Woman Loses Her Life After Threatening To Blackmail Married Lover. Should You Put Your Life On The Line For Love?
The body of a woman declared missing after threatening to reveal to her lover's wife about the secret relationship has been found buried in a field near his home in the Dallas area, authorities reported. The body which was discovered in Grand Prairie according to the Collin County sheriff's office was confirmed to be that of Kayla Kelley, 33. She was reported missing a week before her remains were found. Autopsy results are still pending.
Read full storyMan With Crushed Eye Socket Due To Cops, Gets 6-Figure Sum In Settlement. Was The Amount Worth It?
Jersey City agreed to a six-figure amount in settlement after a federal lawsuit was filed for police brutality. The victim, a man was heavily beaten by cops that his eye was damaged during a 2016 arrest.
Read full storyArizona Deputies Pile On Schizophrenic Man, Leaving Him To Die. What Makes It Justified?
The family of an Arizona man filed a federal lawsuit against a Maricopa County jail for his death in the hands of its law enforcement officers. The lawsuit alleges that the officers used excessive force, causing the death of 31-year-old Akeem Terrell.
Read full story11-Year-Old Boy Fatally Shot By 14-Year-Old Girl Targeting Another Girl. What Has Happened To Families?
A 14-year-old girl has been charged with murder for the deadly shooting of an 11-year-old boy in Dallas, Texas on January 15 during a conflict with another girl, according to local authorities. She was trying to shoot the other girl.
Read full storyLouisiana School Secretary Resigns After Racist MLK Text Reaches Co-Worker. Oops! How Did That Happen?
A white supremacist who worked as a secretary at a Louisiana middle school was forced to vacate her position after she accidentally sent a racist text to another staff member on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Read full storyNorth Carolina Teen Body-Slammed By Cop Gets $100,000 In Excessive Force Settlement. What Was That About?
A North Carolina man successfully settled a lawsuit against the police following a false accusation of drug possession and an assault by a police officer. The incident occurred on January 23rd 2019. Tony Scott Jr. who was then 16 and a high school student was in the company of schoolmates in a convenience store opposite their school to buy snacks during break period. Scott was at the register when Durham Police Officer Michael McGlasson confronted him as shown on the bodycam(click the link to the YouTube video above this paragraph to see the incident). He asked Scott "What are you up to?" Without letting him give a response, McGlasson said, "I'm going to pat you down real quick." Scott then said to McGlasson, "I didn't even do nothing. What are you doing?" Grabbing Scott's arm. McGlasson threatened to handcuff him if he didn't stop. He slammed the teen onto the store floor. After a brief scuffle between the two, Scott managed to escape and ran out of the store.
Read full storyMan Who Could Not Pay $100 Bail Starved To Death In Jail, Family Sues. Why The Treatment?
A family filed a lawsuit against a jail facility for the fatal negligence of a 51-year-old man with mental health issues who was placed in a solitary confinement cell where he stayed for a bit over a year because he could not pay the $100 bail. According to the lawsuit, the facility neglected his care and never fed him.
Read full storyPennsylvania Professor Fatally Stabbed By Wife In Murder-Suicide Incident. Is Marriage Failure The End Of The World?
A professor was found stabbed to death in what has been ruled a murder-suicide incident, in his home in Wilkins Township, Pennsylvania. His wife who was found stabbed also had a self-inflicted gun shot.
Read full storyOhio Cop Hits Woman Over A Big Mac, Gets Paid Leave. What's The Deal?
An Ohio police officer has been placed on administrative leave after he punched a woman multiple times while arresting her following a conflict over extra cheese on a Big Mac. The incident which was recorded on a video by a witness happened shortly past 4 p.m. January 16. It started after Latinka Hancock, 31 of Dayton, returned to the restaurant with a Big Mac she bought shortly earlier because it lacked the extra cheese she paid for. According to her, an employee asked another employee to make another sandwich the way she wanted it. She added that she was asked to pay more for the extra cheese she claimed she already paid for and asked for a refund which she eventually received.
Read full storyUniversity Of Alabama Basketball Player Provided Gun Used To Kill A Woman. Smart Move?
A University of Alabama basketball star has been arrested after allegedly being associated with killing a woman. The now former basketball star Darius Miles, 21, has been charged with murder after the death of Jamea Jonae Harris, 23, who was a mother. Also charged with murder for the shooting which took place close to the university campus is Michael Lynn Davis, 20, who had no ties with the university. Davis did the shooting with a gun he got from Miles who still says he is innocent. Both men are being held without bond.
Read full storyFamily Of Woman That Died Following A Mask Dispute Sues Hospital. What's With The Hospital?
Stephanie WarrinerPhoto byFalconers LLP/Toronto Sun. The family of a woman who died due to a COVID-19 mask dispute at Toronto General Hospital has filed a lawsuit. The pursuit for civil action follows the acquittal of security guards that were responsible for the patient's death.
Read full storyDoes Speeding Justify the Death Of A 12-Year-Old?
A 12-year-old boy lost his life due to the actions of cops during a high-speed chase. 12-year-old Le'Den Boykins lost his life when troopers of Georgia State Patrol used a PIT maneuver to stop the car in which he was a passenger, driven by his neighbor. This happened early in the early hours of September 10 2022.
Read full storyCops Hurt 12-Year-Old Boy With Autism. Was That Right?
A woman from Virginia voiced her complaint after her claim that her 12-year-old son was concussed by a police officer at a tennis program. This event was meant to promote a good connection with the police. Sheila Jackson registered her preteen son Curtis Hayes for an after-school tennis program administered by the Richmond Police Athletic League. Her decision to get him involved in this event was inspired by her uncle who was a police officer. She wanted her son to have positive views with the police officers instead of thinking negatively of them because of what he had seen about cops on TV.
Read full storyWhat Is Mayor Lightfoot Doing Sending Immigrants To Low-Cost Neighborhoods? Does Immigration Come First?
Residents of a Chicago neighborhood are upset about the city's decision to use a building that used to be an elementary school to shelter immigrants. The decision was made without the city consulting with the people of the area. People at the Texas border seeking asylum are anticipated to move into the former Wadsworth Elementary School which is located at 64th Street and University Avenue in Woodlawn.
Read full storyParamedics Charged With Murder For Smothering Man. Really? Why?
Two paramedics are legally in hot water after a man died in their hands in Springfield, Illinois. Peggy Finley, 44, and Peter Cadigan, 50, got charged following the death of Earl Moore Jr. on December 18 which was due to them improperly restraining him for an ambulance trip. They put him face down on a stretcher and strapped him tight enough for him to suffocate.
Read full storyTeacher Dies After Cops Tase Him For Several Minutes. Why Tase That Long?
A 31-year-old man who was a father and a high school teacher in Washington D. C. died in Venice, California after being repeatedly tased in the middle of the street as shown on police body-camera footage. Keenan Anderson who was a cousin of Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors, died on January 3 due to a cardiac arrest, hours after a struggle with cops of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). Anderson who taught English at a mostly-black charter school in Washington and was highly respected was visiting his family in California when this incident happened. No less than three people have been killed by LAPD officers so far in 2023. The other two victims were dark-skinned and all three killings happened in a week. The other two victims were Takar Smith and Oscar Sanchez. According to data by the group Mapping Police Violence, at least 1,176 people nationwide were killed by cops in 2022 which is the record of police killings by the year.
Read full storyLouisiana Cop Kills 2 Teenage Girls During High Speed Chase Of Criminal. Appropriate Chase?
2 teenagers lost their lives on New Year's eve after a Louisiana cop during a high-speed chase plowed into the car they were riding which was not associated with the chase. The car also had a third occupant who was injured.
Read full storyUtah Man, All 5 Children, Wife and Mother-In-Law, Dead In Murder-Suicide. Why The Shooting?
Eight members of a family were found dead from gunshots in a home in Enoch, Utah where they resided. They include the suspected perpetrator, 42-year-old man, Michael Haight. The others were his wife Tausha Haight, 40, his mother-in-law, Gail Earl, 78, and his five children who attended schools in the area, ranged in age from 17 to 4. The shooting happened two weeks after Tausha filed for divorce from her husband. The incident shocked people in Enoch which is located about midway between Salt Lake City and Las Vegas. According to the city manager Rob Dotson, the family were actively involved with church and the community that they were well-known. The unexpected tragic event is considered a big loss.
Read full storyBlack Teen In Britain Who Stabbed Two White Men In Self-Defense, Freed? Was That Right?
A British Court overturned a ruling that placed a Black teenager behind bars and to spend 18 months in a youth offenders' facility for stabbing two men. Following an appeal, officials determined that Ibrahim Sarjo, 18, who before "pleaded guilty to two counts of wounding without intent and possession of a knife" was being provoked by his victims, Anthony Sweeney and Raymond Watkins, who called him racial and anti-gay slurs. Lord Justice Dingemans of the Court of Appeal in London reviewed the case of Sarjo who was hanging out with two female friends in Liverpool City Center when he had that encounter.
Read full storyZimbabwe Bans Export of Lithium. A Smart Decision?
Zimbabwe made it's latest move to ban it's abundant nature-given resources, raw lithium materials and to have them processed locally. The decision has drawn fears of elevated prices of lithium worldwide amid plans to start using electric cars. The move was made to raise its value and also to stop losing billions of dollars in raw materials to foreign countries who all benefited from the export of the fresh materials. According to the government, the $1.8 billion-loss in the minerals is attributed to the smuggling and externalization to South Africa and the United Arab Emirates. Export of the metal is forbidden unless with documented permission with verified "exceptional circumstances " according to the circular by the country's mining minister Winston Chitando. Not that it is the mineral most smuggled from there but the country aims to become one of the biggest lithium exporters in the world. The government is targeting the production of 20% of the world's overall demand for lithium as it utilizes its own lithium resources. Zimbabwe is the country with the most deposits of the metal in Africa. Having produced 1,200 tonnes of lithium in 2021, it became the world's sixth-biggest mining nation.
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