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The machete-wielding NYC professor who allegedly threatened to "chop up" a New York Post reporter surrendered to police Thursday morning, even though she insists she's the victim and said the entire incident "has taken a toll on my mental health." Shellyne Rodriguez, 45, turned herself in to police around 7 a.m., according to the New York Post. It's unclear if she was charged. She told ARTnews through her spokesperson that Hunter College, where she was an adjunct professor, fired her because the school "capitulated" to "racists, white nationalists, and misogynists."

A professor at a New York City art college has been fired after she aggressively challenged pro-life students on campus, then pulled a machete on a reporter. Shellyne Rodriguez, 46, was an adjunct professor at the School of Visual Arts and Hunter College. Earlier in May she angrily confronted students manning a pro-life stand inside the college, swearing at them furiously - then destroying the display. When asked about the incident at her home in the Bronx, Rodriguez drew a machete and held it to the throat of the reporter at her door, threatening to 'chop' him up. When New...

(LifeSiteNews) — Major box store Target is drawing renewed backlash after recent reports indicated that one of the designers who created merchandise for the corporation’s controversial “pride month” celebration is a transgender-identifying woman who also designs and sells items featuring violent and explicitly satanic imagery. The items, which are not stocked by Target, include pins encouraging violence against people considered to be “transphobes.” As LifeSiteNews previously reported, Target has received blowback from conservatives for its decision to sell sexualized pro-LGBT clothing and accessories for babies, children, and teens. The offerings include clothing items designed to facilitate gender-confused children appearing as...

The unhinged Manhattan college professor who went viral for cursing out anti-abortion students shockingly held a machete to a Post reporter’s neck Tuesday — and made wild threats that she was going to “chop” him up. Shellyne Rodriguez spewed the menacing remarks when The Post knocked on the door of her Bronx apartment Tuesday morning — a day after she made headlines for flipping out on pro-life students at Hunter College. “Get the - away from my door, or I’m gonna chop you up with this machete!” the manic adjunct art professor shouted from behind her closed door just moments...

A "flash mob" of about 400 teenagers descended on a suburb outside of Chicago during the Armed Forces Carnival on Saturday and began fighting with each other, forcing the event’s cancellation, officials said. The mayhem broke out in suburban Tinley Park after the hundreds of teenagers responded to a call on social media to gather at the carnival at the 80th Avenue train station and began running around the parking lot fighting with each other to "cause chaos and disrupt the event," town officials said. A Facebook post from the village on Sunday said the last day of the event...

A mob of bicyclists brutally attacked a man leaving a store in downtown Los Angeles’s jewelry district on Thursday. Eyewitnesses told authorities that around 4:00 p.m. ten teens circled the unknown man on the sidewalk. Video footage obtained by the New York Post seems to show that before the altercation, one of the assailants, shirtless and with red basketball shorts on, rammed his bicycle handlebar into the window of the victim’s white truck, which was parked just outside the store. Allegedly, the group attacked the man because they believed he stole a bicycle.

Tinley Park, a suburb of Chicago, canceled its annual Armed Forces Carnival after a "flash mob" of 400 teenagers disrupted the event, fighting with each other.

When the police fail to protect the citizenry, vigilantism is the inevitable response. Self-defense is not only a natural, God-given right, it is an imperative that drives behavior, even in the face of adverse consequences. The well-publicized arrest of Daniel Penny for protecting fellow subway passengers in New York City did not deter passengers on Chicago’s’ Blue Line subway at Grand Station from forcibly subduing an apparently deranged man, who apparently had turned violent. The embedding function has been disabled, so you will have to go here and click through the warning of “potentially sensitive content” to see the video...

There's no question that the news media focus on violence in our society. That is "news" – right? But do the headlines report all kinds of violence? Sometimes that's a valid question. One area that might fit that would be the ongoing, and increasing, violence against churches, mainly Catholic churches. How often do you read or hear about that? The latest report issued by the Center for Religious Liberty at the Family Research Council (FRC) addressed the growing assaults against churches. The study said the increase "contributes to an environment of hostility toward Christianity."

man went on a violent rampage inside a Chipotle in Northwest D.C. – and the whole thing was caught on camera. The whole thing started over some tacos, according to a Chipotle employee who did not wish to be identified. The employee said the man ordered tacos, and when the employee went to start making them, he tried to reach across the counter to grab the food. The employee believes he was trying to steal the food. "He tried to steal them and he didn't get away with it because I threw them in the trash. And then he just...

Dave Matthews says lawmakers have been able to convince the nation that the public is “powerless” against gun violence and the “vulnerability of innocent people in this country is a sacrifice we have to make if we want to be truly American.” “It’s so mind-bogglingly cruel. It’s insanity,” the Dave Matthews Band frontman said in an interview with USA Today, published Friday. “I have no idea how people can stand up and say it’s ‘not guns’ and ‘it’s not the [National Rifle Association],’ it’s just mental health. And then do nothing to address the fact that from the ‘80s we’ve...

An argument between two families at Orlando's Walt Disney World has erupted in a mass brawl after a disagreement over a holiday snap. The scuffle at the Disney theme park on Monday ignited after one family asked another to move so they could take a group picture in front of the park's iconic 100th-year anniversary sign. The shocking video showed the families laying into one another, pushing and throwing punches at 'the most magical place on earth'. Around 10 members appeared to get involved in the chaos. The fight raged on for several minutes with other visitors shocked by the...

Two staff members of the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria were shot and killed along with two police operatives traveling in a convoy, and three others were kidnapped, police in the volatile West Africa nation said Tuesday. The group was on a humanitarian mission when they were attacked in the Ogbaru Local Government Area of the country's Anambra State, one of the epicenters of separatist violence in the region, said Tochukwu Ikenga, a police spokesman in Anambra. Ikenga said no U.S. citizen was on the trip. "We confirm there was an incident May 16 in Anambra state. Mission Nigeria personnel are...

A person looking for Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly allegedly attacked two of his staffers with a metal baseball bat at his district office Monday, the congressman said in a statement. Connolly, a Democrat, said the individual was taken into police custody and the two staffers who were injured were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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In hockey, fighting is an accepted part of the game. In baseball, there’s no penalty box but it’s within the unwritten rules that fighting is accepted in certain situations, most often retaliatory. Oklahoma Christian School and Bethel High School are two schools in the greater Oklahoma City area that faced off last weekend in the Oklahoma HS baseball playoffs. Oklahoma Christian was 26-9 this season (10-1 at home) and then went on to beat Bethel 6-5 and 5-2 on May 5th and 7th, respectively. This booted Bethel from the playoffs as Oklahoma Christian advanced to the regional finals. It was...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida man was caught on camera smashing glass cases inside a Dick’s Sporting Goods store in Jensen Beach over the weekend, according to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators said 31-year-old Shanluk Diaz went on a violent vandalism spree inside the store. Diaz, who said he is homeless, walked into the store located on NW Federal Highway. Martin County deputies said he selected a baseball bat from an aisle and smashed several glass cases while employees and customers watched in shock. The incident was caught on camera and shows Diaz swinging at several cases before...

Protests against the killing of homeless schizophrenic Jordan Neely on the New York City subway turned violent on Monday night, with a demonstrator pictured being restrained by police with blood pouring down his face. Neely, 30, was killed on May 1 when, while ranting and throwing garbage at subway passengers, he was put into a chokehold by a 24-year-old former Marine, Daniel Penny. Neely's death was decreed a homicide last week, and the Neely family are calling for Penny to be prosecuted. The Manhattan district attorney is weighing whether to press charges. On Monday, demonstrators calling for justice for Neely...

A transgender woman has been sacked by Starbucks after footage showed her berating a female customer and allegedly assaulting a man who filmed the incident. The clash broke out at a Starbucks branch near the ferry terminal of Southampton, Hampshire, on Sunday, April 30. The 56-second clip shows the employee on the same side of the counter as the customer, arguing with her. The person recording the incident said the woman had apparently said something 'transphobic' to upset the employee, who angrily refuses to serve her. Footage shows the female customer saying: 'You're rude, don't ever call me transphobic, ever....

A 19-year-old who was arrested in March and accused of planning a mass shooting at schools in Colorado Springs appeared in court Wednesday afternoon, where a judge approved a request by the defense to delay a hearing.... Whitworth, who is transitioning to female, was arrested March 31 and accused of planning a mass shooting when investigators found instructions on how to build homemade bombs and a whiteboard with the floor plan to Timberview Middle School in Whitworth's bedroom, according to arrest records obtained by The Gazette... Deputies found Whitworth lying in bed, drunk, in a room piled with trash that...