Dimitry Belorossov’s extradition is one that many countries are carefully watching, as they believe that it is kidnapping, rather than a legal process. Countries usually issue travel alerts for citizens who may be traveling to areas thought to be a threat because of political unrest, natural disasters or health scares. The Russian Foreign Ministry, though, […]
READ MOREThree Deaths & a White Collar Crime: Woman on Trial for Guns Purchase
Dawn Nguyen walked into a store four years ago and bought a 12-gauge shotgun and a .223-caliber rifle. She was given a $200 discount on the rifle and paid $319.00 for the shotgun. The man who accompanied her to the store stood quietly as Nguyen answered the clerk’s questions. She completed the form the salesman […]
READ MOREMelissa Arca: Advice on what to tell your children about the Connecticut shooting tragedy
Like everyone else in America right now, I am heartbroken. My heart aches for those innocent lives lost yesterday in Newton, Connecticut. The story is unbelievable. And yet, today, 20 parents are living their worst nightmare. It shakes us all to the core. We feel unsafe and the urge to protect and shield our own […]
READ MOREBrittany Murphy did not die of natural causes, lab report shows
People love Hollywood. Tinseltown loves a good mystery. Put them together, and there is enough fodder for gossip and the industry rags to last, well, until the next murder mystery. When the next enigma is five months away, the intrigue grows. When American actress Brittany Murphy died in, a 9/11 call was the first indicator […]
READ MOREU.S. Has More Guns – And Gun Deaths – Than Any Other Country, Study Finds
New York’s Gun-Related Death Trends Downward While The Nation’s Remains High It’s no surprise, but America has more guns than any industrial nation — globally. Along with more weapons comes more gun deaths. Two New York City heart doctors administered a study and discovered America has 88 guns per 100 people and ten gun-connected fatalities […]
READ MOREIndictments: Black man shot four whites because of race
Who is Lakim Faust? You’ve heard of Dylan Roof. You’ve (probably) never heard of Lakim Faust. That’s not surprising. America’s mainstream media tends to walk all over itself when a white male perpetuates a mass shooting. Listen to the same media outlets for news about a mass shooting when perpetrated by a black man, all […]
READ MORETHE DEATH OF KILLAH-P AND THE MURDER OF GOLDEN DAWN
Think a Trump Rally is Violent? In Asheville, North Carolina on September 13, a Donald Trump rally turned violent as Trump supporters clashed with anti-Trump protesters in the street outside of the city’s civic auditorium — Cellular One Center. Asheville, a mountain town in the western part of the state isn’t the only city to […]
READ MOREPennsylvania judge sentenced to 28 years in prison for selling teens to prisons
Judge Busted in Kids for Cash Scheme When Mark Ciavarella, Jr. was sentenced to twenty-eight years behind bars, he said he was “sorry.” Observers aren’t sure that he was sorry for his actions when landed him in prison. Most believe he was sorry he got caught. A disgraced Pennsylvania judge, Ciavarella had been found guilty […]
READ MOREAgainst Coerced Sterilisation: A Resounding Victory in Namibia
Are autonomous feminist movements more important for tackling violence against women than the wealth of a country and the levels of female representation in government? Nell Osborne examines the transformative power of women’s movements. Gender based violence has been called the most pervasive and shameful of all human rights violations. And yet, it still remains […]
READ MOREDo Stand Your Ground laws worsen racial disparities?
Do Stand Your Ground Laws Provoke Racial Disparities Inside The Justice System With some observers believing how Stand Your Ground (SYG) laws warp the nation’s justice system, the discussion isn’t over — by a long shot. In state-jurisdictions where SYG laws are in place, murders are two-timed as apt to be determined “justifiable” as states […]
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