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Sheriff’s deputy pleads not guilty in jail assaults
City News Service
Jan 31 2013

Falsified police reports

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy pleaded not guilty today to charges that he assaulted two jail inmates and falsified police reports.

Jermaine W. Jackson, 35, is charged with two counts each of assault likely to produce great bodily injury, assault by a public officer and false report by a police officer.

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Across Black America
Jan 31 2013

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

California
A San Francisco Bay Area newlywed couple, Kevin Weston and Lateefah Simon, have started a national effort to register 1,000 African Americans as possible bone marrow donors and find a match for Kevin, who needs to undergo a transplant in less than two months for an extremely rare form of leukemia. Kevin was diagnosed with T-cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia (T-PLL), which primarily affects adults over the age of 30. The cancer is very rare and aggressive, with only 10 cases per year in the United States. The couple urges African Americans to find and attend a local drive-in their communities and to join the Be the Match bone marrow registry. Registering takes just a few minutes, and involves a pre-screening and swab sample of the inside of the cheek. People can also go online to www.marrow.org to order a kit to be sent to their homes. For more information on Kevin and Lateefah’s story visit www.KevinandLateefah.com.
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Metta World Peace, formerly known as Ron Artest, star forward for the Los Angeles Lakers, leads the roster of judges for the statewide high school student video contest called Directing Change. The contest is part of statewide efforts to prevent suicide, reduce stigma and discrimination related to mental illness, and to promote the mental health and wellness of students. High school students throughout California are invited to Direct Change by submitting 60-second public service announcements in two categories: suicide prevention and eliminating stigma about mental illness. Deadline to submit video entries is March 1, 2013.

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

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Community leaders hold hate crime rally at Compton City Hall
Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Jan 31 2013
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African American family forced to relocate to avoid gang violence

Civil rights activists and other community leaders called for hate crime charges on Monday against gang members suspected in attacks on an African American Compton family and threats against other Black residents.

The attacks sparked a rally at Compton City Hall after two men—reportedly from a Latino gang—were arrested for harassing and threatening a family to move out of the neighborhood because of their skin color.

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FCC changes could hurt Black ownership
NNPA
Jan 31 2013

The Media

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission, once viewed as an ally in expanding media ownership by African Americans, is now considering regulations that many say will make Black ownership more difficult to achieve.

The proposed changes come in the wake of an FCC report that showed that minorities trailed far behind their White counterparts in the ownership of broadcast stations.

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Crenshaw High School activists take their fight to national level
Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
Jan 31 2013

They join other cities in calling on U.S. Department of Education

Accusing the Los Angeles Unified School District of destabilizing their school, parents, students, teachers and community stakeholders at Crenshaw High have joined a national coalition of activists from 18 cities across the nation to take their case to the United States Department of Education and Congress.

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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.

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