Popeyes branch in Washington, DC shut down permanently after a TikTok video appeared to show its kitchen infested with rats. A Popeyes near the Eastern Market area of Washington, DC has shut down for good days after a video emerged showing rats swarming the kitchen, Fox News reported. 

The video was posted to TikTok about two weeks before the store closure on Thursday. In the clip, a man who goes by the name @blaqazzrick01 and claims to deliver raw chicken to Popeyes restaurants in the DC area, takes viewers inside the location and says, "y'all want to see something?"

He then proceeds to open the doors and walk into the kitchen, where several rats are darting around and scurrying up the walls. 

"You still love that chicken from Popeyes?" the man says. The video has been shared thousands of times since being posted on October 11. Fox News reported that after posting the video, the man was subsequently suspended from his job. 

"We have taken action to terminate the franchise agreement with this restaurant operator. This Franchisee only operates this one location, and it is being closed indefinitely. This single restaurant does not reflect our strong food safety and cleanliness standards across Popeyes," a Popeyes spokesperson said in a statement to Insider. 

A notice posted by DC Health, a government body, on the closed restaurant's door read: "This establishment is ordered closed until further notice for a violation(s) of the district of Columbia food code regulations which presents an imminent health hazard(s) to the public."

CBS Backtracks On 'The Activist' After A Backlash, Including From One Of Its Hosts. CBS thought it had a win when it announced The Activist, a reality show where six contestants would compete in a variety of activism-themed contests before appearing at a summit of world leaders in Italy — a format that press materials called "awe-inspiring," "ground-breaking" and sure to "inspire real change."

But in the week since the network's announcement, backlash has come from all corners — including an apology from one of the program's own hosts.

Now, the show's producers have announced they will dramatically reformat the show, dropping the competitive elements to become a one-time documentary special rather than a five-episode series.

"It has become apparent the format of the show as announced distracts from the vital work these incredible activists do in their communities every day," said CBS and its co-producers, advocacy group Global Citizen and entertainment giant Live Nation, in a joint statement.

Former Fort Worth police officer given 5-year sentence for perjury in case where he punched a man.👮 FORT WORTH, Texas - A judge sentenced a former Fort Worth officer to five years in prison.

Jon Romer was found guilty in 2019 for making false statements to a grand jury about a 2016 confrontation when he punched a man in a hospital lobby.

Romer was handcuffed and in custody more than four years after a hospital lobby encounter was captured by surveillance cameras. Here couldn’t have been a more severe aggravated perjury. All the lies he told to cover up his excessive force," prosecutor Terri Moore said. 

Romer was working an off-duty detail when he punched and body slammed 20-year-old Henry Newson.

On Friday, prosecutors revisited the case before the judge announced Romer’s punishment for perjury.

The bitter truth about Halloween candy:

Halloween is a time for tricks and treats, but a researcher at New York University (NYU) reveals a scary truth behind seasonal candy like pumpkin-shaped Reese's peanut butter cups and M&M's Ghoul's Mix. Halloween this year poses unique risks. In 2021, a night of trick-or-treating entails social distancing and handling children who've been cooped up at home for months. What's more, Halloween is a sugar free-for-all, and the short- and long-term risks of sugar overload are present every year. Though the links between sugar consumption and inflammation, diabetes, and obesity are well-known, one repercussion might be more surprising: its detrimental effects on mental health.

A prop gun discharged by Alec Baldwin killed a film crew member on set, sheriff says. Actor Alec Baldwin discharged a prop firearm on a movie set near Sante Fe, killing the film's director of photography and injuring the director, according to the sheriff's office of Santa Fe County, N.M. Halyna Hutchins, 42, was airlifted Thursday afternoon, to the University of New Mexico hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Director Joel Souza, 48, was being cared for at Christus St. Vincent Medical Center as of Thursday evening.

Deputies responded about 2 p.m. to the Rust movie set at the Bonanza Creek Ranch after 911 calls came in of a person being shot on set, Juan Rios, a spokesman for the sheriff said.

"According to investigators, it appears that the scene being filmed involved the use of a prop firearm when it was discharged," sheriff's spokesman Rios told the Albuquerque Journal. "Detectives are investigating how and what type of projectile was discharged."

The investigation is ongoing and authorities say no charges have been filed in this incident, the sheriff's office said. Detectives are continuing to interview witnesses.

Disturbing Bystander Video Shows Cops Stand By as Dog Mauls Black Man. 🤕 A Missouri police department has had to explain their actions after cell phone footage showed three cops seemingly allowing their police dog to bite a Black man while he was under arrest.

Police claim that the man, who was suspected of breaking into a business, wouldn’t comply, but the bystander’s footage appears to show otherwise.

In the video, two officers can be seen arresting the man while he is leaning over the hood of a car. Another officer stands in front of the car with a barking dog. The man appears to not be resisting arrest, but the K9 is still released on him as the other two cops step away. The dog continues barking as it nips at the ankles of the man, who shouts and grabs his legs. The man can be heard yelling “help,” but the three officers stand by and let the dog continue attacking him. Two officers then push the man on the ground, and the dog starts to pull and yank at his leg. Eventually, the third cop pulls the dog away, only to release him again on the suspect. The dog bites and drags the man to the ground. All the while, the three cops stand by and look on. Finally, the dog is taken away and the man continues to be arrested.

Police dragged a paraplegic man from his car after he told them he couldn't get out. The Dayton Police Department says it's investigating an incident last month in which several officers pulled a paraplegic man from his car after he told officers he was unable to get out.

Officers stopped Clifford Owensby on Sept. 30 as he was driving away from what police say was a suspected drug house. Because of Owensby's past felony drug and weapons history, officers wanted a police K-9 to conduct a "free-air" sniff of the vehicle to determine if there were illegal drugs inside, police said in a video briefing.

To do that, officers told Owensby, he would have to step out of his car, according to body camera footage released by the department. "I cannot step out," he tells the officers. "I'm a paraplegic."

The unidentified officer speaking to Owensby tells him police can help him out of the car, but Owensby says they may hurt him. Owensby requests a "white shirt," shorthand for a police supervisor, but the officer says he'll call one only after Owensby gets out.

The officer grows increasingly agitated by Owensby's refusal to exit the car. "You can cooperate and get out of the car or I'll drag you out of the car. Do you see your two options here?"

Several officers then grab Owensby and yank him out of the car, pulling on his arms and hair as he cries out for help. The officers cuff Owensby's hands behind his back and pull him away from the vehicle, his legs dragging along the street.

LOUISIANA STATE TROOPER FIRED FOR SPEAKING OUT ON DEATH OF A BLACK MAN AFTER VIOLENT ARREST. Cavalier has been on paid leave since August, shortly after speaking to a local news station about the arrest and death of Ronald Greene. After originally reporting that Greene had been injured in a car accident during a high-speed chase, the Louisiana State Police later released video footage that showed him being stunned, dragged from his car and beaten by three troopers.

In May, two years after the arrest, as Greene’s family continued to demand that the involved officers be fired and charged, the department released all body-cam footage of the incident. The following month, Cavalier spoke to local news station WBRZ, echoing the family’s outrage.

Following his suspension in August, Cavalier told another news station, WWLTV, that he had been made aware of the gruesome nature of the video back in 2020, nearly a year before the Louisiana State Police made the footage public. On Oct. 8, he was notified in a letter from superintendent Lamar Davis that he was facing termination within 45 days. In a statement on Oct. 15, the Louisiana State Police said confirmed that they are “moving forward with the termination based on an administrative investigation that revealed he violated several departmental policies.” They did clarify, however, that Cavalier is still currently employed by the department.

Family wants answers after Christina Nance, 29, found dead in Alabama police van. Nance’s grieving relatives want Huntsville Police to release surveillance footage from their parking lot cameras.

The family of a young woman in Alabama, who was found dead one week ago in an old unused police van outside the Huntsville Police Department, is demanding answers.

Christina Nance’s grieving kin is asking the police department to release surveillance footage from the cameras mounted in the parking lot. Her sister, Latausha Nance, told WHNT that police officials told the family they weren’t sure how far back the camera’s captured footage went. Additionally, the news outlet said its reporters had not heard back from the department regarding the footage.

The Nance family also says they have not been told how long the 29-year-old woman’s body languished in the police department parking lot. On Monday, Latausha Nance said she last saw her sister two weeks before her body was discovered on Oct. 7. The sisters were in Latausha’s car.

“I just looked back at her,” the mourning sibling said, “and she was just smiling, and I said, ‘Christina, why are you smiling like that?’ and she just said, ‘Oh nothing, it’s nothing.’ That’s the last memory I have of my sister,”

A community protest is set for Friday in Huntsville, at the Madison County Jail.

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