An ex-Kansas City police officer has been sentenced to 6-years in prison last week for the murder of a Black man in 2019 CNN reported. Eric DeValkenaere has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter last November for the murder of 26-year-old Cameron Lamb. DeValkenare was sentenced to three years for involuntary manslaughter and six years […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kim Potter, the former suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she fatally shot Daunte Wright, was sentenced Friday to two years in prison. Wright’s family denounced the sentence as too lenient and accused the judge of giving more consideration to the white officer than […]
Shelby County prosecutor held a news conference regarding Gardner’s sentence. The tragic incident took place on July 1, 2016, when Gardner slit the throats of her youngest children– Tallen,4, Sya, 3, Sahvi, 2, and six-month-old Yahzi, inside of the Greens of Irene Apartments in Memphis. A neighbor called the police after seeing Gardner’s oldest son, Dallen, […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A former Louisville police officer has been sentenced in federal court to two years in prison for striking a kneeling protester in the back of the head with a riot stick during protests over the death of Breonna Taylor, authorities said. U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings handed down the […]
Either choice amounts to a stiff sentence. Even if the judge allows a possibility of parole, the McMichaels and Bryan will have to serve at least 30 years in prison first. For Travis McMichael, who is 35, “that could make a significant difference,” said Page Pate, an Atlanta criminal defense attorney who isn’t involved in […]
A former NFL wide receiver illegally got over $1 million in pandemic relief money that was to help struggling businesses has been sentenced to a little more than three years in prison last week, prosecutors said according to NBC News. Joshua Bellamy, played for the Chicago Bears and New York Jets was among 11 people […]
HOUSTON — A Houston man has been sentenced to more than nine years in prison after he was accused of using federal COVID-19 relief funding on a Lamborghini, a Rolex watch and trips to strip clubs, federal prosecutors said. Lee Price III, 30, was sentenced Monday to 110 months in prison. Price pleaded guilty in […]
Shanga Hankerson, 45, has been sentenced to two years in prison for unpaid taxes. Hankerson son of legendary soul singer Gladys Knight, allegedly used the owed tax money on sex parties and marijuana. Hankerson, is the former owner of Atlanta-based Gladys Knight’s Chicken and Waffles restaurant, reportedly failed to fully remit more than $650,000 state sales […]
Jenna Ryan has been sentenced to 60 days in jail after thinking her white privilege was going to protect her from going to jail. The Texas real estate agent plead guilty in July to a misdemeanor charge of being on Capitol grounds in during the riots in January Ryan faced up to six months in […]
A Black man got the longest sentencing in connection to the Capitol riots earlier this year. On Oct. 21, Troy Anthony Smocks of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced to 14 months in prison after pleading guilty to one felony count of transmitting threats in interstate commerce, WUSA reported. Smocks got credit for nine months he served while he […]