Brickbats: May 2025
A TikTok video shows a man in Port Arthur, Texas, laughing and smiling as he cleans snow off his car by wiping a child across the windshield and hood. The child, reportedly three months old, is heavily bundled up. Child Protective Services conducted a welfare check and found the child unharmed, but the local police chief says he still plans to pursue child endangerment charges.
Mississippi state Sen. Bradford Blackmon (D–Attala) introduced a bill to make it “unlawful for a person to discharge genetic material without the intent to fertilize an embryo.” The bill, which Blackmon calls the “Contraception Begins at Erection Act,” would impose fines on violators, including $10,000 for a third offense.
Former Lake County, Florida, Sheriff’s Deputy Tristan Macomber resigned after rear-ending another car while on duty. An Internal Affairs investigation found Macomber was looking at something on his phone before the crash happened. Macomber at first said he was scrolling through a group chat with other deputies on his phone before admitting he was looking at pornography.
Former Shreveport Police Officer Christopher McConnell received a suspended prison sentence of three years, followed by two years of probation, after being convicted of malfeasance in office. When he pulled a woman over for a nonworking license plate light, McConnell got out of his car with his weapon drawn and shouted, “License, registration, shut your mouth.” He pulled the woman from her vehicle and tried to handcuff her. T
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