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a box on the side of a building, flicking its tail, meowing and licking its lips.
The feline, created by a dig- ital marketing firm, has gained 17,000 followers on its Twitter account and can be seen in a livestream on YouTube.
Wait, What?
William Ben Darby, a for- mer police officer in Hunts- ville, Alabama, was convicted two months ago of murder for fatally shooting a man who was threatening suicide. But, AL.com reported, the city is still paying his salary as he awaits sentencing on Aug. 20, as he is technically on family and medical leave. In fact, the city has allegedly asked other police officers to donate their accrued sick leave to Darby, identifying him as an unnamed employee with a medical con- dition.
“We have an employee who would like to receive donated leave but has elected to leave their name and medical con- dition off the request,” read an email from Chief Mark Mc- Murray.
McMurray denies sending the email and said his assistant might have forwarded it from human resources.
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