justice
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New Orleans Jury Delivers Manslaughter Verdict in Former Saints Star Will Smith’s Death
Cardell Hayes, 29, was found guilty of manslaughter Sunday night in the death of former New Orleans Saints player Will Smith, as well as attempted manslaughter for shooting at Smith’s wife, Racquel, the Washington Post reports. Originally, prosecutors had sought a second-degree murder conviction, which carries a life sentence; however, Hayes will instead spend between 20 and…
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Zaida Pugh, Cricket Prankster, to Volunteer With Youth Program
Zaida Pugh, 21, the Bronx, N.Y., woman who dropped live crickets in the New York City subway in August, told a court that she’s going to be volunteering with a youth program, according to the New York Daily News. She was charged with reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct for selling crickets and worms on a…
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#ShutDownCityHallNYC: Protesters Demand That NYPD Commissioner Is Fired
On Monday, about 100 Black Lives Matter activists gathered at City Hall in New York City before noon to hold protests all day, demanding that Mayor Bill de Blasio fire Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, according to the New York Daily News. Nicholas Heyward Sr. held a sign that read, “What can we expect from a cop who considers youth a…
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Dear America, Where's My Hug?
“…so how you feel? Frustrated, irritated, sometimes I don’t know myself I be too numb, to feel something sometimes…” ~ Khujo Goodie of Goodie Mob, “Thought Process” Soul Food (1995) As the news of Eric Garners murderer – and I use that term with all of the weight it carries considering that the medical examiner…