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Police Chief's Son, 18, Charged With Beating Elderly Man, Smiles, Flips Bird In Court
The 18-year-old son of a police chief in California’s Bay Area, who allegedly attacked a 71-year- old Sikh man, appeared in court Friday, smiling and waving his middle fingers at media cameras, a report said.
Mom Of 3 Fatally Shot In
Tyrone Keith McAl- lister, estranged son of Union City police Chief Darryl McAllister, en- tered the courtroom and flipped his middle fingers at their camera, Sacra- mento's FOX 40 reported.
He appeared to be grin- ning, and made suspected gang signs while his hands were cuffed, the Record of Stockton reported.
"Words can barely de- scribe how embarrassed, dejected, and hurt my wife, daughters, and I feel right now," the chief wrote on Facebook. He also wrote that his son, who has spent time in both juvenile and
adult jail, needs to be held accountable for his actions. The younger McAllister and a 16-year-old compan- ion allegedly confronted Sahib Singh Natt while he was taking a stroll in Manteca, near Stockton in the Central Valley, on Mon- day at about 6 a.m., and
asked him for money. Authorities said the pair kicked Natt to the ground. Police said the video shows the suspect kick him at least three times and that one of the suspects may
have waved a gun.
The police chief and his
wife worked with local po- lice to track down their son
and the 16-year-old. The pair were arrested Wednes- day on one count of at- tempted robbery, elder abuse and assault with a deadly weapon.
Investigators were still looking into whether the attack meets the legal crite- ria for charging a hate crime, the Record reported.
"As to whether it was just a crime or a hate crime, I’m of the opinion that at this point, looking at the videos, that it’s just a crime com- mitted by some young peo- ple," Bobby Bivens, president of the Stockton branch of the NAACP, told FOX 40.
Police in Jacksonville, Fla., were searching for a suspect after a mother of three boys was fatally shot Friday morn- ing while she ordered food in the drive-thru lane of a local McDonald’s.
Jamie Marie Roque, 32, of Jacksonville, died about an hour later at a hospital, the Florida Times Union re- ported. She had been shot at least once, the report said.
Roque’s aunt, Rose Mary Lopez, told the news- paper that Roque was de- voted to her sons — two of whom are autistic. She also cared for her mother.
“She was a beautiful per- son. She loved life and her family,” Lopez said. “She was all about her kids and her mom, who has lost it over this.”
Jacksonville police Sgt. Marc Musser said wit-
Jamie Roque, 32, who was fatally shot Friday, was de- voted to her family, her aunt told a local newspaper.
nesses described seeing a heavy-set black man flee in a white four-door car after the shooting.
Detectives were also check- ing footage from security cameras in the area in a bid to identify the suspect, he said.
The Pay Gap Is Severely Affecting Black Women, Yet Only 1 In 3 Americans Know It
Handcuffing Black Child
It took eight months and seven days into 2018 for black women to catch up to what white men earned in 2017. That means it takes a little more than 19 months for black women to reach a year’s worth of the average white man’s salary.
To highlight that discrep- ancy, organizations including Equal Pay Today and Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In pro- moted Tuesday, Aug. 7, as Black Women’s Equal Pay Day. Black women are only paid 63 cents for every dollar white men earn. Black women, on average, are paid 38 percent less than than white men and 21 percent less than white women. Pay disparities remain consistent across different levels of edu- cation, according to the Eco- nomic Policy Institute. That’s a big difference, especially when 80 percent of Black mothers are the primary breadwinners for their fami- lies.
“Equal pay is not about getting what’s fair, but about getting compensated for the value and expertise we bring
to the workplace,” said Lisa Skeete Tatum, CEO and founder of career guidance platform Landit. “When women are not fully compen- sated, there is the real risk of not getting what they de- serve, but also not being able to ever close the gap. The loss is not only in terms of com- pensation, but also promo- tion, learning opportunities and the ability to bring the full measure of their talent and potential to the table.”
That gap has only nar- rowed by 9 cents over the last 30 years, compared to 22 cents for white women, Pew Research Center reported in
2016. On top of that, black women receive less support from managers and get pro- moted less frequently, ac- cording to Lean In’s 2017 Women In the Workplace study.
This is an urgent issue that is costing Black women more than $800,000 ― and, in some states, $1 million ― over a lifetime.
A 2018 survey conducted by Lean In, Survey Monkey and the National Urban League found that 1 in 3 peo- ple aren’t aware of the pay gap between black women and white men, and only roughly half of Americans are aware of the gap that exists between black women and white women.
Even more alarming, the survey found that more than half of men believe that black women no longer face obsta- cles in their careers. Nearly 70 percent of non-Black peo- ple believe racism and sexism are uncommon in the work- place while 64 percent of Black women say they’ve been discriminated against at work.
The Police Athletic League in Jacksonville, Florida, has an inspirational slogan on the side of its building: “Filling playgrounds, not prisons.” But, ironically, it stands in stark contrast to the behavior of an officer who’s accused of handcuffing an 11-year-old boy who was dribbling a bas- ketball inside the building.
“I can’t believe these offi- cers did this to my son,” Bunmi Borisade told Huff- Post. “It hurts. They didn’t even care he is a child.”
Borisade, 33, said she and her son, Fatayi, went to a youth basketball game at the West 33rd Street Jax PAL gym on Aug. 4. After the game, Borisade was chat- ting with friends when she was approached by a little girl.
“This 6-year-old came up to me and said, ‘Your son is being handcuffed for drib- bling a basketball,’” Borisade said. “I was con- fused and went to find my son.”
When she found him, Borisade said, he was stand- ing next to a police car, sur-
BUNMI BORISADE’S SON
rounded by four deputies from the Jacksonville Sher- iff’s Office. “My son’s hands were handcuffed behind his back and he was in tears.”
Borisade said when she asked the officer who had taken her son into custody why he was in handcuffs, she was told, “He was being dis- respectful.” She said the offi- cer wouldn’t explain what her son did.
“I said, ‘Are you serious?’ and he said there is a sign posted on the property that states children and adults must remain together at all times.”
McDonald's Drive-Thru;
Suspect Sought
Officer Accused Of
Who Dribbled Ball In Gym
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