Eric Wright

May 16 2013

Virtual images — not holograms

As Ol’ Dirty Bastard rhymes in “Brooklyn Zoo II,” “When you take north, east, west, south/and put it all together and it spell newwwwws!”

Know what else spell(s) news? A star-powered hip-hop festival announcing that two rap legends — not figurative legends, mind you; one’s been dead eight years, the other 18 — will perform this fall.

Jul 2 2012

Eric Wright

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Tampa Bay Buccaneers player Eric Wright was arrested today on suspicion of driving drunk after being involved in a collision in downtown Los Angeles, police said.

Wright, 26, was booked on suspicion of felony DUI following his arrest about 12:30 a.m. at James M. Wood Boulevard and Georgia Street, said Los Angeles police Officer Rosario Herrera of the Media Relations office.

He was released about 10:35 a.m. after posting $100,000 bail, according to the sheriff's department.

Jul 2 2012

Player refused Breathalyzer test

Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Eric Wright was arrested today on suspicion of driving drunk after being involved in a collision in downtown Los Angeles, police said.

Wright, 26, was booked on suspicion of felony DUI following his arrest about 12:30 a.m. at James M. Wood Boulevard and Georgia Street, said Los Angeles police Officer Rosario Herrera of the Media Relations office.

He was released about 10:35 a.m. after posting $100,000 bail, according to the sheriff’s department.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.