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Southfield Police Chief says man's claim of being pepper-sprayed untrue The chief of police in Southfield said a man who said he was roughed up and pepper-sprayed last week wasn't true. SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (FOX 2) - The Southfield Police Department has responded to allegations of excessive force after a police stop last week. A video posted on social media claimed a man was stopped by police, ripped from his truck, and then pepper-sprayed. But on Monday, police released its own video. A Facebook post that went up last week by the user TJ Monroe has been shared hundreds of times. He claims he was thrown to the ground and pepper-sprayed during the traffic stop on Southfield Road near 12 Mile. When Southfield Police Chief Elvin Barren spoke on Monday, he released body-cam video that showed Monroe was cuffed for a short time. But Barren said there was no pepper spray. "He was not pepper-sprayed – in fact, the Southfield Police Department, we're not even equipped to pepper spray," Barren said.  » Read More

By Shereen Siewert A Wausau man will spend three years in prison after an investigation prompted by a cyber tip from a popular social media platform regarding sexually explicit photos and videos of children that were uploaded to their servers. Brian Shepler, 33, was convicted Monday in Marathon County Circuit Court of two counts of possessing child pornography. As part of a plea agreement, eight additional charges were dismissed. Police say Shepler uploaded dozens of photos and videos to his Tumblr blog, many of which contained images of prepubescent girls being sexually assaulted by adult men. Tumblr terminated Shepler’s account and turned the files over to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in August 2018. Investigators say they traced the uploads to a Wausau address belonging to Shepler and his wife. Six officers searched Shepler’s home in the 900 block of S. 11th Avenue in the morning of Friday, Jan. 18, 2019 and seized three cell phones, a laptop and tablet from the residence. His wife and young children were at the home when police arrived, according to court filings. According to the criminal complaint, an email address on Shepler’s cell phone matched the email address associated with…

TikTok has announced that it's now accepting applications for the next cohort of its 'Support Black Businesses' program, which aims to provide Black small business owners with critical skills training and resources to help them recover from the impacts of the pandemic. As explained by TikTok: "We recognize that small business owners are recovering and rebuilding after a year like no other and that Black-owned businesses have been disproportionately impacted. More than half of all Black-owned businesses saw their revenue drop during the pandemic compared to 37% of white-owned businesses." Various research reports have indicated the same - minority-owned businesses, and in particular, Black-owned SMBs, have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. Indeed, Facebook-commissioned research has also shown that Black-owned businesses closed at twice the rate of other small businesses over the past year. Given this, TikTok has been working to provide more support, with a new Black Creatives program to foster talent, and a new online hub to provide Black business owners with support and education to help maximize sales, along with its Support Black Businesses funding initiative. This next round of funding in the program comes in partnership with Vimeo, and will provide the chosen participants with the tools and resources…

RIVERVIEW — A nearly seven-hour SWAT standoff came to a grisly end Monday when first responders pulled two dead men from a Riverview apartment that had been set on fire, the result of an apparent murder-suicide, Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said.The daylong stalemate began shortly after 7:30 a.m. when deputies responded to the 6000 block of Cypressdale Drive. A 911 caller said he had received a FaceTime call from a friend who told him he had killed his boyfriend during a dispute.SWAT team members and crisis negotiators joined deputies outside condo 102 in a building in the Villages of Bloomingdale, a gated community in Riverview nestled between U.S. Highway 301 and Interstate 75.Inside the home, 30-year-old Keith Jackson was confessing to killing his boyfriend - “the love of his life,” he said - in a live video streamed on Facebook, Chronister said.Jackson refused to answer phone calls or open the door for deputies who had surrounded his home, Chronister said. But on Facebook, the crisis negotiators watched as he held a gun up to the camera and told viewers he had just shot and killed his boyfriend.  » Read More

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Recently-cut Pats FB uses LinkedIn to announce NFL retirement originally appeared on NBC Sports BostonDanny Vitale is ready to join the rank and file following his release from the New England Patriots.The veteran fullback, who was cut by the Patriots on May 27, announced his NFL retirement over the weekend using a unique platform: LinkedIn.Here's what Vitale posted on the professional networking site Saturday while updating his profile to include the #OpenToWork hashtag:"I feel like my body is just ready to move on," Vitale wrote. "I’m looking for a new role and would appreciate your support."Vitale was an economics major at Northwestern and states in his profile that he's seeking roles in private equity or hedge fund management, so it sounds like he's fully ready to trade in his pads for a suit.Curran: The Pats passed on Julio Jones, and that's OKVitale signed a one-year contract with the Patriots in March 2020 but never appeared in a game for New England after opting out of the 2020 season. The 27-year-old played for six teams over five NFL seasons, appearing in a total of 44 games with the Cleveland Browns (2016 and 2017) and Green Bay Packers (2018 and 2019).The former fullback…

Simone Biles' boyfriend, Jonathan Owens, finally got to watch her compete in person — and he was just as awed as the rest of the world by her talents.Owens, who plays for the NFL's Houston Texans, wrote on Instagram that it was "amazing" to watch Biles compete at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships, where Biles placed first for a record-breaking seventh time."What an amazing experience," Owens wrote, alongside a sweet photo of himself and Biles, who is holding a pink rose. "First time getting to watch you compete in person and you didn't disappoint. It's so cool that I get to watch you do what you love, and be the best at that!! I'm so proud of you my lil champ. Trials up next and you already know I'm there!! Love you baby.""I love you so much," wrote Biles in the post's comments section. "I'm so happy you got to come watch while in the middle of the OTA's. You a real one."In a reply, Owens wrote that he wouldn't miss the event "for anything."Owens also shared several photos and videos of Biles competing in his Instagram story, calling her gravity-defying floor routine "effortless" and praising her work on the balance…

 11 most loved Instagram videos of Shilpa Shetty Kundra and Raj Kundra | Filmfare.com Home Features 11 Most Loved Instagram Videos Of Shilpa Shetty Kundra And Raj Kundra Well, it is tough to match up to the entertainment level of your partner when they are in showbiz but Shilpa Shetty Kundra’s husband Raj Kundra seems to have done it with utmost ease. We watch Shilpa and Raj making the most hilarious videos dubbing the most whacky dialogues ever. Be it romantic birthday post on Instagram, fun quirky videos when getting bored or burning some calories doing yoga together, these two are quite a crackling couple and there is no denying that.  Shilpa celebrates her birthday today and to make it even more memorable, we at Filmfare thought about listing out some of her adored Instagram videos with husband Raj Kundra. So, scroll through for the treat… Subscribe to our YouTube channel Recommended for You Loading Next Article... cancel-circleyoutubeinstagramtwittersearchfacebookwhatsapppinterest

Discord, the popular community chatting platform, may soon be seeing a massive deal. The big tech company Microsoft is reportedly in talks to purchase the platform for $10 billion. Details of the conversation are still scarce but this Microsoft Discord acquisition would become part of Microsoft’s ever-expanding reach. Motivation to PurchaseDiscord got its start in 2015, and since then, it’s become wildly popular for communities and friends. Discord is a chatting, video calling and livestreaming platform for gaming. However, people use the servers for countless other interests like music and movies, too. As a user, you get texting, calling and livestreaming for free, but you can also upgrade to the Nitro plan for even more features for chatting. It’s clear that such a connected platform has seen drastic growth during the pandemic when people must stay apart. Through this community-centric approach, Discord has drawn in over 100 million active monthly users across 6.7 million active servers. Thus, this success put Discord in the spotlight, with Microsoft now moving in as a potential buyer.If the two companies reach a deal, it would likely come out to $10 billion after Discord reached a valuation of $7 billion at the end of 2020. Its drastic growth…

Nigeria has directed all TV and radio stations to "suspend the patronage of Twitter immediately," describing its use as unpatriotic, the country's National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) said Monday.The government of Africa's most populous country said it was suspending the platform on Friday, two days after the US social media giant deleted a tweet from the president's account for violating its rules."Broadcasting stations are hereby advised to de-install twitter handles and desist from using Twitter as a source... of information gathering for news," NBC's director Armstrong Idachaba wrote in a statement."It would be unpatriotic for any broadcaster in Nigeria to continue to patronise the suspended Twitter as a source of its information."More than 39 million Nigerians have a Twitter account, according to NOI polls, a public opinion and research organisation.Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama summoned diplomats for a meeting Monday in the capital Abuja, after the EU and several countries issued a joint statement voicing concerns with the Twitter ban."Banning systems of expression is not the answer," the EU, US, Britain, Canada and Ireland said in the statement late on Saturday.The statement added it was "precisely the moment when Nigeria needs to foster inclusive dialogue and expression of opinions, as…