Fallout from the scandal has cost the university millions in legal settlements with the state and federal investigators and former students who contend their degrees have been devalued.
“The court ... don’t understand my culture,” the rapper insisted, after a case that scrutinized his lyrics and social media persona. “We don’t rap about flowers and rainbows. We’re gangsta rappers."
Prosecutors say Sgt. Michael Kennedy, a member of the department’s Narcotics Field Unit, stole money while searching a Kensington apartment. Video of the purported theft later appeared on social media
News that eight men, largely from Montenegro and Samoa, had already admitted guilt in sealed proceedings came as one crewman was sentenced to more than 5 years in federal prison.
Gaafar al-Wazer was suspended from an English-language program at Drexel after staff became concerned about Facebook posts showing him carrying an AK-47 and wishing “death to all Americans.”
Sprague died Saturday after a brief illness and a near seven-decade career as a relentless prosecutor, peerless civil litigator and towering figure in the history of Philadelphia courts.
Longtime terrorism prosecutor Jennifer Arbittier Williams hopes a new collaboration between authorities and community organizations can defuse potential extremist threats before they end in violence.
His admission of guilt is the latest development in a legal saga that has decimated the rap group Original Block Hustlaz while enthralling its legions of fans with every twist and turn.
A judge ordered Rehl, one of four Proud Boys leaders facing conspiracy charges for the Jan. 6 attack, released to house arrest on Friday but immediately stayed the order so prosecutors can appeal.
Meanwhile, Temple for the first time directly blamed M. Moshe Porat for the school's manipulation of data in a recent court filing, calling him the "mastermind" at the "heart of the scandal."
