On July 16,^th Atlanta CEO DeFarra Gaymon (48), known as “Dean”, was fatally shot and killed by undercover detective Edward Esposito (29) at Branch Brook Park of Newark, NJ.  The victim’s family is outraged and demands answers from the Essex County authorities.

Earlier in the day, Detective Esposito had been patrolling the known cruising area in Branch Brook Park. According to Esposito, when he went back to the park to retrieve a pair of handcuffs he’d dropped in an earlier arrest, Gaymon allegedly approached him while pleasuring himself.  According to the detective, Read the rest of this entry »

Rapper Kid Cudi had an altercation with a fan Friday night at a concert he gave in Vancouver. The G.O.O.D. Music artist jumped off stage and over the barricades to punch a fan who he believed to have thrown a wallet on stage just moments before. Talk about highly unnecessary.

Not only was Cudi DTM (doing too much), the guy he punched wasn’t even the person who threw the wallet.

Fortunately for Cudi, the fan, later identified as Michael Sharpe, asserts he will not press charges.  According to Sharpe, Read the rest of this entry »

North Miami former teacher, Gregory Higgs (pictured above) is charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of his ex-boyfriend, high school teacher Charles Brown. Higgs, 53, was in a seven-year relationship with Brown, 54, before Brown broke it off for unknown reasons earlier this year. After the breakup, Higgs had resorted to sending Brown’s family nasty emails demanding answers over the breakup. He even sent threatening emails to Brown’s work and letters to the Miami-Dade County School Board.

In the afternoon on December 3rd, neighbors witnessed a later-identified Higgs waiting in Brown’s apartment hallway and called the police. Neighbors again called the police when they witnessed Higgs stabbing Brown to death. Neighbors even Read the rest of this entry »

Jason Mattison Jr. (L), Dante Parrish (R)

Baltimore high school student Jason Mattison Jr., age 15, was killed at the hands of a family friend, Dante Parrish, age 35. Jason was found raped, gagged with a pillowcase, stabbed repeatedly in the head and throat and stuffed into an upstairs closet at his aunt’s house, where Parrish may have been staying.

Jason, a self-confident gay teenager, was described as very popular, outgoing and friendly. All who knew him loved him. A sophomore at Vivian T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy in West Baltimore, his teachers and classmates are left heartbroken over his murder.

“He was a terrific boy, and we miss him very much, ” said Laquanna Couplin, Jason’s cousin and a resident at the house where Jason’s body was found. “We’re hoping Read the rest of this entry »

A Clayton County, Georgia high school teacher was arrested and released on bail for allegedly trying to put a “hit” out on a student he believed to be gay. Randolph Forde, a teacher at Mundy’s Mill High School, allegedly took a 16 year-old student of his out of class and questioned him about his sexual orientation. The next day, the two got into an argument during class and Forde “threatened to hit him in his f–king mouth.” WTH?

According to police, Forde then passed a note to another student on a school bus with the alleged victim’s name on it and indicated he would pay to have the boy killed. Come again?! So, this teacher Read the rest of this entry »

Rapper Nas appeared on CNN in an interview with Don Lemon to discuss the impact of rap music on children and his open letter to youth following the deadly beating of Chicago teen Derrion Albert.

When asked by Lemon if he feels violent lyrics influence kids to act violently, Nas answered “never” and explained “violence and war is the things that built this country,” even going on to say “a rap song in the 21st Century influencing violence is a joke.”

However, he agreed with the belief of Derrion Albert’s mom that pop culture, movie and rap had some influence on those kids to act out that day.

Check out the video after the jump… Read the rest of this entry »

AJ Jewell, former fiance of The Real Housewives of Atlanta cast member Kandi Burruss, has died due to severe head injuries he suffered following a fight at Atlanta strip club, Body Tap.

“It appears he was involved in an altercation in the parking lot and he received a severe blow to the head,” said Atlanta Police Lt. Keith Meadows. He was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead on arrival.

Kandi, the legal guardian of AJ’s twin 12 year-old daughters, was “stunned and speechless” by the news, said Burruss’ publicist, Lisa Nelson. On Twitter, Kandi addressed the situation in a few tweets by saying, Read the rest of this entry »

Comedian and TV host Whoopi Goldberg showed her serious side when she recently recorded a video message in support of the people in Hungary celebrating gay pride. In the video, Goldberg spoke of her strong belief in human rights and support of the LGBT community and that although not ever agrees with gay pride, violence against those who celebrate it is wrong.

Hungary’s gay pride festival has been marked with violence in the past. The festival takes place this week wrapping up on September 5 with a parade.

Check out Whoopi’s video message after the jump… Read the rest of this entry »

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