Archive for July 2023
Black police commissioner of Suffolk County solves 13-year-old cold case murders of sex workers
The arrest of Rex Heuermann, an architect, who has been charged with the murders of three women and possibly a fourth, is being credited to a new police chief who made finding the killer in a long-closed case a priority. Rodney Harrison, the new police commissioner of Suffolk County and the former chief of detective…
Read MoreRev. Jackson, who will step down as head of the Rainbow Push Coalition, names his successor
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, who is mostly confined to a wheelchair because he is suffering from Parkinson’s disease, announced that he is stepping down as founder and president of Rainbow PUSH Coalition, which he founded in 1971. He also named his successor, Rev. Frederick Douglas Haynes, III, pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church of Dallas. The…
Read MoreJudge rules against survivors of the Tulsa Massacre
An Oklahoma judge rejected demands for reparations resulting from the 1920 Tulsa Massacre in which more than 300 Blacks were killed, and hundreds were left homeless following an attack led by Whites of the Greenwood Neighborhood, also known as Black Wall Street. The lawsuit was brought by a Black man and two Black Women over…
Read MoreAn oversight office is investigating sexual abuse allegations by Chicago police of a migrant woman temporarily living in a police station
The Chicago Office of Civilian Office Police Accountability (COPA) has launched an investigation of 10 district police officers who may have allegedly sexually abused a migrant woman living temporarily in the police station. Sexual misconduct investigators may involve criminal actions and require cooperation with CPD and require the cooperation of the CPD (Chicago Police Department)…
Read MoreMove to honor Emmett Till, his mother, and the funeral home where his body was held
Democratic Chicago Congressman Danny K. Davis, along with many others, has introduced legislation to establish the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley and Roberts Temple National Historic Site in Illinois. The legislation aims to honor Till, his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, and Roberts Temple Church of God, where Emmett Till was taken to before he was buried.…
Read MoreChicago Torture Justice raises money to open
The Chicago Torture Justice Memorial Foundation has $1.8 million from a Mellon Foundation Grant and a $1.25 million grant from the city to fully fund (Jon) Burge torture survivors memorial. The Chicago Torture Justice Center was born out of reparations for survivors of police torture. Under the command of Chicago Police Department (CPD) Commander Jon Burge,…
Read MoreBlack student arrests at Harvard are at a three-year high
After the U.S. Supreme Court ruling outlawing affirmative action, Harvard University police will have fewer opportunities to stop and arrest Black students. Harvard is considered the citadel of higher education, but mirrors most of the nation’s cities where police arrest many more Blacks than Whites. That Harvard’s police department is headed by an African American…
Read MoreA Black economist met with Hitler before he became chancellor
A Ph.D. economist from Wilberforce College is believed to be the only Black person who ever met Adolph Hitler before he was named German chancellor six months later. Milton S.J. Wright spent four hours with Hitler in Heidelberg in 1932 after Wright had completed his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Heidelberg, according to…
Read MoreSupreme Court strikes down affirmative action
The U.S. Supreme Court today eliminated race-conscious admissions, or affirmative action, in selecting students for college admissions. The ruling was hailed by former President Donald Trump, who packed the Court with conservatives, setting in motion today’s decision. President George H.W. Bush also aided and abetted ultra-conservative court decisions by appointing Justice Clarence Thomas to the…
Read MoreYusef Salaam of the Central Park Five wins the New York primary to represent Harlem
Yusef Salaam, who seven years in prison for a crime he did not commit, declared himself the winner of the New York City primary to represent Harlem in the city council. As of Wednesday, Salaam won 50.1 percent of the vote, although mail-end ballots remain to be counted. New York has a ranked voting system,…
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