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It’s been five months since Tamir Rice – the 12-year-old gunned down by an Ohio police officer for playing with a toy gun – died, but the ongoing investigation into his death has produced no charges for the cop involved in the fatal shooting. The stalled investigation has not only taken an emotional toll on Tamir’s mother, […]
Fox News anchor Shepard Smith apologized on-air Monday after the network erroneously reported that police shot a Black Baltimore man who was attempting to escape arrest, reports The Huffington Post. The incident allegedly occurred in the same vicinity where Freddie Gray, 25, was fatally injured by police officers last month during an arrest in West Baltimore, […]
With just a week under her belt as the nation’s top lawyer, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch will head to Baltimore in the aftermath of sometimes-violent protests over the death of Freddie Gray, who suffered a fatal injury to his spine last month while in police custody, CNN reports. She will meet Tuesday with city […]
An emotional reunion between a St. Louis woman and her 50-year-old daughter whom she thought died at birth has prompted other moms to question the fate of their newborns who allegedly died at the same hospital decades ago, reports CNN. Last month, Zella Jackson Price, 76, reunited with her daughter Melanie Diane Gilmore after Gilmore’s […]
One suspect in #garlandshooting has been identified as Elton Simpson, official says – http://t.co/HrTyJfLzRVpic.twitter.com/Qefd7QZdO6 — Brian Ross (@BrianRoss) May 4, 2015 Update: 5/4/15, 4:45 p.m. EST: Law enforcement officials on Monday identified the second gunman in a shooting Sunday at an event in Texas where people were invited to show cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, […]
A Philadelphia native is on the run after fatally stabbing his younger brother following the highly anticipated match between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. The stabbing happened shortly after midnight on Saturday, NBC Philadelphia reports. The body of a 35-year-old man was found in the hallway of a West Philly home following a 911 call that reported someone screaming. A […]
This guy is charged w choking/beating his wife b/c she posted selfies online. Look who’s online now Julio Benitiez! pic.twitter.com/WK24Mj2npD — Evan Onstot (@EvanOnstot) May 1, 2015 A California native was arrested last week after he assaulted his wife for posting selfies on Instagram, the New York Daily News reports. The incident happened on Wednesday […]
Atlanta police shot and killed a 25-year-old woman, who may have been handcuffed in the back of a police car, after she allegedly pulled a gun and fired twice on Thursday evening, according to The Huffington Post. Alexia Christian, a Black mother of two, died at a hospital after the alleged gunfight, the report says. […]
In an obviously strategic, possibly desperate move, a Fraternal Order of Police lodge has asked Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby to recuse herself from the Freddie Gray investigation because of her personal connection to the Gray family’s attorney, William H. “Billy” Murphy Jr., and her marriage to a city councilman, whose district includes the area […]
6 Cops Charged In Freddie Gray Death Released On Bond, GoFundMe Page Taken Down In Less Than An Hour
The six Baltimore police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray posted bond on Friday night, reports The Baltimore Sun. The six who have been charged are Officer Caesar R. Goodson Jr., 45; Officer William G. Porter, 25; Lt. Brian W. Rice, 41; Sgt. Alicia D. White, 30; Officer Edward M. Nero, 29; and […]
If you didn’t know Marilyn Mosby’s name before Friday, you know it now. She is Baltimore’s tough talking and resolute Democratic state attorney, who in one fell swoop knocked down barriers and built bridges when she announced criminal charges against six police officers in the death of Freddie Gray, which sparked unrest around the nation. “The […]
UPDATE: 5/1/15, 4:19 p.m. Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced Friday afternoon that five of six cops were in custody, according to CBS Baltimore. By late afternoon, the sixth was in custody, according to a CNN breaking news report. From Baltimore CBS: The officers facing charges are: Officer Caeser B. Goodson, Jr. was charged with second-degree […]