I try not to post entire articles because I hate to block the traffic flow. But our friend Deidra has brought an interesting case to our attention out in California. “Not only is there no news on Chioma, but the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children website messed up...
Dallas County's record-setting list of innocent inmates cleared by DNA testing grew on Wednesday when officials learned that Charles Allen Chatman could not have committed a rape for which he has served almost 27 years in prison. Dallas County will set another innocent man free, as officials have learned that...
Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins continues to receive accolades for the fresh approach he has brought to the Frank Crowley Courthouse. This time he's been recognized by Texas Lawyer as the Impact Player of the Year. See the Texas Lawyer article here . Some excerpts from Texas Lawyer's extensive...
Tasered While Black alerts us to another instance of African-Americans tasered by police. This time it was a Madison, Wisconsin couple out doing some Christmas shopping. See Tasered While Black's full report here. An officer used a Taser on a man identified as Major T. Lemon, 44, after police said...
Jon Nielsen of the Dallas Morning News tells the story of a Waxahachie man who was shocked twice by a stun gun after police responded to a diabetic seizure call. This event occurred last April, as more and more stun gun abuses are coming to light. According to...
There's more news out of Jena, Louisiana as a white separatist group has sued the city over a rally they plan to stage next month. According to the Associated Press, The Nationalist Movement which is planning a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in Jena, is suing the town claiming...
FYI from Mike Davis On Monday, there will be a press conference with Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway, District 4 City Plan Commissioner Michael Davis, the owners of Big T, and other high-ranking city officials. As you know, inside the Bazaar there was a violent shooting last month which...
Thanks to Dallas Progress and What About Our Daughters for updating me on an arrest that was made in the Nailah Franklin murder case. Ms. Franklin was a pharmaceutical sales representative in the Chicago area whose disappearance garnered virtually zero attention in the national media. Her body was eventually found...
The Field Negro has an interesting breakdown of the transcript of Houston vigilante Joe Horn's 911 call. As many of you know, Horn shot (in the back) and killed two young men who were robbing his neighbor. Horn's actions have been hailed by some Houstonians as heroic. CALLER: He's going...
On Monday the U.S. Supreme court extended the ability of federal district judges to set discretionary sentences in criminal cases. The court upheld a light sentence handed out to a crack distributor by a district judge in Virginia. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote the opinion of the 7-2 majority decision. ...
