Note to hotheads: Don't curse at the judge who determines your sentence, especially for a fourth time. Judicial patience wanes after three tirades.
Tag: crime
Why are youthful identities masked by media reporting capital crimes?
Five teenagers between ages 12 and 16 allegedly robbed Nashville singer Kyle Yorlets as he stood in his back yard. They demanded his car keys. Yorlets refused. One of the teens then shot Yorlets and all of the assailants fled in a stolen vehicle. The singer dragged himself back into his home and died a short time later. The 12-year-old criminal detailed for police the details of their crime spree including the murder and various car thefts, one from Oak Grove, Kentucky. The Nashville newspaper refused to identify the teens because of their "young age(s)." Is this responsible journalism? Shouldn't the public be informed of the identities of murderous citizens? What if any of these criminals somehow makes bond and is released?
Freeway Rick Ross walks a straight line today
Once America's top cocaine dealer, Freeway Rick Ross has traveled an arduous path. He hid his drug dealing profession from his mom by purchasing buildings instead of pricey cars and flashy clothes. Ross notes the irony of buying drugs from foreigners funded by the U.S. government. Freeway Rick sold over a billion dollars of cocaine in the 1980s. Eventually he wound up in prison, learned to read, taught himself legal strategies, and made it back into the free world. But now he wants to teach young people, particularly black males, that "the life" is a fake fantasy. He knows today's opioid crisis could be the end of us all. Freeway Rick Ross wants to stop people from making the mistakes