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Home Front: Culture Wars
Man forced woman to watch roots 'Roots' - Defendant wanted victim to 'better understand her racism'
2020-02-19
[Smok'n Gun] FEBRUARY 18--An Iowa man held a female acquaintance captive and forced her to watch "Roots" so that she "could better understand her racism," according to a criminal complaint.
I frequently watch 'Wheel of Fortune' to learn more about LGBT word identification aptitude and spelling proficiency.
Investigators allege that Robert Lee Noye, 52, yesterday forced Jill Shelton, 37, to sit with him and watch the program about slavery. Shelton allegedly was held against her will inside a small Cedar Rapids home (seen below) she has shared with Noye.

Shelton told police that when she tried to move, Noye "threatened her to remain seated and watch the movie with him" or else he would "kill her and spread her body parts across I-380 on the way to Chicago," the complaint charges.

Noye, pictured at right, was arrested for felony harassment and false imprisonment, a misdemeanor. He was booked into the Linn County jail and released from custody last night. A judge has ordered Noye to have no contact with Shelton.

Court records show that Noye and Shelton have been involved in a tumultuous relationship spanning nearly two decades, with both parties filing for multiple restraining orders against the other person.

The criminal complaint does not reveal whether Shelton was allegedly forced to watch the original nine-hour "Roots" miniseries or subsequent remakes based on Alex Haley’s novel.
Posted by:Besoeker

#15  It could have been "The Color Purple".
Posted by: Crusader   2020-02-19 18:56  

#14  Well, at least she didn't have to pay tuition, unlike most people in her circumstances.
Snark O'The Day
Posted by: charger   2020-02-19 17:19  

#13  Remember the Billy Wilder movie One, Two, Three(1961) where: "... After Otto is forced to listen endlessly to the song "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" during interrogation, he cracks and signs a confession that he is an American spy."
That kind of torture?
Posted by: magpie   2020-02-19 14:52  

#12  racist to assume her ancestors had anything to do with slavery.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2020-02-19 14:01  

#11  when Roots is aired, is it prefaced by, "what you are about to see was plagiarized - from a white guy"
Posted by: Bob Grorong1136   2020-02-19 12:56  

#10  The Gubmint is gonna put Mr Noye in chains.
Posted by: Joey B   2020-02-19 12:49  

#9  Not the Bee? *Wow*
Posted by: magpie   2020-02-19 11:21  

#8  How is this not the Bee?

The criminal complaint does not reveal whether Shelton was allegedly forced to watch the original nine-hour "Roots" miniseries or subsequent remakes based on Alex Haley’s novel.

Seriously, not the Bee?
Posted by: SteveS   2020-02-19 11:07  

#7  But Roots turned out to be plagiarism.
Posted by: 3dc   2020-02-19 11:05  

#6  Coulda been the new Watchmen show.
Posted by: Dron66046   2020-02-19 11:04  

#5  I always thought that forced viewing of Hollywood crap would be (almost) as effective as waterboarding.
Posted by: Lex   2020-02-19 10:51  

#4  Coulda been worse.
Coulda been The Eternals.
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-02-19 10:42  

#3  #metoo

In thanks, Chicken George is now a running gag in my home. Unfortunately, the best part of the remake.

Bit off topic, I came across a movie I thought was going to be brutal to watch but ended up liking it: We Die Young
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-02-19 10:32  

#2  Could've been Ishtar, the new Ghostbusters flick or something really painful to watch.
Posted by: Raj   2020-02-19 09:15  

#1  IMA going out on a limb here and predicting this many not end well for Jill.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-02-19 08:00  

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