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Eric Garner’s Widow Moves Into Her Dream Home ... Without Her Husband Or Daughter
Police Investigating Death Of Man Injured In Jail
Esaw Snipes, the widow of NYPD choking vic- tim, Eric Garner, whose last words repeated the re- frain, “I can’t breathe,” re- cently moved into a dream home, but of course, re- mains bittersweet that her husband and daughter could not be there to share it with her.
“I have this home but it’s missing my husband; it’s missing my daughter, ”Esaw said to the New York Daily News. “I wish that my daughter was here because all she kept saying was, ‘Mom, you need to get a house, so if anything hap- pens to you, we’ll always
Esaw Garner, Eric Garner’s wife, attends a press conference held with her familiy members and the Reverand Al Sharpton calling for further justice and legal action against the police of- ficers responsible in the death of Eric Garner on July 14, 2015, in New York City.
have a place to call home.’” In recompense for Eric Garner’s death, which oc- curred four summers ago (on July 17, 2014), Esaw Snipes received about $1.4 million in a wrongful death settlement with the city of New York (the family, in- cluding his mother and chil- dren, split a $5.9 million
payout.)
The daughter of whom
Esaw spoke of above is Erica Garner, who consis- tently raged against the ma- chine after her father’s death and who tragically died her- self in December at age 27, after suffering a massive heart attack.
JAMES S. MILLS ... died July 17th
Detectives with the Pinel- las County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the death of an inmate who died Tuesday. He had been injured while an inmate four weeks earlier.
According to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, around 11 a.m., on June 18th, 53-year-old James Mills and Charles Allen, 41, were both housed in the same holding area of the Pinellas County jail. Witnesses told police that Mills and Allen had a verbal argument over the television remote.
Allen is alleged to have struck Mills in the face once with his hand. Witnesses told police that Mills fell back- ward and struck his head on the concrete floor.
After being evaluated by medical staff at the jail, Mills was transported to Northside
CHARLES G. ALLEN, JR. ... Suspect
Hospital. His condition con- tinued to worsen and he died shortly after 5 p.m., Tuesday at Bayfront Health St. Peters- burg. The medical examiner’s office will determine the cause of his death.
Detectives had charged Mills with aggravated bat- tery on July 6th.
Mills was originally ar- rested on June 12, and charged with failure to regis- ter as a sex offender, and fail- ure to report his name or residence.
Allen was arrested on December 22, 2017 and was charged with first-degree murder, first-degree murder (mother, unborn child), pos- session of powder cocaine, sale and delivery of powder cocaine, and violation of pro- bation for sale and delivery of cocaine.
#BlackExcellence: Atlanta
Students Claim Victory At
Harvard Debate Competition
Atlanta students domi- nated a Harvard University international debate compe- tition, taking home the top prize.
Jordan Thomas, a ris- ing senior at Grady High School in Atlanta, rose up to secure first place at the an- nual Harvard Debate Coun- cil tournament, a competition that pitted him against scholars from all over to debate social and political issues, reports WSBTV.
“Being a young, middle class, black, public school student from the South cre- ated a stigma that automati- cally set me back in comparison to the competi- tion, most of who were inter- national students or from preparatory schools in the Northeast,” Thomas said.
“But I was determined to represent my city and my story. I wanted people to see where I came from and how I could keep up with them.”
Thomas and the other students repped their city well and he was one of 25 African-American students from Atlanta who were cho-
Atlanta students claim victory at Harvard debate compe- tition
sen by Harvard Diversity Project to attend the tourna- ment.
The Harvard Diversity Project was created by Brandon Fleming to “re- cruit, train and sponsor mi- nority students to participate in the annual program at the Ivy League university.”
“Our kids dominated the competition,” Fleming said. “Of our 12 teams, 10 ad- vanced past preliminary rounds.” Fleming is a for- mer teacher at the renowned
Ron Clark Academy in At- lanta.
Not only did Thomas excel, two out of the four teams participating beat out hundreds of other students to make it to the semi-final round.
The students were chosen from 16 schools across At- lanta and surprisingly, they had very little experience with debate. There were more than 150 Atlanta appli- cants, but only 25 were cho- sen.
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