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AUGUST 8, 2014
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National News Pregnant Woman Allegedly Put Gun Violence May Cost America's in Chokehold By NYPD Officer Most Famous Mayor His Job
By Emily Thomas A New York City police officer allegedly placed a 27-year-old pregnant woman in a chokehold Saturday after she was accused of illegally grilling in East New York, Brooklyn. The incident was captured on camera. Photos first published by the New York Daily News appear to show an unidentified member of the New York City Police Department wrapping his arms around Rosan Miller's neck and upper torso as her daughter watches nearby. Miller was uninjured but was given a summons for disorderly conduct, the outlet reported. “She was grilling in front of her home, not committing any crime,” former
Rosan Miller (center) is helped away after answering questions on her alleged assault by NYPD officers. City Councilman Charles New York police officers Barron told The New York has been banned for more Post of the incident. “We than 20 years, according to want these people out of Reuters. Yet the outlet reour community.” ports that the department Use of the chokehold by NYPD, See page 12A
It's been another violent summer in Chicago. More than 80 people were shot, 16 fatally, over the Fourth of July holiday weekend -- the bloodiest weekend of 2014. In the two weekends that followed, a total of 76 people were shot, eight fatally. Victims included 11-year-old Shamiya Adams, whose family is raising money for a funeral after the girl was killed by a stray bullet July 18 while making s'mores during a sleepover at a friend's house. Shamiya didn't make it to sixth grade. Police charged an 18-year-old in Shamiya's slaying, saying he fired aimlessly into a building to avenge a young friend's
Rahm Emanuel beating in a fistfight. As the toll of the bloodshed mounts, there are indications it may spread to Mayor Rahm Emanuel's re-election, according to experts.
Two polls this month show Emanuel's approval far below potential challengers. The headlines practically wrote themselves: "Rahmbo" is in trouble. News coverage of Emanuel's poll plunge failed to note that the survey showing the worst news for the mayor was conducted following the bloody Fourth of July weekend. The city's violence, back in the national spotlight two years after some news outlets incorrectly called Chicago America's "murder capital," is a major factor in Emanuel's unpopularity, according to Dick Simpson, a University of IllinoisChicago political science MAYOR, See page 12A
Judge Tracie Hunter of the juvenile court system of Hamilton County, Ohio voters by sending them to the wrong booth. Hunter encountered more resistance even after she had proven herself as
the rightful winner of the election. Within her first two months on the bench, Hunter became the target of over 30 lawsuits filed against her by The Cincinnati Enquirer (the city’s largest newspaper and supporter of Hunter’s opponent in the elections), the Hamilton County Prosecutor, the Hamilton County Commissioner’s Office, the Hamilton County Public Defender’s Office, and WCPO-TV. These attacks on Hunter have since culminated in nine felony charges, resulting in her removal from the bench only 18 months after taking her seat. Even those who had supported her soon found themselves on the wrong side of the law. JUDGE, See page 12A
Pioneering Juvenile Court Judge Homeless Man's Astounding Act of Forced from Office Kindness Leaves Pranksters in Awe
By Melissa McGlensey As this man proves, you don't have to have a lot to help others. YouTube users ModelPrankstersTV, decided to offer two homeless men the opportunity to win $100 in an arm wrestling competition. The men weren't told that whoever lost the contest would get a $50 consolation prize, but, ultimately, it was the pranksters who ended up being truly surprised. After winning the contest and receiving $100, one of the homeless men, without hesitation, gives half the money to his opponent, saying, "Robert, I know how it is man, work is tough." Robert at first refuses, but eventually gives
YouTube users ModelPrankstersTV offers two homeless men the opportunity to win $100 in to his new friend's kind offer and his mantra of, "feed the needy, not the greedy." The touching gesture left the host speechless, and inspired him to reach into his wallet and share
Man is Suing Pizza Restaurant for $260,000
Newport, DE — Back in 2010, a man named Nigel Sykes recently tried to rob Seasons Pizza restaurant in Newport, Delaware, but employees tackled him, took his gun, and beat him up. Now he is suing the restaurant for his injuries, and he’s doing it from jail. Now 23-years old, Sykes has just filed a federal civil complaint claiming that the rough treatment was “unnecessary”. He also says that because of his incurred injuries during the attempted robbery, he wants to be compensated. He also claims in his suit that after employees subdued him, two local police officers improperly used their stun guns on him and denied him access to medical attention. In his written complaint, Sykes admits committing the robbery and “displaying” a handgun. He then goes on to explain: “All of the Season’s Pizza employees participated in punching, kicking and pouring hot soup over my body. I was unarmed and defenseless and had to suffer a brutal beating by all of the employees of Seasons Pizza.” “It is a joke lawsuit,” said Newport Police Chief Michael Capriglione. “It is
Nigel Sykes sad to see this kind of suit being looked at. The court shouldn’t waste the taxpayers’ money.” But U.S. District Judge Sue L. Robinson is allowing the case to move forward. Sykes filed his lawsuit from prison where he is serving a 15-year sentence for both robbery and attempted robbery. He wants to be compensated more than $260,000. He is demanding $20,000 from each of the six restaurant employees, $20,000 from each of the two arresting officers and $100,000 from the restaurant itself. On a side note, at the time of his arrest back in 2010, police said that Sykes was linked to nearly 10 other robberies including a bank, other pizza restaurants, a couple of fast food restaurants, and at least two convenience stores.
the rest of his cash with the guys. Then the two men, total strangers just moments before, walk off together in a companionable embrace.
Cincinnati, OH — As the first African-American woman and the first Democrat to ever become a judge in the juvenile court system of Hamilton County, Ohio, Tracie Hunter had high hopes of changing the system for the better. Unfortunately, her efforts have been sidetracked by an onslaught of personal and professional attacks designed to discredit her and undermine her authority. Hunter won her seat after a heated court battle and numerous appeals in which voter suppression was suspected. Inevitably, the county was required to count more than 800 votes from majority black precincts when it was found that poll workers were responsible for disqualifying