The Daily Populous

Sunday April 30th, 2017 day edition

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MINNEAPOLIS – The man who shot five Black Lives Matter protesters in 2015 has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, reports CBS Minnesota.

Allen Scarsella, 25, and some friends got into an argument with some protesters who were demonstrating outside Minneapolis' 4th Precinct police station after the shooting death of Jamar Clark by one of their officers.

He was convicted in February of a dozen felony counts of assault and riot.

Scarsella, who has been in county jail for nearly 18 months, addressed Judge Hilary Lindell Caligiuri and asked for probation.

"The incident touched so many lives and everybody who was involved is now worse off for it.".

One of the shooting victims, Cameron Clark, who is the cousin of the late Jamar Clark, said he is still dealing with physical and emotional pain from the shooting.

"All of that was lies and he was just trying to make the judge have some sympathy for him," he Clark. »

Hamilton retiree uses electric fence to jump-start heart

Authored by nzherald.co.nz

A Hamilton man has taken Kiwi ingenuity to a whole new level after using his neighbour's 8000 volt electric fence to jump-start his heart.

Kicking off his boots, he put the back of his hand on the fence to give himself an electric shock.

Dr Gerry Devlin, medical director at the Heart Foundation of NZ, said using an 8000 volt electric fence was "completely inappropriate" and would deliver a large bolt. »

Seth Rogen & The Lonely Island Making Fyre Festival-Like Movie

Authored by screenrant.com

Seth Rogen and The Lonely Island are teaming up for a movie about a music festival that goes horribly wrong.

With the recent disaster of rapper Ja Rule’s Fyre Festival making headlines, both Rogen and The Lonely Island took to Twitter to reveal that they are in fact, making a movie “about a music festival that goes horribly wrong.”

This seems like a good time to mention the movie we are making with @thelonelyisland about a music festival that goes HORRIBLY WRONG. »

Overcoming Prejudice with Agape-Love

Authored by arigiddesignator.wordpress.com

Whenever we use prejudice, we run the risk of making mistakes, but the chances of error are usually pretty low.

The most important example of agape-love overcoming prejudice is Dostoyevsky’s solution to the dilemma presented by the Grand Inquisitor.

Alyosha’s encounter with Greshenka is another example of agape-love overcoming a prejudice. »