Archive for the 'Crime' Category
“Fruitvale Station,” The Drama About The Death of Oscar Grant, Premieres in July, 2013
• May 13, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in Acting, African American History, Awards, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Film, History, People of Color, Police Misconduct/Killings, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: Academy Award, African Americans, Ariana Neal, BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant, Blacks, California, Cannes Film Festival, Cell Phone Videos, Cell Phones, Chad Michael Murray, Constables on Patrol, David Silva, Drama, Fruitvale, Fruitvale Station, Grant, Latinos, Love, Melonie Diaz, Michael B. Jordan, Motherhood, Murder, Octavia Spencer, Oscar Grant, Racism, Ryan Coogler, Sundance Film Festival, Weinstein Company, YouTube
Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: Ex-”Lambeau Leap” Footballer LeRoy Butler Gives a Four-Word Tweet of Support for Jason Collins; Loses Church Gig, But Gains More Fans for His Stand Against Homophobia
• May 3, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Education, Gays in Sports/Coming Out, Hate Crimes, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, Sexuality, Sports, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: African Americans, Blacks, Bullying, Butler, Children, Common Sense, Dunstan, Enforced Heterosexism, Green Bay Packer, Green Bay Packers, Jason Collins, Lambeau Field, LeRoy Butler, LGBT, Love, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Sports Illustrated, Torment, Twitter, Wisconsin
Shaniya Davis: Judge Orders Delay to Ascertain Mario McNeill’s Psychologcal Capacity; Ruling to Proceed with Trial on Friday
• April 23, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "The Fayetteville Observer", African Americans, Blacks, Capital Punishment, Carthage, Cherry Hospital, Child Abuse, Child Sexual Abuse, Children, Defense, Defense Motion, Drugs, Fayetteville North Carolina, Fayetteville Observer, Friday, Judge Ammons, Jury, Life Imprisonment Without Possibility of Parole, Mario Andrette McNeill, Mario McNeill, McNeill, Monday, Motion, Murder, Opening Statements, Plea, Prosecution, Rape, Sex, Shaniya Davis, Superior Court, Trial, Trial Delay, WRALcom
Aren’t You Glad It Isn’t Anyone Black? Putting to Rest The Myth of The Dark-Skinned Terrorist
• April 19, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Chechya, Class, Crime, Discrimination, Domestic Terrorism, European History, Facebook, Health, History, Islam/Sufism, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, MSNBC, National Issues, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Religion, Russia, Stephen Colbert, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Blacks, Boston, Boston Marathon Bombing, Bronx, Caucasian, Caucasians, Chechens, Chechya, CNN, Common Sense, Facebook, Guilty, Haj, Homeland Security, John Allen Mohammad, John King, Journalism, Journalism and Ethics, Lee Boyd Malvo, Lynch Mob, Malcolm X, Martin Richard, Middle East, MSNBC, Murder, Muslim, N.Y. Post, Nation of Islam, Naturalized American, New York Post, Oklahoma City Bombing, President Obama, Race Baiting, Ruslan Tsarni, The Twitterverse, Timothy McVeigh, Twitter, United States, White People
Martin Richard: One Important Observation About The Boston Marathon Bombing
• April 17, 2013 • 4 CommentsPosted in "Stand Your Ground" Laws, African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Terrorism, Education, Hate Crimes, Health, History, Holidays, Mental Health/Psychology, National Issues, Race, Sports, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Ashmont, Bill Richard, Bombing, Boston, Boston MA, Boston Marathon, Boston Marathon Bombing, Family, Family (biology), John F. Kennedy, Martin, Martin Richard, Patriot's Day, Pressure Cooker Bombs, Richard, Snopes.com, Sybrina Fulton, Timothy McVeigh, Tracy Martin, Trayvon Martin
Shaniya Davis: Twelve Jurors Finally Seated for Mario McNeill Trial; Four Alternates to Follow
• April 17, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in African American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, National Issues, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Race, Rape, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Black Girls, Blacks, Child Abuse, Child Sexual Abuse, Children, Cumberland County Superior Court, Drama, Fayetteville Observer, Harnett County North Carolina, Jim Ammons, Jury, Jury Contamination, Jury Seated, Jury Selection, Mario McNeill, McNeill, Murder, Rape, Sex, Sexual Abuse, Shaniya Davis, Tuesday
I Think LL Cool J Stepped In It Again on The Tonight Show Thursday Night
• April 12, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Discrimination, Hate Crimes, History, Late Night TV, Murder/Manslaughter, Music, National Issues, Police Misconduct/Killings, Race, Slavery, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", Accidental Racist, Arts, Brad Paisley, Jay Leno, LL Cool J, NBC, NCIS, New York, Talk Show, Television, The Tonight Show, Tonight Show, Trayvon Martin, United States
Shaniya Davis: McNeill Says He’s Innocent and Refuses a Plea Deal as Nine Out of the Twelve Are Chosen for the Jury, But There’s a Problem
• April 11, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American Politics, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Health, History, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, National Issues, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Race, Rape, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Ammons, Bill Kirby, Blacks, Children, Cumberland County Courthouse, Fayetteville Observer, Jury Contamination, Jury Selection, Life Imprisonment Without Possibility of Parole, Mario McNeill, McNeill, Murder, Plea, Plea Bargain, Pope, Rape, Sex, Shaniya Davis, United States
If Mario McNeill Pleads Guilty, There’s No Trial, No Witnesses, and No Public Airing of the Circumstances Surrounding Shaniya’s Murder
• April 8, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes
Tags: Murder, Death Penalty, Shaniya Davis, DSS, Mario McNeill, Child Sexual Abuse, First Degree Murder, Child Rape, Billy West, Shaniya, Child Murder, Fayetteville Observer, Cumberland County Department of Social Services, Monday, McNeill, Terry Alford, Judge Jim Ammons, Death Row, Life Without Possibility of Parole
Shaniya Davis: McNeill Admits He Took The Little Girl From The Trailer Park on The First Day of Trial, and Other News
• April 8, 2013 • 5 CommentsPosted in Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American Politics, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, Facebook, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, National Issues, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Race, Rape, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Alabama, Associated Press, Bradley Lockhart, Child Abuse, Child Sexual Abuse, Davis, Facebook, Fayetteville Observer, Felon, Felony Child Abuse, Harnett County North Carolina, HLN, Lockhart, Mario Andrette McNeill, Mario McNeill, McNeill, Motherhood, Nancy Grace, Nicole Davis, Shaniya, Shaniya Davis, Today, United States Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands
Shaniya Davis: The Girl’s Aunt Brenda Dated Mario McNeill Three Months Before The Murder
• April 6, 2013 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Crime, Cultural History, Health, History, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Rape, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, American Broadcasting Company, Antoinette Davis, Blacks, Brenda Davis, Child Exploitation, Child Sexual Abuse, Child Sexual Slavery, Children, Fayetteville, Fayetteville Observer, Mario Andrette McNeill, Mario McNeill, McNeill, Murder, Rape, Sex, Shaniya, Shaniya Davis, Sister
Shaniya Davis: The Trial is a Go for Monday, April 8, After McNeill’s Lawyers Are Denied Another Postponement
• April 3, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Race, Rape, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Biracial Children, Blacks, Child Abuse, Child Murder, Child Sexual Abuse, Children, Common Sense, Fayetteville Observer, Lawyer, McNeill, Monday, North Carolina, Sex, Shaniya, Shaniya Davis, Trial
Police May Nail The Killers of Antonio Santiago Faster Than They Will Find George Zimmerman Guilty, or Find Jonylah Watkins’ Murderers
• March 30, 2013 • 5 CommentsPosted in "Stand Your Ground" Laws, African American History, American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Bullying/Juvenile Crimes, Chicanos/Latinos, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Education, Gang Violence, Gun Violence, History, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, National Issues, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Associated Press, Baby Killer, Black Motherhood, Black Teenagers, Black Women, Blacks, Brunswick Georgia, California, Chicago, Child Murder, Common Sense, Dominique Lang, Elkins, Facebook, Gangs, Glassey, Gloucester County New Jersey, Hadiya Pendleton, Jonathan Watkins, Jonylah Watkins, Luis Santiago, Motherhood, Murder, New Jersey, No Snitching, Racism, Sherry West, Shootings, The No Snitching Rule, Trayvon Martin, United States
The Very Dead But Forever Beloved Richard Pryor is Coming Out With a New Compilation Album Soon and a New Documentary
• March 28, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Drug Culture/Industry, Facebook, Film, History, Mental Health/Psychology, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Compilation Album, Compilation CD, DVD, Marsha Warfield, Pryor, Richard Pryor, Shout Factory, Tribeca Film Festival, Whoopi Goldberg, YouTube
Those Cartoons from Facebook, March 25, 2013
• March 25, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Democrats, Discrimination, Education, Facebook, Health, Immigration, Mental Health/Psychology, Race, Rosa Parks, Voter Suppression, Women
Tags: "Racial Entitlements", Antonin Scalia, Book Lovers, Cartoons, Chores, Emory University, Facebook, Faux Noise, Fox News, High Water Pants, Impressions, Italian American, Limousine Liberals, Marky Mark, Misconceptions, Misinformation, Political Cartoons, Republicans, Rosa Parks, Sagging Pants, Scalia, Science, Social Statements, Suffrage, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court of the United States, Three-Fifths Compromise, Voting Right Act, Voting Rights, Voting Rights Act, White House
Jonylah’s Funeral, March 19, 2013—Excerpts from Videos and Photos
• March 20, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, Gang Violence, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Music, Preachers/Ministers, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Burial, Chicago, Chicago IL, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Children, Drama, Funeral, Grandmother, Jonathan Watkins, Jonylah, Jonylah Watkins, Judy Watkins, Lupe Fiasco, Mary Young, Motherhood, Murder, Reverend Corey Brooks, Tuesday, Twitter, United States
Jonylah’s Funeral is Now
• March 19, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in African American History, Black People, Crime, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, Gang Violence, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Buddhism, Charles Knight, Chicago, Children, Death, Death Care, Drama, Drugs, Funeral Services, I Will Always Love You, Jonathan, Jonathan Watkins, Jonylah, Jonylah Emani Watkins, Jonylah Watkins, Judy Watkins, Love, Marriage, Motherhood, Murder, Tamela Mann, Whitney Houston
And Now, On the Occasion of the Verdict from the Steubenville Rape Trial, I Bring You A Word from Comedian Dick Gregory
• March 18, 2013 • 6 CommentsPosted in American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Mental Health/Psychology, Rape, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Sports, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Afghanistan, African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, CNN, Common Sense, Crime, Crimes Against Humanity, Dick Gregory, Drugs, Football Teams, Growing Up, Guilt (law), Juveniles, Ma'lik Richmond, Ohio, Parties, Pinterest, Rape, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Sex Crimes, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Violence, Sports, Steubenville High School, Steubenville Ohio, Teenagers, Trains, Trent Mays, United States, Women, Youth
“No Snitching” Is Not Giving Murdered Children Like Jonylah Watkins Any Justice
• March 17, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Drug Culture/Industry, Education, Facebook, Gang Violence, Health, Love, Murder/Manslaughter, Pregnancy/Pre-Natal Issues, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Breaking Bad", Arianna Gibson, Barack Obama, Chicago, Chicago IL, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Cook County, Crime, Criminal Record, DNAInfo, Facebook, G.E.D., Gang-Related, Gangs, Gangster Disciples, Gangsters, Hadiya Pendleton, Heaven Sutton, Jonathan Watkins, Jonylah, Jonylah Watkins, Judy Watkins, Judy Young Watkins, Ku Klux Klan, Leak and Sons, Murder, New Beginnings Church, New School, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Obama, Old School, Pennsylvania Avenue, Rev. Corey Brooks, Reverend Corey Brooks, Shootings, Siretha White, Suburbia, Tsarina Powell, Willie Cochran, Woodlawn
Entering The Arena: The Right Wing Attacks on Zerlina Maxwell
• March 12, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in African American History, American Politics, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Democrats, Domestic Violence, Education, Facebook, Hate Crimes, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, National Issues, Race, Rape, Rape/Sex Crimes, Reproductive Rights, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, Slavery, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement, Womanism, Women
Tags: "The Ed Show", African Americans, Blacks, Bystander Effect, ColorLines, Death Threats, Ebony Magazine, Faux Noise, Fox News, Fox News Channel, Grio, Hannity, Harassment, Hate Crimes, Imprisonment, International Women's Day, LGBT, Maxwell, Rape, Sean Hannity, Sex, Steubenville Ohio, Twitter, VAWA, Washington Times, Zerlina Maxwell
Trayvon Shooter George Zimmerman Waives His Right to a Stand Your Ground Hearing So His Attorneys Can Discredit An Important Witness
• March 5, 2013 • 2 CommentsPosted in "Stand Your Ground" Laws, African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American History, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Discrimination, Facebook, Hate Crimes, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, National Issues, Police Misconduct/Killings, Sybrina Fulton
Tags: "The Orlando Sentinel", African Americans, Benjamin Crump, Bernie de la Rionda, Black Women, Blacks, Castle doctrine, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Dee Dee, Defense, Facebook, Fib, Florida, Growing Up, Lie, Love, Miami, Miami FL, Murder, Orlando Sentinel, Perjury, Prosecution, Racism, Second Degree Murder, Stand Your Ground Law, Testimony, Trayvon, Trayvon Benjamin Martin, Trayvon Martin, Trayvon's Girlfriend, Twitter, United States, Zimmerman
Archaeologist Hilke Thuer Wants to Prove Bones Are of Cleopatra’s Sister, But Without the Skull There’ll Always Be a Shadow of a Doubt
• March 1, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in Africans, Archaeology, Celebrities/Royals, Classical History, Cultural History, Documentaries, Education, Egypt, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Race, Turkey, World History
Tags: "Cleopatra Portrait of a Killer", "Cleopatra", Africa, Arsinoe IV of Egypt, Austrian Academy of Science, BBC One, Black Ancestry, Blacks, Charlotte Observer, Classical History, Cleopatra VII, DNA, Dynasty, Egyptian, Ephesus, Greco-Roman, Greeks, Half-Sister, Julius Caesar, Ptolemy XII Auletes, Sister, Temple of Artemis, The Ptolemies, Turkey, Tutankhamun
Hoodies Up! Where Are We Since Trayvon Was Murdered?
• February 28, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in "Stand Your Ground" Laws, African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Bullying/Juvenile Crimes, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Domestic Terrorism, Education, Hate Crimes, Immigration, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, National Issues, Peru, Police Misconduct/Killings, Sybrina Fulton, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Afro-Peruvian, Black Women, Blacks, Cellphones, Children, Chuck D, CNN, Common Sense, Demetrius Martin, DNA, Dr. Gaye Theresa Johnson, Florida, George Zimmerman, GPS, Hate Crime, Jahvaris Fulton, Jamie Foxx, Latinos, Michael Eric Dyson, Million Hoodies March, Motherhood, Murder, New York City, Piers Morgan, Prosecution, Racism, Shooting, Trayvon, Trayvon Benjamin Martin, Trayvon Martin, Trayvon's Girlfriend, Union Square, Union Square Park, United States, Witness No. 8, Zimmerman
Shaniya Davis: In Two Hand-Written Letters, Accused Murderer Mario McNeill Proclaims His Innocence
• February 21, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in Black People, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Crime, Class, People of Color, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Rape/Sex Crimes, African American History, Cultural History
Tags: African Americans, Blacks, Capital Punishment, Child Abuse, Children, Cumberland County, Cumberland County Detention Center, Cumberland County Superior Court, Death Penalty, Drugs, Fayetteville Observer, Mario Andrette McNeill, Mario McNeill, McNeill, Murder, Nicole Davis, North Carolina, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Shaniya, Shaniya Davis, Trial, United States, Wednesday
Bishop Eddie Long Subject of New Book Published by Centino Kemp and Subject of Lawsuit Brought by New Birth Parishioners
• February 16, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Consumer Fraud, Crime, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Religion
Tags: Abusive Relationships, African Americans, Atlanta, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Bishop Eddie Long, Black Gays, Blacks, Centino Kemp, Cheating, Coming of Age Story, Drama, Eddie Long, Ephren Taylor, Financial Mismanagement, Financial Presentation, First Lady, Florida, Georgia Voice, Homosexuality, Kemp, Kindle, LGBT, Lust, Mental Cruelty, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Nonfiction, Power, Sexual Abuse, Sexuality, Suicide Attempts, Taylor, Television, The First Lady, Twitter, United States, Valentine's Day
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