Posts Tagged ‘killing’
Was Gov. Haley Barbour Show of Mercy by Pardoning Convicted Murderers Unthought-out?
Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, who is leaving office due to term limits, has pardoned 29 criminals including convicted murderers. Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, who is leaving office due to term limits, has pardoned 29 inmates. Their crimes were listed as murder, [Read More]
Review of the Center for Contemporary African Art & Culture ‘My Identity’ by Liberian Artist Martin Zeinway
By: Charles S. Mombo @burnedbrass, @charlessmombo Article sponsored by: Chicago-based Search Engine Optimization and Social Media Marketing Consulting Firm Each piece of Zeinway’s work eloquently captures his experience during Liberia’s barbaric civil war in [Read More]
Faleh Hassan Almaleki awaits sentencing for honor killing of daughter
By: Sister Fatima Muhammad Iraqi immigrant Noor Faleh Almaleki, 20-year-old, was ran over and killed by her father because she had become too westernized. Faleh Hassan Almaleki, an Iraqi father who ran over and killed his daughter because she had become too [Read More]
Jason Omar Griffith arraigned for murder of Deborah Flores-Narvaez
Jason Omar Griffith arraigned for murder of Deborah Flores-NarvaezAccording to Reuters, an African-African, Jason Omar Griffith, 32 year-old, is suspected of strangling his ex-girlfriend, Las Vegas Strip dancer Deborah Flores-Narvaez, 32 year-old, during an argument [Read More]
Oakland Uh, what’s happening Oaktown?
Oscar Grant and familyAt a recent news conference at the Oakland’s Emergency Operation Center, Police Chief Anthony Batts explained that unruly marchers were "tearing up the city" as they protested a two-year sentence for Johannes Mehserle, a white man and a [Read More]
Illinois Governor Quinn sign law creates violence prevention hotline
Illinois' Governor Pat Quinn sign legislation to create a violence prevention hotline for students at Chicago Public Schools. On August 9, 2010, Illinois' Governor Pat Quinn sign legislation to create a violence prevention hotline for students at Chicago Public [Read More]
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]
What Going On Chicago – Brother Don’t Shoot Me
Photo Credit: Jose M. Osorio/Tribune Mother mother, There's too many of you crying; Brother brother brother; There's far too many of you dying; You know we've got to find a way; To bring some lovin' here today; Don't punish me with brutality. Thomas [Read More]
Honor Killing – Arab Fathers Just Don’t Get It
By: Sister Fatima Muhammad Iraqi immigrant Noor Faleh Almaleki, 20-year-old, was killed by her father because she was becoming "too westernize".Over a year ago, Chocolate City created a category on their blog called – Justice/Honor Killing which was [Read More]
Chicago Public School and The Wet Monkey Theory
African American teens kicking and striking schoolmate Derrion who is also African American with splintered railroad ties. I first heard about The Wet Monkey theory several years ago while in graduate school. I am not sure if the Wet Money theory is an urban legend or an [Read More]
Rapper Corey Miller aka C-Murder Guilty of Murder
Corey MillerRapper Corey Miller, 38 year-old, also known as C-Murder was found guilty on Tuesday of second-degree murder for the shooting a fan, 16 year old, Steve Thomas, during a nightclub fight in 2002. SeeMombo.com Bookmark ChocolateCity.cc Hide Sites [Read More]
Birthday Sex for Chicago Public School?
Chicago born rapper, Jeremih Felton The Chicago born rapper, Jeremih Felton, popularly know for his erotic song, “Birthday Sex” has agreed to use “Twitter” to encourage about 70,000 of his Chicago Public Schools (CPS) followers to get back to Sept. [Read More]
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]
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]
Israeli massacre by raining in 100 tons of bombs on Gaza
by: Tolbert Yarkpawolo The father of Dena Balosha, 4, one of five members of a Palestinian family killed in an Israeli missile strike, carries the girl's body during a funeral in the Jebaliya refugee camp in Gaza Strip. The fourth day into its genocide, Israeli jets [Read More]
