Asshats of 2016

While tragic, this kind of thing actually happens all the time.  At some point, most parents/grandparents do something incredibly thoughtless like this.  Most of the time, things turn out fine in the end.  On rare occasions, they result in tragedies like this.  We're not talking about some horrible parent who intentionally left their child in the car because they didn't want to deal with bringing the baby into the mall.  This was an accident.

This isn't the first time these idiots have burned people with this dangerous stunt


ERICA HUNZINGER and DAVID WARREN 18 hours ago
DALLAS (AP) — More than 30 people who attended an event with motivational speaker Tony Robbins have been treated for burns after Robbins encouraged them to walk on hot coals as a way of conquering their fears, Dallas fire officials said.

Five people were taken to a hospital Thursday night, while the rest were treated at the scene for burns to their feet and lower extremities, Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans said.

The hot coals were spread outside the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center as part of a four-day Robbins seminar called "Unleash the Power Within." It's a regular part of some of Robbins' seminars; more than 20 people were treated for foot burns after an event in 2012 in San Jose, California.

Paul Gold of West Palm Beach, Florida, suffered second-degree burns on both feet that will take about two weeks to heal, he told The Associated Press on Friday from a burn unit. It was the second time he's walked on hot coals; the first he described as a "very good experience" at a Robbins seminar a few months ago in Florida.


He said the difference Thursday was that it appeared staff members didn't allow the coals to cool enough before adding more to the pile, which was about 3 to 4 feet wide and about 20 feet long. He realized halfway through his walk over the coals that he'd suffered burns.

"In hindsight, jumping off would have been a fantastic idea," he said. "But when you're in the spirit of the moment, you're kinda focused on one task."

After his walk, Gold, 44, said it felt like someone had "taken a hot iron and pressed it against my feet." He also said he saw a girl who was crying and others complaining of burns; his fiancee had minor burns.

"I'm not even sure I could do it again, because now I have this massive fear of fire," he said, adding later that he still believes Robbins helps a lot of people and that it was staff members who "weren't following directions properly."

In a statement to the AP, representatives for Robbins said about 7,000 people walked across the coals and only five "requested any examination beyond what was readily available on site."

"Someone not familiar with the fire walk observed the event and called 911 erroneously reporting hundreds of people requiring medical attention for severe burns," according to the statement.

One participant, Jacqueline Luxemberg, told WFAA that some people were not concentrating on walking across the coals because they were taking selfies and asking others to take video of them.

Evans, with Dallas Fire-Rescue, said organizers had the necessary permits for the burning coals

Since it's in San Francisco, I'm going to assume the movie in question is the final Dirty Harry movie from more than twenty years ago, rather than everyone's favorite Merc with a mouth. 

Oh yes, I saw the difference.  Grammar and spelling being what it is (or isn't) on the internet however, I've learned not to assume too much.

Miss Hitler...?

I still would.

Mom used 6-month-old baby to beat boyfriend, police say

Tatyana Allen is accused of using her infant son to beat her boyfriend, according to police. (Volusia County Sheriff's Office)

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (WHP) A Florida mother is behind bars after at least 20 people reported seeing her use her infant son to beat her boyfriend at a Daytona Beach boardwalk on Independence Day, according to CBS-affiliate WKMG.

Tatyana Allen was charged with battery and inflicting physical/mental abuse on a child in connection to the incident.

In a call to 9-1-1, a witness explained to dispatchers " [Allen] took the baby by his body and hit the baby against the man and then threw the baby down."

The caller said the baby was face down in the sand, unable to hold its head up by itself because "that's how little it was."



But the witness was not the only person to call 9-1-1 at that time. Allen made a call of her own, telling dispatchers she was the person being assaulted.

"I'm with my baby daddy and he had pushed me and hitting on me and I need you to come pick him up," she told 9-1-1, according to WKMG.

She is being held on $30,000 bond for the incident.

Her son is expected to be okay. No word on who is caring for the child.

Ugh.

It's time.


The inventor of Pokemon Go, John Hanke

Yeah, "we didn't have the same view as the people with the phone cams, so it looked like a gun that the guy was reloading"

I think the real reason came out first, "Officer, why did you shoot me?"

"I don't know."

Why did the officer take a shot if there was a chance he could hit the wrong target?
The officer claims he take the shot to protect the black man from being shot by the man with a toy truck.
So, why did they cuff the black man, and let him bleed until the ambulance arrived?

They have an obligation to assess the situation accurately Before they escalate things to the level of deadly force.
If they weren't close enough to tell he had a toy truck instead of a gun, and if they were not close enough to hear the caregiver tell them that he was an autistic patient, and all he had was a toy truck - they definitely were not in any position to make a deadly force call.

They consulted the Trump campaign people first

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