Rap nixed in Yale slave pix smash
PROSECUTORS dropped charges Tuesday against a black Yale University dining services worker who used a broomstick to smash a stained-glass window depicting slaves.
The end of the criminal case came a day after Corey Menafee returned to work at Yale.
Menafee, 38, said he destroyed the window inside Calhoun College in June because he found it offensive. The image was of a male and a female slave carrying bales of cotton and smiling.
“It’s the 21st century; you shouldn’t have to see that,” Menafee said earlier this month.
Menafee was charged with felony criminal mischief and misdemeanor reckless endangerment.
But he and the school reached an agreement. He apologized and resigned and the school said it would support dropping the charges. MOO-VE OVER MEAT.
The only thing missing from the new burger on the menu at David Chang’s Momofuku Nishi is real meat — but some carnivores will have a hard time telling the difference because the Impossible Burger — a plant based patty first created in a lab — drips sizzling juice and almost mimics the flavor and texture of the real thing.
The $80 million project is the brainchild of Stanford biochemist Patrick Brown and his research team at California-based Impossible Foods.
“It's easy to make foods that have the nutritional quality, what’s hard is to make them delicious,” said Brown.
Brown created the faux meat five years ago and New Yorkers will be able to sample his invention at chef Chang’s Chelsea outpost starting Wednesday.
“It’s something I knew I had to get behind,” said Chang.
His burger is topped with lettuce, tomato, pickles and special sauce served on a potato bun with or without cheese.
Of course it comes with a side of French fries for $12.
While skeptics might roll their eyes at yet another veggie burger on the market,