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What he stood for, what he was to build an entire community. remove regulatory hurdles to executions. in the midst of becoming, for his community and beyond, Inspiration through his music flowed like water, some The measure, however, did not enact the “key transcended the music. of my favorites include “Hussle and Motivate”, “Victory reforms that leading authorities consider fundamental Nipsey was hard to miss standing at 6’3’ tall, long hair Lap”, “Grinding All My Life”, and “Down as a Great” to a workable death penalty system,’’ Liu wrote in the and a thick beard, he had presence. When you spoke to just to name a few. His music seems to always contain opinion, which Associate Justice Mariano Florentinohim, he looked you directly in the eye, shook your hand, parallels to the grind, leveling up, doing better for yourself, Cuellar joined. Former Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown and gave you the respect of his careful attention. Every fan ownership and wanting more. I can particularly relate to appointed both justices. mattered to him. Even down to expressing his appreciation the lyrics about carrying the weight of family and friends The measure did not reduce the back up of death for my father, an even bigger fan than me. Watching and with getting comfortable with being uncomfortable. penalty appeals at the state Supreme Court or provide him grow as a black man in a system purely designed for I hear his music differently now in songs like “Racks In additional resources to provide inmates with qualified his failure and seeing him come out of it, is a powerful The Middle”, where he eerily references death. It becomes attorneys or allow courts to expedite capital cases, Liu example of the human will. He was relatable, in a space Nipsey Hussle. (BET.com courtesy photo) difficult not to focus on how much good he could have said. where he had every reason to leave the streets behind, run done if he were still with us, how many lives were inspired “In these respects, Proposition 66 promised more and never look back. He did the opposite. From the very delivering our newspaper and being greeted by his close by his work, and how many more could have been changed. than the system can deliver,’’ he said. beginning he had a spirit of entrepreneurship. He regularly friend and business partner Adam with their patent “Top He challenged every stereotype to forget what is He later added that “the promise of justice in our discussed investments through his music. Like the 2018, of the top”. His Vector 90 space is serving as a conduit believed about street life and dig deeper. He was educated, death penalty system is a promise that California has grand reopening of the Marathon Clothing Store. A smart to connect Crenshaw to Silicon Valley by offering tech hardworking, hands on and didn’t cut corners. Nipsey been unable to keep. We are overdue for what our Chief store designed to infuse technology and fashion, positioned mentorship, shared creative space, and cultural connections understood on a deeper level what the streets and the Justice has called `a merit-based discussion on (the death directly on the corner, not far from where he once sold and support. He also kept philanthropy at the forefront of culture needed. He wanted to leave South Central better penalty’s) effectiveness and costs.’’’ mixtapes and his brother sold t-shirts and socks. He also his radar. In partnership with Puma, he secured a $10,000 than what was given to him. And we believe he has done The opinion comes two weeks after Gov. Gavin owns the cellular phone store and was preparing to reopen donation and the painting of the basketball courts at the just that. Here at The Observer, we honor Nipsey and pray Newsom placed a moratorium on capital punishment in a healthy fish restaurant and a barbershop, a memorial to a local 59th Street Elementary School. He also fed and gave for the family and community, and that the legacy of his the state, which hasn’t executed anyone since 2006. fallen friend, in the same strip mall adjacent to the clothing to the community homeless regularly. He even had plans success will far out last the pain of his loss.

Newsom called the death penalty a failure that store. I have fond memories of going into the Phone Store to meet with the Los Angeles Chief of Police this week to “has discriminated against defendants who are mentally ill, black and brown, or can’t afford expensive legal representation.’’ He also said innocent people have been wrongly convicted and sometimes put to death.

California has the nation’s largest death row with nearly 750 inmates. Only 13 have been executed since 1978. Currently, condemned inmates are more likely to die of old age during decades of appeals.

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Willful Disregard for Human Life LOS ANGELES (AP) – Los Angeles police have arrested a 17-year-old boy on suspicion of murder after he allegedly caused a multi-vehicle crash that killed one person and injured three others.

Officials say the teen was driving recklessly in a 2019 Mercedes-Benz when he ran a red light at an intersection in the Woodland Hills neighborhood late Friday.

Investigators say the Mercedes struck a Toyota Tacoma pickup, killing the driver. After hitting the pickup, the Mercedes then struck two SUVs -T a Ford Expedition and Lexus RX400.

The suspect and his passenger were transported to a hospital. The Los Angeles Fire Department says two survivors of the crash were in serious condition while another sustained minor injuries.

A police statement says the teen driver “displayed a willful disregard for human life.”

Nipsey Hussle at the 2019 Grammy Awards this past February. (David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

Nipsey Hussle at a basketball court refurbishment in October in L.A. (Jerritt Clark/Getty Images)

Bias and Non-Attention Given to Black Girls Who Disappear

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent Have you heard of Andreen Nicole McDonald of Texas? She’s young, just 29 years old, pretty, married to a military husband and missing.

Like thousands of other black females who’ve gone missing, there has been no national media coverage of her

Andreen Nicole McDonald. (courtesy Daily Mail)

disappearance.

Earlier this month, her husband, Andre McDonald, was arrested in connection to his wife’s disappearance.

Andreeen is still missing, but presumed dead.

Police say that Andre McDonald bought a shovel, an ax, two five-gallon drums of gasoline, work gloves, heavy duty trash bags and a “burn barrel,” after friends reported his wife missing.

“He tried to destroy the receipt for those items to conceal the timing and whereabouts of his purchase,” said Deidra Robey, founder of Black and Missing But Not Forgotten, a nonprofit based in Baton Rouge, La. “After his arrest, the news coverage seemed to stop.

It did not go beyond local news, and even though the FBI is involved in the case, the story was never picked up nationally. I can only imagine that this is because she’s just not the right color,” Robey said.

When Victoria S. Wright was last seen, at about 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 27, the 13-year-old was clutching a silver fannie pack and standing on the porch of a family member’s home along Dale Drive in Portsmouth, Virginia.

Wearing a black hoodie with white writing, light colored blue jeans, and light blue and white tennis shoes, Victoria suddenly vanished.

Police suspect she may have run away. However, there’s a chance that the longer she’s missing Victoria, like McDonald and so many others, will join an ever-growing list of black girls who are gone and have been sadly forgotten by mainstream media, where coverage is toooften manipulated by the latest thong or see-through attire worn by a Kardashian, or the most recent tantrum thrown

by President Donald Trump.

As Trump cries that a border wall is needed to eliminate an imaginary crisis, organizations like the Black and Missing But Not Forgotten, the Black and Missing Foundation (BAM) in Landover Hills, Maryland, and the Continued on page A5

NAACP Celebrates 50th Image Awards

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) – The NAACP will celebrate its 50th Image Awards by paying homage to stars including Donald Glover, Beyonce and the film “Black Panther.”

Anthony Anderson returns as host of the show honoring entertainers and writers of color at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Saturday evening. It airs live on TV One. Glover is nominated for acting and directing on “Atlanta,” which is up for best comedy series. Glover’s alter-ego Childish Gambino is nominated for top male performer and his song “This is America” is nominated for best video and song.

“Black Panther” is nominated for 14 awards, with star Chadwick Boseman and director Ryan Coogler contending for entertainer of the year along with Beyonce, LeBron James and Regina King.

One nominee who’s not planning to attend is embattled “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett.

Police Arrest 3 for Crashing Mall’s Can Food Display ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Police have arrested three juveniles suspected of crashing a display of 1,800food cans collected for an Alaska food bank.

The chest-high structure built by 17 engineering students at Anchorage’s Dimond High School was displayed at the Dimond Center mall.

The display was the only student structure in an annual “Canstructure” competition, which raises food donations for the Food Bank of Alaska. Architecture and engineering firms entered a dozen other entries.

Anchorage police say the suspects slammed their bodies into the display Sunday night and fled.

Two suspects are from Dimond High. The third is a home-school student. Police forwarded vandalism charges on all three to juvenile authorities.

The food was valued at $2,300. Many of the cans were damaged. The food bank is evaluating whether damaged cans can be accepted.

Victoria S. Wright. (courtesy NCMEC)

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Expanding Medical Student Training DETROIT– The Detroit Medical Center (DMC), and Meharry Medical College (MMC) based in Nashville, Tenn., today announced the expansion of their affiliation to provide additional medical education and training for Meharry students in the Metro Detroit area. This new, two-year agreement will increase the number of medical students across all DMC hospitals.

Detroit Medical Center initially began accepting students into the program in July 2018. Currently, Meharry has medical students training at DMC’s Sinai-Grace Hospital and with the new agreement, more students will be added.

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As an academic health sciences center, MMC exists to improve the wellbeing of minority groups and underserved populations by offering exceptional education and rigorous training programs. This year alone, Meharry received thousands of applications for its MD, DDS, MSPH, and PhD programs, providing enormous opportunities for people from various diverse backgrounds facing different degrees of difficult circumstances. Upon graduation, more than 48 percent of Meharry’s alumni choose to serve as primary care physicians in various underserved communities across the country.

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DMC remains on the cutting edge of healthcare research, diagnosis and treatment in cardiology, trauma, orthopedics, rehabilitation and emergency medicine. The union between these two renowned institutions will further solidify their positions as premier academic destinations.

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Killing Off Obamacare

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – After losing in Congress, President Donald Trump is counting on the courts to kill off “Obamacare.” But some cases are going against him, and time is not on his side as he tries to score a big win for his re-election campaign.

Two federal judges in Washington, D.C., this past week blocked parts of Trump's health care agenda: work requirements for some low-income people on Medicaid, and new small business health plans that don't have to provide full benefits required by the Affordable Care Act. But in the biggest case, a federal judge in Texas ruled last December that the ACA is unconstitutional and should be struck down in its entirety. That ruling is now on appeal. At the urging of the White House, the Justice Department said this past week it will support the Texas judge's position and argue that all of “Obamacare” must go.

A problem for Trump is that the litigation could take

months to resolve - or longer - and there's no guarantee he'll get the outcomes he wants before the 2020 election.

“Was this a good week for the Trump administration?

No,” said economist Gail Wilensky, who headed up Medicare under former Republican President George H.W. Bush. “But this is the beginning of a series of judicial challenges.”

It's early innings in the court cases, and “the clock is going to run out,” said Timothy Jost, a retired law professor who has followed the Obama health law since its inception.

“By the time these cases get through the courts there simply isn't going to be time for the administration to straighten out any messes that get created, much less get a comprehensive plan through Congress,” added Jost, who supports the ACA. In the Texas case, Trump could lose by winning.

If former President Barack Obama's health law is struck down entirely, Congress would face an impossible task: pass a comprehensive health overhaul to replace it

that both Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Trump can agree to.

The failed attempt to repeal “Obamacare” in 2017 proved to be toxic for congressional Republicans in last year's midterm elections and they are in no mood to repeat it.

“The ACA now is nine years old and it would be incredibly disruptive to uproot the whole thing,” said Thomas Barker, an attorney with the law firm Foley Hoag, who served as a top lawyer at the federal Health and Human Services department under former Republican President George W. Bush. “It seems to me that you can resolve this issue more narrowly than by striking down the ACA.” Trump seems unfazed by the potential risks.

“Right now, it's losing in court,” he asserted Friday, referring to the Texas case against “Obamacare.”

The case “probably ends up in the Supreme Court,” Trump continued. “But we're doing something that is going to be much less expensive than Obamacare for the people ... and we're going to have (protections for) Continued on page A6

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This notice is authorized by the Court to inform you about an agreement to settle a class action lawsuit that may affect you. The lawsuit claims that Visa and Mastercard, separately, and together with certain banks, violated antitrust laws and caused merchants to pay excessive fees for accepting Visa and Mastercard credit and debit cards, including by: • Agreeing to set, apply, and enforce rules about merchant fees (called default interchange fees); • Limiting what merchants could do to encourage their customers to use other forms of payment; and • Continuing that conduct after Visa and Mastercard changed their corporate structures.

The defendants say they have done nothing wrong. They say that their business practices are legal and the result of competition, and have benefitted merchants and consumers.

The Court has not decided who is right because the parties agreed to a settlement. The Court has given preliminary approval to this settlement.

The SeTTlemenT Under the settlement, Visa, Mastercard, and the bank defendants have agreed to provide approximately $6.24 billion in class settlement funds. Those funds are subject to a deduction to account for certain merchants that exclude themselves from the Rule 23(b)(3) Settlement Class, but in no event will the deduction be greater than $700 million. The net class settlement fund will be used to pay valid claims of merchants that accepted Visa or Mastercard credit or debit cards at any time between January 1, 2004 and January 25, 2019.

This settlement creates the following Rule 23(b)(3) Settlement Class: All persons, businesses, and other entities that have accepted any Visa-Branded Cards and/or Mastercard-Branded Cards in the United States at any time from January 1, 2004 to January 25, 2019, except that the Rule 23(b)(3) Settlement Class shall not include (a) the Dismissed Plaintiffs, (b) the United States government, (c) the named Defendants in this Action or their directors, officers, or members of their families, or (d) financial institutions that have issued Visa-Branded Cards or Mastercard-Branded Cards or acquired Visa-Branded Card transactions or Mastercard-Branded Card transactions at any time from January 1, 2004 to January 25, 2019. The Dismissed Plaintiffs are plaintiffs that previously settled and dismissed their own lawsuit against a Defendant, and entities related to those plaintiffs. If you are uncertain about whether you may be a Dismissed Plaintiff, you should call 1-800-625-6440 or visit www.PaymentCardSettlement.com for more information.

WhaT merchanTS Will geT from The SeTTlemenT Every merchant in the Rule 23(b)(3) Settlement Class that does not exclude itself from the class by the deadline described below and files a valid claim will get money from the class settlement fund. The value of each claim will be based on the actual or estimated interchange fees attributable to the merchant’s Mastercard and Visa payment card transactions from January 1, 2004 to January 25, 2019.

Pro rata payments to merchants who file valid claims for a portion of the class settlement fund will be based on: • The amount in the class settlement fund after the deductions described below, • The deduction to account for certain merchants who exclude themselves from the class, • Deductions for the cost of settlement administration and notice, applicable taxes on the settlement fund and any other related tax expenses, money awarded to the Rule 23(b)(3) Class Plaintiffs for their service on behalf of the Class, and attorneys’ fees and expenses, all as approved by the Court, and • The total dollar value of all valid claims filed.

Attorneys’ fees and expenses and service awards for the Rule 23(b)(3) Class Plaintiffs: For work done through final approval of the settlement by the district court, Rule 23(b) (3) Class Counsel will ask the Court for attorneys’ fees in an amount that is a reasonable proportion of the class settlement fund, not to exceed 10% of the class settlement fund, to compensate all of the lawyers and their law firms that have worked on the class case. For additional work to administer the settlement, distribute the funds, and litigate any appeals, Rule 23(b)(3) Class Counsel may seek reimbursement at their normal hourly rates. Rule 23(b) (3) Class Counsel will also request (i) an award of their litigation expenses (not including the administrative costs of settlement or notice), not to exceed $40 million and (ii)

up to $250,000 per each of the eight Rule 23(b)(3) Class Plaintiffs in service awards for their efforts on behalf of the Rule 23(b)(3) Settlement Class.

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Merchants who are included in this lawsuit have the legal rights and options explained below. You may: • File a claim to ask for payment. Once you receive a claim form, you can submit it via mail or email, or may file it online at www.PaymentCardSettlement.com.

• Exclude yourself from the Rule 23(b)(3) Settlement Class. If you exclude yourself, you can individually sue the Defendants on your own at your own expense, if you want to. If you exclude yourself, you will not get any money from this settlement. If you are a merchant and wish to exclude yourself, you must make a written request, place it in an envelope, and mail it with postage prepaid and postmarked no later than July 23, 2019, or send it by overnight delivery shown as sent by July 23, 2019, to Class Administrator, Payment Card Interchange Fee Settlement, P.O. Box 2530, Portland, OR 97208-2530. Your written request must be signed by a person authorized to do so and provide all of the following information: (1) the words “In re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation,” (2) your full name, address, telephone number, and taxpayer identification number, (3) the merchant that wishes to be excluded from the Rule 23(b) (3) Settlement Class, and what position or authority you have to exclude the merchant, and (4) the business names, brand names, “doing business as” names, taxpayer identification number(s), and addresses of any stores or sales locations whose sales the merchant desires to be excluded. You also are requested to provide for each such business or brand name, if reasonably available: the legal name of any parent (if applicable), dates Visa or Mastercard card acceptance began (if after January 1, 2004) and ended (if prior to January 25, 2019), names of all banks that acquired the Visa or Mastercard card transactions, and acquiring merchant ID(s).

• Object to the settlement. The deadline to object is July 23, 2019. To learn how to object, visit www.PaymentCardSettlement.com or call 1-800-625-6440. Note: If you exclude yourself from the Rule 23(b)(3) Settlement Class you cannot object to the settlement.

For more information about these rights and options, visit: www.PaymentCardSettlement.com.

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Members of the Rule 23(b)(3) Settlement Class who do not exclude themselves by the deadline will be bound by the terms of this settlement, including the release of claims against the released parties provided in the settlement agreement, whether or not the members file a claim for payment.

The settlement will resolve and release claims by class members for monetary compensation or injunctive relief against Visa, Mastercard, or other defendants. The release bars the following claims: • Claims based on conduct and rules that were alleged or raised in the litigation, or that could have been alleged or raised in the litigation relating to its subject matter.

This includes any claims based on interchange fees, network fees, merchant discount fees, no-surcharge rules, no-discounting rules, honor-all-cards rules, and certain other conduct and rules. These claims are released if they already have accrued or accrue in the future up to five years following the court’s approval of the settlement and the resolution of all appeals.

• Claims based on rules in the future that are substantially similar to – i.e., do not change substantively the nature of – the above-mentioned rules as they existed as of preliminary approval of the settlement. These claims based on future substantially similar rules are released if they accrue up to five years following the court’s approval of the settlement and the resolution of all appeals.

The settlement’s resolution and release of these claims is intended to be consistent with and no broader than federal

law on the identical factual predicate doctrine.

The release does not extinguish the following claims: • Claims based on conduct or rules that could not have been alleged or raised in the litigation.

• Claims based on future rules that are not substantially similar to rules that were or could have been alleged or raised in the litigation.

• Any claims that accrue more than five years after the court’s approval of the settlement and the resolution of any appeals.

The release also will have the effect of extinguishing all similar or overlapping claims in any other actions, including but not limited to the claims asserted in a California state court class action brought on behalf of California citizen merchants and captioned Nuts for Candy v. Visa, Inc., et al., No. 17-01482 (San Mateo County Superior Court).

Pursuant to an agreement between the parties in Nuts for Candy, subject to and upon final approval of the settlement of the Rule 23(b)(3) Settlement Class, the plaintiff in Nuts for Candy will request that the California state court dismiss the Nuts for Candy action. Plaintiff’s counsel in Nuts for Candy may seek an award in Nuts for Candy of attorneys’ fees not to exceed $6,226,640.00 and expenses not to exceed $493,697.56. Any fees or expenses awarded in Nuts for Candy will be separately funded and will not reduce the settlement funds available to members of the Rule 23(b)(3) Settlement Class.

The release does not bar the injunctive relief claims or the declaratory relief claims that are a predicate for the injunctive relief claims asserted in the pending proposed Rule 23(b)(2) class action captioned Barry’s Cut Rate Stores, Inc., et. al. v. Visa, Inc., et al., MDL No. 1720, Docket No. 05-md-01720-MKB-JO (“Barry’s”). Injunctive relief claims are claims to prohibit or require certain conduct. They do not include claims for payment of money, such as damages, restitution, or disgorgement. As to all such claims for declaratory or injunctive relief in Barry’s, merchants will retain all rights pursuant to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure which they have as a named representative plaintiff or absent class member in Barry’s, except that merchants remaining in the Rule 23(b) (3) Settlement Class will release their right to initiate a new and separate action for the period up to five (5) years following the court’s approval of the settlement and the exhaustion of appeals.

The release also does not bar certain claims asserted in the class action captioned B&R Supermarket, Inc., et al. v.

Visa, Inc., et al., No. 17-CV-02738 (E.D.N.Y.), or claims based on certain standard commercial disputes arising in the ordinary course of business.

For more information on the release, see the full mailed Notice to Rule 23(b)(3) Settlement Class Members and the settlement agreement at: www.PaymentCardSettlement.com.

The courT hearing abouT ThiS SeTTlemenT On November 7, 2019, there will be a Court hearing to decide whether to approve the proposed settlement. The hearing also will address the Rule 23(b)(3) Class Counsel’s requests for attorneys’ fees and expenses, and awards for the Rule 23(b)(3) Class Plaintiffs for their representation of merchants in MDL 1720, which culminated in the settlement agreement. The hearing will take place at: United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York 225 Cadman Plaza Brooklyn, NY 11201 You do not have to go to the Court hearing or hire an attorney. But you can if you want to, at your own cost.

The Court has appointed the law firms of Robins Kaplan LLP, Berger Montague PC, and Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP as Rule 23(b)(3) Class Counsel to represent the Rule 23(b)(3) Settlement Class.

QueSTionS? For more information about this case (In re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation, MDL 1720), you may: Call toll-free: 1-800-625-6440 Visit: www.PaymentCardSettlement.com Write to the Class Administrator: Payment Card Interchange Fee Settlement P.O. Box 2530 Portland, OR 97208-2530 Email: info@PaymentCardSettlement.com Please check www.PaymentCardSettlement.com for any updates relating to the settlement or the settlement approval process.

www.PaymentCardSettlement.com • 1-800-625-6440 • info@PaymentCardSettlement.com

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SUMMONS CITACION JUDICIAL NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO) PAUL P. ALLINGER, and DOES 1 though 50 inclusive You are being sued by plaintiff (Lo Esta Demandando El Demandante) U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Not in its Individual Capacity, but Solely as Trustee for the RMAC Trust, Series 2016CTT CASE NUMBER (Numero del caso) TC029306 NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days, Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will no protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfor.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you can-

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NOTE: the court has a stalutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion.

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Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que liame a un abogado inmedialamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede liamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, esposible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services (www.lawhelpcalifornia. org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las

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AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene dereco a reclaiar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquler recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor eclbida medlante un acuerdo o una concesion de arbilraje en un caso de derecho civil.

Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

The name and address of the court is (El nombre y direccion de la corte es): COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES – COMPTON COURTHOUSE 200 West Compton Blvd., Compton CA 90220 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es) BRANDON J. MIKA; McCARTHY & HOLTHUS, LLP, 1770 Fourth Ave., San Diego, CA 92101 Telephone: (619) 685-4800 Date: (Fecha) Oct 1, 2018 by (Secretario) Dezaret Rojas, Deputy (Adjunto NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: you are served LOS ANGELES BAY

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Beyonce, Black Panther Win at 50th NAACP Image Awards

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Beyonce was named entertainer of the year at the 50th annual NAACP Image Awards that highlighted works by entertainers and writers of color.

After Beyonce accepted the award Saturday night, the superstar paid homage to the people who were nominated in the same category as her. She beat out Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James, Regina King, Chadwick Boseman and director Ryan Coogler.

“Regina King, I love you so much. You taught us patience, persistence and how to be masterful in your craft,” she said. “Chadwick Boseman is teaching children to dream and to be seen as kings. LeBron James has taught us the strength of all forms, leading by example and providing education to our kids. Ryan Coogler tells our stories in a way that celebrates our history and proves we do have power.”

Beyonce added: “I'm honored to be included among all of you, and to be a part of a vital and thriving community.

Thank you to the NAACP.” Beyonce released a joint album last year with her husband, Jay-Z, called “Everything is Love.” The prolific singer also paid tribute to historically black colleges and universities, as well as the dance troupes and step teams during her groundbreaking two-hour Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival performance. She also performed “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which is known as the national black anthem, at the festival and donated $100,000 to four black universities shortly after her performance.

The awards ceremony aired live on TV One at the Dolby Theatre, the same venue that hosts the Academy Awards.

Jay-Z received the President's Award for the rapper's public service achievements. He was recognized for his efforts through his Shawn Carter Foundation and serving as co-founder of the REFORM Alliance.

The rapper executive produced the documentaries “Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story” and “Time: The Kalief Browder Story,” along with an animated documentary short called “The War on Drugs is an Epic Fail.” That documentary highlighted the unfavorable treatment of black and Latino people when it comes to drug-related crimes.

Jay-Z quoted Abraham Lincoln after he accepted his award and dedicated his trophy to his 93-year-old grandmother Hattie White, saying: “She's so full of life.”

He also paid homage to the women in his life, including his wife, Beyonce, who smiled while her husband made his speech.

“It's not the amount of years in your life. It's the amount of life in your years,” he said. “That quote embodies my beautiful grandmother.”

“Black Panther” was awarded best motion picture.

The Marvel blockbuster hit beat out “BlacKkKlansman,” “Crazy Rich Asians,” “If Beale Street Could Talk” and “The Hate U Give.”

The superhero film was a cultural phenomenon. It earned $700 million domestically during it theatrical run.

“Black Panther” won in several other categories, including best actor in a motion picture (Boseman), supporting actor in a motion picture (Michael B. Jordan) and directing in a motion picture (Coogler).

Jussie Smollett, who lost to “Grey's Anatomy” star Jessie Williams in the supporting actor in a drama series category, did not attend the awards.

It has been a tumultuous week for the “Empire” star after a felony case against him was dropped in Chicago.

The handling of the case, which accused Smollett of falsely

The cast of Black Panther pose in the press room with the award. (Source: Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

reporting to police that he was assaulted by two men in downtown Chicago on Jan. 29, has drawn widespread condemnation.

Actor-comedian Chris Rock took verbal jabs at Smollett before he presented outstanding comedy series to ABC's “black-ish.”

“They said no Jussie Smollett jokes,” Rock said. “Yeah, I know, but what a waste of light skin. Do you know what I could do with that light skin? That curly hair, my career would be out of here. I would be running Hollywood.

What the hell was he thinking? You are known as `Jessie' for now on. You don't even get the `u' anymore. That `u' was for respect. You ain't getting no respect from me.”

In response to Rock's jokes, “black-ish” star Yara

Shahidi made her stance in the Smollett controversy obvious.

“I stand with Jussie,” Shahidi said before she handed the microphone to Marcus Scribner and ducked into her crowd of castmates including Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross Anderson returned as host of the show and won for best actor in a comedy series. He opened the awards speaking about “black excellence” in film, hoping his behavior wouldn't get him removed as host and made several jokes including one about Kanye West not being invited to cookouts.

Anderson brought his mother onstage with him and dedicated his award to “the woman who raised me in Watts

(California) and pushed me to become an actor.”

“Everything I do on screen is for you momma,” Anderson said of his mother, who clutched his award. He also shouted out U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, who sat in the first row.

Waters received the NAACP Chairman's Award for public service. She spoke about young voters taking a stance at the polls, her thoughts on getting rid of the Electoral College and President Donald Trump's presidency.

“I still think he needs to be impeached,” Waters said of Trump. “This president has defined himself as a liar.”

Donald Glover, who won four Grammys this year, won for his directing on “Atlanta.” On the music side, his alter-ego Childish Gambino's song “This is America” won for best music video.

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent With March Madness entering its final stages and the recent college admissions scandal continuing to unfurl, all eyes are on higher education.

Coming into view behind the excitement of the scoreboards and drama of the bribery scandal is a troubling dynamic playing out in real time: Big-time college sports are deepening the inequities faced by black male students seeking higher education.

A new issue brief from the Center for American Progress (CAP), a Washington D.C.-based a nonpartisan research and educational institute, paints a vivid portrait of how college athletics distort the reality of black male experiences on college campuses and raises significant concerns about racial equity in college admissions and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

The report, by Sara Garcia and Connor Maxwell, “The Madness Doesn’t End in March: The Surprising Ways College Sports Shortchange Black Men,” analyzes the total number of student athletes per athletic conference and the number of student athletes who receive some form of scholarship or athletic aid at a Power Five institution.

The authors said they found that black men are overrepresented in major revenue-generating sports such as basketball and football – which have the highest risks of physical injury and academic insecurity – but are underrepresented on their campuses and in all other athletic programs.

Money earned by schools during the famed March Madness tournament and the revenue generated from the College Football Playoff (CFP) series, will likely total $1 billion for the NCAA, according to the report.

Colleges make a significant amount of money as well.

In 2016, the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) sent six schools to the tournament’s round of 16, bringing in a collective $39.9 million for the conference.

Simply making it to the March Madness tournament can bring a school more than $1 million in revenue – even

if its team doesn’t win a single game.

What receives less attention, say the report’s authors, and is less easily observed on a TV screen, athletic court, or ballfield are the ways that college sports play into and obscure the inequities that black male students face in higher education.

And, while black men generate profit for their colleges and the NCAA, they see none of those benefits trickle down. For the first time, the CAP said it’s calling for compensating college athletes in revenue-generating sports.

“The NCAA relies on the athletic abilities of black men to generate revenue but places little capital in their ability to complete a college degree,” said Sara Garcia, senior research and advocacy manager for Postsecondary Education at CAP and co-author of the issue brief.

“It is time for these backwards, inequitable priorities to change,” she said.

“The experiences of black male student athletes compared with those of their white counterparts stand out in sharp relief,” Garcia further noted.

The report, which can be viewed here, includes findings like: • Black men comprise the minority of athletes in NCAA athletic programs.

• The majority of black male athletes generate revenue, but they do not profit.

• White men have more opportunities to earn athletic scholarships.

• A disproportionately large share of black men on college campuses are athletes.

“Colleges and the NCAA must do more to prioritize academics and post-graduation outcomes above athletics, as well as ensure more equitable representation for black men on their campuses,” Garcia said.

“Failing to do so would send a clear message to student-athletes, and student-athletes of color in particular, that their academic success is secondary to the benefits they provide in their sports,” she said.

NCAA Shortchanges Black Men A new issue brief from the Center for American Progress (CAP), a Washington D.C.based a nonpartisan research and educational institute, paints a vivid portrait of how college athletics distort the reality of black male experiences on college campuses and raises significant concerns about racial equity in college admissions and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

Money earned by schools during the famed March Madness tournament and the revenue generated from the College Football Playoff (CFP) series, will likely total $1 billion for the NCAA, according to the report.

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Dodgers Off To A Good Start

By Earl Heath Contributing Sports Writer The Los Angeles Dodgers are trying to win their seventh consecutive National League West title, third National League pennant, and first World Series Title since 1988.

On opening day Hyun-Jin Ryu pitched 6 and 2/3 innings giving up just one run. Ryu was the Dodgers 4th choice to start the opener due to injuries to Clayton Kershaw, Rich Hill and Walker Buehler.

Dodger bats were the big story as they pounded out 16 hits on the way to tying a franchise record eight home runs. Joc Peterson and Kike’ Hernandez had two each.

Cody Bellinger, Max Muncy, Corey Seager, Austin Barnes all went to “Uptown” with four baggers as he Dodgers defeated the D-Backs 12-5.”This is a fun offense,” said Muncy. “A couple of guys go out and get a homer and it makes you want to get one on your own.”

In game two of the series L.A. fell 5-4 in 13 innings in a game that took more than six hours making it the longest game in Dodger Stadium history.

Game three saw the Dodger bats go to “Rip City” pounding 17 hits in a 18-5 win. Cody Bellinger blasted two more homers and drove in a career high six runs. Justin Turner chipped in with five RBI’s. Kenta Maeda got the win going 6 2/3 innings scattering five hits.

Game four saw the Men in Blue rally and win 8-7 as Dodger newcomer A.J. Pollock hit a key two-run double in the eight-inning. Dylan Flora got the win and Kenley Jansen got the save making his first appearance since offseason heart surgery The win helped the Los Angeles take three of four games from Arizona to claim the opening series.

Dodger Notes: While the Dodgers were beating up on the D- Backs Clayton Kershaw threw a 50-pitch three inning simulated game on the field taking another step in his return from inflammation…Dodgers new hitting Coach Robert Van Sooyoc had to be pleased with the bats.

The Dodgers were second in the League with 235 homers last year...The Dodgers attendance during the opening series was 47,026.

Hyun-Jin Ryu pitched 6 and 2/3 innings in the Dodger opener. (courtesy photo)

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NCAA Elite Eight in Anaheim

By Cameron Buford whatsgoodinsports.com The Western Regional Finals of the 2019 NCAA tournament, also known as the Elite Eight seen a matchup between #1 seed Gonzaga Bulldogs and #3 seed Texas Tech Red Raiders. The Bulldogs are 1 of 4 teams to make the Elite Eight portions of the tournament in 3 of the past 5 seasons. This will also be a match-up between the Zags as the highest scoring team in the country versus the Red Raiders best defensive team in the country this season.

This season Bulldogs Guard Josh Perkins has become the teams single-season assist leader. Forward Brandon Clarke became one of three players in NCAA Tournament history to score 35 points and have 5 blocks, joining only David Robinson and Shaquille O’Neal. Teamed with Naismith and Julius Erving Award finalist Rui Hachimura,

he and Brandon Clarke each reached double digits in the first 32 games of the season.

For the first time in school’s history, Texas Tech has made it into the Elite Eight in consecutive seasons. A big part of the reason has been the play of Lubbock, Texas, native and Big 12 Conference Player of the Year Jarrett Culver, who’s 18.8 points and 6.5 rebounds per game led the Red Raiders this season. Additionally, the defense of the Red Raiders has allowed only 5 opponents to score over 70 points this season.

This game was a tightly contested matchup, as there were nine lead changes in the first half. The Red Raiders held Gonzaga to 42% shooting, that’s 10% below their average.

Hachimura led the Zag with 22 points and 6 rebounds while Clarke chipped in 18 points and 12 rebounds. Their point guard Josh Perkins finished the game with 16 point and 6 assists. The Zags outrebounded the Red Raiders in rebounds with a 37-29.

Those number would’ve been able to beat most teams however Texas Tech forced 15 turnovers, compiled 7 blocks and 9 steals as they imposed their defense on the top-seeded Bulldogs. They also got 19 points from their leading scorer while holding the Zags to under 70 points for just the fourth time this season. When asked about the Texas Tech defense Hachimura had this to say, “they’re one of the best defensive teams in the country, like we’re one of the best offensive teams. They were handsy with the ball. They stole it a couple of time from us. That made it difficult. they were guarding inside pretty good. I had to be aggressive all game. They were handsy and a great defensive team. We didn’t score the last couple minutes of the game.”

Red Raiders Head Coach Chris Beard has led his group of hoop grinders to the Final Four for the first time in the Schools history. It’s been mainly by defense; their stifling defense has held their tournament opponents to a total of 91 below their season’s average. This win over the Zags was the schools’ third win in as many tournament match ups. Leading scorer has also increased his scoring average to 21.6 in the tournament which is 2.5 points up on his seasonal average.

When Coach Beard was asked about to tell America about the team, he responded by saying, “A lot has been made of us being the underdog…, but I think that’s’ disrespecting our guys. Jarrett Culver was the MVP of the Big 12 Conference. Tariq Owens is the all-time shotblocking leader in the Big East at St John’s. Matt Mooney is one of the best offensive players in college basketball. So, we’ve got good players.”

In their initial visit to the NCAA tournament’s Final Four the Texas Tech Red Raiders will take their stout

defense to Minneapolis, Minnesota to compete with the Michigan State Spartans for a chance to move on to the Championship. That upcoming Championship game would be against the winner of the South Regionals topseeded Virginia Cavaliers and the 5th seeded Auburn Wildcats.

Although my bracket was completely busted with

Auburn’s upset of North Carolina and Texas Tech beating Gonzaga, I do have two of the final four teams remaining in the tournament. Are you willing to share your bracket?

If so, share it with me @whatsgoodinsports on twitter, I’d also be interested to know who you have winning this year’s NCAA Tournament? Please share by commenting in the comment section of this article on www.whatsgoodinsports. com.

NCAA Sweet 16 in Anaheim

By Cameron Buford Whatsgoodinsports.com This past week in Anaheim the Honda Center hosted the NCAA the 3rd and 4th round of the West Regionals.

Also known as the Sweet 16, this weekend brought about some unique matchups. The Florida State Seminoles matched up against the Gonzaga Bulldogs in the early game, the later matchup put the Michigan Wolverines against the Texas Tech Red Raiders. These teams were competing for a chance to move onto the memorable Final Four, another step closer to the NCAA Championship game.

Coming into the tournament as the #1 seed of the Western Region, the Bulldogs of Gonzaga dominated Fairly-Dickinson in their opening game. In their secondround game, they beat the Baylor Bears in Salt Lake City, which hosted the Western Regional Opening rounds of the college basketball tournament.

On that same weekend in Hartford, CT, 4th seeded Florida State Seminoles outlasted Vermont in their initial matchup. Then they managed to corral upset-minded 12th seeded Murray State in their second-round matchup.

These two wins by both 1st seeded Gonzaga and 4th seeded Florida State advanced them into a matchup in the NCAA Sweet 16 round of this season tournament.

In Tulsa, OK., the 3rd seeded Texas Tech Red Raiders roared past the 14th seeded Northern Kentucky. In their second round, they blew out #6 seeded Buffalo to claim their spot in the Sweet 16. They also played their games on the same weekend as the other teams.

Competing for an opportunity to round out the Sweet 16, on that same weekend in Des Moines, IA., were the 2nd seeded Michigan Wolverines. In their first matchup, they routed 15th Montana. They then upended 10th seeded Florida to claim their Sweet 16 birth.

The initial matchup in the Western Regionals Sweet 16 being held in Anaheim, CA., was a rematch of last year’s Sweet 16 matchup between the Florida State Seminoles and Gonzaga Bulldogs. Last year the #9 seeded Seminoles upset the #4 seeded Bulldogs in their Sweet 16 match-up, this season Gonzaga came into this game as the #1 seed, while the Florida State came into the game as the #4 seed.

Leading the Florida State Seminoles to 29 win and 7 losses record this season and into this weekend’s tournament was senior Guard Terrence Mann. Mann played in a Seminole record 140th game against Gonzaga.

He also finished his career as the third Seminole player with at least 1,300 points, 700 rebounds, 200 assists, and 100 steals. Though Mann was the leader in this Florida State team, his teammates assisted him throughout the season as 9 players lead the team in scoring this past season.

This happened to be the Seminoles 5th Sweet 16 appearance compared to the Bulldogs 4th. In this game, the Zags limited to FSU to 3-20 shooting from the 3-point line, including holding them to 1 for 9 in the second half. They also outrebounded the Seminoles 13-7 on this offensive glass and 45-36 overall while amassing their most rebounds of the season. Gonzaga’s win on Thursday night advances them into their third Elite Eight appearance since 2015 and fourth Elite Eight appearance overall.

After their big win Zags Forward Rui Hachimura has this to say about his team, “We are a better team than last year. We all can score from any position. Tonight, we had a lot of double digits (players) and we are a better defensive team. We are more confident and have more togetherness.”

Senior Point Guard added, “I have the full package: an athletic guy who can switch on through five and catch lobs above the backboard, a pick and poo guy who makes every three he shoots and also can switch one

through five, Asian Persuasion who has an allaround game. They check off every box as far as bigs and teammates.”

The late game in Anaheim’s Honda Center pitted the 3rd seeded Texas Tech Red Raiders with their 29-6 record versus the 2nd seeded Michigan Wolverines with their 30-7 record. The 29-6 Red Raiders will be making their fourth appearance in the Sweet 16 while the Wolverines will be playing their third consecutive Sweet 16 game. Oddly enough these teams haven’t played each other since 1983.

In this game, the Red Raiders of Texas Tech jumped out to an early lead and played good defense and forced the Wolverines to make tough shots. Texas Tech limited Michigan to 28% shooting in the first half while shooting 35% on their own. The Red Raiders defense also extended to the three-point line limiting the Wolverines to 0% shooting in the first half and 10% shooting. Couple with their points off turnovers, their Texas Tech Red Raiders came away with a convincing win against the Michigan Wolverines.

With their Sweet 16 victory, the Gonzaga Bulldogs and the Texas Tech Red Raiders have earned a spot on in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament. The Zags will be playing in their third Elite Eight game in five years though this would be the third meeting between these two teams with Texas Tech having won both matchups in the past. I was eager to see the matchup between two tough-minded teams with multiple NBA caliber players on the courts for both teams. I’d be interested in your thoughts on this year’s NCAA Tournament and how your brackets are faring thus far, please share by commenting in the comment section of this article on www.whatsgoodinsports.com or @ whatsgoodinsports on Twitter.

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pre-existing conditions and will have a much lower deductible. So, and I've been saying that, the Republicans are going to end up being the party of health care.”

There's no sign that his administration has a comprehensive health care plan, and there doesn't seem to be a consensus among Republicans in Congress.

A common thread in the various health care cases is that they involve lower-court rulings for now, and there's no telling how they may ultimately be decided. Here's a status check on major lawsuits: – “Obamacare” Repeal U.S. District Court Judge Reed O'Connor in Fort Worth, Texas, ruled that when Congress repealed the ACA's fines for being uninsured, it knocked the constitutional foundation out from under the entire law. His ruling is being appealed by attorneys general from Democratic-led states to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans.

The challenge to the ACA was filed by officials from Texas and other GOP-led states. It's now fully supported by the Trump administration, which earlier had argued that only the law's protections for people with pre-existing conditions and its limits on how much insurers could charge older, sicker customers were constitutionally tainted.

All sides expect the case to go to the Supreme Court, which has twice before upheld the ACA. – Medicaid Work Requirements U.S. District Court Judge James E. Boasberg in

Washington, D.C., last week blocked Medicaid work requirements in Kentucky and Arkansas approved by the Trump administration. The judge questioned whether the requirements were compatible with Medicaid's central purpose of providing “medical assistance” to low-income people. He found that administration officials failed to account for coverage losses and other potential harm, and sent the Health and Human Services Department back to the drawing board.

The Trump administration says it will continue to approve state requests for work requirements, but has not indicated if it will appeal.

– Small Business Health Plans U.S. District Court Judge John D. Bates last week struck down the administration's health plans for small business and sole proprietors, which allowed less generous benefits than required by the ACA. Bates found that administration regulations creating the plans were “clearly an end-run” around the Obama health law and also ran afoul of other federal laws governing employee benefits.

The administration said it disagrees but hasn't formally announced an appeal.

Also facing challenges in courts around the country are an administration regulation that bars federally funded family planning clinics from referring women for abortions and a rule that allows employers with religious and moral objections to opt out of offering free birth control to women workers as a preventive care service.

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tional Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) in Alexandria, Va., struggle to shed light on the real emergency that is of the nation’s missing.

More than 424,066 girls of all races have gone missing since the beginning of 2018, according to NCMEC. More than half of the total are women and girls of color, according to BAM, who, like NCMEC, rely on statistics from the FBI. “The majority of these children most likely come from marginalized communities, and are primarily low-income people of color,” said Dr. Ronnie A. Dunn, an interim chief diversity & inclusion officer and associate professor of Urban Studies at Cleveland State University.

“Given this nation’s racially stratified socioeconomic class hierarchy, as evidenced throughout institutions in America where poor children of color have worst outcomes on all quality of life indicators, their lives are devalued in relation to upper class white youth,” said Dunn, whose authored two books, “Race Profiling: Causes & Consequences,” and “Boycotts, Busing, & Beyond: The History & Implications of School Desegregation in the Urban North.”

Dunn continued: “And even within that, while this nation espouses the valuing of children in general, this does not appear to be the reality as evidenced by the failure to act in the face of the onslaught of mass school shootings from Sandy Hook to Stoneman Douglas where the majority of those killed were middle class white youth. Therefore, we see less media attention paid to missing children, particularly those of color.”

The ignorance toward the black and missing isn’t a new trend.

Black and Missing But Not Forgotten, BAM and NCMEC each maintain a database that dates back decades.

For instance, Margaret R. Dash went missing from her

home in Clearwater, Florida, on June 14, 1974. Today, she would be 83.

Ethel Louise Atwell went missing from Staten Island, N.Y., on Oct. 24, 1978. If still alive, Atwell would be 86.

Jeffrey Lynn Smith, who today would be 49, went missing on Dec. 4, 1985, from her Hot Springs, Arkansas, home and hasn’t been heard from since.

Other black women and girls missing since the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s according to BAM, include Cynthia Renae Rodgers of Forestville, Maryland; Beverly Gail Johnson-Sabo of Ventura, Calif.; Trina Ann Winston of South Bend, Indiana; Erica Heather Smith of Ashburn, Virginia; Debra Dianne Sellars of Burlington, NC.; Bianca Lilly Jones of Detroit, Michigan; Crystal Keyona Anderson of New Carrollton, Maryland; Sandra Jean Cunningham of New York City; Yamisha Thomas of Columbus, Ga.; Mitrice Richardson of Los Angeles; Priscilla Ann Rogers of Wilmington, NC; Rochelle Denise Battle of Baltimore; Leslie Marva Adams of Atlanta; Chantel Bryant of Virginia Beach; Nancie Carolyn Walker of Chicago; Verlisha Littlejohn of Gaffney, SC; Theresa Bunn of Chicago; and Barbara Dreher of Washington, D.C. “I’m a forensic psychiatrist and legal analyst on television, so I pay attention to media reports of crimes and missing children,” said Dr. Carole Lieberman.

“The media doesn’t do enough reporting of all the missing children, especially black children … this tells the viewer that it’s more important to find white children,” Lieberman said.

She continued: “There aren’t even any – or many – pictures on milk cartons of missing children anymore because they decided it was too upsetting to children eating breakfast. We need to do more to find missing children and do more to stop the family problems such as abuse that causes them to be vulnerable to predators or leave home to begin with.”

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