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Atty. General Bondi: Beware Of Robocalls
Floridians are being warned that robocall scams are on the rise across the State in part be- cause technology allows more of them than ever, according to Florida Attorney General, Pam Bondi.
Atty. Gen. Bondi says 1,000 robocalls per minute can now be easily made. Many of the products or services being of- fered are fraudulent.
Consumers who don’t want to receive phone solicitations can register their numbers with na- tional and state “do not call”
lists. These are located at DoNotCall.gov and FLDNC.com.
The Atty. General says other tips include never pushing a button on the phone if a sus- pected robocall is received. Pressing a button confirms the call was connected and may trig- ger more robocalls.
Consumers receiving robo- calls are encouraged to write down the name of the company mentioned in the message and phone number associated with the call.
Family Of New York Man Who Was Killed With Chokehold
Settles With City For $5.9M
NEW YORK -- The wife and children of a Black man who died after being placed in a white police officer's chokehold held a news conference Tuesday and discussed the $5.9 million settlement it reached with the city days before the anniversary of his death.
The news conference was held by attorneys for Eric Gar- ner's family and the Rev. Al Sharpton. Sharpton also helped organize a rally Saturday (anniversary of Garner’s death) in honor of Garner and other victims of police miscon- duct.
The settlement was an- nounced Monday. Garner's family in October filed a notice of claim, the first step in filing a lawsuit against the city, asking for $75 million.
Garner, 43, was stopped last July 17, 2014 outside a Staten Island convenience store be- cause police officers believed he was selling loose, untaxed ciga- rettes. A video shot by an on- looker shows Garner telling the officers to leave him alone
Eric Garner and his wife, Esaw were photographed during a va- cation in 2011. Garner was killed by a police officer in 2014 when he was put into a chokehold.
and refusing to be handcuffed.
Officer Daniel Pantaleo placed his arm around Gar- ner's neck to take him down. Garner, who had asthma, is heard gasping "I can't breathe!" 11 times before losing con- sciousness. He was pronounced dead later at a hospital.
The city medical examiner
found the police chokehold con- tributed to Garner's death. But a grand jury declined to indict the officer in the death. A fed- eral probe is ongoing.
Chokeholds are banned by New York Police Department policy. Pantaleo says he used a legal takedown maneuver known as a seatbelt, not a chokehold. Garner's death sparked demonstrations and be- came a flashpoint in a national debate about relations between police and minority communi- ties.
Republicans Trying To Recruit Blacks Before 2016 Election
OHIO --- In an effort to re- cruit Democratic-leaning Black and urban voters, the Republi- can National Committee has launched a four-week Ohio campaign that will focus on out- reach and mobilization ahead of the November 2016 presidential election, reports Cleveland.com.
The campaign, called “#Com- mittedToCommunity: Engage, Empower, Uplift,” is slated to end Aug. 6, the date of the first GOP presidential primary de- bate at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.
The RNC’s communications director for Back media, Or- lando Watson, says that Re- publican Party Chairman Reince Priebus
wants to capitalize on interest in the presidential debate and the convention, which will be held in Cleveland the week of July 18, 2016, the report says.
“People are talking about the convention, and the de- bates. People know about the Republicans coming to town,” Watson said. “If nothing else, Black voters are curious: ‘What are they talking about?’ ... We want to give them those oppor- tunities to find out.”
The party needs a boost with voters of color in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s denigrat- ing comments about Mexican immigrants. The question, how- ever, is will candidates like Trump continue to undermine their efforts?
Nigerian President Fires All Of The Country’s
Defense Heads
ABUJA - Nigeria's Presi- dent Muhammadu Buhari sacked his army, navy, air force and defense chiefs on Monday, a widely anticipated move as the former general has made crush- ing Islamist militant group Boko Haram his top priority.
Replacements were an- nounced later on Monday.
Since his inauguration in May, Buhari has moved Nige- ria's defense command centre to Maiduguri, the birthplace of the jihadi sect, and is setting up the headquarters for a multi-na- tional joint taskforce in Chad's capital N'Djamena.
In June, Amnesty Interna- tional accused Nigeria's military of systemic human rights abuses and the deaths of 8,000 prison- ers and called for an investiga- tion into many top military officials including the army and air force chiefs.
Former President Good- luck Jonathan was heavily criticized for his inability to deal with the six-year insurgency in the northeast of Africa's biggest oil producer which has killed thousands and displaced 1.5 million people.
Army morale hit an all time
Nigerian President, MUHAMMADU BUHARI
low under Jonathan and it was not until the start of 2015 that the militants were finally pushed out of most areas with the help of foreign mercenaries, troops from neighboring coun- tries and new equipment.
But Nigerians saw Jonathan's victories as too lit- tle too late.
The outgoing officials are: Chief of Defense Staff, Air Marshall Alex Badeh; the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Kenneth Minimah; the Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Usman Jibrin and the Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshall Adesola Amosu, the spokesman said.
Chicago Art Exhibit Features Life Size Portrayal Of Micheal Brown’s Dead Body
CHICAGO, IL --- An exhibit at Chicago’s Gallery Guichard featuring a portrayal of the slain body of Michael Brown has sparked contro- versy on social media.
The exhibit, titled “Con- fronting Truths: Wake Up!,” is the solo debut of New Orleans based artist Ti-Rock Moore who claims that her purpose for the piece is to combat white privilege and shine the light of racial dispar- ities. Moore says she believes art can be healing. She would like to see the healing begin. Keeping Michael Brown’s memory alive, Moore claims, is part of that process.
The owner of Gallery Guichard, Andre Guichard, calls the exhibit “courageous” and hopes it sparks dialogue and breaks down barriers. He hopes “it creates something positive,” he says, “from in- credibly negative images.”
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