Stabbing

Aug 29 2012

Racially motivated slaying

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The California Supreme Court declined today to review the case against one of four men convicted in the murder of a man mistakenly suspected of being an informant in the racially motivated slaying of a 14-year-old Black girl in the Harbor Gateway area.

Daniel Aguilar was convicted of first-degree murder and is serving a life prison term without the possibility of parole for the Dec. 28, 2006, stabbing death of Christopher Ash.

Jun 5 2012

Man died at hospital

COMPTON, Calif.—A woman was charged today with murder for the stabbing death of a man with whom she had two children.

Lashon Williams, 30, pleaded not guilty in Compton Superior Court in connection with the weekend slaying of Trisiton Taylor, 32.

The crime occurred at Williams’ apartment in the 16100 block of South Ainsworth Street about 7 p.m. Saturday, after the pair began arguing, said Los Angeles police Detective Jim Vena of the Southeast Station.

Nov 14 2011

Victim stabbed in arm, chest and back

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—A man was hospitalized this morning with multiple stab wounds and a Los Angeles Police Department SWAT team arrested the stabbing suspect after making a forced entry into a South Los Angeles house where he was barricaded, a police sergeant said.

The unidentified victim, in his 20s, was stabbed around 2 a.m. on the northeast corner of Cimarron Street and Manchester Avenue, said Sgt. Dave Craig a watch commander at the LAPD’s 77th Street Station.

Oct 10 2011

Flees scene

INGLEWOOD, Calif.—A woman stabbed a man during an argument aboard a Metro bus in Inglewood today.

The stabbing occurred about 10:15 a.m. on a Line 40 bus that was westbound on Florence Avenue at Hillcrest Boulevard, according to Luis Inzunza of Metro.

The injured man, in his 40s, was taken to a hospital for treatment of wounds to his head and abdomen, Inzunza said. His condition was not immediately known. The woman fled the scene.

Oct 3 2011

Abraham Lopez

DOWNEY, Calif.—Murder and other felony counts were filed today against an 18-year-old man accused of fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend at their high school in South Gate, and also injuring a fellow student and school administrator who came to the girl’s aid.

Abraham Lopez of South Gate is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in Downey Superior Court on one count each of murder and false imprisonment by violence, two counts of bringing or possessing weapons on school grounds and three counts each of assault with a deadly weapon and assault upon a peace officer.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.

California
San Diego college students and volunteers will carry out their sixth home restoration project on Wednesday, July 10 through Sunday, July 14. as part of the “Healing our Heroes’ Homes” (H3) program created by the nonprofit Embrace. The five-day effort will take place at the home of medically retired Marine Corps Capt. Sarah Bettencourt. Bettencourt served with many different units across the country during the Global War on Terrorism and developed a rare neurological disorder in 2008. With a focus to restore the homes of disabled veteran homeowners, H3 falls in line with Embrace’s mission to mobilize college-student volunteers and community members to serve less fortunate members of civilian and veteran communities. The project for the Bettencourts’ home includes kitchen and bathroom remodeling, building ADA-compliant disability ramps, widening their driveway to ADA standards, widening doorways and landscaping.
 
District of Columbia
The 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will showcase its five-year community research project on African American identity with the program “The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity.” This multicity collaboration examines the history and culture of the aesthetics of African Americans. The festival will be held June 26-30 and July 3-7, outdoors on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th streets. “Whether we realize it or not, we are all dress artists. The way we compose our look is a creative expression of our ideas about who we are and who we aspire to be,” said Diana N’Diaye, program curator. “This program explores the diversity of African American traditions of style, but also teaches young people the importance of documenting their own culture and saving that information for themselves and future generations.”