While Bobby Shmurda sits on Rikers Island hoping for some good news, he is told that two of his friends and GS9 members have been handed lengthy sentences. Despite all of that, he remains positive and spoke with XXL on what his future is looking like. Hit the jump to read more.
Federal Grand Jury To Begin Hearing Evidence In Eric Garner Case
It has been reported that the Federal Grand Jury has begun hearing evidence in the case of Eric Garner. Garner died in the arms of a police chokehold in 2014, the incident caught national attention when a bystander captured it on video and Garner could be heard repeatedly saying, “I can’t breathe.” Last summer, NYC settled with the Garner family for $5.9 million, however the family said they wanted Pantaleo to face federal charges. During the hearing the grand jury is to determine whether Officer Daniel Pantaleo violated Garner’s civil rights while arresting him for allegedly selling loose cigarettes. According to The New York Daily News, the Justice Department has called upon civil rights division prosecutor, Forrest Christian. NY Daily News additionally reports;
“The convening of the grand jury is a monumental step in the federal investigation that was launched in December 2014 immediately after a state grand jury declined to prosecute Pantaleo. It is unclear whether Pantaleo will testify before the federal grand jury, but federal prosecutors can use his testimony before the state grand jury.
NFL: League Says They Tried Very Hard, But Never Found Any Evidence Tape With Dez Bryant Exists
The biggest story of the NFL offseason for a while was the question of does a tape of Dez Bryant doing something despicable on camera really exist? It seemed the Cowboys were about to get the shock of a lifetime and the league as well. At one point people were on edge as footage was expected to be released any day, but then that day came & went. In the age of social media stories can snowball out of control without any real proof things are true and this, for now at least appears to be something like that.
NFL: Report, DNA Of Aaron Hernandez Found At Odin Lloyd Murder Scene, Prints On Shell Casing
The prosecution in the Aaron Hernandez murder trial is playing no games and going to the jury with some serious evidence from the start. Yesterday the played a video that showed Hernandez with a gun in his hand inside his own home just a few hours after Lloyd was killed. Today it got deeper as they shower evidence of Hernandez being at the crime scene itself, as well as shell casings linked to him.
Eric Garner Grand Jury Evidence Could Be Released!
Eric Garner grand jury evidence could be released. New York City Public Advocate Letitia James is trying to convince a Staten Island judge to make all testimony and evidence public that was heard by the panel that decided not to indict NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo in Eric Garner’s death. Read more on the story after the jump!
NFL: Aaron Hernandez Scores Small Win In Court, Makes Job Harder For Prosecutor
Prosecutors in a murder case against Aaron Hernandez won’t be allowed to tell a jury about two other killings with which the ex-New England Patriot is charged or the final text messages the victim sent to his sister, a judge ruled Friday. This is a big deal because now they have to use other evidence or other means to try and prove his guilt in the murder of Odin Lloyd. They wanted to show the jury how they felt the crimes were related to each other and now they can not.
