Prison Is Becoming A Way Of Life For Black Men
As Rudy Holder walked down East Harlem’s main drag, everyone seemed to remember him. One man after another greeted him with a handshake or a quick, one-armed hug. Each exchange brought a nervous look to Holder’s face: Friend or foe? Some of the men he recognized. Some he didn’t. But they all knew him. “Trouble,” [...]
A newspaper report has found that the Stand Your Ground self-defense statute in Florida is more likely to succeed when the victim is black. The Tampa Bay Times looked at 200 cases and found that in instances in which the victim was black, the person who invoked the defense went free 73 percent of the time. If the victim [...]
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Miami Beach police say a New York Knicks player has been arrested on a bench warrant for not having a valid driver’s license. Sgt. Bobby Hernandez says 26-year-old J.R. Smith was stopped Thursday night on Washington Avenue in South Beach. A routine search revealed the bench warrant and he was arrested. Details were not immediately available [...]
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Marcella Marino, a four-year-old student, was sent home from school on picture day because of her Lady Gaga-like hairstyle. Her father, Marcello Marino, a professional hairstylist and salon owner, gave his daughter the playful look because she wanted to look like a “princess,” according to the Daily Mail. But Marino was told that her hair violated the school policy against braided hair [...]
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First lady Michelle Obama wouldnt mind trading places with Beyonce, telling Peoplemagazine if she could be someone else, itd be a great singer. She also revealed President Barack Obama doesnt shy away from his duties as husband-in-chief — he makes sure to tuck her into bed as part of a daily ritual. “We have a ritual where [...]
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A mother who allegedly coerced two children into helping her shoplift clothing and accessories from an Old Navy store on Saturday night refused to pick up her 11-year-old daughter from police after the girl was busted, the Detroit News reports. Police officers told the paper that a 49-year-old mother enlisted three people — her daughter, a young boy, and [...]
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This is hardly child’s play: Randy Smith, 54, was reportedly found walking the streets of Fresno, Calif., Saturday night, carrying a Super Soaker that he had converted into a 20-gauge shotgun, according to KMPH. Normally cops wouldn’t raise an eyebrow at someone waltzing around town with one of a high-powered plastic water guns, but an uptick in [...]
Continue reading …The Straits Times, a newspaper in Singapore, is reporting a story about a maid who has been charged with putting menstrual blood in her boss’s coffee. The incident took place in the home of Cho Chu Kang, and was committed by a maid by the name of Jumiah. Cathernie Yronwode, co-owner of the Lucky [...]
Continue reading …Penn Jillette Asks If Pres. Obama is a Drug Addict Like Every Other Black Man in America
May 23, 2012 2 CommentsA comedian has openly speculated as to whether or not President Obama has a personal reason to support changes in drug policy. In a recent episode of his podcast “Penn’s Sunday School,” comedian Penn Jillette laid his opinions on the Obama drug policies out on the table. Jillette, who has never done drugs or drank [...]
Continue reading …A nude woman who calmly walked into two New York businesses this week shocked employees and attracted the gaze of more than one startled shopper. Temperatures may have only been in the 60s in Saratoga Springs on Tuesday, but that did not stop 49-year-old Barbara Lafleur from stripping down to her birthday suit while [...]
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