All Articles Tagged "Violence"

Tragic Irony: Housing Projects Named After MLK Show Sharp Increases In Violence

MLK Projects Show Sharp Increase In Violence

What do you get when you cross Dr. Martin Luther King with Malcom X? A street you can’t walk down. Only a day after celebrating the vision and accomplishments of Dr. Martin Luther King, a new study has been released showing that peace is hard to come by on streets named after the icon. Continue »

Looting Violence In Haiti Turns Ugly, Anderson Cooper Comes To The Aid Of Haitian Boy

Cameras captured violence on the streets of Haiti as an angry mob of looters scrapped over the goods they recovered. CNN journalist Anderson Cooper was nearly caught in the melee trying to help a young boy who was beaten so badly that blood poured from a wound in his head. The footage is extremely graphic, but you can CLICK HERE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED.

Jesus Take The Wheel: 16 Year-old Honor Student Fatally Beaten on the Streets of Chicago

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When are we as a people going to rise  above the violence??? A Chicago teen was beaten to death… Continue »

This Violence Has Got To Stop!!! Spelman Student Shot Dead on Clark Atlanta Campus

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Spelman student Jasmine Lynn was hit in the chest by a stray bullet while walking with friends to the neighboring campus of Clark Atlanta University. Continue…

Violence Rears Its Ugly Head

Posted by Bossip Staff

Correctional Officer Ross was trying to do good deeds when some butthole decides to bust some shots:

Gunshots broke out on Wednesday during the second annual Rick Ross Be Out Day charity event for children in Miami Gardens, Florida. When Ross took the stage, shots rang out across the street from the fundraiser, which was sponsored by the Florida rapper to raise money for back-to-school supplies for local children.

“The shots happened near the event … across the street, but it was close enough that it seemed as if it happened in the park [where the show was taking place],” said Elora Mason, a publicist for Rick Ross Charities Inc., the event sponsor. “It’s not clear what brought it on, but police said the person shooting appeared to be shooting in the air.” Continue »