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Memoriams/Card Of Thanks
IN MEMORIAM
ELDER R. H. HOWARD 1928 – 2009
In memory of all the time you spent for the Lord.
New Salem Primitive Baptist Church, Tampa, Florida, Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church, Bastrap, Texas, and many, many, many
more services for Our Lord.
I am blessed you found me.
Love, your wife, Sister D. Howard.
National
Man Shot And Killed For Not Holding The Door Open For Woman At A McDonald's
CARD OF THANKS
MRS. JESSIE MAE BASS
An argument outside a North Las Vegas McDonald’s turned deadly for a 31-year-old man. Family members of Moham- mad Robinson say he died Saturday night after he mistak- enly did not hold the door open for a woman.
“It's horrible. I want my dad back and you took him away from me!” said the murder vic- tim’s daughter, Miniya Sampson.
14-year-old Miniya Samp- son tries to understand the senseless murder of her father, 31-year-old Mohammad Robinson.
North Las Vegas police say Saturday night just before mid- night a man shot Robinson outside the McDonalds near Pecos and Las Vegas Boule- vard.
“It was a stupid reason hon- estly, irrelevant. It doesn't make any sense why would you actually take someone's life over not opening a door,” said Sampson.
Sampson says her father’s best friend witnessed the
shooting.
The friend told Sampson,
her father got into an argument with a woman that was upset that a door into the McDon- ald’s was not held open for her. The woman notified a man she was with and that man pulled out a gun and shot Robinson.
The victim’s girlfriend who did not want to show her face says Mohammed was a re- spectful man.
“He was the utmost respect for his elders. Yes, ma'am -- no sir. He's not confrontational even when we would argue he'd walk away,” said Moham- mad’s girlfriend.
Sampson believes her fa- ther died because of a misun- derstanding.
“My dad would open the door and hold it for the lady but he probably didn't hear her,” said Sampson.
Sampson prays the mur- derer is caught soon. The 14- year-old tells us her heart will be forever broken.
“I love him. I wish he was still here,” said Sampson.
The family of Jessie Mae Bass wishes to express our sin- cere gratitude and apprecia- tion shown through prayers, cards, phone calls, and visits during our time of bereave- ment.
Thanks, Bell family.
DEATH LISTINGS
Aikens Funeral Home Mr. Arthur Battle, Tampa. Mr. Joseph Black, Tampa.
Gudes Funeral Home
Ms. Vanessa Copeland, Tampa. Mr. Gerald Monteiro, Tampa. Ms. Leitha Wright, Tampa.
Harmon Funeral Home
Ms. Lisancia Piere, Tampa/Haiti. Mr. Robert Wood, Tampa.
Ray Williams Funeral Home
Mrs. Sabrina Yolanda Johnson, Tampa. Mrs. Daisy Underwood, Tampa. Mrs. Olivia Pierce,
Tampa.
Wilson Funeral Home
Jei'Lani Christina Angelic Jenkins, Tampa. Heavenly Angel Pickett, Tampa.
Five Chicago Officers Face Firing Over Slaying Of Black Teen
The Chief of Chicago's police department recommended on Tuesday that five officers be fired over their role in the 2014 shooting death of a black teenager, an incident that heaped national scrutiny on the nation's second largest police force.
Superintendent Eddie Johnson recommended to the Chicago Police Board that Offi- cer Jason Van Dyke, who shot Laquan McDonald 16 times, be fired, along with an- other four officers.
The shooting made headlines across the country and sparked protests after the release of a dashboard video more than a year after the incident. The video shows the officer contin- ued to fire after McDonald, 17, had fallen to the ground.
It also comes amid a string of high-profile killings of Black men by police in various U. S. cities in the past two years which have renewed a national debate about racial discrimina- tion in the American criminal justice system and given rise to the Black Lives Matter move- ment.
Johnson's recommendation marks the start of formal pro- ceedings in the officers' firing. The Police Board, whose nine members are appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, must consider it and then make the decision on firing the offi- cers.
Van Dyke is facing charges of first-degree murder and is on unpaid leave. He has pleaded not guilty.
Sergeant Stephen Franko, and Officers Janet Mondragon, Daphne Se- bastian and Ricardo Vira- montes, are named along with
Van Dyke.
According to charges released on Tuesday, all of them al- legedly made false or inaccurate statements about the circum- stances surrounding McDon- ald's death.
"The Superintendent has rec- ommended that each of the five officers be discharged from the Chicago Police Department," a statement from the Police Board said. "The public is re- minded that the filing of charges is not evidence of guilt."
An initial status hearing for the cases is scheduled for Sept. 19.
The police reports on the Oc- tober 2014 shooting conflicted with video footage of the inci- dent, sparking accusations that Van Dyke's fellow officers were trying to cover up an un- justified shooting.
Emanuel fired police Super- intendent Garry McCarthy in the wake of the video release, and thousands of protesters took to the streets of Chicago over McDonald's death and the subsequent handling of the case.
Initially Johnson recom- mended that 10 officers be ter- minated, a number that dropped to seven because some officers retired, among other reasons, the Chicago Tribune reported. It was unclear why that number dropped to five of- ficers.
On Tuesday, Emanuel un- veiled a proposed Police Ac- countability Ordinance to overhaul current oversight in a move to ensure "investigations of officers are independent, fair, timely and transparent." Chicago City Council will vote on it on Sept. 29.
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