A Florida man implicated in a viral video of a shark being dragged from the rear of a boat to its death accepted a plea deal that will land him in jail for only ten days, which he can serve on weekends. Robert Benac III, 30, of Bradenton, and the son of Manattee County Commissioner Betsy Benac, also was fined $2,500 and ordered to perform 250 hours of community service at an animal shelter. He was stripped of his fishing license for three years in the settlement with the Florida Fish & Conservation Commission and other prosecuting agencies, reports the Bradenton Herald.😡 #fools

#Meanwhile in Russia ... Lightning strike, Damaged Toyota RAV4 glass. ⚡️

Police fired chemical-laced blue water and tear gas at protesters who lobbed Molotov cocktails outside the Hong Kong government office complex today. Violence flared anew after thousands of pro-democracy supporters marched through downtown shopping district in defiance of a police ban - the latest expression of a popular revolt that has raged for the last 99 days. Shops were shut amid fears of renewed violence in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory that has been unsettled by months of protests. A mixed crowd of hardcore protesters in black and wearing masks, along with families with children, spilled into the roads of the Causeway Bay shopping belt. Some waved U.S. and British flags, while others carried posters reiterating their calls for democratic reforms. Police had turned down a request by the Civil Human Rights Front to hold the march but the demonstrators were undeterred, as they have been all summer. The march disrupted traffic and many shops, including the Sogo department store, closed their doors.