Category: True Crime

New Zealand’s Largest Gang: Mighty Mongrel Mob

 In the 1960s, a gang of variously disaffected youth sprang up in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.

They didn’t ride bikes, but they quickly developed all the trimmings of an outlaw motorcycle club: patches, club colors, and a fiercely violent process of initiation.   They came to be known as the Mighty Mongrel Mob and today they’re the largest gang in the country, with around 30 chapters across both islands. Media access to the Mob is rare, which is why this photo series by Jono Rotman is kind of a big deal.

Jono, who is a Wellington born photographer now living in NYC, cut his teeth capturing New Zealand’s prisons and psychiatric wards, before he took on gang life in 2007.

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Florida Man Who Shot At George Zimmerman Charged With Attempted Murder

Via Orlando Sentinel—

Attempted murder charges were filed Thursday against Matthew Apperson, the man accused of shooting at George Zimmerman during a heated road rage altercation on Lake Mary, Florida, road in May.

Apperson claims he fired in self-defense when Zimmerman pointed his own gun at the man and said, “I’m going to kill you.” Zimmerman, however, said this never happened, and while he was in possession of a concealed handgun in his own vehicle, he never brandished it.

Zimmerman suffered only minor injuries from flying glass, although initial reports stated he had been shot in the face.
Apparently the two men have had an ongoing dispute with one another, and Michelle Hernandez with the Lake Mary Police Department indicated that “Apperson has a fixation on Zimmerman.”

In addition to attempted murder, Apperson also faces charges for aggravated assault with a firearm and shooting into an occupied vehicle. If convicted, Apperson, who pleaded not guilty, must serve a minimum-mandatory sentence of 20 years in prison.

Here’s How You Can Help The Families Of The Charleston Church Massacre

Via TIME–

In the wake of the shooting at a historically black Charleston, S.C. church that left nine people dead Wednesday evening, the city is collecting money to support the victims’ families.

Charleston Mayor Joe Riley announced the Mother Emanuel Hope Fund Thursday and said the city has already pledged $5,000. The fund will help the victims’ relatives pay for funerals for their loved ones, counseling services and other needs as they heal from the tragedy.

The website for contributions to this fund is expected to be functioning by noon on Friday. Those wishing to contribute will also be able to do so at any Wells Fargo branch by specifying that they’d like to donate to the Mother Emanuel Hope Fund.

In the meantime, the fund will be accepting checks made out to “Mother Emanuel Hope Fund” at the following address:

Mother Emanuel Hope Fund

C/O City of Charleston

P.O. Box 304

Charleston, SC 29402