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Atlanta Man Arrested and Charged With Murder in Connection With Fatal Shooting of Thomas Jefferson Byrd
The fatal shooting of beloved actor Thomas Jefferson Byrd shocked fans and peers alike when it was announced earlier this month. The actor, who was mostly known for acting in an array of Spike Lee films, died in Atlanta at the age of 70. Now, it looks like there’s a leading suspect involved in the…
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Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Known for Co-Starring in Several Spike Lee Films, Fatally Shot in Atlanta [Updated]
We are saddened to report that actor Thomas Jefferson Byrd was shot and killed over the weekend in southwest Atlanta. He was 70 years old. Spike Lee announced the tragic news via his Instagram page on Sunday. “I’m so sad to announce the tragic murder of our beloved brother Thomas Jefferson Byrd last night in…
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Book: Trump Bragged That He 'Saved' Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince After Jamal Khashoggi’s Brutal Murder
Jamal Khashoggi was a Washington Post columnist who’d been critical of the Saudi kingdom and more specifically Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. On October 2, 2018, Khashoggi, who was living in a self-imposed exile, traveled to the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, to obtain documents for his upcoming marriage. Khashoggi never left the…
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New York City Is Dead, Because I Killed It When I Left and Went Back Home to Pittsburgh: An Essay About Murder
“The city is dead,” I said, aloud, to no one, while each step I took crashed the same cement I’d fallen in love with. The pizza box I lugged with me—filled, just 32 minutes earlier, with a New York City pizza slice—was empty, except for crumbs. Heh. A metaphor, for the dead city. “A metaphor,…
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Richmond Black Man Granted Conditional Pardon After Over 20 Years in Prison for a Murder He Says He Didn’t Commit
Imagine being put in prison for a crime you didn’t commit and then being pardoned over 20 years later under the condition that you don’t raise complaints you may have against the arresting officers, prosecutors, or your imprisonment. This may very well be the story of 40-year-old Rojai Fentress from Richmond, Va., who has maintained…
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A Grand Jury Has Indicted All 3 Men Involved in the Death of Ahmaud Arbery
On Wednesday, a grand jury indicted all three suspects accused in the death of Ahmaud Arbery. AJC reports that Greg McMichael, Travis McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan have been formally charged with malice murder, four counts of felony murder, two counts of aggravated assault, false imprisonment as well as criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment,…
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Judge Rules That 3 Men Will Stand Trial for Murder in Ahmaud Arbery Case
On Thursday, after an investigator offered heartbreaking new details about the events that led up to the death of Ahmaud Arbery—including that one of the men was heard using a racial slur after Arbery was killed—a Georgia judge ruled that the three men charged in Arbery’s death would stand trial for murder. A Glynn County…
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Travis McMichael Was Heard Uttering Racial Slur After Ahmaud Arbery Was Killed, Investigator Testifies
On Thursday, during preliminary hearings in the case of Ahmaud Arbery, an investigator revealed damning evidence against Travis and Greg McMichael and William Bryan, the three men charged with Arbery’s death. Richard Dial, the special agent in charge of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, testified that William Bryan heard Travis McMichael utter a racial slur moments…
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Recused Prosecutors Ignored State Guidelines When Investigating Ahmaud Arbery's Death
To say the initial investigation into Ahmaud Arbery’s death was handled poorly is an understatement. It took nearly two months after he was violently killed for the people responsible to be arrested and face charges. New information about how the case was initially handled provides some insight as to why. A review conducted by AJC…
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Widower of Joe Scarborough Staffer Begs Twitter to Remove Trump’s Conspiracy Tweets Claiming His Wife Was Murdered
Trump will stop at nothing to berate his opponents. For weeks, he’s been engaging in white-on-white violence with the married hosts of Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski. For those who haven’t been up on the news, or for those who’ve been ignoring the news for their own mental health, let me give y’all…