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The Family Of Antwon Rose Files Lawsuit Against East Pittsburgh Police And Mayor
Apple Just Broke $1 Trillion Barrier
The family of Antwon Rose filed a federal wrong- ful death lawsuit against the East Pittsburgh police de- partment, the police chief, and the mayor of the city. According to the news re- ports, the family holds them responsible for not properly training their officers. Rose was killed by an East Pitts- burgh police officer during a traffic stop in June.
Various news outlets re- ported the officer thought the car Rose was in was connected to a recent drive- by shooting. In the after- math of the shooting, there have been protests and the hashtag #JusticeforAntwon was created.
Videos of Rose’s en- counter with the East Pitts- burgh police have also been
ANTWON ROSE
released. His parents have spoken to the media and made it clear they will pur- sue justice in this case. Ac- cording to PBS NewsHour, the officer in question was arrested and charged with murder since the shooting.
East Pittsburgh is about ten miles from Pittsburgh proper city hall. It has its
own city government. Ac- cording to the United States Census Bureau, East Pitts- burgh has an approximate population of 1,775. Close to 60% of the population is Black. Around 39% are white. The other demo- graphics hovered around two percent. Rose grew up in the city.
The Mayor of East Pitts- burgh, Louis J. Payne, dealt with a very emotional and tense session when he faced the public at a re- cent hearing. Some of the at- tendees were calling for a Black police chief and bias training for the officers. ABC News stated in their re- port the police officer ac- cused of shooting Rose will be arraigned on August 22nd.
The company’s share price jumped earlier this week, fol- lowing a record June earn- ings report that was fueled by strong iPhone sales and ro- bust growth in other parts of the company, such as wear- ables and services like the App Store and Apple Pay.
Wall Street reacted enthu- siastically, driving up the stock. Today, Apple shares were trading at $206.81, pro- pelling the company’s market valuation past the $1 tril- lion milestone.
Apple’s market milestone represents a remarkable turn- around for a company that was teetering on the brink of bankruptcy in the late 1990s, just before the return of vi- sionary co-founder Steve Jobs.
Since then, Apple has rein- vented entire consumer prod- uct categories — from portable music players to smartphones to wearable de- vices. It arguably remade the media landscape, helping transform how consumers lis- ten to music and video (and it
Tim Cook, Chief Executive Officer of Apple Inc. which be- came the first publicly private- sector company in history to reach $1 trillion in market val- uation.
may well do so again, if Tim Cook’s hints about a forth- coming entertainment offer- ing live up to its billing.)
The tech company, launched in 1976 in a Los Altos garage, revolutionized personal computing — popu- larizing experimental tech- nologies developed in the Xerox Parc research labs, such as the mouse and graph- ical user interface.
Chicago Violence Toll: 34 People Shot, 5 Killed
Violence again brought tragedy and chaos to the streets of Chicago this week- end as 34 people were shot and five killed from Saturday to Sunday mornings, police said.
Police Patrol Chief Fred Waller, addressing the vio- lence in a news conference Sunday, said the shootings reflect "the devastating ef- fects that illegal guns have in our communities."
Waller said the city has taken more than 5,500 guns off the streets this year. He said shootings are down from this time last year.
Chicago has recorded more than 300 murders in 2018, more than any other U.
promise you we won't be de- feated ... by a small element committing these reckless acts."
Waller said the summer heat brings crowds out to the streets, particularly when vi- olence has taken place. He said officers often find them- selves engulfed in bystanders within seconds of a shooting. He said the police depart- ment is working to prevent crime. He would not blame the weekend's violence on the weather.
"We can never measure what we prevent," he said. "And it's not just about being hot. Sometimes it's about the culture, about feeling like there are no repercussions."
#BlackGirlMagic: Black
Vandals have once again scarred the marker where 14- year-old Emmett Till was killed by white supremacists in 1955 in the Mississippi Delta, the Clarion Ledger re- ported.
The memorial sign was found riddled with bullets this weekend 35 days after it was replaced due to previous vandalism. According to the publication, if the Emmett Till Memorial Commission were to replace the sign again, it would mark the fourth time it has been re- stored.
The state began to memo- rialize Till in 2005 with the naming of a highway after him. Since then, various signs and monuments to his death have been desecrated or
Emmett Till Memorial Sign.
stolen.
Dave Tell, author of the
upcoming book, “Remember- ing Emmett Till,” explained to the Clarion Ledger why the sign should not be re- placed again.
“The bullet holes bear elo- quent witness to the fact that
work remains to be done, that the memory of Till’s murder still cuts a rift through the heart of the mod- ern day Delta,” he said.
The historical marker at Graball Landing is where Till’s body was recovered from the Tallahatchie River. It is the final site on the Civil Rights Driving Tour in Talla- hatchie County and many lo- cals are committed to ensuring that Till’s memory is not disrespected.
“The Emmett Till Inter- pretive Center is committed to seeing the sign replaced,” said co-founder Patrick Weems. “We have already begun plans to replace the sign and have notified local law enforcement about the vandalism.”
PROFESSOR CLAUDINE GAY
ship positions at the univer- sity include Michelle A. Williams, an epidemiolo- gist and professor at Har- vard’s School of Public Health, Bridget Terry- Long serves as dean of the university’s Graduate School of Education, and Tomiko Brown-Nagin is leading the Radcliffe Institute for Ad- vanced Study.
“For people who are sort of beyond our gates, if this prompts them to look again and look anew at Harvard and imagine new possibilities for themselves, I think that’s great as well,” Gay said of Harvard’s push to diversify- ing the ranks of administra- tors.
Chicago has recorded more than 300 murders in 2018.
S. city. Waller stressed that the total is down 25 percent from a year ago.
"By no means do these sta- tistics mean we have a vic- tory," Waller said. "But I
Black women continue to be a driving force as the world evolves. From education and politics to sports and en- tertainment, #blackgirlmagic is breaking barriers and mak- ing history daily.
Nearly two years ago, none of Harvard University’s 14 schools had a black woman at the helm, the Harvard Crim- son reports, but come August 15, that’s going to change.
For the first time in Har- vard University’s history, four of the institution’s schools will be led by Black women.
“If my presence in this role affirms someone’s sense of belonging and ownership, then I think that’s great,” says Professor Claudine Gay, who was recently appointed to become Harvard’s Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sci- ences. She is the first African- American and woman to take on the position.
The Harvard Crimson noted in a tweet that “col- leagues said her appointment to the deanship of Harvard’s flagship faculty last week marks a turning point at the University.”
The three other dynamic women who hold leader-
Women To Lead Four Harvard
Schools For First Time
This is America: Emmett Till Sign Vandalized Again
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