There may not be a more unfiltered and passionate NBA player than Chicago Bulls standout point guard Derrick Rose (pictured). Hailing from the tough Englewood neighborhood, where many young Black men have perished due to gang violence, Rose remains a humble individual despite his lofty achievements. During an Adidas product launch that doubled as an inside […]

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14-year-old Unique Russell was killed while attending a fireworks show on the 4th of July, reports KTLA.com. According to the L.A. County Sheriff’s office, a 12-year-old girl and a 21-year-old man were also shot. Two men reportedly shot into the crowd of revelers from a van across the street. They remain at large. “[Unique] was laying […]

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UPDATE: May, 30,2012 — 10:14 P.M. Leo Riles, 18, has turned himself in for the murder of a 5-year-old girl and a 33-year-old woman in New Orleans. He has still has not implicated anyone else in the shootings, though surveillance video captured a group of men involved in the altercation, reports NOLA.com. ———————————————————————————————————— After being […]

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Working as a security guard at John O’Connell High school has taught me more about American schools, kids, and violence than any book. Sometimes 90 percent of your day is boring beyond words, but those last 15 minutes of school can keep you up at night. SEE ALSO: Justice For Jennifer Hudson Yesterday was one […]

UPDATE, May 24, 2012 — 12:00 AM EST: Jurors deliberated for less than 4 hours on May 2, before finding Pedro Espinoza, 23, guilty of 1st degree murder for the 2008 shooting death of 17-year-old football star Jamiel Shaw Jr. in Los Angeles. They have suggested that he receive the death penalty. Read more here. […]

This article is Part 2 of “San Fran Youth Are In A Perpetual State Of Grief,” a NewsOne original feature on the post-tramautic stress disorder (PTSD) of San Francisco youth, who live in the gang-ridden confines of the Mission District of San Francisco. There, youths struggle to find a life worth living in the midst […]

Cops have taken another Uzi off the street – this one a 16-year-old girl charged with killing a rival gang member. Sahiah (Uzi) Davis, a freshly minted member of the Wave Gang, was ordered to rub out someone in her former crew, the Hood Starz, police sources said. “They wanted her to do this to […]

LOS ANGELES — Two teens were shot and wounded in an apparent gang shooting Thursday outside a Los Angeles recreation center that is part of the city’s program to reduce violence in the streets by keeping public parks well-lit and open at night, police said. A 15-year-old girl was shot in the back and a […]

LOS ANGELES — A Latino gang conspired to rid a Southern California city of its black residents through intimidation, threats and violence dating back to the early 1990s to exert its influence and show its loyalty to the Mexican Mafia prison gang, according to a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday. LINKS: Jill Scott Reveals Her 3 […]