The NYPD's stop-and-frisk pilot program is "garbage policy" that allows police to keep personal information of innocent people, a law enforcement group said Wednesday.
The group 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care said the NYPD collects personal data during stops and stores it in a database - even from pedestrians who are never arrested.
"This is Big Brother at its worst," said Marquez Claxton, co-founder of the… Continue
We've now obtained the discovery motions filed by Chris Brown's lawyer, Mark Geragos, asking for all written statements and reports from the LAPD regarding the photo of Rihanna posted on TMZ.
Geragos believes the photo was leaked by an LAPD officer -- He writes, "...this highly prejudicial photograph was sold by an LAPD officer to the entertainment website, Thirty Mile Zone (TMZ). The photograph was immediately viewed by hundreds of… Continue
May 07, 2009. R&B singer Cassie has CONFIRMED that the photos circulating the web earlier today WERE in fact her. Here's her official statement:
The recent personal pictures that have been leaked on the internet of me were hacked and stolen out of my computer. These photos were obviously never intended for the world to see and it’s sad that people would really take time to steal and post them, it’s just evil.
For the second time in three days, a car jumped a curb on the Times Square set of Nicholas Cage's new movie "The Sorcerer's Apprentice." Nine members of his film's crew were injured in Wednesday's crash.
An SUV swerving to avoid a cab careened onto the 7th Ave. sidewalk, slamming into a group of crew members who had gathered underneath the marquee of "Mamma Mia!" at the Winter… Continue
Eddie Griffin is in the middle of a seriously nasty lawsuit -- one littered with allegations of deception, fraud and worst of all ... bouncing one of those comically oversized donation checks.
It's all over a $150,000 gift Griffin presented to the "Jamaica 360" program -- which sends 100 African American college grads on a career building vacation to Jamaica. Sure the intentions were good -- but according to a… Continue
According to The Smoking Gun, Grand Hustle’s muscle, worked with the DEA as an “informant who snitched out criminal cohorts and testified as a government witness at the trial of an Atlanta heroin trafficker.”
Here’s what The Smoking Gun found when they dug into the legal history of Cedric “Alfamega” Zellars:
Court records show that Zellars began working with law enforcement officials after he was… Continue
A 28-year-old Brooklyn man is expected to be arraigned Tuesday afternoon in the strangulation of a Staten Island woman he believed was spreading rumors about him on MySpace, law enforcement sources said.
Calvin Lawson, who was busted Monday, confronted Caroline Wimmer at her West Brighton apartment on March 30. He accused her of bad-mouthing him, possibly on social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace, the sources said.… Continue
In a new interview given by rapper Eminem, he speaks openly about being addicted to methadone, pills, and a host of other drugs.
Here’s an excerpt from Vibe Magazine:
Following his first stint in rehab in 2005, the rapper, 36, tells VIBE he nearly overdosed after an acquaintance gave him unidentified blue pills, which a doctor later told him were actually methadone. "My doctor told me the amount of… Continue
With his left middle finger bent awkwardly from catching more than 800 passes over an 11-year career, Holt called the disfiguration a trophy that he planned to show to the club's younger players. After all, a crooked finger would seem to be a minor inconvenience for a potential Hall of Fame career that includes seven Pro Bowls and a Super Bowl…
Lil Wayne Introduces Nicki Manaj
On MTV's Mixtape Daily
This Week's Main Pick
Street Queen: Nicki Minaj
Holding It Down For: Jamaica, Queens, and Young Money
Mixtape: Beam Me Up Scotty
Real Spit: Yeah, you are going to hear a bunch of more-than-just-friendly shout-outs to the ladies — Nicki says she loves the girls and has no problem surrounding herself with "bad bitches."
NEW YORK — Since word of Chris Brown's alleged altercation with Rihanna first broke back in February, a number of opportunities have slipped through Brown's hands in the aftermath. Wrigley suspended a Doublemint gum commercial campaign featuring the singer, he voluntarily backed out of the… Continue
May 04, 2009. If you ever doubted that Beyonce was a DIVA - this should REMOVE ALL DOUBT!!!
Beyonce was so angry with one of her lighting engineers that she fired him during her performance.
As you'll see in the below video (around the :40 mark), the lighting engineer was supposed to trigger a spectacular light show. When it doesn't happen, Beyonce first yells out "LIGHTS" ... and then a few seconds later "Somebody's getting FIRED!!!"!!
The feds are investigating whether former Sen. John Edwards broke any laws - besides those of decency - when he cheated on his dying wife with a campaign staffer.
The US attorney apparently wants to know if the 2008 Democratic presidential candidate paid off mistress Rielle Hunter by siphoning cash from his campaign war chest or programs he set up to help the poor.
A rare, deadly disease that has left an infant brain damaged and a teenager blind in one eye, has been detected in Brooklyn, the Daily News has learned.
The city's Department of Health is on alert for Raccoon Ringworm, a disease contracted through contact with raccoon feces. It can cause permanent nerve damage and death.
"Parents should closely supervise small children in areas where raccoons live to prevent… Continue