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Black Lives Matter Members Want Police Sgt. Charged For Telling Drivers To ‘Run Over’ Protesters
Black Lives Matter members line the streets during the proces- sion for Jamal Clark, who was killed by St. Paul police officers.
Snowzilla Grips East Coast; 200,000 Without Power
A deadly blizzard walloped the eastern United States on Saturday, paralyzing Washing- ton and New York under a heavy blanket of snow as offi- cials warned millions of people to remain indoors until the storm eases up.
At least 18 people were killed in three states in road accidents, officials said, as snow piled up from Arkansas to New York. Forecasters said the storm -- dubbed "Snowzilla" -- lasted into Sunday as it moved menac- ingly up the coast.
Anticipating heavier snowfall,
Governor Andrew Cuomo
of New York placed a travel ban on the city and its immediate suburbs beginning mid-after- noon, essentially shutting down the giant metropolitan area.
Metro and bus networks were shut down in Washington for the entire weekend, and largely shut in Philadelphia and New Jersey on Saturday. Thousands of motorists were stranded for hours on an ice-coated highway in Kentucky.
And more than 200,000 peo- ple were without power.
Georgia Lottery Winner Killed In Home Invasion
Craigory Burch was killed when burglars broke into his home.
FITZGERALD, GA -- A recent lottery winner was shot and killed during an overnight home invasion in south Georgia, au- thorities said Thursday.
According to WALB-TV in Al- bany, intruders broke into a home in Fitzgerald, then shot and killed Craigory Burch Jr., a forklift operator who won the $434,272 Fantasy 5 jackpot in November 2015. Burch’s girlfriend was home at the time of the invasion and ran for help, officials told the television sta- tion.
No one has been arrested in connection with the incident. Friends said that Burch used some of his winnings to buy Christmas presents for people in need.
Flint Residents ‘ID’ Request
ST. PAUL, MN --- The St. Paul, Minn., chapter of Black Lives Matter on Friday called for authorities to criminally charge the police sergeant who posted the “Run them over” message on social media.
Sgt. Jeffrey Rothecker
apologized Wednesday for his post, which appeared ahead of a planned demonstration that blocked traffic on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
His post stated: “Run them over. Keep traffic flowing and don’t slow down for any of these idiots who try and block the street.” Rothecker then explains to drivers how to
avoid being charged for strik- ing a demonstrator.
The sergeant is now on paid administrative leave. But the local Black Lives Matter chap- ter said his punishment must go further.
At Friday’s news conference, Trahern Crews said Rothecker’s comments go beyond being hateful. It con- stitutes a crime under the state’s terroristic threats statute, he stated.
St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman said he’s “outraged and disgusted by the post,” and he vowed to “take the strongest possible action al- lowed under law.’’
FLINT, MI --- Michigan state officials clarified in a press re- lease late Friday that Flint resi- dents are not, in fact, required to show identification in order to receive free water sources being distributed by the Na- tional Guard, the Red Cross, and other volunteers in re- sponse to the city’s water con- tamination crisis.
Identification “is not re- quired, it's just requested,” Lt. David Kaiser, a spokesperson for the Michigan State Police’s field services bureau, told Yahoo News.
Kaiser said addresses were being used as part of the “long- term recovery effort” to track exactly where the water filters and other supplies are going.
This was apparently not made clear to the many people who have been asked for identifica- tion while picking up free water bottles, filters, replacement car- tridges, and testing kits at some of the five resource stations that have been set up across the city in recent days.
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder suspended two state workers
Friday over the water scandal, which also threatens his gover- norship.
The two unidentified De- partment of Environmental Quality managers have been suspended without pay. Critics say that state officials knew for months that the water supply was unsafe before Gov. Sny- der finally decided to declare a state of emergency on Jan. 5 and sought help from Washing- ton. Flint residents complained immediately about their water’s odor, taste and color. But offi- cials ignored their complaints and downplayed medical evi- dence of elevated lead levels in children.
Clarified By Michigan State Official; 2 Workers Suspended
Flint residents given free water. Ever since the full extent of the Flint water crisis emerged, one question has persisted: Would this have happened in a wealthier, whiter community? These are the faces of Flint, MI.
Black Republicans Announce Support For Donald Trump
Buying Hair And Products From Who?:
Women Set Out To Put Dent In
DONALD TRUMP
The National Black Republi- can Association, a self-pro- claimed “grassroots activist” organization committed to “re- turning African Americans to their Republican roots” (i.e., “the party of Lincoln”) re- leased a statement on Friday saying it was “pleased to an- nounce [its] endorsement of Donald J. Trump for Presi- dent of the United States of America.”
The Florida-based organiza- tion founded in 2005 say it supports Trump because he shares its values: “We, like Mr. Trump, are fiscally conserva- tive, steadfastly pro-life and be- lievers in a small government that fosters freedom for indi- viduals and businesses, so they can grow and become prosper- ous.”
NBRA Chair Frances Rice
FRANCES RICE
detailed their reasoning fur- ther, saying that over the last 60 years, Democrats have run Black communities into the ground, turning them into “economic and social waste- lands.” She writes in part:
We are deeply concerned about illegal immigration, a major cause of high black un- employment, especially among Black youth.
Black Americans across America are beginning to wake up and see clearly the reality of what is happening in Black neighborhoods. Democrats have run Black communities for the past 60 years and the socialist policies of the Democ- rats have turned those commu- nities into economic and social wastelands, witness Detroit, Baltimore and South Chicago.
Asian Stronghold On Hair Industry
Real estate investor Princess Hill and stylist Kelly Williams..
Nationwide — The beauty industry involves Black women from all corners of the world as customers, stylists, clinicians, models, manufacturers, spokespersons and more. The ethnic beauty business is a $15 billion business that consists of a 96% African-American cus- tomer base, but roughly only 3% of the retailers are African- American.
There has been talk in sa- lons, on talk shows, at events and classrooms on what should be done about the disparities and discriminations in the in- dustry. Some say boycott hair products, while others say boy- cott Asian-owned stores. How- ever, there has been another group of individuals who have decided to take a more bold ap- proach.
Real Estate investor, Princess Hill, and award- winning competition and mas- ter stylist, Kelly Williams, who are long-time friends and
Detroit natives decided to open their own beauty supply store in Detroit, Michigan.
Hill and Williams con- tacted Beauty Supply Institute www.BeautySupplyInstitute.co m.
Beauty Supply Institute is a company founded by economic activist, Devin Robinson, who opened 3 of his own stores within 18 months almost 10 years ago (after being chased out of one by a golf-club-hold- ing Korean owner for what turned out to be a case of false accusation).
Robinson also staged a one- week boycott in 2009 against non-black-owned beauty sup- ply stores. Since that time, Beauty Supply Institute has opened almost 70 stores for other Black women in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean and have helped to generate over $13,000,000 in gross revenues for urban com- munities.
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