Human Interest

NYPD cops in Manhattan were caught on camera zipping up an unarmed handcuffed man in a body bag, to the shock and horror of passers by.  Five police officers bound the man by his wrists and ankles and then proceeded to completely wrap him up in a body bag, before driving him away. Authorities are yet to explain what prompted the inhumane treatment but claim what they did was “standard procedure”. Nypost.com reports: “This is the craziest s–t I’ve ever seen done to somebody in my whole f–king life. Holy s–t. What do you call that thing?” the person taking the video is heard saying.

Belgium’s Interior minister has asked for the solidarity march in honour of the victims of this weeks Brussels attacks, to be cancelled tomorrow amid security concerns. ITV reports: Organisers cancelled the event following a public plea from Belgium’s Interior minister Jan Jambon asking for the demonstration to be postponed while ongoing police investigations continued. Jambon said: “We are still all over the country in threat level three and there are enquiries, important enquiries, going on.

The mysterious circumstance surrounding actress Brittany Murphy’s death have remained a hot topic since she first passed away in 2009. Now a Los Angeles coroner is saying he is considering re-opening her case. E! Television journalist Ken Baker has spent the last month or so doing his own investigation on the actress’ tragic death at a very young age (32). One of the most bizarre things to come out of this most recent string of interest in the case is a video (in the article below) which shows “Hollywood Medium” Taylor Henry on his new show talking to actress Jamie Pressly.

When it comes to predicting the future, there has traditionally been a stealthy contest between economists and weathermen as to who is the worst predictor of coming events. Lately, there was some confusion when economists - this includes central bankers and market "strategists" -  tired of being humiliated in public for their terrible predictions, decided to become Monday Morning weathermen (ironically, none more so than those who competed with Groundhog Phil and lost) and blame their lack of foresight on the weather.

The Facebook message that got Asad Shah killed by a fellow Muslim

May God have mercy on the soul of Asad Shah, a Glasgow immigrant shopkeeper killed on Thursday. From the Telegraph:

A popular shopkeeper was stabbed to death by another Muslim in a “religiously prejudiced” attack hours after posting an Easter message on Facebook to “my beloved Christian nation”.