Bobby Shmurda’s Parole Hearing Scheduled Later This Month

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Bobby Shmurda's Parole Hearing Scheduled Later This Month August 17 2020 Hip Hop Brooklyn Court Room HYPEBEAST News

Bobby Shmurda could be coming home sooner than expected. According to Complex reports, the 26-year-old Brooklyn rapper, born Ackquille Jean Pollard, had his parole hearing bumped up to the week of August 17, 2020. 

Shmurda’s original earliest parole eligibility was December 11, 2020 but due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, many New York State inmates are having their eligibility pushed forward by a few months.

“Mr. Pollard is currently scheduled to appear before the Board of Parole the week of August 17, 2020,” a Department of Corrections and Community Supervision official revealed to Complex. “The Board of Parole has two weeks from the date of the interview with the incarcerated individual to render a decision.” Bobby Shmurda could be released shortly after, but if the hearing doesn’t go as planned, the earliest possible release date would be delayed until December 2021.

Shmurda has been in custody since December 2014. In September 2016, he was sentenced to seven years in prison. He plead guilty to conspiracy to murder and weapons possession. Then in 2017, a New York City judge extended Shmurda’s sentence after the rapper allegedly attempted to bring a “sharp metal object” into Rikers Island given to him by girlfriend Kimberly Rousseau during a 2015 visit.

The good news coincided with the rapper celebrating his birthday earlier this week on August 4. His mother took to Instagram to celebrate the update with fans. “My boy is Caring, Sharing, Sweet, Loving, Loyal Energetic, Empathetic and Brave he is such a unique person. I am asking God to continue showering you with blessings my boy and I want you to understand that God has his way and he wouldn’t bring you this far to let you down,” she wrote in the caption.

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Beirut explosion

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Lebanon: at least 73 killed as huge explosion rocks Beirut

Two huge explosions have rocked Beirut, killing at least 73 people, injuring thousands more, and sending an enormous blast wave across the city that shattered windows, knocked down doors and shook buildings.

Hundreds of homes were left uninhabitable after the blasts ripped through a section of the Lebanese capital’s port.

Thousands of people sought treatment in nearby hospitals, which were struggling to cope with the casualties. Cars were left strewn across the surrounding highway, and the blast was heard up to 80km (50 miles) away in the country’s north. The health ministry put the confirmed death toll at at least 73, with at least 3,700 injured.

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“God help us from all these catastrophes,” said Mamdouh, 25, a caterer who lost his job in June. “If this was an accident, as they’re saying, it’s the worst you could ever imagine. This was like a nuclear bomb. What have we done to deserve this?”

Hours after the explosion, which took place at 6.05pm (16.05 BST), the cause remained unclear. Israel denied responsibility and said it had offered humanitarian and medical aid.

“Talk of fireworks is ridiculous,” said Ibrahim. “There are no fireworks but rather highly explosive material, and I can’t foretell the investigations 
 it seems the explosion happened in a warehouse of highly explosive material that was confiscated years ago.”

Lebanon’s prime minister, Hassan Diab, declared Wednesday a national day of mourning and vowed accountability for those responsible, claiming there had been warnings about hazardous material stored at the port going back to 2014.

Meanwhile, the Israeli government said its forces had not carried out an attack. “Israel has nothing to do with the incident,” an Israeli security official told Reuters on condition of anonymity. Israel’s foreign minister, Gabi Ashkenazi, told Israeli N12 television news that the explosion was most likely an accident caused by a fire.

The Beirut port is known to be used by the militant group cum political bloc Hezbollah, which denied any of its facilities had been hit.

The final death toll from the biggest explosion to ever rock Beirut is expected to be significantly higher than the figures given in its immediate aftermath.

“This country is cursed,” a young man passing by said.

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