Source: Baltimore Sun / Getty Join Our Text Club To Get The Latest Music, Entertainment, Contests And Breaking News On Your Phone. Text BALTIMORE to 24042 to join! The county giveth and the county taketh away. Judge Mickey J. Norman of Baltimore County has decided to overturn the decision of a jury that awarded more than $38 million to the family of Korryn Gaines. Gaines, a 23-year-old Randallstown woman who was shot and killed by county police in 2016. J. Wyndal Gordon, an attorney for Gaines’ family, told the Baltimore Sun they plan to appeal. “It’s devastating to a certain extent, but they’re a very faithful family,” he said. “It’s not over.” Judge Norman presided over the civil case in Baltimore County Circuit Court last year. His new decision comes almost exactly a year after jurors found that the first shot fired by Officer Royce Ruby at Gaines, killing her and injuring her then-5-year-old son, Kodi, was not reasonable and therefore violated their civil rights under state and federal statutes. This is a developing story. Source: Baltimore Sun
Two Baltimore natives are getting the opportunity of a lifetime after appearing on the Ellen Degeneres. The drumming duo A1 Chops a Timothy Fletcher and Malik Perry, will appear in an original digital series called “The Build Up.” The series will launch on DeGeneres’ ellentube website and YouTube channel. The web series showcases how the duo is using their art and connections build the city of Baltimore back up. In the series A1 chops renovates a new music room for their former high school, assist in creating a new mural for their community center and show off a new routine on the M & T Bank Stadium field at a Baltimore Ravens game. “The Build Up” premieres this Wednesday on EllenTube.
Comedian turned rapper Lil Duval called in the Quick Silva Show to talk about the Living your Best Life Tour, that’s headed to Baltimore at the Lyric this weekend. Duval talked to Quick about his upcoming tour and how he’s ready to live his best life. Source: Outback Concerts / Outback Concerts Quick asked if he ever gets tired of hearing people his song “Best Life” and he said never because it loves bringing people joy! If you want to know if he still asks women what that mouth does…Listen to the full interview above.
Quick Silva sat down with the creators of Ceasefire to talk about the last ceasefire weekend of 2018. Creators Erricka Bridgeford and Ogun about keeping Baltimore murder free for an entire weekend. Everyone in Baltimore is being asked to put the guns down for 72 hours. The organization has several events this weekend on the Baltimore Ceasefire Website .
Domestic Violence Awareness Resources October is Domestic Violence Awareness month and it’s important to not only highlight Domestic violence but to give help resources to those suffering from this violent epidemic. Domestic violence (also called intimate partner violence (IPV), domestic abuse or relationship abuse) is a pattern of behaviors used by one partner to maintain power and control over another partner in an intimate relationship. Here are the different types of abuse: Copyright by the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project 202 East Superior Street, Duluth, MN, 55802 218-722-2781 If you’re suffering from domestic violence you will find resources below that you can contact immediately for help. To talk to someone right now call the National Domestic Violence Hotline : 1-800-799-7833 or 1-800-787-3224. If you’re seeking shelter in the DMV area please contact the following resources: The DC Coalition against Domestic Violence (DCCADV) 5 Thomas Cir NW, Washington, DC 20005 (202) 299-1181 My Sister’s Place (MSP) Address: 1436 U St NW Suite 303, Washington, DC 20009 Open Monday- Friday 10AM–6PM (202) 529-5261 The DC Coalition against Domestic Violence (DCCADV) 5 Thomas Cir NW, Washington, DC 20005 Phone : (202) 299-1181 My Sister’s Place (MSP) Address : 1436 U St NW Suite 303, Washington, DC 20009 Open Monday- Friday 10AM–6PM (202) 529-5261 If you’re seeking shelter in the Baltimore area please contact the following resources: BEA GADDY’S FAMILY CENTER Phone: (410) 563-2749 Address: 425 N Chester Street Baltimore, MD 21231 Food pantry, soup kitchen, and long-term shelter for women and children. (Men are referred to other centers.) Also provides hygiene products, financial assistance, referrals, career counseling, certified substance abuse placement, and youth programs. Shelter is run and maintained by its residents. S… FAMILY CRISIS CENTER OF BALTIMORE COUNTY: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER Phone: (410) 285-7496 Provides emergency shelter, food and transportation while more permanent housing is being arranged. Domestic violence counseling for women and children, both individual and group…. KARIS HOME Phone: (410) 342-2533 Address: PO Box 735 Baltimore, MD 21203 Karis Home is an emergency shelter for women and children with a capacity of up to 38 individuals. They also provide meals and counseling.
Picture by: SplashNews.com Ferguson Protestor Calls Out DeRay Mckesson For Being Disingenuous An angry Ferguson resident was fed TF up with activist DeRay Mckesson , who is currently on a book tour for “On The Other Side of Freedom .” The upset man interrupted Deray’s promotional tour to air out his grievances with him. DeRay, who is originally from Baltimore got slack from the man for allegedly capitalizing off of the pain of what happened to protestors in Ferguson after Mike Brown’s killing. Press play. Here is the video of Ferguson activists protesting Deray book tour. pic.twitter.com/Mcm9hRKcwu — .YoNasDa Lonewolf (@QueenYoNasDa) September 14, 2018 Whew! Things got intense there for a moment. Thoughts?
Source: Alexander Tamargo / Getty Via | HipHopDX After fans were blitzed with the revelation that the NICKIHNDRXX Tour North American leg was canceled, a reason has surfaced and it appears general engagement is to blame. According to PageSix , ticket sales are “in the toilet” and the tour is in danger of being canceled by its promoter Live Nation. “Nicki’s tour could be the most disappointing ticket sales of the year for any artist,” a Live Nation source said. “These are big arenas with up to 20,000 capacities. Sales for opening night in Baltimore is 2,000 tickets. L.A. is 3,400, New Orleans 1,000, Denver 1,300, Chicago 3,900. Even her hometown Brooklyn is only 5,050.” READ MORE
Source: RJ Capak / Getty Isaac Wright Jr. wasn’t blessed with Johnnie Cochran -bread when he was wrongfully accused, charged and convicted of being a drug kingpin. Still, Wright found a way to level up and learn the law, eventually getting an appeal and exoneration. But the most gangsta part came after he got out: Wright went to law school, passed the bar and came back to try and convict the crooked officers and judge who locked him up. Put some respect on his name and hit the jump to learn more about his story, which 50 Cent will be telling in an upcoming project. In 1991 Isaac Wright was wrongfully convicted of being a drug kingpin in New Jersey and got life in prison. During the appeal process he educated himself on the law, was exonerated of all charges, went to law school, came back and got the cops and judge locked up. ISAAC MF WRIGHT pic.twitter.com/x3YuhSMkIF — Terry from VCU (@CleanMy_Sprite) July 15, 2018
Source: Joe Chea If you were lucky enough to sip some cough syrup in the 1800’s, your dose could have included hits of alcohol (less than 1%), choloroform and an indica strain of marijuan to put you in the couch. See the pic below for proof. One Night Cough Syrup' with some remarkable ingredients, manufactured in Baltimore, 1888. pic.twitter.com/xKtYF1LCUV — Life in Moments (@historyinmoment) July 13, 2018
Baltimore On An 11-Day “Murder-Free” Streak The city of Baltimore hasn’t had a murder on record in just over 11 days — a winning streak for the town, unseen since three years ago. According to NYDN , the notoriously violent city went for a record 17 days without a homicide in 2014. But the city hit a low point last year, going on record for the most annual homicide rate last year, with 343 murders. This is actually a far cry from how the city kicked off 2018 , with a steady streak of 11 murders in the first 12 days of the year. However, it isn’t all peace in the streets quite yet. Though no one has been killed since February 2, there have still been five shootings — three of which occurred on the same day. Hopefully, the people of Baltimore will keep this momentum and keep the violence to a minimum! Getty Continue reading →
