Category: True Crime

2 Men Arrested And Charged For Walking Around Inglewood With Assault Rifles

Via KTLA:

Two men were charged on Thursday for allegedly walking around an Inglewood neighborhood with assault rifles while dressed in camouflage and body armor, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office.

Edmon Adonis Washington, 35, and Brook Thomas Lindsey, 30, each face one felony count of possession of an assault weapon, a Hi-Point semi-automatic assault rifle.

Lindsey was also charged with one felony count of unlawful assault weapon-.50 BMG rifle activity, a Hi-Point semi-automatic assault rifle.

On Aug. 16, Washington and Lindsey allegedly began walking around an area near 104th Street and Crenshaw Boulevard with semi-automatic assault rifles.

Video from the scene showed the men walking around in camouflage, carrying the rifles and talking about racism.

Police arrived at the scene and monitored the men as they walked around the neighborhood.

“Right now we are giving a peaceful demonstration. Nobody’s being shot. Nobody’s being brutalized. We’re out here just exposing racism, white supremacy,” one of the men told KTLA during his walk.

Both men were later arrested in San Fernando Valley.

“We don’t recommend anyone to walk around in public, day or night, with a firearm in plain view,” said the Inglewood police Sgt.

Yea, no kiddin! I really CAN’T believe nobody was shot. Nowadays this kind of stuff seems a guarantee death warrant, especially for 2 Black men, with high powered assault rifles? It’s mind baffling to say the least.

Is California an open carry state? And do sawed off shotguns and semi autos apply to that law?

Either way the whole story seems fishy is strange. Join the discussion.

Texas Woman Kept Undocumented Mexicans As Slaves For 19 Years By Telling Them She Was God

A Texas woman has been finally convicted for enslaving undocumented Mexican women for years. – Bossip

According to Fusion:

A federal jury last week convicted a Texas woman of illegally harboring undocumented Mexican women and forcing them to work as slaves in her home cleaning business for nearly a decade and a half. According to a statement from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Olga Sandra Murra, 64, was found guilty of two counts of forced labor and two counts of “harboring an illegal alien.”

Born in Mexico, Murra moved to the United States in 1997, bringing with her a woman identified only as “V.R.” as she settled first in El Paso, and then Forth Worth, according to ICE. The following year, Murra arranged to have another woman, identified as I.G., transported into the U.S. She kept both women’s identification documents.

Once in the country, both women were put to work by Murra, cleaning “three to four homes per day up to seven days per week,” ICE said. They were also required to clean Murra’s personal residence and cook her meals, despite being fed only bread and water themselves. They were not paid for their labor and were forced to turn over all money and earnings from their house cleaning to Murra.

Murra maintained control over the enslaved women with a combination of implied—and on at least one occasion, actual—violence, and religious conditioning. According to ICE:

Murra represented herself to the women as the voice of God on Earth, and required them to listen to religious recordings of Murra reading Bible verses and discussing their meaning while they cleaned homes. She caused both women to believe they would go to hell if they did not obey her.

She also threatened to call immigration officials, reportedly telling the women they would be killed “buried in a field with other illegal aliens.”

Wow, really? SMH! The fact that she herself is of Mexican decent is really atrocious. Join the discussion. 

Actress Jennifer Lopez To Star In HBO Film About Drug Lord Griselda Blanco

According to news reports everywhere, HBO is developing a film about notorious drug lord Griselda Blanco to be played by Jennifer Lopez.

Jennifer Lopez to star as Griselda Blanco in new HBO production. Photo: TMZ
Deadline reports:

The film, from Lopez’s Nuyorican Productions and LBI Entertainment, focuses on the rise and fall of Griselda Blanco (Lopez), the drug lord known as “The Cocaine Godmother” who revolutionized the U.S. drug trade during the 1970s and 1980s and became the most powerful female cartel member of all time.

Lopez will executive produce with Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas via Nuyorican Productions. Benny Medina also will executive produce with Julie Yorn and Rick Yorn for LBI Entertainment. Alex Pettyfer, Nuyorican Productions’ Priscilla Porianda and LBI Entertainment’s Patrick Walmsley will co-executive produce.

“I’ve been fascinated by the life of this corrupt and complicated woman for many years,” said Lopez. “The idea of teaming with HBO felt like the perfect fit for finally bringing Griselda’s story to life.”

Lopez stars in NBC drama Shades of Blue, recently renewed for a second season, which she executive produces with Goldsmith-Thomas and Medina. Nuyorican Productions’ other credits include the Freeform series The Fosters and the Universal movie The Boy Next Door.

Will YOU be watching? I think Jennifer Lopez is a great actress and will do a fantastic job as the “Cocaine Godmother.” 

Some critics don’t seem to think “Jenny from the Block” has enough “street cred” to execute such a powerful role. Griselda Blanco was small in stature but she was BIG in her position. Another famous Latina name thrown into the hat of potentials to fill the role was Rosie Perez, whom I can totally see nailing the role as well. Or Sophia Vegara with enough makeup & weight. 

I guess we’ll just have to wait and see if “JLo” can pull her Colombian accent together enough to win over the people as “thee” Godmother Griselda Blanco. One thing is for sure, she’s got some big shoes to fill. I can’t wait to see how this turns out! 

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