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Kidd Creole, Member of Pioneering Rap Group, Is Convicted in 2017 Killing
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A Bronx man finest generally known as a founding member of the pioneering rap group Grandmaster Flash and the Livid 5 was convicted of manslaughter on Wednesday within the deadly stabbing of a homeless man on a Midtown Manhattan sidewalk 5 years in the past.
The person, Nathaniel Glover, who carried out beneath the identify Kidd Creole, was discovered responsible after a trial by which prosecutors described to the jury how, whereas on his approach to work in August 2017, Mr. Glover had killed the homeless man, John Jolly, 55, throughout an argument on East forty third Road.
The episode started as Mr. Glover handed Mr. Jolly on the road and the 2 exchanged phrases, in keeping with prosecutors. Mr. Glover turned, approached Mr. Jolly and met him chest to chest earlier than stabbing him twice within the torso with a steak knife, prosecutors stated.
After a bunch of vacationers discovered Mr. Jolly crumpled on the bottom, he was taken to a hospital, the place he died on account of the stab wounds, prosecutors stated. Mr. Glover rushed two blocks to the place he was working on the time, modified his garments and cleaned the knife in a sink, prosecutors stated.
About quarter-hour later, prosecutors stated, Mr. Glover left his office, obtained on the subway and dumped the knife in a sewer close to a Bronx subway station, the place it was later discovered by the police. He was arrested the following day.
“Nathaniel Glover dedicated a stunning act of violence,” Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district legal professional, stated in a press release. “This conviction makes clear my workplace will maintain individuals who commit violent crime accountable to the complete extent of the regulation.”
Mr. Glover’s lawyer, Scottie Celestin, didn’t instantly reply to a request for touch upon the decision.
On the time of Mr. Glover’s arrest, the authorities stated the lethal encounter, which was captured on safety video, had begun as a result of Mr. Glover believed Mr. Jolly was making a sexual advance when he stated, “What’s up?” as Mr. Glover handed him. Mr. Glover, prosecutors stated, believed the remark indicated that Mr. Jolly thought he was homosexual.
Mr. Glover, beneath his stage identify, was among the many members of Grandmaster Flash and the Livid 5 who have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame in 2007 — the primary rap group to realize that distinction.
The group is taken into account among the many most influential of hip-hop’s early practitioners. Their 1982 track “The Message” is among the first within the style to have addressed social points, describing the difficulties of being poor and dwelling within the ghetto. It has lengthy been considered one in every of hip-hop’s best compositions and has had a serious impression on generations of artists that adopted.
Mr. Glover, 61, is scheduled to be sentenced on Might 4.
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New York
Trump Tries to Move Hush-Money Case to Federal Court Before Sentencing
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Former President Donald J. Trump sought to move his Manhattan criminal case into federal court on Thursday, filing the unusual request three months after he was convicted in state court.
The long-shot bid marks Mr. Trump’s latest effort to stave off his sentencing in state court in his hush-money trial, in which he was convicted of falsifying records to cover up a sex scandal.
He is scheduled to receive his punishment on Sept. 18, just seven weeks before Election Day, when he will square off against Vice President Kamala Harris for the presidency.
“The ongoing proceedings will continue to cause direct and irreparable harm to President Trump — the leading candidate in the 2024 presidential election — and voters located far beyond Manhattan,” Mr. Trump’s lawyers, Todd Blanche and Emil Bove, wrote in the filing.
Their filing came even as the Trump legal team is awaiting the result of a separate effort to postpone the sentencing; it opened a second front that could complicate the first.
On Aug. 15, Mr. Trump asked the state court judge who presided over the trial, Juan M. Merchan, to delay the sentencing until after Election Day. Mr. Trump’s lawyers argued that they needed more time to challenge his conviction on the basis of a recent Supreme Court ruling granting presidents broad immunity for official acts.
The Manhattan district attorney’s office, which won the conviction of Mr. Trump on May 30, has argued that the Supreme Court’s ruling has “no bearing” on their case, which centers on Mr. Trump’s cover- up of a sex scandal involving a porn star. But the Manhattan prosecutors deferred to the judge on whether to delay the sentencing, leaving the door open for Justice Merchan to punt until after the election.
Justice Merchan was expected to rule on the delay request next week, and it is unclear whether Mr. Trump’s federal petition would disrupt that. In the federal filing, the former president’s lawyers asked a judge to find that Justice Merchan was barred by law from sentencing Mr. Trump while their attempt to move the case was underway.
It seemed possible that effort might backfire. If the federal judge does not grant the lawyers’ request, they will have further alienated Justice Merchan as he prepares to sentence their client. Mr. Trump faces up to four years in prison, though he could receive a shorter sentence, or merely probation.
There are signs the federal judge might be skeptical. Mr. Trump already tried — and failed — to move the case to federal court. Last year, soon after the former president was indicted, he asked the same federal judge to remove the case from Justice Merchan, arguing that it concerned official acts as president.
The judge, Alvin K. Hellerstein, rejected that argument.
“The evidence overwhelmingly suggests that the matter was a purely personal item of the president — a cover-up of an embarrassing event,” Judge Hellerstein wrote in an opinion last year. “Hush money paid to an adult film star is not related to a president’s official acts. It does not reflect in any way the color of the president’s official duties.”
It is unclear how soon Judge Hellerstein might take up Thursday’s request, or whether he will hold a hearing to entertain it. In their filing, Mr. Trump’s lawyers cast aspersions on the New York State court system, saying its procedures had “proven inadequate” to protect federal interests and, if allowed to continue, would “result in further irreparable harm to President Trump.”
The unorthodox filing suggested that Mr. Trump’s lawyers are likely to make any and every attempt they can to delay the sentencing, even if Judge Hellerstein balks.
A spokeswoman for the district attorney’s office declined to comment.
The filing on Thursday captured two of Mr. Trump’s favorite legal strategies: delay, and attacks on Justice Merchan.
The former president has on three occasions sought to oust Justice Merchan from the case, claiming he is biased, and lobbing personal attacks at the judge’s daughter, who is a Democratic political consultant. The judge has rejected each request and assailed the claims as “rife with inaccuracies and unsubstantiated claims.”
New York
Video: Heavy Downpour Floods New York City Streets
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Senator Menendez’s Resignation Letter
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ROBERT MENENDEZ
NEW JERSEY
COMMITTEES:
BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN
AFFAIRS
FINANCE
FOREIGN RELATIONS
The Honorable Phil Murphy
Governor of New Jersey
Office of the Governor
Trenton, N.J. 08625
Dear Governor Murphy,
United States Senate
WASHINGTON, DC 20510-3005
July 23, 2024
528 SENATE HART OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON, DC 20510
(202) 224-4744
210 HUDSON STREET
HARBORSIDE 3, SUITE #1000
JERSEY CITY, NJ 07311
(973) 645-3030
208 WHITE HORSE PIKE
SUITE 18-19
BARRINGTON, NJ 08007
(856) 757-5353
This is to advise you that I will be resigning from my office as the United States Senator from
New Jersey, effective on the close of business on August 20, 2024.
This will give time for my staff to transition to other possibilities, transfer constituent files that
are pending, allow for an orderly process to choose an interim replacement, and for me to close
out my Senate affairs.
While I fully intend to appeal the jury’s verdict, all the way and including to the Supreme Court,
I do not want the Senate to be involved in a lengthy process that will detract from its important
work. Furthermore, I cannot preserve my rights upon a successful appeal, because factual matters
before the ethics committee are not privileged. This is evidenced by the Committee’s Staff
Director and Chief Counsel being called to testify at my trial.
I am proud of the many accomplishments I’ve had on behalf of New Jersey, such as leading the
federal effort for Superstorm Sandy recovery, preserving and funding Gateway and leading the
federal efforts to help save our hospitals, State and municipalities, as well as New Jersey families
through a once in a century COVID pandemic. These successes led you, Governor, to call me the
“Indispensable Senator.”
I thank the citizens of New Jersey for the extraordinary privilege of representing them in the
United States Senate.
Sincerely,
Pabet Menang.
Robert Menendez
United States Senator
New Jersey
cc: The Honorable Kamala Harris, President of the Senate
The Honorable Ann Berry, Secretary of the Senate
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