A double "dumbass of the day" to get us through the weekend, one from Boston, Mass.(an ex-Patriots player) and the other from Minnesota.
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Christian Fauria suspended from radio job for racist Don Yee impression
Posted by Michael David Smith on February 10, 2018
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Former Patriots tight end Christian Fauria has been suspended from his Boston radio job for a racist on-air impression of agent Don Yee.
Fauria was trying to make a joke during a discussion on WEEI of
Boston Herald columnist Ron Borges’ column about
Tom Brady, which was based on a hoax text from someone pretending to be Yee. Borges got suspended from the
Herald for the bogus column, and now Fauria has been suspended from WEEI for his impression of Yee.
“Earlier today during his show, Christian Fauria impersonated athlete agent, Don Yee in an insensitive and ill-conceived attempt at humor. We regret Christian’s commentary and we apologize to Mr. Yee and those offended by the segment,” WEEI said in a statement. “We do not support or condone Christian’s comments, and we have suspended him for five days effective immediately.”
On the air, Fauria began by saying, “I’m gonna be Don Yee. For me, I don’t know why, Don Yee sounds like an Asian guy.” He then proceeded to speak in a stereotypical Asian accent, while his co-hosts laughed like it was the funniest thing they’d ever heard, and music typical of Asian martial arts movies played on the air. The sketch wasn’t funny, unless you think, “Haha, let’s laugh at an Asian-American” is funny.
WEEI did not say anything about disciplining the other hosts who laughed, or the producer who played that music. Fauria later apologized on Twitter.
“Earlier today I made a horrible attempt at humor. In a segment during the show, I impersonated agent Don Yee in an insensitive and regrettable way. I want to publicly apologize to Don and anyone in the audience who heard it,” Fauria wrote. “I have also reached out to Don directly to personally apologize. I have been disciplined by WEEI management and I fully support their decision.”
Fauria played for the Patriots from 2002 to 2005. He also played in Seattle, Washington and Carolina.
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https://www.sctimes.com/story/news/...rtell-walmart-calls-owner-ask-help/319572002/
Man steals car outside Sartell Walmart, calls owner for help
Jordyn Brown
(Photo: Courtesy of Stearns County Jail)
SARTELL — Sartell police recovered a car reported stolen from Walmart on Monday night, according to a criminal complaint filed in Stearns County District Court.
According to a police report, the car owner told police she auto-started her car from inside the store that evening and, instead of finding it warmed up, came out to find it gone. The car eventually was found in Isle, about an hour away, along with a Sauk Centre man suspected of stealing it
Walmart video surveillance showed a man driving away with the vehicle at about 8:35 p.m. He was later identified as 37-year-old Edward Leroy Wilson of Sauk Centre, the police report said.
About 10:30 p.m., the owner received a call from a woman saying a man was asking her questions about the car. Wilson then spoke to the owner on the phone, and told her his name was Wayne Hennen and he worked for a glass repair shop.
After Wilson parked the car, it would not start again, so he had called to ask if she would contact someone who could start the car for him, the report said.
Wilson had driven the car more than an hour away to Isle.
During the phone call, Isle police responded to a suspicious person complaint and found it was Wilson and the stolen vehicle. After being arrested, Wilson admitted to stealing the vehicle and that "he knew that it was not a good idea to get in the vehicle," the complaint states.
