Page 7 - Florida Sentinel 2-20-18

National
South Africa Has New President
Teen Used His Body As Shield Against School Shooter; Saves His Classmates
South Africa has a new pres- ident in Cyril Ramaphosa.
The multi-millionaire and former businessman was sworn into office on last Thurs- day, hours after being elected president by the parlia- ment as a member of the ANC party, which holds the major-
ity.Ramaphosa already faces an uphill climb leading not only his country but his party, which has been hit with accusations of corruption.
Former president Jacob Zuma in particular came under fire for seeming to give Cabinet positions and other preferential treatment to a
South Africa’s new presi- dent Cyril Ramaphosa.
powerful business family, the Guptas, who did business with his son.
Ramaphosa will have to fight against Zuma’s corrup- tion legacy and prove to voters that his party can and will do better in order to keep political control.
PARKLAND, FL — A 15- year-old high school soccer player used his own body to shield classmates from a gun- man’s rampage last week that killed 17 people, said a fellow student who credited the hero- ism with saving his life.
Anthony Borges, who is recovering from five gunshot wounds, protected classmates at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland dur- ing the gunman’s Feb. 14 at- tack, fellow student Carlos Rodriguez told “Good Morn- ing America.”
“None of us knew what to do. So, he took the initiative to just save his other classmates,” said Rodriguez.
Rodriguez said Borges was the last of 20 students to flee into a room as the gun- man, firing randomly, ap- proached. Borges was trying to lock the door, and remained
Anthony Borges, 15, in the hospital after mass school shooting was visited by Sheriff Israel. His family shared that Anthony was shot five times in Wednesday's school attack. Fortunately, he is recovering -- but has a long road ahead with more surgeries needed. Please join us in praying for the swift recovery of An- thony and all the other victims of this horrific criminal act.
Hater Lies About Brother
Being Attacked Trying To
in the doorway as the killer shot him repeatedly, Ro- driguez said. None of the other students cowering in the room were hurt.
Borges, shot in the back and both legs, was in stable condition after hours of sur-
gery, his father, Royer Borges, told ABC News.
Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel on Sunday vis- ited Anthony Borges in the hospital, and posted an emo- tional photo shaking the teen’s hand on Facebook.
See ‘Black Panther’
As thousands of people na- tionwide and around the world file into theaters to see Marvel’s latest superhero movie Black Panther, there are some trying their best to tarnish the mo- mentous and historic occasion.
A Twitter user who goes by the name of @Samuth used the Black Panther hashtag to up- load a picture of man badly beaten. According to @Samuth, the man with a bloody and bruised face is his older brother Kenan who was trying to see the Ryan Coogler directed film, but in- stead was attacked allegedly by two black men who prohibited him from even entering the theater.
He wrote: “This is my older brother Kenan. He was jumped just trying to see the movie,” the tweet reads.” ‘This movie ain’t for you whitey’ ” was the last thing he heard be- fore he was beat up by 2 black men, rupturing his eardrum. He didn’t even make it inside of the movie theater. Smh “
NFL player turned film- maker Matthew Cherry smelled something fishy about the whole thing. After doing a
Twitter user tries to tarnish the epic movie, ‘Black Panther’ by posting this photo, claiming it was his brother who was at- tacked trying to go to see it. In fact, this man was beaten in 2013 outside a birthday party.
cursory Google search, Cherry, who was also the per- son responsible for the ‘Janet Jackson Appreciation Day’ hashtag on Super Bowl Sun- day–learned the Twitter user who originally posted the photo was lying, according to Vibe.
The man in the photo is named Ryan Ball and back in 2013, five years before Black Panther was made, Bell was attacked by two men outside of porn star Jenna Jameson’s Dallas birthday party. Accord- ing to the Dallas Observer, Bell woke up with a severe concussion, about a dozen stitches a fractured forehead and sinus cavity; and a host of other injuries.
‘Black Panther’ Experience Used To Push Voter Registration
Prisoners In New York To Receive Copies Of ‘The New Jim Crow’ Book
‘Black Panther’ epitomizes the Black experience and has become more than a movie for the Black community.
In October, Kayla Reed, Jessica Byrd and Rukia Lu- mumba launched the Elec- toral Justice Project (EJP), which is a project by the Move- ment for Black Lives that aims to fight for and advance the rights of Black people.
As a part of the EJP's initia- tive the women launched a new mission with the much-antici- pated release of Black Panther.
On Thursday, the #Wakan- daTheVote initiative was put into motion to mobilize politi- cal engagement at several "Black Panther" screenings around the country during the first few weeks of the film's
Kayla Reed, Jessica Byrd and Rukia Lumumba launched the Electoral Justice Project.
opening.
The women told Blavity,
‘The Movement for Black Lives is an ecosystem of black lead- ers and organizations fighting every single day for the healthy and happy lives of Black folks”. "We are effective because we meet our communities where they are, whether that's in the
streets, at the city council meeting, or in the movie the- ater.
"This weekend we wanted to meet our people in Wakanda," they added. "We know that for some it's a superhero world, but we know that the world we deserve is still waiting to be built — and we want to build it! This upcoming spring and No- vember 2018 midterm elec- tions are an important step in building that new world, and we want to take every opportu- nity to engage our communi- ties in the conversation of electoral justice. We will be registering people to vote at movie theaters across the country so that we can #wakandathevote at the ballot box."
The controversial book about the mass incarceration of African-Americans will be dis- tributed as part of Legal Aid So- ciety's advocacy campaign.
The prison book drive comes right after New York and New Jersey nullified the policies that would have constrained prison- ers' access to books, food, and clothes. Legal Aid Society be- lieves that "incarcerated clients should never be cut off from ac- cessing books of empowerment that especially unpack the hard truths and explain the in- equities with our criminal jus- tice system," as told by Tina Luongo, head of its criminal defense.
The best-selling book written by civil rights lawyer Michelle Alexander was banned in North Carolina and New Jersey prisons. The book specifically tackles the nation's long history
Jury Awards Korryn Gaines’ Family $37M In Her Fatal Police Shooting
Prisoners in New York City will be receiving free copies of the book, The New Jim Crow.
of racial discrimination. It de- tails the war on drugs and its disparate impact on the number of blacks thrown in prison. It also argues that the prison is "a system of racial and social con- trol" instead of a system that helps prevent crimes.
The book has greatly trig- gered prison activists and crim- inal justice reformers, thus prison officials believe that its premise implies a security threat.
RANDALLTOWN, MD —- A Baltimore County jury on Fri- day awarded more than $37 million in damages in the civil lawsuit brought by the family of Korryn Gaines, the 23-year- old Randallstown woman who was shot and killed by county police after a six-hour standoff in 2016.
The jury of six women said the first shot fired by Cpl. Royce Ruby at Gaines, killing her and injuring her then-5-year-old son, Kodi, was not reasonable and therefore vi- olated their civil rights under state and federal statutes.
The jury awarded more than $32 million to Kodi in dam- ages, and $4.5 million for his sister, Karsyn.
Ruby and Officer Allen
Korryn Gaines, 23, was fa- tally shot after county police went to her home to serve an arrest warrant.
Griffen, III were at Gaines’ residence to reportedly serve an arrest warrant. The document stated that Gaines failed to show up in court to dispute a traffic discrepancy, but she did- n’t trust the validity of the pa- pers so she remained enclosed in her home as the officers were armed outside. Gaines was
with her 5-year-old son at the time, who was shot twice on the scene.
No criminal charges were brought against the officers, which led Gaines’ family to file a wrongful death lawsuit.
Rhanda Dormeus, Gaines’ mother, exhaled once the verdict came in and high- lighted the “Mother’s of the Movement” in her statement. “This win is for all of my sisters in the movement who have lost their children to police violence. Some of them have never re- ceived justice, either criminally or civil. I just want to tell them that this win is for them,” Dormeus said.
Following Gaines’ death, Ruby remained on the police force and even rose in rank.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2018 FLORIDA SENTINEL BULLETIN PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY PAGE 7