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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 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes
Tags: Billy West, Child Murder, Child Rape, Child Sexual Abuse, Cumberland County Department of Social Services, Death Penalty, Death Row, DSS, Fayetteville Observer, First Degree Murder, Judge Jim Ammons, Life Without Possibility of Parole, Mario McNeill, McNeill, Monday, Murder, Shaniya, Shaniya Davis, Terry Alford

Shaniya Davis: In Two Hand-Written Letters, Accused Murderer Mario McNeill Proclaims His Innocence

• February 21, 2013 • 1 Comment

Posted in African American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
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

Death Penalty Sought for Accused Killer Mario Andrette McNeill, But Not for Shaniya’s Mother

• October 5, 2011 • 7 Comments

Posted in Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Rape/Sex Crimes, Slavery
Tags: African Americans, Antoinette Davis, Attorney General, Bail, Billy West, Black Women, Blacks, Capital Punishment, Child Abuse, Child Murder, Children, Cumberland County Jail, Davis, Death Penalty, Drugs, Enmund v. Florida, Fayetteville Observer, Google News, Mario Andrette McNeill, Motherhood, Murder, North Carolina Central Prison, Rape, Shaniya Davis, United States

Florida Man Who Threw Baby Onto Freeway Faces Death Penalty

• July 9, 2009 • 2 Comments

Posted in Black People, Class, Crime, Domestic Violence, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology
Tags: Beatings, Death Penalty, Emmanuel Wesley Murray, Florida, Foster Parents, Ida the Spider, Ida Williams, Jasmine Bedwell, Judge Gregory Holder, Kimmins Early Head Start Center, Richard McTear, Stalking, Threats

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Liz Cheney Is Ready to Lose. But She’s Not Ready to Quit. August 7, 2022
The Republican says her crusade to stop Donald J. Trump will continue — even if she loses her primary next week. Restoring a “very sick” G.O.P. will take years, she says, “if it can be healed.”
Killings of 4 Men in Albuquerque Leave Muslim Community in Fear August 8, 2022
As the authorities appeal to the public for help in their investigation, many Muslim residents are experiencing a “managed panic.”
Killings of Three Muslim Men in Albuquerque May Be Linked, Police Say August 7, 2022
The authorities also suspect the deaths could be connected to the homicide of a Muslim man in 2021.
Drop Box for Babies: Conservatives Promote a Way to Give Up Newborns Anonymously August 6, 2022
After Roe, groups are seeking to expand safe haven laws, which allow women to surrender babies with minimal interference. But these laws pose their own problems.
Uvalde Postpones Decision to Fire School Police Chief Pete Arredondo July 22, 2022
The South Texas school district said it would delay a decision on terminating the chief who led the schools’ response to a school shooting.
California Counties, Cities Restrict Airbnbs Amid Pandemic Tourism July 23, 2022
San Diego, Marin County, San Bernardino County and more have approved rules this year to restrict short-term rentals.
Newsom to Sign Bill Allowing Residents to Sue Over Illegal Guns July 24, 2022
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California signed legislation that would provide a minimum $10,000 award to residents who successfully sue makers of illegal guns.
He Built a Home to Survive a Civil War. Tragedy Found Him Anyway. July 22, 2022
C. Wesley Morgan once believed that the place he built, which included a 2,000-square-foot bunker, was the safest house in Kentucky.

The Guardian, UK

Kenya election: shifting alliances and economic woe to fore August 8, 2022
Raila Odinga is leading William Ruto in the polls but the latter hopes his ‘hustler’ image will win him votes among the poorKenyans are heading to the ballot box on Tuesday after a campaign season marked by a shift in ethnic alliances and two big-ticket issues: the cost of living crisis and high unemployment.The race pits presidential frontrunners Raila Odin […]
London museum to return 72 Benin treasures to Nigeria August 7, 2022
Horniman museum is first government-funded institution to hand back artefacts looted by British forces in 1897A London museum is to return 72 treasured artefacts, including its collection of Benin bronzes, to Nigeria in what experts described as an “immensely significant” moment.The Horniman museum said it would transfer the ownership of the historic objects […]
Russia’s private military contractor Wagner comes out of the shadows in Ukraine war August 7, 2022
Mercenary group does not officially exist but is playing a more public role and openly recruiting in RussiaRussia-Ukraine war – latest updatesThree billboards in the Ural city of Ekaterinburg shine a light on what was once one of Russia’s most shadowy organisations, the private military contractor Wagner.“Motherland, Honour, Blood, Bravery. WAGNER”, one of t […]
Uganda’s suspension of LGBT charity a ‘clear witch-hunt’, say campaigners August 6, 2022
Country’s government says Sexual Minorities Uganda ‘operating illegally’ in east African nationThe Ugandan government has suspended the country’s leading gay rights organisation, accusing it of operating illegally in the east African nation, in a move campaigners condemned as “a clear witch-hunt”.The National Bureau for Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) – […]
Revealed: UK ran cold war dirty tricks campaign to smear Kenya’s first vice-president August 6, 2022
Special unit spread fake news about leftist politician, Oginga Odinga, seen as threat to British interests in 1960sBritish cold war propagandists smeared Kenyan vice-president Oginga Odinga in the 1960s in “black” propaganda operations, newly declassified files reveal.The Foreign Office’s propaganda arm, the Information Research Department (IRD), targeted th […]
Death toll reaches 36 in eastern DRC as protesters turn on UN peacekeepers August 5, 2022
With elections due next year, analysts fear political motives could be driving the rising violence and tensions in the region Fears of a new wave of violence in the restive east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are growing after weeks of deadly protests against UN peacekeepers and rising regional tensions.Thirty-six people, including four UN peacekeep […]
Colombia’s first leftist president says war on drugs has failed August 8, 2022
At his swearing in Gustavo Petro, a former guerrilla, says the country is getting a ‘second chance’ to tackle violence and povertyColombia’s first leftist president has been sworn into office, promising to fight inequality and bring peace to a country long haunted by bloody feuds between the government, drug traffickers and rebel groups.Gustavo Petro, a form […]
Fire in Cuban oil depot leaves 121 injured and 17 firefighters missing August 6, 2022
Body found after 800 people evacuated as smoke billows towards Havana following lightning strike at Matanzas supertanker baseFire started by a lightning strike has engulfed an oil storage facility in the Cuban city of Matanzas, setting off explosions and injuring 121 people. Seventeen firefighters were missing and one body had been found, Cuban authorities s […]

The BBC

Israel-Gaza: Ceasefire holds overnight after days of violence August 8, 2022
Israel and Palestinian militants agreed to a Egyptian-mediated truce that took effect late on Sunday.
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The plans - which aim to reduce US carbon emissions by 40% by 2030 - still needs House approval.
Colombia: New left-wing leader wants global drugs rethink August 8, 2022
President Gustavo Petro is demanding a new global strategy to tackle his nation's drugs industry.
China-Taiwan: Beijing conducts new military drills near island August 8, 2022
The drills were due to end on Sunday but a statement said sea and air exercises were continuing.
The newborns fighting for survival in Afghanistan August 7, 2022
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Leandro Lo: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu champion shot in São Paulo club August 8, 2022
Doctors say Leandro Lo is brain dead after being shot in the head during an altercation at club.
Qantas asks executives to work as baggage handlers for three months August 8, 2022
The airline's head of operations has asked for 100 volunteers to fill the roles for three months.
Taiwan: US hits out at 'irresponsible' China amid attack rehearsal claims August 7, 2022
The US has accused Beijing of "provocative" actions after Taiwan said China rehearsed an attack.