Category: Bizarre

Academia, Bizarre, Criminal law, Society

Twelve-Year-Old Student Arrested for Passing Gas in Class

biohazard_warning_signFlorida School officials at the Stuart’s Spectrum Jr./Sr. High School had a twelve-year-old Florida student arrested for “deliberately passed gas to disrupt the class.” What is astonishing that that there were not only clueless teachers who would call police on such a matter, but that they found abusive police officers who would make an arrest on such grounds. This is not the first arrest due to flatulence in the first degree.

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Academia, Bizarre, Politics, Religion, Society

Gunn Control: Parents Demand that Porn Star Be Fired As Lunch Lady

250px-crystal_gunns_dsc_0278The good people of Vineland, New Jersey are demanding that an elementary school cafeteria worker and playground monitor be fired from her $5,772 a year part-time job because of her prior work in the adult entertainment industry. Louisa C. Tuck, 32, was known as Crystal Gunns and the parents want her fired despite the fact that her prior job was legal and she has done nothing wrong as a part-time worker. Indeed, the only problem is likely to be the number of father’s crowding the lunchroom in a sudden interest in having a meal with their children.

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Bizarre, Environment, Politics, Society

Talkin’ Turkey: Palin Gives Interview as Man Slaughters Turkeys Behind Her

defaultThis video should be a classic for years to come. Gov. Sarah Palin gave an interview this week after giving a turkey the annual reprieve — a photo op that all politicians crave. This is not exactly what they strive for. As she speaks to reporters, look over her shoulder. A man proceeds to slaughter less politically connected turkeys behind her.

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Society, Torts

Open Grills: Another Woman Testifies That She Helped Lori Drew and Set Up Mean Meier

ashley-grillsIn bombshell testimony, Ashley Grills, a co-worker and friend of Lori Drew, admitted under a grand of immunity that it was her idea to set up Megan Meier, 13. Grills also admitted that she was the one who sent the terrible final message that told Meier that the world would be better without her — just before Meier committed suicide.

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Society, Torts

West Virginia Police Officer Fired After Using Taser on Pregnant Teenager

180px-m26_taserSgt. Steve Smith has been fired by East Bank, West Virginia after the city council learned that he had used a taser on a pregnant teenager and a firefighter. Smith was still on probation as a new officer after joining the Kanawha County department less than a year earlier.

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Politics, Religion, Society

Hindu Extremists Offer Rewards to Kill Christians in India

India flagExtremist Hindu groups have reportedly offered rewards or bounties on killing Christians in India. There has been a sharp increase in attacks on Christians in India. This controversy has sprung up in England after the government refused to bar entry to members of such groups as Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), despite their allegedly offering such bounties as $250 for killing a pastor and other such rewards.
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Bizarre, Congress, Constitutional Law, Courts, Lawyering, Society, Supreme Court

Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Case of Disability Activist Barred From Filing Any Futher Lawsuits

supreme courtThe Supreme Court has refused to grant review of the strange case of Jarek Molski, an advocate for the disabled who has been barred from filing any more lawsuits after bring over 400 complaints under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA).

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Religion, Society

Teenage Boy Savagely Murdered In India for Writing Love Letter to Girl From Lower Caste

India flagThe Indian caste system has produced another atrocity and another victim. Manish Kumar, 15, was like any other teenage boy with his first crush. He wrote a love letter to a girl in his village. However, Kumar was from a dairyman community, which is a higher caste than the girl’s washerman community. Accordingly, the dairymen shaved his head, beat him savagely, and (as his mother begged for his life) they threw him under a moving train.
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Bizarre, Courts, Lawyering, Society, Torts

Mother Jurist: English Judge Sues Barrister Daughter Over Tell-All Book

_45217756_dd106cf8-2c81-4a4e-be00-8d3a524113b1One of England’s first black female judges is embroiled in a bizarre fight in the court with her daughter. The case has the English bar all atwitter and has finally reached this side of the pond. Carmen Briscoe-Mitchell, 74, has sued her daughter Constance Briscoe (who is s part-timejudge) for libel over a tell-all book– pitting two judges against each other in a judicial version of Mother Dearest.
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Bizarre, Criminal law, Military, Society

Soldier Under Investigation for “Baby Cockfight”

140px-us_army_special_operations_command_ssiThe video below is highly disturbing. It shows adults egging on two crying infant boys to get them to fight each other. An unidentified soldier at Fort Bragg, North Carolina is now under investigation. Alicia Scheideger, the boy’s mother, told ABC News her ex-husband, had custody of her son and she reported him after finding the video.

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Politics, Religion, Society

Surf’s Over: Iran Blocks Millions of Internet Sites and Arrests Iranian “Blogfather”

250px-flag_of_iransvgIran has blocked access to more than five million Internet sites in a crackdown on immoral and antisocial viewing. Abdolsamad Khoram Abadi, an advisor to Iran’s prosecutor general, explained that “The enemies seek to assault our religious identity by exploiting the Internet.” Of course, any site catering to post-Sixth Century life would seem to challenge Iranian values at this point. The country has also arrested Hossein Derakhshan, a leading blogger, on the charge of spying for Israel.
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Bizarre, Criminal law, Society

Step Away From the Corpse: Police Taser Pallbearer at Funeral

bilde-2The New Hanover County Sheriff’s office had a neat idea of how to arrest Gladwyn Taft Russ III, 42, for threatening his wife. When his father died, they waited until he was putting the casket in the hearse on the way to the cemetery and swooped in to grab him. When they ended up kneeing him in the back and tasering him in front of the shocked mourners, who said that the officers pointed guns and tasers at them. The family canceled the trip to the cemetery.
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Bizarre, Politics, Society

What a Tool: Home Depot Founder Says People Who Do Not Support GOP “Should Be Shot”

150px-thehomedepotsvgHome Depot’s founder Bernie Marcus appears done building a customer base. In a conference call, Marcus said that retailers who did not support “Norm Coleman and these other guys . . . should be shot.” This gives the store’s “you can do it, we can help motto” a bit more menacing meaning.
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