LONDON (AP) — A mother who has campaigned for police reform and better race relations since her son was murdered 20 years ago has been appointed to the British Parliament’s upper chamber, the House of Lords. Doreen Lawrence, whose 18-year-old son Stephen was killed by a racist gang of white youths in 1993, is among […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two teenagers charged in a pair of fatal shootings were given a ride to the scene of another non-fatal shooting by an Ohio state trooper who did not pat them down or check them for warrants after he found them walking along a highway ramp, authorities said. The young men, ages […]
CLEVELAND (AP) — A man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to kidnapping and killing three women whose bodies were found wrapped in trash bags earlier this month. Michael Madison, 35, appeared via a video feed from jail for his arraignment, for which he was handcuffed and wearing orange jail scrubs. When the judge asked him how […]
In 1955, 18-year-old Willie Reed of Greenwood, Mississippi saw a green and white Chevrolet pickup truck pass him on the road and stop in front of a barn. He soon heard vicious screams coming from that same barn where a young boy was being savagely beaten. That young boy was 14-year-old Emmett Till. Reed would […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Hearing the screams of 14-year-old lynching victim Emmett Till from inside a Mississippi barn left a teenage field hand with an unbearable choice. He could tell a courtroom and risk paying for it with his life or keep quiet and let those screams eat away at his conscience. Grisly photos of Till’s […]
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) — Authorities on Tuesday identified a second of three female victims whose bodies were found last week wrapped in trash bags, saying the description of her tattoos helped them figure out who she is. The body of Shetisha Sheeley, 28, of Cleveland, was found in a field on Saturday, said East […]
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) — Three bodies have been found wrapped in plastic bags in a Cleveland suburb and police will continue a search for possibly more victims Sunday, East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton said. The bodies, believed to be female, were found about 100 to 200 yards apart and a 35-year-old man was arrested […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee man was convicted Wednesday of fatally shooting his 13-year-old neighbor whom he suspected had broken into his home and stolen weapons. The trial now shifts into a second phase in which the defense will try to prove the 76-year-old defendant was mentally ill at the time of the shooting. A […]
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told members of the NAACP Tuesday that Trayvon Martin’s death was “unnecessary” and “tragic” and questioned the wisdom of stand-your-ground self-defense laws that lead to George Zimmerman’s acquittal in the killing of the unarmed teenager in Sanford, Florida. “I want to assure you of two things: I am concerned about […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee man’s own surveillance cameras show him confronting a 13-year-old neighbor boy on a sidewalk outside of their houses, pointing a gun at the teen and firing into his chest from a few feet away. The wounded teen flees away from the cameras’ view and collapses in the street where his […]
MIAMI (AP) — As they began deliberating in George Zimmerman‘s murder trial, three of the six jurors wanted to acquit him while the other three wanted to convict him of either murder or manslaughter, one of the jurors said. The six-woman jury ultimately voted to acquit Zimmerman in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. […]
NEW YORK (AP) — From New York to California, demonstrators are rallying against a Florida verdict acquitting George Zimmerman in the death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin. Protests are planned in cities including Boston, New York City, Chicago and San Francisco on Sunday, a day after a jury found the former neighborhood watch volunteer […]
