The ringleader in the FAMU hazing deαth of 26 year old Robert Champion was sentenced to six years in prison on Friday. Although prosecutors had pushed for Dante Martin to be sentenced to nine years in prison, the judge deviated from the sentencing guidelines since Champion had been a willing participant in the hazing. Champion passed away after a 2011 hazing ritual. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Champion’s parents…
Two Los Angeles men were captured on surveillance video stealing several pairs of Nike Jordan shoes during a daytime robbery, say police. The robbery took place at around 1pm Thursday on Melrose Ave, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Surveillance video shows two men dressed in monkey masks brandishing semi-automatic weapons and threatening a store clerk. The men, who are believed to be between the ages of 18 to…
A 20 year old North Carolina youth minister allegedly committed what police are describing as a ‘lεwd act’ with a 13 year old. According to WNCT 9, warrants indicate that Shyheim Richardson is facing indεcent liberties charges. Richardson had been serving as the youth minister at Chosen Ministries. Richardson, who is also a gospel recording artist, was arrested on Monday by the New Bern Police Department. The Sun Journal reports…
The family of a 12 year old gunned down by Cleveland Police is “outraged” at extended video released by investigators. The footage shows the unfolding of Tamir Rice being fαtally shοt by police after he waved an airsoft gun. According to the family, the video not only confirms what they already know, but also shows the dying boy’s sister being “manhandled and tackled” instead of allowed to comfort her dying…
An ex Tennessee cop accused of coercing a man into performing a sεx act on him in exchange for avoiding arrest is currently on probation. Brandon Berry pleaded guilty in December, according to WMCActionNews5, and on Wednesday, a judge ordered him to serve two years on probation. Berry was arrested in 2013 and charged with official misconduct. Brandon Berry is accused of pulling over a man with an outstanding warrant…
By Nomalanga Mhlauli-Moses A teacher recently posted a photo of one of her students online. The teacher posted the photo of the student (only showing the back of the student’s head) after she styled the child’s hair. She actually put up two photos; one of the child’s hair before she did her hair and then one of the child’s hair after she styled it. Her post said: “So one of…
Baltimore’s police commissioner says he is reassessing security after an armed gang member walked into a police station. A member of the Black Guerrilla Family gang walked inside a Baltimore police station on Tuesday armed with a .22 caliber gun to test security, according to police. Jason Armstrong, 29, admitted to police that he was following orders from the gang. Armstrong drew attention to himself because he was behaving in…
In 2012, nine Manhattan pedestrians suffered bullet wounds after NYPD cops began firing at one suspect. Police aren’t always responsible gun owners, and one pοlice officer who accidentally shot himself in the stomach while standing alongside his wife in an elevator recently reinforced that point. Local affiliate WTSP reports that Kentucky police officer Darryl Jouett was adjusting his .40 caliber semi-automatic handgun in its holster when the gun accidentally discharged….
Some California students returned to school in Inglewood only to find racist and anti-Semitic symbols written on the buildings. Swastikas and the letters “KKK” were spray painted on the exteriors walls of Morningside High School, CBS Los Angeles reports. An Inglewood Unified School District official confirmed that this is not the first time that the school has been vandalized, confirming that the school had previously been targeted by vandals during…
“Selma” director Ava DuVernay has stirred a fair amount of controversy based on her depiction of the relationship between Martin Luther King Jr. and former president Lyndon B. Johnson. Specifically, Johnson Administration domestic affairs chief Joseph A. Califano, Jr.“falsely portrays President Lyndon B. Johnson as being at odds with Martin Luther King Jr. and even using the FBI to discredit him, as only reluctantly behind the Voting Rights Act of…
Cleveland’s mayor admitted that he didn’t trust a state agency to investigate the shοoting deαth of 12 year old Tamir Rice due to prior bunglings. Tamir Rice was gunned down by officers while carrying a toy gun. Mayor Frank Jackson explained on Sunday that he was hesitant to trust a state agency to review the fatαl shoοting due to a 2012 investigation involving two unarmed suspects who were shοt deαd…
The family of a Utah man gunned down by police while running away filed a lawsuit Friday against the officers involved in the shooting as well as the city. The incident occurred in September after someone called 911 to report that a man was walking around carrying a samurai sword. Darrien Hunt, 22, was holding a samurai sword and engaged in cosplay when he was confronted by Saratoga Springs officers….
A University of Connecticut student who had reportedly been a victim of assαult before graduating from high school in 2012 was arrested after allegedly making a threαt online. Tyler McKenzie, 18, posted on website Yik Yak that “East Lyme better get ready for a hail of bullets. I’ve been bullied too long. I’m going to let all may anger out.” McKenzie, currently a freshman at the University of Connecticut, prompted…
By Tamala Perkins On New Year’s Day, actor Terrence Howard shared the happy news that he is expecting something new in the new year; a baby. The Oscar-nominated actor announced that his new wife model Miranda Howard is expecting their first child. Even though it is their first baby together, for Terrence, it is baby number four. Howard has already fathered three children with his first wife. He is also…
Reported by Liku Zelleke Chris Rock has been making us smile and laugh out loud for well over 20 years. Everywhere he goes his humor – whether in a movie or on stage – has entertained millions of fans all over the world. It comes as no wonder that Rock, 49, is one of the richest people in Hollywood. It is estimated that he has a net worth of about…