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Charges Dropped Against Bronx Rapper Accused of Shooting at NYPD
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: DON EMMERT / Getty A 16-year-old Bronx rapper who made headlines for allegedly shooting a New York Police Department officer while being arrested has had the charges against him dropped. According to reports, officials with the Bronx Family Court Law Department confirmed last Friday (May 20th) that the charges against Camrin Williams, also known as C Blu, were dropped. Officials said that the case, which included charges of attempted murder and assault, “cannot be prosecuted” but they did note that the rapper did violate the law with his weapon. “Just because the city cannot prosecute doesn’t mean this individual should have been carrying an illegal weapon — a weapon which contributed to both him and an officer being shot,” the Law Department said in...
Group Of Teens Slash & Beat A Man In NYC Subway
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NYPD / NYPD For a while now the crime rate for New York City subway stations have been steadily climbing with no end in sight and the violence that erupted earlier this week on a subway train is the latest example of how bad things have gotten. The New York Post is reporting that on Wednesday (April 6) a 48-year-old man was riding a northbound B train around 4:20 p.m. when he crossed paths with a group of rowdy teenagers believed to be between the ages of 16 and 17. As the train moved abruptly as trains are known to do, one of the teens accidentally stepped on the man’s shoes and sparked an argument between the two on the spot. Unfortunately for the 48-year-old, these kids were about that life. Related Stories “The group of suspects then punched the rider...
NYPD Fund Divests Itself From $42M In Russian Assets…
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: ANGELA WEISS / Getty The backlash against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues to grow across the globe, and now the NYPD itself has decided to send a message to Moscow by divesting itself from $42.2 million in Russian assets. The Gothamist is reporting that one of NYC’s five pensions has voted to divest itself from Russian assets as Moscow continues to use military action to invade Ukraine even as the world calls for a stop to the unprovoked war. Y’all just know that if Comrade Trump was still President he would’ve lambasted the NYPD for making such a move, but luckily for us and the world, he’s not and is currently holed up in Mar-A-Lago awaiting indictments in both New York City and Atlanta, GA (tee-hee). “The trustees of the New York City Police Pen...
College Student Busted For Smuggling Guns Into NYC
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Andy Kiss / Getty A 23-year-old college student went from the Dean’s List to the judge’s bench after facing more than 300 felony counts related to trafficking dozens of guns into New York City. Bronx native Shakor Rodriquez is accused of allegedly selling more than 70 guns, mostly loaded, to an undercover NYPD officer over the course of a year and a half, the New York Post reports. He is charged with criminal sale and criminal possession of a weapon, according to release from the Bronx District Attorney’s Office. Rodriguez, a student at Austin Peay State University in Tennessee, reportedly maintained a 3.5 GPA and made the school’s Dean’s List while he was reportedly smuggling guns into the Bronx and Manhattan’s Lower East Side via duffle bags ...
NYPD Rookie Cop Under Investigation For Giving Her Lieutenant A Lap Dance
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: WENN.com / WENN Everyone knows that things tend to get out of hand whenever the holiday Christmas party goes down and someone ends up doing something (or someone) they regret the next morning. But now an NYPD rookie is being held accountable for getting a bit too freaky at the precinct’s holiday soiree. The New York Post is reporting that a female rookie police officer has found herself under investigation for giving her lieutenant an off the cuff lap dance during the Christmas bash. Unfortunately for her, the wild moment was caught on camera (of course) and made its way to the higher-ups who were infuriated such behavior was on display in front of everyone. “The newbie female cop is seen in the seamy footage wearing a checkered black-and-white miniskirt,...
Keechant Sewell To Be The First-Ever African-American Female Commissioner Of The NYPD
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: David Dee Delgado / Getty Eric Adams hasn’t even officially taken the reigns of the Mayor of New York City and already is making history in the Big Apple by announcing who the next commissioner of the NYPD is going to be. NYMag is reporting that Adams has chosen Keechant Sewell to become the first-ever African-American female Commissioner of The New York City Police Department. The future Mayor of New York City made the official announcement during a press conference at the Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City today (December 15) and had a message for the women of the city that never sleeps. Related Stories “Chief Sewell’s appointment today is a powerful message to girls and young women across the city: there is no ceiling to your ambition,” Adams said...
Black Activist Files Lawsuit Accusing NYPD Of Swarming His Home In Riot Gear & Lying About Warrant
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ira L. Black – Corbis / Getty If the wave of protests against systemic racism in policing that took place during the summer of 2020 taught us anything it’s that cops really hate when we protest against them. But one thing they love, apparently, is explicitly demonstrating the exact reasons they get protested against. On June 14, 2020, Derrick Ingram, co-founder of the nonviolent activist group Warriors In The Garden, was involved in a protest in Manhattan, New York. During the protest, an NYPD officer attempted to prevent Ingram from crossing a police line resulting in an alleged struggle. In a statement to CNN, NYPD spokeswoman Sgt. Jessica McRorie said Ingram allegedly “placed a handheld megaphone directly against the officer’s ear, activated the megaph...
FBI Raids Home & Office of MAGA NYPD Union Chief, The Op Resigns
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Pacific Press / Getty This isn’t Donald Trump’s FBI, that’s for sure. On Tuesday (Oct. 5), the Federal Bureau of Investigation took everyone off guard when it was being reported that they raided the home of a very senior NYPD Union Chief, Ed Mullins. Though no details were given at the time, it’s possible that Mullins was participating in mail and wire fraud, which caused the FBI to put their eye on his alleged shenanigans. According to NYMag, Mullins has since resigned from his post as the Sergeants Benevolent Association president as it seems he may in fact be in some deep doo-doo. Agents who conducted the raid were seen making off with Mullin’s computer gear and boxes of documents possibly pertaining to his criminal activity. This is the same man who h...
Three NYPD Officers Including KKK-Loving Retired Cop Arrested For Corruption
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Taras Smishchuk / Getty An “unabashedly racist” retired New York police officer and his two associates, who are currently on the force, face serious federal charges for numerous illegal activities and scams. It’s something out of a typical drama show about corrupt cops, but this time it’s real life. Gothamist reports that veteran cop Robert Smith, 44, orchestrated a scheme involving current NYPD officers Heather Busch, 34, and Robert Hassett, 36 — all from the 105th Precinct in Queens– that prosecutors say involved a lucrative illegal drug and bribery rings dating as far back as 2016. All three officers took thousands of dollars in kickbacks for directing vehicles wrecked in accidents to a specific tow-trucking company and picked up their earn...
18 Brooklyn Gang Members Charged For String of Shootings That Left A 1-Year-Old Boy Dead
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jeremy Hogan / Getty Prosecutors and police shared details on a sweeping gang conspiracy indictment unveiled on Thursday (May 6), leading to 18 members of a Brooklyn gang being charged. Gothamist reports that 18 young men allegedly involved in a string of shootings, including a drive-by that left 1-year-old Davell Gardner dead at a cookout last summer, were charged. According to the NYPD, the takedown focused on the Hoolie street gang, comprised of fewer than 100 men whose territory is around Roosevelt Houses in Bed-Stuy. Among the 18 arrested was Dashawn Austin, accused of firing the fatal bullet that killed Gardner. Per Gothamist: According to the indictment, Austin, 25, and other Hoolie members, including Akeem Artis, traveled in a three-car caravan to...
New York AG Letitia James Files Lawsuit Against NYPD Over Mishandling Of BLM Protests
Source: Joshua Rashaad McFadden / Getty New York Attorney General Letitia James has launched a lawsuit against the New York Police Department, citing excessive use of force during Black Lives Matters protests as the impetus. The landmark lawsuit takes particular aim at the NYPD‘s handling of protests in the wake of the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and others in the past year with hopes of reform among the police ranks. As outlined in a press release from James’ office on Thursday (Jan. 14), the lawsuit seeks to put the NYPD and its top officials on notice for the overuse of force during peaceful protests and also eradicating false arrests against residents who gather in demonstrations. From the press release: The lawsuit specifically charges the NYPD, the City of New York, Mayo...
Shades of Charlottesville?: Driver Filmed Plowing Into Black Lives Matter Protesters In Times Square
Source: Anadolu Agency / Getty We can’t even protest without having to worry about losing our lives. During a protest against police brutality, a black Ford Taurus was recorded ramming into a crowd of protestors in Times Square Thursday night (Sept.3). The disturbing video, which is continuing to make its rounds on social media after it was dropped last night, shows the vehicle purposely ramming into protesters near Times Square pedestrian plaza. The clip shows the driver accelerating smashing into cyclists who attempted to block the road. In the aftermath, a trail of bikes and injured protesters can be seen on the floor as the car sped east on 46th Street. One of the victims of the ramming, Lora Gettelfinger, a 33-year-old protester, said she was hit on the leg and said, “I’m in shock. I’...
