3 Lesbian women in court for beating up a homosexual man
Three women identified by their lawyers as lesbians were arraigned yesterday on a hate crime charge for allegedly beating a homosexual man at the Forest Hills T station in an unusual case that experts say exposes the law’s flawed logic. “My guess is that no sane jury would convict them under those circumstances, but what [...]
Boy, 14, shoots his mother dead as she slept after she tried to keep him away from a gang
A 14-year-old boy shot his mother ‘at least ten times’ as she slept on the couch. The teen, named by family members as Joshua Smith, from east Detroit, allegedly unleashed a hail of bullets on Tamiko Robinson, 36, in the early hours of Monday morning, according to a police spokesman. Smith, who was on the [...]
Fight at a baby shower gets nine month old baby boy shot and killed
A nine-month-old boy was shot dead as he slept after his mother became swept up in a fight at a baby shower, the tot’s grandmother has claimed. Delric Miller IV was killed after gunmen sprayed bullets into his home in the west side of Detroit, Michigan while he slept on the couch. The child’s grandmother [...]
Fatal shootout nets gang member life plus 26 years
A Knox County judge Thursday ensured the death behind bars of a man who killed an innocent bystander in what a prosecutor described as a “wild, wild west” shoot-out in a populated area of East Knoxville. Richard Cleophus Smith, 21, was already facing a life sentence — 51 years of which are mandatory — for [...]
