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CRIME | LAW Feb. 21, 2025

MURDER CHARGES FOR THE PRISON GUARDS WHO KILLED ROBERT BROOKS

INDICTMENT CHARGES 6 GUARDS WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER, FACE LIFE IN PRISON

CRIME | LAW Dec. 26, 2024

PRISON GUARD 'BEAT-UP SQUAD’ KILLED ROBERT BROOKS, OPERATED FOR YEARS, ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES'S OFFICE KNEW IT

2023 DEPOSITION IN FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT WARNED STATE OFFICIALS OF PRISON GUARD ‘BEAT-UP SQUAD’ THAT KILLED ROBERT BROOKS

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JB Nicholas 12/26/24 JB Nicholas 12/26/24

PRISON GUARD 'BEAT-UP SQUAD’ KILLED ROBERT BROOKS, OPERATED FOR YEARS, ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES'S OFFICE KNEW IT

2023 DEPOSITION IN FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT WARNED STATE OFFICIALS OF PRISON GUARD ‘BEAT-UP SQUAD’ THAT KILLED ROBERT BROOKS

JB Nicholas 12/26/24 JB Nicholas 12/26/24

THROWBACK: THE PRISON GUARD ‘BEAT-UP SQUAD’ SO SCARY THEY DROVE A MENTALLY ILL INMATE TO SUICIDE

FISHKILL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE CARE OF MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE LIKE BENJAMIN VAN ZANT, WHO AS A SCHIZOPHRENIC TEEN. IT TURNED OUT TO BE A DEATH SENTENCE.

JB Nicholas 12/26/24 JB Nicholas 12/26/24

THROWBACK: SAMUEL HARRELL DIED IN PRISON AFTER A VISIT FROM 'THE BEAT-UP SQUAD.' WHY HAS NO ONE BEEN HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS DEATH?

SAMUEL HARRELL WAS KILLED BY A 'BEAT-UP SQUAD' OF CORRECTIONS OFFICERS IN 2015 AT THE FISHKILL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY

JB Nicholas 12/23/24 JB Nicholas 12/23/24

'WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT': LUIGI MANGIONE’S LAWYER VOWS COURTROOM BATTLE

WOMEN SMILE IN COURT AS LAWYER OF ALLEGED ASSASSIN ATTACKS NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS FOR PRESUMING HER CLIENT'S GUILT

JB Nicholas 12/23/24 JB Nicholas 12/23/24

CORPORATIONS HIJACKED THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, LOCO FOCOS SHOW US HOW TO TAKE IT BACK

WHO WERE THE LOCO FOCOS AND WHEN WILL THEY RISE AGAIN?

JB Nicholas 12/19/24 JB Nicholas 12/19/24

'COLD-BLOODED, HORRIBLE KILLING': LUIGI MANGIONE CALMLY FACES FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY CHARGE

“IN OVER THREE DECADES OF PROSECUTION, I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS,” DEFENSE LAWYER SAYS

JB Nicholas 12/19/24 JB Nicholas 12/19/24

ANDREW CUOMO SUES ACCUSER CHARLOTTE BENNETT FOR DEFAMATION

FORMER NEW YORK STATE GOVERNOR ALLEGES BENNETT LIED

JB Nicholas 12/19/24 JB Nicholas 12/19/24

GEORGE WASHINGTON WOULDN'T SENTENCE LUIGI MANGIONE TO DEATH, NEITHER SHOULD DONALD TRUMP

OPINION

JB Nicholas 12/17/24 JB Nicholas 12/17/24

'LOOSE PARTY TIMES': HOW LONG UNTIL DEMOCRATS SPLIT?

'OUT OF THIS CHAOS, NEWS PARTIES WILL TAKE FORM AND SHAPE’

JB Nicholas 12/15/24 JB Nicholas 12/15/24

SAINT LUIGI: A GOOD OUTLAW IS AMERICAN LIKE APPLE PIE

THE OUTPOURING OF POPULAR SUPPORT FOR ALLEGED ASSASSIN LUIGI MANGIONE IS PART OF A LONG AMERICAN TRADITION OF HONOR OUTLAWS

Publius Maximus 12/13/24 Publius Maximus 12/13/24

LUIGI MANGIONE GAVE DEMOCRATS A CHRISTMAS GIFT—THE PARTY SENT IT BACK

COMMUNIQUE #14

JB Nicholas 12/12/24 JB Nicholas 12/12/24

NYPD TO CEOs: DON'T SHOW YOUR FACE IN NEW YORK CITY

'THIS ONE HAS ALL THE HALLMARKS OF SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO INSPIRE AND CONTRIBUTE TO A CONTAGION EFFECT," NYPD’S TOP TERROR COP SAYS

JB Nicholas 11/7/24 JB Nicholas 11/7/24

LATER TO ALL THAT: CONVICT-TURNED-NEWSMAN SAYS GOODBYE TO NEW YORK CITY À LA DIDION, SANTE

ONE-OF-A-KIND ODYSSEY OF REDEMPTION & ACTIVISM | CHRONICLE OF HIGH- & LOW-LIFE IN NEW YORK CITY 1970-2020 | WENT FROM RIKERS ISLAND TO WHITE HOUSE | CAPTURED CRIME, COURTS, PRISONS, PROTESTS, POLITICS, CELEBRITIES & BOHEMIAN SCENE IN BROOKLYN, INCLUDING WOMEN-RUN “HOUSE OF YES”

JB Nicholas 10/27/24 JB Nicholas 10/27/24

THE OULUSKA LOGS: WILDERNESS DIARIES SPEAK, DECADES OF DIVERSE ADVENTURE

LOG BOOKS FOUND IN AN ADIRONDACK MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS LEAN-TO IN UPSTATE NEW YORK DOCUMENT DECADES' OF EXPLORATION BY DIVERSE ADVENTURERS

JB Nicholas 10/17/24 JB Nicholas 10/17/24

THE 'DARK, DEMENTED, HIGHLY-SEXED' BOOK I READ IN PRISON LET ME LOVE THE FREEST, TOUGHEST WOMEN IN NEW YORK CITY

ON THE 25 ANNIVERSARY OF MAGGIE ESTEP'S SHORT STORY COLLECTION 'SOFT MANIACS' HERE'S WHY THIS BOOK EARNS A SPOT IN THE OUTLAW CANON

JB Nicholas 9/27/24 JB Nicholas 9/27/24

TERROR CROSSING: FED UP NEW YORK FARMER CAPTURES 4,782% INCREASE IN ILLEGAL MIGRANTS FROM CANADA

ALLEGED TERRORIST PLOTTING TO MASS MURDER JEWS IN ISIS-STYLE ATTACK IN BROOKLYN ON OCT. 7, MUHAMMAD SHAHZEB KHAN, CAUGHT NEARBY ATTEMPTING TO CROSS BORDER INTO U.S.