“And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” —John 8:32 When I was a child, my mother would regularly quote that line from the book of John in the Bible about the truth setting us free. For ours was a very harsh life, as my grade school-educated mother was forced […]
Homeless high school grad Orayne Williams is getting the ride of his life – a full scholarship to a four-year college.
From NYTimes.com: When night falls, police officers blanket some eight odd blocks of Brownsville, Brooklyn. Squad cars with flashing lights cruise along the main avenues: Livonia to Powell to Sutter to Rockaway. And again. On the inner streets, dozens of officers, many fresh out of the police academy, walk in pairs or linger on corners. […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer acquitted of the fatal shooting of a man on his wedding day has filed suit against the man’s estate.
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From AllHipHop.com: “I’m not saying I’m going to change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the brain that will change the world.” -Tupac Shakur Behind the chalk line it was just another crime but in the heart and soul of Hip-Hop, a GIANT was gone. As we Celebrate what would have been […]
From NYDailyNews.com: Police are investigating a possible link between hip-hop star Fabolous and the murder of an upstart rapper near a Queens nightclub, the Daily News has learned.
From NYDailyNews.com: A Brooklyn teen was arrested Monday night in the sexual assault of a woman in Central Park – and detectives continued to hunt for his two accomplices, police said. Robert Gonzalez, 18, of Cypress Hills, surrendered to the NYPD’s special victims unit yesterday while Shawn Martinez and Kelvin Dalrymple, both 18, remained on […]
From NYPost.com: Four cops and a Taser gun couldn’t take down a deranged civil servant who was hellbent on jumping from the Brooklyn Bridge yesterday — and got his wish.
From the NY Daily News: This Brooklyn artist is going to the Met. Amoako Buachie, 18, a gifted autistic artist from Flatbush, first featured in Brooklyn News last December, will have one of his paintings displayed in the world-famous Metropolitan Museum of Art next month.
