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Teen That Murdered Teacher Is On Trial
Protesters In Minneapolis Block Traffic On Interstate; 51 Arrested
Protesters in Minneapolis blocked the interstate and tied up traffic for hours.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- Hun- dreds of protesters shut down northbound Interstate 94 through Minneapolis Monday night reacting to the shooting of a black man by Minneapolis po- lice. In all, 51 people were ar- rested.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation reports pro- testers were on the freeway, at- tempting to block traffic. The shutdown first started around 7 p.m.
Several area metro police de- partments were on scene at- tempting to control the situation. According to the Min- nesota State Patrol, protesters were given four warnings to dis- perse or be subject to arrest.
Shortly before 9 p.m., au- thorities began arresting pro- testers. The state patrol later said 43 adults and eight juve- niles were arrested and will be charged with unlawful assembly and pedestrian on freeway, both misdemeanors.
The state patrol says numer- ous cars were damaged in the protest. At least on trooper was punched by a protester, and that person fled the scene.
Family members said Jamar Clark, 24, was shot in a scuffle with officers early Sunday morning. Police say he was a suspect in a domestic assault and interfered with paramedics who responded to the scene. Some witnesses allege Clark
Jamar Clark was shot over his left eye on Sunday by po- lice.
was handcuffed when he was shot.
Clark's father, James Hill, told The Associated Press that his son, said to be on life sup- port, suffered a single gunshot wound over his left eye.
Two officers were placed on paid leave, standard practice after such an incident. Harteau said the officers were not wearing body cameras, but declined to say whether squad car or surveillance video was available, citing the ongoing in- vestigation. Mayor Betsy Hodges wrote the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice and to the U.S. attorney for Minnesota asking for a fed- eral investigation in the "inter- est of transparency and community confidence" after police shot a man that witnesses claim was handcuffed.
Philip Chism with his attorney.
SALEM, Mass. - A teenager killed his math teacher and did "unspeakable things" to her body, but he was driven by se- vere mental illness, his defense attorney told jurors at his mur- der trial Monday.
Philip Chism, 16, is charged with murder, rape and robbery in the October 2013 slaying of Colleen Ritzer. The body of the 24-year-old Danvers High School teacher was found near the school. She had been raped twice and her throat had been slit.
Chism, who was 14 at the time, has pleaded not guilty and is being tried as an adult in Salem.
Chism, who had moved to Massachusetts from Clarksville, Tennessee, shortly before start- ing high school, should not be held criminally responsible, his attorney, Denise Regan, told the jury. The teenager was "se- verely mentally ill" and had suf- fered from a psychotic disorder since the age of 10, she said.
Prosecutor Kate Mac- Dougall, in gruesome detail, traced Chism's steps during Ritzer's algebra class at the end of the day, then after class. Citing surveillance video from some of the 140 cameras at the school, MacDougall said Ritzer was seen going into a bathroom, followed soon there- after by Chism. She said Chism came out of the bath- room 11 minutes later, but Ritzer did not.
MacDougall said a student who also stayed after class that day will testify that she saw Chism become visibly upset after Ritzer asked him how Danvers was different from where he lived in Tennessee.
"She sensed that he was irri- tated with that line of question- ing," MacDougall said.
MacDougall said Chism strangled Ritzer and used the box cutter to slice her throat. She said he raped her inside the bathroom and a second time outside, with a tree branch.
Hours after Chism's mother reported him missing; police in nearby Topsfield spotted him walking along a busy two-lane roadway.
Apple HBCU scholars with Apple Vice President for Worldwide Human Resources and Talent Denise Young Smith (center) on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
Apple And Thurgood Marshall College Fund Partner
To Give HBCU Students Pipeline To Tech Company
Apple Inc. and the Thur- good Marshall College Fund have partnered to build a pipeline for African-American students into the world's largest information technology company, with a new intern- ship effort called the Apple HBCU Scholars Program.
This year, 31 students from HBCUs will each be awarded $25,000 during their senior year of study. They will also participate in a 10-day see-it- all visit to the company prior to the three-month internship. Additionally, each student will be paired with an employee from Apple during his or her time in Cupertino, Calif., where Apple is headquartered. Apple's program is the first of its kind to focus specifically on African Americans and to use
the obvious source of HBCUs, which graduate thousands of students in science, technol- ogy, engineering and math fields, (STEM) as a con- nector.
"Many companies talk about wanting a more diverse work- force. Apple is actually demon- strating its commitment—and in a big way, Thurgood Mar- shall College Fund President Johnny C. Taylor Jr. re- cently. Apple Vice President of Worldwide Human Resources Denise Young Smith, a graduate of Grambling State University, began working at Apple in 1997. She welcomed the HBCU students in Wash- ington Friday. "You've proven yourself exceptionally capa- ble," Smith said as she ad- dressed the students Friday.
KKK Gets Unlikely Supporter On Road Adoption
STONE MOUNTAIN, GA -- For years, the Ku Klux Klan have fought to join Georgia’s “Adopt-A-Highway” program. Now, they might be one step closer towards their goal with, ironically, the help of a civil rights organization.
The White supremacy group has found an ally in The Amer- ican Civil Liberties Union, ac- cording to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. After the KKK was repeatedly de- nied participation in the state’s program in 2012, a member of the organization partnered with the KKK to extend their rights.
“Adopt-A-Highway” allows organizations like non-profits, sororities, and others to de- clare ownership over a certain section of state highways. The KKK has their eye on a portion of concrete in North Georgia’s Blairsville area. But the
KKK want to adopt a road in Georgia.
group’s underlying intention – not just their wish to clean up the roads – is on the minds of state attorneys who are wor- ried about the image a KKK- owned highway would convey about the state. The ACLU ar- gues the rejection of the KKK from the program denounces their right to free speech for doing a good deed.
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