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Two More Mississippi Universities Take Down State Flag
Mississippi State University and the Mississippi University for Women are the latest pub- lic universities in the Magnolia State that will not be flying the state flag on their campuses.
The Mississippi state flag is the only one in the U. S. that shows the Confederate battle emblem in its upper left-hand corner.
The Clarion Ledger reports that Mississippi University for Women President Jim Borsig says he made the decision after campus groups had “sustained discussions” about the flag last year. He also cites the 50th an- niversary of the university’s in-
The official flag of Mississippi.
tegration as a factor.
MSU President Mark
Keenum also “permitted the removal of the flag from four locations on the university’s Starkville campus this sum- mer.” This is a quiet about face from a stance Keenum took last November.
White Supremacist Kills Black Teen With His Jeep
RUSSELL COURTIER AND COLLEEN HUNT
GESHAM, OR --- A white supremacist mowed down an African-American teenager with his car and smashed youth’s head into the window of a convenience store as his girlfriend cheered him on. Both have been indicted for murder.
Authorities in the U. S. state of Oregon have launched an investigation to determine whether the death of an African American teenager at the hands of an alleged white supremacist is a hate crime.
“That’s currently the subject of the ongoing active investi- gation,” Don Rees, the deputy district attorney for Multnomah County, said.
On August 10, Russell Courtier, 38, mowed down 19-year-old Larnell Malik Bruce with his SUV vehicle outside a convenience store in Gresham, according to a pros- ecutor’s affidavit.
Bruce had reportedly been charging his phone outside the 7-Eleven store when Courtier, a member a white supremacist prison gang called European Kindred (EK), pulled up in his Jeep Wrangler.
The white supremacist en- gaged in a verbal dispute with the Black teen for unknown reasons. The altercation led to a physical fight, during which Courtier smashed Bruce’s head into the store’s front win- dow.
Bruce allegedly pulled out a knife to protect himself, causing Courtier and his fe- male companion, Colleen
LARNELL MALIK BRUCE
Hunt, to retrieve into the ve- hicle.
Video footage captured from surveillance cameras then shows Bruce trying to run away from the scene and zigzagging to avoid the chasing Jeep.
“The video surveillance showed Mr. Bruce take eva- sive maneuvers on foot in an attempt to escape Mr. Courtier’s Jeep,” the affi- davit said.
As Bruce tried to cross the street, the SUV is seen moving into oncoming lanes of traffic and hitting the teen head-on.
Police arrived at the scene shortly afterwards and found Bruce lying on the street with critical brain injuries. He was rushed to a hospital and died of his injuries four days later.
A grand jury indicted Courtier and Hunt for mur- der on August 18. However, they have not been charged with any hate crimes.
Student, 17, Set To Earn Ph.D.
Online newspapers and mag- azines have come to depend, for their income, on a system of ad- vertising and surveillance, which is both annoying and un- just.
Readers are rebelling by in- stalling ad blockers, which cut into the publisher’s surveil- lance-based income. And in re- sponse, some sites are cutting off access to readers unless they accept being surveilled. What they ought to do instead is give us a truly anonymous way to pay.
Some people use ad blockers because they find the sight of an advertisement offensive. That’s purely subjective, and publishers could argue that readers are overreacting. Yet ads on the Internet do incon- venience readers, too. Adverts increase the amount of data needed to view a page, making it slow to load and expensive on a mobile connection.
At a deeper level, tailored ads also imply snooping, be- cause the most lucrative, tar- geted advertising on the internet nowadays is based on tracking people’s interests and behavior.
Tracking, as we know, gives companies and governments dangerous power; the intimi- dating effect of general surveil- lance has been measured and is massive.
Thessalonika Arzu- Embry, a teen prodigy with an IQ of 199, is a sought-after, influential role model for in- spiring, mentoring, and em- powering others. She graduated high school at age 11, earned a Bachelors degree in Psychology at the age of 14, an MBA at the age of 16, and is set to earn a PhD. at 17 years old.
As an author, Thessa- lonika has encouraged many with her five best-selling books covering topics from expedit- ing the completion of college, securing justice, to financial investing. Her titles include The Genius Race: What do I Gain for Being Wise?, In the Future, Jump the Education Barrier, Set- tled: Justice for All, and Per- spicacious Investing: High
THESSALONIKA ARZU-EMBRY
Risk Hedge Fund Methods Re- vealed.
She also created a program called JUMP that helps stu- dents complete college, as quickly as possible, so they can enter society and do the most good. She is also a licensed pilot.
Former S. C. Cop That Threw Student Out Of Chair Won’t Be Charged
The South Carolina police of- ficer who was fired for violently dragging a young black girl across a classroom over use of a cell phone will not face crim- inal charges.
The New York Daily News re- ports that Richland County So- licitor Dan Johnson said in a 12-page court report last Fri- day that he found no probable cause to charge the school re- source officer in the dragging incident that sparked national outrage.
The report also notes that a witness statement saying the violent altercation between for- mer Richland County police of- ficer Ben Fields and a Spring Valley high school student “looked worse in the video than it did in the classroom.”
To the rest of us, the October video clearly shows that after the student refused to surren- der her phone, Fields as- saulted her. He wrapped his forearm around her neck, then flipped her and her desk back- wards before dragging her along the classroom floor while
Former S.C. officer throws student out of chair in the classroom.
keeping her in a tight headlock. Fields then cuffed the student as her classmates cried in hor- ror.
Many across the country were besides themselves in anger, especially in light of an- other incident caught on video showing an officer throwing a young black girl in a swimsuit thrown down to the ground in Texas, more evidence of the vi- olence that young people of color—girls, too—are regularly subjected to (that officer did not face charges either.)
Fields had no regrets about his actions, according to his statement in the report.
Black Lives Matter Protesters Block London Runway
LONDON,--- The Met Police said it was called to the site at about 05:40 BST after nine pro- testers erected a tripod and "locked themselves together" on the runway.
The Black Lives Matter UK movement confirmed it was re- sponsible for the protest.
City Airport tweeted that the runway had reopened at lunchtime and flights were re- suming.
It advised travelers via Twit- ter to check with their airlines for the latest flight information. All nine protesters were re- moved and arrested. The air- port said inbound flights had
Flights at London City Air- port were disrupted after pro- testers gained access to the runway.
been diverted.
Black Lives Matter UK said
the action was taken in order to "highlight the UK's environ- mental impact on the lives of black people locally and glob- ally".
A statement said: "Whilst at London City Airport a small elite is able to fly, in 2016 alone 3,176 migrants are known to have died or gone missing in the Mediterranean.
"Black people are the first to die, not the first to fly, in this racist climate crisis.
"We note, however, that the UK is willing to charter special flights to remove black people from the country based on their immigration status."
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