A 16-year-old was babysitting his girlfriend’s 23-month-old son. The baby wouldn’t stop crying so he covered the boy’s head with a pillow and punched him in the head until his brain bled. The child died. At trial, the teen sobbed and screamed that he’d loved him. Then the judge read out a phone call he’d made from jail and it ended him.
The boy’s name was Austin Smith. He was 23 months old. The 16-year-old, Dylan, was left alone to watch him and when Austin wouldn’t settle, he smothered him with a pillow and beat him in the head with his fists. The toddler suffered a brain hemorrhage and died.
In the courtroom, Dylan put on a performance. He cried hard. He screamed that he never meant to kill anyone, that he loved little Austin, that it was all a terrible mistake. For a moment, it almost looked like it might work on the jury.
Then the judge pulled out a recording a call Dylan had made to his own mother from jail, before the trial. On it, in his own voice, he’d laid out the plan: “I’m a 16-year-old blond kid. I just need to cry in front of the jury and they’ll feel sorry for me.”
He hadn’t been grieving. He’d been rehearsing.
The judge handed him the maximum: 25 years to life.
So here’s what splits people: is 25-to-life too heavy for a 16-year-old who still has a whole life ahead of him or does a boy who kills a baby for crying, then coldly games the court with fake tears, deserve to never walk free at all?
A Japanese footballer had his family travel all the way to Turkey to watch him play. They were overjoyed when he finally came off the bench, but what happened next… 😭😂
The fact that the 911 dispatcher basically told her to get tf on is hilarious 😂 "Hello police!! There's a guy shushing me and won't stop!" ….I thought she would just walk away.
Angie Martinez is releasing her never-before-heard interview with Tupac, recorded just 3 months before his death.
She previously held it back out of fear that releasing it could get people hurt. The interview will be featured in a 4-part Netflix series premiering Nov. 27.
🚨Did Officer Russell have reasonable articulable suspicion of a crime in this video, or was this just another “someone is uncomfortable” call?
Law enforcement or feelings police?
April 2023, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho (public park known as “The Landings”): A man filming for the YouTube channel Audit CDA Idaho recorded a group of females dancing/exercising in the park.
The women objected saying minors were present, confronted him and called police, accusing him of suspicious activity.
Coeur d’Alene Police Officer Russell (radio K-67) arrived.
He told the man he was called for “suspicious activity” involving recording the young females and following them to their vehicle, and referenced Idaho’s stalking statute as a potential concern.
The man repeatedly asked if he was detained, asserted his First Amendment right to film in public, demanded a specific crime with reasonable articulable suspicion, and requested a supervisor.
No arrest was made; the encounter ended as only a confrontation.
Filming in public places is generally protected by the First Amendment. Officers may investigate reports of suspicious behavior, but detention requires Reasonable Articulable Suspicion of a crime.
❓Why won’t some officers clearly answer “Am I being detained?” when it’s asked repeatedly?
❓Is it the officer’s job to investigate why people are filming, or only whether a crime is occurring?
“Fuck you, Sergeant”. Patriot Alan Hubbs steps up for Ke’Nadie Cathey and gets taken to jail for free speech. Don’t worry, though, it’s just a few bad apples. #backtheblue
Frankie Muniz Opens Up On The Reason Why He Hasn’t Spoken To Hilary Duff in over 20 yrs because of what Her Mom Did.
“Her mom was like, ‘Do you know what you’re doing this summer?’ And I go, ‘Oh, I’m filming this movie where I’m playing like a junior James Bond. It’s called Agent Cody Banks.’”
“She’s like, ‘Is there a girl that could be like Hilary that would be good for Hilary?’”
“I had the say of who the girl was going to be. But I didn’t say that to her.”
“The next morning, I show up to the set, and her mom’s like, ‘Guess what? We’re going to be spending the summer together.’”
“I’m like, ‘What do you mean?’ She goes, ‘She’s doing Cody Banks with you.’ And I looked at her and went, ‘No, she’s not.’”
“They signed the contract last night.”
“I was very sad when Hilary’s mom would come on set.”
“And if I told you I’ve never talked to Hilary since the last day of filming, I’ve not said one word to her since then.”
Imagínate que eres Ben Shelton. Estás 6-7 y 4-5 abajo en una final de Masters 1000. Miras a tu derecha y te encuentras a este personaje moviendo la cabeza al ritmo de ABBA. Ya sabes que lo tienes todo perdido.
😭😭😭