The Cash Fever!

As of 1/7/2016, the jackpot is nearly $1 billion. The drawing is on Saturday.

In the new year, the American public got a dose of the lottery fever. With jackpots totaling over $200 million, many Americans rush to the local lottery retailer in their state to purchase a handful of tickets hoping that they could change their lives forever.

Powerball is up once again. On Wednesday night, the drawing and the possibility of a winning ticket.

Tonight's estimated jackpot is $450 million (as of 1/6/16). It's noted that the jackpot will increase with the rise in ticket sales. So I'll just cut to the chase, it will likely be over $500 million by draw time.

Many folks will be making the decision to play. 

The game uses a 5/69 (white balls) + 1/26 (Powerballs) matrix from which winning numbers are chosen. Each play costs $2, or, with the Power Play option, $3.

The game is played in 44 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Advice on playing the lottery!

Best advice for all who win the lottery, is keep a cool head. The impact of being a millionaire comes with a price. You could blow money fast in a few years. Believe me there have been many Americans who lavish in luxury only to be broke in less than 10 years.

1) You must be over the age of 18 (or 21 in some states) to play the lottery. You cannot allow any person under the playing age purchase any lottery game. 

2) If you purchase any lottery game in a state that sales Powerball (47), Mega Millions (47), Lucky for Life (17), Monopoly Millionaires' Club (16), Hot Lotto (15), Cash4Life (5), MegaHits (5), Wild Card (4), 2by2 (3), Tri-State Lottery (3) and All or Nothing (2): You must claim the prize in the state that you purchased the ticket. You can't go into a South Carolina Education Lottery retailer saying you've purchased a ticket from the Florida Lottery.

Older and poorer Americans often play the lottery. The lottery makes $5 billion in sales revenue a month.

3) Most of the Multi-State Lottery Association Games cannot be canceled. So be extremely careful in picking games. Powerball plays on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10:59pm (EST). Powerball draws close at 10pm (EST) on the night of the drawing. Some states have drawings close early. The cost of playing a Powerball ticket is $2. The ticket comes with the Power Play (except in California). The Power Play cost $1 dollar. There is a set prize amount for Power Play addition. You can earn up to $1 million (if you score 5 out of 5 without the Powerball). If you have the Powerplay you can multiply your winnings. I know that your risk is 1:345. So that means the odds of winning is one in 345 million.

4) Make sure you write your name down on the back of the winning ticket. Say if you lose the jackpot ticket! If you have forgotten to sign the ticket and it gets lost, then it's your word against the winner's. I've added this. Make sure you take a picture of the ticket to provide to your state's lottery commission. Say you lose the ticket and you happened to not write your name on it, you're out of luck. If you have a picture of the ticket, you have a police report if it is lost. Make sure that whenever a lottery retailer is to handle a jackpot ticket, ask the cashier to make sure you hear the "winner" sound. Most machines will make a noise if you're a winner. There are also ticket verifying stations located near a lottery terminal. Make sure before you hand a ticket to a cashier, you are sure you won a jackpot. Ask for a claims form and/or a validation claim voucher. Also for tickets that may be over a certain amount (i.e. amounts over $2,500), you might have to go to the lottery's regional offices. The offices are located in metropolitan areas. There are also apps on your iPhone, Android, and smart devices. You can avoid the lines, by going to iTunes or the Google Play store to get a free app for your local state's lottery. Never put your trust in a cashier who doesn't have experience in handling jackpots or validations of high value tickets.

5) If you're bragging about you're winnings, that's fine. But you best believe that you should cancel out your Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or any other social networking website you're on. That's the next thing that happens when you're a winner. There's too many opportunists willing to swarm your social media with requests. 

6) You should cancel your phone numbers and limit your email intake. Obviously you'll be swamped with phone numbers and well wishers asking if you're willing to shelve out a little cash. Trial lawyers, charity groups, home security companies, the junk food media and scammers will take advantage of you. Some charity groups will not often bother you, but there are some that pose as legitimate but in reality a scam. 

7) You should hire a qualified lottery attorney. Make sure you have a qualified attorney who specializes in handling large sums of money. Don't assume every attorney is well respected in handling your financial earnings.

Fox's Family Guy. Peter Griffin spends almost everything to win a jackpot.

8) Please, don't quit a job until you are sure you've won the lottery. Don't rush to judgment about being a lottery winner. Sometimes a person who wins the lottery never expects it to happen so don't sit around the house hoping the day will come you'll be the millionaire. Don't burn bridges with your job. You may end up back at it if you decide to go back into the workforce.

9) You might as well get the little things out the way. You should pay off debts to college loans, house, billings, and credit cards. Don't let these issues ruin your credit score or chances at buying better things.

10) Make an investment in your money. Put your money in a trust fund if you have children or family members you can trust if you should die. Make a will or entrust. Make sure you know that you have a family member or a trusted friend who will take care of the winnings once you pass away.

11) Yeah, it's a huge change in your life. And you're going to have major things to accomplish. Go ahead and have fun with your earnings. Don't blow it on things that obviously will attract negative attention. Yeah, the lottery is a gateway to putting in other venues. Some may blow their money at casinos, horsetracks, fantasy football and online poker. Granted that you are given the right to do whatever you want with your earnings, but seriously are going to get a gold statue of your image? Are willing to have five chefs, a butler, housekeeper, nanny, and chauffeur on the payroll? You going to buy a $100,000 vehicle! Wow! Do whatever you want with your money, but be careful with it. 

12) You know that money will change you. You might become stingy with the winnings. You should be humble. Cause money will change a person when they're rich. Don't expect your live to be "normal" when you win the lottery. Cause it's not going to be normal. It could a great experience or the worst thing.

13) The Have-Nots Will Always Try To Make You Feel Guilty About Winning. Ignore Them And Be Happy About Your Success.

Slim Jesus: OH God!

Slim Jesus is a controversial rapper from Ohio who embraces the "Drill" movement.

A 18-year old rapper named Slim Jesus is becoming White version of Chicago's Chief Keef.

Chief Keef (Keith Cozart) is the country's most dangerous rapper. He takes pride in his title. He hails from the Southside of Chicago and embraces the violence that plagues America's third largest city.

Keef never apologizes for being who he is. He loves the life. He doesn't apologize for selling hard.

I am guessing that Slim Jesus is another rapper who embraces the "life" and is willing to die for it.

The rapper who comes from Hamilton, Ohio. He gained popularity after releasing "Drill Time" and strictly adhering to the street code.

The video is extremely controversial.

Slim Jesus's video is cruising over 20 million views.

Certainly he's going to gets some rage from conservatives and some hip-hop journalists. He doesn't care and remains unapologetic about his lyrics.

Drill music is a trap subgenre originating from Chicago. It's deals with tales of street gangs (domestic terrorists), violent lyrics and ominous trap-beats.

Besides Slim Jesus and Chief Keef, rappers Lil' Durk, Lil' Reese, Fredo Santana and King Louie embrace this music and the possibility of a short life ahead.

Woman Was C**t Tapped On A Pizza Order!

Domino's can't fix the mess that its workers got in to. A Detroit woman was totally pissed at the crude comment left on her receipt.

The Huffington Post found the weirdest stories in America. It's 2016 and it's another you can't fix stupid story.

Keenyatta Robinson is a pissed off customer. She said that Domino's Pizza really dropped the ball on hiring these idiots to work for them.

Keenyatta's daughter wanted a pizza from a Domino's in West Bloomfield, a suburb of Detroit, Michigan.

When she read her bill, she saw something that shocked her. So instead of calling the management company, she took it to social media and Domino's was none to pleased see that.

Never again. If they are disrespecting me (a paying customer), who else are they disrepecting?

The receipt had three words on it that touched the nerved. It said "Fuck This Cunt".

So she told the local junk food media about the whole ordeal.

"I don't understand why they would treat me this way," said Keenyatta Robinson.

Keenyatta thought it was an accident. So she decided to place another order.

"When I came to pick it up that receipt had the same vulgar language," she said.

Domino's isn't just pizza. It's a dinner!

Keenyatta remembered back in 2014, she had a negative encounter with the people working at Domino's because they forgot the sausage on the pizza. So the workers decided to play the game well. It's a damn shame they forgot that some people check their receipts.

The manager told her that she's no longer welcomed at the business. So complained to the higher ups.

The original pepperoni.

Ronnie Asmar, Director of Operations at Domino's decided to lay the hammer on the manager and some the employees working there.

The manager decided to leave a parting shot at the woman and the company. As the manager was being fired out the cannon, he changed the computer and left a set of vulgarities on there.

Asmar decided to personally reach out to Keenyatta. He was offering her a year's worth of pizza.

She said "You can keep the coupons!" The company lost her business forever.

"I will never eat [at Domino's] ever again," said Keenyatta. "Ever in my lifetime!"

In the D, you're just another piece of trash. Conservatives hate the city. They believe Detroit is a failed experiment of Democratic governance. The city's population has declined over 35% in the last 20 years.

The current population of the city is 685,000.

Natalie Cole Passed Away!

The news broke that R&B legend Natalie Cole passed away,

The entertainment industry lost a legend. Natalie Cole, the daughter of Nat "King" Cole passed away yesterday. Her family confirmed this news today. She helped her dad score a hit. The song "Unforgetable" was a smash hit from the singer.

She passed away at the age of 65 at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles.

Her family said that she was battling health issues. During the 1980s and 1990s, Natalie struggled with heroin and crack addiction. She went into rehab after almost losing her young son Robert.

"Natalie fought a fierce, courageous battle, dying how she lived....with dignity, strength, and honor. Our beloved mother, sister will be greatly missed and remain UNFORGETTABLE in our hearts forever."  This was coming from her son Robert Yancy and her sisters Timolin and Casey Cole.

Cole had battled drugs and hepatitits that forced her to undergo a transplant of her kidneys.

Natalie lost her sister Carol who they named "Cookie" when she received a transplant. The brother Nat Kelly died in 1995.

Natalie was inspired by the music of her father. She got into the family business at age 11. She was 15 when her dad died of lung cancer.

She took a road to R&B and smooth jazz. She released her album, "Unforgettable.... With Love" which she dedicated to her dad. She took advantage of some of Nat's lost singles and made them into hits.

Besides "Unforgettable" she also hat "That Sunday That Summer", "Too Young" and "Mona Lisa".

She won six Grammys and sold over 14 million units from that album.

Natalie also took advantage of her acting skills. She appeared as a guest star in Shondra Rhines's Grey's Anatomy. Natalie was a resident of Los Angeles.

World News Today send our condolences to the family of Natalie Cole.

King Louie Survived A Crowning!

Survival of the fittest.... Chicago rapper King Louie survived a shot to his dome.

Chicago rapper Louis King Johnson, Jr. professionally known as King Louie got bucked in his hometown. He was shot seven times. One of them slugs went directly into the side of head.

That shooting happened in the Ashburn neighborhood of Chicago. The rapper was in his ride when out of nowhere some assailant ambushed him. The assailant let the slugs fly.

The rapper had a hospital stay after this. He survived a shot to the head.

Counting his blessing, he said that the violence here gotta stop. He knows he's "marked" for life, but he doesn't want to see others meet fates like this.

"The devil is working overtime, that's my opinion," King Louie said.

Now recovering at home, King Louie says he carries with him bullets still lodged in his body.

"I was shot 7 times. I still have two bullets in my chest and on in my ear/head,” he said.

King Louie had worked with fellow Chicago-rappers Common and Kanye West. He is also known for helping create the term "Chi-Raq," which refers to the violence in Chicago.

King Louie wasn't really keen to Hollywood mocking his city. Spike Lee made the satirical drama "Chi-Raq". Louie didn't appreciate the movie director making fun of the mass shootings in his community. He made a song directed at Spike Lee.

King Louie joined Chicago rappers like Common, Lil Herb, Saba, Tree, Noname Gypsy and more on "Put the Guns Down,"

William Guest Passed Away!

Gladys Knight and The Pips. William Guest on the left passed away.

He was a part of an iconic group. He lived a great life. William Guest the backup singer for Gladys Knight passed away on Christmas Eve. His death hits the news wires and World News Today wants to send our condolences to his family.

Guest was an American R&B/soul singer, best known as a member of Gladys Knight & the Pips.

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, he was Gladys Knight's cousin.

Following his stint with The Pips, he and fellow Pip Edward Patten formed Patten and Guest Productions, and following Patten's death in 2005, he continued to manage artists though the Crew Entertainment company he formed with members of Patten's family.

Guest died on December 24, 2015 of congestive heart failure in Detroit, Michigan, his home for fifty years. He was 74 years old

William Guest.

Gladys Knight & The Pips were an R&B/soul family musical act from Atlanta, Georgia, active from 1953 to 1989. The group was best known for their string of hit singles on Motown's "Soul" record label and Buddah Records from 1967 to 1975, including "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (1967) and "Midnight Train to Georgia" (1973). The longest-lived incarnation of the act featured Gladys Knight on lead vocals, with The Pips, who included her brother Merald "Bubba" Knight and their cousins Edward Patten and William Guest, as backup singers.

Gladys Knight & The Pips are multiple Grammy and American Music Award winners, and are inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1996 and 2001 respectively.

Barack Obama Travels On Your Roads!

Barack Obama gets name recognition.

Conservative are probably outraged that Barack Obama is getting name recognition. It happens to be those tax payer roads that conservatives travel on.

Rivera Beach, Florida decided to end to changed the name of Old Dixie Highway to President Barack Obama Highway.

President Barack Obama Highway has replaced the previous name, which harkens back to the slave-holding South. The move follows a 4-1 city council vote in August to remove the word “Dixie” from all public signage.

Riviera Beach Mayor Thomas Masters, whose city is 66 percent black, spearheaded the effort to name the highway, which at one point intersects with a road named after civil rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr.

There are schools, roads, buildings, and yes animals named after the current 44th President of The United States.

The signs go up and the name will be official at the start of 2016.

East St. Louis, Illinois renamed 4th Avenue after Barack Obama. Off Interstate 55/64, the first officially named road after Barack Obama.

Many of the old Confederate "heroes" are being stripped of their honor. Jefferson Davis, the first and only president of the Confederacy was stripped of his title in New Orleans.

The council removed the Davis and Robert E. Lee memorials from Orleans Parish (of course New Orleans is consolidated-parished).

I used to work with this old lady who hated Obama so much, she would call him everything but the president. I got her so riled up when I said that Barack Obama is half-White. She said that he's always doing thing for Black people and them Mexicans. She hoped someone would attempt to assassinate him.

Thankfully she's no longer working at the job. She got herself fired out the cannon for misconduct.

But I bet you money that if my community decides to name a road after Obama, I bet she wouldn't travel it.

Oh, her name is Dixie. Cue the irony!

Kendrick Lamar: Crown Me!

Music genius. Kendrick Lamar is the king of hip-hop.

It seems like Interscope Records got a success on them, The label that gave you Lady Gaga, Mary J. Blige, Eminem and U2 has another act that on top. Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, is the king of hip-hop right now.

Kendrick Lamar was nominated for 11 Grammy award nominations.

The most important nominations are the Best Album of the year and Best Rap album of the year.

BEST ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Taylor Swift - 1989 (Big Machine Records, LLC)

Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color (ATO Records)

Chris Stapleton - Traveller (Mercury Nashville)

The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness (Warner Bros)

Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly (Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope)
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BEST RAP ALBUM OF THE YEAR.

J. Cole – 2014 Forest Hills Drive (Roc Nation/Dreamville/Columbia)

Dr. Dre - Compton (Aftermath Entertainment)

Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late (Young Money/OVO/Cash Money Records)

Nicki Minaj - The Pinkprint (Young Money/Cash Money Records)

Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly (Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope)

The Compton based rapper has seen his stock soar this year. He got the top album of the year nomination. To Pimp a Butterfly is an instant smash.

To Pimp a Butterfly is a classic. 

To Pimp a Butterfly was released to the iTunes Store and Spotify a week earlier than scheduled. It debuted atop the Billboard 200 and received widespread acclaim from critics, who praised its musical scope and the social relevance of Lamar's lyrics. By July 2015, the album had sold 642,000 copies in the United States.

World News Today wants to congratulate Kendrick Lamar on winning the most nominations.

The Feds Search For A Loot Stooge!

Someone pulled a b-move on a security company. The feds are searching for a suspect who managed to walk off with $500,000. The suspect came in without a weapon and not a scratch on him.

The feds are looking for the suspect involved in the robbery of an armored truck outside a Detroit casino. The suspect allegedly wore the same gear that the driver was wearing.

The robbery happened in the Greektown neighborhood. The Greektown Casino is located smack dead in the area.

The security guard who operated the truck is certainly going to be fired out the cannon. He will be under federal watch until they can prove that he wasn't an inside man.

The guard said that he was ordered to open the armored truck. The suspect grab the loot and disappeared. The law said that the suspect didn't appear to have a getaway ride in the area.

The truck wasn't supposed to be at the casino. There wasn't a scheduled pickup or drop off.

The suspect got away with over $500K.

I seriously doubt the suspect traveled across the Detroit River to escape the feds. The city of Detroit borders the U.S.-Canadian border.

Loomis will be doing some changes to the policies.

The suspect is described as a black male wearing a Loomis Armored security guard shirt.

A source familiar with the case said the security guard of the armored vehicle thought the thief was a coworker because he was wearing a uniform shirt.

FBI media spokeswoman Jill Washburn said the FBI is investigating, but she declined further comment, citing agency policy.

Something doesn't smell right! To me it smells like an inside job!

Don't you need a badge before you approach an armored truck?

Second don't you have to fill out paper work?

Did the security guard call his supervisor?

Since there was no delivery or pickup, why did the security guard come to the Greektown Casino?

The feds are getting to the bottom of this. That requires the surveillance cameras around the facility, the streets and local businesses.

Somehow you can't just take $500K and not be noticed!

Papa Smurf Admits He's No Gangsta!

Carson defends his past. Can't figure out his present. 

You know what pisses me off. Conservatives continue to say Obama instead of properly naming him as President Barack Obama or the president. They refer to the retired neurosurgeon Benjamin Carson as "Dr. Ben Carson".

They show no respect towards the president. They are so obsessed with saying his last name to gin up concern trolls and kookspiracy theorists about his race, his birthplace and his religion. The "Commie Muslim Obummer" is ruining the country. They say that the president is the biggest "divider-and-chief" when it comes to race relations.

These clowns turn around and say we're not racist, "We love Dr. Ben Carson". When Black leaders and celebrities slam Carson for being a fucking clown, conservatives say that Blacks and "liberals" are racist.

They will say that Black people will never get off the "Democrat Plantation". Blacks will never vote for "a Black Republican" and we're focused solely on the fact that he's a successful Republican.

The front runner is pissed that the junk food media is focusing on his past. He believes that the junk food media is focused on "gotcha moments".

The junk food media has questioned his accounts of these events.

• The story about being in a Baltimore Popeye's and the robber came in.
• The story about nearly hitting his mother with a hammer.
• The story about not working or promoting Mannatech, a diet supplemental company.
• The story about nearly stabbing a friend with a knife.

We have the junk food media pulling him out of the spotlight for a second. The Carson campaign admits that he fabricated a focal point of his life.

In the book Gifted Hands, the hit autobiography from Carson, there's a point where he describes he met the four star general at the time William Westmoreland. He said that he rejected a scholarship to go to West Point to become a doctor. He said that he met the famed general in Detroit.

The Politico and CNN blew that assertion out of the water. The Politico wrote that Carson's details were shaky. The general was in Washington, DC playing tennis. He wasn't in Carson's hometown o Detroit.

West Point, however, has no record of Carson applying, much less being extended admission.

"In 1969, those who would have completed the entire process would have received their acceptance letters from the Army Adjutant General," said Theresa Brinkerhoff, a spokeswoman for the academy. She said West Point has no records that indicate Carson even began the application process. "If he chose to pursue (the application process) then we would have records indicating such," she said.
When presented with this evidence, Carson’s campaign conceded the story was false.

"Dr. Carson was the top ROTC student in the City of Detroit," campaign manager Barry Bennett wrote in an email to POLITICO. "In that role he was invited to meet General Westmoreland. He believes it was at a banquet. He can’t remember with specificity their brief conversation but it centered around Dr. Carson’s performance as ROTC City Executive Officer."

This admission comes as serious questions about other points of fact in Carson's personal narrative are questioned, including the seminal episode in which he claimed to have attempted to stab a close friend. Similarly, details have emerged that cast doubt on the nature of Carson's encounter with one of the most prominent military men of that era.

Carson got angry. He said that the media is trying to "take him out". He also went into the Hillary Clinton campaign.

Carson told the junk food media to focus on Benghazi. He believes that she is the real "liar" running for the White House.

Larry Lessig Is The Odd Man Out!

Harvard professor Lawrence Lessig ends his presidential run.

Now the Democrats have three candidates.

Harvard professor Larry Lessig bows out. He wanted to take big money out of these elections. Lessig believes that the junk food media wasn't taking his candidacy seriously.

By him bowing out of the race, it leaves Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Hillary Clinton and Martin O'Malley.

Clinton is leading in most polls. Bernie is catching up. O'Malley is still a blip on the radar.

Lessig is likely going to endorse a Green Party candidate. He, Jim Webb and Lincoln Chafee are pretty upset with Democratic National Party leader Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL) and co-chair Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI).

The two lawmakers are feuding over the direction of the party.

Lessig believes that the Democrats are totally fucked up. They banned him from the debates. Even though he ranked at 1.3% in the national polls, the DNC says that he's not qualified.

I am guessing that he'll avoid endorsing the candidates. I am certain that he'll throw his chips into the Green Party and their possible candidate Dr. Jill Stein.

What Happened To Daven Guilford?

The tragic death of unarmed teen Deven Guilford has gotten the junk food media's attention.

If it wasn't for #BlackLivesMatter you would have never heard of the tragic death of Deven Gulford.

Deven Guilford was a teen from Michigan who was on his way to see his girlfriend. He was driving on the road allegedly with his bright lights on.

Deven observed Eaton County sheriff Jonathon Frost with his high beams on. Deven flashed his high beams on and it caught the attention of Frost.

So Frost would eventually pull over Deven. The interaction between the two would end up becoming a deadly encounter. Deven was shot and killed after a traffic stop and a struggle with the deputy who made the stop.

The shooting which was captured on film shows that Deven was questioning why he was being stopped and detained. He also informed the officer he had no weapon and he was filming the officer.

Michigan sheriff's deputy Jonathan Frost

Deven has been very concern about law enforcement violating civil liberties. Like many, some believe those in law enforcement violate the rights of the motorists. They try to find ways to search a person's vehicle without a warrant. The law will concoct a story claiming you violated a traffic law.

Sometimes police-citizen interactions will result in a warning or citation. Other times, it may merit an arrest or use of deadly force.

CNN reports that Guilford had just dropped his brother off at a church and was driving to his girlfriend's house in the town of Mulliken, according to an account of the stop from the county prosecutor's office.

Frost pulled the teen over and turned on his body camera before exiting his vehicle, multiple accounts of the traffic stop show.

"I couldn't see," Guilford says to Frost, as recorded on the body camera, complaining to the officer that the headlights of his vehicle -- a new SUV, according to the complaint and report -- were shining in his eyes.

"I didn't have them on," Frost responds, meaning his high beams. He asks the teen for his license and registration.

Guilford persists, and Frost continues to deny his high beams were on, asking more times for the driver's license. Their argument escalates.

Frost radios for backup as Guilford continues to refuse to produce his identification. Guilford makes a phone call and begins to record the interaction on his own cell phone camera. Guilford admits he does not have his license after Frost asks for it a sixth time. Frost wrests open the driver's door and points a Taser at Guilford, telling him to get on the ground to be detained.

Frost later writes in a narrative account of the stop submitted as part of the police incident report that he thought that in light of Guilford's challenges, the teen may have calling in reinforcements from a local "sovereign citizen or militia movement." The prosecuting attorney's report references a recent police bulletin that warned officers about such threats.

Guilford lowers slowly and reluctantly to the ground. Frost screams for him to lie down with his hands on his side. Guilford continues to film the scene and struggles from the asphalt next to his car.

Guilford, shown on Frost's body camera with his elbows propping him up on the side of the highway, his cell phone in his right hand, says, "This is what American--"

Frost grabs his phone and throws it feet away on the ground.

"You can't do that!" the teen cries, getting up.

The law releases injuries of Frost to justify deadly encounter with Deven Guilford. It looks like the Taser barb ricocheted on his face. 

"Get your hands behind your back. You're under arrest," the officer shouts back.

Frost discharges his Taser into Guilford's back.

The Taser was shot too close to its target and didn't administer a full shock, the report by the county prosecutor later noted. Instead of being incapacitated, Guilford leaps up angrily.

Basically what I believe is the Taser ricocheted into the face of Frost. Guilford didn't attack him. He got up and tried to move away from the Taser barb. That's when Frost drew his service weapon.

Only audio recorded on the body camera, and from Guilford's cell phone still recording on the ground nearby, captures what happens in the next 13 to 14 seconds: Heavy breathing, thumping noises, seven gun shots, and a scream.

Of course, Frost walks after the grand jury believed that he used justified deadly force. The bag 'em ups said that Deven had traces of marijuana and alcohol in his blood. The usual smear tactics created by the law enforcement to say that the deadly encounter was justified.

Body camera on Frost showed Deven on the ground recording him. Frost kicks his phone and then the encounter.

They said that Deven refused to issue his license. He forgot his license at his girlfriend's house. The officer could have asked for social security and address for verification.

It's a damn shame. The family has filed a federal lawsuit against the Eaton County prosecutor, the sheriff's department, and Frost.

A Facebook group called "Justice for Deven Guilford," run by the family, is verdant with posts of support and pictures of the blond, ruddy-faced teenager.

Guilford's then-girlfriend, identified in his obituary as Brittany Patterson, wrote in the group in August: "Being someone's first love may be great, but to be their last is beyond PERFECT. It would of been 3 years this month."

On that cold night in February, Patterson arrived at the scene of the traffic stop shortly after Guilford was shot, the prosecutor's report said.

It was Patterson's car that Guilford had been driving to her house. It was she that he had called in the middle of the traffic stop, and she'd picked up only to hear what sounded like "someone was running or out of breath" the report said.

She had brought Guilford's wallet and driver's license, the report said. He had left them at her house.

World News Today send our condolences to Deven Guilford.

A "Good Gal" With A Gun Tries To Stop A "Bad Guy" Minus The Gun!

The good guy with a gun argument was thrown out the window when a woman took a theft situation into her own hands.

Auburn Hills, Michigan police are determining whether a woman may face charges for intervening in a shoplifting at a Detroit-area Home Depot. She observed the loss prevention detective try to stop two shoplifters from exiting the store. She has a concealed carry license.

When the shoplifter and his getaway driver got into their vehicle, the woman pulled out her piece and shot at the tires. The shoplifters weren't armed and they didn't hurt anyone in their theft of products.

They took off with over $1,000 worth of power tools. They're still at large.

Gun training experts say that if you're not in immediate danger, its recommended that you don't use a firearm in the public. The purpose of being a concealed carry holder is to be concealed until it's proven that a threat has occurred and the need to use a firearm is necessary.

Woman using a conceal carry purse.

“It’s my worst nightmare as a [concealed pistol license] instructor,” Doreen Hankins told the Detroit Free Press. “You have to know the entire situation before you pull that handgun out. And I don’t see that a shoplifter at Home Depot fills any of those criteria.”

Hankins and other firearms instructors told the newspaper that concealed weapon license holders should only pull their guns if someone is in imminent danger of death or serious injury, including a sexual assault. Those who draw their pieces too quickly and frivolously fire at people can face serious felony charges, from the reckless use of a firearm to assault.

All three instructors agreed the woman had overreacted.

“In that situation personally, there’s no way I would be shooting my gun,” Dawn Martin, another instructor, told the Free Press.

“None of it makes sense,” Hankins said. “Even if it were law enforcement, they wouldn’t do that.”

“You are not a police officer,” she added, referring to concealed gun license holders. “You are not a person out there protecting the public at large.”

Yet, that is how Americans increasingly see things.

Since the 2012 Newtown, Conn., massacre of 26 people, including 20 school children, the percentage of Americans who think gun ownership could “protect people from becoming victims of crime” has gone up by nine points, according to a 2014 Pew Research Poll.

All units are clear of the Home Depot. The business remained open during the incident as the incident was isolated to...
Posted by Auburn Hills Police Department on Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Many in law enforcement recommend that you don't intervene in a theft situation.

The shoplifters could have been armed.

A spokesman for the Auburn Hills Police Department told The Post that police had met with prosecutors on Wednesday to discuss the issue, but had not yet announced a decision.

Even some Second Amendment enthusiasts conceded that the woman had made concealed-carry permit holders look bad, although they argued she was an exception that should be dealt with as such.

If Fixing Stupid Was An Easy Thing!

You can't fix stupid. Woman got busted riding the back of a sea turtle, an endangered species. The woman and her friend posted their romp on social media.

Two issues that happened over the weekend. Two you can't fix stupid stories for you.

They both involved humans and nature.

Two women thought it would be cool to sit on the back of a sea turtle at a Florida beach. A great night of drinking led to them spotting this turtle on the beach.

Oh, cool! Let's get a picture of it. No crime.

Let's sit on the turtle's back! Let's share that picture on social media. Let's share a real laugh riot!

Well it turns out some of their friends didn't think it funny! The reposted on social media and the law got tipped off. Well their night of fun turned out to be a MAJOR CRIME.

For you see, the women were unaware that sea turtles are threatened species and under federal law, if you are messing with the habitat of the animal, you WILL get arrested.

Brown recluse spiders are one of the most dangerous in the world. The spiders inflict a painless bite that could be deadly. 

Stephanie Marie Moore had been wanted on a felony warrant since July for the "possession, disturbance, mutilation, destruction, selling, transference, molestation, and harassment of marine turtles, nests or eggs."

"People can live and play on important sea turtle nesting beaches without significantly affecting nesting success," it says on the conservancy's website. "But it requires a well informed public that is committed to behaving in a manner that doesn't harm nesting turtles or their nests."

Perhaps that is why the Snapchat photos were received so poorly and caused such an outrage, and why Hart said that "eventually, multiple complaints (about the photos) were forwarded to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission."

Moore and another woman took the pictures, police said. That person has not been identified.

Moore was being held on a $2,000 bond in the Brevard County Jail.

It was not clear Saturday whether she had retained a defense attorney, and multiple messages left for family members were not returned.

Man tried to kill spider with a lighter at a gas pump.

Another incident involved a man who had a fear of spiders. This man was a local Mobil gas station in Detroit. He saw the spider on the gas pump. He decides to grab a lighter out of his car and try to burn it off.

Turns out that he didn't think gasoline was combustible and flammable.

The gas station attendants quickly hit the emergency stop button. The man used the fire extinguisher to put out the fire. The man got a few mild burns. He managed to escape serious injury.

I mean his ride was burned. The pump was burned. The gas station will sue him for property damage.

He at first tried to blame the gas station for the fire. But when he was caught on camera using a lighter near his ride, he would admit he fucked up!

He claims that he didn't think that his lighter would cause such a mess. I mean he hated spiders.

These are examples of human ignorance.

 Any thoughts on how to fix stupid?

Dearborn Cop Insults Woman For Having HIV!

Dearborn police doing damage control after one of the officer screwed up.

Dearborn Police had to owe up to a woman. After a routine pull over in the Detroit suburb, the officer was disrespectful to the motorist. She didn't have a license and held a medical marijuana license.

She was being treated for the HIV virus. The officer freaked out when he searched her vehicle for contraband.

She was cited for driving without a license. It got worse when she was insulted by the officer who felt it was his duty to shame her about her health status.

The Raw Story reports Shalandra Jones, who sued after a Dearborn, Michigan, police officer asked if she had HIV, has settled with the city for $40,000, the city and her attorney announced Tuesday.

Jones was in a car that was pulled over for a routine traffic stop in January 2014 and questioned by police officer David Lacey for having marijuana in the car, as first reported by the Detroit Free Press. Jones had a medical marijuana card as part of her HIV treatment, though the card had expired at the time of the incident.

Detroit area woman sues Dearborn Police for harassment.

The police officer asked if either the driver or Jones had any diseases while searching through Jones’s purse. Her companion said Jones has HIV. “She’s got earrings and shit I’m touching, and I don’t want to get anything,” Lacey said on a video recorded by his dash camera. “That might be something you want to tell a cop,” he said to the driver. Lacey then compared Jones to “drug addicts” who use needles to inject drugs.

Of course, if you're not affiliated with the criminal behavior, you can tell an officer not to search your vehicle or reveal your status unless given by a court order.

The deadly disease isn't gone. HIV cases have actually grown in the past three years. It's mostly due to the heroin epidemic and denial of the disease.

HIV is spread through sexual contact, sharing needles and breastmilk to children. Blood transfusions are limited. HIV if left untreated can become AIDS. HIV is not a death sentence. HIV cannot be cured but it can be treated. You can live a healthy life with the disease.

HIV is spread through anal, vagina and oral contact. Oral sex is oftentimes looked as null. But if not rarely, a person can catch contact from a person carrying if the person has blood or semen infected with the disease.

It's a dangerous disease that I hope I never get. I usually get tested every six months because like most men, we're sexually active. I normally wear condoms whenever I have sex with a woman. Often times, I've been reckless.

Many of the victims of HIV are usually unaware of the disease. Some practice in unprotected vaginal or anal sex. Some may share hypodermic needles without properly cleaning them.

Some are aware of the disease and they don't care. They rather punish others for their failures. Those who do that are often associated with the stroll and they're willing to put your life and their life at risk for contact.

These are the ones who carry the disease. These are the ones who may end up getting me and you!

World News Today wishes Shalandra Jones well on her journey.

Infinite Possibilities!

Eminem.

There's talk about Eminem reissuing his rare debut album Infinite.

Infinite is raw uncut and underground Detroit hip-hop. 

Eminem, basically known as M&M at the time release his debut album out the trunk of his car. 

The album is hard to find (unless you get it off the torrents). The album is just a cassette tape.

The album had 11 tracks. It is a decent album. Raw hip-hop. Em wanted to make the album "radio friendly" and try to push it into Detroit radio stations. He couldn't make a break because he was a White rapper.

Before he signed to Interscope and became the world's best rapper, Eminem was Marshall Bruce Mathers III, a struggling single parent trying to find a place.

In 1996. Em was working a fast food joint in Detroit and doing freestyle rapping on the side. He decided to use his skills as a lyricist and save enough of his paychecks to release an album.  He teamed up with the Bass Brothers and Denaun Porter (aka Mr. Porter/Kon Artis) to release the raw Em.

Em cites the album's influence to AZ, a Queens based rapper who told stories about the struggle. The album received mixed reviews. Many said while his style was true, it wasn't unique. 

Rare album may be released this year.

Em would recruit his friend Paul Rosenberg who was working at Goliath Artists to help him get his music out into the mainstream.

So he would release The Slim Shady EP and that ended up landing in Jimmy Iovine's office.

Iovine wanted to create a superstar. He asked Dr. Dre if he was interested in working with Eminem.

The good doctor said "let get to work!." 

Eminem would sign to Aftermath in 1998 and release the commercial debut The Slim Shady LP in 1999. That album would sell 8 million copies and launched his career as one of the most famous rappers in the genre. 

And of course, his legacy as the greatest rapper comes with controversy. Many critics think Em's lyrics encouraged drug use and criminal deviancy. Some complained that his lyrics were homophobic, sexist, misogynistic, anti-cop, anti-establishment. Even some rappers were concerned that his music destroys hip-hop. 

Em ignored the critics and kept the music going. And for that he's earned that success. 

Denaun Porter was on a radio show recently. This interview with “The Cypher,” Porter was asked about whether the album will ever be re-released.The only thing that stops the release is the ongoing feud with his former record label. 

“That might have a lot to do with the Bass Brothers,” Porter said, citing Mark and Jeff Bass who released the effort through their Web Entertainment imprint in the mid-’90s. “If they were to release that right now, they would have to pay me a grip. I got screwed around way early messing around with them dudes. I don’t know what they’re doing right now, but it seems like it’s something that should happen.”

While Porter said he’d be down for a reissue, he also explained that he’d prefer if Em’s manager, lawyer and friend Paul Rosenberg handled it.

WEB Entertainment still owns the rights to most of Eminem's albums and they are the ones who can clear Infinite for a full release.

“Paul is more creative when it comes to how to do that sh-t,” he explained. “If [the Bass Brothers] did it themselves, they would have to do it in a special way because that’s a special project. For whatever reason, a lot of these younger kids, I think they gravitate towards that retro sound. It was a dope album.”

If you're interested in more Em, don't forget to get the soundtrack to the movie Southpaw. It is executive produced by Eminem and it's released on Shady/Interscope.

Also The Marshall Mathers LP 2 is out on Aftermath/Shady/WEB Entertainment/Interscope.

Have you heard Infinite?

John Felton: [Dayton Police] Profile Black Motorists!

Detroit motorist got razzed by the law.

The folks over at Mediaite happened to pick up on a story that happened in this rust belt city that I call home. There was a case of profiling by the law of a motorist.

Dayton Daily News also noted that the Dayton Police offered a response to the motorist.

John Felton was in my city. He was originally a resident from Dayton but would move to the Detroit metro area. He would film one of Dayton officers pulling him over.

This officer followed him for two miles before he was pulling over.

John whips out the camera phone. The officer approaches his vehicle and told him of his infraction.

The infraction was a turn signal violation. John knew this was happening. He said that the officer followed him because he had Michigan license plates. 

The officer returns back and tells him he had a warning for the infraction. Of course, John wasn't pleased about the pull over in the first place. He asked why was the officer following him for that long of a distance before a pull over was engaged. 

The officer basically said that John "made suspicious eye contact" and he didn't want to argue with him. The officer said that he can reissue a citation for the encounter. Told him to move along or be cited. 

John like most Americans was shocked about the encounter. Given that he mentioned the tragic situation in Texas with Sandra Bland. He noted that he didn't want to end up like many Black motorists in police custody.

So he posted the video to the social media and also reported the officer to his superiors. 

The Dayton police said the traffic infraction was verified by the video, but “making direct eye contact with an officer is not a basis for a traffic stop.”

The department said Felton has agreed to a conversation with the officer, facilitated by the Dayton Mediation Center.

“This will allow Mr. Felton and the officer to discuss the specifics of the incident,” the department said.

Routine pull over.

The department, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office and the Ohio State Highway Patrol were conducted Safe Communities Through Aggressive Traffic Enforcement.

SCATE is an initiative that is aimed at decreasing OVI-related fatalities and injuries in the city of Dayton. So according to the law, they were doing spot it, stop it! Yeah, that's their excuse.

Again, the law can lie when they do a pull over. They can lie when they issue a citation. They can lie when they use their firearm in deadly force. They can lie when the suspect is killed while in custody.

They can use the media to paint the suspect as a "no good thug" while the officer is a "dedicated" public servant.

Usually getting pulled over by police does involve a minor infraction.

I've explained in earlier year, I had been profiled by the law too. 

Their excuse is failure to signal at 100 feet. There is an ordinance. But oftentimes that's the most usual excuse for an officer to search your vehicle without justification. 

Montgomery County Sheriff and the Dayton Police usually pull this of bullshit. I've been profiled three times this year. The first encounter was explained in a posting. The second encounter involved two officers who are in the freezer after they killed a motorist they claimed had a gun and pointed at them. These encounters involved the Harrison Township branch of the Montgomery County Sheriff.

The third time was back in June. This happened in the South (formerly third) district of Dayton Police.

I've been followed for four miles by an officer. I was on the main road called Third Street in the Roosevelt-Westwood neighborhood. I had some minor front end damage to the vehicle. It was 2:00 am. I was at an intersection near this road called James H. McGee Boulevard. The officer was turned left from that road. I took one look at him turn. Didn't think much of it. So as I move down the road, I see these bright lights 1/2 mile back. These bright lights were racing down Third Street. I figured that the officer did the U-turn and decided to pursue suspicion. So I was experimenting. I was about to whip out my camera phone and record the whole encounter. I decided to wait patiently for an encounter. 

I'm filming this encounter.

I decided to turn on this road called Edwin Moses Boulevard. I traveled down towards Fifth Street. I turn left and head towards downtown. I look in the back of my mirror seeing that the officer didn't follow me. So everything was fine for a moment. I was close to Sinclair Community College when I was heading towards the highway. I was at a stop light. I saw the officer drive pass.

So I decided to turn left and proceed towards the highway. About two blocks later, the officer was making a pit stop at the Chaminade-Julienne High School student parking lot.  As I passed him by, he pulls out towards the road. He decides to follow once again. I was waiting for the lights to activate. 

As I proceed towards the highway, I signaled and turned. He turned and passed me by. 

He literally followed me almost til I've gotten towards downtown. I was about to start recording the interaction. I was hoping he was going to prepare for a traffic pull over. 

And like the motorist in this posting, I've felt that the officer had an intention to harass. 

Now again, Black Lives Matter is often featured in the news. The activists are protesting for police reform and accountability. In the wake of this past week's tragic shootings, many in law enforcement blame the protesters for officer involved killings. They use their megaphone by which is the junk food media to put the Black Lives Matters activist on blast. The political agitators to stir the pot even more by trying to denounce the group as paid agitators and extremists.

I do not belong to any groups. I speak for myself and I don't have to be an activist. But I can sympathize with the Black Lives Matter movement. Enough is enough. Time to end police brutality and racial profiling. Hold them accountable for their actions.

It seems like an eye for an eye. The police won't rat out their bad officers. It goes hand and hand with the Black community refusing to rat out their bad residents responsible for criminal acts.

All this concern trolling about Black-on-Whatever crime is not helpful either. In the wake of the shooting of Texas deputy Darren Goforth, the law plays the Blame Game on activists instead of the suspect.

The suspect deserves ALL THE BLAME. No one inspired him to do a criminal act but him.

John Felton followed the rules right. He had a right to film police officers. He had a right to question why he was being pulled over by the law. That officer's conduct was out of line. John had a right to not consent to a search of his vehicle, home or property.

Hopefully this mediation will teach the officer how to avoid confrontations (at least when he's filmed by citizens).

Darryl "Chocolate Thunder" Dawkins Passed Away!

The famed Chocolate Thunder, Darryl Dawkins passed away.

The legend of Chocolate Thunder. The famed dunking center would often break the glass when he done them dunks. He earned the name from R&B legend Stevie Wonder.

The name stuck, and the rim-wrecking, glass-shattering dunks remain unforgettable — as will the giant of a man who changed the game with them. Darryl Dawkins died Thursday at a hospital in Allentown, Pennsylvania, according to the Lehigh County coroner's office. He was 58, and even though officials said an autopsy would be performed on Friday his family released a statement saying the cause of death was a heart attack.

"Darryl touched the hearts and spirits of so many with his big smile and personality, ferocious dunks, but more than anything, his huge, loving heart," his family said. "His family, wife Janice, children Dara, Tabitha, Nicholas and Alexis, along with countless family, friends, and fans, all mourn his loss.

"More than anything Darryl accomplished in his basketball career as the inimitable 'Chocolate Thunder,' he was most proud of his role and responsibility as a husband and father," his family added.

Dawkins, the first player to go from high school into the first round of the NBA draft, spent parts of 14 seasons in the NBA with Philadelphia, New Jersey, Utah and Detroit. He averaged 12 points and 6.1 rebounds in 726 career regular-season games.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Dawkins was "beloved around the league."

He was a beloved player said NBA commissioner Adam Silver.

"The NBA family is heartbroken by the sudden and tragic passing of Darryl Dawkins," Silver said. "We will always remember Darryl for his incredible talent, his infectious enthusiasm and his boundless generosity. He played the game with passion, integrity and joy, never forgetting how great an influence he had on his legions of fans, young and old."

Dawkins was, by any measure, a character. His love for the game was unquestioned and unwavering — he appeared at an 76ers alumni event earlier this month and recently posted a photo to his Twitter account of him coaching a summer-league girls team.

Dawkins was as revered off the court as he was on it. He remained enormously popular after his playing days were done, even during his stint as a member of the Harlem Globetrotters. He would name his dunks — the "look out below," the "yo-mama" and the "rim wrecker" among them — and often boasted that he hailed from the "Planet Lovetron."

In actuality, he was born and raised in Orlando, Florida, growing up impoverished with dreams of giving his mother and grandmother better lives.

"A great man, entertainer, athlete and ferocious dunker," former NBA guard Kevin Johnson wrote on Twitter. "He will be missed but not forgotten."

Injuries plagued Dawkins late in his NBA career, and he went overseas for several more years to play in the Italian league. He also briefly had stints in the Continental Basketball Association and the International Basketball Association. He also coached at times, at both the minor-league and junior-college levels.

He averaged double digits in nine consecutive NBA seasons, with his best year likely being the 1983-84 campaign for New Jersey. He averaged a career-best 16.8 points that year, with only foul trouble — 386 that season, still a league record — holding him back.

"Darryl Dawkins is the father of power dunking," Shaquille O'Neal once said. "I'm just one of his sons."

Many across the country expressed their thoughts to a great legend. World News Today send our condolences to the family of Darryl "Chocolate Thunder" Dawkins.

Jared Owes Up!

Television personality Jared Fogle heading to federal time out!

Okay the partisan are now trying to say that the Subway Guy is........!

We all agree that he's a washed up celebrity and now avowed sexual predator. He got the label after he admitted to harboring child porn and having sexual encounters with minors.

The former Subway spokesperson Jared Fogle just got the hammer, the nails and the board.

The celebrity now admits to having affairs with 14 young minors (girls and boys). He was ordered to pay up $1.4 million in restitution to each victim. That is the highest amount ever awarded to a victim of a sexual assault.

Jared lost his wife. This will be his second divorce. His wife Katie announced that it's over and she's taking the boys and the house. Out of the $20 million, Jared made, Katie will take what's left.

Jared lost his "black card" for Subway. He was fired out the cannon and the fast food giant scrubbed everything twice. No mentions of Jared. All Subway ads featuring him are removed.

Jared must register as a sexual offender for LIFE. He will head to federal time out in the coming weeks. It's concluded that a federal time out will last for five to 15 years. Under a plea deal, I am guessing at least five at the minimum.

Jared will have monitored counseling and restricted access to digital devices. Right now he is out on his own recognizance. He lost his passport. He can't travel without approval. He had his electronics with internet access and firearms seized. He's probably on suicide watch.

The partisans want to tie him to President Barack Obama and then president George W. Bush.

It's not Obama or Bush's fault for Jared's behavior. They were shocked as many others! It's a good thing that Loretta Lynch and the U.S. Justice Department were on this. He would have gotten away with it. Matter of fact, he would still be doing it regardless of what ounce of remorse he claims he has towards his victims. He now has remorse now that he's gotten caught by the law.

Who took him down was a former friend who tips the feds with creepy stories of Jared bagging him some fresh.

Rochelle Herman-Walrond couldn’t believe what the world-famous Subway spokesman was telling her.

Herman-Walrond, a former journalist in Florida, became acquaintances with Jared Fogle – then a popular pitchman after his dramatic weight loss on the “Subway Diet” – about 10 years ago. The so-called Subway Guy regularly traveled for events and promotions related to healthy living.

But during one of Fogle’s trips to Florida, she says, Fogle spoke to her about his sexual inclinations, his attraction to minors.

Herman-Walrond reported the conversation to authorities.

Herman-Walrond says additional conversations with Fogle followed over the course of four years, as she served as an informant, wearing a wire.

“He would tell me the ages he was interested, boy or girl,” she told ABC News. “He indicated the fact that he has done it before and told me in gross detail what transpired.”

While the FBI has not confirmed Herman-Walrond’s account, court documents mention that witnesses in Florida, Georgia and Washington recorded conversations with Fogle regarding his desire to engage in sex acts with minors.





I am just shocked.

I got a less creepy picture! Thanks for the hospitality @thejaredfogle #gopats! pic.twitter.com/yEVBnaze08

— HunterNoelle (@goodwillhunty) January 18, 2015

Matter of fact, I'm not surprised.

I guess the meaning of "Eat Fresh" means going for the young girls and boys.

The end of a career for a man who started off as a hero to so many people bullied by weight. Now the weight of celebrity drove him to commit acts of sexual offenses to the very people he tried to inspire.

Damn what the neighbors do!

Louis Stokes Passed Away!

Former U.S. Rep. Louis Stokes passed away.

The city of Cleveland lost a fighter. Louis Stokes passed away today. His family confirms that the former 15 term lawmaker died in his hometown after a lengthy fight with brain and lung cancer.

He was 90 years old.

World News Today send our condolences to the family of Louis Stokes.

Born in Cleveland, Stokes and his brother Carl B. Stokes lived in one of the first federally funded housing projects, the Outhwaite Homes. Louis attended Central High School. Stokes served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946. After attending Western Reserve University and Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Stokes began practicing law in Cleveland in 1953.

Stokes argued the seminal "stop and frisk" case of Terry v. Ohio before the United States Supreme Court in 1968. Later in 1968, he was elected to the House, representing the 21st District of Ohio on Cleveland's East Side. He shifted to the newly created 11th District, covering much of the same area following a 1992 redistricting. Stokes served 30 years in total, retiring in 1999.

Cleveland dedicate a portion of their city to Mr. Stokes.