Big Manager Appears to Knock the Hell Out of Small Panera Employee
A tipster just sent us the video above, which appears to show a (large, male) manger at a Manhattan Panera Bread location punching the hell out of a (small, female) unruly employee.
Street Fights Can Kill So It's Okay To Defend Yourself Ferociously
Don’t let anybody tell you a street fight is not an attack on your life.
Boy Scouts Aren't Allowed to Have Water Gun Fights Now
The Boy Scouts of America, a paramilitary children’s organization inspired in part by the exploits of the young Mafeking Cadet Corps during the Second Boer War, has forbidden its present-day members to shoot squirt guns at one another. A blog post for adult Scout leaders on the Scouting Magazine website reports that…
Chaos, Looters, and Flames Rage Through BaltimoreÂ
Violence tore through a large swath of western Baltimore Monday night, punctuating the week of protests and funeral for Freddie Gray—who died April 19 from a spinal injury he suffered while in police custody—with rioting, fires, and looting.
Should Twitter's New Anti-Violence Rule Only Apply to Terrorists?
After months of criticism that Twitter’s lax abuse policies have put women at risk and allowed ISIS to flourish online, the social network just updated (and broadened) its formal abuse policy. Now, merely “promoting” violence—just plain old violence, regardless of context or reason—is enough to get your feed axed. But…
Thousands-Large Mob Seized Prisoner Accused of Rape, Beat Him to Death
Thousands of people in Dimapur, India, stormed a jail that was holding a man accused of rape, brought him out into the streets, and beat him to death on Thursday, the New York Times reports. Police who were guarding the jail were overcome by the mob, though an official was unable to explain how.
Texas Frat Defends Racist "Border Patrol" Party: It Was "Western-Themed"
What do you do when people find out your frat hosted a racist "border patrol" party, during which guests donned ponchos, sombreros, and construction gear replete with "Pablo Sanchez" name tags? Claim the event was "western-themed," as certain members of the Fiji fraternity at the University of Texas-Austin have done.
Terrorism Works
Terrorism persists because terrorism works. Terrorism works because we let it.
Reminder: This NYPD Chief Fought to Keep Chokeholds Legal
"I don't feel that there's a law that's necessary to deal with that issue," NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said about police chokeholds last September. "I think there are more than sufficient protocols in place to address a problem."
Cops: Man Killed After Being Pushed on Subway Tracks by Stranger
A 61-year-old man was allegedly pushed onto the subway tracks in the Bronx on Sunday morning when an incoming D train was approaching. The man was killed by the train and reports say that his wife watched on in horror.
Report: Someone Tried to Kill Freddie Gibbs in Brooklyn Last Night
Gary, Indiana's finest rapper, Freddie Gibbs, had a show in Williamsburg, Brooklyn last night. Someone reportedly started shooting at him, hitting two people in his entourage.
Science: Dudes Terrible at Judging Whose Ass They Could Kick
Why is it that you think dudes who could kick your ass are huge, but you think dudes whose ass you could kick are teeny-tiny? Because you are not smart, haha, just playing, brother. You are not smart because of science.
Four Killed in Shelling at Ukraine Playground on First Day of School
An attack on a school in Donetsk, Ukraine, today left four people dead, none of them children, the BBC reports, and a separate shelling of a minivan nearby appears to have killed six others.
Rikers Guards Who Hogtied, Beat Mentally Ill Man May Actually Be Fired
The guards at Rikers Island are notoriously violent toward inmates—especially mentally ill ones—and it's relatively rare that even documented beatings result in punishment for those responsible. That's why it's a surprising, encouraging development that a judge recommended the termination of six employees this week.
Three Philadelphia Hate Crime Suspects Turn Themselves in to Police
This week, the Philadelphia District Attorney's office identified three people who will be charged with crimes in the anti-gay beating that took place in Center City September 11. This morning, all three turned themselves in to police.
Here Are the Emergency Dispatch Calls From the Day Michael Brown Died
True to their word, the activists of Anonymous' #OPFerguson have released two hours of raw audio from police and EMS dispatch calls on August 9, the day 18-year-old unarmed Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri.
EMTs: We Stopped NYPD Cops From Beating Handcuffed Mentally Ill Man
Two fire department emergency medical technicians claim they had to physically intervene when NYPD officers began beating a mentally ill man who was handcuffed on a stretcher, the New York Daily News reports. The medical workers have since turned the officers in, and the police department's Internal Affairs Bureau is…
Pregnant Woman Gets Apparent NYPD Chokehold After Grilling on Sidewalk
The NYPD, seemingly determined to double down on violence against black people after the post-chokehold death of Eric Garner, apparently used the banned tactic again on a seven-months-pregnant woman after she grilled on the sidewalk in front of her home this weekend.
