March 30, 2023

USA: Teenager Tortured By So-Called "Friends". They Tied Him To A Chair Then Forced Him To Binge On Vodka And Magic Mushrooms, Urinated On Him, Spray Painted Him. Uploaded Video To Social Media.

🚨👇 NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE 👇🚨
Wealthy Glynn Academy students who tortured an autistic teen.
First Coast News published March 26, 2023: Reported hazing of hospitalized teen under investigation in Glynn County. Video appearing to show minors spraying teen with water hose prompts police investigation; GoFundMe says teen is in critical condition.
FOX 5 Atlanta published March 29, 2023: New details in horrific abuse of Georgia teen Trent Lehrkamp. Authorities in Glynn County share new details into the horrific abuse of Trent Lehrkamp, 19, who remains hospitalized after a group of teens reportedly forced him to guzzle vodka, tied him to a chair and urinated on him.
News4JAX The Local Station published March 28, 2023: Father of alleged Georgia hazing victim told investigators his son was just trying to fit in. A police report obtained by News4JAX reveals new details about a Glynn County teen who is recovering after an apparent hazing incident.
NewsNation published March 29, 2023: Alleged Georgia hazing: Family friend says Trent Lehrkamp has ‘long road to recovery’. The FBI is now helping the investigation into an alleged hazing incident in Georgia. Trent Lehrkamp, 19, was dropped off at a local hospital covered in spray paint and urine with a .464 blood alcohol level. A disturbing photo appears to show Lehrkamp unconscious, bound to a chair, covered in spray paint and other substances with four boys posing next to him. Erika Keller, a family friend of Lehrkamp, speaks with NewsNation senior national correspondent Brian Entin.

NewsNation
written by Andrew Dorn
Thursday March 30, 2023

Police in Glynn County, Georgia, are still investigating an incident that some community members are calling torture after 19-year-old Trent Lehrkamp was dropped off at a local hospital covered in spray paint and urine with a .464 blood alcohol level.

The incident, which was allegedly documented in social media posts, occurred last Tuesday at a party on St. Simons Island, a community of 15,000 off the Georgia coast.

A disturbing photo posted in a community Facebook group appears to show Lehrkamp unconscious, bound to a chair, covered in spray paint and other substances. Four boys are seen posing beside him.

Now, Lehrkamp’s family is calling for justice.

What happened?

Last Tuesday, Lehrkamp went to hang out with a group of people he considered to be friends, according to a Glynn County Police incident report obtained by NewsNation affiliate WSAV.

Just hours later, the 19-year-old was dropped off highly intoxicated and barely breathing at a hospital in nearby Brunswick. Three minors who drove Lehrkamp wrote their names on a piece of paper and left in a white Jeep, according to the report.

When Lehrkamp arrived at the ER, he was unresponsive and breathing just six times per minute. The report said he was covered in spray paint and his clothes were soaked with urine. The 19-year-old’s blood alcohol level was .464, more than five times above what law enforcement considers impaired.

Authorities are still investigating what happened at the party, but a social media post shows four boys standing around a man who appears to be unconscious, covered in spray paint and other items.

Has it happened before?

Mark Lehrkamp, Trent’s father, told authorities about two other attacks on his son that appear to be connected to the same group of teens, whose names are redacted in the incident report.

Just one week earlier, Trent had come home “covered in WD-40, vomit, paint, glue, egg yolk and spray paint,” his dad told police.

The week before that, Mark Lehrkamp took his son to the emergency room to get stitches after hanging out with the same group.

Mark said Trent continued to hang out with the group because “he has no other friends.”

Trent’s father turned video and photos of the previous incidents over to the police. Investigators also received a photo of a Snapchat message and a voice message explaining what happened to Trent.

Who is Trent Lehrkamp?

A neighbor, who said she has lived next door to Trent for more than eight years, described him as a “sweet kid” and a “big teddy bear.”

“(He’s) soft spoken, mild mannered, always polite, respectful and would always acknowledge seeing me or my husband out in our yard,” said Anne Dekle.

As of last Sunday, Lehrkamp was “stable but still in the ICU recovering and fighting through some lung infection from the aspiration,” according to an update on a GoFundMe page.

That same day, Trent was interviewed by authorities about what happened on the evening in question.

“Trent is transitioning — he’s beginning the next step of his care and we ask that you continue to pray for Trent,” the family said in a statement shared Wednesday.

Has anyone been arrested?

It’s been over a week since Lehrkamp was dropped off at the hospital, but authorities have yet to arrest anyone involved.

At a press conference Wednesday, Glynn County Police Interim Chief O’Neal Jackson said authorities have identified 11 juveniles in one of the incidents involving Lehrkamp and nine in another incident. Jackson said the department is still reviewing evidence.

“We can’t rush to judgment. We have to take our time on this,” Jackson said.

In a statement posted to social media Monday, Glynn County Schools acknowledged an off-campus incident that involved several “former and current students.” The school district said it was cooperating with the investigation.

The FBI is also helping with the investigation, according to reports.

How has the community responded?

On Monday, hundreds of people gathered outside the Brunswick hospital where Lehrkamp is recovering to demand justice.

“It’s been over a week and no arrests have been made,” community activist Theawanza Brooks told WSAV. “I’m glad the community has come together once again to stand up for what is right.”

A protest is scheduled for Saturday on St. Simons Island near the community’s pier.

Dekle said it’s a wealthy area where folks know each other and he doesn’t know why there hasn’t been an arrest.

“It just doesn’t seem right,” she said.
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Fox5 News, Atlanta local
written by Rebecca Rosenberg
Wednesday March 29, 2023

GLYNN COUNTY, Ga. - Georgia police announced Monday that the FBI has joined the investigation into the horrific abuse of Trent Lehrkamp, 19, who remains hospitalized after a group of teens reportedly forced him to guzzle vodka, tied him to a chair and urinated on him.

The shocking assault prompted hundreds of people to attend a vigil Monday night outside the Brunswick hospital, where Lehrkamp is recovering, to demand charges against his perpetrators, according to WSAV.com.

Glynn County Police said in a press release that the FBI and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) are helping conduct interviews and analyze electronic evidence related to the disturbing March 21 bullying incident that left Lehrkamp covered in spray paint and unable to breathe on his own.

A police source said earlier reports indicating that Lehrkamp is on the autism spectrum are not true.

Fox News Digital obtained an incident report that reveals Lehrkamp was victimized at the same St. Simons Island home just five days prior, according to his father.

Mark Lehrkamp told police that on March 17 his son returned from the same friend's house "covered in WD-40, vomit, paint, glue, egg yolk and spray paint."

A few weeks prior, Mark said he had to take his son to the emergency room after visiting the same friend's home because he returned with a "severe laceration" above his left eye that needed stitches.

Mark told police that his son kept going to the friend's home despite the abuse because he "has no other friends."

"He is accepted and with people he thinks care for him," Mark allegedly told police. The father said he had photos and video of all the past incidents of alleged assault.

The March 21 incident went viral after a Facebook post from an account called Glynn County Citizens on Patrol posted a photo of four boys posing around a man who appears to be passed out with his head slumped to the side and covered in items and substances.

The post identifies the victim as Lehrkamp and says the image was pulled from Snapchat. A second photo shows a man, also identified as Lehrkamp, on a ventilator in a hospital.

"These fine young men bound an unconscious and unresponsive boy to a chair, spray-painted him from head to toe, pissed on him, took a s--- in his lap and the list goes on and on," according to a caption above the photos on the Facebook page.

Police said they were investigating the authenticity of the images and that the boys in the photo were all minors.

A 10-second video clip, also posted to Glynn County Citizens on Patrol Facebook page, shows Lehrkamp seated in a chair at night, his head slumped over, as a hose is trained on him. Police confirmed that Lehrkamp is the victim in the footage.

The March 21 incident report says that three minors dropped off Lehrkamp at the Southeast Georgia Health Center around 8:30 p.m. and registered their names with the ER before leaving.

"[A hospital staffer] observed that Trenton's clothes were soaked with urine. Trenton had spray paint all over his body and hair, with a small bruise on his left shoulder," the report says.

Lehrkamp had a blood-alcohol level of .46% – nearly six times the legal limit for driving. He was placed on a ventilator.

Several of the minors involved are students at Glynn Academy, school officials confirmed to Fox News Digital.

Police responded to the hospital after Mark asked a security guard to call 911 and report an alleged hazing, WSAV.com reported

A GoFundMe account created two days ago has raised $73,866 to help pay for Lehrkamp's medical bills. Lehrkamp's mother died unexpectedly in 2021.

The Glynn County Police Department is asking anyone with information to contact them via phone or email: 912-264-1333 or 911silentwitness@glynncounty-ga.gov.

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USA: Philadelphia Police Searching For 4 Suspects In Connection With Fatal Shooting Of 15yo Charter High School Sophomore Star Athlete And Honor Student In Broad Daylight. $30K Reward Offered.

🚨 NO WHITE SUPREMACISTS INVOLVED 🚨

Murder is already a crime. We don't have a gun problem. We have a lack of self-control problem, a criminal supremacists problem and a Commie Democrats local district attorney's, judges, parole officers soft on crime problem, not doing shit to catch the criminals as in crimes go unsolved, and when they do catch the criminals, they immediately release them back onto the streets to allow them to continue terrorizing the community. These same people siding with the criminals want to take away YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT to keep and bear arms in order to defend yourself, your business, your family and home against these criminal supremacists and a tyrannical government. Remember, criminals DO NOT obey laws. Therefore, criminals will have access to guns through gun trafficking venues and you will be left defenseless with no guns because the same government siding with criminals THEY'RE ALLOWING to terrorize you with guns said they wanted to keep you safe from guns. The anti-gun prosecutors are not even prosecuting gun crimes. But god forbid you kill an intruder, robber or rapist in self-defense in your home or on your private property, these same Commie Democrat district attorneys or prosecutors will charge you with murder and have you locked up for years in prison. (emphasis mine)
6abc Philadelphia published March 28, 2023: 'No reason to kill my son like that': Father mourns loss of teen killed on walk to school. Philadelphia police said a 15-year-old male was shot and killed Tuesday morning while walking to school in Tioga-Nicetown. According to police, the shooting happened at about 7:30 a.m. near 16th Street and Hunting Park Avenue. Family members have identified the victim as Devin Weedon. He was walking to Simon Gratz High School Mastery Charter when he was gunned down, police said.
CBS Philadelphia published March 29, 2023: Simon Gratz HS student fatally shot had dreams of opening gym one day.
Police are saying the motive was robbery. Three thugs jumped him walking to school. The incident was caught on surveillance cameras. (emphisis mine)
FOX 29 Philadelphia published March 29, 2023: 4 suspects sought in connection with fatal shooting of 15-year-old; $30K reward offered Philadelphia Police are searching for four suspects in connection with the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old Simon Gratz High School sophomore.

Fox29 News, Philadelphia local
written by Dawn Timmeney and FOX 29 staff
Wednesday March 29, 2023

NICETOWN - Philadelphia Police are searching for four suspects in connection with the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old Simon Gratz High School sophomore.

Devin Weedon was shot down in broad daylight while on his way to school Monday morning, just after 7:30 a.m., on North 16th Street and West Hunting Park Avenue, in Philadelphia's Nicetown section.

According to officials, no arrests have been made. Police believe the motive may have been robbery.

Anyone that has information regarding the individuals in the photographs or information regarding the shooting is urged to contact the Philadelphia Police Homicide Unit at 215-686-3334.

There is a $30,000 reward for information that leads to their arrest and conviction, authorities say.

Devin’s heartbroken parents spoke about him on FOX 29’s Good Day.

"Always there. He called me. He called me that morning," Devin’s mom, Wytina Burnside said. "He said, ‘I love you mom. Have a good day.’ And that was the last thing he said to me."

"He was the type of dude, if you didn’t want to be his friend, you had to be his friend because that’s how much charm he had. You all broke up two families, my family - you took my son’s life. Your family, because if you get caught, you are going to jail," Devin’s dad, Gary Weedon, said.

Tips can be submitted by calling 215-686-TIPS (8477) or texting PPD TIP (773847). Tips can also be submitted anonymously online, here. All tips are confidential.

Click here to find resources for victims of violence in Philadelphia.

🚨👇 PHILADELPHIA COMMIE DEMOCRAT DISTRICT ATTORNEY 👇🚨
6abc Philadelphia published December 9, 2021: Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner looks to clear air after 'no crisis of crime' comment. After backlash from a statement he made on Monday, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner is looking to clear the air. It all comes after Krasner said that there was no "crisis of crime" in Philadelphia.
FOX 29 Philadelphia published December 14, 2021: Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner delivers apology after comments that downplayed crime. District Attorney Larry Krasner stirred up controversy last week after he said Philadelphia is not in crisis overs its historic gun violence levels. Monday, he apologized for those comments.
Philadelphia has a terrible crisis BECAUSE of his support for the criminals. His solution is not to arrest the criminals, zero bail, no jail for criminals and NO CRIMES SOLVED. He like all Commie Democrats say they hate guns and we must take guns off the street. BUT they LOVE LOVE LOVE career criminals who use guns regularly to terrorize the cities they are in charge of protecting. This DA was a "civil rights" attorney before he became Philadelphia DA. This is who you voted for to be your protector. The people shouting, "No justice, no peace." are truly getting no peace now being hunted down daily by career criminals who are or were juvenile delinquents. What did you think would happen when you took away police? Harmony? You effectively made your community a GUN FREE ZONE and all of the career criminals celebrated because now they knew they had free reign over the town. (emphasis mine)

The New York Times 👈
He Sued Police 75 Times. Democrats Want Him as Philadelphia’s Top Prosecutor.
 written by Alan Feuer
June 17, 2017

PHILADELPHIA — Larry Krasner has sued the Philadelphia Police Department 75 times. He has promised not to seek the death penalty. He has even called law enforcement “systemically racist.”

Now, in a twist that would promote the gadfly to the top of the food chain, he is poised to become the district attorney of Philadelphia.

Mr. Krasner, a veteran civil rights lawyer, defeated six opponents — all of them with more crime-fighting chops — in a Democratic primary last month, winning nearly 40 percent of the vote and becoming the unexpected favorite in this heavily Democratic city.

Unlike most would-be top prosecutors, who run on promises of locking up the bad guys, Mr. Krasner campaigned against mass incarceration and what he described as the “failed culture” of the Philadelphia district attorney’s office.

And so he has offered up a menu of initiatives aimed at fighting what he called “the criminalization of poverty.” He has promised to cut down on the prosecution of minor cases, divert drug addicts into treatment and ignore, where appropriate, what he described as draconian sentencing guidelines. He has also said he would abolish money bail — which often leads to the jailing of poor defendants while wealthier ones go free — and would decline to seek charges in any case he deemed to be based on an illegal stop and search.

This agenda has left an opening for his opponent in the November election, Beth Grossman, a career local prosecutor who was for years a Democrat before becoming the Republican nominee. Ms. Grossman, too, has promised to overhaul the city’s justice system by cutting back on the criminal prosecutions of small-time drug offenders. But she chided Mr. Krasner for going too far.

When he entered the race, he had no experience with politics or fighting crime, and only two paid staff members — both of whom had worked for Senator Bernie Sanders. But he eventually received support of more than $1 million from an independent group that was funded by George Soros, a billionaire who has given assistance to a number of candidates in district attorney races across the country. The group flooded the airwaves with television ads on his behalf. 

A few days before he won the primary, Mr. Krasner appeared onstage at a campaign event in a sober shirt and necktie and performed a cover of the Clash’s “Clampdown” with Sheer Mag, a local punk band. The anarchist anthem was meant to appeal to his base of grass-roots activists, who know him well from his highly visible representation of protest groups like Act Up, the AIDS awareness advocates, and Black Lives Matter in their confrontations with the police.

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USA: 29yo Woman Called 911 After Stabbing And Killing Her Mother With Glass From A Broken Coffee Table That She Used To Smash Over Her Head After She Asked Her Mom For Cigarettes Then Argued.

NewsNation published March 29, 2023: Las Vegas woman accused of killing mother won't face death penalty. A 29-year-old Nevada woman charged with murder, who told police she was arrested because she was so good-looking, will not face the death penalty. Hend Bustami is accused of killing her mother with shards of glass from a broken coffee table. As David Charns from NewsNation's Las Vegas affiliate explains, the move by prosecutors came after a grand jury had already handed down a murder indictment.
8 News Now Las Vegas published March 27, 2023: Las Vegas woman accused of killing mother with shards of glass will not face death penalty. The 29-year-old woman accused of stabbing and killing her mother with shards of glass from a broken coffee table will not face the death penalty, prosecutors said in court Monday.

8 News Now, Las Vegas local
written by David Charns
Monday March 27, 2023

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The 29-year-old woman accused of stabbing and killing her mother with shards of glass from a broken coffee table will not face the death penalty, prosecutors said in court Monday.

Hend Bustami is charged with murdering Afaf Hussanen, 61, in October in a south valley neighborhood in the 10000 block of June Flower Drive near Jones Boulevard and Cactus Avenue. Bustami and Hussanen lived in the home together, police said.

As 8 News Now first reported, police said in August they arrested Bustami for reportedly skipping out on a restaurant tab and violating airport rules at Harry Reid International Airport. Bustami told officers at the time that she was under arrest because she was so good-looking, an arrest report said.

While officers were arresting her, Bustami said “that she was going to spit on all [the officers] and that officers were perverts and were trying to rape her because they [had] never seen anyone as good looking,” the report said.

A grand jury indicted Bustami on the murder charge last week, records showed.

During Bustami’s initial arraignment Monday in Clark County District Court, prosecutors noted the case would not go before a death review committee.

During the grand jury hearing, prosecutors played the panel the 90-second 911 call police said Bustami made around 2:30 a.m. on Oct 26.

“I think I killed my mommy,” the woman, prosecutors said is Bustami, told a dispatcher.

“Why do you think you killed your mom?” the dispatcher asked.

“’Cause I did. I murdered her,” Bustami said.

“How did you do that?” the dispatcher said.

“I broke the table,” Bustami said.

Photos shown to the grand jury include an image of the table accompanied by shards of glass.

California Highway Patrol troopers later located Bustami driving near Barstow, police said. While speaking to officers, Bustami, who police said was covered in blood, allegedly said she had killed her mother.

While speaking with investigators, Bustami said she and her mother had gotten into a fight before stabbing her with shards of glass. The grand jury transcripts indicate Bustami allegedly told a detective the fight was over cigarettes.

Bustami pleaded not guilty. A judge did not set a trial date on Monday.

While Nevada has the death penalty, a person has not been put to death since 2006.

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USA: Building On A Barge Caught Fire With 4,000 Gallons Of Fuel On Board on Ohio River In Cincinnati. Shelter-In-Place Lifted. Cincinnati Fire Chief Fired Over Hostile Work Environment.

WLWT news published March 29, 2023: Crews battle barge fire on Ohio River; shelter-in-place lifted. Cincinnati fire crews are at the scene a barge fire on the Ohio River, Wednesday afternoon.
Mar 29, 2023: Fire chief gives update on barge fire along Ohio River. Fire chief gives update on barge fire along Ohio River.

WLWT5 NBC News, Cincinnati local
written by Gianna Vitali
Wednesday March 29, 2023

CINCINNATI — Cincinnati fire crews battled a large barge fire on the Ohio River, Wednesday afternoon.

According to CFD, firefighters were dispatched just after 4 p.m. on reports of a barge on fire on the Ohio River just east of 5400 River Road.

Responding units were delayed to the scene by a passing train cutting off access to the dock area from River Rd and power lines that had come down at the dock because of the fire, CFD officials said.

Firefighters arrived on scene to find a moored barge being utilized by McGinnis Inc as a service barge with fire and heavy black smoke coming from the roof of the metal structure on the barge.

There were no employees on the barge at the time of the fire.

A shelter-in-place was issued for residents in the area shortly after the fire was reported.

Due to limited structural access to the fire, it took approximately 2 hours to knock down the fire and reduce it to hot spots in concealed areas.

The shelter-in-place was lifted just before 7 p.m., officials said residents in the area can expect to see light smoke throughout the night.

Officials say there are no known hazardous materials involved in the fire, and that the burning diesel fuel is creating smoky conditions.

Officials are currently testing the water for contaminants, and say there are no toxic chemicals in the air.

The Cincinnati Fire Department says no injuries have been reported.

A fire watch is being established to monitor the barge and prevent any possible rekindle of the fire overnight.

Cincinnati fire officials are investigating the cause of the fire.

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WLWT news published March 30, 2023: Cincinnati firefighters weigh in on leadership changes at Opening Day parade. Firefighting is one of those critical professions that cannot afford to miss a beat, not even one, regardless of what occurs.
WLWT news published March 24, 2023: Cincinnati fire chief fired; city manager cites 'concerning workplace culture'.

WLWT5 NBC News, Cinninnati local
written by John London
Wednesday March 29, 2023

CINCINNATI — The blowback from the unprecedented firing of Cincinnati's Fire Chief was underway Wednesday.

It was unfair, unjust, and undeserving for Michael Washington to be drummed out the way he was, according to Washington's attorney.

In an interview this afternoon, Stephen Imm told us City Manager Sheryl Long was out to get him.

Washington's side of the story is that the hostile environment Long described was actually what she created with him as a target.

"Yeah, exactly. Mike was never really sure what the motivation for that was," Imm said. "And that's one of the things we're looking at, why she was so hostile to him."

Long told us last week that she tried to give Washington direction, but he resisted it and that she lost all confidence in his ability to lead.

She described "a boys club mentality" under Washington's tenure.

With a 30-year career in firefighting, Washington's time at the helm of the nation's oldest professional fire department preceded Long's appointment as manager.

According to Imm, Washington took a number of actions to elevate females and was in the process of doing more in that vein when he was summarily dismissed.

"It would not be an overstatement at all to say that Mike is devastated by this. Mike and his family," Imm told us. "Mike's son is a firefighter with the Cincinnati fire service. Mike's whole life has been devoted to the Cincinnati fire service. And all of a sudden, he found himself stripped of his gold, stripped of his badge and sent out into the street with what he considers to be a complete lack of cause or a complete lack of reason to do so."

Will West, President of CAFA, Cincinnati African American Firefighters Association, was also speaking up today, describing Washington as a good, educated, dedicated leader.

"I was very shocked, first of all," West said. "Our entire organization was shocked. It was kind of disbelief that it was actually happening."

West expressed the hope that city lawmakers would "be fully cooperative and transparent during this difficult time."

In a press release, CAFA stated the character and integrity of two of its members had been tarnished.

He was referring to Washington and to Lt. Brandon Freeman, whose assault case is pending.

Long had said Washington disobeyed her instruction in the Freeman case.

CAFA noted it was publicly included as one of the reasons Washington was let go.

"Chief Washington made a decision based on past practice and the best interests of the city and fire department," the statement read.

The impact of all this turmoil in the department is something that will be measured over time.

"In the history of the fire service, no one has ever experienced this before, a termination of a fire chief," West said.

Interim Fire Chief Steven Breitfelder will be front and center next Tuesday at City Hall to address lawmakers and outline the direction of the department going forward.

City leaders will want to learn more about department morale.

CFFU Local 48 President Matt Alter told us last Friday it had deteriorated for a variety of reasons that needed to be addressed.

"It's worth noting that there's not a single reprimand, there's not a single corrective action, not a single written warning anywhere in his file during his twenty-two months as Fire Chief in the city of Cincinnati," Imm said.

Washington is said to be devastated by what has happened.

"He's basically trying to stay focused on keeping his head up and clearing his name," West said.

As a youth pedaling a bicycle to trail fire engines on the way to an emergency run, Washington dreamed his name would one day be associated with firefighting.

He worked his way up through the ranks to attain the highest possible position in fire service.

His name is now attached to a historic and dubious distinction as the city's first Fire Chief to be fired from the job.

His name might soon be on a lawsuit against the city.

We're told litigation is one of the options under consideration.

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March 29, 2023

USA: 10 Barges Including One Carrying 1,400 Tons Of Toxic Chemical Methanol Break Free From Tugboat On The Ohio River In Louisville, Kentucky, On Tuesday. Ohio River Dam Safety Locks Closed.

Fox News published March 29, 2023: Crews working to free runaway barges carrying methanol in Ohio River. Correspondent David Lee Miller reports the latest on the on the disaster.
WHAS11 published Mar 29, 2023: 2 barges, one carrying 1,400 tons of methanol, block Ohio River dam in Louisville, KY. Officials said there are no reported leaks at this time.

ABC News
written by Peter Charalambous and Benjamin Stein
Tuesday March 28, 2023

A set of locks for an Ohio River dam in Kentucky is closed due to a "navigational incident" after 10 barges were released from a tugboat, including one barge carrying 1,400 tons of a toxic alcohol compound, officials said.

The incident occurred at roughly 2 a.m. Tuesday, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Of 11 total barges, 10 became loose from a tugboat; three barges became pinned to the dam, and one additional barge was pinned against a pier, the agency said.

The Army Corp of Engineers said it recovered the barge pinned against the pier by noon Tuesday. It wrote in a statement that the remaining six barges were recovered, adding that the dam's locks will remain closed until the "barges on the dam are stabilized."

The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet said in a tweet that the barge carrying methanol is partially submerged at the McAlpine Locks and Dam in Louisville, Kentucky. The incident prompted Louisville Fire to deploy hazmat monitoring to the dam, according to a Louisville Metro Emergency Services representative.

"The barge companies are marshaling significant resources in response to the incident and will assess the situation and determine next steps," the representative wrote. "In the meantime, Louisville Fire has deployed Haz-Mat monitoring and LMPD and LFD are surveying the area until the private company arrives on scene."

The closest water intake on the Ohio River from the affected dam is in Henderson, Kentucky -- more than 100 miles away from Louisville, according to the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet.

"There is no impact to Louisville Water's water intake or water quality," the utility company wrote in a tweet. "Your water is safe to drink."

No one was injured in the incident.

Accumulations of methanol vapors in confined spaces can be explosive if ignited, according to the National Institutes of Health.

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USA: ‘The Threat Has Passed' Officials Declare Philly Water Safe After 1.5 Million Philadelphians Received Text From Officials On 3/24 Telling Them To Buy Bottled Water Due To Chemical Latex Spill.

Eyewitness News ABC7NY published March 27, 2023: Chemical spill sparks drinking water concerns in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Water Department says it is confident that tap water is safe to drink through Monday night. Beccah Hendrickson reports.
CBS Evening News published March 26, 2023: Chemical spill prompts tap water advisory in Philadelphia. The city of Philadelphia has issued a water advisory after 8,000 gallons of latex chemicals spilled into a creek.
NBC10 Philadelphia published March 29, 2023: Philly Officials Drink Water to Show It's Safe After Chemical Spill. NBC10’s Randy Gyllenhaal reports on Philadelphia declaring its tap water safe after days of uncertainty following a chemical leak in neighboring Bucks County. On Tuesday evening, officials even drank water to show it is safe.

NBC News, Philadelphia local
written by Hayden Mitman, The Associated Press and David Chang
Tuesday March 28, 2023

No contaminants were found in Philadelphia's water supply following a chemical spill in the Delaware River on Friday and the city's tap water is safe to drink and use, officials announced.

“Now we can all confidently say the threat has passed,” Mayor Jim Kenney said during a Tuesday evening press conference. “All the city’s drinking water is safe to drink and will not be impacted by the spill.”

Mike Carroll, Philadelphia's deputy managing director for Transportation, Infrastructure and Sustainability, reiterated Kenney's message.

"It's safe. It's contaminant-free. And we can all enjoy it to drink. To cook with. To wash with. Whatever you want. So I will drink to that," Carroll said, before drinking a glass of water.

Carroll said the all-clear comes after Coast Guard tests of water from the river continued to show no contamination and water brought into the city system from the river for about four hours early Tuesday was contaminant-free.

Shortly before midnight on Friday, March 24, a synthetic latex product, described as a "'water soluble acrylic polymer solution" spilled from the Trinseo facility along a tributary of the Delaware River near Bristol Township, Bucks County. The spill occurred 13 miles north of the Baxter Water Treatment Plant, one of the City's three treatment plants and the only one that treats water from the Delaware River.

The spilled product is used to make products such as headlight covers, officials said.

However, health officials in Bucks County have said it is nontoxic to humans, and no known adverse health effects have been reported in the county.

The Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) was notified by the Delaware Valley Early Warning System at 12:37 a.m. on Saturday. In response, PWD shut intakes to the Baxter plant and worked with their partners to determine whether any contaminated water entered it, officials said.

Officials then conducted round the clock sampling of water at the plant and river. The primary substances that were tested were butyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate and methyl methacrylate, according to investigators.

Over 100 samples taken by the PWD, regional water utilities, the U.S. Coast Guard, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency found no detectable levels of chemicals associated with the spill, officials said.

"With this data showing no threat to public health, the City is ending the ongoing advisories about monitoring at the Baxter Drinking Water Treatment Plant," a PWD spokesperson wrote.

PWD officials said they will still monitor the Delaware River and plant out of an abundance of caution.

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USA: This 89 Year Old Widow Had ALL OF HER ASSETS STOLEN By Her Gay Son Who Is Married To A Priest By FORCING HER To Sign An Irrevocable Trust LEAVING HER WITH NOTHING. Please Help Her.

@6thstreetsatire #WhatHappenedToMaryElizabethRoser ♬ original sound - Tracy Elizabeth
@6thstreetsatire #WhatHappenedToMaryElizabethRoser ♬ original sound - Tracy Elizabeth
@6thstreetsatire #WhatHappenedToMaryElizabethRoser ♬ original sound - Tracy Elizabeth

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USA: FLASHBACK On Biden's First Day In Office, Biden Destroys Girls' Sports With Executive Order Forcing America To Accept Male Athletes Who Identified As Female To Compete Against Biological Females.

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The Federalist
written by Jordan Davidson
Thursday January 21, 2021

President Joe Biden issued an executive order on his first day in office, mandating that any schools that receive federal funding must function as if biological males who claim to be females are the same, and vice versa, or risk losing that funding. This pro-transgender policy extends to male athletes who claim their gender identity as a female should allow them to compete on women’s teams, receive women’s scholarships, and be admitted in women’s locker rooms.

“Children should be able to learn without worrying about whether they will be denied access to the restroom, the locker room, or school sports,” the executive order reads, promising that the Biden administration is committed to “prevent and combat discrimination on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation.”

Biden previously promised to pioneer a radical transgender agenda, telling the mother of an 8-year-old, gender-confused child at a town hall that he would “flat-out change the law” and eliminate former President Donald Trump’s executive orders concerning sex and gender identity. His pledge received support and encouragement from now-Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.

“Joe Biden said that on his first day of office, he will give transgender students access to sports, bathrooms, and locker rooms in accordance with their gender identity in all federally funded schools. Do you think he has the ability to do this, and do you agree with his decision?” a reporter asked Schumer.

“I agree with the decision, and I know he’ll check things out thoroughly, legally,” Schumer said.

During his campaign, Biden also vowed to use the Department of Education to investigate and address any violations of transgender students’ civil rights, including removing federal school funding or risking legal action. His new executive order also mandates that every agency must act to ensure the enforcement of this new rule within 100 days of Jan. 20.

Under Trump, the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights found that a Connecticut policy that allowed biologically male student-athletes who identify as female to participate in female sports violated Title IX. Democrat Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii introduced legislation in the House in December that prevents biological men from participating in female sports.

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March 28, 2023

Flame Monroe Interviewed by Rizza Islam. Famous Transgender Speaks Out About The Radical Leftist Trans Madness. Responds Rationally, Reasonably, and Logically. Thank You For Speaking Out.

The LGBT community, which we used to back in the day, refer to as the gay and Lesbian community has a Left, Center, and Right world view just like the straight community. The loud and violent segment of the trans community are far-Left militants just like Antifa and BLM. In fact, these 3 groups are allies. The far-Left militant trans use an anti-Christ upside cross to spell trans on their merchandise and logos.
I added this screenshot I took from this video I shared before that YouTube censored. They don't want people to see this is the merchandise the militant far-Left trans proudly display their loyalty to Satan.

I am a 53 year old Lesbian. My mom and dad are gay since before I was born. I was raised in the gay community. My parents were selective who they welcomed in to their inner circle of gay and straight friends. Not all gay people are good people, just like not all straight people are good people. We are not a homogenized group. Here in this video below you will hear Flame Monroe respond rationally, reasonably, and logically. 

I do not condone these gay, straight, whatever they want to call themselves psychopaths on the Left.  They have the mindset of a cult. They're targeting and key word, CONVERTING our most vulnerable in society, the children who are in a captured audience environment, schools. They are forcing society into their cult or else be harmed. Are the psycho Leftist trans not the same as "the colonialists"? Conquest by any means? and they have uber wealthy people backing them who control the media, celebrities, schools, and right now the White House who are pushing for gender change surgeries for MINORS under age 18 and are NOW OFFERING TO PAY FOR THESE SURGERIES. I'll share the video below.

The Commie Democrats believe it is okay FOR A CHILD TO CONSENT to have perfectly healthy body parts mutilated, and permenantly sterilized with irreversible bodily damage. (emphasis mine)
Rizza Islam - Intellectual published March 24, 2023: Flame Monroe interviewed by Rizza Islam🔥 Intellectual Xtremist podcast!

This system is pushing many things and we see that gender has become more of a political conversation than anything. As a result of this Rizza Islam chose to sit with trans comedian Flame Monroe to bring the xtreme facts & intelligence to the table where this topic is concerned! Though we do not agree with practicing the LGBTQ+ “lifestyle” we DO agree that we are family and should be able to have conversations with one another without attacking or judging each other as long as we stand on truth! 

Flame Monroe has been on the Breakfast club now 5 times, has a Netflix special, is featured on “They Ready” with Tiffany Haddish and many others and much much more! This may SHOCK YOU to hear such a level of unfiltered truth from a member of the LGBTQ+ etc; This is something you don’t want to miss! 🔥

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