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Story by Atlanta Black Star News

The mother of a 7-year-old special needs student has filed a federal lawsuit claiming that a Memphis elementary school resource officer used excessive force when he threw her son into a bookcase, slammed him to the ground and handcuffed him after he acted out in class.

Cetera Jones, who is Black, filed the lawsuit, obtained by Atlanta Black Star, on behalf of herself and her son, identified as L.J., in a Tennessee U.S. District Court on Nov. 21. It claims that L.J., whose behavioral outburst on Nov. 24, 2024, was related to his disability, suffered a black eye and was emotionally traumatized during the incident.

The boy’s teacher and an unnamed school resource officer (SRO) at Levi Elementary School in Memphis used unreasonable force and failed to use crisis interventions and de-escalation tactics appropriate for a disabled second grader with special needs, the complaint contends.

Besides the rough physical treatment that violated his federal civil rights, the school violated state law and the Tennessee Board of Education rules and regulations by “wrenching his arms behind his back” and handcuffing the 7-year-old with metal handcuffs, a mechanical restraint not appropriate for his age, size, and disabilities, or the circumstances, in which the boy posed no imminent risk of harm to others, his attorneys argue.

L.J. was put into the back of a “police-like” school SRO vehicle along with his special education teacher, Rhonda Mitchell, and the school principal, Nekia Patton, and driven home, where Jones heard him “screaming in distress,” then saw that he was handcuffed and had a black eye that he didn’t have that morning, the lawsuit says. Jones called 911 and Memphis police responded.
Jessica Tarlov accused Trump of hiding worsening economic data and blaming Biden for GOP-driven issues, citing layoffs, rising costs, and prolonged manufacturing contraction. She also criticized Trump’s tariffs and the $12B farm bailout.
Story by Elle de Bruin

Three unexplained fires broke out at European shipping hubs within a two-day period in July 2024. On July 20, a container caught fire at Leipzig Airport in Germany at 5:45 a.m.

The next day, a truck near Warsaw burned for two hours. On July 22, another package ignited at a Birmingham warehouse in England.

Investigators from three countries launched investigations, but the cause remained a mystery for months.

Lucky Escape
Thomas Haldenwang, Germany's intelligence chief, revealed how close Europe came to disaster. "It was just luck that the package caught fire on the ground," he told parliament.

The delay of a Leipzig flight prevented the device from exploding in the air.

The packages held what looked like electric massagers filled with magnesium powder—extremely hard to put out, especially on planes. If timing had been different, a major plane crash could have happened.

Trail to Lithuania
Investigators traced all three packages to Vilnius, Lithuania. Officials discovered the devices shipped through delivery services on July 19, disguised as consumer items headed to the United Kingdom.

Arvydas Pocius, Lithuania's parliament security chairman, called the incidents part of a "sustained campaign of hybrid attacks aimed at creating chaos, panic, and distrust" across Europe.

The packages contained timers, ignition systems, and nitromethane—a flammable liquid used in explosives. Polish prosecutors found and stopped a fourth device.
During a hearing on Obamacare subsidy "fraud" held by House Republicans in the Judiciary Committee last week, Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD) turned the tables on his colleagues by going through a list of fraud and misdeeds committed by President Trump, calling them out on their hypocrisy.
Tom Boggioni

Sen Chris Coons (D-DE) sent the hosts and producers of MS NOW’s “The Weekend” scrambling after he pointed to a photo of a check from Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein in payment for a woman that was included in the just-released Epstein files.

Brought on to talk about the Department of Justice’s foot-dragging of the files release in violation of a congressional order, Coons said just before he came on for his interview that he saw mention online about a $22,000 check from the president to sex trafficker Epstein.

“There were some new photos released of different powerful men in and around the company of Epstein,” the senator told the hosts. “One thing that I hadn't seen before was the sort of big fake check of $22,000 to Epstein from Trump, with some reference to having sold a girl. I do think there's more here, and it's worth more investigations to get to the bottom of this and put this to rest and respect the victims.”
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