thought it was a SWAT team, federal agents. So it had a very striking, strong impact, so much so that I think there might be some unintended consequences.”
At a March 19th city council meeting, several Laguna beach residents spoke up about their resistance to the new design. Carrie Woodburn, a local artist, reportedly said it was “shocking to see the boldness of the design,” which said “felt very aggressive.”

Woodburn later clarified her opinion on Facebook, writing, “for the record, I have no objection to the black-and-white cars.” She added, “I have no issue with our American flag. My personal observation was that it felt aggressive and may not best represent our community.”
Even city council spokesperson Peter Blake told Yahoo Lifestyle that Woodburn “came out and said something that would make perfect sense otherwise,” as city council often does defer to input from artists in the community. “She didn’t realize that she would be stepping on a political landmine.”
The impetus for that landmine, according to Blake, was “a vocal minority of political activists,” whom he calls “extremists” that initially fought the new black-and-white design for police vehicles. When they lost that battle, Blake said, they went after the stars and stripes. “They even went to the American Legion to determine if it was disrespectful for the flag to be chopped up [within the letters],” Blake said.
So the city council appointed Laguna Beach police chief Laura Farinella to green light the final logo. “We trust the police chief with the safety of the community,” Blake said. “We can trust her with the decision of what police cars will look like.”
Blake told Yahoo Lifestyle that an overwhelming majority of community members are on board with the American flag logo. Attorney Jennifer Welsh Zeiter called the decorated Ford Explorers “exceptional” at the city council meeting, and said that those who vocally oppose the design are “so filled with hatred toward this … office of the president of the United States and the current occupant of that office that they cannot see through their current biases to realize that a police vehicle with the American flag is the ultimate American expression.”
Laguna Beach Police Cpl. Ryan Hotchkiss, president of the Laguna Beach Police Employees Association, spoke at the meeting to say that he has only heard positive feedback about the new vehicle he drives. “Every time I came to a stop sign, every time I came to a red light, somebody is telling me the car looks great,” Hotchkiss said. “Every one of our members that drives the car loves it, and we look forward to keeping them the way they are.”
Mayor Steve Dicterow seemed to defend the new design, implying that the logo and the new black-and-white paint job are intentionally bold.
“This is about safety,” Dicterow said. “I want anybody to see it, period.”
Community members will discuss the controversial design and try to come to a resolution at a new city council meeting scheduled for Tuesday. They’re doing so “out of an abundance of caution to address questions that have been raised about the process,” said city manager John Pietig, according to the Times Community News.
On social media, community members who support the design are encouraging others to attend the meeting in order to defend the flag. Some are simply voicing their support.


And some are publicly condemning the design.


Because of California’s Brown Act, which guarantees the public’s right to attend and participate in legislative meetings, the city council must listen to comments — both dissenting and otherwise — from the community before making a final decision on whether to keep or scrap the patriotic police car design.
Blake has no idea what the outcome of Tuesday’s meeting will be, but told Yahoo Lifestyle he thinks it will be “an absolute absurdity if we didn’t allow the flag to stand.”
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A 5-year-old boy who was thrown from a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America near Minneapolis remains hospitalized with serious injuries

JERK ! ...Why aren't people protesting about this? Oh, I know.

Boy thrown from Mall of America balcony being treated

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BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — A 5-year-old boy who was thrown from a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America near Minneapolis remains hospitalized with serious injuries, authorities said Saturday.

Bloomington police Chief Jeffrey Potts said during a news conference that the boy fell nearly 40 feet after a man who apparently didn't know the boy or his family threw him off the balcony Friday.

Authorities haven't released the boy's name and say his family has requested privacy.

Potts said he couldn't give an update on the boy's status, except to say that he's being cared for at the hospital and that his parents are with him. Hospital officials haven't responded to requests for a status update.

Emmanuel Deshawn Aranda, 24, of Minneapolis, was arrested at the mall's transit station after the attack and is jailed on a suspicion of attempted homicide charge. Potts credited bystanders and mall security for his quick capture.

"This is a horrific situation," Potts said.

Potts said investigators don't believe Aranda knew the boy's family and do not have a motive.

A witness, Brian Johnson, told WCCO-TV on Friday that he heard a woman scream that her child had been thrown from the balcony. He said she was screaming, "Everybody pray, everybody pray. Oh my God, my baby, someone threw him over the edge."

Court records show that Aranda has a history of convictions for misdemeanor offense. He was charged in two previous incidents at the mall in 2015. Potts said some of those cases were handled through mental health court, but he didn't elaborate. At one point, Aranda had a trespass notice banning him from the mall, but it was no longer in effect, Potts said.

Jail records don't list an attorney for Aranda. Potts said he expects to submit the case to Hennepin County prosecutors for charges by noon on Monday.

The 4.2-million-square-foot Mall of America is in Bloomington, about 10 miles south of Minneapolis. It opened in 1992, has more than 520 stores and is visited by 40 million visitors annually, according to its website.

you cheap sob's..... you should be tipping 20%

DO IT.... they work so hard.

please find her and pass this around. The lady was 81 and she could have been your mom or grandma or great grandma.

Mom allegedly attacks 81-year-old woman who called her out for cutting in movie theater line

Kristine Solomon

Style and Beauty Writer

Yahoo LifestyleApril 10, 2019

Police are searching for a mom who allegedly grabbed an 81-year-old woman by the hair and dragged her to the ground following a verbal altercation outside a movie theater on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.

The elderly woman, who prefers to go unnamed, told NBC New York that she was waiting outside the AMC 84th Street 6 theater to buy a ticket for the movie Dumbo when a mom and her two children seemed to cut the line. Though the woman didn’t know whether or not the rude move was intentional, she did want to speak up about it.

Police are searching for this mom wearing red, who allegedly dragged an 81-year-old woman to the ground by her hair. (Image: Courtesy of New York Police Department)

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“I went like this,” the woman said as she motioned with one finger to demonstrate how she touched one of the children. “Just the gentlest touch. I just went like that to her daughter.” The woman says that’s all it took for the mom to become belligerent.

“Well, she just opened up her mouth,” the woman said. “She became so violent. I was just, like, shocked.”

She said she tried to apologize to the mom, but that only seemed to provoke her further. Eventually, the younger woman resorted to physical violence.

The woman said she felt someone come behind her and grab her by the hair. “I just felt this dragging of my hair, and I felt myself go down and crash,” the woman told NBC New York. She allegedly fell backwards, hitting her head. She was soon taken to the hospital, where she was treated for dizziness, pain and swelling, according to a police report sent to Yahoo Lifestyle.

“They X-rayed the thing and they said, thank goodness, there was no bleeding,” the woman said. Doctors told her she was very lucky she didn’t sustain a concussion.

The mom and her children fled the theater, but police were able to capture her on surveillance video wearing a red shirt, black leggings and red sneakers, with a fanny pack around her waist.

“The individual is described as a female, Hispanic, long dark hair, mid 30′,” according to the police report. 

The NYPD encourages anyone with information on the assault to contact its Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Alternatively, you can visit the Crime Stoppers website or text tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. The NYPD vows to keep all calls and tips confidential.

Bernie Sanders says 'there should be a study' on slavery reparations (compensating for slavery)

Bernie Sanders says 'there should be a study' on slavery reparations

  Hunter Walker Fri, Apr 5 11:28 AM CDT

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NEW YORK — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders slightly modified his position on reparations when he joined a slew of other Democratic presidential candidates on Friday, saying he now supports studying the possibility of payments.
Sanders, who has made earning support of black voters a central part of his White House bid, has previously said he does not back directly compensating the African-American community for the damage wrought by slavery and segregation.