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NYC Settles Lawsuit With Eric Garner’s Family
First Black Woman To Serve As First Captain At West Point
WEST POINT, NY —Si- mone Askew, a Virginia West Point cadet, has become the first black woman to ever be appointed to serve as First Captain, the highest leader- ship position at the presti- gious military school.
Hailing from Fairfax, Va, Askew will lead the pro- gram’s more than 4,000 cadets, acting as an interme- diary between her classmates and the school’s officials. Plus, she has already had solid practice as a cadet leader: she is currently in charge of leading 1,502 cadets as the Regimental Com- mander of Cadet Basic Train- ing II at the New York military prep school.
“Simone truly exempli- fies our values of Duty, Honor, Country. Her selec- tion is a direct result of her hard work, dedication and commitment to the Corps over the last three years,” said Brig. Gen. Steven W. Gilland, commandant of cadets. “I know Simone and the rest of our incredibly tal- ented leaders within the Class of 2018 will provide excep- tional leadership to the Corps of Cadets in the upcoming ac-
Simone Askew will hold the highest leadership position at West Point.
ademic year.”
She will take on her new
role starting next week. Askew’s resume is stacked: She is a member of the Army West Point Crew team, a graduate of Air As- sault School, a member of the Phi Alpha Theta Honorary National History Society, a recipient of the Black Engi- neer of the Year Award for Military Leadership, and holds the highest female Re- condo score during Combat Field Training II for the class
of 2018.
Utah Panel Votes To Keep Name Of Major Hiking Trail
NEW YORK —-According to lawyers involved in the case, the city of New York will be paying out $4 million to the family of Eric Garner, from a $5.9 million wrongful death settlement approved by a Staten Island judge.
Garner’s youngest child, 3-year-old Legacy Jayleen Garner-Miller, as well as his widow, Esaw Snipes, will reportedly receive the largest shares of the settle- ment: $1.3 million and $1.4 million respectively. Erica and Emerald Snipes will each reportedly re- ceive $163,600, with their older brother, Eric, set to re- ceive $204,00, and their younger brother, Emery, a minor, set to re-
Eric Garner was placed in a choke hold by a NYPD officer in 2014.
ceive $482,000. Garner’s mother, Gwen Carr, is set to receive $82,000.
Negro Bill Canyon will remain.
SALT LAKE CITY, UT — A Utah state panel has voted to recommend retaining the name of Utah’s Negro Bill Canyon after receiving con- flicting opinions about whether it is offensive.
The Utah Committee on Geographic Names said Friday that a lack of consensus from minority groups led to its 8-2 vote Thursday about a canyon that is home to a popular hik- ing spot in the eastern city of Moab, the gateway to stunning massive red rock formations.
The commission’s recom- mendation next goes to the U. S. Board on Geographic Names, which is expected to make a final decision on canyon’s name later this year. The local and national branches of the NAACP told the commission the name is not offensive and preserves the history of a canyon named for black rancher and prospector William Grandstaff, whose cattle grazed there in the 1870s.
Jeanetta Williams, pres- ident of NAACP’s tri-state con- ference area of Idaho-Utah-Nevada, said the word “negro” may make some people feel uncomfortable, but that there’s nothing wrong with it. Other groups still use “negro” in their names, citing the National Council of Negro Women, she said.
“To sanitize it destroys the history and the background of what it is,” Williams said. “It’s a word we often use in his- tory, it’s in titles...It’s no more uncomfortable saying the word Negro than it is saying African-American or Black.”
Wells Fargo Involved In Another Scandal
Wells Fargo is back in the spotlight for another scandal. This time, for signing up 490,000 auto-loan customers for insurance they didn't need.
This comes less than a year after the bank generated a massive public outcry for opening millions of unwanted accounts for customers.
Customers who already had car insurance say they had no idea they were being charged
for this insurance from Wells Fargo. And the bank ac- knowledges that tens of thou- sands of people wound up in default, which affected peo- ple's credit scores, and thou- sands had their cars repossessed.
Harvard’s Freshman Class Is Majority Minority For First Time In History
Atlanta Murder Of Transgender Pushes National Number Up To 16
ATLANTA, GA —— Early Monday morning, a transgen- der woman was found mur- dered outside of a College Park apartment complex in the Atlanta area.
The woman, TeeTee Dan- gerfield, 32, was found suf- fering from multiple gunshot wounds near her car at the South Hampton Estates, according to the College Park Police Department. She was rushed to Grady Memorial Hospital and ultimately died of her injuries, Major Lance Patterson told Georgia Voice.
“Detectives are out there right now following up on leads that have been coming in since then,” he said.
It is not currently clear what the motive was behind Dangerfield’s murder and whether or not she was tar- geted because she is trans-
TeeTee Dangerfield was found shot to death near her car.
gender.
“At this time we don’t
have anything that’s telling us that, but we’re not ruling out any possible motive,” Patter- son said.
Thus far, at least 16 trans- gender people have been murdered in the United States alone this year.
The campus of Harvard University.
CAMBRIDGE, MA — For the first time in history, Har- vard‘s incoming class of stu- dents is majority minority.
In 380 years of existence, Harvard has never had a class come in like this, but the class of 2021 is 50.8 per- cent minority, including African-Americans, Hispan- ics or Latinos, Asian-Ameri- cans, Native Americans or Pacific Islanders, according to the Boston Globe.
“To become leaders in our diverse society, students must have the ability to work with people from different
backgrounds, life experi- ences and perspectives,” Harvard spokeswoman Rachael Dane said in the statement. “Harvard re- mains committed to en- rolling diverse classes of students.”
Last year, minority stu- dents made up 47.3 percent of incoming students.
This is a huge milestone for a university and an Ivy League system that has struggled with diversity and hopefully marks the begin- ning of a trend of more di- versity in higher education.
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