Arthur “Silky Slim” Reed used to be a gang leader. Today, he’s a motivational speaker and president of We Shoot First Films and founder of Stop the Killing, Inc., an…
1. Don’t Do Depression Alone! This week the media world mourns the death of Karyn Washington, the 22-year-old writer of the popular motivational blog…
Two years ago today, self-appointed neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman shot and killed unarmed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin. While Zimmerman was eventually acquitted of all charges, Trayvon’s memory lives on in the hearts and minds of millions of people. Take a look back at the tragedy in photos: RELATED: “Your Life Matters” Keeps Trayvon Martin’s Legacy […]
The jury tasked with deciding the fate of Michael Dunn, a Florida man accused of shooting a Black teenager to death over loud music, resumed…
From HotSpotATL.com DJ Nando (William Fernando Barnes), was shot and killed overnight at a home in Clayton County. Barnes was a well-known DJ who frequently worked…
There are too many people who don’t face the consequences of taking young lives in our community. Today Jeff Johnson gives us 3 Things You Should Know focusing on how…
We know how this story ends. 22-year-old Oscar Julian Grant III laid face-down on the “Fruitvale Station” subway platform, wondering why the hostile officers were…
An angry President Barack Obama blasted the National Rifle Association (NRA) and senators who voted to defeat a bi-partisan bill to expand background checks for gun sales yesterday (April 17). A proposal to ban some semi-automatic weapons modeled after military assault weapons was also defeated. The votes were on a series of amendments to a […]
Two alleged Chicago gang members have been arrested in the shooting death of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton and are scheduled to appear in Cook County Criminal Court today for a bond hearing. As we previously reported, Pendleton was shot and killed in South Side Chicago one week after participating in President Obama’s Inauguration festivities in Washington, […]
Telvis Douglas, the 14-year-old student who was shot in the head yesterday at Price Middle School, has been released from Grady Memorial Hospital and is at home recovering from his injuries. The shooting at the southeast Atlanta school occurred around 1:50 pm between the main building and the gym. A teacher was also injured in […]
There has been a shooting at Price Middle School in southwest Atlanta, reports the AJC. A 14-year-old male student was shot in the head and transported to Grady Memorial Hospital. Police told the AJC the injured student is alert, conscious and breathing. One person, another Price Middle student, is in custody. Parents will not be […]
Hadiya Pendleton, the 15-year-old Chicago teen who was gunned down in South Side Chicago’s Harsh park on Tuesday afternoon after school, appeared in a 2008 anti-gang PSA when she was in the 6th grade. As we previously reported, Hadiya performed at the Inauguration of President Obama just over one week ago. The president has not […]
