Posts Tagged ‘Justice’
Marion Jones Goes to the Court After Track and Field »
I am not sure who recorded it, but there is a song out there that says, “No you can't keep a good man down, no.” Some thought that after losing five Olympic medals for using performance-enhancing drugs would silence her forever but no not Marion Jones, 34 year-old. Jones, the disgraced former sprinter once called the [...]
Who Need Marijuana When K2 is Legal in Chicago »
I can imagine that most drug users are saying to themselves, why risk getting caught with illegal possession of marijuana when K2 is easily and legally available in most Chicago's food and liquor stores. K2, a “fake weed” and a marijuana look alike is a synthetic substance that is starting to show up around the Chicagoland area. [...]
Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon to Resign After Alford »
By: Tolbert Yarkpawolo A screen shot from Baltimore's WBAL-TV showing Mayor Sheila Dixon as she fights back tears during her resignation announcement. "It was with deep regret and sadness that I'm resigning as mayor," Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon said as she read her letter of resignation today. She also added, [...]
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 they have some sort of ownership over them. (more...)
Chicago Actor Tanner Faces Prison for Stolen »
Chicago born actor, Antow Tanner, 34 year-old, pleaded guilty yesterday in a Brooklyn court to selling more than a dozen social security numbers for $10,000. According to court documents, he told the judge that he was a middleman in the stolen or dead people social security numbers scheme. (more...)
Judge Sotomayor – Qualified and Desiring Supreme »
Tuesday, May 26, 2009, will be recorded as a great day in the history of the United States of America. As was expected, President Barack Obama exercised his constitutional rights and obligations by announcing federal appellate Judge Sonia Sotomayor, 54 year-old, as his nominee to replace retiring Justice David Souter on the Supreme Court. [...]
Life Term for rape – Cruel and Unusual for Joe »
On May 4, 1989, someone robbed a 72-year-old White woman in Pensacola, Florida. Later on during the same day the elderly lady was raped by someone. Joe Harris Sullivan, an African-American was 13-year-old at the time, and he admitted that he and two older friends had burglarized the woman’s home earlier that day. But he denied that he had [...]
Songs that reflect todays socio-political issues »
While doing my regular exercises this morning at the YMCA located at 63st. and Hayes Drive in Chicago, I listened to my favorite playlists which include songs by Johnny Guitar Watson, Marvin Gaye, Roy Hammond, aka "Roy-C", Sam Cooke, Curtis Mayfield to name a few. Something caught my attention from the lyrics of the songs and I began to [...]
