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Black Doctor Arrested Driving To Hospital To Deliver Baby

From: http://www.newschannel5.com/

Dr. Terry Wynn

By Ben Hall
Investigative Reporter

PULASKI, Tenn. - The city of Pulaski has called in an outside law firm to investigate the arrest of a black doctor by a Pulaski police officer.

Police clocked Dr. Terry Wynn's car going 46 in a 30-mile-per-hour zone last Wednesday night. Wynn is an OB/GYN who was on the way to the hospital to deliver a baby.

Pulaski Police Chief John Dickey

She pulled over, and told Pulaski officer Chad Estes she needed to get to the hospital.

Police said she then left the scene and drove less than a mile to the hospital. Officer Estes followed Wynn and arrested her in the hospital parking lot.

"When she took off or sped away, and left him there, that constitutes under Tennessee law, evading arrest in a motor vehicle, which is a felony," said Pulaski Police Chief John Dickey.

The arrest has sparked outrage in Pulaski and even led to a debate online about who was right.

"They didn't look at her as a doctor. They looked at her as a woman of color, and they didn't believe that she was a doctor," said resident Georgia Paige-Peterson. "If they will do that to her I can't imagine what they have done to others."

Immediately after the doctor's arrest, a relative of the woman in labor called the Pulaski police chief and urged him to get the doctor out of jail so she could deliver the baby. Chief Dickey called the jail and had her released before she was officially booked.

"The issue that most concerned me is there was a patient that needed care," said Dickey.

The chief says it's too early to say whether or not his officer did anything wrong. He is waiting for the outside investigation to be finished, but he was adamant that race was not a factor.

"Nothing has surfaced with any of these officers or anybody in this department that we have anything like that going on here," said Dickey.

NewsChannel 5 Investigates discovered this is isn't the first time Officer Estes has been involved in a racially charged arrest. Terra Hollis sued him for violating the civil rights of her 17 year old son.

Trey Hollis

"To me, it says he's out of control," said Hollis.

Video obtained by NewsChannel 5 Investigates from 2008, shows Trey Hollis leaving a crowded McDonalds as police arrived to break up a fight. Trey was not involved in the fight, but officer Estes grab him and push him against a table.

"They slam him on the table," said Hollis. "They throw him out the door. They slam him on the police car."

Hollis is a basketball player on track to graduate this year. Police also arrested Hollis' grandmother and aunt.

"I was told to shut up and go to my car or I would be arrested," said Hollis.

All charges against the family were dropped. The lawsuit claims the arrests were racially motivated, which Chief Dickey denies.

"People have their opinion and their perception of things and I respect people's feelings, but that doesn't mean I agree with them," said Dickey.

He said the TBI investigated, and a grand jury did not indict officer Estes or anyone else.

Terra Hollis believes if Estes had been disciplined after her son's arrest, the latest incident may not have happened.

"I'm very sad it happened because in my mind I think the incident could have been prevented," said Hollis.

Dr. Wynn could still be charged with evading arrest and, at this time, she is not commenting. Everyone is waiting for the outside investigation to be finished.

The baby's family released a statement saying the baby is healthy. The family said the police officers involved in the arrest of Wynn used bad judgment, and they hope the city takes appropriate steps to keep it from happening again.

E-mail: bhall@newschannel5.com

Pictures show dogs in China made up to look like tigers, pandas

• Staff Writer
• From: The Daily Telegraph

Ruff cut ... Dog grooming in China. Pic. Austral Source: The Daily Telegraph

Ruff cut ... Dog grooming in China. Pic. Austral Source: The Daily Telegraph

IF THIS strange creature growled at you, you wouldn't know whether to run from his sharp claws or pat him on the head and give him a biscuit.

From a distance, its striped orange and black coat makes it look like a particularly odd tiger.

But it's actually a dog, a victim of the latest craze among owners in China to dye their pets to look like other animals.

One young pup even found itself turned black and white to masquerade as a baby panda.

The Chinese are always quick to embrace bizarre trends and it is not unusual for owners to take their dogs to grooming parlours where they are not only given a shampoo and trim, but a multi-coloured dye job as well.

Quite what the animals might think about it is another matter.

The Deepest Sea Diving Suit Is A 40-Year Old Sci-Fi Human Submarine

Posted by Alex_Pasternack

From: http://www.motherboard.tv/

Above: a KQED video on oceanographer Sylvia Earle and her JIM Suit dive. See 3:11

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In case you’re wondering why BP has turned to robots to stop the Deepwater Horizon oil leak 5,000 feet (1,500 m) underwater: the deepest humans have ever gone walking underwater is only 381 meters.

And that was in 1979.

It may not be terribly surprising in an era when we’re better at flying to space than fixing an oil leak. But the technology that made that dive possible is a forty years old sci-fi-esque suit. The JIM atmospheric diving suit, a system that maintains one atmosphere despite external pressures, was built by DHB Construction, and originally envisioned for use by the British oil industry (which notably did not contribute to the suit’s development). It was named after Jim Jarrett, the chief diver of suit designer J. Peress. Motherboard contributor Chris Hatterhill reports at Vice:

Developed in the late 1960s, the JIM Suit took deep-sea diving to a whole new level – both depth-wise and stylistically. Based on earlier old-school diving suits that wouldn’t look out of place in a Captain Nemo lithograph, the JIM updated the all-in-one with a dose of clean 60s sci-fi design. Paving the way for what became known as Atmospheric Diving Suits, the JIM was effectively a one-person submarine. Instead of dealing with complicated gas mixtures, freezing cold water and decompression sickness, you could breath regular air, surface quickly and dress casually inside, with a thick wool jumper being the garment of choice among users.

The original suit, measuring 6’6” and featuring eight movable joints, first saw action in 1974, when it was used to recover lost oil tanker chains in the Canary Islands. Two years later, it was used on an extreme dive in the Arctic, working on an oil well at a depth of 275 meters for six hours.

The Deepest Dive
It was in 1979 that American oceanographer Sylvia Earle (video above — see 3:11) set a world record in the JIM Suit, descending to a depth of 381m before detaching from the ship to walk across the sea floor. For two and a half hours, she strolled along the bottom untethered, browsing a gorgeous array of mysterious undersea life. It was the deepest such walk before or since. The experience inspired Earle to work on mini-submarines with one of JIM’s engineers, Graham Hawkes.

The JIMs were still in use during the 1980s, including in the recovery of a Wellington Bomber from Loch Ness in 1986. But they were soon overtaken by its more advanced successor, the WASP suit.

By 1990, the JIM suit had gone out of commercial operation (DHB had been acquired by undersea engineering firm Oceaneering), and today resides mainly in museums. It was also committed to celluloid twice, once in the James Bond film “For Your Eyes Only”, and again in the 1989 sci-fi/horror film DeepStar Six.

Sylvia Earle exploring the ocean in the JIM Suit

What's Inside 5-Hour Energy Shots

By Brendan McGinley

From: http://www.asylum.com/

The makers of 5-Hour Energy Shot claim it delivers all of the rush with none of the crash that accompanies high-sugar energy drinks. So what's in there to keep you alert?

Thanks to Public Domain Pictures for the coffee and asparagus.

Showdown: iPhone 4 vs. HTC Evo 4G

• By Priya Ganapati
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• From: http://www.wired.com

Updated to include more information on Qik

Apple’s new iPhone 4 is the company’s biggest update yet for the handset and it will have you drooling.

The phone is a snazzily slim, glass-backed slab that boasts some impressive specs: dual cameras, a big operating system update and video chat, among other things.

Apple introduced the phone at its developer conference Monday and said it will be available on AT&T’s network starting June 24.

But when the iPhone 4 hits retail shelves it will have to battle a gaggle of Android devices for consumer attention — the most significant of which is the HTC Evo. The Evo has one big advantage that Apple can’t beat. It runs on Sprint’s 4G network, while the iPhone is stuck on AT&T’s 3G service. Sprint 4G, though, is not available in most major cities, including San Francisco and New York.

If you are considering upgrading to the latest version of the iPhone or getting an Android device, take a look at how the iPhone 4 and HTC Evo 4G compare:

	iPhone 4	HTC Evo 4G
Display	3.5 inch display with 960 x 640 pixel resolution	4.3 inch screen with 800 x 480 pixel resolution
Processor	Apple A4 chip, speed unknown	1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon
Size	4.5 inches in height, 2.3 inches wide, 0.37 inches thick.	4.8 inches in height, 2.6 inches wide, 0.5 inches thick.
Weight	4.8 ounces	6 ounces
Operating system	iOS 4	Android 2.1
Cellular access	3G	4G
Storage capacity	16 or 32 GB flash drive	8 GB microSD card included, supports up to 32 GB.
Camera	Dual cameras. 5-megapixel primary camera. Front-facing secondary camera (resolution unknown).	Dual camera with 8-megapixel primary camera, 1.3 megapixel front-facing secondary camera.
Video Recording	720p, up to 30 frames per second. Built-in video editing.	720p at 25 frames per second.
Video Conferencing	Yes. Native support through FaceTime application, via Wi-Fi only.	Available through Qik app that costs $5 a month for premium features and higher-than-VGA quality. Basic app is free. Can be used over 3G or 4G wireless.
Sensors	Three-axis gyro, digital compass, accelerometer, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, GPS.	Digital compass, accelerometer, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, GPS.
Battery Life	Talk time of up to 7 hours on 3G and 14 hours on 2G.	Up to 6 hours of talk time.
Price	$200 for 16 GB version, $300 for 32 GB (both with a two-year contract).	$200 (after a $100 mail-in rebate) with a two-year contract.
Availability	June 24	June 4
Service provider	AT&T	Sprint

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50 Welcome Signs From 50 States

elistmania.com — Here are 50 welcome signs from 50 states. Some of these actually make you feel like a persona non grata. Maybe you guys can push your local governments to brighen up these road hags and present a really hospitable feeling.

Click here for the Gallery and Slideshow: 50 Welcome Signs From 50 States (PICS)

Mortal Kombat: Movie Trailer? Video Game Trailer?

Les Grossman Dance - Tom Cruise Rocks the 2010 MTV Movie Awards

BehindTheScenes73 — June 07, 2010 — http://www.behindthescenestv.net Tom Cruise reprises his Les Grossman dance with Jennifer Lopez for the 2010 MTV movie awards

Famous paintings in 3D

Tom Cruise and Will Smith Open MTV movie Awards

From: http://www.snowspotmedia.com/

Tom Cruise jumped into his Les Grossman persona from Tropic Thunder to start off the 2010 MTV Movie Awards. The Fresh Prince himself, Will Smith, made a guest appearance with his son, Jaden . The scene takes a violent turn. GET DA AMBERLAMPS!!!

Cambodian 'Jungle Woman' Found in Outdoor Toilet

Lisa Flam Contributor

From: http://www.aolnews.com/

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(June 8) -- Her family feared she had gone back to the jungle.

A 29-year-old Cambodian woman who apparently lived for 18 years in the jungle before emerging three years ago had vanished 11 days ago while bathing in a well behind their home, and her family thought they had lost her again.

But Rochom P'ngieng was found Monday in an outdoor toilet about 300 feet from her home, the man who says he's her father, Sal Lou, told Agence France-Presse. A neighbor had heard her crying.

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Rochom P'ngieng, center, sits with her parents in a Cambodian hospital in October. She went missing from her family's home for 11 days before a neighbor found her nearby in an outdor toilet. She was hospitalized but was reportedly refusing treatment.

"She was discovered in a 10-meter deep toilet. It's an unbelievable story. She spent 11 days there," he said, adding that she was soaked with waste up to her chest.

"We are still wondering how she could get into the toilet," he said. The toilet has a small hole covered in wood, he said.

P'ngieng, dubbed "jungle woman" after being found the first time, was admitted to a hospital after being rescued from the sewage pit, Lou said.

She was found without food or water, The Telegraph reported, adding that she ripped out an intravenous drip administered by a doctor and refused other treatments.

"The villagers pulled my daughter out of the lavatory, and we cleaned her up, but now she looks pale and weak," the father told the newspaper. "She has no strength. She has been sleeping all the time."

Lou says he's the woman's father but he has refused to take a DNA test, the Telegraph said, adding that there are theories that she did not grow up in the jungle but is really a victim of captivity and abuse.

P'ngieng vanished in 1989 while herding water buffalo when she was a young girl. She came out of the jungle in 2007, naked and bent over like a monkey, looking for food. She was identified after trying to steal food from a village and reunited with her family, who live in Rattanakiri province, about 960 miles northeast of the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh.

But she had trouble fitting back into society. She hasn't learned either of the local Cambodian languages and preferred to crawl instead of walk. She also refuses to wear clothing.

8 Abandoned American Theme Parks “Open” for Exploration

By Rachel Greenberg
From: http://www.nileguide.com/

Amusement parks walk the fine line between fun-ish and semi-creepy. Maybe it’s the combination of sketchy rides, circus folk, questionable attractions, and way too many screaming kids, but there’s something a little unsettling about them. Add an ill-advised theme into the mix, and you’ve got a real summer-time winner.

Although for most of the 20th century amusement parks were a staple of American culture, the shine is definitely off the bumper car. Tons of new parks litter the country, but many of the old classics, unable to compete with the snazzy new parks have been shut down. Most have been destroyed to make way for housing developments and malls, but a few still remain. Mostly forgotten and in total disrepair, these abandoned amusement parks are sometimes more interesting in their decay then they were while in operation.

But be warned urban explorer! Most of these parks are privately owned and do not appreciate people traipsing through their property, taking ridiculously cool pictures. If you get stopped by some authorities…just don’t tell them NileGuide sent you!

1. The Prehistoric Forest, Irish Hills, Michigan

Imagine Jurassic Park, but instead of real, blood-thirsty-Jeep-munching dinos you get dilapidated, stationary dinosaur statues situated around a mediocre community pool. It’s a wonder this park didn’t appeal to 21st century kiddies….

Opened in 1963, the park had a smoking volcano, waterfall, water slide, and 100 fiber glass dinosaurs sprinkled across the 8 acre property. Since closing in 1999 the property has been on and off the market, all the while in complete disuse. As the years have gone by the park continues to revert back to forest, and the dinosaur dioramas have begun to blend into the natural world.

If you should feel so inclined, The Prehistoric Forest is currently for sale for a cool $548,000 and according to its real estate listing, the property has an arcade, gift shop and a 1200sq foot community shower building and could be used as a campground or day care…EEEEEEKK! Now that’s frightening. Better start exploring soon before this gem gets snatched off the market!

[All Images: Debra James]

2. Six Flags, New Orleans

“Jazzland”, a New Orleans-themed park was built on acres of swamp-land outside of the city in 2000 and was purchased by Six Flags and changed names in 2002. During Hurricane Katrina, Six Flags was completely flooded and an estimated 70-80% of the park was destroyed, leaving it much too expensive to fix. The park has been slowly rotting, decaying, and sinking into the swamp for the past 5 years since disaster struck.

Images: Annie Wentzell/Annie Wentzell/Flickr

What’s extra eerie is the park features many miniatures of New Orleans itself, including a “Main Street” designed after the French Quarter and restaurants that are modeled after some of the city’s historic eateries. Like many of the buildings they are modeled after, many of the park’s structures were submerged in 7 feet of water for over a month and now clearly display the ravages of the flood.

Image: Liquorhead/Flickr

Image: Liquorhead/Flickr

Although this painful reminder of Katrina’s devastation is sitting in total disrepair, it seems like it might be that way for a while longer. Six Flags and the City of New Orleans are in a entangled legal battle over the land. If you want to visit be careful, many urban explorers have been able to enter with no problems at all, while others have been handcuffed, driven off the premise, and had their camera film destroyed.

Images: smwarnke4/smwarnke4/liquorhead/liquorhead/Flickr

3. The Rocky Point Amusement Park, Warwick Rhode Island

When it was built in 1847, Rocky Point was pretty much the neatest thing in all of Rhode Island. It had everything an East Coast Victorian family could want: a Ferris-wheel, picturesque water-front views, a classy dining hall, and a long pier perfect for strolling…ahh. And as far as amusement parks, Rocky Point lasted a pretty long time. It enjoyed continued popularity and was able to evolved with the times, that is until the early 1990s took their toll.

Images: AllPoster/Hugh Manatee/Wikipedia Commons

After some horrid (and possibly shady) investments that the park held went bankrupt, it could no longer continue operating under its investors’ heavy debts. The iconic “Rocky Point” gate closed for the last time in 1996. Since then, most of the rides have been removed and sold to other parks. The rest of the property has been left to disrepair, and has suffered two possible arson attacks. Although everything of “value” has been dispersed to needy amusement parks around the country, remnants of Rocky Point can still be seen.

Images: tmjeffers/tmjeffers/Flickr

Image: tmjeffers/Flickr

Desperate to know more? Bellow is the trailer for Rocky Point documentary made a few years ago.

4. Lincoln Park, Dartmouth, Massachusetts

This park was originally opened by the Union Street Railway Company to increase tourism on their rail line in 1894. The park expanded over time, but its most popular attraction from 1946 on was “The Comet”, a wooden roller coaster. When it was built in the 40s the coaster was the absolute bees knees. Passengers were even willing to carry sandbags to help the cars move along the track since the ride wasn’t “loose” enough to let gravity do the work. Although the coaster was the ultimate in cool, it also turned out to be deadly too.

Image: artinruins

In the mid 60s, a man stood up in a car and was killed going down a lift. Then in 1968 the last car detached from the rest of the coaster and rolled backwards until it derailed, tossing its passengers out, injuring them. Then again in 1986 another man was killed while trying to climb from one car to another while the coaster was moving.

No surprise, these “incidents” were hard hard for many people to forget (even though the two deaths are clearly caused by “user error”), and the decline of Lincoln Park began. Hoping more money would fix the problem, Lincoln Park’s owners invested $75,000 in the park, but no soon had construction been completed then the Comet’s brake’s failed and the coaster’s cars jackknifed and the last car detached. Finally screeching to a halt hanging precariously off the tracks. Not shockingly, that was The Comet’s final ride. Facing mounting debts and an accident-prone amusement park, Lincoln Park was shut down for good.

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Image: LP Comet

Although most of the rides were sold off, the Comet still remains. A morbid reminder of the park’s previous glory which can be explored off rout 6 in North Dartmouth.

6. Lake Dolores, Newberry Springs, CA

From 1962 to the late 80s Lake Dolores contained the trifecta of summer fun: it was combination water park, amusement park, and campground but in an unexpected locale. Situated on the eastern edge of the Mojave Dessert between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, the park was supplied with water by underground desert springs that fed the area. After multiple owners and unsuccessful new concepts (changing its name to Rock-a-Hoola being one of them) the park fell out of style, and most of the rides were sold off.

Image: Clay Larsen/Flickr

Image: TravelingMango/Flickr

All that remained were the old water slides which must have seemed pretty bizarre hanging out on an abandoned stretch of highway in the middle of the desert. That is until Lake Dolores was happened upon by the reality TV show Rob and Big which focuses on the life of Rob, a professional skateboarders and his friends. While filming a drive from LA to Vegas, the reality show crew stopped at Lake Dolores to attempt skateboarding on the abandoned slides. EEEK!! You can watch it here.

Although no one got hurt, leaving the slides intact became and huge liability for the owners of Lake Dolores. Soon after the episode aired, most of the water slides were taking out of the park.

7. Glen Echo Amusement Park, Glen Echo, Maryland

Glen Echo was created in 1891 as a Chautauqua site (a government funded adult arts center) and slowly morphed into an amusement park in the beginning of the 20th century. The park’s gorgeous art-deco buildings and craftsman carousel drew crowds from D.C., but slowly old fashion Glen Echo lost popularity, and it closed its doors in 1968.

Image: katmere/Flickr

Image: katmere/Flickr

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Glen Echo was then turned over the the National Parks Service who has donated the park to different arts organizations over the years. Although many other of the original buildings and rides and fallen into disuse, the Spanish Ballroom and Bumper-Car Pavilion host dances on Friday and Sunday Nights and art classes are held in the former Arcade building. In addition, the classic carousel (which has 2 chariots, 4 rabbits, 4 ostriches, 38 horses, a lion, tiger, giraffe, and a fancy prancing deer) went through an almost 20-year renovation, and is now open to the public for rides.

Image: chrisbb@prodigy.net/Flickr

If breaking and entering isn’t your thing, Glen Echo is the perfect out-of-use amusement park to check out since it’s legally open to the public!

8. BONUS Chippewa Lake Park, Medina County, Ohio

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Disclaimer: Chippewa Lake was torn down in 2009 so you can no longer visit it, but it’s still worth reading about. Built in 1875 by Edward Andrews, Chippewa Lake Park was originally named “Andrew’s Pleasure Ground”. Luckily that innuendo-inducing name was changed in 1898 when the park switched owners and even more rides were installed. Chippewa Lake Park was super popular in the 20s and then slowly declined until it was closed in 1978. After being abandoned, it was left pretty much alone for the next 30+ years. All of the wooden rides remained and as the forest took back the land that was cleared for the park, the rides became part of the environment.

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Image: Mike Adams Photos/Flickr

Since the park lay abandoned for so many years, it became almost as beloved in “death” as it had been in “life”. There were even group tours offered on the grounds of the park in the months before its final demise.

Image: Mike Adams Photos/Flickr

Since these pictures were taking all the buildings and rides of Lake Chippewa have been destroyed to make way for a spa and hotel, which has yet to be built.

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Came across any sweet abandoned amusement parks we left off the list? Le us know! And keep checking back for installment two of the series aboud long forgotten theme parks in other countries!

Chinese Concept: The Train that Never Stops

From : http://www.walyou.com/

By Dan

There have been many different Train concepts that aim to be the future of transportation, adding more speed, more room, more comfort and more features, but what about a new conceptual design looking to create a train that doesn’t need to stop?This innovative concept train by Jianjun Chen is made up of out of the box thinking and aims to save tremendous amount of time for passengers and train personnel.

Basically, the train is made up of the regular train compartment and also the ‘boarding/unboarding’ compartment. Passengers may board the ‘boarding’ compartment while waiting for the train to arrive at the station. As the train arrives, it slows down and is located beneath the ‘boarding’ platform, latching on and begining to carry the now boarded compartment. Passengers are then able to go down into the actual train and continue their journey. Moreover, as the train arrived at the station and picked up a new compartment, the previous station compartment was unlatched and was left at this current station, allowing passengers to board at their own time-constraint and leisure. Check out the video for a demonstration of the Non-stop Train.

Of course, this new Future Train concept is just that…a concept, but it is also an innovative one that aims for increased efficiency and time saving. I guess the major issues would be how to be able and populate tremendous amount of passengers on the small compartments and also what about an inertia problem that could occur when the train starts carrying the compartment or letting one go?

What do you think of such a concept, is it realistic or is it just a dream that could never become a reality? What other challenges do you see it needs to solve for it to become a possible design?

30 Stunning Examples Of Wave Photography

From: http://www.digitalpicturezone.com/

Almost everyone loves the beauty of the sea and ocean waves are the most eye-catching and pleasing thing for everyone. Some photographers have attempted to capture the beauty as the waves roll and created these breath-taking images.

Here are 30 examples of wave photography for your inspiration.

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Sheriff Tells Montel it’s OK to Fire Up Joint

From: http://www.eurweb.com/

Montel Williams

*Saturday in Maine, television host Montel Williams spoke at yesterday’s Maine Medical Marijuana conference.

He was at the event, held at the University of Southern Maine, to speak about the state’s new law allowing medical marijuana dispensaries in hopes that he could be a voice for patients and caregivers who are often not heard in public debates and conferences around the country on the legality and validity of the use of this form of medication.

At one point when his pain level became so bad and was in tears, attending Cumberland County Sheriff Mark Dion shouted from the audience “why don’t you just take your medicine?” … the audience applauded and stood as Williams sat down, pulled out a joint and fired it up, lighting up the approval meter of the attendee’s present.

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