Day: April 11, 2012

STATESIDE NEWS: GEORGE ZIMMERMAN TO BE CHARGED FOR THE SHOOTING DEATH OF TRAYVON MARTIN

April 11, 2012

Via The New York Times The Florida special prosecutor announced a second-degree murder charge on Wednesday against George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. Angela B. Corey, the prosecutor, said Mr. Zimmerman, 28, a crime watch volunteer, will appear before a magistrate within the next 24 hours. He is accused of fatally shooting Mr. Martin, an unarmed teenager, in a case that has captivated the country and brought to the fore issues of race, violence and precisely what constitutes self-defense. […]

UK FILM TRAILER: STORAGE 24 (STARRING NOEL CLARKE)

April 11, 2012

London is in chaos. A military cargo plane has crashed leaving its highly classified contents strewn across the city. Completely unaware London is in lockdown, Charlie (Noel Clarke) and Shelley (Antonia Campbell-Hughes), accompanied by best friends Mark (Colin O’Donoghue) and Nikki (Laura Haddock), are at Storage 24 dividing up their possessions after a recent break-up. Suddenly, the power goes off. Trapped in a dark maze of endless corridors, a mystery predator is hunting them one by one. In a place designed to […]

JUMP OFF TV (UK DEBATE) – DO THE POLICE MAKE THE BLACK MUSIC SCENE A SCAPEGOAT FOR VIOLENCE?

April 11, 2012

After a man in his thirties was stabbed in the neck with a broken bottle at a London party hosted by BlackBerry maker RIM, the regular debaters got together alongside guests to discuss what can be done to prevent violence. Following this incident the Official Mixtape Award ceremony due to take place on Thursday 5th April was cancelled by the police with just hours to go. Claira Hermet and Snakey Man who were due to be hosting the prestigious event joined the […]

LONDON RIOTS: MAN JAILED FOR FURNITURE STORE ARSON

April 11, 2012

Via BBC News A looter has been jailed for 11-and-a-half years for starting a fire which destroyed a family-run furniture shop in south London in the summer riots. Gordon Thompson, 34, stole a laptop from the House of Reeves in Croydon on 8 August before setting fire to a sofa. The Old Bailey trial in February heard that he told another man “it was me” as he walked away from the blaze. Thompson, of Waddon Road, Croydon, changed his plea to guilty […]