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2 Milwaukee Teens Shot After Gunfire Exchange With Police
S.C. Students Rally In Support Of School Cop That Slammed Classmate
COLUMBIA, S.C. ---Around 100 students at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, South Carolina, marched out of lessons to rally for cop Ben Fields, 34, to be reinstated. He was recorded grabbing a black 16-year-old and flipping her out of her chair before slamming her on the ground and arresting her. Fields was fired and arrested days later after the videos went viral. Pupils said they wanted to support the cop and help protect his reputation.
Applications Now Being Accepted For Tom Joyner Full-Ride
Scholarship To An HBCU
The Tom Joyner Founda- tion® announced the ‘Full Ride’ scholarship program that will cover all the expenses of one student planning to attend a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in the fall of 2016.
“The cost of a college educa- tion isn’t getting any cheaper,” said Tom Joyner, chairman of his Foundation and host of the top-ranked nationally syn- dicated Tom Joyner Morning show. “So, I want to help a graduating high school senior with a chance to attend a black college to pursue their dreams.”
Students will receive full tu- ition and stipends for up to 10 semesters to cover on-campus room and board and books. Students must meet the re- quired academic standards each semester to renew the funds each year. Graduating high school seniors can apply for the scholarship by going to the Tom Joyner Foundation website – www.tomjoyner- foundation.org – to complete the application.
Students must have their
Nationally syndicated DJ Tom Joyner
schools mail their transcripts and recommendations to the Foundation at P.O. Box 630495, Irving, TX 75063- 0495.
To be eligible, students must meet the criteria. The applica- tions must be postmarked no later than January 15, 2016. In- terviews will occur in April 2016.
For more information, con- tact Neil Foote, media rela- tions, Tom Joyner Foundation, neil.foote@tomjoynerfounda- tion.org, 214-448-3765.
MILWAUKEE, WI — The Milwaukee Police Department says two 17-year-old suspects were shot and injured by police on the city’s north side.
Milwaukee police say two bi- cycle officers were investigating a suspicious vehicle without li- cense plates around 8:40 p.m. Monday when they found three suspects. Police say one of the suspects was clearly armed and exchanged gunfire with the offi- cers when he was approached.
Two of the suspects, both 17- year-old males from Milwaukee, were shot by the officers and taken to a hospital. The third suspect, an 18-year-old West Allis man, was arrested at the scene, but he and the officers weren’t injured.
Police say they recovered two handguns and drugs. They say the vehicle was stolen in Octo- ber during a burglary on the city’s south side.
Both officers have been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation.
Regentrification: Singing In Historic Black Church Too Loud For New Folks
OAKLAND, CA — Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, mostly attended by African Americans, has been receiving warnings from city officials after local residents have started com- plaining about loud gospel music singing.
Thomas A. Harris III, pastor of the 65-year old his- toric church, says they have re- ceived letters from the city, stating that the church’s organ, drums, and choir singing vio- lated the city’s noise ordinance. They face fines of up to $500 per day, and could be given an additional $3,529 fine if the music isn’t kept to a minimum.
Church members say that they believe the complaints are because of gentrification. They say the complaints are coming from local white families who have recently moved into the neighborhood.
Experts say that because of economic prosperity in Silicon
Choir at Pleasant Grove Bap- tist Church.
Valley, prices for homes and apartments are super expen- sive in the San Francisco area. As a result, more white and Asian residents have started buying property and moving into what were once Black neighborhoods in both West and East Oakland.
“Kind of hard to believe be- cause we’ve been here about 65 years in the community and all of a sudden we get some con- cerns about the noise,” Harris said.
No Answers For Mom After Son Found Dead And His Organs Missing
Ryan Singleton’s body was found in Death Valley.
ATLANTA, GA -- There are still no answers for A Georgia woman after her 24 year-old son was found dead in Death Valley, California with several of his in- ternal organs missing.
Iris Flowers’ son Ryan Singleton had left Atlanta back in July to pursue his dream to become a Hollywood actor. Sadly, the dream was cut short when he went missing during a trip to Las Vegas and eventually was found dead by joggers on September 21, in the desert near Baker, Calif.
Soon after, Flowers received the heart-breaking phone call about her son’s body being dis- covered by local authorities, along with the strange details that his organs were missing. There were no eyes, there was no heart, there were no lungs, there was no liver, and there were no kidneys.
The San Bernardino County Coroner’s Office says there’s no official cause of death for Sin- gleton. “The body was severely decomposed.
Flowers, however, isn’t buy- ing the idea that animals are re- sponsible for her son’s missing organs.
Hacktivist Group Publishes Contact Information Of Alleged Klan Members
Louisiana Man Cashes In $5,000 Worth Of Pennies He Had Been Saving For 50 Years
MONROE, LA — Otha An- ders, a 73-year old man, who started saving pennies more than 45 years ago, recently cashed in more than 500,000 pennies he had stored in 15 five gallon plastic water jugs. That amounts to exactly $5,136.14.
Anders comments, “I be- came convinced that spotting a lost or dropped penny was an additional God-given incentive reminding me to always be thankful. There have been days where I failed to pray and more often than not, a lost or dropped penny would show up to remind me.”
He added, “If I was at some- one’s house and I found a penny, I would pick it up and I would keep it. I will always tell the person that if it was a quar- ter, I would give it back, but since it is a penny, I’m keeping it.”
He cashed in his enormous coin collection at the Ruston Origin Bank, in Ruston, Louisiana.
OTHA ANDERS
Jennie Cole, vice presi- dent of the bank, admitted that it was not a typical day at the bank when Anders brought his collection of pennies in on a dolly. But she says Anders is a valued customer, and they wanted to help him with the transaction.
Cole commented, “We value his business, as we do all of our customers. But if we can help Anders with his endeav- ors, we are happy to do so.”
Fortunately, they had a ma- chine that counts coins to save time.
The hacktivist group Anony- mous has begun revealing the names of alleged Ku Klux Klan members, publishing their email addresses, Klan affilia- tion and phone numbers to Pastebin. Included in the list are nine politicians—four sen- ators and five city mayors—but their association with the KKK is unverified. One mayor has denied any affiliation with the group.
According to the Interna- tional Business Times, the offi- cial Operation KKK Twitter account has acknowledged the list but has said that it "won't release names without due dili- gence."
"We discourage the circula- tion of disinformation and will not promote an unverifiable list of politicians," it said in the now deleted tweet, according to IBT.
Norfolk, Va., Mayor Paul Fraim, allegedly one of those named, has denied the claims in a series of tweets, calling it a "hoax" and "absolutely false."
Last week the hacktivist group promised to unveil the names of 1,000 KKK members after accessing the information through a compromised Twit- ter account tied to the notori- ous hate group. The data dump
Members of the hacktivist group Anonymous.
began to hit PasteBin, a site used to share and store text and computer code, on Sunday evening. As of Monday morn- ing there had been four listings, including 57 phone numbers and 23 email addresses. Some also included spouses of the supposed KKK members.
The KKK and Anonymous have been in a cyber battle for some time, ever since the Fer- guson, Mo., protests, when a local KKK chapter warned that it would use "lethal force" against anyone protesting in the streets. In response, the hacktivist group seized the KKK chapter's Twitter account and published some of its members' details.
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