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ilovedig · 2 years ago

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I still really want to know what Paul was sick with, cause every account says stomach flu, but this is Paul, who was sick like that constantly, no way he'd cancel the show for that. So what actually happened?

November 12, 1963 – The Beatles postpone both of their performances in Portsmouth due to Paul being sick with with gastric flu.

Local doctor John Langmaid was called to the Guildhall theatre after The Beatles had finished a brief two-and-a-half-minute interview with Jeremy James for Day By Day. Shortly thereafter press officer Charles Gillet announced the shows had been cancelled.

Dr. John Langmaid’s account of that day:

“I was a family doctor in Southsea having joined my father’s previously single-handed practice in 1962. On the morning of 12 November I had been called to visit a young girl patient of mine who had had a bad attack of asthma - I think she was 12 years old, or thereabouts. She had a ticket for the Beatles concert that evening and there were floods of tears when I said that she wasn’t well enough to go. Later in the day I was told by my secretary that there had been a phone call from the Guildhall requesting me to go there as soon as possible to see one of the Beatles. When I arrived, I was taken in via a back entrance and thence upstairs to a room where Paul McCartney was lying down on what I think was a settee. The other members of the group were in the same room and I remember John Lennon pacing up and down looking rather anxious. I examined Paul and prescribed some medicine. It was quite clear to me that there was no way that the poor chap would be able to perform that evening, so the show was cancelled - much, as I imagine, to the relief of all of them! The following morning, I visited him again at the Royal Beach Hotel and found him looking and feeling much better. I remember saying that it would be OK for them to travel onward that day. I was thanked politely and then fought my way out through a barrage of press reporters in the hotel lobby. I then visited the girl I had seen the previous morning. I was greeted by a beaming child who thanked me for cancelling the Beatles’ concert and wanted to know whether the stethoscope I used to examine her was the one I had used for Paul!

— From The Beatles 1963 by Dafydd Rees (2022)

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orbemnews · 3 years ago

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New videos show the 4-minute sequence in which Ronald Greene is tased and dragged from his car The footage comes from cameras that were used by Lt. John Clary, Trooper Chris Hollingsworth, Trooper Kory York and Trooper Dakota DeMoss, who are White. Greene’s family said they were told by LSP that Greene died in a car crash, but the videos tell a different story of what happened on the night of May 10, 2019, near the city of Monroe. According to the LSP’s initial report of Greene’s death, he was taken into custody after “resisting arrest and a struggle with Troopers.” The report said Greene died while on route to hospital. But the videos offer a more detailed account of the encounter, with footage showing parts of the car chase as well as the four-minute sequence between when police open Greene’s car and when he’s handcuffed on the ground. New video shows how quickly police began tasing and beating The cameras provide audio of the tense radio transmissions describing the moments in the chase. At no point in any of the videos released are there images of Greene’s car as he’s fleeing from police. The attempts to pull Greene from his vehicle can be seen and heard on DeMoss’ camera. “OK, OK, OK officer — Lord Jesus,” can be heard and a Taser can be seen going off while Greene is still in the car. “OK, OK. I’m sorry. I’m scared. Officer, I’m scared, I’m your brother, I’m scared,” Greene says as at least two troopers attempt to drag him out of the vehicle. At one point from DeMoss’ camera, a trooper says, “He’s bigger than me, He’s bigger than me” as Greene and a trooper wrestle on the ground. The camera goes on to show a struggle as officers attempt to handcuff Greene. A trooper appears to put Greene in a chokehold as they wrestle on the ground, and Greene lies there while another trooper continues to tase him as he’s restrained by the other trooper. Greene wails as he lies face down on the ground while one trooper sits on top of him, pressing his hand onto the back of Greene’s neck and punching him in the face, the video shows. Another trooper tries to handcuff him and punches his lower back, according to the footage. Almost four minutes elapse from the moment troopers open Greene’s car door until he is fully handcuffed, as seen in the footage. Taser prongs can be seen embedded in Greene’s skin as his shirt lifts up while troopers curse and wrestle to pull his arms behind his back. The troopers appear to stop beating Greene after they handcuff and leave him on the ground face down. As they walk away, one says, “You stupid motherf****r,” as Greene continues to cry out. Audio from Hollingsworth’s body camera revealed a telephone exchange inside his patrol vehicle after the beating. He begins by saying Greene was drunk. “And I beat the ever-living f*** out of him, choked him and everything else trying to get him under control and we finally got him in handcuffs when a third man got there and the son of a bitch was still fighting and we was still wrestling with him trying to hold him down because he was spitting blood everywhere,” Hollingsworth says in the video. “And then all of a sudden he just went limp,” Hollingsworth said. “They took pleasure in torturing my son,” mom says Jay McGowan, Greene’s brother-in-law, described Greene as “a respectful man” and “a good guy” who almost immediately expressed remorse and apologized to the officers for leading them on a chase. McGowan on Saturday recalled his last conversation with Greene days before his death. The two men talked about starting a program to feed the homeless. Greene’s mother, Mona Hardin, told CNN Saturday that her family has been subjected by authorities to an “ongoing narrative of incomplete answers,” with police not even able to tell them why troopers attempted to pull her son over in the first place. She said the family came away with more questions than answers after state officials in September showed them brief silent parts of the video made public this week. “I did ask at the time, ‘Where’s the rest of it, and why are we looking at footage with no sound to it?'” she said. “I want to see what happened. I want to see that. I want to see why. … They allowed us to walk out of there not having answers.” As for the newly released video, Hardin said, “What I saw was that he was not meant to leave alive. He was going to be killed.” Hardin told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Friday that she believes that the LSP tried to cover up what happened to her son. She said state police initially said her son died when his car crashed into a tree after a police pursuit. “It’s been a battle from the moment we heard of (his death),” Hardin said. “There’s no words for how mad I am. I’m disgusted. “They took pleasure in torturing my son. They took pleasure in hurting him, beating and killing him and letting him stay on the ground,” Hardin said. An attorney for the family, Lee Merritt, told CNN Saturday that the family believes the case would never have received attention had portions of police body camera video not been leaked. “But for this leak, that would have been the end of the Ronald Greene story,” Merritt said. Merritt said the case showed why it is important for video evidence to be released. “When law enforcement alone are the only persons with access to critical evidence like this kind of video, the process is to minimize the conduct, to keep it out of the eyes of the public, and to protect the police officers,” Merritt said. “Once it gets out into the hands of the public, that public pressure turns out to be very effective in moving elected officials to hold police officers accountable.” Another attorney for the family, Ron Haley, said the troopers should be arrested. “Everyone that put their hands on Ronald Greene should be arrested and two minutes after they are arrested, anyone that participated in the cover-up should follow them right into the jail cell,” Haley told CNN. Haley said Saturday that the troopers “took it upon themselves to be judge, jury and executioner.” “They just could not get their story straight,” Haley told CNN, referring to the police. “It did not add up to the physicians. It did not add up to the coroner, and there needs to be a deeper dive in this investigation.” Greene’s family filed a federal wrongful death suit on May 6, 2020. The lawsuit cites a Glenwood Medical Center emergency room physician who allegedly noted that differing accounts about what happened to Greene did not “add up.” Autopsy says Greene’s death was “inconsistent” with car crash An autopsy from the Union Parish Coroner’s Office states in its opinion section that lacerations of Greene’s head were “inconsistent with motor vehicle collision injury and most consistent with multiple impacts from a blunt object.” The report also says, “no written incident report was provided despite requests” and that “no detailed information regarding the motor vehicle collision … was provided. It notes that “no emergency services medical records were provided” to the coroner’s office. “Whether this injury is due to trauma from the motor vehicle collision, subsequent struggle, or is resuscitative in nature cannot be stated with certainty. These findings can be associated with motor vehicle collision, but may also be seen in other circumstances, including inflicted injury during a struggle and/or related to resuscitative efforts (CPR),” the report said. There were significant levels of cocaine and alcohol in Greene’s blood, the report says. The AP reported last year that Union Parish Coroner Renee Smith said Greene’s death was ruled accidental and was attributed to cardiac arrest. CNN has reached out to the coroner’s office for comment on the report. The autopsy does not list the manner of death, meaning whether it was accidental, homicide, natural causes, suicide or undetermined. CNN’s Chris Boyette, Ryan Young, Jamiel Lynch, Alta Spells, Hollie Silverman, Madeline Holcombe, Steve Almasy, Theresa Waldrop, Maggie Fox and Virginia Langmaid contributed to this report. Source link Orbem News #4minute #car #dragged #Greene #Ronald #RonaldGreene:Newvideosshowthe4-minutesequenceinwhichGreeneistasedanddraggedfromhiscar-CNN #sequence #Show #tased #us #videos

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dipulb3 · 4 years ago

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Minneapolis and other US cities increase security ahead of Derek Chauvin trial verdict

New Post has been published on https://appradab.com/minneapolis-and-other-us-cities-increase-security-ahead-of-derek-chauvin-trial-verdict/

Minneapolis and other US cities increase security ahead of Derek Chauvin trial verdict

The verdict in one of the most closely watched police brutality trials in decades could come next week as the Minneapolis metropolitan area and other cities reel from police-involved deaths, including the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright by an officer in Brooklyn Center last weekend just miles from the courthouse.

Chicago has been on edge this week since authorities released body-worn camera footage showing an officer firing a single shot that killed 13-year-old Adam Toledo, who had been holding a handgun he appeared to ditch at the end of a foot chase, according to police.

A nationwide reckoning on policing and systemic racial injustice reignited by Floyd’s death last summer has prompted new, sometimes violent, protests this week.

Minneapolis Public Schools will move to remote learning starting on Wednesday in anticipation of a trial verdict, according a letter to students and parents from Superintendent Ed Graff.

Closing arguments will be delivered Monday in the trial of the former officer who neeled on Floyd’s neck and back for nine minutes and 29 seconds last May. Chauvin, 45, has pleaded not guilty to second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter charges.

Graff said all students will do distance learning from Wednesday through the end of the week. Athletic events and before and after school childcare will not take place.

“The racism and violence that has been highlighted in these tragic incidents may be widely discussed among some students in our schools,” Graff said in the letter posted on the school system’s website.

“As appropriate and as they are comfortable, teachers will give students the opportunity to process their feelings, how this feels to them personally and how they are impacted by having the eyes of the world on Minneapolis.”

In downtown Minneapolis, where the sequestered jury will hold deliberations, crews were seen this week installing razor wire around a police building. Similar measures were being taken at other police precincts, according to Minneapolis police spokesman John Elder.

National Guard troops have been deployed in parts of downtown Minneapolis.

Mayor Jacob Frey said before the trial that up to 2,000 National Guard members will be prepared to respond along with up to 1,100 law enforcement pooled from 12 other jurisdictions.

The Hennepin County Government Center has been surrounded by fencing and barricades since jury selection began last month.

Other US cities prepare for verdict and protests

In Los Angeles, police have stepped up community outreach efforts and planned to make additional officers available, according to Capt. Stacy Spell.

“We are also strongly encouraging that if those people who want to express themselves see something, that they say something,” he said. “We don’t want small groups of individuals with malicious intent to hijack what would otherwise be a peaceful demonstration.”

In San Francisco, police said discretionary days off for officers have been canceled and additional officers will be deployed.

The Atlanta Police Department said in a statement that it’s coordinating efforts with local, state, and federal law enforcement and have officers prepared to respond quickly.

In New York City, police were preparing for protests.

“We’re in constant, literally daily conversations,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said. “Obviously, so much will happen based on what the verdict is and how it’s expressed.”

NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea said the city has averaged 10 to 20 protests a day basically since last year. “It’s never really ended,” he told 1010 WINS radio on Wednesday.

“We’re just asking anyone that, that may come out to voice their, you know, concerns over this trial to let’s just work together, do it peacefully, no property damage and we’ll get all through it together,” Shea said.

The Philadelphia Police Department said it is prepared “with additional personnel to secure and patrol strategic locations.”

In the nation’s capital, the Metropolitan Police Department will be “fully activated with members on 12-hour shifts starting Monday,” according to spokesman Hugh Carew.

Appradab’s Josh Campbell, Dan Przygoda, Hollie Silverman, Christina Carrega, Rob Frehse, Virginia Langmaid, Cheri Mossburg, Stephanie Elam and Jennifer Henderson contributed to this report.

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stmaryredcliffe · 5 years ago

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Our Condolences to the family of Tom Langmaid whose funeral is 11am on Fri 5 July.

100th Birthday: Congratulations to Irene Bellamy who was 100 on 25th June. She was a Redcliffe Lunch Club member until moving into the Monica Wills Nursing Home. We celebrated with her in the Garden Room at Cote Lea Rd. Congratulations, Irene!

Pot Luck Lunch: Mon 1 July at 12.30pm; John & Sue Pickard’s home (ring for directions 0117 968 1375). All welcome; please bring sandwiches or fruit for 2.

Hymn Sing-a-Long is at Faithspace this month, on Wed, 3 July at 11.00am. Everyone is welcome, to sing and eat cake!

Choral Evensong on Sunday 7 July is a celebration of ten years of our girls choir.

St Mary Redcliffe Festival Eucharist at 10.30am – save the date - 14 July! A special all-age celebration service with baptisms, admission to communion, celebrating the end of the choir year and welcoming our new curate Aggy and her family, followed by a shared lunch.

Christmas Puddings need to be ordered before the end of July to get maximum discount for SMR and to arrive in time for Doors Open Day. Prices are: Large £8; Small £5; Indiv; £2. Please let Sue Pickard know asap by email: [email protected]; Tel: 0117 9681375 or personally to reserve one.

Summer Activities at SMR : two workshops on 24th & 31st July, from 10-12noon. The first one is called “Love and Protection: The gifts of Creation” and it’s all about looking after God’s earth. We’ll be playing with water (outside, of course) and doing stuff with plastic, and there’ll be a range of art activities too. The second one is “Faith and Justice: the sing-along” and it’s going to be all about music. For more details, contact Becky: [email protected].

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Honorary Canon: The Bishop of Bristol has invited me to become an Honorary Canon of Bristol Cathedral which is not just a nice surprise, but a sign of her commitment to the life of St Mary Redcliffe and the relationship we have with the diocese. The service of installation is on Tuesday 30 July at 5.15pm and all are welcome to attend. Dan Tyndall.

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