Posts Tagged ‘Atlanta’
What is Wrong With This Damn Katt? »
On November 8th, the Comedian Katt Williams was arrested on charges of allegedly stealing $3,555 in jewelry and collectible coins. After posting $41,150 bond in Coweta County, Georgia, he was released. On November 10th, Williams was reportedly re-arrested on a bond payment related issue. A little less than a month after being charged with [...]
Ashley Jewell, Fiance of Housewives Kandi Burruss is »
Atlanta’s Channel 2, WSBTV.com is reporting that an arrest was made in the murdered of Ashley A.J. Jewell. Ashley was the fiancé of Kandi Burruss, the newest cast member of the hit reality show “The Real Housewives of Atlanta.” Jewell also appeared regularly on the show. (more...)
What Would Dr. King Do Regarding Sibling Fight Over »
Whenever I hear the name Dr. Martin King Jr., I immediately form a mental image of a man of peace, reconciliation, cessation, armistice, conciliation, concord, accord, amity, friendship, love, treaty, truce, unanimity, union, and unity. On the other hand, whenever his name is mentioned in conjunction with his children, I immediately form a [...]
President Obama Approves $2B For Cash For Clunkers »
Source: WeBuyJunk Today, President Barack Obama signed a bill that added more money into the the Cash for Clunkers program. Late Thursday evening, in a rush to finish business before their August recess. The Senate voted 60-37 to approve an additional $2 billion for the program. The House had already voted to extend the program last Friday. The [...]
T.I., aka Clifford Harris, the Rapper Goes to Jail »
T.I., real name is Clifford Harris, the Grammy-award winning artist was sentenced Friday in Atlanta to one year and one day behind bars on federal gun charges. Two years ago, he was arrested and handcuffed after attempting to purchase thousands of dollars worth of unregistered guns and silencers. As a convicted felon due to a 1998 [...]
Judge jailed African American for wearing hijab »
Ms. Lisa Valentine, 40, an African American Muslim woman was arrested on Tuesday for refusing to take off her head scarf prior to entering the courthouse security checkpoint in Douglasville, a suburb west of Atlanta, Georgia. Valentine's husband, Omar Hall said she told the bailiff that she had been in courtrooms before with the scarf on [...]
Michael Vick’s Attorneys – No Court-Appointed »
A committee representing all imprisoned NFL quarterback Michael Vick's debtors has proposed a plan to pay off his debt. However, a judge have scheduled a hearing for mid-December on the appointment of a trustee, which Vick's attorneys oppose. Vick's attorneys laid out a payment plan to Vick's creditors that includes expected NFL earnings [...]
Rep. Paul Broun Compares Obama to Hitler »
Georgia's Republican Congressman Paul Broun called America's First African American President-elect Barack Obama a 'Marxist' and comparing him to Adolph Hitler. “I regret putting it that way,” he told WGAC radio in Augusta, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution. “I apologize to anyone who has taken offense at [...]
Def Jam Shakir Stewart Died of an Apparent Suicide »
Shakir Stewart, 34-year-old executive vice president of Def Jam Recordings died on Saturday of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound near Atlanta, police said Sunday. Stewart was found about 4 p.m. Saturday in the bathroom of his house on Lindsey Drive in Marietta, Georgia. Police spokeswoman Cassie Reece said Stewart shot himself with a [...]
Rapper Da Brat gets three years for assault »
Da Brat was assigned a new zip code, Dekalb County Prison, for three years on Friday for assault. The recordings artist was sentenced to three years in Dekalb County prison for hitting a hostess in the head with a rum bottle during an altercation at a suburban Atlanta nightclub last fall. The Chicago native graduated from Kenwood Academy, Hyde [...]
Obama: Ludacris should be ashame of his lyrics »
Yesterday Senator Obama sharply condemned rapper Ludacris over his new song celebrating the U.S. Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama presidential bid while referring to Hillary Clinton as an "irrelevant bitch." The song, called "Politics: Obama Is Here," was released yesterday. Ludacris, aka Christopher [...]
Indian man gets life for black daughter-in-law death »
by http://www.Chocolatecity.cc/blog The case of an apparent honor killing concluded with a life sentence to life in prison without parole for a native Indian father-in-law. Chiman Rai 69, an Indiana businessman and a former Maths instructor at a historically black college, Alcorn State University in Mississippi, hired hitmen to murder his [...]
