A Florida family’s Mother’s Day dinner turned into absolute chaos after a violent argument over bringing in groceries.
According to police, 29 year old Keo Lavar was at home with his grandmother and 16 year old cousin when they returned from the supermarket with food for a Mother’s Day dinner. When his grandmother asked for help carrying in the groceries, Keo allegedly became angry and started arguing with his teenage cousin.
Investigators say Keo began yelling, “Someone is going to die today,” before grabbing a kitchen knife and stabbing his grandmother 11 times.
The 16 year old cousin reportedly witnessed the entire attack and ran for his life, jumping over a fence while calling 911. As he fled, he screamed, “You stabbed my f***ing grandma!” Police say Keo chased after him with the knife, asking if he “wanted to fade.”
When officers arrived, the teen and Keo were reportedly fighting in the driveway.
The grandmother was rushed to the hospital and underwent emergency surgery. She remains in critical condition after suffering 11 stab wounds.
Keo was arrested and charged with attempted first degree murder with a deadly weapon and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
An old liberal hag is furious because her illegal invader boyfriend is finally being deported after violating his parole by possessing a firearm.
Good. These agents are making that neighborhood safer by removing a criminal who should’ve been deported 30 years ago.
SEATTLE — A sense of frustration is growing among some of Washington state’s job creators.
Business owners who have spent years building companies and hiring workers now feel betrayed by a new tax they believe punishes their success.
Some of those entrepreneurs are now thinking about taking their businesses elsewhere.
Jesse Proudman, a Seattle-based startup founder, said the new "millionaires tax" passed by the state Legislature in March is a breaking point.
After nearly three decades in Washington state, Proudman is considering packing up and moving. The impetus for him is the new millionaires tax and what he sees as the worsening business climate it creates.
“It starts with the fact that this tax is designed for everybody, and it’s labeled the millionaires tax to get it through and get it approved,” Proudman said.
Proudman, founder and chief technology officer of Venice.ai, a privacy-focused generative artificial intelligence platform, said the policy shift has left him questioning whether his contributions as a job creator are still valued.
Venice.ai employs 35 people, including six in Seattle, and focuses on consumers who want access to advanced AI tools while preserving their privacy. Proudman worries the millionaires tax could expand beyond its initial scope and disproportionately affect entrepreneurs.
“By targeting that population of the state, you are targeting the most mobile people, and you’re building a revenue projection based on the reality that you’re thinking those people aren’t going to leave,” Proudman said. “Everybody I know that is in this income bracket, that has been entrepreneurial, that runs companies, they are all looking to move.”
If high earners do leave, Proudman warned, it could create budget challenges for the state.
“If you are building your budget based on revenue that you believe will come from this tax and the people you are taxing are no longer here, you have got to then plug that hole from somewhere else,” Proudman said. “That is where it is a slippery slope that I think everybody ends up being taxed.”
Washington has long relied on sales and business taxes rather than an income tax, and the adoption of the 9.9% tax on income above $1 million marks a significant policy shift. Supporters said it will make the tax system more equitable and fund public services, while critics argue it could drive away wealth and investment.
At a recent Seattle University forum, Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson dismissed concerns about an exodus of wealthy residents, saying such claims were “overblown” and adding, “if the ones that leave, like, bye,” which prompted laughter from the audience.
Proudman said such displays by government officials reinforce his sense that entrepreneurs are increasingly unwelcome.
“I have been out of state looking at other houses as well,” he said. “It’s just not a friendly jurisdiction to be in when you are villainized for being an entrepreneur here.”
Proudman said he is exploring options in states including Texas, Nevada, Florida, and Tennessee, though California is not out of the question given that he feels it has “the best tech community in the world.”
Despite his frustrations, Proudman said he has deep roots in Washington and is not ready to leave entirely. He has employed more than 100 people in Washington across his different companies.
Proudman recalled a time when startups were widely celebrated in Washington.
“You think about Amazon, you think about Boeing, you think about Starbucks. All of these phenomenal international companies started here,” Proudman said. “Somebody had to have that idea first, and they had to want to build the company in Washington.”
Entrepreneurs who grow discouraged over what the state has to offer could have long-term consequences for job creation.
“They are going to go find other places that want to celebrate entrepreneurship,” Proudman said. “When the big companies are not started here, the jobs don’t manifest here. It is a negative, downward spiral.”
Proudman said he plans to remain engaged in efforts to challenge the tax but is preparing a contingency plan.
A hairstylist canceled a woman’s appointment after she arrived at his apartment with six kids, despite being on time and paying early. Now he’s receiving death threats over it.
"Washington state raising taxes on millionaires, to 9.9%; first state income tax. There's nothing voters can do about it, either.
The state supreme court ruling that the new tax cannot be challenged by a voter referendum."
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There IS something voters can do about it. In the coming election an unprecedented 5 of the 9 Supreme Court seats will become vacant.
Supreme Court seats are often ignored by most voters, but if voters come out in force and elect new justices committed to upholding the state's constitution, our state can still be saved.
A Tennessee teenager calls her school board a group of “cowards” last week for not firing a member who hugged her and remarked that she was “hot” during a public meeting last month. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/s…
@B70090B@themp02@NBCNews lol dumbass that's what i should be saying to you. you're the one making the original claim here. please come back with absolutely nothing and admit defeat
🚨HIGH IN THE HOTEL‼️
Black couple gets the boot from their hotel for smoking in the room.
The father chimps out as expected, but the wife knows they’re clearly guilty.
She’s terrified the owner will call the cops and CPS will get involved.
Bonus Indian cameraman 😂
@WAPolicyCenter I like all the government spending and fraud by the democrats that run Washington. I want the people of Washington to experience more job loss, more crime, and less tourism. Texas thanks you
"Entrepreneurs are accustomed to accountability: If we fail to deliver value, we lose customers. If we misallocate capital, we absorb the loss. Government, too, should be judged by results, not intentions. In Washington, steadily increasing government spending hasn’t delivered commensurate results on a range of issues, from addressing homelessness and drug addiction to poor prospects for new high-school graduates." - Howard Schultz, founder of Starbucks
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Seattle Police say they are hunting a skinny ~5'7" Black male who stabbed a UW student to death in a laundry room in on-campus housing.
Police are withholding the victim's name, but Seattle LGBTQ Commission outed them as transsexual.
H/T @LuciousMuffins
@DarrenBaileyIL I like it. I want the people of Chicago to be poor and unsafe on their streets. They vote for it and I think what the people want they should get
SIX women punched in the face by the same animal wearing an ANKLE MONITOR.
Shattered glasses. Black eyes. Broken noses. Bloody sidewalks.
This is JB's justice system.