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🚨 Celeste Amarilla: "YES, my post against Mbappé WAS RACIST.
That's why I deleted, it was unfortunate.
However, I will NOT apologize, I said what I had to say.
I come from a society where gays were beaten and where calling someone a sh*tty n*gger was the most usual thing.
I come from that generation, so now I'm trying to build a different Celeste Amarilla, that's capable of co-existing with others.
Have patience, I'm trying."
The incident has been reviewed, and we have no concerns over the officer's actions and we are satisfied that they were reasonable and proportionate in the circumstances.
We would ask that footage is not further shared to allow the legal process to take its course.
I’m browsing comics in a geeky/nerdy store. A woman walks in and asks one of the guys at the counter:
Customer: “I need to get one of those weird-headed figures for my nephew.”
She points at the walls of Funko Pops.
Cashier: “Do you know which one he wants?”
Customer: “Star… something.”
Cashier: “Star… Wars? Star Trek?”
Customer: “Yes.”
Cashier: “Which one?”
Customer: “What’s the difference?”
Cashier: “How old is he?”
Customer: “Fourteen.”
Cashier: “Hmm, if he were younger, it might be Star Wars, but I know a lot of teens who are into Star Trek now. Does he like Darth Vader or Captain Picard?”
Customer: “I don’t know what any of those words mean.”
Cashier: “Is he into pew pew bang bang, or utopian space socialism?”
Customer: “What the h*** are you talking about?!”
I decide to help.
Me: “Ma’am, is your nephew the kind of kid who would do sports or join the debate team?”
Customer: “He’s… on the football team. Why is that relevant?”
Cashier & I: *Simultaneously.* “Star Wars.”
The cashier takes the customer to the ‘Star Wars’ section of the Funko Wall.
Cashier: “All of these are Star Wars.”
Customer: *Getting out a folded piece of paper.* “This is what he wants.”
The paper has ‘Ahsoka Tano’ written on it, and the cashier and I share a look of “couldn’t you have started with that?!”
The cashier got the Funko for her (she still didn’t know what she was buying, but she was happy to get out of there), and the cashier’s coworkers started mocking the cashier for how he tried to differentiate between the ‘Star’ franchises, resulting in a series of similar attempts by the rest of the workers after the customer had left:
Other Worker #1: “Ma’am, does your nephew like cowboys in space, or civil servants in space?”
Other Worker #2: “Ma’am, is he into space wizards or space accountants?”
Other Worker #3: “Ma’am, does he enjoy prophecies or performance reviews?”
And my attempt:
Me: “Ma’am, would he rather overthrow the government or work for it?”
I am having a drink this evening with a friend in a Chiswick pub. Two policemen have just come into the pub and asked me to step outside. I have stepped outside and they have threatened me because I tweeted about a councillor banning seating outside pubs in Chiswick. They admit on video (watch it!) that I did not break the law at all. They came to threaten me. To warn me off tweeting about councillors and the council. This is modern Britain. This is the police state. Please, please, please watch this video. It does involve me using very bad language, but this has got to be seen. Police coming out to threaten someone who hasn’t committed a crime. I’m fuming.
🚨 WOMAN JAILED FOR ENTIRELY FALSE RAPE ALLEGATION AGAINST INNOCENT MAN
A woman that made "disgusting" false allegations that an entirely innocent man had raped and sexually assaulted her has been jailed.
The innocent man was labelled a "pervert" and it was only because he had an "alibi" for his whereabouts at the time – and the police moved swiftly to uncover the real truth – that he did not "face many years in prison", a court was told.
Sarah Howie, 33, of Victoria Street, Grimsby, admitted two offences of perverting the course of justice on April 18 and 19, 2022.
The victim said his life was "ruined" and was attacked in the street with a hammer because of her lies.
Craig Lowe, prosecuting, told Hull Crown Court that Howie contacted the police to claim she had been raped earlier that day.
She provided the name of a man, alleging that he had asked her to go to the back of Grimsby Minster with him.
Howie later said that she was sorry and that she had not in fact been raped. Police were determined to establish what had actually taken place.
She alleged that the man had sexually assaulted her under her trousers,
Howie claimed: "He wouldn't take no for an answer. He carried on." She provided more supposed information in the form of hand-written notes, including one saying: "Been raped this morning."
She claimed that she was scared to go out because of what the man had supposedly done. The man was arrested and he told the police that he was at his mother's home at the time of the supposed sexual behaviour.
CCTV evidence showed that he was not where Howie had claimed that he was. Police spoke to her again about the man's denials. She said: "I have not been truthful. I have lied. I don't know why I have lied."
But she later backtracked and claimed: "It's true what happened to me. I am telling you the truth." The man later said: "After getting arrested for this, I was getting shouted at in the street and being called a nonce and a pervert.
"I was beaten up in the street. I was scared all the time in case I got attacked or accused of something again. Every time I walked down the street, I thought I might get attacked.
"This is the worst thing I have ever been accused of. It's disgusting and well wrong. This has had a huge impact on me and is one of the worst things that a man can be accused of.
"Things got much worse. People on the street were calling me nonce, paedo and the like. I got my head stamped on. I was attacked by someone with a hammer.
"I moved out of Grimsby. I thought I never would but I did. I have lost friends and a 20-year relationship because of this. I still get people who don't believe me when I say I didn't do it.
"She ruined my life and almost got me killed because of this false accusation. With the support of my sister, things are picking up.
"There is nothing worse than a man being accused of rape. It's something that never really goes away. I will have to live with this forever, looking over my shoulder."
Mr Lowe told the court: "There were serious consequences for an innocent person. He was arrested, cautioned and spent time in custody.
"He had to move out of Grimsby for the best part of three years. The police moved quickly on this one, thankfully."
Howie had convictions for eight previous offences, including being given a one-year suspended prison sentence in May 2021 for perverting the course of justice, involving falsely claiming that a man had injected another man with a "full syringe" of heroin or cocaine.
She also had convictions for harassment, sending malicious communications and criminal damage.
Howie, who had been on bail, was jailed for two years. She was given a five-year restraining order.
Source UK Database..
In 1997, actor John C. McGinley’s son, Max, was born with Down syndrome. Shortly after, John's talent agent pulled him aside to deliver what was framed as practical advice: Do not talk about this publicly. Keep it quiet. People will stop hiring you.
For some, that might have sounded like reasonable career preservation. Protect the livelihood, avoid the spotlight, and pretend nothing had changed.
John’s response was immediate. He fired the agent.
Then, he did the exact opposite of what he had been told. He brought Max everywhere. Red carpets, talk shows, film sets, and public events. Wherever John went, Max was right beside him. At a time when society still largely preferred to keep individuals with developmental disabilities out of sight, John made a different choice. He made his son visible. Openly, proudly, and entirely without apology.
What began as a father's protective instinct grew into decades of fierce advocacy. John became one of the country's most recognizable voices for Down syndrome awareness. He spoke at global conferences, testified before Congress, and fought hard for employment law reforms that created real opportunities for people with disabilities to work, earn, and live independently.
During this journey, a reporter asked John a question that revealed far more about society's biases than it did about Max. The reporter asked if John ever wished his son were normal.
John didn't hesitate. He replied that Max was normal. The question wasn't. It was a blunt rejection of the idea that a person’s worth is measured by how well they fit into a narrow, conventional box.
Decades have passed since that conversation. Max is now 27 years old. He works, navigates his community, and lives an independent life filled with possibilities that the critics in 1997 never could have imagined for him.
Reflecting on their journey, John often says that Max never limited his life. He expanded it. Through his son, he learned what love, patience, and true commitment require.
The world signaled early on that it would have preferred Max to remain hidden in the shadows. John spent nearly three decades ensuring that the world looked Max right in the eye. Some fathers protect their children by shielding them from the world. Others protect them by refusing to let the world look away.
True inclusion begins when we stop treating differences as deficits. Max didn't need to change to fit into the world.
The world needed to change to make room for Max.
I love the BBC. It gave me everything I have (well, them and ITN who have been amazing as well). But there is an internal civil war going on and this article tells you everything you need to know:
"... we apologise for the failures in our reporting."
https://t.co/A19fuBGoFp
This is modern life! You have the freedom to express whatever opinions you have! And so does everyone else,even those who disagree with you. Everyone gets to say what they want/how they feel
This is an attempt to scare the popular! Anything collaborative and for the betterment of the public must pay a fee. No social harmony will go unpunished
The UK is sickening. This guy faces more time than fly tippers get. For CLEANING a river
Environmental lawyer facing up to 2 years in prison for clearing rubbish from East London river
Paul Powlesland, 40, and a group of volunteers filled over 200 bags of rubbish from the River Roding in Barking, East London
Full story 👉 https://t.co/SRrPgQYYYo
This is possibly the worst crime in modern history.
Two men "adopted" a baby.
"A post mortem examination identified more than 30 external bruises, as well as internal bruising to his mouth and throat, internal bruising to his anus, bowel and bladder, lacerations to his anorectum, and a perforated bowel."
"One medical expert gave evidence that a bruise on the baby’s bottom appeared to be a human bite mark."
Think what this poor baby went through. The men who did this should be put to death.
Men should not be able to buy babies. I know that this will cause some anguish to good men who have good intentions, but it's necessary to prevent this happening. This cannot happen again.
Sikh community leaders tell @LisaatSky they raised concerns about Vickrum Digwa before he went on to kill Henry Nowak, but believe police didn't take warnings seriously enough. Hampshire police said they followed up all available lines of enquiry at the time of the complaint.
🚨 Mike Johnson torches a woke Democrat witness ‘That’s an absurd response!!’
She had to rethink her entire career on the spot. Based takedown in the hearing. 🔥🎥
‘Would you take the knee for Henry Nowak?’
‘I think… no.'
@NickFerrariLBC confronts Deputy PM David Lammy on the ‘double standard’ of his reactions to Henry Nowak and George Floyd.
➡️⚠️ A man who says he's a woman, caught with 1000 sickening images of babies and toddlers being r-ped, has walked free.
"Lucy" Dean, 27, from Macclesfield, accessed the dark web downloading horrific images over 2 years.
He told the judge he'd paid for therapy to "address [his] behaviour". He said felt "pure disgust" over the offences.
So much so he kept doing it for two years... 😖
Judge Michael Leeming handed him 200 hrs unpaid work and a 10 year SHPO.
What kind of so-called justice system let's a man who downloaded absolutely sickening horrific abuse of BABIES walk free -
AND indulges his lies about his sex by referring to him as a she/her ??
Absolutely vile. 🤬
😳 Last year, Nottingham Forest pushed for Crystal Palace to be removed from the Europa League over John Textor’s ownership situation.
Palace were dropped into the UEFA Conference League instead… and ended up WINNING the competition to qualify for the Europa League anyway. 🏆
Meanwhile, Forest went into the Europa League, won nothing, and now won’t play European football next season. 🤯
Football Karma is REAL.