What Botham Jean's Mother Had to Say About Dallas Police and Her Son's Show of Forgiveness

The trial for her son’s killer was finally over, but Allison Jean reminded a Dallas congregation on Wednesday night that there was still plenty of work to do.

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Rogue NJ cop who stole money, drugs pleads guilty in sweeping corruption probe

An ex-Paterson, N.J., police officer pled guilty to corruption charges, bringing the total to seven cops implicated in a sweeping federal corruption probe.

—Kamala Harris and Cory Booker side with Byron Allen in civil rights suit against Comcast and Charter—

Former Police Officer Daniel Pent, admitted that he conspired to take money and drugs from drivers during illegal traffic stops. He was among five other officers who participated in roadside shakedowns, taking money from drivers and even beating up a man who was chained to a hospital bed, NorthJersey.com reports.

Every officer who was under investigation by the FBI has been convicted, the outlet reports. Pent is facing three years I prison.

Pent started his tenure as a cop in with the Paterson Police Department in 2014.

He also confessed to filing false police reports an attempt to cover up the fact that he stole cash and beat a victim who played loud music in his parked vehicle.

He also admitted to carrying out a “running tax,” where he and other cops repeatedly beat suspects who tried to escape.

Pent admitted that he lied on a police report in one instance arrested a man he said was loitering in a drug area and had just $36 on him when he fact he and another officer, Eudy Ramos, took $10,000.

Mayor Andre Sayegh condemned the cops, calling them a “disgrace.”

“I was proud to swear in seven new officers yesterday to replace the seven who disgraced the uniform,” Sayegh said. “Our Police Department is better today because these bad actors have been brought to justice.”

“I’d like to thank the FBI for all the help they’ve given us,” said the current police chief, Troy Oswald. “I hope this closes the book on rogue police officers in Paterson.”

“It’s been very tough for us,” said Mason Maher, president of the union. “The actions of a few bad apples have tarnished our department, the overwhelming majority of Paterson police officers who do their job the right way every day. We look forward to the end of this situation so we can repair our relationship with the community.”

—Diversity of jury seen as key factor in officer’s conviction—

Zellie Thomas, a local Black Lives Matter activist said the department has work to do to fix its tarnished image.

“There’s a dark cloud over the Paterson Police Department,” Thomas said, “and that dark cloud won’t be removed until we get full audit of the Police Department and a citizens’ complaint review board.”

Pent will be sentenced Jan. 14.

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'It's Getting Better All the Time': If We Can't Have Love Like Barack and Michelle Obama After 27 Years, We Don't Want It

Soul mates. Twin flames. #CouplesGoals. All of these phrases have been used to describe the most idyllic relationships, and could be used to describe Barack and Michelle Obama, who once again flagrantly waved their seemingly perfect marriage in our faces as they celebrated their 27th wedding anniversary on Thursday.

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Tiffany Haddish drops receipts after Chingy denies hookup

Tiffany Haddish is pulling out receipts to prove that she once hooked up with rapper Chingy.

—The Forgiveness Trap – Botham Jean’s family’s response to Amber Guyger triggers debate—

While promoting her latest television show, Kids Say the Darndest Things, on The Ellen Show, Haddish told the host that she slept with rapper Chingy, best known for his chart-topping 2003 hit, “Right Thurr.”

Chingy, however, took to social media to deny the claim.

“Now @tiffanyhaddish knows damn well that’s a lie,” he wrote on Instagram in response to the claims. But he didn’t stop there. “An[d] since she lied I’m a tell the truth, she use to hook up with my brother not me but she liked me.”

Then he ended with, “Hey if we gone be honest let’s be honest. #chingy #facts #juslikethat.”

However, Haddish hit back and decided to clear the air and air out details about the one-night stand, even calling Chingy out for being bad in bed.

#TiffanyHaddish commented under #Chingy's post after the rapper denied they hooked up. Chingy has since deleted the entire post. https://t.co/RWNq3IFYhL pic.twitter.com/hfyFPTxqQ3

— Celeb Scoop Plus (@celebscoopplus) October 4, 2019

“Really Chingy stop I hooked up with you once like two months after we met,” Haddish recalled. “Granted the sex was not good cuz you was ‘sleepy.’ I was definitely in your bed at that hotel on San Vicente and Sunset. S**t, you pulled down my Sergio Valentes.”

Shots fired!

“Haddish never lies on her pussy,” she continued. “Boy I been talking about hooking up with you for years, why are you just now denying it? We had a lot of fun back in the day and only had sex once, don’t make me start calling out all the skeletons.”

Sounds like Haddish has taken a page from 50 Cent’s brand of petty hit back!

—Rapper Chingy denies Tiffany Haddish’s claim that they had sex—

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A Duke, a Duchess and...a Documentary About the Royal Couple (and Archie!) Is Coming

Lights, camera, action—we’re getting some behind-the-scenes scoop about Prince Harry and Megan Markle’s South Africa tour!

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