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Harlem Fine Arts Show Exhibits In Martha’s Vineyard
Father Of 5 Reindicted With Murder He Did Not Commit
Houston Man Kills Ex-Girlfriend, Her Husband And 6 Children
HOUSTON, TX ---The man charged with killing six chil- dren and a couple at their home in a Houston suburb had a previous relationship with the woman he is accused of killing, and at least one of the murdered children was likely his own, authorities said Sun- day.
Valerie Jackson, 40, her husband, Dwayne Jackson, 50, and six children — Nathaniel, 13; Honesty, 11; Dwayne, Jr., 10; Caleb, 9; Trinity, 7; Jonah, 6 — were found shot to death in three bedrooms of their Harris County home Saturday night, Harris County Chief Sheriff's Deputy Tim Cannon said. Some had been handcuffed, and some were shot multiple times, Cannon said.
David Conley, 48, was charged with multiple counts of capital murder. Officials originally said he was sus- pected of killing five children
David Conley is charged with capital murder.
and three adults.
Cannon said that Conley
was Valerie Jackson's for- mer domestic partner and that the killings were "related to a dispute" between the two.
Conley is thought to be the father of at least one, maybe two, of the murdered children, said the lead investigator on the case, Sgt. Craig Clopton. He said Valerie Jackson had recently changed the locks on the family's home.
Some of the art ex- hibited was Jonathon Romain’s, My brother’s keeper; An- drew Nichols’, Natu- ral Woman, Too and George Nock’s 300 Slick 41.
Nick Hillary and his family.
POSTDAM, NY --- New York resident and military vet- eran Nick Hillary www.truth- fornickhillary.com) is an African American father of five children who’s life has been turned upside down for a mur- der he did not commit.
On October 24, 2011, a 12- year-old boy, Garrett Phillips, (who is white), trag- ically lost his life. Nick Hillary is charged with murdering Garrett Phillips inside Phillips’ Potsdam home. Phillips was found strangled and suffocated.
A police lieutenant and a for- mer police chief said under oath that there’s no evidence tying former Clarkson Univer- sity soccer coach Oral “Nick” Hillary to the killing. Potsdam police Lt. Mark Murray and former Chief Edward Tis- chler said in court documents that there’s no evidence placing Hillary at the 2011 crime scene, the Watertown Daily Times reported.
Hillary was reindicted on murder charges in January 2015 after the charges were dropped in October, 2014. The original charges were dropped due to accusations that Rain and other prosecutors improp- erly questioned witnesses and injected their own opinions to the grand jury.
Hillary’s new trial will begin in November 2015.
Nick Hillary has a civil rights lawsuit pending against Potsdam Police Department that was initiated two and a half years before he was charged with murder.
In October 2010, Hillary wrote an official complaint against Deputy Sheriff John Jones stating that Jones threatened to enter his home and physically assault him.
In January 2011, the mother of the victim (Tandy Cyrus) wrote an official complaint against deputy sheriff John Jones that he has threatened her and she fears for the lives of her sons.
To learn more about Nick Hillary, please visit www.truthfornickhillary.com.
The next stop for the renowned Harlem Fine Arts Show is a long way from the storied Manhattan neighbor- hood, but in a setting that is also significant in African- American culture: the Massa- chusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard. The traveling show of African Diasporic art was on display August 10-12 for art en- thusiasts.
In addition, there were au- thor talks and a “Discussion on the Lawn” about civil rights
and race, moderated by Sh- eryl Huggins Salomon and civil rights activist, National Newspaper Publisher’s Associ- ation CEO, Dr. Benjamin Chavis, journalist Pamela Newkirk, and scholar Rev. Jonathan “Jay” Augustine, among other guests. Among the artists featured were Jonathon Romain, An- drew Nichols, and former New York Giant RB George Nock.
Black Driver At Lowe’s Told He Could Not Make Deliver To White Woman’s House
Ferguson In Uproar Again: 56 Arrested After Shootings
A peaceful tribute on the an- niversary of Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson turned into an evening of bot- tle and brick throwing after 56 people (including Cornel West, DeRay McKesson and Johnetta Elzie) were ar- rested, and at least three peo- ple were shot.
“In light of last night’s vio- lence and unrest in the city of Ferguson, and the potential for harm to persons and property, I am exercising my authority as county executive to issue a state of emergency effective immediately,” St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger said in a statement. “The recent acts of violence will not be tol- erated in a community that has worked so tirelessly over the last year to rebuild and become stronger.”
August 9, began with hun- dreds marching throughout the city to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the death of unarmed teen Mike Brown at the hands of former officer Darren Wilson dur- ing an alleged physical alterca- tion. Around the 3:30 a.m., a shootout between six people transpired and one of the sus- pects reportedly shot at re- sponding police as he was making a getaway. Four detec- tives gave chase and fired at the suspect, leaving him in crit- ical condition.
Ferguson police and pro- testers face-off after shootings on Monday.
He has since been identified as Tyrone Harris Jr. and his father told USA TODAY that he was a close friend of the slain Mike Brown. Harris faces four counts of assault on law enforcement in the first de- gree, five counts of armed criminal action, and one count of discharging or shooting a firearm at a motor vehicle.
“There is a small group of people out there who are intent on making sure we don’t have peace that prevails,” St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Bel- mar told the Associated Press. “That’s just the bottom line on this and that’s just unfortu- nate...We can’t afford to have this kind of violence.”
Woman has no remorse Marcus Bradley has worked about her wish not to have any- for Lowe’s for 11 years. one Black deliver to her home.
A Lowe’s Home Improve- ment warehouse in Southern Virginia went above and be- yond to provide a racist cus- tomer with excellent service last week. The manager of the location, stopped a Black em- ployee from making a delivery, after a customer informed them of her “Whites Only” pol- icy.
Marcus Bradley was actu- ally on his way to make the de- livery, when he got the phone call telling him to turn that truck back around. “I asked him why I couldn’t do it, and he said because you’re Black, and they don’t want you at the house,” said Bradley.
Bradley wasn’t exactly happy that Lowe’s didn’t stand behind him, and neither was his white co-worker. “To me, it just ain’t right for a business that we work at to go on with the woman’s wishes,” said Alex Brooks, who worked with Bradley for 11 years.
When the drivers made it back to Lowe’s, Bradley was replaced by a white person, and Brooks didn’t like that one bit. “That’s kind of where
I just had to put my foot down and say I couldn’t do it with them.” Regardless of the situ- ation, Bradley had to con- tinue working because it’s his job. “I mean, I thought that Lowe’s would take up for me,” he admitted. “I’m going to keep going to work like I’ve al- ways done. But I would think Lowe’s would take it into con- sideration to think about what they’re doing next time.”
The manager of the store has been fired for caving to racist demands, and the cus- tomer is perfectly fine with her decision. Lowe’s however, de- nounced the store saying in a statement: “A discriminatory request should never be hon- ored because it is inconsistent with the company’s values.”
When approached, the racist customer explained why she won’t let Black people in her home to deliver stuff: “I got a right to have whatever I want and that’s it,” she said.
Also, racism has no con- science, so when asked if she felt bad about the debacle, she stuck to her guns. “No, I don’t feel bad about nothing.”
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