A 19 year Detroit woman was shot to death by a Dearborn Hieghts homeowner after knocking on the door to get help after a car accident. The Wayne county prosecutor claims she needs more information before issuing a warrant for arrest. Tune in as we discuss this and more today on Occupy The Microphone, your news source for the 99%!
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Lucia McBath played a grieving mother in the movie "Stand Your Ground", filmed in 2012, Six months later her life was shattered when her own son was shot dead in an argument allegedly over loud music. The killer, a 45 year old man, shot into an SUV, killing 17 year old Jordan Davis. No weapons were found on the children. Ms. McBath joins us today live at five on Occupy the Microphone.
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Has the Boeing Dreamliner turned into a nightmare for South Carolina? Seduced into locating in South Carolina by low taxes and government giveaways, the new plane continues to have serious problems and now the man behind the Dreamliner has resigned. The plant was temporarily shutdown because of the government shutdown but after “key” FCC personnel were called back to the job, the plant has resumed work.
A Columbia, South Carolina man who shot and killed an unarmed teen escaped prosecution and given immunity under the state’s "Stand Your Ground" law. In 2010, 17 yr-old Darrell Niles was shot and killed while travelling in his vehicle by Shannon Scott. Scott claimed that he afraid for his life after several women followed his 15 yr-old daughter from a nightclub and allegedly fired shots at the Scott family home from the SUV they were travelling in. Niles was travelling in a separate vehicle and not involved in the alleged attack by the women after Scott’s daughter. Circuit Judge Maite Murphy ruled this week that Scott be granted immunity because “When the defendant fired the shot, he reasonably believed he was being attacked with deadly force directed at his home,”.
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A South Carolina man, Shannon Scott, is claiming he should get immunity from prosecution for killing an innocent bystander, Darrell Niles, a 17-year-old student of Keenan High School. According to The State, “Richland County courtroom this week, Scott and his attorney, Todd Rutherford, said Scott fired his weapon from his front yard to protect his daughter, who was being chased by people trying to hurt her.” Darrell Niles was not part of that group and was standing across the street when struck in the head by a bullet fired by Shannon Scott.
Investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald’s partner, David Miranda was detained by U.K authorities at an airport as he was traveling from Germany back to his home country of Brazil. Greenwald is the reporter who has been working with his source Edward Snowden to publish articles revealing the NSA’s massive spying program. Many see the detainment of David Miranda as state sponsored harassment and further evidence of the abuse of human rights in the so-called global war on terror.
Reports indicate that Egypt’s former President Hosni Mubarak to be freed from jail on the orders of Egyptian judicial officials. Mubarak was removed from power after a popular uprising and he was jailed to face charges the killings of hundreds of protesters during the 2011 uprising. Analyst suspect his release will further inflame the current violence that is a result the removal of democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood after protests. A new Egyptian constitution is in the process of being drafted and it may ban all religious based political parties.
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