Bring That Week Back: Bill Cosby Meme Request Backfires
Plus, man is “delivered” from homosexuality in viral video.
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Bill Cosby Meme Request Backfires - Man is “delivered” from homosexuality in viral video, plus more national news. — Natelege Whaley (@Natelege_) On Monday, comedian Bill Cosby tweeted his followers and asked them to turn him into a meme using the website BillCosby.com/CosbyMeme. What followed were memes that brought Cosby’s rape and sexual assault allegations to the surface. “I just Googled 'Bill Cosby' and 'Rape,'” one meme said. “Define 'drugged,'" said another. “Over a dozen women have accused me of being hilarious,” was also another meme. (Photo: Myka Fox via Twitter)
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Man Says He’s ‘Delivered’ From Homosexuality, Video Goes Viral - A video of a man shouting that he has been “delivered” from his homosexuality has taken the Internet by storm. In the clip, an unnamed man is shown in a church during the 107th Holy Convocation for the Church of God in Christ convention. “I’m not gay no more. I’ve been delivered. I don’t like mens no more,” he shouts. (Photo: COGicminister2 via YouTube.com)
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Charges Dropped Against Slapper in Fight Shown on Viral Video - Jorge Pena, 25, plans to sue the New York City MTA after he was arrested for slapping a woman who had hit him in the head with a shoe and harassed him on an uptown F train. Danay Howard, 21, can be shown provoking Pena about his clothing. Charges were dropped against Pena. But misdeamor assault charges still remain against Kevin Gil and Shanique Campbell. Howard was charged with felony assault, the Daily News reports. (Photo: MrDratliff23 via YouTube.com)
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Woman Donates Baked Goods to Homeless - Latrina Wilcher, who never had a home to call her own after growing up in orphanages and living on the street, is now giving back to those less fortunate, one "Sweet Tri" at a time. Wilcher's pastry company hands out pies, cakes, cookies and other treats once a month to the homeless on Los Angeles's skid row. The 26-year-old's company was featured on Good Morning America Thursday. (Photo: Sweet Tri Pastries)
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Syreeta Myers Speaks Out on Her Son's Death - Vonderrit Myers Jr.’s mother Syreeta Myers made a statement on her 18-year-old son's death. "I want the world to know that my son may have made some wrong decisions, but he was not an animal; he was not just out on the street doing bad things,” she told NewsOne. In October, her son was fatally shot by police in St. Louis and was portrayed in the media as a “gun-toting thug.” (Photo:News One)
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Lincoln U. President Accused of Sexism - The president of Lincoln University is in hot water over his comments about rape on the campus of the HBCU. “Don’t put yourself in a situation that would cause you to be trying to explain something that really needs no explanation had you not put yourself in that situation,” he said during an annual women-only convocation at the school. Robert R. Jennings told male students that, “No means no and that even if it is consensual, one should [refrain] from engaging in something that could alter their future,” according to the university. (Photo: Fire Jennings via YouTube.com)
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Army Apologizes, Drops Use of Word 'Negro' - The U.S. Army is no longer using the term “Negro” in their “Army Command Policy,” where it was originally used up until last Thursday. This follows outrage from critics who called out the military organization for approving Negro as “OK to use.” (Photo: REUTERS/Erik De Castro)
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Three Men Arrested for Using Social Media to Lure, Rape Women - Miramar, Florida, police arrested Britton Blackwood, 19, Frankie Lee Gatlin Jr., 20, and Kinshon Johnekins, 19, in connection to at least four rapes. “They robbed, raped and terrorized women,” police spokeswoman Tania Rues said, according to the Sun-Sentinel. The men targeted women they exchanged messages with on social media. They are charged with sexual battery, false imprisonment, robbery and multiple related charges. (Photo: BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE)
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Teacher Placed on Unpaid Leave for Racial Ferguson Tweet - "Who the [expletive] made you dumb duck [expletive] crackers think I give a squat [expletive] about your opinions about my opinions RE: Ferguson? Kill yourselves." This was the tweet that got English teacher Vinita Hegwood of Duncanville High School in Texas in trouble. School officials put Hegwood on administrative leave without pay. Hegwood’s account has been shut down since, according to USA Today. (Photo: ABC NEWS8 WFAA-TV)