A recent concert in New York City’s Central Park turned to bedlam when someone stepped on a water bottle. The popping noise reminded many of the mass shooting in Las Vegas a year before — almost to the day.
READ MOREA Sixty-Year-Old New York Mystery May Affect A 2018 Investigation
A sixty-year old New York mystery may block Special Prosecutor Mueller’s effort to release grand jury testimony.
READ MORENew York Representative Hopes To End White Privilege Habit Of Calling Police For Persons Being Black
If one New York State representative achieves his goal, calling law enforcement on someone based on race could be illegal and force the caller to pay a fine.
READ MOREHow Is Kidnapping Defined In New York
When Daniel Nieves went to bed one night in December, he didn’t think someone would break-in, pistol-whip him, burn him with a clothing iron and waterboard him. Not many persons would expect 8-hours of torture when all they wanted was a good night’s sleep. Now, two of the men, Rahel Markus and Michael Crumble face […]
READ MOREJust What Is An Ar15?
Another mass shooting, this one in Florida, and pundits are throwing around words like ‘assault rifle’ not even knowing what they’re talking about. It will be impossible for a person, or a group, to produce meaningful gun legislation if they can’t even get the terms right.
READ MOREWhen The Sexual Predator Is A Cop
The issue of law enforcement officers sexually assaulting inmates and detainees isn’t new. What’s also not new is the tendency of cities, municipalities, and governments to look the other way. Some studies show the problem is widespread.
READ MORENew York State Tightens Hate Crime Laws Following Charlottesville
“What are these illegal immigrants doing here? I hate immigrant people,” yelled David Caputo according to prosecutors. The diminutive man had a machete when he threatened to kill and man on a Sunset Park street in June. On December 6, Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun refused prosecutors’ request to boost Caputo’s bail to $10,000. […]
READ MOREMichael Brown Could Have Just Stopped Running
Ferguson, Missouri ripped apart in August 2014 when a white police officer, Darren Wilson, shot and killed a black teenager, Michael Brown. Protests echoed from America’s east coast to west coast, but maybe it took a New York City playwright to put the pieces together.
READ MOREA Fifty-Year Fight For Exoneration In New York City
Fifty-years is a long time to wage a legal battle. It’s way too long when you’re the one fighting and you’ve been innocent the entire time.
READ MOREAmerican Citizen Convicted in Suicide Attack
A failed suicide bombing in Afghanistan raises old arguments: should an American be tried in an American court of law for crimes committed while serving with the enemy, or should that person be killed in a drone strike. Execution without due process is the avenue American jurists are weighing.
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