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LAPD Puts Pawn Shops On Alert After Murder Of PnB Rock
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Frazer Harrison / Getty PnB Rock was senselessly shot and killed while dining inside a known Los Angeles soul food establishment, and the assailant reportedly made off with some of Rock’s belongings. LAPD put out a call to local pawn shops and stepped up their investigation to bring PnB Rock’s killer to justice. TMZ reports that LAPD officials put out an alert to local pawn shops to keep an eye out for anything that was previously owned by PnB Rock. According to the outlet, police obtained surveillance footage of the robbery and shooting from inside Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles in South Los Angeles. More from TMZ: Related Stories We’re told investigators contacted numerous pawn shops in the area, asking them to alert cops if anyone tries to make a buck of...
T.I. & Tiny Under Investigation By LAPD For Alleged 2005 Sexual Assault
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Thaddaeus McAdams / Getty Clifford “T.I.” Harris and his wife Tameka “Tiny” Cottle-Harris have been hit with a number of allegations of sexual assault from nearly two dozen women. Details of an alleged 2005 incident sparked an investigation into the matter by the LAPD after an unidentified woman spoke with the authorities. As exclusively reported by Deadline, the woman reportedly met with detectives from the LAPD to share her account of the 2005 incident where T.I. and Tiny alleged drugged and sexually assaulted her, echoing claims made by other women that have since come forward. “There is an active investigation into Clifford Harris,” Officer William Cooper of the LAPD said to Deadline on Monday (May 17). The outlet adds that the statement came after ru...
Body Cam Video Shows LAPD Incorrectly Accosting Black Man In Hollywood
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: David McNew / Getty Antone Austin, a music producer who resides in Hollywood, Calif., was forcibly arrested in 2019 by LAPD officers responding to a domestic disturbance that involved a white man. However, when the cops arrived at the scene, they quickly and incorrectly assumed that Austin was their suspect and arrested him and his girlfriend according to newly released footage from a body cam video. NBC Los Angeles has been covering Austin’s story for some time, including an Early March report where he detailed what occurred the day of the arrest that landed him and his girlfriend in jail. According to the March 9 report, Austin explained that he was thrown to the ground and arrested while stating he believed the incident when as it did due to him being ...
LA Cops Shoot & Kill Dijon Kizzee Over “Bicycle Code Violation”
Source: Robert Gauthier / Getty It has happened again. Yesterday (August 31), police in Los Angeles shot and killed another Black man when he ran away from police after officers tried to stop him for a “bicycle code violation.” According to News One, 29-year-old Dijon Kizzee became the latest Black man to fall victim to trigger happy police officers from the LA Sheriff’s Department in Los Angeles. While the killing sparked protests in LA on Monday night, the LASD tried to justify the shooting by saying that Kizzee dropped a gun and ran away before “assaulting” an officer and ultimately being shot dead on the scene. Even as he laid there lifeless on the pavement, police proceeded to handcuff Kizzee’s hands behind his back because, well, y’all know. This is #DijonKizzee, 29 yrs old and shot ...
Jay Pharoah Shares Video Of LAPD Accosting Him With Guns Drawn After A Jog
Source: Screenshot / Jay Pharoah Jay Pharoah found fame as a former cast member of SNL and has parlayed that notoriety into a booming acting career, but even that didn’t shield him from the cruel reality of racism in America. In a new short film, the actor and comedian detailed how he came close to losing his life at the hands of the police simply for being a Black man. Working with @TheOnlyCarey to shoot the video piece, Pharoah is seen narrating the incident in question, which he says took place a week before Ahmaud Arbery was murdered in Georgia while jogging. While going about his workout routine in Los Angeles and getting in some exercise, Pharoah shares security video footage of Los Angeles officers surrounding him with their guns drawn. At one especially uncomfortable portion of the...
