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Two Black Fathers Make a Stand Against Violence By Alan King AFRO Staff Writer
sport-utility vehicle sought in from a neighbor about a suspiconnection with the murder of cious vehicle. The man noticed Hudson’s mother and brother. the vehicle while walking his The white, 1994 Chevrolet dog. According to the Chicago boulevards across thelicense country. Tribune, the boy had been shot Suburban with Illinois Bass, 60, has been singing in multiple what he times calledinthe theseat the“in back tradition of Sam Cooke’s gospel of music” for decades, most the vehicle. The SUV, regisrecently with his band Dave Basstered & The D.B.G.’s.murdered But he to Hudson’s has also been working with teensbrother, and youth since his early was towed with the boy’s bodyanti-gun inside and is being beginnings as a national trainer for a K-12 violence processed evidence techniprogram, called STAR (Straight Talk aboutby Risk) with the cians andtheworkers. The body Center Prevent Handgun Violence, now Brady Center to was the laterfirst removed and taken Prevent Gun Violence. He was also coordinator of to the Cook youth programs for Concerned Black Men.County Medical Examiner’s office. “I believe all children are at risk of violence,” Bass told Hudson and other family the AFRO. members arrived at the Medical After the shooting death of 17-year-old teen Examiner’sFlorida office mid-afternoon to identify the body. Given the choice between looking directly at the body or viewing it on a wall-mounted
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Jennifer Hudson and other From the statehouses of contribute to the current public debate.” relatives positively identified Florida and North Carolina So, he called on organizations he had worked with – the to the highways, streets, National Congress of Black Women, the Greater Washington drives, boulevards, ways, Urban League, the Spiritual Volunteers Quartet and CAYR courts and other roadways (Come As You Are) church program -- and asked them to named after Dr. Martin contribute $430.50 each so he could record and produce 1,000 Luther King, this summer copies of the song. Each contributor received 100 copies to has witnessed a resurgence distribute freely. of African American “When Will it End?” can also be heard on some D.C. protests and civic action. public broadcast programs on WeAct Radio and WPFW’s “To Sometimes it’s a group, like Heal DC.” Bass’s group has been invited to perform the song the student-led sit-in at the at a DC concert leading up to the 50th anniversary March on Florida capitol lobbying Washington. against unjust laws; more Bass King, was tooJennnifer young to march or protest earlier, but “here’s Julian Hudson’s nephew. Adrienne often it’s one motivated a way I might be able to offer something with my music and spokesman the office Washington individual who sets a small feelAthat at least Ifor played my part.”the murders but is being held in told that Hudson jail for parole violation AFRO Columnist movement in motion. Asthe fornewspaper Kenny Barnes, his publicist Lyndia Grant said aafter In Maryland and in kick-off and roll call of the 39 states that have honored Dr. Courtesy Photos the District of Columbia, King with a roadway is scheduled for Aug. 21 in front of Jennifer Hudson and her mom, Darnell Donerson who two fathers have taken their passion or their pain to make a the MLK Library in downtown D.C. Barnes is asking for a was killed, as well as her brother, Jason. difference with their respective anti-violence messages. “Kommitment” – not misspelled against murder.of attempted “remained strong for her fami- –being convicted video screen, the family chose violen Dave Bass, a Bowie, Md., father with a 15-year-old son, Trayvon Martin, Bass said “I have a 15-year-old son and the Barnes continued, noting how he established ROOT hijackInc., ly” and was clearly its leader. murder and vehicular plate X584859 was found on the latter. According to the In f the body of her 7-year-old is working to distribute his flyers and free disc of an original Chicago’s news really struck racially profiled he (Reaching Others andCook has hosted “She held Out handstowith herTogether) fami- ing. Countyother records show home, West Side me.” after He has been Tribune, Hudson said,and “Yes, nephew Monday, just hours protest song in “a gospel tradition,” titled “When Will itin a thought his sona 7and nephews behim.” also. So, he sat down moratoriums including Day in 2004, a to both ly,” the spokesman said.one “It on Father’s that he pleaded guilty police received a.m. call might that’s and ho after his body was found was obviously emotional charges 1999. He was also End?” as part of his nascent public awareness campaign and wrote “a song to increase public awareness of the danger weekend when anovery murders occurred in theinDistrict. “Since the kiss th moment.” 1998 foragainst possesagainst racial profiling after the Trayvon Martin case and and personal tragedy which results from the combination of time of my son’s death, I have beenconvicted a strong in advocate ing the The boy – the son Juliaplagued sion a stolen motor he vehicle. recent adverse Supreme Court decisions on civil rights. racial profiling, ‘toxic’ laws [like Stand Your Ground and senseless murders thatofhave ourofcommunities,” Jason. Hudson, Jennifer’s sister – had He was released from prison in “Ev Kenny Barnes Sr. -- the well-known D.C. fixture who Stop and Frisk] and available guns, legal and/or illegal.” It said. been missing since Friday, 2006 after serving seven years throug started the non-profit ROOT Inc., to reduce gun violence after calls on everyone “to live in peace as others do” in the refrain. when a relative found Julian’s for the attempted murder and West, his son was killed by a 17-year-old during a 2001 robbery But Bass, a trustee of the Springfield Baptist Church in Veteran journalist Adrienne Washington writes weekly for grandmother, Darnell car hijacking charges. area to of Kenny Barnes Jr. store -- is invoking the Biblical Sixth Northwest Washington, did not want to charge anything for the AFRO about relevant issues in the District, Maryland and No wonder Obama’s campaign is Donerson, 57, and his uncle, and Dallas Cowboys players By Alan King The boy remained missing have t Commandment for a 7-day moratorium on murder from the song he hopes “resonates in this climate” of recharged Northern Virginia. Send correspondence to her at editor@ trying to distance him from the Tony Romo and Terrell Owens, AFRO Staff Writer Jason Hudson, 29, shot to death through a long weekend in young August 21-28 along the 39 Martin Luther King roadways and among protests. just submitted wanted totodo something that would addObama to and afro.com. group, saying, “Barack the “I names in his grandmother’s home in which police and volunteers for wh Never Organized with ACORN.” the 7000 block of South Yale election officials. Presidential candidate John Hurd said those workers, who But Obama’s ties to ACORN run McCain’s attack on ACORN – Avenue. long and deep. He taught classes were doing those things without Associated Community An Amber Alert – a desigACORN’s knowledge or permis- for ACORN. They even endorsed nation for high-risk missing Organization for Reform Now – him for President. sion, were fired. confirms the success of the Continued from A1 children – was issued Friday But now ACORN is in trouble. “The evidence that has surorganization, the head of the after Julian was discovered at least Reporter: There are faced so far shows they faked group says. missing after the murders. assistant treasurer of the to comment, citing the guilty in U.S. District Court 11 investigations across the “This is testimony to the work forms to get paid for work they Police arrested William campaign, Thomas W. Gore, ongoing investigation. to one count of making false country involving thousands of didn’t do, not to stuff ballot we’ve done and success we’ve Balfour, the missing boy’s The investigation is statements. Hawkins faces up to six months in prison andstepboxes.” ACORN, she said, is the potentially fraudulent ACORN had,” Maude Hurd, president of father and estranged husband continuing, according to Ronald to 16 months in prison under six months of home detention forms. victim of fraud, not the perpetraACORN, said in an interview of Julia, at his girlfriend’s C. Machen Jr., the U.S. Attorney the terms of the plea deal, for obstruction of justice Announcer: Massive voter tor of it. with the AFRO. Southside apartment several for the District of Columbia. federal prosecutors said. and other offenses. In 2012, fraud. And the Obama campaign hours after the murders. Hurd said the only things “When this attack started, we By AFRO Staff “Today, Vernon Hawkins a federal judge sentenced Hawkins admitted he bogus are the charges thempaid more than $800,000 to an had just announced that we had Balfour’s mother, Michele, has became the fourth person to Howard L. Brooks, 65, a helped coordinate an offselves. And factcheck. org ACORN front for get out the vote told reporters that her son had registered 1.3 million new votplead guilty to a felony for member of the campaign’s the-books “get out the vote” A shared interest in agrees. efforts. ers,” she said. “That’s just to say nothing to do with the slayings. It concluded, “Neither Pressuringthat banks to independent issue risky cover up corruption finance andremains treasuryateams, operation was that someone’s running scared education reform has Balfour suspect in trying JasontoHudson ACORN nor its employees have of loans. Nationwide fraud. because of ACORN’s success.” in the 2010 mayoral election,” to 24 months of probation for Gray’s official voter campaign. blossomed into romance for been found guilty of, or even Barack Obama. Bad judgment. McCain, who is running for making a false statement to the Machen said in a statement. Federal prosecutors allege the the widow of Apple founder charged with, casting fraudulent Blind ambition. Too riskypaid for president on the Republican tick“Vernon Hawkins was at FBI. The judge also ordered shadow campaign was Steve Jobs and former votes.” America. et, lashed out at ACORN in the ground zero of a scheme to Brooks to perform 200 hours for by Jeffrey E. Thompson, a Washington, D.C. Mayor The problem came about pri- former city contractor. In his final debate against Barack of community service. design, staff and execute Adrian Fenty according to The Obama, contending the group “is marily because of the way Since McCain’s comments, SQUARE an off-the-books shadow HIGH written plea deal and in court, Also in 2012, business (U.K.) Daily Mail and The ACORN operates. Rather than ACORN’s 87 offices have been on the verge of maybe perpetratcampaign. After the election, Hawkins said he worked on owner Eugenia C. Harris, 76, Washington Post. rely on volunteers, it pays peobombarded with threats and ing one of the greatest frauds in he and his fellow campaign the shadow campaign with pleaded guilty to one count of Laurene Powell Jobs was ple, many of them poor or unemracist mail. voter history in this country, aides sought to impede our Jeanne a public conspiring to violate federal married to Steve Jobs for 20 ployed, to sign up new voters. The Clarke day afterHarris, the presidential maybe destroying the fabric of investigation by lying to the relations professional who campaign finance law and to The idea was to help both those debate, vandals broke into theis a democracy.” years, until his death from FBI, shredding documents, Thompson associate. obstruct justice, one count of being registered and those doing organization’s Boston and Seattle Factcheck.org, a non-partisan cancer in October 2011. creating fake paperwork and Hawkins is the fourth engaging in fraud and making the registration. offices and stole computers. According to The Mail, Powell Web site, found those claims to BREAD Maud explained, “We have a After a Cleveland representative be “exaggerated,” with “no evisending witnesses out of the NOT ON TH person to plead guilty false statements and one count Jobs, 49, is believed to have zero tolerance policy for deliber- in appeared on TV, an e-mail was dence of any such democracyjurisdiction. This guilty plea connection with the of conspiring to violate District met Fenty, 42, at an education ate falsification of registration.” sent to the local office saying she of Columbia campaign law. destroying fraud.” takes us one step closer to investigation into Gray’s conference that same year, Most news account neglect to campaign. “is going to have her life ended.” Harris is awaiting sentencing. Hurd believes the McCain understanding the extent of the following Fenty’s defeat in the charges were politically motivat- point out that ACORN is A worker in Providence, R.I., deception that tainted the 2010 On July 26, a federal Gray has denied 2010 Democratic primary of required by law to turn in all reg- received a threatening call sayed. LEFT campaign.” RIGH judge sentenced the former wrongdoing. He has declined the D.C. mayoral election. istration forms. And they also fail ing, “We know you get off work She said, “Because it’s lowto note that it was the organizaat 9” and uttered racial epithets. According to The Post, Powell Jobs and Fenty and moderate-income people, Career Education A caller to one office left a and people of color, I believe the tion, in many instances, that first Fenty’s association with Proof D brought the phony registrations message on the answering McCain campaign thinks those Laurene Jobs led to a position Ad #: P to the attention of authorities. machine, saying: “Hi, I was just voters are going to vote on the board of College Track, a non-profit college prep program targeting underserved students. Deadlin The McCain camp apparently calling to let you know that Democratic, which is not necesThat in turn led to a job in September 2012 as a special adviser with Andreessen Horowitz, a First R isn’t interested in those fine Barack Obama needs to get sarily true.” Silicon Valley venture capital firm. The Post reported that the wife of the firm’s co-founder, Marc Publica points, preferring to air misleadhung. He’s a (expletive deleted) ACORN is no stranger to Section Andreessen, is close friends with Powell Jobs. ing ads that seek to link Obama nigger, and he’s a piece of controversy. Specs: Sources told The Post that Fenty and Powell Jobs’ relationship reportedly turned to romance For 38 years, the non-partisan to ACORN, thereby undercutting (expletive deleted). You guys are shortly after Fenty announced thatorganization he was separating from wife his of 15 years,support. Michelle, in Ap political fraudulent, and you need to go to has fought for his social January. Fenty and Powell Jobs each have three children from their previous marriages. McCain: I’m John McCain hell. All the niggers on oak trees. Ap and economic justice for lowand I approve They’re gonna get all hung honPowell Jobs, who was photographed wearing her wedding ring as recently as this lastmessage. month, and moderate-income Re 1 BANANA eys, they’re going to get assassiAnnouncer: Whoof is the Barack Americans. With 400,000 meminherited an estate worth an estimated $10 billion, The Mail reported, making her one Initial _ Obama? A man with “a political nated, they’re gonna get killed.” ber families organized into more richest women in the U.S. Another message said, “You baptism performed at warp than 1,200 neighborhood chapliberal idiots. Dumb (expletive speed.” Vast ambition. After colters in 110 cities nationwide, deleted). Welfare bums. You lege, he moved to Chicago. ACORN has over the years seen guys just (expletive deleted) its share of criticism while advo- Became a community organizer. come to our country, consume There, Obama met Madeleine cating for affordable housing, Continued from A1 every natural resource there is, Talbot, part of the Chicago living wages, healthcare for the and make a lot of babies. That’s branch of ACORN. Heby was so underserved— andRGIII whiledid organnative, has been crafting hair “Thank God has been inundated calls all you guys do. And then suck impressive thatoutlets. he was asked to izing voter registration drives. styles for the better part of nine something with his hair,” he from media up the welfare and expect everytrain the ACORN staff. But none has been as withering years--two of them behind a said. “I mean nobody wears “It’s been kind of crazy,” What did ACORN in Chicago one else to pay for your hospital and baseless as this one. chair at The Beauty Bar. braids but it’selection better Hargrove “I don’t • Ask about our short-term courses bills for your kids. I jus’ say let engage in? said. Bullying banks.like Withanymore the presidential The 29-year-old said she than those flimsy dreads he a lot of attention. I just like Before age five, every room is a cl your kids die. That’s the best Intimidation tactics. Disruption less than two weeks away, • Day and evening courses available didn’t even recognize the had.” doing hair.”ACORN forced move. Just let your children die. of business. ACORN’s detractors allege the everywhere. Simple • FinancialFun aidlearning availableopportunities to those whoarequalify* superstar when he came into Since thehas sports celebrity Forget about paying for hospital organization engaged in mas- banks to issue risky home loans. counting and identifying shapes activate a child’s learn bills for them. I’m not gonna do The same types of loans that the salon to have styled what dropped to have Hargrove sive voterin registration fraud after and help them enter school more prepared. That’ it. You guys are lowlifes. And I caused the financial crisis we’re the reported of bogus she described as a “regular” care for his discovery tresses, the salon founded Grow Up Great and its Spanish-language equiva hope you all die.” in today. names, such as Mickey Mouse grade of hair. con Éxito, a 10-year, $100 million program to help pre Hurd thinks the hate calls will “He acted very regular and children for school and life. 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