| From the Villa ge of Brook ly n |
OUR TIME PRESS THE L OCAL PAPER WITH THE G LOBAL VIEW
| VOL. 21 NO. 42
Since 1996
October 19 – 25, 2017 |
Myeshia Johnson of Miami Gardens, Florida, six months pregnant, mother of two, weeps over the flag-draped casket containing the remains of her husband, Green Beret Sgt. La David Johnson, at Miami Airport, Tuesday. Sgt. Johnson was one of four men, working in an elite U.S. special forces, killed two weeks ago in an ambush in Niger. A telephone call from the White House did little to console her and Sgt. Johnson’s mother. Page 3
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aharka Robinson (far right), a founder of the Brooklyn Anti-Violence Coalition, addressed neighbors and supporters of an elderly couple attacked by home invaders. Standing with Rev. Taharka is Bruce Green, President, BAVC, (second from right); Bishop Ishmael Claudio, President, 82nd Precinct Council (third from right) and community residents. “The intruders who caused the death of 91-year-old Waldiman Thompson, and tied up his wife of 30 years, Ethline, herself 100, in their brownstone on Decatur Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, will be caught, however long it takes,” said The Rev. Taharka,
“However Long It Takes” A community seeks justice in death of an elder
speaking at a prayer vigil across from the crime scene. The NYPD is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction related to the October 11 home invasion. Anyone with information to this crime is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stopper’s Hotline at 800-577-TIPS. Four men had stormed into the home around 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, tied up Waldiman Thompson and his wife, Ethlin, and put a sheet over their heads while they went through the house, police said. ➔➔ Continued on page 11
Rev. Taharka Robinson, Founder, BAVC addressing neighbors and supporters of elderly couple attacked by home invaders. Bruce Green, President Brooklyn AntiViolence Coalition is center and Bishop Ishmael Claudio, President, 81st Pct. Clergy Council, at rear with tie. Photo: Mark Stewart