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High School Football Player Dies One Week After Breaking Neck In Game
HBO's Sandra Bland
A high school football player in Mississippi suc- cumbed to injuries one week after breaking his neck dur- ing a game. Jeremiah Williams, a junior defensive back at Greenville High School, died at University of Mississippi Medical Center Friday (Nov. 9).
The teen fractured his C1 and C2 vertebrae while at- tempting a tackle during a game against Madison Cen- tral High School, last week. The injury is considered the most severe among spinal cord injuries.
Williams received CPR before being airlifted to UMMC where he was placed on a ventilator, Mississippi news station WJTV reports.
Students at Greenville held a prayer vigil for
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A photo of Jeremiah Williams in his football uniform.
In 2015, the death of San- dra Bland drew national at- tention around the world, and on December 3, HBO is pre- miering its documentary that focuses on the last three days of Bland’s life, after she was arrested and booked into the Waller County Jail in Texas.
Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland is riveting and sometimes diffi- cult to watch, but filmmakers Kate Davis and David Heilbroner, who were granted permission by Bland’s family just ten days after her death, uncovered several inconsistencies sur- rounding her alleged suicide. According to Waller County officials, Bland hanged her- self in her cell just three days after being pulled over by state trooper Brian Encinia.
HBO’s documentary ex- plores the circumstances of Bland’s traffic stop, her death, as well as interviews with Bland’s family and friends. In addition to the documentary, ESSENCE re- ports will premiere exclusive
Williams as he fought for his life in the hospital. Amid news of his tragic death, the Madison Central Jaguars paid tribute to Williams during a winning game Fri- day night.
“Our hearts are truly bro- ken for The Williams Fam- ily and the entire Greenville High School Community,” read a tweet from the team. “You will continue to be in our thoughts and prayers.”
Three years after the death of Sandra Bland, HBO's up- coming documentary attempts to shed light on Bland, Waller County Jail and her alleged suicide.
video interviews with two of Bland’s sisters on the site during the week of November 19, as well as interviews in the December/January issue of the magazine.
The video interviews, which were recorded in late October, are not only critical in telling Bland’s story, but will also give you a look into Bland’s family and how they’re coping with her death three years later.
Resisting Arrest In Waffle
House Attack By Police Officer
Anthony Wall doesn't seem to be receiving the same outpouring of support as other victims of Waffle House bias and discrimination.
A rural North Carolina jury has convicted a Black man of resisting arrest after a video of a police officer attacking him at a Waffle House went viral.
Video of Anthony Wall’s arrest on May 4 and of War- saw, N.C., Police Officer Frank Moss putting his hands on Wall’s throat at a Warsaw, N.C., Waffle House went viral, prompting calls on social media for jus- tice. Wall was returning from taking his 16-year-old sister to the prom.
No charges against Moss came out of an investigation by the state Bureau of Inves- tigation, WITN reported. Judge Mario Perez dis- missed a count against Wall for disorderly conduct.
Alleged Killer Tries Escaping To Cuba, But
Documentary Will Leave
Questions Than Answers
Black N. C. Man Convicted Of
Video of the arrest was caught on tape at the Waffle House.
A prominent lawyer who was on the run after allegedly murdering his girlfriend was found in Cuba and extradited back to the states.
James R. Ray, III, 55, is charged in the death of An- gela Bledsoe, 44, who re- cently moved with their daughter, Alana, 6, from her home Brooklyn, N.Y., to Ray’s home in Upper Mont- clair, N.J., a wealthy suburb about 30 minutes outside New York City.
Ray was accused of shoot- ing Bledsoe to death on Oct. 23 in the Montclair home while their daughter was in the house. He fled the house and took their daughter with him then left her with rela- tives as he headed out of the country, authorities said.
He remained on the lam and entered Cuba on Oct, 28.
In the video, Wall, then 22, is seen with his hands up in the air as Moss slams him against glass and throws him to the ground.
“I’m worked up over it,” Wall told reporters in an ex- clusive interview. “I have been threatened and people are telling me what they want
to do to me.”
He told TheGrio that he,
his sister and their friends sat down at a Waffle House and a server came over to take their order. When they com- plained that the table was dirty, an argument erupted and the server called the group the N-word, he said.
HAVANA, CUBA
However, he was taken into custody by the Cuban govern- ment, which turned him in to U.S. officials on Tuesday.
“This action is based on Cuba’s full compliance with its international legal obliga- tions” the Cuban government said in a statement. Those ob- ligations include existing bi- lateral law enforcement agreements between the two governments.
Havana Wasn’t Having It
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