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Texas’ “castle doctrine” law allows someone to use window to see what was happening. Without identifying Atatiana Jefferson, a 2014 Xavier University biolo- himself as a police officer, Dean shouted a command, “Let deadly force in their homes if there’s a threat, which means gy graduate, worked in the pharmaceutical industry me see your hands!” and immediately opened fire, shooting even if Jefferson carried her weapon to the window in which she was shot, she was within her rights legally. through the window and killing Atatiana. and was contemplating becoming a doctor.

“The gun is irrelevant,” Mayor Price told reporters.

Atatiana Jefferson didn’t matter to Officer Aaron “Atatiana was in her own home caring for her 8-yearDean, and his indifference meant that she would become sixth African American to die at the hands of police old nephew. She was the victim,” Price stated.

“I was going to fire Dean even the Kraus stated that he would also refer the case to the gunfire in 2019.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – A federal jury has deadIt’s a statistic that activists and residents are very much FBI so the agency could review federal civil rights charges. before he quit. We had already taken locked in the trial of a white former police chief charged “This is a pivotal moment in our city, and we will have aware of, one that has the city of Fort Worth on edge. his badge and weapon. There were with a hate crime against a handcuffed black suspect.

After Dean’s resignation on Sunday, and his arrest on a top-to-bottom review of the police department,” Price A judge declared a mistrial Friday after jurors couldn’t murder charges a day later, residents are demanding action said. violations in his use of force, and he from the City’s leadership. reach a verdict on hate crime assault and deprivation of “Nobody looked at this video and said there’s any civil rights charges. day you are worried about who might be the doubt that this officer acted inappropriately,” Forth Worth didn’t follow de-escalation protocols. next “Every On Wednesday, they had convicted Frank Nucera of victim,” Stephon Little, one of the many mourners to Police Chief Ed Kraus noted. “I was going to fire [Dean] lying to the FBI. even before he quit. We had already taken his badge and gather at Jefferson’s home, told reporters.

His conduct was unprofessional.”

Authorities alleged the former Bordentown Township “You’re worried about what could happen if you’re weapon. There were violations in his use of force, and – Forth Worth Police Chief Ed Kraus pulled over, or in other circumstances. Now, you worry he didn’t follow de-escalation protocols. His conduct police chief smashed the 18-year-old’s head into a doorjamb while he was being escorted by two officers from a about sitting inside your house eating ice cream, sitting was unprofessional. There are times for officers to act as hotel in 2016. They said the assault was driven by racial inside your house playing video games with a child,” Little warriors and defenders, and there are times for them to act hatred. as public servants and humble servants.” stated.

Nucera’s attorney argued that some officers wanted to get rid of Nucera because of his tough disciplinary policies.

The U.S. attorney’s office said Friday it would retry Nucera on the two deadlocked counts.

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By Cheryl Smith Publisher of Texas Metro News/I Messenger Media L.L.C. I Messenger Media (Texas Metro News/Garland Journal/I Messenger) sat down recently with Judge Tammy Kemp to discuss criticism she has received as a result of her actions following the conclusion of the Amber Guyger murder trial last week. On October 1, 2019, Ms. Guyger, a former Dallas police officer, was convicted by a Dallas County jury of murder for fatally shooting 26-year-old Botham Shem Jean, in his apartment at the Southside Flats on September 6, 2018. Ms. Guyger claimed self-defense as she said she thought she was in her apartment and that Mr. Jean was an intruder. Mr. Jean’s apartment, #1478, was located on the fourth floor and Guyger’s apartment, #1378, was located directly beneath his on the third floor.

The jury found her guilty of murder and sentenced Ms. Guyger to serve 10 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. After Judge Kemp read the jury’s punishment verdict, she thanked the jury for their service, released them from the court’s previous restrictions regarding reading or watching coverage or engaging in/consuming social media content about the trial and offered contact information for counseling services should they find themselves in need of assistance following the trial.

The jury exited the courtroom, the trial was over and the court was officially off the record. However, as is customary in any case where there is a victim of a crime, the victim’s family has a right to make a victim impact statement to the defendant before he/she is transported from the courtroom. In this case, Brandt Jean, the 18-year-old brother of Botham Jean, took the witness stand to address Amber Guyger directly and delivered an undoubtedly unexpected, yet powerful message of forgiveness and love to the woman who took his brother’s life.

Then in a stunning turn of events, the victim’s brother asked Judge Kemp if he could “give her a hug.” He pleaded with Judge Kemp, “Please.” There was a brief pause of silence before Judge Kemp responded, “Yes.” Mr. Brandt descended from the witness stand and approached Ms.

Guyger, who ran to him and they embraced and whispered to each other for a couple of minutes before releasing from the embrace and returning to their respective seats. Next Judge Kemp walked over to the Jean Family and after a short conversation, there were embraces.

The next exchange was between Judge Kemp and Ms. Guyger and also ended in an unexpected hug; one that not only sent shock waves across the nation but has drawn fire from the African American community in particular as well as a formal complaint filed by the Freedom From Religion Foundation.

I Messenger reached out to Judge Kemp to provide the facts and set the record straight on several issues that were raised during and after the trial.

I Messenger: Explain the difference between a jury trial and a trial before the court.

Judge Kemp: In the State of Texas, a jury trial is when the accused has his or her case argued before a jury of 12 citizens. Jurors are selected by prosecutors (the State) and defense attorneys prior to the trial during the jury selection process. In a jury trial, the defendant has two decisions to make — who will decide guilt/innocence, the judge or a jury, and if convicted, who will decide punishment, again the judge or a jury.

In contrast, a trial before the court or TBC, is when a defendant has his or her case presented to the judge of a specific court and the judge decides both guilt/innocence and any associated punishment for that individual. Both the State and the defense have to agree to a trial before the Court. Just to be clear, the State vs. Amber Guyger was a jury trial in which the defendant, Ms. Guyger, decided to have both guilt/innocence and punishment decided by a jury.

I Messenger: One source of contention was your ruling to allow the jury to consider the Castle Doctrine Continued on page A3

California to End Private Prisons

By DON THOMPSON and AMY TAXIN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) _ California will ban the use of for-profit, private detention facilities, including those under contract to the federal government to hold immigrants awaiting deportation hearings, under a bill that Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday that he had signed.

The Democratic governor said the measure helps fulfill a promise he made to end private prison use, which he said contributes to over-incarceration and does “not reflect our values.”

The state’s prison system was already phasing them out, despite having to comply with an inmate population cap imposed by federal judges.

Immigrant advocates have praised the bill authored

by Democratic Assemblyman Rob Bonta, which they said would put an end to almost all immigration detention in California in the next year.

However, one private prison company said it expects most if not all of the law would fail a legal challenge, particularly requiring the federal government to end its contracts.

“States cannot lawfully pass legislation mandating the closure of federal facilities that displease them on the basis of ideological differences,” The Geo Group of Adelanto, California, said in a statement.

California has been at the forefront of resisting President Donald Trump’s efforts to deport those who are in the country illegally and has a so-called “sanctuary state” law that restricts police from asking people about their Continued on page A3

Killer of Black Man in Parking Dispute Gets 20 Years

A white Florida man who told detectives he was irritated by people who illegally park in handicapped spots was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in prison for the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man outside a convenience store.

Circuit Judge Joseph Bulone called 49-year-old Michael Drejka a “wanna-be” law enforcement officer and a self-appointed “handicapped parking space monitor.”

Jurors found Drejka guilty of manslaughter in August. Drejka showed no emotion when the judge sentenced him.

Drejka confronted Markeis McGlockton’s girlfriend Britany Jacobs in July 2018 for parking in a handicapped space at a Clearwater convenience store. McGlockton had gone inside the store with his 5-year-old son to buy drinks.

As the confrontation continued, a customer went into the store and alerted McGlockton.

Security video shows McGlockton leaving the store and shoving Drejka to the ground. Seconds later, Drejka pulls out a handgun and shoots the 28-year-old McGlockton as he backs away.

Initially, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said he wouldn’t arrest Drejka, saying the shooting was not a crime under the state’s ‘stand your ground’ law, which allows someone to use deadly force if they believe it necessary to prevent death or great bodily harm.\ A security video from the store, however, shows McGlockton appearing to step back and turn away as Drejka fires the shot, which strikes McGlockton in the side.

McGlockton’s family hired a lawyer and held a news conference demanding justice, while U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate. Authorities later decided to charge Drejka.

The judge said he found it most ironic that Drejka drove up, illegally parked next to Jacobs’ car and then confronted her about parking illegally in a handicapped space.

“He just seems to come out of nowhere, kind of like a superhero, to see that he enforces the handicapped parking spot,” Bulone said.

Jacobs, along with McGlockton’s parents, spoke before the sentencing.

“There are no words to fully describe what his loss has done to our family,” said Jacobs, who had four children with McGlockton. “Our youngest two children will never have memories of their daddy.”

Defense attorney Theresa Jean-Pierre Coy read a letter from Drejka’s wife in which she defended her husband, saying he was not a bad person. She also wrote that she and other family and friends had received threats and decided to stay away from the courtroom.

NY Govenor Uses Racial Slur

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – New York’s Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo has used a racial slur while he quoted a newspaper opinion article about racism toward darker-skinned Italian immigrants.

Cuomo in a radio interview Tuesday said the name of a slur that combined the N-word with an insulting term for Italian immigrants.

His office didn’t offer further comment.

Democratic Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said he didn’t take offense at Cuomo’s comments. Heastie, the first African-American speaker, said Cuomo was quoting a New York Times editorial about racist language once used to describe Italian immigrants.

But Bertha Lewis, founder and president of the Black Institute, a public policy think tank, said Cuomo appears to think he has so much privilege he can say anything.

She said there’s no comparison between oppression against Italian immigrants and black people.

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He flew to California when the trial began. They threatened him with jail if he didn’t return. He went straight from the airport to the court. Dallas County has a duty to protect him. They failed,” wrote Brown family Attorney Merritt on social media.

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Thursday, October 17, 2019

The timing and emerging details surrounding Joshua’s premature death are peculiar at best. Botham Jean’s neighbor Joshua Brown is overcome with emotion after recounting how he’d heard him singing gospel and Drake songs across the hall. The judge took a recess. Fired Dallas police Officer Amber Guyger is facing a murder charge in the 204th District Court at the Frank Crowley Courts Building in Dallas, Tuesday, September 24, 2019. (Photo: Video screen capture, Dallas Morning News / YouTube)

From Texas Metro News Reports Joshua Brown, a witness in the Amber Guyger Murder Trial was shot dead a week ago. Ms. Guyger, the former police officer, was found guilty of murdering business exec, Botham Jean, after “mistakenly” entering his apartment.

According to Attorney Lee Merritt, who represents the Jean family and now, Mr. Brown’s family, Mr. Brown was nervous about testifying.

“The State knew Joshua Brown didn’t want to testify due to concerns for his safety. He flew to California when the trial began. They threatened him with jail if he didn’t return. He went straight from the airport to the court. Dallas County has a duty to protect him. They failed,” wrote Atty. Merritt on social media.

Aubrey C. Hooper, President, Dallas NAACP, issued the following statement: “The Dallas NAACP is calling for a prompt, yet full and thorough independent investigation of the murder of Joshua Brown by an outside agency, preferably the Dallas County Sherriff Department or the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office.

“The timing and emerging details surrounding Joshua’s premature death are peculiar at best. I am urging law enforcement to fully evaluate and establish if any connections exist between his death and his role in the Guyger trial. If such a legitimate connection exists, we are asking that all necessary law enforcement agencies provide appropriate protection for all other parties that might be at risk.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with the Brown family as they struggle through Joshua’s death and seek answers for his senseless murder. We call upon the community leaders, public officials, faith leaders, and community members to work in solidarity to work to reduce this spike in violent crimes in Dallas. This tragic murder further emphasis that public safety is larger than just law enforcement and the need for a comprehensive and holistic plan. Joshua’s death shows that we must move expeditiously.”

At press time, two arrest warrants have been issued. “I am deeply saddened to learn about one of our own, Joshua Brown, passing. We have to allow DPD to do their job and investigate. It is critical that we find out what happened and find who is responsible for the death of Mr. Brown.

“My heart again goes out to both Brown and Botham Jean families who have lost sons. I want to assure my constituents I will keep a very close eye on the Brown investigation and all aspects of this terrible crime,” said Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson.

Lower Emissions, Cleaner Environment: API Says ‘We’re On It’

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent When it comes to lowering emissions and reducing its environmental footprint in the U.S., the American Petroleum Institute (API) wants the world to know that the natural gas and oil industry is already doing it.

A new API advertising campaign highlights the natural gas and oil industry’s leadership in reducing emissions, protecting the environment, making climate progress and serving consumers. While one commercial focuses on the role of industry as problem solvers, a second highlights industry’s ability to solve complex problems.

API has already been vocal throughout the year on the climate role that industry plays in, while providing abundant, reliable, and affordable energy across the world. API President and CEO Mike Sommers notes that the industry is “laser-focused” on tackling the dual challenge of delivering energy globally and protecting the planet.

Sommers says that the industry is keeping pace with record demand for affordable fuels while reducing emissions every step of the way.

By investing in innovative technologies, developing state-of-the-art standards and supporting smart regulations that reduce emissions, Sommers says the industry is improving sustainability, particularly in the production of clean natural gas.

API counts as the only national trade association that represents all facets of the natural gas and oil industry, which supports 10.3 million U.S. jobs and nearly 8% of the U.S. economy.

The 100-year-old trade association’s focus is primarily domestic, but it notes that exported liquefied natural gas (LNG) also can help lower global emissions while addressing third-world countries’ lack of access to modern energy.

API touts the benefits of increased use of natural gas in projections by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) that energy-related carbon dioxide emissions will decline this year by 2.5%. Meanwhile anew Department of Energy report on the life cycle of greenhouse gas

emissions associated with U.S. LNG exports confirmed the environmental benefits of natural gas vs. coal – which is significant given expanding markets in Asia and Europe for U.S. LNG. EIA’s CO2 projection, along with the projected 4.9% increase in natural gas consumed for power generation relative to 2018, underscores the point that increased use of natural gas in fueling power generation lowers CO2 emissions, and that the recent trend of the U.S. recording the lowest CO2 levels in a generation will continue.

Natural gas’ competitiveness in the marketplace is a key to these national and global opportunities. The abundant, affordable fuel has driven emissions lower and helped the pocketbooks of U.S. consumers, especially low- and fixed-income households. Meanwhile, American liquified natural gas (LNG) exports are affecting the economics of power generation abroad.

While positive developments should affect all citizens, African Americans and other minorities should especially take note.

“Our industry certainly recognizes the great opportunity to enlist the talents and skills of more women, African Americans and Hispanics. A recent study projected nearly 1.9 million direct job opportunities in industry through 2035, with women and minorities accounting for hundreds of thousands of them.”

The “We’re on It” campaign underscores the commitment of the natural gas and oil industry to provide reliable and affordable energy, while reducing emissions and its footprint.

“Today, the U.S. carbon dioxide emissions are at their lowest in a generation, largely due to the increased use of natural gas, evidence that energy and climate progress can coexist,” Sommers wrote last month.

“Through continued development of sustainable energy resources and collective action toward emissions reduction, the natural gas and oil industry will continue leading efforts to improve our environment.”

The “We’re on It” campaign underscores the commitment of the natural gas and oil industry to provide reliable and affordable energy, while reducing emissions and its footprint.

In Memoriam: (Photos provided by the Frazier family)

Legendary Morgan State and New York Knicks Assistant Coach:

Nat Frazier Passes Away at 84

By Lauren Poteat NNPA Washington Correspondent Morgan State University, a historically Black institution located in Baltimore, Maryland, recently celebrated the life of legendary award-winning basketball coach Nathaniel Frazier, who passed away Sept. 22 at Howard County General Hospital at the age of 84.

A former NBA New York Knicks Assistant Coach and an NCAA Division II Championship Coach, “Nat” Frazier was devoted not only to the love of basketball but also to the community, hard work and, most importantly, his family.

“My dad loved the game of basketball, he was a master at it, but it was his love for family that really made him great,” Kevin Frazier, eldest son of Nat Frazier and co-host of CBS’s Entertainment Tonight, said.

“He was an amazing dad. My dad was always in my corner. He never held a grudge and his big thing was ‘peo-

ple make mistakes, you’re going to make mistakes, but it’s how you bounce back from that mistake the matters.’”

Born in Beaufort, S.C., Nat grew up in the racially segregated south of Savannah, Georgia, where he graduated from Alfred E. Beach High School after leading his team to the Georgia State High School basketball title in 1953 and being named to the All-Tourney team in 1954.

Nat, who attended Tuskegee Institute, and became an All-SIAC pick twice, went on to play semi-pro basketball in the New York State Industrial Basketball League before receiving a Master’s in Health Counseling from City College of New York and completing a post-Master’s studies at New York University and the University of Illinois in Educational Administration.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019237995 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: LUKE NUNEZ TRANSPORT LLC at 45241 7th St E Apt. #55, Lancaster, Ca. 93535 Mailing Address: Same County: LA REGISTERED OWNERS(S): LUKE NUNEZ TRANSPORT LLC CA, 45241 7th St E Apt. #55, Lancaster, Ca. 93535 The business is conducted by: a Limited Liability Company SIGNED: DAVID BALMORE NUNEZ, PRESIDENT The date registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above: 09/2019 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on: Sept 4, 2019 DEAN C. LOGAN, Los Angeles County Clerk By: ERICA SPENCER, Deputy NOTICE: IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES ST THE END IOF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2014, THE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE AFFIDAVIT OF IDENTITY FORM. This statement expires on Sept 4, 2024 LOS ANGELES BAY NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 26, Oct 3, 10, 17, 2019 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019232997 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: HOLCOMB at 45535 York Blvd, Los Angeles, Ca. 90042 Mailing Address: 4628 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, Ca. 90027 County: LA REGISTERED OWNERS(S): DRM 5535 LLC CA, 4628 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, Ca. 90027 The business is conducted by: a Limited Liability Company SIGNED: DRM 5535 LLC, MANAGER The date registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above: N/A This statement filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on: Aug 28, 2019 DEAN C. LOGAN, Los Angeles County Clerk By: A. MOVSISYAN, Deputy NOTICE: IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES ST THE END IOF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2014, THE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE AFFIDAVIT OF IDENTITY FORM. This statement expires on Aug 28, 2024 LOS ANGELES BAY NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 26, Oct 3, 10, 17, 2019 ������������������������������� CITATION Freedom From Parental Custody and Control (ABANDONMENT) Re: ADOPTION) Case Number: BAT-19-003031 Superior Court of California, Count of Kern, 1415 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 In the Matter of CHRISTOPHER LEE DANIELS JR., Minor A person who should be declared free from the custody and control of her parent or parents.

To CHRISTOPHER LEE DANIELS SR. and to all persons claiming to be the father or mother of said minor person above-named.

By order of this Court you are hereby cited and required to appear before the Judge Presiding in Department C of the above entitled court on November 22, 2019, at 8:30 a.m. of that day, then and there to show cause, if any you have, why said person should not be declared free from the control of his parents according to the petition on file herein. For failure to attend, you will be deemed guilty of a contempt of court.

You are hereby notified of the provisions of Civil Code Section §237.5 which provide: “the judge shall advise the minor and the parents, if present, of the right to have counsel present. The court may appoint counsel to represent the minor whether or not the minor is able to afford counsel, and if they are unable to afford counsel, shall appoint counsel to represent the parents.”

Date: September 24, 2019 (SEAL) TAMARAH HARBER-PICKENS County Clerk, By: A. RODRIGUEZ, Deputy NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served as an individual citee You are served on behalf of: C.C.P. §416.90 (Individual) The time when a citation is deemed served on a party may vary depending on the method of service. For example, see Code of Civil Procedure Section §§413.10 through 415.40 Prepared By: Kristy Schaeffer Prestige Legal Document Assistance 3719 Canadian St. Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 (661) 832-3033 LDA #2 (Kern County) Exp. 1/1/2020 LOS ANGELES BAY NEWS OBSERVER (PLDA) PUB: Oct 3, 10, 17, 24, 2019 �������������������������������

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019257975 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CLASSIC SOUL CRUISE / CLASSIC SOUL CRUISE AND TRAVEL at 6709 La Tijera Bl. #357, Los Angeles, Ca. 90045 Mailing Address: Same County: LA REGISTERED OWNERS(S): LINDA REGINA TAYLOR, 5916 S. Bedford Ave, Los Angeles, Ca. 90056 The business is conducted by: an Individual SIGNED: LINDA REGINA TAYLOR, OWNER The date registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above: 09/1996 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on: Sept 25, 2019 DEAN C. LOGAN, Los Angeles County Clerk By: JUANITA CARPENTER, Deputy NOTICE: IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES ST THE END IOF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2014, THE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE AFFIDAVIT OF IDENTITY FORM. This statement expires on Sept 25, 2024 LOS ANGELES BAY NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Oct 3, 10, 17, 24, 2019 �������������������������������

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF VIOLA COTTRELL PUTNEY CASE NUMBER: 19STPB09411 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of VIOLA COTTRELL PUTNEY A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by MONICA DUHART in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES 111 North Hill Street, Los Angeles, Ca. 90012 THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that MONICA DUHART be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: Nov 4, 2019 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: 2D Room: 629 located at 111 North Hill Street, Los Angeles, Ca. 90012 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the deceased, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided on Probate Code section 9100.

The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. IF you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (for DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate code section 1250.

A request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

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Judge Tammy Kemp One on One Continued from page A1

Judge Tammy Kemp gave Amber Guyger a bible and then embraced her after her guilty verdict.

during their deliberation on guilt/innocence. Considering that the law was actually intended for homeowners, like Botham Jean, to protect themselves and their homes against intruders, in this case, like Amber Guyger, why did you allow the Castle Doctrine in as a self-defense theory in the jury’s instructions on deliberation during the guilt/ innocence phase of the trial?

Judge Kemp: While I do not comment on my rulings in any case, I would like to take this opportunity to educate people on the Castle Doctrine in general terms.

As it pertains to self-defense and deadly force, the Texas Penal Code states a defendant is entitled to a jury instruction on self-defense if the issue is raised by the evidence, whether that evidence is strong or weak, unimpeached or contradicted, and regardless of what the trial court may think about the credibility of the defense. If you deny a defendant their defense, the case will be reversed and then have to be retried.

I Messenger: What went through your mind in those brief seconds immediately after Brandt Jean asked you if he could give Amber Guyger a hug?

Judge Kemp: My first thought was the security risk.

I quickly connected non-verbally with the deputies standing post inside the courtroom and made a split decision that Brandt Jean was sincere in his remarks to Ms. Guyger and that neither he nor Ms. Guyger intended any physical harm towards one another and allowed the contact between them to take place, and I knew I was going to have to explain my decision to Sheriff Brown.

I Messenger: You have been accused by some media outlets and the court of public opinion, particularly in the African American community, of disrespecting the victim’s family by coming off the bench to hug the woman who murdered Botham Jean and giving her a bible. Let’s set the record straight on the facts and what led up to the exchange and ultimate hug between you and Amber Guyger.

Judge Kemp: Like everyone else in the courtroom after witnessing the moving, emotional moment between Brandt Jean and Amber Guyger, I wiped my eyes, then came off the bench and went directly over to talk to Botham Jean’s family first.

I offered my condolences to Mr. Jean’s parents and shared words of comfort and encouragement with them before asking them if I could hug them, which they agreed to and I hugged each family member, father, mother, grandmother, sister and brother one by one. After I spent time with the victim’s family, I went over to the defense’s table and addressed Ms. Guyger. I told her, ‘Brandt has forgiven you. You have to forgive yourself.’ To which Ms. Guyger responded, ‘Do you think God will forgive me?’ I said, ‘Yes.’ Important to note, it was Ms. Guyger who first mentioned anything about religion. Then and only then, did I respond to her faith-based inquiry. Although I am a Christian, because of an individual’s religious freedom rights, I never discuss anything religious during the performance of my duties as a judge unless a victim or defendant mentions it to me first and again only after a trial or plea is officially completed.

I continued, ‘He has a purpose for you.’ She said, ‘You think I can have a purpose for my life?’ I said, ‘Yes’ and she said, ‘I don’t know where to start. I don’t own a bible.’ Her response prompted me to go to my chambers and retrieve the bible I keep in my office. I returned to the courtroom and told Ms. Guyger, ‘You can have this one. I have three or four more at home. This is the one I use at work every

day.’ I turned to John 3:16 and read the scripture to her. I told her when you read this and you get to the ‘whosoever,’ you say ‘Amber.’

I told her she needs to read John 3:16 for the next month so it could sink in and then to start with the Gospels. I also told her that the translation that I gave her was difficult for new believers and she probably needed a study bible. I told her, ‘If you like, I will get one for you and get it to your defense team.’ She said, ‘yes’ and told me she would bring my bible back in 10 years. It was at that point, she asked, ‘Can I give you a hug?’ Honestly, I hesitated initially and here’s what ran through my mind in that instant. That Sunday, September 29th, which would have been Botham Jean’s 28th birthday, the sermon I heard at church was, The One is Greater Than the 99, which talked about if you are going to attract the lost, you must show love and compassion. Additionally, I thought about my job responsibilities as it pertains to my faith, and I have a duty to act justly, love mercy and to walk humbly. Ms. Guyger asked me a second time for a hug and I agreed. As she was hugging me, she was telling me that I was such a good person and I was fair and good.

Contrary to speculation, I was not praying with her.

I Messenger: Have you ever hugged any other defendants in your court following the conclusion of a trial or plea in your court?

Judge Kemp: I have hugged a lot of defendants, but I have never been asked for a hug by a defendant convicted of a violent offense before and I have never hugged one defendant who did not ask me for a hug. On any given day in the 204th District Court, however, I routinely counsel defendants on forgiveness and second chances. As a matter of fact, a lot of the defendants that I have ended up hugging were initially angry with me because I would not just give them their time. Instead, when necessary, I required them to go to treatment and after they completed treatment they would come back and thank me.

I Messenger: Continuing on that note of second chances, tell us about Project Phoenix.

Judge Kemp: In my first year on the bench in 2014, I founded Project Phoenix in partnership with the Dallas AFL-CIO to provide marketable skills through apprenticeships in the various trade industries to first-time, non-violent low-level offenders. Upon successful completion of the program, offenders’ cases are dismissed and later expunged from their records. My primary goal in creating this program was to make sure participants could earn a living wage and have a true second chance.

I Messenger: One of the female bailiffs has also come under fire for what appears as if the bailiff is fixing or caressing Amber Guyger’s hair. What was happening?

Judge Tammy Kemp: The jury returned a verdict of guilty and I held Ms. Guyger’s bond insufficient. At that point, she was in the custody of the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office and no longer free to move about.

I instructed the Sheriff’s deputies to restrict Ms. Guyger’s movement to the defense workroom, the courtroom and the restroom. Typically, once a defendant has been convicted, they are transported to the county jail to be booked and processed - a process that can take up to three hours.

Instead, I asked that they detain her in the courtroom to ensure we did not experience any delays in the trial.

What people saw in that moment was actually the bailiff doing a moderate pat down of the defendant and discreetly checking her hair for contraband.

I Messenger: After the trial there were protests and

criticism by those who believed 10 years was not enough time for the fatal shooting of Botham Jean. Do you believe the sentence was fair given the testimony in this case?

Judge Kemp: That is a question for the jurors. As with any case, I respect the jury’s verdict. I never question or comment on a jury’s decision.

I Messenger: Could you as the judge, have overturned the jury’s sentence and given the defendant a longer sentence?

Judge Kemp: No, by law I could not overturn the jury’s verdict. Again, once a defendant decides to go before the jury to decide guilt/innocence and punishment, the jury’s verdicts in both phases of a trial are the final decisions.

I Messenger: A photo of your political endorsement from the Dallas Police Association (DPA) Political Action Committee has been circulating on social media and many voiced disapproval of the endorsement. In terms of the timeline, when did you receive the DPA’s endorsement relative to when Mr. Jean was killed?

Judge Kemp: The Dallas Police Association’s Political Action Committee endorsed both my first campaign in 2014 and my campaign for reelection in 2018, just as they endorse multiple judicial candidates in every election cycle. During my last election, DPA announced their endorsement of my campaign for re-election in the fall of 2017. Amber Guyger shot and killed Mr. Botham Jean on September 6, 2018. Obviously, no one could have predicted this horrific tragedy would occur a year later, long after the organization endorsed my campaign.

I Messenger: On October 3, 2019, the Freedom from Religion Foundation filed a complaint with the Texas Ethics Commission, against you for the now ‘infamous hug.’

Do you believe your actions were inappropriate?

Judge Kemp: Obviously, I do not think it was inappropriate, but I will leave that decision to the Ethics Commission.

I Messenger: On October 4, 2019, you summoned Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot to appear before the 204th Judicial District Court for a contempt of court hearing that is scheduled to take place on October 31st. What is the purpose of this hearing and why do you believe it is necessary?

Judge Kemp: On September 23, the very first day of trial, as the attorneys and I were wrapping up preliminary matters outside the presence of the jury, Amber Guyger’s defense team informed the court that our elected DA had appeared in a new television interview alleging that it was in direct violation of the court’s gag order prohibiting both the prosecutors and defense lawyers from speaking publicly about the case and/or trial in any way.

It was determined and confirmed that the DA’s interview on FOX 4 News was not taped the night before the beginning of trial, but in fact had been taped on September 20, 2019, which was three days before the trial was set to begin. Due to the high volume of media coverage on this case, I had put a gag order in place in January of this year for all parties involved in the case. In general, the purpose of a court’s gag order on any case is to prohibit the parties from trying their case in the public.

A contempt of court hearing, also known as a show cause hearing, requires the alleged violator to appear before the court and explain why he/she did not adhere to the court’s order(s). I believe it is necessary in this case, just as it would be with any case, because court orders are meant to be followed, no exceptions. Additionally, with all of the hard work that went into this case on both sides, it was pretty shocking to learn that the order had allegedly been violated, a decision that technically could have resulted in a mistrial before the trial even started, had any of the jurors seen the interview.

However, after I watched the interview, I polled each juror individually and confirmed that none of them had seen it and the trial proceeded accordingly.

I Messenger: What would you like for people to know about the 204th Court?

Judge Kemp: I want people to know that we treat everyone with compassionate accountability in our court.

My principles for running were to be accountable to the public, compassionate towards victims and fair to the accused, and we’ve made those principles the bedrock of everything we do in court.

Tammy Kemp is the presiding Judge of the 204th Judicial District Court. There has been a transformation and many successes since she took the bench. Judge Kemp is a native of Wewoka, OK and earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and a Juris Doctorate degree from OU. After graduating law school, she worked as an Assistant Attorney General and an Assistant Secretary of State for the State of Oklahoma, before relocating to the Dallas area.

She has been practicing law since 1988 and her areas of expertise include criminal, corporate and retirement law. In her previous role of Administrative Chief of the Family Violence and Child Abuse Divisions at the Dallas County District Attorney’s (DA) Office, she supervised 28 attorneys, 21 investigators, and 18 support staff. Her duties included the investigation and prosecution of criminal offenses, including death penalty capital murders.

She is a member of the State Bar of Texas and the State Bar of Oklahoma and has been a member of Concord Church for more than 26 years, where she serves as a Deaconess. A member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Judge Kemp is married to a wonderful, supportive husband and they have three amazing children.

This article originally appeared in the Texas Metro News.

California to End Private for Profit Prisons

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immigration status or participating in federal immigration enforcement actions. The new measure prohibits the state corrections department from renewing contracts starting next year and from housing any state inmates in private, for-profit prisons starting in 2028.

“We are sending a powerful message that we vehemently oppose the practice of profiteering off the backs of Californians in custody,” Bonta said.

California previously halted growth in local government contracts to house immigration detainees. After that, populous Orange County south of Los Angeles and other local governments ended their contracts to hold detainees for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Four dedicated immigration detention facilities remain in California with an average daily population of about 3,700 detainees. ICE has previously said the largest one, run by The Geo Group in Adelanto, California, has a temporary contract set to expire in 2020, as does another facility in Bakersfield, California.

ICE’s acting press secretary, Bryan Cox, said immigration enforcement would still take place, noting that California accounts for less than 10 percent of the agency’s detention capacity. He said the impact “would be felt primarily by residents of California who would theoretically have to travel greater distances to visit friends and family in custody.”

Christina Fialho, co-founder of Freedom for Immigrants, said she doesn’t believe ICE could legally extend the

contracts ending in 2020.

“Within the next year, private immigration detention will be abolishe d for good in California,” she said, adding that rural Yuba County in northern California still has a contract to detain immigrants but may also soon end it.

“This is huge.”

Yolo County supervisors this week ended its decade-old contract with the federal government to house troubled immigrant children in a facility west of Sacramento that is one of two in the nation for teens who entered the country unaccompanied by parents and are considered dangerous to themselves or others.

The move in California comes as ICE has expanded immigration detention across the U.S. amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

California isn’t the only state pushing back, Fialho said, adding that Illinois also passed similar legislation and that New Mexico and Minnesota are weighing proposals.

The bill “will deal a critical blow to the Trump administration’s efforts to further expand its system of immigration detention, especially as other states follow our lead,” she said.

California’s corrections department last month ended one of its four contracts with The GEO Group to run three male prisons and one for women that that together house about 1,600 inmates. The remaining contracts expire in 2023.

The federal receiver who controls medical care in California state prisons recently found inadequate health care at all four privately run prisons, citing problems with their policies and procedures, training, health care grievance process, emergency medical response and physician case reviews. The deficiencies are being reviewed again, with results expected in December.

In 2006, then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger started sending California inmates to private out-of-state prisons to relieve crowding in prisons where nearly 20,000 inmates were bunked three-deep in gymnasiums and dayrooms.

The state then relied on the private prisons for years to help meet the federal population cap.

But the last inmate housed out-of-state returned to California in June as the state ended those contracts. The new law allows the department to renew or extend the existing private prison contracts to comply with the court-ordered population cap until 2028.

The state’s inmate population has been declining under several measures easing criminal sentences approved by voters and state lawmakers in recent years. Inmates housed in private prisons now make up less than 1% of the prisons’ overall 125,000 inmate population.

A 2018 law already directed the corrections department to close male private in-state facilities as the state’s prison population declined.

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Sports

Rams Have Tough One at Home

By Earl Heath Contributing Sports Writer The Los Angeles Rams started out like gangbusters against San Francisco. Rolling down the field with no passes on the drive. Malcolm Brown and Robert Woods were the only two Rams to rush on a 7 play 56 yards drive. Woods took it to the endzone on an end around.

Directly after the score Woods ran over to the stands and handed the ball to his mother, who had a big smile as she headed back to her seat. That was the lone score in the 20-7 loss in front of 75,695 at the Coliseum.

That was one of the few highlights of the day as the Rams offense came up with only 157 yard of offense as Rams QB Jared Goff completed 13 of 24 passes for a career low 78 yards for the Rams (3-3).

To pour salt on the wound the Rams never converted a third down and Goff was sacked four times.

On the Defensive side the Rams stymied the Niner’s (5-0) ground game holding them to 99 yards, they had been averaging 230 before this game. Jimmy Garoppolo connected on 24 of 33 for 233 yards and an INT by the Rams Marcus Peters. Cory Littleton led the Rams with 14 tackles (9 solo), and Troy Redder had 11. Aaron Donald had 7 including two sacks.

NEXT up for the Rams @ Atlanta and then home to Cincy.

(Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images)

LeBron James No Longer King James for Hong Kong Protesters “Students, they come out like every weekend. They’ve got tear gassed and then they got gun-shot, like every weekend. Police beating students and then innocent people, like every day. And then he (James) just comes up with something (like) that. We just can’t accept that.’’

James made his comments in response to a question about whether Morey should be punished for his tweet that reverberated in China and had consequences for the NBA. “Yes, we do have freedom of speech,’’ James said. “But at times, there are ramifications for the negative that can happen when you’re not thinking about others, when you only think about yourself.’’

He added: “So many people could have been harmed, not only financially but physically, emotionally, spiritually.

So just be careful what we tweet and what we say and what we do. Even though yes, we do have freedom of speech, it can be a lot of negative that comes with it.’’

CCTV didn’t broadcast the games, NBA players weren’t made available before or after games in China and several companies and state-run offices reportedly severed their ties with the NBA over Morey’s tweet and the league’s response to it.

Protesters said James’ comments smacked of a doublestandard, because he’s used his clout as a sports headliner to

Trojans Fight Hard

Demonstrators in Hong Kong burn a LeBron James basketball jersey in protest at his comments over free speech ( AP )

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) – When the ball smashed into a photo of LeBron James’ face stuck above the hoop and dropped into the basket, the Hong Kong protesters cheered.

They also trampled on jerseys bearing his name and gathered in a semicircle to watch one burn.

James’ standing among basketball fans in Hong Kong took a hit because of comments the NBA star made about free speech. Fans gathered on courts amid Hong Kong’s high-rise buildings Tuesday to vent their anger.

The player for the Los Angeles Lakers touched a nerve among protesters for suggesting that free speech can have negative consequences. They have been protesting for months in defense of the same freedom that James said can carry “a lot of negative.’’

The protesters chanted support for Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey, something of a hero among demonstrators in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory for having tweeted on Oct. 4 in support of their struggle, infuriating authorities in China.

What the crowd of approximately 200 people chanted about James wasn’t printable.

“People are angry,’’ said James Lo, a web designer who runs a Hong Kong basketball fan page on Facebook.

He said he’s already received a video from a protester that showed him burning a No. 23 jersey bearing James’ name.

He expects more, given the backlash from protesters who’ve been regularly hitting the streets of Hong Kong and battling police because of concerns that the international business hub is slowly losing its freedoms, which are unique in China.

press for social causes in the United States.

“Please remember, all NBA players, what you said before: ‘Black lives matter.’ Hong Kong lives also matter!’’ one of the protesters, 36-year-old office worker William Mok, said in addressing the applauding crowd.

Others said LeBron’s comments made it seem that he’s more worried about money than people.

“James was trying, you know, to take a side, on the China side, which is like ridiculous,’’ said Aaron Lee, a 36-year-old marketing director. “He was being honest, financially. Financial is money. Simple as that. LeBron James stands for money. Period.’’

Marqkese Stepp rushes for some of his 80 vs. Notre Dame. (Photo-USC Athletics/John McGillen)

By Earl Heath Contributing Sports Writer USC went into South Bend as 10 point underdogs against Notre Dame. They showed a lot of grit in fighting back from a 14 point halftime deficit before falling to the Irish 30-27.

Marqkese Stepp help lead the Trojan offense as they fought their way back. He had had 10 carries for 82 yards and it seemed he could have had more.

“Had had a bigger role tonight,” said head coach Clay Helton. “He did a wonderful job. His role got bigger.”

Stepp split time with Stephen Carr and Vavae Malapeai who rushed for a combined for 91 rushing. Trojan QB Kedon Slovis completed 24 of 35 passes for 255 yards.

He had a big second half connecting on a 38 yard pass to Amron St Brown.

The Trojans out scored the the Irish 24-10 in the second half.

Tony Jones 25 carries for 175 yards for the Irish (5-1).

Ian Book completed 17 of 32 for 165 yards.

The number 11 ranked Irish takes on Michigan next.

NEXT UP: The Trojans (3-3) host Arizona at the Coliseum.

Los Angeles Chargers Fans Outmanned at Their Home Stadium

By Cameron Buford Whatsgoodinsports.com In consecutive weeks the Los Angeles Chargers fans have been outnumbered in their stadium. As Dignity Health Spark Park has become a home away from home for most Chargers opponents this season. Whether the presence, or lack thereof, of a Chargers fan base during their “home” games is an indictment of NFL fans in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Chargers fans themselves or the Chargers management for not doing enough to develop a fan base in the competitive Los Angeles market.

While the fans in the stands cannot be blamed for a rookie quarterback of a one win team coming into their stadium and upsetting the Chargers on Sunday night.

These current Chargers players and administration are in the middle of an awkward situation that appears to have no resolution. Most people in Los Angeles will tell you that you have to win, for fans to come out and support your team. Well after going 12-4 in the NFL last season why aren’t fans coming out to see these Chargers take the next step?

Though it’s is an entirely different sport, the MLS has 2 teams here in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Galaxy and the Los Angeles Football Team. The Galaxy have been playing in Los Angeles since 1994 and the Los Angeles Football played their first game in March of 2018. I bring these teams up to say that neither of these teams has trouble filling their stadiums on game day. Neither do the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Dodgers, USC Trojans Football and UCLA Basketball teams, which is evidence that there are sports fans here in Los Angeles!

Even though the Chargers have come up from San Diego just a few short years ago, it is not a good look for the Chargers to be continuously outnumbered on their building. Whether they need to host more community

events in Los Angeles and surrounding areas, or buyout the empty seats and provide them to underprivileged youth in Southern California and give these fans a chance to meet and players and/ or team professionals. where this may take years to grow this would start the fan building process at its lowest level.

If you walked through the parking lot an hour before the game as I did on Sunday before the game, you’d realize the levity of this situation. The marketing team of the Chargers has their hands full with this situation as it was an 8-2 disparity in the fan base attendance on Sunday against the Pittsburg Steelers. Last week, it was about a 6-4 disparity as the Chargers competed against the Denver Broncos. I can only imagine what the scene will look like when the Chargers move into the brand-new SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.

This is not a good look for football fans or Los Angeles Chargers fans! It’s like the Charger has, and will have, 16 road games each season. I am not sure what the Chargers can do the generate a loyal fan base here in Los Angeles but I’d suspect their players would appreciate hearing some fans cheer them on at some point this season.

Please let us why know why you think the Chargers aren’t being welcomed in Los Angeles or your thoughts on what the Chargers could do to generate a better presence at their home games or by commenting in the comment section of this article on www.whatsgoodinsports.com or by following me on Twitter at “Voice of the Fans” for immediate engagement. Additionally, subscribe to our weekly “Voice of the Fans Podcast” which is available for you on Apple and Google Podcasts including Spotify, TunedIn, and iHeart Radio. As always, we certainly appreciate you for making our voice your choice!

The Pittsburg Steelers upend the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday Night. (Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports)

Thursday, October 17, 2019

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Entertainment

New 24/7 News Network Scheduled to Launch in November 2019

Black News Channel Launches in America

BNC, which officially launches at 6 a.m. on Friday, November 15, 2019 has agreements with Charter Communications, Comcast and DISH TV. The network already has commitments for carriage in major African American hubs like Atlanta, New York City, Chicago, New Orleans, Houston, Philadelphia, Detroit, Washington, DC, Baltimore and Los Angeles.

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent In a joint teleconference broadcast live from the Four Season’s Hotel in New York’s Financial District, the Black News Channel (BNC) and the National Newspaper Publishers Association announced the official launch date and time for the nation’s first 24-hour, 7-days a week all-news TV channel that will focus on African American news.

The new channel promises to inform, educate, and empower nearly 50 million African Americans now living in the United States.

The potential for the network appears almost limitless.

BNC will immediately have the potential to reach 33 million households daily in all the major media markets across the nation.

Combined with the millions of readers who consume information from NNPA’s Black-owned newspapers and media companies each week, the BNC could quickly become the top destination for all who want to consume African American news on TV and on mobile devices.

BNC, which officially launches at 6 a.m. on Friday, November 15, 2019 has agreements with Charter Communications, Comcast and DISH TV. The network already has commitments for carriage in major African American hubs like Atlanta, New York City, Chicago, New Orleans, Houston, Philadelphia, Detroit, Washington, DC, Baltimore and Los Angeles.

Tallahassee, Florida, houses BNC’s headquarters, and the network will have news bureaus around the country, including Washington, D.C. and New York City.

Former Republican U.S. Congressman J.C. Watts is chairman of BNC, which is backed financially by business mogul and Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan.

“This platform will create a venue for the African American community to have a dialogue to talk about news, education and cultural things,” stated Watts, who added that the network has been in the planning stage for many years.

“I had an afro when I started this,” Watts referenced.

“It’s especially important to have the Black Press of

America join us in this venture. I bet most people don’t realize that there are 223 African American-owned newspapers in the NNPA, and that’s content for us,” Watts stated.

“We suffered a big blow with the loss of Ebony and Jet, publications I grew up reading. But I still read the Black Press in Oklahoma City, growing up.”

NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., who participated in the teleconference, said the NNPA’s partnership with the BNC is a profound win-win for Black America.

“This year marks the 192nd year of the Black Press of America. Black Americans striving for excellence in all fields of endeavor give life to our culture that attracts and impacts all people. We set trends for ourselves and others,” Chavis stated.

“We’re not a cursed people, and we are a blessed people. We continue to strive for excellence, and to have Shad Khan announced as a primary investor for the launch and sustainable development of the BNC is of major significance,” Chavis noted.

Kahn told NNPA Newswire that the decision to back BNC was easy once he looked at the mission and the business model.

“I am a big believer in the fact that we have a number of communities, obviously especially the African American community, who are underserved,” stated Kahn, a magnate in the auto equipment industry.

In addition to the Jaguars, he owns the Fulham Football Club of the English Football League, All Elite Wrestling, and the Four Seasons Hotel Toronto.

“I hope that as time goes on, this becomes a bridge to connect all the cultures, including obviously south Asian. But I do believe there is an undeniable calling for everything the Black News Channel will deliver to African American television audiences, who have historically been underserved in an era where networks have otherwise successfully targeted news to specific demographic groups and interests. My decision to invest is an easy one because we get to answer that calling,” Kahn explained.

Both Watts and Kahn promised that BNC will give a voice to the varied experiences of African Americans and

NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (pictured at right), who participated in the teleconference, said the NNPA’s partnership with the BNC is a profound win-win for Black America. (Also pictured are Former Republican U.S. Congressman J.C. Watts, chairman of BNC (left) and Jacksonville Jaguars owner, Shad Khan, who is a primary investor in the new network (center).

will not just tell a segment of the story but will tell the entire story.

“We will inform, educate, inspire, and empower the African American community,” Watts added.

BNC will have three primary anchor teams who will host the network’s evening newscast, morning newscast, and mid-day D.C. Today Live broadcast. In addition to primary anchor teams, BNC also will have high-profile expert contributors who will add commentary and information to each newscast.

The network will work with historically black colleges and universities to ensure that all African Americans have a voice.

A BNC correspondent will examine life on the HBCU campuses and explain why the experiences students have at these institutions of learning are so meaningful in the cultural development of many students’ lives. The weekly onehour program will focus on what is happening at HBCUs that is good, positive, and uplifting.

Additionally, one of the many topics will include Sickle Cell Diseases, the blood disorder that disproportionately

Michael Jordan Pledges $1M to Bahamas

affects African Americans.

Veteran TV anchor Kelly Wright, who will host a 6 p.m. show on BNC, said his inaugural program would include a segment on the NNPA’s missing black girls national series.

That series spotlights the more than 424,000 African American women and girls who have gone missing in the United States over the past half-decade.

“We’re not looking to be Republican or Democrat.

There will be current affairs, but we are culturally specific to the African American community. MSNBC, Fox News, CNN may have African American faces on their news shows, but they are not necessarily covering the community from a cultural perspective,” Watts stated. “We’re not looking to be left or right. We will be authentic and true to enriched and diverse African American experience.”

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The former Chicago Bulls great has pledged $1 million to help the Bahamas in its efforts to recover from Hurricane Dorian. “I am devastated to see the destruction that Hurricane Dorian has brought to the Bahamas, where I own property and visit frequently,” Jordan said in a statement.

“My heart goes out to everyone who is suffering and to those who have lost loved ones,” he said.

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent Michael Jordan was a superstar on the basketball court, and now, as a humanitarian, the six-time NBA World Champion has proven that his legendary status remains worthy.

The former Chicago Bulls great has pledged $1 million to help the Bahamas in its efforts to recover from Hurricane Dorian.

“I am devastated to see the destruction that Hurricane Dorian has brought to the Bahamas, where I own property and visit frequently,” Jordan said in a statement.

“My heart goes out to everyone who is suffering and to those who have lost loved ones,” he said.

Jordan, whose Air Jordan Nike sneaker brand has remained as legendary as his talents despite being retired for nearly 20 years, currently is the principal owner of the Charlotte Hornets.

Widely considered the greatest ever to play the game, Jordan won five NBA Most Valuable Player Awards and six NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Awards.

He led the league in scoring ten times and was twice named NBA Defensive Player of the Year.

Jordan also earned 14 All-Star game berths and, in 2009, was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Last year, Jordan gave $2 million to support North Carolina after Hurricane Florence devastated the Carolinas.

Hurricane Dorian reportedly has left more than 70,000 people homeless in the Bahamas, and at least 50 people have lost their lives.

“The Bahamian people are strong and resilient, and I hope that my donation will be of help as they work to recover from this catastrophic storm,” Jordan said.

Michael Jordan, former basketball star and majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats, at the National Basketball Association’s board of governors meeting in New York, April 17, 2014. DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen (Photo: Public domain photograph from Defense.gov News Photos archive. / Wikimedia Commons)

LOGAN RYAN WITH LEO AND JULIUS: ADOPTED 2014 AND 2018.

They’re a little bit of a lot of things, but they’re all pure love.

Legendary Morgan State and New York Knicks Assistant Coach:

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Nat Frazier Passes Away at 84 not only did Nat obtain his own multiple degrees, but he also helped to make sure that all of his siblings attended and graduated from college as well.

When Nat initially began coaching at Morgan State in 1972 (where he remained until 1977), he introduced a style of basketball that would emphasize intricate offenses and hard-nosed defense.

Through these techniques, the Bears would go on to play a form of triangle offenses, popularized by Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls in the 1990s.

Those same techniques would go on to secure unprecedented success for Morgan State University, including the team’s 1974 NCAA Division II Championship (which has never been won since) and an Associated Press National “Coach of the Year,” given to the passionate leader for his exceptional coaching.

During his seven seasons with Morgan State, Frazier was the 10th winningest coach in Division II history — a very proud moment for his son.

“I remember Morgan State winning the national championship. I was there with him,” Kevin recounted. “I basically grew up going everywhere with him… I always felt like I was his sidekick… living life with him was always a huge adventure.”

While at Morgan State, Nat took his teams on several overseas trips and traveled to Africa to help spread the game and train coaches in the Western part of the continent.

Nat also spent a decade of summers coaching overseas in the Venezuelan Special Basketball League, where his Carabobo team won the league title in 1973.

Following Frazier’s first tenure at Morgan in 1977, Frazier went to the NBA as an assistant coach for the New York Knicks.

He then became a part of the ownership team and was the general manager in the groundbreaking Women’s Basketball League that would pave the way for what is now known as the “WNBA.” “My dad was a bigger believer in good basketball…

(Photos provided by the Frazier family)

basketball was basketball to him, and I think he recognized early the impact that women could make, before a lot of other people did,” Kevin continued. “He loved and appreciated the contributions that women could make in basketball and even though his particular franchise didn’t exactly work out, he was still so supportive of the WNBA.” In 1986 Nat returned back to Morgan State where he remained until 1989, where his son Kevin said was home for him.

“He played at college level, the NBA and overseas but Morgan was his home,” Kevin laughed. “And you know, I know people got mad at Jemele Hill for saying this, but I really don’t understand why more Black athletes aren’t going to more Black colleges.”

“I think people have forgotten why these colleges are important and I am old enough to remember when Black colleges were still the powerhouses for so many great players, like Doug Williams from Grambling State University… HBCU’s are an experience where you’re not only in your comfort zone, but you learn about yourself.”

Nat was inducted into the Athletic Halls of Fame for A.E. Beach High School (1996), Tuskegee University (2001), and Morgan State University (2004).

Nathaniel Frazier is survived by his wife of 57 years, Alice Frazier; his eldest son, Kevin, daughter-in-law, Yasmin, and grandsons, Tony, Shane, and Reece; his youngest son, Kenneth, daughter-in-law, Rona, and grandchildren, Kennedy and Ava; two brothers, James (Al) Frazier and Timothy (Neil) Frazier; and a host of nieces, nephews, close friends, and former students and basketball players who became like family to him.

“It was always remarkable to see the impact that he had on so many people. I still meet people today, all over the states, who come up to me and tell me what an impact my father had on their lives,” Kevin said.

“I think it makes you understand the effect that he had on so many lives. He raised a lot of young Black men and women, too. It is beautiful to see that and to talk to everybody.”

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Local

Waters Updates to October Hearing Schedule WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, announced several Committee hearings for the month of October: • Wednesday, October 16 at 10:00 AM: The full Committee will convene a hearing entitled, “Who Is Standing Up for Consumers? A Semi-Annual Review of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.”

• Wednesday, October 16 at 2:00 PM: The Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development, and Insurance and the Subcommittee on National Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy will convene for a hearing entitled, “Protecting America: The Reauthorization of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program.”

• Thursday, October 17 at 10:00 AM: The Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, and Capital Markets will convene for a hearing entitled, “Examining Corporate Priorities: The Impact of Stock Buybacks on Workers, Communities, and Investors.”

• Thursday, October 17 at 2:00 PM: The Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion will convene for a hearing entitled, “Promoting Inclusion: Examining the Need for Diversity Practices for America’s Changing Workforce.”

• Friday, October 18 at 9:30 AM: The Task Force on Artificial Intelligence will convene for a hearing entitled, “AI and the Evolution of Cloud Computing: Evaluating How Financial Data is Stored, Protected, and Maintained by Cloud Providers” • Tuesday, October 22 at 10:00 AM: The full Committee will convene for a hearing entitled, “The End of Afford-

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, announced several Committee hearings for the month of October

able Housing? A Review of the Trump Administration’s Plans to Change Housing Finance in America.”

• NEW TIME: Tuesday, October 22 at 2:00 PM: The Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions will convene for a hearing entitled, “An Examination of the Decline of Minority Depository Institutions and the Impact on Underserved Communities.”

• NEW ADDITION: Wednesday, October 23 at 10:00 AM: The full Committee will convene for a hearing entitled “An Examination of Facebook and Its Impact on the Financial Services and Housing Sectors.”

• NEW TIME: Tuesday, October 29 at 10:00 AM: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will convene for a hearing entitled, “Financial Services and the LGBTQ+ Community: A Review of Discrimination in Lending and Housing.”

• NEW TIME: Tuesday, October 29 at 1:00 PM: The full Committee will convene for a markup.

• NEW TIME: Wednesday, October 30 at 10:00 AM: The full Committee will convene for a continuation of the October 29 markup Unless otherwise noted, hearings and markups will take place in 2128 Rayburn House Office Building and will be broadcast live on https://financialservices.house. gov/live/. Committee activities are finalized once an official notice is issued by the House Financial Services Committee.

Visithttps://financialservices.house.gov/ calendar/ for the most up-to-date Committee schedule.

Killer’s Lifetime of Evil Backed Up by Memory

By TAMARA LUSH and TAMI ABDOLLAH Associated Press Samuel Little’s depravity is matched only by his prodigious memory.

Little, a California inmate considered by the FBI to be the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history, has confessed to 93 slayings committed across the country between 1970 and 2005, recounting the crimes with astonishing, near-photographic detail. He even drew color portraits of dozens of the women he strangled.

His case, featured on “60 Minutes” on Sunday, has offered a frightening look inside the mind of a killer and the wrongheaded assumptions on the part of law enforcement that enabled him to escape justice for so long.

Little, who is 79 and has been behind bars since 2012 for several killings, preyed on prostitutes, drug addicts and other women on the margins, many of them black like Little himself, and many of the deaths were originally deemed overdoses or attributed to accidental or undetermined causes. Some bodies were never found.

In a case out of Tennessee, for example, Martha Cunningham’s body was found bruised and nude from the waist down in the woods in 1975, her pantyhose and girdle bunched around her knees. Detectives initially attributed her death to natural causes; the cause was later classified “unknown.”

But in 48 straight days of interviews with Texas Ranger James Holland, who kept the killer supplied with pizza and Dr. Pepper, Little offered a wealth of details that were used to corroborate his accounts one by one.

One woman wore dentures, for example. Another was killed near a set of arches in Miami. There was a 5-foot-6 woman with brown skin in Florida in the mid-1980s. In 1984 in Kentucky, there was a 25-year-old woman outside a strip club with short blond hair, blue eyes and a “hippie” look.

And in a case from Florida in the 1970s, Little remembered the flowered sundress and necklace the victim wore, and how he played with it before he choked her to death.

Fort Myers, Florida, homicide detective Mali Langton, who was among a number of investigators from other jurisdictions who talked to Little in prison as well, said she was astonished by his memory.

“I couldn’t tell you who I bought a burger from yesterday,” she said.

Noticing that Little liked to draw, Holland gave him art supplies behind bars. Little went on to produce more than 30 portraits of his victims that proved remarkably helpful.

Serial killers are often world-class liars and manipulators who crave notoriety and exaggerate or confess to crimes they didn’t commit, according to criminal justice experts.

But Little stands apart.

Law enforcement authorities in several states have verified 50 of his confessions so far and are scrambling to link dozens more cold cases to his recollections.

“I would be suspicious of believing him, except it was actually corroborated,” said Marina Sorochinski, a professor of criminal justice at Mercy College in New York.

As Holland said on “60 Minutes”: “Nothing he’s ever said has been proven to be wrong or false. We’ve been able to prove up almost everything he said.”

All told, Little is believed responsible for more killings than Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy and Jeffrey Dahmer combined.

Little’s modus operandi made it hard to link him to victims. The former boxer often delivered a knockout punch to women, authorities said, then strangled them while masturbating. He would dump their bodies and soon after leave town.

He claimed to have killed in 19 states. The biggest concentrations of killings were in Florida and California, he said, with about 20 in Los Angeles alone.

He was repeatedly arrested for various offenses over the decades, including murder and assault, and served time for some things, but escaped prosecution for his most serious crimes. He was finally caught when a Kentucky arrest in 2012 on drug charges led authorities to link his DNA to three slayings in California.

“It makes sense that he could have gotten away with so many” for so long, Sorochinski said.

Crimes scattered across several states can lead to communication gaps between jurisdictions and a failure to recognize that a single murder is the work of a serial killer. Also, because the women were mostly living on the dangerous edges of society, relatives may not have realized they were gone and reported them missing to police, Sorochinski said.

Langton said that Little flirted, laughed and was “giddy” as he recounted a particular slaying.

In a 2018 prison interview with New York magazine’s website The Cut, he was asked how it felt to kill the women.

He replied: “Oooeee, it felt like heaven. Felt like being in bed with Marilyn Mon-roe!”

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