WOW Thread. I can't believe this actually happened.

[DonDude]

Five American special operations troops have been killed in southern Afghanistan after a U.S. bomber accidentally bombed their positions when they called in for air support on Monday night.

One Afghan soldier was also killed in the incident - which is being called the deadliest friendly-fire attack of the 13-year war in Afghanistan.
The soldiers were leading a security operation with Afghan National Army troops in southern Zabul Province when they came under attack from Taliban fighters and called in for an airstrike.

However, instead of bombing the insurgents, the NATO aircraft dropped its payload on the Americans, authorities believe.

reports that the aircraft in question is a B-1 Lancer, a strategic Cold War-era bomber that can carry a payload of up to 125,000 pounds of explosives.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2653708/Five-Nato-soldiers-killed-Afghanistan.html

 

[Boing]

 

[blackram]

Wow, this guy is 90, he's in a wheelchair, and there were rumours he was dying just a few years ago. How can they take a chance on his health by doing this stunt? Do they want to kill him for his birthday? :NoNoNo:

 

[Oilcan]

 

[User-E]

Swamp tour guide feeds marshmallows to alligators with his mouth.

Watch video here:

 

[User-E]

U.S. man catches giant 400-kg sturgeon on B.C. river

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/giant-sturgeon-caught-fraser-river-003931443.html

 

[Willy]

[h=1]‘Mommy blogger’ slowly poisoned son to death to drive up blog traffic, cops say[/h]

 

[blackram]

‘Mommy blogger’ slowly poisoned son to death to drive up blog traffic, cops say

Damn-Not too smart

 

[Pullmyfinger]

Video surveillance from Ralph Wilson Stadium that showed Robert Hopkins sliding down a rail and climbing back up to his seat five times before falling from the upper deck and injuring another fan was the key to his conviction Monday, prosecutors said.
The video speaks for itself, Assistant District Attorney Michael Drmacich said, and I think that the jury came to the same conclusion. ... It's great to have video evidence of a crime taking place. It makes it a lot easier as a prosecutor.

The footage from the Nov. 17 Bills-New York Jets game revealed that between the first and second quarter, Hopkins, 29 of Buffalo slid partway down the metal railing on the edge of Section 339 and climbed back up to his seat multiple times before falling backward on his fifth slide. He tumbled 20 to 25 feet and landed on Mark Bratcher, 29, in the 200 level below.

After a four-day trial and 24 minutes of deliberations, the six-member Orchard Park Town Court jury Tuesday convicted Robert Hopkins of second-degree reckless endangerment and third-degree assault, both misdemeanors. He could face up to a year in jail on each count. Sentencing is scheduled for 4 p.m. Sept. 11.
Hopkins sat calmly in his chair and showed no visible reaction when the verdict was announced. He declined comment while leaving the courtroom.
After the incident, Hopkins lost his job as a digital art director with Eric Mower + Associates and was banned from the stadium.
Were obviously disappointed with the verdict, defense attorney Patrick J. Brown said. He said he is unsure whether his client will appeal.
It was an accident, Brown said. It was something that he should not have done, obviously, but at the time, he was doing it, he just didn't perceive the risk.
During summations, Brown stated, Every accident isn't a crime. ... The fact that it was done repetitively reinforces the lack of risk.
He did something incredibly stupid, something he deeply regrets.

Drmacich was outraged at the incident being called an accident.
"Accident? Accident? he asked before the jury. This wasn't an accident. ... This was Russian roulette with his own safety and others". ... Like Russian roulette, just because he didn't fall the first four times doesn't mean it wasn't gonna happen on the fifth time. ... All of us can see how risky this was ... anyone apparently but the defendant and his sister.
It was so reckless that it was outrageous.

After Orchard Park Town Justice Edward A. Pace denied Brown's motion for the charges against his client to be dismissed earlier Tuesday, the defense called Hopkins and his sister, Stephanie, to the stand.
Hopkins testified that he slid on the railing five times before losing his balance and knew there were fans seated in the level below. He said he didn't think what he did was a criminal act.
Hopkins was asked why he slid on the railing.
I really don't know that I have a reason. Just horsing around and not thinking, he said.

I really didn't think anything was going to happen or go wrong. ... I did not think that I was going to fall.
Last week Brian Doyle, a retired sheriff's deputy working on a part-time basis at the stadium the day of the incident, testified that he spoke with Hopkins soon after the fall.
Doyle had heard that Hopkins slid down the railing, and asked him if the rumor was true.
It's true, Hopkins replied, according to Doyle. I didn't mean to.
When the deputy turned to walk away, Hopkins added, The funny part is, I did it like nine times.
Hopkins also produced a brief written statement.

I was intoxicated and lost my grip ... I didn't mean to ... Im so, so sorry. Im lucky Im OK, the statement read.
Hopkins said Tuesday that after further consideration, he didn't believe he was intoxicated at the time of the fall because he had had only two or three drinks before and during the game.

Hopkins also said that he is aware that Bratcher has a pending civil lawsuit.
Stephanie Hopkins, 25, testified that she and her brother attended the game with three friends. They found some empty seats in Section 339 and sat there because not all of the seats they had purchased were in the same section. She said she saw her brother slide down a metal railing on the edge of the upper deck and told him to stop because she feared that attention would be drawn to their group and they would have to separate.
Hopkins and his sister testified that they didn't hear other fans telling him to stop sliding.

The prosecution's final witness was Bratcher's neurosurgeon, Dr. Loubert Steven Suddaby. In his testimony, he described Bratcher's injuries and his five visits with him. Suddaby said MRIs indicated that Bratcher had bulging discs in two places in his cervical spine and a disc herniation in his thoracic, or middle, spine.

Suddaby also said Bratcher's injuries could have been worse had the force of the impact been on the back of his head.
Had it been about two inches forward ... there's a chance of either quadriplegia or death with that injury, he said.

 

[Agent86]

[h=1]Judge Orders Deployed US Sailor To Attend Custody Hearing Or Lose Daughter, Face Arrest[/h]

 

[blackram]

Judge Orders Deployed US Sailor To Attend Custody Hearing Or Lose Daughter, Face Arrest

Sounds like one of those judges with no common sense, and follows the law to a letter with no real human intelligence applied.

 

[Pullmyfinger]

Kelsey Grammer's Dad was murdered; his little sister was kidnapped, raped, and murdered by Freddie Glen; both his twin half-brothers died in a scuba diving accident (one eaten by sharks) ; and his best friend was killed in 9/11

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelsey_Grammer

 

[blackram]

Kelsey Grammer's Dad was murdered; his little sister was kidnapped, raped, and murdered by Freddie Glen; both his twin half-brothers died in a scuba diving accident (one eaten by sharks) ; and his best friend was killed in 9/11

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelsey_Grammer

:SayWhat?:

 

[User-E]

:biggrin2:

 

[Willy]

How fast do you think he was going?.

 

[Duracell]

 

[Tooler]

She made her lose her job, so time to beat you up.



Police are searching for woman caught on video brutally beating a mother as the victim's child pleaded for her to stop.

The video, shot in a Salem, Massachusetts street.

"Police in this county deal with this type of violence every day. Yet, this video is physically sickening to watch," Salem Chief of Police John J Pelura III said.
Fight involving a toddler in Salem Massecheusetts Police have identified the attacker as Latia Harris

The video shows the victim being thrown to the ground, beaten repeatedly, kicked and spat on.

As the attack continues, the 27-year-old victim's two-year-old son urges the attacker to stop and kicks her legs.

The child is then threatened with a kick in the face.

The victim, 27, is left on the ground beaten.

Police chief Pelura said she was "disoriented, confused and bleeding from the face".

The attacker has been identified as Latia Harris, 25, but police have not apprehended her yet.

The suspect faces charges of aggravated assault and two counts of making terroristic threats, police chief Pelura said.

The video was shot by a bystander, reports said.

It is not clear what started the attack, which took place on a pathway through a grassy area near a McDonald's restaurant where police believe the suspect might have worked.

The attacker, using foul language, is heard saying something about possibly losing her job.

 

[Silvio Burlusconi]

The attacker, using foul language, is heard saying something about possibly losing her job.

I'm thinking that's a given now. Also, I wonder if anyone thinks this could be a racially motivated attack.

And by the way.... how fucked up is it that people just stand around watch and video tape this shit without coming to the defense of either that poor woman OR HER CHILD!!!!!

 

[User-E]

How could someone stand by and film that without intervening? :no:

 

[blackram]

How could someone stand by and film that without intervening? :no:

It didn't look like the video taper was close enough initially to do anything about stopping the fight. As you can see they are moving in closer when the fight is already underway.