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SOURCE: CMC - The Public Service Union (PSU) says its members will vote on Saturday on whether or not to defy a police order and participate in a protest march here next Wednesday. PSU president, Elroy Bouche, told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) that an estimated 155 members had attended a meeting on Thursday night where […]
The post REGIONAL: St Vincent Union to vote on whether to deny police order appeared first on Barbados Today.
Nationwide protests have taken place since October 7 despite the disbanding of the controversial Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) police unit.
The demonstrators have been accused of attacking police stations and personnel.
The rallies which are mostly attended by young people have become avenues to vent against corruption and unemployment.
Rights groups say at least 15 people have been killed the demonstrations began in early October.
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says his administration is taking all the necessary steps to protect citizens as the La Soufriere volcano continues to spew ash after roaring to life 24 hours ago.
By The Associated Press undefined Q: HOW WILL THE ELECTION AFFECT CONTROL OF CONGRESS? The makeup of Congress will be determined by the general election, with both parties needing a majority to control the House or Senate. Democrats seem to have a good chance at winning a Senate majority, while their control of the House is not in serious doubt. Republicans hold the Senate 53-47. Democrats must gain at least three seats to win control, or four if President Donald Trump is reelected and Vice President Mike Pence can break a tie. Only one-third of the 100 Senate seats up […]
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The U.S. Dream Academy returned Monday with its annual fundraiser — held virtually for the first time due to the coronavirus health pandemic — continuing the nonprofit organization's commitment to assisting children with incarcerated parents.
Willard Ransom chose to follow in his father’s footsteps becoming a pioneer in the civil rights movement in Indianapolis.
As a result of this experience, he reorganized the state chapter of the NAACP, encouraging people across the state to take direct action for civil rights.
In addition to serving five terms as chairman of the state NAACP, he was legal counsel to blacks in the Indianapolis fire and police departments, director of National City Bank of Indiana, and a board member of the Madame C. J. Walker Urban Life Center.
Ransom was founding member of the Concerned Ministers of Indianapolis, he received the organization’s Thurgood Marshall Award in 1993 for his dedicated work in the civil rights movement.
Willard Ransom died in Indianapolis on November 7, 1995, at the age of 79.
During an October 18 rally held in Carson City, Nevada, President Trump spoke on what Sen. Biden will do if elected president in November. Trump mocked Biden, saying that he […]
The post Trump Mockingly Says Biden Will 'Listen To The Scientists' If Elected appeared first on Essence.
According to the Herald-Tribune, Rayheem Moore is bringing attention to the arrest of his son Patrick Carroll.
Moore says that “substantial” pressure was put on his son’s neck by a Sarasota cop’s knee during an arrest that occurred last month.
The incident happened one week prior to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis where fired officer Derek Chauvin placed his knee on Floyd’s neck during an arrest while he yelled, “I can’t breathe.”
With Carroll’s case, officers Wicinski, Stanaland, and Martinez responded to an incident on Dixie Avenue in Sarasota and the police report doesn’t mention an officer using a knee on Carroll’s neck during the arrest.
“The same technique that was used upon that individual is the same technique they used upon my son and it’s unjust,″ Moore Slams Knee-On-Neck Arrest Of His Son As Video Is Compared To George Floyd
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While others in the media struggled with adjusting to state-mandated quarantines, shut inside in their homes trying to figure out how to produce their segments remotely, #RolandMartinUnfiltered was busy dishing out headlines on the health disparity facing Black communities around the country.
A RESEARCH paper released today claims the UK would have experienced 58,000 more COVID deaths...
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