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Funeral/Memoriam
Georgia Teen Saved By Facebook Live Viewers After Attempting Suicide
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JACKSON
BIRTHDAY MEMORIAM
MR. GEORGE MITCHELL, SR.
Homegoing Celebra- tion for Mr. George Mitchell, Sr., who passed away May 4, 2017, at Lakeland Regional Hos- pital will be held May 12, 2017 at 11 a. m. at Jack- son Funeral Home Chapel, 4605 N. 34th St., Tampa, Florida 33610.
Memories of love are left with sons, siblings, special friend, family members, in-laws, and a host of friends.
GARRICK B.
FISHER, SR. 5/9/1971 - 7/15/2002
It’s been 15 years since you have gone from our lives, but never our hearts. We love you and missing you and loving you always.
Your mother, Shirley Fisher Best; your sons, Garrick DeMario Keon- tay, Hassan Fisher and family and friends.
A Georgia teenager was found alive by police after she attempted suicide on Facebook Live, but viewers who saw the video called po- lice to let them know what was going on.
Bibb County sheriff’s Sgt. Linda Howard said that someone had called 911 to re- port that the girl was uncon- scious with a bag over her head, but police couldn’t find the girl at first.
Finally, both a Facebook employee and the girl’s grandmother called police to say that the girl was at her grandmother’s house.
The grandmother was not home but had been told of the attempt.
When officers arrived, they found the girl’s brother, who did not know about the suicide attempt and directed the police to the bathroom. The girl had removed the bag
and was breathing when po- lice entered, according to Howard.
This incident comes as Facebook has come under fire for several graphic videos being uploaded to their live feeds. On Wednesday, the social media giant an- nounced that it would be hir- ing 3,000 more employees to monitor reports of alarming videos in addition to the 4,500 who already do so.
Texas Judge Reprimanded
After Posting Suspect
Needs ‘Rope And Tree’
SAN ANTONIO, TX —- Texas judge is under fire and has been formally repri- manded for posting on Face- book that a “tree and a rope” were needed to take care of a man who has been accused of shooting a San Antonio police detective to death.
James Oakley got the reprimand from the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.
Oakley, who is Burnet County’s top administrator, has to now complete a 30- hour training program for new judges as well as four hours of racial sensitivity training.
He says that his com-
Judge James Oakley was referring to Otis McKane who allegedly killed a police detective.
DEATH LISTING
Aikens Funeral Home
Mrs. Lois Weems, Tampa. Harmon Funeral Home
Mr. Thelonia “Lonnie” Brown, Tampa. Ms. Von Cecile Jones, Tampa.
Ms. Tammie Peterson, Tampa.
Mr. Curtis “Geza” Brown, Tampa.
Jackson Funeral Home
Mr. George Mitchell, Sr., Tampa.
Ray Williams Funeral Home
Mrs. Georgia M. Allen, Tampa.
Mr. Aqkil D. Brooks, Tampa.
Infant Da’Viana Jones, Tampa.
Mr. Wilbur L. Jones, Jr., Charlotte, NC, formerly of Tampa.
Ms. Delores Nedd, Tampa.
Mr. Ronald Raiford, Tampa.
Mr. William Woods, Land O’ Lakes, FL.
Wilson Funeral Home
Mr. Seymour S. Brown, Jr., Clearwater. Mr. Frank A. Kelley, III, Tampa.
Mrs. Bernice Stevens, Tampa.
ments were meant to show his personal feelings and that the killing should “qualify for the death penalty.” Accord- ing to him, it had nothing to do with race even though he is white and the suspect is black.
The commission says it
has gotten 18 written com- plaints about Oakley’s statements with some of them mentioning the racist overtones of his comments. In the end, they concluded that Oakley’s remarks “cast reasonable doubt on his ca- pacity to act impartially.”
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