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2 White Terrorists Charged With Hate Crime For Harassing Black Woman

S ocial media users helped investigators in Louisiana to capture two white men accused of terrorizing a Black woman at a Walmart parking lot in November. SEE ALSO: FBI Investigates Neo-Nazis Who Stomped Black Man While Celebrating ‘Martyr’s Day’ The West Monroe Police Department arrested 22-year-old Dylan Reynolds and Michael Walters , 24, on Thursday night and charged them with a hate crime, the News Star reported. Reynolds and Walters confronted the woman–calling her the N-word–when she was trying to load items she purchases into her vehicle on Nov. 29, according to the police. The unidentified woman packed her car in a hurry, jumped in her car and drove away while the two men continued yelling racial slurs at her. When her car slowed down for a speed bump, one of the suspects chased her vehicle on foot while pushing an empty shopping cart. He slammed the cart into the rear of her car, causing more than $1,000 in damages and putting her safety at risk while she tried to escape. The men jumped into a dark gray Dodge Ram 2500 pickup truck and fled, but they were caught on the store’s surveillance cameras. UPDATE: West Monroe Walmart hate crime suspects arrested — https://t.co/1RNhtNEpzu #WestMonroe #news pic.twitter.com/dIbGg2s5TA — KTVE – KARD (@MyArkLaMiss) December 14, 2018 The arrests came days after the FBI and Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office in Washington state  launched a hate crimes investigation  on Dec. 11 against white supremacists arrested for beating a Black man on Dec. 8, while they were in town to celebrate the so-called “Martyr’s Day,” which commemorates the death of a neo-Nazi. The investigation involved eight neo-Nazis arrested for assaulting an African-American DJ at a nightclub in Lynnwood. Martyr’s Day, Dec. 8, commemorates the anniversary of a hateful white man who led a domestic terrorist group called The Order in the mid-1980s. He has become an inspiration for the modern white supremacy movement after he was killed in a shootout with FBI agents in Washington state, according to the  Southern Poverty Law Center , a hate crimes watchdog organization. In West Monroe, the police launched a manhunt for Reynolds and Walters after they fled the Walmart parking lot. Social media users identified the Dodge truck on Reynolds’ Facebook page and recognized the duo from the surveillance video. Bond for each man was set at $20,000 on the hate crime charge. SEE ALSO: Police Kill Black Teen But Charge 16-Year-Old Girl With Murder For The Shooting ‘I Lost Everything’: Innocent Man Cleared By DNA Evidence Is Fighting Back Poll Shows What Crucial Iowa Voters Think About Likely Black Candidates For President   [ione_media_gallery src=”https://newsone.com” id=”3840439″ overlay=”true”]

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2 White Terrorists Charged With Hate Crime For Harassing Black Woman

2 White Terrorists Charged With Hate Crime For Harassing Black Woman

S ocial media users helped investigators in Louisiana to capture two white men accused of terrorizing a Black woman at a Walmart parking lot in November. SEE ALSO: FBI Investigates Neo-Nazis Who Stomped Black Man While Celebrating ‘Martyr’s Day’ The West Monroe Police Department arrested 22-year-old Dylan Reynolds and Michael Walters , 24, on Thursday night and charged them with a hate crime, the News Star reported. Reynolds and Walters confronted the woman–calling her the N-word–when she was trying to load items she purchases into her vehicle on Nov. 29, according to the police. The unidentified woman packed her car in a hurry, jumped in her car and drove away while the two men continued yelling racial slurs at her. When her car slowed down for a speed bump, one of the suspects chased her vehicle on foot while pushing an empty shopping cart. He slammed the cart into the rear of her car, causing more than $1,000 in damages and putting her safety at risk while she tried to escape. The men jumped into a dark gray Dodge Ram 2500 pickup truck and fled, but they were caught on the store’s surveillance cameras. UPDATE: West Monroe Walmart hate crime suspects arrested — https://t.co/1RNhtNEpzu #WestMonroe #news pic.twitter.com/dIbGg2s5TA — KTVE – KARD (@MyArkLaMiss) December 14, 2018 The arrests came days after the FBI and Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office in Washington state  launched a hate crimes investigation  on Dec. 11 against white supremacists arrested for beating a Black man on Dec. 8, while they were in town to celebrate the so-called “Martyr’s Day,” which commemorates the death of a neo-Nazi. The investigation involved eight neo-Nazis arrested for assaulting an African-American DJ at a nightclub in Lynnwood. Martyr’s Day, Dec. 8, commemorates the anniversary of a hateful white man who led a domestic terrorist group called The Order in the mid-1980s. He has become an inspiration for the modern white supremacy movement after he was killed in a shootout with FBI agents in Washington state, according to the  Southern Poverty Law Center , a hate crimes watchdog organization. In West Monroe, the police launched a manhunt for Reynolds and Walters after they fled the Walmart parking lot. Social media users identified the Dodge truck on Reynolds’ Facebook page and recognized the duo from the surveillance video. Bond for each man was set at $20,000 on the hate crime charge. SEE ALSO: Police Kill Black Teen But Charge 16-Year-Old Girl With Murder For The Shooting ‘I Lost Everything’: Innocent Man Cleared By DNA Evidence Is Fighting Back Poll Shows What Crucial Iowa Voters Think About Likely Black Candidates For President   [ione_media_gallery src=”https://newsone.com” id=”3840439″ overlay=”true”]

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2 White Terrorists Charged With Hate Crime For Harassing Black Woman

2 White Terrorists Charged With Hate Crime For Harassing Black Woman

S ocial media users helped investigators in Louisiana to capture two white men accused of terrorizing a Black woman at a Walmart parking lot in November. SEE ALSO: FBI Investigates Neo-Nazis Who Stomped Black Man While Celebrating ‘Martyr’s Day’ The West Monroe Police Department arrested 22-year-old Dylan Reynolds and Michael Walters , 24, on Thursday night and charged them with a hate crime, the News Star reported. Reynolds and Walters confronted the woman–calling her the N-word–when she was trying to load items she purchases into her vehicle on Nov. 29, according to the police. The unidentified woman packed her car in a hurry, jumped in her car and drove away while the two men continued yelling racial slurs at her. When her car slowed down for a speed bump, one of the suspects chased her vehicle on foot while pushing an empty shopping cart. He slammed the cart into the rear of her car, causing more than $1,000 in damages and putting her safety at risk while she tried to escape. The men jumped into a dark gray Dodge Ram 2500 pickup truck and fled, but they were caught on the store’s surveillance cameras. UPDATE: West Monroe Walmart hate crime suspects arrested — https://t.co/1RNhtNEpzu #WestMonroe #news pic.twitter.com/dIbGg2s5TA — KTVE – KARD (@MyArkLaMiss) December 14, 2018 The arrests came days after the FBI and Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office in Washington state  launched a hate crimes investigation  on Dec. 11 against white supremacists arrested for beating a Black man on Dec. 8, while they were in town to celebrate the so-called “Martyr’s Day,” which commemorates the death of a neo-Nazi. The investigation involved eight neo-Nazis arrested for assaulting an African-American DJ at a nightclub in Lynnwood. Martyr’s Day, Dec. 8, commemorates the anniversary of a hateful white man who led a domestic terrorist group called The Order in the mid-1980s. He has become an inspiration for the modern white supremacy movement after he was killed in a shootout with FBI agents in Washington state, according to the  Southern Poverty Law Center , a hate crimes watchdog organization. In West Monroe, the police launched a manhunt for Reynolds and Walters after they fled the Walmart parking lot. Social media users identified the Dodge truck on Reynolds’ Facebook page and recognized the duo from the surveillance video. Bond for each man was set at $20,000 on the hate crime charge. SEE ALSO: Police Kill Black Teen But Charge 16-Year-Old Girl With Murder For The Shooting ‘I Lost Everything’: Innocent Man Cleared By DNA Evidence Is Fighting Back Poll Shows What Crucial Iowa Voters Think About Likely Black Candidates For President   [ione_media_gallery src=”https://newsone.com” id=”3840439″ overlay=”true”]

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Family Of Kenneka Jenkins, Girl Found Dead In Freezer, Sues Rosemont Hotel For $50 Million [Video]

Source: Chicago Tribune / Getty   Family Of Kenneka Jenkins Files Lawsuit Files Lawsuit Against Rosemont Hotel According to ABC Chicago  the mother of Kenneka Jenkins, a young woman found dead in a Rosemont hotel freezer, has filed a lawsuit demanding $50 million in damages. Kenneka Jenkins disappeared in September 2017 while attending a hotel party with friends at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Surveillance video footage showed her wandering alone through a kitchen area and toward the freezer. Jenkins’ body was found the next day, leaving her relatives questioning whether she was murdered, but police are adamant her death was from hypothermia. The family claims the defendants were negligent because they didn’t secure the freezer or carry out a proper search when Jenkins went missing.

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SMH: Two Louisiana Men Arrested At Walmart For Terrorizing And Calling A Black Woman The N-Word

Source: YURI CORTEZ / Getty Men Arrested At Walmart For Terrorizing Black Customer Police have arrested two Louisiana men who “terrorized” a black woman at their local Walmart, damaging her car and using the N-word in the process. Suspects 22-year-old Dylan Reynolds and 24-year-old Michael Walters of West Monroe, were arrested Thursday after social media tipped off the West Monroe Police Department, according to the  News Star . The police had posted to Facebook security camera screenshots of the suspects laughing in the aisle of a Walmart Supercenter on November 29 and on Tuesday, Reynolds and Walters had been identified. According to an arrest warrant obtained by local TV station  KNOE , the two men stalked and “terrorized” an unnamed black shopper as she was exiting Walmart “for no apparent reason.” “While the victim was leaving the store and attempting to load her purchased items in her vehicle, she was confronted by two white males. While in the parking lot the victim was yelled at and called n*****,” read the warrant. “The female rushed the items in her vehicle and tried to escape the two white males while they were yelling racial slurs at her. As the victim fled the scene in her vehicle, one of the two white males chased after her on foot while pushing an empty shopping cart.” The warrant reads that one of the men “violently” rear-ended the victim’s car with the shopping cart, which ended up causing more than $1,000 in damages and endangering her as she tried to leave. After the incident, Reynolds and Walters sped away in a gray Dodge Ram pickup truck. These men are now being held in Ouachita Correctional Center on individual $20,000 bonds.  According to  KNOE , they’ve been charged with felony hate crimes, resulting in $5,000 fines and up to five years in prison. Walmart said the following in a statement to Yahoo Lifestyle : “We want our customers to have a pleasant and safe shopping experience, and we don’t tolerate discrimination of any kind. We’ll continue to work with the West Monroe Police Department and will refer additional questions to them.”

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Pharrell & Robin Thicke Ordered To Pay Marvin Gaye’s Family $5 Million In “Blurred Lines” Copyright Battle

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Text “RICKEY” to 71007 to join the Rickey Smiley Morning Show mobile club for exclusive news.  ( Terms and conditions ). Source: Ian West – PA Images / Getty via Bossip : After a five-year legal battle regarding the copyright of the hit song “Blurred Lines,” the fight has finally come to an end, with Marvin Gaye’s family being awarded a final judgment of nearly $5 million against both Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams . Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Close Thank you for subscribing! Please be sure to open and click your first newsletter so we can confirm your subscription. Email Submit The pair was accused of copyright infringement for their 2013 single after some people started to notice the similarities to Gaye’s 1977 hit “Got to Give It Up.” The R&B legend died back in 1984 after being shot to death by his father, Marvin Gay Sr. SEE ALSO:  Pharrell Williams Threatens To Sue Trump For Playing ‘Happy’ At His Rallies Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams were initially ordered in 2015 to pay Gaye’s estate more than $7 million, but that judgment was reduced to $5.3 million and the pair appealed the verdict. In the recent judgment from U.S. District Judge John A. Kronstadt in California, Thicke, Williams and Williams’ More Water From Nazareth Publishing are jointly required to pay Gaye’s family damages of nearly $2.9 million. Additionally, Thicke was ordered to pay more than $1.7 million and Williams and his publishing company must pay $357,631 in separate awards to Gaye’s estate. The ruling also awarded Gaye’s family prejudgment interest on the damages and 50% percent of the royalties from “Blurred Lines” moving forward. It was also ruled that each party was responsible for its own legal fees. See photos of Pharrell below! ALSO TRENDING ON RICKEYSMILEYMORNINGSHOW.COM : Tragic: Window Washer Falls To His Death At Trump Hotel In Las Vegas Gabrielle Union And Dwyane Wade’s Baby Girl Is Living Her Best Little Life On The ‘Gram White Lady Harasses Black Women At Target For Talking About Eartha Kitt [ione_media_gallery src=”https://rickeysmileymorningshow.com” id=”1628290″ overlay=”true”] Follow @TheRSMS

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2 Milly Suing Epic Games For Jacking The Milly Rock & Selling It For Use In ‘Fortnite’

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Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Rapper 2 Milly is going forward with his lawsuit against Epic Games, the studio behind the addictive video game Fortnite. The rapper doesn’t want anyone Milly Rocking on any block in the game anymore, unless Epic Games cuts a check. Speaking with TMZ exclusively , 2 Milly admits he didn’t know anything about Fortnite until people started hitting him up on social media telling him his dance moves were jacked and being used in the game. He added his daughter even pointed out the similar dance moves players can make their in-game characters do. The Milly Rock didn’t start showing up in the game till season 5 back in July, and the rapper wasn’t aware his dance move called the “Swipe It” was being sold for use in the game till months after. Per TMZ : “The rapper filed legal docs this week against Epic Games — the company that makes Fortnite Battle Royale — for allegedly using his popular Milly Rock moves in the game without his permission to capitalize on the popular dance craze … and make a ton of cash.” “According to the docs … Fortnite players can purchase the dance — which is called “Swipe It” in the game — for their characters. Problem is … 2 Milly claims “Swipe It” is an exact replica of his Milly Rock, but they never asked him to use it or offered to pay him for it.” According to the docs, 2 Milly is suing Epic for legal fees and damages and wants the dance deleted from the game. The “Swipe It” is no longer being sold but if players already purchased it, they can still use it. The Milly Rock is not the only Hip-Hop dance move in the game, Snoop Dogg’s signature moves from his “Drop It Like It’s Hot” video and Alfonso Ribiero’s “Carlton dance” are also available for purchase and use in the game. 2 Milly’s attorney David L. Hecht of Pierce Bainbridge Beck Price & Hecht LLP speaking to TMZ that his firm “proud to stand up for African-American creatives whose expression and likenesses have misappropriated. Epic is enjoying record profits off of downloadable content in Fortnite, yet has failed to pay or even ask permission to use artists’ intellectual property and likenesses over many of its popular emote dances.” 2 Milly has a lot of people on his side including fellow Hip-Hop artist Chance The Rapper. Fortnite should put the actual rap songs behind the dances that make so much money as Emotes. Black creatives created and popularized these dances but never monetized them. Imagine the money people are spending on these Emotes being shared with the artists that made them — Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) July 13, 2018 While he has allies, history isn’t on his side, and this might be an uphill battle. There is no case law surrounding the copyrighting of choreography. We wouldn’t be shocked if Epic and the rapper reached some sort of settlement. We wish him luck in getting his coins though. — Photo: Johnny Nunez / Getty  

2 Milly Suing Epic Games For Jacking The Milly Rock & Selling It For Use In ‘Fortnite’

Usher Herpes Accuser Blasts Singer’s Gag Order Bid – Wants Truth Out In The Open (Exclusive)

Usher and Laura helm. Getty Images and Instagram Laura Helm Said She Contracted Herpes From Usher Following Two Intimate Encounters The woman who is suing  Usher for knowingly gave her the herpes virus has pleaded with a judge not to OK the singer’s motion to seal evidence in the case. Laura Helm said Usher’s belief that he needs an all-encompassing gag order because he’s such a big star that revelations about his sex life, partners and health coming to light could ruin his rep, are full of hot air. Helm said she has already had to endure embarrassment and humiliation from her herpes diagnosis and from having to publicly accuse Usher over it. “Unfortunately, trials are public and often the contents of a trial are embarrassing, but just because the Defendant is a celebrity does not entitle to him to private confidential trials while the rest of society must display their most embarrassing damages publicly, like the Plaintiff had to do to bring this action for the embarrassing damages caused by the Defendant,” Helm wrote in court docs obtained by BOSSIP. Helm said Usher’s legal bid to put a gag order on her herpes transmission case against him not only violates her and the media’s first amendment rights but the courts legal right to a public record. “It is ironic the Defendant, whose lawyer in this matter makes public statements, now asks this Court to gag the Plaintiff. The Defendant, with his power, money and popularity, requests this Court to silence his victims in the time of #metoo.” The alleged victim is adamant that evidence including both of their “content of medical reports or billing records regarding STDs and herpes or third-party claims for the same” be made public once the case heads to trial. A judge has not yet ruled on Usher’s gag order motion.

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WTF: NYC Conductor Reportedly Closed Train Doors On Kid & Dragged Him 40 Feet

Photo by Waring Abbott/Getty Images The 9-Year-Old’s Mom Is Lawsuit-Ready A New York MTA conductor is catching all the blame for his reckless endangerment of a 9-year-old boy. According to the New York Post , Melissa Capers is filing a lawsuit against the conductor for an incident that occurred at the Atlantic Avenue Station in Brooklyn on December 10, 2017. Capers says her son was boarding a Manhattan-bound “L” train when the conductor closed the door on him, causing half his body to be trapped outside the train. Then, the train proceeded to move, dragging the kid about 40 feet, according to the lawsuit papers filed on Wednesday in Brooklyn Supreme Court. The boy was with his mom’s boyfriend when the incident occurred and according to Capers’ attorney, Daniel Leav, the kid suffered two bilateral fractures to both femurs. He had to undergo extensive surgery to treat the damages. “He was dragged approximately 40 feet before he fell,” Leav said. The lawyer also said the conductor only stopped the train because “people were screaming.” Since the incident, the boy has been wheelchair-bound and it’s only recently that he started learning to walk again. The kid was identified as “J.C.” in court papers and he was “attempting to enter the train that was in the station when suddenly the train doors closed upon infant plaintiff without warning. He was caused to fall between the train gap and the platform, he was caused to be twisted and dragged for several feet.” Capers is suing for negligence and unspecified damages. “We think the NYC transit system was obviously negligent,” Leav commented. “That was a little boy who was trapped in the doors.” The MTA has yet to respond to the incident or the lawsuit. Though it’s quite common for passengers to get caught in train doors, conductors usually open the doors to let stuck customers in. The conductor accused in the lawsuit has yet to comment publically on his mindstate during the December 2017 incident.

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The (Funny) Money Team: Floyd Mayweather Jr And DJ Khaled Sued For Alleged Cryptocurrency Scam

Image via Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Floyd Mayweather Jr. And DJ Khaled Sued For Cryptocurrency Scam Floyd Mayweather Jr. and DJ Khaled are in hot water with the law according to TMZ . A class action lawsuit has been filed by folks who banked their money into a cryptocurrency called Centra Tech and they’re pointing the finger at the champ and the DJ for influencing them to partake in the scam. Spending bitcoins ethereum and other types of cryptocurrency in Beverly Hill https://t.co/q9VZ3MzpK8 pic.twitter.com/BYyOFUnm8W — Floyd Mayweather (@FloydMayweather) September 15, 2017 The SEC charges the Centra Tech with illegal operations and misleading investors with phony information like executives who don’t exist, all while raising over $32 million due to their celebrity endorsements. The founders of the company were arrested back in April and are facing fraud and conspiracy charges. The lawsuit not only seeks damages from the aforementioned founders but also the celebrity influencers, Mayweather and Khaled. These folks lost a LOT of money. Back in February each coin was worth $1 and now they are worth only about $0.02. Yikes.

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