Beating

Oct 31 2011

Head injuries

 PALMDALE, Calif.—A Palmdale woman and her live-in boyfriend were in custody today on suspicion of the beating death of her 2-year-old son, authorities said.

Jennifer Zolorzano, 19, and Joe Hickman, 21, were both being held in lieu of $1 million bail.

According to the sheriff’s department, the woman took her son to a hospital early Saturday morning for treatment of “head injuries she alleged occurred when the child slipped and fell while taking a bath.”

Jul 21 2011

Giovanni Ramirez exonerated

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Two men were arrested in connection with the opening-day beating of a San Francisco Giants fan outside Dodger Stadium, and the man originally arrested in connection with the attack has been exonerated, the Los Angeles Times reported tonight on its website.
The Los Angeles Police Department would not immediately confirm the report, saying only that the March 31 beating of Giants fan Bryan Stow remained under investigation.

Jun 20 2011

Has not been charged for beating

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The man suspected in the beating of a San Francisco Giants fan outside Dodger Stadium on opening day was ordered today to spend 10 months in prison for violating his parole.

Giovanni Ramirez, 31, has not been charged in connection with the beating of Bryan Stow. But after a hearing at Men’s Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles, a parole board ruled Ramirez had access to a firearm when he was arrested May 22 in connection with the attack, in violation of his parole.

Jun 8 2011

Giovanni Ramirez on parole hold

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Robbery-Homicide detectives have taken charge of the investigation into the beating of a San Francisco Giants fan at Dodger Stadium on opening day, police said today.

Giovanni Ramirez, 31, remains locked up on a parole hold in the attack, which left Bryan Stow with a fractured skull and brain injuries, but he has yet to be charged in the March 31 beating.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.