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They felt his past run-ins law d oth rause, a vet sh er minoriti p H e o ss e ex la th is ri p ec zi e k er ng abchef ’s ts the 11-p political spcules wearing eeping his in es liv- Con ar and her attempt to paint the picture of a troubled and ia n , tells the n ectrumisarnot ound (5-kil ack into th focus on fa tinued on e toque e actually e volatile young man should not have been the focus of her o irness an page A2 McGuire wvild after it regainsgstram) cat to be justicman, ofd the e thPhilly. statement. is re it n ed g th at th . if he sees it com reported Friday. “Many things were weighing heavily” on Clark’s mind, again, he’ell bobcat on Friday. H issue a tick The findings are now Schubert said. “We must recognize that [police officers] are et for jayw public. often forced to make split-second decisions and we must “There is a real recognize that they are under tense, uncertain and rapidly sense of loss there. evolving circumstances.” It’s such a powerful Nearly five hours after the DA’s report, Clark’s fianMount cée and the mother of his two children, Salena Manni, 24, Grandfather Raj Manni holds the children of portrait,” Stephon Clark during the press conference. Vernon senior curaspoke to the press and supporters in his defense. Her father tor Susan P. Schoelwer told Salena Manni gives a tearful statement in Raj Manni and mother Rothigian Mohammed accompa- (Photo by Russell Stiger/CBM) Philly.com. nied her. response to the DA’s announcement of not Hercules had cooked for Washington for a number “The D.A. announced that the officers who shot my “She’s been going through this horrific grieving procharging police officers in the shooting of the of years before escaping in 1797. He wasn’t heard from unarmed fiancé won’t face any charges, continuing the cess that continues to go with everything that the D.A. put father of her children Stephon Clark. (Photo by shameful legacy of officers killing Black men without con- out there today,” Williams said. again. Russell Stiger/CBM) Schoelwer helped coordinate the gathering to dissequences, and breaking my family’s hearts again, ” said Clark’s name joins an all-too-familiar list of Black cuss the mystery of “Presumed Portrait of George WashManni, reading a written statement at the news conference men and boys, killed unarmed by police officers across the Antonio Ray Harvey held at Harmony Church in Sacramento. country. And after their deaths, their struggles or short- ington’s Cook.” The portrait had long been attributed to California Black Media Manni laid out her case to the public, saying her fam- comings become public, the centerpiece of investigations Gilbert Stuart, best known for his unfinished portrait of SACRAMENTO - Sacramento County District Atily’s world has been” turned upside down.” designed more to incriminate the victims than bring the Washington. But that also doesn’t appear to be true. torney Anne Marie Schubert took a little over an hour to Dorinda Evans, a Stuart scholar, said the portrait “My boys Aiden and Cairo have to grow up without officers’ who shot them to justice. announce that her office will not file charges against police their father and I have to continue on as a single parent.” Rev. Shane Harris, president of the People’s Alliance is “very different from how Stuart would have done it.” officers who shot and killed Stephon Alonzo Clark. The experts agree the painting is from the 1700s Now living in Los Angeles, Manni and her children for Justice traveled with Manni to Sacramento on the day Two cops, Terrence Mercadal and Jared Robinet, shot and say the subject must be notable if a portrait was arrived in Sacramento to the painful reality that the cops of the announcement. He shared his perspective. and killed Clark, 22, in the backyard of his grandmother’s “What we saw was a kind of way to try to criminalize commissioned. Experts also said what was thought to be home in Sacramento on March 18, 2018. Seven out of who killed Clark would not face charges. Meanwhile, the a toque is actually a headdress similar to ones worn in by DA’s office had all but officially declared her deceased fianvictims who cannot defend themselves,” Harris said. about 20 bullets the policemen fired hit the former SacraOfficers shot Clark while responding to 911 calls free Dominicans in other paintings. mento High athlete from the back, according to an inde- cé guilty with a stream of what she sees as irrelevant details. When journalist and author Ramin Ganeshram, Betty Williams, President of the Sacramento Branch about a person breaking car windows in the Meadowview pendent autopsy report conducted by the family. who used the image on the cover of her novel “The Genof the NAACP, said Manni had previously expressed her neighborhood where his grandmother lived. According to The official police report says Clark was facing and eral’s Cook,” was told of the experts’ new realization, approaching officers when they killed him. He was a van- thoughts to her after the long-awaited decision. Continued on page A7 she couldn’t let it go. Ganeshram is executive director of the Westport Historical Society in Connecticut and gathered information on Hercules, hoping to prove the portrait was of him. Instead, the quest led her to documents about a “Hercules Posey.” Posey is the surname of a previous owner of Washington’ chef. She and her historical soci“The media is in a state of great disrupety colleague, Sara Krasne, who is a trained genealogist, recovered a death notice from New York City. They betion, but despite all of the change, one thing lieve Hercules was left behind at a Manhattan cemetery remains the same: the role of women is signifiwhen bodies were moved to Brooklyn in the early 1800s. cantly smaller than that of men in every part He’s most likely still buried under what is now sidewalk, of news, entertainment and digital media,” they said. Two historians agree. “I would totally feel comfortable speculating that it Julie Burton, president of the Women’s Media was him,” said Erica Armstrong Dunbar, a history proCenter (WMC), said in a news fessor at Rutgers University.
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Newsrooms Still Lack Women of Color By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent With observances planned throughout March to commemorate Women’s History Month, a new report revealed that women are still mostly absent from newsrooms. The Women’s Media Center’s 2019 report on the status of women in U.S. media shows that despite some gains, men still dominate in every part of news, entertainment and digital media. “The media is in a state of great disruption, but despite all of the change, one thing remains the same: the role of women is significantly smaller than that of men in every part of news, entertainment and digital media,” Julie Burton, president of the Women’s Media Center (WMC), said in a news release. Burton said the data in the report paints a stark picture. “It is clear that a cultural, systemic shift is necessary if all parts of the U.S media are to achieve gender and racial parity and move toward a world where stories fully represent the voices and perspectives of diverse women,” she said. “Research spotlighted in this report shows that diversity boosts corporate profits. When boardrooms, newsrooms, studios and tech companies fully reflect the faces, genders and myriad talents of our society, we’re all exceedingly betContinued on page A2
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By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Newswire Contributor What does the Congressional Black Caucus do? It takes Majority Whip James Clyburn to make it understandable. “It’s not only what we make happen, but what we stop from happening,” Clyburn told a standing room only crowd at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Black History Month Celebration on February 26. His words are instructive for folks who get their news from sound bites and tweets. The legislative process is rarely fully televised, and those who put brakes on nonsense proposals never make the headlines. The February 26 event made it clear, in celebration, that the Congressional Black Caucus is often effective on the front lines and the sidelines. The 116th Congress includes fifty-five members of the Congressional Black Caucus, an incredibly diverse group of African Americans who approach Black liberation (although some might not use the term) differently. Among the fifty-five, there are five who now chair House committees, including Congressional representatives Maxine Waters (D-CA), who chairs the Financial Services Committee, Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) who chairs the Science, Space, and Technology Committee, Robert “Bobby” Scott (D-VA) who chairs the Education and Labor Committee, Bennie Thompson (D-MS) who chairs the Homeland Security Committee, and Elijah Cummings (D-MD) who chairs the Government Oversight Committee. Cummings was the only one of the five who was not present, understandably so when one reflected on his leadership in the hearing that examined Michael Cohen, the jail-bound attorney who formerly represented the Nation’s Prevaricator-in-Chief. Each of them talked about the challenges they face in their roles, especially the fact that progressive legislation that leaves the House of Representatives is often unlikely to pass the Republican-dominated United States Senate Continued on page A5
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) – Another horse has died at Santa Anita, making it 20 fatalities at the racetrack since its winter meet began on Dec. 26. The latest incident occurred Saturday during the third race when 4-year-old filly Eskenforadrink was in the lead of the $16,000 claiming race. Jockey Geovanni Franco pulled her up with an injury to her front leg. The filly was vanned off the track and later euthanized. The dirt surface was rated sloppy from rain, but it’s unknown whether the track condition played any role in the horse’s injury. Earlier in the week, Santa Anita closed for two days for extensive testing of its surface. Mick Peterson, a soil and safety expert from the University of Kentucky, proclaimed the track “100 percent ready” to resume racing. Of the 20 deaths, seven have occurred during a race on the dirt, five have occurred on turf and eight came during training on dirt. Horses resumed training and racing on Thursday and Friday without incident. Training was canceled on Saturday because of rain. The weather forecast for the upcoming week calls for several days of rain.
Knicks DeAndre Jordan is Out with an Ankle Injury LOS ANGELES (AP) – New York Knicks center DeAndre Jordan is out of the lineup for their game against the Los Angeles Clippers. Jordan will miss his fourth straight game Sunday after he sprained his left ankle in practice. Although he practiced Saturday, coach David Fizdale says he’s not sure whether Jordan will play when the Knicks visit Sacramento on Monday in the second game of a back-to-back. Jordan is averaging 11.8 points and 12.0 rebounds in eight games with New York since being traded by Dallas on Jan. 31. He previously played 10 years with the Clippers. The Knicks are 2-1 since Jordan has been out.