Two men were attacked in Harlem by a hammer wielding maniac who was still at large last night, police sources said.
The first victim was hit in the head with a hammer outside of 1370 5th Avenue at around 12:45 a.m. He was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital in stable condition, sources said.
A short time later, a second man was hit in the head with a hammer a few blocks away on Lenox Avenue and West 110th Street at around 1:05 a.m. That victim was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital with head trauma, sources added.
This incident happened in November 2012 when Jordan Davis and his friends were sitting in their car parked in a Jacksonville convenience-store parking lot. Davis was sitting in the back seat of the car and like many teenagers, they were listening to music being played over their car’s stereo.
Michael Dunn
Like George Zimmerman followed Trayvon Martin, a 46 year old white man named Michael Dunn went over to where the teens were parked and told the them to turn their music down. Of course, Mr. Dunn had the option of going about his business without paying any attention to the teens, but he chose to start an argument with the teens. He then took out his gun and shoot 10 rounds into the car, killing Jordan Davis.
Dunn claimed he heard threats coming from the car and saw a shotgun. He said he feared for his life and was only Standing His Ground. He was arrested and charged with first degree murder in Davis’ death, and faces three other counts of attempted first degree murder for shooting into the car.
Police did not find any guns in the victim’s car.
Dunn has pleaded not guilty and is being held without bail in a Duval County, Florida, jail.
The shooting range targets offered by Sgt. Ron King to other officers show a hooded figure with a bag of Skittles and a can of iced tea, and a target on the chest.
An internal affairs report claims King’s possession of the targets, and his offer to give them to other officers, violated three department policies on professional conduct, respectful conduct and harassment in the workplace.
The report also revealed that King was involved with the targets months before the police chief found out about them in April, and began proceedings to fire him. The report claims that other officers warned him about the targets.
“You’re crazy,” and “That’s a real bad idea” some said when they first saw the targets in 2012, according to the report.
Despite that, the report says King offered one to another officer at a shooting range on April 2.
King, in a YouTube video, said the targets were a teaching aid covering decisions over when to shoot and when not to shoot.
The police chief said the investigation reveals serious and repeated lapses in the judgment expected of an officer and supervisor.
King had worked for Port Canaveral police since January 2011.
Juror B37’s tell-all book about the acquittal of George Zimmerman is off the table.
The anonymous juror had announced Monday through a literary agent that she hoped to write the book that would give a behind-the-scenes look at the jury of six women who found Zimmerman not guilty of murdering Trayvon Martin.
But after the juror gave an interview to Anderson Cooper on CNN in which she defended the verdict and seemed to sympathize with Zimmerman, she quickly rescinded the book proposal.
“Now that I am returned to my family and to society in general, I have realized that the best direction for me to go is away from writing any sort of book and return instead to my life as it was before I was called to sit on this jury,” the juror said in a statement released early Tuesday
While performing in Canada, Stevie Wonder stated his displeasure in Florida and their Stand Your Ground laws that, although it wasn’t mentioned in the case, was most likely one of the underlining hand that helped George Zimmerman to walk free.
“I decided today that until the ‘Stand Your Ground’ law is abolished in Florida, I will never perform there again As a matter of fact, wherever I find that law exists, I will not perform in that state or in that part of the world.
“For those that we have lost in the battle for justice, wherever that fits in any part of the world — we can’t bring them back,” he said. “(What) we can do is we can let our voices be heard. And we can vote in our various countries throughout the world for change and equality for everybody. That’s what I know we can do.”
I now ask every American to respect the call for calm reflection from two parents who lost their young son. And as we do, we should ask ourselves if we’re doing all we can to widen the circle of compassion and understanding in our own communities. We should ask ourselves if we’re doing all we can to stem the tide of gun violence that claims too many lives across this country on a daily basis. We should ask ourselves, as individuals and as a society, how we can prevent future tragedies like this. As citizens, that’s a job for all of us. That’s the way to honor Trayvon Martin.
A young African-American man is dead. He was armed only with Skittles and a hoodie, which now qualifies as dangerous. He reacted when a self-styled and armed neighborhood watchman bothered him for little reason other than he seemed to be threatened that an African-American male was walking the gated premises. The laws of Florida allow armed people to shoot first and ask questions later.
This was the recipe for travesty, and I’m sure it won’t be the last time it happens.
For all of the talk about having an African-American president, we are not a post-racial society. Race plays an important, and in this case an explosive role in our civic culture. President Obama has shied away from invoking race where it is an issue and, in my mind, he hasn’t done enough to focus Americans on the continuing injustice that colors our system. He should be speaking out more and letting America know that we have much work to do to achieve equality in society and fairness under the law.
Now there’s talk that the Department of Justice ought to file civil rights charges against George Zimmerman. Perhaps, like OJ Simpson, that will provide the family with closure and provide for some kind of punishment. There’s also talk of plots against Mr. Zimmerman and I truly hope that he remains safe. Violence should not beget more violence.
What truly needs to happen is that laws like Florida’s that allow people to legally acquire firearms and use them preemptively must be stricken from the books. How many innocent people need to die before we do that?
I watched MSNBC and heard when the announcement was made that the verdict was reached. About 15 minutes after, when everyone had shuffled into court, the Judge brought the Jury in and the decision was read:
“We the jury find George Zimmerman not guilty.”
*pause*
George Zimmerman smiled and shook the hands of his lawyers. His family hugged each other and shed tears of joy. Told that his monitoring bracelet would be removed, Zimmerman knew that the jury, the law justified the killing.
No one thought of the life that was lost. No one thought that a 17 year old was just walking home from the store when he was gunned down like an animal. No one remembered Trayvon Martin… except his grieving parents.
Just another day in the life of black America, where black males are gunned down every day and no one seems to care. Life I guess, goes on…
It is now 6:20PM, and the Jury in the Zimmerman Trial is waiting for more instructions on the manslaughter charge. The judge called all necessary participant to the court about a half an hour ago, and advised them that the Jury had sent a note.
The note read:
May we please have clarification on the instructions regarding manslaughter?
An educated guess would be that there is agreement among the jury on the more serious charge of second degree murder and need to know more about the manslaughter charge. If they find Zimmerman guilty of manslaughter, that charge carries a punishment of 30 years on jail.
The Judge has ordered a temporary recess as the Jury’s note is looked at.
The rodent is usually seen in front of business that hire nonunion workers, but when it appeared by Weiner’s crib, we were naturally concerned: Rodents and Weiners don’t go together.
A group of education and union activists inflated the rodent to protest a Weiner proposal to eliminate the parent coordinator position Mayor Bloomberg created in city schools to serve as parent contacts.
The protesters say they’re so determined to block Weiner from City Hall that they’ve launched a “Stop Weiner” campaign to rival a group that’s targeting City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.
“If people think Stop Chris Quinn is bad, wait ‘til they get to meet us,” said Mona Davids, who works for the union that represents parent coordinators.
Along with the giant rat, the few dozen protesters at Weiner’s Park Avenue South building carried signs with slogans like “We Don’t Want a Weiner For Mayor” and “Don’t Let The Sexting Perv be Mayor.”
Weiner said he didn’t mind the rat, but he lamented what he sees as the overuse of the iconic protest symbol.
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