I believe it was Baldwin who talked about Himes taking out his switchblade to cut Ellison at a house party in Paris. Why? Bc he thought Ellison was a sellout for changing his novel to win the National Book Award.
A jury in Columbia, South Carolina, tonight acquitted a former gas station owner of murder for fatally shooting a teenage boy he chased after falsely accusing him of shoplifting. The boy had a gun, but prosecutors say he never displayed it before he was shot.
This is HUGE.
A new study found that Safe Streets led to a 42% drop in youth homicides in Baltimore.
This comes after the Penn North Safe Streets site marked one year with ZERO homicides! @BaltimoreMONSE@MayorBMScott