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1M Students Expected To March For Gun Control On Saturday
Diverse Group Assembles To Close The Gap In The Fastest Growing Industry — Marijuana
Among those joining forces are: Khadijah Adams, founder of MIPR Holdings; Charles E. Hutton, president of C. E. Hutton (cen- ter); Jennifer Brazer, founder of Complete Controller a nationwide virtual accounting and bookkeeping company; and U. S. Navy Seabee Veteran Michael Souza, managing partner of C. E. Hutton.
Stoneman Douglas High School students fanned out Monday to discuss the nation- wide student march they have organized to take place this weekend with media outlets in New York, including NBC’s “Today” show and “CBS This Morning.”
The organizers from the Parkland High School where 17 of their classmates were fatally shot last month expect more than 1 million participants in upcoming marches in Wash- ington and elsewhere calling for gun regulations.
More than 800 March for Our Lives demonstrations are planned around the world Sat- urday, sparked by the Feb. 14 shooting in Parkland, Florida.
“It just shows that the youth are tired of being the generation where we’re locked in closets and waiting for police to come in case of a shooter,” Alex Wind, a junior at Mar- jory Stoneman Douglas High School, said.
“We’re sick and tired of having to live with this nor- malcy of turning on the news and watching a mass shoot- ing,” he added.
Students at Philadelphia High School of Creative And Performing Arts participate in a walkout to address school safety and gun violence on March 14, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Students across the country are walking out of classes for 17 minutes to honor the lives of the 17 people killed at Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida this past February. (Photo by Jessica Kourkounis/Getty Images)
Kevin Crane, a luxury realtor accused of shooting his ex-wife to death in a sta- tionary store on Saturday, has sold houses to some major players in hip-hop, The Blast reports.
Crane is a realtor in Bev-
erly Hills and he specializes in dealing with hip-hop clients. He represented Big Sean when the rapper bought Slash’s old mansion, and he has also worked with Lil Twist.
He was reportedly sched-
Suspect Goes On
Since the massacre, Stone- man Douglas students have been at the forefront of a push to tighten gun restrictions and protect schools.
They have led rallies and lobbied lawmakers in Wash- ington and Florida’s capitol, Tallahassee.
Last Wednesday, tens of thousands of students around the U. S. walked out of their classrooms to demand action on gun violence and school safety.
The National Rifle Associa- tion didn’t immediately re-
spond to an inquiry Monday about the upcoming marches. The group has said any effort to prevent future school shoot- ings needs to “keep guns out of the hands of those who are a danger to themselves or others, while protecting the rights of law-abiding Americans.”
However, Congress has shown little appetite for new gun regulations. President Donald Trump at one point proposed raising the minimum age for buying an assault rifle to 21, but then backed off, cit- ing a lack of political support.
Marijuana is the fastest growing industry in the United States since 2014. According to the Marijuana Business Daily, only 19% of business ownership is represented by minorities. Of these companies, only 1% of them have earned six-figure an- nual revenues; some haven’t got- ten started at all, or secured the resources needed to grow and expand.
C. E. Hutton LLC has assem- bled a diverse group of well- known and credible professionals in the cannabis in- dustry that includes Khadijah
Adams, founder of MIPR Hold- ings; Charles E. Hutton, pres- ident of C. E. Hutton; Jennifer Brazer, founder of Complete Controller, a nationwide virtual accounting and bookkeeping company; and U. S. Navy Seabee veteran, Michael Souza, man- aging partner of C. E. Hutton.
In addition to business and management services, the com- pany will roll out a proprietary online business and marketing planning software that is exclu- sive to C. E. Hutton and caters to the cannabis and hemp indus- tries.
Realtor For Hip Hop Stars Kills Ex-Wife
Restaurant Vandalized,
Racist Rampage
Kevin Crane killed his ex- wife, Parisa Siddiqi at the mall last Saturday, then at- tempted to commit suicide.
uled to show Travis Scott a home last month but the rap- per bailed because Kylie Jenner had gone into labor.
Crane was also in talks to be a part of a new reality show based on hip-hop stars mov- ing to Los Angeles and buying luxury property.
According to reports, Crane showed no signs of being emotionally unstable.
Crane and his late ex- wife have two children to- gether. The investigation into the shooting is ongoing.
Crane, 33, is currently in critical condition after he walked into the Thousand Oaks mall in Southern Cali- fornia and shot his 29-year- old ex-wife, Parisa Siddiqi, while she worked at a retail store. He then turned the gun upon himself but survived the shot.
Jarael Hol- ston-Jones, the owner of the Deer- field Beach restau- rant Fat Boyz Barbecue, says that he was shocked and disheartened when his restaurant was broken into and trashed.
Fat Boyz Barbecue in Deerfield, Florida.
Two white suspects have been arrested and charged after burglarizing and vandalizing the South Florida eatery.
They smashed windows and turned tables and chairs upside down.
The two guys were appre- hended, and appeared to be in- toxicated.
Upon being arrested one of the suspects suddenly flew into a rage, spewing hate speech to- ward Holston-Jones for nearly 10 minutes before he was taken away.
“He said, ‘You n—–, what gives you the right to think you can be here?’” recalled Hol- ston-Jones. “You n—— are the scum of the earth. Get out of our country!”
The suspects are Michael Bray, 58, and Bruce Hodge- son, 43, who dished out the
racist rant.
According to detectives,
Hodgeson was angry because there’s a Black guy dating his sister and he thought Holston- Jones was the guy.
Hodgeson and Bray are reportedly still in police cus- tody.
The community stood be- side Houston-Jones and his wife, Yolanda throughout the ordeal, which he says brought him to tears.
Holston-Jones says he does not know if the suspect will be charged with a hate crime. “I really don’t think it matters,” Holston-Jones says. “Charg- ing him with a hate crime won’t change his heart. I’d tell him there’s a better way to live your life. He just needs to look into his heart and character and find some reconciliation.”
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