Category: Crime News

Inmates Express Concerns At Prison Pow Wow

  

Native Sun News – The pow wow at the Jameson Annex in the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls returned to the gymnasium on Saturday, Oct. 17 after being banned by prison officials in recent years. 

Scheduled Oct. 15-17, the Cultural Conference and Pow wow was a successful event this past weekend. There were several speakers and presenters including world-champion hoop dancer and Oglala Sioux Tribal Liaison, Dallas Chief Eagle.

On Thur. Oct. 15, the Cultural Conference began with discussions and information provided by Executive Director of Iron House Council (IHC), Jennifer Hudson.

The Iron House Council’s One Heart One Mind Interpretive Center is based near Charles Town, W.Va. IHC is a Native American advocacy and support group.

“Our vision is to see the next generations learn the history, culture and traditions of the Cannupa in order to walk the Red Road,” according to their website http://www.ohomic.org.

Read more about the Cultural Conference & Pow Wow on Red Power Media 

Maryland Man Murders Transgender Woman For ‘Embarrassing’ Him In Front Of Friends

  

Via CBS News–Police say 20-year-old Rico LeBlond shot and killed Zella Ziona, whose legal name was DeAndre Smith, on Oct. 15, because Ziona “began acting flamboyantly towards LeBlond and greatly embarrassed Leblond in front of his peers,” according to charging documents obtained by CBS affiliate WUSA.Investigators wrote in the document that the suspect and victim has been engaged in a “simmering dispute that had been escalating” as a result of their friendship becoming public.

LeBlond is suspected of shooting Ziona multiple times in the head and groin.

Police are considering hate crime charges against LeBlond, who is already facing a first degree murder charge.

But the victim’s family tells WUSA that they’re already convinced the motive was hate.

“I do believe in my heart that this was a hate crime,” said Kalany Thomas, Ziona’s aunt.

Kalany Thomas and Sade Thomas, a cousin of the victim, both told WUSA that Ziona previously had trouble with people because she was a transgender woman.

“I just want to know why?” Said Sade Thomas. “Why did you take such a beautiful, amazing soul like that and he was never the type of person to hate you or do anything to you?”

Twice as many transgender or gender nonconforming people have been killed in the United States this year compared to last year, according to statistics gathered by the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs, an advocacy group.

Lamar Odom’s Personal Items Stolen While At Bunny Ranch

  
It appears that “consciousness” wasn’t the only thing Lamar Odom lost before he was recently discovered unresponsive at a Nevada Brothel. 

While spending days at the location allegedly under the influence of drugs and alcohol, a mystery man came into the player’s room and took his cell phone as well as other belongings. 

According to the New York Post, Bunny Ranch owner Dennis Hof said a man entered Odom’s room to jack his personal items. Soon after, another man claiming to be the former LA Lakers’ bodyguard came and told Hof he had no idea who the first person that entered the room was.

“I don’t know if I got conned,” Hof said. “I think when this all shakes out, this a shaky (expletive). I didn’t recognize him. Something was up.”

Odom has shown signs of progress since the incident. The Los Angeles Times reported that he has been speaking sentences and “doing good”. Former teammates including Kobe Bryant, Blake Griffin, DeAndre Jordan and Chris Paul have shown their support by visiting the player’s bedside.

“He probably has no idea we were there, but just to be there and to see him — hopefully he knows there’s a lot of guys that love him and want to see him do better and want to see him get better,” Griffin said before the Clippers’ Saturday practice.

It has also been reported by various sources that Odom is breathing on his own.

Source | Atlanta Daily World