DOVER, Del. -- Delaware prisons were locked down Wednesday as authorities responded to a hostage situation at the state’s maximum security facility.
Geoffrey Klopp, president of the Correctional Officers Association of Delaware, said he was told by the Department of Correction commissioner that prison guards had been taken hostage at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna. According to CBS affiliate WBOC, Klopp said he had been told by the DOC commissioner that “three to five correctional officers have been taken hostage and the inmates have control of the building.”
The DOC said in a statement to CBS News they are responding along with state police to a hostage situation. The statement did not elaborate on who had been taken hostage or how many hostages were reported.
A DOC spokeswoman said only that an emergency situation was reported at the Smyrna prison late Wednesday morning. The facility was placed on lockdown, as were all prisons in the state per DOC policy. Spokeswoman Jayme Gravell provided few details but described the situation as an isolated incident, adding that there was no threat to the public.
Gravell said firefighters were called to the scene after reports of smoke, but were being held on standby. An alarm was sounded around 11:30 a.m., according to CBS Philadelphia.
Video from above the prison shows uniformed officers gathered in two groups along fences near an entrance to the prison. Later, video showed several people surrounding a stretcher and running as they pushed it across the compound. It wasn’t clear if a person was on the stretcher. People could be seen standing near a set of doors with an empty stretcher and wheelchair.
According to the department’s website, the prison is Delaware’s largest correctional facility for men, housing about 2,500 inmates. It houses minimum, medium, and maximum security inmates, and also houses Kent County detainees awaiting trial. It is also the site of the state’s death row. The prison opened in 1971.
In 2004, an inmate raped a counselor and took her hostage for nearly seven hours at the Smyrna prison, according to an Associated Press report at the time. A department sharpshooter later shot and killed 45-year-old Scott Miller, according to the report, ending the standoff.
So THIS is why thousands of us dragged luggage nearly 2 miles to get to LAX, but still missed our flights. Fortunately, a 7 hour wait for the next flight to Houston won't affect me that much, but my heart sank for the elderly and parents with small children who did their best to walk all that way but had no chance of making their flights. I love witnessing people exercise their right to protest! But it saddened me to see the joy on their faces knowing that they were successful in disrupting so many people's travel plans. Yes, immigrants were affected by this as well. Brilliant. U S
Welcome ladies and gentlemen. I Sion, of the House Triggerfinger, first of my name, King of the Andals and the first men, Lord of the Ill Community, Protector of the Thread bring to you the Game of Thrones season 7 thread.
Anything revolving around season 7 and Game of Thrones will be posted in here. I know it aint coming back until I think Summer of 2017 but I'm just staking my claim until then. See yall in 2017.
#DeleteUber Campaign Ignites After Trump Supporter CEO Violates Muslim Ban Taxi Strike
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The ride-sharing app lost hundreds of users Saturday night
Hundreds of social media users began deleting their Uber applications Saturday night after the company was accused of breaking the taxi driver strike in New York City amidst protests against President Donald Trump’s ban on Muslim immigrants.
Drivers affiliated with the New York Taxi Workers Alliance refused to pick up passengers 6pm and 7pm Saturday night while protesters demonstrated against President Trump’s executive order inside John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Nearly 30 minutes after the initial strike ended, Uber announced that it had suspended surge pricing in the area. “Surge pricing has been turned off at #JFK Airport,” the company tweeted. “This may result in longer wait times. Please be patient.”
This initiated hundreds of Twitter users to condemn the company and #DeleteUber began trending worldwide. People began sharing screenshots of themselves deleting the ride sharing application from their cellphones.
Shortly after the hashtag picked up steam, the company claimed that it never intended to gain profits off the strike. “Last tweet not meant to break strike,” the company said on Twitter, while sharing CEO Travis Kalanick’s official statement on the travel ban on Muslim-majority countries.
Mr Kalanick and his company also faced criticism after he joined the president’s business advisory council. In his statement regarding the ban, he promised to compensate drivers from the seven countries who may be banned from reentering the country.
"This ban will impact many innocent people,” he said, “an issue that I will raise this coming Friday when I go to Washington for President Trump's first business advisory group meeting.”
Protestors rally at JFK Airport against Muslim immigration ban
Meanwhile, Uber’s competition capitalized on their misfortune. Lyft, Uber’s rival, issued a statement condemning the executive actions while promising to donate $1 million to the American Civil Liberties Union.
“Banning people of a particular faith or creed, race or identity, sexuality or ethnicity, from entering the U.S. is antithetical to both Lyft’s and our nation’s core values,” the company’s statement read. “We stand firmly against these actions, and will not be silent on issues that threaten the values of our community.”
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump threatened in a phone call with his Mexican counterpart to send U.S. troops to stop "bad hombres down there" unless the Mexican military does more to control them, according to an excerpt of a transcript of the conversation obtained by The Associated Press.
The excerpt of the call did not detail who exactly Trump considered "bad hombres," nor did it make clear the tone and context of the remark, made in a Friday morning phone call between the leaders. It also did not contain Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto's response.
Still, the excerpt offers a rare and striking look at how the new president is conducting diplomacy behind closed doors. Trump's remarks suggest he is using the same tough and blunt talk with world leaders that he used to rally crowds on the campaign trail.
A White House spokesman did not respond to requests for comment. The Mexican government said the account was not accurate.
The phone call between the leaders was intended to patch things up between the new president and his ally. The two have had a series of public spats over Trump's determination to have Mexico pay for the planned border wall, something Mexico steadfastly refuses to agree to.
"You have a bunch of bad hombres down there," Trump told Pena Nieto, according to the excerpt given to AP. "You aren't doing enough to stop them. I think your military is scared. Our military isn't, so I just might send them down to take care of it."
A person with access to the official transcript of the phone call provided only that portion of the conversation to The Associated Press. The person gave it on condition of anonymity because the administration did not make the details of the call public.
The Mexican website, Aristegui Noticias, on Tuesday published a similar account of phone call, based on the reporting of journalist Dolia Estevez. The report described Trump as humiliating Pena Nieto in a confrontational conversation.
Mexico's foreign relations department denied that account, saying it "is based on absolute falsehoods," and later said the statement also applied to the excerpt provided to AP.
"The assertions that you make about said conversation do not correspond to the reality of it," the statement said. "The tone was constructive and it was agreed by the presidents to continue working and that the teams will continue to meet frequently to construct an agreement that is positive for Mexico and for the United States."
Trump has used the phrase "bad hombres" before. In an October presidential debate, he vowed to get rid the U.S. of "drug lords" and "bad people."
"We have some bad hombres here, and we're going to get them out," he said. The phrase ricocheted on social media with Trump opponents saying he was denigrating immigrants.
Trump's comment was in line with the new administration's bullish stance on foreign policy matters in general, and the president's willingness to break long-standing norms around the globe.
Rap-A-Lot CEO J Prince has a legendary following, which Yukmouth touched on during a recent interview with Hip Hop DX. He shared how J Prince immediately bailed him out of jail for $150,000, which he pointed out is unheard of in a lot of cases with rappers.
Yukmouth explained, "J Prince posted that shit the next day. You done heard the stories of Tupac getting locked up and Interscope not bailing his ass out. You seen Bobby Shmurda getting locked up. A million dollar bail is just $100,000 up front. 10 percent with a house. You ain’t paying no meal ticket. So the record label couldn’t put up $100,000 for their top artist? A record label couldn’t put up $100,000 for ‘Pac? Suge had to put up $100,000 with a house. He didn’t have to put up a million dollars."
During the interview, Yukmouth also shared about J Prince protecting him from beefs he had at the time, which you can hear about in full in the above video.
Right, I know that were only like 2 or 3 strong down here that actually own a Wii U but Gottdamnit son, I know a lot of you are thinking about jumping in or been rocking a 3DS.
We gotta stick together, hold the fort down, preach the glorious Nintendo Gospel in this biatch.
Killa, ,Sion,Paralel, whoever mod powered up, merge these other Nintendo threads with this one and sticky this shit.
Nintendo network id = mata-elang
I dont know how to embed vids from the phone, but Ill be spamming this thread with links later on.
I've seen a few people in different places say they feel like Bruno Mars is ripping off black music...he responded to that question in an interview
“When you say ‘black music,’ understand that you are talking about rock, jazz, R&B, reggae, funk, doo-wop, hip-hop, and Motown. Black people created it all. Being Puerto Rican, even salsa music stems back to the Motherland. So, in my world, black music means everything,”
“It’s what gives America its swag. I’m a child raised in the ‘90s. Pop music was heavily rooted in R&B from Whitney, Diddy, Dr. Dre, Boyz II Men, Aaliyah, TLC, Babyface, New Edition, Michael, and so much more. As kids this is what was playing on MTV and the radio. This is what we were dancing to at school functions and BBQs. I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for these artists who inspired me. They have brought me so much joy and created the soundtrack to my life filled with memories that I’ll never forget,”
“Most importantly, they were the superstars that set the bar for me and showed me what it takes to sing a song that can get the whole world dancing, or give a performance that people will talk about forever. Watching them made me feel like I had to be as great as they were in order to even stand a chance in this music business. You gotta sing as if Jodeci is performing after you and dance as if Bobby Brown is coming up next.”
