by Patrick Irvine | Aug 21, 2014 | News
The second murder in St. Louis just like the first murder has taken an interesting twist. We have heard on several occasions that Kajieme Powell challenged the officers to kill him with a knife held up in stabbing position and got as close as 3 feet from the officers....
by Ghostndamachine | Aug 12, 2014 | News
I originally wrote this post after the Trayvon Martin verdict. In many ways, the concept holds the same. We are understandably heartbroken about the latest tragedy to befall our community. We have had three in the last month, killed by police officers doing...
by Patrick Irvine | Jun 20, 2014 | Blog
So as we move forward in our struggles and everyone continues to talk about the need to repeal SYG laws it becomes important to examine what those laws actually are because things can get confusing with all the rhetoric going on. One point of mention here is that...
by Ghostndamachine | Jun 18, 2014 | Blog, News
There is a petition on WH.gov that seeks signatures for the purpose of restoring basic rights to the literally millions of ex-convicts who lost those rights due to their convictions and prison terms. (Link below) Most people can tell you about the bigger items of...
by Ghostndamachine | May 5, 2014 | Culture
I posted an article a few weeks ago that dealt with this issue, but from reading conversations among my brothers, I thought that I might hit on it again. To sag or not to sag, what the hell difference does it make? Let me first dispel a myth. Sagging did indeed come...
by Ghostndamachine | Apr 24, 2014 | Blog
As I always say, being an ex-con makes me somewhat of a subject matter expert of most things all criminal justicey. Articles like the one analyzed earlier today always make me want to jump through my laptop and choke the person writing this nonsense. I agree,...
by Ghostndamachine | Apr 23, 2014 | Blog
The lie that is told to our people is that we don’t snitch. That crime wouldn’t be so bad in the hood if we would just tell what we see. They even have public service announcement to drive home this nonsense. What is it . . . Just Tell It? Notwithstanding...
