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Lawrence Fobes King, also known as Latisha King [1] [a] (January 13, 1993 – February 14, 2008), was a 15-year-old student at E.O. Green Junior High School in Oxnard, California, who was shot twice by a fellow student, 14-year-old Brandon McInerney, and kept on life support for two days afterwards. Newsweek described the shooting as "the most ...
Valentine Road is a documentary film by director Marta Cunningham. In 2008 Cunningham read a Southern Poverty Law Center article about the murder of an openly gay non-conforming 15-year-old, Lawrence King. He was shot and killed in his middle school classroom by 14-year-old classmate Brandon McInerney. Investigating the case Cunningham felt ...
The Franklin child prostitution ring allegations began in June 1988 in Omaha, Nebraska, when multiple prominent Nebraska political and business figures were accused of involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. The allegations attracted significant public and political interest until late 1990, when separate state and federal grand juries ...
Murder of James Byrd Jr. James Byrd Jr. (May 2, 1949 – June 7, 1998) was an African American man who was murdered by three white men, two of whom were avowed white supremacists, in Jasper, Texas, on June 7, 1998. Shawn Berry, Lawrence Brewer, and John King dragged him for three miles (five kilometers) behind a Ford pickup truck along an ...
Larry King. Larry King (born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger; November 19, 1933 – January 23, 2021) [ 1] was an American author, radio host and TV host. His awards and nominations include two Peabodys, an Emmy, and 10 Cable ACE Awards. [ 2] King was also awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 32nd Annual News and Documentary Emmys. [ 3]
A second-degree murder jury verdict for knowingly supplying fentanyl, a first for California, marks the next step in Riverside County's war on drugs.
Stephen Lawrence (13 September 1974 – 22 April 1993) was a black British 18-year-old from Plumstead, southeast London, who was murdered in a racially motivated attack while waiting for a bus in Well Hall Road, Eltham, on the evening of 22 April 1993. [ 2] The case became a cause célèbre: its fallout included changes of attitudes on racism ...
Sep. 27—LAWRENCE — Through prayer, video, remarks and proclamations, the city's murder victims were remembered Saturday during a solemn ceremony. The annual event was led again this year by ...