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Man Charged in Murder of 9-Year-Old Trinity Love Jones Was Dating Jonesā Mother, According to Police
Prosecutors in Los Angeles have charged 38-year-old Emiel Hunt with the murder Trinity Love Jones, the 9-year-old girl whose remains were found in a duffel bag near a horse trail in Hacienda Heights, Calif. Hunt briefly appeared in a Pomona courtroom Tuesday, according to CBS Los Angeles. He remains behind bars with a bail set…
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Columbus Police Officer Kidnapped Women Under 'Guise' of Arrest, Forced Sexual Favors in Exchange for Their Release: Report
55-year-old Andrew Mitchell, a 30-year veteran of the Columbus Police Department in Ohio, was arrested by federal authorities on Monday. According to the Department of Justice, Mitchell kidnapped several women āunder the guise of making an arrest,ā before forcing them to have sex with him in exchange for their release. Mitchell, who was placed on…
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Video Shows New Jersey Transit Police Dragging and Beating Defenseless Man
A cellphone video showing a New Jersey Transit Police officer hitting and dragging a man outside of a Trenton train station is the subject of a new internal investigation, according to ABC affiliate WPVI in Philadelphia. The woman who shot the video, who has requested anonymity, said she witnessed the incident around 10:30 Saturday night.…
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Trump Ready to Issue First Veto As New Budget Calls for Budget Cuts
They grow up so fast. One day, your new President is on the job for the first day. Wobbly and uncertain, you watched as he moved around Capitol Hill aimlessly, like a deer in headlights after a daring escape from the Doritos compound. He stumbled through his first top-level hires, invented a word, and gave…
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No Points for Guessing: Woman Attacked by Jaguar After Hopping Zoo Barrier
See that scary-ass black cat? Thatās not a dry seal or some kind of deceptively cuddly anime character. Thatās a damn jaguar. Thanks to those among us who enjoy their potato salad as white as Dow Jonesā editorial staff, weāve another predictable interaction between dangerous predatory animals and adventurous white folks. Animals, who jumped out…
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North Carolina State Supreme Court Appoints First Black Woman Chief Justice
Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, the first black woman supreme court justice to lead the state Supreme Court, was sworn in this past weekend in front of more than 1,000 people, according to the Fayetteville Observer. Beasley, appointed to the stateās highest court in 2012 by Democratic governor Beverly Perdue, was sworn in by Associate Justice…
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Columbus Police Admit Arrest of Stormy Daniels Was Improper
In July of last year, porn director/actress and former paramour to the president Stormy Daniels was arrested at a Columbus strip club on suspicion of inappropriately touching an undercover police officer. Prosecutors, who said the law under which Daniels, born Stephanie Clifford, was arrested only applied to performers who regularly danced at the venue. She…
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Mother Demands Answers and Policy Change After Her Son Was Forced to Urinate in Classroom Trash Can
Sonia Mongol, mother of an 8-year-old student at Manhattan Place Elementary in Los Angeles, says her son was forced to urinate in a trash can after his teacher refused to let him use the bathroom, urinating on himself in the process, according to NBC12. A tearful Mongol told local media that she plans to take…
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Young Thug Shows Off Gucci 'Blackface' Sweater on Instagram During Studio Session
Last month, luxury fashion retailer Gucci landed themselves in hot water with the release of their āblackfaceā polo neck sweater, which featured a balaclava-style cutout surrounded by bright red oversized lips. Worn by a white model in the adsāwhich caught the attention of Spike Lee and T.I.āGucciās āmistakeā prompted the easiest boycott in the history…
