Category Archives: Crime

(Video) Flashback: Joy on Hardball, on that strange, bloody Zimmerman photo

Posted on April 23, 2012 by jreid

I’ve gotten a lot of comments about this April 20 segment, so here it is again. I still have the same question, several days later: who took that picture allegedly of George Zimmerman’s bloody head on the night he shot … Continue reading →

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Joe Scarborough calls out Daily Call… er… Conservative attackers of Trayvon

Posted on March 30, 2012 by jreid

Morning Joe Scarborough calls out the right wing websites and personalities who have made a cause of vilifying Trayvon Martin. Helloooo, Tucker Carlson!

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Trayvon Martin: a walk-through of the shooting scene

Posted on March 30, 2012 by jreid

The layout of the Retreat at Twin Lakes, and the route Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman took on the night of February 26th, courtesy of ShowMe:

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Troy Davis’ death will haunt America

Posted on September 21, 2011 by jreid

This is one of those columns I wish I didn’t have to write.

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Why does America still execute people?

Posted on September 15, 2011 by jreid

The rousing applause Rick Perry received when he said he loses no sleep over having signed 235 death warrants as governor of Texas was chilling. But Americans are incredibly complacent — if not giddy in some quarters, apparently — about … Continue reading →

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Mr. Murdoch, it’s the FBI on the line…

Posted on July 15, 2011 by jreid

Things do not look good for Rupert.

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Adrian Lamo: the TRR interview

Posted on July 14, 2011 by jreid

Back in June, I interviewed Adrian Lamo, the former hacker to whom Bradley Manning confided his poaching of classified data from his Army issue computer. At the time, the Manning-Wikileaks story was waning in the public mind, or maybe just … Continue reading →

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Buju gets 10 years for ‘no profit’ drug deal

Posted on June 23, 2011 by jreid

What a shame.

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Poet Will Da Real One gunned down in North Miami

Posted on May 29, 2011 by jreid

Gunmen claim the life of a popular spoken word artist in North Miami on Memorial Day weekend.

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Anti-abortion Dem’s son arrested for Medicaid fraud

Posted on May 20, 2011 by jreid

She’s been embroiled in a nasty dust-up with fellow Democrats after she voted for a series of abortion restricting bills pushed by Republicans. Now, Miami-area state Rep. Daphne Campbell has trouble on the homefront.

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