COPS KILL AGAIN
According to some Bed-Stuy residents, there is yet another episode in the saga of trigger-happy cops on young Black men. The story of the NYPD opening fire and a young Black man lying dead in questionable circumstances is becoming all-too familiar across the city. And while officers say that the shooting was justifiable, family members find it hard to believe that their relative prompted officers to kill. The latest incident involves Darryl Battle, 20, who was shot dead by cops at his home in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, on Decatur Street early Saturday morning. Two detectives came to Battle’s apartment shortly before 9 a.m. to discuss his allegedly trying to cash forged checks at a Manhattan bank. The detectives ...
Harlem rallies for embattled priest
Highly regarded and widely lauded Monsignor Wallace Harris, who played such an important role in the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Yankee Stadium last spring and was for many years the pastor of St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Harlem, has been removed from his position following allegations he abused two minors 20 years ago. A statement from the Archdiocese of New York released Monday said Harris, 61, has been directed to step aside from his position as pastor, “and is not permitted to function as a priest until such time as the Archdiocesan Advisory Review Board has studied the matter and made its recommendations to the Archdiocese.” “In accord with Archdiocesan policy and the Charter for the ...
McCain’s Turn for a Tour on Foreign Soil – Black Neighborhoods
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Now that Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is back in the U. S. after a rock star-like tour through the Middle East and Europe, Republican presidential hopeful John McCain ought to take a tour on soil that is foreign to him – through America's Black neighborhoods, ravaged by drugs, poverty and violence largely because of historic racism and economic bias.
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Morial Calls September ' Voter Registration Month', Applauds New Housing Act
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – National Urban League President Marc Morial, exuberant that the Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act has been passed by Congress and signed by President Bush, says the NUL annual conference in Orlando, Fla., this week will focus on leading citizens into a new direction for America by compelling people to register and vote.
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The meaning of Obama in the White House
Black people should expect Sen. Barack Obama, as the 44th U.S. president, to outperform his predecessors, including Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and William Clinton on the question ...
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