CHICAGO (CBS) — A Chicago man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, after admitting to firing a gun into the grave of a murder victim during his burial service in 2017.
Elston Stevenson pleaded guilty Monday to one count of illegal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. U.S. District Judge John Tharp sentenced him to 180 months in prison.
Federal prosecutors said, during a burial service at Evergreen Cemetery in Evergreen Park on Nov. 22, 2017, Stevenson pulled out a handgun and fired a single shot into the grave of a man who had been murdered two days earlier
Prosecutors said, as he fired, Stevenson said, “You aint’ [expletive]. You got what you deserved.”
“When a felon brings a loaded gun to a populated area and uses the gun to threaten and endanger strangers, this conduct will not be tolerated,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Cornelius A. Vandenberg argued in the government’s sentencing memorandum. “The mourners were all in the immediate vicinity of the defendant when he produced the loaded weapon and were placed in danger by the defendant’s reckless firing of the weapon into the gravesite.”
At the time Stevenson was charged in 2017, police said the shooting happened at a funeral for 39-year-old Murad Talib, who was killed on Nov. 20, 2017, in his Palos Heights home. It wasn’t clear how Stevenson may have known Talib.
Tidewater, Virginia emcee and DIEHRD MUSICK CEO, Dainja aka Rakki Dennis, wakes those who have been sleeping on the chaos currently going on in our urban communities with a thought provoking music video for "B.D.L Hood Times." A spoof of the popular 70s sitcom "Good Times," but the subject matter is no laughing matter.
Directed by WatUCookin Media: A Picture Framing Company
The Chiefs and quarterback Patrick Mahomes have reached agreement on a 10-year contract extension worth over $400 million that ties him to Kansas City through the 2031 season, league sources tell ESPN's Adam Schefter.
The Chiefs picked up Mahomes' fifth-year option for the 2021 season in April, putting him under contract for the next two seasons. Mahomes had two years and $27.6 million left on his existing deal -- $2.8 million this year, $24.8 million in 2021. The 10-year extension puts him under contract with the Chiefs for the next 12 seasons.
With a payout of at least $427.6 million over the next 12 seasons, Mahomes will have the largest contract in American professional sports. Mike Trout had previously held that distinction when he signed a 12-year, $426.5 million contract with the Los Angeles Angels in March 2019. While Trout's contract is fully guaranteed, it wasn't immediately clear how much guaranteed money was included in Mahomes' deal.
Mahomes becomes the fourth quarterback since 2011 to receive an extension before the start of his fourth season, joining Ryan Tannehill (Miami Dolphins in 2015), Carson Wentz (Philadelphia Eagles in '19) and Jared Goff (Los Angeles Rams in '19).
The Chiefs had said they intended to sign their franchise quarterback to an extension but had previously indicated it might not happen until after this season.
Mahomes, 24, was MVP of Kansas City's 31-20 victory over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV, becoming the first quarterback in NFL history to win a league MVP and Super Bowl before turning 25.
Mahomes became the youngest quarterback to be named Super Bowl MVP, helping the Chiefs erase a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit by leading three touchdown drives. He finished 26-of-42 for 286 yards with three total touchdowns (two passing, one rushing), two interceptions and a 78.6 passer rating. He joined Tom Brady (Super Bowl XLIX) and Terry Bradshaw (XIV) as the only players to win Super Bowl MVP despite throwing multiple interceptions.
Mahomes was named the NFL's MVP after the 2018 season, when he led the NFL with 50 touchdown passes and threw for 5,097 yards in his first full season as a starter.
The Chiefs traded up in the 2017 draft to select Mahomes with the 10th overall pick. He sat out for most of his rookie season behind starter Alex Smith, only starting in the season finale when the Chiefs rested their starters.
The Chiefs traded Smith to the Washington Redskins before the following season, making Mahomes the starter.
Overall, Mahomes has thrown for 9,412 yards with 76 touchdowns and 18 interceptions in 31 regular-season games. In five playoff games, he has thrown for 1,474 yards with 13 touchdowns and two interceptions.
New York (CNN) The White woman who called cops on a Black man who was birdwatching in Central Park will be prosecuted, the Manhattan district attorney said Monday.
Amy Cooper, the woman who was filmed accusing a Black man of threatening her, faces a charge of falsely reporting an incident in the third degree, according to the DA.
"At this time I would like to encourage anyone who has been the target of false reporting to contact our Office. We are strongly committed to holding perpetrators of this conduct accountable," DA Cyrus Vance said in a statement.
Cooper was walking her dog in the park last month when she encountered Christian Cooper (no relation) in a wooded area known as the Ramble. A dispute began because her dog was not on a leash, contrary to the Ramble's rules, both of them told CNN.
Christian Cooper posted on Facebook a part of their exchange that he recorded, and it went viral. In the recording, he is silent for the most part, while she frantically tells police he is threatening her and her dog.
"I'm taking a picture and calling the cops," she is heard saying in the video. "I'm going to tell them there's an African American man threatening my life."
Cooper has been issued a desk appearance ticket and is scheduled for arraignment October 14.
She was terminated from her job at Franklin Templeton after the video went viral.
Oh, when Karens take a walk with their dogs off leash in the famous Bramble in NY’s Central Park, where it is clearly posted on signs that dogs MUST be leashed at all times, and someone like my brother (an avid birder) politely asks her to put her dog on the leash. pic.twitter.com/3YnzuATsDm
Incarcerated rapper Ralo keeps his name ringing in the streets by dropping off an official music video for "Need a Chance" featuring Trouble, YFN Lucci and Derez Deshon.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Breonna Taylor's shooting was the result of a Louisville police department operation to clear out a block in western Louisville that was part of a major gentrification makeover, according to attorneys representing the slain 26-year-old's family.
Lawyers for Taylor's family allege in court documents filed in Jefferson Circuit Court Sunday that a police squad — named Place-Based Investigations — had "deliberately misled" narcotics detectives to target a home on Elliott Avenue, leading them to believe they were after some of the city's largest violent crime and drug rings.
The complaint — which amends an earlier lawsuit filed by Taylor's mother against the three Louisville officers who fired their weapons into Taylor's home — claims Taylor was caught up in a case that was less about a drug house on Elliott Avenue and more about speeding up the city's multi-million dollar Vision Russell development plan.
"The execution of this search warrant robbed Breonna of her life and Tamika Palmer of her daughter," Florida-based attorney Benjamin Crump, who is representing the family, told The Courier Journal on Sunday.
"Its execution exhibited outrageous recklessness and willful, wanton, unprecedented and unlawful conduct."
A spokeswoman for Mayor Greg Fischer said the allegations are "outrageous" and "without foundation or supporting facts."
"They are insulting to the neighborhood members of the Vision Russell initiative and all the people involved in the years of work being done to revitalize the neighborhoods of west Louisville," Jean Porter said in a statement. "The Mayor is absolutely committed to that work, as evidenced by the city’s work to support $1 billion in capital projects there over the past few years, including a new YMCA, the city’s foundational $10 million grant to the Louisville Urban League’s Sports and Learning Complex, the Cedar Street housing development, new businesses, down payment home ownership assistance, and of course, the remaking of the large Beecher Terrace initiative."
Louisville Metro Police did not respond to Courier Journal requests for comment Sunday night.
Accusations contained in lawsuits do not constitute evidence in a court of law and represent only one side of the argument.
The warrants carried out in the narcotics investigation on March 13 were meant to target one of the "primary roadblocks" to the development: A man named Jamarcus Glover, according to the complaint.
Glover rented a home in the 2400 block of Elliott Avenue in the Russell neighborhood, the filing alleges, placing it squarely in the area of the planned redevelopment.
Glover is an ex-boyfriend of Taylor's with whom she maintained a "passive" friendship, Sam Aguiar, one of the attorneys, has previously said.
In the affidavit seeking the no-knock search warrant for Taylor's Springfield Drive apartment, Detective Joshua Jaynes wrote that he had seen Glover leave Taylor's apartment in January with a USPS package before driving to a "known drug house."
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass was ripped from its base in Rochester on the anniversary of one of his most famous speeches, delivered in that city in 1852.
Police said the statue of Douglass was taken on Sunday from Maplewood Park, a site along the Underground Railroad where Douglass and Harriet Tubman helped shuttle slaves to freedom.
The statue was found at the brink of the Genesee River gorge about 50 feet (15 meters) from its pedestal, police said. There was damage to the base and a finger.
In Rochester on July 5, 1852, Douglass gave the speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July,” in which he called the celebration of liberty a sham in a nation that enslaves and oppresses its Black citizens.
To a slave, Douglass said, Independence Day is “a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim.”
Carvin Eison, a leader of the project that brought the Douglass statue to the park, told the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle another statue will take its place because the damage is too significant.
“Is this some type of retaliation because of the national fever over confederate monuments right now? Very disappointing, it’s beyond disappointing,” Eison told WROC.
A Frederick Douglas statue in Maplewood Park was removed from its base overnight. pic.twitter.com/J43hqxuHTT
WASHINGTON (AP) — After a weekend spent stoking division, President Donald Trump on Monday went after NASCAR’s only Black driver and criticized its decision to ban the Confederate flag at its races and venues.
Exploiting racial tensions, Trump wrongly accused Bubba Wallace of perpetrating “a hoax” after one of his crew members discovered a rope shaped like a noose in a garage stall they had been assigned to. Federal authorities ruled last month that the rope had been hanging there since at least last October and was not a hate crime. Wallace has maintained the rope had been fashioned into a noose.
“Has @BubbaWallace apologized to all of those great NASCAR drivers & officials who came to his aid, stood by his side, & were willing to sacrifice everything for him, only to find out that the whole thing was just another HOAX?” Trump tweeted. “That & Flag decision has caused lowest ratings EVER!”
The tweet came after Trump used a pair of Independence Day speeches to dig deeper into America’s divisions by accusing protesters who have pushed for racial justice of engaging in a “merciless campaign to wipe out our history.” The remarks served as a direct appeal to the Republican president’s political base, including many disaffected white voters, with less than four months to go before Election Day.
One NASCAR driver is already clapping back at POTUS -- with Tyler Reddick saying, "We don’t need an apology."
"We did what was right and we will do just fine without your support."
24-year-old Reddick is a rising star in the sport and is a favorite to win the 2020 Rookie of the Year.
So, @BubbaWallace didn’t report the noose, never even saw the noose. NASCAR President Steve Phelps informed Bubba about it, hours after it was found— shortly before telling the media in a statement.
Buffalo, New York emcee Fredo Pounds has released an impressive debut EP titled "Intent to Distribute." The eight-track project is full of gems, including this one called "Money Over Love."
Peep the official music video for it.
Dir. By James Quispe
Fredo Pounds appears courtesy of Smoking Section LMTD X PNP Studios
"Intent to Distribute" is available now on all streaming platforms:
Jdiggs Tha Prodigy, the exciting new front runner of the DFW Music Scene is delivering his first visual of 2020 for his latest single, “Tha Prodigy”, as well as a new EP Release. 4700, recorded in his home in Fort Worth, TX and mixed and mastered by Jose “Chico” Santiago and Kason Siney, both the single and the EP showcase a more vulnerable and personal side to Jdiggs that we have not heard much about.
“Tha Prodigy” represents Jdiggs’ first collaboration with Deluzion Productions and third time working with Kenneth Varner of Blurry Vision Filmz. The EP, 4700 is named after the house number of his late grandmother who passed away last year on the same date in which the ep was released, July 2. It is by far his most personal release thus far in his career.
Patrick Jordan Diggs, better known by his stage name Jdiggs The Prodigy is a rapper, singer & songwriter from Fort Worth, Texas. Raised in a heavily religious household, he got his start in music in the church choir. He first got his start in rapping freestyling at house parties with his friends. He previously released 3 albums and a collaborative ep with Karmaa, but the young artist believes he still has much to prove and even more to express through his music and visuals he’s putting together to tell his stories. “I’d like to think that I’ve got a song for all moods and all types of listeners. I want people to be able to use some of my lyrics to express themselves however or wherever they find themselves.”
The first official visual of the year is also the first single from the ep. Its a walk through type video that even features his cousin and his son.
East Coast Artist, Chris Cash releases the visual to his latest single, “Shark Bait”
Chris Cash holds an energized delivery that drives his fans crazy and screaming wanting more. Redefining what it takes to be a top-notch entertainer along with his entire catalog of music, Chris Cash is a raw cut of musical greatness and compliments what it means to be a rapper. He is a renaissance man with an impeccable hustle destined to change the rap game one song at a time. Additionally, he is an entrepreneur based in Las Vegas, one of the hottest places in the world.
“SHARK BAIT” is outrageously raw, chest-pounding, and makes your head bounce consistently from beginning to the very end. This song is timeless and doesn’t fall short of amazing and displays the key values that Cashavelli Music Group represents-Chris Cash you are unstoppable.
From the moment you press play, your body is overpowered with energy and vibes, not many songs can accomplish such modes these days. Shark Bait is universal and can fit in most electrifying markets. I am requesting all DJs, Radio, Music Lovers worldwide to press play and take yourselves to another level.
This song is by far one of the best songs to be reviewed by me. It is a great honor to invite you all to take a listen to this song. You will love what you hear, witness, and embrace from this song. Join Chris Cash of Cashavelli Music Group world today by becoming a member and streaming “Shark Bait” on streaming platforms.
It will still take clearing some legitimate hurdles to reach the finish line, but according to ESPN's Ariel Helwani, UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman and Jorge Masvidal have finished negotiations and agreed to terms for a last-minute bout to serve as the main event of Saturday's UFC 251 card in Abu Dhabi.
With the new UFC 251 main event now essentially being cleared on paper, both fighters will undergo COVID-19 testing in Las Vegas and immediately enter quarantine while awaiting the results. Should Usman and Masvidal both test negative, then they will be en route to Abu Dhabi as soon as possible from there.
Shortly after the news of the agreement broke, UFC president Dana White posted a hype video to Twitter which seemingly confirmed that he was able to secure the new blockbuster main event.
(CNN) At least two people were killed and eight others injured in an early Sunday shooting at a Greenville, South Carolina, nightclub, police said.
A deputy with the Greenville County Sheriff's Office noticed a disturbance at the club, Lavish Lounge, shortly before 2 a.m. When he pulled into the parking lot, he heard gunshots and called for emergency assistance, Lt. Jimmy Bolt said.
The Greenville Police Department and South Carolina Highway Patrol responded and found four gunshot victims inside, Bolt said. The officers did not fire their weapons, he said.
A dispatcher later learned that other victims were being transported to the hospital in personal vehicles, Bolt said.
The eight surviving victims are listed in "various conditions," he said.
There are no suspects in custody. Investigators remain on the scene.
The nightclub was hosting a "very, very, very, large crowd" for a concert when the shooting erupted, Greenville County Sheriff Hobart Lewis said, according to CNN affiliate WYFF.
"There's a lot of shell casings inside," Lewis said. "Everything is turned over. There are a few chairs in there, food on the floor, some bottles busted. You can tell somebody left in a hurry. There are some pretty large amounts of blood."
In an interview with CNN, Lewis said investigators were looking into whether members of the music group performing at the club were involved. The club promoted a performance by Greensboro, Georgia, rapper Foogiano beginning at 9 p.m. Saturday night, but it was not clear if other acts also played.
Hours before the concert, Foogiano, who four months ago celebrated signing with Atlanta hip-hop star Gucci Mane's label, posted to Instagram, "Greenville y'all ready!? tonight bout to be a f**king movie."
The sheriff’s office was looking for two suspects, but couldn’t provide names or descriptions.
Meet the fantastic duo from the city of Brotherly Love. These two come together like the waves meeting the shore in the ocean. Their lyrical methods are straight to the point with that witty east coast cockiness and punchlines. Make sure you go follow them on https://songwhip.com/philly-daze and catch them on Twitter. Stream them on Spotify and listen out for them on multiple radio stations nationwide.
B3nzo, one of the Midwest’s most slept on artists, has released a song that needs to be heard no matter where the listener is, or what walk of life they came from. “Merica Great Again” was released during the present time unrestful period where Enough has been Enough. He states, “Stand with the people, enough is enough.” “Step it up, speak it in Unity, we need some”. This song speaks passion, and heartfelt words to motivate us to do something and cause a change. Make sure you follow B3nzo on https://songwhip.com/b3nzo and stream him on Spotify spotify:artist:2hcz99r4tneurKvW25xlpE
Listen to B3nzo on multiple radio stations and follow his IG @b3nzo_of_r3sidual and Twitter @Tha_Real_Benzo
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