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Two uniformed NYPD officers were shot dead Saturday afternoon as they sat in their marked police car on a Brooklyn street corner — in what investigators believe was a crazed gunman’s ­assassination-style mission to avenge Eric Garner and Michael Brown . “It’s an execution,” one law-enforcement source said of the 3 p.m. shooting. Ismaaiyl Brinsley ( Photo: Facebook) The tragic heroes were working overtime as part of an anti-terrorism drill in Bedford-Stuyvesant when they were shot point-blank in the head by the lone gunman, identified by sources as Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, who had addresses in Georgia and Brooklyn. Moments after killing the two officers, he too was dead, having turned the gun on himself on a nearby subway platform as cops closed in. “I’m Putting Wings on Pigs Today,” a person believed to be the gunman wrote on Instagram in a message posted just three hours before the officers were shot. “They Take 1 Of Ours…Let’s Take 2 of Theirs,” the pos...

Larry Smith, producer of some of the most cherished hip-hop records of the Eighties, including Run-D.M.C. 's first two albums, died Thursday at the age of 63. Radio host Combat Jack broke the news on Twitter , writing: "Just spoke to his family. RIP Larry Smith, the original King of Beats who passed away last night." A Queens native, Smith began his career as a session musician and quickly struck up a partnership with Kurtis Blow after playing bass on "Christmas Rappin'."  Smith would continue to play on a number of Blow's tracks, co-writing a few as well, including the MC's breakthrough record, "The Breaks,"  which became the first rap record to be certified gold. Smith then began working with Blow's manager at the time, Russell Simmons. The two co-produced a handful of tracks for Jimmy Spicer – including the oft-sampled "Money (Dollar Bill Y'All)"  – before helping make hip-hop history with Run-D.M.C.'s ...

  ATLANTA —A Fulton County judge has sentenced a former Atlanta police officer for using excessive force. The victim says he was attacked for being white in a black neighborhood. A jury found former officer Nick Dimauro guilty on four of five charges. He was found not guilty on one count of aggravated battery. But he was found guilty on another count of aggravated battery, guilty of aggravated assault and guilty of two counts of violation of oath of office. The judge sentenced Dimauro to 10 years, with five to serve in prison. Dimauro stopped Robert Wormley in a northwest Atlanta neighborhood at 2:30 a.m. four years ago. Wormley said Dimauro then beat him with his baton, severely injuring him. Dimauro said Wormley fought him, and he used his training to detain him. Channel 2’s Tom Jones asked the jury whether the national controversies surrounding police brutality played a role in their decision, but jurors did not want to comment. During sentencing, ...

Here is the FULL SET of the video "Negro History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed" (1968) hosted by Bill Cosby. Stay connected for more news, insight and info by Quadeer "M.C. Spice" Shakur on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmirQuadeerShakirOfficial NEGRO HISTORY: LOST, STOLEN OR STRAYED (PART 1) NEGRO HISTORY: LOST, STOLEN OR STRAYED (PART 2) NEGRO HISTORY: LOST, STOLEN OR STRAYED (PART 3) NEGRO HISTORY: LOST, STOLEN OR STRAYED (PART 4) NEGRO HISTORY: LOST, STOLEN OR STRAYED (PART 4) Thanks for reading Three Stripes Media

Three leaders of ISIS have been killed by American airstrikes in Iraq in the past month and a half, U.S. defense officials said Thursday. They were identified as Haji Mutazz, a deputy to the ISIS leader; Abd al-Basit, the top military commander; and Radwin Talib, who is in control of ISIS in Iraq. They were described as mid- to high-level leaders. One official called the deaths of Mutazz and al-Basit in particular a "serious blow to ISIS command and control." The official said that the setback may be temporary because ISIS has plenty of willing replacements.

    The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office on Tuesday declined to press charges against Bill Cosby surrounding sexual molestation allegations a woman claimed occurred in 1974. Judy Huth  alleged in 1974 when she was only 15 years old, Cosby forced her into performing a sex act on him while the two were in a bedroom at the Playboy Mansion. This latest development comes almost 2 weeks after Huth met with detectives at the Los Angeles Police Department to discuss her alleged encounter with Cosby. The Associated Press   is reporting the prosecutors office were unable to file charges against the comic due to the statute of limitations expiring. In order for D.A. to take legal action against Cosby, under the law Huth’s complaint must be filed within the same year. Before Huth talked to police about her claims against Cosby, she filed a civil lawsuit accusing him of molestation. Cosby...

Bradley Stone (pictured left) is suspected in the shooting deaths of six people, including his ex-wife Nicole Hill (pictured right), the Montgomery County District Attorney said. He's also accused in shooting a man. He remains at large. Photo credit: NBC10 A manhunt is underway for a former Marine reservist who prosecutors say went on a shooting spree early Monday killing six family members, including his ex-wife, and wounding a teen in three towns across Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Bradley William Stone, 35 of Pennsburg, is considered armed and dangerous. Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman said police are actively searching for him and residents of one town are being asked to lock themselves indoors. Stone stands 5-feet-10-inches tall and weighs 195 lbs. He is believed to be clean-shaven, but earlier officials said he could have a red beard and close-cropped hair. He is known to use a cane or walker to assist in moving, Vetri Ferm...

A St. Louis woman told police that she was attacked by a group of black teens who dragged her from her car, then left her unconscious. The woman admitted to police on Monday, however, that she made up the story. Seherzada Dzanic’s allegation that she was attacked came only days after a Bosnian man was beaten to death in a nearby neighborhood, causing the Bosnian community in St. Louis to fear that they were being singled out. Zemir Begic was driving in the Bevo Mill area when he was fatally beaten by a group of teens with hammers. Like Begic, Dzanic had claimed that she too was driving in Bevo Mill when three black teens ordered her out of her car at gunpoint. She originally alleged that the three teens destroyed her cell phone and threatened to kill her because she was Bosnian. But instead of killing her, Dzanic said her assailants threw her to the ground, where she was later found unconscious. Dzanic’s story sparked an FBI hate crimes investigation and inflamed ...

Beanie Sigel remains sedated and unable to talk with investigators after being shot outside his Jersey Shore home two days ago. The Philadelphia rapper, whose real name is Dwight Grant, is in critical condition following surgery at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Friday, Pleasantville Police tell NBC10 on Sunday. Sigel was rushed into surgery after being shot in the stomach as he returned to his Pleasantville home along the 800 block of Spruce Avenue. He had just dropped his kids off at school when the gunfire erupted. The 40-year-old's attorney said it appeared that Sigel was not the intended target in the shooting. Police believe the shooting took place after an argument outside the home. Pleasantville Police said officers executed a search warrant at the home on Saturday. They did not elaborate as to what they were looking for or what may have been found. Detectives have been questioning several people in th...

Dec 14, 2014 / By Jillian Bowe     Bill Cosby is finally breaking his silence with the media as the the growing number of sexual assault allegations surrounding him continues. While Cosby doesn’t address the allegations directly he uses the opportunity to reprimand the black media on the coverage of the scandal. In an brief interview with the New York Post ,  Cosby tells reporter Stacy Brown , who also writes for the black media outlets in a phone conversation at his Massachusetts home, Let me say this. I only expect the black media to uphold the standards of excellence in journalism and when you do that you have to go in with a neutral mind. The man once dubbed as, “America’s Dad”, told the writer he has been advised by the crisis management company  Hiltzik Strategies and attorneys Martin Singer and John B. Schmitt not to speak out in the press about the allegations where...

This is the sound of musicians speaking out against police racism, violence and oppression.    Police brutality isn’t new. Neither is its documentation . What is new -- thanks to the ubiquity of cell phones and other recording devices -- is recognition beyond the black community of its frequency, viciousness and, with few exceptions, the impunity with which the majority of abusive officers are treated. Twenty-odd years after the Rodney King verdict and the Los Angeles riots, the Eric Garner decision is yet more proof that police brutality is as much a part of our system of policing and criminal justice as it ever was. Musicians have long attempted to speak to police violence through song. In response to Ferguson, artists including G-Unit , Public Enemy , The Game , T.I. and J. Cole (whose “ Be Free ” may have been the most gut-wrenching of all) recorded tracks to address police brutality and the harrowing loss of black li...