Crime

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Crime Cardi B Blasts Kim Potter Following Daunte Wright Shooting Conviction The rapper was angered by Potter's smiling mugshot and pointed out that she never believed the former officer's tearful testimony. By Erika Marie December 24, 2021
Crime Rapper Yungen Gunnin Convicted Of Second-Degree Murder Police allege that while performing in Louisiana, Gunnin shot another man. By Erika Marie December 24, 2021
Pop Culture Boosie Says R. Kelly Accusations Were Exaggerated: "[He] Like The Young B*tches" The Louisiana rapper caught heat over his controversial comments regarding R. Kelly's case after saying his accusers weren't taken advantage of. By Erika Marie December 24, 2021
Crime Teen Killed By LAPD Officer's Stray Bullet As Police Fired At Suspect: Report Valentina Peralta, 14, was trying on clothes in a Burlington Coat Factory dressing room when officers shot at a suspect and struck her, instead. By Erika Marie December 24, 2021
Gram Blueface's Artist Chrisean Rock Shares Video Call From Jail: "I'm Just Healing" She was recently arrested in Oklahoma after allegedly stealing Blueface's car and was reportedly found with drugs. By Erika Marie February 24, 2022
Pop Culture Tina Lawson Blasts Ahmaud Arbery Defense Attorney As A "Dumb, Evil, Racist Cockroach" In her closing arguments, attorney Laura Hogue spoke about Ahmaud "in his khaki shorts, with no socks, to cover his long dirty toenails." By Erika Marie November 22, 2021
Crime Daunte Wright Case: Officer Kim Potter Found Guilty Of Manslaughter She reportedly said she accidentally fired her gun instead of her Taser when shooting the 20-year-old during a traffic stop. By Erika Marie December 23, 2021
Crime Taraji P. Henson Cites Emmitt Till While Calling For Jussie Smollett’s Release From Jail Taraji P. Henson wants Jussie Smollett released from jail. By Cole Blake March 13, 2022
Pop Culture TLC Singer Chilli Doesn't Think Race Of Ahmaud Arbery Jurors Should Matter Eleven out of 12 of the jurors in the case are white, and Chilli says we have to believe they are "kind, good-hearted" people who will be "fair." By Erika Marie November 09, 2021
Crime Astroworld Fest: Venue's Liability Insurance Totals $26M For Lawsuits As more lawsuits are filed against Astroworld Fest organizers, the total of the venue's liability insurance coverage might not be able to cover the potential judgments. By Aron A. November 09, 2021
Crime Judge Blocks Lil Mosey's Consensual Sex Defense In Rape Case The judge in Lil Mosey's rape case has decided to block his lawyers from using prior acts of consensual sex as a defense. By Brianna Lawson January 07, 2022
Music Pop Smoke's Alleged Killer Denied Bail In LA County The teen who allegedly killed Pop Smoke in early 2020 was denied bail. By Taylor McCloud September 17, 2021