MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4 This week of hardcore horror broken only by one stupid story involving frat boys' balls kicks off in Washington State with the tragic story of Michael Saffioti, the 22-year-old man who turned himself in to Snohomish County Jail on a charge of misdemeanor marijuana possession and wound up dead. As KIRO 7 reports today, the tragedy transpired last July, when Michael Saffioti reported to Snohomish County Jail on the outstanding pot charge. Crucial detail from KIRO: "Saffioti suffered from extreme dairy allergies and took regular pains to protect himself. Because he had been at the Snohomish County Jail once before, guards had a medical file on him." Despite this medical file and video that appears to show Saffioti asking a guard and servers about his food, he was served a jailhouse breakfast of oatmeal and soon died. "Video obtained by KIRO 7 through a public records request shows [Saffioti] questioning the breakfast he was fed," reports KIRO. "The camera first captured Saffioti at the guard's desk, holding his tray... Eventually, he took a few bites... Within a few minutes, Saffioti was back at the guard desk, using his inhaler." According to a $10 million legal claim filed by his mother, Saffoti "asked to see a nurse. Instead, he was sent to his cell." Half an hour later, Saffioti was found unconscious, rushed to a hospital, and pronounced dead. "Our theory is that they absolutely knew about Michael's medical needs," said attorney Cheryl Snow, who's representing Saffioti's mother in her claim against the county. "This video shows Michael clearly made his needs apparent, that his needs were ignored."

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5 Speaking of heartbreaking victims, the week continues in California's Bay Area, where 18-year-old Sasha Fleischman is a senior at Berkeley's Maybeck High School. "My son considers himself agender," Sasha's mother, Debbie Fleischman, told the Oakland Tribune. "He likes to wear a skirt. It's his statement. That's how he feels comfortable dressing." According to Mom, her non-gender-conforming son has ridden the bus from their Berkeley home to East Oakland for a year without incident—until yesterday. "Police said the attack happened about 5:20 p.m. Monday on an AC Transit 57 line bus with at least a dozen passengers on board," reports the Tribune. "Police said it appears the suspect, a junior at Oakland High School, boarded the bus near the school and saw Fleischman sleeping in a rear seat and lit his skirt on fire." As Fleischman awoke in flames, other passengers rushed to his aid, eventually extinguishing the fire that would leave his legs covered in second- and third-degree burns. Today, the 16-year-old suspected fire-starter was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, while Sasha Flesichman remains in stable condition at the St. Francis Memorial Hospital burn unit, where he'll undergo "massive skin grafting." Today, his cousin launched a fundraising page to help cover Sasha's medical expenses, which you can find at fundly.com/helping-sasha-fleischman-have-a-speedy-recovery.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6 In even worse news, the week continues in Detroit, where friends and family of Renisha McBride are agonizing over how the 19-year-old McBride went from seeking help after a car crash to being fatally shot in the head. The basics: Early last Saturday, after crashing her car and finding herself with a dead cell phone battery, Renisha McBride—a recent graduate of Southfield High School who worked at Ford Motor Company—made her way to a nearby home, presumably to ask for help. Instead, she was fatally shot in the head by the homeowner, who, the Detroit Free Press will report tomorrow, apparently believed McBride was breaking into his home when his shotgun discharged accidentally. Today, family and friends held a vigil for McBride in advance of her memorial service on Friday, while Dearborn Heights police asked the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office to issue a warrant for the resident behind the fatal shooting—a request the prosecutor's office will deny pending further investigation.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7 In stupider news, the week continues in Wilmington, Ohio, where police are investigating a college fraternity hazing incident that necessitated the amputation of a pledge's testicle. Details come from the ridiculously lurid police reports published today by the Smoking Gun. Our protagonists: three Wilmington College students hoping to join the Gamma Phi Gamma fraternity, who were allegedly subjected to a highly ritualized battering. Among the deeds allegedly enacted on the pledges (who were naked except for blindfolds): the application of an Icy Hot–like substance to their nipples, buttocks, and scrotums; the stuffing of Limburger cheese in their mouths; and the striking of their arms and legs with "'towels and shirts that had the ends balled up in knots' or which had 'items tied inside them to inflict pain,'" reports the Smoking Gun. "Pledge Tyler Lawrence, 19, was struck in the testicles with 'a towel fashioned as a weapon,' according to an affidavit sworn by Wilmington Police Department Detective Brian Kratzer. Lawrence 'went to the ground immediately in pain and was clutching himself in the groin.' Frat members eventually got Lawrence to his feet so they could conclude the hazing by stuffing vinegar-soaked bananas into the mouths of the three men (who were told the item was 'poop or shit')." Once the violent naked pageant of brotherhood was concluded, Lawrence was taken to a local hospital, where one of his testicles was found to be so damaged, it had to be surgically removed. Police are investigating, and the frat has been suspended.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8 Nothing happened today, unless you count the aforementioned memorial service for Renisha McBride in Detroit, or the world-historically awful super typhoon that slammed into the Philippines, which we'll deal with on Sunday, when we have more information. (Meanwhile in Los Angeles, Young Lee, the 49-year-old cofounder of the frozen yogurt chain Pinkberry, was today found guilty of beating a homeless panhandler with a tire iron, for which he faces up to seven years in prison.)

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9 Nothing happened today, unless you count the employee at an Oregon wildcat sanctuary who was killed by a wildcat, or an amazing night of dance (Crystal Pite!) staged at Pacific Northwest Ballet, which you can read about here.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10 The week ends with a heart-crushing update on the super typhoon that hit the central Philippines on Friday. Now being called one of the most powerful storms ever recorded, Typhoon Haiyan swept away villages and killed many, many, many people. "We had a meeting last night with the governor and the other officials," said Elmer Soria, police chief superintendent of the Leyte province, to Reuters. "The governor said, based on their estimate, 10,000 died." As we type this, large swaths of the Philippines are attempting to survive hell on earth. To help, visit redcross.org/charitable-donations.

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