Theodore Wafer, the 55-year-old Detroit homeowner who shot an unarmed Renisha McBride to death last November, apparently didn’t know there was a round in the chamber of his shotgun when he grabbed the weapon in the early morning hours of November 2, 2013. That’s what the defense told the courtroom during the second day of his murder trial […]
On Wednesday, opening arguments were made in the trial of Theodore Wafer, the 55-year-old Detroit man charged in the November 2013 killing of an unarmed, 19-year-old black teenager. Renisha McBride was searching for help after being injured in a car accident when she stumbled upon Wafer’s Dearborn Heights, Mich. home. Wafer claimed he thought McBride […]
An internal New York Police Department report obtained by the New York Daily News states that the Staten Island man who died of a chokehold while under arrest last week didn’t appear to be in “great distress.” That same memo also failed to mention the chokehold at all. One officer, Sgt. Kizzy Adonis, said Garner’s […]
After shocking footage surfaced last week of NYPD officers tackling and choking a Staten Island man, national outrage has prompted one group to push for New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton to be fired. The group, known as “New Yorkers Against Bratton,” held a small protest outside of City Hall on Monday in response to the […]
In the early 1960s, Rubin “Hurricane” Carter was a household name among families in NYC. An up-and-coming middleweight boxer and a fixture in Madison Square Garden, he became famous after he knocked out 11 of his first 15 professional opponents. But his promising career was cut short when he was wrongfully convicted of a triple […]
A Brooklyn man is freed after serving nearly 25 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. According to USA Today, Jonathan Fleming was arrested in 1989 for the murder of his friend Darryl “Black” Rush in Brooklyn. Fleming was on vacation with his family in Florida at the time of the murder, but […]
In a landmark ruling, the International Court of Justice has banned Japan’s Antarctic whaling program. According to SMH Australia, the court has concluded that under International Whaling Commission rules, Japan’s permits were not viewed as scientific research, and therefore illegal. The court unanimously found it had jurisdiction to hear the case, and by 12 votes […]
President Obama is taking a major step in reforming the National Security Agency’s collection of records. The president plans to ask Congress to end the bulk collection and storage of American phone records by the NSA, but allow the government to access the “metadata” when needed, a senior administration official said on Monday. If the proposal is […]
An anonymous tip received by authorities investigating the mysterious death of Georgia teen Kendrick Johnson has turned out to be false. According to Lt. Stryde Jones with the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office, the email tip, which was received on January 27 and named numerous people who confessed to knowing who killed Kendrick Johnson, is “incorrect.” […]
The Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Department in Louisiana is investigating the shooting death of a 22-year-old man in police custody. Police said Victor White III apparently shot and killed himself while handcuffed in an Iberia Parish sheriff’s vehicle on March 2. White, who was picked up for reportedly fighting with others, was arrested and searched by […]
Today in “Stories from Florida,” we have a retired cop who went above and beyond to protect the identity of a tipster and a shocking fact about the justice system in the Sunshine State that proves racism is alive and well. Above The Call Of Duty: Retired Police Chief Richard Masten knows the importance of […]
Talk about the writing’s on the wall. The Florida State Attorney’s Office has released photos of Michael Dunn’s jail cell walls, which he decorated with drawings and signs reading “no thugs.” According to First Coast News: There’s also writings that read “malicious prosecution,” “self-defense is not a crime” and “the thug life is no way […]
