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Arizona SB1070 gets a double-spiked dagger in the heart

Arizona SB1070 gets a double-spiked dagger in the heart

  Opponents of Arizona's SB 1070Judge Susan Bolton, who heard arguments this week on the first of the Arizona lawsuits, today granted a partial injunction against Arizona's SB 1070. From every indication, Judge Bolton's decision has driven a double-spiked [Read More]

Why they won’t stop shooting in Chicago

Why they won’t stop shooting in Chicago

Chicago PoliceThis well written article by Mark J. Konkol and Frank Main, staff reporters of the Chicago Sun-Times discusses why killing in Chicago is not expected to slow down or stop any time soon. Simply put; too many murder cases remain unsolved. According to Kokol and [Read More]

Appeals Court Upheld Wesley Snipes Tax Evasion Prison Sentence

Appeals Court Upheld Wesley Snipes Tax Evasion Prison Sentence

  Photo Credit: AP Photo/Phil Sandlin As Wesley Trent Snipes prepares to celebrate his 48th birthday on July 31, a panel of judges from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh says he must serve 3 years prison term.As Wesley Trent Snipes prepares to [Read More]

Chicago Judge issued Arrest Warrant for NBA Player Eddy Curry

Chicago Judge issued Arrest Warrant for NBA Player Eddy Curry

According to documents obtained from the Circuit Court in Cook County, Chicago, Illinois; Judge Alexander White has issued an arrest warrant in contempt of court against New York Knicks' player Eddy Curry, 28 year-old. Curry reportedly missed a $200,000 hush money [Read More]

Another Bloody Chicago Weekend: 54 Shot and 10 Dead

Another Bloody Chicago Weekend: 54 Shot and 10 Dead

Another violent and deadly weekend continues in Chicago. Among those shot during this weekend included a 1 year-old girl who suffered a graze wound to the neck. During the weekend of April 23, 2010, eight people including a toddler were killed and 18 wounded in Chicago. [Read More]

Katie Washington Notre Dame’s First African American Valedictorian

Katie Washington Notre Dame’s First African American Valedictorian

Katie Washington Notre Dame’s First African American Valedictorian After the healthcare legislation was passed, Vice President Joe Biden was heard telling President Obama, "Mr. President, This Is a Big Fucking Deal."   We at Chocolate City congratulate and [Read More]

Chicago’s O.K. Corral – Urban Gunfights

Chicago’s O.K. Corral – Urban Gunfights

Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis was talking about surging gun violence when he was pulled away. Photo Credit: (John J. Kim/Chicago Sun-Times) Today is not October 26, 1881, and we are not in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, United States. Today is April 03, 2010 and we [Read More]

Flash Mob from an Entrepreneur Perspective

Flash Mob from an Entrepreneur Perspective

Flash mob or Flash networkA flash mob is usually the gathering of a large group of people who assemble suddenly in a designated public place to perform an unusual and pointless act (such as pillow fight or water balloon fight) for a brief time, and then quickly disperse. [Read More]

Otis McDonald Sues Chicago Over Handgun Ban

Otis McDonald Sues Chicago Over Handgun Ban

Otis McDonald,76 year-old Chicago's Morgan Park residenceThe Supreme Court agreed to hear oral arguments today over the City of Chicago, Illinois handgun ban. The case was filed by Otis McDonald, 76 year-old Chicago's Morgan Park residence along with others against the [Read More]

Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon to Resign After Alford plea

Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon to Resign After Alford plea

By: Tolbert Yarkpawolo A screen shot from Baltimore's WBAL-TV showing Mayor Sheila Dixon as she fights back tears during her resignation announcement.   Mayor Sheila Dixon"It was with deep regret and sadness that I'm resigning as mayor," Baltimore [Read More]

Honor Killing – Arab Fathers Just Don’t Get It

Honor Killing – Arab Fathers Just Don’t Get It

By: Sister Fatima Muhammad Over a year ago, ChocolateCity.cc created a category on their blog called – Justice/Honor Killing which was dedicated to the dishonorable killing of young Arab females by their senseless and selfish fathers, brothers or relatives who feel [Read More]

Ashley Jewell, Fiance of Housewives Kandi Burruss is Dead

Ashley Jewell, Fiance of Housewives Kandi Burruss is Dead

Kandi Burruss and Ashley Jewell Photo Credit: atlpics.netAtlanta’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 [Read More]

Chi-Town – America’s Third Most Miserable City

Chi-Town – America’s Third Most Miserable City

By: Charles Mombo Chicago theaterCall it whatever nickname you want: My Kind of Town, Beirut by the Lake, Second City, Chicagoland, The Big Onion, The City That Works, The Chill or Chi Ill (Chill as in Chicago Illinois), Hog butcher for the world, Tool maker, Stacker of [Read More]

Chicago School bans visiting fans from sport events

Chicago School bans visiting fans from sport events

The Public League of the Chicago Public School (CPS) announced that it is taking striking and necessary actions by banning fans of visiting teams from attending sports events. This dramatic measure is to curb a rash of violence that has erupted at CPS basketball games. [Read More]

Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon indicted

Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon indicted

Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon was indicted Friday on 12 counts of corruption as part of a long-running investigation that saw a councilwoman indicted earlier this week. In the 28-page report, Dixon was indicted on 12 counts of corruption, [Read More]

Running Amok – Black Youths Murder Rate

Running Amok – Black Youths Murder Rate

By Charles Mombo A scene from a music video with an African American male pointing a gun Both James Alan Fox, Ph.D., the Lipman Family Professor of Criminal Justice and Professor of Law, Policy and Society and Marc L. Swatt, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice. of [Read More]

Bush pardons himself against possible war crime

Bush pardons himself against possible war crime

President George W. Bush U.S. President George W. Bush has given himself and members of his administration immunity against possible war crimes. Why would George W. Bush grant himself immunity if he did not do any thing wrong, one might ask? Well, the American-led [Read More]

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City Colleges of Chicago needs a paradigm shift from good to great

City Colleges of Chicago needs a paradigm shift from good to great

By: Charles S. Mombo, MSMIS, MBA Chicago Mayor Richard DaleyIn his book, The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to [Read More]

T.I and wife Tiny arrested for an alleged drug possession

T.I and wife Tiny arrested for an alleged drug possession

T.I and his wife Tameka Dianne Cottle also known as Tiny were arrested late Wednesday during a traffic stop.Police in [Read More]

Chicago Gang Leaders to hold Press Conference warns Police

Chicago Gang Leaders to hold Press Conference warns Police

Chicago gang leaders are holding the conference to publicly accuse the Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis of harassment and [Read More]

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