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Racist police Sentenced To 4 Years

Michael Daragjati (pictured), a former New York Police Department officer, was sentence to over four years in prison for his false and racist arrest of Staten Island man, Kenrick Gray.
After busting Gray on the bogus charge, he later boasted that he had “fried another n—-r.” Daragjati, 33, has been jailed since last October. He pleaded guilty to extortion and civil-rights violation crimes in January.


Here is how to the racist arrest of Gray and subsequent bust of Daragjati went down, according to The Post:

On April 15, 2011, Daragjati falsely busted Kenrick Gray, 32, on a charge of resisting arrest after they exchanged angry words on the street while the officer was on plainclothes patrol.
After Gray’s arrest, FBI agents caught Daragjati on a recorded phone call bragging that he “fried another n—-r.” Gray spent two days in jail.
He is now suing Daragjati, who was sentenced yesterday to nine months in prison for violating Gray’s civil rights.
Daragjati was sentenced to another 48 months for a March 2011 incident, in which the off-duty cop and a group of buddies assaulted and threatened a man they accused of stealing Daragjati’s snowplow.
“You don’t take the law into your own hands. It’s pretty basic,” Assistant US Attorney Paul Tuchman said at yesterday’s sentencing.
“He should know better. He’s a police officer.”

But Daragjati, in fact, proved he didn’t know better when he wrote a letter to the African-American judge justifying why he used the N-word.

“I did not use the word out of racist motivation, but instead as part of the culture I was accustomed to . . . It was used as an ignorant reference to those people on the street because of their disrespect for the community and members of law enforcement,” he said in his letter.

WATCH DARAGJATI’S Family Make Excuses For His Racism

Brooklyn Federal Judge William Kuntz, a Black man with years of experience on New York City’s Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB), was unmoved. He read the ex-cop’s letter in court and said, “My goodness, sir, you just made the worst argument that a police officer could make.”

According to the New York Daily News, Daragjati also tried to earn points with the judge by saying his time in jail taught him a thing or two about racism.

“People don’t like the cops,” he said. “This stop and frisk nonsense goes on. …I just spent eight months in prison with 120 males and I’ve heard their stories. These people should hate me and rightfully so. I’ve opened my eyes to things I’ve never seen before.”

Yeah, right.

Daragjati has been accused of racism in the past. He was the subject of three civil rights lawsuits and a CCRB complaint, in which a Black man claims Daragjati told him to “shut your n—– mouth.”

Woman gives partner the boot after he chooses Euro 2012 over their anniversary

Fly out for the Euro 2012 quarter-finals or stay at home to celebrate your anniversary with your partner.
This was the difficult decision that one man known only as Chris had to make. And if this banner, slung over a busy duel carriageway in Birmingham, is anything to go by Chris didn't choose very wisely.
England play Italy in the quarter-finals in Kiev on Sunday - and the football fan is believed to have flown out to watch his team in action.

Getting the message: A disgruntled woman wrote this message for her partner Chris after he chose the footie over her

But the supporter better start working on his apology after his disgruntled partner wrote: 'Chris, I hope the quarter finals are worth missing our anniversary for' in bright red paint on a huge white sheet.
Is that wasn't bad enough, the woman ended the message on the A38 between Birmingham and Sutton Coldfield with: 'Don't rush back!'

 

As excitement across the country builds, Dizzee Rascal is recording an 'emergency' new anthem for the team. The new song will be a revised version of his 2010 song 'Shout (for England)' with new lyrics.
Yesterday he said he was dashing to the studios to get the anthem done.

Public: The banner which reads 'Chris, hope the quarter finals are worth missing our anniversary for - don't rush back!' was spotted on the A38 between Birmingham and Sutton Coldfield

Top support: Ukrainians Oksana, 19, and Katya, 18, sat on a beach in Kiev. They are supporting England now their side have been knocked out of Euro 2012

They still believe: Dave Tate, 40, right, and his son Josh have painted a giant St George's cross on their house in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester

ENGLAND BOSS DEMANDS PLAYERS SING ANTHEM

BY MATT LAWTON in Krakow
Roy Hodgson asked England’s players to sing the national anthem in unison in one of his first initiatives as national team manager.
The issue had first been raised, Sportsmail understands, by the managing director of Club England, Adrian Bevington.
But it was Hodgson who called his players together last month, ahead of the pre-Euro 2012 friendlies against Norway and Belgium, and told them what he expected of them as English internationals at a major tournament.
Jamie Redknapp, the former England midfielder and Sportsmail columnist, yesterday revealed it is the first time he can remember the whole team singing the Anthem.
Hodgson made the point that the country was celebrating Her Majesty The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee but he also wanted to see that display of unity on the pitch before matches here in Eastern Europe. As millions of television viewers at home have seen, all the players have adhered to Hodgson’s wishes.

'We've got to get my car and get to south London to record the England song. We're remixing it to make it sound like we're gonna win this time. I was working on the lyrics on the traffic on my way here,' he told the Independent.
In Stalybridge, Manchester, England fan Dave Tate, 40, and his sons Josh, 16, and Alex, 15, painted a giant cross of St George on the side of their property.
The house now proudly declares ‘We Still Believe’. Web designer Dave said: 'We’re patriotic and I sit and pray England will win a major tournament in my lifetime so we just wanted to show our support for Roy and the boys at Euro 2012.'
Today fans were jetting out to Kiev, Ukraine, as they made a last-minute decision to go to the quarter-final clash.
Chris, the England fan who has been dumped by his partner, is believed to be one of the fans who has flown to the game.
James Sporren, 30, from Lichfield, Staffordshire, who drove under the banner said he had sympathy with the man in question.
He said: 'He’s just enjoying a chance to support his country in a major tournament - and that doesn’t come along very often.
'You shouldn’t make a man pick between his woman and his country. They will have an anniversary every year - this is our best chance for a long time.'
But fellow England fan Bob Sparling, a lorry driver from Birmingham, disagreed and said: 'Football is not the be all and end all - you need to make sure the lady in your life is kept on the right side.
'I wonder if it’s directed at him while he was on his way to Birmingham Airport or whether she’s just trying to name and shame him.
'But one thing is for sure - he’ll have hell to pay when he gets home.'
Do you know the couple? Email paul.bentley@dailymail.co.uk

Away day: England fans Dave Edwards, 41, Gareth Roberts, 36, and Paul Rawson, 36, on the beach today in Kiev ahead of the Euro 2012 match against Italy

England support: Ukrainians Natalia, 19, Diana, 20, and Maria, 20, who are all following the English in Sunday's quarter-final against Italy

Heading for Kiev: England fans at Heathrow departing for the Ukraine to watch England play Italy in Sunday's Euro 2012 quarter-final

Final practice: England goalkeeper Joe Hart trains at the Hutnik Stadium, Krakow, ahead of Sunday's quarter-final

Ready for kick off: England kit man Tom McKechnie prepares training kit at the Stary Hotel yesterday ahead of Sunday's quarter-final

'Emergency anthem': Dizziee Rascal is re-recording his England anthem 'Shout (for England)'. He recorded the original chart hit with James Corden for the World Cup two years ago

Final countdown: England defender Glen Johnson walks off the training pitch as the team go through one of their final training sessions

Chinese football fan, 26, dies after going ELEVEN nights without sleep

A Chinese football fan died after going 11 nights without sleep as he tried to watch every single kick of the ball of Euro 2012.
Jiang Xiaoshan, said to be supporting England and France in the tournament, died of exhaustion on Tuesday morning.
Because of the time difference, he reportedly stayed up each night with friends and then went to work the following day.

Tragic: A Chinese football fan died after the Ireland v Italy match after going 11 nights without sleep as he tried to watch every single kick of the ball of Euro 2012

Fanatical: Jiang Xiaoshan was said to be supporting England (left) and France (right) in the tournament

Following the Ireland versus Italy match, Sina.com said he went back to his Changsha home at 5am on Tuesday, had a shower, fell asleep and never woke up.
Friends said the news of his death came as a shock, as he lived a 'relatively healthy life', and had played football for his university team just a couple of years before.

 

Sources said, however, that the effect of alcohol and tobacco, combined with the chronic exhaustion, was to blame for his death as it weakened his immune system.
It is not the first time a Chinese football fan has suffered from trying to keep up with their on-pitch heroes.

Exhaustion: There has been a worrying increase in people suffering from sleep deprivation in recent years from watching too much TV or being online

During the Germany 2006 and South Africa 2010 World Cups reports surfaced of people being admitted to hospital after their bodies broke down from not sleeping.
Sleep deprivation from playing online video games is a huge problem in South Korea.

A TRAGIC FOOTBALL ADDICTION:

Jiang Xiaoshan watched:
* 21 matches of live Euro 2012 action
* That equates to 1,890 minutes of football
* Saw a total of 51 goals

Earlier this year video game addicts in the country were told they could have the amount of time they spend playing limited to just four hours per day.
The country's government said it was looking at introducing a 'Cooling Off' system to regulate the time students play in a 24-hour period.
It wants to stamp out online bullying, and stem a number of suicides attributed to internet and video game addiction.
Their game will switch off after two hours, where they will be given a 10 minute rest, and can then only log again in once for a maximum two hours in the following 24 hours.

Scene: The man died in his sleep after going back to his Changsha (pictured) house

It follows the Shutdown Law, passed in November, which bans gamers under the age of 16 from playing between midnight and 6am.
Fears are growing in South Korea that rampant gaming will lead to more deaths if the system is not introduced.
In February, in Taiwan, a young gamer lay dead in an internet cafe for nine hours before anyone noticed.
Chen Rong-yu, 23, was thought to have suffered a heart attack after playing League of Legends for 23 hours straight.
He was apparently still sat on the chair with his hands stretched out in front of the keyboard as if he was still playing in the cafe in New Taipei City.

Mom who made sex tape with son, 16, is jailed for four years

A woman who made a sex tape with her teenage son after they were reunited after 15 years apart claims their relationship was not incest - but a case of 'genetic attraction'.
Mistie Rebecca Atkinson, 32, was sentenced to four years and eight months behind bars in Napa County Superior Court, California on Wednesday.
It came after she was found in a Ukiah, California motel room with the 16-year-old boy, who had recorded his mother giving him oral sex on his phone.

Sick: Mistie Atkinson, 32, (pictured left in her police mug shot and right on Facebook) has been convicted of incest after having sex with her son, 16 - but she claims it was a case of 'genetic attraction'

Authorities also recovered nude photos Atkinson had sent him after tracking him down through Facebook. She had not seen him for 15 years.
But in a letter to the court, Atkinson, claimed she did not consider it incest, the Napa Valley Registerreported.

 

'I don't feel like I should have the charge of incest because there is something called genetic attraction that is a very powerful [phenomenon] that happens to 50 [per cent] of people becoming reunited with a long-lost relative,' she wrote.
Little research has been carried out on genetic sexual attraction. But somepsychologists say family members who are separated for a long time could become sexually attracted to each other when they meet as adults.

Guilty: Atkinson's son had a video on his phone of his mother giving him oral sex, police said

Caught: They were found together in a motel room after relatives learned of their explicit Facebook messages

Atkinson could be out in as little as two years and four months for good behaviour.

GENETIC SEXUAL ATTRACTION

Genetic sexual attraction is a phenomenon where close biological family members, such as siblings or cousins, become attracted to each other when they meet as adults.

If family members do not know each other during the critical years of development, they risk finding each other attractive.

Little research has been carried out into the phenomenon but some psychologists claim it exists due to shared personality traits, which are desirable in a partner.

GSA is rare between people brought up together, due to reverse sexual printing, where people become desensitized to finding family members attractive to prevent inbreeding.

She reportedly had no contact with her son until last year when she began sending him inappropriate messages on the social networking site.
The boy was living with his father at the time and was aware Atkinson was his mother. She did not have custody rights to her him.
'It appears she hadn't had any contact with the son for 15 years' a source told the New York Daily News.
'She contacted him late last year via Facebook and was sending him messages inappropriately.'
The sexual contact began after police responded to domestic violence reports between Atkinson and her live-in boyfriend in Nice, California.
The relationship came to light when the boy's relatives reported the inappropriate Facebook messages between him and Atkinson.
Atkinson and the teen were found in a motel room on March 2.

Apart: Atkinson had tracked down her son through Facebook after 15 years apart

Convicted: Atkinson was sentenced to more than four years behind bars at Napa County Superior Court

Police found videos on the boy’s phone from a month earlier showing Atkinson performing oral sex on the teenager and having sex with him.
Atkinson also sent nude pictures of herself to him from her phone, court documents said. They had also talked about running away together.
In May, she had pleaded no contest to incest, oral copulation, lewd contact with a minor and distribution of lewd material to a minor.

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Supermarket manager leading double life with two 'wives' and 12 children

A supermarket manager who led a secret double life for over 20 years, having 12 children with two ‘wives’, committed suicide after the women found out about each other.
Andrew Ingham, 50, sank into depression when they both left him in December last year after they discovered his affairs and he was left living alone in a tiny flat.
Despite being married to his wife Jackie for 30 years, Mr Ingham maintained a relationship with his mistress Anita Barrett for 21 years, an inquest heard.

The wife's home (left) and the mistress's home: Andrew Ingham's eldest children put together the two halves of his life using Facebook

Remarkably, he fathered four children with his mistress and eight children with his wife. Mr Ingham’s oldest child with his wife is 27, while his youngest child is eight.
His older children discovered his double life by piecing together clues they found on Facebook, and both women met in December.
During the hearing into his death at Chelmsford Coroner’s Court, Mrs Ingham, 48, and Miss Barrett, 42, sat at opposite ends of the courtroom.
Ingham married Jacqui, 48, in 1983. Together they bought a house in Welwyn Garden City, Herts, where she still lives. Eight years into his marriage he started a relationship with Ms Barrett in Hoddesdon, 11 miles, or 20 minutes' drive, away.
The inquest heard that Mr Ingham committed suicide after feeling depressed about ‘events which had been going on in his personal life’. Before killing himself he left a number of suicide notes addressed ‘to whom it may concern’.
Mr Ingham had been living alone in a flat above a restaurant in Waltham Abbey when his body was discovered by his friend Stuart Pryde.
Mr Pryde, who owned and renovated the flat, became suspicious when he found a parking ticket on Mr Ingham’s car, saying that his friend always took care not to receive fines.
After using his own key to let himself into the property, Mr Pryde discovered his friend.
Mr Pryde told the court in a statement: ‘I took one step in the room. I saw several notes on the bed. I peered round the corner of the room and saw Andrew’s body hanging from the loft hatch. I just took a glimpse.’
He said that, shocked by the scene, he called the police immediately.

Alone: Sun Street in Waltham Abbey, where Mr Ingham was living at the time of his death

Mr Pryde also told the court that he was aware of circumstances in his friend’s personal life.
The inquest heard that Mr Ingham had not been seen for three days before his body was discovered.
Coroner Caroline Beasley-Murray, who recorded a verdict that Mr Ingham killed himself, told the court that there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death but said there remained ‘unanswered questions’.
The coroner said she bore in mind the note and believed Mr Ingham was suffering from depression.
She said: ‘The court senses a great deal of grief, anger, anxiety, lots of questions, all sorts of emotions swirling around in this court room. This court cannot answer why. Very often there are lots of unanswered questions.’
Inspector Sarah Harding told the coroner she was ‘satisfied that he decided to take his life over the weekend’.
After the inquest Ms Barrett said: 'He spent half and half of his time between us. He was just a very good liar.
She told The Sun: 'Both families know each other now. We all found out at the same time - the eldest kids used Facebook to put it all together.'


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Catholic Official Convicted Of Child Endangerment

PHILADELPHIA — A Roman Catholic church official was convicted Friday of child endangerment but acquitted of conspiracy in a groundbreaking clergy-abuse trial, becoming the first U.S. church official convicted of a crime for how he handled abuse claims.

Monsignor William Lynn (pictured) helped the archdiocese keep predators in ministry, and the public in the dark, by telling parishes their priest was being removed for health reasons and then sending the men to unsuspecting churches, prosecutors said.
Lynn, 61, had faced about 10 to 20 years in prison if convicted of all three counts he faced – conspiracy and two counts of child endangerment. He was convicted only on one of the endangerment counts, leaving him with the possibility of 3 1/2 to seven years in prison.
He has been on leave from the church since his arrest last year. He served as secretary for clergy from 1992 to 2004, mostly under Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua.
The late cardinal was a prominent figure in the trial and rarely an hour of testimony went by without his name being invoked.
Bevilacqua had the final say on what to do with priests accused of abuse, sent many of them to new churches and dressed down anyone who complained, according to testimony. He also ordered the shredding of a 1994 list that warned him that the archdiocese had three diagnosed pedophiles, a dozen confirmed predators and at least 20 more possible abusers in its midst. Prosecutors learned this year that a copy had been stashed in a safe.
Defense lawyers say Lynn alone tried to document the complaints, get priests into treatment and alert the cardinal to the growing crisis. Church documents show therapists had called one accused priest a ticking “time bomb” and “powder keg.”
During the 10-week trial, more than a dozen adults testified about wrenching abuse they said they suffered at the hands of revered priests.
A former seminarian said he was raped by a priest throughout high school at the priest’s mountain house.
A nun testified that she and two female relatives were sexually abused by a priest described by a church official as “one of the sickest people I ever knew.”
And a troubled young man described being sexually assaulted in the church sacristy in 1999 by the Rev. Edward Avery after the 10-year-old altar boy served Mass. Avery admitted the assault days before Lynn’s trial and is serving a 2 1/2- to- five-year prison term.
“I can’t explain the pain, because I’m still trying to figure it out today, but I have an emptiness where my soul should be,” another accuser testified. His mother had sent him to a priest for counseling as an eighth-grader because he’d been raped by a family friend. The priest then followed suit, he said.
Seven men and five women sat on the jury, along with eight alternates. Many have ties to Catholic schools or parishes, but said they could judge the case fairly. There are about 1.5 million Catholics in the five-county archdiocese, and Philadelphia neighborhoods were long identified by their local parishes.
The jury could not agree on a verdict for Lynn’s co-defendant, the Rev. James Brennan, who was accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy in 1996.
Lynn’s lawyer, Thomas Bergstrom, pledged in opening statements in late March that the monsignor would not run from the sins of the church. However, he said in closing arguments that Lynn should not be held responsible for them.
He suggested his client was a middle manager-turned-scapegoat for the clergy-abuse scandal. Lynn, he said, documented the abuse complaints and did his best to get reluctant superiors to address it.
“And now, now of all things, the commonwealth wants you to convict him for documenting the abuse that occurred in the archdiocese, …. the evil that other men did. They want to hold him responsible for their sins.”
Philadelphia prosecutors have been investigating the archdiocese for 10 years, since the national crisis erupted in the Boston archdiocese. Lynn testified several times before a grand jury that sat from about 2002 to 2005.
That panel produced a blistering report that identified 63 suspected child molesters in the archdiocese, but said no one could be charged because of legal time limits.
Afterward, then-District Attorney Lynne Abraham helped fight for state reforms that gave reluctant victims more time to come forward in Pennsylvania – and enabled her successor, Seth Williams, to charge Monsignor Lynn and four others last year based on more recent complaints.
In a hotly contested ruling in Lynn’s case, Common Pleas Judge M. Teresa Sarmina let prosecutors tell jurors about 20 of the accused priests named in the first grand jury report, even though they were never charged, because Lynn worked on their files to some extent.
Prosecutors said they showed a pattern at the archdiocese of lying about why priests were removed, sending them to “company doctors” at church-run therapy centers and failing to warn new parishes where they were later transferred.
“They put so many innocent children in danger,” Assistant District Attorney Patrick Blessington said in his closing remarks, noting that it can take years or decades for victims to come forward. “That’s what’s so scary about this. We have no idea how many victims are out there.”