School resource officer caught on video punching motorist in face; later he seems to deny it — but other cops bring receipts



An off-duty Connecticut middle school resource officer was caught on video punching a motorist in the face late last year, WTIC-TV reported.

Thing is, when fellow police officers confronted Allen Ganter about the incident, their bodycam video shows him appearing to play dumb about the punch.

Then the officers told him it was caught on camera, the station reported.

What are the details?

WTIC said a tip came in about the Dec. 8 incident, and the station obtained video of it after filing a Freedom of Information request.

Thomas Brocuglio, 37, was driving his company vehicle with the dash camera recording when he approached a Toyota Tacoma ahead of him at a red light at the intersection of France Street and Cromwell Avenue in Rocky Hill, WTIC said.

“What are we doing?” Brocuglio asked, honking his horn, expecting the Tacoma driver to make a right turn.

Image source: YouTube screenshot

“Wait all f**kin' day!” Brocuglio yelled, according to his dashcam. The station said Brocuglio soon gave the finger to the driver of the truck.

Then Ganter — a 57-year-old corporal with the Meriden police force who was off-duty at the time — exited the Tacoma and approached Brocuglio's vehicle while flashing his badge.

Image source: YouTube screenshot

Ganter — who has more than 20 years of law enforcement experience, the station said — was about to make his first head-scratching mistake.

“You can’t take a right on red, you a**hole,” Ganter told Brocuglio, according to WTIC.

Problem for Ganter was that the sign doesn't communicate that — and Brocuglio picked up on Ganter's gaffe right away.

“Really? Where does it say that? It says 'stop here on red,'” Brocuglio replied. Motorists can turn right on red when a sign says stop here on red.

Ganter soon was taking photos of Brocuglio’s license plates; Brocuglio accused Ganter of being on his phone; and Ganter then threatened to ticket Broculglio and call his supervisor, WTIC reported.

“Sure. Sounds good,” Brocuglio replied. “Let me get your badge number.”

Instead, Brocuglio got a knuckle sandwich. The station said Ganter punched Brocuglio in the face. That was the cop's second mistake.

Image source: YouTube screenshot

The station said Ganter cursed at Brocuglio and asked him, "Who do you think you are ...? Do you want to get arrested?”

A shocked-looking Brocuglio answered, “You are going to get arrested for assaulting a civilian.”

The tables turn

WTIC said Ganter drove off, and Brocuglio called 911, telling the dispatcher, “I was just assaulted by a police officer. He punched me in the face through my window."

Rocky Hill Police responded and generated an incident report saying the punch left Brocuglio “dazed and possibly concussed," the station said.

What's more, Rocky Hill Police bodycam video shows them confronting Ganter at his residence, WTIC reported.

“Is he pressing charges against me like for breach because I yelled at him and stuff?” Ganter asked one Rocky Hill officer.

Image source: YouTube screenshot

“For assault because you hit him,” the Rocky Hill officer answered.

“He’s saying that I hit him?” Ganter replied.

Image source: YouTube screenshot

Let's just call that mistake number three.

“Yeah," the Rocky Hill officer answered. "And he has video that you hit him."

Amazingly, Ganter asked the Rocky Hill officers if he could charge Broculgio: “There's nothing where I can press for breach for him yelling at me, whatever it is?”

Charged

Ganter — a school resource officer for Thomas Edison Middle School in Meriden — was charged with breach of peace and third-degree assault, WTIC said.

Internal affairs found Ganter violated the department's conduct rules, was suspended without pay for five days, and was required to attend de-escalation training for three consecutive years, the station said.

"At the time Corporal Ganter was placed on administrative duty, he was also removed from his assignment as a School Resource Officer, and as a result of the discipline which was rendered as a part of the IA investigation, Corporal Ganter was permanently removed from his assignment as an SRO," the department added in its statement to WTIC.

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In Canada, School Board Members With Traditional Values Get Tormented Out Of Elected Office

Francine Champagne and Monique LaGrange were forced out of their elected positions after expressing views counter to the woke mob.

Video: Buffalo Bills defensive end appears to hit Philly Eagles fan who was heckling visiting Bills from stands during game



Cellphone video appears to show a Buffalo Bills defensive end hitting a Philadelphia Eagles fan who was heckling Bills players from the stands during Sunday night's game in the City of Brotherly Love — an incident that promises only to deepen Philly sports fans' notorious reputation as rowdy, obnoxious trash-talkers.

Now, they may be known as literal game-changers, as an NFL source told the Philadelphia Inquirer that the Bills player in question likely will be fined and probably suspended.

What are the details?

Video shows four Bills players walking from their bench to the stands to confront an Eagles fan. Bills defensive tackle Jordan Phillips — who stands 6 feet, 6 inches tall, weighs 341 pounds, and wears the number 97 jersey — gets into the face of the fan, who continues to yell from the stands while holding what appears to be a Miller Lite beer can.

Lawson — who stands 6 feet, 3 inches tall, weighs 265 pounds, and wears the number 90 jersey — is just behind and to the right of Phillips and is seen appearing to strike the fan with his right hand as the hooting and hollering intensify. Content warning: F-bombs and raised middle fingers:

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The fan didn't appear to suffer any injury, the paper said, and the Bills players walked back to their bench after the altercation. If the fan's words managed to damage the Bills' egos, the Eagles players delivered the bigger blow, coming from behind and beating the visiting Bills 37-34 in overtime.

Eagles fan Becca Cavalier, who recorded the video, told the Buffalo News she believes the confrontation took place during the first quarter.

"I'm not sure exactly what happened that led to them all coming over," Cavalier added to the Buffalo News, noting that Phillips "and the fan in the video were chirping at each other a lot the whole game, but I couldn't really hear what was being said."

The Buffalo News said neither the Bills nor the NFL immediately responded Sunday night when asked for comment. The Inquirer said the Eagles early Monday morning had not responded to its request for comment.

Anything else?

Eagles fans are well known for their, er, enthusiasm:

  • About a half-hour before the Eagles faced off against the Kansas City Chiefs in last season's Super Bowl, a handful of Eagles fans were caught on video tipping over a car — the kind of thing that happens after a victory; the Eagles lost the Super Bowl.
  • Last season, Eagles fans reportedly booed first lady Jill Biden — who grew up nearby in New Jersey and was an honorary captain for the home game — and hollered expletive-laded chants about President Joe Biden.
  • Oh, and NFL players in an anonymous poll indicated that Eagles fans are the most obnoxious in the game.

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Massachusetts School Counselors Suspended After Allegations Of ‘Misgendering,’ Prayer, And ‘Religious Comments’

'While the law prohibits discrimination based on sex, it also prohibits discrimination based on religious beliefs,' the counselors' lawyer told The Federalist.

NBA star Kyrie Irving suspended without pay over failure to 'say he has no antisemitic beliefs'; he's now 'unfit to be associated with the Brooklyn Nets'



Superstar NBA player Kyrie Irving was suspended for at least five games without pay Thursday by his team, the Brooklyn Nets, for failure to "unequivocally say he has no antisemitic beliefs," ESPN reported.

What's the background?

Irving posted a tweet last week that linked to the Amazon page of a movie titled "Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America," which is based on a 2015 book by the same name, the sports network reported in an earlier story.

ESPN said the movie contains "antisemitic tropes."

On Saturday night after a loss to the Indiana Pacers, Irving was asked why his tweet is still active.

"I'm not here to argue over a person or a culture or a religion and what they believe," Irving said, according to ESPN. "Nah, this is what's here. It's on a public platform. Did I do anything illegal? Did I hurt anybody? Did I harm anybody? Am I going out and saying that I hate one specific group of people? ... So I'm not going to stand down on anything that I believe in. I'm only going to get stronger, because I'm not alone. I have a whole army around me."

\u201cKyrie Irving addresses the backlash to his recent social media posts after Saturday night's game in Brooklyn.\u201d
— YES Network (@YES Network) 1667098549

Media full-court press

On Thursday of this week, Irving refused to apologize during a post-practice media session, the sports network reported, and said only that he meant no harm. Irving said some things in the movie are untrue, "but he didn't say he shouldn't have posted a link to it," ESPN wrote.

"I'm not the one who made the documentary," Irving said, according to the sports network.

ESPN added that Irving "didn't say no" when he was asked if he holds anti-Semitic beliefs.

"I cannot be anti-Semitic if I know where I come from," he said, according to the sports network.

Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt reacted by writing that "the answer to the question 'Do you have any antisemitic beliefs' is always 'NO' without equivocation. We took @KyrieIrving at his word when he said he took responsibility, but today he did not make good on that promise. Kyrie clearly has a lot of work to do," ESPN said.

The sports network added that during the press conference Irving "quickly grew defensive" and asked reporters "why they weren't asking questions about the history of black people in America, saying 300 million of his ancestors are buried in the country."

"I'm just proud of my heritage and what we've been through, and the fact that this has pinned me against the Jewish community and I'm here answering questions of whether or not I'm sorry or not about something I didn't create and was something I shared, and I'm telling everybody I'm taking responsibility, then that's where I sit," Irving said, according to ESPN.

Irving also was asked specifically about his beliefs regarding the Holocaust, the sports network said.

"Those falsehoods are unfortunate," he replied in reference to the movie, ESPN said. "And it's not that I don't believe in the Holocaust. I never said that. Never, ever have said it. It's not come out of my mouth. I never tweeted it. I never liked anything like it. So the Holocaust in itself is an event that means something to a large group of people that suffered something that could have been avoided."

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Suspension

After Irving's Thursday press conference, the Nets suspended him.

"We were dismayed today, when given an opportunity in a media session, that Kyrie refused to unequivocally say he has no antisemitic beliefs, nor acknowledge specific hateful material in the film. This was not the first time he had the opportunity — but failed — to clarify," the Nets said in a statement, according to ESPN. "Such failure to disavow antisemitism when given a clear opportunity to do so is deeply disturbing, is against the values of our organization, and constitutes conduct detrimental to the team. Accordingly, we are of the view that he is currently unfit to be associated with the Brooklyn Nets."

The Nets said Irving's suspension would last "until he satisfies a series of objective remedial measures that address the harmful impact of his conduct," the sports network said. The Nets' statement said the organization "made repeated attempts to work with Kyrie Irving to help him understand the harm and danger of his words and actions"

Despite Irving and the Nets announcing Wednesday that each, in conjunction with the ADL, would donate $500,000 to anti-hate causes, ESPN reported that following Irving's suspension, Greenblatt tweeted that "we were optimistic but after watching the debacle of a press conference, it's clear that Kyrie feels no accountability for his actions. @ADL cannot in good conscience accept his donation."

Apology

About four hours after his suspension, the sports network said Irving issued an apology on Instagram: "To all Jewish families and communities that are hurt and affected from my post, I am deeply sorry to have caused you pain, and I apologize. I initially reacted out of emotion to being unjustly labeled anti-Semitic, instead of focusing on the healing process of my Jewish brothers and sisters that were hurt from the hateful remarks made in the documentary. I want to clarify any confusion on where I stand fighting against anti-Semitism by apologizing for posting the documentary without context and a factual explanation outlining the specific beliefs in the documentary I agreed with and disagreed with. I had no intentions to disrespect any Jewish cultural history regarding the Holocaust or perpetuate any hate. I am learning from this unfortunate event and hope we can find understanding between us all."

Irving also said the movie "contained some false anti-Semitic statements, narratives, and language that were untrue and offensive to the Jewish race/religion, and I take full accountability and responsibly for my actions," ESPN said.

Anything else?

Irving was embroiled in controversy last season, too, when he was barred from Nets home games for not receiving the COVID-19 shot in defiance of New York City's vaccine mandate. Yet Irving still was allowed to enter the Nets' arena as a spectator and sit courtside, which only exacerbated the bad optics.

Finally, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced in March an exemption from NYC's vaccine mandate for city-based athletes and performers, and Irving was back playing home games.

'Fed up' middle schooler suspended after fighting back during physical attack; parents say she's been harassed, cyber-bullied with Instagram 'blackmail pages'



The parents of a California middle schooler said their teenage daughter was suspended after fighting back against her attacker — an altercation caught on cellphone video — and that she also has been subjected to harassment and cyber-bullying via "blackmail pages" on Instagram, KXTV-TV reported.

What are the details?

“They’re not quick when a child is being hurt or pummeled to jump in and save that child from embarrassment, pain, suffering,” the girl's father, Hunter Worsham, told KXTV.

Image source: YouTube screenshot

Worsham told the station sending his 14-year-old daughter back to Christa McAuliffe Middle School in Stockton isn't safe for her following the fight, during which, he said, she was punched multiple times.

What's more, despite his daughter being the victim of the attack, Worsham told KXTV the school also suspended her because she fought back.

“They told me that because my daughter didn’t walk away that she was being suspended as well, and I told the staff that my children will never take their eyes off of a threat,” he added to the station.

Krista Miramontez told KXTV her daughter has faced physical bullying and cyber-bullying since the start of the year — and also said students post "blackmail pages" on Instagram for their targets.

“They said horrible things. They said my daughter had STDs. They said that she was a ho, and from that point on, every day she'd go to school, she'd get called names by people she didn’t even know,” Miramontez told the station, adding that her daughter became "fed up."

Image source: YouTube screenshot

"One can only take so much harassment," the mother added to KXTV.

Worsham told the station, "I won't stand for it. I will not send my kids to any school and ever tell them it's OK to be somebody's doormat."

What did the school district have to say?

Lodi Unified School District released a statement to KXTV saying it "takes all concerns surrounding student safety seriously. Regarding a physical altercation that took place at Christa McAuliffe Middle this week, school site administration thoroughly investigated the incident and took appropriate action for those involved. We encourage our community to continue to share any safety concerns directly with our schools and district."

Anything else?

Worsham added to the station that parents should be proactive about checking with their children to make sure they feel safe at school.

“I’m trying to go about this in a way to inform others. I think it’s time to do a child check. Check with your children to see if they are being treated correctly at school," he told KXTV. "Nobody should have to sit there and be called racial slurs. Nobody should have to be touched if they don’t want to be touched.”

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Slapped with another temporary Twitter suspension, Libs of TikTok reiterates vow to sue if the social media giant ever issues permanent suspension



Twitter has slapped the Libs of TikTok account with another temporary suspension, and Libs of TikTok is warning again that it will pursue legal action if the social media company ever permanently suspends the account.

"Twitter has once again hit Libs of TikTok with a 7-day suspension for 'hateful conduct.' No specific tweets were flagged. We've since fired off another letter to Twitter (attached). They're on notice that we will sue them if they permanently suspend us," Seth Dillon tweeted on Wednesday.

\u201cBREAKING: Twitter has once again hit Libs of TikTok with a 7-day suspension for "hateful conduct." No specific tweets were flagged.\n\nWe've since fired off another letter to Twitter (attached). They're on notice that we will sue them if they permanently suspend us.\u201d
— Seth Dillon (@Seth Dillon) 1664393869

"Twitter claims I have violated their 'hateful conduct policy,' but like my last suspension, they have provided no explanation as to how I violated this policy," Libs of TikTok noted in a Substack post.

Chaya Raichik is the woman behind the Libs of TikTok account, which shares videos and other content to expose the actions and musings of the radical left, such as content related to radical leftist gender ideology.

"As you know, we represent journalist Chaya Raichik who reports under the name Libs of TikTok. This past Sunday, Twitter again wrongfully suspended our client's Twitter account for another seven days. We are writing Twitter once again to request that your company reinstate the @LibsofTikTok account," James R. Lawrence, III of Envisage Law wrote a September 27 letter to Vijaya Gadde of Twitter. "In this latest suspension, as with the last, Twitter did not specify the content your company deemed to violate its hateful conduct policy."

"If Twitter refuses to live up to its own words and aspirations, and permanently bans our client's account, LOTT will have no choice but to ask a court to order Twitter to live up to its own statements," the letter declared.

That letter follows a September 1 letter that also warned of legal action in the event that Twitter moves to permanently suspend the Libs of TikTok account.

"We write regarding Twitter's suspension of our client's Twitter account for alleged violations of your company's hateful conduct policy. We understand that the suspension is set to lapse on September 3. Nevertheless, we demand that Twitter immediately reinstate the account, which your company should have never suspended in the first place," the September 1 letter declared. "LOTT is not interested in litigating against Twitter, but rather in doing journalism. That said, if Twitter follows through on its threat to permanently suspend our client’s account, LOTT will have no choice but to sue Twitter. In addition to suing for breach of contract, our client would bring claims under California state law and the California Constitution."

\u201cLibs of TikTok has been locked out for \u201chateful conduct.\u201d\u201d
— Seth Dillon (@Seth Dillon) 1661651139

School nurse suspended over scathing post about unnamed girl, 11, on 'puberty blockers' and 'non-binary' students — and how it's kept 'secret' from parents



A Connecticut school nurse was placed on administrative leave this week over a scathing Facebook post about an unnamed 11-year-old girl on "puberty blockers" and "non-binary" students and their parents, most of whom have no idea what is happening with their children due to students and school staff keeping it a "secret" from them.

What are the details?

Leslie Torres-Rodriguez, superintendent of Hartford Public Schools, said in a Monday letter that the nurse's "inappropriate" comments about LGBTQ students in the district were posted in a Facebook group, and they "described private and personal details about a specific student."

However, the Daily Mail unearthed what it said is the nurse's post, and no student is named in it.

Still, Torres-Rodriguez said the post from the nurse — whom she didn't name due to privacy concerns — reflected values that are "totally inconsistent with what we stand for. HPS does not tolerate any language that could be harmful to our community.” She added that the nurse is on leave while the district conducts an investigation.

What did the nurse's post allegedly say?

The Daily Mail said the nurse was commenting on a local mom's group about school recommendations and advised that parents should "investigate the school system curriculum" as Connecticut "is a very socially liberal, gender-confused state."

The post added, "As a public school nurse, I have an 11yo female student on puberty blockers and a dozen identifying as non-binary, all but two keeping this as a secret from their parents with the help of teachers, [social workers], and [school] administration," the outlet said.

In addition the post said "teachers and [social workers] are spending 37.5 hours a week influencing your children, not necessarily teaching your children what YOU think is being taught," according to the Daily Mail.

The nurse also said "children are introduced to this confusion in kindergarten by the school [social worker] who 'teaches' social and emotional regulation and school expectations," the outlet reported.

Finally, the nurse wrote that the brain develops into the early 20s, so there are laws against adolescents using alcohol, vaping, and smoking tobacco and pot — "but it's OK to inject hormones into confused prepubescent children and perform genital mutilating surgery on adolescents! How incongruent is that thinking!" the Daily Mail said.

The outlet said its attempts to contact the nurse Tuesday were unsuccessful.

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HS staffer punished for grabbing female student who attacked him. Student was suspected of possessing gun — and one was found in her book bag after dust-up.



A Georgia high school athletic director was caught on video grabbing a female student who physically attacked him back in August.

Thing is, though, the student was suspected of having brought a gun to Tri-Cities High School that day — and sure enough, a gun was found in the student's book bag after the altercation, WAGA-TV reported.

However, the Fulton County School System didn't like that athletic director Kenneth Miller put his hands on the student, so the district fired Miller and then soon changed course and suspended him, WLTX-TV reported.

But Miller is fighting for his rights — and his supporters are calling him a hero for what he did.

What are the details?

Miller told WAGA that the principal on Aug. 20 called him to her office and told him to investigate reports that some students had guns on campus.

"During that process, we located guns," he told the station. "We saved lives."

Image source: WAGA-TV video screenshot

That day Miller was seen on video confronting an unidentified female student who was suspected of having brought a gun to school, WAGA said. According to WLTX, Miller said police were with him at the time.

Eyewitnesses reported the student was belligerent and aggressive, WAGA said, citing a personnel investigation report conducted by the district's Internal Affairs Department. WAGA added that police body cam video supported eyewitnesses' statements.

In the video in question — which is from a police body cam, WLTX said — the student smacked Miller's hands, knocking his phone to the floor.

Miller — fearing for his own safety, WAGA reported — grabbed the girl and backed her up to a wall. She soon was pushing Miller backward as well.

Image source: WAGA-TV video screenshot

After the altercation, a loaded gun was found in the girl's book bag, WAGA reported, adding that Miller said he located a second gun on campus that day, but it's unclear if the same girl was in possession of the second gun.

What happened next?

Miller's lawyer told WLTX the student was taken into custody, and Miller initially was fired — until the district eventually modified its decision and suspended him.

The district's internal investigation found Miller's conduct was unprofessional and in violation of both the Fulton County Board of Education Policy and the Georgia Professional Standard Commission's Code of Ethics for Georgia Educators, WAGA reported.

Miller doesn't see it that way.

"I don't feel like I did anything wrong," he told WLTX. "I only adhered to what Fulton County School Board Policy says you're allowed to do."

Miller's supporters are calling him a hero, WAGA said, and are none too pleased with the district's powers that be.

"I'm OK with him standing up for those children," supporter Kavon Smith Arnold told WAGA. "What I'm not OK with is him being railroaded, because at the end of the day teachers are put in very uncompromising positions to take care of our children."

Miller's lawyer told WLTX that "teachers get put in terribly dangerous situations, and they have to be supported by the school systems that employ them. Those teachers are our first line of defense against guns and other types of terrible violence that happens in schools."

Anything else?

Fulton County Schools offered the following statement to WLTX:

The district administration does not support Mr. Miller’s actions relating to this event and believes his conduct failed to meet the professional expectations it has for employees. Mr. Miller inappropriately intervened in a student matter being handled by school administrators and law enforcement. Mr. Miller acted outside of the scope of his authority and responsibilities. Mr. Miller’s conduct resulted in an escalation of a physical altercation with a student in crisis, which conflicts with district expectations to deescalate in these types of situations. Mr. Miller has not exhausted his due process rights at this time and remains on full, paid administrative leave. The district will not engage Mr. Miller or his attorneys in a public debate on this matter, but instead will allow the facts to drive the outcome of any related decision.

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'Kiss My A**': Dan Bongino unleashes on YouTube over the Big Tech giant's temporary suspension of his channel



Conservative commentator Dan Bongino sent a scathing email to YouTube after the company temporarily suspended his channel, concluding his message by writing "Respectfully Kiss My A**," before signing his name.

A YouTube spokesperson told the Daily Beast, "We removed a video for violating our policies on COVID-19 misinformation, specifically for comments that masks are useless, resulting in a first strike on the channel."

The Big Tech behemoth also suspended the channel's monetization "for repeatedly violating our Advertiser-Friendly Guidelines on harmful and dangerous acts."

One of the penalties for a first strike is that a channel cannot upload videos for one week.

Bongino did not mince words, lambasting the company as a "s**t platform," and noting that he is an investor in Rumble, a different platform that he said "respects free-speech."

BREAKING :\nYouTube just suspended Dan\u2019s channel for daring to question the mask fascists. \n\nI guess they were waiting for an apology from us. But that\u2019s not quite how it worked out for them. Here\u2019s Dan\u2019s email to \u201cCoco\u201d at YouTube telling them to plant a big wet kiss on his asspic.twitter.com/4yFeprnr3Y
— Bongino Report (@Bongino Report) 1642202214

"We knew it was just a matter of time before the tyrannical, free-speech hating, bulls**t, big tech s**thole you work for, would try to silence us. I anxiously waited for this moment however, as I've said on my show many times," he wrote to an individual at YouTube.

"So here's my deal to you, and there will be NO negotiation. After your 'suspension,' I will immediately post content questioning why masks have been totally ineffective in stopping this pandemic. I dare you to do something about it," Bongino declared in the email.

Rumble tweeted that it is "proud" to carry Bongino's podcast on its platform.

Dan Bongino, one of the most vocal supporters of free speech and the 1st amendment was just suspended on YouTube where their CEO says free speech is a "core value". \n\nFreedom of expression is a human right, full stop. @dbongino & all creators, we have your back. #StandWithDan
— Rumble (@Rumble) 1642204885