The Roxbury(Boston) Murders: 40 Years Later: The Estuary Project

11 black women were murdered in Boston 40 years ago. A local artist is remembering them across the city.

These are six of eleven women who were slain in Boston.

They are young and beautiful Black women with futures ahead of them.

The following has been written by a good reporter by the name of Dialynn Dwywer of Boston.com in commemoration of the 40th year anniversary of the Boston Murders.  The unsolved serial murders of Black women have galvanized the Black community and the emergent Black feminist coalition, The Combahee River Collective and many known Black feminists around the country.  They were demanding accountability from the city, the police, and the citizens of Boston regarding the deaths of so many Black women in that city.  They discuss the misogynistic culture as well as the racism Boston is notorious for back in the 70s.

Here's the story of Kindra Hicks who is trying to commemorate the victims by erecting a collage of balloons at various locations where the women were murdered.  

Please read the story below:

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This is one of several balloon installments throughout Boston in commemoration of the women murdered in 1979

The artist behind the memorial project, Kindra Hicks

Forty years ago, the body of 29-year-old Daryal Ann Hargett was found by her landlord in her South End apartment.

The social worker, who was described as quiet and serious by those who knew her, had been stabbed to death. She was the fifth black woman to be murdered in Boston that year, and she wouldn’t be the last.

By the end of May 1979, the number of women murdered in Boston would rise to 12. All but one were black.

The bodies of the 11 black women — all between the ages of 15 and 34 — were found in Roxbury, Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, the South End, and Back Bay. 

Kendra Hicks, a local artist and community organizer, will remember Hargett’s death on Thursday with a 24-hour art installation near where the 29-year-old’s body was found. Since January, Hicks has been putting up temporary artwork for each of the women who died in the rash of violence 40 years ago.

“One of the things I wanted to pose really was, ‘Who gets memorialized in the city and who’s allowed to be memorialized? Who has monuments erected in their name?’” Hicks told Boston.com.

A Boston native who grew up in Egleston Square, Hicks said she started doing community organizing work in her teens. Through her activism, she began studying black feminists and black feminism, which led her to discover the Combahee River Collective.

“The Combahee River Collective is a black, queer socialist collective that was here in Roxbury from 1974 to 1979, and they were one of the groups of women who basically responded to these murders when they were happening,” Hicks said. “They were creating literature for the women in the neighborhood when these murders were happening.”

It was about a year and a half ago that Hicks said she learned of the string of murders that rocked the black community at the time and decided to create artwork that would commemorate the 40th anniversary of the women’s deaths. With the help of a Kickstarter campaign and a crew of volunteers, she has been designing the installations for the 10-part memorial she calls “The Estuary Projects.”

“This is a guerrilla art project, so we don’t have any permits for them, so we’ve been putting them up and then going in and also taking them down,” Hicks said.

Putting up the artwork without permission is part of her message, she said.

“Taking space out in the city, on purpose in the public and without permission is very intentional as part of the project,” Hicks said. “Because I really do want to say that these black women do deserve to be memorialized.”

The installations go up early on the anniversary of each woman’s death near where they were found and come down 24 hours later.

“The other reason why I wanted to do installations is because the installations are really invitations for people in the community to remember our collective history but also what we survived in our community,” Hicks said. “So I knew that an installation right smack in the middle of where people are walking and spending their regular lives was going to be the way that I was going to be able to invoke that in people. To kind of spark that attention of, ‘Oh, what’s this thing that’s in the middle of my neighborhood and what does it mean?’ I wanted them to be very prominent and I wanted it to be visible and I wanted it to be public and I wanted it to be in the midst of people’s everyday doings.”

Hicks said the project has become very personal for her. She started it off by communicating the names of the 11 victims in the Bay State Banner, hoping she would be able to reach family members and friends of the women.

Then she spent hours reading about the women in newspaper archives — learning how the young women lived and the details of their violent deaths.

“It becomes overwhelming for me because you get to know all these women, and I’m creating an installation for each of these women,” she said. “But you also have to familiarize yourself with how they were taken.”

That impact is why Hicks said each of the installations features an alter and starts with a 9 a.m. ceremony where attendees light candles, say prayers, and sing songs for the victim.

The moment of remembrance is a reflection of her own process through the project, she said.

“There is a political statement that I’m making with these installations,” she said. “But it’s not lost on me that these are people and that these are women whose lives were lost. So the ritual and the ceremony is a way to honor them and to honor them as people who are our ancestors and as people who were taken in these moments.”

As she was developing the project, Hicks heard from the families of two of the women, and then a family friend showed up at one of the installations and was able to connect her to a third family.

“People are stumbling on the installations and being like, ‘Oh I knew this woman or I was around during this time,’” Hicks said. “And they start telling stories and kind of remembering.”

The installations, which run through May, are just the first part of the project.

For part two, Hicks wants to bring people together who were moved by the installations and work together to develop “alternative systems” for the neighborhoods.

“The story of the project for me is that the end of the world has come for black and brown people multiple times again,” Hicks said. “We’ve experienced things that could be considered apocalyptic. Similar to the time that we are in now. We’re having a lot of conversations about what’s happening in the world — climate change, politics, family separation, state violence — and it feels like a lot. Everybody’s kind of like, ‘Oh my God, what’s going on, the world is crumbling around us.’ So the installations are a reminder — no actually we’ve been here before. We’ve survived these kinds of things, and we’ve done it by being creative, by coming together, and by creating new things. So for me, I really want us to see this ending, this ending of the world, as an opportunity for us to build the new world.”

That’s why she chose to call the works and process “The Estuary Projects” — it’s meant to symbolize an ending and beginning at the same time.

“The other thing with an estuary is an estuary has its own ecosystem,” Hicks  said. “And so actually at the moment where an ending and beginning meet, where the river and ocean meet, there’s something brand new that’s created there. There’s like a brand new ecosystem. So I’m trying to signal us to think of this as an estuary moment.”

Another memorial in a different location

After the installation for Hargett, works for six other women will follow through May: 17-year-old Desiree Denise Etheridge, 22-year-old Darlene Rogers, 31-year-old Lois Hood Nesbitt, 19-year-old Valyric Holland, 30-year-old Sandra Boulware, and 34-year-old Bobbie Jean Graham. Artworks remembering Christine Ricketts, 15, Andrea Foye, 17, Gwendolyn Yvette Stinson, 15, and Caren Prater, 25, have already gone up and been taken down.

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While we can't bring the victims of the Boston 1979 murders back, we can memorialize their lives and help their surviving family members and their loved ones to survive as well as to help young Black women, men, and their children to avoid pitfalls and to beat the odds stacked against them in this increasingly racist, polarizing society. We can do this by mentoring, nurturing potential talent of our young Black girls and boys, etc.

Here's a pamphlet we need to read:

Radical America: Black Feminism in Boston

Also, visit Kendra Hicks' website:

The Estuary Project

The Boston Collective Paved The Way For Intersectional Black Feminism

Media's Lack of Coverage and General Society's Lack of Compassion Regarding Serial Murders of Black Women- Updates With Photos and Videos

The victims:

• Christine (Chris) Ricketts, 15
• Andrea Foye, 17 
• Gwendolyn Yvette Stinson,15
• Caren Prater, 25
• Daryal Ann Hargett, 29
• Desiree Denise Etheridge, 17
• Darlene Rogers, 22
• Lois Hood Nesbitt, 31
• Valyric Holland, 19
• Sandra Boulware, 30
• Bobbie Jean Graham, 34
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Murderer Got Served In Colleen Ritzer's Death!

Colleen Ritzer was murdered by a student in a Massachusetts school.

A teenager was convicted of first degree murder in the death of a beloved teacher. The teen now age 16 is now facing LIFE in the iron college if the jury decides to serve him hard.

Philip Chism had followed Colleen Ritzer into a woman's restroom. He was caught on surveillance camera going in. He would end up beating her badly, stabbing her and raping her.  He cut her body apart and then calmly walk out the restroom with a recycling bin.

On his way home, he would bury her body parts in the woods and a recycling bin.

After he buried the body, he went to the movie and grabbed him a bite to eat.

Chism was caught on camera leaving the woman's restroom.

The Massachusetts state prosecutors believed that the student didn't give a fuck about Colleen.

They wanted his ass tried as an adult. He knew his intentions.

Chism's defense said that he had a moment of insanity. The prosecutors said that he had a crush on the teacher and wanted her affections. She spurned him and he decided to get revenge on her.

Colleen was a popular teacher. She devoted her life to teaching mathematics and helping students achieve a dream.

Chism's disgusting behavior murdered this young woman.

A smile that lights up the room. Colleen's family vows to keep Chism in the iron college for a long time.

As a juvenile, he cannot receive a life sentence without parole, which is automatic for normal adult offenders. He was charged as an adult.

The first opportunity for parole would first come after he serves 15 to 25 years. That's if he's lucky, cause I can imagine the Ritzer family would love to see this MAN spend the rest of his LIFE in the iron college.

His mother declined to talk to reporters as she left the courthouse.

Standing later with the district attorney that prosecuted the case, Ritzer's parents said the verdicts mark a new phase in their lives in which they hope to honor their 24-year-old daughter's legacy.

"This guilty verdict, while the beginning of justice for Colleen, is certainly no cause for celebration as there can never be true justice for the crime committed," said Thomas Ritzer, her father.

"There remains a tremendous absence in our lives, one that sadly can never be replaced."

The family, he added, will still be reminded of the crimes as Chism appeals the case and is eligible for parole at some point.

"We will carry on and do our very best to find the good in every day," said Peggie Ritzer, the victim's mother.

Chism's lawyers are also expected in court in Boston on Wednesday as he faces separate charges of attempted murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon after he allegedly attacked a state Department of Youth Services worker in June 2014 while awaiting trial.

Chism wipes tears as he hears his world will be surrounded by bars.

Prosecutors in that case say Chism had been in custody at a youth detention facility in Boston when he followed a female worker into a locker room.

They say he choked and beat her before other workers intervened. The unnamed worker suffered injuries to her face, jaw, neck and back.

Chism will face charges for that attack as well. He is innocent until proven guilty in this incident.

Feds Kill Boston Man Who Plotted A Beheading On Extremist Pam Geller!

Usaamah Rahim was allegedly plotting a terrorist plot on Pam Geller.

The feds are looking into a plot to assassinate controversial Islamaphobe Pam Geller.

A man from Boston who may have been inspired by the Islamic State was served a sandwich full of lead after he tried to lunge at the feds with a large knife.

The FBI and Homeland Security are on the watch for extremism. Those inspired by groups like the Islamic State are often runaways who leave the United States to join the foreign extremists in Syria.

The suspect Usaamah Rahim was being sought after he told people he wanted to behead police officers and put a bullet in the head of Geller.

Geller sponsored a "Draw Mohammad" contest in order to denounce Muslims. That became a rally cry for extremists to target her and others in the junk food media.

The second suspect David Wright is facing a federal judge for allegedly trying to erase any evidence of Rahim's terrorist plot.

An FBI agent's affidavit was released by the U.S. Attorney's Office tells that story of Rahim and Wright along with another man plotting a terrorist plot against Geller.

They met in Rhode Island on a beach with an informant.

David Right and Usassmah Rahim were plotting a mass murder.

Rahim obtained knives online and the FBI intercepted the package before it made it to him.

Rahim was about to be brought in for questioning. The Boston police and feds were closing in on him. He took out a couple of sharp ones and tired to slice and dice. The feds let him have it. Wright who dubbed himself Dawud Sharif Abdul Khaliq told Rahim to wipe the evidence from the computer clean and talk in code.

They were planning a "vacation". Or perhaps a "jihad" or "wipe out".

Rahim's brother a cleric at a local mosque told the junk food media that these accusations were unbelievable. Some in civil and clergy leaders as well as the Black community dispute the claims.

He took to social media to condemn the actions of the cops and prayers to his brother.

Pray4 my younger brother Usaama Rahim shot 3 X in his back by Boston Police then dying His last words I can't breathe pic.twitter.com/XcZWeiigtg

— Ibrahim Rahim (@rahim_imam) June 2, 2015

Officials have shown video coverage to the family. They dispute the charges.

The junk food media learned that the 26-year-old worked as a security guard at the Islamic Society of Boston back in 2013. He also worked at Best Buy briefly and most recently was employed by CVS as a loss prevention officer.

Pam Geller is beefing up her security.

Abdurrashid said he was "smiling, always smiling always happy. Always had a smile on his face. Always willing to help. Just an overall good American kid."

Rahim was living with his wife and two brothers at his mother's apartment. Those close to him say that his mother was a nurse and that he had a wonderful family.

His body was returned to his family as of Wednesday as the Medical Examiner expedited the autopsy. Friends of the family say they are working to organize services this week.
Pam Geller and the racist right have been on this "radical Islam" fixation.

You heard of concern trolling right?

Well this woman (a former beauty model) is a crazy individual. She dares the media to silence her.

She wanted to make a point by making offensive drawings of the Prophet Mohammad knowing that it's considered blasphemy to draw the prophet in any form.

She now has to watch her back 24/7. Her life is in danger. The U.S. Justice Department and local law enforcement knows that she is a target. Even though they can't stand her actions, they will do their best to make sure she has a right to be a bigot.

Dzohkar Got ___________!

The Boston Marathon bomber Dzohkar Tsarnaev was found guilty of capital murder.

Two years ago, two men wanted to cause mass destruction and death at the Boston Marathon. These two men placed pressure cooker explosives near the finish line. The bombs went off around 2:45pm and 2:53pm.

The bombs exploded. The impact killed three and injured hundreds of people. Krystle Marie Campbell, 29, Lu Lingzi 23, a Chinese national and Boston University graduate student from Shenyang, Liaoning; and Martin William Richard, an eight-year-old lost their lives.

The suspects placed the bomb close to little Martin.

The suspects were Tamerlan and Dzhokar Tsarnaev. These two men who lived in Cambridge were immigrants from Chechen region of Russia.

They were spotted on cameras placing the devices. They ran from the scene.

Within the night, they carjacked a man who was heading to work.

They stopped at a gas station to fill up. The man escaped and told the attendant that he was carjacked. The attendant notified the law.

A campus police officer from MIT was nearby. The officer spotted them in the area. As he approached the vehicle, Tamerlan jumped out and put the slugs in him. The MIT officer Sean A. Collier was killed immediately.

After they bucked the MIT officer. The law started to close in.

Tamerlan decided to go out with a bang. He and Dzhokar went into a firefight with the law.

Tamerlan got served a lead sandwich. He would die in the firefight. Dzhokar was injured.

It took about 15 hours to locate Dzhokar hiding in a man's backyard underneath a boat.

These two had the whole Boston metro area on high concern. They thought that they could cause an act of terrorism. They thought they could get away with murder.

Tamerlan and Dzhokar Tsarnaev were spotted with the backpacks. Inside them were bombs.

Well that proved to be wrong.

Tamerlan met justice in a hail of fire.

Dzhokar met justice at the hands of a federal grand jury.

Today, the surviving bomber was found guilty on all charges of conspiracy, capital murder (police officer and three bombing victims), and using a weapon of mass destruction.

The 21 year old man who's life is in the hands of a jury could face the GAS or LIFE in federal time out.

The experts considered this an act of terrorism. They were upset over the U.S. intervention in Muslim countries. This event was considered one of the worst post 9/11.

Famed Boston Cop Shot By Dope Boy!

City of Boston praying for a speedy recovery of one its own. Boston officer John Monyihan was critically injured in gunfire after a suspect got the drop on him. He was praised by President Barack Obama for his heroism.

Boston is dealing with a tragic situation. An officer who gained national recognition was critically injured by a suspect after a police stop.

We here at Journal de la Reyna send our prayers to the Officer John Monyihan. We pray for a speedy recovery.

Monyihan is fighting for his life. He was a former Army Ranger who decided to live to public service. The officer is 34 years old and has a girlfriend and children. He served for six years as an officer for Boston. He was also an officer who aided in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and shooting event where Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev planted two explosives near the finish line. The bombs killed three and injured hundreds of people. Monyihan gained national recognition from President Barack Obama after he assisted a fellow officer who was injured in gunfire.

The brothers managed to kill a MIT officer before the law put Tamerlan down. Dzhokhar was eventually caught and now is in court. The young Tsarnaev will get the GAS if found guilty on federal mass murder charges.

The gunman shot him in the face and the bullet was lodged in the right side of his face by ear. They placed him into a medically induced coma.

President Barack Obama was notified of the situation. Of course, Boston residents are sending their prayers to him. Democratic mayor Marty Walsh and Republican governor Charlie Baker have both expressed their prayers as well.

The suspect is 41 year old Angelo West. West has a history as a criminal. He was apparently being stopped by the law for some infraction.

West was stopped by Monyihan. West would jump out of his vehicle raise his arm and put the Magnum .357 in position. He would fire it at point blank range hitting the officer.

West would eventually try to escape. The moment he flashed that firearm, the law put the lead salad in him. West would die of his injuries. The passengers in his vehicle were not injured but later arrest. They may face charges. Even though the passengers weren't the shooter, the law can make them accomplices in the firing on an officer.

A witness was grazed by gunfire from police. Those who shot the witness would be place on administrative leave. Standard procedure when an officer shoots his firearm.

Angelo West shot at Boston police. He paid the price with a lead salad.

Angelo West has given the racist right a reason to denounce the BlackLivesMatter movement. The movement was sparked by the anger bubbling in Ferguson, MO by the police shooting of unarmed resident Michael Brown. Brown's death led to national protests and international outcry for better policing. It also gave the opponents something to go after. The opponents slander the name of the Brown and called the protesters "misinformed" and even raised their anger at President Barack Obama for citing his experience being Black in America.

After all, since he's came into the White House, you've heard an influx of Black criminal stories coming from the racist right. The outlets such as Loserville, the conservative Craigslist, The Daily Nothing or even asshats like Colin Flaherty and Charles C. Johnson have flourished in this stuff.

They give White America a reason to hate Blacks. Even though criminal acts are colorless, the way these outlets magnify suspects causes Whites to always suspect Blacks, Latinos, illegal immigrants, Muslms and foreign nations as being the reasons for this country being fucked up.

There's blogs like Sissyirishman, DailyWhateverFuckKenn, and Angry White Wuss that are sites that give credence to Black on everyone crime. These extremists would make their blogs flourish in local stories that spin criminal acts by Blacks.

See Fred101 is an example of the extremism that flutters into our comment section. This anonymous commentator appears frequently in stories I've posted focusing the three key elements: race, politics and crime.

In my response to the anonymous trolling, I've posted the six things to attract them. Give them a topic that they seem to obsess over. Kind of like, if I said something about a product in negative way, expect the criticism from someone who spins it in a positive light.

No one seems to understand that we reserve the right to remove comments we deem offensive or unproductive. I mean it's not productive to read word vomit.

Blogging about politics is often regarded as controversial. I understand that some do not agree with the views of me, S. Baldwin and the other contributors post here. I mean we're no different.

We are often here to post and we're not going anywhere.

So if you're not comfortable with the opinions or stories posted here, you have a right to view a blog of your choosing. We're not holding a gun to your head telling you to read our blog.

We Remember The Boston Marathon Bombing!

Dzhokhar (right) and Tamerlan Tsarnaev (left) carried out one of the most gruesome attacks in American history. The Boston Marathon Bombings killed three. The two men went onto an attack on a police officer before the federal authorities manage to take Tamerlan and Dzhokhar to justice. Tamerlan was killed in a shootout and Dzhokhar was badly injured.

One of the oldest marathons was rocked in 2013 by a set of explosions. Around 2:56 pm on a nice sunny day, Americans gather together to watch competitors across the world compete for the Boston Marathon.

Close to the finish line, an exploding device goes off. Then another exploding device goes off.

The explosion would prove to be one of the most harshest and deadliest attack in the nation. The suspects used domestic devices such as pressure cookers to carry out a violent attack.

Three lives were lost in the blast. Countless others injured. Those injured had their limps blown right off them.

A nation changed that day. We continue to send our condolences and prayers to the victims of the Boston Marathon Bombings.

We here at Journal de la Reyna send condolences to Krystle Campbell (age 29), Lu Lingzi (age 23) and Martin Richard (age 8). Also we send condolences to MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) police officer Sean Collier (age 27).

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) took over the investigation, and on April 18, released photographs and surveillance video of two suspects.

The suspects were identified later that day as Chechen brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Shortly after the FBI released the images, the suspects allegedly killed an MIT police officer, carjacked an SUV, and initiated an exchange of gunfire with the police in Watertown, Massachusetts. During the firefight, an MBTA police officer was injured but survived with severe blood loss. Tamerlan Tsarnaev was shot several times in the firefight and subsequently run over by the car then driven by his brother. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Dzhokhar was walking causally away while Americans scream in panic.

An unprecedented manhunt ensued on April 19, with thousands of law enforcement officers searching a 20-block area of Watertown.

During the manhunt, authorities asked residents of Watertown and surrounding areas, including Boston, to stay indoors. The public transportation system and most businesses and public institutions were shut down, creating a deserted urban environment of historic size and duration.

Around 7 pm, shortly after the "shelter-in-place" advisory was rescinded, a Watertown resident discovered Dzhokhar hiding in a boat in his back yard. Dzhokhar was arrested and taken to a hospital shortly thereafter.

During an initial interrogation in the hospital, Dzhokhar alleged that Tamerlan was the mastermind. He said they were motivated by extremist Islamist beliefs and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that they were self-radicalized and unconnected to any outside terrorist groups. According to him, they learned to build explosive devices from an online magazine of the al-Qaeda affiliate in Yemen.

He said that he and his brother had decided after the Boston bombings to travel to New York City to bomb Times Square. Dzhokhar was charged on April 22, while still in the hospital, with use of a weapon of mass destruction and malicious destruction of property resulting in death.

He has pleaded not guilty to 30 charges.

If found guilty Dzhokhar will automatically get federal time out. But also he'll be facing the gas chamber.

Glenn Beck Sued For Slander!

If you're looking for the "money man", here he is!

The controversial media mogul gotten served his papers. The controversial media mogul has TheBlaze Network which promotes socially conservative and libertarian programs on DishTV.

Since leaving Loserville, we all but wrote this nut off. How we were wrong!

Now establishing himself in Dallas, Chalk E Becker is gaining recognition as not only a conservative agitator, but a wealthy business owner.

Looks like he'll shelve out some cash....

Last year the conservative media went into full blown panic over two Chechnya men who put two backpack bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. The two men  were white and just like every other American. The thing that got them all in a panic is these two were Muslim extremists.

Instead of wearing the hijab and turbans, the extremists are dressing like normal people. They would listen to the same music you and I listen to. They would travel in vehicles and engage in conversation with people just like you and me.

But the junk food media has the perception that all Muslims are sandal wearing men who carry bombs on their chest.

I guess Chalk E Becker made some stupid comments about an individual. The Washington Post reports that less than one week had passed since a pair of bombs had exploded at the Boston Marathon, killing three and injuring hundreds more. The FBI had just identified the Tsarnaev brothers as primary suspects behind the attack. But to Beck, cloaked in a gray button-down and a sheen of indignation, this wasn’t enough.

In attendance at the marathon had been a 20-year-old Saudi Arabian student named Abdulrahman Alharbi.

He was on a full ride to study at the nearby New England School of English. He’d been injured at the marathon, later questioned by police and ultimately cleared of wrongdoing.

Beck, however, had suspicions. The radio host urged the U.S. government to release information on Alharbi or Beck would “expose” him. “Let me send this message very clear,” said Beck, who left Loserville in 2011. ”We know who this Saudi national is…. We know who this man is and, listen to me carefully, we know he is a very bad, bad, bad man.”

The racist right made Abdulrahman Alharbi look like a criminal.

Beck continued days later: “While the media continues to look at what the causes were [behind] these two guys, there are, at this hour, three people involved,” he said, alleging the U.S. government had “tagged” Alharbi as a “proven terrorist.”

The broadcaster eventually called Alharbi an al-Qaeda “control agent” and the “money man” behind the attacks. “You know who the Saudi is?” Beck asked. “He’s the money man. He’s the guy who paid for it.”

“Is this speculation or are you reporting something?” a co-host asked.

Beck ignored the question. “He’s the money man.”

The “money man” has now filed a defamation suit against Beck, who has made a career out of conspiratorial musings. Beck has not responded publicly to the suit, which was filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Boston. He had not responded to e-mails from The Washington Post as of early this morning.

“Alharbi, like many others, was questioned by federal authorities investigating the events of that day,” says the lawsuit. “The authorities quickly concluded that Mr. Alharbi, other than being injured in the attacks, had no involvement.

“Beck repeatedly and falsely identified Mr. Alharbi as an active participant, repeatedly questioned the motives of federal officials in failing to pursue or detain Alharbi and repeatedly and falsely accused Mr. Alharbi of being a criminal who had funded the attacks,” the lawsuit says.

Beck’s allegations added to a cacophony of misinformation that rose out of the Boston bombings, as anonymous Redditors vented unsubstantiated suspicions, and the New York Post plastered its own accusations on the paper’s cover. (The New York Post was sued for defamation in Massachusetts court over the matter, and the case is pending.)

Beck, normally a frenetic tweeter, has remained quiet since the lawsuit was filed.

The host’s allegations have haunted the Saudi student, according to the complaint. “Alharbi has received numerous messages, internet postings and other communications based on Beck’s false statements accusing him of being a murderer, child killer and terrorist.”

Alharbi told the Islamic Monthly in May that such accusations have left him changed forever. “All the police officers and the FBI … and all the nurses and all the doctors were staring at me…. I was looking [at] them like, is it because of the color of my skin, or is it because of the name of my country?”

Washed Up Rapper Shot By His Nephew!

Some fun facts about washed up rapper Benzino

Born: July 18, 1965 (age 48), Boston, MA Height: 5' 3" (1.60 m)

He's about the average height of a woman.

He released four albums and none of them are successful.

Washed up rapper and reality star Raymond "Benzino" Scott was known to shoot off his mouth. He often engaged in this braggadocio about how he's from the "Mean Streets Of Boston".

He was once the co-owner of the hip-hop magazine The Source. He and his partner Dave Mays ran the magazine into the ground. Black Enterprises sacked them over seven years ago. They relaunched Hip-Hop Weekly and continue to blow money fast.

He was the rapper who engaged in a feud with Eminem. Most people never heard of him. They thought of him as a buffoon for taking on a rapper who is pretty much a legend.

The dumb rapper probably pissed off more than Eminem. He spent nearly a decade feuding with him. He claims the feud is "over". But on ocassions, he'll drop diss on Em.

He's pissed off Kim Osario, the former editor of The Source. She successfully sued him and Mays for sexual harassment.

He's pissed off the police. For the numerous run ins for driving without a license and drug charges. Then he would go on television screaming racism.

Benzino pissed off the millions of readers (one being me) who didn't get their subscription in the mail. The Source went through bankruptcy. Those who spent that $24 for a two year subscription weren't given the magazine. They were given the run around. The run around led to its competitors (one being XXL) to take the spot as the number on hip-hop magazine.

Ja Rule with Benzino in the studio listening to their beats.

Nowadays whenever you're a washed up celebrity, you'll end up on reality television. Well Benzino is a fixture of Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta.

The Associated Press and Huffington Post reports that Benzino was injured after being shot by his nephew on a Massachusetts highway Saturday while riding in a funeral procession for a family member, according authorities and Benzino's hip-hop magazine.

Benzino, whose real name is Raymond Scott, is a cast member of the VH1 reality show "Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta" and CEO of Hip-Hop Weekly. The magazine confirmed on its website Saturday night that Benzino had been shot.

The 48-year-old Benzino was traveling on Route 3 south of Boston just before noon when 36-year-old Gai Scott pulled alongside and fired several shots into a red SUV driven by Benzino, the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office said in a statement. Officials say there had been growing tension between the two.

Benzino, of Mansfield, Mass., got out of the SUV after being struck and was taken by a passerby to the Duxbury Police Department and then transferred to a hospital.

Hip-Hop Weekly said he was shot in an arm, and his back was grazed by a bullet.

He was listed in good condition, a spokeswoman for South Shore Hospital in South Weymouth said Sunday morning.

The magazine said Benzino was in the area to bury his mother. He was heading to a church in Plymouth at the time of the shooting, the District Attorney's Office said.

Police responding to the scene found the red SUV in the middle of Route 3 with bullet holes and a reddish brown substance believe to be blood inside the vehicle. Officials said shell casings and projectiles also were found at the scene.

Gai Scott, of Randolph, Mass., was taken into custody and charged with assault with intent to murder. He is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in the Plymouth District Court.

The "Love & Hip Hop" series is known for its over-the-top drama and fights — making it a ratings success, but also a target for criticism. The fourth season of the show's New York series ended in January. The third season of the Atlanta spinoff debuts in May.


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Tragedy In Washington, DC!

The DC Shipyard (or known as the Navy Yard) is within two miles of the U.S. Capitol. There's a breaking news event happening. There's a report of a shooting at the Yard.

Reports of a mass shooting once again sparks the feverish pitch for gun control. This time it happens in the lawmakers' backyard. The last mass shooting events were the Boston Marathon bombing, the Christopher Donner situation, the Newtown's Sandy Hook school shooting, and Aurora movie theater shooting.

There's a mass shooting at the Navy Yard and it's a report (not confirmed) that four people are dead and their are looking for the shooter.

Like the last time we've covered an event we've jumped to conclusions about who the individual was.

The mistake of jumping to conclusion is solely relied on the agitators. What CNN and the Associated Press is reporting that their are fatalities (confirmed). As far as they know it's ten people (not confirmed).

The Washington, DC police have responded immediately to the event. They have the possibility of more than one gunman (not confirmed).

When the DC police got to the investigation there were scenes of a mass causality event.

President Barack Obama, DC Mayor Vincent Gray and lawmakers were informed about the event.

The cable news networks are covering it. And it's not on the local news yet. But if they go live, it's a mass fatality event and it's another one for the record books.

Every mass shooting in America sparks the push for reasonable gun control. The National Rifle Association located in nearby Fairfax, Virginia has been lobbying members of Congress to stop legislation that restrict the usage of firearms.

They've deem President Barack Obama an enemy of the "Second Amendment".

They tuck their tails between their legs whenever a mass shooting comes forth. And these events, will even affect reasonable gun rights advocates. Some may look at this as a way to push for restrictions to have high powered firearms and undisputed variable magazine clips.

 Anymore information will come from CNN, the Associated Press and Wikipedia.

We here at Journal de la Reyna will not assume who the shooter is! All we need to know is that an event happened and we're going to cover it as best as we can.

Wikipedia details the events. On September 16, 2013, a shooting took place at the yard at around 8:20 a.m EDT. Shots were fired at the headquarters for the Naval Sea Systems Command Headquarters building #197. A search for the shooter(s) is ongoing.

At least 10 people, including 8 civilians, 1 law enforcement officer and one military officer, were shot. Four of which were fatalities according to the United States Navy and Metro Police officials.

The United States Navy continued to tweet throughout the ordeal, revealing that a shelter in place order had been instructed after the initial shots were fired.

Multiple schools have been locked down, and many roadways and bridges have been closed.

The Associated Press reports a confirmation of death. At least 14 people, including at least 12 civilians, 1 D.C. police officer and one base officer, were shot. Seven fatalities have been reported.

At least 3 victims, a male police officer and two female civilians, were in critical condition and are being treated at Georgetown University Hospital.

At least one gunman opened fire inside a building at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday morning, and officials said six people were killed and at least four were wounded, including a law enforcement officer.

Police were looking for two other potential gunmen wearing military-style uniforms, including one who had on a beret, chief Cathy Lanier said.

Authorities have identified the dead shooter as a Navy employee whose work status had been changed earlier this year, said a federal government official who spoke only on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak on the record. While that may suggest the motive was job related, authorities haven't ruled out anything including terrorism, the official said. Lanier said she didn't think the other gunmen were part of the military.

Witnesses described a gunman opening fire from the fourth floor, aiming down on people in the first-floor cafeteria. Others said a gunman fired at them in a third-floor hallway. It wasn't clear whether the witnesses on different floors were describing the same gunman.

As emergency vehicles flooded the streets around the complex, a helicopter hovered overhead, nearby schools were on lockdown and airplanes at nearby Reagan National Airport were briefly grounded so they wouldn't interfere with law enforcement choppers. Less than 2 miles away, security was beefed up at the U.S. Capitol and other federal buildings, but officials said there was no known threat.

President Barack Obama mourned what he called "yet another mass shooting" in the U.S. that he says took the life of American patriots. Obama promised to make sure "whoever carried out this cowardly act is held responsible."

Two Navy officials confirmed at least six people had died. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the situation publicly.

About 3,000 people work at the Naval Sea Systems Command headquarters, which builds, buys and maintains the Navy's ships and submarines and combat systems.

Todd Brundidge, an executive assistant with Navy Sea Systems Command, said he and other co-workers encountered a gunman in a long hallway of their building on the third floor. The gunman was wearing all blue, he said.

"He just turned and started firing," Brundidge said.

Terrie Durham, an executive assistant with the same agency, said she also saw the gunman firing toward her and Brundidge.

"He aimed high and missed," she said. "He said nothing. As soon as I realized he was shooting, we just said, 'Get out of the building.'"

Rick Mason, a program management analyst who is a civilian with the U.S. Navy, said a gunman was shooting from a fourth floor overlook in the hallway outside his office. He said the gunman was aiming down at people in the building's cafeteria.

Shortly after the gunfire, Mason said someone on an overhead speaker told workers to seek shelter and later to head for the gates at the complex.

Patricia Ward, a logistics management specialist, said she was in the cafeteria getting breakfast.

"It was three gunshots straight in a row — pop, pop, pop. Three seconds later, it was pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, so it was like about a total of seven gunshots, and we just started running," Ward told reporters several blocks away from the Navy Yard.

Ward said security officers started directing people out of the building with guns drawn.

Police and federal agents from multiple law enforcement agencies responded. Ambulances were parked outside, streets in the area were closed and departures from Reagan National Airport were temporarily halted for security reasons.

Janis Orlowski, chief operating officer of Washington Hospital Center, told reporters the hospital was treating three gunshot victims in critical condition. One was Washington, D.C., metropolitan police officer and two were civilian women.

Orlowski said the police officer was in the operating room with gunshot wounds to the legs. A woman had a gunshot wound to the shoulder and the other had gunshot wounds to the head and hand.

District of Columbia schools officials said 12 public and charter schools and one administrative building in the vicinity of the Navy Yard were placed on lockdown. The action was taken out an abundance of caution, schools spokeswoman Melissa Salmanowitz said.

The Homeland Security Department said security was stepped up at federal buildings in Washington as a precaution in the wake of the shooting.

Naval Sea Systems Command is the largest of the Navy's five system commands and accounts for a quarter of the Navy's entire budget. Only security personnel were allowed to be armed on the campus.

The Navy Yard has three gates, according to its website. One is open 24/7, and must be used by visitors. A second gate is only for military and civilian Defense Department employees and the other is for bus traffic.

The Navy Yard is part of a fast-growing neighborhood on the banks of the Anacostia River in southeast Washington, just blocks from Nationals Park.

THE SUSPECT IS BELIEVED TO BE A BLACK MAN WITH A CLEAN SHAVEN BALD HEAD.

IDENTIFIED AS AARON ALEXIS. HE WAS KILLED IN FIREFIGHT WITH THE LAW. HE IS THE LONE GUNMAN.

CONFIRMED THAT 12 PEOPLE ARE DEAD. THE SHOOTER IS CONFIRMED KILLED.

THERE WILL BE MORE DETAILS TO EMERGE AS THIS EVENT UNFOLDS!

DC POLICE SAY TERRORISM ISN'T RULED OUT!

Senators Who Voted Against Gun Control Allowed Boston Bombers Firearms!

Just like his daddy, Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) can make these grandstands and yet accomplish nothing!

This been over a week since the junk food media's coverage of the Boston Marathon tragedy in which two men set off bombs near the finish line injuring hundreds and kill three. This lead to a week's worth of drama-filled coverage of the bombing, the victims and the nation's obsessive blame of others.

Yeah, there was these "little issues" over the week that managed to slip through the week's obsessive news coverage of Boston. While we tuned in to Boston, we seen a deranged White extremist sent ricin letters to Senator Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi) and the president. There was a break in the Texas district attorneys case in which they were murdered in cold-blood. A former judge and his wife were arrested in the murder of the district attorneys and the wife of the one. There was a dangerous explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas. That incident killed over 15 people. The families and surviving victims of Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut watched the inept U.S. Senate fail a watered-down firearm bill. This assured a response from President Barack Obama.

He vowed that Gabrielle Giffords and the victims of Newtown will get a law passed. He stated that he will work even harder to get his agenda passed. He warned Democrats and Republicans who voted against gun control will face the wrath of the voter.

This Boston Marathon tragedy opens the door for debate on gun control, illegal immigration, racial profiling and terrorism.

This event prompts hate crimes against those who are Muslim or Sikh.

This event generates the circular firing squad of conservative agitators quick to blame President Barack Obama for anything that happens on his watch. Regardless of the event, expect a conservative agitator to throw their shit to the wall hoping it will stick.

Since these two individuals were in a shootout with MIT police officer which resulted in his death and the severe injuries of another, some gun control advocates are proving to the worthless Congress, that their failure to pass reasonable gun control continues the longstanding tradition of allowing the mentally ill and criminal dangerous to own firearms without background checks.

Proud wacko bird Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas)

The death of Tamerlan Tsarnaev and the capture of brother Dzokhar had been a pretty successful week for the Boston Police and U.S. Justice Department. Dzokhar Tsarnaev, the lone survivor is in custody. He's being treated for injuries after the gunfire with federal authorities.

The Republican senators John McCain (R-Arizona), Lindsay Graham (R-South Carolina), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Congressman Pete King (R-New York) made it clear that they want Dzokhar charged as an "enemy combatant" and send him to GITMO.

Clearly ignoring the U.S. Constitution, many Republicans and conservative agitators want to see an American citizen (yes, a naturalized citizen since 2012) tried in a military tribunal. Members of the Republican House are demanding Attorney General Eric Holder and FBI agents not give the suspect his "Miranda rights". Ignoring the fact the FBI can uses a temporary method to extract information. The man commit an act on American soil. He will be charged in federal court for committing an act of terrorism.

Republicans using the excuse to invoke their hatred of Muslims by saying the U.S. Justice Department shouldn't read Miranda rights to a suspect is not helpful at all. The fact that dumbass politico Pete King called for racial profiling and singling out one religion is not going to win over new voters.

Republicans who voted against universal background checks really pissed on the graves of those young lives lost in that senseless tragedy in Connecticut.

But wondering how the heck did two men who weren't registered gun overs got a hand of firearms?

Well even though Massachusetts has some of the toughest firearm laws and yet these individuals still managed to obtain firearms to kill a MIT police officer.

Yeah, the circular conservative firing squad continues on with the endless blame President Barack Obama for being lapse on terrorism, trying to push for gun control measures and just being there in the White House without the tours.

The Republicans and some of the Democrats pulled their pants down and let the NRA slip one up their ass!

We understand that criminals don't obey laws. We know that the next domestic terrorist would cause harm upon those who run a daily routine. It's common that human behavior dictates reactions.

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) continues to point the finger in the wake of a tragedy.

But the point here is that our society is blatantly ignorant. If we're to take away the freedoms of Americans who are practicing Islam, what kind of nation are we going to be?

Why are we being bias towards immigrants?

Why are we advocating profiling of others?

Is the Republican Party's grassroots outreach a nightmare?

Would you vote for Senators Lindsay Graham (R-South Carolina), Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) if the election was held today?

Did Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-New Hampshire) decision to vote against gun control hurt her politically?

Limbaugh: If Dzhakar Was Like Trayvon.....

Horrible comparison from conservative agitator.

How many advertisers pulled away from King Hippo?

Over a 1,000 sponsors and growing.

Never one to shy away from controversy and the circular firing squad of blame, comes the King Hippo.

Fresh off the Obama blamed for tragedy tour, the right wing agitators are back to business. From denying the race of the Boston Bombers, to now complaining about the surviving bomber getting Miranda rights.

Congressman Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) a Tea Party endorsed politico made the most ridiculous comment of the day. He claims that under the five years of leadership of Barack Obama, the country had experience multiple attacks from numerous Islamic jihadist! Saying that his predecessor George W. Bush kept the nation safe for the eight years while he was in office.

Cotton get the cotton out of ya ears, dude! Hurricane Katrina. September 11, 2001.

C'mon dude, you're a freshman who hasn't learned the basics of history! Get your head out of your ass, politco.

Anyways, the people over at Loserville and King Hippo were never fans of a young teenager who was gunned down by a reckless man who thought he wanted to be a hero.

In February 2012, Trayvon Martin was gunned down by George Zimmerman. This event sparked multiple debates over racial profiling, gun control and spurred into political hot potato over who's right and who's wrong.

King Hippo wasn't a fan of Trayvon Martin. He and many other conservative agitators focused on the look of the teenager and not the fact he was unarmed at the time of a confrontation.

Well since the Boston Bombing suspects were detained, the political blame game shifts to the White House.

Again he's still bitching....

The Republicans couldn't help themselves from blaming the president and the U.S. Justice Department for allowing the surviving suspect Dzhakar Tsarnaev be read his rights (as an American citizen).

King Hippo went a little out of the box to shock value. While viewing the websites and hamming it up on radio, he looks at the pictures of Tsarnaev. He listened to the family and friends decry the notion that he's a bad person. They believed the older brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev "brainwashed" the younger into committing to the deadly attack.

Well the conservative agitator thought the media was making such a "big deal" over his boyish looks. He made the tactic comparison to Trayvon Martin because in the conservative agitator's mind he thinks the junk food media continues to prop up "criminals" instead of "heroes".

KING HIPPO: Well, he said he wasn't a terrorist. Who would admit being a terrorist? Well, I don't know, but this guy didn't. So we're told the FBI wasn't allowed to keep tabs on him. I don't know why Dzhokhar didn't try that. He could have avoided all kinds trouble; just tell 'em you're not a terrorist. It's even better than saying you're just under the influence of your big brother. You notice also that the news media are doing to Dzhokhar what they did to Trayvon Martin. They're regularly showing a photo of Dzhokhar that was taken when he was about 14. Soft, angelic, nice little boy, harmless, cute, big lovable eyes. 

Not at all what he looks like today. Whenever we're shown Osama Bin Laden, it's in his shepherd pose with his walking stick, walking through the mountains or wherever. But the news media seem to be making him look like an innocent little angel who was totally willing to drive over his own beloved brother to try to get away with his killing spree.

Let me get this straight: If King Hippo believe that Trayvon Martin was a criminal, why didn't he pull the trigger on George Zimmerman?