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“Homeless Man Served “13 Of 25″ Years For Stealing Food”

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Gregory Taylor (Pictured here wiping his tears), served 13 years behind bars for breaking into a church kitchen trying to find something to eat. This man became an example of California’s harsh three-strikes law but has been ordered released from prison.

A Superior Court judge amended Gregory Taylor’s sentence to eight years already served and the 47-year-old, who was sentenced in 1997 to 25 years to life, will be a free man in a few days.

Taylor was arrested in July 1997 while trying to get into the kitchen of St. Joseph’s Church in downtown Los Angeles. He told officers that he was hungry.

The church’s pastor, the Rev. Alan McCoy, testified at the original sentencing that Taylor was often given food and allowed to sleep at the church. The priest described him as a peaceful man struggling with homelessness and crack addiction.

Taylor was convicted of third-strike burglary due to two robbery convictions in the 1980s, once for stealing a purse containing $10 and another time for trying to rob a man on the street. He didn’t use a weapon in either case, and no one was injured.

The three-strikes sentencing policies of the 1990s “produced inconsistent and disproportionate results,” the Judge said.

Taylor was taken back into custody and will be released when his paperwork is completed in the next two days.

I hope Gregory will get himself together and launch a lawsuit against the State of California, for their misappropriated actions of the law!

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“Queens Cop Suing For Sexual Harassment”

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NYPD Officer, Veronica Schultz (Pictured here), said her pants accidentally slipped off revealing her ” thong” during an NYPD talent show.

When she went to work days later at the 103rd precinct, she witnessed her boss, Sgt. James Briones, showing the humiliating dance video to 10 of her fellow police officers.

Officer Schultz left in tears. Now she has filed a sexual harassment law suit against the NYPD.

The video of Shultz is the centerpiece of the suit in a Brooklyn Federal Court.

But peep this, Schultz said; “the harassment started long before the talent show”. “He asked me out on several occasions and when I told him ‘No,’ he retaliated against me when I wouldn’t give in to him,” “He looked directly at my breasts when talking to me,” she said. “Almost every day he mentioned my lips, he said he was attracted to my shape and rubbed up against me. I just felt humiliated.”

When Briones heard about the wardrobe malfunction, he hounded Schultz for the video. He some how obtained a copy of the video and played it for other officers on a laptop computer.

“Why are you so upset? You have a nice ass,” Briones said to Schultz, according to the complaint. “Put me in the show. I want to be in your show so I can rub up on you. You look hot and sexy.”

This is indeed a classic case of sexual harassment.

It’s amazing what women endure in the work place environment, while their superiors have no idea the consequences that can ensue, when a woman is violated and harassed, be it sexually or verbally.

Schultz said Briones took out his frustration on the youth programs she ran, taking away the police van used to transport the kids. She was eventually transferred out of the youth officer job, and was put back on regular patrol in the 103rd Precinct.

Veronica Schultz was eventually transferred out of the precinct and she said “He [Briones] threw a party to celebrate my transfer”.

I bet you there will be no celebrations when this ends though.

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“CT. KIller’s Girlfriend Shows Guilt”

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Cops wanted Kristi Hannah to identify the blonde, shown on video tape receiving stolen beer from Omar Thornton.

Thornton who worked for the beer distributor, was confronted with that video tape with a choice to; resign or be fired. Thornton commented on the good quality of the video, chose to quit, then opened fire on his boss and co-workers with two 9mm pistols from a red metal lunchbox; before killing himself.

The video tape was shot in recent weeks after Thornton came under suspension for stealing beer from the distributors and selling it to a third-party. The company hired a private investigator and their suspensions were confirmed when the investigator caught Thornton on videotape handing off stolen beer to a woman.

Thornton had told Hannah, relatives and cops in a final 911 call that he was the victim of racial harassment at the company. Hannah said Thornton showed her cellphone photos of racist graffiti in the company men’s room.

But Hartford Distributors and the Teamsters union local that represented Thornton said, “He never made such a claim to them during his two years on the job.” State and federal agencies said, “They had never received a claim of racial bias against the company.”

Hartford Distributors owner Ross Hollander yesterday said, “When Thornton was hired, he “was embraced as a member of our team, and judged purely on the merits of his work performance.”

“Based on credible third-party information, we conducted a fair and thorough investigation, which provided conclusive evidence that Omar Thornton was systematically stealing from the company and selling to third parties”.

“It was this conduct that led to the disciplinary proceedings on Tuesday morning.”

In the meantime, I think Kristi Hannah might be afraid she’s the blonde on the tape.

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“Brooklyn Teacher Fakes Fall To Avoid Review”

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Ilene Feldman is an untenured Brooklyn high-school teacher, who threw herself down a flight of stairs to avoid a classroom observation by her supervisor.

Staffers at the high school for Innovation in Advertising and Media, told investigators that, Feldman was so terrified about this observation; which was coming in the wake of a poor performance review, staged a fake fall to avoid a second negative rating.

Administrators at the school, who were already suspicious of Feldman’s injuries because they coincided in time for the review, handed security-camera footage to school investigators after concluding that Feldman (in a controlled fall) purposely threw herself down the flight of stairs.

When confronted by investigators, Feldman twice declined to watch frame-by-frame footage of her fall. She kept insisting her tumble wasn’t a tall tale — but quickly resigned from her position.

City Department of Education officials said Feldman, who was earning $50,000 a year, has since been barred for employment in the city schools system.

You can view Ilene’s fake fall right here!

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“Employee Kills 8 Co-Workers, Then Himself”

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Omar Thornton, pictured here, worked for a beer and wine distributor in Manchester, CT. Thornton opened fire on his boss and co-workers yesterday; after a meeting where he was confronted for stealing beer.

Thornton, 34, worked for several years at the company as a driver, and at a 7 a.m. meeting, he was shown videotapes of him stealing and offered the choice to quit or be fired.

Steve Hollander, whose family owns the business, said Thornton didn’t contest the accusation or get angry, but calmly chose to quit.

Several minutes later, Thornton got up and just started firing a handgun. He ran along a loading platform shooting some and sparing others.

Thornton shot himself in an office area after SWAT teams entered the building and closed in on him at about 9 a.m.

Thornton, in the 10-minute phone call with his mother, Lily, admitted he had just killed a bunch of people and was about to turn the gun on himself.

He said he was sorry and wanted to say goodbye. She pleaded with him to change his mind, to no avail.

“The last words he told his mother was that he loved her and that they just pushed him over the edge,” said Thornton’s cousin Annette Levine. “Omar has never been in trouble before. He has no criminal record.”