As they await justice for their son Vonderrit Myers Jr — the 18-year-old fatally shot by police in St. Louis on Oct. 18 — parents Syreeta and Vonderrit Myers Sr., as well as a host of friends, mourn their beloved boy and reflect on their loss. Since the shooting, the media has assassinated Myers’ character, portraying him as […]
Be mindful when asking someone to turn off their cell phone during a movie screening, you might get sprayed with mace. That’s what happened on Monday night at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California during the showing of Mr. Turner. A man asked a woman sitting in front of him to turn off her phone […]
A South Korean ferry captain has been found guilty of gross negligence and sentenced to 36 years in prison over the sinking of his vessel in a crash that killed over 300 people in April. Lee Joon-seok, one of 15 crew members, was caught leaving the scene of the sinking ferry carrying some 476 secondary school […]
Gone are the days of not holding police accountable for their actions (hopefully) in Madison, Alabama, where officers are now required to wear body cameras. Sheriff Blake Dorning has announced all uniformed deputies will now wear Taser body cameras while on patrol. These front-worn devices record video and audio to assist in accountability and oversight. The […]
Death Row founder Suge Knight pleaded not guilty to a robbery charge on Wednesday in Los Angeles. The rapper, along with comedian Katt Williams, is accused of stealing a photographer’s camera on Sept. 5 outside a Beverly Hills studio. The 49-year-old appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom Wednesday and had his bail set at $500,000. He was arrested […]
Former Minnesota Vikings NFL Player Adrian Peterson has pled guilty to a misdemeanor reckless assault case that will not see him face any jail time. Peterson was charged earlier this year with injury to a child in Montgomery County, Texas. Peterson hit his four-year-old son with a tree branch, causing the child’s legs and buttocks to […]
An Oregon mother is in custody after throwing her six-year-old son into the Yaquina Bay Bridge in Newport. The woman, Jillian Meredith McCabe, told police that she heard voices in her head that instructed her to throw her son London McCabe off the bridge. The woman later called 911 to report the incident. The 911 call […]
UPDATE: 3:30 PM EST Police believe they have found a lead in the abduction of a Philadelphia woman. Authorities announced Tuesday that someone used her bank card this morning in Maryland. A male used Carlesha Freeland-Gaither’s ATM card at 6:01 a.m. at a bank in Aberdeen, Md., about a 75-mile drive southwest from the Philadelphia street […]
Two men attempted to burn down a Brooklyn building with illegal tenants inside. Lalbahadour Byjoo, 50, and Jean St. Fleur, 30, planned to set a two-family house ablaze in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Two illegal tenants were occupying Byjoo’s building at 304 Sumpter Street, according to officials. Byjoo met with an undercover cop to discuss ways he […]
What was meant to be a joke by a South Carolina senator didn’t go over too well with the rest of the world. Sen. Lindsey Graham was caught on tape saying “white men who are in male-only clubs are going to do great in my presidency.” Graham’s comment was made several weeks ago at a […]
What ever happened to practicing what you preach? Two anti-violence protesters severely beat a man in Pennsylvania, leaving him in critical condition. Nikole Ardeno and Emanuel Valez allegedly jumped the man — a former roommate — over a property dispute. The accused kicked the victim until he was unconscious, causing him to have seizures and vomit […]
The San Francisco Giants won the World Series title last night against the Kansas City Royals. This is the Giants’ third title in the last five years and the franchise’s eighth in the modern era, the first being in 1905. The Giants went on to beat the Royals 3-2 in Game 7 at Kauffman Stadium […]