Aldi Rizal (pictured above) became an international media sensation when he was discovered in a poor village in Sumatra, Indonesia, puffing on a cigarette while riding his tricycle. At the age of two, this kid shocked the world after being pictured chain-smoking cigarettes.
Two years later, at five-year-old, he’s managed to kick the habit, but now he has another addiction…food.
The outcry led to the Indonesian government launching a campaign to tackle the problem of children smoking and organising special rehabilitation treatment to help Aldi quit.
Aldi was taken for play therapy sessions in the capital Jakarta for two weeks to take his mind off his 40-a-day habit and learn to be a normal toddler for the first time.
A new documentary series revisits the family two years on to find out how Aldi is getting on and reveals he has managed to stay off the cigarettes, but is still dangerously unhealthy.
The home owner has been identified as Theodore Wafer, 54, and he faces charges of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the death of Renisha McBride, who died of a gunshot wound to her face.
Theodore P. Wafer, 54, of Dearborn Heights, also faces a manslaughter charge in the death of Renisha McBride in the early-morning hours of Nov. 2, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said. McBride was shot in the face after police say they believe she was involved in a car accident nearby in Detroit and family members say she likely approached Wafer’s home for help.
Civil rights groups have called for a thorough investigation, saying they believe race was a factor in the shooting of McBride who was black, Wafer is white. Prosecutors insisted that race was not relevant.
“In this case, the charging decision has absolutely nothing to do with the race of the parties,” Worthy said Friday.
Evidence showed McBride knocked on the locked screen door, Worthy said, and that there was no sign of forced entry.
“These are the appropriate charges and he did not act in lawful self-defense,” Worthy said.
Wafer is not in custody and that prosecutors will ask him to turn himself in, Worthy said. An arraignment is scheduled for 2 p.m. The Associated Press tried to leave a message for Wafer’s attorney, Cheryl Carpenter, but her voicemail was full.
This whole story is turning into a big circus of “she said-she said” and it’s becoming a bit petty and un-necessary.
Since TLC came out with their VH1 biopic “CrazySexyCool” their former manager, Perri “Pebbles” Reid have been making her rounds and telling her side of the story while defending her character and reputation against the way she has been portrayed in the movie.
“Pebbles” joined Huffington Post Live Wednesday, then the Wendy Williams show to tell her side of the story in the making of the iconic ’90s girl group TLC.
However in my opinion, Pebbles made it sound as if, if it weren’t for her; TLC wouldn’t even have the air they currently breathe.
This story has not only become messy and riddled with past hurt and emotions but Pebbles daughter has even joined the circus going as far as threatening TLC group member, Rozanda “Chilli” Thomas in defense of her mother.
Since the release of VH1’s biopic on TLC, “CrazySexyCool” in October, there’s been much debate over the accuracy of the film, and in particular, how it portrays Pebbles. Pebbles maintains that they’ve (TLC & VH1) defamed her character. Without providing much detail, a lot of which Pebbles states: are due to legal ramifications.
If this is the case, then why make your rounds on the media circuit giving bits and pieces of your cryptic details Pebbles? If TLC and VH1 are lying on you, then the TRUTH needs NO defense.
Among the numerous “lies” Pebbles addressed, is one that has been on the entertainment gossip circuit for years and that is, she “absolutely” believes Rozanda “Chilli” Thomas slept with her husband, record executive L.A. Reid.
While conceding that she refused to believe it “for years” because she loved her husband, she told host Marc Lamont Hill, “I have my reasons [now] to say absolutely… I just know it. It happened… I saw some stuff, it goes deeper than that.”
How deep? Of course she couldn’t or wouldn’t reveal.
Many states have enacted “stand your ground” laws that remove the duty to retreat before using deadly force in self-defense.
A substantial minority of states have laws imposing a duty to retreat, with some important variations. In general, a duty to retreat means that you are not allowed to resort to deadly force in self-defense if it is possible to safely avoid the risk of harm or death (by running away, for example). If that is not an option and you were cornered or pinned down and facing serious harm, then you could be authorized to use deadly force in self-defense.
This was George Zimmerman’s claim in the Trayvon Martin case, he created a fabricated LIE to justify him using deadly force in killing the unarmed teen. This made the “Stand Your Ground” law a central part of the Trayvon Martin controversy. Zimmerman claimed Trayvon Martin pinned him down to the ground, while pounding his head on the pavement, leaving him no other option but to use his weapon in self-defense.
And the recent case of Renisha McBride, 19, (pictured here), the young woman who was shot in the face when she knocked on a door in Dearborn Heights, Mich., at 2:30 a.m. in the morning seeking help after wrecking her car in the early morning hours of Nov. 2.
Civil rights groups have said the killing of McBride, who is black, is an example of racial profiling. They have said the circumstances surrounding her death are similar to the murder of Trayvon Martin.
There are 24 states that have stand your ground laws. 24. That is almost half of all states, and that’s frightening. Additionally, the majority of victims in Florida “Stand Your Ground” cases have been white.
Alec Baldwin lied on a woman (his down low mistress) by filing charges against her as his alleged stalker, all because he was sleeping with her at the same time he proposed to another woman who is now his wife.
The actor’s claim that he never had sex with the French-Canadian actress accused of stalking him was called a liar on Tuesday by his supposed friend, “Scarface” producer Martin Bregman. Baldwin claims the French-Canadian actress Genevieve Sabourin, was actually Bregman’s mistress however, Bergman paints another picture altogether.
“He’s lying,”Bregman told the Daily News after the first day ofGenevieve Sabourin’s sensational trial wrapped.
“He was screwing two women at the same time. One of them is his present wife and the other one, I presume, he was doing the girl in question.” “To sidestep any involvement with (Sabourin), he made up a report of stalking,” said Bregman, who called the move “pretty stupid.”
Bregman was referring to Baldwin’s wife, Hilaria, and the alleged stalker.
Baldwin, who got teary-eyed on the stand as he denied seducing Sabourin, insisted she had been Bregman’s longtime mistress. He testified that Bregman introduced her to him in 2002 at a lunch in Montreal.
Bregman laughed at the notion of “having an affair with a woman that’s considerably younger” and said they noshed with another woman.
“I’m 87 years old and that’s very flattering, but that’s all it is,” he told The News.
Bregman’s takedown of Baldwin came after Sabourin turned day one of her trial into a circus by heckling the actor while he testified and going after Hilaria as well. Sabourin yelled out of turn in the courtroom by consistently calling Baldwin a LIAR!
Apparently Baldwin was screwing Sabourin and his current wife Hilaria at the same time. It will be just a matter of time before he cheats on Hilaria if he isn’t already.
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