Oh, this is cute. It's been how many months since the New York City police department accidentally killed a naked, mentally unstable man when Inman Morales fell from an awning after being Tasered? Two months? Sure, that sounds about right, and now it's time for another grotesque use of electromagnetic force by our nation's finest!
North Carolina officials apologized today for two undercover police officers Tasering a man at his father's funeral…while the son was acting as a pallbearer.
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Kanye once again landed himself in trouble with the authorities because of an altercation with a photog trying to take his picture at a London club. At this point, it should just be legal to arrest Kanye whenever there are cameras around, because boy does that dude love to hulk the fuck out at airports and clubs.
On the other hand, after Kanye was arrested at the Gateshead Hilton, the cops let him go uncharged, because yes, if you had flashing lights in your face all day and those terrifying pests from TMZ hounding you 24/7, you deserve a medal for not killing someone, eventually.
Amy Winehouse is back! The more tragic (and British) version of Britney Spears has had an exciting past few days, including a bad move with London police and a trip to rehab, kinda. People are calling it rehab, but she's expected to be released within the week, so that doesn't make much sense.
Apparently police had summoned Amy to answer questions related to assault claims (she hit a female fan). Because she didn't show up, the authorities are threatening arrest — but we all know that's not going to happen. Instead, she did this:
No, seriously, the NYPD will kill you. "Even if I'm a naked, unhinged man wielding only a light bulb?" you ask. Yes, even then.
We can be sure of this because that's exactly what Inman Morales was: nude, screaming non sequiturs and maniacally waving around a neon light on a ledge about 10 feet off the ground in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. Police in a smaller town might have let Morales shout himself hoarse until he got hungry enough to go back inside. New York police shot Morales with a Taser, subsequently causing him to fall face-first, temporarily paralyzed, into the street below. The 35-year-old died a few hours later in Kings County Hospital.
Witnesses say one of the only intelligible parts of Morales' ranting was this: "You're going to kill me."
Police are reviewing whether or not Tasing Morales was proper protocol.
Video of the incident after the jump, because that's just how the New York Post (and we, apparently) do.
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The paparazzi have been having a tough go at it lately when it comes to celebrities in airports: First was the epic fight with Kanye West, and now the photogs have been duped by a Jamie Lynn Spears decoy. Just a note: If a Spears outsmarts you, you know it's time to pack it up and call it a day.
