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		<title>Atlanta Housewives: Kim and the Infamous Wig</title>
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		<title>BadBoy Employee Airs Diddy Out&#8230;</title>
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I am doing my usual web surfing and went to my favorite website of all time LipstickAlley.com to view the random postings because honestly there is nothing like a lot of women gossiping in the middle of the night. While adding my 2 cents in I came across a Thread that a soon [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blackdiamondent.wordpress.com&blog=1074253&post=504&subd=blackdiamondent&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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<p>I am doing my usual web surfing and went to my favorite website of all time LipstickAlley.com to view the random postings because honestly there is nothing like a lot of women gossiping in the middle of the night. While adding my 2 cents in I came across a Thread that a soon to be ex Bad Boy employee posted. She is answering all question about Diddy aka Puffy aka P Diddy aka Sean Combs himself&#8230; here are some of the answers so far.. So Juicy.. Diddy please don&#8217;t sue me for this one because all you will get is some hair-grease and toothpaste thanks..</p>
<p>Question: i always assume, if he is a butt buster that puff would be a top not a bottom</p>
<p>Answer: puff is versatile in the bedroom, and has no problem letting people know.</p>
<p>Question&#8221;:</p>
<div style="font-style:italic;">What&#8217;s really on and poppin with him and Aubrey? Their interaction just screams &#8220;Yeah we fuggin&#8230;.&#8221;</div>
<p>Answer: of course, but the problem is aubrey thinks she is the second coming of kim porter. someone needs to tap her on the shoulder to let her know it aint happening.</p>
<p>Question:</p>
<div style="font-style:italic;">Is he banging that gay ass justin timberlake looking assistant? Who are the other assistants he banged?</div>
<p>Anwer:</p>
<p>of course.<br />
i know cap<br />
phil- although he wasnt an assistant<br />
ray<br />
steve<br />
there are others.<br />
i was just when he was on the show talking about diddy and ketsup, because he uses ketsup in the bedroom, like most folks use whip cream</p>
<p>Quotes</p>
<p>&#8220;Puff turned Mase out<br />
then drove him to the Lord.<!-- / message -->&#8220;</p>
<p>&#8220;i cannot pinpoint his first sexual encounter with a man.</p>
<p><img class="inlineimg" title="Dead" src="http://www.lipstickalley.com/images/smilies/dead.gif" border="0" alt="" />@ why is he bisexual&#8212;ummm how about because he likes penis.</p>
<p>i am pretty sure some industry folks turned him out and frankly the dots point to andre<br />
i doubt that he has had sexual relations w. usher &#8211;i always sensed anomosity between the two</p>
<p>mase is a whole nother chapter.</p>
<p>well as for some of his boy toys i can confirm</p>
<p>JD<br />
JimJones<br />
Young Jock<br />
BowWow<br />
Will Lemay<br />
Tiger Woods&#8211;(he does like them pretty)<br />
George Clooney&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;lets face it, kim was never a sucessful model, like she would like folks to believe.<br />
she wanted to live a certain lifestyle and mr. williams could not give her that. folks tell her she could be done w/puff&#8217;s abuse and get money by doing a reality show or game show&#8211;but she thinks she&#8217;s too good for that so she stays.<br />
trust kim is not so innocent, at the end of the day she is a beautiful woman and has several men, although not as rich as puff, dutifully blowing her back out.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;puff was very bitter, because he felt like he was the one who made jlo who she was&#8211;during this time puff was very abusive to kim. i honestly think jlo was just an opportunist who used puff&#8211;honestly dont even think she likes blacks.<!-- / message -->&#8220;</p>
<p>&#8220;jlo always had fertility issues. i doubt she ever got pregnant by puff.</p>
<p>i honestly doubt sienna and puff were together, but puff does keep some things on a hush so maybe&#8211;but no i never saw sienna around.</p>
<p>puff and zac sitting in a tree&#8212;f-u-c-k-i-n-g</p>
<p>puff is not mary&#8217;s type and vice versa</p>
<p>from their interactions, to me it seems like a love hate, but there were whispers that mama big always had a bad feeling about puff -woman&#8217;s intuition i guess</p>
<p>i think big looked at puff like he was a nerd, and puff looked at big like he was a product, dont get me wrong they were def cool, but not like soulmates like the media likes to proclaim. it was a business relationship first and foremost.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Kim Porter has questionable taste when it comes to men. Someone asked if she was sleeping with some guy from Georgia (Atlanta). I know one of them is Big Pat (Basement Ent) They&#8217;re both from Colombus,Ga. He brags about it and sleeps w/her on a regular. One year Kim even did a radio drop to say happy birthday to him. He had one of his bday celebrations at Justins. (Diddys spot)</p>
<p>Yes diddy knows they sleep together. Diddy played the &#8220;upset&#8221; role at first and even called Pat. For those of us who know Pat, knows he is emotional and gossips like a woman. I remember Pat always would say, &#8220;yea diddy be f#ckin on boys&#8221; (not underage boys,but u know what I mean)</p>
<p>Funny bc around the same time she was sleeping with Pat, she ended up pregnant. &#8220;Take that, take that Pat&#8221;- Love, Diddy</p>
<p>She was absolutely sleeping w/them at the same time.<br />
Yes, kim gets her thang on, on the side. Which is why she sticks with Diddy. They both know what&#8217;s up w/the other.</p>
<p>Oh and Diddy and Dallas Austin are Really,REAlly, REALLY close.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;</p>
<div id="post_message_3204090">Well first we all know what Dallas was detained in Dubai for, right? Now put 2n2 2gether. Someone asked if Diddy did any drugs.<br />
You have to be around these 2. You know how diddy puts on this tuff guy image on tv, well when he&#8217;s around Dallas (out of general public eye) he&#8217;s verrrrrrrryplayful and nothing like that man on tv. Get diddy in his comfort zone and anyone can see he plays on both &#8220;teams&#8221;</div>
<p>Not saying they&#8217;re f#ckin, bc I didn&#8217;t disappear with them, that was their private time, but if they&#8217;re not, then they must trade gay stories.&#8221;<a class="highslide" href="http://s4.tinypic.com/2uid445.jpg"></a></p>
<p>Just hope this doesnt happen</p>
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		<title>Inmates Caught Getting Their Freak On!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now this is priceless, I know the dumb one that decided to write about it is getting her ass kicked right now for messing up the party.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>Now this is priceless, I know the dumb one that decided to write about it is getting her ass kicked right now for messing up the party.</p>
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		<title>Meteor Slams Edmonton&#8230;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sky is Falling this has me a lil paranoid&#8230;.

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		<title>Jim Jones Does Complex Magazine</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo Source: Complex/Myspace.com/Jim Jones
Jim Jones recently sat down with Complex Magazine to talk upcoming business ventures and how his SWAG is the best in the game. Jim Jones also mentioned his alleged beef with Max B aka Lil Perm and spot about his failed realtionship with Cam.  Of course he brought his newly appointed side kick Dame Dash along [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blackdiamondent.wordpress.com&blog=1074253&post=495&subd=blackdiamondent&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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<p>Jim Jones recently sat down with Complex Magazine to talk upcoming business ventures and how his SWAG is the best in the game. Jim Jones also mentioned his alleged beef with Max B aka Lil Perm and spot about his failed realtionship with Cam.  Of course he brought his newly appointed side kick Dame Dash along for the free ride.</p>
<p>Here are some excerpts from the interview</p>
<h5>And what about the play you’re starring in?</h5>
<p><strong>Jim Jones:</strong> I’m doing a play called <em>Hip-Hop Monologues</em> Off-Broadway. It’s something we derived for my new album. You know how everybody does a listening session and all the publicity comes through, and there’s a little bit of liquor there, and they play the music? I got tired of doing that; I wanted to do something very different. Something to gain people’s attention ’cause I want this album to be a real success. We’re going to do the best verses that fit the situation out of all the songs to pull this play off, and then we’re going to have a full stage set, the backgrounds, and are just going to paint the whole picture. But for the most part, I’ll be how John Leguizamo was in <em>Freak</em>; I’ll be the center of attention.</p>
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<h5>Speaking of attention, Max B has been going hard at you lately. He even has a site for it, <a href="http://www.fuckjimjones.com/" target="_blank"><em><span style="color:#010101;">fuckjimjones.com</span></em></a>. How do you feel about that?</h5>
<p><strong>Jim Jones:</strong> It’s cool. Anything he tries to do, I can either shut it down or get paid for it. I own him, all his publishing, all his contracts. He sold me his publishing to get out of jail. He called me crying on the phone saying, “If you bail me out, I’ll sell you all my publishing and do whatever I got to do.” He damn near said, “I’d suck your dick like a crackhead to get out of jail.” [<em>Laughs</em>.] So you can imagine how frustrated I am, the way I’m living. I got 50 grand in my book bag, and we ain’t even at a video shoot.</p>
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<h5>Meanwhile, your relationship with Cam’ron is at a standstill. It seems like that souring has had the most effect on you.</h5>
<p><strong>Jim Jones:</strong> It’s definitely hard, because that’s my nigga, that’s my brother. We rolled together for a very long time, and there are things I remember we said that we would never do. And now that we’ve got so much success, we’re doing all the things we watched people do and said that wouldn’t be us. It’s the ego; it has to be. This is a question I’ve asked myself over and over again. That’s the only way I see it. Amongst everything else, there was a couple things said on my part, but I can do that if I want to. Above all, I kept it fair; I could really expose shit, but that’s not what I’m here for. Once your ego becomes bigger than money, you can’t get anywhere. It’s a sad thing—we’ve built so much. Everywhere around the world, people know the Diplomats as a strong entity. And it’s at a halt due to the fact we’ve been going back and forth through this minute bullshit. <a href="http://www.complex.com/CELEBRITIES/Cover-Story/Jim-Jones">For more of the Jim Jones Interview Click Here</a></p>
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<p>Im sorry yall I just LOVEEE Jim Jones&#8230;.</p>
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<p>&#8220;Who is that talking&#8230;move out of the way you are blocking the cutie in the background&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Hiv &#8211; Black in America</title>
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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) &#8212; The AIDS epidemic among African-Americans in some parts of the United States is as severe as in parts of Africa, according to a report out Tuesday.





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<p><strong>LOS ANGELES, California (CNN)</strong> &#8212; The AIDS epidemic among African-Americans in some parts of the United States is as severe as in parts of Africa, according to a report out Tuesday.</p>
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<p><!--endclickprintexclude-->&#8220;Left Behind &#8211; Black America: A Neglected Priority in the Global AIDS&#8221; is intended to raise awareness and remind the public that the &#8220;AIDS epidemic is not over in America, especially not in Black America,&#8221; says the report, published by the Black AIDS Institute, an HIV/AIDS think tank focused exclusively on African-Americans.</p>
<p>&#8220;AIDS in America today is a black disease,&#8221; says Phill Wilson, founder and CEO of the institute and himself HIV-positive for 20 years. &#8220;2006 CDC data tell us that about half of the just over 1 million Americans living with <a class="cnnInlineTopic" href="http://topics.cnn.com/topics/hiv_and_aids"><strong><span style="color:#004276;">HIV or AIDS</span></strong></a> are black.&#8221;</p>
<p>Although black people represent only about one in eight Americans, one in every two people living with HIV in the United States is black, the report notes.</p>
<p>The report uses just-released data from UNAIDS and existing CDC and Census data to highlight grim statistics:</p>
<p>• AIDS remains the leading cause of death among black women between ages 25 and 34. It&#8217;s the second-leading cause of death in black men 35-44. <span class="cnnEmbeddedMosLnk"><img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/tabs/interactive.gif" border="0" alt="" width="14" height="14" /><span style="font-size:xx-small;"> </span><a href="http://blackdiamondent.wordpress.com/wp-admin/#cnnSTCOther1"><strong><span style="font-size:xx-small;color:#ca0002;">Explainer: AIDS: A black disease »</span></strong></a></span></p>
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<p><!--endclickprintexclude-->• In Washington, more than 80 percent of HIV cases are among black people, that&#8217;s one in 20 residents. <a href="http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-9797"><strong><span style="color:#004276;">iReport: AIDS in Washington&#8217;s older population</span></strong></a></p>
<p>&#8220;Five percent of the entire population (in DC) is infected&#8230; that&#8217;s comparable to countries like Uganda or South Africa,&#8221; <a href="http://topics.cnn.com/topics/anthony_fauci"><strong><span style="color:#004276;">Dr. Anthony Fauci</span></strong></a>, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told CNN for the recent &#8220;Black in America&#8221; documentary.</p>
<p>According to this report, if black Americans made up their own country, it would rank above Ethiopia (420,000 to 1,300,000) and below Ivory Coast (750,000) in HIV population. Both Ethiopia and the Ivory Coast are among the 15 nations receiving funds from the President&#8217;s Emergency Plan For Aids Relief. The United States has given about $15 billion to PEPFAR nations in the past five years. <a href="http://www.ireport.com/ir-topic-stories.jspa?topicId=9773"><strong><span style="color:#004276;">Tell us: What&#8217;s your experience being black in America?</span></strong></a></p>
<p>The Black AIDS Institute says it&#8217;s not criticizing the federal government for helping poorer countries cope with the AIDS epidemic. Rather, it&#8217;s saying the &#8220;AIDS epidemic [in the U.S.] is not getting the kind attention that it merits.&#8221; <span class="cnnEmbeddedMosLnk"><img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/tabs/video.gif" border="0" alt="Video" width="16" height="14" /><span style="font-size:xx-small;"> </span><a href="http://blackdiamondent.wordpress.com/wp-admin/#cnnSTCVideo"><strong><span style="font-size:xx-small;color:#ca0002;">Watch more on the new report on AIDS and African-Americans »</span></strong></a></span></p>
<p>&#8220;We understand the needs of black folk in Johannesburg (South Africa),&#8221; Wilson says. &#8220;Why can&#8217;t we understand the needs of them in Jackson, Mississippi? We understand the needs in Nigeria or Botswana, why not understand the needs of Los Angeles or Oakland?&#8221; <span class="cnnEmbeddedMosLnk"><img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/tabs/video.gif" border="0" alt="Video" width="16" height="14" /><span style="font-size:xx-small;"> </span><a href="http://blackdiamondent.wordpress.com/wp-admin/#cnnSTCVideo"><strong><span style="font-size:xx-small;color:#ca0002;">Watch: AIDS in the black community »</span></strong></a></span></p>
<p>Wilson says more needs to be done to prevent the spread of HIV in this country. The report states that the U.S. government &#8220;increased spending on HIV prevention, treatment and support programs for low-income countries dramatically, at the same time that domestic remained all but flat.&#8221; <span class="cnnEmbeddedMosLnk"><img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/tabs/video.gif" border="0" alt="Video" width="16" height="14" /><span style="font-size:xx-small;"> </span><a href="http://blackdiamondent.wordpress.com/wp-admin/#cnnSTCVideo"><strong><span style="font-size:xx-small;color:#ca0002;">Dr. Sanjay Gupta on genes, African-Americans and HIV risk »</span></strong></a></span></p>
<p>According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, domestic prevention efforts make up the smallest part of the HIV/AIDs budget, the 2009 budget request includes $892 million for domestic HIV prevention efforts, the same as in 2008. <a href="http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-11485"><strong><span style="color:#004276;">iReport.com: Spelman women discuss HIV and AIDS</span></strong></a></p>
<p>In this report, Wilson and others urge the federal government and private foundations to significantly increase funding for HIV prevention and treatment programs. The report also calls on international agencies to hold the U.S. government accountable for failure to address HIV/AIDS epidemic in its own country (despite lauding it for its PEPFAR efforts). It also urges black communities in the United States to fight the stigma and overcome prejudice associated with being infected with HIV.</p>
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<p><!--endclickprintexclude-->&#8220;Peggy&#8221; found out 10 years ago that she was HIV positive. The fact that she&#8217;s asked us to not use her real name is an example of the stigma that&#8217;s still attached to having the virus that causes AIDS, especially in the African-American community.</p>
<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t really talk to many other people about it, &#8217;cause I guess maybe, they don&#8217;t want to talk,&#8221; says the 27-year-old Lake Charles, Louisiana, woman. Others like her, she says, are still too ashamed to admit they have HIV. <a href="http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/07/29/the-cavalry-is-not-coming-to-save-us/" target="new"><strong><span style="color:#004276;">AC 360 Blog: The cavalry is not coming to save us</span></strong></a></p>
<p>Marvelyn Brown, 24, of Washington, is more open about her status. She learned she had HIV when she was only 19, after one time of unprotected sex while in a monogamous relationship.</p>
<p><!--endclickprintexclude-->Brown has told her story in a book, &#8220;The Naked Truth, &#8221; and to CNN in last week&#8217;s special report, &#8220;Black in America.&#8221; She regularly addresses community groups, trying to help educate blacks about the risk of of HIV and AIDS.</p>
<p class="cnnInline">The report was funded by the Ford Foundation and the Elton John AIDS Foundation.</p>
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		<title>Yet Another Taser Death&#8230;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Statesville suspect dies
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At least two officers are put on administrative duty until SBI can complete its investigation.
By Victoria Cherrie
vcherrie@charlotteobserver.com




Anthony Davidson


A Statesville man died after being shocked multiple times by Tasers at the Iredell County jail over the weekend, sources say.
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<h2>At least two officers are put on administrative duty until SBI can complete its investigation.</h2>
<h3>By Victoria Cherrie</h3>
<h3 class="creditline"><a href="mailto:vcherrie@charlotteobserver.com"><span style="color:#003399;">vcherrie@charlotteobserver.com</span></a></h3>
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<p><!-- END /pubsys/production/story/story_assets.comp -->A Statesville man died after being shocked multiple times by Tasers at the Iredell County jail over the weekend, sources say.</p>
<p>Anthony Davidson, 29, was unresponsive when he was taken to Iredell Memorial Hospital Saturday afternoon. He was put on life support and died late Sunday night, police said.</p>
<p>His death is the second Taser-related death this year in the Charlotte area. In March, 17-year-old Darryl Wayne Turner, died after Charlotte-Mecklenburg police used a Taser on him at a Food Lion store in Charlotte.</p>
<p>The officers involved in Davidson&#8217;s arrest – at least two from the Statesville Police Department – were put on administrative duty until the State Bureau of Investigation completes a probe into the incident.</p>
<p>Assistant Chief Tom Anderson of the Statesville Police Department said he was unaware how many officers or deputies may have fired their Tasers and the duration of the shocks.</p>
<p>But a source familiar with the investigation told the Observer that Davidson was shocked at least three times by several different law enforcement officers. Family members told the Observer that police said he had been shocked at least twice.</p>
<p>The incident began about 3 p.m. Saturday at a Statesville grocery store. Employees at the Food Lion on N.C. 115 told police they tried unsuccessfully to stop Davidson from leaving the store with a full cart of groceries after his debit card was declined. He left the parking lot without the groceries, police said.</p>
<p>When officers caught up with Davidson a short time later, he was carrying an Applebee&#8217;s gift card from the store that hadn&#8217;t been paid for, Anderson said.</p>
<p>Officers took Davidson to the Iredell County Jail where he appeared before a magistrate on a larceny charge. Davidson was behaving abnormally from the time officers first encountered him, Anderson said.</p>
<p>While being booked, Davidson became “physically aggressive and was communicating loudly,” Anderson said. That&#8217;s when officers used one or more Tasers to get him “back under control,” police said.</p>
<p>A nurse who screened Davidson afterward told officers he needed further medical screening because he appeared to be “under the influence of some type of impairing substance.”</p>
<p>Paramedics took Davidson to the hospital Saturday. His condition continued to decline and he was unresponsive when he arrived, Anderson said. He was admitted to intensive care and was taken off life support about 10:30 p.m. Sunday.</p>
<p>Statesville police and the sheriff&#8217;s office are reviewing the incident internally to determine whether the arresting officers followed procedures. The sheriff&#8217;s office did not return phone calls Monday.</p>
<p>Davidson, who was unemployed, had been in jail previously – mostly on charges such as possessing marijuana, simple assault and misdemeanor larceny, all of which were dropped by a district attorney, according to court documents. In 1999 and again in 2000, he was found guilty of violating a domestic violence protective order. In 2006, he pleaded guilty to driving while impaired, documents show.</p>
<p>Davidson&#8217;s family said they weren&#8217;t aware of him using or having a problem with drugs or alcohol.</p>
<p>“He was a very happy, joyful person – the life of the party type of person who lit up a room when he walked in,” said his uncle, Jerry Moore. “Whether he used or had used substances, we don&#8217;t know.”</p>
<p>They said police told them Davidson fell while being subdued and may have hit his head.</p>
<p>An autopsy is scheduled later this week, Moore said.</p>
<p>Last month, the officer involved in the Charlotte Taser incident was cleared of criminal charges but was suspended for five days for violating the department&#8217;s policy when he continuously shocked Darryl Turner for 37 seconds, a factor that contributed to his death.</p>
<p>A Taser is a weapon that typically uses compressed nitrogen to shoot two tethered needle-like probes that penetrate skin and deliver an electric shock. It&#8217;s designed to temporarily subdue a person. Studies suggest that multiple shocks might increase the risk of serious injury, which has prompted some agencies to limit the number of times an officer can shock someone.</p>
<p>Officers are taught to pull and immediately release the Taser trigger to deliver a five-second shock. They may repeatedly pull the trigger in extreme circumstances when necessary to control a suspect. But the goal is to use the minimal force necessary to control a suspect, Anderson said.</p>
<p>Taser-related deaths across North Carolina prompted a coalition to study Taser use. The N.C. Taser Safety Project surveyed the state&#8217;s 100 sheriff&#8217;s offices and found that 70 issued Tasers to some or all of its deputies, but many agencies lack clear policies about when and how they should be used.</p>
<p>Source Charlotte.com</p>
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		<title>Lupe Fiasco_ Paris Tokyo &#8211; The Cool</title>
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		<title>Another Taser Death&#8230;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is so much that I can say about this situation but theres no need for my rants and raves &#8230; this story and many many others speak for themselves. The cops are the new gangs and they can kill and get away with it&#8230;
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WINNFIELD, Louisiana (CNN) &#8212; A police officer shocked a handcuffed Baron [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blackdiamondent.wordpress.com&blog=1074253&post=477&subd=blackdiamondent&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>There is so much that I can say about this situation but theres no need for my rants and raves &#8230; this story and many many others speak for themselves. The cops are the new gangs and they can kill and get away with it&#8230;</p>
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<p><strong>WINNFIELD, Louisiana (CNN)</strong> &#8212; A police officer shocked a handcuffed Baron &#8220;Scooter&#8221; Pikes nine times with a Taser after arresting him on a cocaine charge.</p>
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He stopped twitching after seven, according to a coroner&#8217;s report. Soon afterward, Pikes was dead.</p>
<p>Now the officer, since fired, could end up facing criminal charges in Pikes&#8217; January death after medical examiners ruled it a homicide.</p>
<p>Dr. Randolph Williams, the Winn Parish coroner, told CNN the 21-year-old sawmill worker was jolted so many times by the 50,000-volt Taser that he might have been dead before the last two shocks were delivered.</p>
<p>Williams ruled Pikes&#8217; death a homicide in June after extensive study.</p>
<p>Winn Parish District Attorney Christopher Nevils said he will decide on any charges against the ex-officer, Scott Nugent, once a Louisiana State Police report on the case is complete. <span class="cnnEmbeddedMosLnk"><img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/tabs/video.gif" border="0" alt="Video" width="16" height="14" /><span style="font-size:xx-small;"> </span><a href="http://blackdiamondent.wordpress.com/wp-admin/#cnnSTCVideo"><strong><span style="font-size:xx-small;color:#ca0002;">Watch coroner describe how cop might&#8217;ve Tasered a dead man »</span></strong></a></span></p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s taken several months for this case to even be properly addressed, so one has to wonder, why did it take so long?&#8221; said Carol Powell Lexing, a lawyer for the Pikes family. &#8220;Obviously, a wrongful death occurred.&#8221;</p>
<p>Nugent&#8217;s lawyer, Phillip Terrell, said his client followed proper procedure to subdue a man who outweighed him by 100 pounds. But Williams said Pikes was already handcuffed and on the ground when first hit with the Taser, after the 247-pound suspect was slow to follow police orders to get up.</p>
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<p>Source CNN &#8211; <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/22/taser.death/index.html">http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/22/taser.death/index.html</a></p>
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<h1>Officer suspended over Taser death</h1>
<h2>Stun gun used after teen confronted store managers</h2>
<h3>Cleve R. Wootson Jr.</h3>
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<h2>In this Food Lion surveillance video footage released by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, Officer Jerry Dawson aims a Taser at Darryl Wayne Turner.</h2>
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<p><!-- END /pubsys/production/story/story_assets.comp -->A Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer has been suspended for violating policy when he shocked a teen with a Taser gun for about 37 seconds, contributing to the teen&#8217;s death.</p>
<p>Police announced Wednesday that Officer Jerry Dawson Jr. held the Taser trigger until 17-year-old Darryl Turner fell to the floor during a confrontation at a north Charlotte grocery store. The officer later shocked Turner a second time for five seconds.</p>
<p>Turner, who worked at the grocery store, died from cardiac arrest. The autopsy showed the teenager&#8217;s heart was pumping so fast and chaotically from the stress of the confrontation and the Taser shot that it stopped pumping blood properly.</p>
<p>“We have deep regret and sympathy for that family. Officer Dawson also is in a great deal of pain,” said Deputy Chief Ken Miller, who oversees training. “Nobody feels good about the outcome.”</p>
<p>Prosecutors announced last week they would not charge Dawson, and found his use of force appropriate under N.C. law.</p>
<p>But police suspended Dawson, a 15-year veteran, for five days without pay. They released a surveillance video from the store Wednesday and more details about the March 20 confrontation.</p>
<p>Dawson, 39, will receive additional training on the proper use of a Taser.</p>
<p>His suspension follows an internal affairs investigation and a private hearing Tuesday before a review board of his supervisors, internal affairs investigators and a civilian.</p>
<p>“After a thorough review of the evidence, the board determined that the initial decision to discharge the Taser was within our procedures, but the prolonged use of the Taser was not,” police said.</p>
<p>A Taser is a weapon that typically uses compressed nitrogen to shoot two tethered needle-like probes that penetrate skin and deliver an electric shock. It&#8217;s designed to temporarily subdue a person.</p>
<p>CMPD teaches officers to pull and immediately release the Taser trigger to deliver a five-second shock. Officers may repeatedly pull the trigger in extreme circumstances when necessary to control a suspect. Holding down the trigger violates department policy.</p>
<p>Police said they&#8217;re reviewing their Taser policies.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.charlotte.com/112/story/715605.html">http://www.charlotte.com/112/story/715605.html</a></p>
<p>Source Charlotte.com</p>
<p>A day after the NYPD announced it may issue stun devices to its entire force, a 26-year-old Brooklyn man died in the Hamptons when he swallowed some cocaine to hide it from cops &#8211; and was Tasered to cough it up.</p>
<p>Suffolk County Police were awaiting autopsy results but said they believed the large amount of coke ingested by the man &#8211; and not the stun gun &#8211; caused his death.</p>
<p>Tony Bradway was busted by Southampton Town Police at 10 a.m. Monday. Officers went to a house on an unrelated case and said they spotted a plastic bag with white powder.</p>
<p>When Bradway started to gulp down the powder, a cop Tasered him twice.</p>
<p>Bradway later went into cardiac arrest and died.</p>
<p>The death came on the heels of a study that showed NYPD cops could have avoided 5 percent of shootings if equipped with Tasers.</p>
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		<title>Jim Jones Talks Koch &#8211; Max B- New Business Ventures</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Blazzin Video of the Week &#8211; DJ Khaled &#8211; Out Here Grinding</title>
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		<title>They Set Brittany Up!</title>
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