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tacobellhooks:
kateordie:
Man, my #1 choice for naming my...
Man, my #1 choice for naming my hypothetical future kid has always been Violet. I guess this makes sense.
Can this please come back? Can violets be a lesbian signal?
edens-blog:
misandry-mermaid:
misandry-mermaid:
conceivethedre...
Hero
What. Is. Her. Name.
Thanks to a follower for finding this: Her name is Venus Green.
In July 2009, Green’s grandson, Tallie, was shot and wounded. Tallie said he was shot at a convenience store, but police insisted it happened inside Green’s house and that the shooter was either Tallie or Green.
“Police kept questioning him. They wouldn’t let the ambulance attendant treat him,” Green said. “So, I got up and said, ‘Sir, would you please let the attendants treat him? He’s in pain,’” Green said.
Green said the officer said to her, “Oh, you did it, come on, let’s go inside. I’ll prove where that blood is. You did it.”
Police wanted to go the basement, where Tallie lived, but Green refused on the basis that the police did not have a warrant.
“I said, ‘No, you don’t have a warrant. You don’t go down in my house like that. He wasn’t shot in here.’” Green said the officer replied, “I’m going to find that gun. I’m going to prove that you did it.”
A struggle ensued between a male officer and Green.
“He dragged me, threw me across the chair, put handcuffs on me and just started calling me the ‘b’ name. He ridiculed me,” Green said.
An officer went into the basement and Green locked him inside.
“She locked the door, the basement door. She basically took matters into her own hands,” Nilson said.
“This was my private home, and if I latched it, that was my prerogative because he had no search warrant to go in my basement. So, I had to right to latch it,” Green said.
Green said she suffered a separated shoulder in the scuffle, and she sued the Police Department for assault and violations of her rights.
“I was once a block watcher, department head of a high school. (I’ve) been around education for over 50 years. (I’m a) law-abiding citizen, I’ve never been arrested, I paid my taxes, owned my home, my husband died 34 years ago. (I) raised my son and I have been brutally abused,” Green said. “I feel like the Police Department needs to go back to school.”
HERO
faineemae:
they aren’t even trying anymore, are they
My...
they aren’t even trying anymore, are they
My friend Nti calls these books the “Only White People Love” series.
cubebreaker:
Designer Goula Figeura’s Orwell day bed lets you...
Designer Goula Figeura’s Orwell day bed lets you easily shut yourself off from the outside world with its light and noise-cancelling curtains.
soyrwoo:
dajo42:
reverse werewolves. wolves that turn into confused but excited humans every month...
reverse werewolves. wolves that turn into confused but excited humans every month at the full moon and run around doing weird human stuff until they wake up the next day in the middle of an office with a suit loosely draped over their wolf form
“hey, jen, did you finish those taxes?”
“uh… jen…?”
partybarackisinthehousetonight:
good cop: it’s okay, just tell us what happenedbad cop: why the...
partybarackisinthehousetonight:
good cop: it’s okay, just tell us what happened
bad cop: why the hell would you rob a bank? you’re an idiot. see u in court
dad cop: i’m not mad. just disappointed
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