Via AJC.com To address the issue, Sen. Gloria Butler (D-Stone Mountain) has introduced anti-racial profiling legislation, SB 325, that is intended to curb the practice of people being stopped by law enforcement because of race or ethnicity. Rep. Pedro Marin (D-Duluth) plans to introduce a similar bill in the House. Under Butler’s bill, police officers would be required to record [...]

Funeral arrangements have been solidified for Ashley “A.J.” Jewell, the slain ex-fiance of ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ star Kandi Burruss. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper, the memorial will take place on Oct. 9 at the Ray of Hope Christian Church in DeKalb Country, Georgia. Meanwhile, Frederick Richardson, the man charged with his murder last Saturday, was denied bail during [...]

I am devastated by the loss of AJ. His death comes on the heels of the death of my beloved Uncle Ralph and with both of them gone, my heart is heavy with grief. I had spoken to AJ two hours before I got the call that he was in the hospital. Never in a thousand years did I think [...]

Ashley “A.J.” Jewell, who was engaged to Kandi Burruss until last August, died of  massive head injuries at Piedmont Hospital. He was fatally injured in a “one-on-one”  fight with Fredrick Richardson Friday night, police said. Atlanta police charged a strip club employee with voluntary manslaughter Saturday in the beating death of the former fiancé of the newest member of the [...]

WASHINGTON — The White House says cell phone video showing the fatal beating of a 16-year-old honors student in Chicago is “chilling.” It came up at President Barack Obama’s morning meeting in the Oval Office. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs on Wednesday said the video of teens viciously kicking and striking another teen with splintered railroad ties is among the [...]

CHICAGO (AP) — A fourth teenager is due in court after being charged in the fatal beating of a 16-year-old Chicago honors student, who’s described by family as a “great kid” who loved school. Eighteen-year-old Eugene Bailey is one of four people charged with first-degree murder in Derrion Albert’s death. Bailey was due in bond court Tuesday. The other three [...]

From AJC.com: Jasmine Lynn loved school so much, her mother said, it was hard to believe she died not far from the university she had dreamed of going to since seventh grade. She was 802 miles away from her home in Kansas City, Mo., the first in her family to go to college. Now just two weeks into her sophomore [...]

Dyron Hart, a former Nicholls State football player, pleaded guilty to impersonating a White Supremacist on the Internet who was angry that a black man was elected president. Hart faces 5 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. A black man who pretended to be a white supremacist on the Internet has entered a guilty plea to charges that he [...]

Master P’s 38-year-old brother Cory Miller aka C Murder has been found guilty of second degree murder for killing a 16-year-old in a 2002 bar fight. C had originally been convicted for the murder in 2003, but the judge overturned the ruling after it was discovered several witnesses had had criminal records expunged in exchange for their testimony. In May, [...]

Vernon Forrest made his living with his fists, but his true calling, friends say, was helping children and others with disabilities, treating them like members of his family. The 38-year-old former two-division champion, who gained stardom when he became the first boxer to defeat Shane Mosley, was shot to death Saturday night in what police are calling an attempted robbery [...]

Four boys ages 9, 10, 13 and 14 lured an 8-year-old neighbor into a shed at a Phoenix apartment complex, then sexually assaulted her, police say. The crime happened last Thursday evening, and police were called to the scene after reports of a young girl running out of the shed, half-nude and screaming. Numerous witnesses helped police identify the boy suspects. [...]

Direct from the Source: Sandra Rose Woman beater Chris Brown took his case all the way to the Supreme Court and lost! Now bitch boy will be forced to face Rihanna in court on Monday, June 22. From RadarOnline.com: The California Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by Chris Brown’s attorney Mark Geragos to postpone what could be an [...]

Direct from: Sandra ROse Last night’s performance by newcomer Jeremih was supposed to be an intimate industry affair at Luckie Food Lounge. Instead, the night ended with 3 men being transported to a local hospital with stab wounds. According to witnesses, a brawl broke out between Grand Hustle’s DJ Drama and Young Jeezy’s crews around 2:30 am, moments after Def [...]