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Ohio Woman Charged With 'Ethnic Intimidation' After Spray Painting Slurs, Swastikas On Neighbor's House
Milwaukee To Pay $3.4 Million To Settle Lawsuit Claiming Police Stop-And-Frisk Policy Targeted Black and Latino Residents
Toledo, Ohio, police have taken a white woman into cus- tody after she was accused of spray painting racial slurs and swastikas on her neighbor’s home last Friday.
A police report notes that Patricia Edelen spray painted the words “Ni*^ers Keep Out” and “Hail Trump” on her neighbor’s home along- side a swastika.
According to 13abc, police patrolled outside Edelen’s home on Saturday afternoon and arrested her once she let her dog out. Her charges were listed as “ethnic intimidation by reason of race, color, reli- gion or national origin, crimi- nal mischief, and criminal damaging/endangering prop- erty to cause/create substantial risk of physical harm.”
Patricia Edelen being taken into custody by police
“She had multiple warrants. She ran from the officers inside her residence. The officers were forced to make forced entry into her residence and took her into custody without further incident,” Sgt. Paul
Davis told the news station. A neighbor, identified by the news station as “Chris” said that after having problems with Edelen in the past, he in- stalled surveillance cameras on his home. Police used footage from his cameras to identify
Edelen.
Chris described the video
to the news station:
“I can see her going across, I
can see her shaking a can of spray paint, and we can see this person spraying. We can hear the person spraying and walking back across, and she made multiple trips,” said Chris.
Thanks to the community coming out and helping, the vandalism on the home is now gone. Edelen is currently being held in Lucas County jail.
Milwaukee has agreed to shell out a cool $3.4 million in order to settle a lawsuit which accuses its police department of unduly targeting black and Latino resi- dents for years through its stop- and-frisk policy.
The Milwaukee Common Council approved the settlement last week Tuesday, with Mayor Tom Barrett signing off on the agreement with the ACLU of Wisconsin on Friday.
“Ultimately we hope that these type of situations cease and desist,” Alderman Khalif Rainey said, according to the Associated Press.
The settlement will require more training for cops on stop and searches, as well as a reform of stop-and-frisk practices.
The settlement includes a five-year consent decree requir- ing the department and the city’s Fire and Police Commis-
At just 19-years-old, this week, Nigerian-born designer Taofeek Abijako became the youngest designer to present a collection at New York Fashion Week: Men’s. Taofeek held a presentation for his brand Head of State+’s spring/summer 2019 collection, which paid homage to 70s afro-futurism styles and West African youth culture.
Head-of-State+ first caught the eye of the fashion commu- nity weeks after its official launch in 2016. According to The New York Times Style Magazine, Japanese luxury re- tailer United Arrows found his self-produced lookbook on Twit- ter and began stocking the brand shortly after.
The following year The New York Times Style Magazine la- beled Head of State+ a “brand to watch”, and sure enough, the in- dustry took notice. At the time, Taofeek was a senior in high school living in his parents Al- bany, New York home. He had only immigrated from Nigeria just two years prior and had just
sion, the civilian oversight board, to reform stop-and- search practices, improve data collection and require officers to undergo more training on stops and searches.
“For the last decade, tens of thousands of Black and Latino Milwaukeeans have been inter- rupted in their daily lives by po- lice stopping them without reasonable suspicion of criminal activity as required by the Con- stitution,” the ACLU of Wiscon- sin said in a Friday news release. The civil rights group sued Mil- waukee’s police department last year on behalf of some half a dozen people who said they were stopped at least once since 2010. The ACLU uncovered that offi- cers had stopped more than 350,000 motorists and pedestri- ans from 2010 to 2017, with no explanation of probable cause for the encounters.
TAOFEEK ABIJANKO
retired his soccer cleats to focus on fashion completely.
The brand’s latest offering, en- titled Genesis, is the fourth col- lection from Taofeek. Genesis reflects the high-end streetwear aesthetic Taofeek has been exploring since its inception, and featured light trucker jackets, white tai- lored pants, and fitted knitwear.
2 CVS Employees Fired After Calling The Cops On Black Woman Who WasTrying To Use A Coupon
The backlash continues after “Coupon Carl” called the po- lice on a black woman who was trying to use a manufacturer’s coupon in store, accusing the woman of forgery.
The retail and healthcare giant announced on Monday that it had fired two employees at a Chicago-area store, mere days after the woman in ques- tion — Camilla Hudson, posted a video showing a white man calling the cops on her.
“We have completed our in- vestigation, and as a result the two colleagues who were in- volved are no longer employed by CVS Health,” the tweeted- out statement by the company read. “CVS Health does not tol- erate any practices that dis- criminate against any customer and we are commit- ted to maintaining a welcome
Morry Mattson on the phone with 911.
and diverse environment in our stores.”
Presumably, Coupon Carl, legally known as Morry Mat- son, was a part of the pair dis- missed, however, CVS declined to identify the pair only speci-
fying that “they were both em- ployed as shift supervisors at the store,” the New York Times reports.
Matson, interestingly enough, is presumably running for 48th Ward alderman, promising “increased police present throughout Alderman Matson’s 48th Ward,” how- ever the campaign site that was cited by the Chicago Sun- Times is no longer active.
Matson also is listed as the president of the Illinois chap- ter of the Log Cabin Republi- cans, which advocates for LGBTQ conservatives, but the chapter’s website page was also offline on Monday, and the group confirmed to the NYT that they had terminated the chapter’s provisional charter after hearing about Matson’s conduct.
Nigerian-Born Taofeek Abijako, 19, Is Youngest Designer To Show At Men’s New York Fashion Week
U.S. Navy Finally Joins Army, Air Force And Marines In Lifting Ban On Dreadlocks For Women
The United States Navy is joining the Marines, Army and Air Force in ending its ban on dreadlocks for female sailors. The naval branch an- nounced the reversal Tuesday in a live broadcast on its Face- book page.
Chief of Naval Opera- tions Adm. John Richard- son says the change won’t just make the Navy more formida- ble, but also more inclusive.
The Navy enlisted a six-per- son working group to recom- mend changes to grooming standards, based on feedback from their peers. As part of the decision, ponytails, buns and other styles will also be per- missible for women in uniform so long as they don’t interfere
PETTY OFFICER 1ST CLASS JACQUALYNN LEAK
with a sailor’s operational or safety needs. Male sailors are still required to keep their hair short.
Petty Officer 1st Class Jacqualynn Leak, a member of the working group, has worn dreadlocks since 2014. She led efforts to reverse the ban and says her fight in- volved years of research on the
cultural and health aspects of wearing locs. She also surveyed dozens of female sailors af- fected by the ban.
“I wanted to make an argu- ment so compelling that every reason my chain of command could give me for why dread- locks were banned could easily be rebutted with facts,” she said.
Before, Leak opted to cover her shoulder-length dread- locks by wearing a wig, which she says became more difficult as her hair grew. Options were even more limited for other fe- male sailors. Some were forced to choose between cutting off their dreadlocks in favor of chemically straightened hair, or facing harsh punishment.
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