robert godwin sr.

  • Facebook to Hire an Additional 3,000 People to Review Videos of Crime, Suicide 

    With the advent of Facebook Live, the social media website has seen an uptick in livestreamed suicides, killings, sex crimes, abuse—the painful list goes on and on. Now Facebook is slated to hire 3,000 more people to review videos and posts of crime and other questionable content, following the seeming increase in the number of…

  • Steve Stephens’ Ex-Girlfriend Joy Lane Meets With Robert Godwin Sr.’s Family

    Joy Lane’s name became a topic of conversation after Steve Stephens mentioned her during his recorded manifesto before he killed 74-year-old Robert Godwin Sr. Stephens told the elderly man that Lane was the reason he was being killed before shooting the Cleveland man in the head. On Tuesday, in an interview with a local Ohio…

  • Steve Stephens, Accused Facebook Killer, Fatally Shoots Himself in Pa.  

    Steve Stephens, who sparked a nationwide manhunt after posting a Facebook video in which he randomly shot and killed an elderly man in Cleveland over the weekend, has killed himself in Erie, Pa., state police report. According to NBC Philadelphia, Stephens was spotted by Pennsylvania State Police troopers Tuesday morning and fatally shot himself as…

  • Family of Robert Godwin Sr., Facebook-Shooting Victim: ‘Each One of Us Forgives the Killer’ 

    Some people embody more grace than should be humanly possible. The family of Robert Godwin Sr. are one such example, with family members saying that they forgive their loved one’s killer, despite the tragic and senseless circumstances of the 74-year-old Cleveland man’s death. “The thing I would take away most from our father is that…

  • Facebook Murder Suspect Still on the Loose; Cleveland Police Announce $50,000 Reward

    The Cleveland Police Department announced Monday that a $50,000 reward has been posted by Crime Stoppers for any information leading to the arrest of the man accused of killing Robert Godwin Sr. and then posting the horrific video on Facebook. Fox News reports that the police have now launched a nationwide search for 37-year-old Steve…

  • Sometimes a Bitch-Ass N–ga Is Just a Bitch-Ass N–ga

    Considering the considerable stigmas still attached to mental health—how we talk about it, how we treat it, how we regard people who have mental-health issues—our collective tendency to shoehorn some sort of untreated psychological disorder into the profiles of people who’ve committed especially heinous crimes is (somewhat) understandable. It allows us to finally have the…

  • Family of Cleveland Facebook-Video Shooting Victim Speaks Out

    The family of Robert Godwin Sr., the Cleveland man whose killing was filmed and posted to Facebook Sunday afternoon, is speaking out about their beloved family member. “This man right here was a good man. I just hate that he’s gone,” Robert Godwin Jr. told WOIO-TV in Cleveland. “I don’t know what I’m going to…