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OJ Simpson ‘has only THREE MONTHS to live because of an extreme case of diabetes’

OJ Simpson has only three months to live as a result of his extreme case of diabetes and unhealthy lifestyle behind bars.

The combination of ‘sky high’ blood pressure, a vastly expanding waistline and a lack of physical activity as he serves a 33-year prison sentence have doctors concerned about his health.

Dangerous weight: The former football star is said to be topping the scales at around 300 pounds, and his weight increase was on full show during a May court appearance

The first warning flags were raised when Simpson appeared at a hearing in May when the former running-back looked much heavier than he ever had before.

Now The National Enquirer claims that he weighs 300 pounds and prison doctors have encouraged him to exercise and eat more healthfully to combat the high blood pressure and diabetes.

 

 

Read more: Daily Mail

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President Obama’s Surprise Speech: Trayvon Could’ve been Me [Video]

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President Obama: “Trayvon could’ve been me 35 years ago.”

“…black men in particular are used to being feared.” says the President.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says black Americans feel pain after the Trayvon Martin verdict because of a “history that doesn’t go away.”

Obama spoke in a surprise appearance Friday at the White House, his first time appearing for a statement on the verdict since it was issued last Saturday.

“Trayvon could’ve been me 35 years ago,” Obama said.

Obama says African Americans view the case through “a set of experiences and a history that doesn’t go away.” He says black men in particular are used to being feared and blacks see a disparity in the way they are treated under the law.

He says he also has heard drivers lock their doors and has seen women clutch their purses tighter when he walked by, before he was elected to public office.

h/t  Huff Post: The Trayvon Martin Case

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Miles To Go Before He Sleeps: Happy 95th Madiba!

His work here is not yet done. Happy 95th Birthday Nelson Mandela! God Bless You.

Nelson Mandela’s condition steadily improves as he marks today, July 18th, his 95th birthday.

Mandela was taken to a hospital on June 8 for treatment for a recurring lung infection. In previous announcements, the government said he was in critical but stable condition. Court documents filed by Mandela’s family earlier this month had said Mandela was on life support and near death.

“Madiba remains in hospital in Pretoria but his doctors have confirmed that his health is steadily improving,” said a statement from President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, referring to Mandela by his popular clan name.

Mandela is making “remarkable progress,” said one of his daughters, Zindzi, after tense weeks in which some South Africans talked about the possibility that Mandela was on the verge of dying. “We look forward to having him back at home soon.” the South African Press Association quoted her as saying.

The U.N has declared July 18th as Nelson Mandela International Day in recognition of the Nobel Peace Prize winner’s struggle to end Apartheid. A procession was held in India to honor him and in Washington, U.S. congressional leaders plan a ceremony later today.

This date also marks the 15th wedding anniversary of Mr. Mandela and Graca Machel, the former First Lady of Mozambique who has spent much of the time at her husband’s side during his illness.

(Also Happy Birthday to my Sister Gina!. You’re both in good company).

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Update: John Henry Spooner Guilty: 76-Year-Old Convicted In Fatal Shooting Of Teen Darius Simmons

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MILWAUKEE — A Milwaukee man who suspected his 13-year-old neighbor of breaking into his home and stealing weapons was convicted Wednesday of fatally shooting the boy as the teen’s mother looked on. Now, jurors will decide whether the 76-year-old defendant was mentally ill at the time.

A jury deliberated for about an hour before finding John Henry Spooner guilty of first-degree intentional homicide. Surveillance video from his own security cameras showed him confronting Darius Simmons in May 2012, pointing a gun at him from about 6 feet away and shooting him in the chest.

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How George Zimmerman got Away with Sexually Molesting Cousin from Age 6 Until 19

George Zimmerman became a hero to many after it was revealed that he shot and killed an innocent teenager, whose only crime was walking home one evening. So now that a woman has come forward accusing Zimmerman of molesting her when she was a child, you can bet that more sickos will call Zimmerman their hero too.

It’s becoming painfully clear that the jurors in George Zimmerman’s murder trial acquitted a killer who had a history of violence, disruption and child sexual molestation.

According to reports by Huffington Post, a female cousin of Zimmerman came forward to report the sexually abuse she experienced as a child. During an interview with investigators in March, the woman said, “It started when I was six,” she said. “We’d all lay in front of the TV and we had pillows and blankets and he would reach under the blankets and try to do things and I would try to push him off but he was bigger and stronger and older. It was in front of everybody and I don’t know how I didn’t say anything, I just didn’t know any better.”

The woman said Zimmerman would fondle her and penetrated her vagina with his fingers. She also revealed that Zimmerman molested other young girls. She spoke with a woman who was molested by Zimmerman as youth, but the woman wanted to maintain her privacy. When she was 12-years-old, Zimmerman made her rub his penis. Other times, he would take the girl to rooms and kiss and fondle her.

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John Henry Spooner Shooting VIDEO: Evidence Shows Darius Simmons Killed (GRAPHIC)

A video entered as evidence in the murder trial of John Henry Spooner on Tuesday appears to show the 76-year-old shooting his 13-year-old neighbor Darius Simmons dead.

The Milwaukee senior is charged with first-degree homicide after the alleged incident in May last year. Jurors saw the video (below), taken from Spooner’s own surveillance camera, that shows the suspect walk out of his house, brandishing a gun. After a short argument, the man in the video waves the gun around before he shoots Simmons in the chest. Simmons manages to flee outside the scope of the camera before dying.

The evidence was recorded in court Tuesday and provided to HuffPost Crime by the Journal-Sentinel.

WARNING: The video below is extremely graphic and shows a teen shot in the chest.

Simmons’ mother, Patricia Larry, testified in court that Spooner accused her son of burglarizing his home, stealing several weapons. She said Spooner told Simmons he’d teach him a lesson before firing the fatal shot.

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An Open Letter To George Zimmerman

Just desserts.

The letter below was written by Alex Fraser, after recieving the news of George Zimmerman’s acquittal in the fatal 2012 shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin:

Mr. Alex Fraser is a recent graduate of Temple University in Philadelphia. His degree is in theatre. He is an actor living in the Los Angeles area.

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Trayvon Martin: Justice From A Higher Authority?

“…the Feds would be interested if it could be proven that George profiled Trayvon because of his race and not simply because of his suspicion of him being a criminal.”

“George’s defense lawyers did him no favors during the State trial when it comes to enhancing a Federal case of civil rights violation. In a Federal case it must be alleged that the defendant violated the civil rights of another individual because of race, gender, age, or other protected class. In other words …the Feds would be interested if it could be proven that George profiled Trayvon because of his race and not simply because of his suspicion of him being a criminal. Sounds easy but it is not, they probably couldn’t have done it until O’Mara helped them out by marching witness after witness to the stand and stressing that all of the alleged criminal incidents in the neighborhood were committed by African Americans. Therefore it was reasonable for George to profile Trayvon because he was African American. Remember, he even told the jury that it was OK that George was profiling because that had nothing to do with his need to defend himself. Self defense is not an available defense for violating someones civil rights. It is the profiling itself that is the crime. It is Trayvons right to “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness” that was violated. It was Trayvons right to privacy and his right be where he was… George… you just might have another problem here. “

From an Anonymous commenter, commenting on the Huffpost Trayvon Martin Case Special Edition.

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Early Morning Amber Alert Irritates Some New Yorkers

Countless New Yorkers were roused from a sound slumber at 3:51 a.m. Wednesday by an emergency message transmitted via their cellphones: a missing child.

The alert set off cellphones across the city after the New York Police Department reported that a 7-month-old boy was kidnapped by his biological mother the previous afternoon from a social service facility at Seventh Avenue and 125th Street in Harlem during a supervised visit. The authorities say the woman is bipolar and has had recent outbreaks of violence. She does not have legal custody of her child, according to a police report.

A spokesman for the Police Department said that the so-called Amber Alert was requested after officers determined that the child could be in imminent danger, but that it was the state police that approved and sent out the alert. The missing boy had not been located as of this morning, the officer said.

But the early morning alert sparked a backlash on Twitter and social media sites as people recounted their panic, confusion and irritation at hearing their cellphones beep and vibrate in the wee hours. “Is such a disruptive alarm necessary in the middle of the night?” one woman wondered blearily on Twitter.

All smartphones made after a certain point in 2011 automatically receive Wireless Emergency Alerts. Usually in New York City, they are used for high-level warnings like evacuation orders. In January, the federal government added Amber Alerts to the system.

The police have identified the mother as Marina Lopez, 25, of Queens, and described her as 5 feet 7 inches, 130 pounds and wearing a pink T-shirt and floral print shorts. The boy was last seen wearing a gray T-shirt and black shorts. Anyone with information is asked to call 1-800-577-TIPS.

h/t New York Times

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Zimmerman Juror: He shouldn’t have gotten out of that Car

A member of the jury in George Zimmerman’s second-degree murder trial spoke publicly for the first time Monday night, saying that only three of six jurors thought Zimmerman should be acquitted when deliberations began.

Two members of the all-female jury believed Zimmerman was guilty of manslaughter, while one felt he was guilty of second-degree murder, the woman said on CNN.

The jury ultimately found Zimmerman not guilty.

Juror B37, whose image was obscured during the interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, said she believes the neighborhood watch volunteer was well intentioned but became overzealous because of a string of break-ins in his Sanford, Fla. neighborhood.

The woman said Zimmerman “shouldn’t have gotten out of that car” during his phone call with a police dispatcher when he initially reported that Trayvon Martin was in his neighborhood.

She also said that none of the five fellow jurors believed race played a factor in the Feb. 26, 2012 shooting death of 17-year-old Martin, who was African-American.

The juror — who less than 48 hours after the verdict was read had signed with a literary agent in preparation to write a book about her experience  — said she had “no doubt” that Zimmerman feared for his life and was acting in self-defense when he shot the 17-year-old.

The woman said Zimmerman had a right to carry a gun, and did not take issue that he may be eligible to have it returned to him.

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Black Off-Duty Cop Shot 28 Times By White Chicago Officers, Faces Sentencing


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As much of the country follows the Trayvon Martin case, activists in Chicago are hoping to bring some of that attention to Howard Morgan, a former Chicago police officer who was shot 28 times by white officers — and lived to tell his side of the story.

Morgan was off-duty as a detective for the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad when he was pulled over for driving the wrong way on a one-way street on Feb 21, 2005, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. While both police and Morgan agree on that much, what happened next is a mystery.

According to police, Morgan opened fire with his service weapon when officers tried to arrest him, which caused them to shoot him 28 times. His family, however, very much doubts those claims.

h/t – huffingtonpost

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