Video: Catholic HS football coach punches player during game. Coach now out of a job.



An assistant coach for a Catholic high school football team in Florida was caught on video punching a player during a game last week — and that coach is now out of a job.

What are the details?

The unnamed assistant coach for Jesuit High School in Tampa was seen striking one his players on the helmet as the player ran off the field toward the sideline during Friday night's contest against rival Tampa Catholic, WTVT-TV reported.

The defensive player wearing a number 94 jersey appeared to be trying to exit the field of play before the ball was snapped, the Tampa Bay Times said, adding the assistant coach appeared to strike the player with a closed hand.

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Jesuit High's head coach, Matt Thompson, did not identify the assistant Saturday night and would say only that “the matter is being addressed," the paper reported.

However, school president Rev. Richard C. Hermes, S.J., issued the following statement about the incident:

I am writing to make you aware of an incident that occurred this past Friday night during the Jesuit home football game. Between plays on the field, one of our part-time assistant coaches struck a Jesuit player on the helmet as the player was coming off the field and onto the sideline.

This behavior contradicts what the school stands for and is completely contrary to the expectation we have for coaches, moderators, and faculty members, who are to be role models for our students and mentors in their development as young men.

We have reached out to the student, who was not injured in the incident, and to his family. We have met with the coach and informed him that he will no longer be coaching Jesuit football or assisting the school in any other capacity.

The mission of Jesuit is to provide a Christian formation and education for our students. This requires that we maintain an environment for them that is safe, supportive, and conducive to their well-being and growth. This standard applies to all activities, inside and outside the classroom. We are reviewing our internal procedures and staff training to ensure that this standard is upheld by all Jesuit personnel, full-time and part-time.

Thank you for your prayers and encouragement in helping us to better fulfill our mission.

Jesuit won the game 66-35 and will host Pinellas Park (6-4) in the opening round of the Class 3M, Region 2 playoffs Friday, the Times reported.

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Ex-NFL player suspected in murder of doctor, doctor's wife, their 2 grandchildren, and an HVAC worker



Authorities are still searching for a motive after they say former NFL player Phillip Adams went to the home of Dr. Robert Lesslie of Rock Hill, South Carolina, on Wednesday, fatally shooting the physician along with the doctor's wife, two of their grandchildren, and an HVAC technician who was working at the couple's home.

Another repairman was also shot in the attack and is currently hospitalized.

Adams, 32, then took his own life as law enforcement sought to coax him out of his father's home during a standoff the next day, authorities said.

What are the details?

"There's nothing right now that makes sense to us," York County Sheriff Kevin Tolson said at a news conference Thursday, according to the Associated Press.

The outlet reported:

Dr. Robert Lesslie, 70, and his wife, Barbara, 69, were pronounced dead in their home in Rock Hill along with grandchildren Adah Lesslie, 9, and Noah Lesslie, 5, the York County coroner's office said.

A man who had been working at the Lesslie home, James Lewis, 38, from Gaston, was found shot to death outside. A sixth victim, Robert Shook, 38, of Cherryville, North Carolina, was flown to a Charlotte hospital, where he was in critical condition "fighting hard for his life," said a cousin, Heather Smith Thompson.

Lesslie and his wife were married for at least 35 years.

The Washington Post reported that the York County Sheriff's Office confirmed "that the gunman was Phillip Adams, a former NFL player who killed himself early Thursday after an hours-long search by police." The York County coroner said Adams, who was from Rock Hill, died of a "self-inflicted gunshot wound."

Adams' father, Alonzo Adams, told local outlet WCNC-TV of his son, "I can say he's a good kid. I think the football messed him up."

"I don't think he ever did anybody any harm," Alonzo Adams told the station, adding that he knew the Lesslie family. "All I can say is we pray for the family. He used to be my doctor a long time ago. I know they were good folks down there. We're gonna keep them in our prayers."

Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) told WBTV-TV in the aftermath, that his understanding from law enforcement was that Dr. Lesslie was treating Adams, and "stopped giving him medicine, and that's what triggered the killings."

NEW: @RepRalphNorman tells me his understanding is that Dr. Robert Lesslie was treating Phillip Adams and had stopp… https://t.co/43j0s4JdyY
— Alex Giles WBTV (@Alex Giles WBTV)1617904665.0

Anything else?

Fox News reported that Adams played six seasons in the NFL for six different teams.

The outlet noted that Adams "last played in the NFL with the Atlanta Falcons in 2015. He was a seventh-round pick of the San Francisco 49ers in 2010. He then played for the New England Patriots, Seattle Seahawks, Oakland Raiders and New York Jets."

China, North Korea trash US during UN human rights review: 'Severe religious intolerance and xenophobic violence'



During a recent review by the United Nations Human Rights Council, representatives from China, Saudi Arabia, and North Korea lashed out at the United States over issues of alleged human rights abuses, citing "severe religious intolerance and xenophobic violence" among other infractions.

In the latest episode of "Slightly Offens*ve," host Elijah Schaffer and guest Christian Walker, son of football legend Herschel Walker, questioned the authority (not to mention audacity) of these countries to lecture America on our human rights records.

For example, China's representative "urged [U.S.] politicians to respect people's rights to life and health, and stop politicizing and stigmatizing COVID-19," and "combat the increasingly severe religious intolerance and xenophobic violence." This coming from a communist regime that allegedly covered up the coronavirus outbreak and persecutes their own country's population of Muslim Uighurs, is more than a little bit ironic.

Then there's Saudi Arabia, who's representative recommended that the U.S. "enhance laws and legislation based on the abolition of all forms of discrimination, racism and hatred," including "religion and creed." For the record, Saudi Arabia forbids the public practice of any religion other than Islam. A 2019 "Report on International Religious Freedom" reported the beheading a 6-year-old boy because he was Shia.

"And don't even get me started on North Korea," Christian said.

North Korea's delegate accused America of operating 'illegal US secret detention facilities" and called for an "end [of] the violations by US forces in foreign lands." The hypocrisy would be laughable if not for the utterly horrific reports of human rights abuses coming out of North Korea.

Elijah and Christian argued this is just the latest attempt to distract America, and that the media is trying really hard to change our focus from a Joe Biden administration to yet another discussion of how racist America has become.

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