By Lynn Green

Many of you have heard of the case of this nutty chick in Texas who was caught in the driveway by her husband having sex with her lover. The wife panicked and yelled “rape” and consequently, her husband understandably shot and killed the man.

This nasty hussy was lying, of course. With three children in the house, she was out in the driveway whoring with her adulterous lover. Thank goodness that she was found guilty of manslaughter and I truly hope she gets a lot of jail time. Here is how this sordid situation went down:

In late 2006, Darrell Roberson came home from a late-night card game to find his scantily clad wife with another man in a pickup truck in the driveway. Tracy Roberson was with her lover but cried rape, and her husband fired four shots into the truck as Devin LaSalle drove off, killing him.

Darrell Roberson initially was arrested, but a murder charge was later dropped and a grand jury indicted Tracy Roberson instead.

During her three-day trial, defense attorneys called no witnesses but blamed LaSalle’s death on Darrell Roberson’s jealousy and rage.

But prosecutors placed all the blame on Tracy Roberson, showing evidence of the affair with LaSalle, 32, and a text message in which she invited him to her house that evening.

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It really saddens me that Brooklyn’s First Black Surrogate’s Court, Judge Diana Johnson is being targeted with racist graffiti and death threats.  This past September, during her election to the post, she was dubbed the “Do the Right Thing Candidate” and based her platform on judicial independence, reform and restoring public confidence in the Surrogate Court.  She is not only delivering but continuing to do so despite some racist death threats that she has received.

Additionally, the judge’s grown son who is an attorney has also been the target of threats.  I applaud City Councilwoman Letitia James for stepping up and calling for the NYPD to offer the judge security detail.

“I am demanding security for this fine woman whose family is under threat,” James (D-Brooklyn) said. “If the judge in the Sean Bell case can get security, then Judge Johnson should get security, too.”

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 by Deputy Diva

Sadly, for some it seems as though it’s not enough that William & Valerie Bell had to bury their beloved son at the ripe age of 23; or that Bell’s fiance’ Nicole Paultre-Bell wound up planning her future husband’s funeral on what should have been their wedding day, but now they are all the subjects of aggravated harassment, intimidation and threats.

The three detectives charged were acquitted by Judge Arthur Cooperman of all charges against them in this case, this past Friday. While many police officers simply rejoiced at the news and returned to their duties, others apparently decided to take it a step further and reportedly make harassing phone calls from of all places - the office of the Sergeants Benevolent Association.  NYC Police Department’s Internal Affairs Bureau is investigating.

In this day and age of Caller ID and many other technological advances, it amazes me that someone would be that foolish enough to even make these calls, let alone from the Sergeants Benevolent Association offices.  Click HERE to read more.

Congressman John Conyers, Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, met with the Bell family and local elected officials on Monday.  Conyers visited the scene of the shooting and is promising a thorough federal investigation. I sincerely hope so, as I feel that the police cannot objectively investigate themselves.  If one of two NYPD Members are found to have made these phone calls, what is the real punishment going to be?  And how will it give the Bell family any peace?

I applaud the Bell Family and even Rev. Sharpton for keeping the peace in Queens as many predicted that riots would ensue following the verdict.  I even passed the Queens County Criminal courthouse this past Friday after the verdict was handed down and reporters were camped out for hours after the verdict waiting for some sort of civil unrest that never came.  Can this family at least have some form of Human Rights and Dignity and finally be treated with respect?

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By: Deputy Diva

“Chinese primary school teacher and a beautician have filed a suit against CNN in New York over remarks they say insulted the Chinese people and are seeking $1.3 billion in compensation — $1 per person in China.

The case against the Atlanta-based cable channel, its parent company Turner Broadcasting and Jack Cafferty, the offending commentator, comes after 14 lawyers launched a similar suit in Beijing alleging that Cafferty’s remarks earlier this month violated the dignity and reputation of the Chinese people.

Cafferty said the United States imported Chinese-made “junk with the lead paint on them and the poisoned pet food” and added: “They’re basically the same bunch of goons and thugs they’ve been for the last 50 years.” Source

What I wanna know is when will African-American’s come together and file suit against CNN and Fox News for the same thing? Both networks offend us on a regular basis and Fox News especially seems to take pride in doing so.

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By: Lynn Green

Do you all recall a few years ago when Chaka Khan’s son got off after killing a young man? She appeared in Essence Magazine, etc. where she discussed it. Well, her son may have gotten off but he just lost a lawsuit pertaining to the case. I DO find it odd that Chaka would be part of this lawsuit, though! She did not kill anyone. And I hope she wins on appeal.

Los Angeles newspaper Daily Breeze is reporting that Chaka Khan and her son Damien Holland have been ordered to pay more than $1.3 million to the family of a teen who was killed in their home following a dispute in 2004.

According to court records, Superior Court Judge Bob Hight approved a default judgment against them in November for more than $1.3 million, plus interest, after Khan and Holland failed to respond to the lawsuit.

Khan’s manager, Tammy McCrary, said Friday that the singer never received the lawsuit and knew nothing about the judgment.

The family of 17-year-old Christopher Bailey filed a wrongful death and negligence lawsuit against Khan and Holland, 29, after a jury acquitted Holland of Bailey’s murder in May 2006.

Holland shot Bailey in the face with an M-16 assault rifle on Sept. 24, 2004. During the trial, Holland admitted he had a friend punch him in the face and initially lied to the police to make it seem as if Bailey attacked him. He also testified he was upset because Bailey was having an affair with his girlfriend, but that the gun went off accidentally.

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Hey Chaka, won’t you tell me something good?

I have been very honest about the fact that I do NOT like Wesley Snipes and that I’d love to see him in jail. Looks like I might very well get my wish!

Wesley Snipes called on famous friends to vouch for him, highlighted his clean criminal record and even wrote the government $5 million in checks — all in an effort to convince a judge that his conviction on tax charges should cost him nothing more than home detention and some public service announcements.

None of it worked. The Blade actor is doing hard time.

Snipes was sentenced to three years in prison Thursday for failing to file tax returns, the maximum penalty — and a victory for prosecutors who sought to make an example of the action star.

Snipes’ lawyers had spent much of the day in court offering dozens of letters from family members, friends — even fellow actors Woody Harrelson and Denzel Washington — attesting to his good character. His attorneys recommended he be given home detention and ordered to make public service announcements because his three convictions were all misdemeanors and the actor had no previous criminal record.

But U.S. District Judge William Terrell Hodges said Snipes exhibited a “history of contempt over a period of time” for U.S. tax laws, and granted prosecutors the three-year sentence they requested — one year for each of Snipes’ convictions of willfully failing to file a tax return from 1999-2001.

“In my mind these are serious crimes, albeit misdemeanors,” Hodges said.

Snipes apologized while reading from a written statement for his “costly mistakes,” but never mentioned the word taxes.

“I am an idealistic, naive, passionate, truth-seeking, spiritually motivated artist, unschooled in the science of law and finance,” Snipes said. He said his wealth and celebrity attracted “wolves and jackals like flies are attracted to meat.” He called himself “well-intentioned, but miseducated.”

Snipes surprised the court before Hodges handed down the sentence by offering the government three checks totaling $5 million in unpaid taxes over several years, money the government first denied but then accepted. Prosecutors called it “grandstanding” to avoid jail time, and a mere down payment on the actor’s still-undetermined multimillion dollar tax bill.

Thank goodness that no one fell for Snipes’ ploy to get his actor friends to speak for him and to pay five million on the spot. Why only five million, by the way?

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Hat tips to Covina and Diva for story update

I’ve blogged this story in the past HERE and HERE

The fact that the police went before a judge rather than a jury is a great indicator of their belief of their own guilt. They knew their chances would be better in front of a judge. Check out this nonsense:

Nicole Paultre Bell bolted from the courtroom Friday as a judge acquitted three New York City detectives of all charges in the shooting death of her fiance.

Nicole Paultre Bell is helped from court Friday as the judge acquits officers charged in the death of her fiance.

“I’ve got to get out of here,” Paultre Bell said.

Justice Arthur Cooperman was announcing the verdict clearing Detectives Michael Oliver and Gescard Isnora of manslaughter, assault and reckless endangerment in the death of Sean Bell.

Detective Marc Cooper was cleared of reckless endangerment.

“What we saw in court today was not a miscarriage of justice,” the Rev. Al Sharpton said on his radio program.

“Justice didn’t miscarry,” he said. “This was an abortion of justice. Justice was aborted.”

Sharpton, who has been advising Bell’s family, had called for calm Wednesday.

Bell, 23, died in November 2006 in a 50-bullet barrage — 31 fired by Oliver — hours before he was to be married. Two of his companions were wounded in the gunfire outside a Queens nightclub.

Alexander Jason, an expert witness for the defense, produced a video demonstrating how quickly Oliver could have fired off 31 rounds, including a pause to reload.

The three officers made brief statements more than four hours after the verdict.

“I want to say sorry to Bell family for the tragedy,” Cooper said.

Isnora thanked the judge “for his fair and accurate decision today.”

Oliver praised Cooperman “for a fair and just decision.”

That’s not how one community leader viewed it.

“This case was not about justice,” declared Leroy Gadsden, chair of the police/community relations committee of the Jamaica Branch NAACP. “This case was about the police having a right to be above the law. If the law was in effect here, if the judge had followed the law truly, these officers would have been found guilty.

“This court, unfortunately, is bankrupt when it comes to justice for people of color.”

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You know what? I’m aware of the fact that police don’t generally make a great deal of money, but when it comes to a point where the ones hired to protect citizens are out robbing banks, we have a problem.

Check out this NYPD officer who has been busted for bank robbery:

The jailed NYPD rookie accused of stealing $113,000 from a Pennsylvania bank was a one-cop crime wave, pulling two earlier heists in Manhattan, authorities said Friday.

A month before he joined the NYPD, Christian Torres robbed a Sovereign Bank on Avenue A in the East Village on June 8, 2007, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said.

Torres, 21, made off with $16,305 after he passed a note to a teller just after the branch opened.

Donning a matching suit and tie, stylish sunglasses and a fashionable skullcap, Torres returned to the same branch the morning of Nov. 16 and stole $102,000 after he flashed what appeared to be a gun at clerks, Kelly said.

Though Torres’ image - and slick wardrobe - was captured on a bank surveillance camera and distributed to the media, his crime spree did not end until he was nabbed at another Sovereign Bank in Muhlenberg, Pa., Thursday morning.

The disgraced transit cop - who makes $32,800 a year - told NYPD investigators he used the bank loot to buy a new car and get his fiancée a fancy engagement ring.

“He made certain admissions,” Kelly said. “He said he was getting married.”

Torres bought a 2008 Toyota Scion - paying $18,500 in cash - just hours after his November bank heist, Kelly said. The transit cop also recently bought a 1.5-carat diamond ring for his girlfriend, Jennifer Rivas.

An NYPD source described Rivas, a New York City College of Technology student whom Torres met online, as “stunning and stunned.”

Torres has not been charged in the New York robberies, but will be after the Pennsylvania proceedings, Kelly said.

Can you all believe this? Whew!

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A few days ago, I talked about James Bevel, the pervert who was accused of incest with his own daughters. Fortunately, one of his daughters was bold and brave enough to make him take personal responsibility and she took his sick behind to court.

Good news! This child molester and freak has been convicted and I look forward to coming back and sharing with you all his sentence.

A jury in Virginia has convicted an iconic figure in the civil rights movement of incest for having sex with his teenage daughter 15 years ago.

The Rev. James L. Bevel was a top lieutenant to Martin Luther King Jr. He also is credited with helping conceive and organize the Million Man March.

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These bank robbers were given a slap on the wrist for their criminal activity

Remember the two “Barbie Bandits” who were strippers and drug abusers who actually smiled while robbing a bank last year? They were given a slap on the wrist (of course)and in fact, were not even charged with bank robbery.

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The “Barbie bandits” who went on a shopping spree after they were videotaped wearing sunglasses and laughing during an $11,000 bank heist were sentenced yesterday, one to prison and another to probation.

Ashley Miller, 19, will have to serve only two years of a 10-year prison sentence and must complete the rest on probation. She pleaded guilty to theft and drug charges.

Heather Johnston, 19, was sentenced to 10 years of probation for her role in the February, 2007, heist in Acworth, Ga.

The two were caught on tape as they appeared to rob a Bank of America branch in a supermarket. They admitted to plotting with a teller to take the money and later going on a shopping binge that included a stop in a fashionable hair salon.

Cobb County Superior Court Judge Mary Staley urged Miller to learn from her crimes.

“I want you to correct yourself,” Judge Staley told Miller, a former exotic dancer. “There’s no reason you can’t become a productive citizen when you get out of jail.”

How cute!

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I recently wrote an article asking what it would take for “Miss Ann” to get fired. Maybe I need to write another one asking what it would take to get “Miss Ann” locked up!   Link to Miss Ann article