It was a hot and muggy summer afternoon in West Baltimore yesterday as a group of demonstrators marched down North Avenue crying out to it’s fellow citizens to stop the violence. The demography of the crowd was of mix race, as white people strolled along side blacks, and people of other ethnicity. There was none

If you have been following the George Zimmerman murder trial and are supporting the family of Trayvon Martin, chances are you’ve had a few cocktails at happy hour today in celebration of Rachel Jeantel having concluded her testimony of behalf of the state. Witness #8 as she is often called, was supposed to be a

The murder trial of George Zimmerman who is acussed of murdering 16-year-old Trayvon Martin February 26, 2012, has began with much fanfare as many following the tragic story has expected. The state came right out of the gate with both barrels blazing quoting obscenities Zimmerman made during his call to police that night. “These fucking

When it comes to violent crimes in America often times the scale is tilted along the lines of race when we consider the resources, time, and necessary diligence police investigators  put into criminal cases to actually solve many of these crimes. The Natalie Halloway case is a textbook example of how white victims of crime

The night began with a card game as a group of cousins and a couple of friends engaged in a weekend past-time. The atmosphere was reminiscent of urban culture with drugs and alcohol being part of the festivities, but for this group it was an all too familiar scene. The only problem is that no

I’m not quite sure how long ago the Maryland State Division of Corrections asked the Federal Bureau of Investigations to conduct a covert investigations into the secret dealings behind the walls of the Baltimore City Detention Center (a.k.a Steel Side), but last week Federal Prosecutors dropped a bomb shell on the doorsteps of the office

Once upon a time in our society people who practice gay life or alternative lifestyles were afraid to make their sexual preference known publicly. The ridicule of homosexuals was so immense that people dared not expose who they truly are out of fear of being ostracized, attacked, and cast out of vast social settings that

Those who came to finally witness closure in the grueling murder trial of Michael Johnson for killing Honors Student Phylicia Barnes were gravely disappointed, as Judge Alfred Nance revealed in a Baltimore Circuit Court today that Johnson would receive a new trial. Johnson was scheduled to be sentenced today after having been previously convicted of

They will bring flowers, the piano will play sad songs, and the preacher man will speak to ease the pain within the hearts of those who knew and loved young Jonylah Watkins at her funeral services in the coming days. Sadly, another black child has fallen to the perverse sickness of violent culture that permeates

Charlie LeDuff is an award winning journalist who wrote about a police shooting that killed a 7-year-old little girl named Aiyana Stanley-Jones one night in Detroit nearly 3 years ago. The little girl was asleep on the sofa with her grandmother when a police swat team expelled a stun-grenade into the front window of their