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Petition To Free Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick To Be Sent To President Obama
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced to 28 years in federal prison.
New Yorker Grows Cotton In Harlem To Teach Kids About Slavery
Willie Morgan is a gardener in Harlem.
The name of the 1970 Ossie Davis-directed Blaxploitation film, Cotton Comes To Harlem, has taken on a new twist in 2016.
Willie Morgan, who hails from Georgia, grows actual cot- ton in Harlem to teach children in his neighborhood about slavery. Cotton, of course, was the cash crop that allowed the United States to flourish in capitalism during the 19th cen- tury. The free labor of enslaved people allowed the country’s economy to grow by leaps and bounds.
“I tell the kids ... that the jeans they’re wearing come from cotton. They don’t know anything about it,” he said in a recent interview. “I give them the cotton and they can take it into their classes.”
Morgan began planting his cotton plants in 2005, and they now sit right at an iconic Harlem statue of Harriet Tubman at the junction of 122nd Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard.
“This is what slavery was about. They did not have ma- chines. They needed people to pick it...[That way] they know about the cotton, they know what their forefathers did,” he said.
Morgan plants the seeds in June, and harvests them in September and October. He also plants peanuts, collard greens, okra, onions and stevia in his own plot of land not too far from the statue of Harriet, also known as Black Moses.
Univ. Of Wisconsin Fan Wears Costume Of President Obama With Noose Around His Neck
Football fan wore a costume of President Obama with a noose around his neck. The school did not throw him out.
DETROIT, MI --- In 2013, a federal jury found former De- troit mayor, Kwame Kil- patrick guilty of 24 charges including conspiracy, extor- tion, and income tax evasion. His request for a new trial was denied by the Supreme Court.
Kilpatrick is currently serving a 28-year sentence in a federal prison, one of the longest sentences ever handed down for a public corruption case involving a government official. Kilpatrick maintains his innocence and shared his feelings on Facebook using his brother-in-law's page.
Through it all, Kilpatrick supporters believe that his sentence was excessive and should be pardoned. A
Change.org petition asks President Obama to grant Kilpatrick clemency.
Public corruption is nothing new in politics, especially in the mayoral office. Past May- ors, even in major cities across the country, were caught run- ning illegal schemes outside of their public duties.
In September, Patrick Cannon, the former mayor of Charlotte, NC walked out of a federal prison after serving half of his 44-month sentence for accepting bribes. Cannon got lucky.
The petition for Kilpatrick seeks 15,000 signatures and is currently short of just under 2,000 to reach the goal.
MADISON, WI -- After Sat- urday’s football game in which a fan of the University of Wis- consin-Madison showed up in an Obama costume with a noose tied around its neck, the school released a statement calling the racist outfit “repug- nant,” but that it “was an exer- cise of the individual’s right to free speech.”
Someone at the game snapped a pic of the historically offensive and arguably violent get-up, that of our first Black President with a noose around his neck, and posted it to Twit- ter where it immediately went viral. Later that day, UW offi- cials released a statement giv- ing its side of events, saying The fans complied when guest services staff asked to remove the offensive parts of the cos- tume, however, online video shows the pair exiting the sta-
dium altogether.
University policy does not
allow fans to wear masks while entering the stadium, but they are allowed to wear them once inside.
The school said the costume, “while repugnant and counter to the values of the university and athletic department, was an exercise of the individual’s right to free speech.”
Wisconsin says it also exer- cised its right to ask the fan to remove the offensive parts of the costume.
After they were asked to leave, video on social media ap- pears to show the duo exiting the stadium dressed with one person wearing a Donald Trump mask holding the end of the noose still tied around the neck of the person wearing a Hillary Clinton mask.
Police: Cop’s Wife Faked Crime And Blamed Black Lives Matter
Alabama A&M Student Starts Food Pantry To Help Fellow Classmates
Justin Franks stands in front of the food that has been donated since starting the food pantry in his dorm room.
MILBURY, MA --- When Maria Daly reported a bur- glary earlier this month at her Millbury, Massachusetts home, police found "BLM" tagged on the outside of her house. But the local police chief, Donald Desorcy, had a feeling that something was off from the beginning of the investigation.
She posted the "vandalism" to Facebook, writing "This is what we have to deal with these days and it makes me sick."
But the truth came out, and Daly is now scheduled to ap- pear in court for fabricating the whole incident. She faces charges for filing a false police
report as well as misleading a police investigation.
"The officers did their due diligence and followed through with the investigation that we had," Desorcy said, "Basically we came to the con- clusion that it was all fabri- cated. There was no intruder, there was no burglary."
He also said that her hus- band, Officer Daniel Daly, has been exonerated and was- n't involved in the incident.
Some neighbors were shocked that Daly thought she would get away with such a scam. "You're a cop's wife. You should know better," said Gusti Sauber.
NORMAL, AL --- The strug- gle is real for many college stu- dents across the country.
It's hard enough trying to pay tuition, let alone room and board. The choice sometimes comes down to books for the semester or a meal plan.
For those who have to make that hard choice, one college student is stepping in to help. Justin Franks, a full-time student at Alabama A &M Uni- versity, decided to help his fel- low classmates out with an innovative idea.
Franks started a food pantry in the dorm. After noticing that some students in the dorm were going to be hun- gry, he was inspired to do something about it.
"I noticed that there were
some students that said they ware going to bed hungry," ex- plained Franks to WHNT. "So, I thought about it and said, 'What can I give back to my community?
He started with $40 and a small amount of items, includ- ing things like ramen noodles, Capri Suns, tissues and water. Franks posted his accom- plishment on Facebook and it took off. After his post was shared over 500 times, he began to receive additional items for the pantry.
Thanks to people who Franks says "really cared about our students and Ala- bama A&M University. Franks act of selflessness has helped to serve over 100 stu- dents.
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