Saturday, December 10, 2016
Black Lawyer Calls on Black Jurors to Vote ‘Innocent’ for Any Black Person Accused of Murdering a White Person
Elie Mystal, an editor and contributor to the law blog Above The Law, posted a December 7 article urging all black Americans who end up on juries to engage in “jury nullification” by automatically voting to acquit all blacks accused of crimes, especially that of murder, against white victims and to do so no matter how much evidence is brought to bear against the suspect.
Mystal justified this lawlessness by claiming that “African-Americans live in a world where the police can murder us and get away with it.”
“There is no justice for black people. And yet violently revolting against the system will get us nowhere,” he added.
This, Mystal says, is reason enough to work against the...
Bamboozled: The new scam Amazon won't warn you about
There's a new scam afoot, and the con artists are using Amazon to steal your money. Based on the number of complaints reported to Bamboozled from across the country in the past few months, the problem is widespread, if not rampant.
Amazon isn't doing anything about it, according to shoppers who fell victim to the scam.
Given that we're at the start of the busy holiday shopping season, one might think Amazon wants to warn its customers.
The retail giant is staying silent.
We've reported before about fake third-party sellers who lure buyers to leave Amazon's site when it comes time for payment. Through untraceable wire transfers, the fraudsters take money for items they never deliver.
This time, the scammers are using Amazon gift cards to pull off the fraud.
And it seems to be working beautifully.
The dozens of complaints reported to Bamboozled share essentially the same story. And, the readers agree, Amazon hasn't done a thing to help.
We reached out to Amazon about these cases and to ask what it's doing to protect consumers as the holiday shopping season gets underway. It hasn't responded to our inquiries.
Here's a look at what's happened to some shoppers who put their trust in Amazon.
Nick Gladis of Frenchtown wanted to buy himself a birthday present.
He decided to buy himself a drone.
"It was the biggest purchase I'd made for myself in years," he said.
Looking on Amazon on Nov. 1, Gladis found the product he wanted for $500. The seller's ad told him to text the seller before placing the order.
A screenshot of some of the many messages between shopper Nick Gladis and a scammer posing as Amazon.Nick Gladis
What followed was a series of texts and emails -- emails that looked exactly like authentic Amazon emails -- in which Gladis was instructed to purchase an Amazon gift card to make his payment. He gave the gift card numbers to the seller, and the seller took the money.
But no product arrived.
When he realized something was wrong, Gladis contacted Amazon.
Amazon said the gift card had already been used and nothing could be done to recover the money, Gladis said he was told.
"Amazon simply does not care and has very little to say about it, and wants it brushed under the carpet so that they don't have a sketchy name," Gladis said. "Amazon received the money I was scammed for ...
Friday, December 9, 2016
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