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The 17-year-old who got dragged across the pavement by an arresting officer — despite being handcuffed and compliant — says he forgives the cop for doing him wrong, but he’d appreciate an apology. D’Angelo Chapman tells TMZ … even though…
Dianna Ploss just got fired from her radio gig in New Hampshire. WSMN 1590 issued the following statement, “Dianna Ploss is no longer associated or affiliated in any way with WSMN or Bartis-Russell Broadcasting, LLC.” They added, “We at WSMN…
A recent Harvard graduate who threatened to “stab” anyone who told her “all lives matter” has been fired from her job, she announced in a tearful video.Claira Janover, who said in a viral but since-deleted TikTok post that she would “stab” those with “the nerve” to say “all lives matter,” posted several tearful videos explaining that her new employer, Deloitte, had fired her.“I know this is what Trump supporters wanted because standing up for Black Lives Matter put me in a place online to be seen by millions of people,” Janover explained. “The job that I worked really hard to get and meant a lot to me just called me and fired me because of everything.”In a second video, Janover claimed that “Trump supporters took my job away from me.”“I have gotten death threats, rape threats, violent threats and it's okay — but now it's just like my future is entirely compromised because Trump supporters have decided to come for my life,” she stated. “I'm too strong for you. I am too strong for any of you, ‘all lives matter’ racist Trump supporters. It sucks but it doesn't suck as much as systemic racism.”Janover also criticized Deloitte, calling out the company for “cowardice.” The firm has not publicly commented on the situation.In the video that led to her firing, Janover warned “all lives matter” supporter that she would stab them. “While you’re struggling and bleeding out, I’ma show you my paper cut and say, ‘My cut matters too,'” she stated. After the video was picked up and circulated on Twitter, Janover posted a message on the video stating that “For legal reasons this is a joke.” She also explained in subsequent videos that her threat was “clearly” an “analogous joke.”“Apparently I’m threatening the lives of people — unlike cops, obviously,” she added.“Anyway, so If I get an email from the Department of Homeland Security or I get kicked out of Harvard or I get arrested or whatever — or I get murdered, according to the many death threats that I’m receiving right now — know that I appreciate you guys standing up for me,” she said.
A total of 4 Aurora PD officers are out of a job after the interim police chief fired 3 Friday over a photo scandal … in which the cops reenacted a chokehold at the site of Elijah McClain’s violent arrest that led to his death. Chief Vanessa…
Three Wilmington PD officers in North Carolina have been canned after a video recording revealed “extremely racist” comments and disturbing conversations. The 3 cops — Cpl. Jessie Moore, Kevin Piner and Brian Gilmore — were fired Wednesday for…
A supervisor with Philadelphia's Family Court was fired after a video circulated online showing him tearing down Black Lives Matter signs and telling bystanders that black lives don't matter to him.The video shows Michael Henkel marching along a sidewalk tearing Black Lives Matter signs from fences and walls. When a bystander yells "black lives matter" at him, Mr Henkel replies "not to me, they don't."
William S. Sessions, a former federal judge appointed by President Ronald Reagan to head the FBI and fired years later by President Bill Clinton, died Friday at his San Antonio home. Sessions died of natural causes not related to the novel coronavirus, said his daughter, Sara Sessions Naughton. Sessions was a career Justice Department attorney and federal judge until Reagan appointed him FBI director in 1987.
Chiefs 1st-round pick Clyde Edwards-Helaire says he’s ECSTATIC to play with Patrick Mahomes in Kansas City … telling TMZ Sports he thinks the QB is a Hall of Famer! We spoke with the LSU superstar just days after he was selected with the 32nd…
Lululemon’s cut ties with one of its art directors for promoting a “Bat Fried Rice” shirt many feel is racist and designed to push anti-Asian sentiment amid the coronavirus pandemic. The popular exercise apparel brand apologized Tuesday for its…
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said he would consider reinstating US Navy Captain Brett Crozier, who was relieved of duty from the USS Theodore Roosevelt after sending a letter requesting the ship be evacuated over a spreading coronavirus infestation on board."We've taken nothing off the table," Mr Esper told CBS News. "My inclination is always to support the chain of command, and to take the recommendations seriously."
Tichina Arnold is gonna blow your mind in the first movie produced by Netflix and the WWE … ’cause she’s gonna change your concept of what grandmothers look like. Tichina was on Tuesday’s “TMZ Live” to talk about “The Main Event,” when the…
A Maryland man who was shot and killed by a police officer was asleep in his bedroom when police opened fire from outside his house, an attorney for the 21-year-old man’s family said Friday. The Montgomery County Police Department said in a news release Friday that Duncan Socrates Lemp “confronted” police and was shot by one of the officers early Thursday. Rene Sandler, an attorney for Lemp’s relatives, said an eyewitness gave a “completely contrary” account of the shooting.
It’s finally officially over for Jason Garrett in Dallas … the Cowboys have finally fired the head coach in a move EVERYONE saw coming from a mile away. There were rumblings about Garrett’s termination for weeks — especially after the Cowboys…
A rep for STARZ’s show ‘American Gods’ tells THR Orlando’s assertion he was fired over race or politics is wrong. The spokesperson says the storylines have simply shifted for season 3, and his character — Mr. Nancy — isn’t featured in the portion…
Kurt Sutter — the showrunner and co-creator of “Mayans M.C.” and “Sons of Anarchy” — is out at FX, and he says it’s all because word around the studio is he’s an “abrasive dick.” His words. Kurt wrote a letter to his ‘Mayans’ cast explaining why…
Nipsey Hussle’s killer became further enraged when his first shots didn’t finish off the rapper … and Nipsey talked back to him. Sources at the scene of Nipsey’s murder tell us … after Eric Holder allegedly shot Nipsey twice and the rapper…
The guy who poured fake blood on Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame says he was working for PETA when he did the deed … but now he’s been canned. We spoke to PETA’s now-former senior campaign specialist, Matt Bruce, who was caught…