CNN's Shanon Cook talks to CNN's Don Lemon about the eerie brushes with fate celebrities are now remembering about September 11, 2001.
You may not know Kevin Hart by name but he's on track to be the next Eddie Murphy. Hart has already broken one of Murphy's records for ticket sales. Now Hart is going big screen when his movie "Laugh at My Pain" debuts September 9. CNN's Don Lemon had a heart-to-heart with the comedian about his success, his politics, and much more.
Because of a rapper named "The Game," the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says it's coined a new term and officials are not happy about it. The term? "Flash calls." And because of them, they say, public safety was compromised. A sheriff's spokesman says "The Game" tweeted out the public number of the station in Compton. And within minutes, dispatchers were overwhelmed with calls, delaying help for people who really needed it for two and a half hours. Now L.A.'s sheriff is thinking about filing charges. CNN's Don Lemon talked with Captain Mike Parker about what happened Friday night.
As lawmakers try to reach a compromise about raising the debt ceiling, the crisis may effect your personal bottom line. CNN's Don Lemon gets advice from Jordan Goodman, a personal finance expert, on how to weather the uncertainty, and even benefit from it.
We continue our coverage on the story of Emily Good – a Rochester, New York woman arrested after recording police making a traffic stop. More accusations of unfair arrests are coming out, including one from a local lawmaker. Willie Lightfoot is a Monroe County Legislator, a Rochester firefighter, and a businessman. He spoke with CNN's Don Lemon about police relations in his community.
Emily Good, the 28-year-old community activist who was arrested after recording Rochester Police make a traffic stop, is relieved she's no longer facing a criminal charge. But she's disturbed that the Rochester Police union continues to believe there was nothing wrong with her arrest. Since she was detained, a burglar stole the iPod she used to record her police confrontation. Plus her supporters received multiple parking tickets while they gathered at a meeting. Good and Rochester newspaper columnist, Erica Bryant, spoke with CNN's Don Lemon about the controversy.
Elaine Riddick is one of about 3,000 people in North Carolina who were forced to be sterilized and now are frustrated by a system that has yet to compensate them decades later. This week the state held a panel hearing, trying to figure out how to make amends. Riddick spoke at it, describing how she was cut open like "a hog." Raped at 13, she was subjected to sterilization after giving birth to the son born from the attack. Now 57, Riddick spoke with CNN's Don Lemon about her struggles.
UPDATE: CNN's affiliate in Rochester, New York, WROC, reports the Monroe County District Attorney dropped the charges against Emily Good. The City of Rochester has launched an internal investigation of Good's arrest and of an incident in which Rochester officers ticketed numerous supporters of Good while they were gathered for a meeting.
Emily Good is a 28-year-old community activist, concerned about racial profiling in her Rochester, New York neighborhood. When she started recording what looked like a police arrest in May, she was the one to get arrested. The full encounter was caught on her i-Pod camera. And this Monday, Good will be in a Monroe County courtroom, asking that the charge of obstruction of governmental administration be dropped. Good and her attorney, Stephanie Stare, spoke with CNN's Don Lemon exclusively about what happened and if a person can ever disobey a police order.
Destiny Mathis once campaigned for Barack Obama. When she lost her job as a surgical technologist last year, she wrote a heartfelt letter to him, explaining her situation, but supporting the President. He wrote back. Now Mathis, facing eviction, is considering selling her White House notecard to help pay the bills and get by. CNN's Don Lemon talked to the Indiana mother of three about the tough decision.