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Suicide Bomber Sets Off Explosion At New York Port Authority Tunnel
The 27-year-old suspect, Akayed Ullah, originally from Bangladesh, told authorities he is self-inspired from ISIS online propaganda.
Controversial Republican U. S. Senate Candidate In Alabama Speaks At Black Church
U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore reportedly visited a predominantly Black church in Birmingham, Alabama on Saturday (Dec. 2), in an at- tempt to sway voter support and deflect from the numer- ous reports of sexual miscon- duct against women and teenagers.
Not only did Moore attend the service at the Guiding Light Church, but he also ad- dressed the congregation.
Although Moore suggested he wasn’t there to talk about politics, he couldn’t help but
Candidate Roy Moore has been endorsed by the alt-right and Pres. Trump, even after he was accused of sexual miscon- duct.
add that he would “appreciate your support,” Al.com reports. Following the not-so-sub- tle plug, he then read a Christ- mas-themed poem he
allegedly wrote himself. While Bishop Jim Lowe, assured everyone Moore’s at- tendance was standard for the church, as they usually invite candidates of both parties to services, numerous churchgo- ers were reportedly outraged by Moore’s appearance in
their divine service.
The election will be held
Tuesday, Dec. 12th.
An explosion set off by a sus- pected suicide bomber went off Monday morning (Dec. 11), at the Port Authority Bus Tunnel injuring four people.
Reports from a number of outlets like The New York Times and The New York Daily Post note the incident hap- pened at 7:19 am ET. between the 7th and 8th Ave., passenger tunnel at the Port Authority Bus Terminal subway station. The tunnel connects passen- gers to the Times Square and Port Authority stations.
The suspect, who survived the explosion, is a 27-year-old
who was born in Bangladesh and lived in Brooklyn for seven years. He is currently in criti- cal condition at Bellevue Hos- pital.
Authorities believe the sus- pect’s “low tech” devices, sim- ilar to a pipe bomb, went off prematurely, leaving suspi- cions that he did not act alone. Police also claim the suspect made statements about ISIS while in custody.
Before Mayor Bill de Bla- sio labeled the incident an at- tempted terrorist attack, Gov. Andrew Cuomo called out the actions of the suspect.
Cong. Cory Booker Wants President Trump To Resign Over Sexual Assault Allegations
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker called on President Trump on Satur- day to resign from office over sexual harassment allegations made by several women against him.
Booker made the remarks at a rally in Alabama in sup- port of Democratic Senate candidate Doug Jones, who is running against Roy Moore, a Republican accused of sexually assaulting teenage girls while in his 30s.
“I just watched Sen. Al Franken do the honorable thing and resign from his of- fice,” Booker told Vice News. “My question is, why isn’t
U. S. Senator Cory Booker calls for President Trump to resign.
Feds Asked To Probe Murder Of Baltimore Detective Set To Testify Against Fellow Officer
Baltimore Det. Sean Suiter, left, was fatally shot the day before he was to testify against Sgt. Wayne Jenkins. Jenkins was one of seven officers indicted in March for corruption.
Donald Trump doing the same thing — who has more serious allegations against him, with more women who have come forward.”
Minn.) announced Thursday he would be resigning from the Senate in the “coming weeks” after eight women ac- cused him of either groping or trying to kiss them.
Sen. Al Franken (D- Protestors Show Up Before Pres.
The murder of Baltimore Police Det. Sean Suiter could be handed over to the feds. Police Commissioner Kevin Davis requested that the FBI take over the investi- gation Friday (Dec. 1).
According to CBS Balti- more, the FBI is aware of the request but has not made a de- cision.
Sutter was shot and killed with his own gun last month. The slaying came a day before he was scheduled to testify against fellow officers in a fed- eral corruption case.
Davis does not believe that Suiter’s murder was con- nected to his pending testi- mony, but acknowledged the “complicated” circumstances surrounding the case.
The request came one day
after Suiter’s colleague, Sgt. Wayne Jenkins was in- dicted.
Jenkins was a member of a disbanded Baltimore police unit that allegedly duped Suiter into discovering a cache of heroin he planted in a car during a 2010 arrest.
Detective Sean Suiter, was fatally shot in the head with his own gun while prob- ing a triple homicide in a par- ticularly rough West Baltimore neighborhood.
During a press conference, Davis told reporters that Suiter was “set up” by in- dicted former officer Wayne Earl Jenkins to discover planted narcotics. He said Suiter was “not involved in any way, shape or form” in the deception.
Trump’s Visit To Mississippi
The president's Saturday visit to a new museum in Mississippi sparked anger, protests, and mem- ories of past struggles.
In 2011, former Mississippi
Governor Haley Barbour
announced his support for the first state-sponsored Civil Rights museum in the U. S. However there was concern that the truth would be white- washed.
However, Reuben Ander- son, the first black justice on the Mississippi Supreme Court, and William Winter, a former governor convinced Myrlie Evers-Williams — the widow of NAACP field sec- retary Medgar Evers, — that they wouldn’t let that happen. So Evers-Williams donated
her late husband’s papers to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, which instilled the museum with le- gitimacy, and the $90 million project was opened on Satur- day. But not without contro- versy.
Mississippi’s Republican governor, Phil Bryant an- nounced five days before the opening that President Don- ald Trump would accept his invitation to attend—an invita- tion that surprised both law- makers and museum staff.
John Lewis, a Georgia congressman and Civil Rights
icon who has clashed with Donald Trump, recused himself from speaking, as did Mississippi Congressman Bennie Thompson and for- mer Mississippi governor Ray Mabus.
A coalition of women-led groups organized a protest, and Jackson mayor Chokwe Antwar Lumumba an- nounced an alternative press conference that featured NAACP leaders.
President Trump has be- come known for his history of racist statements and dismal civil rights record as president.
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