Failure To Stop

Lich Vu had a mouth on him. The problem was his mouth was 70 years old. A tiny Asian man with bone cancer, Vu was willing to go jail rather than sign a citation for a traffic violation in October. So often habitual criminals choose to decide their fate at the time of arrest through flight and resistance. In Vu's case, he touched the officer. Instead of picking up another charge, like say, simple assault on an LEO, the officer pick Vu up, flipped him over and put him down on the ground like a hyper combo from Street Fighter II. Vu lost consciousness and was admitted to the hospital with brain bleeding, and a neck injur that prevents him from eating, drinking and taking medication orally. The officer is on paid administrative leave but the outlook on his future isn't bright. Will this be another huge setback for police? 

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Daniel King, a 30-year-old man from Millville, New Jersey, died in the custody of New Jersey State Police troopers on July 9, 2023. Troopers responded to a 911 call from King himself at his residence, and upon arrival King told the trooper he wanted to remove some property from his home. Trooper Mark Allonardo seemed to be mediating a civil dispute before the situation became strange and escalated. King eventually bit Allonardo into the face, drawing blood and nearby civilians jumped into the fight to help the trooper. King was transported to a station where he later suffered a medical emergency which led to his death, and the case was eventually brought before a grand jury. Did the trooper act improperly? Or did he fail to act? Former police officer brings his experience with a similar situation to bear to break down this tragic and strange police encounter.

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Last week in Charlotte County Florida, dispatch received a call about a disturbance just outside of Punta Gorda. Deputies arrived and made contact with owner of the property, Elroy Clark. Clark said one of his tenants was acting erratically. During the investigation, deputies were told that Clark may have had a warrant and asked dispatch to confirm it, and it was. More deputies were called to assist. They attempted to detain Clark, but he resisted. He became agitated and non compliant to verbal commands. Tasers, batons and OC were deployed to little effect. Deputies attempted to tackle, subdue and restrain Clark unsuccessfully. Less lethal munitions-- bean bag rounds-- were deployed, and finally Clark charged a deputy, who used his service weapon. Clark was struck, and aid was rendered by deputies until EMS arrived, however Clark was died at the scene. Former police officer Eric Tansey will take you through this use of force, using his experience with excited delirium and suspects resisting arrest to inform you the police officer's opinion on these events.

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In Indianapolis, 39-year-old QB Joe Flacco is getting the start this weekend because 22-year-old Anthony Richardson has said that he was 'tired'. Last year Flacco balled-out to save Cleveland some embarrassment-- taking them to a playoff game. Now he's back into save Indy. Even older is QB Aaron Rodger-- losing to division opponents and league bottom-feeding New England Patriots in a must-win situation has sent the Jets' season crashed at last-- securing a playoff berth almost impossible. But how is Rodgers handling it-- with the grace and poise we've come to expect? Yes that last part was a joke. 

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Who will win the November 5 election-- a better question will be, when will we know? Long gone are the day of counting up ballots in a single night, long gone are the days of concession calls from the loser around 12 or 1am. No matter what happens, the battle is about to begin. But will it be in court? Or will the result be so disastrously suspicious that protests begin around the country? Institutional faith as at an all-time low and millions of Americans have been conditioned by the media and politicians to hate each other-- will results from Wednesday morning just be a match in a pool of gasoline? Tansey will show you the polls, speculate on their accuracy and take the country's temperature before what could be the most contentious election in our lifetimes.

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Did Sean ’Diddy’ Combs poison actor Jamie Foxx? Details come out in the ’Freak Out’ sex assault case against building against the rapper. The two have fallen out, but some are saying that Foxx even called the FBI about his claims. Jamie Foxx was hospitalized in April 2023 while filming the Netflix movie Back in Action in Atlanta-- something that knocked him out of action for 20 days and caused significant impairment of his memory. Was there something Combs wanted him to forget? Beyoncé Knowles showed up at a Kamala event-- and then did not even sing a song while she was there. Guess it wasn't in the budget, which was $10 million dollars. Hate to see what Swift would have asked for to whistle a few notes. Eric also recaps his time in Orlando.

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As the trade deadline looms, catastrophe strikes teams across the league. Some are in a rare championship window and need to go all in on blockbuster trades to push them to the end of the season. Will they take a gamble? Or will they go all-in like Jerry Jones, and do nothing? Speaking of Jerry, the GM admitted in a roundabout way that Derrick Henry would have wasted his career with the Cowboys. Andy Dalton was in a car accident-- and speaking of absolute wrecks, despite the Jets losing even after the Devante trade, Aaron Rodgers still wants to believe this season.  

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Candace Owens says she has proof that Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris has lied about her heritage for political gain-- her mother may be Irish and the pictures of her mother have been faked for a her book and political campaign. But if true, does the revelation come in time? Will it even sway voters from her? Is anyone still undecided at this point? Meanwhile Donald Trump shows he has what it takes to make it at Mickey D's-- so much for talk of middle class family, the billionaire and former President is willing to walk a day in the middle class life, while Democrats mock him for it. China is up to stuff, Elon Musk is giving money to voters, and the Daniel Penny trial begins as Eric returns to bring you up to speed.

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Last week rumors flew that Aaron Rodgers either acted to have Head Coach Robert Saleh ousted or that he failed to use his significant clout to prevent it. The Jets then nearly have a significant comeback win against the division leading Bills-- a game with significant penalties. All on the eve of a significant trade agreement with the Raiders to acquire former Rodgers teammate Devante Adams. What was the secret timeline of these events? Is Aaron Rodgers pulling the Jets' strings? Also Jon talks about the Cowboys situation.

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Eric returns from another deployment to the front lines in NC to bring you first-hand updates on the ongoing relief efforts there. Shell Shock II is this Saturday, there will be updates about the PTSD Charity Event in Orlando; SpaceX has managed a feat: the retrieval of a rocket-- like catching an explosive 23 story building with chopsticks. What does it mean for the future? 

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