Marlene Pinnock, the African-American grandmother whose July 1 beating by a California Highway Patrol officer went viral after video footage was loaded on the Internet, spoke for the first time since the incident, telling the Associated Press in an exclusive interview that she thought the officer was going to “kill her.” The video footage, which…

It took a jury of 12 people less than two days to find Theodore Wafer, the Detroit-area man who shot and killed unarmed 19-year-old Renisha McBride, guilty of second-degree murder, manslaughter and felony firearm in a fatal shooting, ABC News reports. The jury, consisting of seven men and five women, began deliberations on Wednesday after…

The NBA’s Greg Oden was arrested Thursday morning after a domestic dispute in which it is reported that he punched his ex-girlfriend in the face and told police, “Things got out of control and I started to go after the victim.” According to Fox 59, officers were called to a Lawrence, Ind., apartment around 3:30…

There must be a huge weave shortage in Houston, since a group of robbers have robbed another beauty-supply store, getting away with several thousand dollars’ worth of fake hair. Houston police told KHOU-TV that the robbers used their vehicle to break through a wall of the Sense Beauty Supply store in northwest Houston early Wednesday…

The second-degree-murder and manslaughter trial of Theodore Wafer, the Detroit-area man who shot and killed unarmed 19-year-old Renisha McBride, has gone to the jurors, but not before the prosecution claimed that Wafer was the one who initiated the confrontation.   According to the Associated Press, a prosecutor used closing arguments Wednesday to emphasize that Wafer was…

A fake New York City Police Department ID card showing the Rev. Al Sharpton as the police commissioner has been passed around social media and, reportedly, even among NYPD cops, according to the New York Daily News. According to the Daily News, some cops have been upset by what has been perceived as Sharpton’s influence…

Theodore Wafer, the Detroit-area man on trial for fatally shooting an unarmed 19-year-old woman, told jurors Monday that he “wasn’t going to cower” after hearing loud banging at his front door. During the seventh day of the trial for Wafer, who faces second-degree-murder charges for the killing of Renisha McBride, jurors heard testimony about the…

A graphic video of a New York City bodega shooting has made its way across the Web, showing what is now being reported as a rap-video filming turned bad. According to the New York Daily News, the shooting occurred Saturday around 1:15 a.m. after two men, whom witnesses described as friends, began arguing during a…

A California segment of Beyoncé and Jay Z’s tour took a bit(e) of a turn after a fan who had inappropriately touched a woman bit off part of her boyfriend’s finger after he came to her aid, police told the Pasadena Star-News. According to the Star-News, Roberto Alcaraz-Garnica of San Diego allegedly groped a woman…

President Barack Obama turned 53 on Monday, and the Associated Press notes that POTUS spent his birthday weekend playing golf with his childhood friends and then hit his Maryland hideaway, Camp David, for a little rest and relaxation. On Saturday Obama hit the greens at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland for a game of…