R. Kelly Gets A Court Date

Some time ago I wondered when R. Kelly was going to get a court date for his child pornography charges. Every time you turned around charges were being dropped, albums were released, dates pushed back, more albums released, tours start and stop but nothing mentioned about a court date. Well, the time has come for [...]

Free Writing: Rain

While exploring the Blogosphere, I’ve come across Greg’s Writing Blog. I find the site interesting as I attempt to improve my writing (I’m not a writer at all. I take better pictures than write). Here is my attempt at what Greg calls ‘Free Writing.’
The rule is simple (see details): Get a timer and set it [...]

Paris Takes Trip Back To Jail

The Justice System is a joke and Paris Hilton is the punchline.
As reported by Dlisted:

JUSTICE AGAIN! The angels are singing for the second time this year!

The Judge that sent her to jail in the first place is sending her back. TMZ reports she was crying and calling for her mommy! She had to be dragged [...]

Weed It & Weep! Granny’s Busted

BY CHRISENA COLEMAN
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
She is 71 years old, a great-grandmother – hardly the type of person you would expect to see in Bronx Criminal Court to answer charges of buying two dime bags of pot.
Yet at the appointed time today, Barbara Jackson will make her way to the courthouse, a colorectal cancer survivor [...]

Locked Up Too Long Says the NYCLU

NYCLU reports people arrested by the NYPD are kept in lock up way too long.
16 years ago the New York State Court of Appeals ruled that arrestees must be arraigned within 24 hours. This isn’t the case according to the NYCLU. Detainees are being held up to 50 hours before seeing a judge.
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Swimming in The Inner City

BY RAMONA SHELBURNE
For 15-year-old Kristian Keith and her mother, it’s all about pride.
And like teenagers in the movie “Pride,” starring Terrence Howard and Bernie Mac, Kristian is in the vanguard of young black swimmers dispelling another racial stereotype.
The movie, which opens today, follows swim coach Jim Ellis and his predominantly African-American swim program in inner-city [...]

Couple Gives Birth To A Dark Baby, She is Forced to Raise

Couple Sues Fertility Clinic for Wrong Sperm
Lawsuit Says Baby Darker Than Either Parent
AP
NEW YORK (March 23) – A couple can proceed with a lawsuit against a fertility clinic they filed after the wife gave birth to a daughter whose skin they thought was too dark to be their child, a judge has ruled.    
Thomas and Nancy [...]

240-year sentence for NYC hate crimes

NEW YORK – A judge gave a 240-year prison sentence Wednesday to a black man who took hostages in an East Village bar, injuring several with bullets and kerosene, while telling the patrons that “white people are going to burn tonight.” State Supreme Court Justice Maxwell Wiley told Steven Johnson, 39, that he had forfeited [...]

Anna Nicole Smith Dead

From Wire Reports February 8, 2007, 3:55 PM EST
Former Playboy model, reality TV star and heiress, Anna Nicole Smith, was found dead today in her hotel room at the Seminole Hard Rock Cafe Hotel and Casino, according to broadcast reports.
“She checked in Monday at 8 p.m. as a guest. She was due to check out [...]

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